The microgrid concept is a natural evolution of distributed resources that may be used to serve energy to customers in areas where conventional power system approaches cannot satisfy the reliability needs. Microgrids[2] may also provide support to conventional power systems that are too constrained to meet the power demands of customers. This paper presents a case study of a remote village depe...

On the night of the 8th " Phagan " (19th February 1907), when there was snow in the fields, some wild pigs came down from a forest in Mouza Tongasi and dug up a field of wheat after removing the snow from the ground. On the following morning some people of the upper part of this village went in search of them with a gun ; eventually three boars were tracked down. Two small ones and one a very f...

BACKGROUND Chronic bronchitis is an important public health problem worldwide. A study was undertaken to examine the association between exposure to air pollution from domestic biomass fuel combustion and chronic bronchitis in two rural Bolivian highland villages: a village in which cooking is done exclusively indoors and a village in which cooking is done primarily outdoors. Apart from this di...

In view of the galloping pace of globalization that is transforming the world into a global village, close international cooperation is essential in the detection , prevention, and control of communicable diseases.

Unemployment is a universal problem with which the political leadership of almost every country has to wrestle. Even the United States of America which has emerged as the dominant economy of the global village, is forced to invest considerable resources in job creation and economic development programmes aimed at reducing institutional unemployment. This matter has become so significant in the ...

the ethnobotany of the medicinal plants of alamut region is important in understanding the cultures and traditions of alamut people. this study documents 16 medicinal plant species, most commonly used by the indigenous people of alamut region (ghazvin province), northwest, iran. the botanical name, family name, vernacular name, part used, and the application of the plants have been provided in ...

The Kaibartas are one of the sixteen Scheduled Castes of Assam. Fishing is considered to be the primary occupation of the Kaibartas. The present work was undertaken among the Kaibartas of Boripara village, nearby Guwahati city in Kamrup District, Assam. The society and economy of these people and the occupational changes noticed among them due to the impact of urbanization is discussed in this ...

Nepal is among the least developed countries in Asia, and 80% of the population live in rural areas. Hygiene and sanitation are generally poor in Nepal with 36% of the people practicing defecation in fields or bushes. A structured survey was conducted from June to September 2012 at the five sites of Tikapur Municipality and four surrounding Village Development Committees (VDCs) in Kailali, far-...

There are only one Specialist Hospital, two Township Hospitals, two Urban Health Centres and four Station Hospitals for our people in the Arakan state. Rural Health Centre and subcentre of health are located in each village without any facilities or supports and thus they can’t provide any health service. There are only 12 Rohingya doctors, 3 Rohingya dental surgeons for five decades. You can i...