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The book deals with different aspects of life and is a treatise on lifestyle, living and fitness - emotional, physical, spiritual and holistic. The book has chapters on female and male anatomy, Chakras, traditional Yoga diet, relationships and a special feature on how to integrate all of these within one's life in order to achieve life's goals. The book has about ten images to show the main Asanas invented and founded by the author who is a ve...

Rukmini Pande's examination of race in fan studies will make an immediate contribution to the growing field. Until now, virtually no sustained examination of race and racism in transnational fan cultures has taken place, a lack that is concerning given that current fan spaces have never been more vocal about issues of privilege and discrimination.

This book introduces readers to various tools and techniques for the design of precision, miniature products, assemblies and associated manufacturing processes. In particular, it focuses on precision mechanisms, robotic devices and their control strategies, together with case studies. In the context of manufacturing process, the book highlights micro/nano machining/forming processes using non-conventional energy sources such as lasers, EDM (el...

As people grow older, cultural issues arise. Recognizing how social influences guide and restrict people leads to a better understanding of one's self and helps people as they age. The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Perspectives on Gender and Aging provides emerging research on midlife issues, physical aspects of aging, and the emotional value in the context of the culture in which people are living. While highlighting topics such as el...

Pakistan has over the decades become a hotbed for the terrorist ideology often referred to as Jihadism. This book investigates the underlying principles of Pakistan¿s foreign policy from 1947 until the present day, and explains the rise of Jihadism as an offshoot of Pakistan¿s security concerns.

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Traditional medicine is the main source of medical care for a great percentage of the population of the developing world. Medicinal plants have been a valuable source of natural active phytoconsituents that play an important role in the treatment of many human diseases. The pharmacognostical characterization helps in identification and standardization and lays down quality control parameters of the crude drugs so as to distinguish it from its ...

This volume brings into focus a range of emergent issues related to women in the Indian diaspora. The conditions propelling women's migration and their experiences during the process of migration and settlement have always been different and very specific to them. Standing 'in-between' the two worlds of origin and adoption, women tend to experience dialectic tensions between freedom and subjugation, but they often use this space to assert inde...

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Tracing the cultural determinants of biological race theory and contextualizing the understanding of race as pathology, this book demonstrates how racialism was compatible with the ideologies and policies of imperial liberalism.

This book presents the state-of-the-art of numerical analysis as applied to geotechnical problems and modelling of geomaterials such as soil, rock and masonry. It includes various applications to the analysis of tunnels, dams, slopes and embankments, as well as applications relevant to nuclear engineering.

Presents the mathematical basis for 3 D object modeling, transformation and visualization, geometric design of curves and surfaces, Solid and surface modeling, Feature based and Constraint based modeling and Product Data Exchange standards. This book includes solved problems, practice problems and review questions.

This book on protocols in semen biology is a compilation of 20 chapters written by 15 experts from 5 Indian Council of Agricultural Research institutions, focusing on the basics of various procedures in semen biology with applications in animal and other allied sciences.The information is presented in simple language with illustrative figures and colour microphotographs, making it understandable for readers of every level. It highlights recent...

This multi-authored work on respiratory medicine stresses the very distinctive nature of respiratory diseases in the tropics, largely due to the high prevalence of tobacco-smoking, an increase in environmental pollution, undernutrition, and overcrowded conditions. The book examines various respiratory diseases including respiratory infections, chronic obstructive airways disease, interstitial lung disease, respiratory failure, disorders of cir...

Corporate Governance Reforms in India got a kick start with the liberalization of the Indian Economy in 1991. Unlike the central governance issue in the western world which is essentially that of disciplining the management, the key focus of the corporate governance framework for India needs to be on disciplining the dominant shareholder. Given that the Indian corporate governance regulations have largely borrowed from the Anglo Saxon model of...

N-Arylhydroxamic acids are drug like molecules. Biological activity always depends upon physico-chemical property namely lipophilicity, which has direct impact on the potency of the molecule. Partition coefficient is a measure of how well a substance partitions between a lipid and water.The partition coefficient has a strong influence on ADME properties of molecules. Both of these parameters are important factor in QSAR.

A simple yet comprehensive insight on wisdom that is universal and eternal for transforming self in three stages into ultimate bliss. ,

The Definitive Work on Six Sigma-Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma's improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. It revealed how GE, Motorola, and other companies used Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance, reduce costs, build customer loyalty, and incr...

The image on the cover page shows an animated version of the human brain.One of the vital centers of our body, the brain integrates all the physiological processes in our body.Cerebro vascular accident or the brain stroke is emerging as a major cause of morbidity and mortality.The variation in thyroid profile in the patients affected with cerebro vascular accidents has been an area of active research in the recent times.The present work in one...