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  • Sustainable Agriculture

    Technologies, Application, and Practices
    • 1st Edition
    • Wasswa Shafik
    • English
    Sustainable Agriculture: Technologies, Application, and Practices provides readers with a foundational understanding of sustainable agriculture principles alongside the cutting-edge capabilities of artificial intelligence. Structured into six well-organized sections, the book begins with foundational concepts of sustainability and the enabling technologies that support them. This includes in-depth discussions on the principles of sustainability, the role of technology in enhancing agricultural practices, and the socioeconomic impacts of sustainable farming. Subsequent chapters look into practical applications, showcasing how smart irrigation, crop monitoring, and supply chain optimization can significantly bolster sustainable operations.Each chapter provides case studies and practical strategies to ensure a thorough understanding of how artificial intelligence can revolutionize sustainable agriculture. This book serves as an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying sustainable agriculture, agricultural technology, and environmental science.

  • Aggressive Behavior of People with Autism and other Intellectual and Developmental Disability

    • 1st Edition
    • Lauren Charlot + 1 more
    • English
    Aggressive Behavior of People with Autism and other Intellectual and Developmental Disability explores the primary factors influencing the occurrence of aggression in autistic people, offering practical suggestions for improving outcomes. Topics covered include understanding the effects of neurodevelopmental disorders, multiple factors that frequently impact the risk for aggression, common medical and neurological influences, and the effects of trauma. The book will also introduce a new model for integrating multiple influences into a contextual, functional behavior assessment.While people with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities receive extensive services for their behavioral health needs, many continue to struggle and lack a positive quality of life. This book covers these occurrences and the primary factors governing aggression and other externalizing behaviors.

  • Swarm Robotics Solutions for National Security and Marine Forensics

    • 1st Edition
    • Adarsh Kumar + 3 more
    • English
    Swarm Robotics Solutions for National Security and Marine Forensics explores the cutting-edge applications of swarm robotics in safeguarding national security and advancing marine forensics. This book delves into the innovative use of collaborative robotic systems inspired by nature, where multiple autonomous agents work together seamlessly to address complex challenges. From enhancing surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for national defence to revolutionizing marine forensic investigations, this comprehensive guide highlights the transformative impact of swarm robotics on critical domains. A must-read for researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts in robotics, artificial intelligence, and security, this book illuminates the future possibilities of swarm robotics in shaping a safer and more secure world.

  • Lunar Exploration

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 67
    • English
    Advances in Geophysics, Volume 67 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Sections in this new release include Introduction to the special issue, Electromagnetic induction in the Earth's mantle and oceans: Forward and inverse modeling, Marine controlled source and magnetotelluric methods, Probing the Lunar Interior with Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods, and Sensor development and applications in mineral exploration.

  • Mpox

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 59
    • English
    Monkeypox, Volume 59 covers the diagnosis of Mpox from clinical specimens and wastewater, while also discussing the neurological, dermatological, reproductive, and structural biology of Mpox. Specific chapters cover Tracking Mpox through Wastewater: Advances in Environmental Surveillance and Analytical Methodologies, Community-Based Monitoring of Mpox and Co-occurring Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Clade-Level Differentiation of Mpox Virus: Molecular Diagnostic Strategies for Routine Testing in Low-Resource Settings, Comparative Analysis of Mathematical and Stochastic Modelling of MPOX in Human and Rodent Populations, Genomic Sequencing Methods for mpox Detection and Genotyping, and The gastrointestinal manifestations of mpox.Additional sections explore the Neurological complications of Mpox, Dermatological complications of Mpox infections, Reproductive complications of Mpox, and the Structural Biology of Mpox: Advanced Imaging Illuminate Viral Mechanisms.

  • Molecular Tools and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

    • 2nd Edition
    • Betsy Foxman + 1 more
    • English
    Molecular Tools and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Second Edition examines the opportunities and methodologic challenges in the application of modern molecular genetic and biologic techniques to infectious disease epidemiology. The application of these techniques dramatically improves the measurement of disease and putative risk factors, increasing our ability to detect and track outbreaks, identify risk factors and detect new infectious agents. However, integration of these techniques into epidemiologic studies also poses new challenges in the design, conduct, and analysis. This book presents the key points of consideration when integrating molecular biology and epidemiology.Section... discuss how using molecular tools in epidemiologic research affects program design and conduct, consider the ethical concerns that arise in molecular epidemiologic studies, and provide a context for understanding and interpreting scientific literature as a foundation for subsequent practical experience in the laboratory, and in the field. The book is recommended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students studying infectious disease epidemiology and molecular epidemiology; and for the epidemiologist wishing to integrate molecular techniques into their studies.

