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Agriculture, Human Development and Poverty
This book aims to study linkage between agriculture and human development and evaluate sustainability indicators in the state of Assam and Barak Valley zone which consists of three districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi on the bank of river Barak and her tributaries and is situated in the southern part of the state. The methodology used in this study was collection of both primary and secondary data and field observations. Secondary data was applied to study the agro-human development linkage and multidimensional poverty in the state and the valley. From the field level survey, samples for statistics were taken from heads of rural households in selected Agricultural Development Circles of three districts of Barak Valley. The sample consisted of 450 Households from six agricultural subdivisions of three districts. The present book analyses the agro-human development linkage of Assam and Barak Valley.
Workplace Drug Testing
This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. It provides essential information on the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world, how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis and the associated interpretation of results.Contents include:* epidemiology of drug use in the working population* the evidence base and guidelines for workplace drug testing* legal, regulatory aspects and policies for drugs and alcohol* urine and alternative sample collection process* analytical techniques and specimen adulteration.Case studies of successful programmes are also included to illustrate ...
Women and Substance Abuse
Work on female drinking and female drug and alcohol abuse is proliferating because interest and productivity in alcohol research has expanded. In this work, the editors' primary focus is on the abuse of alcohol, its biological effects, behavioral effects, abuses, and problems. This book updates where this field is at the moment. The first five chapters deal with basic issues of biology, epidemology, and anthropology. The next five chapters deal with substance abuse including antecedents, consequences, comorbidity, fetal effects, special populations, and illicit drug use. Two chapters which follow are concerned with related disorders, that is, smoking and eating disorders. The final chapters cover treatment and prevention.
The Nature of Drug Dependence
This authoritative, up-to-date volume explores an issue critical to the study and treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse. The book's multidisciplinary approach to this question reflects the range of debate and controversy surrounding the issue.
Cocaine Abuse
Cocaine abuse remains a major public health problem and contributes to many of our most disturbing social problems, including the spread of infectious disease, crime, violence, and neonatal drug exposure. Cocaine abuse results from a complex interplay of behavioral, pharmacological, and neurobiological determinants. While a complete understanding of cocaine abuse is currently beyond us, significant progress has been made in preclinical research on fundamental determinants of this disorder. These advances are critically reviewed in the first section of this volume. Important advances also have been made in characterizing the clinical pharmacology of cocaine, and those advances have been exten...
The Shadow Lines
From the acclaimed author of Sea of Poppies, a novel weaving history and memory together to create "a rare work that balances formal ingenuity, heart, and mind" (New Republic) Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one English, one Bengali--as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.
The Novels of Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh, b. 1956, an Indian English novelist.
