Covers the latest research on controlling pathogenic and non-pathogenic safety risks associated with pig meatComprehensive review of the factors affecting the different aspects of pig meat qualityAssesses ways of minimising the environmental impact of pig production such as reducing input use, emissions and waste

With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, this Chinese gardening book is a wonderful introduction to penjing—China's treasured bonsai art. Although most people thing bonsai is a Japanese invention, the art originated in ancient China where it is called penjing. The two Chinese characters for penjing ("pot" and "landscape") capture the essence of this art: sculpting microcosms of the beauty of the natural world from plants, rocks, soil, and water, both as an artistic process and...

This special compendium provides a concise and unified vision of facial image processing. It addresses a collection of state-of-the-art techniques, covering the most important areas for facial biometrics and behavior analysis. These techniques also converge to serve an emerging practical application of interactive distance learning.Readers will get a broad picture of the fundamental science of the field and technical details that make the research interesting. Moreover, the intellectual in...

This book is presented in two volumes, featuring peer-reviewed research papers from the 7th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD), held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from July 25 to 26, 2024. It highlights original research by experts from both academia and industry, centered on the theme of "Green Technology and Sustainable Development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0." The book underscores the critical importance of sustainability in education, t...

This book is presented in two volumes, featuring peer-reviewed research papers from the 7th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD), held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from July 25 to 26, 2024. It highlights original research by experts from both academia and industry, centered on the theme of "Green Technology and Sustainable Development in the Industrial Revolution 4.0." The book underscores the critical importance of sustainability in education, t...

This book is a selected collection of 54 peer-reviewed original scientific research papers of the 5th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD2020) organised in Vietnam in 2020. It highlights the importance of sustainability as well as promotes up-to-date innovation and research for green development in technologies, economics and education among countries. The conference provides an international platform for researchers, practitioners, policymakers a...

Volume V in the acclaimed Real Utopias Project series, edited by Erik Olin Wright.Are there ways that contemporary capitalism can be rendered a dramatically more egalitarian economic system without destroying its productivity and capacity for growth?This book explores two proposals, unconditional basic income and stakeholder grants, that attempt just that. In a system of basic income, as elaborated by Philippe van Parijs, all citizens are given a monthly stipend sufficient ...

Determination.They were children, placed into leadership, and yet they were also puppets. One is stubborn, demanding, entitled and disconnected. The other is broken, meek, unsure and under pressure. Can they learn to rule together, or will they let their lives be manipulated for a master plan?Sorrow.Tragedy after tragedy. An entire nation both affected and indifferent. With the royal family weakened and scattered, it us up to a new generation to wade through a sea o...

This special edition audiobook of Twisted Hate is performed in duet style. A dual narration edition is available separately.A diverse steamy enemies-to-lovers romance from New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Ana Huang.Gorgeous, cocky, and on his way to becoming a doctor, Josh has never met a woman he couldn't charm―except for Jules. The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in ...

Those eyes.They haunted him, every day and every night. During his waking hours, it was Kiya, the ever-dutiful Great Royal Wife, trying desperately to please him. At night, it was Nefertiti, in his mind or maybe not; he could never tell. But he couldn't escape them, and nor did he want to.His pain.It was almost palpable. And though she had tried to give him everything the other woman did, even she knew it was not the same. He looked at her, and only saw her eyes – t...

China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a holistic and contrarian view of China's major economic, political, and foreign policy issues. Yukon Huang trenchantly addresses widely accepted yet misguided views in the analysis of China's economy. He examines arg...

Nefayiati. The beautiful ray has come.It was a name that suited her, and yet somehow didn't. She was beautiful, stunningly so, but she felt more like the mud of the riverbed than the sun in the sky. This was the life of the poor – ignored, unseen. And she wanted so much more.The Palace.It shone on the edge of Thebes like a refuge, and she knew this was where her fortunes would change, if only she could escape her home and find a way in. Love, life, hope, a chance – ...