In response to the damage caused by a growth-led global economy, researchers across the world started investigating the association between environmental pollution and its possible determinants using different models and techniques. Most famously, the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesizes an inverted U-shaped association between environmental quality and gross domestic product (GDP). This book explores the latest literature on the environmental Kuznets curve, including developments in the methodology, the impacts of the pandemic, and other recent findings. Researchers have recently broadened the range of the list of drivers of environmental pollution under consideration, which now includes variables such as foreign direct investment, trade expansion, financial development, human activities, population growth, and renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, all of which vary across different countries and times. And in addition to CO2 emissions, other proxies for environmental quality – such as water, land, and ecological footprints – have been used in recent studies. This book also incorporates analysis of the relationship between economic growth and the environment during the COVID-19 crisis, presenting new empirical work on the impact of the pandemic on energy use, the financial sector, trade, and tourism. Collectively, these developments have improved the direction and extent of the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and broadened the basket of dependent and independent variables which may be incorporated. This book will be invaluable reading for researchers in environmental economics and econometrics.

Microbiology as a science has expanded by leaps and bounds in the past few decades due to advancements in sophisticated instrumentation and recombinant DNA technology, which added a new dimension and revealed an understanding of the subject at the molecular level. Microorganisms are highly ubiquitous in nature and manifold in their activity. Interest in microbiology increased quite significantly due to the wide application of microorganisms in studying different biological processes. An attempt has been made to introduce the readers to several areas of microbiology and microbial biotechnology, and to provide insight into basic concepts of biology and practical applications of microorganisms. To assist the readers in understanding the text, several illustrations and figures have been incorporated in the current volume. The topics covered in this volume are arranged in such a way as to maintain the thread of continuity with Volumes One and Two as well as to make it easy for those who are not acquainted with Volumes One and Two of the series. The editors believe that the previous book of the series, Recent Advances in Microbiology, Volumes One and Two, would also be helpful to readers in strengthening their concepts about different areas of microbiology and microbial biotechnology. The present volume has been complied with the help of leading microbiologists from India and other countries, with an objective of providing current developments in the field of microbiology. This book will be useful for under- and postgraduate students, academicians, researchers and laboratory personnel from disciplines like microbiology, biochemistry, veterinary science, medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food science, environmental science, industrial microbiology and other allied biological sciences.

In the current era, e-Governance has emerged as a most prominent tool for strengthening democracy. Therefore, in the year 2006, the Government of India launched National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) which encompasses thirty-one Mission Mode Projects to automate high priority tasks associated with rural and urban areas of the country. However, the government is spending an enormous amount of funds in deployment of e-Governance; still, the success ratio of e-Governance projects in India is not overwhelming. The fourteen chapters within this fascinating compendium act as precious gems, reflecting light on diversified aspects of the intents converged towards e-Governance in India via evolution, implementation challenges, impact on societal issues, development of novel frameworks, involved legal issues and prospects. This book is an attempt to investigate the dominating aspects of conquering the objectives of e-Governance. Moreover, it will also encompass plausible, reengineered, conceptual frameworks which have not been discovered heretofore in order to combat with dominating obstacles. Additionally, it will contain a compendium of knowledge about the future of e-Governance in the Indian context. The major highlights of this book are given as followed: 1. Depiction of the current scenario of e-Governance in India from an international perspective; 2. Identification of aspects of the successful implementation of e-Governance; 3. Reengineering of existing methodologies in order to rejuvenate the existing scenario; 4. Major prospects of e-Governance in India; 5. Legal issues involved in e-Governance; 6. Exemplary case studies about successful e-Governance deployment from pioneering countries of the domain.

Microbiology as a science has expanded by leaps and bounds in the past few decades due to advancements in sophisticated instrumentation and recombinant DNA technology which added new dimension and revealed the understanding of the subject at a molecular level. This has resulted in the emergence of several applications of this domain. This book have been complied with the help of leading Microbiologists from India and other countries with an objective of providing current developments in the field of Microbiology. This book will be useful for under and postgraduate students, academicians, researchers and laboratory personnel from disciplines like Microbiology, Biochemistry, Veterinary Science, Medicine, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Food Science, Environmental Science, Industrial Microbiology and other allied Biological Sciences.

Each chapter covers with solved examples, wherever possible and exercises have been given for practice. Some chapters like Quantum Mechanics, Properties of Magnetic Materials etc. contain extra materials for the sake of completeness. Also, a new topic Gauss Law and Its Applications has been added in chapter-29 under the heading 'Special Topics'.

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Micro-organisms are highly ubiquitous in nature and manifold in their activity. Interest in microbiology increased quite significantly due to wide application of micro-organisms in studying different biological processes. An attempt has been made to introduce the readers to several areas of microbiology and microbial biotechnology and to provide insight into basic concepts of biology and practical applications of micro-organisms. To assist the readers in understanding the text, several illustrations and figures have been incorporated in the current volume. The topics covered in this volume are arranged in such a way as to maintain the thread of continuity with Volume One as well as to make it easy for those who are not acquainted with Volume One of the series. The editors believe that the previous book of the series, "Recent Advances in Microbiology Volume-1", would also be helpful to readers in strengthening their concepts about different areas of microbiology and microbial biotechnology.