the study assessed the quantity and value of food crop outputs of the gender categories in the anambra state. at this research estimated the quantity and energy content of food stuffs consumed as well as required by each gender headed households, estimated the extent and magnitude of food security and insecurity in the area among the gender categories and examined the determinants of food secur...

In theory, regulators concerned about inequality will deviate from efficient two-part tariffs, charging lower-than-efficient fixed monthly fees and higher-than-efficient per-kilowatt-hour prices. To quantify that relationship, we develop a measure of the redistributive extent utility tariffs: “electric Gini.” Utilities with higher electric Ginis shift more costs households using relatively litt...

Households First, I consider the individual consumption behaviour of households that operate in perfect financial markets and can borrow freely against the security of their future disposable labour income. In the body of the paper these are called permanent income consumers. Next aggregate consumption is derived on the assumption that all consumers are permanent income consumers. The final ste...

Time-of-use (TOU) electricity pricing has attracted attention as a potential policy to reduce peak electricity demand and thus address the engineering and environmental challenges associated with electricity production. However, convincing evidence of its effectiveness is lacking in the literature. In this paper, we analyze short-run household responses to a large-scale field deployment of TOU ...

Studies of animals that visit primary and secondary veterinary centres dominate companion animal epidemiology. Dogslife is a research initiative that collects data directly from owners about the health and lifestyle of Kennel Club (KC) registered Labrador Retrievers (LR) in the UK. The ultimate aim is to seek associations between canine lifestyle and health. A selection of data from Dogslife re...

Household Air Pollution (HAP) from biomass cooking fuels is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income settings worldwide. In Nepal the use of open stoves with solid biomass fuels is the primary method of domestic cooking. To assess patterns of domestic air pollution we performed continuous measurement of carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate Matter (PM2.5) in 12 biomass fuel househo...

Title of Document: VARIATIONS ON THE NORMATIVE FEEDBACK MODEL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BEHAVIOR IN THE CONTEXT OF MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING Robert M. Young, 2013 Directed By: Dr. Qingbin Cui, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering In discussions on energy efficiency, the topic often involves the development of a new technology. But models that target human behavior change can also generate...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of urban and rural households toward principles of nutrition in Iran. METHODS The study population was Iranian households who live in rural and urban areas in all provinces of the country. The sampling method at households' level in each province was single stage cluster sampling with equal size clusters. The incu...

BACKGROUND Millions of villagers in Bangladesh remain exposed to high levels of arsenic (As) from drinking untreated well-water even though the scale of the problem was recognized 15years ago. Water treatment at the household-level has been promoted as a viable complement but few longitudinal studies of their efficacy using an objective measure of exposure have been conducted. Participants (N=6...