Monitoring of Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, PM10 and TSP Present in the Ambient Air of NIT Rourkela

The project investigates the concentration of the pollutants sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter (PM10) and total suspended particulate (TSP) generated from various sources like automobiles, industries over the ambient air quality of the NIT Rourkela campus. As such Rourkela is a big city and it is not possible to measure the concentration of these major pollutants in all areas, so we have restricted our study to our institute campus. The major pollutants as suggested by the Central pollution control board (CPCB) in an industrial area are sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen (NOX) , particulate matter (PM10) and total suspended particulate (TSP) . The rate of emission and concentration of these gases in the ambient air is studied by the following laboratory methods – (a) Modified West and Gaeke method for determination of sulphur dioxide in ambient air, (b) Modified Jacob and Hochheiser method for determination of nitrogen oxides in ambient air, (c) High volume method for determination of TSP in the ambient air, (d) Cyclonic flow technique for the measurement of PM10. The results will show the concentration of emissions of the above cited gaseous and suspended solid pollutants and will be compared with the permissible concentrations as per the standards given by CPCB for an industrial area and major precautions can be taken to reduce the concentration level of these pollutant

The Cowl - v.55 - n.12 - Feb 4, 1987

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 55 - No. 12 - February 4, 1987. 20 pages

Gumbo Yearbook, Class of 1913

The Gumbo yearbook chronicles the entire academic year at LSU. In words and especially photos, the Gumbo shows the people, places, and events that make each year unique. In addition to formal portraits of schools and departments, the book contains hundreds of snapshots of students with their friends and dozens of pages showcasing organizations.https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gumbo/1013/thumbnail.jp

The Anointing That Teaches: A Socio-Historical and Rhetorical Study of Chrisma in 1 John 2:20 and 27

Definitions of χρῖσμα in 1 John 2:20 and 27 have inadequately explained the term as physical ointment, rhetorical symbol, or simple alias for the Holy Spirit or Paraclete figure from the Fourth Gospel. This thesis employs a variety of exegetical methods, including rhetorical-critical, socio-historical and grammatical analysis in order to respond to the need for a historically contextualized definition. Specifically, the models of limited good, patronage and brokerage are applied to the text, along with insights from group formation theory and memory studies. Comparisons with Philo, Xenophon, and other ancient authors lead to a rhetorically and culturally informed interpretation of chrisma, significant for understanding the community addressed in the text historically and theologically. The thesis contends that χρῖσμα is 1 John’s culturally symbolized term for a communally experienced instructive reality that establishes group ethos and enables a communal lifestyle in conformity to correct christology

Fanaticos, Exiles and the Mexico-U.S. Border: Episodes of Mexican State Reconstruction, 1923-1929

Fanaticos, Exiles and the Mexico-United States Border: Episodes of Mexican State Reconstruction, 1923-1929,\u27 examines the major challenges to state reconstruction in Mexico in the wake of its decade of revolutionary violence, 1910-1920. The Mexican state, since the beginning of the revolution, found that the best way to deal with political dissent was to exile its malcontents. By the 1920s, this practice had conjured the necessity for an expanding external surveillance apparatus, as it also created the conditions by which dangerous alliances could be made between Catholic dissidents, and the more politically ambitious exiles from both before and after the revolution. The 1920s witnessed the de la Huerta and Cristero rebellions, but also smaller rebellions along the border that well-connected exiles led and funded. For those exiles that had been in the United States for almost a decade, the significance of the Cristero rebellion of 1926 was tremendous. It generated three years of social, military, and political instability, and many of the most dangerous exiles were determined to take advantage of the chaos. The fledgling revolutionary state faced internal and external threats throughout the decade of the 1920s. This project seeks to understand how it survived in this tumultuous period and why the counterrevolutionaries across the border failed to affect political change in Mexico over the course of the decade. The Calles government\u27s focus on defending its border, utilizing a network of consular officials and confidential agents, held the most dangerous counterrevolutionaries at bay long enough to move forward with the reconstruction of the Mexican state. As such, these agents on the border became tools of state reconstruction by way of defending the nation from exile threats. My work highlights the importance of the Mexican exile community in the United States, in fueling these conflagrations with money, arms, and ammunition, but also the significance of the Mexican agencies developed to protect the border

Exploring the link between law and the fair trade movement: how can law be opened to reflect values from a social movement to benifit the world's poor?

