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The world is approaching a point where big data will start to play
a beneficial role in many industries and organizations. Today,
analyzing data for new insights has become an everyday norm,
increasing the need for data analysts to use efficient and
appropriate tools to provide quick and valuable results to clients.
Existing research in the field currently lacks a full coverage of
all essential algorithms, leaving a knowledge void for practical
implementation and code in Python with all needed libraries and
links to datasets used. Advanced Interdisciplinary Applications of
Machine Learning Python Libraries for Data Science serves as a
one-stop book to help emerging data scientists gain hands-on skills
needed through real-world data and completely up-to-date Python
code. It covers all the technical details, from installing the
needed software to importing libraries and using the latest data
sets; deciding on the right model; training, testing, and
evaluating the model; and including NumPy, Pandas, and matplotlib.
With coverage on various machine learning algorithms like
regression, linear and logical regression, classification, support
vector machine (SVM), clustering, k-nearest neighbor, market basket
analysis, Apriori, k-means clustering, and visualization using
Seaborne, it is designed for academic researchers, undergraduate
students, postgraduate students, executive education program
leaders, and practitioners.
Many static and behavior-based malware detection methods have been
developed to address malware and other cyber threats. Even though
these cybersecurity systems offer good outcomes in a large dataset,
they lack reliability and robustness in terms of detection. There
is a critical need for relevant research on enhancing AI-based
cybersecurity solutions such as malware detection and malicious
behavior identification. Malware Analysis and Intrusion Detection
in Cyber-Physical Systems focuses on dynamic malware analysis and
its time sequence output of observed activity, including advanced
machine learning and AI-based malware detection and categorization
tasks in real time. Covering topics such as intrusion detection
systems, low-cost manufacturing, and surveillance robots, this
premier reference source is essential for cyber security
professionals, computer scientists, students and educators of
higher education, researchers, and academicians.
Behavioral finance challenges the traditional assumption that
individuals are rational by focusing on the cognitive and emotional
aspects of finance, which draws on psychology, sociology, and
biology to investigate true financial behavior. The financial
sector requires sound understanding of market dynamics and
strategic issues to meet future challenges in the field. Behavioral
Finance and Decision-Making Models seeks to examine behavioral
biases and their impact on investment decisions in order to develop
better future plans and strategies in the financial sector. While
highlighting topics including behavioral approach, financial
regulation, and globalized sector, this book is intended for
policymakers, technology developers, managers, government
officials, academicians, researchers, and advanced-level students.
This proceedings volume documents the contributions presented at
the CONIAPS XXVII international Conference on Recent Advances in
Pure and Applied Algebra. The entries focus on modern trends and
techniques in various branches of pure and applied Algebra and
highlight their applications in coding theory, cryptography, graph
theory, and fuzzy theory.
Next-generation supply chains revolve around smart manufacturing
processes and personalized customization of products and services.
For businesses to stay relevant in the market today, prioritizing
customer satisfaction with speed and great service has become
crucial. Industry 4.0 and Hyper-Customized Smart Manufacturing
Supply Chains is an assemblage of innovative research ideas
surrounding the methods of modern smart manufacturing technologies
and digital supply chain management in the era of Industry 4.0.
While highlighting topics including blockchain diffusion, logistics
system, and data analytics, this book is ideally designed for
industry professionals, researchers, managers, and students seeking
current research on the role of technology in business production.
The success of any organization is largely dependent on positive
feedback and repeat business from patrons. By utilizing acquired
marketing data, business professionals can more accurately assess
practices, services, and products that their customers find
appealing. The Handbook of Research on Intelligent Techniques and
Modeling Applications in Marketing Analytics features innovative
research and implementation practices of analytics in marketing
research. Highlighting various techniques in acquiring and
deciphering marketing data, this publication is a pivotal reference
for professionals, managers, market researchers, and practitioners
interested in the observation and utilization of data on marketing
trends to promote positive business practices.
A considerable change in climate at a global level will impact the
vegetable cultivation and agriculture as a whole; subsequently
affecting the world's food supply. Climate change per se is not
necessarily harmful; the problems arise from extreme events that
are difficult to predict (erratic rainfall patterns and
unpredictable high and low temperatures), and consequently reduce
crop productivity. Vegetables are in general more succulent (have
90% water) and are more sensitive to climatic vagaries. Sudden
changes in temperature coupled with irregular precipitation at any
phase of crop growth can affect the normal growth, flowering,
pollination, fruit setting, fruit development and fruit ripening
can decrease the yield. The irregular precipitation can also affect
the soil salinity and is a major challenge in many vegetable
growing areas. To mitigate the harmful impact of climatic change
there is a urgent need to develop adequate adaptation strategies
for adverse effect of climate change and the preference should be
given on development of heat, cold, drought, flood and salinity
stress tolerant genotypes along with climate proofing through
conventional and non-conventional breeding techniques. Available
evidence shows that there is a high probability of increase in the
frequency and intensity of climate related natural hazards due to
climate change and hence increases the potential threat due to
climate change related natural disasters in the world. This book
(Volume- I) will be basically useful for the researchers and
postgraduate students with current challenges and mitigation
strategies for increasing vegetable production under a changing
climate.
