Humanity is facing a number of challenges that are increasing in intensity and are projected to become much worse in the coming years. The era of profligate consumption, aided by developments in science and technology, is causing enormous harm to the ecosystem on which we depend for our welfare, even survival. Our present lifestyle requires excessive amounts of planetary resources and generates numerous pollutants and waste materials. Ignorance of planetary limits and considering Earth to be a limitless source of useful materials and an infinite sink of unwanted products is endangering our future by depleting natural resources and degrading the environment. Many such developments have already begun to adversely affect the ecosystem. This book discusses these issues in a comprehensive manner, including climate change and its deleterious consequences, degradation and pollution of air, land, and seas, changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, forest fires, expanding deserts, and shortage of fresh water in many parts of the world. Each chapter of the book ends with a section with the title “The Way Forward” that makes suggestions for actions to be taken expeditiously to stop the progression of dangerous events. The continuous search for comforts, conveniences, and novel objects has brought humanity to a state where the continuation of this process endangers our welfare. While the effects of climate change will adversely affect our lives in many ways, there are numerous other developments that are detrimental to our way of life. Forests, which play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of the environment and provide many benefits to humanity, are being razed for immediate gains. Overfishing and pollution are decreasing the productivity of seas. The flow of water in many rivers is decreasing due to overexploitation, irregular weather patterns, and loss of icecaps on mountain peaks. The productivity of farmlands, crucial for our survival, is decreasing due to the loss of topsoil and accumulation of salts. There are many such factors that threaten the welfare of large segments of population. The ultimate cause of these deleterious developments is humanity’s expanding search for novel objects without considering sustainability, and the implicit belief that technological developments will eventually solve all problems created by the culture of overconsumption. While technology can provide us with gizmos with amazing properties, problems of environmental degradation are global problems that require concerted actions by people everywhere. The degradation of the planetary environment and depletion of resources is occurring at a rapid rate. A lack of concern for sustainability while searching for items that provide immediate benefits is degrading the ecosystem. We may pass the planet on to the younger generations with more pollution, irregular weather patterns, and fewer endowments that may seriously limit their lives. Events are moving at such a pace that expeditious actions are required on many fronts.
We have learned not to take food seriously: we eat as much as we want of what we want when we want it, and we seldom think about the health and environmental consequences of our choices. But the fact is that every choice we make has an impact on our health and on the environment. In The Vegetarian Imperative, Anand M. Saxena, a scientist and lifelong vegetarian, explains why we need to make better choices: for better health, to eliminate world hunger, and, ultimately, to save the planet. Our insatiable appetite for animal-based foods contributes directly to high rates of chronic diseases -- resulting in both illness and death. It also leads to a devastating overuse of natural resources that dangerously depletes the food available for human consumption. The burgeoning population and increasing preference for meat in all parts of the world are stretching planetary resources beyond their limits, and the huge livestock industry is degrading the agricultural land and polluting air and water. Continuing at this pace will bring us to the crisis point in just a few decades -- a reality that threatens not only our current lifestyle but our very survival. This book shows us a way out of this dangerous and vicious cycle, recommending a much-needed shift to a diet of properly chosen plant-based foods. Each of these arguments alone -- personal health, worldwide hunger, and environmental degradation -- provides reason enough to stop consuming so much animal-based food; taken together, they make an unassailable case for vegetarianism. Supported by up-to-date and accurate scientific data, The Vegetarian Imperative will make you rethink what you eat -- and help you save the planet.
“Travel is the only thing that makes you richer.” But what if it also equips you with the tools for wealth generation and retention? Join Anshreya and HoneyCool, the protagonists of the book, Musings of a Financially Illiterate Father, on a heady joyride of Kutch along with The Millionaire Mechanic, Aman. Their exciting road trip covers the Rann of Kutch, the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization in the town Dholavira, the disputed area of Sir Creek, the port town of Mandvi and other hidden jewels of Kutch. The barren landscape of Kutch is filled with vivid colours of history, geography, culture, anthropology and nuggets of financial wisdom, which will last the friends a lifetime. The Millionaire Mechanic unlocks many ancient secrets of wealth creation for a common investor. Travel has never been so much fun.
