Mobilising Knowledge: Determining key elements for success and pitfalls in developing Community Based Tourism

Community based tourism (CBT) has often been cited as an alternative to mass tourism and an approach for tourism to become more sustainable. If developed well, CBT can become a poverty alleviation mechanism and a way to access improvements in quality of life, providing empowerment and greater economic benefit to individuals in local communities. Despite the plethora of literature on CBT and evaluation of models, there is little analysis of the facilitators and barriers to achieving it. Through the use of case studies in both academic and grey literature, this paper serves as an instructive review of the CBT literature to synthesise the key elements of success and the challenges

Image Dataset taken by 1U CubeSat Constellation in the Low Earth Orbit

This dataset contains images taken by four 1U CubeSats (3 satellites from BIRDS-3 and 1 satellite from BIRDS-4) that belong to the BIRDS Constellation of satellites. The camera mission payload employs a single 5-megapixel (MP) OV Arducam module, 8-bit Atmega2560V MCU, and 1Gb MT25QL01GB as non-volatile flash storage. Images are available at different resolutions such as 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.A commercial S-mount, M12 lens from Lensation was used for optics, however, BIRDS-3 and BIRDS-4 used different specifications. For BIRDS-3, the lens has a focal length of 2.9mm and an f2.0 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 103º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 700 km by 450 km. For BIRDS-4, the lens has a focal length of ¼ inch and an f1.8 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 125º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 800 km by 600 km.The CubeSats were deployed from International Space Station (ISS) into an orbit of altitude 400 km, inclination of 51.6°, and orbital duration of 92.6 minutes. The satellites do not have any attitude control, so the satellites are in free rotation at approximately 3 deg/s on each axis.The dataset contains 156 images from the BIRDS-3 constellation of satellites and 81 images from the BIRDS-4 satellite. The images have been named according to their resolution and basic classification into Earth images (ER), Horizon images (HZ), sunburn images (SB) and space images (SP). The images are unprocessed, raw images and the sizes of the images vary between 3kB for space images and up to 99kB for earth images

Image Dataset taken by 1U CubeSat Constellation in the Low Earth Orbit

This dataset contains images taken by four 1U CubeSats (3 satellites from BIRDS-3 and 1 satellite from BIRDS-4) that belong to the BIRDS Constellation of satellites. The camera mission payload employs a single 5-megapixel (MP) OV Arducam module, 8-bit Atmega2560V MCU, and 1Gb MT25QL01GB as non-volatile flash storage. Images are available at different resolutions such as 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.A commercial S-mount, M12 lens from Lensation was used for optics, however, BIRDS-3 and BIRDS-4 used different specifications. For BIRDS-3, the lens has a focal length of 2.9mm and an f2.0 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 103º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 700 km by 450 km. For BIRDS-4, the lens has a focal length of ¼ inch and an f1.8 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 125º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 800 km by 600 km.The CubeSats were deployed from International Space Station (ISS) into an orbit of altitude 400 km, inclination of 51.6°, and orbital duration of 92.6 minutes. The satellites do not have any attitude control, so the satellites are in free rotation at approximately 3 deg/s on each axis.The dataset contains 156 images from the BIRDS-3 constellation of satellites and 81 images from the BIRDS-4 satellite. The images have been named according to their resolution and basic classification into Earth images (ER), Horizon images (HZ), sunburn images (SB) and space images (SP). The images are unprocessed, raw images and the sizes of the images vary between 3kB for space images and up to 99kB for earth images

Image Dataset taken by 1U CubeSat Constellation in the Low Earth Orbit

This dataset contains images taken by four 1U CubeSats (3 satellites from BIRDS-3 and 1 satellite from BIRDS-4) that belong to the BIRDS Constellation of satellites. The camera mission payload employs a single 5-megapixel (MP) OV Arducam module, 8-bit Atmega2560V MCU, and 1Gb MT25QL01GB as non-volatile flash storage. Images are available at different resolutions such as 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.A commercial S-mount, M12 lens from Lensation was used for optics, however, BIRDS-3 and BIRDS-4 used different specifications. For BIRDS-3, the lens has a focal length of 2.9mm and an f2.0 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 103º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 700 km by 450 km. For BIRDS-4, the lens has a focal length of ¼ inch and an f1.8 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 125º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 800 km by 600 km.The CubeSats were deployed from International Space Station (ISS) into an orbit of altitude 400 km, inclination of 51.6°, and orbital duration of 92.6 minutes. The satellites do not have any attitude control, so the satellites are in free rotation at approximately 3 deg/s on each axis.The dataset contains 156 images from the BIRDS-3 constellation of satellites and 81 images from the BIRDS-4 satellite. The images have been named according to their resolution and basic classification into Earth images (ER), Horizon images (HZ), sunburn images (SB) and space images (SP). The images are unprocessed, raw images and the sizes of the images vary between 3kB for space images and up to 99kB for earth images.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Image Dataset taken by 1U CubeSat Constellation in the Low Earth Orbit

