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This book deals with an array of topics in the broad area of
abiotic stress responses in plants focusing "problems and their
management" by selecting some of the widely investigated themes.
Such as, Cell signalling in Plants during abiotic and biotic
stress, Salinity stress induced metabolic changes and its
management, High temperature stress: responses, mechanism and
management, Low temperature stress induced changes in plants and
their management, Biotechnological approaches to improve abiotic
stress tolerance, Nutritional poverty in wheat under abiotic stress
scenario, Strategies for improving soil health under current
climate change scenario, Abiotic stress management in Pulse crops,
Mitigation strategies of abiotic stress in fruit crops, Impacts of
abiotic stress and possible management option in vegetable crops,
and Abiotic stress: impact and management in ornamental crops. This
book is useful for under-graduate and post-graduate students in
Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, agronomy, horticulture, Botany,
Environmental sciences and other cognate disciplines of agriculture
and allied sciences and other research workers. We fervently
believe that this book will provide good information and
understanding of abiotic stress problems and their management in
plants. Note: T& F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This
title is co-published with NIPA.
Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to
property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act,
1956). However, during the last five decades of its operation not
many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. This
volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to
effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership
of their share in family land. The work combines a critical
evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of
resources within the family as a means of addressing gender
relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities.
This book deals with an array of topics in the broad area of biotic
stress responses in plants, focusing on "problems and their
management" by selecting some of the widely investigated themes.
Such as: major insect-pest of cereal crops in India and their
management, biotic stresses of major pulse crops and their
management strategies, insect pests of oilseed crops and their
management, biotic stresses of vegetable crops and their
management, insect pests infesting major vegetable crops and their
management strategies, fruit crops insect pests and their
biointensive integrated pest management techniques, mass trapping
of fruit flies using Methyl Eugenol based traps, organic means of
combating biotic stresses in plants, nematode problem in pulses and
their management, and approaches in pest management of stored grain
pests. This book is useful for undergraduate and postgraduate
students in Entomology, Plant Pathology, Agronomy, Horticulture,
other cognate disciplines of agriculture and allied sciences and
other research workers. Note: T& F does not sell or distribute
the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.
A comprehensive study focusing on emerging new multilateralism in
the Indo-Pacific.
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'The emphasis that Scandinavians place on the home being a source
of happiness and wellbeing is one we identify with. We believe that
everyone should have a home they don't want to leave!'
Award-winning bloggers and instagrammers Reena Simon and Rebecca
Lawson are renowned for their love affair with all things Scandi.
In their first book, Scandi Rustic, they reveal how to create a
home that takes elements of Scandinavian design and introduces
rustic natural materials and textures to create a Scandi-inspired
interior that is cosy, relaxed and inviting. Come with Rebecca and
Reena on a journey across the UK and Europe showcasing the very
best in Scandi Rustic homes. Whether you live in an urban
apartment, a country cottage or a blank canvas new-build, this
relaxed, sustainable, modern rustic style will work perfectly for
your home.
Surveyors called the San Diego and Arizona Railway (SD&A) "The
Impossible Railroad" because of its jagged, mountainous, and brutal
desert route. The financier and driving force behind building this
binational 148-mile rail connection to the east from San Diego,
California, was businessman John D. Spreckels. Because of his
perseverance, the jinxed 1907-1919 construction overcame a series
of disasters, including the Mexican Revolution, a prolonged
lawsuit, floods, World War I, labor shortages, a tunnel cave-in,
and a lethal pandemic. Once up and running, the line was
intermittently in and out of service and later sold and renamed the
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway. While "The Impossible
Railroad" still faces constant challenges and partial closures,
freight and trolley service currently operate on its right-of-way,
and tourist excursions are offered at its Campo, California, depot.
Asian economic development and environmental consequences are not
only crucial for the wellbeing of the people, but are of great
relevance for the global economy. The ongoing intense debate on
carbon emission mitigating strategies for reducing the impact of
environmental consequences has undermined the principle of equity
and put a question mark on the sustainability of the development
process of the most dynamic Asian economies. This volume explores
fresh perspectives on the issues of wellbeing, Asian economic
development and environmental concerns. The book is organised along
six themes: issues in sustainability of Asian agriculture;
ecological concerns in theory and practice; core themes in economic
development; resource management and policy alternatives;
discrimination and socio-economic equity in development; and
peasant distress and sustainability of cotton economy. The articles
are based on unique quantitative data and a rigorous analytical
framework for examining policies for an equitable economic and
environmental international regime.
This volume seeks to examine the evolving contours of Asian
multilateralism through emerging China and how it is likely to
impact on the growth trajectories of Asian countries. From this
perspective, it explores the prospects for 'partnership' in Asia,
especially in terms of China's engagement with its principal Asian
neighbours, especially India. A substantial part of the volume is
devoted to debating China-India relations, highlighting their
mutual stakes through their economic and security cooperation as
well as their engagement with other countries and regional forums.
