India is a fast growing economy and has second largest educational infrastructure with more than 350 Universities. However, only 6% students in age group of 18-23 years have access to higher education....

Incidence of obesity is on the rise in developed as well as developing countries. In India we find high incidence of central obesity. It is well documented risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity. Hypertension being one of them....

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting a greater part of population worldwide. It is also an important economic burden on the patient and the health care infrastructure of the country. Airway mucus hyper secretion is a cardinal feature of COPD....

The investigation entitled “Production of pumpkin powder and its value addition” was carried out to develop and standardize the technology for production of carotene rich pumpkin powder and its utilization in various common food products with a view to combat the vitamin A deficiency diseases by increasing the availability of vitamin A....

This book mainly emphasizes on novel optimization techniques namely \"Circular Method of Optimization\" and \"Spherical Method of Optimization\". The author has programmed these techniques in MATLAB 7.7....

In the present book an attempt has been made to share some important facts about the pesticides and insecticides present in our daily food intakes like vegetables, fruits and crops, especially about the Organophosphorous and Organochlorine Insecticides....

The Green Revolution technologies enhance use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers in India; they make the country self-sufficient. However, it negatively affects farmers’ health and the environment, and causes instability of agriculture production....

In the present book, tissue culture studies on two medicinally important plant species- Bacopa monnieri and Tylophora indica is presented which was carried out as a work for M.Sc. in 2010. Tissue culture methods are now routinely adopted for propagating medicinal plants as they are being depleted from wild....

Stress is emerging as one of the most common problem of the present century. A combination of psychological, social, biological and genetic factors alone or in combination are responsible for stress....

The book is dedicated to modern multicriterial stochastic, game & neural network analysis when modelling the sustainable economic development incl. risk evaluation, commercialization of nanotechnologies, financing and global talent competitivity. A. Ludhiyani, S....

The book has been designed by authors based on the prodrug synthesis including the latest development in the field of prodrug methodology. We have mentioned the recent changes and developments without compromising the basic principle....

Various approaches have been paused to increase the duration of oral dosage form in the stomach, including floating systems, swelling and expanding system, modified shape system, high density systems and other delayed gastric emptying devices. (Magnetic systems, Super porous –biodegradable hydrogel systems)....

Behaviour management is of paramount importance in the field of pediatric dentistry. When non pharmacological techniques fail sedation remains the next choice for the control of pain and anxiety, where there is always a need for newer combinations of sedatives agents....

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