Nanotechnology in Industrial Wastewater Treatment is a state of the art reference book. The book is particularly useful for wastewater technology development laboratories and organizations. All professional and academic areas connected with environmental engineering, nanotechnology based wastewater treatment and related product design are incorporated and provide an essentialresource. The book describes the application and synthesis of Ca-based and magnetic nano-materials and their potential application for removal/treatment of heavy metals from wastewater. Nanotechnology in Industrial Wastewater Treatment discusses the rapid wastewater treatment methods using Ca-based nanomaterials and magnetic nanomaterials. This is an emerging area of new science and technology in wastewater treatment. The main audiences for the book are water industry professionals, research scholars and students in the area of Environmental Engineering and Nanotechnology. Authors: Dr. Arup Roy Department of Mining Engineering, Geo-Environmental Lab., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,India; and Professor Jayanta Bhattacharya, Department of Mining Engineering, Geo-Environmental Lab., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
Approach to Pediatric Emergency explains the importance of choosing the correct action when a child is first admitted to an emergency department. Beginning with general emergency scenarios, the following chapters are each dedicated to a different type of emergency, including respiratory, renal, endocrinial, neonatal and ophthalmological; as well as poisoning, trauma and infections. The final chapter considers medicolegal issues. Presented in an 'at a glance' format, the book helps paediatricians understand the severity of each case, emergency resuscitation, diagnosis and treatment.
A Practical, Quantitative Approach to Conservation Methodology What can be done about the harmful effects of industrial pollutants on carbonate stone monuments, buildings, and sites? Here is an important guide to this phenomenon of the twentieth century. Written by two conservation technology experts with an intimate knowledge of the restoration of major world monuments, Carbonate Stone: Chemical Behavior, Durability, and Conservation covers: * Properties of carbonate rocks affecting the weathering of stone * Weathering mechanisms in polluted and natural environments, plus biodeterioration * Mathematical modeling for reaction rates and durability factors * The use of porosimetry in determining rock durability * Conservation methodologies from the real world * The theory of neural networks and their application to correlate large volumes of chemical and physical data * Application of archaeology to geochronology
This textbook provides practical guidelines on conducting experiments across the entire spectrum of environmental biotechnology. It opens with general information on laboratory safety, rules and regulations, as well as a description of various equipment commonly used in environmental laboratories. It then discusses in detail the major experiments in basic and advanced environmental studies, including the analysis of water and soil samples; the isolation, culture, and biochemical characterization of microbes; and plant tissue culture techniques and nutrient analyses. Each chapter features detailed method sections and easy-to-follow protocols, and offers guidance on calculations and formulas, as well as illustrative flow charts to assist with troubleshooting for each experiment. Given its scope, the book is an invaluable aid for laboratory researchers studying environmental biotechnology, and a rich source of information and advice for advanced undergraduates and graduates in the fields of environmental science and biotechnology.
The book intends to supplement the course Crop Improvement I (Kharif crops) as per ICAR syllabus for the B.Sc. (Honours) in Agriculture. Till now no comprehensive books to support the course is available as a complete guide book Emphasis has been laid on describing the Kharif Crops from Crop Improvement point of view. Each of the chapters deals with a particular crop dealing with taxonomic identification, centre of origin, related species, brief genetics with botanical description, floral biology, crossing techniques, breeding objectives, breeding methods and achievements.
Children in poor countries are subjected to exploitation characterized by low wages and long hours of work, as well as by unclean, unhygienic and unsafe working and living conditions, and, more importantly, by deprivation from education, all of which hampers their physical and mental development. Child labour is a complex issue, and clearly it has no simple solution. This book sheds some understanding of its root causes. The book attempts to delve into many of the important theoretical aspects of child labour and suggests policies that could indeed be useful in dealing with the problem under diverse situations using alternative multisector general equilibrium models.
