Amit Srivastava

This ambitious publication, now revised and expanded, dissects fifty-five modern masterpieces through specially commissioned freehand drawings that reveal the principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Covering six continents, and ranging from residences to opera houses, influential buildings of the past seven decades are analysed through detailed consideration of their key characteristics – site and surroundings, space and massing, programme and circulation, fenestration and use of natural light – to give an insight into how each design works as a cohesive whole. Appealing to architects, students and everyone who appreciates great buildings, The Elements of Modern Architecture is an essential reference and inspiration for generations to come.

Bioethics is a study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine. Bioethics is a branch of applied ethics that deals with the philosophical, social, and legal issues arising in medicine and life sciences. Bioethics is mainly concerned with human life and well-being, though it sometimes also treats ethical questions relating to nonhuman biological environment (like environmental ethics, animal rights etc). This book discusses about all the ethical issues that deals with medical practice aspect.

Health of any population depends on the control of disease and maintenance of a healthy relationship between living creatures and their environment. The parasitic infection is greatly influenced by the season, which basically interferes with ecology and physiology of the fish. The characteristic of any water body can influence and determine its parasitic fauna and on favorable environmental conditions, such as water, food and temperature become favorable for mass reproduction of parasites, the disease may spread very quickly. Different climatic condition variables have their direct influence on freshwater fish physiology as well as helminth parasitic abundance. Seasonal variation not only affects the parasitic prevalence but also regulate parasitic infection intensity in freshwater host fishes and their invasive tissues. Helminth parasites invasive cause diseases that affect the normal health conditions and cause reduction of growth, abnormal metabolic activities and even death of the freshwater fishes thus results great economic loss.

We are living in an era where time is money and money is time. So even in the field of dentistry, orthodontic patients are now looking for optimal results with minimal effort as quickly as possible. To be a successful orthodontist, one must not only provide the best dental and facial results possible but also deliver esthetic soft tissue results under shortest duration of time and efficiency. Thus, with the advancement in technology, laser has become more and more important in the field of orthodontics as well.

India: Modern Architectures in History shows how the architecture of ‘Modern India’ reflected and embodied the dramatic shifts of Indian society and culture. Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava explore how Indian architectural modernity began in the early twentieth century, as public works and patronage fostered new design practices that directly challenged the social order and values invested in the building traditions of the past. This is the first book to examine both colonial and the postcolonial aspects in comparable depth, and the authors draw together a broad range of sources, including private papers, photographic collections and the extensive records of the Indian Public Works Department system. This critical reinterpretation of India’s key role in the history of modern architecture is essential reading for all students and scholars of architecture, as well as all those interested in the story of global modernism.