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Examining the history of altar decorations, this study of the visual liturgy grapples with many of the previous theoretical frameworks to reveal the evolution and function of these ritual objects.

This book analyses the paradoxes of Pakistan's economy, meritocratic domestic policy and the role of the state and civil society. It will interest academics in South Asian Studies, in particular South Asian economics and politics.

Using a multidisciplinary approach, GIS, and geospatial data gathered from different case studies included, this book helps readers develop a thorough understanding of a highly dynamic big river, the Brahmaputra.

This volume brings together work by established and emerging scholars to consider the work and impact of Bhai Vir Singh.

This book provides an interdisciplinary study about the migration of approximately 9 million people who became end of empire migrants in East Asia following the collapse of the Japanese Empire in 1945.

This book explores the finer nuances of community engagement in Indian higher education ranging from theory to practice. It contextualizes the concept and practice of community engagement in the contemporary context, capturing global experiences, insights, and varied standpoints.

This book examines the logic of 'faster, higher, stronger', and the techno-scientific revolution that has driven tremendous growth in the sports economy and in sport performance over the last 100 years. It asks whether this logic needs revisiting in the light of the climate crisis and sport's environmental responsibilities.

Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York examines the cinematic representation of New York from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s, placing the dominant discourse of urban decline in dialogue with marginal perspectives that reimagine the city along alternative paths as a resilient, adaptive, and endlessly inspiring place.

Notwithstanding the improved growth performance of India, development disparity across its states has widened in the first two decades of the 21st Century. This book examines development drivers of Indian states and what the necessary course corrections could be to achieve balanced regional growth.

This book examines the discrimination and stereotypes faced by the African migrants in India. It outlines the narratives of the migrants and demonstrates how their 'African identity' gets associated with drugs, prostitution, and cannibalism.

This book critically analyses the prospects of overhauling the legal framework of climate change regulation of corporations in African state. It adopts the dilute interventionism regulatory framework to tackle the culture of regulatory resistance by corporations in Africa.

This book presents decision support tools that can be used in the early design stage to analyze the feasibility of a product and its components for remanufacturing. It also covers how to design a product specifically for remanufacturing and offers supporting case studies.

This book examines various gender-based power politics in the Indian society. It studies gender intersectionality and feminism as a socio-political philosophy by understanding how power structures deeply rooted in and are supported by our patriarchal societies.

This volume offers a comprehensive perspective on the relationship between the art scene and agencies of the state in countries of the region, throughout four consecutive yet highly diverse historical periods.

This book explores all the energy-efficient communication technologies used for various communication systems and every aspect of these systems such as green electronics, network protocols, handover, codes, antenna, and the role of artificial intelligence and IoT, including the energy management strategies

Groupers are fascinating charismatic fishes commonly found in reef habitats around the world that sustain a global multimillionaire fishery. They are important top predator species and therefore of paramount ecological importance for reef system's resilience.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming more present in society today and are expected to become more pervasive in the future. This four-section book is a first to shed a critical light on AI use, addressing the health, social, legal, ethical, philosophical questions raised.

Deliberative Governance for Sustainable Development argues that governance has become the core problem of sustainable development and identifies deliberative democracy and governance as a path forward for Western societies.

The feature that distinguishes this book from all other books on entrepreneurship is the comprehensive discussion of the challenges and opportunities that entrepreneurs encounter in the Industry 4.0 era. It enables readers to start dreaming big, visualizing, and encourages them to think clearly and creatively

This book explores how equestrians are highly invested in the idea of profound connection between horse and human and focuses on the ethical problem of knowing horses.

Agriculture and kitchen waste are a rich source of carbohydrate, minerals, antioxidants, vitamins, and can be utilized to develop value-added products and for energy production, which is the main theme of book. It covers minimization of this waste via different routes like conversion into industrial products, and efficient energy production.

The Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products provides the first investigation into the role of these products in supporting a transition from business-as-usual to a forest-based bioeconomy.

This book examines the theme of human-animal interactions contextualized against the idea of the Anthropocene.

This book provides basic and advanced concepts of the SAR, PolSAR, InSAR, PolInSAR, and all the necessary information on various applications and analysis of data of multiple sensors. It includes information on SAR remote sensing, data processing, and separate applications of SAR technology, compiled in one place.