Syftet med projektet var att via en fältstudie på plats i Linga Linga, Moçambique, finna tekniska lösningar till problem kopplade till det privata hushållet. Via observationer och intervjuer identifierades de huvudsakliga problemen, varefter fokus lades på att finna lösningar till problematiken med stora mängder rök vid matlagning, att inomhustemperaturen blir väldigt hög, att det inte finns möjlighet att kylförvara mat samt att det råder stor brist på ordentliga toaletter. De lösningar på problemen som via en litteraturstudie identifierats utvärderades utifrån vad som ansågs rimligt att genomföra i Linga Linga, med avstamp i ekonomisk kostnad, materialtillgång och tekniska svårigheter. Slutsatsen blev att en enkel anordning kallad Mewar Angithi är lämplig för att minska mängden luftburna partiklar. Att kyla husen kan eventuellt vara möjligt med en Eco-cooler, men effekterna av denna är oklar. Att kyla mat visade sig tekniskt svårt utan ett kylskåp, och ett kylskåp är inte en ekonomisk möjlighet för gemene man på Linga Linga. Däremot finns olika lösningar på att förlänga hållbarheten på frukt och grönsaker. Slutligen identifierades ett par olika varianter av toaletter som skulle vara lämpliga att implementera i byn. / The aim of this project was to find technical solutions to problems linked to the private household through a field study in Linga Linga, Mozambique. Through observations and interviews, sixteen problems were identified and presented in a table. Large amounts of smoke while cooking, high indoor temperatures, lack of possibility to store food in refrigerator and absence of proper toilets was evaluated as the most crucial problems with the possibility of being solved without involvement of external actors. Solutions on the mentioned problems was searched for mainly in scientific research with a proven effect, but when no scientific results were found, a broader view was adopted. The solutions found in the literature study were evaluated based on what was considered possible to implement in Linga Linga, concerning economic cost, availability of materials and technical difficulties. The conclusion was that a simple device called Mewar Angithi is suitable for reducing the amount of airborne particles. Cooling the houses may be possible with an Eco-cooler, but the effect of this device is unproven. To store food cold proved to be technically difficult without access to a refrigerator, and a refrigerator is not economically possible for the residents in Linga Linga. However, there are different solutions to extend the lifetime of fruit and vegetables. Finally, a few different variants of toilets were identified that would be suitable to implement in the village.

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This study assessed the feasibility and suitability of a Water Quality Trading (WQT) program within the Kentucky River Basin (KRB). The study’s focal point was based on five success factors of a WQT program: environmental suitability, geospatial orientation, participant availability, regulatory incentive, and economic incentive. The study utilized these five success factors, geographical characteristics, and Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR) to assess the feasibility of a WQT program. The assessment divided the KRB into five eight digit Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC), North, Middle, and South Fork, Middle Basin, and Lower Basin, to determine regional impacts caused by the nutrient PSs. Individual nutrient profiles were generated to show the number of point sources (PS) operating in the KRB, their geospatial orientation to one another, and their permitted nutrient limits and nutrient discharges in form of total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), and total nitrogen (as ammonia) (TA). Findings suggest trading is highly unlikely for TP and TN PSs due to the lack of regulatory standards, limited number of TN and TP PSs, and an inadequate demand for offset credits. Trading is also unlikely in all the HUC 8 watersheds except for the Lower Basin due to the lack of nutrient impaired waters. Key Words: Point Source, Non-Point Source, Water Quality Trading, TMDL, Impaired Waters

Thesis (M. En.)--Miami University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35 [1st set of paginations]).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Botany, 2004. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references.

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This master‘s thesis deals with measurement of liquid dielectric materials (insulators). Above all, it is the different kinds of clean and drinking water, but also transformer oils. There was done theoretical information retrieval about the given topic in this project and on the basis of theory there were realized the relevant measurements of selected properties of liquid dielectric, such as permittivity, capacitance, loss number, conductivity, but also temperature dependence of these parameters. The measurements were realized with the help of product manufactured at the faculty FEKT VUT and with the help of measuring system AGILENT 16452A. The measured results were evaluated, graphically processed and compared.