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Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia: Status, Challenges,
and Policy Options is based on agricultural extension reforms
across five South Asian countries, reflecting past experiences,
case studies and experiments. Beginning with an overview of
historical trends and recent developments, the book then delves
into country-wise reform trajectories and presents several cases
testing the effectiveness of different types (public and private)
and forms (nutrition extension, livestock extension) of extension
systems. Further, the book provides a comprehensive overview of
challenges and constraints faced in formulating and implementing
reforms, tying the results into a concrete set of lessons and
highlighting areas that require further research. In addition, the
book discusses how a major aspect of agricultural development is
the productivity increase from the knowledge base of farmers, and
how translating research results into a knowledge base for farmers
requires designing and implementing well-functioning extension
programs.
Single-Phase, Two-Phase and Supercritical Natural Circulation
Systems provides readers with a deep understanding of natural
circulation systems. This book equips the reader with an
understanding on how to detect unstable loops to ensure plant
safety and reliability, calculate heat transport capabilities, and
design effective natural circulation loops, stability maps and
parallel channel systems. Each chapter begins with an introduction
to the circulation system before discussing each element in detail
and analyzing its effect on the performance of the system. The book
also presents thermosyphon heat transport devices in nuclear and
other industrial plants, a common information need for students and
researchers alike. This book is invaluable for engineers,
designers, operators and consultants in nuclear, mechanical,
electrical and chemical disciplines.
Advances of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Nuclear Reactor Design
and Safety Assessment presents the latest computational fluid
dynamic technologies. It includes an evaluation of safety systems
for reactors using CFD and their design, the modeling of Severe
Accident Phenomena Using CFD, Model Development for Two-phase
Flows, and Applications for Sodium and Molten Salt Reactor Designs.
Editors Joshi and Nayak have an invaluable wealth of experience
that enables them to comment on the development of CFD models, the
technologies currently in practice, and the future of CFD in
nuclear reactors. Readers will find a thematic discussion on each
aspect of CFD applications for the design and safety assessment of
Gen II to Gen IV reactor concepts that will help them develop cost
reduction strategies for nuclear power plants.
The Solar Corridor Crop System: Implementation and Impacts presents
a case-study format on the planning and implementation of
alternative cropping systems designed to maximize incident sunlight
and bio-support of all crops in a rotation system. The book
describes the basic component of the system, an increased access
point of incident sunlight between each row or pairs of rows that
enables a more uniform vertical distribution of incident sunlight
to chloroplasts within the entire corn leaf canopy. While the
production environment and environment specific genetics determine
the performance potential of this principle, by maximizing the
principles that light is basic to crop yield, a solar corridor
ultimately contributes to increased grain yield. Written by experts
who were integral in the development of solar corridor systems, and
providing real-world examples of the methods, challenges and future
prospects, this book will be valuable for those seeking to increase
yield-per-acre through both primary and cover-crops.
Food Quality and Shelf Life covers all aspects and challenges of
food preservation, packaging and shelf-life. It provides
information on the most important pillars in the field, starting
with active and smart packaging materials, novel technologies, and
control tools in all stages between production and consumer. The
book gives emphasis to methodological approaches for sensory
shelf-life estimation and the impact of packaging on sensorial
properties. Researchers and professionals alike will find this
reference useful, especially those who are interested in the
performance evaluation of future packaging for fresh produce in the
cold chain and temperature management in the supply chain.
Now with a new afterword covering the months-long landmark trials
of Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani. ‘I couldn’t put down
this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this
winter.’ Bill Gates Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey
Business Book of the Year Award 2018 The riveting true story of the
breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the
multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, by
the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued
it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and
threats by her lawyers. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth
Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant
Stanford dropout whose startup ‘unicorn’ promised to
revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make
blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors
such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a
fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion,
putting Holmes’s worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was
just one problem: the technology didn’t work. In Bad Blood, John
Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud
since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold
promises of Silicon Valley. ‘Chilling . . . Reads like a West
Coast version of All the President’s Men.’ New York Times Book
Review
Safety and Practice for Organic Food covers current food safety
issues and trends. It provides detailed information on all organic
and pasture practices including produce-only, farm-animal-only or
integrated crop-livestock farming, as well as the impact of these
practices on food safety and foodborne infections. The book
explores food products that organic, integrated and traditional
farming systems are contributing to consumers. As the demand for
organic food products grows faster than ever, this book discusses
current and improved practices for safer products. Moreover, the
book explores progressive directions, such as the application of
next-generation sequencing and genomics to aid in the understanding
of the microbial ecology of the agro-environment and how farmer
education can contribute to sustainable and safe food. Safety and
Practice for Organic Food is a unique source of organic
agricultural practices and food production for researchers,
academics and professionals at agriculture-based universities and
colleges who are involved in food science, animal sciences
including poultry science, food safety, food microbiology, plant
science and agricultural extension. This book is also an excellent
source of information for regulators and federal government
officials (USDA, FDA, EPA) and the food processing industry.
