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The success of any organization is largely dependent on positive
feedback and repeat business from patrons. By utilizing acquired
marketing data, business professionals can more accurately assess
practices, services, and products that their customers find
appealing. The Handbook of Research on Intelligent Techniques and
Modeling Applications in Marketing Analytics features innovative
research and implementation practices of analytics in marketing
research. Highlighting various techniques in acquiring and
deciphering marketing data, this publication is a pivotal reference
for professionals, managers, market researchers, and practitioners
interested in the observation and utilization of data on marketing
trends to promote positive business practices.
This book reviews recent physicochemical and biophysical techniques
applied in drug discovery research, and it outlines the latest
advances in computational drug design. Divided into 10 chapters,
the book discusses about the role of structural biology in drug
discovery, and offers useful application cases of several
biophysical and computational methods, including time-resolved
fluorometry (TRF) with Foerster resonance energy transfer (FRET),
X-Ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,
mass spectroscopy, generative machine learning for inverse
molecular design, quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics
(QM/MM,ONIOM) and quantum molecular dynamics (QMT) methods.
Particular attention is given to computational search techniques
applied to peptide vaccines using novel mathematical descriptors
and structure and ligand-based virtual screening techniques in drug
discovery research. Given its scope, the book is a valuable
resource for students, researchers and professionals from
pharmaceutical industry interested in drug design and discovery.
Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. Among microbes, fungal
communities play an important role in agriculture, the environment,
and medicine. Vast fungal diversity has been found in plant
systems. The fungi associated with any plant system are in the form
of epiphytic, endophytic, and rhizospheric fungi. These associated
fungi play important roles in plant growth, crop yield, and soil
health. The rhizospheric fungi present in rhizospheric zones have a
sufficient amount of nutrients released by plant root systems in
the form of root exudates for growth, development, and activities
of microbes. Endophytic fungi enter in host plants mainly through
wounds that naturally occur as a result of plant growth, or develop
through root hairs and at epidermal conjunctions. The phyllospheric
fungi may survive or proliferate on leaves, depending on the extent
of influences of material in leaf diffuseness or exudates. The
diverse group of fungal communities is a key component of
soil-plant systems, where they are engaged in an intense network of
interactions in the rhizospheric, endophytic, and phyllospheric
areas, and they have emerged as an important and promising tool for
sustainable agriculture. These fungal communities help to promote
plant growth directly or indirectly by mechanisms for plant
growth-promoting (PGP) attributes. These PGP fungi can be used as
biofertilizers, bioinoculants, and biocontrol agents in place of
chemical fertilizers and pesticides in an environmentally and
eco-friendly manner. This book covers the current knowledge of
plant-associated fungi and their potential biotechnological
applications in agriculture and allied sectors. This book should be
useful to scientists, researchers, and students of microbiology,
biotechnology, agriculture, molecular biology, environmental
biology, and related subjects.
Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. Among microbes, fungal
communities play an important role in agriculture, the environment,
and medicine. Vast fungal diversity has been associated with plant
systems, namely epiphytic fungi, endophytic fungi, and rhizospheric
fungi. These fungi associated with plant systems play an important
role in plant growth, crop yield, and soil health. Rhizospheric
fungi, present in rhizospheric zones, get their nutrients from root
exudates released by plant root systems, which help with their
growth, development, and microbe activity. Endophytic fungi
typically enter plant hosts through naturally occurring wounds that
are the result of plant growth, through root hairs, or at epidermal
conjunctions. Phyllospheric fungi may survive or proliferate on
leaves depending on material influences in leaf diffuseness or
exudates. The diverse nature of these fungal communities is a key
component of soil-plant systems, where they are engaged in a
network of interactions endophytically, phyllospherically, as well
as in the rhizosphere, and thus have emerged as a promising tool
for sustainable agriculture. These fungal communities promote plant
growth directly and indirectly by using plant growth promoting
(PGP) attributes. These PGP fungi can be used as biofertilizers and
biocontrol agents in place of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
for a more eco-friendly method of promoting sustainable agriculture
and environments. This first volume of a two-volume set covers the
biodiversity of plant-associated fungal communities and their role
in plant growth promotion, the mitigation of abiotic stress, and
soil fertility for sustainable agriculture. This book should be
useful to those working in the biological sciences, especially for
microbiologists, microbial biotechnologists, biochemists, and
researchers and scientists of fungal biotechnology.
