Abstract Human engagement with modern energy services is foundational to social and economic welfare, as their disengagement welfare inhibiting traditional services. With access often leading the stacked use of services, there a need understand drivers determinants decision-making poor. This study draws on 83 semi-structured in-depth interviews 67 poor households in rural Lagos explore what liv...

BACKGROUND Interventions having a strong theoretical basis are more efficacious, providing a strong argument for incorporating theory into intervention planning. The objective of this study was to develop a conceptual model to facilitate the planning of dietary intervention strategies at the household level in rural Kerala. METHODS Three focus group discussions and 17 individual interviews we...

This paper presents empirical data on household expenditure on domestic fuel and power in New South Wales. Consumer behaviour relating to class, family life-cycle and demographics was examined. Our findings indicate distinct variations across household type, size and income, and both the age and sex of the reference person of the household. Ethnicity was not found to be a significant factor. Th...

For application of the plastic analysis and design methods the control of the plastic behaviour of the structures is an important requirement. In this study, the complementary strain energy of the residual forces is considered as an overall measure of the plastic performance of the structure. Shakedown theorem for the analysis of the plastic behaviour of the laterally loaded piles is developed ...

This study examined the association between household food insecurity (insufficient access to adequate and nutritious food) and trajectories of externalising and internalising behaviour problems in children from kindergarten to fifth grade using longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), a nationally representative study in the USA. Household foo...

The purpose of this paper is to present how, using a visualization method, electricity use can be derived from the everyday activity patterns of household members. Target groups are, on the one hand, professionals in the energy sector and energy advisors who need more knowledge about household energy use, and, on the other hand, household members wanting to reduce the energy use by revealing th...