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New Horizons in Biotechnology

Author : S. Roussos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401702039
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book New Horizons in Biotechnology written by S. Roussos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of biotechnology, though different in style, scale and substance in globalizing science for development involves all countries. Investment in biotechnology in the industrialised, the developing, and the least developed countries, is now amongst the widely accepted avenues being used for economie development. The simple utilization of kefir technology, the detoxification of injurious chemical pesticides e.g. parathion, the genetic tailoring of new crops, and the production of a first of a kind of biopharmaceuticals illustrate the global scope and content of biotechnology research endeavour and effort. In the developing and least developed nations, and in which the 9 most populous countries· are encountered, problems concerning management of the environment, food security, conservation of human health resources and capacity building are important factors that influence the path to sustainable development. Long-term use of biotechnology in the agricultural, food, energy and health sectors is expected to yield a windfall of economic, environmental and social benefits. Already the prototypes of new medicines and of prescription fruit vaccines are available. Gene based agriculture and medieine is increasingly being adopted and accepted. Emerging trends and practices are reflected in the designing of more efficient bioprocesses, and in new research in enzyme and fermentation technology, in the bioconversion of agro industrial residues into bio-utility products, in animal healthcare, and in the bioremediation and medical biotechnologies. Indeed, with each new day, new horizons in biotechnology beckon.

An Introduction to Viticulture, Winemaking and Wine

Author : Alan J. Buglass
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527585794
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Viticulture, Winemaking and Wine written by Alan J. Buglass and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes grapevines and how they are grown, protected from diseases and other mishaps, propagated and harvested, and details how the grapes are transformed into the world’s many wine styles, by reference to the elementary science and technology that underpins the most important processes. It also describes how different wines taste and, in a less scientific manner, how to buy, appreciate or assess, store and sell them. It is intended for novice vine growers, winemakers, traders, sommeliers and other professionals in the wine trade, but will also serve as a reference book for college and freshmen university students on viticulture, enology and sommelier courses (or other courses that include these subjects), as well as for the teachers of these courses.

Animal Biotechnology

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030916933X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Animal Biotechnology written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-11-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable unease, however, about matters such as safety and ethics. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnologyâ€"key issues that must be resolved before the new breakthroughs can reach their potential. The book includes a short history of the field and provides understandable definitions of terms like cloning. Looking at technologies on the near horizon, the authors discuss what we know and what we fear about their effectsâ€"the inadvertent release of dangerous microorganisms, the safety of products derived from biotechnology, the impact of genetically engineered animals on their environment. In addition to these concerns, the book explores animal welfare concerns, and our societal and institutional capacity to manage and regulate the technology and its products. This accessible volume will be important to everyone interested in the implications of the use of animal biotechnology.

China's Education Reform: Current Issues And New Horizons

Author : Ruiquan Gao
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing
ISBN 13 : 981323704X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book China's Education Reform: Current Issues And New Horizons written by Ruiquan Gao and published by World Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's Education Reform: Current Issues and New Horizons collects important research findings of education studies on China conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including the rebuilding of contemporary Chinese education reform, the breakthrough of China's pedagogy, problems facing the education reform, and the ecological orientation of education technology, among others.This book is the fourth volume in the WSPC-ECNU Series on China. The WSPC-ECNU Series showcases the significant contributions to scholarship in social sciences and humanities studies about China. The Series is jointly launched by World Scientific Publishing, the most reputable English academic publisher in Asia, and ECNU, a top University in China with a long history of exchanges with the international academic community.

The Handbook of Genetics & Society

Author : Paul Atkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134128770
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Genetics & Society written by Paul Atkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative Handbook which offers a discussion of the social, political, ethical and economic consequences and implications of the new bio-sciences. The Handbook takes an interdisciplinary approach providing a synoptic overview of contemporary international social science research on genetics, genomics and the new life sciences. It brings together leading scholars with expertise across a wide-ranging spectrum of research fields related to the production, use, commercialisation and regulation of genetics knowledge. The Handbook is structured into seven cross-cutting themes in contemporary social science research on genetics with introductions written by internationally renowned section editors who take an interdisciplinary approach to offer fresh insights on recent developments and issues in often controversial fields of study. The Handbook explores local and global issues and critically approaches a wide range of public and policy questions, providing an invaluable reference source to a wide variety of researchers, academics and policy makers.

Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry

Author : Andrew G. Reynolds
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1782420800
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry written by Andrew G. Reynolds and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grapevine Breeding Programs for the Wine Industry: Traditional and Molecular Techniques summarizes recent trends in grapevine breeding, both in terms of research and practical programs. The first group of chapters covers the challenges faced by breeders and existing and emerging techniques used to combat them. Two further groups of chapters focus on grapevine breeding programs in different wine-producing countries around the world. With authoritative contributions from experts across the world's winemaking regions, this book will be an essential reference for all those involved in viticulture and oeneology wanting to explore new methods, understand different approaches and refine existing practices. - Covers challenges faced by breeders - Highlights grapevine breeding programs in different wine-producing countries - Contributions from experts across the world's winemaking regions

Yeasts in the Production of Wine

Author : Patrizia Romano
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 1493997823
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Yeasts in the Production of Wine written by Patrizia Romano and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is well established that certain strains of yeasts are suitable for transforming grape sugars into alcohol, while other yeast strains are not suitable for grape fermentations. Recent progress has clearly demonstrated that the sensory profile of a wine is characteristic of each vine cultivated, and the quality and technological characteristics of the final product varies considerably due to the strains which have performed and/or dominated the fermentation process. Because of their technological properties, wine yeast strains differ significantly in their fermentation performance and in their contribution to the final bouquet and quality of wine, such as useful enzymatic activities and production of secondary compounds related both to wine organoleptic quality and human health. The wine industry is greatly interested in wine yeast strains with a range of specialized properties, but as the expression of these properties differs with the type and style of wine to be made, the actual trend is in the use of selected strains, which are more appropriate to optimize grape quality. Additionally, wine quality can be influenced by the potential growth and activity of undesirable yeast species, considered spoilage yeasts, which cause sluggish and stuck fermentation and detrimental taste and aroma in the wine.

Industrial Crops and Uses

Author : Bharat P. Singh
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845936167
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Industrial Crops and Uses written by Bharat P. Singh and published by CABI. This book was released on 2010 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demand for plant-based industrial raw materials has increased as well as research into expanding the utility of plants for current and future uses. Plants are renewable, have limited or positive environmental impact and have the potential to yield a wide range of products in contrast to petroleum-based materials. Plants can be used in a variety of different industries and products including bioenergy, industrial oil and starch, fibre and dye, rubber and related compounds, insecticide and land rehabilitation. This title offers a comprehensive coverage of each of these uses. Chapters discuss the identification of plant species with desired traits, their cultivation to obtain the needed raw materials, methods utilized in producing different finished products, current and future research in crop production and processing and the present state and future prospects for the industry. Providing the first systematic review of industrial crops and their uses, this book will be an important resource for students and researchers of crop science and agricultural policy makers.

Speculate This!

Author : Uncertain Commons uncertain commons
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822376938
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Speculate This! written by Uncertain Commons uncertain commons and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speculate This! is a concise, provocative manifesto advocating practices of "affirmative speculation" over and against contemporary forms of speculation that quantify and contain risk to generate financial profit for a privileged few. This latter mode of speculation is predatory and familiar, its fallout evident in ongoing environmental degradation, in restrictive legal claims on natural resources in distant lands, and in the foreclosures, evictions, and unemployment resulting from the financial collapse of 2007–08. While such exploitive speculation seeks to reduce uncertainty and pin down the future, the affirmative practices championed by the authors of Speculate This! engage uncertainty, contingency, and difference, and they multiply, rather than reduce, possible futures. In these affirmative practices, social relations and the creation of goods and knowledge are not driven by the desire for financial gain or professional status. Whether manifest in open-source software, eco-communes, global activist movements, community credit networks, or experimental art, speculative living affirms our commonality. As a collaborative work coauthored by a group of anonymous scholars, Speculate This! argues for and embodies affirmative speculation.

Stretching Beyond the Horizon

Author : Jean Hillier
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754647492
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Stretching Beyond the Horizon written by Jean Hillier and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative work Jean Hillier develops a new theory for students and researchers of spatial planning and governance which is grounded primarily in the work of Gilles Deleuze. Using empirical examples from England and Australia, she explores what spatial planning and urban management practices could look like if they were to be developed along Deleuzean lines, and suggests alternative framings for spatial practice.

Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Fruit Crops

Author : Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3319979469
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Genomic Designing of Climate-Smart Fruit Crops written by Chittaranjan Kole and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book provides a comprehensive overview of modern strategies in fruit crop breeding in the era of climate change and global warming. It demonstrates how advances in plant molecular and genomics-assisted breeding can be utilized to produce improved fruit crops with climate-smart traits. Agriculture is facing a number of challenges in the 21st century, as it has to address food, nutritional, energy and environmental security. Future fruit varieties must be adaptive to the varying scenarios of climate change, produce higher yields of high-quality food, feed, and fuel and have multiple uses. To achieve these goals, it is imperative to employ modern tools of molecular breeding, genetic engineering and genomics for ‘precise’ plant breeding to produce ‘designed’ fruit crop varieties. This book is of interest to scientists working in the fields of plant genetics, genomics, breeding, biotechnology, and in the disciplines of agronomy and horticulture.

