Comprehensive and authoritative, this Handbook provides a nuanced description and analysis of educational systems, practices, and policies in Asian countries and explains and interprets these practices from cultural, social, historical, and economic perspectives.

Using a culture-based framework, the volume is organized in five sections, each devoted to educational practices in one civilization in Asia: Sinic, Japanese, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu. Culture and culture identities essentially are civilization identities; the major differences among civilizations are rooted in their different cultures. This framework offers a novel approach to capturing the essence of the diverse educational systems and practices in Asia.

Uniquely combining description and interpretation of educational practices in Asia, this Handbook is a must-have resource for education researchers and graduate students in international and comparative education, globalization and education, multicultural education, sociocultural foundations of education, and Asian studies, and for educational administrators and education policy makers.

This is a graphic novel about the contemporary architectural profession, in which it acts as the protagonist in the form of an imaginary city called Practiceopolis. The novel narrates quasi-realistic stories that exaggerate the architectural everyday and the tacit, in order to make them prominent and tangible. They depict and dramatise the value conflicts between the different cultures of practising architecture and between the architectural profession and other members of the building industry as political conflicts around the future of Practiceopolis. The book uses the metaphorical world of Practiceopolis to provoke big questions about everyday routines in the profession that practitioners may take for granted and to examine different ideologies at work among architects and other members of the construction industry. The novel ends in the tradition of dystopian worlds common in a certain strand of graphic novels. By vividly illustrating and narrating the critical issues he interrogates, the author has created a world which any architect, student or professional, will both instantly recognise and simultaneously reject, provoking the reader to challenge themselves and the profession at large.

This is a graphic novel about the contemporary architectural profession, in which it acts as the protagonist in the form of an imaginary city called Practiceopolis. The novel narrates quasi-realistic stories that exaggerate the architectural everyday and the tacit, in order to make them prominent and tangible. They depict and dramatise the value conflicts between the different cultures of practising architecture and between the architectural profession and other members of the building industry as political conflicts around the future of Practiceopolis. The book uses the metaphorical world of Practiceopolis to provoke big questions about everyday routines in the profession that practitioners may take for granted and to examine different ideologies at work among architects and other members of the construction industry. The novel ends in the tradition of dystopian worlds common in a certain strand of graphic novels. By vividly illustrating and narrating the critical issues he interrogates, the author has created a world which any architect, student or professional, will both instantly recognise and simultaneously reject, provoking the reader to challenge themselves and the profession at large.

Chronic inflammation was found to play an important role in the development of cardiovascular risk factors. Homocysteine and firbrinogen have been identified as a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Lichen planus is assumed to be closely related to dyslipidemia.Several cytokines involved in lichen planus pathogenesis, could explain its association with metabolic symdrome and dyslipidemia, as chronic inflammation has been suggested as a component of the metabolic syndrom

Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation of the genetic value of domestic livestock. Selecting animals for breeding with superior the genetic value in growth rate, egg, meat, milk, or wool production, or have other desirable traits has revolutionized agricultural livestock production throughout the world. This handbook include scientific theory of animal breeding; population genetics, quantitative genetics, statistics, and molecular genomics. The Applied Animal Breeding and Genetics handbook provides knowledge on the role and sustainable use of genetic variation in animals by providing knowledge to support the adequate supply of safe and healthy food of animal origin, and to enhance welfare and productivity of animals. The handbook combines quantitative and molecular genetics related to the biological functioning of animals. Also, describe genetic variation in farm and companion animals, and examines opportunities to use naturally occurring genetic variation in selection schemes.

