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Angelo Pontecorboli Editore Firenze - EDAP
Angelo Pontecorboli Editore - Florence – ItalyAcademic Contents, Professional Editing, Premium Design, Online Distribution and Marketing. Editore indipendente con sede a Firenze. Le riviste e gli articoli pubblicati riguardano principalmente l’Antropologia, l’Architettura, il Giardino e le Scienze Umane. Independent publisher based in Florence (Italy). The Journals and Articles it publishes are concentrated mainly in the areas of Anthropology, Architecture, Gardens, and Human Sciences.
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Politics & government2018Looking for the Nation
Towards Another Idea of India
by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
‘This splendid book will deepen the understanding of nationalism in our dark time.’—Talal Asad, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York This urgent and compelling book comes at a time when toxic nationalism is causing the violent and systematic exclusion of political, religious, sexual and other minorities. Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee reminds us that the modern nation-state, built on fear and an obsession with territory, is often at odds with democracy, justice and fraternity. Critically analyzing the ideas of thinkers who laid the political and ethical grounds of India’s modern identity—Nehru, Ambedkar, Gandhi, Tagore, and Aurobindo—Bhattacharjee shows how we have strayed from their inclusive, diverse visions. He effortlessly weaves personal and intellectual histories, navigating through vast swathes of scholarship, to sketch a radically ethical imagination against the sound and fury of nationalism. He dips into fascinating anecdotes, recalling Ashok Kumar’s friendship with Manto against the shadow of Partition, Ali Sardar Jafri’s Jnanpith Award acceptance speech, and his own encounter with the Sufi qawwal, Fareed Ayaz, among others. Concluding with an enlightening genealogy of modern politics in the light of its present crisis, he exhorts us towards a new politics of trust. Brimming with thought-provoking analyses and commentary, Looking for the Nation is an extraordinary and illuminating account of India’s politics and culture.
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Artificial intelligenceAugust 2016Artificial Intelligence for Students
by Subhasree Bhattacharjee
The book covers 14 chapters altogether. The key concept of AI such as intelligent search, propositional and predicate logic, logic programming, knowledge representation schemes, probabilistic reasoning, planning, machine learning, genetic algorithms, fuzzy systems, natural language processing and knowledge acquisition issues are discussed. This book is unique for its simplicity, clarity of presentation, completeness of questions–solution sets and low volume. Appropriate examples with clear line diagrams is another key feature of this book. History and applications of AI are well described in the book. Blind search, heuristic search techniques, MINIMAX algorithm, logic of proposition and predicate, Logic programming are analysed in a simple manner. Semantic net, frame and script are described with suitable examples.
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Computing & ITJuly 2018Artificial Intelligence & Soft Computing For Beginners, Third Edition
by Anindita Das-Bhattacharjee
The course of Artificial Intelligence is taken by all engineering undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing computer science. Apart from this, it is a popular elective in almost all other branches of engineering. It is also a field chosen for research by many doctoral students. This book has in-depth detail illustration of all the chapters of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Soft Computing, covering the syllabus of WBUT, Gitam, JNTU, NIT and few different universities. During the course of teaching Artificial Intelligence, the author had found that no textbook covers both Artificial intelligence (AI) with intelligent systems (IS) and soft computing in a comprehensive manner. This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the fundamental concepts and techniques in Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing with mathematical in depth explanation. The main emphasis is on the solution of real world problems using the latest AI techniques. During teaching artificial intelligence, author realized that the basic text books do not have an organized content according to the syllabus. In this book all the chapters are organized properly and contain a complete coverage. The sequence of the chapters has been set in a manner which would be very easy for the students to understand. The main importance of this book is on the solution of many real world problems. Each chapter contains multiple choice questions with answer and possible explanation. Also some important solutions and answers at the end as “Take a look to be more acquainted with”. In addition, modern and current topic in AI for an example Pattern Recognition, Data Clustering Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm with Data Clustering method, Swarm Intelligence, Tabu Search, Ant Colony Optimization are discussed in details. These concepts may motivate students to do projects .This book contains information about programming languages and the proper syntax with example is provided which may help students to practically apply this programming concepts. Mathematical explanation to understand the concept in detail about Single & Multi objective Genetic Algorithm, Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic is provided. The basic coverage of each and every chapter is mentioned before the chapter as “chapter utility”. This book has been designed in such a manner so that it becomes very easy to understand the language and comprehend not only for computer science department student but also for non departmental student as well.
