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The Biography of a Failed Venture

Decoding Success Secrets from the Blackbox of a Dead Start-Up

By: Prashant Desai

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The Biography of a Failed Venture

Decoding Success Secrets from the Blackbox of a Dead Start-Up

By: Prashant Desai

THE STORY OF A TRULY INDIAN SPORTS BRAND THAT COULD GO PLACES BUT FAILED Prashant Desai was seven when he lost his father. Growing up in poverty, his single-minded focus was to become wealthy and successful. Ranking fourth on the all-India Cost and Works Accountants exam at the age of twenty-one, joining the corporate world and working with leaders such as Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Kishore Biyani and Jignesh Shah was a dream run that Prashant enjoyed, one that very few could even imagine and achieve. In April 2017, Prashant Desai founded a venture to build the first truly Indian sports brand - D:FY. In six months, Rajiv Mehta, who started Puma India and led it for seven years, joined him as a partner. They opened seventeen stores in seven cities, riding on great aspirations and confidence. The business lost Rs 30 crore in thirty months, virtually wiping out all that Prashant had earned for nearly thirty years. The venture failed not because Prashant did not possess the necessary vision, determination and courage; it failed because the number of things Prashant did wrong exceeded the number of things he did right. One could weep over the fuselage or decode the black box. So, when Prashant decided to decode it, new possibilities emerged, revealing a treasure trove of success secrets. The Biography of a Failed Venture provides a brutally honest account of why D:FY failed and how entrepreneurs can avoid these pitfalls to make their business ventures successful.

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Harper Collins

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9354228607

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9789354228605

Cricket Country

An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire

By: Prashant Kidambi

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Cricket Country

An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire

By: Prashant Kidambi

The extraordinary story of the first 'All India' national cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland - and how the idea of India as a nation took shape on the cricket pitch.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198843135

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9780198843139

Nanocarbons

Preparation, Assessments, and Applications

By: Ashwini P. Alegaonkar,Prashant S. Alegaonkar

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Nanocarbons

Preparation, Assessments, and Applications

By: Ashwini P. Alegaonkar,Prashant S. Alegaonkar

This book provides a practical platform to the readers for facile preparation of various forms of carbon in its nano-format, investigates their structure–property relationship, and finally, realizes them for a variety of applications taking the route of application engineering. It covers the preparation and evaluation of nanocarbons, variety of carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphite, additively manufactured 3D carbon fibres, their properties, and various factors associated with them. A summary and outlook of the nanocarbon field is included in the appendices. Features: Presents comprehensive information on nanocarbon synthesis and properties and some specific applications Covers the growth of carbon nanoparticles, nanotubes, ribbons, graphene, graphene derivatives, porous/spongy phases, graphite, and 3D carbon fabrics Documents a large variety of characterizations and evaluations on the nature of growth causing effect on structure properties Contains dedicated chapters on miniaturized, flat, and 2D devices Discusses a variety of applications from military to public domains, including prevalent topics related to carbon. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in materials science and materials engineering, and physics.

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CRC Press

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1000835464

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9781000835465

Under the Wings, On the Tarmac

A SERVICEGRAPHY OF AN IAF ENGINEER

By: Prashant Khandekar

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Under the Wings, On the Tarmac

A SERVICEGRAPHY OF AN IAF ENGINEER

By: Prashant Khandekar

VALUES & ETHICS: ACT AS LIGHTHOUSE PROFESSIONALISM: TAKES US PLACES LEADERSHIP: TESTS US EVERYTIME MANAGEMENT: HELPS US WHEN IN DILEMNA AFFILIATIONS: GIVE US THAT EXTRA BIT HUMOUR: MAKES US TAKE LIFE EASY DUAL CONTROL: WE FACE EVERYDAY

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Notion Press

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1645468232

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9781645468233

Democracy and Transparency in the Indian State

The Making of the Right to Information Act

By: Prashant Sharma

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Democracy and Transparency in the Indian State