“Travel is the only thing that makes you richer.” But what if it also equips you with the tools for wealth generation and retention? Join Anshreya and HoneyCool, the protagonists of the book, Musings of a Financially Illiterate Father, on a heady joyride of Kutch along with The Millionaire Mechanic, Aman. Their exciting road trip covers the Rann of Kutch, the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization in the town Dholavira, the disputed area of Sir Creek, the port town of Mandvi and other hidden jewels of Kutch. The barren landscape of Kutch is filled with vivid colours of history, geography, culture, anthropology and nuggets of financial wisdom, which will last the friends a lifetime. The Millionaire Mechanic unlocks many ancient secrets of wealth creation for a common investor. Travel has never been so much fun.
Due to the prohibitive cost of synthetic pesticides and the problems of environmental pollution caused by continuous use of these chemicals, there is a renewed interest in the use of botanicals for crop protection. Agricultural entomologists, nematologists, and pathologists the world over are now actively engaged in research into the use of plants to fight agricultural pests and diseases, and to reduce the losses caused by them. Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture reviews the research on botanical pesticides used to combat losses due to pests of agricultural importance, with special attention focused on the use of higher plants. This book will serve as the baseline reference work for future research, and many of the botanicals discussed, such as neem, bael, begonia, pyrethrum, tobacco, karanj, and mahuwa, may become integral parts of pest control programs currently being developed. It is believed that botanical pesticides will minimize the undesirable side effects of synthetic pesticides and help preserve the environment for future generations.
Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy trace India's economic growth since 1947 and the legal reforms that have allowed it to settle in, however unevenly and tenuously, in the shadow of the stagnating effects of colonial rule. Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy portrays a long shadow of Indian "path dependence"-the persistence of colonial-era legal practices and institutions-interrupted by a series of reactive, dramatic departures from colonial inertia aimed at achieving quick or corrective growth and regulation. Roy and Swamy address five principal questions: How have new laws emerged in India? Does the explanation lie with colonialism or with post-independence politics and economic change? How were laws shaped by egalitarian goals in the Indian democracy with its universal adult suffrage? When did laws constrain economic growth? And to what extent did case law and legislation affect the evolution of law, which was also shaped by politics and the quality of legal infrastructure? Each of these questions brings together different threads of India's economic transformation and social/political history, and the format allows the authors to go deep on the country's most important market sectors and their surrounding economic and political histories. These sections include: colonialist influences on laws governing land and natural resources; politics and labor; and the alternating stifling effects of the country's economic policies and legal systems. In Roy and Swamy's telling, inadequate legal infrastructure has often been the country's primary impediment to economic growth during the last century, and it remains a primary reason that India's future may not be as bright as advertised"--
Having spent a good amount of time in Hollywood and Himalayas, Rakesh Anand has seen the extremes of both the Worlds - materialistic as well as spiritual - he knows about all of their secrets' inside out. he Author lost his mother when he was hardly thirteen years old. For months together, he kept on wondering as to where his mother had suddenly disappeared and why. Well it took quite a long time for him to finally understand the “reality' – he was in a state of indefinable grief but not exactly grief-stricken.Suddenly, everything had changed in his life and though he kept on going with the flow of life like the rest but deep inside, he was always ‘restless'. To figure out the ‘truth of life', he started doing his own study and research while also consulting with various religious scholars and kept on penning down his thoughts and experiences - over a period of more than two decades.Finally, he came up with this Visionary Novel, based on reality - and not false notions. The best part – it's not one of those routine, theoretical type books on 'God' but a page-turner character-driven Novel, having various elements – heavy dose of philosophy and romance, sacrifice, tragedy, satire, relationship conflicts, hilarious episodes, etc etc – thanks to the Author's broad experience as an Actor and Script Writer.The essence of this Novel: Anand's vision to create a heaven-like place - ‘City of Humans' - World's 1st Godless Commune of its own kind meant exclusively for the victims of global religious terrorism; Anand's earnest message to the fellow Humans to convert the 'Houses of Gods' into 'Homes for the needy Living Beings'; propagation of the highly ignored 'anti-natalism' philosophy to encourage people to abstain from procreation since it's morally wrong to bring ‘someone' in this imperfect world instead one can adopt Orphans and make their life better; introduction of Anand's newly invented 'Stethoscopic Meditation Technique' for the overall development of Human Consciousness’.his is what really makes this Novel truly exceptional and visionary - something never ever conceived by a ‘Human Being’.!
