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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In an era of climate catastrophe and corporate agribusiness, meat
has been decisively made over. Urbanites across the West are called
upon to look at the animals we eat, and by looking, learn to treat
them with love. We are asked to tenderise our carnal desire for
flesh and dignify our relationship with the land. Yet can our
appetite for meat be redeemed by this new way of seeing? Can an
'ethical' approach to the farming, sale, and consumption of meat
really save both the planet and our souls? Revisiting John Berger's
writings on animals and class, Meat Love restores a materialist
lens to the politics of carnivorous desire. In this vital essay,
Amber Husain deconstructs the beauty, tragedy, and mystery with
which our images of meat are embellished, drawing on a range of
visual sources from contemporary art and film to Instagram and
advertising. Probing the nature of 'love' in contemporary
human-animal relations, it casts a critical eye on the visual
culture of meat as it gentrifies and mutates, informing, for better
or for worse, who we become as political subjects.
With the advent of such advanced technologies as cloud computing,
the Internet of Things, the Medical Internet of Things, the
Industry Internet of Things, and sensor networks as well as the
exponential growth in the usage of internet-based and social media
platforms, there are enormous oceans of data. These huge volumes of
data can be used for effective decision-making and improved
performance if analyzed properly. Due to its inherent
characteristics, big data is very complex and cannot be handled and
processed by traditional database management approaches. There is a
need of sophisticated approaches, tools, and technologies that can
be used to store, manage, and analyze these enormous amounts of
data to make the best use of them. Big Data Concepts, Technologies,
and Applications covers the concepts, technologies, and application
of big data analytics. Presenting the state-of-the-art technologies
in use for big data analytics. it provides in-depth discussion
about the important sectors where big data analytics is proved to
be very effective in improving performance and helping industries
to remain competitive. This book provides insight about the novel
areas of big data analytics and the research directions for the
scholars working in the domain. Highlights include: The advantages,
disadvantages and challenges of big data analytics. Such
state-of-the-art technologies for big data analytics as Hadoop,
NoSQL databases, data lakes, deep learning, and blockchain
Application of big data analytic in healthcare, business, social
media analytics, fraud detection and prevention, and governance
Exploring the concepts and technologies behind big data analytics,
the book is an ideal resource for researchers, students, data
scientists, data analysts, and business analysts who need insight
into big data analytics
With the advent of such advanced technologies as cloud computing,
the Internet of Things, the Medical Internet of Things, the
Industry Internet of Things, and sensor networks as well as the
exponential growth in the usage of internet-based and social media
platforms, there are enormous oceans of data. These huge volumes of
data can be used for effective decision-making and improved
performance if analyzed properly. Due to its inherent
characteristics, big data is very complex and cannot be handled and
processed by traditional database management approaches. There is a
need of sophisticated approaches, tools, and technologies that can
be used to store, manage, and analyze these enormous amounts of
data to make the best use of them. Big Data Concepts, Technologies,
and Applications covers the concepts, technologies, and application
of big data analytics. Presenting the state-of-the-art technologies
in use for big data analytics. it provides in-depth discussion
about the important sectors where big data analytics is proved to
be very effective in improving performance and helping industries
to remain competitive. This book provides insight about the novel
areas of big data analytics and the research directions for the
scholars working in the domain. Highlights include: The advantages,
disadvantages and challenges of big data analytics. Such
state-of-the-art technologies for big data analytics as Hadoop,
NoSQL databases, data lakes, deep learning, and blockchain
Application of big data analytic in healthcare, business, social
media analytics, fraud detection and prevention, and governance
Exploring the concepts and technologies behind big data analytics,
the book is an ideal resource for researchers, students, data
scientists, data analysts, and business analysts who need insight
into big data analytics
Machine Learning has shown tremendous benefits in solving complex
network problems and providing situation and parameter prediction.
