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• Radial Forearm Flap
• Lateral Arm Flap
• Anterolateral Thigh / Vastus Lateralis Flap
• Latissimus Dorsi Flap
• Scapular Flap
• Fibular Flap
• Iliac Crest Bone Flap
• Perforator Flaps
• Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flap
• Soleus Perforator Flap
• Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap.

Raising of Microvascular Flaps provides all those who deal with microsurgical tissue transfer, i.e. plastic surgeons, ENT surgeons, trauma surgeons, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, with all they need to know in their daily practice. In this second edition, the authors have followed the principle of systematic teaching based on photographs of cadaver preparations alongside explanatory color drawings to enhance understanding of the anatomy. Since microvascular tissue transfer is continuously developing, three flaps from the new generation have been added. These perforator flaps expand the spectrum of reconstructive possibilities and have specific indications if very low donor site morbidity is important to patients. A special strength of the book is its clear didactic structure. The highly instructive text is comprehensive and precise and also covers all representative literature on flap raising.

• The morphology of varicella-zoster virus epithelial keratitis in herpes zoster ophthalmicus
• The dynamics of varicella-zoster virus epithelial keratitis in herpes zoster ophthalmicus
• Recurrent VZV epithelial keratitis in HZO: HZO sine herpete
• Three rare cases of ocular surface involvement in acute HZO
• Comparison of HSV and VZV epithelial keratitis.

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a common disease in the elderly and the immunosuppressed, with potentially devastating sequelae. Diagnosis of HZO is clinical but almost all its manifestations are non-specific. The exception is varicella-zoster virus epithelial keratitis, which is frequently the only indicator of the true nature of the disease. This book is unique in presenting high-magnification images, obtained by non-contact in vivo photomicrography, that capture the distinctive features of varicella-zoster virus epithelial keratitis in HZO. Both the morphology and the dynamics of the co.

• 1. Phenotyping Rice for Molecular Plant Breeding, MS Madhav, GS Laha, AP Padmakumari, N Somasekhar, SK Mangrauthia, BC Viraktamath.-
• 2. Phenotyping in Wheat Breeding, Govindan Velu, Ravi Prakash Singh.-
• 3. Phenotyping in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], Are Ashok Kumar, Hari C Sharma, Rajan Sharma, Michael Blummel, P Sanjana Reddy, Belum VS Reddy.-
• 4. Chickpea PhenotypingAli Saeid, SK Panguluri.-
• 5. Phenotyping for Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Improvement, P Janila, SN Nigam.-
• 6. Phenotyping of Tomato, Amolkumar U Solanke, P Ananda Kumar.
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Plant phenotyping is the thorough assessment of plant traits such as growth, development, adaptation, yield, quality, tolerance, resistance, architecture, and the basic measurement of individual quantitative parameters that form the basis for understanding of traits. Genetic approaches to understand plant growth and development have always benefitted from phenotyping techniques that are simple, rapid and measurable in units. The forward genetics approach is all about understanding the trait inheritance using the phenotypic data and in most cases it is the mutant phenotypes that formed the basis for understanding of gene functions. With rapid advancement of genotyping techniques, high throughput genotyping has become a reality at costs people never imagined to be that low, but the phenotypic methods did not receive same attention. However, without quality phenotyping data the genotyping data cannot be effectively put to use in plant improvement. Therefore efforts are underway to develop high-throughput phenotyping methods in plants to keep pace with revolutionary advancement in genotyping techniques to enhance the efficiency of crop improvement programs. Keeping this in mind, we described in this book the best phenomic tools available for trait improvement in some of the world's most important crop plants.
