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Picture storybooksSeptember 2022Meera Mukharjee: Breaking Moulds
by Vaishali Shroff, Shivam Choudhary
Meera always knew she wanted to be an artist. Art follows her everywhere. But something is missing from her art ... Find out about the life of celebrated sculptor Meera Mukherjee and her artistic journey in the Art Exploration Series.
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May 2023Technology and Social Transformations in Hospitality, Tourism and Gastronomy
South Asia Perspectives
by Savita Sharma, Shivam Bhartiya
This book explores the relationship between technology and social transformation in tourism, hospitality and gastronomy. It presents research and case studies, elaborating on benchmark practices adopted by tourism and hospitality professionals. In recent years, technology has transformed the tourism and hospitality industry; the chapters in this book cover areas such as guest experience and service quality, as well as operational areas such as housekeeping and waste management. Further social transformation in tourism is a result of drivers such as a growing interest in gastronomy and the use of social media; this is covered in the first part of the book. The second part outlines how communities may learn from these events. With contributions from academics, entrepreneurs, destination managers and government officials from the South Asia region, this book offers a real insight in to these areas of growing interest and provide a useful resource for those researching and studying within the areas of tourism development and hospitality.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureDecember 2018Air Pollution
Sources, Impacts and Controls
by Pallavi Saxena, Naik Vaishali, Amit Awasthi, Sangeeta Bansal, Monojit Chakraborty, Naveen Chandra, Arti Choudhary, Manisha Gaur, Vineet Goswami, Tarun Kumar Gupta, Harpreet Kaur, Priyanka Kulshrestha, Amit Kumar, Ruchi Kumari, Chinmay Mallick, Renu Masiwal, Vandana Maurya, Neha Mishra, Naik Vaishali, Prashant Rajput, Anuradha Shukla, Gyanesh Kumar Singh, Ravi Prakash Singh, Ruchi Singh, Saumya Singh, Saurabh Sonwani, Shani Tiwari
Air pollution has become a major global issue due to rapid industrialization, human population growth and increasing urbanization. The various sources of atmospheric pollutants, both those created by human activity and those from natural physical and biological processes, have become the focus of much scientific research and analysis. An understanding of how these many pollutants are affecting air quality is essential in order to design strategies to mitigate them. Written by a team of international experts, this book aims to provide a broad overview of the issues surrounding air pollution and how to control and monitor pollution levels. Beginning with a brief background on the subject, the book moves on to discuss global emissions, with an emphasis on megacities and their effects. Possible pollution control measures and methods of air pollution measurement and modelling are also explored. The book ends with descriptions of the various indices used for assessing air quality with a focus on human health impacts, and a discussion on policy making to control air pollution. The book will be useful to students of environmental science and atmospheric science, as well as environmental consultants and researchers interested in air quality . Key Features: Comprehensive introduction to the primary causes of air pollution today with an emphasis on growing urban populations and megacities Discusses both anthropogenic and biogenic emissions and their effects on human health and the environment Gives an overview of indices used today for assessing air quality and describes current methods for air pollution monitoring and modelling Discusses new technologies for mitigating the effects of air pollution and policy making for implementation of controls
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December 2023Key Questions in Clinical Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 1
Principles of Disease Examination, Diagnosis and Management
by Tanmoy Rana, Kanchan Arya, Sonam Bhatt, Ranbir Singh Jatav, Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumar, Vaishali Kumre, Vipin Maurya, Shashi Pradhan, K.S. Prasanna, Aditya Pratap, Sunil Punia, Neha Rao, Mitali Singh, S.Sivaraman, L. Sowmiya, D.Sumathi, S. Yogespriya, Jigyasa Rana
Providing well over 1,500 questions to test your knowledge of clinical farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering clinical veterinary medicine for common livestock species, this book includes questions about: - clinical examination; - electrolyte balance and fluid therapy; - diseases by body system, including respiratory, endocrine, cardiovascular, nervous, digestive and musculoskeletal. Including a full chapter introducing general concepts of clinical disease, this self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.
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Veterinary medicineDecember 2021Digital Technologies for Agriculture
by Narendra Singh Rathore, Sunil Joshi & Naveen Choudhary
The emergence of Digital Technologies integrated with a robust Information and Communication Technology (ICT) framework holds tremendous potential to impact agriculture sector to overcome production, productivity and profitability stagnancy, strengthening market linkages, and enhancing farm management practices. The adoption of digital technologies in precision agriculture modernizes farmers production practices and leads to uniform annual income for farmers, reduced risk of crop failure, and increased yields per unit area. The digital agriculture is instrumental in promoting data generation as well as the advanced analytics that allow farmers to make smart decisions about farming and to enhance farming economics. Direct applications of digital technology also include crop and soil health monitoring, livestock management, crop selection, weather advisories, disease and pest-related assistance, real-time data on both domestic and global markets. This book covers introduction to various types of digital technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, internet of things, sensors, virtual reality & augmented reality, robotics, geospatial technologies, block chain and big data analytics. Different emerging digital technologies and there applications in agriculture for effective implementation for crop & soil monitoring, real time crop yield prediction etc.