However, heavy resources are required to process and analyze the
data which can be done either offline or using edge computing,
which also requires heavy transmission resources to provide a
timely response. The need here is to provide lightweight machine
learning protocols that can process and analyze the data at run
time and provide a timely and efficient response. These algorithms
have grown in terms of computation and memory requirements due to
the availability of large data sets. These models/algorithms also
require high levels of resources such as computing, memory,
communication, and storage. The focus so far was on producing
highly accurate models for these communication networks without
considering the energy consumption of these machine-learning
algorithms. For future scalable and sustainable network
applications, efforts are required towards designing new machine
learning protocols and modifying the existing ones, which consume
less energy i.e., green machine learning protocols. In other words,
novel and lightweight green machine learning algorithms/protocols
are required to reduce energy consumption which can also reduce the
carbon footprint. To realize the green machine learning protocols,
in this book, different aspects of green machine learning for
future communication networks are presented. This book highlights
mainly the green machine learning protocols for cellular
communication, federated learning-based models and protocols for
beyond 5th-generation networks, approaches for cloud-based
communications, and Internet-of-Things. This book also highlights
the design considerations and challenges for green machine learning
protocols for different future applications.
A poet of rare skill, Abdur Rahim Khan-i- Khanan wrote poems in
Persian, Sanskrit and Hindavi, with metaphors ranging from Giridhar
to Ganga, and with humanist ideals expounded in precise and concise
matras of dohas and barvais. This book catalogues the festival of
the same name, to capture the manifold attributes and genius of
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan. Both the festival and the book were
borne of the conservation work undertaken on Abdur Rahim
Khan-i-Khanan's tomb to protect and promote his legacy, a key
objective of the Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative, with support
from InterGlobe Foundation. This volume also includes a remarkable
selection of his verses, set to music with ragas and vernacular
symphonies based on his poetry and his life.
Do your kids want to impress friends and family with scrummy
home-cooked treats that they have made themselves? If the answer is
'yes', then this is the book for you. Packed with more than 150
easy-to-follow step-by-step recipes, this inspirational book
presents an irresistible selection of recipes suitable for every
kid from 5 to 12. Ranging from lunches, picnics and after-school
snacks to main courses, desserts, drinks and party food, there is
sure to be a dish that takes their fancy. With more than 1000
lively images and bursting with ideas and practical advice, this
book is sure to provide hours of happy and healthy eating for
everyone.
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The Power Electronics Handbook (Hardcover)
Timothy L. Skvarenina; Series edited by J. David Irwin; Contributions by Kaushik S. Rajashekara, Ronald Brown., Saandor Halasz, …
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Less expensive, lighter, and smaller than its electromechanical counterparts, power electronics lie at the very heart of controlling and converting electric energy, which in turn lies at the heart of making that energy useful. From household appliances to space-faring vehicles, the applications of power electronics are virtually limitless.
Until now, however, the same could not be said for access to up-to-date reference books devoted to power electronics. Written by engineers for engineers, The Power Electronics Handbook covers the full range of relevant topics, from basic principles to cutting-edge applications. Compiled from contributions by an international panel of experts and full of illustrations, this is not a theoretical tome, but a practical and enlightening presentation of the usefulness and variety of technologies that encompass the field.
For modern and emerging applications, power electronic devices and systems must be small, efficient, lightweight, controllable, reliable, and economical. The Power Electronics Handbook is your key to understanding those devices, incorporating them into controllable circuits, and implementing those systems into applications from virtually every area of electrical engineering.
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Beyond Beliefs
Sohail Husain
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Balti cooking is one of the most exciting techniques for making
delicious and exotic stove-top meals that are high in taste and
quick to cook. Many of the wonderful curries naturally lend
themselves to low-fat cooking techniques, so you can enjoy rich
Balti fare without worrying about the calories. This book contains
50 tempting recipes for all occasions, including Balti Lamb in
Yogurt and Garam Masala Sauce, Stir-fried Vegetables with Monkfish,
Balti Chicken Vindaloo and Mini Mince Koftas in Onion Sauce. An
illustrated introduction supplies information on special
ingredients and techniques, and cook's tips throughout highlight
particular cooking methods and helpful recipe variations. Whether
you want a complete low-fat Balti meal or just a single interesting
course or accompaniment to perk up a low-fat diet, this book will
have exactly the recipe you need.
As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more
working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere.
