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Principles and Application of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice helps clinicians who conduct population-based studies in the community be aware of the principles and ethics involved in public health research. Further, the book helps social scientists involved in public health, especially regarding the medical implication of public health practice. Community-based epidemiological research studies are vital for any public health activities, be it evaluation of health programs, health systems strengthening, surveillance or preventive/promotive trials in the community. While hospital/clinic-based research is conducted in a very controlled setting, community trials are more practical. Community-based studies require a fairly different set of ethical and epidemiological principles to be followed. The same has been reiterated in the ethical guidelines for biomedical research on human subjects released by various national research organizations. - Facilitates an in-depth understanding of basic principles of public health practice and its practical application. - Includes the basic principles of public health research and ethics. - Uses case studies to discuss the public health strategies and approaches to be considered during routine day-to-day practice and a public health emergency. - Helps build the capacity of public health practitioners with a futuristic view, including technology-based and precision public health practice.

Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement examines the signaling pathways and mechanisms associated with phytohormones, with particular focus on stress resilience. The growing population of world and unpredictable climate puts pressure on the agriculture production. Current constraints such as increasing temperatures, drought, salinity, cold, nutrient deficiency, along with biotic interactions trigger exquisitely tuned responsive mechanisms in plants. The main coordinators of all stress-related mechanisms are phytohormones, which can be transported over long distances and play a significant role in controlling physiological, agronomic and growth traits, metabolites and sustained crop productivity. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms influencing the stress responses mediated by phytohormones is crucial to ensure the continuity of agricultural production and food security. This book aims to address sustainable agricultural approaches to improve biotic and abiotic stress resilience in crop plants, covering different topics from perception and signaling plant hormones to physiological and molecular changes under different cues. Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement is an essential read for students, researchers and agriculturalists interested in plant physiology, plant genetics and crop yield improvement. - Comprehensive review of phytohormone pathways and mechanisms in relation to stress tolerance - Crosstalk between phytohormones and signaling molecules under optimal and stress affiliated responses - Omics approaches in plant responses to stress adaptation

This volume studies the various forms of ethnic autonomy envisioned within and outside the purview of the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It explores the role of the British Indian administration and the Constituent Assembly of India in the introduction and inclusion of the schedule and the special provisions granted under it. Drawing on case studies from the states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Sikkim in Northeast India and Darjeeling in West Bengal, it examines whether the practice of granting autonomy has been able to fulfil the political aspirations of the ethnic communities and how far autonomy settles or eases conflict. It also discusses sub-state nationalism and if it can be accommodated within autonomy, and studies the views of the central government and state governments towards such autonomy.An important contribution towards understanding India's federal structure, the volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of politics, democracy, Indian Constitution, law, self-governance, political theory and South Asian studies.

This volume explores the dynamics of urbanisation in Northeast India. It discusses the impact of the process of urbanisation on the environment, infrastructure and socio-economic conditions of the region. The chapters in the book: Examine various challenges and opportunities of urbanisation, such as frontier urbanism, urban congestion, smart cities, vernacular architecture, urban water and waste management, cross-border migration and ethnicity. Draw attention to critical issues that have massively disturbed the urban landscape including deterioration of water quality, seismic activity and air pollution. Give alternatives that could present possible solutions to the problems afflicting this region. Drawing on case studies rooted in extensive fieldwork, this book will be indispensable to researchers and students of urban studies, human geography, development economics, cultural studies and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policy-makers, government representatives and town planners.

Abiotic stresses such as drought, flooding, high or low temperatures, metal toxicity and salinity can hamper plant growth and development. Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants explains the physiological and molecular mechanisms plants naturally exhibit to withstand abiotic stresses and outlines the potential approaches to enhance plant abiotic stress tolerance to extreme conditions. Synthesising developments in plant stress biology, the book offers strategies that can be used in breeding, genomic, molecular, physiological and biotechnological approaches that hold the potential to develop resilient plants and improve crop productivity worldwide.Features· Comprehensively explains molecular and physiological mechanism of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants· Discusses recent advancements in crop abiotic stress tolerance mechanism and highlights strategies to develop abiotic stress tolerant genotypes for sustainability· Stimulates synthesis of information for plant stress biology for biotechnological applications· Presents essential information for large scale breeding and agricultural biotechnological programs for crop improvementWritten by a team of expert scientists, this book benefits researchers in the field of plant stress biology and is essential reading for graduate students and researchers generating stress tolerant crops through genetic engineering and plant breeding. It appeals to individuals developing sustainable agriculture through physiological and biotechnological applications.

This book attempts to advocate for health empowerment of women through self-care by adopting patient centered care in OPD Settings. This is sought to be promoted as a desirable strategy in 21st century hospitals. The USP of the book is that it is an entirely indigenous product, i.e., based on the research project work of the students and faculty of PGIMER, Chandigarh. The book indicates that it is feasible to impart health promotion orientation in Gynecology, Orthopedics and Surgery OPDs through counselling of women without resorting to any medication. In the era of evidence based medicine this book showcases the efficacy of a variety of interventions related to various women health issues including menstruation, polycystic ovary syndrome; infertility, minor disorders in pregnancy, congenital malformations / genetic disorders, urine leakage, pelvic organ prolapse, dysmenor rhea, menopause, low back pain, kneeosteoarthritis, ther apy rel a ted complications in breast or cervix cancer patients. All the projects highlighted in the book have a definite replication value in medical/nursing colleges of India and elsewhere. The book will surely empower women to have a healthy and productive life.

