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Chapter 1: Threats and conservation strategies for overlooked organisms: the case of epiphytic lichens -- Chapter 2: Biodiversity and Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants -- Chapter 3: Tree ferns and giant ferns in India: Significance and Conservation -- Chapter 4: Status of medicinal plants in context of Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Chapter 5: Nutrient Enrichment in Lake Ecosystem and its Effects on Algae and Macrophytes -- Chapter 6: Land-use change as a disturbance regime -- Chapter 7: Floristic diversity, distribution and conservation status in the vicinity of coal mines of Kachchh district in Gujarat, India -- Chapter 8: Sodic Soil: Management and reclamation Strategies -- Chapter 9: Microbe based inoculants: role in next green revolution -- Chapter 10: Environmental Significance of Lichens and Biodeterioration -- Chapter 11: Soil reclamation of saline and sodic soil through phytoremediation -- Chapter 12: Soil pollution by Fluoride in India: Distribution, Chemistry and analytical methods -- Chapter 13: Multielement analysis using ED-XRF and ICP-MS from Couroupita guianensis for sustainable agriculture by soil reclamation -- Chapter 14: Waste Management: A Paradigm Shift -- Chapter 15: Recycling of agriculture waste into efficient adsorbent -- Chapter 16: Environmental hazards and management of e-waste -- Chapter 17: Green House Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice -- Chapter 18: Introduction to fast fashion: Environmental Concerns and Sustainability Measurements

Contributions of computer-based chemical modeling technologies on the risk assessment and the environmental fate study of (nano)pesticides.-Moss bag biomonitoring of airborne pollutants as an ecosustainable tool for air protection management: urban and agricultural scenario.-Use of Lichens in Biological Monitoring of Air Quality -- Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in atmospheric particulate matter: Sources and Effects -- Vehicular emission generated heavy metal pollution in urban ambient air and its spatial distribution in various environmental components -- Antioxidative Response of Water Macrophytes to changes in the Living Environment During Vegetation Season -- Application of grace satellite data for assessment of groundwater resources in central ganga alluvial plain, northern india -- Restoring Environmental Flows For Managing River Ecosystems: Global Scenario With Special Reference To India -- Water Security Issues In Punjab State, Northwest India -- Industrial wastewater foot printing: a need for water security in Indian context -- Fluoride Contamination and Health Effects : An Indian Scenario -- Role of industries in water scarcity and its adverse effects on environment and human health -- Interbasin Water Transfer and Policies of Water Resourge Management -- Policy Interventions in Achieving Water Security in India -- Energy Resources and Sustainable Development: An Insight Energy Resources -- Alternative fuels for sustainable development -- Microbial remediation of crude oil contaminated sites

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1: Threats and Conservation Strategies for Overlooked Organisms: The Case of Epiphytic Lichens -- 1.1 The Epiphytic Environment -- 1.2 The Biology of Epiphytic Lichens -- 1.3 Ecosystem Functions -- 1.4 Conservation Polices -- 1.5 Threats for Epiphytic Lichens -- 1.5.1 Climate Change -- 1.5.2 Atmospheric Pollution -- 1.5.3 Land-Use Change -- 1.5.4 Forest Management -- 1.5.5 Pasture -- 1.6 The Importance for Conservation of Fine-Scale Drivers -- 1.7 Conservation Case Studies -- 1.8 Good Practices for Efficient Conservation -- References -- 2: Biodiversity and Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Angiogenesis -- 2.3 Cancer -- 2.4 Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 2.5 Major Depressive Disorder -- 2.6 Bacterial Infections -- 2.7 Periodontitis -- 2.8 Viral Infections -- 2.9 Current Challenges -- 2.10 Conclusory Remarks -- References -- 3: Tree Ferns and Giant Ferns in India: Their Significance and Conservation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Description, Distribution, Uses and Status -- 3.3 Conservation of Tree and Giant Ferns -- 3.4 Threats to Tree and Giant Ferns -- 3.4.1 Natural Threats -- 3.4.2 Anthropogenic Threats -- 3.5 Strategies for Conservation -- 3.6 Conclusion and Future Prospective -- References -- 4: Status of Medicinal Plants in Context of Arunachal Pradesh -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Literature on Status of Medicinal Plants Research in Arunachal Pradesh -- 4.3 Diversity and Utility of Medicinal Plants in Arunachal Pradesh -- 4.4 Practitioners Eminence Knowledge -- 4.5 Conservation Strategies and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- 5: Nutrient Enrichment in Lake Ecosystem and Its Effects on Algae and Macrophytes -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Lakes.

