Today, many economically important agricultural, horticultural and ornamental crop plants are attacked by various soil borne and foliar diseases, resulting in billions of dollars in crop losses. Currently, the most widely used disease management strategy is the use of chemical fungicides. However, the use of these fungicides has encountered problems, such as development of resistance by pathogen to fungicides and rapid degradation of the chemicals. Other factors leading to increased interest in alternatives include the increasing cost of soil fumigation, lack of suitable replacements for methyl bromide and public concerns over exposure to fungicides. Both the agriculture and agri-food sector are now expected to move toward environmentally sustainable development, while maintaining productivity. These concerns and expectations have led to renewed interest on the use of “biologically based pest management strategies”. The green revolution of agriculture brought an enormous increase in food production. It not only made the world self sufficient in food but also gave the world’s scientists and farmers an immense amount of self-respect. Though the green revolution did increase food production, the productivity levels have remained low and increase was achieved at a cost of intensive use of water, fertilizer and other inputs which have caused problems of soil salinity, ground water pollution, nutrient imbalances, emergence of new pest and diseases and environmental degradation.
Creativity is the very life blood of human civilization. It is the potentiality which influences human activity in almost all spheres of life. Most of the changes and advancements in the society are the products of creativity. The future of the mankind mainly depends upon the creative abilities of its people. Considering the importance of creativity, this study has been taken up to study the creativity of junior college students. The results indicate that girls are better in creativity than boys, rural students are poor in their creativity than their counterparts, high creative students are characterised by high intelligence, science students are with high creativity than arts students, and high creatives are from high socio-economic status families. Contents: Introduction, Review of Related Research Studies, Statement of the Problem and Hypotheses, Variables of the Study, Method of Investigation, Results and Discussion, Summary and Conclusions, Educational Implications, Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research.
Global concern over the demerits of chemicals in agriculture has diverted the attention of researchers towards using the potential of PGPR in agriculture. This book contains many useful and important research papers pertaining to the use of bio-fertilizers and bio-fungicides for sustainable agriculture. This volume is presented in an easy-to-understand manner,with well-illustrated protocols on the production to commercialization of PGPR. The chapters on commercial potential, trade and regulatory issues among Asian countries are worthwhile additions. As such, this book will prove useful for students, researchers, teachers, and entrepreneurs in the area of PGPR and its allied fields.
This book is intended to communicate information on novel drug delivery techniques, to direct tutors and learners regarding fundamental concepts in Human Anatomy and Physiology-I. The major aim to write this textbook is to provide information in articulate summarized manner to accomplish necessities of undergraduates as per PCI regulation. This volume is designed not only according to curriculum of undergraduate courses in pharmacy by PCI but also to communicate knowledge on human anatomy and physiology for post graduate learners. We assured this book will be originated very valuable by graduates, post graduates, professors and industrial learners.
This book is designed to convey some tried and tested principles behind achieving success. The author has selected 26 principles used by successful people and has elaborated on each of them, with special emphasis on how to develop and put them into practice. Intended for use by anyone-housewives, students, teaching professionals, working people, executives, managers, owners-the book will serve as a quick reference for success.
Document from the year 2020 in the subject Food Technology, , language: English, abstract: This work gives an overview of the latest advancements in the technology of refrigeration. The work reviews various refrigeration technologies that have come across the globe in the recent past. The author analyses the effective expansion technology, pinch technology and nanotechnology for refrigeration. Moreover, the direct expansion geothermal refrigeration system, the heat driven absorption refrigeration technology, solar-driven ejector refrigeration technologies and the solar-driven hybrid absorption-thermochemical refrigeration system will be disscussed.
Contents: The Knowledge Economy and its Requirements, Technical Education, Status of Technical Manpower in North-Eastern States, Technical Manpower Employment Potential in India, Technical Manpower and Self-Employment in Jammu and Kashmir, Profile of Technical Manpower in Karnataka State, Technical Manpower and its Utilisation in Jammu and Kashmir, Perspective of Technical Manpower Requirements and Demands, Employment Status of Engineering Students Belonging to Socially Backward Categories, Engineering Manpower Challenges in Light of New Millennium Changes, Planning of Technical Students Migration in Orissa, Technical Manpower Planning in India, Technical Education in Kerala, Technical Manpower in Engineering Institutions in India, Technical Manpower Planning and Development, Technical Manpower, Gibbs Phenomenon, Technology Development and Technical Education in India, Technology Induced Manpower Downsizing VRS-2000: An Experience in Public Sector Banks, An Approach to Assess the Quality of Technical Institutions, Forecast on Needed Growth of Technical Education in India, Window-Model, MET s Thrust of Building IT Manpower, Effective Approach and Models in Manpower Planning for Drawing Manpower Balances During 10th Plan, Impact of Programme on Technical Institutions, The Collaborative Role of Technical Institutions and Manufacturing Sectors in the Challenging Scenario of Technical Manpower Planning, Mechanical Engineering Education and Employment Scenario in M.P., Planning for Higher Technical Education in Changed Scenario, Technical Manpower Planning in India, Effective Implementation of the Scheme of Apprenticeship Training in India Issues, Prospects and Solutions, Withering Polytechnic, Low Enrolment of Women in Engineering and Polytechnic Colleges, Innovative Futuristic Impacts of Technical Education in India, Role of Knowledge Management in Technical Manpower Development, Building Technical Manpower, Technical Manpower.
