Hydropower has been the primary source of electricity in Bhutan, and to achieve power security sustainability, alternative renewable energy sources (RES) such as solar wind are being explored. However, literature reviews present that bus voltage is most affected parameter during integration. Therefore, this paper presents impact on due integration RES into network Bhutan. The measured weather g...

We summarize our results from Bhutan and interpret the Greater Himalaya Sequence (GHS) of Bhutan, together with a portion of the underlying Lesser Himalaya Sequence, in the context of recently published channel flow models. For the GHS rocks now exposed in Bhutan the depth for beginning of muscovite dehydration melting (approximately 7508C at 11 kbar) and associated weakening of these rocks is ...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the leading female cancer in Bhutan. This study describes the level of cervical cancer knowledge and screening behaviors among female university graduates attending the National Graduate Orientation Program (NGOP), 2012. METHODS A cross-sectional study of female graduates attending NGOP was conducted using self-administered anonymous questionnaire developed throu...

Following the March 2013 outbreak of novel avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in humans and the subsequent isolation of the virus from chickens, ducks and pigeons in the People's Republic of China, concerns were raised that the H7N9 virus would spread beyond China through the poultry value chain linking to a number of bordering countries. For this reason, a rapid emergency surveillance exercise took...

Photographic evidence of the Spotted linsang Prionodon pardicolor (Mammalia: Carnivora: Prionodontidae) from Tashigang Forest Division, Eastern Bhutan

BACKGROUND To describe spatiotemporal patterns of diarrhoea in Bhutan, and quantify the association between climatic factors and the distribution and dynamics of the disease. METHODS Nationwide data on diarrhoea were obtained for 2003 to 2013 from the Health Information and Management System (HIMS), Ministry of Health, Bhutan. Climatic variables were obtained from the Department of Hydro Met ...

A fundamental objective in studies of climate-erosion-tectonics coupling is to document convincing correlation between observable indicators of these processes on the scale of a mountain range. The eastern Himalayas are a unique range to quantify the contribution of tectonics and climate to long-term erosion rates, because uniform and steady tectonics have persisted for several million years, w...

Anthropogenic activities and associated global climate change are threatening the biodiversity in the Himalayas against a backdrop of poor knowledge of the region's threatened species. The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a threatened mammal confined to the eastern Himalayas, and because of Bhutan's central location in the distributional range of red pandas, its forests are integral to the long-t...

Apples are one of the most important global fruit crops both in terms yield and economic value, rely on insect pollination. Pollination has been shown to increase apple production value. The Bhutan decreased from 7,051 MT 2014 3,684 2018. Among factors identified for decline quality yield, pollinator deficits orchards inefficient pollination hypothesised be less recognised among Bhutanese farme...