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Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants
Volume 2, Fruits
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
This book continues as volume 2 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, pulses, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Clusiaceae, Combretaceae,...
Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation
Innovative Thinking and Use of Marginal Soil and Water Resources in Irrigated Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
The papers assembled here cover topics such as technological advances in soil salinity mapping and monitoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, use of marginal quality water for crop production, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological...
Leadership, Coaching and Followership
An Important Equation
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
This volume presents evidence-based ideas on all three converging forces to suit an array of individuals and their organisations. The volume is thick with evidence, detail and case studies that the reader can draw upon and apply to their own situations.
Defining exactly what is leadership...
by Chris Branson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
This book provides a clear, comprehensive, and compelling description of the nature, characteristics, and prerequisites of wisdom-led leadership. It not only includes a detailed description of what is meant by wisdom-led leadership but also it describes how wisdom-led leadership can be developed based...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Shift happens: Emerging technologies and globalization have resulted in political, social and cultural changes. These changes have a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including education. Yet while society has changed and continues to change, schools are slow to keep up. This book explores...
by L. Duranti, T. Eastwood, H. MacNeil
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
By Terry Eastwood This book reports the findings of a research project on the means of protecting the integrity of active and semi-active electronic records. The project, which is commonly referred to as "the UBC Project," was conceived by two of the authors of this book, Luciana Duranti...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. Frontiers in Sociology of Education aims to provide a roadmap for sociologists and other social scientists as they set bold new directions for future research on schools. In Part 1 of this forward-looking volume, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Globalization, Education and Social Justice, which is the tenth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents up-to-date scholarly research on major discourses concerning global trends in education, social justice and policy research. It provides...
Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation
Investigating the Durability of a Weed Management Tool
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Overall, this work identifies key points to be taken into account when drawing up guidelines that govern the use of herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops in order to preserve the effectiveness of this innovation over time. This multidisciplinary expert report, based on an international literature review,...
Environmental and Agricultural Modelling:
Integrated Approaches for Policy Impact Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Agriculture increasingly faces the challenge of balancing its multiple functions in a sustainable way. Integrated assessment and modelling (IAM) can provide insight into the potential impacts of policy changes. However, concepts to address the wide range of issues and functions typical for agriculture...
Issues in the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Agriculture
Applications to the southeastern United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
This book presents a collection of articles concerning key topics which examine the impacts of climate change and variability on agriculture. The application region is the southeastern United States. The main topics include an investigation of the effect of variations in the spatial scale of climate...
Advance in Barley Sciences
Proceedings of 11th International Barley Genetics Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Advance in barley sciences presents the latest developments in barley sciences. It collects 39 papers submitted to the 11th International Barley Genetics Symposium, and covers all presentation sessions of the conference, i.e., barley development and economy, utilization
of germplasm, genetic resources...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Algal World has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume. The 22 chapters are divided into two different parts which have been authored by eminent researchers from across the world. The first part, Biology of...
by John A. Wolfe
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume discusses the mineral resources upon which modern civiliza tion is built. Take away these minerals and humanity will rapidly return to the stone age, with its greatest concern the depletion of flint (also a mineral). It would, of course, result in about a 99% reduction in population....