Using three distinct approaches—statistical filtering, production function, and multivariate model— this paper estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in potential growth, largely reflecting a decline of total factor productivity (TFP) growth; (ii) by contrast, trend growth for the five ASEAN countries has been rather stable and might even have increased marginally, with the notable exception of Vietnam;(iii) over the longer term, demographic factors will be much more supportive in India and some ASEAN economies than in China, where working-age population should start shrinking, with the overall dependency ratio climbing by the end of this decade. Improving or sustaining potential growth calls for broad structural reforms.
A 30-day course to write simple, sharp and attractive letters for all occasionsThis book is a compilation, in simple and practical manner, of all letters a person may use to express his views/idea/opinion on all occasions, such as, personal, social and business. The course is intended to be completed within 30 days. The book comes along with a CD that contains the English translation of all Hindi letters included in the book. The book contains sample of informal letters (personal letters, and letters to family, friends and relatives etc.) and formal ones (addressed to government, non-government, business, editors etc.). This book will be found quite useful in writing quality: and impressive letters in every field.
Advances in Clean Energy: Production and Application supports sustainable clean energy technology and green fuel for clean combustion by reviewing the pros and cons of currently available technologies specifically for biodiesel production from biomass sources, recent fuel modification strategy, low-temperature combustion technology, including other biofuels as well. Written for researchers, graduate students, and professionals in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, energy, and environmental engineering, this book: Covers global energy scenarios and future energy demands pertaining to clean energy technologies Provides systematic and detailed coverage of the processes and technologies used for biofuel production Includes new technologies and perspectives, giving up-to-date and state-of-the-art information on research and commercialization Discusses all conversion methods including biochemical and thermochemical Examines the environmental consequences of biomass-based biofuel use
One vs All: Narendra Modi—Pariah to Paragon is all truth. Ashok Anand has dissected ages-old layers of ignorance, myths and ego with his surgical observation to let the truth breathe out of the diseased society. It shames the political class, bureaucracy and religious bigots. It unmasks an absolutely hypocrite society that clings to the past, despises change, lives in denial but notorious for hidden avarice, arrogance and lust. Each chapter of this book will unfold many bitter truths. Have ever thought why a poor tea-seller boy, today occupying the prime minister’s chair, is not corrupt, greedy and foul-mouthed like most of the others in the country? How a “Pariah” pronounced by the anti-national political forces could become a “Paragon” of values? The Indian society, howsoever ignorant and selfish maybe, needs space to evolve, grow and prosper. Would Narendra Modi be able to do that? Truth is very hard to digest. If brave enough, go ahead and read. Not a thriller. Better than a thriller. One vs. All: Narendra Modi—Pariah to Paragon takes the reader to the demonic world of Indian politics, surrounded by the intrigues of a superstitious and ignorant society that loves dwelling in the past and detests any change.