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• Introduction.- Section 1: Field Briefing.- 1.1: Security Checklist.- 1.2: Medical Handover Checklist.- 1.3: Health System Profile.- 1.4: Emergency Management System Profile.- Section 2: Field Assessment.- 2.1: Rapid Epidemiological Assessment.- 2.2: Site-specific Assessment.- 2.3: Feeding Center Assessment.- 2.4: Population and Infrastructure Damage Estimation.- 2.5: Sectoral Gap Identification.- Section 3: Field Recommendations.- 3.1: Rapid Epidemiological Assessment Recommendations.- 3.2: Recommendations Worksheet.- Section 4: Field Reporting.- 4.1: Rapid Epidemiological Assessment Report.- 4.2: Weekly Health Situation Report.- 4.3: Health Sector Status Summary.- Section 5: Field Project and Staff Management.- 5.1: Project Planning Overview.- 5.2: Project Plan of Action.- 5.3: Logical Framework Definitions and Process.- 5.4: Logframe Template.- 5.5: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Worksheet.- 5.6: Remote Management Worksheet.- Section 6: Medical Coordination.- Core Documents.- 6.1
• Medical Coordinator Work Products.- 6.2
• Health Cluster Principles of Coordination.- 6.3
• Health Cluster Meeting Agenda.- 6.4
• Health Cluster Meeting Process.- Section 7: Technical Annexes.- Guidance Notes.- Annex 1
• Humanitarian Programs.- Annex 2
• Security Sector.- Annex 3
• Health Sector.- Annex 4
• Tropical Medicine.- Annex 5
• Epidemic Preparedness and Response.- Annex 6
• Diagnostic Laboratory.- Annex 7
• Acronyms.- Section 8
• Resilience and Reentry.- Epilogue.
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The Pocket Field Guide for Disaster Health Professionals: Missioncraft in Disaster Relief is a disaster management toolkit containing briefing checklists, systems profiles, assessment forms, reporting templates, project management worksheets, and other tools required in the field. It also provides mission-critical technical reference information adapted from internationally recognized sources. "Missioncraft" is the art and science of preparing and conducting effective field operations. This Field Guide enables disaster health professionals to collect and analyze critical information and then implement high-impact interventions in field settings. Tools and reference information are structured in a concise, comprehensive, structured format. Sections are arranged in logical order of relief operations to facilitate application in key field activities. These activities include: Field briefing Field assessment Field recommendations Field reporting Field project and staff management Medical coordination The Pocket Field Guide for Disaster Health Professionals is an authoritative resource for field-based clinical and public health providers responsible for health outcomes of disaster-affected populations; team leaders and medical coordinators in governmental, non-governmental, Red Cross, and UN agencies; information and program staff supporting technical best practices in relief operations; and, trainers preparing health professionals for field missions.
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• Chapte
• r1: Agricultural Food Crop Production and Management Challenges under the Variable Climatic Conditions in Rungwe district, Tanzania.- Chapte
• r2: Constraints to Agricultural Transformation in Yumbe District-Uganda.- Chapte
• r3: Indigenous grasses for rehabilitating degraded African drylands.- Chapte
• r4: Adoption of Recommended Maize Production Practices and Productivity among Farmers in Morogoro District, Tanzania.- Chapte
• r5: Nitrate-Nitrogen Pollution and Attenuation Upstream of the Okavango Delta in Angola and Namibia.- Chapte
• r6: Biochar application to soil for increased resilience of agroecosystems to climate change in Eastern and Southern Africa.- Chapte
• r7: The Efficacy of the Soil Conservation Technologies Adopted in Mountain Agro-Ecosystems in Uganda.- Chapte
• r8: Consequences of Land Tenure on Biodiversity in Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve in Kenya: Towards Responsible Land Management Outcomes.- Chapte
• r9: Abundance and Diversity of Wetland Birds: The Case of Dinder National Park, Sudan.- Chapte
• r10: Characterising the hydrological regime of a tropical papyrus wetland in the Lake Kyoga Basin, Uganda.- Chapte
• r11: Ecological Sustainability: Miombo Woodland Conservation with Livestock Production in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapte
• r12: Impacts of dams on downstream riparian ecosystems' health and community livelihoods: A case of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.- Chapte
• r13: The fragility of agricultural landscapes and resilience of communities to landslide occurrence in the tropical humid environments of Kigezi highlands in South Western Uganda.- Chapte
• r14: The loss of agricultural and ecological resilience of abandoned lands in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.- Chapte
• r15: Catching Rain: Sand Dams and other strategies to develop locally resilient water supplies in semi-arid areas of Kenya.- Chapte
• r16: Are Livestock keepers in and around forests key stakeholders in forest management? Experiences from Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda.- Chapte
• r17: A Review of Studies related to Charcoal Production, Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Tanzania.- Chapte
