This book explores emerging advancements in intelligent computing, modern IT infrastructures, and next-generation networking technologies. The book presents contemporary theories, practical implementations, and research trends that integrate artificial intelligence, data-driven systems, and communication networks to solve real-world challenges in academia and industry.The book covers foundational and advanced topics in computational intelligence, including machine learning algorith...

From the disciplined ranks of the Army Medical Corps to the specialized wards of the Central Institute of Psychiatry, Major (Dr) Tapas Kumar Aich has spent a lifetime observing the human condition. In this third installment of the Memoir of a Psychiatrist series, Dr. Aich takes us across the border to the Universal College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) in Bhairahawa, Nepal.In 2001, Dr. Aich arrived in Bhairahawa with a vision: to build a center for mental health where none existed. Ov...

“Memoir of a Psychiatrist - RAINBOWS OF LIFE: My Residency Days” is the 3rd book published by Major (Dr) Tapas Kumar Aich and it is the 2nd book on his autobiographical writing. Dr Aich spent 6 years at the Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi, a more than hundred years old psychiatry teaching and training center in India. At CIP he completed his Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM), MD in Psychiatry and a short period of Senior Residency in a de-addiction center within the cam...

This volume explores themes in sericulture, integrating historical perspectives with cutting-edge scientific advancements. Topics include mulberry cultivation, silkworm biology, disease management, silk processing, biotechnological applications, and advanced breeding techniques. The book offers valuable insights for students, academics, practitioners, and policymakers. The book emphasizes sustainable practices, genetic innovation, and market considerations, making it an indispensable refer...

Making businesses sustainable is an ever-present challenge faced by entrepreneurs, both established and new. This new book takes an insightful look at the changes occurring in the digital arena for enhancing organizational effectiveness in business today. This volume discusses AI and machine learning in business, sustainable development goals for organizational effectiveness, sociointercultural sustainable natural resources management, entrepreneurial marketing practices,specialized techni...

In this book, we embark on a journey into the realm of predictive data modeling for biomedical data and imaging in healthcare. It explores the potential of predictive analytics in the field of medical science through utilizing various tools and techniques to unravel insights and enhance patient care. This volume creates a medium for an interchange of knowledge from expertise and concerns in the field of predictive data modeling. In detail, the research work on this will include the effecti...

This book makes for great reading and easy comprehension of ECG - at your pace! It is written mainly for students and family practitioners. The topics are covered using high-quality ECG tracings, summary boxes, and informative colored diagrams.The book starts with the fundamentals of electrocardiography and acquaints the reader with common electrocardiographs seen in coronary care units and also indoor and outdoor settings of hospitals.Divided into short 30 chapters, this b...

Major (Dr) Tapas Kumar Aich has written many scientific, research, and review articles in his long academic carrier as a specialist/teacher in the field of Psychiatry.The present book is a collection of brief write-ups which were posted intermittently on a social media platform. Target readers for the present book are common people who have some interest in topics related to psychiatry, psychology, medicine, arts, and philosophy.For the benefit of the readers, the book is d...

The rapid growth of IoT and its applications in smart cities have brought about significant challenges for academic scholars. The increasing number of interconnected devices and the massive amounts of data they generate strain traditional networks, leading to inefficiencies and security vulnerabilities. Additionally, the centralized control plane in Software Defined Networks (SDN) poses a single point of failure, hindering network performance. Moreover, IoT devices themselves are susceptib...

This book presents a comprehensive account of the COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the novel coronavirus pandemic, as it happened.This volume examines the first responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contexts of earlier epidemics and the epidemiological basics of infectious diseases. Further, it discusses patterns in the spread of the disease; the management and containment of infections at the personal, national, and global level; effects on trade and commerce; the social and psy...

This book assesses the capacity of the rural populace in terms of their ability to perceive a change in climatic variables and, if so, how they react to these changes in order to minimize the adverse effect of climate change. It evaluates the role of education and exposure to change in physiological variables like temperature, precipitation, etc., in forming the right perception of climate change. While analysing livelihood diversification as a strategy to cope with climate change concerns...

This book summarizes the latest research on the structural geology of the mobile belts of the Indian subcontinent including the Himalayas, NE Himalayas, Bangladesh thrust belt, Andaman subduction zone, the Aravalli‐Delhi, the Central India Tectonic Zone, the Singhbhum, the Eastern Ghats and the Southern granulite terrane. It offers essential information on deformational structures in the mobile belt, such as folding patterns, the character of the shear zone, shear strain analysis, and faul...