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Sustainable Energy Solutions for Healthcare Facilities in Developing Countries: A Hybrid System Analysis With HOMER Pro

open access: yesIET Renewable Power Generation, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives from the Field: Interviews with the \u3ci\u3eAlima\u3c/i\u3e of Ladakh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
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
core   +1 more source

Thermochronology of the modern Indus River bedload: New insight into the controls on the marine stratigraphic record [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
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
core   +2 more sources

Governing on the Edge. How International Pressures Shape the Geography of State Power

open access: yesGovernance, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Aporosa Blume from the paleoequatorial rainforest of Bikaner, India: Its evolution and diversification in deep time [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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
core   +1 more source

Out‐of‐Africa: Origin of the Disjunct Distribution of Paleotropical Eneopterinae Crickets (Gryllidae, Xenogryllini)

open access: yesZoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 116-130, January 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Heterogeneity and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Anaemia Among Indian Women

open access: yesAnemia, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Pastoralism in Changthang, Ladakh: Adaptations, Challenges, and Pathways for Sustainability

open access: yesMountain Research and Development
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
doaj   +1 more source

Rapakivi K‐Feldspar Megacrysts in Monzogranitic Porphyry: Evidence for Magma Recharge and Mush Rejuvenation

open access: yesGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 26, Issue 12, December 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Deadly Predators and Virtuous Buddhists

open access: yesHIMALAYA, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

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