They are pressed into wage work by a privatizing and unstable job
market. Likewise, they are pulled into public roles by gender
mainstreaming policies that developing states must sign on to in
order to receive transnational aid. Their inclusion into the
political economy is very beneficial for society, but is it also
beneficial for women? In The Stigma Matrix Fauzia Husain draws on
the experiences of policewomen, lady health workers, and airline
attendants, all frontline workers who help the Pakistani state, and
its global allies, address, surveil, and discipline veiled women
citizens. These women, she finds, confront a stigma matrix: a
complex of local and global, historic, and contemporary factors
that work together to complicate women's integration into public
life. The experiences of the three groups Husain examines reveal
that inclusion requires more than quotas or special seats. This
book advances critical feminist and sociological frameworks on
stigma and agency showing that both concepts are made up of
multiple layers of meaning, and are entangled with elite projects
of hegemony.
British India's Relations with the Kingdom of Nepal (1970) uses
original documents and confidential papers never before available
to examine the relations between Nepal and British India from 1857
to 1947. Though relations between the two countries were generally
friendly, they occasionally clashed when Nepal felt that its
independence and indigenous way of life was threatened. Although
Nepal customarily followed policies which appeared to be harmonious
with those of Great Britain, Professor Husain shows that its
policies were usually based on self-interest and, contrary to
traditional thinking, Nepal was a nation largely independent of
British control.
This comprehensive book unveils the working relationship of
blockchain and the fog/edge computing. The contents of the book
have been designed in such a way that the reader will not only
understand blockchain and fog/edge computing but will also
understand their co-existence and their collaborative power to
solve a range of versatile problems. The first part of the book
covers fundamental concepts and the applications of
blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing. These include: Internet
of Things, Tactile Internet, Smart City; and E-challan in the
Internet of Vehicles. The second part of the book covers security
and privacy related issues of blockchain-enabled fog and edge
computing. These include, hardware primitive based Physical
Unclonable Functions; Secure Management Systems; security of Edge
and Cloud in the presence of blockchain; secure storage in fog
using blockchain; and using differential privacy for edge-based
Smart Grid over blockchain. This book is written for students,
computer scientists, researchers and developers, who wish to work
in the domain of blockchain and fog/edge computing. One of the
unique features of this book is highlighting the issues,
challenges, and future research directions associated with
Blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing paradigm. We hope the
readers will consider this book a valuable addition in the domain
of Blockchain and fog/edge computing.
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Pakistan and Human Rights (Hardcover)
Satvinder Juss; Contributions by Yasser Latif Hamdani, Neha Ali Gauhar, Adrija Ghosh, Waris Husain, …
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R2,703
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Pakistan and Human Rights consists of a series of innovative and
carefully chosen chapters by leading experts and specialists in the
field of human rights law. With insightful contributions from a
number of young emerging scholars, many of whom based in Pakistan
itself, the volume provides a critical perspective on the legal
ordering of human rights issues, at a time when the legitimacy and
politics of national regulatory governance over the lives of people
is in question as never before in that troubled country. into three
sections.
The rapid growth of the data traffic demands new ways to achieve
high-speed wireless links. The backbone networks, data centers,
mission-critical applications, as well as end-users sitting in
office or home, all require ultra-high throughput and ultra-low
latency wireless links. Sophisticated technological advancement and
huge bandwidth are required to reduce the latency. Terahertz band,
in this regard, has a huge potential to provide these high-capacity
links where a user can download the file in a few seconds. To
realize the high-capacity wireless links for future applications,
in this book, different aspects of the Terahertz band wireless
communication network are presented. This book highlights the
Terahertz channel characteristics and modeling, antenna design and
beamforming, device characterization, applications, and protocols.
It also provides state-of-the-art knowledge on different
communication aspects of Terahertz communication and techniques to
realize the true potential of the Terahertz band for wireless
communication.
A thoroughly revised third edition of this widely praised,
bestselling textbook presents a comprehensive systems-level
perspective of electric and hybrid vehicles with emphasis on
technical aspects, mathematical relationships and basic design
guidelines. The emerging technologies of electric vehicles require
the dedication of current and future engineers, so the target
audience for the book is the young professionals and students in
engineering eager to learn about the area. The book is concise and
clear, its mathematics are kept to a necessary minimum and it
contains a well-balanced set of contents of the complex technology.
