Books published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Cervical cancer affects all aspects of a patient¿s life, including sexual functioning and intimacy. Health care providers don¿t ask patients about it, and women may be uncomfortable broaching the topic on their own. Sexual dysfunction poses challenges to one¿s social, mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. It may occur as a result of the nature of a cancer, such as a cancer that affects the mechanics or hormonal pathways in sexual function, as a result of the treatment. It may also occur from the emotional trauma of receiving a diagnosis or indeed living with cancer for the patient as well as their sexual partner.Oncology nurses among health care providers are the first degree to which women can easily explain themselves and can be effective in removing their concerns related to sexual health. Oncology nurses are expected to fulfill a variety of activities, such as information-giving, symptom control, psychological care, and social support for the patient.

This book gives a bright perspective on the nature of carbonatites along with different magmatic and hydrothermal processes that affect the distribution of these dykes. In the past there has been several debates on the enrichment mechanisms of rare-earth elements, making it a significant book especially now with the increase in technology. The research is filled with exciting findings and not just from a scientific view but also with amazing landscapes and cultural differences.

The treatment provided statistically significant result on the signs and symptoms of Kaphaja Pratishyaya (Chronic simple rhinitis). The treatment Shunti Gud Avapeeda Nasya karma provided marked improvement in 18% of the patients and 82% of the patients were showed moderate improvement. The drugs Shunthi & Gud, possess Kaphavatahara and Tridoshahara properties, which play an important role in pacifying doshas, participating in the pathogenesis of the disease Kaphaja Pratishyaya. This immune-modulation reduce the inflammatory process in nasal cavity and sinuses. The anti-inflammatory activity of drugs prevents the inflammatory process. The local irritation made by the drug is helpful to liquefy the purulent sputum and ultimately expelled.

This publication explores the relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in poverty alleviation among women informal cross-border traders in Zimbabwe. The study found that the AfCFTA has the potential to alleviate poverty among women ICBTs in Zimbabwe by creating new trading and entrepreneurial opportunities, boosting regional income, and fostering gender equality. However, women ICBTs face systemic and institutional challenges, including high tariff rates, protectionism, bureaucratic hurdles, border delays, corruption, lack of finance and education, and gender discrimination and violence. The study recommends gender mainstreaming policies and legislation to ensure that both men and women benefit equally from the AfCFTA. Overall, the publication highlights the potential of the AfCFTA to positively impact the livelihoods of women engaged in informal cross-border trade in Zimbabwe, while also emphasizing the need to address the challenges and barriers to ensure inclusive and equitable benefits from the trade agreement.

Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer science which focuses on the use of data and algorithms to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving its accuracy. IBM has a rich history with machine learning. Python, when used in machine learning, offers developers of all skill sets exceptional versatility and power. Developers can use Python to develop a variety of applications because it integrates well with other software while its simple syntax makes it a good choice for coding algorithms and collaborating across teams.

This book comprises of three separate essays on the role of knowledge on economic growth. The first essay is a multi-country analysis, which investigates the impact of knowledge indicators on economic growth performances of the OECD member countries and the role of knowledge indicators on the catch-up efforts of the follower member countries in OECD. The second essay analyzes the impact of knowledge on the economic growth performance of Turkey and finally the last essay analyzes the impact of knowledge on the productivity of manufacturing firms in Turkey by using firm level panel data. Then according to the results of these studies policy recommendations are introduced at macro, meso and micro levels.

Periodontitis is a dental plaque induced chronic inflammatory disease invading periodontal tissues, caused by microbial dysbiosis and the host immune response. It is distinguished by the loss of alveolar bone and if remain untreated can lead to tooth loss, which in turns hinders the oral function and can negatively impact the overall quality of life. Therefore for the efficient prevention and management of the tooth it is necessary for the clinician to diagnose these diseases early and accurately. Currently, the diagnosis and grading of periodontal diseases are based on complete oral clinical and radiographic examination of the periodontium. Recent studies focused on the subgingival microbiome, inflammatory mediators and the host-response modifiers as the potential biomarkers present in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and saliva, suggesting the potential for non-invasive chair side diagnostic aids in order to assist the clinician in the diagnosis and even prognosis of a particular periodontal disease. Hence, this book aims to review to date available chairside diagnostic periodontal aids, their significance and their commercially available options.

Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) are categorized as childhood disorders in which a child exhibits difficulty in certain basic skills despite having normal intelligence. The skills being affected consist of reading, writing, listening, speaking, reasoning, and arithmetic problem-solving. Technology plays a very crucial role in today's globalized world. To assist persons with SLD, technology in form of assistive technology is used. Assistive technology can be hardware, software, or a combination of both. Though several assistive technology tools are present, but they are not being used optimally due to certain barriers to using them.The research on SLD is in its infancy stage in India. There are no standardized guidelines for screening/diagnosis and management of SLD in India. Lack of knowledge regarding the disability among people makes them reluctant even to get themselves screened for SLD.The book presents the current scenario and management of SLD in India. It further presents the major barriers to the optimal utilization of Assistive technology and the need to eliminate them. Lastly, the framework and working of the assistive tool developed by the author are explained.

