Managed Groundwater Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting
Outlook from Develo** Countries
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Research on groundwater science and management in India
Hydrogeology, with time, has become one of the cardinal subjects of geoscience, both globally and in India. In this study, importance of groundwater in context of food security, societal development, public he...
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Combating Urban Waterlogging with Support from Underlaying Over Exploited Aquifer: A Case Study from India
Urban waterlogging and groundwater depletion are two diverse but major challenges of Indian cities under changing climatic conditions. The enhanced extreme events of rainfall in recent years along with rapidly...
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Development of Compact Design Formulae for Aperture-Coupled MPA for Satellite Communication Applications
Closed-form equations are presented for designing aperture-coupled microstrip antennas to ensure impedance matching with the feed network with a low return loss over a wide frequency band. The features like co...
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Theoretical Analysis and Design Equation of Rotated Dual-Split Elliptical Split Ring Resonator (RDS-ESRR)
In this article, a detailed theoretical analysis for the calculation of fundamental mode of resonance for rotated dual-split elliptical split ring resonator (RDS-ESRR) has been proposed. A mathematical compari...
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A DC-50 GHz SPDT Switch for 5G Wireless Applications
A broadband high-isolation single pole double throw (SPDT) switch based on a 0.15 μm gate length indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) pseudomorphic high electron transistor (pHEMT) is reported. The SPDT switch is ...
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A Comparative Analysis of Different Polygon-Shaped Slotted Anisotropic Unit Cell for Holographic Metasurface Application
This paper presents a comparative study between different slotted anisotropic meta unit cell having various polygon architectures to extract the variation of surface impedance (Zsurf) based on the structural para...
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Rectifier and Reconfigurable Impedance-Matching Network Analysis for Wireless Sub-6 GHz 5G/Wi-Fi 6/6E Energy Harvester
This paper presents the design and analysis of different rectifier configurations using the SMS7630 Schottky diode in RF energy-harvesting applications. This study focuses on achieving maximum power transfer b...
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Metasurface-Backed Polarization-Diversified Microstrip Patch Antenna for Biomedical Multi-communication Applications
A uniform and homogeneous 4X4 array-based metasurface-backed polarization-diversified microstrip patch antenna (MPA) has been proposed to study the characteristics of human physiology and blood composition in ...
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Farm Ponds in Semi-arid Hard Rock Terrain of India. Are They Increasing Dependency on Groundwater?
Farm ponds are traditional water harvesting structures to capture surface runoff and utilize this stored rainwater during the lean periods for agriculture. Benefits of the farm ponds include improvement in lan...
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Assessment of Potential Land Suitability for Economic Activity Using AHP and GIS Techniques in Drought Prone Gandheswari Watershed, Bankura District in West Bengal
Land is essential component of nature for performing any type of economic activity but availability of land is limited and more or less fixed. Enormous population pressure on land is a contemporary phenomenon....
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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Land Use Applying Change Detection and Built-Up Index for Durgapur Municipal Corporation, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal
In eastern India, Durgapur is one of the fastest growing cities. The land cover and land use of Durgapur are shifting very hurriedly due to urbanization, which adversely impacts the local land resources there....
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Groundwater Quality and Contaminations in India
India is the largest user in the world (Saha et al., Clean and Sustainable Groundwater in India. Springer, 2017). initiated in the 1960s has given an immense push for groundwater extraction through the ins...
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Managed Groundwater Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Development: Research, Practices, and Policies from Develo** Countries
Groundwater is a critical and strategic natural resource. Globally, it plays a pivotal role in meeting societal demands and providing ecosystem services. Across large areas, particularly in arid and semi-arid ...
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Plastic-grocery-bag-derived oil and its emulsion for compression ignition engine application: emulsion characteristics and combustion–performance–emission analysis
This study investigates the influence of plastic-grocery-bag (PGB)-extracted neat plastic oil (PO) and its emulsion on different characteristics of CI engine. A total of eight emulsions of PGB-derived PO were ...
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A delve into the pharmacological targets and biological mechanisms of Paederia foetida Linn.: a rather invaluable traditional medicinal plant
Drug development from herbal medicines or botanical sources is believed to have a prominent role in the exploration of novel counteractive drugs that has sparked much interest in recent times. Paederia foetida is...
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Open AccessExploration of the anti-diabetic potential of hydro-ethanolic leaf extract of Koenigia polystachya L.: an edible wild plant from Northeastern India
Globally, medicinal plants are used to treat diseases like diabetes. The present study evaluates the possible antioxidant, acute oral toxicity, the in-vitro and in-vivo antidiabetic potential of the hydro-ethanol...
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Thermal performance and synergetic behaviour of co-pyrolysis of North East Indian bamboo biomass with coal using thermogravimetric analysis
Co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and coal is considered as an effective way to reduce the carbon footprint. Bamboo is being a potential source of bioenergy particularly in the North East States of India...
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Open AccessSimplified inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy based on low-noise derivatives
A standard experimental setup for Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy (IETS) performs the measurement of the second derivative of the current with respect to the voltage (
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Optimizing pyrolysis process parameters of plastic grocery bag, with mass–energy assessment and characterization of oil at optimal condition
The widespread usage of plastic grocery bags, as well as their non-biodegradability, has turned out to be a stern reason for waste generation. With regard to plastic grocery bag disposal, pyrolysis is an encou...
