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Networks, Labour and Migration among Indian Muslim Artisans provides an ethnography of life, work and migration in a North Indian Muslim-dominated woodworking industry. It traces artisanal connections within the local context, during migration within India, and to the Gulf, examining how woodworkers utilise local and transnational networks, based on identity, religiosity, and affective circulations, to access resources, support and forms of mutuality. However, the book also illustrates how liberalisation, intensifying forms of marginalisation and incorporation into global production networks have led to spatial pressures, fragmentation of artisanal labour, and forms of enclavement that persi...
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Quinone-Based Compounds in Drug Discovery: Trends and Applications provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the latest advances in the field of drug discovery using quinone-based materials. The book covers various aspects of quinone-based materials such as their synthesis, characterization, and applications in drug discovery, consolidating current research. It introduces quinones in the pharmacology context and then describes current developments in drugs for key diseases and conditions. Final chapters deal with the regulatory and commercial framework to take quinone-based drugs to the market. This book will benefit a wide range of readers, including researchers, scientists, and g...
In recent decades, information technology and electronic devices have undergone significant developments that have remarkably improved our quality of life. Nevertheless, as these electronic devices - such as computer equipment, smartphones, and home appliances - are discarded, they contribute to the production of e-waste, harming our environment and, in turn, posing a danger to human health. With one out of every three people accessing a computer or mobile device worldwide and the increasing use of heavy metals in fields such as medicine, we are witnessing an ever-increasing amount of hazardous e-waste. One of the major toxic components of e-waste is heavy metals, including arsenic, cobalt, ...