21 research outputs found
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
L(+)-Lactic acid recovery from cassava bagasse based fermented medium using anion exchange resins
No full textThe properties of the ion exchange resins, Amberlite IRA 402, a strong anion exchange resin and IRA 67, a weak anion exchange resin were determined to evaluate their comparative suitability for lactic acid recovery from fermented cassava bagasse. Data on binding capacities and recovery proved that weak base resin in chloride form was the most favourable ones for lactic acid recovery from aqueous solutions and fermentation media. Fermented media obtained through simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of cassava bagasse starch hydrolysate based medium were used for lactic acid recovery study using weak base resin column. Amberlite IRA 67 had much more efficiency than Amberlite IRA 402 to recover lactic acid. Like in other reports, due to the presence of nutrients and ions other than lactate, the binding capacity was slightly lesser while using fermented media (~93%) instead of aqueous lactic acid solutions (~98%).As propriedades das resinas de troca iônica, da Amberlite IRA 402, uma resina de troca aniônica forte, e da IRA 67, uma resina de troca aniônica fraca, foram determinadas para se avaliar a adequabilidade comparativa delas à obtenção de ácido lático de bagaço de mandioca fermentado. Dados sobre a capacidade de ligação e sobre a obtenção provaram que a resina de base fraca na forma de cloreto era a mais adequada para a obtenção de ácido lático em soluções aquosas e meios de fermentação. Os meios de fermentação obtidos da sacarificação e da fermentação simultâneas de meios baseados hidrolisados de fécula de bagaço de mandioca foram usados para o estudo da obtenção de ácido lático usando uma coluna de resina de base fraca. A Amberlite IRA 67 mostrou-se muito mais eficaz do que a Amberlite IRA 402 para a obtenção de ácido lático. Como em outros relatórios, devido à presença de nutrientes e íons que não lactatos, a capacidade de ligação foi ligeiramente inferior enquanto se utilizavam meios fermentados em vez de soluções ácidas láticas aquosas
Zhivaia Azbuka (Living Alphabet) by the poet Aleksandr Chernii (1880–1932), an educational tool for the survival of the Russian language among émigrés’ children
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Das Ziel dieses Artikels ist eines der wichtigsten Bildungsmedien für ausgewanderte russische Kinder zu analysieren, das Lebende Alphabet (Zhivaia Azbuka) des russischen Kinderautors und Dichters Sasha Chernii (Aleksandr Mikhailovich Glikberg, 1880–1932), das in verschiedenen Ausgaben Veroeffentlicht wurde. Dieser Aufsatz besteht aus vier Teilen. Nach einer Einführung, die einige Überlegungen zur Untersuchungsmethode und zur Biografie des Autors, enthält, wird im ersten Teil die erste Ausgabe des Lebenden Aphabet (1914) beschrieben. Im zweiten Teil werden kurz zwei verschiedene Typologien russischer ABCbücher vorgestellt, die als Modelle für das Lebende Alphabet betrachtet sein können. Der dritte Teil befasst sich mit der Art und Weise, wie die russische Ausgewanderte Intelligencija sich bemühten, die russische Sprache zwischen ausgewanderten Kindern zu pflegen. Der Vierte Teil zeigt die verschiedenen Ausgaben des Lebenden Alphabets, die während der Jahre der Auswanderungen publiziert wurden. Die letze Augabe von 1926, die das Lebende Alphabet in ein wundervolles Bilderbuch dank der Zusammenarbeit berühmter Auswanderem Illustrator Rojan, verwandelte, beweisst dass das Buch die beinfluss der neuen und aktiven Pädagogik erfahren hat.
Schlüsselwörter: Bildungsgeschichte; Geschichte der ABCbücher; Sasha Chernii (Aleksandr Mikhailovich Glikberg); Russland; Russische Auswanderung; XIX–XX Jahrhunderte.
