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Competing and winning in today's competitive marketplace requires a
strategy that includes sustainability. Business leaders who embrace
it and convey a strong sense of purpose behind their strategy are
propelling their organizations into revenue-increasing,
cost-reducing outcomes. Purposely Profitable: Embedding
Sustainability into the DNA of Food Processing and other Businesses
provides a proven, step-by-step methodology for integrating
sustainability into the strategic plan to develop a strategy that
is sustainable and aligned to a greater purpose. This book notably
includes the following: * A primer on Sustainability that defines
Sustainable Business and presents the Business Case for
Sustainability * What is an organizational purpose and why is it so
important in today's competitive marketplace * Step by step
instructions, supported by a case study, for developing each
component of the strategic plan (Purpose, Vision, Strategic
Pillars, KPI's, Goals, Programs Action Plans, and Tactical
Execution) * A suite of tools and resources to support the
development and execution of the strategic plan Scientists and
managers in the global food supply chain, sustainability
professionals, researchers, students, regulators, executives and
business owners will come to learn and understand a powerful system
for developing a strategy that is sustainable in order to maximize
organizational performance.
Gas Models: MF135 Special, MF135 Deluxe, MF150, MF165Diesel Models:
MF135 Deluxe, MF150, MF165
Ugly's Electrical References, 2020 Edition is the gold standard
on-the-job reference tool of choice for electrical industry
professionals. Offering the most pertinent, up-to-date information
used by electricians, including: updated NEC code and table change
information, mathematical formulas, NEMA wiring configurations,
conduit bending guide, ampacity and conduit fill information,
transformer and control circuit wiring diagrams, and conversion
tables. New Features of this Edition: * Updated to reflect changes
to the 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC) * Expanded coverage of
the following topics: o Junction Box size calculations o Selecting,
testing, and using multimeters to measure voltage, resistance, and
current o Selecting, testing, and using a clamp-on ammeter to
measure current o Selecting, testing, and using a non-contact
voltage tester
The sounds produced by geophonic, biophonic and technophonic
sources are relevant to the function of natural and human modified
ecosystems. Passive recording is one of the most non-invasive
technologies as its use avoids human intrusion during acoustic
surveys and facilitates the accumulation of huge amounts of
acoustical data. For the first time, this book collates and reviews
the science behind ecoaucostics; illustrating the principles,
methods and applications of this exciting new field. Topics covered
in this comprehensive volume include; * the assessment of
biodiversity based on sounds emanating from a variety of
environments * the best technologies and methods necessary to
investigate environmental sounds * implications for climate change
and urban systems * the relationship between landscape ecology and
ecoacoustics * the conservation of soundscapes and the social value
of ecoacoustics * areas of potential future research. An invaluable
resource for scholars, researchers and students, Ecoacoustics: The
Ecological Role of Sounds provides an unrivalled set of ideas,
tools and references based on the current state of the field.
This series is designed to meet the needs of students and lecturers
of the National Certificate Vocational. Features for the student
include: Easy-to-understand language; Real-life examples; A key
word feature for important subject terms; A dictionary feature for
difficult words; A reflect-on-how-you-learn feature to explore
personal learning styles; Workplace-oriented activities; and
Chapter summaries that are useful for exam revision.
Edited by an internationally recognized leader in the field, this
third volume in the series represents the complete reference to
membrane processes in the food industry. The handbook adopts a
highly practical approach to this hot topic, combining the hands-on
experience of the expert authors involved. They provide chapters
devoted to such varied applications as dairy fractionation,
electrodialysis, pressure-driven membrane processes in alcoholic
beverages, membrane emulsification, contactors and bioreactors, as
well as membranes for food packaging.
