Technology Transfer in the Non-traded Sector as a Means to Combat Global Warming

The paper considers a situation where two countries – the North and the South – use a non-traded polluting input to produce the goods for final consumption. The North is more efficient in both, production and abatement processes. The study compares the effects of the transfer of abatement technology by the North to the South under autarky with the free trade situation, assuming that the North pre-commits to an international protocol to keep the global pollution under a fixed level. The conditions under which either full or partial technology is transferred in autarky are determined. It is shown that under free trade no such transfer is possible. With trade even though the North wants a complete transfer of technology, the South refuses it.GHG Emissions, Mitigation, Technology Transfer, International Trade

Follow-up household survey in Agra District

This follow-up household survey in Agra District, India, was conducted with funding from USAID under the Population Council’s Asia and Near East Operations Research and Technical Assistance (ANE OR/TA) Project. The main objective of this study, as noted in this report, is to assess changes in the program indicators of family welfare activities, including some of the selected reproductive health indicators, from 1995 (before method-specific targets were withdrawn) and 1997 (30 months after targets were withdrawn). The study’s objectives are to detect changes in FP knowledge and use among currently married women in rural areas; detect changes in level of unmet need for spacing and limiting births; detect changes in use of health services by pregnant and postpartum women; identify the differential use of FP methods, antenatal and postnatal services, child immunization, and other reproductive health services; assess reproductive tract infections among ever-married women in rural areas as reported by them; and assess the level of unwanted pregnancies, incidence of abortions, and post-abortion services

Review on Analysis of Low Pass Finite Impulse Response Filter Using Window functions

Finite impulse response (FIR) filter plays a pivotal role in digital signal processing, multirate signal processing and speech analysis in the communication field. Implementation of the FIR filter employing MATLAB simulation tool can ease the computational complexity and enhance the filter performance to a greater extent. This review paper is based on the analysis of low pass FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter using different windowing techniques. Rectangular window, Hamming window and Kaiser windows are basically considered for our simulation work . MATLAB programming tools are used to characterize the magnitude and phase response of low pass FIR filter and then analyze the input and output signal in frequency domain as well as time domain for the three window functions under consideration

District level baseline survey of family planning program in Uttar Pradesh: Agra

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MOHFW), with assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a landmark project in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. The Innovations in Family Planning Services Project was implemented under the management of the State lnnovations in Family Planning Services Agency (SIFPSA), Lucknow. Conducting baseline surveys in 15 selected districts of Uttar Pradesh was the first step in the project. The Uttar Pradesh baseline survey provided critical input by generating important demographic and family welfare program data at the district level. Over and above the 15 districts surveyed, it was decided that a baseline survey would be conducted in Agra district. In Agra, interviewers collected information from 2,864 ever-married women aged 13–49 in urban and rural areas of the district. As noted in this report, the primary aim of the baseline survey was to provide information at the district level for urban and rural areas separately

Technology Transfer in the Non-traded Sector as a Means to Combat Global Warming

The paper considers a situation where two countries – the North and the South – use a non-traded polluting input to produce the goods for final consumption. The North is more efficient in both, production and abatement processes. The study compares the effects of the transfer of abatement technology by the North to the South under autarky with the free trade situation, assuming that the North pre-commits to an international protocol to keep the global pollution under a fixed level. The conditions under which either full or partial technology is transferred in autarky are determined. It is shown that under free trade no such transfer is possible. With trade even though the North wants a complete transfer of technology, the South refuses it

Autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma: identification of prognostic factors

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of prognostic factors on the outcome of patients with MM after ASCT. Patients and Methods: We analyzed results of 170 consecutive patients (121 male and 49 female) of MM who underwent ASCT. Patients' median age was 52 years (range, 26-68 years). High dose melphalan (200 mg/m2) was used for conditioning. One hundred thirty-two patients (77.6%) had evidence of chemosensitive disease before transplant. Response was assessed using European Group for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation criteria. Results: Post ASCT 44.7% of patients achieved CR, 24.7% had very good partial response (VGPR), and 21.2% had partial response (PR). Presence of pretransplant chemosensitive disease (CR, VGPR, and PR) and transplant within 12 months of diagnosis for years before 2006 were associated with higher response rates on multivariate analysis. At a median follow-up of 84 months, median overall (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) is 85.5 and 41 months, respectively. Estimated OS and EFS at 60 months is 62 ± 0.04% and 41 ± 0.04%, respectively. Patients who responded to transplant (CR, VGPR, and PR) had a longer OS (P < .001) and EFS (P < .001). Additionally, patients who achieved CR post transplant had a longer OS (P < .001) and EFS (P < .001). Patients who received novel agents for induction pretransplant had a longer OS (P < .001) and EFS (P < .002). Conclusion: Outcome after ASCT is better for myeloma patients with pretransplant chemosensitive disease and those who achieve CR after transplant

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Not AvailableA thorough knowledge of the effects of land use systems (LUS) on the soil carbon pool and soil total nitrogen (STN) are critical to planning effective strategies for adaptation and mitigation in future scenarios of global climate and land use systems. This study conducted with the objectives of investigating soil carbon, nitrogen storage and carbon management index (CMI) in different LUS under middle Indian Himalayan ecosystem, four LUS: barren land (BL), cultivated land (CL), grass land (GL) and forest land (FL) were selected in Indian midHimalaya. A total of 111 composite soil samples [4 treatment (land use systems) 3 - soil depths (0 – 15, 15 – 30 and 30–45 cm) and 8, 11, 8 and 10 replication for BL, CL, GL and FL systems, respectively] were collected for laboratory analyses. Forest land use system has the highest Walkley-Black Carbon (WBC), total carbon (TC), total nitrogen (TN), carbon and nitrogen (C and N)-storage and CMI values while barren land use system having least amount of WBC, TC, TN, CN-storage and CMI. Land use system had minimum effect on non-labile carbon (NLC), lability of carbon (LC), lability index (LI) and carbon pool index (CPI) of the ecosystem. Moreover, TC and TN were increase in the grass and forest land as compared to barren and cultivated land. The TC concentration was highly correlated with TN (R2 = 0.88, p < 0.01) and soil N-sequestration (R2 = 0.93, p < 0.01) concentrations. However, carbon storage and NSP relationship (p < 0.01) was NSP = 0.0916× + 0.7088 (R2 = 0.93). Overall results indicated that LUS and C-storage were associated with N-storage and CMI. These results suggest restoration of degraded barren and cultivated land to grass and forest land and decrease in intensity of land use could increase carbon and nitrogen storage in the study area as well as other similar mountainous regions of Indian mid-Himalayas.Not Availabl