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Advances in Solar Heating and Cooling

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978-0-08-100301-5 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias biológicas - Ingeniería eléctrica, electrónica e informática - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias  

Research and development professionals and engineers in the solar heating and cooling industries as well as postgraduate researchers in academia working on solar heating and cooling.



Advances in Solar Heating and Cooling presents new information on the growing concerns about climate change, the security of energy supplies, and the ongoing interest in replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.

The amount of energy used for heating and cooling is very significant, estimated, for example, as half of final energy consumption in Europe. Solar thermal installations have the potential to meet a large proportion of the heating and cooling needs of both buildings and industry and the number of solar thermal installations is increasing rapidly. This book provides an authoritative review of the latest research in solar heating and cooling technologies and applications.

  • Provides researchers in academia and industry with an authoritative overview of heating and cooling for buildings and industry in one convenient volume
  • Part III, ‘Solar cooling technologies’ is contributed by authors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which is a world-leader in this area
  • Covers advanced applications from zero-energy buildings, through industrial process heat to district heating and cooling

Advances in Structure and Activity Relationship of Coumarin Derivatives

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978-0-12-803797-3 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias químicas - Ciencias biológicas - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias  

Advances in Structure and Activity Relationship of Coumarin Derivatives covers the structural behavior of various coumarin derivatives for various potential pharmaceutical applications. Based on substitution targeted for active sites, the book takes a rational approach for designing new and specific potent drugs, optimizing existing ones, and developing novel reactions. This focused primer describes the chemical structure and activity of coumarin derivatives to explore the effects of different substituents at specific positions, and their properties for effective bioactivity.

  • Accessible and current coverage of coumarin derivatives from structure to potential applications
  • Application of SAR technology to predict bioactivity of the derivatives based on its chemical structure
  • Information for researchers in medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and related fields

Advances in the Understanding of Crystal Growth Mechanisms

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978-0-444-82504-9 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias biológicas - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias - Otras ciencias sociales  

This book contains the results of a research project entitled Crystal Growth Mechanisms on an Atomic Scale, which was carried out for 3 years by some 72 reseachers. Until recently in Japan, only the technological aspects of crystal growth have been emphasized and attention was paid only to its importance in industry. However the scientific aspects also need to be considered so that the technology of crystal growth can be developed even further. This project therefore aimed at understanding crystal growth and the emphasis was on finding growth mechanisms on an atomic scale.

Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Methods and Applications

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978-1-78242-088-0 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias biológicas - Ingeniería mecánica - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias  

Thermal energy storage (TES) technologies store thermal energy (both heat and cold) for later use as required, rather than at the time of production. They are therefore important counterparts to various intermittent renewable energy generation methods and also provide a way of valorising waste process heat and reducing the energy demand of buildings. This book provides an authoritative overview of this key area. Part one reviews sensible heat storage technologies. Part two covers latent and thermochemical heat storage respectively. The final section addresses applications in heating and energy systems.
  • Reviews sensible heat storage technologies, including the use of water, molten salts, concrete and boreholes
  • Describes latent heat storage systems and thermochemical heat storage
  • Includes information on the monitoring and control of thermal energy storage systems, and considers their applications in residential buildings, power plants and industry

Aerobiology

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978-0-12-643550-4 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias biológicas - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias  

Aerobiology documents the proceedings of the Third International Symposium held at the University of Sussex, England, in September 1969. The book is organized into three chapters that correspond to the three sessions held during the symposium. These three sessions dealt with themes of airborne infections in closed and segregated environments; the value and use of germ-free environments; and physiological and genetic factors in host resistance.
Examples of the contributions during these sessions included studies on the transmission of meningococci among Army recruits; the transfer and acquisition of micro-organisms between and by patients nursed in a uni-directionally ventilated environment and those in an open ward; and the association between blood group status and susceptibility to certain virus infections. The symposium also included seminars that focused on the following themes: intramural spread of infection; laboratory safety; the immunological aspects of pathogenesis; vaccines and vaccination methods; microbial survival in air; rapid diagnosis; techniques in aerobiology; and the ways in which airborne particles cause infection.

