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This book examines the complex dynamics of India Pakistan
relations, by situating the same in the post-colonial setting of
the subcontinent. In pursuit of this, the book analyses the impact
of the linkages between the postcolonial processes of state-making
and the structuring of political communities, upon the evolution of
the problématique of state security in South Asia. For the purpose
of undertaking this task, the author deconstructs the countries'
colonial history, with an aim to mapp its impact on the making of
the foreign policy of Pakistan. Drawing primarily from colonial
discourse theory and historical sociology, the book links the
trajectory of Pakistan’s international politics, to its domestic
politics and ‘weak state’ inheritances. By doing this, it
offers a stimulating treatment of the history of the country’s
troubled post-colonial relations with India. This has been done in
the book, by presenting the modes by which the religio-military and
politico-bureaucratic classes that constitute the power elite in
Pakistan, tended to have molded an India-centered State security
problématique. This book will be of interest to researchers
studying South Asian security, India-Pakistan relations and the
defence and foreign policy of Pakistan.
An electrical power system consists of a large number of
generation, transmission, and distribution subsystems. It is a very
large and complex system; hence, its installation and management
are very difficult tasks. An electrical system is essentially a
very large network with very large data sets. Handling these data
sets can require much time to analyze and subsequently implement.
An electrical system is necessary but also potentially very
dangerous if not operated and controlled properly. The demand for
electricity is ever increasing, so maintaining load demand without
overloading the system poses challenges and difficulties. Thus,
planning, installing, operating, and controlling such a large
system requires new technology. Artificial intelligence (AI)
applications have many key features that can support a power system
and handle overall power system operations. AI-based applications
can manage the large data sets related to a power system. They can
also help design power plants, model installation layouts, optimize
load dispatch, and quickly respond to control apparatus. These
applications and their techniques have been successful in many
areas of power system engineering. Artificial Intelligence
Techniques in Power Systems Operations and Analysis focuses on the
various challenges arising in power systems and how AI techniques
help to overcome these challenges. It examines important areas of
power system analysis and the implementation of AI-driven analysis
techniques. The book helps academicians and researchers understand
how AI can be used for more efficient operation. Multiple AI
techniques and their application are explained. Also featured are
relevant data sets and case studies. Highlights include: Power
quality enhancement by PV-UPQC for non-linear load Energy
management of a nanogrid through flair of deep learning from IoT
environments Role of artificial intelligence and machine learning
in power systems with fault detection and diagnosis AC power
optimization techniques Artificial intelligence and machine
learning techniques in power systems automation
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is completing a decade.
There have been varied responses to the Initiative from countries
and regions besides the emergence of alternative initiatives and
narratives. This sets the stage for evaluating the robustness of
the Initiative, its implementation as well as its implications from
the perspective of individual countries and regions across the
globe. This book begins by examining China's domestic, economic,
maritime and strategic interests as drivers for the Initiative. BRI
has been analysed in country-specific, regional and continental
contexts. It brings out the experiences and responses from South
Asia, Eurasia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, Latin
America, the Caribbean as well as from Europe and Africa. Further,
BRI has been studied in the larger context of the US-China
competition. The final section explores BRI in the context of the
twin challenges of recent times, i.e., the pandemic and
Russia-Ukraine conflict. The book concludes with an epilogue which
outlines the broad trends related to BRI that have emerged from
this study of ICWA. Print edition not for sale in South Asia
(India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)
This new volume introduces various VLSI (very-large-scale
integration) architecture for DSP filters, speech filters, and
image filters, detailing their key applications and discussing
different aspects and technologies used in VLSI design, models and
architectures, and more. The volume explores the major challenges
with the aim to develop real-time hardware architecture designs
that are compact and accurate. Knowledge of VLSI is necessary for
understanding today’s contemporary hardware prospects of
engineering. It is the process of creating an integrated circuit by
combining millions of MOS transistors onto a single chip that is
needed for handheld portable battery-operated devices that require
efficient, errorless, and low-power arithmetic operation. VLSI
plays a most important role in the performance of digital systems,
digital signal processing (DSP), image processing applications,
hardware security, quantum computing, etc. Especially in DSP
systems, the algorithms of VLSI have a number of interesting
characteristics that can be exploited in the design of the
arithmetic circuits so that they can be implemented more
efï¬ciently in terms of computation time, chip area, and power
consumption. This volume, VLSI Architecture for Signal, Speech, and
Image Processing, provides useful research in the field of computer
arithmetic and can be applied for various arithmetic circuits, for
their digital implementation schemes, and for performance
considerations. It covers how computer arithmetic contributes to
the era of quantum computing, hardware security, image processing,
biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, neural networks,
and stochastic computing. Prepared by leading researchers in the
field of computer arithmetic architecture, the state-of-the-art
information presented here helps to provide a comprehensive
understanding of VLSI for students, faculty, and researchers in
computer science, computer engineering, and electrical and
electronics engineering. It may be used as a textbook for courses
on VLSI as well as a reference book.