The Making of the Right to Information Act

By: Prashant Sharma

The enactment of the national Right to Information (RTI) Act in 2005 has been produced, consumed, and celebrated as an important event of democratic deepening in India both in terms of the process that led to its enactment (arising from a grassroots movement) and its outcome (fundamentally altering the citizen--state relationship). This book proposes that the explanatory factors underlying this event may be more complex than imagined thus far. The book discusses how the leadership of the grassroots movement was embedded within the ruling elite and possessed the necessary resources as well as unparalleled access to spaces of power for the movement to be successful. It shows how the democratisation of the higher bureaucracy along with the launch of the economic liberalisation project meant that the urban, educated, high-caste, upper-middle class elite that provided critical support to the demand for an RTI Act was no longer vested in the state and had moved to the private sector. Mirroring this shift, the framing of the RTI Act during the 1990s saw its ambit reduced to the government, even as there was a concomitant push to privatise public goods and services. It goes on to investigate the Indian RTI Act within the global explosion of freedom of information laws over the last two decades, and shows how international pressures had a direct and causal impact both on its content and the timing of its enactment. Taking the production of the RTI Act as a lens, the book argues that while there is much to celebrate in the consolidation of procedural democracy in India over the last six decades, existing social and political structures may limit the extent and forms of democratic deepening occurring in the near future. It will be of interest to those working in the fields of South Asian Law, Asian Politics, and Civil Society.

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Routledge

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1317623940

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9781317623946

Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology

By: Narendra Malhotra,PK Shah,Pratap Kumar,Prashant Acharya,Sonal Panchal,Jaideep Malhotra

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Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology

By: Narendra Malhotra,PK Shah,Pratap Kumar,Prashant Acharya,Sonal Panchal,Jaideep Malhotra

This fourth edition presents clinicians with the most recent developments in ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology. Beginning with an introduction to the physics, machines and measurements used in ultrasonography, the following sections provide in depth coverage of its use in diagnosing and managing different obstetrical and gynaecological conditions. The text also covers infertility, interventional procedures, other methods in radiology and legal and ethical issues. Presented in an easy to follow, bulleted format, this new edition includes numerous ultrasound images, illustrations and tables, as well as a quick reference appendices section which includes AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) Guidelines and protocols from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Key points New edition presenting clinicians with latest developments in ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology Easy to follow, bulleted format with numerous ultrasound images, illustrations and tables Includes AIUM Guidelines and protocols from Thomas Jefferson University

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JP Medical Ltd

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9351521583

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9789351521587

Drug Abuse and Society

By: Saroj Prashant

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Drug Abuse and Society

By: Saroj Prashant

Role and activities of nongovernmental voluntary organization in the field of prevention of drug abuse in India; a study.

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APH Publishing

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8170245559

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9788170245551

The Truth Pill

The Myth of Drug Regulation in India

By: Dinesh Singh Thakur,Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu

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The Truth Pill

The Myth of Drug Regulation in India

By: Dinesh Singh Thakur,Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu

Since 2004, when the fraud at Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical company at the time first came to light, the Indian pharmaceutical industry and clinical research organizations have been rocked by a series of scandals after investigations by American and European drug regulators. While the West has responded to concerns about quality of “Made in India” medicine by blocking exports from many Indian pharmaceutical companies, the Indian government responded not with regulatory reform but conspiracy theories about “vested interests” working against India. More worryingly, the Indian state has also turned a blind eye to a far more serious quality crisis in its domestic pharmaceutical market. At times, these quality issues manifest themselves in the deaths of Indian citizens as happened in early 2020 when 11 children died in Jammu because of adulterated cough syrup. On other occasions, a dodgy drug approval process has led to the Indian regulator approving sales of drugs that have never been approved by regulators in the developed markets. The result is not just poor health outcomes but outsize profits for pharmaceutical companies manufacturing medicines that have never been validated through scientifically rigorous clinical trials for therapeutic evidence. These twin crises, in both the domestic and export markets, is because India has either outdated regulations or no regulations in some areas. Even the outdated regulations are enforced with kids gloves by drug inspectors and judicial magistrates who are ready to forgive even those whose drugs are found to contain barely any active ingredient or dangerously high levels of bacterial endotoxins. In a race for growth of the pharmaceutical industry, the Indian state has sacrificed scientific rigour and ignored the basic principles of public health. Given India’s position as the pharmacy of the developing world, the failure of the Indian state is a problem for not just India but most of the developing world. This timely, important and compelling book based on deep research, questions and analyzes the actions of the institutions that are responsible for the safety and efficacy of the Indian drug supply in the context of the historical evolution of the Drugs Act 1940 from pre-Independence India to the present day. The future of Indian public health lies in responding to the issues raised in this book.

