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This study optimises a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) for the Baliakandi Upazila Health Complex using Hybrid Optimisation Model for Electric Renewables (HOMER) Pro software. The optimal configuration (Case I) achieves the lowest cost of energy ($0.0329/kWh) and a 70% reduction in CO2‚ emissions, enhancing sustainability and energy security.
Md. Feroz Ali +6 more
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Perspectives from the Field: Interviews with the \u3ci\u3eAlima\u3c/i\u3e of Ladakh [PDF]
This article is based on a series of interviews with a group of female Islamic scholars—alima—in Leh, Ladakh, who were the first four women from the region to receive a religious education in a formal madrassa (religious school).
Fewkes, Jacqueline H
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Thermochronology of the modern Indus River bedload: New insight into the controls on the marine stratigraphic record [PDF]
The Indus River is the only major drainage in the western Himalaya and delivers a long geological record of continental erosion to the Arabian Sea, which may be deciphered and used to reconstruct orogenic growth if the modern bedload can be related to ...
Ali Athar Khan +90 more
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Governing on the Edge. How International Pressures Shape the Geography of State Power
ABSTRACT Most explanations of the territorial unevenness of state capacity in the contemporary non‐Western world focus on domestic factors. While international causes may have been crucial in shaping state capacity in Europe in earlier centuries, the logic goes, they are of less relevance for developing countries in the postwar era.
Magnus Åsblad
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Aporosa Blume from the paleoequatorial rainforest of Bikaner, India: Its evolution and diversification in deep time [PDF]
The Gondwanan origin, northward migration and subsequent collision with Asia means that the Indian subcontinent is of particular interest regarding the origin and dispersal of numerous plants and animal species.
Mehrotra, Rakesh C. +3 more
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ABSTRACT Many groups of terrestrial plants and animals display a disjunct distribution pattern in the Paleotropics, being found almost exclusively in tropical Africa and Asia. The origin of such a pattern may be manifold, particularly for older lineages where plate tectonics potentially played an important role.
Zhe‐Yuan Yu +6 more
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Spatial Heterogeneity and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Anaemia Among Indian Women
Background Anaemia is one of the most concerning public health issues in India, primarily affecting women of reproductive age. Despite the interventions dedicated to this, the prevalence of anaemia remains rather high. This study aims to analyse the socioeconomic inequalities, factors contributing to these inequalities, and spatial variations in the ...
Deepak Kumar +4 more
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Pastoralism in Changthang, Ladakh: Adaptations, Challenges, and Pathways for Sustainability
In the Changthang region of Ladakh, India, pastoralism serves as the cornerstone of both the local economy and the local way of life. However, recent socioeconomic shifts and environmental constraints put this economic structure, which has been expertly ...
Arif Pandit +7 more
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Abstract The formation, storage, and evolution of granitic magmas are fundamental processes driving the growth of continental crust. While traditionally attributed to crystal fractionation in high‐melt fraction magma chambers, the model invoking low‐melt fraction crystal mushes has gained wide acceptance.
Wang Li +5 more
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Deadly Predators and Virtuous Buddhists
The region of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas has recently seen a rise in attacks by stray dogs, some of which have been fatal. The dogs’ claims on territory have not gone uncontested in an emotional landscape fraught with anxieties over religious ...
Karine Gagné
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