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Dokur Village at a Glance
No full textDokur village, located in Mahbubnagar district of
Andhra Pradesh was chosen for Village-Level Studies
(VLS) initiated in 1975 by the Economics Program of the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad. The present
Mahbubnagar district is also known as Palamooru,
located in the Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh.
Dokur village (16° 36’ N and 78° 50’ E) is situated in
Devarkadra mandal in Mahbubnagar District (16° 73’
N and 77° 98’ E). Dokur’s original name was “Dakur”
derived from the Indo-Persian Urdu word “daku,”
meaning “gang of armed dacoits”. It is believed that
dacoits used to take shelter in Dakur due to its thick
vegetation. Eventually, the name Dakur became
corrupted to Dokur. Dokur is about 130 km from
Hyderabad. To reach Dokur from Hyderabad, one needs
to travel to Mahbubnagar district headquarters and then
to Deverkadra mandal on the surfaced Hyderabad-
Raichur road, and then travel a further distance of seven
kilometers south on a metal road. Autorickshaws and
Road Transport Corporation buses are the main means
of transportation from Devarkadra to Dokur
Dynamics and Development Pathways in the Semi-Arid Tropics: Dokur Village Profile. Research Bulletin no. 23
No full textThis Research Bulletin is a profile of Dokur village in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
It is part of a series of village profiles featuring six villages located in the semi-arid tropics of India
which were studied by ICRISAT in its long-term socio-economic research known as the Village Level
Studies (VLS). This profile chronicles the developments undertaken and pathways of improved
livelihoods in Dokur village from 1975 to the present. It is based on insights from the longitudinal
household panel data which originally studied 40 households in 1975 to 1985 (VLS-1) and systematically
tracked them since then beginning 2001 to the present (VLS-2) using formal surveys of original
households and their split-off households. The survey data were complemented by focus group
meetings (FGM) and personal interviews with key village informants. The profile features significant
changes that have taken place in the overall situation in Dokur village during the last 30 years. The
unique experience of this village during the last three decades is captured by the two generations of
VLS data. The transformation of this village is seen to be significantly influenced by the environmental,
political and socioeconomic changes, particularly during the last two decades. The food security of
households that fall below the poverty line has improved in recent years compared to the past.
However, the persistent drought experienced by farmers of Dokur in the last decade presents evidence
of their vulnerability, their responses to drought and other shocks and corresponding coping
mechanisms. Crop production and cropping patterns shifted from food crops to cash crops or high
value crops, with farmers’ greater concern about income and profitability. Due to persistent drought
and increasing water scarcity in Dokur, the role of agriculture has been declining. Household incomes
were seen to be increasingly derived from migration and non-farm or non-agricultural activities.
Literacy and education levels significantly increased with greater diversification of livelihoods and
substantial income opportunities from migration and the non-farm sector. Credit facilities improved
with accessibility to more formal credit sources, although informal sources (e.g., private moneylenders)
remain dominant. Greater social and household empowerment of women was evident as they
overcame social barriers to participate in government welfare programs, village development activities
and acquired membership in Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Overall, Dokur’s transformation has led to the
significant improvement of the welfare of its population. However, this transformation is driven not
by agriculture but by the opportunities presented by higher education, improved awareness, women
empowerment, and diversification into non-agricultural sources of livelihood, and even migration
Rural Transformation of a Village in Telangana, A Study of Dokur since 1970s
No full textThe structural changes taking place in villages are partly due to market forces and also because of public policy. The article examines the transformation and development of a village namely Dokur in Telangana, India which has undergone changes since mid-1970s. The village was initially studied in 1975–1984 by the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), but resurveyed from 2001 to 2014. There has been seen a significant change since 1980s in its livelihood diversity. Until the mid-1970s, there was more focus on green revolution technologies under the assumption that the trickle-down effect would take care of poverty. Hence, in the initial years, very few development programmes existed and were mostly focused on agriculture growth. Although public distribution system was in place from the mid 1970s, a new government initiative targeted poverty directly through a 20-point plan. From the 1990s, more specific schemes were introduced, which often targeted poor, scheduled castes and tribes (SC and ST) and other backward castes (OBC) as well as small and marginal farmers also. After realizing that most of the benefits were captured by village elites and large farmers, the focus shifted to self-targeting of various developments and social safety net programmes targeting lower castes and poorer households in the late 2000s, especially after the introduction of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This was also an attempt to reduce gender bias in the programmes. The participation of poor, SC and ST and women increased after the self-targeting schemes were introduced in the country. The Public Distribution System (PDS), Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), pension schemes, complete sanitation programmes, agricultural input subsidy programme, million wells programmes, loan waiver scheme and the drought relief programmes had positive impacts on livelihoods, but with less targeting. Most of the gains from agricultural subsidies were enjoyed by medium and large farmers, although small SC and ST farmers benefited some what. However, all indicators show a systematic and considerable increase in living standards.No Full Tex
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
Transition to turbulence in a qblique shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction at M=15
No full textDirect numerical simulations are carried out for different forcing techniques to trigger transition during the interaction between an oblique shock-wave and a laminar boundary-layer at M = 1.5. Three forcing methods are used: a) forcing of oblique unstable modes, whose shape and behaviour are determined by the local linear stability theory, b) broadband free-stream acoustic disturbances, and c) a cold plasma flow control device. While the oblique-mode breakdown is dominant for low-amplitude forcing, long streaky structures drive the transition process in a high-amplitude disturbance environment. LES are also performed on the experimental setup by the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) from Novosibirsk State University with cold plasma actuation. As well as the disturbance type, the effect of Reynolds number and forcing amplitude will be investigated
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