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(22 April – 28 April, 2019)

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Acc. No : 35851Call No : 004.019 PUR-H

Experiments that require the use of human participantsare time consuming and costly: it is important to get theprocess right the first time. Planning and preparation arekey to success. This practical book takes the human-computer interaction researcher through the completeexperimental process, from identifying a researchquestion to designing and conducting an experiment,and then to analysing and reporting the results. Theadvice offered in this book draws on the author's twentyyears of experience running experiments. In describinggeneral concepts of experimental design and analysisshe refers to numerous worked examples that addressthe very real practicalities and…


Acc. No : 38021Call No : 006.31 GOP-M

Applied Machine Learning text covers all thefundamentals and theoretical concepts and presents awide range of techniques (algorithms) applicable tochallenges in our day-to-day lives. The book recognizesthat most of the ideas behind machine learning aresimple and straightforward. It provides a platform forhands-on experience through self-study machinelearning projects. Datasets for some benchmarkapplications have been explained to encourage the useof algorithms covered in this book. This is acomprehensive textbook on machine learning forundergraduates in computer science and all engineeringdegree programs. Post graduates and research scholarswill find it a useful…


Acc. No : 37612Call No : 170 ONE-O

Knowledge aims to fit the world, and action to change it.In this collection of essays, Onora O'Neill explores therelationship between these concepts and shows thatprinciples are not enough for ethical thought or action:we also need to understand how practical judgementidentifies ways of enacting them and of changing theway things are. Both ethical and technical judgement aresupported, she contends, by bringing to bear multipleconsiderations, ranging from ethical principles to real-world constraints, and while we will never find practicalalgorithms - let alone ethical algorithms - that resolvemoral and political issues, good practical judgement canbring abstract principles to bear in…


Acc. No : 37895Call No : 301 CRA-J

Over the past two decades India has grown at anunprecedented rate. Yet while the 'Bollygarchs' revel innew riches, millions still languish in their shadows,trapped in the teeming slums of the country'smegacities. From the sky terrace of the world's mostexpensive home to mass political rallies in the streets,James Crabtree documents the struggle betweenequality and privilege playing out at the heart of thisemerging superpower. Against a combustible backdropof aspiration, class and caste, reformers fight for changewhile fugitive tycoons and shadowy political powerbrokers struggle to remain hidden and out of reach. TheBillionaire Raj is a vivid portrait of a divided democracywhose future will shape…


Acc. No : 37353Call No : 302.2310 AGR-R

The rise of smartphones, and with them access to theinternet, has caused nothing short of a revolution inIndia. In the West, technological advances haveprogressed step-by-step - from landline phones, to dial-up connections on PCs, to broadband access, wireless,and now 4G data on phones. But the vast majority ofIndians, particularly low-income and rural citizens, haveleapfrogged straight to the smartphone era, disruptingcenturies of tradition and barriers of wealth, language,literacy, caste, and gender. As always with India, thenumbers are staggering: in 2000, 20 million Indians hadaccess to the internet; by 2017, 465 million were online,with three Indians discovering…


Acc. No : 38470Call No : 305.4209 BOS-C

This volume provides an in-depth comparative picture ofthe current state of feminist sociological gender andwomen's studies research in four regions of the world—Africa, Asia, Latin America/the Caribbean and Europe—as represented by many countries. The introductoryessay to each region explains how social scienceresearch on women and/or gender issues has beenshaped by economics, politics and culture and by trendsthat are simultaneously local, regional and global. Itfamiliarizes readers with the wide range of salientissues, research methods, writing styles and leadingauthors from around the globe. This book covers thediversity of important global topics such as work,sexuality, masculinities, childcare, family issues…


Acc. No : 37656Call No : 320.01 COH-E

Waiting periods and deadlines are so ubiquitous that weoften take them for granted. Yet they form a critical partof any democratic architecture. When a precise momentor amount of time is given political importance, weought to understand why this is so. The Political Value ofTime explores the idea of time within democratic theoryand practice. Elizabeth F. Cohen demonstrates howpolitical procedures use quantities of time to confer anddeny citizenship rights. Using specific dates anddeadlines, states carve boundaries around a citizenry. Astime is assigned a form of political value it comes to beused to transact over rights. Cohen concludes with anormative analysis of the ways in which the devaluationof some people's political…


Acc. No : 37773Call No : 333.72 MES-K

Billions have been spent on land conservation but toolittle attention had been paid to how cost-effectivethese investments have been. With budgets increasinglyconstrained, conservationists must learn to fully harnesstheir funds to protect critical resources. Messer andAllen are pioneers in making conservation selectionmore successful, cost-effective, scientific, andtransparent. This book introduces powerfulmathematical tools available for project selection, usingreal-life examples and a practical step-by-step approach.Readers can readily apply these methods to their ownwork, accomplishing more with less by combining theindividual benefits of structured decision-making,mathematical programming, and…