  • Natural Disasters Under Changing Climate

    Modeling Strategies, Predictions, and Management
    • 1st Edition
    • Omid Rahmati + 4 more
    • English
    Natural Disasters Under Changing Climate: Modeling Strategies, Predictions, and Management is an essential textbook within the natural disaster prediction domain, functioning as a comprehensive book on natural disasters, and focusing on floods, landslides, earthquakes, dust storms, land subsidence, wildfire, sea level rise, drought, snow avalanches, debris flow, desertification, sand dune migration, and heatwaves. In addition to taking a range of natural disasters into account, it covers novel approaches in artificial intelligence and remote sensing and provides an overview of the different concepts of natural disasters perception and how geo-environmental, topo-hydrological, and edaphic variables are connected with their occurrences.The initial chapters of the book shed light on the main principles and mechanisms of disasters prediction and the application of artificial intelligence algorithms in natural disasters domain. They discuss the applicability of the predictive models in the natural hazards domain and how the understanding of disaster management can happen with the help of disaster susceptibility maps. The book then pivots into landslide susceptibility modeling under climate change and details the use of DInSAR as a powerful tool for studying the effects of earthquakes in various regions. Following that, dust storm frequency and intensity, and how these are impacted by climatic factors, as well as water and land use management, is discussed at length.

  • Metabolic Memory

    Past, Present and Future Implications
    • 1st Edition
    • Jeena Gupta
    • English
    Metabolic Memory: Past, Present and Future Implications delves into the emerging concept of metabolic memory, exploring how our body's metabolic processes retain a 'memory' of past experiences and how this impacts our current and future health. Drawing on the latest scientific research this book aims to bridge the gap between complex scientific concepts and their practical implications for everyday health and wellness. Metabolic memory has profound implications for understanding chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity. Despite its significance, there is a lack of comprehensive resource that make this information accessible to both professionals and the general public. This book fills that gap, providing a detailed yet understandable exploration of how past metabolic states influence present and future health outcomes.

  • Foundations of Real Analysis

    Expanding Horizons beyond the click
    • 1st Edition
    • William R. Brian
    • English
    Foundations of Real Analysis: Expanding Horizons beyond the click covers the central topics of analysis, like continuity, differentiation, and integration, with a particular emphasis on set-theoretic and topological aspects of the real line, such as the Baire Category Theorem and the infinite-length Banach-Mazur games. These mathematical spectacles aim to challenge the student’s preconceptions about the real line, while at the same time the main part of the text builds up a more well-founded intuition. The book connects analysis with other adjacent areas of mathematics, including important arguments and ideas from topology, measure theory, abstract algebra, descriptive set theory, and functional analysis.It is richly illustrated and includes a wealth of interesting examples and counterexamples, such as Hilbert’s space-filling curves and Volterra’s non-integrable derivative aims to give students a thorough and rigorous introduction to real analysis, leaning on the more intuitive and imaginative aspects of the subject, while also revealing some of the broader context of modern mathematics in which the subject is situated. This introductory course is designed not only for future analysts, but for anyone wanting to understand analysis and to sharpen their mathematical insight. The text is well suited to a two-semester university course, but can also be used for self-study by the curious reader.

  • Nutrition and Neurotoxicology - Part B

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English
    Nutrition and Neurotoxicity: Part B, Volume Sixteen highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Chemicals in cow milk and soy beverages: neurotoxicity and neuroprotection, Decoding the diet-inflammation axis: modulating neuroinflammation through nutritional interventions, Phytochemicals and neuroprotection: early strategies to prevent neurodegenerative diseases, Influence of non-caloric sweeteners on neural health: The current state of knowledge, Nutraceuticals and obsessive-compulsive disorder therapy: An update, The nexus between the catabolism of tryptophan and neurotoxicity, Neuroprotective phytonutrients: mechanisms of action and evidence in neurotoxic and degenerative conditions, and more.Additional chapters delve into Nutritive agents ameliorating neurodegeneration, Nutraceuticals and Neurotoxicity, and Neurotoxicity of heavy metals across the lifespan: The beneficial role of nutrition from fetus to the elderly.

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