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No full textNot AvailableDirect and residual effects of organics and in combination with inorganic fertilizers applied to acid soils were studied in okra-rice system. Among the treatments vermicompost and poultry manure improved soil pH and exhibited liming effect whereas inorganic fertilizer decreased soil pH. Inorganic fertilizer contributed to 78% of net return in okra but the residual effect was observed in inorganic and vermicompost combination. Soil available nitrogen and potassium had increased at 100% recommended dose, compensated crop uptake at 75% but depletion was observed at 50%. Uptake of nitrogen was higher for okra from inorganic fertilizer but higher phosphorus and potassium uptake from vermicompost was observed for rice. Organics showed better correlation between soil pH and Zn uptake by okra and significant residual effect on rice. But it reduced the solubility of Fe and its uptake by okra and indicated a negative correlation between pH and DTPA extractable Fe2+.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableOwing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, small islands in the tropics are greatly concerned about their future and management of current threat emanating from climate change. Based on the observational records and experience it was observed that these islands have been experiencing violent cyclones, sea surges and tsunami which affects their food production system and livelihood. Bioshield is one of the best options to protect these islands from these threats and provide livelihood by inclusion of multipurpose tree species. A study was carried out at Little Andaman, India to assess the impact of bioshield in protecting the agricultural land and providing livelihood security to the local population. The tsunami damage assessment showed that agriculture and settlements were relatively less affected where the tree density in the bioshield is more than 60%. The major plant species found in natural bioshield are Rhizophora spp. Sonneratia spp. Casuarina equisetifolia, Manilkara littoralis, Ficus spp., Pandanus tectorius, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Baringtonia spp. Anacardium occidentale and Syzygium spp. During the time of calamity natural
bioshield provided food, fodder and source of other economic activity. Therefore bioshield should be established as a managed ecosystem in the island wherever coastal vegetation is less than 20%.Not Availabl
A funeral handkerchief [electronic resource] : in two parts : I. Part, containing arguments to comfort us at death of friends, II. Part, containing several uses which we ought to make of such losses : to which is added, Three sermons preached at Coventry /
No full textThe 2nd part has special t.p., continuous paging, and imprint: London : Printed for the author, 1691.Errata: prelim. p. [15].Imperfect: t.p. to the "Three sermons preached at Coventry" lacking.Includes bibliographical references.Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.WingElectronic reproduction
Voice Compression and Communications: Principles and Applications for Fixes and Wireless Channels
No full textUp-to-date, expert coverage of topics in wireless voice communications Voice communication is the most important facet of mobile radio service. Even when the predicted surge of wireless data and Internet services becomes a reality, voice will remain the most natural means of human communication. Voice Compression and Communications details issues in wireless voice communications and treats compression, channel coding, and wireless transmission as a joint subject. Part I covers background material, whereas Part II provides detailed information on both proprietary and standardized analysis-by-synthesis codecs, including the speech codecs of virtually all existing wireline-based and wireless systems. Parts III and IV discuss mainly research-based wideband, audio, as well as very low-rate schemes likely to find their way into future standards. Voice Compression and Communications describes fundamental concepts in a non-mathematical way early in the book for those with only a background knowledge of signal processing and communications. More advanced readers will find detailed discussions of theoretical principles, future concepts, and solutions to various specific wireless voice communications problems
Book Review: Khlynina T.P., Krinko E.F. History, Politics and Nation Building in the North Caucasus: Monograph. – Rostov-on-Don, Izd-vo YuNTs RAN, 2014. – 434 p.
Full text linkThe author of the review reveals the research approach of the monograph’s authors – T.P. Khlynina and E.F. Krinko to the analysis of the interconnection of historical memory, politics and nation building in the North Caucasus. The author also reveals the argumentation of authors’ evaluations of Soviet nation building in the region, interactions of state power with ethnopolitical movements, methods of historical memory institutionalization in the North Caucasus
Remarks upon the occasional paper, number VIII [electronic resource] : in a letter to the author.
