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      • Health & Personal Development
        January 2020

        Fortunomics

        Smartly living the age of VUCA

        by Masakazu Sugiura

        What is the difference between a lucky person and an unlucky person? The author, a professor of WASEDA Business School, logically explains what luck is really about and how to find a shortcut to good luck. ・ Fortune can be divided into four types ・ Five characteristics of people who can change pure luck into true opportunities ・ How people draw bad luck ・ "Magical phrases“ to build stronger teams ・ Don't worry, but think ・ Two prescriptions to do away with indecisiveness ・ How to sharpen your intuition ・ Categorizing your fortune type using 4 animals ・ A bias trap: Unconscious thinking habit ・ Three types of "costs" that unfortunate people are not aware of ・ Those who can learn from mistakes and those who cannot ・ How to deal with grumpy attitudes ・ People who can cook frozen dumplings well are the lucky people ・ Studying is a shortcut to good luck rather than buying a good luck wallet

      • Animal husbandry
        January 2012

        Infectious Diseases of Animals Their Identification and Treatment

        by Sukhdeb Nandi & Vishal Chander:

        The book contains detailed information about the infectious diseases of animals with their identification and treatments finding adequate space in the book. The book covers the following: Viral diseases: o Foot and mouth disease o Classical swine fever o Rabies o Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) o Goat pox o Sheep pox o Blue Tongue o Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis o Bovine ephemeral fever o Canine Parvovirus Infections. Bacterial diseases: o Black Quarter o Tuberculosis o Brucellosis o Glanders o Haemorrhagic Depticaemia o Leptospirosis o Strangles o Anthrax o Paratuberculosis

      • Horticulture
        June 2011

        Fundamentals of Vegetable Production

        by M.K. Rana

        This book on fundamentals of vegetable production includes the on prospects and scope of vegetable farming, constraints in vegetable production, importance of vegetables in human nutrition, classification of vegetables, types of vegetable gardening, climatic impact on vegetable production, seed treatment, nursery management, sowing and transplanting, manures, fertilizers, biofertilizers, water management, mulching and weed management in vegetable crops since the information on the previously mentioned aspects is scattered at diverse sources. This book is self-contained document aimed at imparting elementary knowledge to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, Horticulture Development Officers of the State Horticulture Department and others who have interest in gaining basic knowledge in the field of vegetable crop production. Adoption of scientific knowledge will definitely be rewarding to the vegetable growers and the nation, which ultimately achieves the goal of obtaining higher production. This book is aimed at providing systematic information on all modern principles of vegetable production at a single source. The book contains latest information on fundamentals of vegetable production. The book has been written in a very simple language, which is easy to understand. It is believed that this book will find wide acceptability and undoubtedly assist the students in developing knowledge, skills and expertise regarding principle aspects of vegetable production. This book will prove to be a milestone for the undergraduate students of Agriculture and postgraduate students of Vegetable Science, teachers, Horticulture Extension Specialists, Horticulture Development Officers of the State Horticulture Department and it can also be of great use to the progressive farmers who are intended to take up vegetable cultivation either on a small or commercial scale.

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