• r18: Aboveground Species Diversity and Carbon Stocks in Small Holder Coffee Agroforestsry in the Highlands of Uganda.- Chapte
• r19: The contribution of smallholder tree growers to increasing tree cover in Kaliro District.- Chapte
• r20: Climate Impact Adaptation through Aquaculture: Ecological Considerations and Regulatory Requirements for Tropical Africa.- Chapte
• r21: Livelihood Resilience, Climate Risk Management and Agriculture in the mid Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.- Chapte
• r22: Determinants of Urban Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.- Chapte
• r23: Determinants of Utilization of Strategies that Enhance Farmers' Resilience to Rainfall Variability in Mt. Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda.- Chapte
• r24: On the Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies and Practices in Drylands in Uganda: Evidence from a Micro-level Study in Nakasongola District.- Chapte
• r25: Assessing the Efficacy of ICT in Weather Forecast Information Dissemination in Uganda: Evidence from Farming Communities in Mbale and Rakai Districts.- Chapte
• r26: Empowering rural farmers in Africa to improve their livelihood through effective environment risk communication: Case study Uganda.- Chapte
• r27: Effectiveness of Communication Channels on Level of Awareness and determinants of Adoption of Improved Common Bean Technologies among Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania.- Chapte
• r28: Implications of the Media-Scientists' Relationship on the Crop Biotechnology Debate in Uganda.- Chapte
• r29: Pathways for Addressing Gender Based Constraints for Effective Participation in Profitable Crop Value Chains in Tanzania.- Chapte
• r30: The Impacts of Climate Change on Small Holder Households in Mt. Elgon Region of Uganda -Does Gender matter?.- Chapte
• r31: Using Indigenous Knowledge to Enhance Rainfall Forecasts among Smallholder Farmers in Mt. Elgon Region, Eastern Uganda?.- Chapte
• r32: Gender norms, technology access and women farmers' vulnerability to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapte
• r33: Identification of optimal agricultural development strategies in the West African Sahel Mekrou transboundary river basin.
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This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods. In six sections, the book addresses the sustainable development goals to mitigate the negative impacts on agricultural productivity brought about by climate change in Africa. Some of the challenges assessed include soil degradation, land use changes, natural resource mismanagement, declining crop productivity, and economic stagnation. This book will be of interest to researchers, NGOs, and development organizations. Section 1 focuses on climate risk management in tropical Africa. Section 2 addresses the water-ecosystem-agriculture nexus, and identifies the best strategies for sustainable water use. Section 3 introduces Information Communication Technology (ICT), and how it can be used for ecosystem and human resilience to improve quality of life in communities. Section 4 discusses the science and policies of transformative agriculture, including challenges facing crop production and management. Section 5 addresses landscape processes, human security, and governance of agro-ecosystems. Section 6 concludes the book with chapters uniquely covering the gender dynamics of agricultural, ecosystem, and livelihood resilience. .
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• Tracheobronchial Histology, Anatomy and Physiology
• The Symptoms and Signs of Tracheobronchial Diseases
• Common Imaging Signs of Trachea and Bronchi
• The Radiological Diameter of Tracheobronchial Tree
• Interventional Radiology Techniques for Trachea and Bronchi
• Interventional Radiology Instruments and Stents in Tracheoronchus
• Benign Airway (Tracheabronchus) Stenosis
• Malignant Airway (Tracheabronchus) Stenosis
• Esophageal-Tracheal (Bronchial) Fistula
• Tracheal (Bronchial) Rupture
• Thoracostomach-Airway (Tracheabronchus) Fistula
• Bronchopleural Fistula
• Pulmonary Emphysema.

This book aims to provide comprehensive pictures of airway stenting technology in interventional radiology to clinical practitioners. The highlight of this book is that design concept and structure of stent are described in details for readers to choose suitable stents for different airway diseases. The first part of the book introduces readers to airway foundation on basic ideas of trachea anatomy, common symptoms and imaging signs of respiratory system. The second part provides a broad overview of clinical application of interventional radiology in airway diseases. The third part presents detailed interventional treatment of common airway diseases with case studies alongside in-depth analysis for each technique with comprehensive pictures. For each airway disease, a brief introduction, diagnosis, stent design, treatment plan as well as internal stent interventional operation procedures are offered to the readers. With the illustrative figures, this book is a useful reference to interventional radiologists, pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, professional clinical staff, and medical students.