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Simon and Schuster

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9392099223

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9789392099229

CARTOON CONTROVERSY AND RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION

By: Dr. Prashant Kumar Srivastava

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CARTOON CONTROVERSY AND RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION

By: Dr. Prashant Kumar Srivastava

The Purpose of the study becomes relevant and assumes importance by fact that freedom of expression is most important human rights of the democracy, besides which the society will be monochromatic, but this freedom can’t be unrestricted. One can enjoy/ entertain its freedom up to that extent only until it doesn’t violate others freedom. A cartoonist expresses his attitude towards the various figures, characters and situations depicted in his figures, and thus represent the interests of a society, which are not always in harmony in the government. A cartoonist not only has to be creative, but he also has to attempt to be educational. For the latter purpose the cartoonist should conform to moral norms, which might potentially be in contradiction with his style of expression. The authority struggles differently with cartoonists. In some countries cartoonists are beaten, thrown in prison and even killed. In countries where authorities are unable to discreetly dispose of resenting cartoonists in such ways, other subtly coercive methods are applied.

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KVR Book Central

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9391693695

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9789391693695

India's Nuclear Development Plans and Policies

A Critical Analysis

By: Prashant Agarwal

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India's Nuclear Development Plans and Policies

A Critical Analysis

By: Prashant Agarwal

An attempt to go into both the policy and programme aspects of Indias nuclear development and factors influencing them. Examines of the various national choices of nuclear policies involving consideration of diverse and often mutually conflicting objectives. It also analyses the growth and development of institutional infrastructure for the development of nuclear energy in India and also deals in some details nuclear technology development for peaceful purposes and economics of nuclear technology for power production in the context of energy crisis. Finally it analyses the responses of the successive Indian governments to various international pressures on nuclear issues. An attempt is made to perceive the potentialities of the nuclear policy with regard to economic growth and its implications for the international security system.

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Northern Book Centre

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8172110758

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9788172110758

Dental CT Third Eye in Dental Implants

By: Prashant P Jaju

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Dental CT Third Eye in Dental Implants

By: Prashant P Jaju

1. Introduction to Dental Implants. 2. Conventional Imaging and Dental Implants 3. History of Dental CT 4. Working of Dental CT 5. Anatomical Landmarks as on Dental CT 6. Dental CT in Implantology 7. Dental CT in Periodontics 8. Dental CT in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 9. Dental CT in Endodontics 10. Advances in Implant Imaging 11. Case Study Index

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JP Medical Ltd

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9350259109

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9789350259108

Cone Beam Computed Tomography

By: Prashant P Jaju

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Cone Beam Computed Tomography

