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Solar Power in the Garden State
No full textThis special issue on energy and solar power in New Jersey was made possible because of the extensive portfolio of research centers and institutes at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Dr. Frank A. Felder, an Associate Research Professor, has been director of the School’s Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy (CEEEP) since 2006. Frank is a nuclear engineer with a PhD degree from MIT, and he, along with his CEEEP colleague, Shankar N. Chandramowli, coauthored the main article in this issue of the Advance & Rutgers Report. CEEEP has worked extensively with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on projects, including New Jersey’s current Energy Master Plan.Shining Brightly: Bloustein's Centers of Excellence / by James W. Hughes and Joseph S. Seneca -- Solar Power in the Garden States / by Shankar N. Chandramowli and Frank A. Felder.Guest contributors include Shankar N. Chandramowli and Frank A. Felder, PhD, Director—Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public PolicyReports published as Issue Paper Number 5, May 2011, in Advance & Rutgers Report, Special Issue
The Indian Diaspora and Reading Desai, Mukherjee, Gupta, and Lahiri
No full textIn his article The Indian Diaspora and Reading Desai, Mukherjee, Gupta, and Lahiri Amit Shankar Saha argues that displacement produces a point of encounter between the alien and authority. Saha analyses aspects of (im)migration in texts about the Indian diaspora: if the host society is intolerant then it is through reactionary self-fashioning that the (im)migrant asserts his/her ethnicity as a defensive mechanism to rescue self-respect. However, while the host society is welcoming, it does not guarantee ready assimilation because there is always the question of severing the (im)migrants ties with his/her home land. (Im)migrants start living in two worlds simultaneously by making adjustments. They become transnationals who attempt to define their identities in terms of their point of origin and their destination followed by a second phase where ethnicity is reasserted, although this time not as a reaction against a hostile society but as displeasure against themselves. Ultimately, in the third phase, there is an understanding of how cultures enrich and an acceptance of hybrid existence becomes possible
Plastic and bioplastic-based nanocomposite materials for food packaging and preservation
No full textAs a vital part of the subject of food technology, food packaging is involved with the protection and preservation of all types of foods. Due to economic abundance, petrochemical plastics have been primarily used as a packaging material due to their desirable good barrier properties for oxygen and water vapor, aroma compounds, tensile strength, and tear strength. Meanwhile, they have a significant disadvantage as they are nonbiodegradable and result in environmental pollution. Keeping in view the nonrenewable nature and waste disposal problem of petroleum, a newer concept of bioplastics came into existence. Bioplastics of renewable origin are compostable or degradable by the enzymatic action of microorganisms. Generally, biodegradable polymers get hydrolyzed into CO2, CH4, inorganic compounds, or biomass. The use of bio-origin materials obtained through microbial fermentation, starch, and cellulose has led to their tremendous innovative benefits in food packaging in the last few years. </br
Interview with Scott Barretta, freelance researcher and author
No full textThis interview was conducted as a teaching interview to instruct field school participants in interviewing technique; Interviewer: Michael Taft, Recordist: Guha Shankar. Recorded at Barnard Observatory (University of Mississippi)
Contribution of Shankar Nighantu w.r.t. Vishahara Dravyas: A Review
No full textToxicity, which may be intentional, unintentional or accidental, is a grave problem throughout the world from ages. Advancements in the literature of Ayurveda address this problem by including the various treatments of toxicities, where Shankar Nighantu is one of them. Shankar Nighantu is a modern lexicon in Ayurvedic Materia Medica, originating in the 20th century and written by Shankar datta Gauda in the Hindi language. This lexicon based on Ayurvedic and Unani references, constructed in Hindi alphabetical order, is in three parts and contains vast information about the botanical characteristics, medicinal properties, and therapeutic indications of numerous plants, animals, and their products, as well as metals and minerals, aiding in the effective practice of this ancient healing tradition in contemporary times. Various Vishahara dravyas (Antivenom or Anti-toxic properties or Anti-poisonous drugs) are also listed highlighting the significance of toxicity treatment. Vishahara dravyas are elements that can prevent and eliminate toxins or poisons from the body. These elements play a crucial role in Ayurveda, which emphasises the importance of detoxification for maintaining health and treating diseases. Unani dravyas that are referred from ‘Makhjan’, are also mentioned as a unique entity as Vishahara property in this Nighantu. This Nighantu also includes various drugs used as folklore medicine. The author indicates various single drug as well as compound formulations to be used as antitoxic. Chuk, Hatthajodi, Chumbak patthar (Magnetic stone) are a few controversial and unexplored drugs that need further research for its antitoxic properties. This literary review aims to focus on the data found in Shankar Nighantu regarding various antitoxic drugs that is Vishahara dravyas. It will assist researchers and medical practitioners in gaining better insight about principle of treatment of toxicity