2D Materials for Surface Plasmon Resonance-based Sensors offers
comprehensive coverage of recent design and development (including
processing and fabrication) of 2D materials in the context of
plasmonic-based devices. It provides a thorough overview of the
basic principles and techniques used in the analysis and design of
2D material-based optical sensor systems. Beginning with the basic
concepts of plasmon/plasmonic sensors and mathematical modelling,
the authors explain the fundamental properties of 2D materials,
including Black Phosphorus (BP), Phosphorene, Graphene, Transition
metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), MXene's and SW-CNT. It also details
the applications of these emerging materials in clinical diagnosis
and their future trends. This text will be useful for practising
engineers, undergraduate and postgraduate students. Key Features
Presents the fundamental concepts of 2D material assisted fibre
optic and prism based SPR sensor in a student-friendly manner.
Includes the recent synthesis and characterization techniques of 2D
materials. Provides computational results of recently discovered
electronic and optical properties of the 2D materials along with
their effectiveness in the field of plasmonic sensors. Presents
emerging applications of novel 2D material-based plasmonic sensors
in the field of chemical, bio-chemical and biosensing.
The book consists of 32 chapters featuring the concepts and
applications of precision farming and protected cultivation broadly
covered with theoretical and practical approach. The first 8
chapters are exclusively designed to provide detailed information
on concept, need, objectives, benefits, components, applications
and limitations of precision farming; laser leveler and its working
mechanism, components and functioning; mechanized sowing and types
of mechanical seeders and their use; approaches for mapping of
soils and plant attributes; site-specific weed and nutrient
management; precision management of insect-pests and diseases;
yield mapping in horticultural crops. An attempt has been made to
cover the concept and application of protected cultivation in
chapters from 9 to 30 characteristically highlighting the concept
of greenhouse technology, its principles as well as historical and
technological developments, agrivoltaic system, its concept and
features, response of plant species under greenhouse conditions,
criteria for the selection of crops and varieties for protected
cultivation, basic considerations for site selection, orientation
and designing of greenhouse structures, climate control mechanisms
for cooling and heating in greenhouses, components, accessories and
BIS codes for protected cultivation, types of Irrigation system for
greenhouse production system, growing media for greenhouse
cultivation, soil pasteurization namely solarization, steam
sterilization, chemical sterilization and augmentation with
biological agents, checking the suitability of soil and water for
greenhouse crops, plug tray nursery raising, basics of fertigation
in greenhouse production system, packages of practice for
greenhouse cucumber, bell pepper, tomato and melons, potential of
pruning as unconventional alternative for mass multiplication of
greenhouse cucumber and tomato, types of soil-less cultures, GAP
for protected cultivation and economic analysis of protected
cultivation. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback
in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
This book develops a critical understanding of Mahatma Gandhi's
philosophy and practice in the context of contemporary challenges
and engages with some of his key work and ideas. It highlights the
relevance of Gandhi's legacy in the quest towards peace-building,
equity and global justice. The volume examines diverse facets of
Gandhi's holistic view of human life - social, economic and
political - for the creation of a just society. Bringing together
expert analyses and reflections, the chapters here emphasise the
philosophical and practical urgency of Gandhi's thought and action.
