This new book focuses on eco-friendly nanohybrid. It clearly summarizes the fundamentals and established techniques of synthesis and processing of eco-friendly nanohybrid materials to provide a systematic and coherent picture of synthesis and the processing of nanomaterials. The research on nanotechnology is evolving and expanding very rapidly. Nanotechnology represents an emerging technology that has the potential to have an impact on an incredibly wide number of industries, such as the medical, environmental, and pharmaceutical industries. There is a growing need to develop environmentally friendly processes for corrosion control that do not employ toxic chemicals. This book helps to fill this need. This volume is a comprehensive compilation of several trending research topics, such as fouling, energy-storing devices, water treatment, corrosion, biomaterials, and high performance materials. The topics are approached in an encompassing manner, covering the basics and the recent trends in this area, clearly defining the problems and suggesting potential solutions. Topics in the book include: Synthesis of complex polymer intermediates Synthesis of nanoparticles and nanofibers Binding interaction between nano- and micromaterials Fabrication of polymer nanocomposites Making of functionally terminated nanohybrid coatings Development of corrosion resistant coatings Antifouling coatings Bioceramic materials Materials for therapeutic and aesthetic applications Eco-Friendly Nano-Hybrid Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications will benefit a wide variety of those in this field, including: Shipping and coating industries encountering fouling problems Innovators in the field of energy storage and electrical equipment Developers of efficient water treatment systems Biomedical industries looking for novel bio-compatible materials Industries seeking high performance epoxy-based materials needed for specific applications

This new book focuses on eco-friendly nanohybrid. It clearly summarizes the fundamentals and established techniques of synthesis and processing of eco-friendly nanohybrid materials to provide a systematic and coherent picture of synthesis and the processing of nanomaterials. The research on nanotechnology is evolving and expanding very rapidly. Nanotechnology represents an emerging technology that has the potential to have an impact on an incredibly wide number of industries, such as the medical, environmental, and pharmaceutical industries. There is a growing need to develop environmentally friendly processes for corrosion control that do not employ toxic chemicals. This book helps to fill this need. This volume is a comprehensive compilation of several trending research topics, such as fouling, energy-storing devices, water treatment, corrosion, biomaterials, and high performance materials. The topics are approached in an encompassing manner, covering the basics and the recent trends in this area, clearly defining the problems and suggesting potential solutions. Topics in the book include: Synthesis of complex polymer intermediates Synthesis of nanoparticles and nanofibers Binding interaction between nano- and micromaterials Fabrication of polymer nanocomposites Making of functionally terminated nanohybrid coatings Development of corrosion resistant coatings Antifouling coatings Bioceramic materials Materials for therapeutic and aesthetic applications Eco-Friendly Nano-Hybrid Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications will benefit a wide variety of those in this field, including: Shipping and coating industries encountering fouling problems Innovators in the field of energy storage and electrical equipment Developers of efficient water treatment systems Biomedical industries looking for novel bio-compatible materials Industries seeking high performance epoxy-based materials needed for specific applications

An intimate account of the early years of Paramahansa Yogananda, written from the author's unique perspective as a younger brother of Sri Yogananda, whom he affectionately called "Mejda" -- the Bengali term for one's second elder brother. This fascinating biography relates many heretofore unpublished stories, and presents a fresh view of numerous incidents recounted by Yogananda in his Autobiography of a Yogi. A vivid, firsthand picture of his truly remarkable years in India. From this engrossing narrative emerges a new portrait of this great world teacher -- a dynamic spiritual personality who demonstrated for the modern world the timeless vitality of India's universal science of God-realization.

A platter when served is expected to have variety and taste. Mixed Platter offers its readers quite the same. A collection of short stories which do not belong to just one genre will fulfill the reader's taste for variety. Based on simple day-to-day life stories, the author brings to us different aspects of human life.