Value creation is a prime concern for any contemporary business.
This can be accomplished through the incorporation of various
techniques and processes, such as the integration of analytics to
improve business functions. Applying Predictive Analytics within
the Service Sector is a pivotal reference source for the latest
innovative perspectives on the incorporation of analysis techniques
to enhance business performance. Examining a wide range of relevant
topics, such as alternative clustering, recommender systems, and
social media tools, this book is ideally designed for researchers,
academics, students, professionals, and practitioners seeking
scholarly material on business improvement in the service industry.
The workforce is considered to be the lifeblood within many major
corporations. The ability of management to effectively utilize the
knowledge and skills of their workforce is essential in ensuring
the success of their corporations. Harnessing Human Capital
Analytics for Competitive Advantage is a critical scholarly
publication that explores the influence that workforce knowledge
and skills can have on the performance of corporations and how such
skills can be used to promote the success of corporations.
Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics including employee
happiness, mind genomics, and e-commerce adoption, this book is
geared toward managers, professionals, and practitioners seeking
current research on the advantage of utilizing workforce knowledge
and skills to promote corporate success.
This book reviews the current strategies and challenges for the
treatment of bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infectious
diseases in developing countries. Contributing authors present
expert analysis on the transmission, epidemiology, bacteriology,
pathogenesis and treatment of Neglected Tropical Bacterial Diseases
such as Leprosy, Buruli ulcer, and Trachoma. Particular attention
is also given to current antifungal agents, their spectrum of
activity, mode of action, limitations, and current challenges in
antifungal therapy. The authors explore the medicinal chemistry
efforts that gave rise to currently launched drugs and new anti-HIV
agents, and they also highlight the latest vaccine and drug
developments in the clinical management of the Ebola Virus Disease,
ignited by the 2014-2016 outbreak. This work has an
interdisciplinary appeal and will engage scholars and professionals
in the burden of communicable diseases.
This book shares experiences and knowledge on climate change
impacts and adaptation, risk reduction strategies, communities’
responses, and best practices from different landscapes of India.
It provides insights into climate change risk reduction in
trans-disciplinary frameworks. The findings and discussions put
forward in the chapters, largely based on micro-level case studies,
provide an in-depth understanding of interactions among ecology,
society, and economy under different conditions of changing
climate. It contains critical discussion on both existing and
required actions as adjustments to climate change impacts by
different actors at diverse scales and contexts. The
recommendations will be beneficial in climate change adaptation
planning for India and other developing countries, where a large
portion of the population directly depends on climate-sensitive
sectors. The content of the book is interdisciplinary and it will
be beneficial for scholars and practitioners from natural science,
social science, policy, and governance across the continents.
The development of business intelligence has enhanced the
visualization of data to inform and facilitate business management
and strategizing. By implementing effective data-driven techniques,
this allows for advance reporting tools to cater to
company-specific issues and challenges. The Handbook of Research on
Advanced Data Mining Techniques and Applications for Business
Intelligence is a key resource on the latest advancements in
business applications and the use of mining software solutions to
achieve optimal decision-making and risk management results.
Highlighting innovative studies on data warehousing, business
activity monitoring, and text mining, this publication is an ideal
reference source for research scholars, management faculty, and
practitioners.
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Biofuels and Bioenergy (BICE2016) - International Conference, Bhopal, India, 23-25 February 2016 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
S. Suresh, Anil Kumar, Ashish Shukla, Renu Singh, C.M. Krishna
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These conference proceedings provide a comprehensive overview of
and in-depth technical information on all possible bioenergy
resources (solid, liquid, and gaseous), including cutting-edge
themes such as advanced fuels and biogas. The book includes current
state-of-the-art topics ranging from feedstocks and cost-effective
conversion processes to biofuels economic analysis and
environmental policy, and features case studies and quizzes for
each section derived from the implementation of actual hands-on
biofuel projects to aid learning. It offers readers a starting
point on this challenging and exciting path. The central concepts
are defined and explained in the context of process applications
under various topics. By focussing on the pertinent fundamental
principles in the environment and energy sciences and by repeatedly
emphasizing the importance of their correlation, it offers a strong
foundation for future study and practice. Learning about
fundamental properties and mechanisms on an ongoing basis is
absolutely essential for long-term professional viability in a
technically vibrant area such as nanotechnology. The book has been
written for undergraduate and graduate students in chemical, energy
and environment engineering. However, selected sections can provide
the basis for courses in civil, mechanical or electrical
engineering. It includes a self-contained presentation of the key
concepts of energy resources, solar thermal and photovoltaic
systems, nuclear energy, biomass conversion technology and
agricultural-waste processing. Throughout it interweaves
descriptive material on sustainable development, clean coal
technology, green technology, solid-waste management and lifecycle
assessments. It offers an introduction to these topics rather than
comprehensive coverage of the themes and their in-depth
fundamentals.