Acc. No : 38001Call No : 338.7670 BAR-D

"Aviator, Playboy, Film Producer, Entrepreneur, andRecluse, Howard Hughes lived a life that was the stuff ofheadlines. Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele'sbiography is an extraordinary and brilliantly researchedwork on Hughes's multiple careers; his romances withKatharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, and RitaHayworth; and his turn away from the world intoaddictions and secrecy. Howard Hughes lived one of thegreatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious,bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. Here at last,in a uniquely full and brilliantly documented biographyby a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team, themythology that surrounded that life is disentangled fromthe truth. Hughes had always…


Acc. No : 37606Call No : 364.1336 LES-B

Over the past thirty years, a new form of conflict hasravaged Latin America's largest countries, with well-armed drug cartels fighting not only one another but thestate itself. In Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, leaderscracked down on cartels in hopes of restoring the rule oflaw and the state's monopoly on force. Instead, cartelsfought back - with bullets and bribes - driving spirals ofviolence and corruption that make mockeries of leaders'state-building aims. Fortunately, some policy reformsquickly curtailed cartel-state conflict, but they provedtragically difficult to sustain. Why do cartels fight states,if not to topple or secede from them? Why do somestate crackdowns trigger and exacerbate cartel-stateconflict, while others curb it? This study argues…


Acc. No : 37592Call No : 418.0072 CON-K

Eye-tracking is quickly becoming a valuable tool inapplied linguistics research as it provides a 'real-time',direct measure of cognitive processing effort. This bookprovides a straightforward introduction to thetechnology and how it might be used in languageresearch. With a strong focus on the practicalities ofdesigning eye-tracking studies that achieve the standardof other well-established experimental techniques, itprovides valuable information about building anddesigning studies, touching on common challenges andproblems, as well as solutions. Importantly, the booklooks at the use of eye-tracking in a wide variety ofapplied contexts including reading, listening and…


Acc. No : 37168Call No : 500 SIE-L

Without big action, at the current rate, pieces of plasticwill outnumber fish in the ocean by 2050. That is thelegacy we are leaving our children and grandchildren.Plastic flows into our lives from every direction andmost of it is not recycled. Instead it is incinerated orends up in landfill, where it will sit for hundreds of yearsor enters the world's seas where it fragments into tinypieces to become microplastics - the environmentalscourge of our times. Many of us had assumed thatgovernments, brands and waste authorities weredealing with plastic on our behalf. But the impact ofshows such as Blue Planet along with national beachcleans and high-profile campaigns have resulted in acollective wake-up call. If there were plans and…


Acc. No : 37963Call No : 510 BUG-Y

The book differential and integral calculus is especiallywritten for a course in higher mathematics forengineering students. The book presupposes no specialpreparation beyond the ability to perform ordinaryalgebraic operations and some elementary knowledge ofgeometry acquired at colleges and universities. Thoughthe text chapters 1 to 7 centres on calculus of onevariable, analytic geometry and calculus of severalvariables are also developed in chapter 8. The lastchapter 9 deals with series. We hope that this book willbe very useful for the students who are studying thissubject. The book is provided with relevant…


Acc. No : 37363Call No : 519.544 WEI-L

Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power ofapproximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to thenearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is animportant skill in daily life. More and more leadingbusinesses today use estimation questions in interviewsto test applicants' abilities to think on their feet.Guesstimation enables anyone with basic math andscience skills to estimate virtually anything--quickly--using plausible assumptions and elementary arithmetic.Lawrence Weinstein and John Adam present an eclecticarray of estimation problems that range from devilishlysimple to quite sophisticated and from serious real-world concerns to downright silly ones. How long wouldit take a running faucet to fill the…


Acc. No : 37769Call No : 530.1201 LOM-O

Combining physics and philosophy, this is a uniquelyinterdisciplinary examination of quantum informationscience which provides an up-to-date examination ofdevelopments in this field. The authors provide coherentdefinitions and theories of information, taking clearlydefined approaches to considering information inconnection with quantum mechanics, probability, andcorrelations. Concepts addressed include entanglementof quantum states, the relation of quantum correlationsto quantum information, and the meaning of theinformational approach for the foundations of quantummechanics. Furthermore, the mathematical concept ofinformation in the communicational context, and…


