With the agricultural sector pledging to improve its sustainability, there is an urgent need to move away from linear food production models which rely on significant raw material inputs and generate large amounts of residual waste.Developing circular agricultural production systems reviews the emergence of circular agriculture as an approach to improving the sustainability of the agricultural sector. The book addresses recent advances in understanding and...

This book is a memorial for Professor Richard K Chang of Yale University with contributions from students, colleagues, friends, and family. The book covers the academic and personal interactions between a professor and his students and colleagues in addition to observations by friends and family.Readership: Academicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, university professors, research engineers, research managers, scientists, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students,...

For centuries, Chinese medicinal materials have been used for therapeutic purposes. Chinese medicinal materials are traditionally identified by their organoleptic characteristics, such as the texture or the odor. With the advancement of DNA technology, a molecular approach has become an important tool to complement organoleptic, morphological, anatomical and chemical techniques for the authentication and quality assurance of Chinese medicinal materials.In 2002, the authors publishe...

This book summarizes years of research in the field of fuzzy relational programming, with a special emphasis on geometric models. It discusses the state-of-the-art in fuzzy relational geometric problems, together with key open issues that must be resolved to achieve a more efficient application of this method. Though chiefly based on research conducted by the authors, who were the first to introduce fuzzy geometric problems, it also covers important findings obtained in the field of linear...

The case-based book provides an up-to-date overview of clinical management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Firstly, surgical management of GISTs by laparoscope, endoscope, robot, and laparoscope combined endoscope is introduced. Following chapters discuss preoperative treatment of GISTs and management of uncommon types of GISTs in different sites. Then targeted therapy for GISTs and authors’ exploration in therapy for advanced GISTs is presented. Last but not least, management ...