This book comprises selected papers from the International
Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for
Sustainability (CTCS) 2019. The book presents latest research in
several areas of civil engineering such as construction and
structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental
engineering and sustainability, and geographical information
systems. With a special emphasis on sustainable development, the
book covers case studies and addresses key challenges in
sustainability. The scope of the contents makes the book useful for
students, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable
practices in civil engineering.
It is well known that the impacts of climate change are tangible
and hence there can be no debate about the need for appropriate
adaptation measures, on a priority basis. However, it is equally
important to recognize the fact that adaptation measures actually
represent a dynamic synthesis of interventions pertaining to
multiple systems. These are particularly of water, soil
characteristics, genotypic and phenotypic variations and their
expressions, age-correlated biochemical changes aligned with
planting schedules and favorable weather/climate conditions.
Nutrients, occurrence and distribution of associated vegetation
including crop mixes also influence productivity. The overarching
aspect of farming practice wields significant influence on the
outcome and hence it is important to be clear about the particular
focus of the investigations being carried out and reported in a
suitable manner. It is essential to recognize that scientific
research in agriculture in India has always produced valuable
results of direct relevance to her people. Importantly,
preparedness to tackle disasters due to inclement weather system
has prominently featured on the agenda. The recent focus on climate
change and impacts has provided the necessary impetus to reorganize
the framework of investigation to capture the specifics of such
impacts. In this context, the importance of micro climate
variations too viz-a-viz the larger scales of impacts cannot be
overemphasized. It will be useful to also help characterize natural
variations versus artificially induced variations, helping us
understand the complexities of individual and synergistic impacts
too. Obviously, the limits and limitations of models could
determine the spread and depth of the outcomes of investigations.
Empirical evidences to reinforce assumptions have to also be
documented with utmost care; guided by an understanding of the
limits of tolerance, limiting factors, and the precautionary
principle especially in the public policy interface. The present
volume therefore, showcases these strands with the fond hope that
they will stimulate further thinking and enable appropriate action.
Agroforestry, the word coined in early seventies, has made its
place in all the developed and the developing countries of the
world and is now recognized as an important approach to ensuring
food security and rebuilding resilient rural environments. India
has been an all-time leader in agroforestry. The South and
Southeast Asia region comprising India is often described as the
cradle of agroforestry. Almost all forms of agroforestry systems
exist across India in ecozones ranging from humid tropical lowlands
to high-altitude and temperate biomes, and perhumid rainforest
zones to parched drylands. The country ranks foremost among the
community of nations not only in terms of this enormous diversity
and long tradition of the practice of agroforestry, but also in
fostering scientific developments in the subject. Agroforestry
applies to private agricultural and forest lands and communities
that also include highly erodible, flood-prone, economically
marginal and environmentally sensitive lands. The typical situation
is agricultural, where trees are added to create desired benefits.
Agroforestry allows for the diversification of farm activities and
makes better use of environmental resources. Owing to an increase
in the population of human and cattle, there is increasing demand
of food as well as fodder, particularly in developing countries
like India. So far, there is no policy that deals with specifics in
agroforestry in India. But, the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research has been discussing on the scope of having a National
Agroforestry Policy in appropriate platforms. However, evolving a
policy requires good and reliable datasets from different corners
of the country on the subject matter. This synthesis volume
containing 13 chapters is an attempt to collate available
information in a classified manner into different system ecologies,
problems and solutions, and converging them into a policy support.
Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems: Analysis, Design and
Models intends to inculcate the innovative ideas for the scheduling
aspect. Although the models in this book are designed for
distributed systems, the same information is applicable for any
type of system (i.e., where distributed processing is required).
Scheduling in Distributed Computing Systems: Analysis, Design and
Models will dramatically improve the design and management of the
processes for industry professionals. This book deals exclusively
with the scheduling aspect, which finds little space in other
distributed operating system books. Scheduling in Distributed
Computing Systems: Analysis, Design and Models is structured for a
professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in
industry. This book is also suitable as a reference for
graduate-level students in management sciences, and computer
science for distributed computing system classes.
