This first book to concentrate on providing a concise, representative overview of polymer microencapsulation for novel organic coatings and all its chemical and engineering aspects collates the literature hitherto spread out among journals in various disciplines....

The book covers self-healing concepts for all important material classes and their applications: polymers, ceramics, non-metallic and metallic coatings, alloys, nanocomposites, concretes and cements, as well as ionomers....

Chemical metallurgy is a well founded and fascinating branch of the wide field of metallurgy. This book provides detailed information on both the first steps of separation of desirable minerals and the subsequent mineral processing operations....

Foray into the World of Fitness is a complete handbook for staying healthy. The book has been authored by Mr. Gaurav Kumar, an eminent fitness instructor and finalist and subtitle winner of Grasim Mr. India 2006.This is not a book, but an elaborated plan introducing you to the world of fitness....

Industrial Relations: In-depth Analysis of Important Terms and Concepts provides a detailed exploration of some of the vital aspects of industrial relations in Malaysia....

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Prof. G. Stanly Jaya Kumar (born 1960) is serving as Head, Department of Sociology, S.V. University, Tirupati. He is privileged with sound Educational background of Doctorate in Sociology, Master of Arts in English, Bachelor of Education and Post – Graduate Diploma in Personal Management, Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare....

The purpose of this study is to explore the possibility of further fertility decline in Bangladesh, with special attention to the role that might be played by improvements in socio-economic and demographic variables....

POLIC ADMINISTRATION The Latin root of the word \"police\" is \"politia\" which literally stands for the condition of a \"Polis\" or \"State\"....

Anthropometry provides scientific methods and techniques for taking various measurements and observation on the living being and the skeleton.Stature is one of the numerous data for identification....

Morbidity is a state in which a person is actually alive but affected with ill-health and not in a position to perform any solid mental or physical work. If health is understood as a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, morbidity is a situation in which one of the above conditions must be essentially missing....

Dopamine receptors (DRs) belong to the class A of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) super family. The five subtypes of dopamine receptors (DRs) i.e....

The settlements of the Yanadi are considerably spread from each other. With in the settlements, the huts are widely dispersed in small clusters. These conditions facilitate isolation pathologies. The Yanadis traditionally depended on a number of forest based food items. Presently many of these food plants are not easily available....

This is book use of proposed overview of the state of the art in reactive power compensation technologies. The principles of operations, characteristics and application examples of VAR compensators implemented with switches and self-commutated converters are presented. Static VAR compensators are used to improve voltage regulation, stability....

In the design of sculpted objects such as the exterior of the car body, the design engineer is interested to capture the shape of the sculpted clay or wooden model and create a computer aided design (CAD) model for product development. This technology is also known as reverse engineering of shape....

Vehicle exterior aerodynamics directly influences the performance, safety as well as passenger comfort of a road vehicle. Of the various kinds of trailers that can be attached to a car, caravans are most frequently employed....