The thermal spring Agnikunda, in eastern India, is characterized by spontaneous emission of helium bearing natural gases. Temporal variation of the concentration of this helium has been observed for a fairly long period of time and seen to be random in nature. This irregular variation of helium...

This paper describes the World Bank's technical assistance and lending efforts in support of developing countries facing power shortages. The paper reviews the World Bank's experience in helping governments to mitigate power shortages in Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America regions....

The classic theory to derive the characteristic Rayleigh wavelength, i.e., the distance between neighbouring droplets into which an originally cylindrical liquid body disintegrates, as a consequence of Rayleigh instability, is analysed in terms of the phenomenon of self-organization due to the...

Investigations of nonlinear fittings in combination with interventions have not been found in the literature so far. Because of the complexities of the procedures and intractability of the model identification and estimation of parameters of nonlinear models, the study has not developed....

Mulching is one of the important agronomic practices in conserving the soil moisture and modifying the soil physical environment. Wheat, the second most important cereal crop in India, is sensitive to soil moisture stress. Field experiments were conducted during winter seasons of 2004-2005 and...

In this paper, a supplier selection problem is studied under risks of supplier failure due to the catastrophic events disruption. An analytical model is developed to determine the optimal number of suppliers considering different failure probability, capacity, and compensation. An algorithm is...