Academic Press: 465 books
Food Process Engineering
Emerging Trends in Research and Their Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This book provides a global perspective of present-age frontiers in food process engineering research, innovation, and emerging trends. It provides an abundance of new information on a variety of issues and problems in food processing technology. Divided into five parts, the book presents new research...
Food Toxicology
Current Advances and Future Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This volume covers a selection of important research in the multifaceted field of food toxicology. With more than seven billion people in the world today and counting, advances in food toxicology have a direct bearing on food safety issues that are of concern to all humanity for the foreseeable future....
Developing Technologies in Food Science
Status, Applications, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This new volume, the 7th in the Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering book series, focuses on emerging trends, applications and challenges in food science and technology. While food science and technology is not a new field, it is constantly changing due to new technology, new science,...
Quantum Mechanics
Axiomatic Theory with Modern Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
This volume will act as a guide through the various aspects of quantum mechanics. It not only covers the basics but also addresses new themes developed in the field of quantum mechanics in recent years. These include quantum mechanics in relation to electronics, quantum dots, spintronics, cryptography,...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 4
Experimental Techniques and Methodical Developments
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 4: Experimental Techniques and Methodical Developments provides a detailed yet easy-to-follow treatment of various techniques useful for characterizing the structure and properties of engineering materials. This timely volume provides an overview...
Effective Communication During Disasters
Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
In today’s world, there are new opportunities for disaster communications through modern technology and social media. Social network applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can connect friends, family, first responders, and...
Drug Delivery Approaches and Nanosystems, Volume 2
Drug Targeting Aspects of Nanotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This volume is a thorough presentation of the state-of-the-art research and developments in drug delivery systems using nanotechnology and its applications. The second of this two-volume set, it addresses the applications of nanotechnology or nano-sized materials in the medical field and the real-world...
Employees and Employers in Service Organizations
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
With the increasing globalization and fast-paced technological advances in business today, service organizations must to respond to the changing business dynamic between employers and employees. The service industry has metamorphosed into a revolution not only in United States but in developed and...
Effective School Librarianship
Successful Professional Practices from Librarians around the World: (2-volume set)
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
These volumes provide a series of informative interviews with school/teacher librarians practicing in different parts of the world. The 2-volume set showcases the resilience, creativity, and best practices from successful school librarians from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The internationalisation of higher education in the 20th century, built on an unprecedented expansion of transport and communication networks and the scope of international scholarly activities, triggered a massive flow of people across countries and continents. Geographically remote countries, such...
Plant Food By-Products
Industrial Relevance for Food Additives and Nutraceuticals
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This volume takes an eco-friendly approach to examining the advantages of using plant food by-products as food additives and nutraceuticals, turning solid wastes into value-added items. The chapters, written by researchers and professionals working in the plant food industry, look at ways to make...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Plant secondary metabolites are organic compounds that aid in the growth and development of plants but are not required for the plant to survive by fighting off herbivores, pests, and pathogens. These plant secondary metabolites have been used since early times in various medicines and food products for beneficial health purposes and are still r
Morton Deutsch
A Life and Legacy of Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
“An individual with Morton Deutsch’s theoretical brilliance comes along maybe two or three times a century.”
David Johnson, University of Minnesota
“The richness of Morton Deutsch’s work is like a goldmine that has barely begun to be mined.”
Susan Opotow, University of Massachusetts
Morton...
Culture Unbound
Americanization & Everyday Life in Sweden
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Explaining the mechanisms behind the larger processes of globalization, modernization, and cultural imperialism, this book explores the realms of daily life in Sweden and how cultural impulses are actually integrated in the lives of ordinary people. The dreams, opinions, actions, and consumption desires...