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The often bloody struggles of Central America have dominated news
reports for a long time. Behind the headlines lies an enormous
population of the desperately poor, and it is axiomatic that they
are rendered even more powerless by widespread illiteracy. What
actually counts as literacy is less clear. Archer and Costello
describe some of the most exciting and innovative programmes
designed to overcome the problem and how, as they worked with many
of them, they discovered how varied and controversial they are. El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia and
Guatemala are all included, and for each country the authors have
provided a thrilling account of the lives and circumstances of the
people who both teach and learn as well as describing the varied
forms that literacy teaching, even literacy itself, can take. This
book is not only about literacy, but is also a guide to the
societies of one of the world's most troubled regions. Originally
published in 1990
Bacteria, yeast, fungi and microalgae can act as producers (or
catalysts for the production) of food ingredients, enzymes and
nutraceuticals. With the current trend towards the use of natural
ingredients in foods, there is renewed interest in microbial
flavours and colours, food bioprocessing using enzymes and food
biopreservation using bacteriocins. Microbial production of
substances such as organic acids and hydrocolloids also remains an
important and fast-changing area of research. Microbial production
of food ingredients, enzymes and nutraceuticals provides a
comprehensive overview of microbial production of food ingredients,
enzymes and nutraceuticals.
Part one reviews developments in the metabolic engineering of
industrial microorganisms and advances in fermentation technology
in the production of fungi, yeasts, enzymes and nutraceuticals.
Part two discusses the production and application in food
processing of substances such as carotenoids, flavonoids and
terponoids, enzymes, probiotics and prebiotics, bacteriocins,
microbial polysaccharides, polyols and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Microbial production of food ingredients, enzymes and
nutraceuticals is an invaluable guide for professionals in the
fermentation industry as well as researchers and practitioners in
the areas of biotechnology, microbiology, chemical engineering and
food processing.
Provides a comprehensive overview of microbial flavours and
colours, food bioprocessing using enzymes and food biopreservation
using bacteriocinsBegins with a review of key areas of systems
biology and metabolic engineering, including methods and
developments for filamentous fungiAnalyses the use of
microorganisms for the production of natural molecules for use in
foods, including microbial production of food flavours and
carotenoids
We all live in an interconnected world and for business leaders the
last decade has seen a dramatic rise in the speed and scale of this
interdependence. But while increased connectivity is inevitable,
increased collaboration is not. To succeed in today's environment,
leaders need to be able to build relationships, handle conflict and
to share control in order to promote effective collaboration where
it is needed most. Archer and Cameron have been working in this
field for over 10 years and were amongst the first business authors
to define and explain Collaborative Leadership in their 2008 book.
This 2nd edition draws on interviews, examples and additional cases
studies of the new collaboration challenges that leaders face such
as; working together to deal with the consequences of financial
contagion in the Eurozone or elsewhere, responding to the growth in
use of social networks by their staff and customers, and managing
global supply chains to reach new growth markets. This fully
revised, updated and re-structured text provides an easily
accessible 'how-to' guide for leaders in today's interconnected
world. It will give both experienced and aspiring leaders the
techniques and confidence to manage complex collaborative
relationships in a sustainable way. It also acts as a guide for
leadership development professionals, coaches and consultants who
have to build leadership and collaboration capability within
organizations.
The often bloody struggles of Central America have dominated news
reports for a long time. Behind the headlines lies an enormous
population of the desperately poor, and it is axiomatic that they
are rendered even more powerless by widespread illiteracy. What
actually counts as literacy is less clear. Archer and Costello
describe some of the most exciting and innovative programmes
designed to overcome the problem and how, as they worked with many
of them, they discovered how varied and controversial they are. El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia and
Guatemala are all included, and for each country the authors have
provided a thrilling account of the lives and circumstances of the
people who both teach and learn as well as describing the varied
forms that literacy teaching, even literacy itself, can take. This
book is not only about literacy, but is also a guide to the
societies of one of the world's most troubled regions. Originally
published in 1990
The human impact on Earth's climate is often treated as a
hundred-year issue lasting as far into the future as 2100, the year
in which most climate projections cease. In The Long Thaw, David
Archer, one of the world's leading climatologists, reveals the hard
truth that these changes in climate will be "locked in,"
essentially forever. If you think that global warming means
slightly hotter weather and a modest rise in sea levels that will
persist only so long as fossil fuels hold out (or until we decide
to stop burning them), think again. In The Long Thaw, David Archer
predicts that if we continue to emit carbon dioxide we may
eventually cancel the next ice age and raise the oceans by 50
meters. A human-driven, planet-wide thaw has already begun, and
will continue to impact Earth's climate and sea level for hundreds
of thousands of years. The great ice sheets in Antarctica and
Greenland may take more than a century to melt, and the overall
change in sea level will be one hundred times what is forecast for
2100. By comparing the global warming projection for the next
century to natural climate changes of the distant past, and then
looking into the future far beyond the usual scientific and
political horizon of the year 2100, Archer reveals the hard truths
of the long-term climate forecast. Archer shows how just a few
centuries of fossil-fuel use will cause not only a climate storm
that will last a few hundred years, but dramatic climate changes
that will last thousands. Carbon dioxide emitted today will be a
problem for millennia. For the first time, humans have become major
players in shaping the long-term climate. In fact, a planetwide
thaw driven by humans has already begun. But despite the
seriousness of the situation, Archer argues that it is still not
too late to avert dangerous climate change--if humans can find a
way to cooperate as never before. Revealing why carbon dioxide may
be an even worse gamble in the long run than in the short, this
compelling and critically important book brings the best long-term
climate science to a general audience for the first time. With a
new preface that discusses recent advances in climate science, and
the impact on global warming and climate change, The Long Thaw
shows that it is still not too late to avert dangerous climate
change--if we can find a way to cooperate as never before.