By: Prashant P Jaju

Cone Beam Computed Tomography is an imaging technique in which x-rays diverge to form a cone. Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Clinician’s Guide to 3D Imaging is a concise, highly illustrated manual on this increasingly important form of imaging in dentistry. Divided into twelve chapters, the book begins with a history of Cone Beam Computed Tomography, followed by chapters on the physics and apparatus of CBCT and the need for CBCT in dentistry. Further chapters cover the role of CBCT in specific sub-specialties of dentistry, and a glossary provides an explanation of CBCT terminology. The role of CBCT in prosthodontics, orthodontics and airway analysis, endodontics and caries diagnosis, oral and maxillofacial pathologies, periodontal disease and forensic odontology, is described in detail. This book also brings the reader up to date on possible future applications of CBCT in dentistry. Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Clinician’s Guide to 3D Imaging includes 180 full colour images and illustrations, further enhancing this invaluable resource for dentists. Key Points Concise guide to 3D imaging in dentistry Includes a history and basics of CBCT, as well as the role of CBCT in various dentistry sub-specialties 189 full colour images and illustrations

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JP Medical Ltd

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9351526399

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9789351526391

The Making of an Indian Metropolis

Colonial Governance and Public Culture in Bombay, 1890-1920

By: Prashant Kidambi

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The Making of an Indian Metropolis

Colonial Governance and Public Culture in Bombay, 1890-1920

By: Prashant Kidambi

This book explores the social history of colonial Bombay in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, a pivotal time in its emergence as a modern metropolis. Drawing together strands that hitherto have been treated in a piecemeal fashion and based on a variety of archival sources, the book offers a systematic analytical account of historical change in a premier colonial city. In particular, it considers the ways in which the turbulent changes unleashed by European modernity were negotiated, appropriated or resisted by the colonised in one of the major cities of the Indian Ocean region. A series of crises in the 1890s triggered far-reaching changes in the relationship between state and society in Bombay. The city’s colonial rulers responded to the upheavals of this decade by adopting a more interventionist approach to urban governance. The book shows how these new strategies and mechanisms of rule ensnared colonial authorities in contradictions that they were unable to resolve easily and rendered their relationship with local society increasingly fractious. The study also explores important developments within an emergent Indian civil society. It charts the density and diversity of the city’s expanding associational culture and shows how educated Indians embraced a new ethic of ’social service’ that sought to ’improve’ and ’uplift’ the urban poor. In conclusion, the book reflects on the historical legacy of these developments for urban society and politics in postcolonial Bombay. This wide-ranging work will be essential reading for specialists in British imperial history, postcolonial studies and urban social history. It will also be of interest to all those concerned with the comparative history of governance and public culture in the modern city.

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Routledge

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135188624X

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9781351886246

Rice Research and Management in India

Research. Management

By: R. D. Sharma,Prashant Gahlot,Mohit Gahlot

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Rice Research and Management in India

Research. Management

By: R. D. Sharma,Prashant Gahlot,Mohit Gahlot

This volume is the compilation of two issues of journal, Advances in Agricultural Research in India. It has two parts, the first part is devoted to Rice Research in India which highlights the research aspect of rice. The second part of the book devoted to Management, which highlights the management aspect of the rice.

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8170892856

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9788170892854

Data Science for Civil Engineering

A Beginner's Guide

By: Rakesh K. Jain,Prashant Shantaram Dhotre,Deepak Tatyasaheb Mane,Parikshit Narendra Mahalle

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Data Science for Civil Engineering

A Beginner's Guide

By: Rakesh K. Jain,Prashant Shantaram Dhotre,Deepak Tatyasaheb Mane,Parikshit Narendra Mahalle

This book explains use of data science-based techniques for modeling and providing optimal solutions to complex problems in civil engineering. It discusses civil engineering problems like air, water and land pollution, climate crisis, transportation infrastructures, traffic and travel modes, mobility services, and so forth. Divided into two sections, the first one deals with the basics of data science and essential mathematics while the second section covers pertinent applications in structural and environmental engineering, construction management, and transportation. Features: Details information on essential mathematics required to implement civil engineering applications using data science techniques. Discusses broad background of data science and its fundamentals. Focusses on structural engineering, transportation systems, water resource management, geomatics, and environmental engineering. Includes python programming libraries to solve complex problems. Addresses various real-world applications of data science based civil engineering use cases. This book aims at senior undergraduate students in Civil Engineering and Applied Data Science.

