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Varanasi District, U.P
GROUND WATER BROCHURE OF VARANASI DISTRICT, U.P. (A.A.P.: 2012-13) By J.P. Gautam Scientist 'C' CONTENTS Chapter Title Page No. VARANASI DISTRICT AT A GLANCE ..................3 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................5 2.0 PHYSIOGRAPHY ..................5 3.0 GEOLOGY ..................5 3.1 Sub-Surface Geology 4.0 HYDROMETROLOGY ..................6 5.0 HYDROGEOLOGY ..................7 5.1 Hydrogeological Setup 5.2 Ground Water Condition 5.3 Long Term Water Level Trend 5.4 Ground Water Resources 5.5 Ground Water Exploration 6.0 GROUND WATER QUALTIY ..................13 6.1 Quality of Shallow Ground Water 6.2 Quality of Deeper Aquifer 7.0 GROUND WATER PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED ..................13 7.1 Water Table Depletion 8.0 AWARENESS & TRAINING ACTIVITY ..................13 9.0 CONCLUSIONS ..................14 10.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................14 PLATES: 1.0 INDEX MAP OF VARANASI DISTRICT, U.P. 2.0 DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL PREMONSOON 2012, VARANASI DISTRICT, U.P. 3.0 DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL POSTMONSOON 2012 VARANASI DISTRICT, U.P. 4.0 GROUND WATER RESOURCE AND DRAFT OF VARANASI DISTRICT, U.P. 5.0 GROUND WATER EXPLORATION MAP OF VARANASI DISTRICT, U.P. 2 VARANASI DISTRICT AT GLANCE 1. GENERAL INFORMATION District : Varanasi Geographical Area (Sq. Km.) : 1578 Sub Division a) Number of Tehsil : 02 Varanasi Sadar & Pindra b) Number of Block : 08 Population (as on 2011 census) : 3682194 Male : 1928641 Female : 1753553 Decadal Growth of Population : 23.84% 2. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA Normal Rainfall (mm) : 997.40 Mean Maximum Temperature : 44.000C Mean Minimum Temperature : 5.200C Average R. Humidity : 56% Number of Rainy Days : 58 Wind Speed Maximum : 4.5 Km./Hr. -
CUG No. / Email ID of JAIL OFFICIALS of up Sl.N Name of Institution Designation Mobile N0
CUG No. / Email ID OF JAIL OFFICIALS OF UP Sl.N Name Of Institution Designation Mobile N0. Other Email ID o. /Jail 1 Head Quarter,Lucknow Inspector General Of 9454418151 0522-2624454 [email protected] Prison 0522-2626524 FAX 2230252 2 Head Quarter,Lucknow Addl.I.G.(Admin) 9454418152 0522-2626789 0522-2616245 3 Head Quarter,Lucknow Addl.I.G.(Depart.) 9454418153 4 Head Quarter,Lucknow DIG (H.Q.) 9454418154 0522-2620734 [email protected] 5 Head Quarter,Lucknow Senior Supdt.(H.Q.) 9454418155 0522-2622390 [email protected] 6 Head Quarter,Lucknow Finance Controller 9454418156 0522-2270279 7 Head Quarter,Lucknow Executive Engineer 9454418157 0522-2273618 8 Head Quarter,Lucknow Sodh Adhikari 9454418158 0522-2273238 [email protected] 9 Head Quarter,Lucknow Asst. Engineer 9454418159 10 Head Quarter,Lucknow Camp Office of 9454418160 Inspector General Of Prison 11 Sampurna Nand Jail Addl.I.G.(Admin) 9454418161 0522-2452646 Training Center, Deputy Director 9454418162 [email protected] Lucknow Office 9454418163 [email protected] 12 Range Office, Agra DIG Prison 9454418164 0562-2605494 [email protected] Office 9454418165 13 Range Office, Meerut DIG Prison 9454418166 0121-2760129 [email protected] Office 9454418167 14 Range Office, Bareilly DIG Prison 9454418168 0581-2413416 [email protected] Office 9454418169 [email protected] 15 Range Office, Lucknow DIG Prison 9454418170 0522-2455798 [email protected] Office 9454418171 16 Range Office, Allahabad DIG Prison 9454418172 0532-2697471 [email protected] Office 9454418173 17 Range Office, DIG Prison 9454418174 0551-2344601 [email protected] Gorakhpur Office 9454418175 18 Agra, Central Jail Senior Supdt. -