Acc. No : 37794Call No : 539.7234 PRA-R

An up-to-date text, covering the concept of incompletefusion (ICF) in heavy ion (HI) interactions at energiesbelow 10 MeV/ nucleon. Important concepts includingthe exciton model, the Harp Miller and Berne model,Hybrid model, Sum rule model, Hot spot model andpromptly emitted particles model are covered in depth.It studies the ICF and PE-emission in heavy ion reactionsat low energies using off-beam and in-beamexperimental techniques. Theories of complete fusion(CF) of heavy ions based on Compound Nucleus (CN)mechanism of statistical nuclear reactions, details of theComputer code PACE4 based on CN mechanism, pre-equilibrium (PE) emission, modeling of (ICF) and theirlimits of application are discussed…


Acc. No : 37616Call No : 610.72 REA-P

In this book, distinguished scholars Philip A. Rea, MarkV. Pauly, and Lawton R. Burns explore the science andmanagement behind marketable biomedicalinnovations. They look at how the science actuallyplayed out through the interplay of personalities, thecultures within and between academic and corporateentities, and the significance of serendipity not as amysterious phenomenon but one intrinsic to thesuccesses and failures of the experimental approach.With newly aggregated data and case studies, theyconsider the fundamental economic underpinnings ofinvestor-driven discovery management, not as anobstacle or deficiency as its critics would contend or assomething beyond reproach as…


Acc. No : 38023Call No : 621.38 KEN-G

The revised sixth edition has been updated to reflectrecent trends and emerging ideas in the field ofcommunication. This edition retains the original formulaof simplifying the concepts and presenting the subject inas diagrammatic and theoretical manner as possible. Ithas proven to be a useful handbook for students andprofessionals from the segments of communicationengineering, design engineering, electrical engineering,telecommunication professionals, and system managers.This edition contains galaxy of pedagogical features withmore than 1150 solved examples, review questions,problems and objective type questions from GATE exam.Exhaustive and enhanced coverage on Radio…


Acc. No : 36613Call No : 621.313 CHA-J

Electrical Machines addresses the needs of studentswho study this subject as part of their curriculum inelectrical, electronics and communications,instrumentation and other undergraduate engineeringcourses. The book deals at length with the applicationand control of electromagnetic devices, presenting acomprehensive account of the working of transformers,generators and motors. It lays emphasis on the basicconcepts, reiterating theory with numerous solvedproblems and exercises designed to help students aceboth university and professional entrance examinations.In depth treatment of the construction, operation and…


Acc. No : 37579Call No : 629.272 HU-F

This book focuses on the most critical technical aspectsof vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I) communications. It covers the smart city conceptand architecture and explains how V2V and V2I fit intoit. It describes the wireless communication protocols forV2V and V2I. It then explains the hardware designprocess for vehicle communication transceiver andantenna systems. It explains next-generation wirelesstechnologies and their requirements for vehiclecommunication protocols. Case studies provide thelatest V2V and V2I commercial design details. Finally, itdescribes how to implement vehicle communicationprotocol from practical hardware design...


Acc. No : 38181Call No : 629.04 JOT-C

Pearson brings to you the third edition ofTransportation Engineering, which offers students andpractitioners a detailed, current and interdisciplinaryintroduction to transportation engineering andplanning. This much praised and widely recommendedtext has been revered for its wide spectrum coverageencompassing both traditional principles—trafficengineering, transportation planning and non-traditional considerations transportation economics,land use, energy, public transport, transportationsystems management. The text is built on ideas,concepts and observations that students are likely to bemost familiar with, e.g., roads, streets, highways, buses,bicyclists, pedestrians and…


Acc. No : 38055Call No : 650.1 CRA-N

Drawing on ten years of experience working with morethan 10, 000 executives from companies around theworld, Nick Craig takes you on a revelatory journey tounderstand your purpose, find clarity and focus and leadwith inspiration. When uncovered, purpose becomesour most fundamental guiding principle. Explainingwhere true purpose lies and demystifying where itdoesn't, Craig offers the methods through which anyonecan find their purpose. He identifies three pathways thatwill assess where you are going with your purpose andwhere you should be going. In Leading from Purpose,Craig shares unique stories to show how top leaders areenergized by their purpose, finding in it the confidencethey need to properly evaluate…


Acc. No : 38104Call No : 658.827 DUT-K

Brand Management: Principles and Practices is acomprehensive textbook designed for post graduatemanagement programmes students specializing inmarketing. It explores core concepts of branding andillustrates them through numerous examples, exhibits,figures, images, case studies, and videos. Divided intofive sections, first section gives an introduction tobranding, creating a brand, and understanding howorganizational culture helps in successful brandmanagement. Second and third sections discuss brandequity, ways of researching and measuring it, andimportance of understanding consumers and markets.Further, fourth section explains branding strategies, e-branding, and marketing…


Acc. No : 37582Call No : 660.62 SHA-D

Microbial Cell Factories is a conceptual, reference-basedsource including chapters covering microbial cellfactories for industrial developments, microbialbiotechnology, sustainable environmental solutions,agriculture practices, microorganisms in food processing,metabolites as next generation food additives/foodprocessing, and microbial cell factories in alternativeenergy fuel generation. The book highlights trends anddevelopments in the field of microbial products, writtenby an international team of leading academic andresearch scholars. Highlights trends and developmentsin microbial biotechnology Systematically reviewsmicrobial cell factories Explores the potential ofmicrobial cell derived industrial production…


Acc. No : 35584Call No : 813.54 THA-V

What is the institution that the world knows as St.Stephen's College, Delhi? Is it only an anthology ofnostalgic tales, mythological anecdotes, free-wheelingassertions and transitory opinions? Or does it have adistinctive birth that defines its worth and dictates itsmission? For four decades, Reverend Valson Thampuserved St. Stephen's College, Delhi, first as a member ofthe faculty and then as principal, significantly impactingthe stature of this prestigious educational institution.The last nine years of his tenure were rife withcontroversy. From accusations that he was'Christianizing' the college to contentious debates overhis educational qualifications to allegations that he wascurbing the fundamental…


Acc. No : 36021Call No : 954.6053 GAN-S

What ails the Indo-Pakistani relationship? Rivalrybetween the two states has persisted since the partitionof the British Indian Empire in 1947 and despitenegotiations, four wars and multiple crises, India andPakistan remain locked in a long-standing dispute.Evaluating relations from 1999 through to 2009, SumitGanguly seeks to understand this troubled relationshipand why efforts at peace-making and conflict resolution,which have included unilateral Indian concessions, havenot been more fruitful. Charting key sources of tensionthroughout the decade, including the origins andoutcomes of the Kargil War in 1999, developments inthe Indian-controlled portion of the state of Kashmir, theattack on the Indian parliament in…


Acc. No : 36861Call No : Fiction SYK-P

Sylvia Mortimer is licking her wounds somewhat: she'sback from her honeymoon, and her husband is alreadyAWOL. But then she meets Lauren Blount, queen bee ofManhattan's glamorous Debutante Divorcée set.Lauren's the gleaming, glossy proof that there's life afterdivorce - in fact, she wears it fabulously. But when NewYork's most notorious Husband Huntress sets her sightson Sylvia's new man, she starts to wonder - is Laurenright that no one needs a husband anyway? Or shouldshe hold out for Happily Ever After II, stand up and fightfor her man? Why is this the only question anyone everasks you once you are married? What are you supposedto say? Maybe I had post martial depression, I thoughtto myself….


Acc. No : 33043Call No : Fiction SID-P

Bad ones get into the pants, whereas the good ones getfriend-zoned.Bad ones have a blast and the good onessuffer.Bad boys take it all, while Nice Men FinishLast.Nandu pays an unfair price for being nice; he isdumped by his girlfriend.Depressed by the brutal break-up, he follows in the footsteps of his womanizer friendSattu, who firmly believes that nothing good everhappens to a nice man.Duly brainwashed to shed hislovelorn avatar, along with the skin of the nice man,Nandu gets a character reboot. Things change rapidly, ashe uses lies and all the unfair means to score girls. Itworks wonders for him till he realizes how powerfulkarma is. That makes him come out of this transitionalfilthy state, choosing to become a nice man again.That'swhen he falls in love with…


Acc. No : 31561Call No : Fiction PAR-S

This title is a collection of favourite nursery rhymes, firstpoems and fairy tales. Beautifully illustrated and a hostof best-loved characters will delight and entertainreaders. Jack’s mother bought a whole herd of cows.She also bought lots of new clothes for herself and Jack,and they were very content. But after a while Jackdecided he would like to climb the beanstalk one lasttime. Again the giant’s wife was not pleased to see him.I would look in the cupboard if I were you, said thegiant’s wife. But of course the cupboard was empty.They were both puzzled. The giant trusted his nose, andhis wife didn’t know where….


Acc. No : 35888Call No : Fiction SCO-W

Ivanhoe, the novel is a historical novel written by SirWalter Scott. The story tells how a Jewess saved Ivan’slife and helped him recover from his wound. And howIvan helped her from her doom and saved her from dyingthe death of a witch. It also tells how Ivan won his ladylove and what obstacles he had to overcome in gettingher. How Ivan and king Richard were helped by RobinHood and his men and how they helped the Cedricrelease from the captivity of the trio of Brain, Boeuf andDe Barcy. It tells how King Richard got his kingdom backfrom his brother Prince John and also informs about theclemency of…

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