In Hastinapura, Atiratha and Radha find a baby floating in the river. In the palace, the impotent King Pandu is forced to abdicate the throne while his bastard half brother Vidura conspires with his queen Kunti. The blind King Dhritarashtra struggles against his autocratic uncle while the sage Vyasa fights desperately to avert a power struggle within the Kuru family. This is the saga of Mahabharata, as it has never been told before.

Ask rheumatologists what is one thing that they most desire and they will say:“I wish I knew more about nephrology so I could care for patients whose rheumatologic diseases manifest with renal complications. Nephrologists feel just the same, seeking to understand the implications that autoimmune diseases have for their patients.”As part of the Interdisciplinary Rheumatology book series, this book will serve as a dialogue between rheumatologists and nephrologists and provide a...

The book offers an introduction to large language models (LLMs) that bridge foundational natural language processing (NLP) concepts with the advanced techniques underlying large language models. It offers a structured exploration of NLP evolution, from rule- based approaches to transformer architectures. Covering key principles such as tokenization, attention mechanisms, and model architectures (BERT, GPT, T5), the book explains pretraining objectives like masked and causal language modeli...

Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials and Their Behavior: From Fundamentals to Applications delves into the cutting-edge advancements and revolutionary potential of this technology. The book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the principles behind additive manufacturing, the latest innovations, and its practical applications in biomaterials. This essential resource bridges the gap between fundamental knowledge and real-world uses, creating a solid foundation for resear...

Financial Markets is a comprehensive textbook designed to provide students, academicians, researchers, and aspiring finance professionals with a thorough understanding of the structure, functions, and significance of financial markets in the modern economy. The book has been developed in accordance with contemporary university curricula and presents both theoretical foundations and practical insights into the functioning of financial systems and financial markets in India and across the gl...

A powerful book comprising stories of anti-racist action by higher education scholars including researchers and teachers at various stages of their careers. Aimed at and relevant for anyone in education, it encourages reflection on the tolerance of racist structures and strategies to help enact positive change.An edited volume, each chapter discusses the author's experiences of racism, including how they became part of anti-racist teaching activism through a growin...

This book looks at the triadic relations between faith, the state and political actors, and the ideas that move them. It comprises a set of essays on diverse histories and ideas, ranging from Gandhian civic action to radical free thought in colonial India, from liberation theologies, that take their cue from specific and lived experiences of oppression and humiliation, to the universalism promised by an expansive Islam. Deploying gender and caste as the central analytical categories, these...

Biofuel Cells and Energy Generation analyzes the current state-of-the-art and offers solutions to key challenges in developing carbohydrate-based biofuel cell technology. The book provides a critical review of biofuel cell technology, including principles, components, applications, obstacles, and prospects, and assesses the economic, safety, health, and environmental implications. The book focuses on the diversity of biomass resources, the fundamental characteristics of biomass, and the ma...

This book is of interest to practical engineers and scientists in the field of ecology and energy. This book presents modern approaches to solving environmental and energy problems as the basis for sustainable development of civil infrastructure. The purpose of the book is to summarize international experience in environmental and energy engineering solutions for sustainable development of civil infrastructure, namely: the formation of scientific and design directions for the development o...

This book discusses trends in animal behavior focusing specifically on vertebrates from the tropical region. It includes topics on a wide range of disciplines such as electrophysiology, molecular biology, reproductive physiology, foraging and feeding behavior, chemical ethology and ecology, in-situ and ex-situ conservation, circadian rhythms, climate change and several other related topics that are of high interest and utility. Tropical countries have a unique and diversified fauna across ...

Green Nanotechnology: Innovations and Applications in Biofuels, Environmental Management, and Healthcare is a comprehensive exploration of the cutting-edge research and developments in the field of green nanotechnology. This book delves into the integration of sustainable nanomaterials in diverse industries, focusing on their transformative potential in biofuel production, wastewater management, and therapeutic applications. With the global push for sustainability and eco-friendly solution...

Agriculture remains one of the most climate-sensitive sectors globally, particularly in regions with fragile ecosystems, rainfed farming, and high population pressures. Climate change has exacerbated vulnerabilities in agricultural production systems, especially in developing countries where food security, rural livelihoods, and ecosystem sustainability are deeply intertwined. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, and increasing pest outbreaks are already ...