“…That's where AdvancedAPI Security comes in--to wade through the weeds and help you keep the bad guys away while realizing the internal and external benefits of developing APIs for your services. …”

“…Learn the secrets of the post-production professionals from box office blockbusters like Harry Potter, I am Legend, Dark Shadows, Men In Black II, Charlies Angels, 42, and The Last of the Mohicans, as well as primetime hits like SMASH, Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, Weeds, The Mindy Project, and Mythbusters. In Avid Uncut, Steve Hullfish taps into the expertise of the world's top editors to share in-depth, behind-the-scenes secrets and best practices that will boost your editing and color correction skills to the next level. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Search for Sustainable Livelihoods in Indonesian Transmigration Settlements -- Introduction -- Environmental Resources -- Livelihoods -- The Indonesian Transmigration Programme -- The Research Location -- Key Issues Confronting Transmigrants in North Lampung -- Price of Farm Products and Access to Credit -- Pest, Disease and Weeds -- Health -- The Ownership and Management of Land -- Transportation -- Consequences and Responses -- New Agricultural Strategies -- Livestock Production -- Wage Labour -- Hunting, Gathering and Market Trade -- Conclusions -- 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Main Arguments -- Identify the Call to Action and Work Backward -- Weed Out Vocalized Thinking -- Take Your Audience With You -- Curb People Pleasing and Puffing -- Make Not Having an Answer an Acceptable Answer -- Develop Strong and Succinct Presentation Skills -- Tweet-Sized Takeaways -- Chapter 6: Ensure a Return on Your Expectations -- Be Transparent -- Co-Create Means for Assessment -- Find Your Employee's Motivators -- Create a Coaching Culture -- Do it Early...and Often -- Be Open to Coaching -- Make Mistakes Teachable Moments -- Uphold Consequences -- Reward Outstanding Performance -- If it's Not a Fit, Let Them Go -- Tweet-Sized Takeaways -- Chapter 7: Keep Their Focus on Their Focus -- Zero Tolerance for Triangulation -- Always Have a Filter Question -- Say Yes By Saying No -- Use the Payoff as a Carrot -- Keep an Eye on the Two Steps Ahead -- Time Leadership Trumps Time Management -- To Do or to Delegate...Know the Difference -- Get of Your Own Way By Getting Out of Your Head -- Encourage a Praxis Approach -- Assign "Vice" Work -- Tweet-Sized Takeaways -- Chapter 8: Develop Impeccable Customer Service Skills -- Frame Customer Service as a Form of Networking -- Listen for What Is Being Said -- Listen for What Is Not Being Said -- Ask Questions From a Place of Curiosity -- Mirror Back What You Observe -- Make People Feel Validated -- Let Everyone Get What They Need -- Show Them How to "Hold the Beach Ball" -- Give Authority to Make Low-Level Decisions -- Administer Trial Runs -- Tweet-Sized Takeaways…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Introduction Phase -- Typical Dialogue -- End of Dialogue #1 -- Story Time: Show Me Your Weed, Man! -- And, While You Are at It, Think about This -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Establishing Miscanthus, Production of Biomass, and Application to Contaminated Sites -- 5.1 Plant Selection and Breeding -- 5.2 Plant Establishment -- 5.2.1 Weight -- 5.2.2 Water -- 5.2.3 Weeds -- 5.2.4 Weather -- 5.3 Site Characterization -- 5.4 Plant Nutrition and Supplementation -- 5.5 Role of Soil Amendments -- 5.5.1 Impact of Soil Amendments on the Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated by Organic Substances -- 5.5.2 Impact of Soil Amendments on Miscanthus Production in Postmilitary Soil -- 5.5.3 Impact of Soil Amendments on Miscanthus Biomass Production in Contaminated Postmining Soil -- 5.6 Geography and Soil Types -- 5.7 Role of Plant Growth Regulators in Production of M. × giganteus -- 5.7.1 Lab Research on Impact of PGRs on Phytoremediation with Biomass Production Using Soils from Military Sites Contaminated with Trace Elements -- 5.7.2 Field Research on Impact of PGRs on Biomass Parameters of M. × giganteus during Field Production on the Marginal and Slightly Contaminated Lands -- References -- 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.6 Relationships of IoT and AI Strengthen the Agriculture Sector -- 6.7 Benefits of IoT in Agriculture -- 6.8 The Role of AI in Tomorrow's Farming -- 6.8.1 How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Help the Farming Industry -- 6.8.2 Selecting Seeds and Plants With the Help of AI -- 6.8.3 Use of Artificial Intelligence in Farming -- 6.8.4 A Predictive Model for Yield Using Artificial Intelligence -- 6.8.5 Implementing AI for Weed and Pest Management -- 6.8.6 AI-Powered Inventory Management and Sales Promotion -- 6.9 Robots in Agriculture-Perceptions and Pros, Cons -- 6.9.1 Farming Equipment With Automated Functions and the Positive Effects -- 6.10 Complications Associated With Robots Used in Agriculture -- 6.10.1 Difficulties and Limitations to be Conquered -- 6.10.2 Successful Applications and Other Case Studies -- 6.10.3 Societal and Ethical Implications -- 6.11 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Data Analytics in Agriculture: Predictive Models and Real-Time Decision-Making -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Data Collection and Management in Agriculture -- 7.2.1 Soil Sensors -- 7.2.2 Weather Stations -- 7.2.3 Drones -- 7.2.4 Satellite Imagery -- 7.2.5 Farm Machinery -- 7.2.6 Pest and Disease Monitoring Systems -- 7.2.7 Market Data -- 7.2.8 Crop Records -- 7.2.9 Livestock Records -- 7.3 Challenges in Collecting and Managing Agricultural Data -- 7.4 Strategies for Effective Data Collection and Management -- 7.5 Predictive Models in Agriculture -- 7.5.1 Types of Predictive Models -- 7.6 Applications of Predictive Models in Agriculture -- 7.7 Real-Time Decision-Making in Agriculture -- 7.7.1 