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Ms. Courtney Chartier, RWWL AUC, August 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Ms. Courtney Chartier. Ms. Chartier talks about her work on the "New Georgia Encyclopedia" and "Online Voter Education Project." Andrea Jackson, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Ms. Neely Terrell, RWWL AUC, March 2012
No full textThis video is a conversation with Ms. Neely Terrell. Ms. Terrell talks about her book, "Super Singles Activate". Anthony Kinsey and Jahnesta Horney, AUC Woodruff Library, are the interviewers
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No full textR Sharma, A Kishor M Mukesh , S Ahlawat , A Maitra , AK Pandey and MS Tantia(2015) Genetic diversity and relationship of Indian cattle inferred from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers. BMC Genetics 16 : 73 - 84.Not AvailableNot Availabl
Ms. Felesha Love, Spelman College, January 2016
No full textThis video is a conversation with Felesha Love. Ms. Love talks about her book, "Brave Leap to Freedom: Integrating Mind, Body, and Spirit to Cultivate Healthy Relationships". Jordan Moore, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Nepal : US Indo-Pacific strategy at one year
No full textFor more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Ms. Avasna Pandey, Lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at Tribhuwan University, explains that "Nepal's engagement with great powers such as the United States and China has been motivated by its pursuit of national interest and development.
Evaluation and analysis of impact of subsidies on small scale renewable energy technologies dissemination: a case study of Nepal
No full textThe report has analysed the status of rural electrification using renewable energy technologies (RETs) and the current subsidy delivery modality of RETs in Nepal. As the Government of Nepal is subsidizing small scale renewable energy projects, it is important to evaluate and analyse the programme to make sure that a programme is running in an effective and efficient way while reaching the target group.
During the course of the research, primary information collected from the field has been compiled using appropriate tools/software (such as MS Office) and analyzed. Different sets of questionnaires were prepared, targeting different personnel ranging from the users’ level to the government policy level. The field survey methods include field observations of RETs installations and operations along with interviews with selected users on a random sampling basis to identify barriers to subsidy delivery and possible measures to overcome these barriers; to determine user satisfaction level and time period for subsidy delivery mechanisms.
The report started with the country background information and the rationale behind the study. This is followed by the literature review and information on the current status of small scale RETs in the country. Next it deals with the organizational structure and current subsidy delivery modality of RETs in the country. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the subsidy with the current subsidy delivery modality has been analyzed based on six parameters; Targets and Achievements, Impact of RETs, Subsidy Delivery System Efficiency, Transparency, Sustainability and Effectiveness.
The research shows that the subsidized government program has been successful in achieving its goal to provide basic energy services in rural areas through RETs in terms of its quantitative target. Although the subsidized program is successful in electrifying the rural communities via RETs, the poorest of the poor families are still excluded from the subsidy. The program seems to benefit more the rich and upper middle class families rather than the poor families for which the subsidy was intended. The high capital cost and long subsidy delivery process are the main important reasons for this failure. The author has proposed a new modality which might overcome the time barriers and bureaucratic process in the subsidy delivery mechanism and will decrease the lead time. This will in turn help to reduce the operational cost of the private companies and will encourage more players to enter the market, increase competition and result in lower system costs.
