In recent decades*, t*here has been a phenomenal growth in the field of photonic crystal research and has emerged as an interdisciplinary area. Photonic crystals are usually nanostructured electromagnetic media consisting of periodic variation of dielectric constant, which prohibit certain electromagnetic wave frequency ranges called photonic bandgaps to propagate through them. Photonic crystals elicited numerous interesting features by unprecedented control of light and their exploitation...

This book examines the application of nanoscience and nanotechnology in military defence strategies. Both historical and current perspectives on military technologies are discussed. The book provides comprehensive details on current trends in the application of nanotechnology to ground, air, and naval specializations. Furthermore, nanotechnology-enabled high energy explosives and propellants, chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear threats and their detection/protection, and camouflag...

Nanotechnology for Rural Development is designed to present nanotechnology-based solutions to the challenges faced by rural populations, particularly in underdeveloped and developing countries. The book focuses on agriculture, biomass management, food processing and water management, in terms of its purification and decontamination. The treatment of wastewater and the harnessing of renewable energy are also covered. In addition, the book deals with the application of nanotechnology in the ...

AI-Driven Entrepreneurship: Strategies for Financial Success in Startups and Economies explores how AI enhances innovation, optimizes operations, strengthens risk management, and drives economic development across both emerging and advanced markets.The book brings together global research, case studies, and conceptual insights, presenting diverse applications of AI-from startup transformation in India and fintech advances to rural tourism, UPI adoption, healthcare innovation, digit...

AI-Driven Entrepreneurship: Strategies for Financial Success in Startups and Economies explores how AI enhances innovation, optimizes operations, strengthens risk management, and drives economic development across both emerging and advanced markets.The book brings together global research, case studies, and conceptual insights, presenting diverse applications of AI—from startup transformation in India and fintech advances to rural tourism, UPI adoption, healthcare innovation, digit...

If you are looking for a quick lesson on managing yourself and nurturing your leadership skills, you are reading the right book. A thought can be an insight; an insight can be a learning. This book, Random Management Thoughts, is a compilation of insights drawn from things around us.A plain sheet of paper helps us write down our ideas and feelings. Does a plain paper communicate a lesson? Yes. It teaches us wonderful management lessons like being open to change and to receiving fee...

Transform Feedback from Fault-Finding to CoachingDo your performance feedback sessions meet with silence, defensiveness, or indifference? Do your employees leave feeling blamed rather than motivated to improve? You are not alone.In today’s workplace, poor feedback is a hidden driver of attrition, disengagement, and broken manager-employee relationships. Conversation with a Coach offers a proven, compassionate alternative.Through a compelling real-world story of a ma...

She is the first one up and the last one to sleep. She manages budgets, resolves conflicts, plans meals, oversees schedules, and still finds time to wipe away a tear or celebrate a small victory. She is a woman, and her life is a masterpiece of management.Woman - A Symphony of Roles is a heartfelt tribute to the incredible women who effortlessly juggle countless responsibilities every single day. Through careful observation and real-life insights, this book unveils the fifteen dist...

Indian Poetics is a concise and comprehensive book that deals with all the important aspects of Indian poetics while placing them in the larger context of the history of aesthetics in India. The book has been designed keeping in mind topics in Indian poetics and aesthetics that are taught in courses in MA and BA. Complex concepts are explained lucidly and examples provided from renowned Sanskrit texts as well as poems and plays from the English literary canon. The book includes pronunciati...

Whether an old photograph or a single video frame, there is a wealth of data hidden in a picture. Image processing and pattern analysis play a vital role in engineering science and can be applied in diverse areas to solve existing and practical problems. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Perspectives in Intelligent Pattern Recognition, Analysis, and Image Processing discusses the advances of image processing and pattern analysis and addresses how new innovations will cater to the demand...

Wireless sensor networks have become an intricate and necessary addition to daily life by providing an energy efficient way to collect and monitor data while rerouting the information to a centralized location. As the application of these networks becomes more common, it becomes imperative to evaluate their effectiveness, as well as other opportunities for possible implementation in the future. The Handbook of Research on Wireless Sensor Network Trends, Technologies, and Applications provi...

Continuous improvements in data analysis and cloud computing have allowed more opportunities to develop systems with user-focused designs. This not only leads to higher success in day-to-day usage, but it increases the overall probability of technology adoption. Advancing Cloud Database Systems and Capacity Planning With Dynamic Applications is a key resource on the latest innovations in cloud database systems and their impact on the daily lives of people in modern society. Highlighting mu...