Foundation of Sikhism and the Sikh Community: 1. The Life of Guru Nanak.

2. The Faith of Guru Nanak.

3. Evolution and Transformation of the Sikh Panth.

4. The Khalsa Rahit and Doctrines.

II. Identity and Social Order: 5.

The Early Sikh Identity. 6.

The Khalsa Identity. 7.

Equality, Caste and Gender. III.

Interpreting the Singh Sabha Movement: 8. Ham Hindu Nahin.

9. The Issue of Martydrom.

IV. The Sacred Texts: 10.

The Kartarpur Pothi. 11.

The Guru Granth and the Dasam Granth. V.

Methodology for Religious/Studies: 12. The Historical Method and Sikh Studies.

Index. Sikh studies in recent decades have been marked by a prolonged controversy involving most of the basic issues related to the Sikh tradition: the life of Guru Nanak and the Janamsakhis, the teachings of Guru Nank, the nature of his faith, and his status in the history of religion, evolution of the Sikh community and its (less)

I. Background and objectives: 1.

Introduction. 2.

UNGASS commitments. 3.

Purpose of the assessment. 4.

International programming framework. 5.

HIV affected and other vulnerable children. 6.

Objectives of the assessment. 7.

Assessment partners. 8.

Timetable for the assessment. 9.

Structure of this report. II.

Methodology of the assessment: 1. Key assessment questions and issues.

2. Children affected by HIV.

3. Summary of assessment approaches sources of data.

4. Sources of data.

5. Focus group research.

6. Social, legal and policy research on widows and orphans.

7. Literature review.

8. Limitations of the assessment.

III. The HIV epidemic in Bangladesh: 1.

The hidden AIDS epidemic in Bangladesh. 2.

Factors fuelling growth. 3.

Linkage of high risk behaviors. 4.

Low epidemic knowledge. 5.

Global epidemic trends in Bangladesh. 6.

Social and economic impact. 7.

Absorption of resources. 8.

Conclusion. IV.

The impact of HIV/AIDS and women and children: 1. Introduction.

2. HIV/AIDS infected (less)

Sakagawa. 2.

Assessment methodologies and fisheries management: how to keep making sense/Daniel Pauly. 3.

Split-beam technique used in Simrad EK500 to measure target strength/H. Bodholt and H.

Solli. 4.

Distribution of acoustic pelagic fish populations in the northern Aegean Sea/N. Tsimenides, G.

Bazigos, E. Georgakarakos and A.

Kapandagakis. 5.

Tentative fish school identification with fractal geometry/Olga Moura and G. Afonso dos Santos.

6. Assessment of coral reef fish stocks in the southwest Pacific using an underwater visual census method/Melita Samoilys and Gary Carlos.

7. Development and status of electric fishing as a scientific sampling technique/James B.

Reynolds. 8.

A system of fishery analysis/M. Drapatsky and E.

Cherny. 9.

Interactive graphics computer models for fisheries management/Philip R.W.

Sluczanowski, R.K.

Lewis, Jeremy D. Prince and John Tonkin.

10. FishMan, a user-friendly fisheries management software/Sinjae Yoo, Chang Ik Zhang and Soonmo An.

11. Software tools for management of tropical aquatic (less)

Watershed management for sustainable development of the Thar desert/Mohd. Anwar and Mohd.

Ajmal. 2.

Soils of the arid zone : their genesis and classification/M.L.

Soni and R.K.

Beniwal. 3.

Management of salt-affected and waterlogged soils in Indira Gandhi Nahar Project areas of Western Rajasthan/K.K.

Singh and B.B.

S. Kapoor.

4. Conservation of soils of the Thar desert/G.

K. Khetawat.

5. Indira Gandhi Canal Irrigation in the Thar desert--an ecological assessment/Ahmed Ali and Sneh Lata Singhvi.

6. Impact of Indira Gandhi Canal Irrigation on vegetation of the Thar desert/B.

B.S.

Kapoor and Ritu. 7.

Edible wild plants of the arid region of Rajasthan/R.K.

Gehlot. 8.

Forage production and rangeland management in the arid and semi-arid regions/R. Kumar.

9. Development of pasture and silvi-pasture systems in the arid ecosystem of Rajasthan/R.

K. Beniwal, M.

L. Soni and N.

D. Yadav.

10. Weed management in the arid region/S.

Kumar, B.B.