The book furthers the understanding of the rise of China from an
Indian perspective while simultaneously locating China's rise in
the economic dynamics of an emerging Asia. The volume offers
illuminating viewpoints, analyses and insights from multiple
perspectives, mixed with academic rigour and up-to-date
information. It will be of interest to those engaged in economics,
politics, trade relations, Indo-China relations, foreign policy,
area studies, public policy, and strategic studies.
Death penalty has produced endless discourses not only in the
context of prisons, prisoners and punishment but also in various
legal aspects concerning the validity of death penalty, the right
to life, and torture. Death penalty is embedded in Indian law,
however very little is known about the people who are on death row
barring a few media reports on them. The main objective of this
book is to enquire whether the dignity of prisoners is upheld while
they confront the criminal justice system and whilst surviving on
death row. Additionally, it explores the lived-experiences and
perceptions of prisoners on death row as they create meaning out of
their world. With this rationale, 111 prisoners on death row in
India and some of their family members were interviewed. The
theoretical underpinnings of phenomenology and symbolic
interactionism coupled with data analysis lead to an understanding
of the prisoners on death row with special reference to their
demographic profile and the impact of death sentence on their
families. George's research highlights three salient features,
namely: poverty, social exclusion and marginalisation are
antecedent to death penalty; death penalty is a constructed account
by the state machinery; and prisoners on death row situate dignity
higher in the juxtaposition of death and dignity.
This volume seeks to examine the evolving contours of Asian
multilateralism through emerging China and how it is likely to
impact on the growth trajectories of Asian countries. From this
perspective, it explores the prospects for 'partnership' in Asia,
especially in terms of China's engagement with its principal Asian
neighbours, especially India. A substantial part of the volume is
devoted to debating China-India relations, highlighting their
mutual stakes through their economic and security cooperation as
well as their engagement with other countries and regional forums.
The book furthers the understanding of the rise of China from an
Indian perspective while simultaneously locating China's rise in
the economic dynamics of an emerging Asia. The volume offers
illuminating viewpoints, analyses and insights from multiple
perspectives, mixed with academic rigour and up-to-date
information. It will be of interest to those engaged in economics,
politics, trade relations, Indo-China relations, foreign policy,
area studies, public policy, and strategic studies.
Asian economic development and environmental consequences are not
only crucial for the wellbeing of the people, but are of great
relevance for the global economy. The ongoing intense debate on
carbon emission mitigating strategies for reducing the impact of
environmental consequences has undermined the principle of equity
and put a question mark on the sustainability of the development
process of the most dynamic Asian economies. This volume explores
fresh perspectives on the issues of wellbeing, Asian economic
development and environmental concerns. The book is organised along
six themes: issues in sustainability of Asian agriculture;
ecological concerns in theory and practice; core themes in economic
development; resource management and policy alternatives;
discrimination and socio-economic equity in development; and
peasant distress and sustainability of cotton economy. The articles
are based on unique quantitative data and a rigorous analytical
framework for examining policies for an equitable economic and
environmental international regime.
James Merrill: Knowing Innocence reevaluates the achievement of
this important poet by showing how he takes up an old paradigm ???
innocence ??? and reinvents it in response to new historical,
scientific, and cultural developments including the bomb,
contemporary cosmology, and the question of agency. The book covers
Merrill??'s full career, emphasizing the late poetry, on which
there remains little commentary. Illuminating both Merrill??'s
relation to a tradition of literary innocence from Milton to Blake
and Wordsworth to Emerson and Stevens, and his relevance to
contemporary cultural debates, the rubric of knowing innocence
helps us to understand his achievement. Merrill undertakes a
career-long effort to know innocence, and develops a thematic and
stylistic attitude that is both innocent and knowing, combining
attitudes of wonder and hope with reflexive wit, intellectual
breadth, and an unflinching gaze at mortality. He ultimately
imagines innocence as creative agency, a capacity for imagination,
invention, and ethical responsibility. The book demonstrates how,
addressing questions of sexual identity, childhood and memory;
atomic science, the big bang, and black holes; environmental
degradation; AIDS; and the notion of the death of history ??? while
honoring poetry??'s essential qualities of freedom and play ??? his
poems perform cultural work crucial to his time and ours.
Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to
property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act,
1956). However, during the last five decades of its operation not
many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. This
volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to
effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership
of their share in family land. The work combines a critical
evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of
resources within the family as a means of addressing gender
relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities.