Studies on Milk Production and Health Management for Livestock in Western Uttar Pradesh, India
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(7): 2696-2704 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 7 (2017) pp. 2696-2704 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.607.379 Studies on Milk Production and Health Management for Livestock in Western Uttar Pradesh, India Satyaveer Singh, Nazim Ali, Jagdeep Kumar*, Hitesh Singh and Harendra Singh Chauhan Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut-250110, (U.P.), India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Studies of the 160 farmers were selected randomly from 16 villages of Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahar and Gautambudhnagar districts i.e. 4 villages from each district. The average milk production was 9.38, 9.40, 9.39 and 9.52 litter/day/family in Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahar and Gautambudhnagar districts. It was found that there was non-significant K e yw or ds (P<0.05) difference among the districts. Over all milk production was higher in the C5 category of farmers and lower in C1 category. There was significant difference among the Livestock, C1 and other categories of farmers in respect to total milk production. Value of animal feed Disposal, Milk grade was also significantly higher in C5 (4.13 kg/day) category of farmers over all other production, categories and it was followed by C4 (3.00 kg/day). C1 category recorded lowest value of Health . animal feed grade. Similarly difference among districts was statistically significant and Gautambudhnagar recorded maximum value of animal feed grade over other districts. -
Study of Seasonal Variation of Arsenic Concentration in Groundwater in Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh
STUDY OF SEASONAL VARIATION OF ARSENIC CONCENTRATION IN GROUNDWATER IN GHAZIPUR DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH AKBARE AZAM1* 1Department of Chemistry, Government Women P. G. College, Ghazipur, U. P, India. AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTION The sole author designed, analysed, interpreted and prepared the manuscript. Original Research Article ABSTRACT It was reported a clear temporal and seasonal variability of As concentrations in different water samples of Ghazipur district of eastern U. P. During post monsoon season As concentration decreases in Samples. A definite relationship exists between the behavior of arsenic and rainfall intensity. Groundwater quality depends on the composition of recharging water, the mineralogy and reactivity of the geological formations in aquifers, anthropogenic activities and environmental conditions that may affect the geochemical mobility of certain constituents. Arsenic concentrations in groundwater of the Kathmandu Valley show a wide range and some of groundwater sources investigated were found to be in elevated levels in some parts of the valley could be due to the nature of the sediments there. The high degree of spatial variability in groundwater quality over short distances indicates that groundwater movement has been limited and is poorly mixed. The higher concentration of arsenic under reduced groundwater environment may be due to Fe/Mn oxides and direct reduction of As(V) into As(III). After an initial increase, arsenic concentration often decreases again as a function of time below water table due to sulfide precipitation, whereas it increases with increasing sulfate concentrations above water table. Under moderately reduced environment (0 to 100 mV), arsenic solubility seemed to be controlled by the dissolution of Fe ox hydroxides. -