Biopolymer-Based Food Packaging Explore the latest developments and
advancements in biopolymer-based food packaging In Biopolymer-Based
Food Packaging: Innovations and Technology Applications, a team of
accomplished researchers delivers a complete, systematic, and
sequential account of the contemporary developments in the
application of biopolymers for sustainable food packaging. This
book introduces the fabrication, characterization as well as
benefits arising from the enhanced functionalities of
biopolymer-based food packaging materials. The authors introduce
various polysaccharide, protein, and microbial polymer-based food
packaging films and coatings, as well as biopolymer-based blends
and nanocomposites. Importance of these materials as active and
intelligent food packaging systems is also introduced. Finally, the
book explores biopolymer-based edible food packaging, and its
efficacy in extending the shelf-life of perishable food items using
sustainable materials and processes suitable for the future of
circular economies around the world. Readers will also find: A
thorough introduction to the incorporation of nanomaterials as
fillers to improve the physico-chemical, mechanical, thermal,
barrier, optical, and antimicrobial properties of food packaging
nanocomposites Comprehensive discussions of the use of plant-based
bioactive compounds, including essential oils, in biopolymer-based
food packaging Practical examinations of silver and zinc oxide
nanoparticles in food packaging In-depth treatments of polylactic
acid-based composites for food packaging applications
Biopolymer-Based Food Packaging: Innovations and Technology
Applications is an invaluable resource for academic researchers and
professionals in food packaging and related industries, as well as
research scholars, graduate students, and entrepreneurs working and
studying in the field of food preservation, environmental safety,
and human health with a focus on the sustainable future.
How did the introduction of recorded music affect the production,
viewing experience, and global export of movies? In Movies, Songs,
and Electric Sound, Charles O'Brien examines American and European
musical films created circa 1930, when the world's sound-equipped
theaters screened movies featuring recorded songs and filmmakers in
the United States and Europe struggled to meet the artistic and
technical challenges of sound production and distribution. The
presence of singers in films exerted special pressures on film
technique, lending a distinct look and sound to the films' musical
sequences. Rather than advancing a film's plot, songs in these
films were staged, filmed, and cut to facilitate the singer's
engagement with her or his public. Through an examination of the
export market for sound films in the early 1930s, when German and
American companies used musical films as a vehicle for competing to
control the world film trade, this book delineates a new
transnational context for understanding the Hollywood musical.
Combining archival research with the cinemetric analysis of
hundreds of American, German, French, and British films made
between 1927 and 1934, O'Brien provides the historical context
necessary for making sense of the aesthetic impact of changes in
film technology from the past to the present.
"Introduction to Audio Analysis" serves as a standalone
introduction to audio analysis, providing theoretical background to
many state-of-the-art techniques. It covers the essential theory
necessary to develop audio engineering applications, but also uses
programming techniques, notably MATLAB(r), to take a more applied
approach to the topic. Basic theory and reproducible experiments
are combined to demonstrate theoretical concepts from a practical
point of view and provide a solid foundation in the field of audio
analysis.
Audio feature extraction, audio classification, audio
segmentation, and music information retrieval are all addressed in
detail, along with material on basic audio processing and frequency
domain representations and filtering. Throughout the text,
reproducible MATLAB(r) examples are accompanied by theoretical
descriptions, illustrating how concepts and equations can be
applied to the development of audio analysis systems and
components. A blend of reproducible MATLAB(r) code and essential
theory provides enable the reader to delve into the world of audio
signals and develop real-world audio applications in various
domains.
Practical approach to signal processing: The first book to focus on
audio analysis from a signal processing perspective, demonstrating
practical implementation alongside theoretical conceptsBridge the
gap between theory and practice: The authors demonstrate how to
apply equations to real-life code examples and resources, giving
you the technical skills to develop real-world applicationsLibrary
of MATLAB code: The book is accompanied by a well-documented
library of MATLAB functions and reproducible experiments
Body as Instrument explores how musicians interact with
movement-controlled performance systems, producing sounds imbued
with their individual physical signature. Using motion tracking
technology, performers can translate physical actions into sonic
processes, creating or adapting novel gestural systems that
transcend the structures and constraints of conventional musical
instruments. Interviews with influential artists in the field,
Laetitia Sonami, Atau Tanaka, Pamela Z, Julie Wilson-Bokowiec,
Lauren Sarah Hayes, Mark Coniglio, Garth Paine and The Bent Leather
Band expose the transformational impact of motion sensors on
musicians’ body awareness and abilities. Coupled with reflection
on author-composed works, the book analyses how the body as
instrument metaphor informs relationships between performers, their
bodies and self-designed instruments. It also examines the role of
experiential design strategies in developing robust and nuanced
gestural systems that mirror a performer’s movement habits,
preferences and skills, inspiring new physical forms of musical
communication and diverse musical repertoire.
Metrology is part of the essential but largely hidden
infrastructure of the modern world. This book concentrates on the
infrastructure aspects of metrology. It introduces the underlying
concepts: International system of units, traceability and
uncertainty; and describes the concepts that are implemented to
assure the comparability, reliability and quantifiable trust of
measurement results. It is shown what benefits the traditional
metrological principles have in fields as medicine or in the
evaluation of cyber physical systems.
