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A Valiant Journey Through the Silk Route
A Valiant Journey through the Silk Route is a travelogue that covers the incredible travel across the ancient Silk Route with the most alluring halts in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China to achieve a lifetime dream of a vagabond. The journey that starts in New Delhi and ends in Beijing opens up new vistas that are fascinating. The route covers historical monuments, museums, ancient oases, cemeteries, rural settings, public marketplaces, and several other landmarks and attractions. The travel continues through the deserts, passes by the rivers, treks up on the mountainous terrains – the path through which the great ancient travellers trudged.
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R Manual for Health Science Researchers
This book provides a step-by-step approach to the use of R software. R is an open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics, and is widely used by statisticians for developing statistical software and data analysis. R is freely available under the GNU General Public License and pre- compiled binary versions are provided for various operating systems. R uses a command line interface. This manual is intended to serve as a self-teaching resource for health science researchers, who shy away from biostatistics and its analysis by statistical softwares. An explanation to the statistical concept is provided prior to the R demonstration. A beginner can start with the exploratory data analysis and then step up to the advanced areas.
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Quality in Pharmaceutical Education, Research and Practice (vision 2020)
The book discusses the topics related to quality in education and research. It begins with a topic on Good Science, Education, and Teaching. Next chapter on Total Quality Management in pharmacy education highlights the importance of quality pharmacy education. There are focused chapters emphasizing the importance of quality education in pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical biotechnology, pharmaceutical services, and pharmacognosy. The book includes a brief note on scope and potential in pharmacovigilance and quality of pharmaceutical sciences journals.
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Pharmaceutical Marketing Management
The book begins with a brief overview of Indian and Global Pharmaceutical Market. It discusses unconventional topics related to pharmaceutical marketing. Most of the chapters like Segmentation, Promotional Mix, Consumer Behaviour and Pricing etc, explain the basic concepts with an emphasis on the Phrama perspective. Chapters are updated with recent developments in those fields. Clinical Research has always been under scan, the chapter on clinical research covers the latest amendments and discusses the future trends. Chapter Cosmeceutical gives an overview of Cosmeceutical market scenario and the growth drivers. The book includes a brief note on Ethics.
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Mutualistic Interaction between Flowering Plants and Animals
The plant-animal interactions, both mutualistic and antagonistic, play a crucial role in the diversification of plants and animals, and are important in functioning of communities in their natural habitats. The mutual interactions between the flowering plants and the animals, in pollination and seed dispersal, largely determine the reproductive success of the flowering plants. Maintenance of these eco-services is critical for the sustainability of our biodiversity. India, with its rich biodiversity and leveling of crop yields in recent years would benefit from research in the area of plant-animal interactions. This volume includes chapters on various aspects of mutualistic plant-animal interactions. In particular the fundamental and applied aspects of ecoservices – pollination and seed dispersal are covered comprehensively. It also covers tritrophic interaction and the potential of genomics in studies on the plant-animal interactions. The book will be of interest to post-graduate students, teachers and researchers in the areas of Biology, Ecology, Botany,
Zoology, Agri-horticulture, Forestry, and Conservation Biology.Interested customers may write to us at mup@manipal.edu about purchasing the book.
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Master Story Tellers of India
Master Storytellers of India is a close study of miniatures in Indian English literature – miniatures from life that have the power to light up a face with a smile and touch hearts. It is a critical study of the short stories of seven major Indo-Anglian short story writers of India and traces the beginnings of short story writing in India, the influences on the writers, the themes used and the techniques employed in writing the short story in English. The primary objective of the study is to identify thematic similarities in the stories and study the various techniques used to present the themes. The broader purpose is to showcase the varied hues of life portrayed in Indian English literature.
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Manipal Manual of Adolescent Language Assessment
Manipal Manual of Adolescent Language Assessment has been developed as an assessment tool to identify subtle semantic and morphologic language deficits in both auditory and visual modalities in adolescents with language disorders. This manual also intends to provide a strong theoretical background of adolescent language development and disorders.