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September 2018Artificial Intelligence & Soft Computing For Beginners: Practice Workbook
by Anindita Das-Bhattacharjee
Artificial intelligence impacts the society with its diversified application in different domains, such as market segments like stock market, manufacturing or in Research and Development. Artificial intelligence now a days extends its frontier in technology and knowledge. This workbook is made in order to design guidance towards building practical applications and solving them efficiently to achieve an enhanced logical as well as decision making ability in the field of AI. Artificial intelligence covers tasks associated with human intelligence, speech recognition, decision making, visual perception and natural language processing. This book includes each and every segment with appropriate analysis and solution procedure. It covers solution of algorithms, to understand searching techniques to develop appropriate machine learning tool. It also covers, fuzzy logic with brief overview along with solution and Planning and constraint satisfaction problems with explanations. Now a days applicability of AI is extended towards predictive analysis. Hence designing methods of an efficient optimization and prediction tool are provided; which includes Genetic algorithms and artificial neural networks. To understand the chapters in details, related multiple choice questions with most suitable answers are included, in order to make beneficial learning outcome.
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Microbiology (non-medical)January 2022Functional Foods
Processing and Packaging
by Tanweer Alam, Saket Kushwaha, Arun Kumar & Sahar Masud
To provide better understanding of use, benefits, significance and impact of functional food ingredients on human health and to disseminate the recent developments in such a rapidly expanding field, this book has been compiled and edited. There are seventeen chapters in this book which not only cover many aspects of functional foods and bioactive compounds from various natural sources and its impacts, but also discuss on sources and applications of natural antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics. The contributing authors are experts in their respective fields. This book will be of interest to a wide spectrum of professionals from food scientists and technologists, nutritionists, biochemists, and engineers to entrepreneurs worldwide. It will also serve as a unique reference for food scientists for the R&D departments of food companies that are working with functional foods and ingredients. Additionally, it will serve as a source of basic information for college and university students majoring in food science and technology, food processing, and engineering. Readers will obtain sound scientific knowledge about various aspects of nutraceuticals and functional foods or food ingredients, fermented functional food, various natural bioactive compounds and antioxidants.
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2014Ancestral Knowledge in Agri-Allied Science
by Ratan Kumar Saha
Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge of the indigenous people inhabiting different geographical regions of the world with their own language, culture, tradition, belief, folklore, rites and rituals. Indigenous knowledge so developed is based on necessities, instinct, curiosity and observations of ethnic groups to mitigate the immediate situations. Eventually, this local knowledge in course of time gets socially accepted and validated which finally inters into the social life and subsequently become the Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of the society as a whole. As such, scientist in this knowledge base economy who are in research of new ideas and innovations expect that indigenous knowledge may hold significant message which may be of use to remedy the deficiencies in modern agricultural and environment related issues. There is a need for studying and documenting traditional knowledge in different ecological and cultural environments. Several researchers are working on ITK in different fields of agriculture and allied sectors. There is a demand for a standard book on the overview of ITK. This book is designed in such a way that will give an overview of ITK, the differences between Science & ITK, different tools and techniques used in ITK, classification, importance & utilization of ITK, and recent ongoing researches on ITK in different parts of India. The objective of this book is to encourage the study of ethnic knowledge in different field of agriculture and allied sector. It is also an attempt to circulate amongst a larger group of readers regarding the importance of indigenous knowledge in scientific world. This book will, perhaps, be well received in all the Agricultural Universities, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries University, State Govt. Agri-allied Departments, Private and Public Sector Institutions where training, teaching, research and extension of agri-allied sector is undertaken.
