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This book turns to the intellectual discourses that have emerged
from India and Latin America, two outposts of the Global South, on
the themes of imperialism, sovereignty, development, and
socio-economic, racial and caste inequalities. It recovers the
elided reflective traditions of thinkers, writers and activists
from these peripheries and highlights the distinctive ideas,
alliances and parallelisms in their works, as well as the manner in
which they articulate liberatory paradigms which continue to have
contemporary relevance. The book maps the innovative epistemic
engagements of thinkers from India and Latin America, highlighting
the manner in which they have disrupted and challenged the
hierarchies of global knowledge production. It argues that
political, spatial and historical distinctions notwithstanding, the
experiences of peripheralization, their common traditions of
resistance to oppression and their deeply entangled histories have
forged a shared intellectual identity and a rich alternative set of
emancipatory epistemologies grounded in the realities and histories
of Southern nations. The book recovers this body of work as mass
movements the world over seek civilizational alternatives to
capitalist modernity. The book will be of interest to students and
researchers of development studies, history, political science,
sociology, political economy, South Asian studies, Latin American
studies and Global South studies.
This up-to-date reference book discusses the synthesis, production,
and application of various microbial enzymes and metabolites for
health. Microorganisms like bacteria (lactic acid bacteria,
Bacillus species), yeasts, and filamentous fungi have been globally
exploited for their biotechnological applications. This book
discusses ways to use them commercially. Chapters include the
production of fibrinolytic enzymes, microbial lipases, bacteriocin
production by lactic acid bacteria, and bioactives produced. It
also covers microbial synthesis of alkaloids, terpenoids, and
steroids. The book is useful for researchers, academicians, and
industry experts in microbiology and biotechnology.
This up-to-date reference book compiles the recent developments,
innovations, and perspectives on second and third-generation
bioplastics. It discusses the main commercialized bioplastics, such
as polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). Chapters
include the use of alternative raw materials and innovations in
bioplastic production processes to reduce costs and decrease
environmental impacts. It covers bioplastic production from
lignocellulosic biomass, sugars, or oils produced by microbes and
municipal waste material. It also includes techno-economic aspects.
The book is meant for researchers and industry experts in
biotechnology, environmental sciences, and applied microbiology.
Optical Methods of Measurement: Wholefield Techniques, Second
Edition provides a comprehensive collection of wholefield optical
measurement techniques for engineering applications. Along with the
reorganization of contents, this edition includes a new chapter on
optical interference, new material on nondiffracting and singular
beams and their applications, and updated bibliography and
additional reading sections. The book explores the propagation of
laser beams, metrological applications of phase-singular beams,
various detectors such as CCD and CMOS devices, and recording
materials. It also covers interference, diffraction, and digital
fringe pattern measurement techniques, with special emphasis on
phase measurement interferometry and algorithms. The remainder of
the book focuses on theory, experimental arrangements, and
applications of wholefield techniques. The author discusses digital
hologram interferometry, digital speckle photography, digital
speckle pattern interferometry, Talbot interferometry, and
holophotoelasticity. This updated book compiles the major
wholefield methods of measurement in one volume. It provides a
solid understanding of the techniques by describing the physics
behind them. In addition, the examples given illustrate how the
techniques solve measurement problems.
This practical reference offers state-of-the-art coverage of
speckle metrology and its value as a measuring technique in
industry.;Examing every important aspect of the field, Speckle
Metrology: surveys the origin of speckle displacement and
decorrelation; presents procedures for deformation analysis and
shape measurement of rough objects; explains particle image
velocimetry (PIV), the processing of PIV records, and the design
requirements of PIV equipment; discusses the applications of white
light speckle methods and the production of artificial speckles;
describes the measurement of surface roughness with laser speckles
and polychromatic speckles; illustrates semiautomatic and automatic
methods for the analysis of Young's fringes; calculates the
variation of Young's fringes with the change in the microrelief of
the rough surface; and explicates hololenses for imaging and
provides design details with aberration corrections for hololense
systems.;With over 1500 literature citations, tables, figures and
display equations, Speckle Metrology is a resource for students and
professionals in the fields of optical, mechanical, electrical and
electronics engineering; applied physics; and stress analysis.
