43 research outputs found
Sustainable ecotourism development and community involvement: a bibliometric analysis on research trends (2003 – 2024) / Reemina Narzary and Rajdeep Deb
No full textWith the growing focus and recognition of ecological preservation all over the world, the concept of ecotourism is becoming popular, but the challenges it brings to the sustainable development in environment cannot be neglected. Therefore, to resolve such challenges, there is a need to conduct a thorough examination of how this field is evolving along with the review of the extant literature in the field of ecotourism. Besides, there is also a need to discuss the key issues to determine future research directions. To achieve this, a bibliometric review is performed to assimilate knowledge from a total of 149 journal articles listed in the Scopus database and published between 2003 and 2024 to analyse. Moreover, this study uses scientometrics tool to conduct a systematic review of research and development on ecotourism. The analysis involves network visualization and scientific mapping analysis which was created using open-source data visualization tool called VOSviewer. The study attempts to bring light on three research streams in the field: sustainable tourism, ecotourism development, community-based tourism. Furthermore, this study provides theoretical recommendations for future researchers on study related to sustainable ecotourism development
Automatic eyeblink and muscular artifact detection and removal from EEG signals using k-nearest neighbor classifier and long hhort-term memory networks
No full textElectroencephalogram (EEG) is often corrupted with artifacts originating from sources such as eyes and muscles. Hybrid artifact removal methods often require human intervention for the adjustment of different parameters. We propose a robust method that can automatically detect and remove eyeblink and muscular artifacts from EEG using a k-nearest neighbor (kNN) classifier and a long short-term memory (LSTM) network. Our method adopts a sliding window of 0.5 s to detect and remove the artifacts from EEG. Features, such as the variance, peak-to-peak amplitude, and average rectified value, are calculated for each EEG segment to identify corrupted segments using the kNN classifier. The kNN classifier detects the presence of artifacts, after which the corresponding EEG window is forwarded to the LSTM network for artifact removal. The LSTM network is trained with the corrupted segments of 0.5 s as input and clean segments of 0.5 s as output. Our method achieved an accuracy of 97.4% in identifying corrupted EEG segments and an average correlation coefficient, structural similarity, signal-to-artifact ratio, and normalized mean squared error of 0.69, 0.76, 1.52 dB, and 0.0013, respectively, in cleaning the EEG. Our results outperformed other hybrid methods reported in the literature based on a combination of ensemble empirical mode decomposition and canonical correlation analysis, a combination of independent component analysis and wavelet decomposition, and tensor decomposition. The mean absolute error of our method is also better in comparison to other methods. Our method can be applied to single and multiple channels and does not require any tuning of parameters
The impact of travel constraints on travel intention among tourists in a destination: a case study of Mizoram / Rajdeep Deb, Himanshu Bhusan Rout and Reemina Narzary
No full textOver the years, the tourism and hospitality industry in Mizoram has been fairly affected by the perceived travel constraints. Though showing interests, many tourists are too reluctant to travel. Therefore, comprehending how travel constraints influence tourists’ travel intention to Mizoram is pivotal for enhancing the attractiveness of Mizoram as a potential tourist destination. The current study sought to examine the relationship between travel constraints and travel intention of individuals having no prior experience of travelling to Mizoram. The study identified four underlying travel constraints namely interpersonal travel constraints, structural travel constraints, intrapersonal travel constraints, and unfamiliar cultural constraints from the literature and pursued them in the context of Mizoram. Drawing upon 201 respondents, this study concludes that all the travel constraints influence tourists’ travel intention to Mizoram negatively and significantly. Among these constraints, structural travel constraints seem to be the constraints with strongest impact on the travel intention. Relatively limited research has tried to address the relationship between travel constraints and intention to travel. Also, this study is first of its kind offering empirical support showing how travel constraints impact tourists’ travel intention to Mizoram
Numerical modeling of fluid injection induced shear failure, tensile opening and flow-mechanics coupling
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Girlhood and Masculinity in Rajdeep Paulus's Swimming Through Clouds: An Atypical "Masala" Young Adult Novel
No full textThe in-between identity, mainly female, has been the focus of most contemporary English-language Young Adult novels by Indian diaspora authors (Superle, 2011). The hybrid self illustrated in those texts is metaphorically characterised as “Masala”, referring to the blend of spices used to add flavour to the Indian cuisine. However, within the genre at hand, little focus has been given to psychologically rounded female protagonists and masculinities have been almost invisible. An atypical approach to bicultural identities and gender performance has been adopted by the award-winning Indo-American author of “Masala-marinated” fiction Rajdeep Paulus, whose representation of girlhood and masculinity is realistic and inspiring for a young audience.
After outlining the main features of Masala literature (Kumar, 2003), I will discuss to what extent Paulus departs from the standard portrayal of the “New Indian Girl” (Bohemer, 2005; Superle, 2011) in her novel Swimming Through Clouds (2013). I will then move on to the analysis of the masculinities presented in the novel (Connel, 2005; Sinha, 2016), thus showing how giving visibility to both positive and negative examples of masculinity is a necessary condition if socio-cultural needs are to be met (Priya, 2014).
In conclusion, as a powerful ideological tool, Masala Young Adult fiction should provide a realistic description of the deep problematic identity transition of bicultural selves as well as a thorough representation of masculinities alongside femininities in order to stimulate the young adult audience to explore and create their own identities and develop a positive attitude towards the norms of gender equality
{Girlhood and Masculinity in Rajdeep Paulus{\textquoteright}s Swimming Through Clouds: An Atypical "Masala" Young Adult Novel}
No full textThe in-between identity, mainly female, has been the focus of most contemporary English-language Young Adult novels by Indian diaspora authors (Superle, 2011). The hybrid self illustrated in those texts is metaphorically characterised as “Masala”, referring to the blend of spices used to add flavour to the Indian cuisine. However, within the genre at hand, little focus has been given to psychologically rounded female protagonists and masculinities have been almost invisible. An atypical approach to bicultural identities and gender performance has been adopted by the award-winning Indo-American author of “Masala-marinated” fiction Rajdeep Paulus, whose representation of girlhood and masculinity is realistic and inspiring for a young audience. After outlining the main features of Masala literature (Kumar, 2003), I will discuss to what extent Paulus departs from the standard portrayal of the “New Indian Girl” (Bohemer, 2005; Superle, 2011) in her novel Swimming Through Clouds (2013). I will then move on to the analysis of the masculinities presented in the novel (Connel, 2005; Sinha, 2016), thus showing how giving visibility to both positive and negative examples of masculinity is a necessary condition if socio-cultural needs are to be met (Priya, 2014). In conclusion, as a powerful ideological tool, Masala Young Adult fiction should provide a realistic description of the deep problematic identity transition of bicultural selves as well as a thorough representation of masculinities alongside femininities in order to stimulate the young adult audience to explore and create their own identities and develop a positive attitude towards the norms of gender equality
Modeling of shear failure in fractured reservoirs with a porous matrix
No full textISSN:1420-0597ISSN:1573-1499ISSN:1573-149
Efficient numerical schemes for singularly perturbed parabolic initial‐boundary‐value problems
No full textAn extended finite volume method and fixed‐stress approach for modeling fluid injection–induced tensile opening in fractured reservoirs
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