Female genital mutilation or cutting is a traditional and cultural procedure that includes all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.The most commonly claimed reasons for FGM/C were social conventions, religion, ensuring premarital virginity and marital fidelity, enhancing marriageability, and cultural values of femininity and modesty. The female genitalia is thought to be filthy and unattractive, and the clitoris contains toxins. It is thought to cause impotence in men and to be harmful to the infant after delivery. One of the major reasons for FGM/C is this belief.Female genital mutilation and cutting have been performed by Christians, Muslims, and Animists. The practice was also common in the U.S. of America and Europe in the early 19th century, when cutting of genitals was used to treat psychological disorders and prevent masturbation, also known as ¿clitoral enlargement," epilepsy, and hysteria.

The economic impact of inadequate sanitation is a barrier to progress, constituting 6.4% of GDP globally (UNICEF and WHO). As wastewater generation rises due to improved living standards, effective wastewater treatment becomes crucial. While advanced water recycling technology minimizes environmental impact, its life cycle cost involves notable energy, chemical and electromechanical usage. This study employs Life Cycle Cost Analysis to develop a decision support tool, evaluating three key treatment technologies (ASP, MBBR and SBR) for wastewater treatment based on economic efficiency and environmental impact. The aim is to guide decision-makers in selecting economically sustainable wastewater treatment systems.

This book entitled ¿ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF WESTERN ODISHA¿ comprises of eight chapters. The Chapter-I deals with a brief introduction on Ethnobotany, the Scope of Ethnobotany, Ethnobotanical Works in the World, India, Odisha and Balangir district. Chapter-II deals with a detail review have been made on the topic ¿Ethnobotanical Studies of Balangir District (Odisha)¿. Chapter-III contains study site details including maps and methodological details adopted by the authors for survey. Chapter-IV contains details about 57 plant species used by the native of the study site, their family, parts used and mode of action. The result of various parameters has been tabulated Chapter-V contains discussion in details including relevant works done by various authors in different regions of Odisha. Chapter-VI contains details summary of the present work. Chapter-VII contains the relevant publications by the authors. Chapter-VIII contains the References including citation details throughout the book.

The present investigations on utilization of stingless bees, T. laeviceps Smith in net house condition carried out with the broad aspects like flowers visited by stingless bees, T. laeviceps Smith, toxicity of insecticides to T. laeviceps Smith workers, floral biology of musk melon, foraging behavior of stingless bees, T. laeviceps Smith in net house condition, effect of pollination by T. laeviceps Smith on yield and quality of musk melon fruits were carried out in net house condition at Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari during March 2013 to December 2014. Stingless bees, T. laeviceps have ability to visit a wide range of flower. In present study 34 different plant species were visited by stingless bees.

Periodontal health is an integral part of oral health. Diagnosis and proper treatment of periodontal diseases is an important aspect of healthy and functioning oral cavity. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases can be made only by comprehensive assessment of the periodontium. This book has been written with the aim to present a detailed overview of the most pertinent advances in periodontal diagnosis and focused on the relationship between various diagnostic techniques and their clinical applications. It also gives the comprehensive idea from basic science and fundamental procedures to the latest advanced techniques used for periodontal diagnosis including chair side diagnostic "point of care" kits. This book also elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments in future with respect to the diagnosis of periodontitis.

Shree Shree Harichand Thakur, though he has been behind the elite society since the third decade of the nineteenth century, he has been demanding the right to education, the right to religion, the right to action and the right to social honour. Later, his son ShreeGuruchand Thakur succeeded in the movement for that right and taught the greater untouchable Bengal society.This is why Shree Shree Harichand-Guruchand¿s idea of education, education movement, Peasant movement, social reform movement, and religion movement ---- Whatever happened, all of them have remained limited inside the Matua society and among the untouchables, the lower castes. Without political power, the poor, untouchable folk society has not been given the power of politics; no matter how educated they are, how skilled or efficient they are, they will not be able to be known as citizens of human society, removing their identity as folk people. The human society, the civil society or the elite class has occupied a prominent place, and to keep it under its capture forever, they are planning and inventing new tactics and politics after politics. To keep their power in place, they are doing the above activities.

