Pradeep Kumar

This book provides an up-to-date review of fasciolosis, a disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, including its biology, transmission, epidemiology, host distribution, economic impact, and novel approaches for its diagnosis, treatment and prevention.It first offers a brief overview of the history of the disease, the genetic diversity of the parasite and its distribution, and the ecology of the vector snail, which belongs to the Lymnaeidae/Planorbidae family. It also examines the current strategies and novel approaches for controlling the parasite, diagnosing infections and vaccine development.Importantly, it highlights issues relating to the control of fasciolosis, including drug resistance, lack of effective diagnostics, and the parasite’s long-term survival strategies based on regulation and modulation of the host immune system. Lastly, it discusses the novel control snail vectors using bait formulations, and synergeticand phototherapy treatment with chlorophyllin, which does not kill the vector.

This book provides an up-to-date review of fasciolosis, a disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, including its biology, transmission, epidemiology, host distribution, economic impact, and novel approaches for its diagnosis, treatment and prevention.It first offers a brief overview of the history of the disease, the genetic diversity of the parasite and its distribution, and the ecology of the vector snail, which belongs to the Lymnaeidae/Planorbidae family. It also examines the current strategies and novel approaches for controlling the parasite, diagnosing infections and vaccine development.Importantly, it highlights issues relating to the control of fasciolosis, including drug resistance, lack of effective diagnostics, and the parasite’s long-term survival strategies based on regulation and modulation of the host immune system. Lastly, it discusses the novel control snail vectors using bait formulations, and synergeticand phototherapy treatment with chlorophyllin, which does not kill the vector.

Maintenance of pavements is an important aspect for the road authorities all over the world. The first step towards maintenance is pavement evaluation. Pavement could be evaluated through different types of distress experienced, such as cracking, disintegration and surface deformation. Pavement surface distresses, such as cracks and pothole are visible imperfections on the surface of the pavements. At present, there are various methods for conducting distress surveys, recording and analysing distress survey data. Traditionally, pavement condition data are gathered by human inspectors who walk or drive along the road to assess the distresses and subsequently produce reports, but it is costly and time-consuming, and endangers the safety of the personnel involved. Also, the large differences exist between the actual condition and evaluation results because of the subjectivity of the evaluation process. This work proposed methodologies for automatic assessment of pavement surface distresses using geospatial tools and soft computing techniques.

Despite the negative short-term shocks from the pandemic, India still remains an attractive destination for foreign investors. In the first eight months of 2020, investment has already reached around US$ 17 billion. Global technology firms, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Foxconn are invested in India. The government policies and provided incentives with other advantages for foreign investors are complementing business plans in India which is converting COVID-19 pandemic into an opportunity for a country.The past, present, and future of today's India presents the story of how a slowest growing economy of an independent India from 1947 to 1990 maintained average growth of 4%, and by adopting new liberal policies in 1991 (growth rate of 1.06%), became the 5th largest economy in the world in 2019 by overtaking the United Kingdom, and France. And again in 2020, after 73 years of independence, and 29 year of being liberal economy; the Indian economic growth is slowing down to 1.0% during the pandemic. Therefore, a looming question gripping a country and abroad, what is the future of India post pandemic?

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been considered as a very significant tool for the development of developed countries as well as for the development of developing countries. In the case of India and Poland, both emerging markets are providing enormous opportunities for domestic as well as for foreign markets. The adaptation of new liberal policies by both the countries in 1991 make them as favourite places for FDI in their regions. Poland became a favourite destination for the EU member states, and India is considered to be the largest market for service providers in the world. India also considers Poland as a gateway to the European Union. But at the same time FDI inflow-outflow between these two entities has been noticed very low and not to be considered at the high priority scale, although both the entities are sharing similar interest and willingness towards cooperation with each other. This book is a result of a systematic and methodical investigation to find out how FDI from these two entities can play a bigger role to establish new trade relations between them and provide a high confidence for foreign investors.

All fields of our life are redesigned. Due to SM, AI, IoT and velocity of transmission and expansion of the information are hastening both job creation and their destroy. Major changes occurring in the world are redefining the metrics of excellence for higher education and the pace of scientific and technological development, all the while, continues unabated. Can do the academic world keep up with these changes? Can the academic world be changed inside of it so to overtake job market? The Higher Education must be ready to equip students with proper theoretic and practice skills, knowing in real time all about market request. "All people pursue one goal: success or happiness. The only way to really be successful is to express yourself for the benefit of society. First of all, choose a well defined, clear and practical ideal - a goal, an objective. Second, you get the means to reach your goal-wisdom, money, materials, and methods. In the third place you adapt your means for the chosen purpose." Aristotle, 384-322 i.Hr, Greek philosopher "Begin at the beginning, the king said gravely, and go till you come to the end." Lewis Carroll, Alice s Adventures in Wonderland