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Manipal Manual for Swallowing Assessment
Manipal Manual for Swallowing Assessment covers a broad range of basic aspects on swallowing in a comprehensive manner. The manual provides a theoretical description of clinical relevance and also offers a simple way of systematically assessing swallowing abilities, with clear direction for intervention planning. The manual is expected to effectively meet the clinical challenges and give a firm foundation for future research in the area of swallowing.
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Manipal Manual for Cognitive Linguistic Abilities
Manipal Manual for Cognitive Linguistic Abilities has been proposed as an assessment tool for tapping specific cognitive-linguistic processes namely perception, memory and executive functions. The manual also provides an insight into the theoretical aspects of cognition and language, cognitive-linguistic disorders and an outline of assessment and treatment.
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Manipal Laboratory Manual for Biotechnologists
Manipal Life Sciences Centre (MLSC), constitute institution of Manipal University (MU) is recognized for its education, research and diagnostic activities. MLSC is identified as TIFAC-CORE (Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council Centres of Relevance and Excellence) under vision 2020 in the area of Pharmacogenomics. The fundamental laboratory skills and knowledge are vital for a student of biotechnology. The present manual is class-tested and offers clear and concise laboratory fundamental experiment protocols that reinforce understanding of concepts, where emphasis is on foundation skill. The faculty members of MLSC have compiled various protocols in subjects such as Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Toxicology and Plant Tissues Culture in this Manipal Laboratory Manual for Biotechnologists. This, we believe, will serve as a guide that can be used for quick reference.
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Exploring Nanotechnology in Healthcare
Exploring Nanotechnology in Healthcare is a reference book written with a view to providing a comprehensive understanding of various facets of nanotechnology in healthcare. Spread over fifteen chapters, this book gives a clear overview of various nano products in diagnosis and therapy, methods used in their preparation as well as various frontiers of application. This book may be considered unique in incorporating aspects of nano chemistry and characterization methods for documentation of new behaviour exhibited by matter at these dimensions, their influence on environment, toxicity aspects, impact on the Indian economy and global initiatives in regulating nanotechnology based products.
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Comets – Nomads of the Solar System
This book introduces the general reader to the world of comets – those celestial visitors from the outer Solar System that occasionally visit the Earth’s neighbourhood and put up spectacular shows in the night sky. The world had geared up for just such a show at the end of 2013, when Comet ISON was expected to light up the night sky. Using the occasion to bring the world of comets to those interested, this book is a delightful read about the quirky world of these unpredictable visitors. Apart from lucidly and accurately updating the reader about what comets are, where they come from, why is it that they assume the fantastic shapes they do etc. “Comets” also regales the reader with myths about comets in various cultural contexts, snippets about famous comets in the history of mankind, anecdotes on comet discoveries and discoverers, the bewildering procedures followed while naming comets and much more. The book takes a hard look at the hype surrounding the fiery expectations about Comet ISON an cautions the reader that, while there was a good chance of the comet blazing forth in the skies of December 2013, there was a realistic chance that the comet would not survive its close encounter with the Sun. Sadly, the pessimistic predictions came true and the comet disintegrated as it went around the Sun. As we wait for chance to throw us a Great Comet to gaze at in the future, “Comets: Nomads of the Solar System” is an excellent guide to prepare for the event!
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Childhood Cancer
Childhood Cancer is a major medical problem in most of the societies of the modern world. Though enough literature is available on the subject, it is not easily intelligible to common people. An ordinary parent whose ward is affected by any form of childhood cancer would beat a loss without the basic information. This book is aimed at educating a non-professional who wishes to grasp the problem in detail and in a simple way. The book primarily deals with the signs and symptoms of cancer in children which enable early detection. It is written in a lucid manner to remove the myth among parents that diagnosis of cancer in children amounts to a death sentence. Many of the childhood cancers, if detected early, can be cured completely, and the patients can live the rest of their lives like any other normal people. The book is an attempt to create this awareness among parents through proper information about the disease. Further, the book would also serve as a manual for MBBS students and professionals in other fields for primary treatment and management of the childhood cancer patients.