• Part I. Definition and Classification.- Chapter 1. Defining Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis
• The State of the Art.- Chapter 2. Digital Ulcerations and Classification of SSc Subsets and Overlap Syndromes.- Chapter 3. Classification of Digital and Lower Limb Ulcers in SSc.- Part II. Pathobiology of Digital Ulcers.- Chapter 4. Vascular Mechanisms of Systemic Sclerosis.- Chapter 5. Introduction to Wound Healing and Tissue Repair.- Part III. Microvascular Modifications and Ulcers.- Chapter 6. Raynaud's Phenomenon and Ulcers.- Chapter 7. Capillary Microscopy.- Chapter 8. Digital Ulcers, Vasculopathy and Internal Organ Involvement.- Part IV. Complications.- Chapter 9. Fistulas.- Chapter 10. Infections, Cellulitis and Osteomyelitis.- Chapter 11. Digital Loss (Gangrene, Amputation, Autoamputation).- Chapter 12. Pain.- Chapter 13. Clinical Impact of Digital Ulcers.- Chapter 14. Calcinosis.- Part V. General Approach to Digital Ulceration
• Algorithm.- Chapter 15. The Team and the Assessment.- Chapter 16. Diagnostic Tools.- Part VI. Differential Diagnosis.- Chapter 17. Differential Diagnosis
• Vasculitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Behçet's Disease, Thromboembolism.- Part VII. The Local Treatment of Skin Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis.- Chapter 18. The Local Treatment
• Methodology, Debridement and Wound Bed Preparation.- Chapter 19. Wound Dressing for Digital Ulcers in systemic sclerosis.- Part VIII . The Systemic Treatment of Skin Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis.- Chapter 20. Ulcer Healing and Prevention in Systemic Sclerosis.- Chapter 21. Surgical Approaches Including Sympathectomy.- Chapter 22. Antibiotic Treatment.- Chapter 23. Alternative Therapeutic Approaches in Skin Ulcers Due to Systemic Sclerosis.- Part IX. Future Strategies
• Regenerative Medicine.- Chapter 24. Adipose Derived Stem Cells to Facilitate Ulcer Healing
• Future Strategies.- Part X. Atlas.- Chapter 25. Atlas of Digital Ulcers and Lesions.

This Atlas examines skin ulcers in patients affected by systemic sclerosis. Although they are not life threatening, digital ulcers cause enormous pain, impact function and quality of life, and can lead to serious local complications such as gangrene, osteomyelitis, and permanent tissue loss. Knowledge and understanding of these ulcers is pivotal in everyday practice in order to arrive at an accurate early diagnosis, a correct analysis of ulcer characteristics, and an appropriate direct and systematic treatment. To that end, this book describes all the major characteristics of skin ulcers in systematic sclerosis, including classification, evaluation, and categorization. Richly illustrated for practical use, Atlas of Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Management is an essential resource for physicians and related professionals, residents, and graduate students in rheumatology, dermatology, and angiology.

• A Short History of Human Dissection and the Autopsy.- Utilizing the Autopsy for Quality Improvement.- The Future of Autopsy Reporting - Data Repository and Research Support.- Evolving Autopsy Practice Models.- Essential Techniques in Certain Decedent Populations.- The Autopsy in Medical Education and Training.- Forensic Autopsies.- The Science of Rapid Research Autopsy.- Performance of Rapid Research Autopsy.- Autopsy in the 21st Century: Looking Forward.
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Autopsy as a field is enjoying an unexpected renaissance as new and improved uses are found for postmortem examination in quality improvement, education, and research. Increased interest in the autopsy is evident in the popular press as well as in national and international physician meetings.This text will provide an overview of topics the authors consider crucial to competent and effective autopsy practice in the 21st century. Each chapter will combine relevant theoretical background with current and practical experience-based guidance so that pathologists and clinicians can better utilize the autopsy to provide optimal value to families, patients, hospitals, and health systems. Distinguished contributors will provide a review of the rich history of autopsy practice, including assessments of how the past both informs autopsy practice and impedes its progress. The autopsy will be placed in the context of larger healthcare systems with chapters on the use of autopsy in quality improvement and evaluating the value of autopsy as a professional activity, as well as new technology that affects practice models. Better and more reproducible methods for reporting autopsy findings will be explored to exploit the full potential of autopsy data for cross-institutional research. Two chapters will also provide the first book-level review of the growing field of autopsies performed on an urgent basis to sample both diseased and normal control tissue for research. These "rapid research autopsies" are especially crucial to cancer research and the growth of personalized medicine, and the book will explain the science behind utilization of autopsy tissue and offer a full template for designing and delivering a successful rapid autopsy program. Additionally, pathologist and clinician contributors will highlight current recommendations for special techniques and ancillary testing in postmortem examinations to serve the needs of today's patient populations. As resident education is re-examined by pathology and education authorities, new competency-based training models will almost certainly come to the fore. A chapter will examine approaches to the future training of medical students, residents, and fellows in an environment of changing autopsy exposure. A final chapter will summarize the vision for the autopsy as a clinical outcome measure, and valuable scientific resource. This book will be a new type of volume in the field of autopsy pathology. It differs from the presently available review references and atlases in that it provides guidance for readers to embrace transformations that are already taking place in the field. There currently is no resource that offers comprehensive guidance for modern autopsy practice and looks forward to what the field might become in the future.
