324 books (17 pages) in this category
Encyclopedia of Food and Health
by Caballero, Benjamin
<p><i>The Encyclopedia of Food and Health </i>provides users with a solid bridge of current and accurate information spanning food production and processing, from distribution and consumption to health effects. The Encyclopedia comprises five ...
ISBN: 9780123849533
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eBookEngineering Practices for Management of Soil Salinity
Agricultural, Physiological, and Adaptive Approaches
by S. K. Gupta, Megh R. Goyal & Anshuman Singh
<p>Abiotic stresses are known to adversely impact agricultural productivity on millions of hectares globally, and it is projected that these problems are likely to increase, primarily due to anthropogenic interventions as well as climatic ...
ISBN: 9781351171069
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eBookPrinciples and Applications of Engineering in Medicine
by Lawrence S. Chan & William C. Tang
<p>This transformative textbook, first of its kind to incorporate engineering principles into medical education and practice, will be a useful tool for physicians, medical students, biomedical engineers, biomedical engineering students, and ...
ISBN: 9781351012256
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eBookEnvironmental Law for Biologists
by Tristan Kimbrell
<p>Environmental law has an unquestionable effect on the species, ecosystems, and landscapes that biologists study—and vice-versa, as the research of these biologists frequently informs policy. But because many scientists receive little or no ...
ISBN: 9780226333717
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eBookEnvironmental Management In Tropical Agriculture
by Robert Goodland
<p>Addressing the problem of the high cost of agricultural development in tropical regions, this book summarizes the environmental concerns associated with tropical agriculture. The authors highlight major environmental hazards confronted in ...
ISBN: 9780429716348
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eBookEnvironmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control
by Jack E. Rechcigl
<p>The use of chemicals in agriculture and home gardens has become an area of concern due to improper use and negative environmental effects. Environmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control addresses alternative approaches for managing ...
ISBN: 9781351088725
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eBookby Deborah Pearsall, E. N. Anderson, Eugene Hunn & others
The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology</p><p>The field of ethnobiology—the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals—has grown ...
ISBN: 9781118015858
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eBookFascinating Facts about the Science That Surrounds Us
by Beatrice the Biologist
<p><strong>Like fan mail addressed to the natural world, <em>Everyday Amazing</em> is filled with uplifting and interesting musings on science from Beatrice the Biologist.</strong></p> <p>Beatrice the Biologist is an easily amused former high ...
ISBN: 9781721400294
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eBookScience vs. Darwin
by Fredric Nelson, M.D.
In 1981, the 73rd General Assembly of the State of Arkansas voted in favor of Act 590, a bill requiring the “balanced treatment of creation-science and evolution.” The Bill was signed into law and quickly challenged in court. The resulting case,
ISBN: 9781468913859
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eBookFarmer Participation And Irrigation Organization
by Bradley W. Parlin
<p>This book elaborates a perspective that can be used to democratize, decentralize, and privatize irrigation organizations. It uses case examples to illustrate the interrelationships between project performance, irrigation organization, and ...
ISBN: 9780429715129
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eBookTechnological Interventions
by Ramesh C. Ray & Didier Montet
<p>This book reviews the use of fermentation to develop healthy and functional foods and beverages, and the commercialization of some of the fermented food products through the use of biotechnology The first two sections cover the health and ...
ISBN: 9781351793766
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eBookFifty Years of Invasion Ecology
The Legacy of Charles Elton
by David M. Richardson
<p>Invasion ecology is the study of the causes and consequences of the introduction of organisms to areas outside their native range. Interest in this field has exploded in the past few decades. Explaining why and how organisms are moved ...
ISBN: 9781444330007
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eBookFinal Jeopardy: The Reality Problem Volume I
by Bill Whitehouse
<p>This book explores a variety of topics in science, ranging from: Evolution and neurobiology, to: Cancer research, SSRIs, the HIV-AIDS issue, as well as various facets of methodology. Whatever your present thoughts are concerning the foregoing
ISBN: 9781311895158
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eBookFinal Jeopardy: The Reality Problem Volume I
by W. Leonard Whitehouse
<p>This book explores a variety of topics in science, ranging from: Evolution and neurobiology, to: Cancer research, SSRIs, the HIV-AIDS issue, as well as various facets of methodology. Whatever your present thoughts might be concerning the ...
ISBN: 9781370483532
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eBookFinancing The Agricultural Sector
Future Challenges And Policy Alternatives
by Dean W. Hughes
<p>Farm credit and tax policies have become increasingly important areas of concern for policymakers and agriculturists. Rising levels of debt use among the nation's commercial producers, rising interest rates, and an increased dependence on ...
ISBN: 9780429709180
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eBookPrevention and Control Strategies
by Galina Jeney
<p><em>Fish Diseases: Prevention and Control Strategies</em> provides essential information on disease prevention and treatment by the most experienced fish culturists in the industry. The book presents both traditional and novel methodologies ...
ISBN: 9780128045855
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eBookA Personal and Natural History of Blood
by Bill B. Hayes
<p>“We’re born in blood. Our family histories are contained in it, our bodies nourished by it daily. Five quarts run through each of us, along some sixty thousand miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries.”<br /> –fromFive Quarts</p> <p>In the
ISBN: 9780345482150
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eBookFluid Dynamics in Complex Fractured-Porous Systems
by Boris Faybishenko, Sally M. Benson & John E. Gale
<p>Despite of many years of studies, predicting fluid flow, heat, and chemical transport in fractured-porous media remains a challenge for scientists and engineers worldwide. This monograph is the third in a series on the dynamics of fluids and ...
ISBN: 9781118877227
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eBookFood and Drug Regulation in an Era of Globalized Markets
by Halabi, Sam F
<i> <p>Food and Drug Regulation in an Era of Globalized Markets</i> provides a synthesized look at the pressures that are impacting today's markets, including trade liberalization, harmonization initiatives between governments, increased aid ...
ISBN: 9780128025505
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eBookEmerging Issues, Technologies and Systems
by Janet R Donaldson, Carol A Phillips & Steven Ricke
<p><em>Food Safety: Emerging Issues, Technologies and Systems</em> offers a systems approach to learning how to understand and address some of the major complex issues that have emerged in the food industry. The book is broad in coverage and ...
ISBN: 9780128004043
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