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This book systematically summarizes the great potential applications of graphene in the field of metal corrosion protection, graphene anticorrosion films, graphene/organic anticorrosion coatings, graphene/Inorganic anticorrosion coatings and graphene/polymer anticorrosion coatings. In spite to corrosion protection, graphene coatings have been applied as flame-retardant coatings, wear/scratch-resistant coatings, antifouling coatings, pollutant-adsorption coatings, and antiseptic coatings.

Biostimulants are products that increase plant growth, water resistance, and resistance to abiotic stresses while reducing the need for fertilizers. These substances are effective at low concentrations, promoting the good performance of the plant's vital processes and allowing for high yields and high-quality products. Regardless of nutrient content, biostimulants applied to plants improve nutrition efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, and plant quality traits. Humic acid, hormones, algae extract, and plant growth promoting bacteria are among the raw materials used in biostimulants composition. Bio-fertilizers are microorganism-containing substances that, when added to soil, increase fertility and promote plant growth. They help to maintain soil fertility by releasing growth-promoting substances and vitamins. They act as antagonists, suppressing the occurrence of soil-borne plant pathogens and thus aiding in disease biocontrol. Bio-fertilizers with nitrogen fixing, phosphate mobilising and cellulolytic microorganisms increase the availability of plant nutrients in the soil, assisting in the production of sustainable agricultural and farming systems.

Elections have become the prerequisite of democratic governance in most countries. In pursuit of this democratic imperative, Ghana has conducted eight (8) successive elections since the inception of the Fourth Republic. In the quest to seek continuous improvement, the Election Management Body of Ghana has over the years implemented various policies to give citizens the right to vote to choose leaders. However, notwithstanding the relentless effort to improve the electoral process, the incidence of rejected ballots poses risk to the democratic value of elections. The quantum of rejected ballots sometimes is enough to push the elections into a runoff. Apart from the financial and economic costs to the nation, runoff elections birthed by rejected ballots create tensions and anxiety with the tendency to threaten the peace and security of countries. Consequently, the main causes and effects of rejected ballots on the democratic value of elections have eluded the voting public. This study aims to evince the possible cause of rejected ballots and narrow the knowledge gap of its impact on Ghana's democracy by adopting descriptive analysis to assess the democratic peril of high incidence.

The approach used in the study is to describe the formation of integral elements of language from the lowest to the highest through a progressive movement forward with increasing levels of organization. Its rationale lies in confirming that the content of the discourse is fairly well developed, concerns the presence of a vague idea of the formation of language as a system and summarizes the speculative nature of the philosophical interpretation of the emergence of speech. The structure of the work, or its synopsis, is, firstly, a description of the starting points of the origin of mental and cognitive activity, secondly, the communicative development and formation of speech, thirdly, the discursive content of linguistic categories. The pedagogy of the study is based on the replacement of abstraction with speech embodiment, which reveals the patterns of acquisition of knowledge, skills, abilities and the formation of beliefs.

Stroke has a significant socioeconomic impact on the world. Ischemic strokes arise when a blood clot (also known as "thrombi") or a fatty plaque (made up of fat residue, cholesterol, and waste particles) blocks the blood supply to a part of the brain, killing the neurons in that area (brain cells). The majority of stroke patients will survive the first sickness, the long-term implications for individuals generally have the largest impact on their health and may also lead to larger numbers of death. So, the prior detection of stroke is necessary to prevent the condition. A cloud-based Stroke prediction system has been presented to identify Stroke using a Machine learning approach in order to diagnose it at an early stage. The intention of the design is to use the convolution neural network (CNN) algorithm to design an automated early ischemic stroke disclosure system. The major goal of using CNN is to accurately detect a stroke and alert the doctor or career as soon as possible.

