Abhishek Sharma

Swarm intelligence is one of the fastest growing subfields of artificial intelligence and soft computing. This field includes multiple optimization algorithms to solve NP-hard problems for which conventional methods are not effective. It inspires researchers in engineering sciences to learn theories from nature and incorporate them. Swarm Intelligence: Foundation, Principles, and Engineering Applications provides a comprehensive review of new swarm intelligence techniques and offers practical implementation of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) with MATLAB code. The book discusses the statistical analysis of swarm optimization techniques so that researchers can analyse their experiment design. It also includes algorithms in social sectors, oil and gas industries, and recent research findings of new optimization algorithms in the field of engineering describing the implementation in machine learning. This book is written for students of engineering, research scientists, and academicians involved in the engineering sciences.

" Morpho-chemical evaluation of different population of Podophyllum hexandrum Royle" was carried out with the objective 1. Inter and Intra population studies onmorphological parameters and 2. Studies on variation in podophyllotoxin in different morphotype/ population. Ten populations of Podophyllum hexandrum from North west Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh) at altitude ranging from 2050 m to 3636 m amsl were studied. Plants were observed to have different number of leaves/ plant viz single leaf, two leaves, three leaves and four leaves per plant. The plant bearing single leaf were more abundant (48.08 %) as compared to two leaved(35.35 %), three leaved (16.94 %) and four leaved plant (0.20 %). Considerable morphological variations in the lamina shape of leaf was observed and ten lamina shapes were documented. Significant variation in morphological characters was observed. The podophyllotoxin content in different plants of different population ranged from 2.93-6.31 % in roots, 2.22-8.96 % in rhizomes and 2.85%-6.95 % in whole underground part i.e. rootstock. However, no correlation between number of leaves/ plant and podophyllotoxin content in root, rhizome and rootstock was observed.

This book provides an overview of clinical ophthalmology using the logical, stepwise format of mind maps. It is an excellent rapid-revision tool, suitable for medical students, ophthalmology trainees, orthoptists, optometrists, general practitioners and other health professionals.

Ophthalmology is a highly specialized field with complex conditions and a wide range of practitioners. This book provides an overview of clinical ophthalmology using the visually driven "mindmaps" format, a tool that summarizes topics with a logical pictorial structure to aid in memory retention. With Mindmaps in Ophthalmology, clinicians can obtain information quickly, following pathways in each subsection of a topic. They are able to select the levels at which the mindmap divisions remain relevant to them, while still maintaining an overall picture that is often lost in textbooks or atlases. The practitioner is always able to put history, examination, diagnosis, and treatment in context. Suitable for medical students, ophthalmology trainees, orthoptists, optometrists, general practitioners and other health professionals, this rapid revision tool is an ideal companion when used in conjunction with a textbook for further elaboration on topics.