What is a better community? How can we reconfigure places and
transport networks to create environmentally friendly, economically
sound, and socially just communities? How can we meet the
challenges of growing pollution, depleting fossil fuels, rising
gasoline prices, traffic congestion, traffic fatalities, increased
prevalence of obesity, and lack of social inclusion? The era of
car-based planning has led to the disconnection of people and place
in developed countries, and is rapidly doing so in the developing
countries of the Global South. The unfolding mega-trend in
technological innovation, while adding new patterns of future
living and mobility in the cities, will question the relevance of
face-to-face connections. What will be the 'glue' that holds
communities together in the future? To build better communities and
to build better cities, we need to reconnect people and places.
Connecting Places, Connecting People offers a new paradigm for
place making by reordering urban planning principles from
prioritizing movement of vehicles to focusing on places and the
people who live in them. Numerous case studies, including many from
developing countries in the Global South, illustrate how this can
be realized or fallen short of in practical terms. Importantly,
citizens need to be engaged in policy development, to connect with
each other and with government agencies. To measure the
connectivity attributes of places and the success of strategies to
meet the needs, an Audit Tool is offered for a continual
quantitative and qualitative evaluation.
James Merrill: Knowing Innocence reevaluates the achievement of
this important poet by showing how he takes up an old paradigm -
innocence - and reinvents it in response to new historical,
scientific, and cultural developments including the bomb,
contemporary cosmology, and the question of agency. The book covers
Merrill's full career, emphasizing the late poetry, on which there
remains little commentary. Illuminating both Merrill's relation to
a tradition of literary innocence from Milton to Blake and
Wordsworth to Emerson and Stevens, and his relevance to
contemporary cultural debates, the rubric of "knowing innocence"
helps us to understand his achievement. Merrill undertakes a
career-long effort to know innocence, and develops a thematic and
stylistic attitude that is both innocent and knowing, combining
attitudes of wonder and hope with reflexive wit, intellectual
breadth, and an unflinching gaze at mortality. He ultimately
imagines innocence as creative agency, a capacity for imagination,
invention, and ethical responsibility. The book demonstrates how,
addressing questions of sexual identity, childhood and memory;
atomic science, the big bang, and black holes; environmental
degradation; AIDS; and the notion of the death of history - while
honoring poetry's essential qualities of freedom and play - his
poems perform cultural work crucial to his time and ours.
Does Divine Consciousness exist only with the Son of God, or within
all of us? Two thousand years ago, a rich myriad of Christian
teachings emerged after the death of Jesus. Two pillars rose above
the din; two churches, two structures, two leaders: James, the
Brother of Jesus, and St Paul, the Evangelist. Journey with St.
Paul, whose tireless efforts laid the foundations for one of the
biggest religions in modern times. Walk with James, the brother of
Jesus, who was given the mantle to lead the original Church by
Jesus, upon his death. These accounts offer intimate knowledge of
what motivated and moved them, how and why they built and developed
the twin pillars of Christianity, and what happened to their
respective churches. Two thousand years have dimmed the light on
these diverse teachings. It is now time to illuminate the secret
stories of the Early Christian Church and the Divine Consciousness.
Clock versus Compass presents a unique list of easy to understand,
bite-sized concepts, amalgamated from the fields of applied
positive psychology, coaching and spirituality. Everyday concepts
are presented with a view to explore positive balance and create
peace and harmony in our lives. Too much passion can turn into
obsession. Too much compassion can turn into gullibility. Too much
grit into inflexibility. Too much optimism into blind faith.
Perhaps the real secret to a happy life often lies in the fine
balance of things. 'Find a quiet space, relax and enjoy the clever
juxtapositions, insightful comparisons and piercing reflections
that all come together in this collection of nuggets of perennial
wisdom.' Mike George, author of Being Beyond Belief
Transboundary – Exposing the Porosity of the Concept of National
Borders Reena Saini Kallat’s practice evolves around the tension
between the concept of barriers in a world fundamentally shaped by
mobility and interaction. Exploring the divisive narratives around
national and geopolitical borders and their impact on identity and
self-image for people and their immediate environment, she is also
concerned with social and psychological barriers. That barriers
give way, and can be subverted, is an idea that is pronounced in
Kallat’s work using electric cables twisted to resemble barbed
wire. She uses the paradox of the existence of technology for free
flow of information and restriction on movement. In order to expose
the ambiguity of national narratives, the figure of the hybrid has
come to hold symbolic potential in her practice, as a truant
against dividing lines: Kallat creates hybrids of animals and
plants that are strongly associated with national identity, only to
show that nature defies the violent cleaving through land and
nature, and uses the motif of the river, which is often both,
border and lifeline to both sides. Kallat’s work reveals the idea
of isolation as an illusion, and instead suggests to embrace a
pluralism of cultures.