The author has developed a stress form of Richard's equation. Four newborn abiotic stress parameters, symbolized as SSI, β, bz, and bt, were identified, discussed, and nominated as Hegazy Abiotic Stress Parameters (HASP). The term bz is responsible for shaping the curvature of SSI in the root domain and causing the gradual response which enhances plant survival throughout alternatated wetting and drying cycles. The term bt plays a vital role in determining the moisture regime for deficit irrigation scenarios, without a tangible reduction in crop yield. Lastly, SSI or β dictate the type and amount of uptake in accordance to stress or stress, strain, and weather-induced forces, respectively.

The culture of a people has been the guiding principle in most African societies for time immemorial. As a total way of life, it has moderated the activities of respective societies in all human endeavors. Culture defines individual identity as a member of an ethnic group, it has been the panacea with which prestige, honesty and integrity was obtained. It has knitted societies together in a manner that the observance of law and order was paramount, respect to elders and constituted authorities along traditional lines was supreme. It has molded the human mind to fear not only local cult systems, but the Devine Being with utmost sanctity. The 21st century marked a turning point in the African belief systems as a result of the high regard youths accorded to modernization. The result of this was the flagrant abuse on African deterrent systems. Heightened by the incursion of modern religions and the Information and Communication Technology, the African youth is on collision course with their heritage.

A good business research methods textbook aims to provide students and researchers with a solid foundation in both theoretical concepts and practical applications, equipping them with the skills needed to conduct meaningful research in the business field by keeping this in view we have written a text book of Business Research Methods for helping students community who wants to learn about research.It helps the students of BBA, MBA, M.Com and other UG and PG Courses.

The book deals with basic statistics which are used by applied and empirical research workers in the field of engineering, medical, biostatistics, economics, commerce, psychology, and in many other bio-sciences. The applied workers need to collect data, usually by sampling investigation and they need to represent the collected data. They also need to study different measures of central tendency and measure of dispersion, correlation and regression. Finally, data are statistically interpreted with probabilistic justification. The required topics are presented in 9 chapters with sufficient worked out examples.

Throughout history, Black women have been considered as the objectified other to be manipulated and controlled. As objects, their existence has been defined, created, and represented by more powerful individuals. Black women's narratives, however, came as a response to the bigoted representations of Black womanhood and focus on the necessity of Black women's struggle to challenge and overthrow racial and patriarchal injustices in order to generate a self-assertive identity. Through analyzing selected novels written by African-American women writers, this book explores Black women's desire to contrive stout identities despite the intersectional obstructions. It explains the way these women writers highlight the female protagonists' persistent efforts to defy the domineering patriarchal and racial forces, and conceive various innovative means to pursue self-fulfilment. Because these writers focus on underscoring Black women's unique experience, their works become part of a revolutionary agenda that considers Black female women's identity as a rhizomatic rather than an arborescent entity.

Emu is native to Australia, and also its national bird. Australian aborigines used to raise emus for food, shelter and clothing for centuries. Considered to be a menace once upon time to the agricultural farmers, emu is now emerging as a potential multi-million dollar industry in the world (Geo, 1993).It is expanding at a rapid rate in several countries including India. The birds are totally useable and its products include meat, oil, skin, feathers, nails and egg shells. A huge demand in international market exists for all these products. Despite this tremendous potential, very little is known about its scientific management, production performance and welfare. Emu farming in India is less than a decade old and no scientific information is available on any of the above aspects. Hence a pilot study was undertaken to study the production performance of emu birds maintained emu research unit, TANUVAS at RRC Pudukkottai, in Tamil Nadu.The results reported in this study pertains to the emu chicks from 0-90 days of age under normal feeding management system. The growth performance in terms of body weight, average daily weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency was recorded.