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Fast Facts: Cholangiocarcinoma
Diagnostic and tTherapeutic advances are improving outcomes
by Shroff, Rachna T., Braconi, Chiara
Cholangiocarcinomas (CCAs) are a group of heterogeneous tumors that have traditionally had poor prognosis. Despite being rare, the global incidence of CCA has increased dramatically over the last few decades. However, alongside this, there have been advancements in our understanding, diagnosis and treatment, improving the overall survival and quality of life of patients with advanced disease. This compact yet comprehensive review of CCA serves as a guide for physicians, oncologists, allied health professionals, scientists, patients and caregivers to update their knowledge of the most recent clinical developments and most promising areas of research. Table of Contents: • Pathophysiology, etiology and epidemiology • Diagnosis • Biliary drainage and supportive care • Surgical resection and transplantation • Translational research • Systemic therapy • Immunotherapy • Radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy
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Agriculture & farmingOctober 2019Engineering Properties of Agricultural Produce
by Suresh Chandra, Samsher, Suneel Kumar Goyal & Durvesh Kumari
In any agricultural country, various types of agricultural commodities are produced in large quantities and to handle such quantities during harvest, post-harvest, processing and transportation, various types of equipment are required. To design particular equipment or determining the behaviour of the product for its handling, physical properties such as size, shape, surface area, volume, density, porosity are very important. Various types of cleaning, grading and separation equipment are designed on the basis of physical properties of seeds such as size, shape, specific gravity etc. The book will provide a fundamental understanding of engineering properties of agricultural produce and the knowledge of engineering properties are combined with engineering knowledge. Each chapter in the book will be helpful for the students to understand the relationship between engineering properties of raw, semi-finished and processed food to obtain products with desired shelf-life and quality. This book discusses basic definitions, principles of engineering properties and their measurement methods with research findings. It will be helpful to the students for their self-study and to gain information how to analyze experimental data to generate practical information. It will also be helpful for students who deal with engineering properties in their research. Methods to measure these properties are also explained in details.
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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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DatabasesSeptember 2019Blockchain for Beginners
by Yathish. R
Ever gone through hundred and ten resources for blockchain and still not able to figure out where to start off. Well this book would lay the foundation for most of the concepts that you would require to at least get started somewhere and scratch the surface of this hyped technology. From the different underlying technicalities to the diversity of platforms, from the variety of scenarios where Blockchain fits to understanding when it would be an overkill, from learning the two most important platforms to getting you started for creating your own applications on top of them, from various simple humorous references to intriguing exercises, this book aims to not only make you feel comfortable with the technology but also confident enough to ponder more about it.
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Programming & scripting languages: generalAugust 2020Core Java For Beginners: A Simplified Approach
by Sharanam Shah
This book is our attempt to provide the readers with all the necessary information on how to set up the Java development environment and get started with client side, application development, using Java 13. In a step by step, easy to follow manner, the book takes one through application development. It assists in getting a good grip on the Java syntax and its methodologies to confidently craft robust applications using Java SE 13. It explores the Core of Java along with the improvements of Java SE 13, examines the various specifications and describes how to assemble them to develop applications with plenty of real world examples with complete code spec and diagrams to make it easier to follow.
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DatabasesOctober 2019Data Science for Professionals
by Prof. N.C. Das
The book is meant for a wide-spectrum of readership-empirical scientists, consultants, technocrats, advertisers, researchers and students learning Data Science for conducting small replicated or non-replicated experiments / demonstrations. It deals with two-factor three-level designs to be conducted only in six experimental units. For this an exhaustive set of 9c6=9c3 = 84 designs have been generated. Least Square algorithm has been applied for estimating separate effect of each component and their interaction along with fitting of response surface; meeting both the objectives for any factorial experiment. Of them seventy-six could be found as valid or estimable designs and the rest as non-estimable ones. Value of the determinant obtained for Least Square Matrix for each such design has been the indicator of its D-optimality status: the same could also be obtained from geometric structure of the designs. Such exhaustive search ascertains (8+4) D-optimal designs; of them only (1+3) are hitherto known. Also, rotatable feature of any such design does not affect its D-optimality status. A simple method SAME has been devised to meet the said twin objectives, thus escaping matrix formation and related operations. Each such design could be combined to form pair of replicates or blocks of an experiment so as to fetch statistical significance test based on ANOVA and fitting the response surface.
