Journal Articles

Politicising problem wildlife: Insights from the ‘vermin’ campaign for the wild pig in Kerala, southern India

Management strategies for nuisance wildlife species are typically contentious policy decisions that reveal much about socio-political tensions in a region as they do about the depredating behaviour of wildlife. We examined human-wild pig conflict in the state of Kerala, southern India, to understand the circumstances behind the state government repeatedly petitioning the federal government for a vermin status for wild pigs.

Politicising problem wildlife: Insights from the ‘vermin’ campaign for the wild pig in Kerala, southern India

Management strategies for nuisance wildlife species are typically contentious policy decisions that reveal much about socio-political tensions in a region as they do about the depredating behaviour of wildlife. We examined human-wild pig conflict in the state of Kerala, southern India, to understand the circumstances behind the state government repeatedly petitioning the federal government for a vermin status for wild pigs.

Novel multiscale model for grain-packed inorganic salt hydrate-based open thermochemical storage for low-temperature space heating applications

This study presents the development, validation, and application of a multiscale numerical model for an open thermochemical energy storage (TCES) reactor using SrBr2·6H2O as the representative reactive medium. The objective is to accurately capture and predict the coupled phenomena of heat and mass transfer occurring across two physical scales—the reactor bed and individual salt grains—during hydration and dehydration cycles. Experiments are conducted on a rectangular stainless-steel reactor filled with SrBr2·6H2O under controlled inlet air conditions.