This book attempts to advocate for health empowerment of women through self-care by adopting patient centered care in OPD Settings. This is sought to be promoted as a desirable strategy in 21st century hospitals. The USP of the book is that it is an entirely indigenous product, i.e., based on the research project work of the students and faculty of PGIMER, Chandigarh. The book indicates that it is feasible to impart health promotion orientation in Gynecology, Orthopedics and Surgery OPDs through counselling of women without resorting to any medication. In the era of evidence based medicine this book showcases the efficacy of a variety of interventions related to various women health issues including menstruation, polycystic ovary syndrome; infertility, minor disorders in pregnancy, congenital malformations / genetic disorders, urine leakage, pelvic organ prolapse, dysmenor rhea, menopause, low back pain, kneeosteoarthritis, ther apy rel a ted complications in breast or cervix cancer patients. All the projects highlighted in the book have a definite replication value in medical/nursing colleges of India and elsewhere. The book will surely empower women to have a healthy and productive life.

This book offers an understanding of the expectations and challenges of Northeast India in the context of India's Act East policy. It critically examines how the policy is being pursued by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government and analyses its relevance from local perspectives. Contributors to the book provide an examination of the differences between Look East and Act East policy and explanations of the expectations of India's neighboring countries, particularly Myanmar, towards Northeast India. They ask the following questions: a) What is to be done to integrate India's Northeast region meaningfully into the Act East policy? What is the motive of linking this policy with these states? How is this policy received by the local communities? b) What are the challenges of the Northeast region? What are their needs and priorities? How can these states showcase their potentials to Southeast Asia and East Asia? c) What is the significance of the changes from Look to Act East Policy? Has the regime change affected the continuity in the policy? What are the short- and long-term goals? d) What are the expectations of Southeast Asia and East Asia? By addressing these questions, they bridge the knowledge gaps that exist in the understating of the the Northeast region of India vis-à-vis the Act East policy.The first book to combine a balanced view of India's Act East policy and Northeast India, it will be of interest to policy makers and academics in the fields of Development Studies, International Relations, Northeast India and South Asian Politics.

This story takes place 117 years in the future from today where an evil dictator named Chess is using robots and technology to manipulate information and society. Stakes are high as the free will of people is being tested. A 16-year-old girl named Curtain, a colour therapist, wants to give people awareness of what is happening behind the curtain. She wants to make the world a better and happier place by eliminating criminal surveillance and bringing down Chess. This is, however, far easier said than done. Chess is a genius after all. He has significant powers and resources at his disposal which are unknown to Curtain. Curtain is going to need some help…is she going to succeed in her quest?

Food Safety in the 21st Century: Public Health Perspective is an important reference for anyone currently working in the food industry or those entering the industry. It provides realistic, practical, and very usable information about key aspects of food safety, while also systematically approaching the matter of foodborne illness by addressing the intricacies of both prevention and control. This book discusses ways to assess risk and to employ epidemiological methods to improve food safety. In addition, it also describes the regulatory context that shapes food safety activities at the local, national, and international levels and looks forward to the future of food safety. - Provides the latest research and developments in the field of food safety - Incorporates practical, real-life examples for risk reduction - Includes specific aspects of food safety and the risks associated with each sector of the food chain, from food production, to food processing and serving - Describes various ways in which epidemiologic principles are applied to meet the challenges of maintaining a safe food supply in India and how to reduce disease outbreaks - Presents practical examples of foodborne disease incidents and their root causes to highlight pitfalls in food safety management

India's Northeast has long been riven by protracted armed conflicts for secession and movements for other forms of autonomy. This book shows how the conflicts in the region have gradually shifted towards inter-ethnic feuds, rendered more vicious by the ongoing multiplication of ethnicities in an already heterogeneous region. It further traces the intricate contours of the conflicts and the attempts of the dominant groups to establish their hegemonies against the consent of the smaller groups, as well as questions the efficacy of the state's interventions. The volume also engages with the recurrent demands for political autonomy, and the resultant conundrum that hobbles the region's economic and political development processes.Lucid, topical and thorough in analysis, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in political science, sociology, development studies and peace & conflict studies, particularly those concerned with Northeast India.

India's North-Eastern Region is the home to different indigenous communities, and socio-economic condition of these communities is relatively weaker than the average national level. Besides the weak physical, social and economic infrastructures, etc., they are primarily the victims of human rights violations in one form or the other. Ethnic, social and political problems have plagued and slowed down the region's development processes. Therefore, multi-faceted mechanism is highly recommended to overcome the complex issues of these traditional communities. With these understandings, the present volume Identity, Politics and Economic Development in North-East India, consists of 23 essays, explores the issues of socio-economic, political and cultural dimension of the region. Also, the essays try to explore the difficulties faced by the traditional communities mainly community uprisings and human rights violations and the contributors, through their academic discourses, explored some probable ways and means to overcome the difficulties.

The Title'Demedicalizing Women's Health, Vol.2 written/authored/edited by Amarjeet Singh, Indarjit Walia, Lakhbir Dhaliwal', published in the year 2009. The ISBN 9788121210355 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 310 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is HEALTH / HOME SCIENCE. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms.

The Title'Demedicalizing Women's Health, Vol.1 written/authored/edited by Amarjeet Singh, Indarjit Walia, Lakhbir Dhaliwal', published in the year 2009. The ISBN 9788121210348 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 314 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is HEALTH / HOME SCIENCE. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms.