Role analysis of women in electricity consumption at domestic level

Women play an especial prominent role in buying things that provide sustenance for home and family. Therefore, this study was under taken to see how women play their role with special reference to electricity consumption and what can be done to improve it. ‘Awareness,’ ‘opinion’ and ‘practice’ of respondents regarding issues related to electricity consumption for household use revealed that ‘Awareness’, ‘Opinion’ and ‘Practices’ of the respondents were of ‘medium’ level. Looking at the women’s prominent role in household energy consumption they can be given some awareness programs to further play active role as consumer and conserve electricity.

SECTORAL ROLE ANALYSIS TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE (CASE STUDY OF BIMA CITY-WEST NUSA TENGGARA)

The sectoral contribution of Bima City is very weak towards the economic structure in West Nusa Tenggara Province. The purpose of this study is to increase sectoral strength in the City of Bima and see how it contributes to performance at the provincial level. The results showed the primary sector which actually produced a decline in the City of Bima along with the industrial sector and some service sectors. All sectors in the City of Bima are still in the backward category. The sectoral contribution of Bima City is still very weak to sustain growth at the provincial level. An important finding from this study is that Bima City has a strong economic structure due to the development of the base sector, but the small number of population is sufficient to determine the number of output requests and sectoral contributions of Bima City to the economic structure at the provincial level. Perhaps the base sectors could increase the economic growth of the City of Bima but was less successful in growing growth at the provincial level.

Tweeting About Climate: Which Politicians Speak Up and What Do They Speak Up About?

This study examines tweets ( N = 1,103,119) sent by 638 US politicians regarding climate change ( N = 10,135). Using data reflecting the risks faced and opinions held by their constituents, the extent to which politicians lead—tweeting about climate change for those most at risk, called trusteeship—or follow—tweeting about climate change for those who are already concerned, called playing to the crowed—is examined. Results reveal that while Democrats generally tweet about climate change more often than Republicans, within each party, tweeting frequency is mostly explained by the level of concern in a politicians’ constituency. Objective risks faced by constituents play no role. Analysis of behavior across different office levels—federal, state, and local—also shows that while federal politicians are more partisan, state and local politicians play to the crowd to a greater degree. Analysis of the tweets shows the politicians’ unequal engagement leads to over-representations of some topics (e.g., “calls for action”) and under-representations of other topics (e.g., criticizing fossil fuels and deniers).