This new volume, Deep Learning in Visual Computing and Signal Processing, covers the fundamentals and advanced topics in designing and deploying techniques using deep architectures and their application in visual computing and signal processing. The volume first lays out the fundamentals of deep learning as well as deep learning architectures and frameworks. It goes on to discuss deep learning in neural networks and deep learning for object recognition and detection models. It looks at the various specific applications of deep learning in visual and signal processing, such as in biorobotics, for automated brain tumor segmentation in MRI images, in neural networks for use in seizure classification, for digital forensic investigation based on deep learning, and more. Key features: Covers both the fundamentals and the latest concepts in deep learning Presents some of the diverse applications of deep learning in visual computing and signal processing Includes over 90 figures and tables to elucidate the text An enlightening amalgamation of deep learning concepts with visual computing and signal processing applications, this valuable resource will serve as a guide for researchers, engineers, and students who want to have a quick start on learning and/or building deep learning systems. It provides a good theoretical and practical understanding and complete information and knowledge required to understand and build deep learning models from scratch.

This new volume discusses the applications and challenges of deep learning and the internet of things for applications in healthcare. It describes deep learning techniques in conjunction with IoT used by practitioners and researchers worldwide. The authors explore the convergence of IoT and deep learning to enable things to communicate, share information, and coordinate decisions. The book includes deep feedforward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical methodology. Chapters look at assistive devices in healthcare, alerting and detection devices, energy efficiency in using IoT, data mining for gathering health information for individuals with autism, IoT for mobile applications, and more. The text also offers mathematical and conceptual background that presents the latest technology as well as a selection of case studies.

Machine Learning and the Internet of Medical Things in Healthcare discusses the applications and challenges of machine learning for healthcare applications. The book provides a platform for presenting machine learning-enabled healthcare techniques and offers a mathematical and conceptual background of the latest technology. It describes machine learning techniques along with the emerging platform of the Internet of Medical Things used by practitioners and researchers worldwide. The book includes deep feed forward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical methodology. It also presents the concepts of the Internet of Things, the set of technologies that develops traditional devices into smart devices. Finally, the book offers research perspectives, covering the convergence of machine learning and IoT. It also presents the application of these technologies in the development of healthcare frameworks.

Field pea (Pisum sativum L. var. arvense.) is amongst the most important legume crop of India, belongs to family Leguminoseae or Fabaceae. Based on triennium ending 2010-11, the contribution of Fieldpeas to total pulses area in India was 3%.In India, productivity of this crop has remained stagnant and area is shrinking due to competition from irrigated wheat, and more remunerative pulses. To increase the production of this crop there is need to operate field pea breeding programme in efficient manner. Selection of parents with the combination of desired genes is the key to success in a hybridization breeding programme. By selection of desirable parents and through hybridization between selected parents, there are chances to break the already existing plateau, and to obtain transgressive segregants in the future generations. Thus the present book deals to identify transgressive segregants, which would mainly depend upon the genetic parameters of various quantitative traits, their mutual associationship and their direct and indirect effects on yield. This book is a useful study material for the researchers in the field of Genetics and Plant Breeding.

Cloud Computing, a technology that uses the internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications. Cloud computing permits consumers and businesses to use applications without installation and access their personal files at any computer with internet access. This technology permits for much more efficient computing by centralizing storage, memory, processing and bandwidth. The focuses will be on the emerging field of Cloud computing and especially on the middle layer called PaaS . It aims to understand the layer PaaS and implement it, exploiting features such as scalability and accessibility to name a few.

Digital Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development explains the readers what digital technologies mean and the importance they hold. It also explains them the meaning of agricultural development and takes them through the process of knowledge sharing and creation. Also discusses in the book are the ways in which the information systems are helping in the development of the rural areas, the various changes in technology in the agricultural sector, the of technology with respect to climate change and the future insight on the use of technology in the agricultural sector.