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• Initiation period
• (1914- 1935): Geologists' artistic accomplishment reflected by hand-drawn maps.- Exploration period
• (1936- 1954): the first step towards standardization.- Growth period (1955-1994): maps displaying more information and printed in more standard way.- Leaping forward period (1995 to date): moving into digital mapping and digital cartography era.
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This open access book contains a collection of rare geologic maps and figures made by Chinese geologists in the last century. Preserved in National Geological Archives of China, these artworks demonstrate the development and innovation of geological mapping technology in China in the past 100 years. The collections are highly scientific and artistic, with most of the hand-drawn maps featured with traditional Chinese painting techniques, while the newer ones being more accurate and embedded with more scientific information with the aid of computer techniques.
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• Overview of Guangdong Carbon Emission Trading Mechanism Operation.- International GHGs Emission Trading Mechanism.- Guangdong's Energy Consumption & Structure Analysis.- Guangdong's CO2 Emission & Structure Analysis.- The Coverage and allocation amount of Guangdong Carbon Emission Trading Mechanism.- The Allocation Mechanism of Guangdong Emission Trading Mechanism.- Monitoring, Reporting, Verification in Guangdong Emission Trading Mechanism.- The Trajectory & Logic of Guangdong Carbon Market.- Mitigation Efficient & cost of Guangdong Emission Trading Mechanism.- Macroeconomic Impact of Guangdong Emission Trading Mechanism.
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This book systematically introduces readers to the framework of China's ETS pilots, exploring their design and operating process, the current state of the carbon market, and various barriers encountered. To do so, it deconstructs the Guangdong ETS, which is the largest and most representative of China's seven ETS pilots. The book subsequently describes and evaluates all seven pilots in terms of their efficiency, macro and micro effects, the method involved in the DEA model, the CGE model, and cost-benefit analysis. In turn, in the assessment section it demonstrates how some ETS pilots have failed to control carbon emissions due to inordinately high emissions quotas issued by the local government etc. Further, it argues that ETS should focus on those industries with large emissions and high mitigating potential for the time being, and then gradually expand the scale of its coverage. As China's national ETS is slated for launch on the basis of the lessons learned from the ETS pilots, the book offers a timely and valuable resource for all those who want to understand and forecast the development of China's ETS. It includes a wealth of descriptions and explanations of Chinese government policies involving carbon emissions control, making it a unique resource.
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• 1. The Environmental Communication under the magnifying lens.-
• 2. Journalism and Environment: two opposed trends which attract each other.-
• 3. Which shades of "green" are the new Nets of communication disseminating?.-
• 4. Communicating the Environment at the state of art. Ciak /Action!-
• 5. Communicating the Environment in the Green and Circular Economy.-
• 6. Communicating the Environment is a "public right and duty".-
• 7. Eco-communication: environmental management, big events and legal eco-language.- Bibliography.
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This book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.
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This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory, together with a wealth of applications. It presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the VII International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2018), which was held in Cambridge on December 11-13, 2018. The carefully selected papers cover a wide range of theoretical topics such as network models and measures; community structure and network dynamics; diffusion, epidemics and spreading processes; and resilience and control; as well as all the main network applications, including social and political networks; networks in finance and economics; biological and neuroscience networks; and technological networks.
