Grain legumes are characterised by their nutritional value, an ability to grow rapidly and improve soil health. This makes them a key rotation crop in promoting food security. However, yields are constrained by factors such as pests and diseases as well as vulnerability to poor soils, drought and other effects of climate change.This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges. Volume 2 assesses key research on particular types of grain legume with chapters...

A wide-ranging scholarly introduction to this watershed event integrating new research, methodologies and perspectives.The Great Irish Famine is an accessible critical account to one of the deadliest humanitarian catastrophes of the nineteenth century and a defining episode in Irish and British history. Drawing on the latest international scholarship and newly unearthed primary sources, Fabrice Bensimon and Laurent Colantonio reassess the causes, course, a...

This book is the summation of support and co-operation from many people over a five decade period of time. Most of Freds feature articles were published in various Chicago community newspapers. Other feature articles were published in several cities around the state of Illinois and the country. Some articles were left unpublished because the newspapers ceased to exist or had cut back on the number of articles they could run in their papers. I wish to thank my parents for their encouragemen...

After the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, Fidel Castro announced the beginning of aSpecial Period for Cuba. During this time, the Cuban government has been obliged to look outward to other economies of the developed world, specifically targeting tourism as a mechanism for economic growth and development. This book examines the role played by international tourism in Cuba‘s institutional and economic restructuring and the country‘s reinsertion into the capitalist world economy. It prov...

The book covers multiple aspects and challenges, from legal to technical and validation, in the emerging topic of AI in cancer imaging, bringing together the experience of top researchers and flagship projects.The aim of this book is to address the important questions: “How to design AI that is trustworthy”, and “How to validate AI trustworthiness” in the scope of AI for cancer imaging research. The book discusses overall considerations and the generation of a framework; preparing ...

Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practices in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. This authoritative overview of the scholarly literature makes the book essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students in sustainable development, real est...

Cities house the majority of the world’s population and are the dynamic centres of 21st century life, at the heart of economic, social and environmental change. They are still beset by difficult problems but often demonstrate resilience in the face of regional and national economic decline. Faced by the combined threats of globalisation and world recession, cities and their metropolitan regions have had to fight hard to maintain their global competitiveness and protect the quality of life ...

Disrupting Silence tackles the urgent issue of rape culture and its depiction in youth literature, providing an indispensable guide for educators dedicated to fostering a safe and just learning environment. This groundbreaking volume presents innovative pedagogical strategies and critical analyses aimed at equipping teachers to effectively address sexual violence in the classroom..The book is structured into three insightful sections. "Making Space for Conversations about ...

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of two workshops held at the 18th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 2019, held in Salerno, Italy, in September 2019: First Workshop on Deep-learning based Computer Vision for UAV, DL-UAV 2019, and the First Workshop on Visual Computing and Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications, ViMaBi 2019.The 12 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions and ...