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.

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 associated with participation and continuing participation in IAA value chain activities. Welfare impact results indicate that IAA value chain participation is positively correlated to household income and consumption frequency of some goods, particularly fish. Assessment of the comparative socio-environmental impacts of rice monoculture and rice-fish based IAA practices suggests that rice-fish based IAA is a sustainable alternative to rice monoculture.

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 Applications.

Infectious Diseases: Smart Study Guide for Medical Students, Residents, Physicians and Clinical Pharmacists consolidates knowledge and information into a step-by-step process that is easy to understand, remember and apply in a clinical setting. The information presented is necessary for medical students and includes comprehensive coverage of the information needed during residency and beyond. The book's content is organized to provide an overview of microbiology and its different microbes. Diseases are discussed in-depth, including cause and microbe, thus guiding the audience from microbe recognition, disease diagnosis and treatments. This is the only book that can be used throughout the lifecycle of treatment. It is appropriate for medical students, residents, practicing physicians, and clinical pharmacists who need to understand the diagnosis, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.