Aflatoxin: Scientific Background, Control, and Implications

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978-0-12-395513-5 (en línea)

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Aflatoxin: Scientific Background, Control, and Implications discusses general problems posed by mycotoxin contamination in foods and feeds. This book is divided into 15 chapters that summarize the discovery, elaboration, chemistry and assay, effects and metabolic fate, processing to ensure their removal or inactivation, and regulatory aspects of aflatoxins.
The introductory chapters cover the discovery, formation by Aspergillus flavus, and the chemistry and structure of aflatoxins. The subsequent chapters describe the physicochemical and biological assays for aflatoxin measurement, detection, and analysis. A chapter also describes the metabolic fate and the biochemical alterations associated with aflatoxin administration to animals and other biological test systems. Discussions on the acute toxicity and carcinogenic activity of aflatoxins in laboratory and farm animals are also provided, with emphasis on the recognition of aflatoxicosis, a disease condition caused by the action of the aflatoxin poison. The book goes on examining the role of spoilage molds in destroying stored crops and the tremendous capacity for toxin production of aflatoxins. It also describes successful efforts of food and feed industries to ensure a wholesome food supply, including the utilization of various detoxification processes. The last chapters deal with the regulatory provisions for aflatoxin contamination control and tolerances and the implications of fungal toxins to human health.
The book is intended for scientists and manufacturers concerned with the production and processing of foods and feeds, the nutrition, and the animal and public health.

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Africa Soil Health Consortium: Handbook For Integrated Soil Fertility Management

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales relacionadas - Ciencias biológicas - Ingeniería y tecnología - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias - Agricultura, silvicultura y pesca  


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African and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal: Al Awamia

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ISSNs 0572-2721 (impreso) 2658-9184 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias  


Aging: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants

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978-0-12-405933-7 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias biológicas - Ciencias de la salud - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias  

Aging: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants bridges the trans-disciplinary divide and covers in a single volume the science of oxidative stress in aging and the potentially therapeutic use of natural antioxidants in the diet or food matrix. The processes within the science of oxidative stress are described in concert with other processes, such as apoptosis, cell signaling, and receptor mediated responses. This approach recognizes that diseases are often multifactorial, and oxidative stress is a single component of this.

Gerontologists, geriatricians, nutritionists, and dieticians are separated by divergent skills and professional disciplines that need to be bridged in order to advance preventative as well as treatment strategies. While gerontologists and geriatricians may study the underlying processes of aging, they are less likely to be conversant in the science of nutrition and dietetics. On the other hand, nutritionists and dietitians are less conversant with the detailed clinical background and science of gerontology. This book addresses this gap and brings each of these disciplines to bear on the processes inherent in the oxidative stress of aging.

  • Nutritionists can apply information related to mitochondrial oxidative stress in one disease to diet-related strategies in another unrelated disease
  • Dietitians can prescribe new foods or diets containing anti-oxidants for conditions resistant to conventional pharmacological treatments
  • Dietitians, after learning about the basic biology of oxidative stress, will be able to suggest new treatments to their multidisciplinary teams
  • Nutritionists and dietitians will gain an understanding of cell signaling and be able to suggest new preventative or therapeutic strategies with anti-oxidant rich foods

Aging and Decision Making: Empirical and Applied Perspectives

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978-0-12-417148-0 (en línea)

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Cobertura temática: Ciencias biológicas - Ciencias agrícolas y veterinarias - Psicología y ciencias cognitivas  

Decisions large and small play a fundamental role in shaping life course trajectories of health and well-being: decisions draw upon an individual's capacity for self-regulation and self-control, their ability to keep long-term goals in mind, and their willingness to place appropriate value on their future well-being.  Aging and Decision Making addresses the specific cognitive and affective processes that account for age-related changes in decision making, targeting interventions to compensate for vulnerabilities and leverage strengths in the aging individual.

This book focuses on four dominant approaches that characterize the current state of decision-making science and aging - neuroscience, behavioral mechanisms, competence models, and applied perspectives.  Underscoring that choice is a ubiquitous component of everyday functioning, Aging and Decision Making examines the implications of how we invest our limited social, temporal, psychological, financial, and physical resources, and lays essential groundwork for the design of decision supportive interventions for adaptive aging that take into account individual capacities and context variables.

  • Divided into four dominant approaches that characterize the current state of decision-making science and aging neuroscience
  • Explores the impact of aging on the linkages between cortical structures/functions and the behavioral indices of decision-making
  • Examines the themes associated with behavioral approaches that attempt integrations of methods, models, and theories of general decision-making with those derived from the study of aging
  • Details the changes in underlying competencies in later life and the two prevailing themes that have emerged—one, the general individual differences perspective, and two, a more clinical focus