Ammonia is a basic gas and one of the most abundant nitrogen-containing compounds in the atmosphere. When emitted, ammonia reacts with oxides of nitrogen and sulfur to form particles, typically in the fine particle size range. Roughly half of the PM(2.5) mass in eastern United States is ammonium sulfate, according to the US EPA. Results from recent studies of PM(2.5) show that these fine partic...

the purpose of this study was to identify and determine the role of rural women in agricultural activities and to identify factors influencing women's participation in these activities are. research methods - descriptive and analytical survey is used to collect information and library studies. statistical study of 4200 rural women above 15 years of city form and volume samples using the formula...

From the inception of campaign planning, the Managers’ strategy was to attain the $11,617,673 goal through securing a combination of public and private funding as well as through the sale of Historic Tax Credits and paintings unrelated to the Library’s mission. As private fund raising quietly progressed during the Major Gifts Phase, other significant revenue development activities were also und...

global forum for non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) and a wide range of other partners to share information and approaches on the elimination, prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The primary mission of the network is to coordinate the activities of members in an attempt to bridge gaps in funding and programme support to endemic countries. The NTD NGDO N...

To transform donations "in kind" into cash, charities of all sizes use auctions and raffles. Despite this, neither the theory nor the practice of efficient fund-raising and, in particular, charity auctions has received sufficient attention from economists, especially the fact that participation in fundraisers is endogenous. We describe, in detail, the design and implementation of an experiment ...

Structural transformation in the economy and institutional innovations bring changes in the socio--economic dynamics in the society. This leads to changes in the pattern of income distribution, poverty and income inequality. Environmental resources such as forest still make significant contribution in rural household economy. The leasehold forestry program for the poor introduced in the last de...

The high environmental costs of raising livestock are now widely appreciated, yet consumption of animal-based food items continues and is expanding throughout the world. Consumers’ ability to distinguish among, and rank, various interchangeable animal-based items is crucial to reducing environmental costs of diets. However, the individual environmental burdens exerted by the five dominant lives...