Cloud computing offers subscription-based on-demand services, and it has emerged as the backbone of the computing industry. It has enabled us to share resources among multiple users through virtualization, which creates a virtual instance of a computer system running in an abstracted hardware layer. Unlike early distributed computing models, it offers virtually limitless computing resources through its large scale cloud data centers. It has gained wide popularity over the past few years, with an ever-increasing infrastructure, a number of users, and the amount of hosted data. The large and complex workloads hosted on these data centers introduce many challenges, including resource utilization, power consumption, scalability, and operational cost. Therefore, an effective resource management scheme is essential to achieve operational efficiency with improved elasticity. Machine learning enabled solutions are the best fit to address these issues as they can analyze and learn from the data. Moreover, it brings automation to the solutions, which is an essential factor in dealing with large distributed systems in the cloud paradigm. Machine Learning for Cloud Management explores cloud resource management through predictive modelling and virtual machine placement. The predictive approaches are developed using regression-based time series analysis and neural network models. The neural network-based models are primarily trained using evolutionary algorithms, and efficient virtual machine placement schemes are developed using multi-objective genetic algorithms. Key Features: The first book to set out a range of machine learning methods for efficient resource management in a large distributed network of clouds. Predictive analytics is an integral part of efficient cloud resource management, and this book gives a future research direction to researchers in this domain. It is written by leading international researchers. The book is ideal for researchers who are working in the domain of cloud computing.
The revision comes 10 years after the first edition and completely overhauls the text not only in terms of look and feel but also content which is now contemporary while also being timeless. A large number of words are explained with the help of examples and their lineage which helps the reader understand their individual usage and the ways to use them on the correct occasion.
The development in the field of education to a great extent depends on the policies of education and its effective and efficient implementation. Recently NEP 2020 has been implemented for quality improvements in the field of education. For effective implementation it is essential to deeply imbibe and comprehend the National Education Policy 2020. Scrupulously written by learned and experienced Scholars, the book incorporates various aspects, dimensions, analysis and the upcoming challenges of NEP 2020. It is a bilingual book contains both English and Hindi research papers. This Edited Book is useful to students, teachers and teacher educators.
This Brief deals with electrode design and placement, enhancement of both liquid and gas flow, vapor space condensation, in-tube condensation, falling film evaporation, correlations. It further provides a fundamental understanding of boiling and condensation, pool boiling, critical heat flux, convective vaporization, additives for single-phase liquids like solid particles, gas bubbles, suspensions in dilute polymer and surfactant solutions, solid additives and liquid additives for gases, additives for boiling, condensation and absorption, mass transfer resistance in gas phase (condensation with noncondensible gases, evaporation into air, dehumidifying finned tube heat exchangers, water film enhancement of finned tube exchanger), controlling resistance in liquid phase, and significant resistance in both phases. The volume is ideal for professionals and researchers dealing with thermal management in devices.
Food and agriculture is an important component in the development and survival of civilizations. Around half of the world’s population and their economies are influenced by agricultural farm production. Plant diseases take as much as a 30 percent toll of the crop harvest if not managed properly and efficiently. Bacterial diseases of crop plants are important in plant disease scenarios worldwide and are observed on all kinds of cultivated and commercial value plants including cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, cash crops, plantation crops, spices, ornamentals and flowering plant, forage crop, forest trees, and lawn grasses. Bacterial diseases are widespread and are difficult to identify and to control. Few pesticides are available for use in control, and many plant pathologists are not well trained in the management of bacterial diseases. Bacterial Diseases of Crop Plants offers concise information on bacterial diseases of crops, proving a valuable asset to students, scientists in industry and academia, farmers, extension workers, and those who deal with crops that are vulnerable to bacterial diseases. The book contains 13 chapters featuring bacterial diseases of individual crops and is illustrated with full color photographs throughout providing amazing characterization of the diseases. It also includes information on bacterial diseases that appear on different crops across the continents, thereby making the content of interest to plant pathologists around the world. Bacterial diseases are of great economic concern, and their importance in overall losses caused by various other pathogens, such as fungi and viruses, is often undermined in developing countries.
This book asks fundamental questions about the extent to which India is participating in the global shift towards knowledge-based forms of competitiveness. It charts Indian performance and progress using a unique framework benchmarked against fourteen other countries. In the course of the analysis, critical areas for improvement are identified, and the book provides detailed and objective insights for policy-makers and researchers to facilitate change and institutional reform in India. Readers will derive a comprehensive understanding of India’s performance and prospects as it emerges as a serious global economic player. A particular feature of the work is the development of an original knowledge footprint concept that measures the extent and impact of knowledge development and diffusion domestic and internationally.The views expressed in this book are the author’s.
