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2D Nanoscale Heterostructured Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
(Elsevier, 2020) Satyabrata Jit; Santanu Das
2D Nanoscale Heterostructured Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications assesses the current status and future prospects for 2D materials other than graphene (e.g., BN nanosheets, MoS2, NbSe2, WS2, etc.) that have already been contemplated for both low-end and high-end technological applications. The book offers an overview of the different synthesis techniques for 2D materials and their heterostructures, with a detailed explanation of the many potential future applications. It provides an informed overview and fundamentals properties related to the 2D Transition metal dichalcogenide materials and their heterostructures. The book helps researchers to understand the progress of this field and points the way to future research in this area. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
A Critical Appraisal of India's Self-Reliance in Agriculture
(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2023) Pradeep K. Rai; Naveen K. Sharma; Vinod K. Singh; Ashwani K. Rai
One of the principal themes of this book is to explore whether agriculture can foster economic development in the country or not. If so, what steps have to be taken and models to be adopted? Structural transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and services is inevitable as a country develops. The role of agriculture in economic development and poverty reduction has long been debated. Due to the growth in agriculture, food becomes cheaper, farm incomes increase, thereby creating more jobs, and increased incomes stimulate economic diversification. Thus, development in the agricultural sector propels the rest of the economy. Hence, there is a need for greater resource allocation in favor of agriculture, particularly in predominantly agrarian areas. These concepts are explored through the chapters of this book. © 2023 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
A Review on Diverse Neurological Disorders: Pathophysiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Therapeutics
(Elsevier, 2024) Debasis Bagchi; Rameshwar Nath Chaurasia; Sunny E. Ohia
A Review of Diverse Neurological Disorders: Pathophysiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Therapeutics offers an unparalleled compilation of the current understanding of neurodegenerative disorders. This book investigates the origins of mental disorders, encompassing bacterial and fungal invasions, viral assaults, and genetic predispositions, providing readers with a thorough grasp of the neurological landscape. Each chapter dissects the intricacies of these incapacitating conditions, ranging from the pathogenesis of central nervous system tuberculosis to the involvement of endocannabinoids in rabies infection. Topics such as neuroinflammation, axonal pathology, and the intricate relationship between diet, gut microbiomes, and cognitive decline are also explored. This book conducts an extensive examination of neurodegeneration, incorporating discussions on the role of probiotics and natural bioactive compounds in preventing ailments such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). With meticulous analyses of vitamins, micronutrients, antioxidants, and nutraceuticals, this work offers a roadmap for promoting neuroprotection. A Review of Diverse Neurological Disorders serves as a resource that not only reviews the current understanding but also lays the groundwork for future treatments and innovations. © 2024 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
Abiotic stress tolerance in plants
(Springer Netherlands, 2006) Ashwani K. Rai; Teruhiro Takabe
The main objective of this book is to provide a state-of-the-art guide to recent developments that help in the understanding of plant response to abiotic stresses. The book contains nine sections in a single compact volume. These sections cover Signal transduction, Temperature stress, Oxidative stresses, Phytoremediation, Osmotic stresses, Ion homeostasis, Nutrition, Structural responses, and Genetic diversity and development of biotechnology. Contributions in each chapter are prepared by leading experts in their respective fields and mirror the advancement in the approach. This book also supplies extensive bibliographies at the end of each chapter, as well as tables and figures that illustrate the research findings. Each chapter reflects how physiologists, biochemists and molecular biologists have caught up with the newer techniques to understand the basic problems of abiotic stress in plant species. All these make this book a useful guide for students, researchers and professionals in many forms of botany. © 2006 Springer. All Rights Reserved.
