Have you ever thought of trying meditation but weren't sure where to begin? Maybe you started but couldn't keep going, or perhaps you're already meditating but feel uncertain about your practice or its benefits. This book, a practical guide to meditation, is here to help.This book covers the 'what,' 'why,' 'how,' and 'benefits' of meditation, as per the latest scientific developments in meditation. Providing you with the tools to start, sustain, and deepen your meditation journey w...

This book is a concise and practical guide to homeopathic materia medica, designed for students and practitioners seeking quick revision and easy understanding of remedies. It presents keynotes, characteristic symptoms, and clinical indications of a wide range of homeopathic medicines in a structured and simplified manner. The content focuses on high-yield points, remedy comparisons, and exam-oriented insights, making it especially useful for quick recall and practical prescribing. Whether...

This book integrates microbiology with soil science, chemistry, and ecology to analyse the functions of microorganisms in the soil environment. It covers the status and application of microbiology in modern agriculture and discusses various fundamental allied concepts.The subject matter in this book also details –Microorganism groupsIndustrial MicrobiologyBiotechnology and Genetic EngineeringEnvironmental MicrobiologyNutritional...

This book highlights the animal rearing system that follows a seasonal migratory cycle and in which the animals are reared in the alpine pastures during summer and are returned to the base camps at lower hills with the onset of winter. The initial chapter presents the unique features of the prevailing animal farming system in the hills, and aims at providing a brief overview of the history of pastoralism. The book also describes how the pastoral system has served livelihood of people livin...

Damping in Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials starts with an introduction to the basic concepts of damping in composite materials. Methods of modeling damping are then covered, along with recent developments in measuring techniques, both local, like polar scanning and global techniques like the Resonalyser method (based on measuring modal damping ratios of composite material plates). The effect of other factors, such as stress, strain-level, stiffness and frequency that need to be consid...

This book contains lecture notes in pure and applied mathematics from the proceedings of an International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Applications, held at Memorial University of Newfoundland in June 1981. It includes information on fractional calculus and the Stieltjes transform.

Pericyclic Reactions: A Mechanistic and Problem-Solving Approach provides complete and systematic coverage of pericyclic reactions for researchers and graduate students in organic chemistry and pharmacy programs. Drawing from their cumulative years of teaching in the area, the authors use a clear, problem-solving approach, supplemented with colorful figures and illustrative examples. Written in an accessible and engaging manner, this book covers electrocyclic reactions, sigmatropic reactio...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.First Song of the Dawn is the powerful expression of love. In the girl’s heart; it’s subtle, sublime and eternal. But in the boy’s heart; it’s earthy, insecure and restless. The anxiety brings the two young hearts close.In the clean and tranquil environs of Kausani, Vedanta inadvertently meets Saranga under bizarre circumstances and both fall in love with each other. But Alas! their happiness doesn’t last long. On one fateful ni...

Have you ever thought of trying meditation but weren't sure where to begin? Maybe you started but couldn't keep going, or perhaps you're already meditating but feel uncertain about your practice or its benefits. This book, a practical guide to meditation, is here to help.This book covers the 'what, ' 'why, ' 'how, ' and 'benefits' of meditation, as per the latest scientific developments in meditation. Providing you with the tools to start, sustain, and deepen your meditation journe...

The landmark work on how to connect your mind and body to reduce stress and lead a more fulfilling, healthy, and complete life—now revised and updatedFeaturing a preface from Thich Nhat Hanh“This wise, deep book is essential, unique, and, above all, fundamentally healing.”—Donald M. Berwick, M.D., president emeritus and senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare ImprovementStress. It can sap our energy, undermine our h...

The new edition of the most detailed and comprehensive single-volume reference on major semiconductor devicesThe Fourth Edition of Physics of Semiconductor Devices remains the standard reference work on the fundamental physics and operational characteristics of all major bipolar, unipolar, special microwave, and optoelectronic devices. This fully updated and expanded edition includes approximately 1,000 references to original research papers and review art...

"Handsome and elegantly designed, this tour through the cell's history and diversity in form and function is a delight to peruse . . . stunning." — American ScientistWith The Cell, Jack Challoner treats readers to a visually striking tour of these remarkable molecular machines. Most of the living things we're familiar with—the plants in our gardens, the animals we eat—are composed of billions or trillions of cells. Most multicellular organisms cons...