They explore the significance of his concepts of truth and
nonviolence to address moral, spiritual and ethical issues, growing
intolerance, conflict and violence, poverty and hunger, and
environmental crisis for the present world. The volume serves as a
platform for constructive dialogue for academics, researchers,
policymakers and students to re-imagine Gandhi and his moral and
political principles. It will be of great interest to those in
philosophy, political studies, Gandhi studies, history, cultural
studies, peace studies and sociology.
This book examines the modes by which the grand theories of
International Relations can be restructured at the level of
meta-theory. It emphasizes the inability of grand theories to make
sense of international relations in postcolonial societies and
argues to engage in such restructuring in the domain of ontology.
This is done by making a historical sociological defence toward
adopting mid-level theories in IR. It is a critique of the
meta-theoretical foundations of Kenneth Waltz's grand theory of
neorealism, by pivoting itself upon the framework of postcolonial
ontology. Dwelling upon Mohammed Ayoob’s mid-level theory of
subaltern realism, it argues for undertaking the task of
restructuring International Relations at the level of meta-theory,
largely in the sphere of ontology. It explains how the thrust of
grand theories such as neorealism, on ontological singularity can
be circumvented. Owing to this, International Relations can
experience a meta-theoretical transformation that may manifest in
the broader engagement of the discipline itself, with the very
conception of ontological multiplicity.
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Computer Vision and Image Processing - 7th International Conference, CVIP 2022, Nagpur, India, November 4–6, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (1st ed. 2023)
Deep Gupta, Kishor Bhurchandi, Subrahmanyam Murala, Balasubramanian Raman, Sanjeev Kumar
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This two volume set (CCIS 1776-1777) constitutes the refereed
proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Vision
and Image Processing, CVIP 2022, held in Nagpur, India, November
4–6, 2022. The 110 full papers and 11 short papers were
carefully reviewed and selected from 307 submissions. Out of 121
papers, 109 papers are included in this book. The topical scope of
the two-volume set focuses on Medical ImageÂ
Analysis, Image/ Video ProcessingÂ
for Autonomous Vehicles, Activity
Detection/ Recognition, Human ComputerÂ
Interaction, Segmentation and Shape
Representation, Motion and Tracking,Â
Image/ Video Scene Understanding,Â
Image/Video Retrieval, Remote Sensing,Â
Hyperspectral Image Processing, Face,Â
Iris, Emotion, Sign Language and Gesture Recognition, etc.
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Computer Vision and Image Processing - 7th International Conference, CVIP 2022, Nagpur, India, November 4–6, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (1st ed. 2023)
Deep Gupta, Kishor Bhurchandi, Subrahmanyam Murala, Balasubramanian Raman, Sanjeev Kumar
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This two volume set (CCIS 1776-1777) constitutes the refereed
proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Vision
and Image Processing, CVIP 2022, held in Nagpur, India, November
4–6, 2022. The 110 full papers and 11 short papers were
carefully reviewed and selected from 307 submissions. Out of 121
papers, 109 papers are included in this book. The topical scope of
the two-volume set focuses on Medical ImageÂ
Analysis, Image/ Video ProcessingÂ
for Autonomous Vehicles, Activity
Detection/ Recognition, Human ComputerÂ
Interaction, Segmentation and Shape
Representation, Motion and Tracking,Â
Image/ Video Scene Understanding,Â
Image/Video Retrieval, Remote Sensing,Â
Hyperspectral Image Processing, Face,Â
Iris, Emotion, Sign Language and Gesture Recognition, etc.
