In this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti-Muslim racism from the early modern era to the "War on Terror." Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as religious intolerance. An innovative analysis of anti-Muslim racism and empire, Islamophobia argues that empire creates the conditions for anti-Muslim racism, which in turn sustains empire.This book, now updated to include the end of t...

In today’s modern society, to reduce the carbon dioxide gas emission from motor vehicles and to save mother nature, electric vehicles are becoming more practical. As more people begin to see the benefits of this technology, further study on the challenges and best practices is required. Artificial Intelligence Applications in Battery Management Systems and Routing Problems in Electric Vehicles focuses on the integration of renewable energy sources with the existing grid, introduces a power...

This new book, Plant Diseases and Their Management: A Sustainable Approach, studies the most modern methods in control and management of plant diseases. It covers a wide range of themes on the biological, cultural, chemical, and genome engineering controls for plant diseases brought on by viruses, bacteria, phytoplasma, and fungi.This book details how natural materials, organic disease control, and new-generation fungicides can all be utilized to thwart or stop plant patho...

This book is a comprehensive resource of a broad range of topics ranging from materials, techniques, and the procedures employed for the purpose of bone regeneration in dentistry, in both clinical and research settings. The chapters presented in this book include the latest advances in this field and encompasses periodontal regeneration as well as bone regeneration around implants. Readers will find up-to-date information on topics like bone replacement grafts, regenerative membranes, biol...

This book provides perspectives on the combinatorial approach of plant-based compounds for drug discovery to achieve better disease-curing outcomes introducing the evolution of ethnobotany and traditional medicine in modern drug development. It covers the biotechnological interventions for the identification and screening of compounds and their optimization to enhance affinity, selectivity, bioavailability, and metabolic stability. While overviewing how essential compounds are successfully...

"This collection contains everything we need to understand the world that gave us Trump, and to arm ourselves for the battles to come" (Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt).The Democratic Party and mainstream liberal organizations have shown themselves to be completely inadequate to address the key questions facing working people today. The corporate-friendly wing of the party, especially in the aftermath of the Great Recession in...

Artificial intelligence techniques applied in the power system sector make the prediction of renewable power source generation and demand more efficient and effective. Additionally, since renewable sources are intermittent in nature, it is necessary to predict and analyze the data of input sources. Hence, further study on the prediction and data analysis of renewable energy sources for sustainable development is required. AI Techniques for Renewable Source Integration and Battery Charging ...

The financial system is the heart of an economy and payment systems are the nerves. As we shift towards a cashless economy, it is essential to understand the perception of customers towards digital transactions to design effective and viable E-Payment Systems (EPSs).Drawing on ten years of research in India and around the world, ‘The Sustainability of Financial Innovation in E-Payment Systems’ presents a timely and important model for the long-term viability of EPSs and gi...

This new volume in the Advances in Agroforestry book series is dedicated to the agroforestry systems of the Indian Himalayan region. As traditional agroforestry systems face the pressures of climate change, this volume provides a critical analysis of integrated farming systems that optimize land use and enhance the socio-economic status of rural communities in diverse Himalayan landscapes.Key concepts such as agrobiodiversity, multipurpose trees, and agri-horticulture syst...