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• Motion and Tracking.- Stereo and Structure from Motion.- Segmentation and Grouping.- Image-Based Modeling.- Deep Learning for Vision.- Illumination and Reflectance Modeling.- Sensors & Early and Biologically-Inspired Vision.- Computational Photography and Video.- Object Recognition, Object Detection and Categorization.- Vision and Language.- Video Analysis and Event Recognition.- Face and Gesture Analysis.- Statistical Methods and Learning.- Performance Evaluation.- Medical Image Analysis.- Document Analysis Optimization Methods.- RGBD and Depth Camera Processing.- Robotic Vision Applications of Computer Vision.
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The six volume set LNCS 11361-11366 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2018, held in Perth, Australia, in December 2018. The total of 274 contributions was carefully reviewed and selected from 979 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers focus on motion and tracking, segmentation and grouping, image-based modeling, dep learning, object recognition object recognition, object detection and categorization, vision and language, video analysis and event recognition, face and gesture analysis, statistical methods and learning, performance evaluation, medical image analysis, document analysis, optimization methods, RGBD and depth camera processing, robotic vision, applications of computer vision.
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The six volume set LNCS 11361-11366 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, ACCV 2018, held in Perth, Australia, in December 2018. The total of 274 contributions was carefully reviewed and selected from 979 submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers focus on motion and tracking, segmentation and grouping, image-based modeling, dep learning, object recognition object recognition, object detection and categorization, vision and language, video analysis and event recognition, face and gesture analysis, statistical methods and learning, performance evaluation, medical image analysis, document analysis, optimization methods, RGBD and depth camera processing, robotic vision, applications of computer vision.

• 1. Tracks and Trackways.-
• 2. Introduction to optical laser scanning and photogrammetry.-
• 3. Field Methods in Forensic footwear analysis.-
• 4. Field Methods in vertebrate ichnology.- 5.Techniques in three dimensional digital data handling.-
• 6. Introduction to DigTrace.-
• 7. Forensic: Case studies.-
• 8. Vertebrate ichnology: Case Studies.-
• 9. Future development.-
• 10. Appendix: User Manual to DigTrace.
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"There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me." Sherlock Holmes, Study of Scarlet. Despite the fictional nature of Sherlock Holmes this statement rings true today. The study of footwear is neglected in modern forensic practice and does have much to offer. What it needs is an injection of technology and modern analytical tools. These tools are emerging from the digital revolution currently transforming vertebrate ichnology. Ichnology is the discipline of earth science which focuses on the study of trace fossils such as footprints. This book draws upon both disciplines - geology (ichnology) and forensic science - to show how the two have much to learn from each other especially with regard to the digital capture and analysis of footprints. This book presents field and laboratory methods associated with the collection, analysis and presentation of three-dimensional tracks (footprints) whether from a crime scene or a geological/archaeological excavation. It shows students, researchers and practitioners how to collect and analyse 3D data and take advantage of the digital revolution transforming ichnology. This book is not only essential reading for forensic and earth science students but also for professional forensic practitioners as well as for applied computer scientists developing new tools for visualization and analysis of 3D data. The book forms a natural methods focused complement to the successful text Fossilised Locomotion published by Springer 2014. .
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• Introduction (Denes Loczy, Pecs) The Drava Basin: Geological and geomorphological setting (Denes Loczy, Pecs ) Land use (Gerhard Karl Lieb, Wolfgang Sulzer) Climate change Hydrogeomorphology (Ulrich Schwarz, Vienna) Hydrological characteristics of the Drava River in Croatia (Lidija Tadic, Tamara Dadic, Osijek) Water and sediment discharge along the Hungarian section (Eniko Anna Tamas, Baja) River regulation (Eniko Anna Tamas, Baja) Human impact on water budget(Ognjen Bonacci, Split) Flood hazard (Laszlo Mark et al., Pecs) Evolution of the Drava floodplain in Hungary in the last 100 years (Timea Kiss, Gabor Andrasi, Szeged) Oxbow lakes: hydromorphology (Denes Loczy, Jozsef Dezso, Szabolcs Czigany, Gabriella Toth, Pecs) Oxbow lakes: vegetation history and conservation (Adrienne Ortmann-Ajkai, Pecs) Floodplain conn ectivity (Jozsef Dezso, Denes Loczy, Pecs) Water quality of the Lower Drava River (Vlatka Gvozdic et al. Osijek?) Macroinvertebrates and fishes of the Drava (Zoltan Csabai, Peter Saly, Arnold Mora, Pecs) Floodplain forests (Balazs Kevey, Adrienne Ortmann-Ajkai, Pecs) Nature conservation and floodplain rehabilitation (Szabolcs Zavoczky, Tibor Parrag, Pecs) Rehabilitation of side-arms (Parrag Tibor, Pecs) Landscape rehabilitation: Old Drava Programme (Denes Loczy, Pecs) .
