1. Introduction.

2. Bacteria.

3. Microbiology laboratory.

4. Microscopes.

5. Microscopic techniques.

6. Cultivation of bacteria.

7. Biochemical tests of bacteria.

8. Cultivation of viruses.

9. Identification of protozoa.

10. Identification of microscopic fungi.

11. Identification of microscopic algae.

Appendices. Bibliography.

Glossary. Index.

This treatise is an introductory book for fresh students entering into the field of microbiology. The fundamental techniques, which are basic to all laboratories involved in microbiological and associated works, have been described with illustrations.

Moreover, concise information about different microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, microscopic fungi and microscopic algae has been given so as to acquaint the students with these microbes before starting any experiment on them. A total of 55 experiments have been described in a stepwise manner along with illustrative flow diagrams for all the experiments.

All attempts have been made to make the manual user friendly by making each experiment a separate and independent (less)

Fractures and faultlines in the global political economy. 2.

Integration and rivalry in Europe and the middle east. 3.

America's crusade in Asia and the Euro-Atlantic rift. 4.

The spectre of social and economic democracy. 5.

Transnational rivalries and the neoliberal turn. 6.

From Pinochet to the Reagan doctrine. 7.

The Rapallo syndrome and the demise of the Soviet Union. 8.

America over Europe in the Balkans crisis. 9.

The rise of China as the new contender. 10.

Energy conflicts in the post-Soviet era. 11.

From human rights to the global state of emergency. References.

Index. About the author.

"Offering a highly original analysis of world events, especially in the light of the Iraq war, Kees Van Der Pijl explores the history and development of relations between major countries in the international community. He examines the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way (less)

1. The Vedas.

2. The Upanishads.

3. The Bhagavad Gita.

4. The Yoga of knowledge and action.

5. The Yoga of devotion.

6. Sikhism.

Bibliography. Index of writers.

"Hinduism means incorporating all forms of belief and worship without necessitating the selection or elimination of any. This book incorporates literature from ancient sacred text of India considered as the Kernel of Hinduism.

"Jaico’s 366 readings series is the first comprehensive collection of the spiritual literature of the whole world presented in accessible form. It is aimed at people who wish to broaden their spiritual outlook, and also at the much larger group who have little or no attachment to a religious community, but seek spiritual wisdom.

"Each volume in the series contains major writings of one of the world’s spiritual traditions, presented in the form of an annual cycle of daily readings. "366 Readings from Hinduism includes: The Vedas, the ancient hymns (less)

With this goal in mind, the pace is lively, yet thorough. Basic notions of independence and conditional expectation are introduced relatively early on in the text, while conditional expectation is illustrated in detail in the context of martingales, Markov property and strong Markov property.

Weak convergence of probabilities on metric spaces and Brownian motion are two highlights. The historic role of size-biasing is emphasized in the (less)

Mysticism in Islam. 2.

Schools of mysticism: origin and evolution. 3.

Sufism in Islam and practices of the prophet. 4.

Sufi tendencies among the companions of the prophet. 5.

The chief Tariqa lines. 6.

Tariqah and Shari’ah. 7.

The formation of Ta’ifas. 8.

Nineteenth-century revival movements. 9.

The Sufism and theosophy of the orders. 10.

Organization of the Sufi orders. 11.

Ritual and ceremonial. 12.

Role of the orders in the life of Islamic society. 13.

Orders in the contemporary Islamic world. 14.

Development of present Sufi doctrines. Bibliography.

Index. "Muslim ascetics clothed in coarse garments of wool were first known as Sufis.

Sufism is a comprehensive term which embraces those tendencies in Islam which aim at direct communion between God and man. Sufism has passed through many stages.

The central ideal of ABSOLUTE and ABSTRACT Unity of God forms a sort of nucleus to the doctrines of Islamic Sufism. This book (less)

Introduction. 2.

Constitution amending process--comparative perspective. 3.

Justiciability of constitutional amendments. 4.

Implied limitations--birth and legitimization of basic structure doctrine. 5.

Basic structure doctrine--judicial consensus. 6.

Basic structure doctrine--contemporary conspectus. 7.

Administrative tribunals--constitutionality of. 8.

Political question doctrine as a limitation on judicial power. 9.

Conclusion. Select bibliography.

Index. "While the intellectual reservoir of Jurisprudential dialectics is forever overflowing with the ink spilled over on the basic structure doctrine by judges and academicians alike, the pragmatic receptacle of constitutional dynamics is replete with controversies centred around the amending power of the Parliament.