This book presents various computer-aided drug discovery methods
for the design and development of ligand and structure-based drug
molecules. A wide variety of computational approaches are now being
used in various stages of drug discovery and development, as well
as in clinical studies. Yet, despite the rapid advances in computer
software and hardware, combined with the exponential growth in the
available biological information, there are many challenges that
still need to be addressed, as this book shows. In turn, it shares
valuable insights into receptor-ligand interactions in connection
with various biological functions and human diseases. The book
discusses a wide range of phylogenetic methods and highlights the
applications of Molecular Dynamics Simulation in the drug discovery
process. It also explores the application of quantum mechanics in
order to provide better accuracy when calculating protein-ligand
binding interactions and predicting binding affinities. In closing,
the book provides illustrative descriptions of major challenges
associated with computer-aided drug discovery for the development
of therapeutic drugs. Given its scope, it offers a valuable asset
for life sciences researchers, medicinal chemists and
bioinformaticians looking for the latest information on
computer-aided methodologies for drug development, together with
their applications in drug discovery.
This book presents various computer-aided drug discovery methods
for the design and development of ligand and structure-based drug
molecules. A wide variety of computational approaches are now being
used in various stages of drug discovery and development, as well
as in clinical studies. Yet, despite the rapid advances in computer
software and hardware, combined with the exponential growth in the
available biological information, there are many challenges that
still need to be addressed, as this book shows. In turn, it shares
valuable insights into receptor-ligand interactions in connection
with various biological functions and human diseases. The book
discusses a wide range of phylogenetic methods and highlights the
applications of Molecular Dynamics Simulation in the drug discovery
process. It also explores the application of quantum mechanics in
order to provide better accuracy when calculating protein-ligand
binding interactions and predicting binding affinities. In closing,
the book provides illustrative descriptions of major challenges
associated with computer-aided drug discovery for the development
of therapeutic drugs. Given its scope, it offers a valuable asset
for life sciences researchers, medicinal chemists and
bioinformaticians looking for the latest information on
computer-aided methodologies for drug development, together with
their applications in drug discovery.
In the present scenario, green technologies are playing significant
role in changing the course of nation's economic growth towards
sustainability and providing an alternative socio-economic model
that will enable present and future generations to live in a clean
and healthy environment, in harmony with nature. Green technology,
which is also known as clean technology, refers to the development
and extension of processes, practices, and applications that
improve or replace the existing technologies facilitating society
to meet their own needs while substantially decreasing the impact
of human on the planet, and reducing environmental risks and
ecological scarcities. The concepts of Green Technologies, if
endorsed and pervaded into the lives of all societies, will
facilitate the aim of the Millennium Development Goals of keeping
the environment intact and improve it for the civilization to
survive. Green Technologies and Environmental Sustainability is
focused on the goals of green technologies which are becoming
increasingly important for ensuring sustainability. This book
provides different perspectives of green technology in sectors like
energy, agriculture, waste management and economics and contains
recent advancements made towards sustainable development in the
field of bioenergy, nanotechnology, green chemistry,
bioremediation, degraded land reclamation. This book is written for
a large and broad readership, including researchers, scientists,
academicians and readers from diverse backgrounds across various
fields such as nanotechnology, chemistry, agriculture,
environmental science, water engineering, waste management and
energy. It could also serve as a reference book for graduates and
post-graduate students, faculties, environmentalist and industrial
personnel who are working in the area of green technologies.
In the present scenario, green technologies are playing significant
role in changing the course of nation's economic growth towards
sustainability and providing an alternative socio-economic model
that will enable present and future generations to live in a clean
and healthy environment, in harmony with nature. Green technology,
which is also known as clean technology, refers to the development
and extension of processes, practices, and applications that
improve or replace the existing technologies facilitating society
to meet their own needs while substantially decreasing the impact
of human on the planet, and reducing environmental risks and
ecological scarcities. The concepts of Green Technologies, if
endorsed and pervaded into the lives of all societies, will
facilitate the aim of the Millennium Development Goals of keeping
the environment intact and improve it for the civilization to
survive. Green Technologies and Environmental Sustainability is
focused on the goals of green technologies which are becoming
increasingly important for ensuring sustainability. This book
provides different perspectives of green technology in sectors like
energy, agriculture, waste management and economics and contains
recent advancements made towards sustainable development in the
field of bioenergy, nanotechnology, green chemistry,
bioremediation, degraded land reclamation. This book is written for
a large and broad readership, including researchers, scientists,
academicians and readers from diverse backgrounds across various
fields such as nanotechnology, chemistry, agriculture,
environmental science, water engineering, waste management and
energy. It could also serve as a reference book for graduates and
post-graduate students, faculties, environmentalist and industrial
personnel who are working in the area of green technologies.
