Text production has many applications. It is used, for instance, to generate dialogue turns from dialogue moves, verbalise the content of knowledge bases, or generate English sentences from rich linguistic representations, such as dependency trees or abstract meaning representations. Text production is also at work in text-to-text transformations such as sentence compression, sentence fusion, paraphrasing, sentence (or text) simplification, and text summarisation. This book offers an overv...

A unique, American, science-based view of the Philosophy and Spirituality of the Indic civilization, intended for those young people who have questioned the faith they were born in and are in a transition. According to Pew Research, 25-30% of young Americans fall in this category. The author has woven a skilful narrative combining his personal experiences, the latest thinking and research of American scientists and scholars, and concepts from the Indic Knowledge System (IKS), to bring to l...

Sketches of Ceylon and India: From the Travel Notes of a Russian is the English translation, a long-felt desideratum, of the report originally written in Russian and published in 1878 by Professor Ivan Minayev on his first trip to Ceylon, India and Nepal in 1874-75.Of the three foreign trips, the first trip of Ivan Minayev to the East is particularly interesting for Orientalists. This trip was important both for the scholar himself and for the development of Indology as a whole. Thi...

From Haryana to Gujarat to Maharashtra, numerous Indian states have been witness to protests by backward classes pressing for quotas and reservations. In stark contrast is the exemplary case of Tamil Nadu, which has managed to effectively integrate economic and development agenda for the backward classes into state policy. In the fifty years of rule between them, M. Karunanidhi, MGR, and J. Jayalalithaa—the iconic leaders of Tamil Nadu politics—managed to effectively transform institutions...

With South Asia's growing energy demand, governments in the region are facing the short-term pressures of facilitating energy access, while attempting to formulate long-term sustainable strategies. This book explores how the key economies of South Asia are addressing issues such as the diversification of energy consumption profiles and import sources, investments in renewables, enabling universal energy access, challenges to regional energy cooperation, greenhouse gas emissions and climate...

Welcome to Patna in the early 2000s - a world without smartphones, where friendship was real, jokes were louder than lectures, and hostel life was a never-ending comedy show. The Middle Benchers follows a gang of carefree college boys through their unforgettable graduation days - from chaotic classrooms and midnight Maggi feasts to surprise inspections, movie outings at Mona Theatre, and the legendary hostel pranks that became campus folklore. Caught between dreams, deadlines, and endless ...

The effective application of knowledge management principles has proven to be beneficial for modern organizations. When utilized in the academic community, these frameworks can enhance the value and quality of research initiatives. Enhancing Academic Research With Knowledge Management Principles is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on implementing theoretical frameworks of information management in the context of academia and universities. Featuring extensive coverage on r...

This book is a complete study of practical hypnotism. It seeks to explain the science of hypnotism in a simple, straightforward and unambiguous language. The book makes an integral study of the acclaimed ideas and theories of the East. The western thinkers have heavily drawn upon the valuable contemplations of the Indian seers of yore. Having achieved a fine blending of the two strains of scholarship, the book has become a very reliable guide for all types of readership.Dr Shrimali is a wi...

Boron has made a significant impact in our lives through its quiet use in fertilizers, fungicides, soaps, detergents, and heat-resistant glassware. Boron Science: New Technologies and Applications addresses the applications of boron in chemistry, industry, medicine, and pharmacology by explaining its role in problems such as catalysis and hydrobora

This book examines the principle and practice of the core but under-scrutinised pillar of guarantees of non-recurrence in transitional justice.Transitional justice’s grand ambition is embodied in the slogan: ‘Never again’ – never again should societies endure the atrocities of war and mass violence. However, as conflicts proliferate in the 21st century, transitional justice has thus far failed to ensure states take the necessary steps to remedy their root causes – that is, those me...

The volume aim to be a comprehensive overview of the drug and biologic development process that is often called “the valley of death” (pre-IND through approval) where high costs of studies and high rates of product failure are part of the drug development landscape. Imaging tools can serve in this period by adding high value data, the images and the kinetic information they can provide, and cost-effective development alternative tools which potentially improve pivotal study designs. Imagin...

Naughty is a book of short stories that are little orgasmic pills, a Dionysian dive into the forbidden desires and hidden passions we would like to experience. Inspired by the poetry of Sappho of Lesbos, Nalini Narayan weaves stories that are like precious gems, each reflecting a unique facet of desire. With seductive and simple prose she challenges social conventions and standards of behavior, offering a bold and liberating vision of female sexuality.