Primarily intended for the undergraduate students of science the book deals with the practical aspects of Physical and Inorganic chemistry and discusses how experiment should be done in the laboratory the book introduces the various types of components used in Laboratories The book has been written to provide graduate students of Gondwana University. Experiment dealing with Phase rule, critical. Key features voice Viva voice and practiced self-assessment questions solution temperature, Chemical kinetics, Colligative properties and Inorganic qualitative analysis. The book provides tips for carrying out experiments smoothly the book is very comprehensive covering and all aspects from calculations for preparations practical made is easy. The slogan of the book efforts has been put to simplify each a step to solving difficulty generally face during experimentation this would does provide in depth understanding to the students with the habit of scientific reasoning.

The proposed book is a groundbreaking initiative in the realms of governance and financial control, centering on the development of a robust dashboard for tracking recommendations emerging from legal audit missions. In the evolving business landscape of Morocco, where organizations face leadership challenges and heightened competition, this book emerges as a crucial guide. By addressing the often overlooked aspect of follow-up on audit recommendations, the envisioned dashboard becomes an indispensable tool for both audit professionals and financial managers. Offering insights into the impact of audits and the effectiveness of interventions, the book not only advocates for best practices in dashboard design but also serves as a bridge in evaluating the contribution of audits to enhancing the accounting systems of audited entities. With a dual focus on auditors' after-sales service and auditees' comprehensive evaluation of results, this book is poised to be a cornerstone resource for fostering corporate governance, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Private label branding, store brand and retail brand are the terms which are used indistinctly to describe brands of consumer goods that are produced according to a retailer and marketed under a retailer name through the retailer outlets. Private label brands are the brands which are managed and owned by the retailers. From the consumers' standpoint, private label brands provide with a competitive alternative to manufacturer brands based on lower prices, due to their lower costs. This study is based on answering what are the factors that a consumer can perceive better regarding private label branding and what factors affects the personal label brand of retailers. No substantial research has been found in the field of private label branding in the context of Nepal.This study is based on the primary data collection from different consumers who uses private labeled food products. Total of 260 respondents were taken as a sample for this study and convenience sampling method was used for data collection. It has been found that three variables namely perceived value, perceived price and trust have significant positive impact on purchase intention of private labeled food products.

A critique of Postgraduate studies in education in African public universities is an attempt to-wards shedding light on the Postgraduate education in public Universities in selected African Countries. It traces the development of some of the educational courses, departments and challenges that most African public Universities have to navigate in achieving quality and enhanced student enrollment. This book will prove to be valuable to University scholars, University management and Government entities concerned with Human Capital Development.

This research report entitled "Consumers' Attitude towards Video on Demand Service in Nepalese Market" is a survey-based research study. The study attempts to know the consumer attitude towards video-on-demand service in the context of Nepal. The business dynamics of the VoD service that sustained for mass has now become more customized and friendly for people. Since very little research has been carried out on this topic, it will be helpful for those willing to research this field. The study showed that there is a significant interaction effect of consumer attitude towards VoD applications. Similarly, there is a significant difference in consumer attitudes towards VoD applications. Consumers are willing to subscribe for VoD services considering the features of VoD applications and the Quality of Content in VoD applications.

In the present text, the author does desire to put the focus on Common Law. In addition, the author will put forwards evaluations concerning National Law and International Law. In relation to Common Law, the author will arrive at the conclusion that the latter is distinguished by a principle of contingent causal attitude. In the moment in which the principle of the precedent is not applicable, the judge has to use his / her authority for creating new law.

The materials of the book are chiefly ment for the students of the English department of higher educational institutions who are training to become teachers of English. Its structure and contents of the present are composed in accordance with demands of the educational-methodic complex of the discipline which is based on the syllabus of the subject and meets the requiements of the State Educational Standard. In the composition of the book all the requiements of the curriculum and the syllabus of the subject ―Theoretical course of English phonetics‖ are taken into consideration. The book includes materials on the phonemic system of English, its suprasegmental units and the characteristic features of connected speech. The aim of the book is to provide the students with nessessary materials, which will help them in their future profession. The materials may also be successfully used by teachers and postgraduates.

