The second edition of this book is significantly revised and presented in four-colour format. It is designed to meet the needs of UG students but will also be helpful to PG students for their curriculum. It provides all the essential concepts of oral pathology to give better insight to students and helps them to prepare for both theory and practical examinations. - Salient Features - Easy to understand and systemic presentation of answers in examination. - Presents text in well-structured ...

The book presents current research and developments in multilingual speech recognition. The author presents a Multilingual Phone Recognition System (Multi-PRS), developed using a common multilingual phone-set derived from the International Phonetic Alphabets (IPA) based transcription of six Indian languages - Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Odia, Urdu, and Assamese. The author shows how the performance of Multi-PRS can be improved using tandem features. The book compares Monolingual Phone Recogn...

This book discusses the contribution of articulatory and excitation source information in discriminating sound units. The authors focus on excitation source component of speech -- and the dynamics of various articulators during speech production -- for enhancement of speech recognition (SR) performance. Speech recognition is analyzed for read, extempore, and conversation modes of speech. Five groups of articulatory features (AFs) are explored for speech recognition, in addition to conventi...

Artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionizes the insurance sector, driving innovations that reshape how insurers assess risks, process claims, detect fraud, and communicate with customers. From advanced data analytics and machine learning algorithms to chatbots and predictive modeling, AI technologies enhance operational efficiency and enabling more personalized, proactive services. As insurers leverage these tools to gain competitive advantages and streamline decision-making, they navigate...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence over Infrared Images for Medical Applications, AIIIMA 2025, held as a virtual event, on November 15, 2025.The 13 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. They focus on the application of artificial intelligence in medical infrared imaging for cancer screening, cancer diagnosis, cancer risk assessment, treatment mon...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence over Infrared Images for Medical Applications, AIIIMA 2024, held as a virtual event, on November 9, 2024.The 11 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. These papers focus on theapplication of Artificial Intelligence in medical infrared imaging for cancer screening, cancer diagnosis, cancer risk assessment, treat...

Financial incentives and regulatory pressures shape business and organizational decisions to adopt cleaner technologies in manufacturing processes. By assigning a monetary cost to carbon emissions, carbon pricing mechanisms encourage manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint and invest in energy-efficient processes, low-carbon materials, and innovative production methods. Further exploration into how these policies influence corporate behavior, drive technological transformatio...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information Processing, CCIP 2023, held in Mysuru, India, in December 2023.The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Communications, Video analytics, Cognitive computing and its applications, and Image analysis.

The pomegranate, Punica granatum L., is one of the oldest known edible fruits and is associated with the ancient civilizations of the Middle East. This is the first comprehensive book covering the botany, production, processing, health and industrial uses of the pomegranate. The cultivation of this fruit for fresh consumption, juice production and medicinal purposes has expanded more than tenfold over the past 20 years. Presenting a review of pomegranate growing, from a scientific and hort...

Villains are sent flying through the air to pulsating guitar riffs.Socio-economic problems are solved with sermonizing monologues.You can rest assured that good shall prevail-since the protagonist can change the world at will.We are in the presence of the Telugu hero: a character that spills over from myth onto the screen. The celluloid hero speaks like you and me and looks like us, but can perform superhuman feats.The Age of Heroes looks at the his...

SUMMARY:A middle-class Indian girl Haru, is a lovable daughter to her mom. After her father passed away, she, her sister (Poorvi), and her brother (Rudra) took good care of their mom. Poorvi and Rudra tried their best to fulfill Haru’s dream. After lots of struggle, she cleared the TOPIK exam and got selected in South Korea’s prestigious college. She travels to South Korea for her higher studies. Facing lots of hurdles in her life, she finally takes the first step to study abroad.

"The Grand Sweep of Cosmic History of How we got here"For thousands of years, we − an advanced breed of talking monkeys − survived just like the inhumanly cruel beasts in jungles on a minor planet of a very average star. Immediately something called curiosity ensued which triggered the breath of our perception. We became conscious of our existence, able to find a new way to think of ourselves, started to wonder what makes us exist the way we are. If, like me, you have wondered look...