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Waste Valorization: Volume 1
This volume is a comprehensive compilation of reviews that show how various waste products can be used to produce useful products. Thirteen chapters highlight the following topics:
- applications of plant-derived and fruit waste for value-added product formation;
- fuel and chemical production from lignin
- food waste bioconversion to high-value products
- organic residues valorization for value-added chemicals
- valorization of waste plastics to produce fuels and chemicals
- food valorization for bioplastic production and concepts of circular economy in the valorization process.
Chapters are written in an organized and strategic manner and also include the references from recent years. It will help students and researchers to quickly learn about modern waste valorization practices and advance their knowledge on the subject. The book is suitable as a reference for courses in environmental science chemical engineering and agriculture. It also serves as a guide for trainees managers and readers involved in waste management sustainability and value-added product supply chains
What Beliefs Are Made From
What Beliefs Are Made From explores the nature and purpose of belief. The book describes several strange beliefs that have been shared by many members of whole communities. The intellectualistic dispositional feeling and eliminativist theories of belief are then examined critically. This is followed by a review of factors that can influence people in their beliefs. These include faulty use of evidence unconscious reasoning biases inability to withhold judgement wishful thinking prior beliefs shared beliefs personal experience testimony judgements about the source of testimony personality in-group psychology emotions and feelings language symbolism non-verbal communication repetition propaganda mysticism rumour conspiracy theories and illness. The book also covers beliefs of children and belief during dreaming. The regulation of inquiry by belief and disbelief is described.
What Beliefs Are Made From is a useful reference for general readers interested in the philosophy of the mind and the psychology of belief.
What is New in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Gastroenterology and hepatology represent dynamic fields of study and practice in internal medicine with numerous innovations manifesting over the last 30 years. What is New in Gastroenterology and Hepatology is a reference which presents updates on the latest advances in the aforementioned subspecialties. The book offers a broad range of topics in a structured clear and comprehensive fashion. Thirty-three chapters provide knowledge on basic medical research and practical applications in the clinic with information contributed by several members of the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (a medical society with a history of more than 60 years). The contents feature updates on common and rare disorders of the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus stomach intestines) pancreas and the liver as well as new imaging techniques such as video capsule endoscopy and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Special topics of recent interest such as the value of gut microbiota in medical interventions and the use of 'omics' technologies for precision medicine and telemedicine are also included. What is New in Gastroenterology and Hepatology is an informative reference for all medical researchers and healthcare professionals (gastroenterologists hepatologists internal medicine physicians surgeons oncologists) who wish to keep themselves up to speed on new advances in these medical subspecialties.
Where Did They Come From? The Origins of South American Fauna
Where Did They Come From? The Origins of South American Fauna offers a fascinating journey into the origins of South American flora and fauna. Exploring life on the continent before and after the breakup of Gondwana it delves into how creatures arrived in South America be it through drifting across oceans or traversing land bridges. From birds and reptiles to mammals and fish this book provides a comprehensive compendium of biological diversity discussing their origins and evolutionary paths. Readers will gain insights into the mechanisms of animal dispersal evolution and the impact of the Great Biotic Interchange. The book also lists references for further exploration of the subject.
The book is structured into five parts:
Building South America: Covers tectonic movements climate changes and breaching isolation.
Shaping South America: Explores the landforms and diverse biomes across the continent.
Vertebrates within South America: Discusses unique amphibians reptiles fish mammals and birds that evolved on the continent.
Vertebrates immigrating to South America: Examines exotic reptiles birds and mammals that found their way to the continent. The author also lists the families of almost all genera of South American animals while giving knowledge of their origins.
Recent Arrivals - the Great Biotic Interchange: Explores the significant interchange of various species that occurred later.
Ideal for students biologists and anyone curious about the natural world this book is a captivating read that uncovers the incredible history of South American fauna and its evolutionary tapestry.
Whole Person Self-Healing: A Science and Art
Whole Person Self Healing brings an interdisciplinary healing approach to relieve pain and suffering. The book covers different topics that introduce readers to alternative therapies that can help the healing processes in the body. These topics include an introduction to pulsed electromagnetic fields and their use in healing medicine stable Bose-Einstein statistics meditation techniques scientific measurement of Qi energy and Qigong practice methods. The book also presents cases of family-based therapy and individuals recovering from painful injury.
Whole Person Self Healing presents information based on physics research and subjective accounts of individuals. The book offers general readers researchers and therapists a scientific perspective on the benefits of electromagnetic field therapy and meditation for healing the body.
Womens Heart and Estrogens
Cardiovascular mortality in women is more frequent than breast cancer mortality a fact which is often overlooked. Women's Heart and Estrogens explores this important womens health issue with respect to estrogen levels (before and after menopause) as the hormone has been known to mediate cardiovascular effects in women. The handbook includes a description of the structure and biological activity of estrogen and follows up with a detailed reference on the genetics behind estrogen and its effect on the cardiovascular system. Subsequent chapters cover the effects of estrogens on the stages of atherogenesis actions of estrogens on the on the vascular wall and on cardiovascular metabolic pathways causes leading to the development of early onset of coronary heart disease in young women (such as vasculitis and autoimmune diseases)[Obaid ur Rahman1] hypercoagulable states myocardial infarction in hallucinogenic drug abusers non-atherosclerotic and atherosclerotic coronary heart disease hormone replacement therapy and postmenopausal risk factors. Medical professionals will also find handy guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women.
Women's Heart and Estrogens offers knowledge to readers in a clear and simple manner with detailed images and summaries in each chapter. Guidelines are also presented in a chronological context which demonstrates the development of cardiovascular disease prevention and risk management strategies for women over the years.