Shaping Tomorrow: AI, Generative Technology, and the Future of SocietyArtificial intelligence (AI) and generative technology are transforming the world at an unprecedented pace. Once confined to the realm of science fiction, AI now influences every aspect of modern life—from the way we work and create to how we govern, communicate, and solve global challenges. As AI systems become more powerful, they bring both extraordinary opportunities and profound ethical dilemmas.Shapi...

Goats are the predominant domestic livestock, and certainly the predominant small ruminant, in most of Asia, Africa and the warmer parts of Europe. Important for meat, milk, fibre and leather production, their widescale production and husbandry allows many opportunities for the spread of disease between livestock and their keepers. Taking a One Health approach to the issue, this book provides clear, accurate and comprehensive coverage of the zoonotic diseases of goats. Including informatio...

Drawing upon ethnographic descriptions of three grassroots ethnic organizations, which work for indigenous peoples in promoting economic livelihood, education and strive for social justice, this book investigates the possibilities and challenges of alternative development.

Finding a job today is almost the same as finding a golden deer. Even then, millions of young people are running after jobs. Educational institutions have been closed for a long time due to the Corona epidemic, job seekers are drowning in despair. However, many entrepreneurs are going to the forest instead of sitting in the hope of a job.Such an example Md Jahidul Islam. At just 22 years old, he is successfully roaming in digital marketing. He was born on 03 jJuly1998 in Ramganj Up...

In order to build strong brand resonance (Keller's Brand Equity Model), a brand has to accomplish its holistic mission on growing both 'HEAD' and 'HEART' sides of the brand.We must shape how customers think (HEAD) and feel (HEART) about your product. A long term engagement or meaningful relationship mus be the orientation if we want to build the right type of experiences around your brand, so that customers have specific, positive thoughts, feelings, beliefs, opinions, and perceptio...

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a reflection of increased levels of pollution, a response to long-term climate change, or the result of shifts in land-use practices by the human population. This book presents a series of essays on th...

The author examines the dynamics of participation in and welfare impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) value chain by using three-year panel data from indigenous households in the northern and north-western regions of Bangladesh. By different panel estimation methods he analyses the IAA value chain participation dynamics and indicates that education and household size, access to extensions and market information, community-based organisations (CBO) membership are positively as...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2020, held in Foshan, China in November 2020.The 35 full papers presented together with 14 short papers papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: Machine Learning; Text Mining; Graph Mining; Predictive Analytics; Recommender Systems; Privacy and Security; Query Processing; Data Mining Ap...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the workshops of the 6th Asia-Pacific Web and Web-Age Information Management International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2022: The Fifth International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Management and Applications, KGMA 2022, The Fourth International Workshop on Semi-structured Big Data Management and Applications, SemiBDMA 2022, and The Third International Workshop on Deep Learning in Large-scale Unstructured Data Analytics,De...

36 Hours SerialAs a devastating summer storm hits Grand Springs, Colorado, the next thirty-six hours will change the town and its residents forever….Cinderella Story Part 1The night the lights go out at the lodge, waitress Nina Lindstrom flees the arms of millionaire Alex Bennett after a romantic dance. But he's determined not to lose sight of the beautiful stranger. Finding her days later, he has a business proposition for...

From the bestselling author of The Price You Pay comes a new story of grit, determination and hope set in the Kargil Mountains during the war of 1999. Captain Samir Singh Rathore and his men are posted on the treacherous heights of the Himalayas to rebuff the encroaching Pakistani army. As they camp and prepare to attack, the men intercept a conversation in which a Pakistani soldier, knowing he is going to die soon, says farewell to his wife. Her cry of pain rips through the bunker, overwh...

Ruthless sicilian, virgin mistressHe’s scarred, sexy, and unashamedly Sicilian… Silvio Brianza dragged himself out of the slums, but his scars run deep…She’s defiant, desirable, and utterly disobedient! Jessie still scrapes her living, scrubbing floors by day and singing in seedy bars by night…Silvio turned his back on that world, but now he’s found Jessie he’s going to make her his! Jessie may be powerless to resist Silvio’s raw sexuality, but no a...