R Fernando: 33 books

Acting as chemical messengers for olfactory cells, food flavor materials are organic compounds that give off a strong, typically pleasant smells. Handbook of Fruit and Vegetable Flavors explores the flavor science and technology of fruits and vegetables, spices, and oils by first introducing specific...

Interrogar sobre o passado de uma das principais atividades educativas na escolarização inicial de crianças – o ensino de leitura e escrita – é o objetivo central desta obra. Entre as várias contribuições relevantes do livro, uma coletânea de 14 ensaios que abrangem mais de um século,...

There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa...

The vector-borne Zika virus joins avian influenza, Ebola, and yellow fever as recent public health crises threatening pandemicity. By a combination of stochastic modeling and economic geography, this book proposes two key causes together explain the explosive spread of the worst of the vector-borne...

El objetivo de los autores de esta original obra es que sea una guía de la historia médica de la ciudad de Madrid, que sirva tanto a los médicos como a lectores ajenos a esta profesión, a través de un magnífico trabajo de investigación y documentación, apoyado en una iconografía de gran...