This book highlights recent advances in variety of nanomaterials classes including metal chalcogenides, metal oxides/hydroxides, polymer, metal-organic frameworks, and hybrid nanostructures, with a focus on their properties, synthesis methods, and key applications. It also offers detailed coverage on the toxicity aspects with possible solution. Additionally, it provides complete and comprehensive information on surface modification strategies of nanoparticles to achieve desired outcomes. T...

This book provides a much-needed, up-to-date overview of unary, binary and ternary bismuth-ferrite-based systems, with a focus on their properties, synthesis methods and applications as electrochemical supercapacitors. It introduces readers to the basic structure and properties of ferrites in general, focusing on the selection criteria for ferrite materials for electrochemical energy storage applications. Along with coverage of ferrite synthesis methods, it discusses bismuth-ferrite struct...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22st International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2018, held in Madurai, India, in June 2018.The 39 full papers and 11 short papers presented together with 8 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 231 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: digital design; analog and mixed signal design; hardware security; micro bio-fluidics; VLSI testing; analog circuits and devices; network-on-...

Colonel Nitesh Sharma is a highly respected commanding officer of the 37 Int & FS Unit. Only Sandhya, his wife, knows that he is compulsively abusive husband. The violence escalates when she begins to question Nitesh's past marriages, specifically the first one that left him a widower…Having escaped her vicious marriage, Sandhya settles in her new life as a journalist in Delhi. She proves to be a hard worker, and along the way rekindles old friendships. Few people know of what she's...

This book provides holistic guidance and proposes practical frameworks to navigate complex learning environments in the rapidly evolving climate, and an environment to facilitate effective learning and knowledge transfer, while advocating a shift in the learning culture, and culture of learning, in varying contexts. It serves well for varying and cross-disciplinary clusters of individuals, particularly for academics, senior management of higher education institutions, and senior leaders of...

If You Only Knew Me is a story of friendship, passion and intrigue set in Dubai, arguably one of the world’s most exciting cities to live in.Rupali, Anjali, Dipika, Sakina and Monica are five NRI women whose lives are glitzy and exciting as they flirt with high society within the charmed social circles frequented by the Dubai expat community. Beautiful homes, designer clothes, shoes, fast cars and a lifestyle that is envied by all, there is very little these women have not attained....

This book serves as an essential intervention where the innovative, evidence based and contemporary teaching, learning approaches, strategies and learning support systems to be incorporated in the learning process are presented, supported with findings. It addresses the complex challenges and limitations in practice supported with evidence, hence providing possible approaches to address them. It also addresses an interesting scope of topics that are both contemporary and essential to almos...

This book examines India-Japan bilateral ties in historical context and contemporary significance during Modi and Abe administrations. The study analyzes less explored issues such as Indian diaspora in Japan and bilateral cooperation in Northeast India development, complementarity of interests in security and economic aspects with assessment of shared Asian values and also includes:Comprehensive evaluation of India-Japan bilateral ties in historical context and contemporary s...

‘Blew my mind… so magically written and most of all that it is based on true events… a hard-hitting, soul-crushing book… I loved every moment of it… immersive, heart-wrenching, I feel emotional writing this review.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Wanted: Company Daughters. Virtuous young ladies to become the brides of industrious settlers in a foreign land. The Company will pay the cost of the lady’s dowry and travel. Returns not permitted, orphans preferred.

If you observe the people around you, some may appear to be highly driven and motivated, while others may seem to be apathetic and less motivated in what they are doing. The ability to be motivated and sustain that motivation is a vital life skill to master, as it is an essential pillar that underpins successful goal achievement and happiness in our lives.This book is written by a university professor and a medical doctor, both well-established professionals who have successfully a...

Someone is watching…Somewhere in the Shadows is a psychological thriller set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most exciting cities Dubai.Ria Sharma is on the fast track to professional success young and ambitious with a corporate career and a lifestyle that is envied by all.She is also being stalked.Unknown to Ria, her office is not the safe haven she thinks it is, and the corridors are filled with terrible secrets that must never be told.W...

The concept of Project falcon originated a decade back. As a fan of Rangarajan Sujatha, the author has borrowed his protagonists, Ganesh, and Vasanth for the story. Ganesh and Vasanth find themselves in the midst of a situation beyond their control. As they try to understand what's happening around them and try to wriggle out of the situation, they get entangled more and more, finally discovering something that's extremely controversial.Technology gets the better of human beings and...