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A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo
movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth
Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer
Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more. When #MeToo went viral,
Janet Gurtler was among the millions of people who began to reflect
on her past experiences. Things she had reluctantly accepted--male
classmates groping her at recess, harassment at work--came back to
her in startling clarity. She needed teens to know what she had
not: that no young person should be subject to sexual assault, or
made to feel unsafe, less than or degraded. You Too? was born out
of that need. By turns thoughtful and explosive, these personal
stories encompass a wide range of experiences and serve as a
reminder to readers that they, too, have a voice worthy of being
heard--and that only by listening and working together can we
create change.
Plotinus is often accused of writing haphazardly, with little
concern for the integral unity of a treatise. By analyzing each
treatise as a whole, From the Alien to the Alone finds much
evidence that he constructed them skillfully, with the parts
working together in subtle ways. This insight was also key in
translating several central passages by considering the flow of the
argument as a whole to shed light on the difficulties in these
passages as well as reveal the structure often latent in particular
treatise. The volume also serves to clarify Plotinus' rich use of
images. Commentators, for instance, tend to take the images of
light and warmth to explain the relation of soul and body as in
conflict, with light casting out warmth. A close look at the text,
however, reveals that Plotinus uses each image to correct the
limitations of the other. Thus, since the soul is incorporeal, it
is actually more transcendent than light and as activating the body
is more completely present than warmth. Similarly, recent
commentators are quick to take the related impassibility of the
soul as implying a Cartesian gap between body and soul. The problem
Plotinus faces, however, is that his description of the soul's
pervasive presence in the body jeopardizes its impassibility as in
the intelligible. His effort then is actually to introduce a gap
that preserves the soul's nature, rather than overcome a gap that
would make the very existence of the body problematic. While this
work confirms much recent scholarly consensus on Plotinus, many of
Gurtler's interpretations and general conclusions give constructive
challenges to some existing modes of understanding Plotinus'
thought. The arguments and their textual evidence, with the
accompanying Greek, provide the reader with direct evidence for
testing these conclusions as well as appreciating the nature of
Plotinus' philosophizing.
Low water activity (aw) and dried foods such as dried dairy and
meat products, grain-based and dried ready-to-eat cereal products,
powdered infant formula, peanut and nut pastes, as well as flours
and meals have increasingly been associated with product recalls
and foodborne outbreaks due to contamination by pathogens such as
Salmonella spp. and enterohemorrhagic E. coli. In particular,
recent foodborne outbreaks and product recalls related to
Salmonella-contaminated spices have raised the level of public
health concern for spices as agents of foodborne illnesses.
Presently, most spices are grown outside the U.S., mainly in 8
countries: India, Indonesia, China, Brazil, Peru, Madagascar,
Mexico and Vietnam. Many of these countries are under-developed and
spices are harvested and stored with little heed to sanitation. The
FDA has regulatory oversight of spices in the United States;
however, the agency's control is largely limited to enforcing
regulatory compliance through sampling and testing only after
imported foodstuffs have crossed the U.S. border. Unfortunately,
statistical sampling plans are inefficient tools for ensuring total
food safety. As a result, the development and use of
decontamination treatments is key. This book provides an
understanding of the microbial challenges to the safety of low aw
foods, and a historic backdrop to the paradigm shift now
highlighting low aw foods as vehicles for foodborne pathogens.
Up-to-date facts and figures of foodborne illness outbreaks and
product recalls are included. Special attention is given to the
uncanny ability of Salmonella to persist under dry conditions in
food processing plants and foods. A section is dedicated
specifically to processing plant investigations, providing
practical approaches to determining sources of persistent bacterial
strains in the industrial food processing environment. Readers are
guided through dry cleaning, wet cleaning and alternatives to
processing plant hygiene and sanitation. Separate chapters are
devoted to low aw food commodities of interest including spices,
dried dairy-based products, low aw meat products, dried
ready-to-eat cereal products, powdered infant formula, nuts and nut
pastes, flours and meals, chocolate and confectionary, dried teas
and herbs, and pet foods. The book provides regulatory testing
guidelines and recommendations as well as guidance through
methodological and sampling challenges to testing spices and low aw
foods for the presence of foodborne pathogens. Chapters also
address decontamination processes for low aw foods, including heat,
steam, irradiation, microwave, and alternative energy-based
treatments.
Methods in Microbiology serial highlights new advances in the field
with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter
is written by an international board of authors.
The book Methods in Silkworm Microbiology is the first ever
publication that provides in-depth reviews on the latest progresses
about silkworm -pathogen interactions, diseases and management
practices for sustainable development of sericulture. Different
molecular and immunodiagnostic methods for the detection of
pathogens have been comprehensively addressed. Most recent
advancements on the role of Micro RNAs in silkworm and pathogen
interactions are provided with suitable illustrations. Recent
technological advances and emerging trends in exploring silkworm
gut microbial communities towards translation research,
particularly to understand microbiome functions have been
highlighted. Information on various immune mechanisms of silkworm
against invading pathogens is summarized. The book further
highlights the silkworm gut microbiota as a potential source for
biotechnological applications.