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251

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CRC Press

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1000873463

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9781000873467

Courtesy ki Maa ki

By: Prashant Sawant

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Courtesy ki Maa ki

By: Prashant Sawant

Courtesy ki Maa ki", is a "first of a kind" book, deeply rooted in popular human emotions. These positive emotions are treated as extremely valuable & necessary, if one is pursuing success & happiness in life. This book takes a diagrammatically opposite view of these emotions which can turn into equally negative emotions, in certain peculiar situations. For example, "Patience", a great virtue, can sabotage your plans in particular and life in general, if exercised in inappropriate situations. Read on to find out 10 such pious character traits which can become venomous for you, in certain scenarios.

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Blue Rose Publishers

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9356681678

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9789356681675

Guidance & Counselling in School

e-Book for B.Ed, 4th Semester, RTMNU

By: Dr. Manisha Ranjeet Pandey,Dr. Kiran Prashant Yelne,Jyotsna Timande Mahakalkar

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Guidance & Counselling in School

e-Book for B.Ed, 4th Semester, RTMNU

By: Dr. Manisha Ranjeet Pandey,Dr. Kiran Prashant Yelne,Jyotsna Timande Mahakalkar

Buy Guidance & Counselling in School e-Book for B.Ed 4th Semester in English language specially designed for ( RTMNU ) Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University ) By Thakur publication.

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Thakur Publication Private Limited

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8193362195

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9788193362198

Hands-On High Performance with Spring 5

Techniques for scaling and optimizing Spring and Spring Boot applications

By: Chintan Mehta,Subhash Shah,Pritesh Shah,Prashant Goswami,Dinesh Radadiya

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Hands-On High Performance with Spring 5

Techniques for scaling and optimizing Spring and Spring Boot applications

By: Chintan Mehta,Subhash Shah,Pritesh Shah,Prashant Goswami,Dinesh Radadiya

A hands-on guide to creating, monitoring, and tuning a high performance Spring web application Key Features Understand common performance pitfalls and improve your application's performance Build and deploy strategies for complex applications using the microservice architecture Understand internals of JVM - the core of all Java Runtime Environments Book Description While writing an application, performance is paramount. Performance tuning for real-world applications often involves activities geared toward detecting bottlenecks. The recent release of Spring 5.0 brings major advancements in the rich API provided by the Spring framework, which means developers need to master its tools and techniques to achieve high performance applications. Hands-On High Performance with Spring 5 begins with the Spring framework's core features, exploring the integration of different Spring projects. It proceeds to evaluate various Spring specifications to identify those adversely affecting performance. You will learn about bean wiring configurations, aspect-oriented programming, database interaction, and Hibernate to focus on the metrics that help identify performance bottlenecks. You will also look at application monitoring, performance optimization, JVM internals, and garbage collection optimization. Lastly, the book will show you how to leverage the microservice architecture to build a high performance and resilient application. By the end of the book, you will have gained an insight into various techniques and solutions to build and troubleshoot high performance Spring-based applications. What you will learn Master programming best practices and performance improvement with bean wiring Analyze the performance of various AOP implementations Explore database interactions with Spring to optimize design and configuration Solve Hibernate performance issues and traps Leverage multithreading and concurrent programming to improve application performance Gain a solid foundation in JVM performance tuning using various tools Learn the key concepts of the microservice architecture and how to monitor them Perform Spring Boot performance tuning, monitoring, and health checks Who this book is for If you’re a Spring developer who’d like to build high performance applications and have more control over your application's performance in production and development, this book is for you. Some familiarity with Java, Maven, and Eclipse is necessary.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1788830636

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Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics

IACMAG Symposium 2019. Volume 1

By: International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics. Symposium

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Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics

IACMAG Symposium 2019. Volume 1

By: International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics. Symposium

This volume presents selected papers from IACMAG Symposium, The major themes covered in this conference are Earthquake Engineering, Ground Improvement and Constitutive Modelling. This volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in geotechnical and geomechanical engineering.

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