Web-based intelligent tutoring systems attempt to integrate artificial intelligence techniques with tutoring systems for making teaching learning process similar to face-to-face learning. A generic web-based Intelligent Tutoring system is composed of five modules namely Student Module, Tutor Module, Domain Module, Expert Module and Interface Module. This book describes the modeling and design of a fuzzy neural intelligent tutoring system. The proposed model of fuzzy neural intelligent tutoring system achieves the goals of "intelligence" and "adaptivity" in tutoring by dividing it into sub models like a student model based on current research in adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), a tutor model based on a fuzzy finite state machine implemented through ANFIS, a domain knowledge model based upon current XML technology and an adaptive courseware generator implemented through ANFIS.

The book entitled introduction to research methods. This book is helpful for the researchers and scholars to study the quantitative as well as qualitative research methods. This book comprised of 13 chapters and major areas are the introduction to educational research, fundamental of educational research, quantitative research methods, qualitative research methods, mixed methods, data analysis, development of research proposal, introduction to research tools, properties of tools of research, review of literature, rules for writing research report, bibliography, references, citations, citations. The introduction to educational research focuses the scientific method, limitations, applications, background of quantitative approach, and background of qualitative approach, mixed methods approach, basic research, applied research, action research, and evaluation research. The fundamental of educational research emphasizes the concept of research, educational research, characteristic of research, benefits of research, characteristics of literature review, research design, types of research designs, population and sampling, questionnaires and its types.

Монография рекомендована докторантам, магистрам и студентам вузов для изучения теоретической части и проведения научно-практических исследований в области технологии производства пищевых продуктов и пищевой безопасности. Монография также может быть предназначена преподавателям для использования в учебном процессе, а также работникам в сфере производства продуктов питания. Цель монографии использование и разработка новых видов пищевых добавок из растительного сырья местного происхождения и внедрение их в производство.

The goal of any drug delivery system is to administer a therapeutic amount of a drug to the appropriate site in the body and achieve as well as maintain the desired plasma concentration for a specific duration. However, challenges such as incomplete drug release, shorter residence times of dosage forms in the upper gastrointestinal tract, and significant first-pass metabolism contribute to lower oral bioavailability. Parenteral drug delivery offers rapid attainment of therapeutically effective drug levels, but it comes with the drawback of a rapid decline in systemic drug levels or potential hazards associated with intravenous infusion, requiring close medical supervision, especially during hospitalization.These limitations inherent in conventional dosage forms have paved the way for an era of controlled and novel drug delivery systems. Specifically designed to release drugs at predetermined rates over predefined periods, controlled drug delivery systems aim to address the shortcomings of traditional drug formulations.Within the realm of microparticulate systems, microspheres hold special importance due to their ability to target drugs and provide controlled release.

Crafting scholarly excellence, holistic exploration of qualitative research academic journal writing, and strategies for maximizing journal impact in contemporary academia is a comprehensive investigation into the intricacies of qualitative research methodologies, academic journal writing, and effective strategies for enhancing the impact of scholarly work in today's academic landscape. This scholarly inquiry explores the subtleties of qualitative research offering insights into its theoretical foundations, practical applications, and methodological considerations. It also thoroughly examines the complexities of academic journal writing, including best practices for structuring manuscripts navigating the peer review processes, and adhering to publication standards. The book offers valuable strategies for maximizing the impact of research publications encompassing approaches to increase visibility, enhance dissemination, and engage with diverse audiences through its holistic approach. This exploration aims to equip scholars with the knowledge and tools to excel in qualitative research endeavors and achieve broader recognition and influence within the academic community.

The college students to find difficult to understand the subject taught to mainly due to understand standard references. While preparing this "THE REFERENCE BOOK OF CLINICAL NUTRITION" (A Revised Syllabus based on Periyar University) has been prepared to serve the special reference of college students. This book explains the advanced Research in Clinical nutrition in a simplified manner. This reference book can be used for UG and PG zoology students, who are looking for a quick revision before the semester Examination. This book has been written to students and preparatory the field of Medical Nutrition& Diet, no such book which cover suitable picture with needed explanation, General principles of Clinical Nutrition studies and create awareness to public and practice.