Microwave heating in food processing
No full textMicrowave (MW) heating belongs to the so-called nonconventional thermal processing technologies that have
been developed or are still under investigation with the main aim of overcoming some typical problems associated
with conventional thermal technologies. These problems include cost and environmental aspects, but first,
the thermal impact on food quality, particularly in terms of loss of nutritional quality. In fact, irrespective of the
main purpose of the heating process (preservation, development of taste and flavor, changes in structure to
obtain a specific texture), a certain level of thermal damage will occur. Food technologists and engineers have,
then, been working in the direction of minimizing as most as possible such thermal impact following a concept
of total food quality, which cannot consider only the compulsory safety prerequisite but also the nutritional and
sensorial quality of the final product.
This chapter provides an overview of the basic mechanisms of MW heating, with a focus on its possible applications
in the food sector (pasteurization and sterilization, baking and cooking, heating and tempering, freezing,
drying, and extraction), underlining, for each application, the main limits of conventional thermal technologies
and the potential advantages of MW treatment, together with its drawbacks. Moreover, to overcome typical limits
related to MW application, especially nonuniform temperature distribution, the concept of hybrid/combination
approach, also called MW-assisted food processing technologies, will be described. These technologies
integrate the advantages of MW energy with unconventional processes (e.g., ultrasonication, ohmic heating, electron
irradiation, freezing, osmotic dehydration, infrared heating, and vacuum processing) to enhance product
quality and process efficiency and reduce time and operational costs of conventional processes (e.g., drying,
extraction, baking, pasteurization/sterilization, tempering) (Verma, Mahanti, Thakur, Chakraborty, & Srivastav,
2020, p. 25).
This chapter represents, with permission, an update of the work by Spigno (2016, p. 137)
Implementing enterprise metaverse as a means of enhancing growth hacking performance: Will adopting the metaverse be a success in organizations?
No full textThis study examines the factors influencing the implementation of the enterprise metaverse within organisations and aims to define how this implementation can assist organisations in achieving growth hacking. The study employed a mixed-methods research design, utilising structural equation modelling (SEM) and artificial neural network (ANN) techniques to analyse the framework. The results show that real-time analytics capability, operational excellence, industry pressure, and stakeholder pressure are significantly associated with enterprise metaverse implementation. The results also reveal that the success or failure of an enterprise metaverse largely depends on how it is implemented. In addition, potential and realised absorptive capacity are identified as significant moderators. This study provides a deeper understanding of organisational behavioural intentions towards the enterprise metaverse using the underpinnings of institutional theory
India’s Macroeconomic Performance and Policies since 2000
No full textThe paper reviews Indias macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000. The first section briefly summarizes key macroeconomic developments regarding economic growth, inflation, external balance, the fiscal situation and aggregate savings and investment. The second section considers some of the challenges posed to macroeconomic management in this period and the efficacy of the policy responses adopted. In particular, it analyses the progress in fiscal consolidation and the policies adopted to deal with the challenge of the unprecedented surge in external capital inflows into India. The final section outlines some of the major macro policy issues that need to be addressed in the years ahead, including : the resurgence of high fiscal deficits; the issues relating to external convertibility and exchange rate management; the role of the Reserve Bank of India in macroeconomic policy and coping with a weak international economic environment.economic growth, inflation, Fiscal Policy, savings and investment, Capital Inflows, exchange rate policy, central bank role
Governmentality for positive project management
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Integral Design & Managemen
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