THE DIAN J F IT;: EC.Sni IS
THE DIAN J F IT;: EC.sNi IS Organ .of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics) - Vol. VIII AUGUST 1953 No. 2 CONTENTS Page NOTES AND COMMENTS FIELDS vs. FARMS • • • • • • •• • • Manilal B. Nanavati NOTES ON SOME ASPECTS OF RURAL EMPLOYMENT .. 19 M. L. Dantwala. AGRICULTURAL INCOME AND ITS DISTRIBUTION IN BIHAR _ S. R. Bose • CATTLE PROBLEMS OF GUJARAT, SAURASHTRA AND KUTCH 44 J. K. Desai REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICUL- TURAL AND CO-OPERATIVE CREDIT • • .. .. 60 RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS .. 64 NOTE ON , BOOK REVIEWS (see inside cover) .. • • • • •. .. 84 Rs. 4/- BOOK REVIEWS Theodore W. Schultz, The Economic• Organization of Agriculture - M. L. Dantwala • • 84 Henry C. and Anne Dewees Taylor, The Story of Agricultural Economics in the United States A. Correia-Afonso 85 K. N. Naik, Co-operative Movement in the Bombay State V. P. Varde 86 • United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, Mobilisation of Domestic Capital in certain Countries of • Asia and the Far East Phiroze Medhora .• 87 Giuseppe Medici, Land Property and Land Tenure in Italy Manohar V. Hate 90 Mario Bandini, Land Reform in Italy H. B. Shivamaggi 91 Karuna Mukerji, Land Reforms H. B. Shivamaggi 92 Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of India, Agri- cultural Legislation in India, Vol. Hi: Agricultural Pro- duction and Development P. S. Sanghvi • • 94 Surendra J. Patel, Agricultural Labourers in Modern India and Pakistan K. D. Shah 95 Oscar Lewis, Life in a Mexican Village: Tepoztlan Restudied A. R. Desai 97 Bhabatosh Datta, The Economics of Industrialisation: A Study of the Basic Problems of an Underdeveloped Economy V. -
Restoration of Po Unnao Action Plan For
ACTION PLAN FOR RESTORATION OF POLLUTED STRETCH OF RIVER SAI FROM UNNAO TO JAUNPUR River Sai Near Behta Bridge, Raebareli UTTAR PRADESH POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD TC – 12V, VIBHUTI KHAND, GOMTINAGAR, LUCKNOW (UP) INDEX 1. Introduction 1-4 1.1 Polluted stretch of river Sai from Unnao to Jaunpur 5 along with drains. 2. Objective of the Action Plan 6 3. Pollution Inventory 7 3.1 Details of drains contributing the pollution 7-9 . a – f Drains (A –F) 10-15 3.2 Details of Sewage Pollution Sources 16-18 3.3 Details of Waste Management 19 . 3.3 (a) Municipal Solid Waste 19-21 . 3.3 (b) Bio- Medical Waste 22-23 . 3.3 (c) Hazardous Waste 24 . 3.3 (d) E-Waste 25 4. Details of Industrial Pollution Sources 26 4.1 Details of Industrial Units 26 4.2 Gap Analysis of Industries Situated in the catchment of 27 River Sai 5. Status of Ground Water 28-30 6. Monitoring of Pollution Sources 31 6.1 Monitoring of Drains 31 6.2 Monitoring of River 31-32 6.3 Monitoring Of Tributaries Of River Sai 32 6.4 Monitoring Of Water Polluting Industries 33 6.5 Establishment of River Sai Pollution Control Room 33-34 7. Polluted River Stretch Rejuvenation Action Plan 35-48 Apendices Appendix-1 Pollution Source Mapping of River Sai from Unnao to 50 Jaunpur Appendix-2 Details of Cities & Towns 51 Appendix-3 Details of Industries 52 Appendix-4 Details of Gram Panchayats & Revenue Villages on the 53-60 banks of River Appendix-5 Wet Lands / Water Bodies Along the River Sai 61-62 Appendix-6 Status of E-waste Management 63-66 Appendix-7 River Water Quality Data 67 Appendix-7A River Water Quality Data of Tribuatries of River Sai 68 Appendix-8 MSW improvement action plan time-line for the ULBs of 72-74 Department of Urban Development, UP 1. -