No full textCaption title.Place and date of publicatin suggested by Wing."The 'author' is Richard Willis"--NUC pre-1956 imprints.Imperfect: t.p. stained with loss of print.Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.WingElectronic reproduction
Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Livelihood Security in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Aquaculture on the Tsunami-hit Lands of Andaman
Full text linkIndian subcontinent is highly vulnerable to major natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, droughts, landslides and bushfires. Tsunami, which is a recent addition to this list, had occurred in the early morning of 26th December 2004, after a massive earthquake of 9.2 magnitude on the Richter scale in Andaman & Nicobar islands, resulting in the submergence of large area of farmland, and subsequent drying up of water bodies. It caused moisture stress for the standing crops, livestock and fisheries and affected the livelihood of the people to a large extent. In this context, the present study has been carried out to make the socio-economic impact assessment of livelihood security in agriculture, animal husbandry and aquaculture on the tsunami-hit lands of Andaman. Data have been collected from 150 sample respondents and the survey has been conducted for two periods, pre-tsunami and post-tsunami. The results have indicated that tsunami has ravaged the households, standing crops, farm inputs such as seed, feed and implements, livestock and poultry population, their sheds, fish ponds, etc., thereby affecting the basic livelihood security of the people in Andaman. The rehabilitation measures taken by the government and NGOs have improved their livelihoods by reviving agriculture considerably in the subsequent years and by creating employment opportunities in various farm and non-farm activities. The paper has suggested creating profitable livelihood security to vulnerable sections of the society in the existing socio-economic penury with holistic intervention of the community, government and NGOs.Agricultural and Food Policy,
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No full textNot AvailableThe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami severely damaged the coastal ecosystems of the Indian islands of
Andaman and Nicobar. Restoring coastal ecosystems and degraded soils of these islands is essential to
provisioning of numerous ecosystem services for the native islanders and ecological functions and
services of these hotspots of biodiversity. Thus, the present study was conducted to assess the impact of
bunding and broad bed and furrow (BBF) systems in restoring the productivity of tsunami inundated
coastal areas of southern Andaman. Bunding of agricultural land leached out the salts by impounding of
rainwater with significant reduction in electrical conductivity (ECe), sodium absorption ratio (SAR), and
exchangeable ions (e.g., Na+, Ca2+ + Mg2+, Cl and SO4
2 ). The BBF system installed in the low lying
waterlogged areas improved the drainage of the beds, harvested rain water (4476 m3 ha 1), prevented
entry of tidal and runoff water into the furrow, and reduced the overall salinity. In addition, microbial
biomass carbon was significantly improved (193–210 mg kg 1soil). Whereas the low lying areas were
inundated during the 20 to 45th standard meteorological week by 25 to 85 cm of water, soils under BBF
systems were adequately drained and had moisture content between
field capacity and the saturation
level. The depth of submergence (R2 = 0.798) and soil salinity (R2 =
0.787) were correlated with the
rainfall amount. Consequently, the BBF systems enabled a higher cropping intensity (218%), increased
fish
production (2.32 Mg ha 1) and water productivity (47.36 Rs m 3) and enhanced employment generation
(213 man days). These land forming interventions must be up scaled to tsunami-affected, low lying areas
of Andaman and elsewhere in southeastern Asia.Not Availabl
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No full textNot AvailableThe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami severely damaged the coastal ecosystems of the Indian islands of
Andaman and Nicobar. Restoring coastal ecosystems and degraded soils of these islands is essential to
provisioning of numerous ecosystem services for the native islanders and ecological functions and
services of these hotspots of biodiversity. Thus, the present study was conducted to assess the impact of
bunding and broad bed and furrow (BBF) systems in restoring the productivity of tsunami inundated
coastal areas of southern Andaman. Bunding of agricultural land leached out the salts by impounding of
rainwater with significant reduction in electrical conductivity (ECe), sodium absorption ratio (SAR), and
exchangeable ions (e.g., Na+, Ca2+ + Mg2+, Cl and SO4
2 ). The BBF system installed in the low lying
waterlogged areas improved the drainage of the beds, harvested rain water (4476 m3 ha 1), prevented
entry of tidal and runoff water into the furrow, and reduced the overall salinity. In addition, microbial
biomass carbon was significantly improved (193–210 mg kg 1soil). Whereas the low lying areas were
inundated during the 20 to 45th standard meteorological week by 25 to 85 cm of water, soils under BBF
systems were adequately drained and had moisture content between
field capacity and the saturation
level. The depth of submergence (R2 = 0.798) and soil salinity (R2 =
0.787) were correlated with the
rainfall amount. Consequently, the BBF systems enabled a higher cropping intensity (218%), increased
fish
production (2.32 Mg ha 1) and water productivity (47.36 Rs m 3) and enhanced employment generation
(213 man days). These land forming interventions must be up scaled to tsunami-affected, low lying areas
of Andaman and elsewhere in southeastern Asia.Not Availabl
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