The idea of Māyā pervades Indian philosophy. It is enigmatic, multivalent, and foundational, with its oldest referents found in the Rig Veda. This book explores Māyā's rich conceptual history, and then focuses on the highly developed theology of Māyā found in the Sanskrit Bhāgavata Purāṇa, one of the most important Hindu sacred texts. Gopal K. Gupta examines Māyā's role in the Bhāgavata's narratives, paying special attention to its relationship with other key concepts in the text, such as ...

Showing how spiritual care is practiced in a variety of different contexts such as healthcare, detention and higher education, as well as settings that may not have formal chaplaincy arrangements, this book offers an original and unique resource for Hindu chaplains to understand and practice spiritual care in a way that is authentic to their own tradition and that meets the needs of Hindus. It offers a Hindu perspective for all chaplains to inform their caregiving to Hindus.The boo...

Sustainable Advanced Solar Passive House provides a platform to disseminate knowledge regarding the basics of solar energy, heat transfer, and solar houses, including designing concepts. Apart from a brief introduction to solar physics and thermodynamics, the book primarily deals with the technical description of solar houses and associated concepts. Different types of photovoltaic modules and their integration with the buildings are discussed with case studies, including energy balance eq...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2024, held in Dallas, TX, USA, during October 11-14, 2024.The 27 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. They deal with declarative logic programming, non-monotonic reasoning, and knowledge representation, focusing on the design and implementation of logic-based programming l...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2023. The 32 regular papers and 16 short papers presented in this book are carefully reviewed and selected from 220 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Devices; FPGA-Based Design and Embedded Systems; Memory, Computing, and Processor Design; CAD for VLSI; Emerging Integrated Circuits and Systems; VLSI Testing and Security; and...

Reshma’s coming to Nilgi was neither accident nor coincidence. Nilgi was a village easily avoided, set as it was at the end of a road, on the banks of the Krishna River. If If you came to Nilgi, it was because you were meant to.Throughout Southern India, eighty-six villages are set to completely submerge due to a government-sanctioned dam across the Krishna River.Nilgi, one such village on the banks of the mighty River Krishna, has so far e...

This book describes the discusses advanced fuels and combustion, emission control techniques, after-treatment systems, simulations and fault diagnostics, including discussions on different engine diagnostic techniques such as particle image velocimetry (PIV), phase Doppler interferometry (PDI), laser ignition. This volume bridges the gap between basic concepts and advanced research in internal combustion engine diagnostics, making it a useful reference for both students and researchers who...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2023. The 32 regular papers and 16 short papers presented in this book are carefully reviewed and selected from 220 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Devices; FPGA-Based Design and Embedded Systems; Memory, Computing, and Processor Design; CAD for VLSI; Emerging Integrated Circuits and Systems; VLSI Testing and Security; and...

Focusing on the challenges, directions, and future predictions with the role of 5G in smart healthcare monitoring, this book offers the fundamental concepts and analyses on the methods to apply Internet of Things (IoT) in monitoring devices for diagnosing and transferring data. It also discusses self-managing to help providers improve their patients' healthcare experience.Smart Healthcare Monitoring Using IoT with 5G: Challenges, Directions, and Future Predictions illustra...

This book presents an integrated approach to sustainably fulfilling energy requirements, considering various energy-usage sectors and applicable technologies in those sectors. It discusses smart cities, focusing on the design of urban transport systems and sources of energy for mobility. It also shares thoughts on individual consumption for ensuring the sustainability of energy resources and technologies for emission reductions for both mobility and stationary applications. For the latter,...

This book provides a thorough understanding of the integration of computational intelligence with information retrieval including content-based image retrieval using intelligent techniques, hybrid computational intelligence for pattern recognition, intelligent innovative systems, and protecting and analysing big data on cloud platforms. The book aims to investigate how computational intelligence frameworks are going to improve information retrieval systems. The emerging and promising state...