Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is an exquisite, nutritionally and economically valuable crop of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It outshines other tropical fruits in productivity, hardiness, adaptability, nutritional value, and ensures higher economic returns to growers. Guava is commercially grown in over 70 countries, and is gaining in popularity as a 'super fruit' due to its nutritional and health benefits. Notable recent developments include the potential to improve crop yie...

Whenever I go back to India with my family, I always witness the things that happen outside our home. There are people struggling on the street, people living in train stations, and people begging for food. We often just see these people, and dismiss their lives as insignificant to our own, but never think about their stories. I wrote Garlands hoping that I could illustrate one possible story, the struggle of an orphaned young girl. By telling this story, I want to bring to light ...

The book is beautifully scripted by talented Co Authors from a different perspective to their own vision. The Blue Love Letter emphasizes the lost love of someone which every must have passed through. Some Express those hard phases and some may not. Here, the Co authors have penned their feelings and expressed their emotions deeply amazing. Expressing emotions through words helps to overcome depression and teaches that love is just a phase of life. Life has many beautiful surprises and mir...

This book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences (ICITFES 2020). It covers the theoretical and experimental research works carried out in the field of energy and power engineering. Various topics covered include fluid mechanics, gas turbines and dynamics, heat transfer, humidity and control, multiphase flow, ocean engineering, power and energy, refrigeration and air conditioning, renewable energy, and thermodynami...

Polyester-Based Biocomposites highlights the performance of polyester-based biocomposites reinforced with various natural fibres extracted from leaf, stem, fruit bunch, grass and wood material. It also addresses the characteristics of polyester-based biocomposites reinforced with rice husk fillers and various nanoparticles.This book explores the widespread applications of fibre-reinforced polymer composites in the aerospace sector, automotive parts, construction and buildi...

Epoxy-Based Biocomposites highlights the influence of fibre type, nanofillers, and ageing conditions on the performance of epoxy-based biocomposites subjected to various loading conditions. This book serves as a useful reference for researchers, graduate students, and engineers in the field of polymer composites. In addition to investigating the behaviour of hybrid biocomposites and biocomposites reinforced with various nanofillers, this book discusses the response of epoxy-based ...

This need-based unique book deals exclusively with water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) meat to provide much needed information to thousands of buffalo meat processors across the world. The information provided in this first-of-its-kind book on buffalo meat quality, nutritional characteristics, safety, and processing can be utilized by buffalo meat producers and meat processors for the advancement of the buffalo meat sector. It also provides valuable information to faculty members, students, re...

Polymer translocation occurs in many biological and biotechnological phenomena where electrically charged polymer molecules move through narrow spaces in crowded environments. Unraveling the rich phenomenology of polymer translocation requires a grasp of modern concepts of polymer physics and polyelectrolyte behavior. Polymer Translocation discusse

As manufacturing companies become global, excellence will be key to the survival of Indian manufacturing businesses. Despite India's good performance on the export front in recent years, India is being outperformed by its competitors. Indian manufacturing companies must compete with global companies and become world class organizations to be competitive.Organizational Culture and its Impact on Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing presents detailed insights into recent s...

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2021. The contents focus on Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development and Innovative Applications. This book covers topics related application of natural and artificial geosynthetics in shallow foundation bearing capacity enhancement, highway & railway pavements, high speed rail and geo-environmental applications. Topics also covered related to simulation of geosynthetic encased stone colu...

Analytical Techniques in Meat Science is a comprehensive compilation of all the relevant methodologies for the quality analysis of meat. The content of the book is designed to cater to requirement of meat producers, regulatory agencies, researchers, students, teachers, laboratory staff etc. It covers techniques for physico-chemical analysis, species identification and microbiological examination of meat. Also, it contains the latest biotechnological and proteomic techniques for meat qualit...

The book The breeze of love and life has given birth to the romance of limitless love and love of immeasurable happiness. It may be a challenge for the reader to resist from falling in love after reading itno no... after feeling the breeze of love in this book. So romantic and so lovable the life is while committing to each other says the poem SEED AND SOIL. Born of love or Born out of love, we do not bid farewell, but we fair well to reach other in life is portrayed in the poem FEELINGS. ...