S. Kapoor and Ritu.

11. Eco-friendly way for sustainable productivity in the (less)

1. The international aspects of the needs of environmental assessment.

2. Environmental assessment in perspective.

3. EIA process.

4. Methodology.

5. Social impact assessment.

6. The urban environmental impact assessment.

7. EIA in developed countries and aid agencies.

8. EIA and international conventions.

9. Environmental Risk Assessments (EnRa).

10. Monitoring and mitigation.

11. Environmental assessment and cont-benefit analysis for sustainability assurance.

12. EIA reporting.

"The importance of environmental protection and conservation measures has been increasingly recognized during the past two decades. It is now generally accepted that economic development strategies must be compatible with environmental goals.

This requires the incorporation of environmental dimensions into the process of development. It is important to make choices and decisions that will eventually promote sound development by understanding the environment functions.

A increasing number of developing countries are accepting the principle of environmental screening of development projects at the planning stage and hence are looking for (less)

Ramakrishnan. 2.

Plant diversity in Gujarat: its status and conservation strategies/Diwakar Sharma and J.J.

Shah. 3.

Studies on diversity in a forage grass chloris swartz (Poaceae) Morphology and cytology/T.N.

Mary, P. Anthoniamma, P.

Koti Rao, S. Charlotte Kumari, K.

Sarada Mary and J. Vijayamma.

4. Conservation of medicinal plant biodiversity in India: achievements and challenges/P.

E. Rajasekharan and Vibha Rao.

5. Biological diversity: need of future/B.

L. Chavan.

6. Biodiversity conservation and traditional knowledge/Prashant Kumar Mishra.

7. Biodiversity of cyanophyceae in Sonvad Project Dam and Devbhane Dam of Dhule, Maharashtra (India)/S.

N. Nandan and D.

S. Jain.

8. Bio-diversity conservation - cry of the nature?/Maruthanayagam C.

and G. Sharmila.

9. Economic importance of some flowers and minor fruits; ethno-ecological approach of conservation/Archana Banerjee.

10. A study of bacillariophycean diversity in polluted lakes of Jalgaon District of North Maharashtra (India)/S.

N. Nandan and S.

R. Mahajan.

11. Facts and dimensions of biodiversity (less)

1. Nanotechnology to bring radical changes to chemical processes and engineering.

2. Nanotechnology improves foods, water, farming and environment but potential risks come with benefits.

Vol. II.

3. Health, medicine and surgical transplants have definite nanotech advantages.

4. Nanotechnology set to bring revolutionary changes in I.

T., communications and entertainment industries.

5. Security, defence, weaponry, space science and aviation get new facelift by nanotechnology.

Vol. III.

6. Nanotechnology makes difference to materials, markets and development in various sciences and industries.

Vol. IV.

7. Nanotechnology in infrastructure, mining, energy, construction and transport.

8. Discussions and debates about nanotech advancements that may affect more than just industry.

Appendix. Bibliography.

"The Nanotech advancements in near future will be magical and capable of upturning the commercial calculations of market beyond anyone's guess of the moment. This set Nanotechnology and Industrial Future is a sneak preview at that and an attempt to visit various industries and record the (less)

Biodiversity--the concepts, measurements and the status/S. Sundaramoorthy, Harish, Dinesh K.

Agrawal and Manohar Singh Suthar. 2.

Biodiversity of mangrove ecosystems of Orissa and its conservation with special reference to Bhitarakanika National Park/P.K.

Dash, Santilata Sahoo, Deepak K. Sahoo and Pratyush P.

Mohapatra. 3.

Biodiversity crisis management--need of the hour/M. Vijaya Koteswari.

4. Biodiversity of tropical deciduous forest of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve/Lalji Singh, Dhiraj Kumar Yadav and B.

S. Thakur.

5. Mayurbhanj--the biodiversity granaries of Orissa/Kambaska Kumar Behera and Santilata Sahoo.

6. Diversity of Grass flora of West Bengal with special reference to their utility/S.

Mitra and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

7. Diversity of aquatic and wet land plants of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal/S.

Mitra and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

8. Trees and shrubs of Koch Bihar District, West Bengal/S.

Bandyopadhyay and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

9. The Palms of West Bengal/T.

Bhuinya and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

10. Comparative tree community analysis of two old-growth tropical (less)

It is presented in a pocket-sized format (less)

1. Assessment of forest fire in India: a geospatial outlook towards data availability and adaptive management/Shijo Joseph and Anitha K.

2. Sustainable tourism enterprises for livelihood and conservation/A.

Vinodan. 3.

Traditional knowledge of ethnic tribes in Pranahita Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India/E.N.