Natural and artificial soil amendments for the efficient phytoremediation of contaminated soil -- Rhizoremediation: A sustainable approach to improve the quality and productivity of polluted soils -- Phycoremediation of Pollutants for Ecosystem Restitution -- Phytoremediation of heavy metals and pesticides present in water using aquatic macrophytes -- Plant growth promoting rhizospheric microbes for remediation of saline soils -- Plant-microbe-soil interactions for reclamation of degraded soils: potential and challenges -- Lichens as sinks of airborne organic pollutants: A case study in the natural ecosystem of Himalayas -- Rhizoremediation of poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): A task force of plants and microbes -- Cadmium stress tolerance in plants and role of beneficial soil microorganisms -- Acid Tolerant Microbial Inoculants - A Requisite for Successful Crop Production in Acidic Soils -- Plant growth promoting microbes as front runners for onsite remediation of organophosphate pesticide residues in agriculture soils -- Influence of zeolite support on integrated biodegradation and photodegradation of molasses wastewater for organic load reduction and colour removal -- An overview on the microbial degradation of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS) surfactants

This report is based on the findings of an epidemiological study of 29,468 rural, semi-rural and urban inhabitants of the Agra region of Uttar Pradesh. The survey was made in order to find out the prevalence of severe mental disorders and associated conditions in an Indian community. The sampling was purposive and areas selected were contiguous. Census methods were used. All inhabitants were investigated by a team consisting of a psychologist, a statistician, social workers and psychiatrists. After reconnaissance and initial contact by home visits, suspected cases were detected by a searching inquiry and the information so obtained was carefully documented. These cases were subjected to psychiatric examination and abnormal ones identified. Consultation with another psychiatrist was necessary to make a final diagnosis.The lifetime prevalence rate of schizophrenia was 2·2 per thousand, about the same frequency as found in other parts of the world. The maximum number of cases occurred in males between the ages of 15 and 24 and in females between the ages of 35 and 44. Single people, that is, never married, widowed, divorced or separated suffered significantly much more from the disease than bachelors and married people. A significant relationship was found between schizophrenia and castes in Vaish and Brahmin males as compared with others. The highest rate of schizophrenia was found among people in unremunerative status. Intoxicants were used more by schizophrenics than by normal people. Caste group indulgents had their own preferences in drug use, cannabis indulgence being highest among Brahmins. No association of schizophrenia with residence, educational status or sex was found.

PurposeThis study aims to address the need to study salespersons' thought self-leadership (TSL) and its effectiveness through the interplay of self-efficacy, skills and behavior at the individual level. It also advances the agenda of integrating self-leadership into marketing literature.Design/methodology/approachA model was tested using survey data collected from salespeople within pharmaceutical companies located in India and other Asian countries. A structural equation model was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results suggest an interesting interplay between a salesperson's TSL and his/her sales performance. The results also demonstrate the relationship between TSL and self-efficacy and the mediation mechanism through which self-efficacy influences sales performance. Results support the role of TSL as a distal predictor of performance and delineate the complexity of the mediation mechanism through theoretical grounding and empirical evidence.Research limitations/implicationsThe research suggests that a salesperson's TSL relates positively with the sales performance through three process variables; self-efficacy, selling skills and adaptive selling behavior. The results should encourage managers to leverage salesperson's TSL strategies to build a self-leading sales force and optimize supervision cost. Moreover, training the sales force for enhanced TSL has immediate payoffs in terms of increased selling effectiveness. The study also discusses theoretical implications.Originality/valueBy examining TSL in the sales context, the study makes an original contribution to the extant literature. The results of the study enrich the extant information on self-leadership and sales performance linkages by suggesting a mediation mechanism and proposing an integrated framework with selling skills and adaptive selling behavior.

Purpose
– The objective of this work is to develop a model that can be used for simulation of different parameters including price, subjected to different control strategies.


Design/methodology/approach
– The entire supply chain can be modelled by combining the transfer function into a closed loop system. The transfer function of each entity in the supply chain can be obtained by using the control theory tools. The model can be approximated as a linear discrete system with various operating constants, like lead time, price, order policy and supply.


Findings
– The continuous replenishment ordering policy for a distribution node in a supply chain was analyzed using the z-transform. Characteristic equations of the closed loop transfer function are obtained. The bullwhip (BW) effect is analyzed. Study proves that the BW effect is in evitable if the standard heuristic ordering policy is employed with demand forecasting; also the paper analysed price supply trade-off for dynamic demand and supply. Simulation results show that BW is less in PI and simple p-only with cascade control. Robust control and PD, PID control results are not shown in this literature, and it is subject to further research.


Originality/value
– Research is original, it can be applicable in today's dynamic world, due to globalization, it is necessary to have a automated machine that can handle most of supply chain decision.