"The Global Carbon Cycle" is a short introduction to this
essential geochemical driver of the Earth's climate system, written
by one of the world's leading climate-science experts. In this
one-of-a-kind primer, David Archer engages readers in clear and
simple terms about the many ways the global carbon cycle is woven
into our climate system. He begins with a concise overview of the
subject, and then looks at the carbon cycle on three different time
scales, describing how the cycle interacts with climate in very
distinct ways in each. On million-year time scales, feedbacks in
the carbon cycle stabilize Earth's climate and oxygen
concentrations. Archer explains how on hundred-thousand-year
glacial/interglacial time scales, the carbon cycle in the ocean
amplifies climate change, and how, on the human time scale of
decades, the carbon cycle has been dampening climate change by
absorbing fossil-fuel carbon dioxide into the oceans and land
biosphere. A central question of the book is whether the carbon
cycle could once again act to amplify climate change in centuries
to come, for example through melting permafrost peatlands and
methane hydrates.
"The Global Carbon Cycle" features a glossary of terms,
suggestions for further reading, and explanations of equations, as
well as a forward-looking discussion of open questions about the
global carbon cycle.
We all live in an interconnected world and for business leaders the
last decade has seen a dramatic rise in the speed and scale of this
interdependence. But while increased connectivity is inevitable,
increased collaboration is not. To succeed in today's environment,
leaders need to be able to build relationships, handle conflict and
to share control in order to promote effective collaboration where
it is needed most. Archer and Cameron have been working in this
field for over 10 years and were amongst the first business authors
to define and explain Collaborative Leadership in their 2008 book.
This 2nd edition draws on interviews, examples and additional cases
studies of the new collaboration challenges that leaders face such
as; working together to deal with the consequences of financial
contagion in the Eurozone or elsewhere, responding to the growth in
use of social networks by their staff and customers, and managing
global supply chains to reach new growth markets. This fully
revised, updated and re-structured text provides an easily
accessible 'how-to' guide for leaders in today's interconnected
world. It will give both experienced and aspiring leaders the
techniques and confidence to manage complex collaborative
relationships in a sustainable way. It also acts as a guide for
leadership development professionals, coaches and consultants who
have to build leadership and collaboration capability within
organizations.
An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been
collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth's
climate has been probed by drilling into polar ice sheets and
sediment layers of the oceans' vast depths, and great advances have
been made in computer modelling of our climate. This book provides
a concise and accessible overview of what we know about ongoing
climate change and its impacts, and what we can do to confront the
climate crisis. Using clear and simple graphics in full colour, it
lucidly highlights information contained in the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change reports, and brings the subject completely
up-to-date with current science and policy. The book makes
essential scientific information on this critical topic accessible
to a broad audience. Obtaining sound information is the first step
in preventing a serious, long-lasting degradation of our planet's
climate, helping to ensure our future survival.
This is an indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing
exercise programmes for clients or groups. Fitness tests are
crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to
check the effectiveness of a training programme. The theory and
practice of fitness testing, in both exercise and sport settings,
are covered in a clear and accessible way. The information is fully
up to date with current research and population norms, and lots of
diagrams and illustrations make the content easy to understand. The
content covers all the topics identified in the competency
framework for Levels 3 and 4 of the National Occupational Standards
(NOS) for Instructors within the Health and Fitness Industry.
Includes: assessment techniques, sample questions, normal
population data, basic measurement and analysis, methods of
testing, how to test strength, aerobic endurance, speed and
agility, flexibility and power. Written by the authors of The
Fitness Instructor's Handbook, and The Advanced Fitness
Instructor's Handbook, this is the must-have guide to Fitness
Testing for anyone working in fitness or sport.
The Advanced Fitness Instructor's Handbook follows on from The
Fitness Instructor's Handbook. It is the first textbook to cover
the National Occupational Standards and the Qualifications
framework for Level 3 and Level 4 Instructors teaching Exercise and
Fitness - required to teach one-on-one, and the standards which
gyms are increasingly expecting staff to attain.
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