The Mutual Funds have emerged as a favoured investment vehicle among the investors in recent times. The fund houses have been introducing innovative schemes to expand their market. In this backdrop, the authors have made a sincere effort to bring this book out by conducting a detailed performance analysis of equity funds in the context of the Indian financial market. This book provides a structured study of Equity Funds by way of presenting a comprehensive picture of financial performance and evaluation criteria of equity funds. An attempt has been made to help the readers to evaluate the risk and return characteristics of equity funds; to examine the degree of correlation that exists between fund and market return and to understand the impact of fund specific characteristics on the fund performance. The study analyses the performance of 113 equity funds of 25 Indian fund houses. This book provides valuable inputs to the practitioners in the financial services industry including fund managers, investment analysts, portfolio managers, policy makers, academicians, researchers and individual investors.

The Neo-liberal economic policies in 1980's lead to emergence of Pubic-private Partnerships. The PPP became most popular after health sector reforms in developing countries. Many state governments in India adapted PPP policies to enhance the efficiency and quality of services in health sector. The partnership formed between Government of Karnataka (GOK) and Karuna Trust is also one of the successful model since 1996. This book tries to analyses the partnership between the GOK and Karuna trust in delivering primary health care. A honest attempt is made to address some of the fundamental questions such as, what made GOK to contract out the primary health centres to NGO? How the model is implemented? and also evaluates current functioning of the model from the perspectives of providers and beneficiaries. Success of the partnership also depends on the sustainability, so researcher also tried to understand how model is sustainable. The study tries to draw conclusion and make some valuable recommendations for future PPP policies and to provide an insight to researchers, academicians and policy makers in social sector.

Flood studies all over the world have become a crucial base to combat the extreme damage and loss. The lethal combination of larger flood extent, depth and duration can impose heavy toll on the economy and life of people. To have a proper dimension of this extremely unpredictable event, Radar or SAR data are indispensable. An effort has been made to do necessary calculation from the microwave data and collection of field information regarding flood inundation and recession pattern. Problems in executing these processes may stand as obstacle in the appropriate policy making. Assessment of damage has been done regarding crop cultivation, particularly paddy by RADARSAT data which inflicts huge losses to the farmers due to flood damage. An effective process has been thoroughly discussed in this book for identification and differentiation of flooded paddy fields from the remaining flooded land.

For eons of time in your human history, mankind has experienced and existed in blindness about his divine spiritual heritage, that is, his oneness with god and the creation. Since the time of the "Fall" from "grace" of God, many have continued to struggle with what is "their" purpose, and why it is so difficult to find and know The Truth. Many, in their ignorance and confusion, have asked themselves why God allows the seemingly unending ruthless and merciless inhumanity of man to continue; why He allows suffering of children, wars, disease and pestilence and corruption. Often ones simply decide there is no God, which only keeps ones ever "separate" from Knowing His Presence Within.

The Spiritual Laws and Lessons is God's deliverance of truth to You, his blinded fledgling creatures. He is offering You the instructions for reaching the "lighted" path back home to Him, and Thus to Oneness. You will learn How to recognize the Anti-Christ, (that which is Against God and therefore Against Life) within You and why through your gift of free-will You allowed the Anti-Christ within your temple of God. You will learn about what are the "Deadliest" Sins (errors) committed by you and also about the nature of Your Personal Responsibility for All consequences and experiences within this manifested physical "illusion".

God is Now, within these pages bringing forth the Eighteen Logical Cosmic Laws of Balance of God and The Creation, written in explicit detail with Many examples given for Your careful consideration and recognition of truth. Why? To let there be No misunderstanding of How and Why you, of humanity, have lost your inner as well as planetary Balance. You have broken Every law set forthherein and have, therefore, suffered the consequences of your errors against God and against Life. You each now have before you Your "road map" back home to spiritual wisdom, knowledge and truth which is of God. Will You see? Will You hear? Each One of you, being fragments of God and of The Creation must and will make this choice: To wisely learn your lessons in truth, abide by the laws and thus Earn your Spiritual Unity and Freedom within God's Kingdom Or continue in the darkness of deception, ignorance and spiritual poverty which will keep you bound in the Anti-Christ's "illusion" of separation. This cycle is about to End. The new cycle will Begin anew in the Glory and Celebration of cleansing within and without of All fragments of Anti-Life. Will You Join Our Father/Mother Creator of God in the Divine Holy Kingdom of Life? God awaits your decision. So be it.