Engineers of multiple disciplines can either get a broader overview
or explore in depth a particular aspect of electric or hybrid
vehicles. Additions in the third edition include simulation-based
design analysis of electric and hybrid vehicles and their
powertrain components, particularly that of traction inverters,
electric machines and motor drives. The technology trends to
incorporate wide bandgap power electronics and reduced rare-earth
permanent magnet electric machines in the powertrain components
have been highlighted. Charging stations are a critical component
for the electric vehicle infrastructure, and hence, a chapter on
vehicle interactions with the power grid has been added. Autonomous
driving is another emerging technology, and a chapter is included
describing the autonomous driving system architecture and the
hardware and software needs for such systems. The platform has been
set in this book for system-level simulations to develop models
using various softwares used in academia and industry, such as
MATLAB (R)/Simulink, PLECS, PSIM, Motor-CAD and Altair Flux.
Examples and simulation results are provided in this edition using
these software tools. The third edition is a timely revision and
contribution to the field of electric vehicles that has reached
recently notable markets in a more and more environmentally
sensitive world.
This comprehensive book unveils the working relationship of
blockchain and the fog/edge computing. The contents of the book
have been designed in such a way that the reader will not only
understand blockchain and fog/edge computing but will also
understand their co-existence and their collaborative power to
solve a range of versatile problems. The first part of the book
covers fundamental concepts and the applications of
blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing. These include: Internet
of Things, Tactile Internet, Smart City; and E-challan in the
Internet of Vehicles. The second part of the book covers security
and privacy related issues of blockchain-enabled fog and edge
computing. These include, hardware primitive based Physical
Unclonable Functions; Secure Management Systems; security of Edge
and Cloud in the presence of blockchain; secure storage in fog
using blockchain; and using differential privacy for edge-based
Smart Grid over blockchain. This book is written for students,
computer scientists, researchers and developers, who wish to work
in the domain of blockchain and fog/edge computing. One of the
unique features of this book is highlighting the issues,
challenges, and future research directions associated with
Blockchain-enabled fog and edge computing paradigm. We hope the
readers will consider this book a valuable addition in the domain
of Blockchain and fog/edge computing.
Emerging Communication Technologies Based on Wireless Sensor
Networks: Current Research and Future Applications fills a gap in
the existing literature by combining a plethora of WSN-based
emerging technologies into a single source so that researchers can
form opinions regarding these technologies. It presents different
types of emerging communication technologies based on WSNs and
describes how wireless sensor networks can be integrated with other
communication technologies. It covers many of the new techniques
and demonstrates the application of WSNs. The book's 14 chapters
are divided into four parts. The first part covers the basics of
wireless sensor networks and their principal working methods. The
authors then move on to discuss different types of WSNs,
characteristics of different types of emerging technologies based
on WSNs, renewable energy sources, battery replenishment
strategies, and application-specific energy challenges of WSNs. The
second part is dedicated to issues related to wireless body area
networks (WBANs). It discusses wearable WSNs and their
applications, standards, and research trends. The authors also
discuss routing schemes devised for WBANs and thermal-aware routing
protocols for WBANs. The third part focuses on different emerging
communication technologies based on WSNs, including electromagnetic
wireless nanosensor networks, WSNs in the IoT, management of WSNs
through satellite networks, WSNs in smart homes, and cognitive
radio technology in conjunction with WSNs. The last part of the
book covers topics generally related to typical WSNs, including
energy-efficient data collection in WSNs, key distribution
mechanisms in WSNs, distributed data gathering algorithms for
mobile WSNs, and finally, a novel mobility scheme for WSNs that
supports IPv6.
Since 2007, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has emerged as a dominant
force in Pakistani politics through its hyper-active use of
judicial review, or the power to overrule Parliament's laws and the
Prime Minister's acts. This hyper-activism was on display during
the Supreme Court's unilateral disqualification of Prime Minister
Yousef Raza Gilani in 2012 under the leadership of Chief Justice
Iftikhar Chaudhry. Despite the Supreme Court's practical adoption
of restraint subsequent to the retirement of Chief Justice Chaudhry
in 2013, the Court has once again disqualified a prime minister,
Nawaz Sharif, due to allegations of corruption in 2017. While many
critics have focused on the substance of the Court's decisions in
these cases, sufficient focus is not paid to the amorphous
case-selection process of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In order
to compare the relatively unregulated process of case-selection in
Pakistan to the more structured processes utilized by the Supreme
Courts of the United States' and India, this book aims to
understand the historical roots of judicial review in each country
dating back to the colonial era extending through the foundational
period of each nation impacting present-day jurisprudence. As a
first in its kind, this study comparatively examines these periods
of history in order to contextualize a practical prescription to
standardize the case-selection process in the Supreme Court of
Pakistan in a way that retains the Court's overall power while
limiting its involvement in purely political issues. This
publication offers a critical and comparative view of the Supreme
Court of Pakistan's recent involvement in political disputes due to
the lack of a discerning case-selection system that has otherwise
been adopted by the Supreme Courts of India and the United States'
to varying degrees. It will be of interest to academics in the
fields of Asian Law, South Asian Politics and Law and Comparative
Law.