The introduction of the book "Medicinal Chemistry III" makes me incredibly happy. This book's content has been painstakingly created to conform to the Pharmacy Council of India's prescribed curriculum for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. To make the subject easier for students to understand, an attempt has been made to research it using as simple a vocabulary as possible. Many images throughout the book, including flowcharts and diagrams, help students understand difficult concepts. The genuine hope of the author is that readers of this book, academicians and students alike, will find something of value. The pharmaceutical product development process serves as the cornerstone for the formulation development process. The formulation scientist bears the responsibility of monitoring various material parameters (such as API and excipients), formulation process parameters, dosage forms, and other related aspects during the product development process. This book provides straightforward and understandable explanations of a wide range of formulation development-related subjects, including dose. I'm hopeful that this book will be well received by both teachers and students. We are willing to consider suggestions about any and all facets of the industry. Any faults or deviations that may have gone unnoticed are entirely our fault, and we would be very grateful if readers could point them out to us if they did.
The book with the subtitle "A textbook of Pharmacy Practice" (in accordance with PCI legislation). The authors came up with the concept for the book in order to communicate a united database in an effort to make the revolutionary drug delivery systems more easily understandable. This book is meant to impart information about novel drug delivery strategies, as well as to direct tutors and learners regarding fundamental principles in drug delivery systems. Its primary audience is those interested in the field of drug delivery systems. The primary objective in writing this textbook was to meet the requirements outlined by PCI for first-year students by presenting content in an eloquent and condensed fashion. Not only is this volume structured according to the curriculum of PCI's undergraduate pharmacy courses, but it is also intended to transmit knowledge on innovative drug delivery systems to postgraduate students. We guaranteed that graduates, postgraduates, professors, and industrial learners will find this book to be highly beneficial in their own right.
This book explores the use of computer-assisted techniques in the discovery, design, optimization, and production of innovative pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery systems, with an emphasis on their effectiveness and safety. It discusses computational methods, statistical and molecular modeling, all aimed at advancing the development and safe administration of drugs in humans. The book thoroughly examines the integration of Quality by Design (QbD), Design of Experiments (DoE), artificial intelligence, and in silico pharmacokinetic assessment/simulation, facilitated by commercial software and expert systems, and includes examples from recent research. "Computer-aided Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery" serves as a comprehensive reference for the latest scholarly updates on emerging developments in computer-assisted techniques for drug design and development. It is intended for pharmacists, medical practitioners, students, and researchers seeking authoritative insights into this evolving field.
Now in its fourth edition, this core text and standard reference in toxicology has once again been updated to incorporate the latest testing procedures and address new challenges faced by toxicologists. The author brings together more than 70 distinguished investigators to detail current testing procedures, offer guidelines on data interpretation and highlight major areas of controversy. The book deals with the methods of toxicology, as well as principles and agents. New chapters on exposure assessment and epidemiology for toxicologists have been added. The reader will find an in-depth look at the principles underlying toxicology, such as absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion, as well as topics dealing with pharmacokinetics. Principles and Methods of Toxicology, Fourth Edition allows the working toxicologist, whether a senior professional or graduate student, to understand and use basic experiments in toxicology.
Summarizes the role of macronutrients in cancer and addresses the relationship between macro- and micronutrients and other risk factors, as well as illustrates the role of intervention trials in cancer prevention research on macronutrients.
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Wellness in Mind: Your Brain's Surprising Secrets to Gaining Health from the Inside Out takes on the widespread clichés that dominate the fields of fitness and nutrition. The authors guide readers toward the goal of developing a focus on being image, the total experience of being in collaboration with and through others to co-create a world of comprehensive wellness. In its three parts, Wellness in Mind explores knowledge that can transform health, reflection to cultivate wellness habits, and interaction with others to enhance life and health. Wellness in Mind: Your Brain's Surprising Secrets to Gaining Health from the Inside Out explains the brain's power to create neural pathways that support healing of one's total being, explores the brain's work to encode relationships with self and others, and inspires readers to develop their own relationships with complete wellness.
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