Murthy, Chiranjibi Patnaik, C. Sudhkar Reddy and V.

S. Raju.

4. Ethno-botany of the Irula Tribes of Anaikatty Hills, Western Ghats, Southern India/K.

Anitha, Shijo Joseph, S. Narendra Prasad, E.

V. Ramasamy and A.

P. Thomas.

5. A note on ecotourism in livelihood and conservation/M.

H. Niranjan, J.

Mahadev and J. Devaraju.

6. Assessment and monitoring of wetland dynamics in Andhra Pradesh using remote sensing and GIS/P.

Ram Chandra Prasad, Chiranjibi Pattanaik and S. Narendra Prasad.

7. Socio-economic assessment and livelihood of the inhabitant living in and around the Chilika Lagoon: A Ramsar Site/Mamini Kumar Maharana, Binod Kumar Maharana and Lingaraj Patro.

8. Ecobiological study of Anegundi in Lakkvalli Range Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka/Raghavendra (less)

Description of Language and Language Use: Grammar. Vocabulary.

Discourse Analysis. Pragmatics.

Corpus Linguistics. Essential Areas of Enquiry in Applied Linguistics: Second Language Acquisition.

Psycholinguistics. Sociolinguistics.

Focus on the Language Learner: Styles, Strategies and Motivation. Language Skills and Assessment: Listening.

Speaking and Pronunciation. Reading.

Writing. Assessment.

Suggested solutions. Preferences.

Index. "‘So easy to read and understand’ TESL-EJ Description: An Introduction to Applied Linguistics provides a complete, authoritative and up-to-date overview of the field.

An Introductory chapter familiarises readers with key issues and recurrent themes while hands-on activities and further reading sections for each chapter encourage practical analysis and wider reading. The book is divided into three sections covering: • A description of language and language use • Essential areas of enquiry • The four skills and testing.

Each chapter offers an extended survey of a central element of Applied Linguistics and is authored by leading international specialists. With its (less)

Emergence of Gandhi. 2.

Dadabhai Naoroji : Early life. 3.

Poverty of India. 4.

Congress President. 5.

Dadabhai Naoroji : The assessment. 6.

The Khilafat. 7.

Role of Ali Brothers. 8.

Gandhi and Khilafat. 9.

Emergence of Annie Besant. 10.

Philosophy of Radicalism. 11.

Congress President, 1917. 12.

Attitude of Raj. 13.

Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919. 14.

Act of 1919 in operation. 15.

Rowlatt Bills. 16.

The tragedy. 17.

The assessment. 18.

Role of Motilal Nehru : Early career. 19.

Amritsar Congress and aftermath. 20.

Conclusion. "The book Emergence of Mahatma Gandhi during the first global war, indeed after a successful socio-political career of two decades in South Africa.

This period, in fact, is most crucial in the annals of our sub-continent. Various political developments which emerged during this period, had deep-routed effect on events in 1920s which became a torchbearer in the later historical events.

The pathway to Swaraj was a complex (less)

A brief history of social work. 2.

Theory and practice in social work. 3.

General trends from studies of the effectiveness of social work. 4.

Evidence based practice. II.

Social work methods, including assessment procedures: 5. Assessment, monitoring and evaluation.

6. Social casework and task centred casework.

7. Cognitive behavioural approaches.

8. Systemic approaches including family therapy.

9. Social work and community work.

III. Client groups: common problems and what helps: 10.

Social work with children and families. 11.

Social work with looked after children. 12.

Social work with young offenders. 13.

Social work and mental health. 14.

Social work with people with disabilities. 15.

Social work with older people. Afterword.

Bibliography. Index.

“A textbook of social work provides a comprehensive discussion of social work practice and its evidence base. It strikes a balance between (less)

Introduction. 2.

Food scenario in South Asia. 3.

Food policy in India and Sri Lanka. 4.

Determinants of demand for food. 5.

Distribution and access to food. 6.

Conclusion. Appendix.

Bibliography. Index.

"This book attempts to initiate a comparative study of food security in India and Sri Lanka since independence. It attempts a preliminary assessment of how food security goals are currently being achieved or thwarted in South Asia, especially in India and Sri Lanka.

The performance of agriculture and cropping pattern are very important elements of food security in South Asia. It provides a comprehensive assessment of food crops, i.

e. cereals, rice, wheat, coarse grains, pulses since 1961 in South Asia in general, and in India and Sri Lanka in particular.

Different programmes and policies are significant to ensure food security in a nation. Agricultural policies in general and food policy in particular, therefore, should be designed to facilitate food security (less)

Principles of student assessment. 2.