Image enhancement involves improving the visual quality of an image, making it more appealing or useful for various purposes. This can be achieved through a variety of techniques and algorithms designed to correct or enhance specific aspects of an image, such as brightness, contrast, sharpness, color balance, and overall visual clarity. The key aspects of image enhancement are Brightness and Contrast Adjustment, Color Correction, Sharpness Enhancement, Noise Reduction, Resolution Enhancement, Automatic Image Enhancement, Selective Enhancement, User-Friendly Tools.Image enhancement finds applications in various fields, including photography, medical imaging, satellite imagery, security and surveillance, and more. Whether you're a professional photographer, a content creator, or someone looking to improve personal photos, image enhancement tools and techniques play a crucial role in refining visual content for better impact and clarity.

Since the inception of human civilisation, man has advanced through technology by chipping stones to make them sharp-edged to cut raw meat or use fire to scare away wild animals. Throughout history, man has used such technologies to make life easier and time-saving. Changing has occurred in all sectors of life due to man's conscious nature to solve their problems through innovative new ideas and technologies. Such stepping stones in solving practical issues have led to the development of more and more technology. Technology is widely known as the application of science to solve problems. It is also said to be the application of science to art. Hence, educational technology implies the application of technology in education. People are unfamiliar with it because it is a new field. Educational technology is developing systematic approaches and practical knowledge for creating and operating educational systems. It is a communication process that deals directly with developing, implementing, and growing systems, procedures, and assistance. Educational technology is the use of scientific knowledge and psychological learning principles to improve the effectiveness of teaching training.

Urinary incontinence is a complex and serious condition that can affect menopausal women. It is not only a serious medical condition but also an undeniable psychosocial problem, creating embarrassment and negative self-perception, loss of self-steam, impaired body image, a decreased ability to maintain an independent lifestyle, and social isolation. Early detection of urinary incontinence and appropriately selected pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, including Kegel's exercise, play a fundamental role in improving the physical and psychological condition of menopausal women and also prevent the exacerbation of symptoms.

Hematologic diseases mainly include disorders related to red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets which are the major components of blood.To rule out presence of hematologic diseases in a given patient, history should begin with standard medical questionnaires; Enquiry should be done about any previous prolonged bleeding episode post-surgery or injury, any spontaneous bleeding or frequent bruising. Drug history is very important and should be recorded in detail to know if the patient is on anticoagulants.

Fever (or hyperthermia) is a clinical sign accompanying several illnesses and manifests as dysfunction in the body¿s physiological mechanisms of temperature regulation. When caused by an infective microorganism (such as bacterial, viral, fungal or protozoal infection), the fever will usually be accompanied by an elevated white blood cell count. Blood cultures are the gold-standard for the diagnosis of bacterial infection. However, these are not readily available in most rural healthcare settings in low-income countries and when available, they take about 48 hours to detect any microorganisms in the culture media and are prone to contamination.

The book provides an in-depth analysis of the tourism industry and Eco-Tourism. It discusses the evolution of tourism and its various attributes, including the functional framework of the tourism sector, tourism infrastructure, impacts of tourism, and various forms of tourism. The book focuses on Eco-Tourism, its impacts, threats, and imperatives associated with it, and provides insight into Eco-Tourism development that is in accordance with ecological, social, and sustainable aspects of the region. The book provides a vision for the future of Bastar tourism, which is activity-based, diversified, ecologically responsive, and socially beneficial. The proposals and recommendations for the development focus on identifying the existing and unexplored potentials for Eco-Tourism. However, Bastar needs to continuously renovate and improve tourism-related facilities to sustain in the competitive market. The book concludes that Eco-Tourism becomes a worthwhile endeavor for Bastar tourism, and it is necessary to regulate and control the process to set priorities to save time and effort in addition to directing the state investments in the right direction.

High level video generalization, video segmentation, video indexing, video summarization and video recovery required an elementary step of recognition of shot boundaries. Therefore detection of shot boundaries is prerequisite for revealing content of complicated video structure. There are several applications where shot boundary detection automation can be used such as Geographical information system (GIS), restoration of video, multimedia news, digital libraries, Tele-learning, interactive display. There are some problems that still need to be addressed by the researchers to resolve. The disturbance caused by the illumination change, detection of gradual and abrupt transitions is the main confronts in the detection of shot breaks. In this book we propose three methods for shot boundary detection which are Dual Tree Discrete Wavelet Transform (DTDWT), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Convolution Neural Network (CNN). We have assessed algorithms using performance evaluation metric Precision, Recall and F1 measure.

Gynecological cancer is the fourth most common type worldwide; the steep rise in chronic illnesses constitutes a public health challenge for health services and policymakers. The diagnosis of cancer affects patients and their families physically, financially, and emotionally. Cancer is still considered synonymous with death, pain, and suffering. Therefore, there is a need for attempts toward enhancing the physical performance and quality of life of this category of patients. The oncology nurse has an important role in patient education and managing side effects, thereby helping each woman maintain her sexuality and quality of life.