The popular debate around contemporary U.S. immigration tends to
conjure images of men waiting on the side of the road for
construction jobs, working in kitchens or delis, driving taxis, and
sending money to their wives and families in their home countries,
while women are often left out of these pictures. Immigration and
Women is a national portrait of immigrant women who live in the
United States today, featuring the voices of these women as they
describe their contributions to work, culture, and activism.
Through an examination of U.S. Census data and interviews with
women across nationalities, we hear the poignant, humorous,
hopeful, and defiant words of these women as they describe the
often confusing terrain where they are starting new lives, creating
architecture firms, building urban high-rises, caring for children,
cleaning offices, producing creative works, and organizing for
social change. Highlighting the gendered quality of the immigration
process, Immigration and Women interrogates how human agency and
societal structures interact within the intersecting social
locations of gender and migration. The authors recommend changes
for public policy to address the constraints these women face,
insisting that new policy must be attentive to the diverse profile
of today's immigrating woman: she is both potentially vulnerable to
exploitative conditions and forging new avenues of societal
leadership. To learn more about the book, check out the companion
site: http://immigratingwomen.wordpress.com/!
Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale,
globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center
industry. At the same time, night shift employment presents women,
in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities.
This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes "women's
work" are evolving in response to globalization.
"Working the Night Shift" is the first in-depth study of the
transnational call center industry that is written from the point
of view of women workers. It uncovers how call center employment
affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that
Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at
night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western culture.
This timely account illustrates the ironic and, at times,
unsettling experiences of women who enter the spaces and places
made accessible through call center work.
Visit the author's website at http:
//www.working-the-nightshift.com/ and facebook group.
How can we engage communities? What is empowerment? To what extent
should the project process be participatory? How is an
outsider-insider relationship handled? How do researchers negotiate
with the hegemony of western cultural interpretations? How are
organizational and contextual influences handled in a project? What
leadership demands do such projects place on researchers? What is
capacity building? What are creative leaders and creative
communities? How does the researcher journey from their studio to
the situation? M² Models and Methodologies for Community
Engagement discusses key theoretical constructs — community
engagement, capacity building, and community empowerment — in
order to demonstrate how theory and practice are relevant to the
development of forms of community involvement. The book maps the
attributes of community based projects by moving beyond simply
bringing people together from a variety of disciplines, and taking
an approach which is transdisciplinary and applicable across
cultures and genres. Here, all people — including the community
— are ongoing contributors, and can freely move between their own
and others’ discipline-specific arenas. M² differs from and
extends on other works in this field of practice and research, in
that its transdisciplinary, collaborative approach positions the
community as a particular kind of discipline to create real change
in diverse locations and fields of experience. The book is in
itself a model of community engagement, as the researchers have
formed a community of research and practice for change, and have
developed a transformative model for community engagement that is
greater than the sum of its parts – hence M². M² offers a
valuable resource for students, researchers, academics,
practitioners, policy developers and volunteers from the fields of
architecture, interior architecture, health, planning,
anthropology, education, home economics, communication, political
studies and development studies.
Rhinoviruses: Methods and Protocols highlights the numerous
molecular, cellular and in vivo tools now available to conduct
human rhinovirus (HRV) research in an effort to increase
understanding of the clinical disease caused by HRVs as well as the
functions of its individual proteins and its replication. Human
rhinoviruses are the major cause of common colds as well as being
more recently recognized as the major viral cause of asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. The
huge advancements in technical applications of biophysics and
improvements in high-end imaging techniques have also had
implications for HRV research among other infectious diseases.
Written in the successful Methods in Molecular Biology series
format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics,
lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step,
readily reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and easily accessible,
Rhinoviruses: Methods and Protocols seeks to serve both
professionals and novices with the latest technical advances in HRV
research to ultimately enable the development of therapeutic
approaches to combat HRV, and most importantly, its pathogenic
effects in asthma exacerbation.
Rhinoviruses: Methods and Protocols highlights the numerous
molecular, cellular and in vivo tools now available to conduct
human rhinovirus (HRV) research in an effort to increase
understanding of the clinical disease caused by HRVs as well as the
functions of its individual proteins and its replication. Human
rhinoviruses are the major cause of common colds as well as being
more recently recognized as the major viral cause of asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. The
huge advancements in technical applications of biophysics and
improvements in high-end imaging techniques have also had
implications for HRV research among other infectious diseases.
Written in the successful Methods in Molecular Biology series
format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics,
lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step,
readily reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and easily accessible,
Rhinoviruses: Methods and Protocols seeks to serve both
professionals and novices with the latest technical advances in HRV
research to ultimately enable the development of therapeutic
approaches to combat HRV, and most importantly, its pathogenic
effects in asthma exacerbation.
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