It has been known for a while through the work of Science that the physical existence and nature of all living things, including ours, are being influenced and controlled by the force causing Evolution of life. This book explains a theory about the influence of this force on our minds, and how we can improve our chances of happiness following a simple strategy. In the process, the book decodes a very intriguing ancient wisdom.
The book entails investigative methods for better understanding of the degradation process and uses of high performance paints formulation and also compares them on mild steel (MS) and weathering steel (WS) through various AC/DC electrochemical test methods and surface characterization through electron microscopy, XRD and Raman spectroscopy. This book also deals with the corrosion studies undertaken considering three phases (solid, liquid and gas) with latest techniques and the emphasis has also been given on degradation of materials due to atmospheric corrosion as this is of immense interest to present engineers and researchers. MS has got versatile application as structural steel for construction of buildings, bridges, flyovers, pipelines etc. But this is very much prone to corrosion in industrial and marine environments in presence of harmful pollutants and other industrial effluents in addition to normal humid atmosphere. These corrosion problems are much severe in a tropical country like India with vast coastline. MS corrodes relatively faster and thus leads to colossal loss in every year and to reduce this loss some kind of protection in the form of paints and coatings is always used. Painting is an effective means but quite costly amounting 10-15% of the initial construction cost of superstructures besides cost of repainting at regular interval.
Low Cost Wastewater Bioremediation Technology: Innovative Treatment of Sulphate and Metal Rich Wastewater provides users with an authoritative guide on the technologies, processes and considerations needed for the treatment of Sulphate and Metal rich wastewaters. In this book, the authors not only explain the associated technologies, but also provide suitable alternatives to commercial treatment in terms of performance and cost effectiveness. As enormous quantities of sulphates and metal-rich contaminates are released into the environment each year, the technologies noted in the book provide the most eco-friendly, low cost and efficient alternatives available. - Covers the efficiency of treatment in terms of scale, efficiency and effectiveness of different bioremediation technologies for wastewater remediation - Discusses the economics of treatment and the development of suitable alternatives in terms of performance and cost effectiveness
Illusion has many real examples in nature. This working table I am writing on, a piece of wood, is so firm, so rigid, so static that it is hard to believe that literally trillions of electrons in it are moving almost at the speed of light. Its rigidity is an illusion, like a magic. This universe is a Magic Kingdom in the Disney World!
The Service Sector is one of the fastest-growing sectors in India. This sector had registered rapid growth in the past decade and has left behind many other established sectors. It is a matter of great satisfaction that the services sector has been recognized for the first time in the Uruguay Round and in GATS 2000 negotiation as an independent sector. There is considerable promise ahead. This treatise, therefore, examines in detail its various aspects. The treatise talks about the growth prospect in various critical sectors. It is a matter of satisfaction that the government has been giving tremendous support. The author has experience in dealing with commercial matters. He sees great prospects ahead & finds the horizon crimson red. If the trend continues then this poignant sector will go to greater heights and get India her rightful place in the years to come.
This book brings together 45 years’ worth of experience-derived information about more than 7,000 micro- and macro- species, which form the unique bio-diversity of the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem, as it struggles against the natural and anthropogenic threats. Up to 1770, the estimated area of Sundarbans was around 36,000 km2, but has reduced over time to 25,000 km2, due to reclamation. This loss and the related degradation of habitats has caused historical species extinction and population decline. Whereas biodiversity conservation within and beyond the protected areas has been the watchword since the 1990s (“biodiversity, aesthetic values and integrity”), the initial two hundred years of imperial and post-colonial forest management focused primarily on revenue and production forestry, to the detriment of the ecology of the area. It will be of interest to researchers, in zoology, botany, ecology and conservation, as well as professionals, such as foresters, environmentalists, conservationists, resource managers, planners, government agencies, academic institutions, NGOs and naturalists.