Student motivation. 3.

Understanding student learning. 4.

Organizing teaching and learning. 5.

Teaching and learning in smaller groups. 6.

Teaching and learning for skills development. 7.

Supporting learning from experience. 8.

Lecturing for learning. 9.

Teaching portfolios. 10.

Reflective practice. 11.

Observation of teaching practice. 12.

The assessment of teaching. 13.

Supporting student learning. 14.

Quality and standards in teaching. 15.

Virtual space, real learning: an introduction to VLEs. 16.

Supervising projects. Index.

"Teaching is a highly professional activity. It is often said that good teachers are born.

This is true that every body does not have a bent of mind for teaching. But nowadays due to mass education, teachers have to be created and trained.

There was a time when some specific communities took to the teaching profession but nowadays teaching has ceased to be the preserve of the few. Similarly over the years, based on (less)

Introduction. 2.

Natural resources. 3.

Biosphere. 4.

Population ecology and community ecology. 5.

Biodiversity. 6.

Spheres of earth. 7.

Environmental pollution. 8.

Agricultural and industrial pollution. 9.

Waste management and recycling. 10.

Environmental impact assessment and environmental protection. Glossary.

Subject index. "This book is designed to meet the needs of students who enroll for ecology and environmental science.

A vast literature on this subject is available but this book is a single volume discussion covering all the aspects of ecology and environment. This book is a current and comprehensive, yet not encyclopedic, intended for an introductory audience.

Much effort has taken to provide all possible information and the subject is discussed in multiple angles to cater the diverse interests of the reader. This book is divided into eleven chapters covering ecology, ecosystem, bio-diversity, spheres of earth, environmental pollution, wastes management, environmental laws, impact assessment, environmental agencies and environmental organization.

Needless to say (less)

The backdrop of Pahari murals by Dr. S.

D.S.

Charak. II.

Technique, assessment and significance of Pahari murals: A. Technique, preparation of the wall, the process of drawing of sketches and the application of pigments, pigments and their import, panel divisions (by Dr.

A.K.

Billawaria). B.

Assessment of the Pahari mural art, authors of Jammu wall paintings (by Dr. S.

D.S.

Charak). C.

Social significance of Jammu murals (by Dr. A.

K. Billawaria).

III. Mural centres in hills between the Ravi and the Chenab: I.

Jammu city: A. Thematic review (by Dr.

S.D.

S. Charak).

B. Mural centres (by Dr.

A.K.

Billawaria): 1. Bandrahli Rani Temple, Purani Mandi.

2. Raghunath Shrine, Dhaki Parmeshari.

3. Samadhi murals in Mandir Diwanan.

4. Radhey-Shyam Temple, Panjtirthi.

5. Jammu Palace.

IV. Mural centres in hills between the Ravi and the Chenab: II.

Countryside centres (by Dr. S.

D.S.

Charak): 6. Purmandal.

7. Burj-Khadeh.

8. Sui.

9. Riasi Palace.

10. Mansar.

11 (less)

Rational use of different on farm and off farm organic resources in India/A. Subba Rao and S.

Srivastava. 2.

Efficient manure application, availability in soil, crop utilization and response analysis of manure nutrients/A. Subba Rao and T.

R. Rupa.

3. Chemical and biochemical quality assessment of compost prepared from organic wastes/A.

B. Singh.

4. Effect of use of sewage water, MSW and city wastes on crop quality parameters/Ajay.

5. Sewage water utilization for production of medicinal and aromatic plants/Ajay.

6. Recent developments in the assessment of crop produce quality/K.

B. Hebbar.

7. Online fertilizer recommendation system/K.

N. Singh.

8. Nutrient mineralization characteristics of different organic manures/K.

Sammi Reddy. 9.

Issues in soil test crop response correlation based fertilizer recommendations: a self introspection/Y. Muralidharudu.

10. Contribution of on-farm and off-farm resources in integrated nutrient management prescriptions/Y.

Muralidharudu. 11.

Status and prospects of organic farming in India/P. Ramesh.

12. Micronutrients in soil - their role in plant growth (less)

Relevance of earth sciences in societal issues/Ravi Shanker. 2.

Arsenic contamination in groundwater in parts of Ambagarh Chowki - Korse Kohri Belt (Dongargarh - Kotri Rift Zone), Chhattisgarh/S.K.

Acharyya, I.D.

Ashyiya, Y. Pandey, S.

Lahiri, V.W.

