If adopted on a grand scale, the assessment argues, such techniques could double crop yields.

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Their reports on school violence advise instituting techniques of early detection and threat assessment as the means most likely to succeed in stopping school killings.

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This will bring in a series of top managers from the corporate world, as well as from smaller firms and government agencies, and lead them through a fundamental re-assessment of the leadership techniques.

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The training workshops will be led by a select group of experts, with the aim of providing a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and methods used in the different fields of education assessment and measuring, allowing participants to optimize and enhance their knowledge, and providing them with a concrete learning experience.

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