Abstract
This article analyzes one of the most important educational tools for Russian emigrant children, the Living Alphabet (Zhivaia Azbuka) by Russian children’s writer and poet Sasha Chernii (Aleksandr Mikhailovich Glikberg, 1880–1932), which has been published in several editions. The article comprises four parts. After an introduction that outlines the methodology of the investigation and the biography of the author in question, the first part describes the first edition of Living Alphabet (1914). The second part briefly presents two different typologies of Russian primers and pre-primers which can be considered a model for Living Alphabet. The third part deals with the way in which the Russian émigré intelligentsia strived to cultivate the Russian language among emigrant children. Finally, the fourth part examines Living Alphabet’s different editions, issued during various waves of emigration. The last edition of 1926, which transformed Living Alphabet into a wonderful picture book thanks to the collaboration of famous émigré illustrator, Rojan, reveals how it was influenced by a new and active pedagogy
Biallelic NAA60 variants with impaired n-terminal acetylation capacity cause autosomal recessive primary familial brain calcifications
No full textPrimary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is characterized by calcium deposition in the brain, causing progressive movement disorders, psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive decline. PFBC is a heterogeneous disorder currently linked to variants in six different genes, but most patients remain genetically undiagnosed. Here, we identify biallelic NAA60 variants in ten individuals from seven families with autosomal recessive PFBC. The NAA60 variants lead to loss-of-function with lack of protein N-terminal (Nt)-acetylation activity. We show that the phosphate importer SLC20A2 is a substrate of NAA60 in vitro. In cells, loss of NAA60 caused reduced surface levels of SLC20A2 and a reduction in extracellular phosphate uptake. This study establishes NAA60 as a causal gene for PFBC, provides a possible biochemical explanation of its disease-causing mechanisms and underscores NAA60-mediated Nt-acetylation of transmembrane proteins as a fundamental process for healthy neurobiological functioning. © 2024. The Author(s)
DERSİM MASSACRE IN THE NOVEL NAMED KALAŞNİKOF
No full textNa xebate de ma ceribna ke Deniz Gunduzî romanê xo Kalaşnîkof de senê hewa ca da yo qirkerdişê Dêrsimî analîz bikî. Nuştox, hedîseyano raştî ra îlham girewto û eserê xo no hewa nuşto. Coka, ma ceribna ke xebate xo de hedîseyî ke cuyo reel de ameyî meydan rê zî ca bidî. Semedê nê armancî, vîrameyîşê kesî ke qirkerdişî bi xo veynayo û rojnameyê ê rojan semedê ma çimeyî muhîm bî û ma xebate de ca da înan zî. Peynî de ma veyna ke hedîseyî ke roman de vêrenî û hedîseyî ke tarîxo reel de ameyî meydan seypê yî. Mîsale, cuyê raştî de keyeyê, dewê, darîstanê, bostonê, heywanê Dêrsimijî yenî veşnayiş; yew rey de bi seyan însan kişîyenî. Gedeyê Dêrsimijî, bi taybetî zî keynekî, hetê leşkeran, karmendan sey destirme girîyenî. Însanî ke remayî eşkefteyan de xo nimnenî, pey gaz û bombayan yenî helînayiş û fekê eşkefteyî pey betonî kefelîyenî. Wendox, roman de zî nê serebutan biteferuatan veyneno.It was tried to show how the massacre of the Dersim was dealt with in the work of Deniz Gündüz named Kalaşnikof, in this study. As the author wrote his novel on the basis of real events, the events in the real life were tried to be given together with the events in the novel. For this reason, the memories of those who personally experienced the Dersim massacre and the periodicals were used. At the end of all this, it was revealed that the events in the novel and the events in the real life are similar. For example villages, houses, forests, gardens, animals are burned; people are mass killed in real history. Children, especially girls, adopted by soldiers, civil servants. People hiding in a cave are killed with poison gas and the mouths of the caves are closed with concrete. Readers read the details of these events in the novel
DERSİM MASSACRE IN THE NOVEL NAMED KALAŞNİKOF
No full textNa xebate de ma ceribna ke Deniz Gunduzî romanê xo Kalaşnîkof de senê hewa ca da yo qirkerdişê Dêrsimî analîz bikî. Nuştox, hedîseyano raştî ra îlham girewto û eserê xo no hewa nuşto. Coka, ma ceribna ke xebate xo de hedîseyî ke cuyo reel de ameyî meydan rê zî ca bidî. Semedê nê armancî, vîrameyîşê kesî ke qirkerdişî bi xo veynayo û rojnameyê ê rojan semedê ma çimeyî muhîm bî û ma xebate de ca da înan zî. Peynî de ma veyna ke hedîseyî ke roman de vêrenî û hedîseyî ke tarîxo reel de ameyî meydan seypê yî. Mîsale, cuyê raştî de keyeyê, dewê, darîstanê, bostonê, heywanê Dêrsimijî yenî veşnayiş; yew rey de bi seyan însan kişîyenî. Gedeyê Dêrsimijî, bi taybetî zî keynekî, hetê leşkeran, karmendan sey destirme girîyenî. Însanî ke remayî eşkefteyan de xo nimnenî, pey gaz û bombayan yenî helînayiş û fekê eşkefteyî pey betonî kefelîyenî. Wendox, roman de zî nê serebutan biteferuatan veyneno.It was tried to show how the massacre of the Dersim was dealt with in the work of Deniz Gündüz named Kalaşnikof, in this study. As the author wrote his novel on the basis of real events, the events in the real life were tried to be given together with the events in the novel. For this reason, the memories of those who personally experienced the Dersim massacre and the periodicals were used. At the end of all this, it was revealed that the events in the novel and the events in the real life are similar. For example villages, houses, forests, gardens, animals are burned; people are mass killed in real history. Children, especially girls, adopted by soldiers, civil servants. People hiding in a cave are killed with poison gas and the mouths of the caves are closed with concrete. Readers read the details of these events in the novel
Energy Management Research in Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone (SNPBZ) and its Outcomes
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