Khangan and S.K.

Sarkar. 3.

Radioactive waste management and its impact on environment/K.B.

Lal. 4.

Snow and ice -- it's role in the eco-system and national development/V.K.

Raina. 5.

Proxy records of neotectonics, climate changes and anthropogenic activity in the late quarternary of Ganga Plain/Indra Bir Singh. 6.

Palaeoenvironmental assessment of Central Narmada Valley from the Mid - Pleistocene times - implications from palaeontology/G.L.

Badam. 7.

Quaternary fluvial geomorphology in Western India/Sheila Mishra. II.

Theme : Geoenvironmental studies : a. Environmental impact management: 1.

Geoenvironmental appraisal of East Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills districts, Meghalaya/Ramesh Chandra Shukla, Surendra Prasad and P.K.

Yadav. 2.

Geoenvironmental assessment of Mauda industrial area, Nagpur District, Maharashtra/Prem Babu, M (less)

Introduction. 1.

Aesthetics of impersonality : a study of Under the net and the black Prince. I.

The world of good: 2. ‘The nice’ and ‘The good’ : ‘The strivers’.

3. ‘The nice’ and ‘The good’ : ‘The achievers’.

4. Frustrated search for good : ‘The subline egoists’.

II. The world of evil: 5.

The contingent and the real. 6.

Power and ‘The psychopomps’. 7.

Triumph of evil. 8.

‘A fairly honourable defeat’. Summing up: 9.

Murdoch’s art : an assessment. Conclusion.

Select bibliography. Index.

"The fictional scene in England, immediately after the Second World War, makes an interesting reading. Many critical studies have, in great depth, investigated the historical processes to highlight the various directions the novelists moved in then.

At the same time, there was a concurrent and a deliberate attempt on the part of these novelists to discard the heritage of ‘Modernism.’ Iris Murdoch, who is one of the (less)

Accounting for the fact that the differences between classical academic disciplines disappear at the nanoscale, a truly interdisciplinary approach is chosen. Authors from areas like chemistry, physics, biology and toxicology as well as from economics, philosophy and the industrial sector treat the matter in a unified manner, not only giving isolated statements within their own realm, but also linking them to the other experts’ contributions.

A new definition of Nanotechnology by the authors is used as an anchor for the various sections of the book. This leads to an integrated text reflecting the multidimensional challenges occurring around Nano-technology.

The most important results of the study are transferred into acting recommendations concerning scientific progress, indsutrial rele-vance, economic potential, educational needs, potential adverse health effect and philosophical aspects of Nanotechnology. The book is addressing decision makers in relevant sectors of (less)

A brutal enforcer, and a soft-hearted family man. The Australian record-holder for highest score in Tests and One Day Internationals, who was at times troubled by self-doubt and doubteIn Standing My Ground, Hayden confronts these contradictions head-on.

He talks frankly about the forces that shaped his journey from fringe international to a giant of the game. He dissects Australia's tactic of verbal warfare and his own role as a key aggressor, taking us on a privileged tour inside the sporting machine that dominated all comers in a golden ageof Australian cricket.

This isn't a predictable ball-by-ball account of a stellar career. Instead, Hayden delivers characteristically direct assessment of the matches and the people that mattered most.

He pays homage to great role models like Allan Border and explains his deep connection to controversial (less)

Fish and fisheries: 1. Piscine specialised branchial cells and their physiological significance/Jagdish Ojha.

2. Comparative micro-architecture of intestinal epithelia of some Indian freshwater teleosts : a scanning electron microscopic study/G.

M. Sinha.

3. An overview of the fish diversity of Chatla Hoar floodplain lake in Cachar district of Assam with a note on their sustainable harvest and conservation/Devashish Kar and M.

H. Barbhuiya.

4. Histopathological changes in gills associated with urea poisoning in air-breathing fish, Channa-punctatus (Bloch)/N.

P. Sah and G.

K. Thakur.

II. Parasitology: 5.

A review and assessment of the synonymy of certain species of the genus Ganeo (Trematoda)/H.C.

P. Sah & Umapati Sahay.

6. A discussion on the synonymy of T.

mehrai Rai, 1962; T. vitelloconfluentum Rai, 1962 with T.

ranarum Mehra et. Negi, 1926/H.

C.P.

Sah and Umapati Sahay. III.

Entomology: 7. Neuroendocrine glands of Labidura riparia Pallas (Dermaptera) with special reference to the brain neurosecretory cells and their neurosecretory pathways in adult insects/B.

K (less)