Basic Information of Urban Local Bodies – Uttar Pradesh
BASIC INFORMATION OF URBAN LOCAL BODIES – UTTAR PRADESH As per 2006 As per 2001 Census Election Name of S. Growth Municipality/ Area No. of No. Class House- Total Rate Sex No. of Corporation (Sq. Male Female SC ST (SC+ ST) Women Rate Rate hold Population (1991- Ratio Wards km.) Density Membe rs 2001) Literacy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 I Saharanpur Division 1 Saharanpur District 1 Saharanpur (NPP) I 25.75 76430 455754 241508 214246 39491 13 39504 21.55 176 99 887 72.31 55 20 2 Deoband (NPP) II 7.90 12174 81641 45511 36130 3515 - 3515 23.31 10334 794 65.20 25 10 3 Gangoh (NPP) II 6.00 7149 53913 29785 24128 3157 - 3157 30.86 8986 810 47.47 25 9 4 Nakur (NPP) III 17.98 3084 20715 10865 9850 2866 - 2866 36.44 1152 907 64.89 25 9 5 Sarsawan (NPP) IV 19.04 2772 16801 9016 7785 2854 26 2880 35.67 882 863 74.91 25 10 6 Rampur Maniharan (NP) III 1.52 3444 24844 13258 11586 5280 - 5280 17.28 16563 874 63.49 15 5 7 Ambehta (NP) IV 1.00 1739 13130 6920 6210 1377 - 1377 27.51 13130 897 51.11 12 4 8 Titron (NP) IV 0.98 1392 10501 5618 4883 2202 - 2202 30.53 10715 869 54.55 11 4 9 Nanauta (NP) IV 4.00 2503 16972 8970 8002 965 - 965 30.62 4243 892 60.68 13 5 10 Behat (NP) IV 1.56 2425 17162 9190 7972 1656 - 1656 17.80 11001 867 60.51 13 5 11 Chilkana Sultanpur (NP) IV 0.37 2380 16115 8615 7500 2237 - 2237 27.42 43554 871 51.74 13 5 86.1 115492 727548 389256 338292 65600 39 65639 23.38 8451 869 67.69 232 28 2 Muzaffarnagar District 12 Muzaffarnagar (NPP) I 12.05 50133 316729 167397 149332 22217 41 22258 27.19 2533 892 72.29 45 16 13 Shamli -
List of Uttar Pradesh Administrative Divisions
List of Uttar Pradesh Administrative Divisions No Divisions Headquarters Districts 1. Agra 2. Firozabad 1 Agra division Agra 3. Mainpuri 4. Mathura 1. Aligarh 2. Etah 2 Aligarh division Aligarh 3. Hathras 4. Kasganj 1. Prayagraj 2. Fatehpur 3 Prayagraj division Prayagraj 3. Kaushambi 4. Pratapgarh 1. Azamgarh 4 Azamgarh division Azamgarh 2. Ballia 3. Mau 1. Badaun 2. Bareilly 5 Bareilly division Bareilly 3. Pilibhit 4. Shahjahanpur 1. Basti 6 Basti division Basti 2. Sant Kabir Nagar 3. Siddharthnagar 1. Banda 2. Chitrakoot 7 Chitrakoot division Chitrakoot 3. Hamirpur 4. Mahoba 1. Bahraich 2. Balarampur 8 Devipatan division Gonda 3. Gonda 4. Shravasti 1. Ambedkar Nagar 2. Barabanki 9 Ayodhya division Ayodhya 3. Ayodhya 4. Sultanpur 5. Amethi 1. Deoria 2. Gorakhpur 10 Gorakhpur division Gorakhpur 3. Kushinagar 4. Maharajganj 1. Jalaun 11 Jhansi division Jhansi 2. Jhansi 3. Lalitpur 1. Auraiya 2. Etawah 3. Farrukhabad 12 Kanpur division Kanpur 4. Kannauj 5. Kanpur Dehat 6. Kanpur Nagar 1. Hardoi 2. Lakhimpur Kheri 3. Lucknow 13 Lucknow division Lucknow 4. Raebareli 5. Sitapur 6. Unnao 1. Baghpat 2. Bulandshahar 3. Gautam Buddha Nagar 14 Meerut division Meerut 4. Ghaziabad 5. Meerut 6. Hapur 1. Mirzapur 15 Mirzapur division Mirzapur 2. Bhadohi 3. Sonbhadra 1. Bijnor 2. Amroha 16 Moradabad division Moradabad 3. Moradabad 4. Rampur 5. Sambhal 1. Muzaffarnagar 17 Saharanpur division Saharanpur 2. Saharanpur 3. Shamli 1. Chandauli 2. Ghazipur 18 Varanasi division Varanasi 3. Jaunpur 4. Varanasi List of Districts in Uttar Pradesh No. Districts -
Human Rights with New Preface 2009.Indd