"Sani" unveils the culinary heritage of a traditional winter delicacy, born from the harmonious blend of jaggery and sesame seeds. Intriguingly, Sani is more than just a winter treat; it is a time-honored practice aimed at keeping the body warm and promoting healthy blood circulation. Despite its popularity, the absence of a standardized preparation method has left a gap in the culinary world. Hence, the study detailed in this book proposes to address this void by establishing a scientific and standardized approach to the creation of Sani. Through meticulous research, the authors delve into the intricacies of Sani preparation, exploring the nuances of each step in the process. The book not only aims to fill the gap in knowledge but also serves as a guide for enthusiasts and practitioners keen on mastering the art of crafting this winter elixir. Furthermore, the study places a strong emphasis on the organoleptic evaluation of Sani-immersing readers in the sensory experience of tasting and savoring this delightful concoction. The authors draw on their expertise to offer insights into the flavors, textures, and aromas that make Sani a cherished tradition.

The present report shows the performance analysis of a household LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) burner incorporated with porous media consisting of metal balls and metal chips. The thermal efficiencies of a conventional household LPG burner with and without the usage of porous media were compared. With the usage of porous media, the maximum thermal efficiency of the burner was found to be 72.2% which is generally in the range of 64-67% for a conventional LPG burner. Similarly, the temperature distribution across the burner surface was found to be more uniform when porous media was used. The temperature difference across the burner surface in normal condition was around 300 °C whereas using porous media it was decreased to around 100 °C. Also, the energy cost was found to be less with the use of porous media in the burner. A maximum 5.3% saving in energy cost was found with the use of porous media.

This Book is the design of a small-scale working model hovercraft which providing fully hovercraft basic functions. This final year project carries out by us to fulfillment the requirement for award the degree of Bachelor of technology in mechanical Engineering. The air cushion vehicle or "HOVERCRAFT", as it is popularly known is the newest vehicle in today 's transport scene. As well as being new, this vehicle is different from other more conventional, terrestrial vehicle in that it requires no surface contact for traction, and it can move freely over a variety of surface while supported continuously on a self-generated cushion of air. Though the concept is new, the rate of development of hovercraft has been outstandingly faster than that of any other mode of transport.

The field of education constitutes a dynamic and complex sector, requiring effective organization and administration to address various challenges. The present book, titled "Organization and Administration of Education," serves as a valuable guide for educational leaders, offering a systematic approach to issues of organization, administration, and financial management in educational institutions. Through this guide, readers will gain a fundamental understanding of the challenges and best practices in the organization and administration of education, making this book a useful tool for educators, researchers, and those interested in the progress of education.

This monograph presents an in-depth analysis of internal control systems within organizations, with a focus on the COSO and COBIT frameworks. It aims to identify the sufficiency and areas for improvement in the internal control systems of selected accounting units. The study employs a multidimensional approach, examining the theoretical underpinnings of internal control systems, comparing them with practical implementations, and offering actionable recommendations. Through a case study approach, the monograph evaluates the internal control system of a selected accounting unit, identifying shortcomings in its control environment and suggesting improvements. The study found that while the accounting unit's management is committed to improving internal controls, there is often a reactive rather than proactive approach to issues.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive and irreversible respiratory condition characterized by persistent airflow limitation. It encompasses two main conditions: chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is often associated with exposure to harmful inhaled substances, with cigarette smoke being the leading cause.COPD is a complex respiratory condition with profound implications for affected individuals and global healthcare systems. A holistic approach involving prevention, accurate diagnosis, and comprehensive management strategies is essential to mitigate the impact of COPD on individuals' lives and improve overall outcomes.