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Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs,...
by Michael F. DiPaola, James H. Stronge
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Superintendent evaluation is a unique process that is often neglected but critical in this era of accountability. This invaluable guide provides an overview of the entire process, including: crafting board policy, criteria for good policy, and prototype policy. It identifies the unique challenges...
by George F. R. Ellis, Roy Maartens, Malcolm A. H. MacCallum
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Cosmology has been transformed by dramatic progress in high-precision observations and theoretical modelling. This book surveys key developments and open issues for graduate students and researchers. Using a relativistic geometric approach, it focuses on the general concepts and relations that underpin...
by J H Harker, J R Backhurst, J.F. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Chemical Engineering Volume 2 covers the properties of particulate systems, including the character of individual particles and their behaviour in fluids. Sedimentation of particles, both singly and at high concentrations, flow in packed and fluidised beads and filtration are then examined.
The...
A First Course in Partial Differential Equations
with Complex Variables and Transform Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
This popular text was created for a one-year undergraduate course or beginning graduate course in partial differential equations, including the elementary theory of complex variables. It employs a framework in which the general properties of partial differential equations, such as characteristics,...
Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature
Global Intellectual Property Strategies for a Redesigned Microbial Research Commons
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
The free exchange of microbial genetic information is an established public good, facilitating research on medicines, agriculture, and climate change. However, over the past quarter-century, access to genetic resources has been hindered by intellectual property claims from developed countries under...
The Stress-Eating Cure
Lose Weight with the No-Willpower Solution to Stress-Hunger and Cravings
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2009
Drs. Rachael and Richard Heller turned the diet world upside down with the spectacular success of the Carbohydrate Addict's books. The Stress-Eating Cure marshalls 10 years of cutting-edge research to reveal that carb addiction was just the tip of the iceberg. The Hellers offer a struggle-free solution...
by Kent R. Olson, Ilene B. Anderson, Neal L. Benowitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
The instant-answer guide clinicians turn to first for on-the-spot treatment of poisoning and drug overdose emergencies
A Doody’s Core Title for 2019!
“…a great addition to any emergency department library when rapid reference is needed to treat and diagnose the poisoned patient.”
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Engineering Materials 1
An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Widely adopted around the world, Engineering Materials 1 is a core materials science and engineering text for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students; it provides a broad introduction to the mechanical and environmental properties of materials used in a wide range of engineering applications....
In search of scientific excellence
scientists' guide to public funding
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
`Excellence is said to be the sole criterion in grant decision-making. How excellence is judged by funding organizations is difficult to grasp. This book helps scientists to acquire a grant for basic research from national and international funding organizations. It describes the processes involved and...
Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty
Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2006
Since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was enacted, policy makers, agency administrators, community activists, and academics from a broad range of disciplines have debated and researched the implications of welfare reform in the United States. Most of the...
Religion and Sustainable Agriculture
World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions -- from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. What we eat, how we eat, and whom we eat with...
by M. Bonatz, P. Brosche, O. Calame
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
P.Brosche The development of the ideas and observational techniques related to the subject of our meeting "Tidal friction and the Earth's rotation", Bielefeld, September 1977 is one of the most fascinating books - not merely chapters! - of the modern history of science. Its genealogical...