After identifying gaps in the current subsidy delivery modality, the project report ends with the recommendation of a new modality improving the current modality and filling the gaps identified. As this study has some limitations, as described in chapter one, the scope of further works has been listed at the end
Étude sur le patois de Valbonnais
No full textA lexical and morphologic description of Valbonnais dialect. A 319-page PhD dissertation under the direction of Prof. Antonin DURAFFOUR (Univ. Stendhal, Grenoble, France, 1943)Description lexicale et morphologique du patois de Valbonnais sous la forme d'un manuscrit de 319 pages.Thèse sous la direction du Prof. Antonin DURAFFOUR (Univ. Stendhal, Grenoble, 1943
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Determination of prevalence of E. coli and Salmonella in dairy lagoon liquid manure and development of ozone and air injection treatment methods for pathogen reduction
No full textDairy industry is important for milk production and has substantial contribution to the California’s economy, however, dairy farms also produce manure, which impacts the environment. Dairy manure contains carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, which are beneficial to soil. Manure also contains many bacteria including human pathogen, such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli (E. coli) which poses risk to public health. In this research, an intensive reconnaissance survey of manure stored in dairy lagoon was conducted to determine the prevalence of E. coli and Salmonella. In addition, an attempt was made to develop the ozone and air-based treatment method to reduce pathogen in liquid manure. First a comprehensive review on microbial pollution of manure, and various control method was performed (Chapter 1). Secondly, a field study was undertaken to collect dairy manure from 20 dairy farms to determine the prevalence of indicator E. coli, Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC), and E. coli O157:H7 (Chapter 2). Finally, a lab scale experiment was developed to determine the impact of ozone and air injection on E. coli inactivation in liquid manure (Chapter 3). The first chapter addresses the issues of microbial pathogen in manure and associated risk to human, animal and environment and impacts of various treatment methods on bacteria control. Previous studies showed that anaerobic digestion reduces E. coli and Salmonella under prolonged incubation and high temperature conditions, however, many anaerobic pathogens such as Clostridium survive anaerobic environment. In anaerobic incubation, E. coli level is reduced, but these bacteria are not eliminated completely. In the second chapter, several bacteria testing methods were used to determine the prevalence of E. coli, Salmonella, STEC and E. coli O157:H7 which are common pathogens in dairy manure. About 177 manure samples were collected from 20 dairy farms from primary and secondary lagoons to test the bacteria using agar culture-based methods, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for detection of E. coli and Salmonella. In addition, a real- time PCR based method was used to determine the presence of E coli O157:H7. Results showed that the prevalence of Salmonella in manure sample is lower than E. coli. The bacteria detection approach presented here could reduce the number of testing required during downstream confirmation process. The presence of Salmonella was found in 2.26 % of the samples, and both the culture-based and PCR methods yielded comparable outcomes in detecting Salmonella. Moreover, approximately 11.30% of the total samples out of the 177 were identified as positive for STEC by qPCR. None of the lagoon samples were positive to E coli O157:H7 by qPCR. The outcomes of this study hold substantial importance to determine the microbial quality of lagoon manure, and aid in the selection of appropriate methodologies for determining the prevalence of pathogenic organisms in dairy manure. In the third chapter, lab scale experiments were conducted to determine the impacts of ozone injection (Ozonation) and air injection (Aeration) in liquid dairy manure on E. coli reduction. Liquid manure was exposed to ozone and air for multiple durations (0 min, 60 min, 120 min, and 240 min) and E. coli levels were determined. Further, manure samples were analyzed for pH, salt content, potassium (K+), sodium (Na+), nitrate (NO3-), calcium (Ca2+), and electrical conductivity (EC, mS/cm). Results showed that Ozonation can be an effective treatment method to reduce E. coli levels in liquid manure. Further nitrate ions were reduced substantially by Ozonation. The analysis of variance (one way and two way) revealed significance difference in E. coli and nitrate reductions in liquid slurry among ozone and air treatments (p <0.05). The study's results carry significance importance in terms of developing a simple field-scale method for reducing microbial and nutrient pollutions from dairy lagoon manure
Disparities in registration and use of an online patient portal among older adults: findings from the LitCog cohort
No full text(C) The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved.Financial disclosure: This project was supported by the
National Institute on Aging (R01 AG030611), the National
Center for Research Resources (5UL1RR025741), and the
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (Grant
8UL1TR000150). The content is solely the responsibility of the
authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of
the National Institutes of Health. Smith is currently supported
by a Cancer Research UK Fellowship
Radar Chart of Citation topic Meso, source: Formulated by author using MS Excel (2016).
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