Reshma was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was 22. As she says, she didn’t ‘even know what the darn word meant’. In this extraordinary, first-of-its-kind account she writes about her experience of living with therapies and medication, struggling to make sense of her situation, surviving suicide attempts, finding support groups -- and finally coming into her own.With rare candour and clarity she recounts her sense of being ‘different’ as a teenager, while rebelling against all...

This book deals with the basics of parameter estimation and state estimation as the fundamental building blocks of mathematical modelling activity in the broader field of control theory. All the methods are validated using MATLAB®-based implementations with realistically simulated data for general dynamic systems, as well as for aircraft parameter estimation. This book includes several illustrative examples and chapter-end exercises.Features:Provides comprehensive cov...

There are literally thousands of couples across the world who have broken up with their perfect partners (for them) due to very simple misunderstandings. It's sad to think that many of these break-ups could have been completely avoided if each person just had a clearer understanding of what their partner was thinking and what they wanted from the relationship.Unfortunately, because men and women are biologically so different to each other, there are specific things we each do that ...

The new Lean In, from the multi-award-winning Founder and CEO of national non-profit Girls Who Code and New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani.‘We are raising our boys to be brave, but our girls to be perfect. And this is holding us back.’Imagine if you lived without the fear of failure, without the fear of not measuring up. If you no longer felt the need to stifle your thoughts and swallow what you really want to say in...

The new Lean In, from the multi-award-winning Founder and CEO of national non-profit Girls Who Code and New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani.‘We are raising our boys to be brave, but our girls to be perfect. And this is holding us back.’Imagine if you lived without the fear of failure, without the fear of not measuring up. If you no longer felt the need to stifle your thoughts and swallow what you really want to say in...

Energy is one of the major inputs for the economic development of any country. In the case of the developing countries, the energy sector assumes a critical importance in view of the ever-increasing energy needs requiring huge investments to meet them.

This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive set of reviews on bHLH transcription factors. bHLH factors are vastly recognized for their diverse roles in developmental processes and their dysfunction underlies various human pathologies. Each chapter is authoritatively written by a leading expert in the field and discusses every possible aspect of this huge and diverse field. - Covers the area of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors in de...

Parenting is like a Chef's kitchen with various ingredients, recipes, and techniques to create delicious meals. Just as they select different methods and components for each dish, parents also need to tailor their approaches to their child's temperament and need to raise the best out of it, considering there's no single recipe for successful parenting.Do you find yourself lost and confused while guiding and supporting your child and miss out on the symphony of Parenthood

This book explores the pedagogical choices made by Mauritian English teachers when using government endorsed textbooks conceptualised, designed and written by teacher educators who are also textbook writers. In 2016, a major curriculum reform, the Nine-Year Basic Education, led to the pioneering decision to entrust to the Mauritius Institute of Education, the only teacher education institution in Mauritius, the task of conceptualizing, designing, and writing the National Curriculum Framewo...

'The glow of my cigarette picks out a dark shape lying on the ground. I bend down to take a closer look. It's a dead sparrow. I wondered if I had become that bird, disoriented and lost.'Young, handsome and contemptuous of his father's traditional ways, PK Malik leaves Bombay to start a new life in America. Stopping in Manchester to visit an old friend, he thinks he sees a business opportunity, and decides to stay on. Now fifty-five, PK has fallen out of love with life. His...

“Do you love your home?” If the answer to this question is yes, well then this book is for you! But here ‘home’ refers to the common dwelling of all the living creatures of this planet, i.e. our earth. Just as we keep our homes clean, preserve and nurture it, a similar sentiment ought to be extended by each one of us towards our planet. We need to become the caretakers of our earth and safeguard our ecosystems.Knowingly or unknowingly our actions are harming the environment, giving...

What happens when a family sets out for a tropical vacation?Serendip-Trip is the word that best captures this experience—a serendipitous trip filled with surprises, reflections, and real moments that stay long after the bags are unpacked."What began as a journey clouded with uncertainty unfolded into a memorable adventure—one that deepened our commitment to sustainable living, nurtured personal growth, and wove our family closer together."This heartfelt tra...