Asian Centre for Human Rights is dedicated to promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Asian region by: n providing accurate and timely information and complaints to the National Human Rights Institutions, the United Nations bodies and mechanisms as appropriate; INDIA n conducting investigation, research, campaigning and lobbying on country HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT situations or individual cases; n increasing the capacity of human rights defenders and civil society groups through relevant trainings on the use of national and international human rights procedures; n providing input into international standard setting processes on human rights; n providing legal, political and practical advice according to the needs of human rights defenders and civil society groups; and n by securing the economic, social and cultural rights through rights-based approaches to development. ASIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS C-3/441-C, Janakpuri, New Delhi 110058 INDIA Phone/Fax: +91 11 25620583, 25503624 Website: www.achrweb.org Email: [email protected] ASIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ASIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS India Human Rights Report 2009 Edited by: Suhas Chakma, Director, Asian Centre for Human Rights Published by: Asian Centre for Human Rights C-3/441-C, Janakpuri, New Delhi 110058, INDIA Tel/Fax: +91 11 25620583, 25503624 Website: www.achrweb.org Email: [email protected] First published May 2009 ©Asian Centre for Human Rights, 2009 No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the publisher. Cover photo: Voters for the 2009 general elections; Source: http://www. -
List of Selected Fresh Applicants for Scholarship Under Trust Fund 1St Qtr
LIST OF SELECTED FRESH APPLICANTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP UNDER TRUST FUND 1ST QTR FOR THE SESSION 2016-17 APPLICATION/ SR NAME OF THE REGISTRAION SEX COURSE INSTITUTE ADDRESS TOTAL NO. CANDIDATE NO. DEPUTY REGISTRAR (COURSES), Indian SANCHIT JAGANNATH 1 TF/16/00006 Male B.TECH Institute of Technology Madras, CHENNAI, 31000 GHULE CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU- 600036 PRINCIPAL, VT CHOKSI SARVAJANIK LAW COLLEGE, SURAT-DUMAS ROAD, OPP PLATINUM RAMJIBHAI 2 TF/16/00016 Male L.L.B PLAZA, VT CHOKSI COLLEGE CAMPUS, LAL 32000 PRABHUDAYAL SHAHU BUNGLOW, ATHWA LINES, SURAT, GUJARAT- 395007 PRINCIPAL, scad college of engineering and technology, SCAD NAGAR, CHERANMAHADEVI 3 TF/16/00019 MUTHU KRISHNAN P Male B.E.-CSE 31000 TIRUNELVELI, TIRUNELVELI, TAMIL NADU- 627414 MANAGER PGP, Indian institute of management, 4 TF/16/00021 PAWAN KUMAR Male PGDM 494000 VASTRAPUR, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT-380015 BE (PRINTING DEAN , COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING GUINDY, 12, 5 TF/16/00035 SATHYAPRIYA B Female TECHNOLO SARDAR PATEL RD, GUINDY., CHENNAI, TAMIL 31200 GY) NADU- 600025 PRINCIPAL, KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MARILINGAPPA 6 TF/16/00038 Male MBBS SCIENCES HUBLI, P B ROAD, VIDYANAGAR, 81200 MADARKAL HUBLI, DHARWAD, KARNATAKA-580022 PRINCIPAL, MYSORE MEDICAL COLLEGE 7 TF/16/00042 SUMALATHA C Female MBBS & RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IRVIN ROAD , MYSORE, 47700 KARNATAKA-570001 PRINCIPAL, cape institute of technology, BE RAJAKRISHNAPURAM, NEAR 8 TF/16/00066 JERISH SANJU Male COMPUTER AZHAGAPPAPURAM, LEVENGIPURAM, 52550 SCIENCE THIRUNELVELI, KANYAKUMARI, TAMIL NADU- 627114 MEDICAL OFFICER I/C ACADEMICS ON BEHAIF OF PRICIPAL & CONTROLER, DR S N MEDICAL 9 TF/16/00080 PRADEEP Male MBBS 32000 COLLEGE , SHASTRI NAGAR , JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN-342001 PRINCIPAL, BYK sinner college of commerce, PRATIK BABU 10 TF/16/00087 Male BCA PRIN. -