"Big data" has become a commonly used term to describe large-scale
and complex data sets which are difficult to manage and analyze
using standard data management methodologies. With applications
across sectors and fields of study, the implementation and possible
uses of big data are limitless. The Handbook of Research on Big
Data Management and Applications explores emerging research on the
ever-growing field of big data and facilitates further knowledge
development on methods for handling and interpreting large data
sets. Providing multi-disciplinary perspectives fueled by
international research, this publication is designed for use by
data analysts, IT professionals, researchers, and graduate-level
students interested in learning about the latest trends and
concepts in big data.
The quality of students' learning experiences is a critical concern
for all educational institutions. With the assistance of modern
technological advances, educational establishments have the
capability to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of
their learning programs. Impact of Learning Analytics on Curriculum
Design and Student Performance is a critical scholarly resource
that examines the connection between learning analytics and
evaluations and their impact on curriculum design and student
performance in educational institutions. Featuring coverage on a
broad range of topics, such as academic support, large scale
assessment, and educational research methods, this book is geared
towards educators, professionals, school administrators,
researchers, and practitioners in the field of education.
"Diabetes; Alternative Thoughts" takes a different approach to
diabetes management. The book tries to explain the disease, its
complications in simple language and gives evidences for effect of
lifestyle and exercises in diabetes management. The chapters gives
glimpses of Ayurvedic outlook for diabetes and some commonly used
herbs in diabetes with scientific evidences.The author is not
refuting the importance of conventional approaches in diabetes
management or consider this book as a self help guide to treat
diabetes.On the contrary tries to create an awareness among medical
practitioners and the public to have a serious consideration of
alternative methods which are equally powerful as prescription
pills. It would serve as a mini reference book for medical
practitioners and public.
The book discusses the complex interactions between plants and
their associated microbial communities. It also elucidates the ways
in which these microbiomes are connected with the plant system, and
how they affect plant health. The different chapters describe how
microbiomes affect plants with regard to immunity, disease
conditions, stress management and productivity. In addition, the
book describes how an 'additional plant genome' functions as a
whole organ system of the host, and how it presents both challenges
and opportunities for the plant system. Moreover, the book includes
a dedicated section on using omics tools to understand these
interactions, and on exploiting them to their full potential.
Our world is increasingly driven by sophisticated networks of
advanced computing technology, and the basic operation of everyday
society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to those networks'
shortcomings. The implementation and upkeep of a strong network
defense is a substantial challenge, beset not only by economic
disincentives, but also by an inherent logistical bias that grants
advantage to attackers. Network Security Attacks and
Countermeasures discusses the security and optimization of computer
networks for use in a variety of disciplines and fields. Touching
on such matters as mobile and VPN security, IP spoofing, and
intrusion detection, this edited collection emboldens the efforts
of researchers, academics, and network administrators working in
both the public and private sectors. This edited compilation
includes chapters covering topics such as attacks and
countermeasures, mobile wireless networking, intrusion detection
systems, next-generation firewalls, and more.
This book addresses "phyto-microbiome mediated stress regulation".
Fundamentally speaking, the microbial community's importance for
the survival of plants under stress conditions has already been
confirmed. This book focuses on the roles of those rhizospheric
microbiomes that are advantageous to plant developmental pathways.
Gathering contributions by authors with specialized expertise in
plant growth and health under stress conditions, as well as
opportunistic pathogenic bacteria, the book reviews the functional
aspects of rhizospheric microorganisms and how they impact plant
health and disease. It offers a compendium of plant and microbial
interactions at the level of multitrophic interactions, and
identifies gaps between future demand and present research on plant
stress. In closing, the authors highlight several directions for
reshaping rhizosphere microbiomes in favor of microorganisms that
are beneficial to plant growth and health.