The Sophrosyne is an open themed book penned by various minds and thoughts of creativity. It honours the Purity of Creativity. Enjoy the journey of new pens and new thoughts that beaded the words together.
Foreword In the modern world knowledge has become the chief instrument of human progress. The creation and application of knowledge, and therefore the creation of a country’s wealth is squarely predicated on the quality of its human resources. Human resources of a country have thus become a strategic consideration with the developed and the developing country’s alike. Many countries in Asia, Europe and the American continent are already reviewing and re-assessing their education systems with a futuristic perspective. India, upon its economic liberalization at the turn of the century, emerged as a strong contender world over, both in economic and technological arenas. The promise of a large and educated work force, often referred to as the demographic dividend, has been a subject matter of discussion on various forums. However, down the road the country’s education system seems to have gotten mired in vexing issues relating to quality and relevance of higher education. This is clearly reflected by the mounting pile of unemployable and un-trainable degree holders generated by the colleges and Universities of the country. This is likely to lead to unpleasant social and economic consequences in future. Need therefore arises to identify and address the issues that give rise to misalignments between the human resource needs of the country and its higher education apparatus. The discussion in the following chapters attempts to understand the disturbing undercurrents of our higher education system and suggest ways in which changes may be affected to make the system strong, vibrant and aligned to the interests of this great country.
In the independent states of Africa the human rights situation has never promising. The present piece of work is divided into eight chapters. First chapter deals with the introduction. Second chapter, as evident from the title deals with the theoretical aspects of human rights, mainly its origin and development. Various theoretical of rights have also been discussed. The chapter attempts to analyses various systems of Human Rights protection, at national, regional and global levels. The second chapter deals with Human Rights in the new South Africa, role of political parties in the making of New South Africa during the negotiations of the constitution making exercises as well as building the New South Africa after 1994 election. Forth chapter deals with the foreign policy and Human rights. Fifth chapter deals with economic dimensions and Human Rights in South Africa and evaluate the role of reconstruction and development and Growth of Employment and Redistribution (GEAR). Sixth chapter deals with social dimensions and Human Rights. Seventh chapter deals with the Bill of Rights. Concluding remarks have been made in chapter eighth which also attempt of envisage a better future for Human Rights in Africa.
A research based book which proves that Stars and Planets do not affect the activities and events that occur in the life of an individual. Rakesh Anand, the author, says when his testing convinced him that Astrology does not work and it is just one out of the many superstitions that still exists in the 21st century, then he decided to write this book, for awakening the innocent masses who are being exploited by the Fortune-Tellers. The author has taken material for this book from various websites (sources are mentioned in the book) especially www.wikipedia.org. The book focuses on Traditions of Astrology, Contradictions within Indian and Western Astrology, Effects of Stars and Planets on Human life, Tests Undertaken by the Author, Horoscopic Analysis of famous personalities, Practical suggestions for Astrologers and so on. The book is endorsed by many prominent-personalities, such as: Dev Anand, Baba Ramdev, Khushwant Singh, Dr. Prem Dutt Pandey, Kailash Yogiraj, and many others. Rakesh Anand, the Author has challanged to prove him wrong. A Mind-blowing book on Astrology. A must-read book for everyone. It is an eye opener.
The Shared Pen is an open themed book penned by various minds and thoughts of creativity. Enjoy the journey of new pens and new thoughts that beaded the words together.
This book studies the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journalism. It traces the origin, growth and development of the media and communication industry in the globalized world and discusses the implications of technologies such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Extended Reality which have helped foster a communication revolution across the globe. The volume discusses technology-centric media theories in the context of AI and examines if AI has been a boon or bane for data journalism. It also looks at artificial intelligence in beat reporting, and citizen journalism, and analyses the social-cultural implications of artificial intelligence driven journalism and the ethical concerns arising from it. An important contribution, this book will be indispensable for students and researchers of media studies, communication studies, journalism, social media, technology studies, and digital humanities. It will also be useful for media professionals.
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