PhDThe fair trade movement has been established to create a mutual equality among people in a global pane to offset a gap of inequality and poverty exacerbated by the effect of globalization. One of the main principles of fair trade is based on the value of fairness and social solidarity to create a tie between business corporations and impoverished producers. While the livelihoods of small-scale producers depend on trading interactions with the business world, the main concern is that the nature of corporations in their profit-seeking behavior might result in abuses of resources, labor malpractices, and environment degradation in developing countries. In order to offset the danger that global business poses on the poor, the relationship between law and the fair trade movement has raised my interest in conducting this thesis so as to consider the extent that legal approaches can be argued to embrace legitimacy from emerging social norms. Legal imperatives from CSR and soft regulation will be explored to propose the weight of fair trade in shaping corporate practices to take ethical and moral commitment towards sustainability of human development. The uniqueness of the fair trade movement is to be explored in the light of legal theories concerning community and solidarity. Philosophical ideas of scholars like Selznick and Cotterrell argue for ‘bottom-up’ legitimacy grounded in community power that seeks for a responsive role of bureaucracy towards new demands in an ever-changing society. Their legal arguments have been greatly influential in a modern legal analysis on emerging concepts of regulation. The thesis is set out to propose that the fair trade movement possesses a distinctive set of social forces capable of influencing regulatory strategies and policies to render fairness and justice to the poor

How to Put Tar in the Planet and Keep Feathers on the Eagles: The Best and Worst of the Monthly Planet and Weekly Letters to an Alaskan Editor

Undergraduate Problem Series: Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington State College. John Muir helped a Presbyterian minister choose a site near the north end of the world\u27s longest fjord for a mission in the year 1879. The Reverend S. Hall Young declared that Haines Mission would be founded for the benefit of the fierce Tlingit inhabitants. I do not know what benefit the Tlingits have received, but my guess is Haines, Alaska 99827. David Clarke and a group of other fervent environmental professors chose a site near the south end of Western Washington University\u27s campus for a cluster college, in the year 1968. David Clarke declared that Huxley College would be founded for the benefit of dedicated environmentalists in Washington and beyond. I am not sure what benefit the environmentalists have received, but now they\u27ve got The Monthly Planet

Headhunting: Evaluating the Disruptive Capacity of Leadership Decapitation on Terrorist Organizations

Leadership decapitation -- the practice of removing a leader from a position of authority through targeted killing (i.e. assassination) or arrest -- has long been a feature of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency strategies the world over. Still, how effective is the practice of leadership decapitation in actually bringing a halt to, or even impeding, terrorist activity? Can removing top leaders of terrorist enclaves from power disrupt their groups to the point of organizational degradation or dissolution? And lastly, because no two terrorist groups are the same; when a terrorist group experiences leadership loss, how can the group be expected to react? Will they implode under exogenous pressure, reorient in a search for political viability, or something different altogether? This paper endeavors to answer some of these questions by establishing a baseline of terrorist group typologies and motivations, distilling the key, generative factors that have proven to contribute to organizational death among terrorist groups, and provide a causal correlation between type of terrorist organization, and their probable response to leadership loss. Regardless of the ethical implications of leadership decapitation, this paper provides a mixed method analysis of the after-effects of leadership removal. Similarly, this paper finds that certain terrorist groups, such as religiously motivated ones, are more likely to degrade or disband when a leader is removed, while others, like those who use terrorism as a tool to further a nationalist or separatist agenda, are less likely to be irreparably damaged when a leader is extricated. Finally, the conclusion offers some prescriptive policy implications for the findings within the paper