Importance of Real-Time Decision-Making in Agriculture -- 7.7.2 Tools and Technologies for Real-Time Decision Making -- 7.8 Integration of Predictive Models and Real-Time Decision Making in Agriculture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.3.1 Multi-Agent System: Argumentation -- 3.3.2 Image Processor: Phenotyping -- 3.3.3 Saliency-Map: Visualization -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Web Service Composition Using an AI Planning Technique -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.2.1 Introduction to AI -- 4.2.2 AI Planning -- 4.2.3 AI Planning for Effective Composition of Web Services -- 4.3 Proposed Methodology for AI Planning-Based Composition of Web Services -- 4.3.1 Clustering Web Services -- 4.3.2 OWL-S: Semantic Markup for Web Services (For Composition Request) -- 4.3.3 PDDL: Planning Domain Description Language -- 4.3.4 AI Planner -- 4.3.5 Flowchart of Proposed Approach -- 4.4 Implementation Details -- 4.4.1 Domain Used -- 4.4.2 Case Studies on AI Planning -- 4.4.2.1 Experiments and Results on Case 1 and Case 2 -- 4.5 Conclusions and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 5 Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Engineering -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture -- 5.2.1 AI Startups in Agriculture -- 5.2.2 Challenges in AI Adoption -- 5.2.3 Stunning Discoveries of AI -- 5.2.3.1 Precision Technology to Sow Seeds -- 5.2.3.2 Robots for Harvesting -- 5.2.3.3 Field Inspection Using Drones -- 5.2.3.4 "See and Spray" Model for Pest and Weed Control -- 5.3 Scope of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture -- 5.3.1 Reactive Machines -- 5.3.2 Limited Memory -- 5.3.3 Theory of Mind -- 5.3.4 Self-Awareness -- 5.4 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture -- 5.4.1 Agricultural Robots -- 5.4.2 Soil Analysis and Monitoring -- 5.4.3 Predictive Analysis -- 5.4.4 Agricultural Industry -- 5.4.5 Blue River Technology - Weed Control -- 5.4.6 Crop Harvesting -- 5.4.7 Plantix App -- 5.4.8 Drones -- 5.4.9 Driverless Tractors -- 5.4.10 Precise Farming -- 5.4.11 Return on Investment (RoI) -- 5.5 Advantages of AI in Agriculture…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Navarro, Fernando Pérez, Julia Weiss and Marcos Egea-Cortines, Machine Learning and Computer Vision System for Phenotype Data Acquisition and Analysis in Plants Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 641; doi: 10.3390/s16050641 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/641 164 -- Dionisio Andújar, José Dorado, César Fernández-Quintanilla and Angela Ribeiro An Approach to the Use of Depth Cameras for Weed Volume Estimation Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(7), 972; doi: 10.3390/s16070972 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/7/972 180 -- Antonio Martí-Campoy, Juan Antonio Ávalos, Antonia Soto, Francisco Rodríguez-Ballester, Victoria Martínez-Blay and Manuel Pérez Malumbres, Design of a Computerised Flight Mill Device to Measure the Flight Potential of Different Insects Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(4), 485; doi: 10.3390/s16040485 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/4/485 191 -- Ramón José Pérez, Ignacio Álvarez and José María Enguita, Theoretical Design of a Depolarized Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (IFOG) on SMF-28 Single-Mode Standard Optical Fiber Based on Closed-Loop Sinusoidal Phase Modulation with Serrodyne Feedback Phase Modulation Using Simulation Tools for Tactical and Industrial Grade Applications Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 604; doi: 10.3390/s16050604 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/604 212 -- Enrique Sevillano, Rui Sun and Ricardo Perera, Damage Detection Based on Power Dissipation Measured with PZT Sensors through the Combination of Electro-Mechanical Impedances and Guided Waves Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 639; doi: 10.3390/s16050639 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/639 233 -- Antonio M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…General Safety Clause -- The Constituents Policy -- Benefits of Dicamba -- Ethylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDCs) -- Description of the Chemical -- Regulatory Status -- Special Review Criteria Triggered -- EBDCs -- ETU -- Summary of Oncogenic Findings -- Dietary Exposure -- Risk Assessment -- Tolerance and Delaney Clause Issues -- History -- Conversion to ETU -- Alternatives -- Metalaxyl -- Description of the Chemical -- Regulatory Status -- Special Review Criteria Triggered -- Summary of Oncogenic Findings -- Estimation of Risk -- Tolerance and Delaney Clause Issues -- Potential Uses and Alternatives -- Permethrin -- Description of the Chemical -- Regulatory Status -- Special Review Criteria Triggered -- Summary of Oncogenic Findings and Risk Estimation -- Delaney Clause Issues -- Tomatoes -- Corn -- Soybeans -- Discussion -- Thiodicarb -- Description of the Chemical -- Regulatory Status -- Special Review Criteria Triggered -- Summary of Oncogenic Findings and Risk Estimation -- Thiodicarb and Methomyl -- Tolerance and Delaney Clause Issues -- Sensitivity-of-the-Method Procedure -- Notes -- D Pesticide Innovation -- Trends in Innovation -- Notes -- Weed Control -- Herbicides -- New Chemistry -- Biological Control -- Allelopathy -- Genetic Engineering -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Insect Control -- Introduction -- New Chemistry -- Octopamine Agonists -- Avermectins and Milbemycines -- Amidinohydrazones -- Benzoylphenylureas -- Pyrethroids -- Proinsecticides -- Natural Products -- Genetically Engineered Microorganisms -- Bacterial Insecticides -- Vital Insecticides -- Fungal Insecticides -- Future Developments in Microbiological Agents -- Summary -- Notes -- E Survey of Pesticide R&amp -- D Directors: How Do Current Laws Affect Agricultural Pesticide Research Productivity? …”

