It\"s almost Christmas Eve and the rockets on Mr Claus\"s sleigh have exploded! With just hours to go, Mr Claus sets out to find a creature that can help him deliver Christmas gifts across the world. The polar bears are strong, but they\"re too sleepy. The narwhals are fast, but the presents get too wet....

Motivation is a set of energetic forces that originate within as well as beyond an individual's being. It is a psychological process resulting from the reciprocal interaction between the individual and the environment that affects a person's choices, effort, and persistence....

Forensic anthropology, as a sub-discipline of applied physical anthropology, since its inception has contributed immensely in crime scene investigations especially in identification of unknown skeletal material....

The book talks about the four major Credit Rating Agencies in India including CRISIL, ICRA, CARE and FITCH. It gives a detailed information regarding operations undertaken by these rating agencies. The regulatory environment affecting the credit rating activities in India has been discussed in the book....

The Indian Constitution envisages a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India for all its citizens. However as far as the personal laws are concerned they are governed by the religious community to which the persons belongs, the same applies to adoptions also....

Spondylosis is a common cause of chronic neck pain.the fourth to seventh cervical vertebrae are most commonly affected by these degenerative changes.Middle aged people and females are more prone to Cervical Spondylosis. The bones in the neck begin to degenerate with ageing....

Prokineticin-1(PROK1) is a recently described protein with functions including tissue specific angiogenesis.PROK1 has been found in the steroidogenic organs, e.g: ovary,testis,adrenal, placenta and they have been found to have a role in development of olfactory system/GnRH system....

Congestion is caused by shortage of network resources. Congestion control is the mechanism, which allocates the resources of the network such that the performance is acceptable, when network is operating near capacity. Differentiated Services (Diff-Serv) architecture offers services at different levels....

Various intelligent techniques were used to solve the Shortest Path Problems in the Networks like Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Genetic Algorithms (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), etc. With the recent up-gradation in wireless technology,mobile communication between various nodes has become possible....

Grid computing can be defined as applying the resources of many computers in a network to a problem which requires a great number of computer processing cycles or access to large amounts of data.However,in the field of grid computing scheduling of tasks is a big challenge....

Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems of the world have a very special role in regulating climate and are source of major rivers. The High altitude wetlands of Himalaya are most important part of mountain ecosystem. People are benefited directly and indirectly by exploiting the products and services from these wetlands....

Dermatoglyphics (in ancient greek ‘derma-skin’, ‘glyphic – carving’), is the scientific study of naturally occurring patterns on the surface of hands and feet. Dr. Harold Cummins coined the term in 1926 and is regarded as the “Father of Dermatoglyphics”....

High-interest, lower ability resource for KS2-3. Designed to provide high-interest books for lower level readers aged 6 to 12+ years. Excellent for Guided Reading. Ideal for struggling readers and writers. Can be used in small-group teaching, and also for independent teaching....