This book aims to provide the fisheries manager with tools and innovative solutions to achieve the main task of balancing the pressure on the fish stocks and fishing zones. By bringing stakeholders together to share experiences, learn together and contribute to decision making processes and everyone see his point of view reflected in the policy. Also, this book deals with fisheries governance and fisheries management. Discuss challenges that fisheries governance face and explore ways to strengthen fisheries governance. The book provides insights and skills to bring stakeholders in the fisheries system and help them understand each other's perspectives, manage their conflicts and learn together. The book materials are interactive and readers will practice a range of participatory tools and methodologies in a real-life case. The readers will finally able to apply the concepts learned by presenting an action plan for their own professional situation. Finally, the readers will know about fisheries governance and co-management concepts, challenges faced in governance and management.

The objective of this Book is to estimate the potential for freshwater fish farming (Tilapia, Catfish, Eels, Crap and Salmon) in order to stimulate improved planning for aquaculture development and to provide a tool to plan comprehensively for technical assistance in fish farming activities. Development of aquaculture holds the most promise for improving food security through increasing the supply of fish. Also, focus on Pond construction, pen farming, production of fish fry and management.

Studies of genetic variation within and among species of penaeid shrimp in nature are of interest to culturists. They provide information about genetic differences among potential founder populations for initiation of aquaculture stocks. In aquaculture, the application of genetic techniques provides opportunities to maximize the benefits of selective breeding, develop new strains of species, including hybrids, maintain genetic vigor in farmed stocks and provide an early warning system for possible undesired inbreeding, explore the potential of genetically enhanced traits such as improved growth rates and disease resistance.

This book covers some important methods for the analysis of micro-array data and QTL. It is also considered important that readers learn to read and understand the relevant literature, because it is a fast moving subject field. R and Bioconductor used in this book. The student can explore the dependencies and the structure in a large multivariate data set, and can apply the multivariate methods correctly. The reader can also analyze micro-arrays and he/she known the basics of QTL, linkage analysis and association studies. The reader is able to read and understand the relevant literature. Multivariate data analysis is basically a collection of many statistical methods that are applicable to large and/or high dimensional data sets. All methods that are covered in this book, are often applied in industry and research institutions.

Microbiology usually only refers to the study of prokaryotic organisms: Bacteria and Archaea. This disposition does not do justice to the enormous diversity of unicellular eukaryotes (= protists), and their direct multicellular descendants, the seaweeds. These organisms encompass an evolutionary and functional diversity which far exceeds that of plants, animals or Fungi, and play a crucial yet understudied (and hence undervalued) role in ecosystems. The organisms which will be dealt with in this book range from minute to super-sized and include some well-known examples such as Euglena, Paramecium and the green and brown algae we all know from the breakwaters on our coast, but also many parasites, causing important human diseases such as malaria and sleeping disease. It has been estimated that a single group of microalgae, the diatoms, is responsible for more than a quarter of the total primary production on earth, more than all the tropical rainforests of the world taken together. They form the basis of marine food webs which are becoming increasingly important for human subsistence.

"Banshee Born" is a military science fiction space opera in the tradition of Robert Heinlein and Alfred Bester. It is a coming of age story placed in a future where warring space empires vie for control of the known galaxy. Where a young man against all odds escapes the harshest prison planet in the galaxy, and changes the course of human history,

The notion of the game is decision under uncertainty involving two or more intelligent opponents, in which each opponent aspires to optimize his own decision at the expense of the other opponents .An opponent is referred to as a player The theory of games was born by Von Neumann's in 1928 and in 1944 Von Neumann and Morgenstern introduced the concept of control for each player in the game and how the player seeks his control to minimize his own scalar cost criterion subject to specified constraints. The theory of fuzzy set is developed for solving problems in which their information's are uncertain. Most of real life problems are considered as large scale, solving these problems are appropriate decomposition techniques.

Two strains of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, were developed through mass and pedigreed selection techniques. Performance of the mass-selected line has been tested against a control and commercial lines used by the farmers. On station testing indicated an improvement of 35% over the control, the base population, from which the selected O. niloticus stock was developed. In an initial farm trial, the improved O. niloticus stock performed 51% better than the commercial line that is regularly distributed by a commercial hatchery to the local farmers. Additional farm testing of the mass-selected line is still in progress. The mass-selected line is currently being evaluated against the pedigree selected line. The best candidates will be identified and used in the pedigree selection program.