Active Radar cross section reduction: Theory and applications
(Cambridge University Press, 2015) Hema Singh; Rakesh Mohan Jha
This book discusses the active and passive radar cross section (RCS) estimation and techniques to examine the low observable aerospace platforms. It begins with the fundamentals of RCS, followed by the dielectric, magnetic and metamaterials parameters of the constituent materials and then explains various methods and the emerging trends followed in this area of study. The RCS estimation of phased array including the mutual coupling effect is also presented in detail in the book. The active RCS reduction is carefully touched upon through the performance of phased arrays, sidelobe cancellers and mitigation of multipath effect. Providing information on various adaptive algorithms like least mean square (LMS), recursive least square (RLS) and weighted least square algorithms, the authors also mention the recent developments in the area of embedded antennas, conformal load bearing antenna, metamaterials and frequency selective surface (FSS) based RCS reduction. © Hema Singh and Rakesh Mohan Jha 2015. All rights reserved.
Adaptive control systems: Techniques and applications
(CRC Press, 2017) V.V. Chalam
impossible to access. It has been widely scattered in papers, reports, and proceedings ofsymposia, with different authors employing different symbols and terms. But now thereis a book that covers all aspects of this dynamic topic in a systematic manner.Featuring consistent terminology and compatible notation, and emphasizing unifiedstrategies, Adaptive Control Systems provides a comprehensive, integrated accountof basic concepts, analytical tools, algorithms, and a wide variety of application trendsand techniques. Adaptive Control Systems deals not only with the two principal approachesmodelreference adaptive control and self-tuning regulators-but also considers otheradaptive strategies involving variable structure systems, reduced order schemes, predictivecontrol, fuzzy logic, and more. In addition, it highlights a large number of practical applicationsin a range of fields from electrical to biomedical and aerospace engineering ...and includes coverage of industrial robots. The book identifies current trends in the development of adaptive control systems ...delineates areas for further research .: . and provides an invaluable bibliography of over1,200 references to the literature.The first authoritative reference in this important area of work, Adaptive ControlSystems is an essential information source for electrical and electronics, R&D,chemical, mechanical, aerospace, biomedical, metallurgical, marine, transportation, andpower plant engineers. It is also useful as a text in professional society seminars and inhousetraining programs for personnel involved with the control of complex systems, andfor graduate students engaged in the study of adaptive control systems. © 1987 BY MARCEL DEKKER, INC. All rights reserved.
Adaptive soil management: From theory to practices
(Springer Singapore, 2017) Amitava Rakshit; Purushothaman Chirakuzhyil Abhilash; Harikesh Bahadur Singh; Subhadip Ghosh
The book focuses in detail on learning and adapting through partnerships between managers, scientists, and other stake-holders who learn together how to create and maintain sustainable resource systems. As natural areas shrink and fragment, our ability to sustain economic growth and safeguard biological diversity and ecological integrity is increasingly being put to the test. In attempting to meet this unprecedented challenge, adaptive management is becoming a viable alternative for broader application. Adaptive management is an iterative decision-making process which is both operationally and conceptually simple and which incorporates users to acknowledge and account for uncertainty, and sustain an operating environment that promotes its reduction through careful planning, evaluation, and learning until the desired results are achieved. This multifaceted approach requires clearly defined management objectives to guide decisions about what actions to take, and explicit assumptions about expected outcomes to compare against actual outcomes. In this edited book, we address the issue by pursuing a holistic and systematic approach that utilizes natural resources to reap sustainable environmental, economic and social benefits for adaptive management, helping to ensure that relationships between land, water and plants are managed in ways that mimic nature. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017. All rights reserved.
Advanced Functional Metal-Organic Frameworks: Fundamentals and Applications
(CRC Press, 2023) Jay Singh; Nidhi Goel; Ranjana Verma; Ravindra Pratap Singh
Due to the structural flexibility, large surface area, tailorable pore size and functional tenability, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can lead to materials with unique properties. This book covers the fundamental aspects of MOFs, their synthesis and modification, including their potential applications in different domains. The major focus is on applications including chemical, biosensors, catalysis, drug delivery, supercapacitors, energy storage, magnetics and their future perspectives. The volume: Covers all aspects related to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), including characterization, modification, applications and associated challenges Illustrates designing and synthetic strategies for MOFs Describes MOFs for gas adsorption, separation and purification, and their role in heterogeneous catalysis Covers sensing of different types of noxious substances in the aqueous environment Includes concepts of molecular magnetism, tunable magnetic properties and future aspects This book is aimed at graduate students, and researchers in material science, coordination and industrial chemistry, chemical and environmental engineering and clean technologies. © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Jay Singh, Nidhi Goel, Ranjana Verma and Ravindra Pratap Singh; individual chapters, the contributors.
