Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghetto; Gunboat Smith on the Jack Johnson era; Jack Dempsey on the Willard fight and the Tunney "long count"; Rocky Graziano on showbiz; and dozens of others--including Sugar Ray Robinson, Willie Pastrano, Jose Torres, Carmen Basilio, Joe Louis, Willie Pep, and Archie Moore--on boxers, racketeers, drugs, payoffs, managers. Including two never-before-published interviews with Roberto Duran and Alexis Arguello, this newly expanded and updated edition of In This Corner. . . is undoubtedly the...

This study has attempted to unearth the paramount dimensions of HR practices and procedures, their repercussions that need coherent and committed efforts, by crafting plans and polices of strategic impact. Policies must be guided by sound research and the critical problems can be resolved in a much more ingenious manner. This study endeavors to explore the HR Practices with an intention to find out that to what extent Human Resource (HR) practices and policies are implemented and in practice in the industrial estate of Jamrud Road, Peshawar which is the largest industrial estate in...

Fungi are organisms which are taxonomically, environmentally and medically important organisms. They hold a prominent position among all the decomposing organisms. They exist in the Unicellular form as Aspergillus fumigatus, Alternaria alternaria, Venturia inequalis e.t.c. and also in the multicellular for such as Ganoderma lucidum, Agaricus biporus, Amanita muscaria e.t.c. They are equally harmful for the growing crops, livestocks and human beings. It is need of the hour to identify their environmental niche. It is also important to deal with their laboratory handlings. This manuscript is an...

The efficacy of different Pleurotus ostreatus (L.) isolates to treat pulp and paper industrial effluent on a shake flask and fermentor were studied. In the shake flask and fermentor studies, Pleurotus ostreatus decolorized the effluent 69.68% and 66.66% respectively, on 7TH day of incubation. The chemical oxygen demand was reduced by 61.3% by Pleurotus ostreatus on day 7 of incubation. Various cultural conditions including different glucose concentrations, nitrogen sources, pH, temperature and incubation period influence on biomass and different enzymes viz; xylanase, CMCase and laccase...

Land use change has significant impact on the surface runoff process of a watershed. In this book, methodology is described to combine an empirical land use change model and an event scale, rainfall-runoff model to quantify the impacts of potential land use change on the storm-runoff generation in the Lai Nullah Basin. The HEC-HMS rainfall-runoff model was calibrated and validated for 5 storm events in the study area, and the results showed good consistency between the simulated and measured hydrographs at the outlet (Katarian Bridge) of the basin. The future land use scenario was forecasted...

Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most important member among the Basidiomycetes. These fugal species have equal medicinal and therapeutical importance. They have exhibited various phenotypical features and response to other living organisms in a variable fashion. Recent study was plotted to examine the molecular identity among the species of Ganoderma lucidum colonizing at various sites in Lahore and also to evaluate their antimicrobial potential.

Among modern ceramic materials, silicon carbide and silicon nitride have several high-tech applications. But the conventional production methods of both are energy intensive, and hence expensive. This detailed research work deals with the synthesis of these materials from a low-cost agro-industrial by-product. The contents encompass the subject, from theoretical studies to practical approach, equally useful for researchers and students in the field of Materials Science.

This book is about the development of a tool using Adobe Flex. This desktop application provides user with multiple functionalities, it contains genes involved in abiotic stress especially in condition of drought in case of Rice (oryza sativa). User can manipulate or perform different functions on fasta sequences of all those genes available in catalog like domain identification in different genes or finding homologous sequences etc. This tool will be essential for scientist working on plants especially on rice and for those new to the field , as well as experienced researchers. This book...

Former boxing legend Muhammad Ali, one of the best-known and best-loved celebrities and an international good-will ambassador, offers inspiration and hope as he describes the spiritual philosophy that sustains him.

"During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing. You saw only a part of me. After I retired from boxing my true work began. I have embarked on a journey of love."

So Muhammad Ali begins this spiritual memoir, his description of the values that have shaped and sustained him and that continue to guide his life. In The Soul...

Pesticide usage has become an essential component of modern age agriculture. Their applications for the protection of crops through the pests, insects, mites, ticks and weeds are increasing steadily. The Pyrethroids constitute about twenty five percent of total pesticides used worldwide. These are based on an ester, derived from a flower chrysanthemum. Bifenthrin and cypermethrin are amongst natural Pyrethrins used. The excessive use of pesticides creates different environmental problems including soil and water pollution and ecological imbalance. Soil microflora the hidden creatures in...