Mergers and Alliances

Author : Anne Woodsworth
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781904790
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Mergers and Alliances written by Anne Woodsworth and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 36 of Advances in Librarianship seeks to provide a broad review of the factors that lead to mergers and other alliances, the methods used to ensure effective and successful collaborations, and descriptions of the factors which contributed to less successful efforts at consolidation.

The Nanotechnology Revolution

Author : Dale A. Stirling
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351617230
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Nanotechnology Revolution written by Dale A. Stirling and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnology is changing the world in a very big way, but at the atomic and sub-atomic level. Although the roots of nanotechnology can be traced back to more than a century ago, the last three decades have witnessed an explosion of nano-based technologies and products. This reference work examines the history, current status, and future directions of nanotechnology through an exhaustive search of the technical and scientific literature. The more than 4000 bibliographic citations it includes are carefully organized into core subject areas, and a geographic and subject index allows readers to quickly locate documents of interest. Although a sense of the global reach and interest in nanotechnology can be gleaned from the reference sections of countless journal articles, conference papers, and books, this is the only reference work providing an in-depth global perspective that is ready-made for nanotechnology professionals and those interested in learning more about all things nanotechnology. Despite the abundance of online resources, there is still an urgent need for well-researched, well-presented, concise, and thematically organized reference works. Instead of relying on wiki pages, citation aggregators, and related websites, the author searched the databases and databanks of scholarly literature search providers such as EBSCO, ProQuest, PUBMED, STN International, and Thomson Reuters. In addition, he used select serials-related databases to account for pertinent documents from countries in which English is not the primary national language (i.e., China Online Journals, e-periodica, J-STAGE, and SciELO Brazil among others).

Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309114187
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-04-20 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. Plant genome sciences are essential to understanding how plants function and how to develop desirable plant characteristics. For example, plant genomic science can contribute to the development of plants that are drought-resistant, those that require less fertilizer, and those that are optimized for conversion to fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. The National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI) is a unique, cross-agency funding enterprise that has been funding and coordinating plant genome research successfully for nine years. Research breakthroughs from NPGI and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arabidopsis 2010 Project, such as how the plant immune system controls pathogen defense, demonstrate that the plant genome science community is vibrant and capable of driving technological advancement. This book from the National Research Council concludes that these programs should continue so that applied programs on agriculture, bioenergy, and others will always be built on a strong foundation of fundamental plant biology research.

Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452058
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1973 and 2016, the ways to manipulate DNA to endow new characteristics in an organism (that is, biotechnology) have advanced, enabling the development of products that were not previously possible. What will the likely future products of biotechnology be over the next 5â€"10 years? What scientific capabilities, tools, and/or expertise may be needed by the regulatory agencies to ensure they make efficient and sound evaluations of the likely future products of biotechnology? Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology analyzes the future landscape of biotechnology products and seeks to inform forthcoming policy making. This report identifies potential new risks and frameworks for risk assessment and areas in which the risks or lack of risks relating to the products of biotechnology are well understood.

Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 1

Author : Debmalya Barh
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0323898785
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 1 written by Debmalya Barh and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biotechnology in Healthcare, Technologies and Innovations, Volume One presents up-to-date knowledge on the emerging field of biotechnology as applied to the healthcare industry. Sections cover 3D printing, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, nano-biotechnology, omics, precision medicine, gene therapy, vaccine development, predictive healthcare, entrepreneurship, financing, business models, product development and marketing in the sector. This is a valuable source for biotechnologists, bioinformaticians, clinicians and members of biomedical and healthcare fields who need to understand more about the promising developments of the emerging field of biotechnology in healthcare. - Presents the progress and innovations that biotechnology has accomplished in the field of healthcare - Discusses the impact of healthcare biotechnology in global economics and business prospects - Explains how biotechnology revolutionizes future healthcare approaches

Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons

Author : Kate Millar
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9086866735
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Ethical futures: bioscience and food horizons written by Kate Millar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an ever changing interconnected world, the agriculture and food system faces constant challenges in many forms, such as the impacts of climate change, uncertainty surrounding the use of novel technologies and the emergence of new zoonotic diseases. Alongside these challenges professionals working in the food system are faced with opportunities to improve food production and distribution. As decision-makers attempt to balance these threats and opportunities in order to secure more sustainable production systems, the key question that arises is: What do we envisage as the future for agriculture and food production? With numerous voices advocating different and sometimes conflicting approaches, ranging from organic farming to wider use of GMOs through in vitro meat production, this discussion of the future raises significant ethical questions. The contributions in this book bring together a diverse group of authors who explore a set of themes relating to the ethical dimensions of the agriculture and food futures, including the role of novel technologies, the potential issues raised by the use of biofuels, the ethics of future animal production systems, concepts of global food security, as well as chapters on food governance priorities and educational aspects. It is intended that this volume serves as an interesting collection and acts as a source of stimulation that will contribute to wider debate and reflection on the future of the agriculture and food system.