This book describes the latest advances in systems biology in four
plant-based marine ecosystems: seaweeds, seagrasses, microalgae,
and corals. Marine organisms that inhabit the oceanic environment
experience a diverse range of environmental fluctuations,
anthropogenic stress, and threats from invasive species and
pathogens. System biology integrates physiology, genomics,
transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics into numerical models
and is emerging as an important approach to elucidate the
functional adaptations of marine organisms to adverse environmental
conditions. This book focuses on how ecophysiology, omics
platforms, their integration (a systems biology perspective), and
next generation sequencing tools are being used to address the
stress response of marine seaweeds, seagrasses, corals, marine
microbe diversity, and micro-and macroalgae/corals-bacterial
interactions to global climate change and anthropogenic activities.
The contents of the book are of special interest to graduate and
postgraduate marine biology students and marine biology
researchers, particularly those interested in marine ecology,
stress physiology of marine macrophytes/corals/phytoplankton, and
environmental microbiology. This book would also be of interest to
marine engineers engaged in the management and conservation of our
valuable marine resources.
To satisfy the food demands of the global population, advanced
technology based research is needed, that can extract the
information from the plant metabolism and microbial gene pool and
use it for improving plant health and productivity. Modern
biotechnological tools have the ability to unlock the limitations
of agricultural practices. However, the application of these tools
is not well equipped. Moreover, eco-friendly agriculture by
microbial inoculants is known to have positive influences on
soil/plant health. Therefore it is relevant to explore the plant
associated microbial niches, especially endophytes, epiphytes, and
soil microbes and understand how they are benefitting each other.
It can open new insights to develop sustainable agriculture
practices by using consortia of microbes as plant helpers that
recover the imbalanced agriculture systems and manage pathogenic
diseases. This book presents the updates about the plant associated
microbiomes and their contemporary uses. It covers the knowledge
gap between soil and plant helper microbiomes and their application
in the agriculture and allied sectors. Modern insights of
phytobiomes are explored in various chapters on a variety of
interrelated aspects of the fascinating areas like plant microbial
interaction, integrated pest management, soil fertility
intensification, sustainable crop production, and disease
management. Sections in the book describe how to plant beneficial
microbiomes have been utilized for sustainable green farming, with
the aim to resolve the global food problem without harming the soil
and environment health. This book is intended for everyone who is
involved in agriculture, microbial biotechnology, bioinformatics,
and all disciplines related to microbial biotechnology. These
include academic students, scientists, and researchers at
universities, institutes, industries, and government organizations
who want to understand microbial linkages in a shorter time. It
contains basic information that will be help to the non-specialist
readers to understand progressive research.
With the recent shift of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to
organic agriculture, the employment of microbes that perform
significant beneficial functions for plants has been highlighted.
This book presents timely discussion and coverage on the use of
microbial formulations, which range from powdered or charcoal-based
to solution and secondary metabolite-based bioformulations.
Bioformulation development of biofertilizers and biopesticides
coupled with the advantages of nanobiotechnology propose
significant applications in the agricultural section including
nanobiosensors, nanoherbicides, and smart transport systems for the
regulated release of agrochemical. Moreover, the formulation of
secondary metabolites against individual phytopathogens could be
used irrespective of geographical positions with higher disease
incidences. The prospective advantages and uses of
nanobiotechnology generate tremendous interest, as it could augment
production of agricultural produce while being cost-effective both
energetically and economically. This bioformulation approach is
incomparable to existing technology, as the bioformulation would
explicitly target the particular pathogen without harming the
natural microbiome of the ecosystem. Nanobiotechnology in
Bioformulations covers the constraints associated with large-scale
development and commercialization of bioinoculant formations.
Furthermore, exclusive emphasis is be placed on next-generation
efficient bioinoculants having secondary metabolite formulations
with longer shelf life and advanced competence against several
phytopathogens. Valuable chapters deal with bioformulation
strategies that use divergent groups of the microbiome and include
detailed diagrammatic and pictorial representation. This book will
be highly beneficial for both experts and novices in the fields of
microbial bioformulation, nanotechnology, and
nano-microbiotechnology. It discusses the prevailing status and
applications available for microbial researchers and scientists,
agronomists, students, environmentalists, agriculturists, and
agribusiness professionals, as well as to anyone devoted to
sustaining the ecosystem.
