The book gives an introduction to energetic materials and lasers, properties of such materials and the current methods for initiating energetic materials. The following chapters and sections highlight the properties of lasers, and safety aspects of their application....

It is a long-term desire to minimize the communication gap between the computer and a human. In natural language processing, the work has been done in different directions (such as text, speech). In this book, the NLIDB for English/Urdu and similar languages has been covered....

In hospital, junior doctors are often the first to initiate resuscitation attempts. Therefore it is important that they have adequate knowledge, positive attitude and good confidence level in managing cardiac arrests according to the current guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)....

Dizziness is the third most common presenting complaint in Emergency Department (ED). The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of prochlorperazine and promethazine for acute vertigo in ED. Patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were given above anti-vertigo drugs....

Major trauma victims are at a high risk of death and early resuscitation in Emergency Department is essential to ensure improved patients’ outcome. A recent study showed that early hyperglycemia after injury (less than 24 hours) is a marker for the severe physiologic derangement and associated with a higher risk of mortality....

Ocular drug delivery is one of the most interesting and challenging endeavours because the anatomy and physiology of the eye render this organ exquisitely impervious to foreign substances including drugs....

The practice of family presence (FP) during resuscitation is gaining a foothold in Western countries but still largely not encouraged by Asian health-care personnel (HCP). This study aims to provide a Malaysian data on HCPs opinions of FP. A non-probability survey was conducted in emergency departments (EDs) of four hospitals around Malaysia....

Several businesses are now grappling with the need to recruit, select and retain fresh talent. Finding good people is becoming so difficult these days that one HR director said “losing people should be a criminal offence”. The cost of not retaining an employee is almost 250% the person’s annual salary. There is no one panacea for retaining people....

Due to the high quantities of water used in the dyeing processes, textile industry has become one of the greatest sources of liquid effluent that contaminated with various kinds of dyes. The liquid effluent may cause serious water pollution problems and it requires solutions....

Product Life Cycle management (PLM) signify 21st century paradigm in the field of product development. This is strategic approach for the management of a product from cradle to grave. Made up of two major parts, authoring tools and collaborative product definition management, PLM mainly target structuring and alignment of enterprise processes....

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that affects people of all ages. Around 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy....

Pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L.) commonly known as bajra, belongs to family poaceae and is an important kharif season, dual purpose crop of rainfed regions....

IMC is continuous interactive and integrated process of developing brand communication, strategic planning, implementation and assessment that better satisfies the interests of all stakeholders....