As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more
working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere.
They are pressed into wage work by a privatizing and unstable job
market. Likewise, they are pulled into public roles by gender
mainstreaming policies that developing states must sign on to in
order to receive transnational aid. Their inclusion into the
political economy is very beneficial for society, but is it also
beneficial for women? In The Stigma Matrix Fauzia Husain draws on
the experiences of policewomen, lady health workers, and airline
attendants, all frontline workers who help the Pakistani state, and
its global allies, address, surveil, and discipline veiled women
citizens. These women, she finds, confront a stigma matrix: a
complex of local and global, historic, and contemporary factors
that work together to complicate women's integration into public
life. The experiences of the three groups Husain examines reveal
that inclusion requires more than quotas or special seats. This
book advances critical feminist and sociological frameworks on
stigma and agency showing that both concepts are made up of
multiple layers of meaning, and are entangled with elite projects
of hegemony.
A valuable resource for cosmetic and reconstructive surgeons at all
levels of training and expertise, Rhinoplasty: A Case-Based
Approach offers systematic, expert coverage of both common and
complex rhinoplasty procedures performed in today's practice. Each
chapter offers a carefully written teaching case that outlines
essential information related to fundamental aspects of the
condition-all from the world's leading experts in rhinoplasty and
aesthetic surgery. Numerous high-quality illustrations and
procedural videos help you master the techniques that lead to
optimal outcomes and increased patient satisfaction. Presents more
than 150 teaching cases that represent the full range of today's
practice of cosmetic surgery. Cases are ones most commonly seen, or
those that have significant implications for modern clinical
practice. Provides the presentation, physical exam findings, and
laboratory and imaging studies for each case, along with an
analysis of treatment options, complications, selected references,
and other relevant information. Reflects real-life clinical
perspectives, presenting patients as they would before a surgery,
followed by an expert walk-through of the procedure. Features
high-quality clinical images and clear anatomical artwork, as well
as procedural videos for real-time visual guidance. Shares the
experience and knowledge of internationally renowned surgeons who
draw from different training backgrounds to provide a
multidisciplinary approach to the vast array of patient desires for
beauty and functionality. Enhanced eBook version included with
purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text,
figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
'Timely and important' THE TIMES 'Considered and nuanced ... A
must-read' The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP 'Compelling and moving' Tom
Holland, author of Dominion __________________ Islam is the
fastest-growing faith community in Britain. Domes and minarets are
redefining the skylines of towns and cities as mosques become an
increasingly prominent feature. Yet while Britain has prided itself
on being a global home of cosmopolitanism and modern civilisation,
its deep-rooted relationship with Islam - unique in history - is
complex, threatened by rising hostility and hatred, intolerance and
ignorance. There is much media debate about embracing diversity in
our communities, but what does integration look like on the ground,
in places like Dewsbury, Glasgow, Belfast and London? How are
Muslims, young and old, reconciling progressive values - of gender
equality, individualism, the rule of law and free speech - with
literalist interpretations of their faith? And how is this tension,
away from the public gaze, unfolding inside mosques today? Ed
Husain takes his search for answers into the heart of Britain's
Muslim communities. Travelling the length and breadth of the
country, Husain joins men and women in their prayers,
conversations, meals, plans, pains, joys, triumphs and adversities.
He tells their stories here in an open and honest account that
brings the daily reality of British Muslim life sharply into focus
- a struggle of identity and belonging, caught between tradition
and modernity, East and West, revelation and reason.
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