This dataset contains images taken by four 1U CubeSats (3 satellites from BIRDS-3 and 1 satellite from BIRDS-4) that belong to the BIRDS Constellation of satellites. The camera mission payload employs a single 5-megapixel (MP) OV Arducam module, 8-bit Atmega2560V MCU, and 1Gb MT25QL01GB as non-volatile flash storage. Images are available at different resolutions such as 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240.A commercial S-mount, M12 lens from Lensation was used for optics, however, BIRDS-3 and BIRDS-4 used different specifications. For BIRDS-3, the lens has a focal length of 2.9mm and an f2.0 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 103º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 700 km by 450 km. For BIRDS-4, the lens has a focal length of ¼ inch and an f1.8 aperture providing a diagonal field of view (DFOV) of 125º. The ground swath calculated from a 400 km orbit is about 800 km by 600 km.The CubeSats were deployed from International Space Station (ISS) into an orbit of altitude 400 km, inclination of 51.6°, and orbital duration of 92.6 minutes. The satellites do not have any attitude control, so the satellites are in free rotation at approximately 3 deg/s on each axis.The dataset contains 156 images from the BIRDS-3 constellation of satellites and 81 images from the BIRDS-4 satellite. The images have been named according to their resolution and basic classification into Earth images (ER), Horizon images (HZ), sunburn images (SB) and space images (SP). The images are unprocessed, raw images and the sizes of the images vary between 3kB for space images and up to 99kB for earth images.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Effect of curing methods on quality and drying characteristics of turmeric: Effect of curing methods on quality of turmeric

Turmeric rhizomes of Suranjana cultivar were cured by traditional and microwave methods in water and sodium bicarbonate solution and dried in hot air dryer. Effect of curing methods on moisture content, hardness, colour, curcumin content, essential oil content, total phenolic content and drying rate were investigated. Curing methods did not have significant effect on moisture content of cured rhizomes. Hardness of turmeric rhizomes decreased as curing duration increased. Microwave curing in sodium bicarbonate solution for 6 min resulted in maximum value of the colour indices, highest curcumin content (5.20%) and essential oil content (4.38%) in turmeric powder and highest dry recovery (24.20%). Curing caused significant reduction in drying time. Minimum drying time (20.84 h) was required in microwave curing in water for 8 min, whereas, uncured samples took longest time (29 h) for drying. Drying of all the turmeric rhizomes cured by different methods occurred in falling rate period

Exploring the studies of charge transportation of an aromatic acid based Co(II)-Metallogel scaffold fabricated Schottky device

An efficient supramolecular metallogel of Cobalt(II) has been synthesized through the ultra-sonication technique. Cobalt(II)-salt (Cobalt acetate tetrahydrate), organic acid like terephthalic acid along with N,N-dimethyl formamide solvent are the key ingredients of the Co(II)-metallogel. The rheology-based experimental values of storage and loss modulus of the Co(II)-metallogel prove the mechanical efficiency of the metallogel-material. The chemical compositions are found through elemental investigations. The infrared spectral results help to realize the metallogel formation strategy. The electrical characteristics of the synthesized metallogel have been properly investigated. The semiconducting feature of the metallogel-material has been experimentally verified. The measured current-voltage characteristics of Cobalt(II)-metallogel (Co-TA) based thin film type metal-semiconductor (MS) junction-device shows a non-linear rectifying behaviour, representing a Schottky diode (SD) performance with promising electronic charge transport property. © 2021 Elsevier Lt

Effect of altitude and climate in shaping the forest compositions of Singalila National Park in Khangchendzonga Landscape, Eastern Himalaya, India

Himalayas provide high altitudinal gradients and extreme slopes which may rapid changes in climatic zones over a small distance which reflects noticeable changes in the forest community structures. We identified and analyzed various aspects of forest community composition with the effect of climatic variables and altitudes in the Singalila National Park (SNP), Khangchendzonga Landscape in Eastern Himalayas (India). We encountered 2075 woody individuals of 70 species within a transect (2000 m-3636 m asl). The entire forest regime reflected a dominance of young trees and the species richness showed a negative correlation with the altitude. Climatic variables (actual evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration and moisture index) are the measures of available environmental energies which drive the final shape of forest community structure. Our study revealed that these forces showed a significant relationship with species richness and altitude of the forest which provides the present shape of forest community composition structure of the SNP