Thus opens the portal into the realm of Indian constitutional Jurisprudence’s journey from and to the basic structure doctrine. The struggle for supremacy between the Parliament and the judiciary is nowhere more pronounced than in the field of Parliament’s power to amend the constitution and the judiciary’s efforts to put fetter on it.

Against this backdrop the questions which brook (less)

Part one focuses on the special theory and begins with the study of relativistic kinematics from three points of view: the physical (the classic gedanken experiments), the algebraic (the Lorentz transformations), and the graphic (the Minkowski diagrams). Part one concludes with chapters on relativistic dynamics and electrodynamics.

Part two begins with a chapter introducing differential geometry to set the mathematical background for general relativity. The physical basis for the theory is begun in the chapter on uniform accelerations.

Subsequent chapters cover rotation, the electromagnetic field, and material media. A second chapter on differential geometry provides the background for Einstein's gravitational-field equation (less)

Genocide & war crimes. 2.

Abolition of slavery. 3.

International bill of human rights. 4.

Prevention of discrimination. 5.

Rights of the child. 6.

Human rights in the administration of justice: protection of persons subject to detention or imprisonment. 7.

Rights of indigenous peoples. Regional protection of human rights: i.

European. ii.

American. iii.

African. iv.

National. Section II: 1.

Refugee instruments: i. Universal.

2. Regional instruments: i.

African. ii.

American. 3.

Inter-governmental instrument. Section: III: 1.

Indian Position on international human rights and refugee instruments. Bibliography.

Errata. "In the past fifty years, the community of nations has produced a number of international human rights instruments both at the universal and the regional levels, which are designed to secure the promotion and perfection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The book contains all important human rights and refugee instruments available at regional and universal levels. At national level, statute of (less)

Fundamental features of Islamic Law. 2.

Concept of Islamic Law. 3.

Significant elements of Islamic law. 4.

Basis of Islamic law. 5.

Historical background of Islamic law. 6.

Roots of Islamic law. 7.

Islamic law based on holy Quran and tradition. Bibliography.

Index. Islam, as a faith is a complete code of life.

It tells its followers how to lead a happy and prosperous life, here and hereafter. Almighty Allahs last and final Prophet, Muhammad (Pbuh) preached a good for all times religion in this world over 1400 years back in the Arabian desert.

When the Prophet (Pbuh) opened his eyes in this world, the land of Arabia was completely engulfed in inhuman and utterly barbarous practices. There was no room for mercy and compassion in stony hearted people of Arabia.

Seeing this utterly ignoble and pathetic condition, Allah, the Mighty and Powerful, decided to change the age long tradition, prevailing among (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Bacteria.

3. Microbiology laboratory.

4. Microscopes.

5. Microscopic techniques.

6. Cultivation of bacteria.

7. Biochemical tests of bacteria.

8. Cultivation of viruses.

9. Identification of protozoa.

10. Identification of microscopic fungi.

11. Identification of microscopic algae.

Appendices. Bibliography.

Glossary. Index.

This treatise is an introductory book for fresh students entering into the field of microbiology. The fundamental techniques, which are basic to all laboratories involved in microbiological and associated works, have been described with illustrations.

Moreover, concise information about different microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, microscopic fungi and microscopic algae has been given so as to acquaint the students with these microbes before starting any experiment on them. A total of 55 experiments have been described in a stepwise manner along with illustrative flow diagrams for all the experiments.

All attempts have been made to make the manual user friendly by making each experiment a separate and independent (less)

Status and trends of bioinformatics. 2.

Basics of genomics. 3.

Principles of molecular genetics. 4.

Structure of proteins. 5.

Computational molecular biology. 6.

DNA sequencing technologies. 7.

Alignment of protein sequences. 8.

Microarray data analysis. 9.

Bioinformatics of transcription. 10.

Genome annotation. 11.

Gene therapy. 12.

Analysis of gene prediction techniques. Bibliography.

Index. "Bioinformatics is the field of science in which biology, computer science, and information technology merge into a single discipline.

The ultimate goal of the field is to enable the discovery of new biological insights as well as to create a global perspective from which unifying principles in biology can be discerned. Research in bioinformatics includes method development for storage, retrieval, and analysis of the data.

Bioinformatics is a rapidly developing branch of biology and is highly interdisciplinary, using techniques and concepts from informatics, statistics, mathematics, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and linguistics. It has many practical applications in different areas of (less)

Introduction: childbirth and modernity in Tamil Nadu. 1.

