Energy from non-conventional resources like biomass would be crucial in meeting the growth targets in the power sector. Biomass is the most commonly used domestic fuel and for independent power plants. Based on up-to-date combustion technologies, biomass and waste supply approximately 4.5 EJ (105 Mtoe) of direct heat to the industrial and residential sectors, and 2 to 3 EJ (47 to 70 Mtoe) of he...

Men continue to dominate the supply-side narratives of energy access projects, leaving an unexplored gap in gendered organizations. To fill this gap, article utilises interviews with women workers consider their lived experience working for access-based organisation. Through use narrative analysis, study highlights importance socio-cultural contextualisation social entrepreneurial activities an...

This interesting disease which is not altogether uncommon in the province of Beliar appears to be clinically identical with that described by Manson as occurring in certain parts of America. The malady is the result of a Blue Bottle Fly (Pycnosoma) depositing its larvae in a slight abrasion of, or in the unbroken mucous membrane of, the nasal fossa of the patient. The larvae burrow into the del...

The purpose of this study is to explore the adoption of e-District system for potential adopters in context of Bihar in India. The study validates technology acceptance model (TAM) along with some additional and important factors such as trialability and self-efficacy toward the adoption of e-District systems in context of India. The proposed research model was validated using a sample size of ...

Bihar has a total geographical area of 93.60 lakh hectares on which it houses population 82.9 million, thereby generating density 880 persons per sq. km (Census 2001). Gross sown in the State is 79.46 hectares, while net 56.03 hectares. There are around 1.04 crore landholdings 83 percent marginal holdings size less than 1 hectare (Table 1). With 90 living rural areas, agriculture as primary fee...

This study examined the effects of gender; time spent on internet browsing, participation in sports activities and medium of instructions on mathematics achievement of class IX students of South-East Bihar. The study consists of 975 male and 969 female students of thirty-six schools of South-East Bihar. The mathematics achievement test and personal background assessment questionnaire were used ...

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a major health problem in Bihar, India. The disease is caused by a protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the established vector Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) in India. P. argentipes transmits viral and bacterial pathogens. Nematodes were isolated from the body of P. argentpes for the first time in India. Its role as pathogen is ...

Reported is a case of seven-year-old, migrant from Bihar state, infested with Fasciolopsis buski Strongyloides stercoralis Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Ankylostoma duodenale in feces. Patient responded to treatment with piperazine, thiabendazole and albendazole, the importance of considering multiple and non-endemicparasite infestations in migrant of poor socio-economic backgro...