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Agriculture & farmingOctober 2014Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development
by K. Narayana Gowda, M.S. Nataraju & V. Veerabhadraiah
During last one decade, rural India witnessed the continuous migration of rural youth to urban areas. This situation is very serious and alarming and the migration of rural youth created a vacuum in the villages. It has been observed and expressed by many enlightened persons that villages are becoming old age homes draining away the talented farm youth to stay away from farming. The contents of book covers the issues like youth-concept, characteristics, interests, aspirations; youth in natural resource management; ICT and rural youth; Extension approaches and strategies; SHGs and Group approaches; Mobilization of Rural Youth; Gender issues and women empowerment and successful case studies on farm youth. The major sub heads of the book are: Farm Youth In Agriculture, Capacity Building Of Rural Youth, Entrepreneurship Among Rural Youth, Rural Youth And Information Communication Technology, Women In Agriculture, Rural Youth In Integrated Farming, Leisure Time Utilization By Rural Youth, Case Studies On Rural Youth
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2015Climate Resilient Crops for The Future
by K.V. Peter
Concise Oxford Dictionary defines Resilience as recoiling; springing back; resuming its original shape after bending, stretching, compression etc. With five components of crop production –space, water, energy, light, nutrients- limiting, there are stresses on crops to perform at threshold input yielding optimum output. Droughts and floods, cold and heat waves, forest fires, landslides and mud slips, ice storms, dust storms, hailstorms, thunder clouds associated with lightening and sea level rise are throwing new challenges to farming. This dangerously narrow level of food base prompts to widen the base of grains, vegetables, fruits, spices, industrial crops, mushrooms and aromatic plants. The emphasis so far was more on terrestrial plants, forest plants and lesser on lower plants. The aquatic plants-fresh water, brackish water, marine- were not much explored for edible use except by Chinese and Japanese. Halophytes, bryophytes, ferns and sea weeds are so far climate resilient. The Indo-Burmese Centre of origin (Hindustan centre including North East) is abode of several plants of possible vegetable, fruit and spicy value. The New Life styles consequent to migration for employment have brought newer food and dietary patterns. The urbanization and smaller family size are leading to pre-cooked foods and visitation to restaurants. s on bryophytes, halophytes, microalgae, chasmophytes, pseudocereals, medicinal mushrooms, speciality mushrooms, palmyrah palms, bramakamal, tropical tuber crops, dragon fruits, broad dhaniya, plants for dyes, kale and ornamental ginger are authored by eminent working scientists from 21 Universities and Research Institutes in Japan and India. The crops for the future especially climate resilient are to be identified and promoted in an emerging production scenario of new life style foods and convenient speciality foods getting attention by the new generation. The present book Climate Resilient Crops for the Future carries 17 chapters authored by men of eminence in respective areas concerning to the above areas.
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Natural disastersJanuary 2011Disasters
Strengthening Community Mitigation and Preparedness
by Khanna, B.K. & Neena Khanna
The book covers all the task of implementation of the initiative of inculcating the culture of preparedness in the community as they are the first responders in case of a disaster. The book includes, what, how, when and by whom what should be done before, during and after a disaster takes place. The highlights of the book are: 1.All types of disasters ranging from earthquakes to terrorist strikes, from nuclear disasters to urban floods have been illustrated. 2.Case studies supporting all the disasters.3.Fully illustrated with adequate diagrams, flow charts and colour photographs etc.4.Situation and region specific requirements in cases of rehabilitation and casualty management. 5.Setting up and executing requirement specific Disaster Management Plans. 6.Conducting of mock s on various types of perceived disasters found there way in the book.The book would be useful for the first responders, district administration and state authorities (districts/tehsil/taluk/sub-division level functionaries, the DM planners in the state, NGOs) schools/educational institutions, National Disaster Response Force, Para Military Forces, Armed Forces.
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2014Commercial Flowers
by Anil Kumar Singh
Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial agriculture world-wide with many highly profitable crops. Cultivation of flowers more pragmatic endeavor than other crops. Every day novel variety, new colour in any ornamental flower crop not only fascinates us but also gives a thrust to know more about their breeding technologies. Creation of diversity of new and domesticated flower crops by public and private sector flower breeders brings a fascination towards its breeding technology. The students while dealing with the breeding and biotechnology of flowers then they must required a base knowledge. Therefore emphasis has been given to present the book in its easiest form so that anyone can understand it without losing interest from it. It has been designed to cover all the aspects of breeding, the basic objectives, different breeding methods, methodology for improvement of specific crops, stress resistance, quality improvement, mutagenesis, genetic engineering and biotechnology.
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2014Garden Flowers
by Anil Kumar Singh
Flowers are the precious gift which beautify the nature through its different colours and enhance human health. Ornamental plants provide environmental security for immediate living surroundings, thus intensive research in floriculture particularly on the crops were initiated earlier. This book will vividly highlights genetical and breeding application in flower crops covering wide range of aspects. Breeding techniques are largely focused around expediting the production of superior and stable lines in the case of self pollinating crops. Wide hybridization, tissue culture and mutagenesis are employed by breeders to generate new alleles. Broaden available genetic resources; molecular markers are used to assist breeders through marker assisted selection and to identify quantitative trait loci for traits of interest. The book makes the knowhow of breeding in its easiest way to the readers. It has been designed to cover all the aspects of breeding, the basic objectives, different breeding methods, methodology for improvement of specific crops, stress resistance, quality improvement, mutagenesis, molecular breeding and genetic engineering.
