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Chapter 1: Classifications, Sources and Significant Features of Pops in Aquatic Environment with Special Reference to Dirty Dozens -- Chapter 2: Chemistry of POPs referring to Scenarios Forecasting the effects of global change -- Chapter 3: SOP for determination of POPs -- Chapter 4: Toxicology and Ecological risk with emphasis on Scenario describing mechanisms -- Chapter 5: OPs in aquatic systems of worldwide polluted sites referring to bibliometric approach -- Chapter 6: Fate, bioaccumulation, remediation and prevention of POPs in aquatic regarding future orientation.

Chapter 1. Leaving no-one behind in Research - The Introduction -- Chapter 2. Exclusion of Vulnerable Populations from Research? -- Chapter 3. Exclusion from Research – the complex dynamics around two vulnerable communities' experiences of participation, inclusion, and exclusion in research -- Chapter 4. Vulnerability lost in translation? -- Chapter 5. Research without obtaining personal data for research purposes -- Chapter 6. Strengthening research teams through community researchers -- Chapter 7. Leaving no-one behind in Research – Recommendations for the Way Forward -- Book Backmatter.

Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Based on Machine Learning Techniques -- Measuring landslide susceptibility in Jakholi region of Garhwal Himalaya applying novel ensembles of statistical and machine learning algorithms -- Landslide Susceptibility Mapping using GIS-based Frequency Ratio, Shannon Entropy, Information Value and Weight-of-Evidence approaches in part of Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India -- An advanced hybrid machine learning technique for assessing the susceptibility to landslides in the Meenachil river basin of Kerala, India -- Novel ensemble of M5P and Deep learning neural network for predicting landslide susceptibility: A cross-validation approach -- Artificial neural network ensemble with General linear model for modeling the Landslide Susceptibility in Mirik region of West Bengal, India -- Modeling gully erosion susceptibility using advanced machine learning method in Pathro River Basin, India -- Quantitative Assessment of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture 2 Radar(INSAR) for Landslide Monitoring and Mitigation -- Assessment of Landslide Vulnerability using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Bageshwar District of Uttarakhand, India -- Assessing the shifting of the River Ganga along Malda District of West Bengal, India -- An ensemble of J48 Decision Tree with AdaBoost, and Bagging for flood susceptibility mapping in the Sundarban of West Bengal, India -- Assessment of mouza level flood resilience in lower part of Mayurakshi River basin, Eastern India -- Spatial flashflood modeling in Beas River Basin of Himachal Pradesh, India using GIS-based machine learning algorithms -- Geospatial study of river shifting and erosion deposition phenomenon along a selected stretch of River Damodar, West Bengal, India -- An Evaluation of Hydrological Modeling Using CN Method in Ungauged Barsa River Basin of Pasakha, Bhutan -- The Adoption of Random Forest (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) with Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO) to Predict the Soil Liquefaction.

Part I Building a more sustainable world through more sustainable Higher Education Institutions -- 1 Designing a more sustainable Higher Education Institution -- 2 Nurturing a caring university -- 3 Higher education and Sustainable Development Goals in the constitutional framework -- 4 Driving the systemic transformation of higher education institutions towards sustainability -- 5 The role of Higher Education Institutions in meeting SDG 9 -- Part II Management and Assessment in HESD -- 6 Empowering deans for sustainability transformations at academic departments -- 7 Understanding the moderating effect of governance functions on the impact of communication on sustainability implementation performance in higher education institutions -- 8 Sustainability in the strategic planning of the Italian higher education system -- 9 The disclosure of SDG performance -- 10 Learning outcomes in the context of Education for Sustainability -- 11 Assessment frameworks for promoting sustainable development in Educational Institutions -- 12 Sustainability rankings of universities -- Part III Lessons from significant experiences across the world -- 13 Integrating sustainability competences into degree programmes in higher education to educate experts who steer the world towards sustainability -- 14 Sustainability in higher education institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 15 On the sense and nonsense of assessing sustainability in course content -- 16 The key role of universities in sustainable development -- 17 Sustainable islands. .

1. Introduction -- 2. Superstition: An overview of key disciplinary perspectives -- 3 -- Workplace spirituality -- 4. The relationship between religion, superstition and spirituality -- 5. Superstitious beliefs and behaviours -- 6. Superstition and rationality -- 7. Key assumptions about the nature of superstition -- 8. Individual and group factors associated with superstitious beliefs -- 9. Numerological and related superstitions -- 10. Mainstream industries and organisations influenced by superstition -- 11. Industries and organisations thriving on superstitious and New Age beliefs -- 12. Concluding remarks.

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