Because folic acid plays a role in normal cell division, its intake is important during pregnancy for the rapidly dividing embryonic cells. Consuming sufficient folate before and during early pregnancy can help prevent neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly and can reduce the incidence of congenital heart disease. A deficiency of folate can occur when the body's need for folate is increased, when dietary intake of folate is inadequate, or when the body excretes (or loses) more folate than usual. The health belief model is a popular model applied in nursing, especially in issues focusing on patient compliance and preventive health care practice. The health belief model addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behavior. It provides a way to understand and predict how clients will behave in relation to their health and how they will comply with health care therapies. Nursing has evolved over the centuries, moving from the Nightingale Era of caring for the sick to the Healthy People Era, which in turn promotes health and wellness. Nurses today are equally involved in the role of a health promoter and illness preventer as well as a problem solver.

Okopnik lekarstwennyj (Symphytum officinale, Linnaeus, 1753) ¿mnogoletnee trawqnistoe rastenie. Trawqnye lechebnye rasteniq proqwlqüt swoe dejstwie cherez razlichnye mehanizmy dejstwiq: antioxidantnuü, obezboliwaüschuü, protiwowospalitel'nuü, protiwogribkowuü, antisepticheskuü i w nekotoryh sluchaqh - protiworakowuü aktiwnost' V swqzi s ätim widitsq perspektiwnym rasshirenie spektra lechebnyh preparatow dlq polosti rta, soderzhaschih w swoem sostawe rastitel'noe syr'e. Takie preparaty obladaüt nizkoj toxichnost'ü, imeüt malo pobochnyh äffektow i pozwolqüt pol'zowat'sq imi dlitel'noe wremq, bez priwykaniq i negatiwnyh posledstwij.

E-commerce have grown significantly in recent years, becoming one of the preferred methods of purchasing goods or services by customers. Online websites are increasing their proportion of sales volume in a rapid and transient manner, indicating that they are a channel to which retailers should pay attention, given that they are a future trend for retail. E-commerce has rapidly multiplied the business opportunity of the companies by entering into larger population. We have witnessed these changes in the COVID-19 pandemic where the websites have come up with innovative ways to cater the needs of the people. Therefore, this research tries to measure and analyse service quality of e-commerce websites, customer satisfaction and financial performance.The objective of this study is to measure various service quality factors of online shopping websites and to examine customer satisfaction derived from service quality. The study also focuses on measuring financial performance affected from customer satisfaction. The study focuses on five dimensions of e-service quality model to predict the service encounter satisfaction of customers.

The Green Revolution, a transformative era in the annals of agriculture, emerged as a game-changing force during the mid-20th century, fundamentally reshaping the methodology of food production and steering the trajectory of global food security. Characterized by a sequence of technological breakthroughs, the Green Revolution aimed to substantially augment agricultural productivity in response to the escalating demands of a rapidly expanding world population.

This book throughout the length and breadth discusses about the study of strength, durability and self-healing properties of Bacillus Megaterium treated bacterial recycled aggregate concrete made with and without Microsilica and Metakaolin. This book has eight chapters, and the study is covered under the specialization Structural Engineering of Civil Engineering.The main findings of the study show that Bacillus Megaterium is capable of improving the strength and durability properties of recycled aggregate concrete. The findings also show that Bacillus Megaterium is effective in self-healing surface cracks in recycled aggregate concrete and recovering its strength and permeability properties after healing.

V rabote predstawleny rezul'taty issledowanij po polucheniü ämul'sionnyh burowyh rastworow nizkoj plotnosti, stabilizirowannyh anionnymi powerhnostno-aktiwnymi weschestwami (PAV) i akrilowymi poliälektrolitami (PJe). Anionnye PAV poluchaüt na osnowe organicheskogo himicheskogo syr'q Uzbekistana. Izucheny kolloidno-himicheskie i tehnologicheskie swojstwa ämul'sionno-polimernyh rastworow (JePR). Ustanowleny ih preimuschestwa po gidrofobiziruüschemu i stabiliziruüschemu dejstwiü na prohodimye gornye porody i glinistye stenki skwazhin, wyqwleno sinergeticheskoe dejstwie pri formirowanii struktury glinqnyh suspenzij. Priwedeny rezul'taty opytnyh ispytanij JePR pri burenii geotehnologicheskoj skwazhin na zoloto w geologicheskoj äxpedicii.

Any dentist who places or restores implants ought to be aware of these risks and have the skills necessary to handle them. While some of the problems might be resolved without much help, others could necessitate consulting experts in different fields. The implant dentist has a responsibility to identify all of these circumstances and to be aware of the appropriate procedures to adhere to in order to optimize the patient's chances of success. Thousands of appreciative patients are served by teams of highly skilled and committed specialists on a daily basis despite these frightening facts. Dental implantology is a field that not only benefits patients but also the professionals who have the expertise, drive, and skills to treat patients with the utmost care. This textbook aims to furnish all those practitioners with an extensive reference material to consult in the event that a complication occurs.