Some topics of current practical relevance in environmental geotechnics

A Review of Some Subtleties of Practical Relevance

Current Topics in Epilepsy

Human epilepsies, by definition, are recurrent, self-sustained, paroxysmal disorders of brain function characterised by excessive firing of cerebral neurones. The underlying biochemical and morphological disturbances in the brain which are responsible for epilepsy are not clearly understood except that they appear to be diverse and hence the immediate difficulty in advancing a common mechanism ...

Current topics in ageing

The book begins with appreciable comments by Prof Mandeep S Dhillon, HOD, Deptt of Orthopedics, PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has rightly remarked it as an excellent attempt by the authors in bringing out this self care booklet for caregivers of bedridden patients. With increased life expectancy, the percentage of elderly population will significantly increase in India. Bringing out such a book was ne...

Some topics in orthogonality

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...