The professionalization of obstetrics in "Colonial India" the "Problem" of childbirth in colonial discourse. 2.

Maternal and child health services in the postcolonial era. 3.

Bangles of Neem, bangles of gold: pregnant women as auspicious burdens. 4.

Invoking Vali: painful technologies of birth. 5.

Moving targets: the routinization of IUD insertions in public maternity wards. 6.

"Baby Friendly" hospitals and bad mothers: maneuvering development during the postpartum period. Conclusion: Reproductive Rights, "choices", and resistance.

Epilogue. Appendices: 1.

Sample interview questionnaires. 2.

Official structure of maternal-child health care institutions and practitioners in Tamil Nadu, 1995. Glossary.

Notes. Bibliography.

Index. "Even childbirth is affected by globalization-and in India, as elsewhere, the trend is away from home births assisted by midwives toward hospital births that increasingly rely on new technologies.

And yet, as this work of critical feminist ethnography clearly demonstrates, (less)

Also includes a bonus CD-ROM featuring ready-to-use VB applications (less)

Introduction. I.

Electricity Act and efficiency in generation, distribution: 1. Electricity Act and 'Enterprisation' of the State Electricity Boards/Joel Ruet.

2. Central Act and State Acts/G.

Subba Rao. 3.

Markets through the back door/Sudha Mahalingam. 4.

Benchmarking of electricity distribution companies in India/Prem K. Kalra, V.

P. Singh and Yogesh K.

Bichpuriya. II.

Technical choices and management: 5. Need for distribution system reforms and customer training/A.

K. Saxena and Prem K.

Kalra. 6.

Application of information technology to improve performance in power distribution/Sanjay Gupta. 7.

Broad technology choices and technology mix for the power sector/R.K.

Belapurkar. 8.

Voltage control through reactive power management--case studies/Mahendra Kumar. 9.

Transmission line congestion management using Bid-Areas Division Technique/D.P.

Kothari and Parul Goyal. 10.

Integrated resource planning in supply side management in power system/Prem K. Kalra, Yogesh K.

Bichpuriya and V.P.

Singh. III.

Macro-level aspects: what to do as reforms?: 11. A benchmarking of performance of Indian state-level electricity (less)

Introduction. 2.

Understanding the basics. 3.

Microtechnology. 4.

Nanotechnology and the environment. 5.

Medical applications. 6.

Technological implications. 7.

Safety, abuse and downsides. 8.

Strategies and prospects. Bibliography.

Index. "Nanotechnology is the miniaturisation of technology to the billionth of a meter (the nanometer) to the molecular level.

It is the design and manufacturing on intelligent miniature machines, programmed to perform specific tasks. Nanoscience and technology are emerging arenas of research and development with tremendous potential to improve the human condition along with some real possibilities of significantly worsening mankind's situation.

The emergence of nanoscience portends a revolution in technology that will soon impact virtually every facet of our technological lives. Yet there is little understanding of what it is among the public and often among scientists and engineers in other disciplines.

The present publication is an introductory text on nanotechnology, covering all basic aspects, including molecular nanotechnology, nanomaterials, nanopowders, nanoelectronics, optics, photonics, (less)

2. Classification of Fruit Crops.

3. Agroclimatic Zones.

4. Influence of Climate.

5. Soils.

6. Planning an Orchard.

7. Nursery Techniques.

8. Plant Growing Structures.

9. Propagation-Principles and Procedures.

10. Modern System of Fruit Growing.

11. High Density Orcharding.

12. Training, Pruning and Thinning.

13. Mineral Nutrition.

14. Fertilizers and Manures.

15. Irrigation.

16. Weed Management.

17. Soil Management Systems.

18. Cropping Systems.

19. Flowering and Fruiting.

20. Fruit Physiology.

21. Special Problems in Fruit Production.

22. Growth Regulators in Fruit Production.

23. Physiological Disorders.

24. Insect-Pest Management.

25. Disease Management.

26. Techniques of Fruit Breeding.

27. Fruit Marketing.

28. Rejuvenation of Old Orchard.

29. Dryland Fruit culture.

30. Fruit crops.

31. Fruit crop matching mantra.

32. Distinguish between.

Glossary. Appendix.

Selected Bibliography. Index.

Basic Concepts of Fruit Science second revised edition is an updated text to cater to the growing need of students, scholars, researchers, scientists, horticulturists, extension (less)