Appropriation Accounts 2014-2015
Appropriation Accounts 2014-2015 Government of Uttar Pradesh APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS 2014-2015 GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH TABLE OF CONTENTS Page(s) Introductory (vii) Summary of Appropriation Accounts (ix)-(xxvii) Certificate of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (xxix)-(xxxi) NUMBER AND NAME OF GRANT 1. Excise Department 1-4 2. Housing Department 5-8 3. Industries Department (Small Industry 9-12 and Export Promotion) 4. Industries Department (Mines and Minerals) 13-14 5. Industries Department (Handloom and Village Industries) 15 6. Industries Department (Handloom Industry) 16-18 7. Industries Department (Heavy and Medium Industries) 19-22 8. Industries Department (Printing and Stationery) 23-24 9. Power Department 25-27 10. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Horticultural and Sericulture Development) 28-32 11. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Agriculture) 33-44 12. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Land Development and Water Resources) 45-46 13. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Rural Development) 47-56 14. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Panchayati Raj) 57-64 15. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Animal Husbandry) 65-71 16. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Dairy Development) 72-73 ( ii ) NUMBER AND NAME OF GRANT Page(s) 17. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Fisheries) 74-76 18. Agriculture and Other Allied Departments (Co-operative) 77-79 19. Personnel Department (Training and Other Expenditure) 80-81 20. Personnel Department (Public Service Commission) 82-83 21. Food and Civil Supplies Department 84-88 22. Sports Department 89-94 23. Cane Development Department (Cane) 95-97 24. Cane Development Department (Sugar Industry) 98-99 25. Home Department (Jails) 100-103 26. -
Unearthing Gender • Folksongs of North India
Unearthing Gender • Folksongs of North India Smita Tewari Jassal Unearthing Gender c Folksongs of North India Smita Tewari Jassal duke university press Durham & London 2012 ∫ 2012 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper $ Typeset in Adobe Garamond Pro by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. Hear the bells ring the notes of a chime when our words may not the worlds will rhyme. from ‘‘temple bells,’’ raminder singh jassal To the memory of my father jagdish narain tewari (1925–1990) and for raminder (1952–2011) who made life a song. acknowledgments hen, during my research in Uttar Pradesh, I in- Wtroduced myself to an informant, B. K. Dubey, in preparation for a structured interview, I first had to quell his curiosity about my interest in the songs of the region. The explanation I o√ered—that the inquiry was prompted both by my desire to pay homage to the mem- ory of my deceased father and by the opportunity this provided for ‘‘reclaiming’’ the language of my ancestors— so satisfied him that he warmed to me instantly. He found it entirely appropriate for a daughter, especially one married outside the community, to repay her debts in this manner. I encountered such responses repeatedly during fieldwork. Ironically, however, in discharging this particular debt, I invariably incurred others over the many years I spent in di√erent academic environments. It is therefore a great pleasure to finally thank all those with- out whom this book would not have been possible.