Advanced Geospatial and Ground Based Techniques in Forest Monitoring
(Elsevier, 2025) Pavan Kumar; Prashant Kumar Srivastava; Mohammed Latif Khan; Ayyanadar Arunachalam; Partha Sarthi Roy; Kireet Vijay Sanil Kumar
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Advancement of Phenolic Acids in Drug Discovery: Fundamentals and Applications
(Elsevier, 2024) Naresh Kumar; Nidhi Goel; Jesus Simal Gandara
Advancement of Phenolic Acids in Drug Discovery: Fundamental and Applications offers comprehensive coverage of the ADMET profiles of phenolic acids, their extraction method and prospects for drug design and development. Chapters overview phenolic acids and their characterization, discuss the role of phenolic acids in plant systems, present sources and detailed extraction methods of phenolic acids, and cover phenolic acid mechanisms of action as it relates to several key diseases and health conditions, including their role as antioxidant agents, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, anti-microbial drugs, anti-viral drugs, anti-cancer drugs, diabetes and metabolic dysfunctions, neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases. The book’s final chapters cover nanoscience aspects of phenolic acids, biomedical applications, and concludes with challenges and opportunities presented by phenolic acids. This is the ideal reference for researchers in the fields of drug development, both in academia and corporate settings. Researchers of related areas like food science and medicinal chemistry will also benefit from this in-depth profiling of therapeutical properties of phenolic acids. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved including those for text and data mining AI training and similar technologies.
Advancements in Modeling-Based Therapeutics and Technology for Chronic Diseases
(Elsevier, 2025) Sachchida Nand Rai; Santosh Kumar Singh; Veer Singh
Advancements in Modeling-Based Therapeutics and Technology for Chronic Diseases delves into the crucial role of animal and cellular models in comprehending the intricate mechanisms of chronic diseases. The book emphasizes the importance of these models in predicting disease progression, testing new therapeutic approaches, and understanding how environmental and genetic factors interplay in the development of long-term health conditions. With a multidisciplinary approach, it bridges the gap between experimental research and clinical applications, offering insights into not only disease management but also the future of personalized medicine. The book also sheds light on emerging technologies, including bioinformatics tools and in silico modeling, which further enhance our ability to tackle chronic diseases. It explores how these advancements are transforming research methodologies and providing novel solutions for diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, it highlights collaborative strategies between researchers, clinicians, and technologists, stressing the importance of integrated efforts in addressing global health challenges effectively. © 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
Advancements in Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
(CRC Press, 2024) Piyush Kumar Sonkar; Vellaichamy Ganesan
In this book, readers will find an exhaustive examination of the latest advancements in nanomaterials, covering their synthesis, characterization, and utilization in energy storage and conversion. Additionally, the text delves into the diverse applications of these nanomaterials across various fields such as supercapacitors, fuel cells, biofuel cells, solar cells, batteries, and organic electronics. The discussion also encompasses the challenges faced, historical context, and future outlooks within this rapidly evolving domain. Features: • Cutting-edge insights: Stays abreast of the latest breakthroughs in nanomaterial science, with a succinct review of advanced materials tailored for energy storage applications. • Developmental journey: Traces the evolution of energy storage materials, from their inception to their current state of the art. • Versatile applications: Explores the diverse applications of nanomaterials in energy storage, spanning supercapacitors, fuel cells, biofuel cells, solar cells, batteries, and beyond. • Visual aids: Enhances readers’ understanding, with key figures and tables spotlighting the intricate applications of various nanomaterials. Geared toward researchers and graduate students in chemical engineering, chemical sciences, nanomaterials, and energy engineering/conversion, this book serves as an indispensable resource for those seeking to push the boundaries of nanotechnology in the pursuit of sustainable energy solutions. © 2025 selection and editorial matter, Piyush Kumar Sonkar and Vellaichamy Ganesan.