Fluorescent Probes, Volume 48 in the Methods in Microbiology
series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume
presenting interesting chapters on important topics, including
Hydrogel microarray technology as a tool for clinical diagnostics,
The use of probes and bacteriophages for bacteria detection, Probes
used with point-of-care microfluidic devices for pathogen
detection, Methods for combining FIB/SEM with three-dimensional
fluorescence microscopy using CLEM approaches, Probes and Microbes,
Microbial signatures associated with cancers, Fluorescent Aptamers
for Detection and Treatment of Pathogenic Bacteria and Cancer,
Labelled and Unlabeled Probes for Pathogen Detection with Molecular
Biology Methods and Biosensors, and much more.
Genome Engineering, Volume 52 in the Methods in Microbiology
series, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume
presenting interesting chapters written by an international board
of authors. Topics covered include Whole genome transplantation in
Mollicutes, Natural transformation as a tool in Acinetobacter
baylyi: evolution by amplification of gene copy number, Natural
transformation as a tool in Acinetobacter baylyi: streamlined
engineering and mutational analysis, Methods to characterize
cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces, Genome
engineering in bacteria: current and prospective applications,
Tools for activation and identification of cryptic biosynthesis
pathways in Streptomyces.
Biofilms, Volume 53 in the ongoing Methods in Microbiology series,
highlights new advances in the field with this new volume
presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics,
including Monospecies and polymicrobial biofilms in static and flow
environment, Methods used to study biofilms, Spatial analysis of
bacterial biofilms, Biofilm grown in bioreactors, Single-cell
analysis of subpopulations within biofilms using microscopy, flow
cytometry, and imaging flow cytometry, Microscopy analysis of
biofilm-mineral interactions or mineral formation within biofilms,
Bacterial biofilms as an essential component of rhizosphere
plant-microbe interactions, Studying Gene Expression in Biofilms,
and more.
Covid-19: Biomedical Perspectives, Volume 50 in the Methods in
Microbiology series highlights new advances in the field, with this
new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an
international board of authors. Individual chapters in this new
release include Sensitive methods for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA,
Treatment of COVID-19 using Chinese herbal medicine, Understanding
how SARS-CoV-2 is evolving and its impact on COVID-19 animal models
and vaccine evaluation, Methods in machine learning to identify
COVID-19 literature, COVID-19 seasonal behavior and the mutational
landscape of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, CRISPR use in Diagnosis and
Therapy for COVID-19, and much more.
Das vorliegende Buch ermoglicht Ihnen die systematische Aneignung
und Wiederholung des fur Ihren Prufungserfolg relevanten Stoffes.
Zu diesem Zweck beinhaltet es aus den grossen Bereichen des
Burgerlichen Rechts einschliesslich des Kreditsicherungsrechts,
sowie aus dem Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht und dem Verfahrens-
und Insolvenzrecht diejenigen Themen, die Sie fur Ihre mundlichen
und schriftlichen Prufungen unbedingt wiederholen sollten.
"
Microbiology of Atypical Environments, Volume 45, presents a
comprehensive reference text on the microbiological methods used to
research the basic biology of microorganism in harsh, stressful and
sometimes atypical environments (e.g. arctic ice, space stations,
extraterrestrial environments, hot springs and magnetic
environments). Chapters in this release include Biofilms in space,
Methods for studying the survival of microorganisms in
extraterrestrial environments, Persistence of Fungi in Atypical
(Closed) Environments Based on Evidence from the International
Space Station (ISS): Distribution and Significance to Human health,
Methods for visualizing microorganisms in Icy environments,
Measuring microbial metabolism at surface-air interfaces and
nuclear waste management, amongst others.
Low water activity (aw) and dried foods such as dried dairy and
meat products, grain-based and dried ready-to-eat cereal products,
powdered infant formula, peanut and nut pastes, as well as flours
and meals have increasingly been associated with product recalls
and foodborne outbreaks due to contamination by pathogens such as
Salmonella spp. and enterohemorrhagic E. coli. In particular,
recent foodborne outbreaks and product recalls related to
Salmonella-contaminated spices have raised the level of public
health concern for spices as agents of foodborne illnesses.
Presently, most spices are grown outside the U.S., mainly in 8
countries: India, Indonesia, China, Brazil, Peru, Madagascar,
Mexico and Vietnam. Many of these countries are under-developed and
spices are harvested and stored with little heed to sanitation. The
FDA has regulatory oversight of spices in the United States;
however, the agency's control is largely limited to enforcing
regulatory compliance through sampling and testing only after
imported foodstuffs have crossed the U.S. border. Unfortunately,
statistical sampling plans are inefficient tools for ensuring total
food safety. As a result, the development and use of
decontamination treatments is key. This book provides an
understanding of the microbial challenges to the safety of low aw
foods, and a historic backdrop to the paradigm shift now
highlighting low aw foods as vehicles for foodborne pathogens.