DR. JAYANTA BAGCHI was a distinguished member of the Indian Administrative Services & held several important and critical positions. He was also awarded Padmashree for his meritorious services in 1973. The author has served on important positions in the Government of India and retired as Secretary, Ministry of Steel. He has to his credit an experience of over 15 years in various Ministries like Commerce, Textiles and Steel. He has travelled widely and worked on important assignments in FAO, ESCAP, ITC and UNCTAD. In this book efforts have been made to capture the various experiences that he gained as Sub Divisional Officer, Dev. Commissioner in the State of Assam/Meghalaya, as Joint Secretary in the Government of India, Additional Secretary, Chairman, STC and Designated Authority for Anti Dumping. This autobiography is a brief document drawn up to capture the personailty aspects of Dr. Bagchi right from his young days in Calcutta till his getting into the Indian Administrative Services and then onwards. Special attention has been given to make sure that events are captured properly and a synopsis is given of the entire issues.His autobiography, it is hoped, will give new insight people planning to chart out their path in life.
In this new textbook, a number of unusual applications are discussed in addition to the usual topics covered in a course on Statistical Physics. Examples are: statistical mechanics of powders, Peierls instability, graphene, Bose-Einstein condensates in a trap, Casimir effect and the quantum Hall effect. Superfluidity and super-conductivity (including the physics of high-temperature superconductors) have also been discussed extensively.The emphasis on the treatment of these topics is pedagogic, introducing the basic tenets of statistical mechanics, with extensive and thorough discussion of the postulates, ensembles, and the relevant statistics. Many standard examples illustrate the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, as well as the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.A special feature of this text is the detailed presentation of the theory of second-order phase transitions and the renormalization group, emphasizing the role of disorder. Non-equilibrium statistical physics is introduced via the Boltzmann transport equation. Additional topics covered here include metastability, glassy systems, the Langevin equation, Brownian motion, and the Fokker-Planck equation.Graduate students will find the presentation readily accessible, since the topics have been treated with great deal of care and attention to detail.
The Journey tells the stories of professional and personal ventures from my mother's Kindergarten homeschooling till post-Doctoral studies and beyond in nine different countries. It is a saga of friendship with so many families and colleagues in diverse cultures, a true anecdote of universal brotherhood.
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Banerjee is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez. He has studied, worked, and travelled extensively in Asia, Europe, and in North, Central, and South America. He publishes in the areas of engineering, social sciences, and education and also writes poems and short stories in English, Spanish, and Bengali.
This book contains well-researched (literature review/field surveys) and personal experience on the origin and adaptation of Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), the only large carnivore species inhabiting the mangrove forests across the world. The Bengal tiger population in this mangrove habitat is isolated from other mainland populations and exhibits certain distinctive morphological adaptations. Unlike the mainlanders, these islanders are much smaller (suggesting insular dwarfism), more muscular with leaner frame and lesser body mass (±100 kg). The stress factor associated with changes in their natural habitat and the availability of the smaller prey species is often related to such phenomenon. Apart from the long-stretch swimming, the tiger has adapted to changed food habits and become omnivore. Loss and degradation of the mangrove habitat has caused severe decline of the tiger population. Tiger conservation within and beyond the protected areas is based on the ethical issues- “biodiversity, aesthetic values and integrity” as well as management of the mangrove ecosystem challenged by development works and anthropogenic activities. A published book highlighting the updated information on the migratory behaviour, morphological and behavioural adaptations of the Bengal tiger in the mangrove eco-system is not readily available. This monograph is ideal for researchers, postgraduate and graduate students in zoology, botany, ecology and conservation. This comprehensive treatise will also serve professionals, such as foresters, environmentalists, conservationists, resource managers, planners, government agencies, academic institutions, NGOs and naturalists.
Exploring theories and applications developed during the last 30 years, Digital Geometry in Image Processing presents a mathematical treatment of the properties of digital metric spaces and their relevance in analyzing shapes in two and three dimensions. Unlike similar books, this one connects the two areas of image processing and digital geometry,
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