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December 2019Digital Growth for Beginners: Strategy, Digital Marketing and Growth Hacking Implementation
by Arnav Aditya Dey
This is a digital growth bible for beginners trying to understand how digital growth works; it applies to professionals, experts, entrepreneurs, small and medium corporations, digital pundits and professionals, small brick and mortar store owners, clubs, local and global celebrities, broadcasters, magazine owners, music bands, social media influencers, people looking for personal branding, and so on. In other words, it applies to anybody looking for digital growth in their desired endeavors. This book is not only an easy and comprehensive interpretation of digital growth but is written in points to be most effective. Enjoy and be enlightened.
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November 2017Going Serverless with AWS Lambda: Leveraging the Latest Services from the AWS Cloud
by Ajay Pherwani
If you are new to AWS, or new to AWS Lambda, this book will help flatten the learning curve and make you design solutions of enterprise class. All you need is a very basic level of understanding of Python. Setting up the environment : One of the biggest hurdles in using Lambda is how to set up everything on your laptop and on your AWS account. This book explains each step in great detail, including: Setting up of a VPC, NAT Gateway, IAM roles for AWS Lambda, Security Groups, Subnets (public & private), Internet Gateways, Route tables, etc. Setting up of an RDS instance Setting up RESTful services via the API Gateway that connect to Lambda functions Setting up of a Linux code server and installing the Python virtual environment Setting up of a Windows server and installing MySQL Workbench Creation of automation scripts for upload of Lambda programs Configuring the laptop to connect to AWS Configuring Cloudwatch to trigger Lambda functions
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October 2014Washington Accord & Multi-Objective Integrated Model for Developing WCU
by Dr. Rajiv V. Dharaskar
This book deals with Washington Accord along with Multi-Objective and Multi-Parameter Based Integrated Model for Developing WCU which combines hundreds of Factors with Complex Inter Relationships among them. This book deals with Integrated Approach for developing WCU and Tier-1 Institutes under Washington Accord to achieve multiple objectives like: Globalization and Internationalization International Standards Financial Challenges Extended Governing Model and Finance Model Change Management processes Development of Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary culture Tightly coupled Distance Education with Academic programs Tightly coupled Vocational Education with Academics Enhancing the Brand Name of the Institute or University Teaching Reputation Research Reputation Enhancing Graduate Attributes Developing Global Employability at par with Developed countries 24x7 Teaching-Learning Activities through Learning beyond Classroom (LBC) Enhancing Faculty Productivity Enhancing Productivity of University or Institute Selection of best processes for optimizing financial investment through Benchmarking Selection of best legal framework and location Strengthening the National Economy and GDP through Knowledge Based Economy Relation of Global Economy and World Order with WCU Crucial and balanced admission policies and many more aspects
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December 2014Quantity Food Production and Operations with Glimpses of Indian Cuisine
by Susanta Ranjan Chaini
This book is written for those students, who are pursuing their career in hotel management & for those who are interested to know about Indian cuisine. This book is specially designed to help those students who want to pursue their career as a chef. At the same time, it would also be helpful for industry professionals.
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April 2013Understanding MATLAB
by Ramesh R. Manza
This book is developed using MATLAB software. It is useful for the beginner to start with simple steps and reaches to the advanced level. If you have not used MATLAB before, the ¬first chapter will help you to get started. If you’re already familiar with MATLAB, you can glance over most of the concept from first chapter. This book is useful for the degree and post graduate courses to lean and get hands on expertise on MATLAB environment.
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July 2012Residential Interior Design for the Elderly and Physically Challenged
by Gaur G. Ray
The book titled "Residential Interior Design for the Elderly and physically challenged" is a guide book on ergonomic dimensional references for designing home interiors for the elderly. In this book attempts have been made to develop a guidelines based on all the relevant literature's available globally and after judging them under the Ergonomics scanner in the Indian geriatric population. It has focused on several broader design issues which encourages the independence of the senior citizens and ultimately improving their quality of life. The book provides in numerous number of illustrations for better understanding of the design, practical solutions for modifying the home interiors and making it more elderly friendly. Salient features of the book: Only book to be available based on ergonomics and anthropometric data on Indians. It gives general and very specific information/ guidelines on the home interior for Indian geriatric population. The book can also be taken as a guideline for countries other than India especially the South east Asian countries. The book is designed not only for the domain specific experts. It is also lucidly written for the general mass for interpretation and application. So far there are no guidelines in India on interior space design for the Indian geriatric population. This book is designed to fulfill that objective.
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January 2014SAP Web Dynpro ABAP Interview Q&A
by Kumar Saurav
This book is compiled for putting all the questions from Web Dynpro ABAP together for the preparation of Interview as well as for getting prepared on the subject. This book has all the topics of Web Dynpro ABAP in Chapter format to refer to it easily. This covers, if not all, almost all the points needed to work on this UI Platform of SAP.
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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.