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Agriculture & farmingJuly 2022Lesser Known Medicinal Plants
Cultivation & Utilization Techniques
by Raviraja Shetty G, & Tamanna Arif
Interest in medicinal plants as a re-emerging health aid has been fuelled by the rising costs of prescription drugs in the maintenance of personal health and well-being. Herbal-based traditional medicine has become popular in developed countries in recent years, and its use is likely to increase in the coming years. This system has advantages over the modern medicine as it is prophylactic. Therefore, it would be a wise step if most of medicinal plants, which are lesser known to mankind but have immense potential, particularly those which are in high demand and rare should be cultivated and brought into limelight. The basis for this book originally have been stemmed from the passion of both the authors in order to develop better methods of conveying and spreading the cultivation aspects of many crops and its uses by compiling the information available. As the world moves further into the advanced age, along with generating vast amount of information, there will be a greater need to access legacy plant materials with technology available. Thus this book helps in accessing the information on rare medicinal plants and thereby breaking down barriers of accessibility of limited information.
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Diets & dietingOctober 2021Horticultural Crop Breeding
Principles & Practices
by Bhimasen Naik
It is an introductory level textbook—a first course in plant breeding. So, the size is limited so that it can be taught in one semester. It will serve as a reference book for post-graduate students and horticultural plant breeders. The book is simple, lucid and correct in presentation.
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Agriculture & farmingAugust 2015Social Ecological Diversity and Traditional Food Systems
by Ranjay Kumar Singh, Nancy J. Turner, Victoria Reyes-Garcia & Jules Pretty
This book draws on world-wide experiences and valuable lessons to highlight community-ecosystem interactions and the role of traditional knowledge in sustaining biocultural resources through community-based adaptations. The book targets different audiences including researchers working on human-environment interactions and climate adaptation practices, biodiversity conservators, non-government organizations and policy makers involved in revitalizing traditional foods and community-based conservation and adaptation in diverse ecosystems. This volume is also a source book for educators advocating for and collaborating with indigenous and local peoples to promote location-specific adaptations to overcome the impacts of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureAugust 2018Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa
by Prof. Pathmanathan Umaharan, Dr Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Dr Malachy Akoroda, Dr Brigitte Laliberté, Dr Michelle End, Dr Nicholas Cryer, Dr Andrew Daymond, Dr Jan Engels, Dr Albertus Bernardus Eskes, Dr Martin Gilmour, Dr Philippe Lachenaud, Dr Wilbert Phillips-Mora, Dr Chris Turnbull, Prof. Pathmanathan Umaharan, Dr Dapeng Zhang, Dr Stephan Weise, Dr Lambert A. Motilal, Dr Dário Ahnert, Dr Rob Lockwood, Dr Augusto Roberto Sena Gomes, Dr George Andrade Sodré, Dr Mark Guiltinan, Prof. Siela Maximova, Dr Richard Asare, Dr Victor Afari-Sefa, Dr Sander Muilerman, Dr Gilbert J. Anim-Kwapong, Dr Didier Snoeck, Dr Bernard Dubos, Dr Jorge Teodoro De Souza, Dr Fernando Pereira Monteiro, Dr Maria Alves Ferreira, Dr Karina Peres Gramacho, Dr Edna Dora Martins Newman Luz, Dr Ulrike Krauss, Dr David I. Guest, Dr Philip J. Keane, Dr Leila Bagny Beilhe, Dr Régis Babin, Dr Martijn ten Hoopen, Dr Samuel Orisajo, Dr Christian Cilas, Dr Olivier Sounigo, Dr Bruno Efombagn, Dr Salomon Nyassé, Dr Mathias Tahi,
There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa cultivation more efficient and sustainable to ensure a successful future. These challenges are addressed in Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa.Part 1 reviews genetic resources and developments in breeding. Part 2 discusses optimising cultivation techniques to make the most of new varieties. Part 3 summaries the latest research on understanding and combatting the major fungal and viral diseases affecting cocoa. Part 4 covers safety and quality issues whilst the final part of the book looks at ways of improving sustainability, including the role of agro-forestry, organic cultivation and ways of supporting smallholders.With its distinguished editor and international range of expert authors, this collection will be a standard reference for cocoa scientists, growers and processors.
