The Art of Self-Care: Daily Practices That Nourish Your Soul is not just a book — it's a warm hug, a gentle mirror, and a loving guide for every woman who's ever felt unseen, unheard, or overwhelmed.Written by Harleen Kaur in a soft, emotionally honest voice, this eBook takes you on a healing journey across 10 heartfelt chapters. Each chapter offers simple, real-life self-care practices — from building mindful morning routines to replacing negative self-talk, manag...

This book offers a comprehensive and transformative journey for researchers, aimed at fostering inclusive, ethical, and impactful research practices in collaboration with Indian transgender communities. The book begins with a compelling personal reflection by the author, offering readers a relatable entry point. This reflection highlights the profound influence of one's background on their research approach, setting the stage for a more introspective and empathetic exploration of the subje...

NORA WILLIAMSShe was not having a good year. Her articles were going nowhere, bills were piling up, and the silence of her small apartment was deafening, broken only by the occasional snore of her loyal Rottweiler, Brutus. Her parents were gone, leaving her with nothing but memories and a fierce independence.She needed a break, a real one. That's why she agreed to this camping trip with her friends.A weekend in the Blackwater Grove, they said.

It begins with a heart drawn in blood.It ends with a silence that screams.When a string of eerie murders grips the city of Venzia, Officer Anne Lawrence is pulled into a case that feels more like a poem written in violence than a crime to be solved.Each victim is left like a message.Each clue leads somewhere darker.And somewhere beneath it all,a truth is waiting-cold, buried, and bleeding.Some wounds aren't visible.Some justice isn...

Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies: From Lot Release to Stability Testing is a highly topical resource on a subject of interest for scientists and researchers working on monoclonal antibodies' characterization, release testing, stability testing and similarity assessments of monoclonal antibodies in the biopharmaceutical industry. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are large, extremely complex and dynamic biomolecules, so it can be challenging to develop well-characterized therapeutic antibodies ...

This book is an essential guide on surrogacy, discussing various legal issues that arise in surrogacy cases. It provides a comprehensive coverage to various issues pertaining to surrogacy arrangements due to failure to meet the needs of those involved in surrogacy, be it the intended parents or the surrogate mother, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable party -- the surrogate child. In the wake of this existing imbalance, the call to reform the practice of surrogacy has also increas...

Welcome dear readersTo the book of eternal whispers.Every letter, a breathEvery word, a tinkle of airEvery line, a cascade of songsSung by the depth of my soul.24 poems, one for every hour of the day.Venture into the realms of incredible imagery and heart gripping narratives. From the emerald lands of Eldoria to the glass kingdom of Radiance, the magic of poetry unfolds in a dazzling rush.The poems carry a message of love, its essence...

Buying decision making is a complicated process, in which a consumer’s decision is under the influence of others. The buyer’s decision making is directed in such a way that they must act as a consumer in society. Media and family are key socializing agents for adolescents. Moreover, changes in the socio-cultural environment in India necessitate that adolescents’ influence in family’s buying decision making should be investigated. In comparison to Western society, Indian society is quite di...

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems have evolved over the last three decades from elementary asset tracking and preventive maintenance functionality to enterprise maintenance information systems. A CMMS makes it possible to generate real-time accurate reports about the performance of organization. With the help of CMMS, it become easy to predict which assets will require preventive maintenance improving the business of the organization while reducing costs and increasing profits. C...

Companies are involved in a continuous process of change in order to renew capabilities and achieve a competitive advantage in a hyper competitive setting. The key, then, is to own and nurture the resources and competencies that make up the essence of the business. This work discusses the impact of core competences on organizational performance as a critical issue in manufacturing sector This paper proposes model for creating competitive advantage through core competence. The approach is u...

Lean Manufacturing is defined as efficient approach to identifying and eliminating waste (non–value add activities) through regular improvement flowing the product in the pull of the customer in reach of perfection. Lean manufacturing is often simply "lean", is a systematical method for the leave out of waste ("Muda") within a manufacturing system. Lean also takes into account waste created through overwhelm ("Muri") and waste created through imperfection in workloads ("Mu...

Various Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) techniques in one book: 13 MCDM techniques have been applied, namely, WSM, WPM, WASPAS, GRA, SMART, CRITIC, ENTROPY, EDAS, MOORA, AHP, TOPSIS, VIKOR, and new tools: MDEMATEL, Fuzzy MDEMATEL, Modified Fuzzy TOPSIS and Modified Fuzzy VIKOR. To date, no other book possesses this many tools.Various quantitative techniques: Different quantitative techniques have been applied, namely, Cronbach alpha, Chi-square and ANOVA (for demographic a...