This edited book offers coverage towards SDG 15 in particular, but
it provides for all the SDGs in general. The book is an inclusive
comprehension on ecosystem restoration and sustainability including
agricultural and ecosystem resilience, the role of biodiversity,
climate change and water resources, hydrological modelling, extreme
events, disaster risk and management, sustainable policy making on
disaster management.  The world is facing diverse and
severe challenges. Millions of people are suffering from the
catastrophic effects of extreme disasters, climate emergencies,
water and food insecurity, and the repercussions of COVID-19
pandemic. Ecosystems are essential players in people’s capacity
to meet these challenges. Hence, managing them and protecting their
resources in sustainable ways is crucial. The book ‘Ecosystem
Restoration:Â Towards Sustainable and Resilient
Development’ provides comprehensive information on fundamentals,
approaches and latest developments in the field of ecosystem
restoration, resilience and sustainability. This book is of
interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, and
valuable source of reference to the professionals and students in
the relevant disciplines. Besides, the book serves as
additional reading for graduate students of water, ecology,
restoration forestry, soil science, and environmental sciences.
National and international ecological policy makers, scientists and
planners will also find this to be a useful read.
An intra-articular injection is a procedure used in the treatment
of inflammatory joint conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis,
psoriatic arthritis, gout, tendinitis, bursitis, Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome, and occasionally osteoarthritis. The new edition of this
book has been fully revised to provide orthopaedic surgeons with
the latest techniques and drugs used in intra-articular injections.
Beginning with an overview of injection techniques, frequency of
administration, indications and contraindications, the following
chapters explain injections for different joints in the body,
including elbow, shoulder, wrist, knee, hip and many more. A
complete chapter covers the facial region. The third edition
includes new chapters on acupuncture and yoga. Key points Fully
revised, third edition covering latest techniques and drugs in
intra-articular injections Covers injections in many different
joints of the body Features new chapters on acupuncture and yoga
Previous edition (9788180615375) published in 2005
The Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical,
Food, and Biotechnological Applications, Second Edition provides
detailed information on membrane separation technologies from an
international team of experts. The handbook fills an important gap
in the current literature by providing a comprehensive discussion
of membrane applications in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and
biotechnology industries as well as in the treatment of toxic
industrial effluents. This revised second edition has been updated
and expanded with discussions of new membrane products and
processes and novel applications in engineering, life sciences, and
energy conversion. It also includes new chapters in the field of
membrane science and technology covering recent advances in RO and
UF, ionic liquids, nanotechnology, roles of membrane in power
generation, updates on fuel cells, new membrane extraction
configuration, and other important topics. The handbook is equally
suited for the newcomer to the field as it is for process engineers
and research scientists (membranologists/membrane experts) who are
interested in obtaining more advanced information about specific
applications. It provides readers with a comprehensive and
well-balanced overview of the present state of membrane science and
technology.
Advances in Hydrology and Climate Change: Historical Trends and New
Approaches in Water Resources Management highlights recent trends
in the water sector that employ a variety of different innovative
management and conservation approaches. The volume provides an
informative overview of the issues and challenges in water
resources affected by climate change conditions, such as drought,
flooding, glacier changes, and overbuilt-up urban areas. Focusing
on surface and groundwater related issues and sustainable
solutions, the chapters present a variety of methods, including
morphometric assessment, parameter estimation, long-term trend
analysis, sustainability indexes, storm water management models
(SWMM), entropy-based measurement of long-term precipitation, etc.
The volume focuses on providing a better understanding of climatic
uncertainty through hydrometeorological data sets and their
application in hydrological modeling. These analyses help to serve
as the basis for the design of flood-control and water-usage
management policies. The chapters discuss climatic variability that
depends on several factors, i.e., its erratic distribution,
topography, seasonal variation, land-use change, anthropogenic
activities, etc., demonstrating the overall interconnection between
different parameters of hydrological cycles to design modeling
approaches that include using soft-computing applications, remote
sensing and GIS-based techniques, artificial neural networks, and
more. This book will be a standard reference work for disciplines
in water resources, soil and water engineering, engineering
hydrology, groundwater hydrology, climate change, agrometeorology,
agriculture, ecology and environmental science, leading to a way
forward for strategy formulation for combating hydrology and
climate change.
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