Supply chain management is one of the most critical issues in today's managerial research. To effectively manage a supply chain, efficient design of the entire network should be established. Researchers have produced extensive literature in this field. Many of the issues related to supply chains have been considered separately in these designs. These issues include location of facilities, allocation of customer demand, multi-commodity, multi-period planning, inventory, production, and distribution. Researchers have mostly addressed these different issues separately, and have taken one, two or three of the previous issues at most, simultaneously. In this book, a mathematical model that treats such limitations in the literature is constructed. The proposed model is a capacitated three echelons multi-commodity dynamic production-distribution model with inventory considerations. Solution methodology of the model is presented, and the model is implemented to a real-world industrial case study. The book is meant to provide some novel analytical insights for academicians and practitioners of supply chain management and network design.

This book takes a fundamental, biophysical approach toward animal physiology. Shows the progressive changes, modifications, and developments of physiological systems from simple to complex animals. Comparisons show the similarities and differences in how animals function, but stress fundamentally similar adaptations in very different animals. Also, provide comparative physiology of animals, in a strongly environmental context. It provides full analysis of the basic principles of physiological adaptations, in both vertebrates and invertebrates and how they allow integration with the environment, detailed and integrated reviews of how animals sense, react to and cope with particular environments - the marine and freshwater worlds, the particularly challenging seashore and estuarine zones, the different kinds of terrestrial habitat, and the parasitic environment. Integrated with ecological principles and with behavioural responses used by animals in coping with environmental challenges. This book provides a stand-alone core text for undergraduate and graduate courses in comparative physiology, animal physiology, or environmental physiology and environmental biology.

From the practical work and applied research work in the field of marine shrimp farming, this Standard Operating Procedure (S.O.P) was developed. This S.O.P. documents actual procedures being used at the time of its production. It will be used both as a guide for current hatchery and farm operations and as a tool to allow the identification of areas where improvements can be made. These improvements will gradually be incorporated into the updated S.O.P. All Hatchery and farm division staff should read and understand this S.O.P.It is hoped that this S.O.P will partly help solve the problems encountered in shrimp farming and contribute towards better marine shrimp management and a more sustainable farming industry.

Information on the genetic structure of economically important fish species is essential for fisheries management and fish farming. DNA markers used in this study was successful in estimating genetic variation and species differentiation in four species of Egyptian tilapia and are of potential use in tilapia breeding programs. DNA profiles generated in each species of tilapia were unique. Genetic improvement of animals is limited by the fact that most traits of economically importance are polygenic in nature and are influenced by a variety of environmental and genetic factors. These markers can be used in monitoring QTL loci during selection programs. Markers linked to simple commercially important genetic traits such as disease resistance genes can also be identified from natural resources and introgressed into domestic strains. This study can be used as a baseline study for researcher and fish breeders who are interested in evaluating tilapia genetic resources and its potential use in developing selective breeding programs.

The International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production has over the years established itself as an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas in these established fields. The first of these conferences was held in 1979. The seventh, and most recent, conference in the series was held in Cairo during February 15-17, 2000.

International engineers and scientists gathered to exchange experiences and highlight the state-of-the-art research in the fields of mechanical design and production. In addition a heavy emphasis was placed on the issue of technology transfer.

Over 100 papers were accepted for presentation at the conference. "Current Advances in Mechanical Design & Production VII" does not, however, attempt to publish the complete work presented but instead offers a sample that represents the quality and breadth of both the work and the conference.

Ten invited papers and 54 ordinary papers have been selected for inclusion in these proceedings. They cover a range of basic and applied topics that can be classified into six main categories: System Dynamics, Solid Mechanics, Material Science, Manufacturing Processes, Design and Tribology, and Industrial Engineering and its Applications.