Conflict Resolution in Asia: Mediation and Other Cultural Models is an exploration of human interaction, conflict, and conflict resolution in the incredibly diverse region that consists of South, East, and Southeast Asia. It examines how traditional, indigenous, and culturally based conflict resolution processes interact with more formal legal systems to build infrastructures that address conflicts at the interpersonal to international levels in ways that maintain social harmony. This book...

Regional economic engagement within South Asia may gain increasing importance owing to several factors that are currently in play, including strategies to diversify global value chains and locate such value chains nearer home. These developments offer South Asia a chance to enhance its low levels of regional economic engagement and capitalize on significant unrealized development opportunities. This report shows that examining intraregional investment and knowledge connectivity enhances ou...

This up-to-date and unique monograph covers the different aspects of pharmaceutical validation, calibration, qualification and documentation. It discusses the various methods and processes under all these heads. It includes eight major sections and exhaustively covers each topic.The book includes interesting and timely topics like the ‘Validation of herbals’ considering the increasing reliance on herbal medicines. It includes a section of validation of dosage forms, which is an essential t...

This book aims to identify the challenges presented by current urban environmental governance practices in fast growing Indian cities, to propose changes to the current governance implementation strategies, and to explore the best practices to achieve sustainable urban models through Indian and global perspectives. With a focus on the city of Bengaluru, the book draws on extensive reviews of literature and data to present current trends and statuses of environmental resource use in growing...

Regional economic engagement within South Asia may gain increasing importance owing to several factors that are currently in play, including strategies to diversify global value chains and locate such value chains nearer home. These developments offer South Asia a chance to enhance its low levels of regional economic engagement and capitalize on significant unrealized development opportunities. This report shows that examining intraregional investment and knowledge connectivity enhances ou...

What is a blind following or rather blind faith? I feel blind faith can be defined as 'following some advice / direction/ thought process, of a third person based on pre-conceived notion without applying our own logic.' This third person could be a Guru / friend / elder person whom we consider an authority.Unlike India, there is no multi-party democracy in China. It has only one party government. All the government policies are strictly implemented. There is no ownership of land. Al...

With the partition, the countries India and Pakistan both became independent at the same time and have now completed 75 years. Both have progressed. Followed different paths and reached to the present stage.It is interesting to see how these countries fared during this turbulent period. The good steps taken, the blunders committed by the respective Govts and the leaders, the difficult situations faced, some lessons learnt, etc is very well brought out in this book.

Explore transformative wisdom in The Katana Mindset, a unique guide that links the ancient art of Japanese sword-making to personal growth and resilience. Based on years of experience in Japan's hospitals, dojos, and monasteries, this book illustrates how forging a katana mirrors our journey toward strength and purpose.Master the Six Stages of Growth:Genki (Stability): Build a foundation for change.Shikata ga nai (Acceptance...

Esthetics and Biomechanics in Orthodontics, 2nd Edition provides everything you need to know to successfully apply biomechanics in clinical orthodontics. This edition features new content in the areas of tooth movement, treating Class III malocclusions, skeletal anchorage, Surgery First treatment plans, and space closure. In addition to comprehensive guidance on basic biomechanic principles, this state-of-the-art reference also shows how all techniques can apply biomechanical principles to...

“A stunning chronicle of an Indian woman’s coming-of-age... This is electrifying.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Is this a ghost story?” Meena asked the barber’s wife who told the tale. “I don’t want to hear scary stories one night before I marry.”“Not all ghost stories are scary,” said the barber’s wife, laughing at Meena. “Besides, we have a long time before us, and stories are little baskets to carry time away in.”Exquisitely writte...

Statistics in Industry and Government covers industrial quality control and high-class quality maintenance in products. The book aims to cover as many applications that use statistics as an underlying tool in bringing the best quality products and industrial designs. Chapters in this new release include Analysis of Official Time Series with Ecce Signum, an R Package for Multivariate Signal Extraction and Forecasting, The Maturity Structure of Public Debt: A Granular Approach Using Indian D...

Maths Playbook for Kids 16: The Function Machine Factory is the sixteenth adventure in The Maths Mystery Playbooks series and part of Phase 2, created to help children understand functions, input-output rules, patterns, and early algebra thinking in a simple, visual, first-principles way.In this book, young readers enter the exciting Function Machine Factory, where numbers go into machines, rules do the work, and n...