This edited volume contains technical contributions in the field of
computer vision and image processing presented at the First
International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing
(CVIP 2016). The contributions are thematically divided based on
their relation to operations at the lower, middle and higher levels
of vision systems, and their applications. The technical
contributions in the areas of sensors, acquisition, visualization
and enhancement are classified as related to low-level operations.
They discuss various modern topics - reconfigurable image system
architecture, Scheimpflug camera calibration, real-time
autofocusing, climate visualization, tone mapping, super-resolution
and image resizing. The technical contributions in the areas of
segmentation and retrieval are classified as related to mid-level
operations. They discuss some state-of-the-art techniques -
non-rigid image registration, iterative image partitioning,
egocentric object detection and video shot boundary detection. The
technical contributions in the areas of classification and
retrieval are categorized as related to high-level operations. They
discuss some state-of-the-art approaches - extreme learning
machines, and target, gesture and action recognition. A
non-regularized state preserving extreme learning machine is
presented for natural scene classification. An algorithm for human
action recognition through dynamic frame warping based on depth
cues is given. Target recognition in night vision through
convolutional neural network is also presented. Use of
convolutional neural network in detecting static hand gesture is
also discussed. Finally, the technical contributions in the areas
of surveillance, coding and data security, and biometrics and
document processing are considered as applications of computer
vision and image processing. They discuss some contemporary
applications. A few of them are a system for tackling blind curves,
a quick reaction target acquisition and tracking system, an
algorithm to detect for copy-move forgery based on circle block, a
novel visual secret sharing scheme using affine cipher and image
interleaving, a finger knuckle print recognition system based on
wavelet and Gabor filtering, and a palmprint recognition based on
minutiae quadruplets.
This book develops a critical understanding of Mahatma Gandhi's
philosophy and practice in the context of contemporary challenges
and engages with some of his key work and ideas. It highlights the
relevance of Gandhi's legacy in the quest towards peace-building,
equity and global justice. The volume examines diverse facets of
Gandhi's holistic view of human life - social, economic and
political - for the creation of a just society. Bringing together
expert analyses and reflections, the chapters here emphasise the
philosophical and practical urgency of Gandhi's thought and action.
They explore the significance of his concepts of truth and
nonviolence to address moral, spiritual and ethical issues, growing
intolerance, conflict and violence, poverty and hunger, and
environmental crisis for the present world. The volume serves as a
platform for constructive dialogue for academics, researchers,
policymakers and students to re-imagine Gandhi and his moral and
political principles. It will be of great interest to those in
philosophy, political studies, Gandhi studies, history, cultural
studies, peace studies and sociology.
This volume contains the proceedings of the 8th Conference on
Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science
held in Pune, India, on December 21-23, 1988. This internationally
well-established Indian conference series provides a forum for
actively investigating the interface between theory and practice of
Software Science. It also gives an annual occasion for interaction
between active research communities in India and abroad. Besides
attractive invited papers the volume contains carefully reviewed
submitted papers on the following topics: Automata and Formal
Languages, Graph Algorithms and Geometric Algorithms, Distributed
Computing, Parallel Algorithms, Database Theory, Logic Programming,
Programming Methodology, Theory of Algorithms, Semantics and
Complexity.
Arsenic contamination in drinking water and associated adverse
outcomes is one of the major health issues in more than 50
countries worldwide. The scenario is getting even more detrimental
with increasing number of affected people and newer sites reported
from all over the world. Apart from drinking water, the presence of
arsenic has been found in various other dietary sources.
Threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic’s
toxicity and carcinogenicity, the major routes of arsenic exposure
for humans are either through drinking water or crops. This edited
volume brings together a diverse group of environmental science,
sustainability, and health researchers to address the challenges
posed by global mass poisoning caused by arsenic water
contamination. The book sheds light on this global environmental
issue and proposes solutions to aquatic contamination through
multi-disciplinary sustainable approaches and case studies from
different parts of world. This book addresses the problem of
arsenic by pursuing a holistic approach. It presents the status quo
in different parts of the world and provides essential information
on food-related arsenic exposure risks for humans and possible
preventive and curative measures for tackling arsenic poisoning.
The mechanisms of arsenic uptake, translocation, and distribution
in plants and grains are also explained. In closing, the book
reviews a variety of prospective sustainable solutions to the
problem of arsenic accumulation in soil and water. The book
comprises three sections. First section describes the routes of
exposure to environmental arsenic and its transport in soil and
aquatic ecosystems including its source and distribution in
specific locations. Second section explains the health risks linked
to arsenic exposure in food and the environment. Third section
addresses sustainable arsenic contamination mitigation strategies
using the potential applications of recent biotechnological
techniques, bioremediation, phytoremediation, genetic engineering,
nanotechnology, and in silico approaches. The book is intended for
a broad audience including researchers, scientists, and readers
with diverse backgrounds including agriculture, environmental
science, food science, environmental management, and human health.
It can also be used as an important reference guide for
undergraduate and graduate students, university faculties, and
environmentalists. The book may serve as a reference to environment
and sustainability researchers, students, and policy makers.
The second edition of the book comprehensively covers the vast
subject of Financial Administration in a coherent and simple
language. Providing vivid explanation with suitable examples of the
topics prescribed in the core paper offered to undergraduate and
postgraduate students of public administration, it thoroughly
discusses all the key topics as per the UPSC syllabus. The book
deals with the major types and the process of budgeting,
committees, commissions and tax administration in India. Creating
foundation of the concepts laid by Kautilya, the book gives a clear
understanding and view how they have evolved into modern concepts
in India. KEY FEATURES Blend of theoretical and practical aspects
Evolution of the concepts in Financial Administration
Across-the-board study of original government reports Includes
topics like NITI Aayog; XIV and XV Finance Commission
This authored book is primarily for the readers who are in search
of how to use basic concepts of statistics in the field of fishery
science. It has been written for the new comers coming in the
fishery sector including university students, teachers and research
scholars. It enriches the reader's knowledge of data analysis step
by step starting from data collection to its analysis and
interpretation along with practical application with real example.
It supports readers for enhancing theoretical and practical concept
of application of fundamental statistics in fishery domain. Reader
may also learn how to analyses data using different statistical
software. Each chapter starts with an introduction of the topic
followed by statistical concept with example and ends with chapter
based question for comprehension purpose. This book is of interest
to teachers, researchers, scientists, capacity builders in fishery
sciences. Also the book serves as additional reading material for
undergraduate and graduate students of fisheries and aquatic
sciences.
This book looks at cyber security challenges with topical
advancements in computational intelligence and communication
technologies. This book includes invited peer-reviewed chapters on
the emerging intelligent computing and communication technology
research advancements, experimental outcomes, and cyber security
practices, threats, and attacks with challenges. The book begins
with a state-of-the-art survey and reviews of cyber security trends
and issues. It further covers areas such as developments in
intelligent computing and communication, smart healthcare,
agriculture, transportation, online education, and many more
real-life applications using IoT, big data, cloud computing,
artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning. This
book is of interest to graduate/postgraduate students, researchers,
and academicians. This book will be a valuable resource for
practitioners and professionals working in smart city visualization
through secure and intelligent application design, development,
deployment to foster digital revolution, and reliable integration
of advanced computing and communication technologies with global
significance.
Agriculture is a major source of rural employment and plays a
crucial role in the economic development of India. The State of
Indian Agriculture examines the present scenario of Indian
agriculture and studies the trends at national as well as state
level. The overall objective of the book is to analyze the impact
of climate change on Indian agriculture and its implications for
food security. The book recommends strategies to enhance
productivity and the adoption of climate-smart practices to promote
sustainable agriculture, thereby ensuring food security in India.
It argues that there is an urgent need for a holistic and strategic
approach to mitigate the challenges of climate change.
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