Nanopesticides, Nanoherbicides, and Nanofertilizers: Formulations and Applications demonstrates the potential for nanomaterials to revolutionize modern agriculture to become more sustainable. A team of expert scientists explain how the nanoformulation of traditionally used herbicides, fertilizers, and pesticides can enable large-scale crop protection from unwanted weeds and pests as well at the environmental side effects that are caused by the bulk application of chemicals. The volume demonstrates how nanomaterials like hydroxyapatite, clay minerals, zeolites, polyacrylic acid and many more have been successfully used to develop fertilizers that promote a slower release of chemicals due to the unique properties of nanomaterials. Their use in lower concentrations helps in decreasing the toxicity to non-targeted organisms as well as lowering the risk of environmental degradation. Features: • Categorically discusses the formulations and applications of nanopestides, nanoherbicides, and nanofertilizers, as well as their impact on the environment. • Features chapters on patent landscape, environmental acceptability, and environmental risks. • Addresses degradation of nanoparticles as well expected toxicity and drawback of nanomaterial-based pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. This book is essential reading for both researchers and professionals working in the fields of Biotechnology, Nanomaterials and Agricultural Chemistry. Dr. Anjali Gupta is Professor and Researcher in the Division of Chemistry, Galgotias University, India. Dr. Divya Bajpai Tripathy is Professor and Researcher in the Division of Forensic Science, Galgotias University, India. Dr. Gaurav Kumar is Associate Professor in Clinical Research Division, School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Galgotias University, India, as well as Research Coordinator, Ph.D. Coordinator and Institution's Innovation Council In-Charge at the same institution. Dr. Pooja Agarwal – is Professor in the Division of Chemistry, Galgotias University, India. Dr. Anujit Ghosal is researcher at Richardson Centre for Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals, Department of Food & Human Nutritional Sciences, The University of Manitoba, Canada.

The text discusses the latest data-driven, physics-based, and hybrid approaches employed in each stage of industrial prognostics and reliability estimation. It will be a useful text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in areas such as industrial and production engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. The book Discusses basic as well as advance research in the field of prognostics. Explores integration of data collection, fault detection, degradation modeling and reliability prediction in one volume. Covers prognostics and health management (PHM) of engineering systems. Discusses latest approaches in the field of prognostics based on machine learning. The text deals with tools and techniques used to predict/ extrapolate/ forecast the process behavior, based on current health state assessment and future operating conditions with the help of Machine learning. It will serve as a useful reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in areas such as industrial and production engineering, manufacturing science, electrical engineering, and computer science.

This book constitutes the refereeds proceedings of the International Conference on High Performance Architecture and Grid Computing, HPAGC 2011, held in Chandigarh, India, in July 2011. The 87 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 240 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on grid and cloud computing; high performance architecture; information management and network security.

The book is a comprehensive assessment of Indo Uzbek partnership for regional peace and stability covering the historical background of the relationship, the current trends, areas of contention and cooperation, the challenges, prospects and implication. The authors, all established specialists, examine the various components and dimensions of the relationship, and suggest ways to overcome the current stalemate. They also provide an insight into the steps to overcome radicalisation to be able to benefit from the resultant demographic dividend. Each section of the book comprehensively and systematically examines a particular theme of relevance and provides both Indian and Uzbek perspective on it, making it supremely insightful.

Architect your .NET applications by breaking them into really small pieces-microservices-using this practical, example-based guide About This Book * Start your microservices journey and understand a broader perspective of microservices development * Build, deploy, and test microservices using ASP.Net MVC, Web API, and Microsoft Azure Cloud * Get started with reactive microservices and understand the fundamentals behind it Who This Book Is For This book is for .NET Core developers who want to learn and understand microservices architecture and implement it in their .NET Core applications. It's ideal for developers who are completely new to microservices or have just a theoretical understanding of this architectural approach and want to gain a practical perspective in order to better manage application complexity. What You Will Learn * Compare microservices with monolithic applications and SOA * Identify the appropriate service boundaries by mapping them to the relevant bounded contexts * Define the service interface and implement the APIs using ASP.NET Web API * Integrate the services via synchronous and asynchronous mechanisms * Implement microservices security using Azure Active Directory, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0 * Understand the operations and scaling of microservices in .NET Core * Understand the testing pyramid and implement consumer-driven contract using pact net core * Understand what the key features of reactive microservices are and implement them using reactive extension In Detail Microservices is an architectural style that promotes the development of complex applications as a suite of small services based on business capabilities. This book will help you identify the appropriate service boundaries within the business. We'll start by looking at what microservices are, and what the main characteristics are. Moving forward, you will be introduced to real-life application scenarios, and after assessing the current issues, we will begin the journey of transforming this application by splitting it into a suite of microservices. You will identify the service boundaries, split the application into multiple microservices, and define the service contracts. You will find out how to configure, deploy, and monitor microservices, and configure scaling to allow the application to quickly adapt to increased demand in the future. With an introduction to the reactive microservices, you strategically gain further value to keep your code base simple, focusing on what is more important rather than the messy asynchronous calls. Style and approach This guide serves as a stepping stone that helps .NET Core developers in their microservices architecture. This book provides just enough theory to understand the concepts and apply the examples.

This study examines three issues. First, it investigates the Einhorn (2005) theory on US-listed Asian companies regarding voluntary disclosures. Secondly, this study determines the extent to which voluntary disclosures provided by these companies are convergent, and to determine the effect of culture on those disclosures. Lastly, it examines the voluntary use of International standards by sample companies Results of this study provide perhaps the first empirical evidence on the voluntary disclosures provided by US-listed Asian companies in the US. The evidence shows that companies with stricter mandatory disclosure regime provided significantly fewer voluntary disclosures than the companies with less strict mandatory disclosure regime. In addition, this study documents that over 80 percent of the US-listed Asian companies are voluntarily using International standards and thus contributing towards International accounting convergence. Another important contribution of this study is the development of a measure for strictness of mandatory disclosure regimes of Asian countries by two alternative methods.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the use of microorganisms and microbial metabolites as a future sustainable basis of agricultural, environmental and industrial developments. It provides a holistic approach to the latest advances in the utilization of various microorganism bioprospecting including their wide range of applications, traditional uses, modern practices, and designing strategies to harness their potential. In addition, it highlights advanced microbial bioremediation approaches, including genetic manipulation, metagenomics analysis and bacteriophage-based sensors for the detection of food-borne pathogens. Lastly, it elaborates on the latest advances regarding the role of microbes in the sustainable development of various industrial products.