This book provides a framework for making administration effective and improving mitigation and rehabilitation measures with a view to ensuring a safer life for citizens.It is an outcome of research studies carried out by eminent scholars and practitioners in South Asian countries in the field of disaster risk management....

The challenges related to disaster risk management (DRM) in the agricultural sector are now widely linked to sustainable environment. The fact remains that almost every day a disaster strikes in some part of the world....

The study incorporates the design and development of modules for automated housekeeping operations and library services. It considered the housekeeping operations like Acquisition, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control and OPAC....

Zari embroidery which has its roots from ancient India is considered to be one of the traditional embroideries of the state of Uttar Pradesh.It is considered to be a famous embroidery for suits,saris and lehangas in bridal trousseau. This book covers the continuity and change in Zari Embroidery (Zardozi) with the passage of time....

The book entitled ‘Separatism in India: A Case Study of Jammu and Kashmir’ is a sincere attempt to study both theoretical and practical dimensions of separatism not only in the state of Jammu and Kashmir but other parts of India which are posing a serious concern to it and it’s polity since independence....

Subclinical hypothyroidism(SCH) has become prevalent among various populations.Represents the earliest stages of thyroid dysfunction.Prevalence:4-10%.Progression to Hypothyroidism:5–8%/year.Common in women than in men &prevalence increases with age....

While surveying the ongoing global research activities in the area of Photorefractive Effect, one should appreciate its substantial relevance with fast growing technology and current area of research....

This book shed light upon the efficiency of Indian stock market by examining the causal and contemporaneous relationship between volume and return, and volume and volatility. It would further help to comment upon whether the introduction of various reforms causes change in the price discovery efficiency in terms of return-volume linkage....

In this book efforts has been made to include most by the practical protocols of cytology and according to the requirement of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses of most of the Universities of the World. This book will be very helpful to the students, teachers and researchers of concern subject....

The loss of fruits after harvest is a major problem of fruit growing countries of the world. There are reports of losses of millions of rupees annually due to post harvest diseases caused by different types of mycoflora during transportation and storage periods....

The book is highly beneficial to the undergraduate and post graduate students of Botany, Agriculture & Horticulture and of most of the universities of the world. The reason to write such a book is to provide knowledge of basic concepts and emerging facts of the plant diseases of economically important crop plants....

The present study emphasizes impacts of habitat modification of urban wetland on plant species composition in rapidly developed Pune suburban area. Earlier Pune urban wetlands were rich ecosystems providing a habitat for a wide variety of aquatic life....

The purposes of acute toxicity testing are to obtain information on the biologic activity of a chemical and gain insight into its mechanism of action. The information on acute systemic toxicity generated by the test is used in hazard identification and risk management in the context of production, handling, and use of chemicals....

Researchers have agreed that skeletal maturity is closely related to the craniofacial growth, and bones of hand wrist and cervical vertebrae are very reliable parameters in assessing it....