Structural dynamics is a subset of structural analysis which covers the behavior of structures subjected to dynamic loading. The subject has seen rapid growth and also change in how the basic concepts can be interpreted....

Many financial advisers feel challenged by the changing terms of engagement regarding their approach to acquiring new clients and serving existing clients. We offer readers three key resources:First, a sales process that is client-centric and delivers value that cannot easily be accessed elsewhere by the prospect....

This study underscores the fact that the integrated child development services had succeeded over the years in reducing the severe forms of malnutrition like marasmus and kwashiorkor, but diarrhea and ARI were still common and still the girl child is still being neglected....

The development and practical implementation of isotope methodologies in water resources assessment and management have been proved to be useful. Isotope techniques can be applied to a wide spectrum of hydrological problems related to both surface and groundwater resources as well as environmental studies in hydro-ecological systems....

Super resolution (SR) image reconstruction is a promising technique of digital imaging which attempts to generate a raster image with a higher resolution than its source....

The book is very much useful to the administrators of various municipalities besides academicians and researchers. In Andhra Pradesh, especially in regard to finances of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, a comprehensive study has not been conducted so far....

The aim of the present book is mainly to develop a series of hemi-calix[4]naphthalene like molecular systems based on 1,1\"-methylene-bis(2-naphthol) (mbn) or 1,1\"-thio-bis(2-naphthol)(tbn) conjugates possessing a variety of binding sites and study their binding and/or receptor properties and also to synthesize their metal ion complexes....

A tooth-size discrepancy conventionally been described as a relative excess of tooth structure in one arch in relation to the other arch. It also can be defined as a disproportion among the size of individual teeth....

India\'s economy has grown rapidly since the beginning of the 1990s despite a large and growing fiscal deficit and rising public levels relative to output. This book explores whether India has found a way to reconcile sustained expansionary fiscal policie with relative macroeconomic stability....