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This book provides insights into deep learning techniques that impact the implementation strategies toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid down by the United Nations for its 2030 agenda, elaborating on the promises, limits, and the new challenges. It also covers the challenges, hurdles, and opportunities in various applications of deep learning for the SDGs. A comprehensive survey on the major applications and research, based on deep learning techniques focused on SDGs through speech and image processing, IoT, security, AR-VR, formal methods, and blockchain, is a feature of this book. In particular, there is a need to extend research into deep learning and its broader application to many sectors and to assess its impact on achieving the SDGs. The chapters in this book help in finding the use of deep learning across all sections of SDGs. The rapid development of deep learning needs to be supported by the organizational insight and oversight necessary for AI-based technologies in general; hence, this book presents and discusses the implications of how deep learning enables the delivery agenda for sustainable development.

This book introduces aquaculture ecology as a science of the interaction between commercial aquatic organisms as well as their farming activities and the environment, including the rationales of building and management of aquaculture systems. This book covers productivity and carrying capacity, effects of cyclical fluctuation of environmental factors on aquatic organisms, biological control of water quality, structural optimization of aquaculture systems and ecological prevention of disease. In the last chapter, aquaculture production systems are introduced from multiple perspectives.This book has been designed to provide a stimulating and informative text for researchers in aquaculture, fisheries as well as hydrobiology.

The world order is evolving toward polycentricity, producing its winners and losers, and driving up the global and regional demand for governance, security, justice, and ethics. The book offers a perspective of key Russian experts in international affairs on these transformations. On the global level it touches upon the issues of global governance, state transformation, phenomenology of globalization, international security, and international political economy. On the regional level it deals with issues of economic integration, energy security, ¿yber security, nuclear proliferation viewed from a perspective of Pacific Asia, East Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Post-Soviet Area.

This book presents the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences (ICFAMMT 2022). It provides an overview of the latest research in the areas of fundamentals of material science and metallurgy, material processing, mechanical properties and material characterizations, composite materials, nanomaterials, applications of materials, advanced engineering materials, technologies for space, nuclear and aerospace applications, optimization of materials for required properties, resent trends in materials science and metallurgy. The book will be useful for researchers and professionals working in the field of material science and metallurgy.

This edited book opens up new vistas for sustainable intensification in agriculture to provide food to ever growing population as well as adapting to the risks of global environmental change. Diverting from conventional agriculture, the book explores new dimensions and concepts that have been identified for future research and development in sustaining agriculture in Asia and Africa regions. The chapters are written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of agroforestry. The book demonstrates how agroforestry could be instrumental in bringing stability and sustainability in agricultural production. It offers sustainable solutions for the impending problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security. It is an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.

This book sheds light on systems that learn extensively, with purpose and naturally interact with humans. Improving operations and increasing competitive differentiation among manufacturing organizations by harnessing the power of cognitive abilities, IoT can help build and influence the flow of information¿making the shop floor more cognitive through effective processing, analysis, and operational optimization. Now we are seeing the first-hand potential of cognitive computing¿its ability to transform businesses, governments, and society. The real potential of the cognitive age can be realized by combining data analysis and statistical reasoning of machines with uniquely human qualities, such as self-directed goals, common sense, and moral values, improving operations and increasing competitive differentiation among manufacturing organizations. By harnessing the power of cognitive abilities, IoT can help build and influence the flow of information¿making the shop floor more cognitive through effective processing, analysis, and operational optimization. Cognitive initiatives come in all shapes and sizes, from change to strategy and everything in between. What most successful projects have in common, no matter how ambitious, is they start with a clear view of what technology can do. Therefore, the first job of a cognitive scientists is to gain a firm understanding of cognitive abilities, as presented in this book.

This book presents an update on teacher and education development research, policymaking and innovation within the Belt and Road Countries. It illustrates cases from 18 Belt and Road countries: Albania, Cambodia, China, Hungary, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mongolia, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan and Turkey. It identifies regularities and patterns of teacher development in the context of education development, and explores the characteristics of education policy and practice of the Belt and Road countries. It will be of interest to all researchers, educators and policymakers involved in teacher development and/or education development.

This book presents novel work of academicians, researchers, industry professionals, practitioners, and budding engineers to disseminate the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns along with the present-day challenges and the solving approaches for implementation in the domains of data science, intelligent computing, and computer networks and security. It is a collection of selected high-quality research papers from the International Conference on Data Science, Intelligent Computing and Cyber Security (ICDIC 2020) organized by Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India, during 27-29 February 2020. It discusses the latest challenges and solutions in the field of data innovation, data management, data analysis, data security, and intelligent methods and applications.

This book focuses on the new and old methods for the synthesis of various heterocycles using Lawesson¿s reagent. The book covers an important and rapidly growing branch of heterocyclic chemistry and can serve as a guide to those who are completing their education and are about to enter the job market. Students will be able to find all Lawesson¿s reagent-assisted protocols for the synthesis of heterocycles in one place. This feature of the book provides an important benefit, because sometimes users want to see all the possibilities and relevant information for making a particular compound using one particular reagent. The purpose of this valuable resource is to provide the knowledge not only to students but also to pharmacologists, biochemists, organic and medicinal chemists, researchers, and academic professionals for easy access to synthetic protocols for different heterocycles using Lawesson¿s reagent. The book will be greatly helpful for everyone involved inthe field and can pave the way for better understanding and quantification of heterocycle synthesis.