Digital Underwater Acoustic Communications focuses on describing
the differences between underwater acoustic communication channels
and radio channels, discusses loss of transmitted sound in
underwater acoustic channels, describes digital underwater acoustic
communication signal processing, and provides a comprehensive
reference to digital underwater acoustic communication equipment.
This book is designed to serve as a reference for postgraduate
students and practicing engineers involved in the design and
analysis of underwater acoustic communications systems as well as
for engineers involved in underwater acoustic engineering.
This book is about how you listen and what you hear, about how to
have a dialogue with the sounds around you. Marcia Jenneth Epstein
gives readers the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds
and noise that define their daily lives in this groundbreaking
interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impact both
individuals and communities. Epstein employs scientific and
sociological perspectives to examine noise in multiple contexts: as
a threat to health and peace of mind, as a motivator for social
cohesion, as a potent form of communication and expression of
power. She draws on a massive base of specialist literature from
fields as diverse as nursing and neuroscience, sociology and sound
studies, acoustic ecology and urban planning, engineering,
anthropology, and musicology, among others, synthesizing and
explaining these findings to evaluate the ubiquitous effects of
sound in everyday life. Epstein investigates speech and music as
well as noise and explores their physical and cultural dimensions.
Ultimately she argues for an engaged public dialogue on sound,
built on a shared foundation of critical listening, and provides
the understanding for all of us to speak and be heard in such a
discussion. Sound and Noise is a timely evaluation of the noise
that surrounds us, how we hear it, and what we can do about it.
This book comprehensively reviews research on new developments in
all areas of food chemistry/science and technology. It covers
topics such as food safety objectives, risk assessment, quality
assurance and control, good manufacturing practices, food process
systems design and control and rapid methods of analysis and
detection, as well as sensor technology, environmental control and
safety. The book focuses on food chemistry and examines chemical
and mechanical modifications to generate novel properties,
functions, and applications.
"Sounding New Media" examines the long-neglected role of sound and
audio in the development of new media theory and practice,
including new technologies and performance art events, with
particular emphasis on sound, embodiment, art, and technological
interactions. Frances Dyson takes an historical approach, focusing
on technologies that became available in the mid-twentieth
century-electronics, imaging, and digital and computer
processing-and analyzing the work of such artists as John Cage,
Edgard Varese, Antonin Artaud, and Char Davies. She utilizes
sound's intangibility to study ideas about embodiment (or its lack)
in art and technology as well as fears about technology and the
so-called "post-human." Dyson argues that the concept of
"immersion" has become a path leading away from aesthetic questions
about meaning and toward questions about embodiment and the
physical. The result is an insightful journey through the new
technologies derived from electronics, imaging, and digital and
computer processing, toward the creation of an aesthetic and
philosophical framework for considering the least material element
of an artwork, sound.
This book is for engineers and students of aerospace, materials and
mechanical engineering. It covers the transition from aluminum to
composite materials for aerospace structures and includes advanced
analyses used in industries. New in the 2nd Edition is material on
morphing structures, large deflection plates, nondestructive
methods, vibration correlation technique for shear loaded plates,
vibrations to measure physical properties, and more.
Michel Chion's landmark Audio-Vision has exerted significant
influence on our understanding of sound-image relations since its
original publication in 1994. Chion argues that sound film
qualitatively produces a new form of perception. Sound in
audiovisual media does not merely complement images. Instead, the
two channels together engage audio-vision, a special mode of
perception that transforms both seeing and hearing. We don't see
images and hear sounds separately-we audio-view a trans-sensory
whole. In this updated and expanded edition, Chion considers many
additional examples from recent world cinema and formulates new
questions for the contemporary media environment. He takes into
account the evolving role of audio-vision in different theatrical
environments, considering its significance for music videos, video
art, commercial television, and the internet, as well as
conventional cinema. Chion explores how multitrack digital sound
enables astonishing detail, extending the space of the action and
changing practices of scene construction. He demonstrates that
speech is central to film and television and shows why
"audio-logo-visual" is a more accurate term than "audiovisual."
Audio-Vision shows us that sound is driving the creation of a
sensory cinema. This edition includes a glossary of terms, a
chronology of several hundred significant films, and the original
foreword by sound designer, editor, and Oscar honoree Walter Murch.
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