Search for dissertations about: "bengal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the word bengal.

  2. 1. Distribution and Biogeochemical Cycling of Arsenic In Grey and Brown Sand Aquifers in the Bengal Delta Plains (India)

    Author : Devanita Ghosh; Joyanto Routh; Teresia Svensson; Punyasloke Bhadury; M. E. Donselaar; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Arsenic; aquifer; arsenite oxidation; aioA gene; Bengal delta plains; biogeochemical cycling biomarkers; DOC; SOC; Arsenik; akvifärer; arsenitoxiderande; aioA gene; Bengal delta plains; biogeokemiska omsättning; biomarkörer; DOC; SOC;

    Abstract : An elevated level of Arsenic (As) in aquifers from India and Bangladesh affecting the human health has been widely reported since the late 1980s. The thesis aim is to investigate the present status of As contamination and biogeochemical cycling with direct role of diverse indigenous bacterial communities in As cycling in the Bengal Delta Plain (BDP) aquifers in Nadia district, West Bengal (India). READ MORE

  4. 2. Arsenic Geochemistry in the Alluvial Aquifers of West Bengal, India : Implications for targeting safe aquifers for sustainable drinking water supply

    Author : Ashis Biswas; Prosun Bhattacharya; Laurent Charlet; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bengal Basin; Groundwater; Arsenic; Redox processes; Competing ions; Sustainable drinking water Supply;

    Abstract : The natural occurrences of high (>10 μg/L) dissolved arsenic (As) in groundwater of Bengal Basin has put millions of people under the threat of chronic As exposure through drinking water. Present study has examined the processes that regulate As mobilization and its distribution in shallow aquifers and the potentiality of finding safe aquifers within shallow depth (. READ MORE

  5. 3. The ocean of love : Middle Bengali sufi literature and the fakirs of Bengal

    Author : David Cashin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bengali; Religiös litteratur; Sufism; Tantrism;

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  6. 4. The myth of Manasā : a study in the popular Hinduism of medieval Bengal

    Author : William L. Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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  7. 5. The Kolkata Intellectuals and Bengali Modernity

    Author : Kerstin B. Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Kolkata; West Bengal; Intellectuals; Elite groups; Intellectual discourse; Postcolonialism; Relativism; Subaltern Studies; Methodology; Anthropology; Social Change; Development; Media; Kolkata; Västbengalen; intellektuella; elitgrupper; intellektuell diskurs; postkolonialism; relativism; subaltern studies; metod; antropologi; social förändring; utveckling; media;

    Abstract : The aim with this thesis is to explore and enhance the understanding of methodological questions in anthropological analysis. I focus my main argument on topics taken up in antiorientalist and postcolonial approaches. Analysis is closely related to political issues and an analysis include a critical reflection and deconstruction. READ MORE