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“…You'll learn how to protect water supplies, energy pipelines, telecommunication stations, power grids, and a wide variety of computer networks, without getting into the weeds of highly technical mathematical models. Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader also includes: A thorough introduction to the daunting challenges facing infrastructure and the professionals tasked with protecting it Comprehensive explorations of the proliferation of cyber threats, terrorism in the global West, climate change, and financial market volatility Practical discussions of a variety of infrastructure sectors, including how they work, how they're regulated, and the threats they face Clear graphics, narrative guides, and a conversational style that makes the material easily accessible to non-technical readers Perfect for infrastructure security professionals and security engineering firms, Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader will also benefit corporate security managers and directors, government actors and regulators, and policing agencies, emergency services, and first responders…”

“…Herbicide use is a common component of many weed management strategies in both agricultural and non-crop settings. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Not All Uncirculated Books Must Chariotest to a Dark Wintry Bed: How We Used the OCLC WorldCat Search API to Inform Our Weeding Decisions with Holdings Data / Geoffrey P. …”

“…The editors hope that this book will continue to meet the expectations and needs of all interested in the methodology of use of herbicides, weed control as well as problems related to its use, abuse and misuse…”

“…Herbicides represent one of the most widely used groups of pesticides worldwide for control of weed species in agricultural and non-crop settings. …”

“…This volume contains two sections: Mechanisms of herbicidal action (chapters 1-4) and Mode of action of selected herbicides on controlling diseased, weed growth and productivity and/or growth and development of field crops (chapters 5-10). …”