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Basic Concepts of Intellectual Property Rights
This book on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) is aimed at undergraduate and post graduate students, research scholars and faculty members. The objective is to sensitize undergraduate and post graduate students regarding various aspects of IPRs, provide guidance to research scholars regarding safeguards to put in place for potentially patentable research and serve as a ready reckoner to faculty members interested to apply for patents but do not have a comprehensive information in various aspects of filing a patent application.
The book aims to simplify the complex issue of patent through hypothetical examples. This will help readers comprehend subject in an easy way. The book deliberately avoids the discussion on history of IPRs, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations and its background, culmination of GATT round of negotiations into World Trade Organization (WTO). These issues need a comprehensive discussion and are not the objectives of the book. The book is divided into eight short and simple chapters. At the end of the chapter a few Self Study Exercises are given for readers to recapitulate what they have read in that chapter. This may provide required foundation in understanding what is commonly referred to as “dry subject” of IPR. Overall, the book aims to provide required information regarding Intellectual Property Rights, focusing on patents, in simple and easily understandable language.Interested customers may write to us at mup@manipal.edu about purchasing the book.
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Ancient Stone Riddles: Megaliths of the Indian Subcontinent
Ancient Stone Riddles is an introduction to the fascinating but less-known monuments called megaliths in the context of the Indian subcontinent. The book seeks to present the current understanding among archaeologists and other researchers in a lucid manner to the general reader, while stimulating thought on the many questions that linger about these remnants from our distant past and the people and cultures that built them. It also discusses recent research about the knowledge systems possessed by the megalith builders, including the possibility that some of these monuments were erected to observe celestial cycles.
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A Modern Introduction to Madhva Philosophy
The author has made this treatise on Madhva’s realistic school of Vedānta philosophy convincing to the modern mind by employing western logical apparatus in substantiating Madhva’s ideas. Following the Indian classical tradition, the author has examined the validity of Advaitavedānta, the Absolute Monism of Śaṅkara and Bhāskara as Pūrvapakṣa, and logically proved its inconsistencies. He has then established the Dvaitasiddhānta i.e., the Monotheistic Dualism of Madhva. He has successfully brought out the nuances of the realistic school of Indian philosophical thought in this work. A Modern Introduction to Mādhva Philosophy is Prof B H Kotabagi’s posthumous publication.
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Body Awareness for Children with Autism: A Guidebook for Parents
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder which develops during the early years of a child’s development. Interoception is one of the major areas which is affected among children with autism (CWA). A failure in this area leads to an inability to sense the internal state of the body like hunger, thirst, heartbeat, respiration, various emotions, self-awareness, and self-regulation. The book focuses on guiding parents and teachers through various visual schedules, strategies, simple pictures, games, and activities to teach body awareness, body safety, basic functional skills, general strategies, and tips to teach daily living activities to CWA right from 2-3 years of age so as to help them achieve independence in life.