Presents optical techniques and measurement procedures, providing
basic background information on optics and lasers, their components
and basic systems. Contains information on thermal and laser
sources, detectors, and recording materials, semi-conductor laser
diodes, and optical techniques such as
Key Points: 1. Discusses the role of microbial enzymes in
functional food and nutraceutical production 2. Covers a range of
enzymes like proteases, pullulanases, lipases 3. Explores various
microbial sourcess and processing techniques 4. Reviews application
of enzymes in synthesis of chiral drug intermediates 5. Examines
molecular techniques on improving microbial enzymes properties and
ability
Introduction to Optical Metrology examines the theory and practice
of various measurement methodologies utilizing the wave nature of
light. The book begins by introducing the subject of optics, and
then addresses the propagation of laser beams through free space
and optical systems. After explaining how a Gaussian beam
propagates, how to set up a collimator to get a collimated beam for
experimentation, and how to detect and record optical signals, the
text: Discusses interferometry, speckle metrology, moire
phenomenon, photoelasticity, and microscopy Describes the different
principles used to measure the refractive indices of solids,
liquids, and gases Presents methods for measuring curvature, focal
length, angle, thickness, velocity, pressure, and length Details
techniques for optical testing as well as for making fiber optic-
and MEMS-based measurements Depicts a wave propagating in the
positive z-direction by ei( t - kz), as opposed to ei(kz - t)
Featuring exercise problems at the end of each chapter,
Introduction to Optical Metrology provides an applied understanding
of essential optical measurement concepts, techniques, and
procedures.
Photobioreactors: Design and Applications provides a comprehensive
overview of photobioreactor design, types and applications. It also
introduces key principles that enable chemical and environmental
engineers to engage in analysis, optimization and design with
consistent control over biological and chemical transformations.
The use of computational modeling of processes, control systems and
CFD is in great demand. This book covers these aspects of chemical
and bioprocesses.
Smart Solutions for Wastewater: Road-mapping the Transition to
Circular Economy, the latest release in the Current Developments in
Biotechnology and Bioengineering presents up-to-date information on
research and technological developments of resource recovery in
wastewater treatment in terms of carbon, nutrients and energy. The
book fulfils the gaps and current challenges that hinder the
application of resource recovery facilities in wastewater treatment
plants, discusses knowledge gaps, provides future research
perspectives, and discusses strategies to solve problems from a
circular economy perspective. It is an excellent, interdisciplinary
and updated overview of technologies in terms of potential yields,
pollutants removal, nutrients recovery and energy production.
Advances in Food Engineering, the latest release in the Current
Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering series, is a
unique source of state-of-art information about scientific and
technological advances in food engineering. The book gives specific
understanding of the engineering properties of food materials such
as the morphological, physic-chemical, nutritional, thermal and
organoleptic characteristics of food products. It covers food
processing and preservation methods such as pressure, light,
electromagnetic, sound and heat based and also the use of
artificial intelligence-based machineries, intelligent control
systems, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain for food security
traceability.
Advances in Bioprocess Engineering, the latest release in the
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering series,
provides a comprehensive overview of bioprocess systems, kinetics,
bioreactor design, batch and continuous reactors and introduces key
principles that enable bioprocess engineers to engage in analysis,
optimization and design with consistent control over biological and
chemical transformations. The bioprocessing sector is also updating
its technologies with state-of-the art techniques to keep up with
the rising demand of the industry and R&D. This book covers
these aspects, taking readers through a step-by-step journey of
bioprocessing while also guiding them towards a new era and future.
Designer Microbial Cell Factories: Metabolic Engineering and
Applications, the latest release in the Current Developments in
Biotechnology and Bioengineering series, provides a detailed
overview of the biotechnological approaches and strategies used to
generate engineered microbes and to facilitate the acceleration,
modulation and diversion of metabolic pathways to get desired
output such as production of value-added compound or biodegradation
of xenobiotic pollutant. The book also highlights applied aspects
of designer microbes in fields as diverse as agriculture,
pharmaceuticals and bioremediation. Designer microbes generated
through reprogramming the microbial cell factories (MCFs) provide
an edge over their natural counterparts in terms of increased
molecular diversity and selective chemistry. These bugs are
becoming instrumental in several areas, including agriculture,
environment and human health. Engineering microbes through directed
evolution not only gives freedom from evolutionary constrains but
also allow introduction of regulated and foreseeable functions into
MCFs.
This book studies the experiences of Brazil and India, the major
economic powerhouses of the 21st century, during the neoliberal
era. Both the nations have become important players in global
markets and their economic performance has captured the attention
of policymakers and academicians across the world. The book
explores the patterns of growth and the changing status of human
development in the two regions, since the 1980s. In an attempt to
better grasp the subtleties of their developmental experiences, it
also highlights the political and institutional dynamics that have
under girded the liberalization of the two countries.
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