Plant Stress Physiology, 2nd Edition

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Completely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling, and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. The text covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, oxidative stress, pathogens, and extremes of temperature and pH.

This second edition of Plant Stress Physiology:

- Presents detailed, up-to-date research on plant responses to a wide range of stresses

- Includes new, full-colour figures to illustrate the principles outlined in the text

- Is written in a clear and accessible format with descriptive abstracts for each chapter

Written by an international team of experts, this book provides researchers with a better understanding of the major physiological and molecular mechanisms facilitating plant tolerance to adverse environmental factors. It is an essential resource for researchers and students of ecology, plant biology, agriculture, agronomy, and plant breeding.

Qur'an Of The Oppressed: Liberation Theology And Gender Justice In Islam

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This study analyzes the commentaries of four Muslim intellectuals who have turned to scripture as a liberating text to confront an array of problems, from patriarchy, racism, and empire to poverty and interreligious communal violence. Shadaab Rahemtulla considers the exegeses of the South African Farid Esack (b. 1956), the Indian Asghar Ali Engineer (1939-2013), the African American Amina Wadud (b. 1952), and the Pakistani American Asma Barlas (b. 1950). Rahemtulla examines how these intellectuals have been able to expound this seventh-century Arabian text in a socially liberating way, addressing their own lived realities of oppression, and thus contexts that are worlds removed from that of the text's immediate audience. Through a close reading of their works, he underlines the importance of both the ethico-social content of the Qur'an and their usage of new and innovative reading practices.

This work provides a rich analysis of the thought-ways of specific Muslim intellectuals, thereby substantiating a broadly framed school of thought. Rahemtulla draws out their specific and general importance without displaying an uncritical sympathy. He sheds light on the impact of modern exegetical commentary which is more self-consciously concerned with historical context and present realities. In a mutually reinforcing way, this work thus illuminates both the role of agency and hermeneutical approaches in modern Islamic thought.

Automatic Text Simplification

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Thanks to the availability of texts on the Web in recent years, increased knowledge and information have been made available to broader audiences. However, the way in which a text is written-its vocabulary, its syntax-can be difficult to read and understand for many people, especially those with poor literacy, cognitive or linguistic impairment, or those with limited knowledge of the language of the text. Texts containing uncommon words or longand complicated sentences can be difficult to read and understand by people as well as difficult to analyze by machines. Automatic text simplification is the process of transforming a text into another text which, ideally conveying the same message, will be easier to read and understand by a broader audience. The process usually involves the replacement of difficult or unknown phrases with simpler equivalents and the transformation of long and syntactically complex sentences into shorter and less complex ones. Automatic text simplification, a research topic which started 20 years ago, now has taken on a central role in natural language processing research not only because of the interesting challenges it posesses but also because of its social implications. This book presents past and current research in text simplification, exploring key issues including automatic readability assessment, lexical simplification, and syntactic simplification. It also provides a detailed account of machine learning techniques currently used in simplification, describes full systems designed for specific languages and target audiences, and offers available resources for research and development together with text simplification evaluation techniques.

The Gourmet Ios Developer's Cookbook: Even More Recipes For Better Ios App Development

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The Gourmet iOS Developer’s Cookbook offers a fresh banquet of delicious cutting-edge iOS programming recipes for projects both big and small. Renowned iOS programming expert Erica Sadun brings together reliable, proven code for creating today’s richest, most robust apps. Sadun presents innovative ways to make the most of AVFoundation, Text Kit, animation, adaptive interface programming, and much more. As in all of her iOS best-sellers, this pragmatic guide translates modern best practices into working code, distilling key concepts into recipes you can understand and build on. This is more than just cut-and-paste using examples, Sadun offers a deep dive into the “how” and “why” of advanced iOS development. The code reflects iOS’s latest capabilities, and every chapter groups related tasks together, so you can jump straight to your solution. Coverage includes Providing advanced speech generation and barcode recognition features through AVFoundation Automatically updating app text presentation based on user preferences and expectations Extending rich, flexible text throughout your apps with UIKit and Text Kit Seamlessly migrating text designs between iOS screens and other destinations Generating attributed text strings from HTML sources Integrating real-world physics for exciting animations and interactions Creating better interfaces with dynamic animators–and overcoming their pitfalls Achieving greater visual impact with improved user alerts and popovers Implementing clever and compelling effects with non-rectangular views Building adaptive apps that gracefully respond to any iOS display, orientation, or screen Streamlining development with expert methods, functions, and techniques Exploring the core concepts you’ll need to migrate successfully to Swift This book’s source code is frequently updated by the author and can be downloaded at

50 Javascript Programs(2 Edition): Second Edition

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"JavaScript 50 Useful Programs" is a useful book for JavaScript programmers. Using these programs, you’ll be able to build JavaScript projects quicker and easier than ever, you can use these programs to create a dynamic web site fast.

This book can help you with:

•Form and validation

•Username and password check

•Filter ungraceful words

•Forbid copying photo or text

•Email format check

•Form submit check

•Movement and animation

•Text and visual effects

•Prevent malicious input

(Note: All programs have no explanations, but you can download the source code of this book.)

Table of Contents

JavaScript 50 Useful Programs:

1. Countdown to load webpage

2. Are you sure to delete?

3. Marquee Text

4. Count how many letters

5. Search Engine

6. Select Tag

7. Time Format Conversion

8. Count you typed

9. Forbid Copying Photo

10. Check Password Strength

11. Open Your Harddrive

12. Wave Text

13. Text Advertisement

14. Web Clock

15. How much is the Price?

16. Progress Bar

17. Filter Ungraceful Words

18. Forbid Copy Password

19. World Clock

20. Encrypt Code to Number

21. Forbid copying texts

22. Check Email Format

23. Submit Only One Time

24. How much is the Price?

25. Encode the Texts

26. Select All

27. SEO by Keywords

28. Replace a Word

29. How long have you stayed?

30. Print this page

31. Disable right-click menu

32. Disable part of scripts

33. Limit wrong password

34. Words processing

35. Greeting by time

36. Twinkling Text

37. Login Page

38. Design window size

39. View Source Codes

40. Check digital input

41. Check empty input

42. Check picture uploading

43. Mouse coordinates

44. Prevent malicious input

45. Typing Effect

46. Set background color

47. Select Menu

48. Text scrolls up

49. Magnify texts

50. Five star review

Latin America Since Independence: Two Centuries Of Continuity And Change

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This innovative text offers a clear and concise introduction to Latin America since independence. Thomas C. Wright traces continuity and change in five central colonial legacies: authoritarian governance; a rigid social hierarchy based on race, color, and gender; the powerful Roman Catholic Church; economic dependency; and the large landed estate. He shows that the outcomes of debate and contestation over these colonial legacies have been crucial in shaping contemporary political systems, economies, societies, and religious institutions in a richly diverse region. These unifying themes guide the reader through each period. The text’s user-friendly illustrations, maps, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading enrich student understanding of a major part of the world.