Wheat Improvement Food Security in a Changing Climate

This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders…

Technology and sustainable development: the promise and pitfalls of techno-so…

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Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES: The 2nd International Conference on C…

This open access book is a compilation of selected papers from 2020 DigitalFUTURES—The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020). The book focuses on novel techniques for computational design and robotic fabrication. The contents make valuable contributions to academic researchers, designers, and engineers in the industry. As well, readers will e…

Media disrupted :surviving pirates, cannibals, and streaming wars

"This book tells the story of how the internet and digital technologies disrupted the recorded music, newspaper, film, and television industries"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Winning the right game :how to disrupt, defend, and deliver in a changing world

"A framework for navigating disruption that crosses industry boundaries, through the development of ecosystems"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Water Cycle Management A New Paradigm of Wastewater Reuse and Safety Control

This book focuses on environmental engineering, and on wastewater treatment and reuse in particular, which is a vital aspect for countries and regions suffering from water shortages. It introduces a new water cycle management concept for designing water systems that mimic the hydrological cycle, where reclaimed water is produced, stored/regulated, supplied and used in a semi-natural manner so t…

InCIEC 2014

The special focus of this proceedings is to cover the areas of infrastructure engineering and sustainability management. The state-of-the art information in infrastructure and sustainable issues in engineering covers earthquake, bioremediation, synergistic management, timber engineering, flood management and intelligent transport systems. It provides precise information with regards to innovati…

Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Ultraviolet Absorbance at 254 Nm in Differe…