Up-to-date facts and figures of foodborne illness outbreaks and
product recalls are included. Special attention is given to the
uncanny ability of Salmonella to persist under dry conditions in
food processing plants and foods. A section is dedicated
specifically to processing plant investigations, providing
practical approaches to determining sources of persistent bacterial
strains in the industrial food processing environment. Readers are
guided through dry cleaning, wet cleaning and alternatives to
processing plant hygiene and sanitation. Separate chapters are
devoted to low aw food commodities of interest including spices,
dried dairy-based products, low aw meat products, dried
ready-to-eat cereal products, powdered infant formula, nuts and nut
pastes, flours and meals, chocolate and confectionary, dried teas
and herbs, and pet foods. The book provides regulatory testing
guidelines and recommendations as well as guidance through
methodological and sampling challenges to testing spices and low aw
foods for the presence of foodborne pathogens. Chapters also
address decontamination processes for low aw foods, including heat,
steam, irradiation, microwave, and alternative energy-based
treatments.
In den Jahren 1830-71 organisierten sich in der schlesischen
Hauptstadt Breslau viele Burger in Vereinen, in denen sie
nachdrucklich fur eine freiheitlich-demokratische Umgestaltung
Preussens wie Gesamtdeutschlands eintraten. Diese Vereinigungen
waren von beachtlicher Mitgliederstarke und besassen unter der
Einwohnerschaft erheblichen Einfluss. Breslau wurde zu einem
Zentrum der entschieden freiheitlich-demokratischen Bewegung. Im
Mittelpunkt der Studie stehen Mitgliederuntersuchungen, politische
Programme und politische Aktionen dieser Vereinigungen. Die Arbeit
analysiert ein wichtiges, aber bislang nahezu vergessenes Kapitel
Breslauer Geschichte.
Immunological Methods in Microbiology, Volume 47 in the Methods in
Microbiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with
this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Immunological
Techniques in the Clinical laboratory, Immunologic Diagnosis of HIV
and Opportunistic Infections, Combining Antigen Detection and
Serology for the Diagnosis of Selected Infectious Diseases,
Immunologic Detection of Lyme Disease and Related Borrelioses,
Immunodetection of Bacteria Causing Brucellosis, Immunological
Diagnostic Techniques Used to Identify and Type Pasteurella,
Immunological Tests for Diarrhea caused by Diarrheagenic
Escherichia coli Targeting Their Main Virulence Factors, and much
more.
Nanotechnology, Volume 46, the latest release in the Methods in
Microbiology series, contains review articles on the application of
nanotechnology in various fields of microbiology, including
environmental microbiology, food microbiology and medical
microbiology. Chapters in this new release include discussions on
the Biosynthesis of Nanomaterials Utilizing Biomacromolecules,
Nanotechnology in Medical Biology - Application of Nanodiagnostics
in Infectious Diseases, Applications of Nanotechnology in Food
Microbiology, Biosynthesis of Nanomaterials Utilizing
Microorganisms, Nanotechnology in Medical Biology - Interaction of
Pathogens and Nanostructured Surfaces, Biocompatible Polymers:
Synthesis Methods, Surface Functionalization and its Biomedical
Applications, and The Bacterial Flagellum.
Dieses Buch bildet den ersten Teil eines zweibandigen Werkes zum
Portfoliomanagement. Schwerpunktmassig werden in Band 1 die
konzeptionellen Grundlagen der Portfolioselektion von Investoren,
Portfolioselektionsmoglichkeiten auf der Basis
arbitragetheoretischer Uberlegungen sowie insbesondere die
Portfoliooptimierung nach Markowitz dargestellt. Neben der
anschaulichen Prasentation aller Konzeptionen anhand durchgangiger
Zahlenbeispiele werden insbesondere die konkreten Moglichkeiten der
praktischen Anwendung der verschiedenen Ansatze erlautert.
Neu in der 2. Auflage: Ausfuhrungen zum Diskontierungseffekt"
Dieses Buch bildet den zweiten Teil einer umfassenden
Gesamtdarstellung zum Portfoliomanagement. Wahrend in Band I die
konzeptionellen Grundlagen der Portfolioselektion von Investoren
sowie die Portfoliooptimierung nach Markowitz dargestellt werden,
enthalt Band II vor allem Alternativen zur
Markowitz-Portfoliotheorie. Wichtige mathematische Definitionen und
Formeln sind im Anhang zusammengestellt. Jedes Kapitel enthalt
zahlreiche Beispiele und Wiederholungsfragen."
Von der Fuhrung der Internationalen Unternehmung uber die
Leistungserstellung bis hin zu finanzwirtschaftlichen Aspekten
bieten die Herausgeber und Autoren eine umfassende und
funktionsorientierte Gesamtschau des Internationalen Managements.
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