Solid or water wastes are resources from which monetary values can be derived. Food and agriculture industry hold enormous economic potential in the form of agricultural wastes. During the last few decades, world has become more aware of the consequences of environmental pollution and its impacts on human life. We have also witnessed public awareness of environmental influence of wastewater discharge. Therefore, the treatment and reuse of agricultural wastewater is essential to harness the true potential of agricultural waste. Irrigated agriculture yields 33% of the world's crop products and 50% return from worldwide crop production. However, in numerous areas of the world, particularly in arid and semiarid regions the future of irrigation based agriculture is endangered by existing or projected freshwater shortages. These water shortages essentially result from the ever-growing demand of water by rapidly growing global population and their elegant lifestyle. Water reuse (recycling), wastewater treatment and the utilization of treated sewage effluents for industry agriculture, and non-potable environmental and urban applications can offer a highly efficacious and sustainable approach to exploit water resources in regions afflicted by water shortage.This book consists of 8 chapters. All the chapters focus on modern methods and techniques regarding reuse and treatment of agricultural wastewaters.

The book Introduction to Ethnography discusses how indigenous people use plants for food, medicine, cultural customs, housing, fuel, and transportation. It discusses the evolution of ethnobotany and the formation of this field over the years. Ethnobotany is described as the study of the connection between people in their indigenous societies and their plant ecosystem. This book aims to study culturally based biological and environmental understanding, cultural perception and perception of the natural world, including related behaviors and activities. It also mentions the naming and classification process of plants by community members, and points out that different communities may use the same plants in different ways.

This book provides ethnobotanical data about the traditional uses of medicinal plants across the world. This book aims to analyze and evaluate the use of medicinal crops among different groups of people. The book mentions that medicinal plants can be used to treat various diseases, especially respiratory diseases and skin diseases. It discusses the importance of traditional usage of plants to treat and prevent some common and certain rare diseases. There are also medicinal uses of some local plant taxa reported. The book mentions that medicinal plants represent natural remedies for various diseases in indigenous communities. Phytotherapy still maintains an important role in the treatment of ailments in many areas.

This book provides a quantitative study on the ecological characteristics and seasonal aggregation of wild edible plants in man-made ecosystems; in addition, it discusses systematic research on the seasonal effects of these edible plants on households. This book seeks to establish a theoretical and analytical framework to promote the understanding of growers' collection of wild edible plants, and to obtain empirical evidence about the spatial and cyclical complementarity of man-made ecosystems and subsystems and their impact on food security. The book's findings also reveal that the communities of wild edible plant species are unique in each subsystem and season. Therefore, all subsystems that provide different habitats from land to aquatic organisms are important to ensure the diversity of wild edible plants.

Food Security and Crop Yield is a book that discusses about the global perspective of the food security. This book aims to discuss about the increasing yield and improving resource use efficiency, sustainability of crop production in relation with food security and global perspective about the changing climate and food security. Description regarding the food security risk assessment, genetically modified crops, plant breeding and crop management and sustainable development have been highlighted in this book. This book provides insights to the readers about the role of innovations in meeting food security challenges and the future of food demand worldwide including why food security is needed in the upcoming years.

Waste Management and the Food Industry gives an introduction to the food industry and explains it as a growing sector. It talks about the waste generation in food industries and the sustainability that can be achieved in such industries. It also talks about the technology used in the utilization and treatment of food and the optimization of manufacturing to bring reduction in waste generation in the food processing. Also discussed in the book is the consumer interest in waste management and co-product recovery, the environmental impact of waste generation in food industries, the issues and challenges in food waste separation and the trends and future of the food industry.

Organic and Conventional Agriculture takes into account the modern concept of organic agriculture as an alternative to the conventional agriculture. It also includes the global development of organic agriculture. It provides the reader with the insights into the evolution of organic agriculture in order to recognize the significance of organic agriculture over the conventional agriculture and to understand the impact of organic agriculture on global food security. This book also discusses about Demand For Organic Products In Urban Areas, Sustainable Practices related to Organic and Conventional Agriculture, Impact of Organic Agriculture on Food Security and Future Perspective of Agriculture: Organic and Conventional Agriculture.