This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current achievements and future possibilities for the application of epigenetic and epigenomic techniques to the improvement of crops. Creating crops more resilient to the stresses caused by climate change will be an important part of a climate-smart and sustainable agriculture strategy for the future. All critical environmental stressors are explored: temperature, salt, drought, pollutants, pests, fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The exciting...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Atrial Segmentation and LV Quantification Challenges, STACOM 2018, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2018, in Granada, Spain, in September 2018.The 52 revised full workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The topics of the workshop included: cardiac imaging and image processing, machine ...

China's international tourism industry is gradually rising from the ashes after three years of travel restrictions imposed in response to China's "zero Covid" policy. This gradual recovery has prompted three geographers, specialized in understanding these trends, to pool their research and present an overview of the current state of Chinese international outbound tourism.Drawing on their extensive field experience in Wuhan, Phuket, Paris and Nice, these three researchers have combi...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Atrial Segmentation and LV Quantification Challenges, STACOM 2019, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2019, in Shenzhen, China, in October 2019.The 42 revised full workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. The topics of the workshop included: cardiac imaging and image processing, machine...

Now a major motion picture starring Kate WinsletTilly Dunnage left her hometown of Dungatar in rural Australia under a black cloud of accusation. Years later Tilly, now a couturier for the Paris fashion houses, returns home to make amends with her mentally unstable mother. Mid-century Dungatar is a small town, and small towns have long memories. At first she wins over the suspicious locals with her extraordinary dressmaking skills. But when the eccentric townsfolk ...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024'Any book by Yiyun Li is a cause for celebration' SIGRID NUNEZ'One of our finest living authors' NEW YORK TIMES'Bruising, beautiful' GUARDIANA dazzling new collection of short stories written over a decade, spanning loss, alienation, ageing and the strangeness of contemporary life – from Yiyun Li, the prize-winning a...

Is your diet feeding or defeating disease?We are at a turning point in our understanding of how to prevent and fight disease. Rates of cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, obesity and other common health problems are skyrocketing. However, the latest scientific research and clinical evidence is revealing that the power to protect ourselves against these threats and resist them lies in a simple solution: the foods we eat everyday.In Eat to Beat Dise...

Alpha entanglements, supernatural secrets, and heroines who bite back.Sink your teeth into three full-length werewolf urban fantasy novels packed with slow-burn romance, hidden magic, and fated mates gone rogue:Matebranded: Infiltrating a rotten pack is easy for petite enforcer Elspeth—until she forms a fated mate bond with the alpha werewolf she’s meant to take down.Full Moon Saloon: Fox shifter Kira is clawing her way up the ladd...

Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world.When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life and love beyond China's borders, he d...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicatorProfessor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights lessons learned ...

Flow is a state where you’re completely engrossed in a task with your entire mental or physical energy. You’re so invigorated by the activity that you even lose track of time.You've heard successful people mention how they're in a state of flow when they work on their core tasks. But, is the flow state only limited to the champions and the experts? Not at all.You can achieve a flow state in your daily routine and this 20-page short book will guide ...

The revolutionary, science-backed plan to lose weight by eating foods you love, from the pioneering doctor and bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease, Dr William Li.‘Phenomenal … Everybody needs to read this book’ Dr Rupy Aujla, bestselling author of Healthy High Protein and founder of The Doctor’s Kitchen‘Anyone who wants their health to glow should read this book!’ Cindy Crawford, supermodelDr...