Single-Cell Omics: Volume 1: Technological Advances and
Applications provides the latest technological developments and
applications of single-cell technologies in the field of
biomedicine. In the current era of precision medicine, the
single-cell omics technology is highly promising due to its
potential in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics. Sections in the
book cover single-cell omics research and applications, diverse
technologies applied in the topic, such as pangenomics,
metabolomics, and multi-omics of single cells, data analysis, and
several applications of single-cell omics within the biomedical
field, for example in cancer, metabolic and neuro diseases,
immunology, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine and
reproductive health. This book is a valuable source for
bioinformaticians, molecular diagnostic researchers, clinicians and
members of the biomedical field who are interested in understanding
more about single-cell omics and its potential for research and
diagnosis.
By examining the evolution of industrial relations institutions in
the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and
Turkey, the authors in this book assess the contribution of these
institutions to inclusive development. Industrial Relations in
Emerging Economies uses real world examples to assess the relevance
of the conceptual frameworks used to examine employment relations.
The chapters focus on the evolution of industrial relations
institutions and the role these have played in periods of economic
and political transition. They demonstrate that rather than acting
as a constraint on development, trade unions can contribute to
stability, security and equity. However, the contribution of
industrial relations institutions to inclusive development is at
best a contested pathway. At worst it is viewed as increasingly
irrelevant to the vast numbers of workers in the informal economy.
The authors reveal a continuing demand for independent collective
interest representation in labour relations, whether in the
informal economy or in rapidly industrialising districts. This book
will prove an interesting and stimulating read for students,
academics and researchers in the fields of human resources,
industrial relations, sociology and labour economics, in addition
to trade union researchers and policy-makers. Contributors include:
J. Berg, A. Celik, S. Hayter, C.-H. Lee, N. Pons-Vignon, U. Rani,
E. Schneider, R. Sen
Gravity Energy Storage provides a comprehensive analysis of a novel
energy storage system that is based on the working principle of
well-established, pumped hydro energy storage, but that also
recognizes the differences and benefits of the new gravity system.
This book provides coverage of the development, feasibility,
design, performance, operation, and economics associated with the
implementation of such storage technology. In addition, a number of
modeling approaches are proposed as a solution to various
difficulties, such as proper sizing, application, value and optimal
design of the system. The book includes both technical and economic
aspects to guide the realization of this storage system in the
right direction. Finally, political considerations and barriers are
addressed to complement this work.
The increasing demand for food as well as changes in consumption
habits have led to the greater availability and variety of food
with a longer shelf life. However, these items, when not properly
preserved, can lead to severe food-borne illnesses that can be
fatal. Thus, countless studies are now geared towards the
processing, distributing, and safe storage of foods. Novel
Technologies and Systems for Food Preservation is an essential
reference source that discusses novel and emerging cooling and
heating technologies, processes, and systems for food preservation,
as well as improvements for control and monitoring systems that aim
to foster energy efficiency, equipment safety, and performance.
Additionally, it looks at concepts that may be useful for the
development of new policies and legislation concerning food
preservation. Featuring research on topics such as energy
efficiency, food quality, and legislation policies, this book is
ideally designed for government officials, policymakers, food and
service industry professionals, food safety inspectors,
researchers, academicians, and students.
This book comprises of six sections giving the state of the art
information in the following topics: Functional foods: Scope,
Market Opportunities and Recent trends, Functional food products:
Ingredients and Functionality, Functional food products:
Formulation and Processing Technology, Functional food products:
Packaging and Storage Stability, Functional food products:
Prevention, Disease Control and bioavailability, Future prospects
of functional food. The book is exclusively targeted for food
scientists and technologists, and scientists working in related
fields. The book also presents practical information for use in
functional food product development. It is also intended for use by
practitioners in functional food companies and food technology
centres and will also be of interest to researchers and students of
food science and technology. With recent scientific studies, this
book provides readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date
scientific knowledge about the functional food science and
technology. The book presents a most updated knowledge on the
regulatory status of functional food in different countries. This
information, which is seldom available, is essential for the
commercial aspect of functional food. Also, core discussion on the
reliable and economical scale up of laboratory-based extraction and
purification techniques for different functional ingredients is
also presented in the detailed manner in the book. A critical issue
in the development of functional foods is health aspects and its
role in disease control. In section V, Functional food products:
Prevention, Disease Control and bioavailability, a variety of
examples are discussed indicating the role and action of functional
ingredients in preventing disease. The present book also addresses
the key issue of processing and its effects on the bioavailability
of bioactives. With the advent of the latest scientific technique
in the latter half of the 20th century, area of functional food has
evolved to the current state of the art.
Infrastructure systems provide the services we all rely upon for
our day-to-day lives. Through new conceptual work and fresh
empirical analysis, this book investigates how financialisation
engages with city governance and infrastructure provision,
identifying its wider and longer-term implications for urban and
regional development, politics and policy. Proposing a more
people-oriented approach to answering the question of 'What kind of
urban infrastructure, and for whom?', this book addresses the
struggles of national and local governments to fund, finance and
govern urban infrastructure. It develops new insights to explain
the socially and spatially uneven mixing of managerial,
entrepreneurial and financialised city governance in austerity and
limited decentralisation across England. As urban infrastructure
fixes for the London global city-region risk undermining national
'rebalancing' efforts in the UK, city statecraft in the rest of the
country is having uneasily to combine speculation, risk-taking and
prospective venturing with co-ordination, planning and regulation.
This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in the
fields of business and management, economics, geography, planning,
and political science. Its conclusions will be valuable to
policymakers and practitioners in both the public and private
sectors seeking insights into the intersections of
financialisation, decentralisation and austerity in the UK, Europe
and globally.
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