This book addresses the key issues, challenges and implications
arising out of changes in the copyright law and corresponding
judicial responses. Using concrete examples, the book does not
assume any prior knowledge of copyright law, but brings together
leading intellectual property researchers to consider the
significant role of copyright law in shaping the needs of the
modern digital world. It provides an insight into two distinct
arenas: copyright and digital media. The exponential increase in
the ability to multiply and disseminate information by digital
means has sparked numerous conflicts pertaining to copyright - and
in turn has prompted lawmakers to expand the scope of copyright
protection in the digital age. Bearing in mind the new questions
that the advent of the digital age has raised on the role and
function of copyright, the book presents a collection of papers
largely covering new frontiers and changing horizons especially in
this area. The contributions intensively address core issues
including the exhaustion principle, copyright and digital media,
liability of hosting service providers, the originality
requirement, accessibility to published works for the visually
disabled, criminalization of copyright infringement, and software
protection under copyright law, among others. Consisting of 14
papers, this book will be equally interesting to researchers,
policymakers, practitioners and lawmakers, especially those active
in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
Fungal nanobionics has great prospects for developing new products
with industrial, agriculture, medicine and consumer applications in
a wide range of sectors. The fields of chemical engineering,
agri-food, biochemical, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical
device development all employ fungal products, with fungal
nanomaterials currently used in a wide range of applications,
ranging from drug development to food industry and agricultural
sector. The fungal agents emerge as an environmentally friendly,
clean, non-toxic agent for the biogenic metal nanoparticles and
employs both intracellular and extracellular methods. The
simplicity of scaling up and downstream processing and the presence
of fungal mycelia affording an increased surface area provide key
advantages. In addition, the larger spectrum of synthesized
nanoparticle morphologies and the substantially faster biosynthesis
rate in cell-free filtrate (due to the higher amount of proteins
secreted in fungi) make this a particularly enticing route.
Understanding the diversity of fungi in assorted ecosystems, as
well as their interactions with other microorganisms, animals and
plants, is essential to underpin real and innovative technological
developments and the applications of metal nanoparticles in many
disciplines including agriculture, catalysis, and biomedical
biosensors. Importantly, biogenic fungal nanoparticles show
significant synergistic characteristics when combined with
antibiotics and fungicides to offer substantially greater
resistance to microbial growth and applications in nanomedicine
ranging from topical ointments and bandages for wound healing to
coated stents.
Aligning the latest practices, innovations and case studies with
academic frameworks and theories, the broad area of multi-criteria
and game theory applications in manufacturing and logistics is
covered in comprehensive detail.
Divided into two parts, part I is dedicated to multi-criteria
applications and includes chapters on logistics with a focus on
vehicle routing problems, a multi-objective decision making
approach to select the best storage policy and an exploratory study
to predict the most important factors that can lead to successful
mobile supply chain management adoption for manufacturing firms.
Part II covers game theory applications and encompasses the process
of forming a coalition within a corporate network to the problem of
integrating inventory and distribution optimization together with
game theory to effectively manage supply networks.
Providing a forum to investigate, exchange novel ideas and
disseminate knowledge covering the broad area of multi-criteria and
game theory applications in manufacturing and logistics,
"Applications of Multi-Criteria and Game Theory Approaches" is an
excellent reference for students, researchers but also managers and
industry professionals working with manufacturing and logistics
issues."
This book explores the role of in silico deployment in connection
with modulation techniques for improving sustainability and
competitiveness in the agri-food sector; pharmacokinetics and
molecular docking studies of plant-derived natural compounds; and
their potential anti-neurodegenerative activity. It also
investigates biochemical pathways for bacterial metabolite
synthesis, fungal diversity and plant-fungi interaction in plant
diseases, methods for predicting disease-resistant candidate genes
in plants, and genes-to-metabolites and metabolites-to-genes
approaches for predicting biosynthetic pathways in microbes for
natural product discovery. The respective chapters elaborate on the
use of in situ methods to study biochemical pathways for bacterial
metabolite synthesis; tools for plant metabolites in defence; plant
secondary metabolites in defence; plant growth metabolites;
characterisation of plant metabolites; and identification of plant
derived metabolites in the context of plant defence. The book
offers an unprecedented resource, highlighting state-of-the-art
research work that will greatly benefit researchers and students
alike, not only in the field of agriculture but also in many
disciplines in the life sciences and plant sciences.
The book discusses ways to overcome the side effects of using
hydrocarbon-based products as energy sources. Hydrocarbons produce
raw crude oil waste of around 600,000 metric tons per annum, with a
range of uncertainty of 200,000 metric tons per year. The various
chapters in this book focus on approaches to reduce these wastes
through the application of potential microbes, in a process called
bioremediation. The book is a one-stop reference resource on the
methods, mechanisms and application of the bio-composites, in the
laboratory and field. Focusing on resolving a very pressing
environmental issue, it not only provides details of existing
challenges, but also offers deeper insights into the possibility of
solving problems using hydrocarbon bioremediation.
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