The Japanese word, Ikigai means 'reason for being'. Think of what you love, what you are good at, what you can be paid for, and what the world needs. When these come together, you get your Ikigai. However, Ikigai can be beyond these four components and doesn't have to include any or all of them. The moments each day where you live fully - engaging in a hobby or pursuit, learning, connecting with people, being useful, choosing empathy over apathy, and being in the present - and the small joys that inhabit those moments make your Ikigai. You can have more than one Ikigai and it can change with time. You already have your Ikigai and just need to discover it!The book unveils the life journeys of 25 teens that left India for the uncharted waters of Singapore in the 1990s and early 2000s. Each story started with engineering and took the person to one's calling - dance, filmmaking, entrepreneurship, mountaineering, philanthropy, research, and even monkhood. Did they find their Ikigai? Uncover the pages to find out!

The book presents innovative scientific research works by academics, research scholars and students, presented at the 2017 International Conference on Energy, Materials and Information Technology at Amity University Jharkhand, India. It includes contributions on system solutions based on soft computing techniques, and covers innovative soft computing techniques and tools with advanced applications. A major focus of the book is on presenting interdisciplinary problems and how they can be solved using information technology, together with innovative connections to other disciplines. It also includes papers on cloud computing and WSN-related real-time research.

Describes the contribution of Food industry sector in human health and nutrition Covers the eco-friendly approaches to reduce negative impacts of food processing on environment Discusses the use of advanced techniques such as nanotechnology, non-thermal techniques etc. to improve food processing

The book features the scientific work on materials science presented at the International Conference on Energy, Materials and Information Technology, 2017 at Amity University Jharkhand, India. It highlights all aspects of materials, from synthesis to innovative applications, and from physical characterizations to cost-effectiveness. It also covers essential and state-of-the-art research work on various engineering materials with important physical characteristics. This multidisciplinary book is aimed at scientists, academics, research scholars and students from all areas who are interested in understanding the current research in the field of materials science.

Describes the contribution of Food industry sector in human health and nutrition Covers the eco-friendly approaches to reduce negative impacts of food processing on environment Discusses the use of advanced techniques such as nanotechnology, non-thermal techniques etc. to improve food processing

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The book, "Lake and Groundwater: Phytoremedial Aspect" is an out come of the direct field work done in Gorakhpur, a prominent city of India. Being a tropical city, the district Gorakhpur is also among the wet-land belts of India, locally called as Tarai Belt. As a result the water table is higher and also the city is rich in large water bodies. The field study consisted of the survey and analysis of groundwater and the quality analysis of the water in Rangarh lake, a prominent water body in the heart of the city. The macrophytic diversity of the lake has also been evaluated. Finally, the polluted water of the lake as well as that of the groundwater was subjected to phytoremediation. The findings have been documented by the means of thirteen chapters. The book is useful tool for all the scientists, research scholars and the field workers who are directly or indirectly involved in the field research regarding the water pollution and its remediation and also for those who are involved in the study of lentic system biodiversity. The book is also recommended to be must for the libraries of all the research organisations, Universities and the NGOs involved in the subject.

The 21th century has been called century of biotechnology. It is the field at the cutting edge of science. The exponential increase in the quantity of scientific information and the rate, at which new discoveries were made, requires very elaborate, interdisciplinary and update information and their understanding. DNA Sequencing and Gene Cloning - An introduction covers various topics related with DNA sequencing and amplification in vivo and in vitro, updated knowledge of types of DNA sequencing and their applications. In Gene Cloning section it contain all aspects related to it including how gene cloning is important and at which step it is important in molecular project. This book also contains some mathematical conversions which are important for a biology lab. So that this book is very fruitful to all students who like to get information about sequencing and DNA amplification in vitro and in vivo environment.

The book features innovative scientific research by scientists, academicians and students, presented at the International Conference on Energy, Materials and Information Technology, 2017 at Amity University Jharkhand, India. Covering all the promising renewable energies and their related technologies, such as wind, solar and biomass energy, it compiles current important scientific research in this field and addresses how it can be applied in an interdisciplinary manner. The selected conference papers provide important data and parameters for utilizing the main potential renewable energies, and allowing an economic and environmental assessment. The book is a valuable resource for all those who are interested in the physical and technical principles of promising ways to utilize various renewable energies.