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This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River. It describes the diverse forms of human impact (river regulation, damming and reservoirs, dredging etc.) and the environmental changes of hydrological regime, sediment transport, biodiversity etc. involved. The transboundary nature of the river is emphasized and the resulting problems are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the evolution and present condition of the floodplain (drainage pattern, oxbow lakes and their vegetation). The possible solutions to environmental problems are illustrated by a review of ongoing and planned rehabilitation measures. The book is amply illustrated with maps, cross/sections, diagrams and photographs. The international team of authors (representing all countries crossed by the Drava River: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary) approach the topic from different aspects. Thus, the reader is provided with a comprehensive picture of this, up until now, little studied European river. .
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• Energy footprint of biorefinery schemes
• A technical review on methods and tools for evaluation of energy footprints, impact on buildings and environment
• Energy benchmarking protocol and CO2 emission analysis: a case study of hotel buildings in Lagos, Nigeria .
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This book deals with the energy footprints of biorefineries and the hotel and buildings sector. It presents footprint case studies, which include background information, methodological frameworks, assessment checklists, calculation tools and techniques, applications, challenges and limitations. It also discusses the application of each indicator/framework in various industrial sectors and the associated challenges, along with outlooks for the future. Consumption and conservation of energy are key elements in any industry's sustainability strategy. .
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• Preliminaries and Backgrounds
• Fuzzy Linear Programming
• Fuzzy Number Linear Programming
• Linear Programming with Fuzzy Variables
• Semi-Fully Fuzzy Linear Programming
• Application for the Flexible Linear Programming.

This book presents the necessary and essential backgrounds of fuzzy set theory and linear programming, particularly a broad range of common Fuzzy Linear Programming (FLP) models and related, convenient solution techniques. These models and methods belong to three common classes of fuzzy linear programming, namely: (i) FLP problems in which all coefficients are fuzzy numbers, (ii) FLP problems in which the right-hand-side vectors and the decision variables are fuzzy numbers, and (iii) FLP problems in which the cost coefficients, the right-hand-side vectors and the decision variables are fuzzy numbers. The book essentially generalizes the well-known solution algorithms used in linear programming to the fuzzy environment. Accordingly, it can be used not only as a textbook, teaching material or reference book for undergraduate and graduate students in courses on applied mathematics, computer science, management science, industrial engineering, artificial intelligence, fuzzy information processes, and operations research, but can also serve as a reference book for researchers in these fields, especially those engaged in optimization and soft computing. For textbook purposes, it also includes simple and illustrative examples to help readers who are new to the field.

• Preface
• Part I Epidemiology
• Chapter 1 Japan
• Chapter 2 Outside Japan
• Part II Pathogenesis
• Chapter 3 Helicobacter Pylori
• Chapter 4 Gastric Carcinogenesis
• Chapter 5 Pathology
• Part III Risk Clarification and Cancer Screening Before and After Eradication
• Chapter 6 Serum Markers
• Chapter 7 High Risk Markers
• Chapter 8 Cancer Screening
• Chapter 9 Endoscopy
• Part IV Therapy
• Chapter 10 Endoscopic Treatment
• Chapter 11 Surgical Treatment
• Chapter 12 Chemotherapy
• Part V Prevention
• Chapter 13 H. Pylori Eradication
• Chapter 14 Prevention Strategy.

This book provides essential insights into the various pathogeneses, diagnoses and therapies for patients with gastric cancer. Special attention is given to trending topics: endoscopic diagnosis, cancer screening and eradication of H. pylori as prevention of the disease. A dedicated section focuses on risk classification and cancer screening/diagnosis, and is intended for practical use in clinical doctors' day-to-day management of patients. Since cancer screening and prevention is currently only practiced in Japan, this book is intended to disseminate new findings and serve as a point of departure for further research. Abundant color illustrations of the enhanced endoscopic imaging are also included, making it a valuable resource for GI medical doctors, medical students and those seeking detailed information on H. pylori.