Advances in Cyanobacterial Biology
(Elsevier, 2020) Prashant Kumar Singh; Ajay Kumar; Vipin Kumar Singh; Alok Kumar Shrivastava
Advances in Cyanobacterial Biology presents the novel, practical, and theoretical aspects of cyanobacteria, providing a better understanding of basic and advanced biotechnological application in the field of sustainable agriculture. Chapters have been designed to deal with the different aspects of cyanobacteria including their role in the evolution of life, cyanobacterial diversity and classification, isolation, and characterization of cyanobacteria through biochemical and molecular approaches, phylogeny and biogeography of cyanobacteria, symbiosis, Cyanobacterial photosynthesis, morphological and physiological adaptation to abiotic stresses, stress-tolerant cyanobacterium, biological nitrogen fixation. Other topics include circadian rhythms, genetics and molecular biology of abiotic stress responses, application of cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial mats in wastewater treatments, use as a source of novel stress-responsive genes for development of stress tolerance and as a source of biofuels, industrial application, as biofertilizer, cyanobacterial blooms, use in Nano-technology and nanomedicines as well as potential applications. This book will be important for academics and researchers working in cyanobacteria, cyanobacterial environmental biology, cyanobacterial agriculture and cyanobacterial molecular biologists. © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Advances in endophytic research
(Springer India, 2014) Vijay C. Verma; Alan C. Gange
In recent years there has been significant attention paid on the endophytic research by various groups working within this domain. Mutualistic endophytic microbes with an emphasis on the relatively understudied fungal endophytes are the focus of this special book. Plants are associated with micro-organisms: endophytic bacteria and fungi, which live inter- and intra-cellularly without inducing pathogenic symptoms, but have active biochemical and genetic interactions with their host. Endophytes play vital roles as plant growth promoters, biocontrol agents, biosurfactant producers, enzymes and secondary metabolite producers, as well as providing a new hidden repertoire of bioactive natural products with uses in pharmaceutical, agrochemical and other biotechnological applications. The increasing interest in endophytic research generates significant progress in our understanding of the host-endophyte relationship at molecular and genetic level. The bio-prospection of microbial endophytes has led to exciting possibilities for their biotechnological application as biocontrol agent, bioactive metabolites, and other useful traits. Apart from these virtues, the microbial endophytes may be adapted to the complex metabolism of many desired molecules that can be of significant industrial applications. These microbes can be a useful alternative for sustainable solutions for ecological control of pests and diseases, and can reduce the burden of excess of chemical fertilizers for this purpose. This book is an attempt to review the recent development in the understanding of microbial endophytes and their potential biotechnological applications. This is a collection of literature authored by noted researchers having signatory status in endophytic research and summarizes the development achieved so far, and future prospects for further research in this fascinating area of research. © 2014 Springer India. All rights reserved.
Advances in geosciences: Volume 10: Atmospheric science (AS)
(World Scientific Publishing Co., 2009) Wing Huen Ip; Jai Ho Oh; Gyan Prakash Singh
Advances in Geosciences is the result of a concerted effort to bring together the latest results and planning activities related to earth and space science in Asia and the international arena. The volume editors are all leading scientists in their research fields covering six sections: Atmospheric Science (AS), Hydrological Science (HS), Ocean Science (OS), Solid Earth (SE), Solar Terrestrial (ST) and Planetary Science (PS). The main purpose is to highlight the scientific issues essential to the study of earthquakes, tsunamis, atmospheric dust storms, climate change, drought, flood, typhoons, monsoons, space weather, and planetary exploration. © 2009 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved.
Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification
(Elsevier, 2022) Ram Swaroop Meena; Sandeep Kumar
Advances in Legume-based Agroecoystem for Sustainable Intensification explores current research and future strategies for ensuring capacity growth and socioeconomic improvement through the utilization of legume crop cultivation and production in the achievement of sustainability development goals (SDGs). Sections cover the role of legumes in addressing issues of food security, improving nitrogen in the environment, environmental sustainability, economic-environmentally optimized systems, the importance and impact of nitrogen, organic production, and biomass potential, legume production, biology, breeding improvement, cropping systems, and the use of legumes for eco-friendly weed management. This book is an important resource for scientists, researchers and advanced students interested in championing the effective utilization of legumes for agronomic and ecological benefit. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Advances in Microbial Nanotechnology
(Elsevier, 2025) Charles O. Adetunji; Jay Singh; Kshitij RB Singh; Ravindra Pratap Singh; Shyam S. Pandey
Advances in Microbial Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications provides a comprehensive discussion of microbial methodologies in the preparation of nanoscale materials. This valuable resource delves into their diverse applications across various fields, including environment, energy, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, as well as the food and agriculture sectors. Aimed at researchers and scientists, this book serves as an essential guide for those seeking a thorough understanding of the potential applications arising from the intersection of microbiology and nanotechnology. © 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Advances in microelectronics and photonics
(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011) Satyabrata Jit
The tremendous growth and development in modern information and communication technology have been made possible due to the rapid advances in the fields of microelectronics and photonics. The area of microelectronics deals with the study and development of semiconductor-based electronic components and circuits of very small size starting from the micrometer to nanometer scale. This book examines and presents recent developments in the semiconductor devices for future generation microelectronics and photonics technologies. It includes some advanced CMOS device structures for future generation nanoscale IC technology, microdevices for pressure sensors, source and detectors for photonic applications and lithography process for nanoscale fabrication. © 2012 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
Advances in Organic Farming: Agronomic Soil Management Practices
(Elsevier, 2021) Vijay Singh Meena; Sunita Kumari Meena; Amitava Rakshit; Johnson Stanley; Cherukumalli Srinivasarao
Advances in Organic Farming: Agronomic Soil Management Practices focuses on the integrated interactions between soil-plant-microbe-environment elements in a functioning ecosystem. It explains sustainable nutrient management under organic farming and agriculture, with chapters focusing on the role of nutrient management in sustaining global ecosystems, the remediation of polluted soils, conservation practices, degradation of pollutants, biofertilizers and biopesticides, critical biogeochemical cycles, potential responses for current and impending environmental change, and other critical factors. Organic farming is both challenging and exciting, as its practice of “feeding the soil, not the plant” provides opportunity to better understand why some growing methods are preferred over others. In the simplest terms, organic growing is based on maintaining a living soil with a diverse population of micro and macro soil organisms. Organic matter (OM) is maintained in the soil through the addition of compost, animal manure, green manures and the avoidance of excess mechanization. © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Advances in remote sensing technology and the three poles
(wiley, 2023) Manish Pandey; Prem Chandra Pandey; Yogesh Ray; Aman Arora; Shridhar D. Jawak; Uma Kant Shukla
ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY AND THE THREE POLES Covers recent advances in remote sensing technology applied to the "Three Poles", a concept encompassing the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Himalayas Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles is a multidisciplinary approach studying the lithosphere, hydrosphere (encompassing both limnosphere, and oceanosphere), atmosphere, biosphere, and anthroposphere, of the Arctic, the Antarctic and the Himalayas. The drastic effects of climate change on polar environments bring to the fore the often subtle links between climate change and processes in the hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, while unanswered questions of the polar regions will help plan and formulate future research projects. Sample topics covered in the work include: • Terrestrial net primary production of the Arctic and modeling of Arctic landform evolution • Glaciers and glacial environments, including a geological, geophysical, and geospatial survey of Himalayan glaciers • Sea ice dynamics in the Antarctic region under a changing climate, the Quaternary geology and geomorphology of Antarctica • Continuous satellite missions, data availability, and the nature of future satellite missions, including scientific data sharing policies in different countries • Software, tools, models, and remote sensing technology for investigating polar and other environments For postgraduates and researchers working in remote sensing, photogrammetry, and landscape evolution modeling, Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles is a crucial resource for understanding current technological capabilities in the field along with the latest scientific research that has been conducted in polar areas. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved.