Around the world, more than a hundred million dogs live without homes. It is not there because it did anything wrong. It is there because a decision was made without sufficient information. This book exists so that it never happens again.Every single one has a beginning. Most involve a breeder, a sale, and a buyer who was shown everything except the truth. Every year, millions of puppies are bred for profit. Millions are bought on impulse. Millions are abandoned wh...

Globalization and transnational migration are key features of the twenty-first century. This book examines how globalization—characterized by interconnected economies, rapid advancements in communication technologies, and increased cultural exchange—has facilitated the movement of people from India across international borders. It also examines how the identity of Indians in the diaspora is negotiated through a fluid process of blending heritage with the culture of the host country, influe...

This book features the recent technological advances made in the broad domain of aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineering covers a wide range of areas on which research is being done, including subsonic aerodynamics, high speed aerodynamics, unsteady aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, computational fluid dynamics, and more.The authors also review recent technological advancements done in aerospace engineering and provide information about all the important domains and problems ...

This book introduces essential concepts in relativistic kinematics for high-energy nuclear and particle physics, with a focus on quark-gluon plasma physics, after covering all the needful basics of the special theory of relativity. It explores multiparticle production processes in ultra-relativistic hadronic and nuclear collisions. While a foundation in nuclear and particle physics and the special theory of relativity is recommended, the book also includes key concepts of relativity to sup...

The energy scene in the world is a complex picture of a variety of energy sources being used to meet the world's growing energy needs. There is, however, a gap in the demand and supply. It is recognized that decentralized power generation based on the various renewable energy technologies can, to some extent, help in meeting the growing energy needs. The renewable energy landscape has witnessed tremendous changes in the policy framework with accelerated and ambitious plans to increase the ...

Energy is one of the most important topics of our time, and renewable energy has been a long and still-unfolding story that has taken decades to bring us to where we are today. Even after so much progress, engineers and scientists are always still developing new and innovative techniques, processes, equipment, and materials to further the science and fulfill the mission of generating cleaner, renewable energy for the world’s consumption. This new groundbreaking series, Advances in Renewabl...

The human mind has been an enigma since time immemorial. But in ancient India, this elusive task of getting into someone's mind was done using the Janma nakshatras or lunar mansions. Vedic astrology contains some gems of knowledge when it comes to delving into someone's psyche. By understanding this concept, you can get deep insights into your personality and others. In this book, I have tried to decode the theory of the 27 nakshatras and decipher them in a modern way using examples of cel...

ENERGY STORAGEWritten and edited by a team of well-known and respected experts in the field, this new volume on energy storage presents the state-of-the-art developments and challenges in the field of renewable energy systems for sustainability and scalability for engineers, researchers, academicians, industry professionals, consultants, and designers.The world’s energy landscape is very complex. Fossil fuels, especially because of hydrauli...

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current achievements and future possibilities for the application of epigenetic and epigenomic techniques to the improvement of crops. Creating crops more resilient to the stresses caused by climate change will be an important part of a climate-smart and sustainable agriculture strategy for the future. All critical environmental stressors are explored: temperature, salt, drought, pollutants, pests, fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The exciting...

Present-day migration takes place in a world characterized by the compression of time and space, with cheaper air travel and the existence of new communication technologies - the internet in particular - making it easier to stay in contact with the places, people and cultures that one has left. This book investigates the online organization of, and exchanges within, the global Indian diaspora. Bringing together research from around the world and presenting studies drawn from the US, Europe...

This book introduces readers to benchmarking techniques in the stochastic environment, primarily stochastic data envelopment analysis (DEA), and provides stochastic models in DEA for the possibility of variations in inputs and outputs. It focuses on the application of theories and interpretations of the mathematical programs, which are combined with economic and organizational thinking. The book’s main purpose is to shed light on the advantages of the different methods in deterministic and...

'The sort of critical awareness necessary to actually enrich discussions of civil society, rather than contribute to its elusiveness, pervades through the book.' -Professor Vedi R. Hadiz, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia'…introduces readers to the dynamics shaping the complex relationship between CSOs and the state in today's India and Bangladesh.' -Professor Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway, University of London'This volume should be a c...