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Administrative and Social History of Mysore Under the Wodeyars of Mysore (1600-1800 CE)
Author: Pavamana R D, D S Achuta Rao
ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಾಗಿರುವ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಒಡೆಯರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಇತಿಹಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ನೀಡಿದ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅನನ್ಯವಾದುದು. ರಾಜಕೀಯ ರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ, ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಕಲಾರಂಗಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಸರು ವಿಜಯನಗರದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಪರಂಪರೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರೆಸಿದರು. ರಾಜಒಡೆಯರ್, ರಣಧೀರ ಕಂಠೀರವ, ಚಿಕ್ಕದೇವರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರ್ ಅವರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ ಕಾಲಘಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ಸರ್ವಾಂಗೀಣ ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಸಾಧಿಸಿತು. ಈ ವಂಶದ ಮೊದಲ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಅರಸು ರಾಜ ಒಡೆಯರ್ರಿಂದ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ಆಂಗ್ಲರ ಅಧೀನವಾಗುವವರೆಗಿನ ಆಡಳಿತ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನದ ಎರಡು ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣ ಶತಮಾನಗಳ ಕಾಲದ ಆಡಳಿತ, ಕಂದಾಯ ನೀತಿಗಳು, ನ್ಯಾಯಾಡಳಿತ, ಸೈನ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ, ಪ್ರಾಂತೀಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಆಡಳಿತ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಜೀವನ ಹಾಗೂ ಧರ್ಮ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ, ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಕಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ಮತ್ತು ಆಸ್ಥಾನ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಬಹುಮುಖೀ ನೆಲೆಗಳ ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದ, ಅಧ್ಯಯನಪೂರ್ಣ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ವರದಿಯಾಗಿ ಇದು ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರೋತ್ತರ ತಲೆಮಾರಿನ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ವೈಖರಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ಎನ್ನಬಹುದು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಒಡೆಯರ ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗಳು ಇನ್ನೂ ಕಣ್ತೆರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಡಿ. ಎಸ್. ಅಚ್ಯುತರಾಯರ ಈ ಸಂಶೋಧನ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣವಾದುದು. ಅಂದಿಗೆ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದ್ದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಬಗೆಯ ಮೂಲ ಹಾಗೂ ಆನುಷಂಗೀಕ ಆಕರಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡು, ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟಿನೊಳಗೆ ವಸ್ತುನಿಷ್ಠವಾಗಿ ರೂಫುಗೊಂಡಿದೆ ಈ ಕೃತಿ. ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಪುನರ್ ರೂಪಿಸುವಾಗಲಂತೂ ಸಮಕಾಲೀನ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ರೂಪಗಳನ್ನೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಗತ್ಯ ವಿರುವೆಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಗಳು, ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಗಳೂ, ವಿವರಣೆಗಳೂ ಈ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಮೌಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿವೆ. ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿ ಗ್ರಂಥಋಣ, ನಕ್ಷೆಗಳು, ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪಾಕ್ಷರಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಒಡೆಯರ ವಂಶಾವಳಿ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆಧಾರಗಳ ಮೇಲಿನ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಯು ಸಂಶೋಧಕರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಒಡೆತನದ ದ್ಯೋತಕ. ಅಪಾರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯ ಹಸ್ತಪ್ರತಿಗಳ ಮತ್ತು ಶಾಸನಗಳ ಬಳಕೆ ಈ ಕೃತಿಯ ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆ.
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Austrian Economics in One Lesson
Austrian Economics in One Lesson – the third venture of the author Quah, Chee Heong, dwells upon contemporary economic aspects. His earlier titles Optimal Currency Areas in East Asia and Eccentric Views on Money and Banking laid stress on money, currency, inflation, banking, and the monetary system. The book focuses on the issues that currently define and influence day-to-day lives and would certainly and ably complement the mainstream economics that constitutes the curricula in schools and colleges, at large. The prime objective of this venture is to break the set-mind, defy the fallacious notions, debunk the flaws, and evince afresh reasoning in mainstream economics.
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Pharmaceutical Technology Handbook
The pharmaceutical industry is growing both in terms of volume and diversity of new products. As years pass by, new technology both for manufacture and quality control is being introduced. It is essential to maintain a competitive edge concerning quality, cost, compliance, and prompt deliveries. The fresh graduates are lacking knowledge about the ongoings of industry and there is a gap between academic education and industry expectations from pharma graduates. This comprehensive updated Pharmaceutical Technology Handbook helps in reducing the gap in understanding technology, modern pharma equipment, and plant design to some extent. Divided into six sections, the articles presented in this book, in one way or another, touch all aspects of succeeding in a competitive situation. The highlight of this book is its focus on the layout for various manufacturing sections, each prepared by expert architects/consultants. The authors are conversant with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines and have been instrumental in delivering manufacturing units of global standards approved by various approving agencies.
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