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The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

The Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is one of the most popular memory scales in the United States and much of the English-speaking world. This is the first book to systematically trace the evolution of the instrument in terms of its content and structure whilst providing a guide to clinical interpretation and discussing its many research uses. The Wechsler Memory Scale: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the literature on all the major editions and revisions of the WMS including the Wechsler Memory Scale-I Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised Wechsler Memory Scale-III and the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV. It discusses major factor analytic studies of each version of the test clinical interpretation of each version including studies on malingering uses of each version with special populations and makes suggestions for the next revision (i. e the WMS-V). This book is designed to be a go-to source for all graduate students clinicians and researchers who use the Wechsler Memory Scale as well as to institutions offering formal training in adult clinical and neuropsychological assessment. | The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

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Teaching at Scale Improving Access Outcomes and Impact Through Digital Instruction

Teaching at Scale Improving Access Outcomes and Impact Through Digital Instruction

Teaching at Scale explores the characteristics and parameters of large-scale online learning by identifying in its perceived drawbacks a wealth of educational opportunities in disguise. Scalable learning platforms have exploded in popularity over recent years with MOOCS (massive open online courses) online degree programs informal learning communities and alternative credentials all drawing significant enrollments. But as many educators are asking are the challenges to delivering education at scale too great and the compromises too many? This book guides instructors to leverage their complex responsibilities—open-ended assessments at scale individuated feedback to students academic integrity in less controlled environments and more—into significant assets. Informed by real-world institutional experience as well as key research in cognitive science and the learning sciences each chapter provides practical strategies for educators and administrators seeking to solve problems and fulfill the high-quality broad-access potential of large-scale instruction for lifelong learners. | Teaching at Scale Improving Access Outcomes and Impact Through Digital Instruction

GBP 32.99
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Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Relative Risk Model

Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Relative Risk Model

As debates over how relative risk can be used to shape landscape-scale environmental management intensify Regional-Scale Risk Assessment demonstrates the capabilities of RRM using nine case studies in the Pacific Northwest Pennsylvania Brazil and Tasmania. The authors use a process of ranking and filters to interrelate different kinds of risks and illustrates how these relative risks are defined mapped and analyzed to determine remediation and management priorities. This book provides detailed descriptions for each step of RRM-from the determination of assessment goals to documentation evaluation and communication with decision-makers-that can benefit practitioners in environmental risk assessment and related fields worldwide. | Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Relative Risk Model

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The Scale Model How to Set Up and Run a Successful Enterprise

The Scale Model How to Set Up and Run a Successful Enterprise

The Scale Model does one thing: makes it easy for business entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Using a proven methodology that is easy to understand and implement business teams can learn how to diagnose and solve barriers to growth. The Scale Model equips CEOs and senior leaders with a framework to assess where the pain points lie in their business and easy-to-use templates to help them work out the solutions to enable continued growth. The Model has been used by high-growth companies around the world to achieve industry-beating growth in sales and profits with engaged and aligned teams. In a complicated business environment the straightforward advice and practical structure of the Scale Model provides for business planning. When you're busy running your business you want just one place to go to fix it. This is that place. Pick up The Scale Model today work through the tools inside and watch your business grow. That's how easy it is. | The Scale Model How to Set Up and Run a Successful Enterprise

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Stochastic Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning

Stochastic Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning

Advancements in the technology and availability of data sources have led to the `Big Data' era. Working with large data offers the potential to uncover more fine-grained patterns and take timely and accurate decisions but it also creates a lot of challenges such as slow training and scalability of machine learning models. One of the major challenges in machine learning is to develop efficient and scalable learning algorithms i. e. optimization techniques to solve large scale learning problems. Stochastic Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning identifies different areas of improvement and recent research directions to tackle the challenge. Developed optimisation techniques are also explored to improve machine learning algorithms based on data access and on first and second order optimisation methods. Key Features: Bridges machine learning and Optimisation. Bridges theory and practice in machine learning. Identifies key research areas and recent research directions to solve large-scale machine learning problems. Develops optimisation techniques to improve machine learning algorithms for big data problems. The book will be a valuable reference to practitioners and researchers as well as students in the field of machine learning.

GBP 150.00
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Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry

The biopharmaceutical industry has become an increasingly important player in the global economy and the success of these products depends on the development and implementation of cost-effective robust and scaleable production processes. Bioseparations-also called downstream processing- can be a key source of competitive advantageto biopharmaceutical developers. Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry brings together scientific principles empirical approaches and practical considerations for designing industrial downstream bioprocesses for various classes of biomolecules. Using clear language along with numerous case studies examples tables flow charts and schematics the book presents perspectives from experienced professionals involved in purification processes and industrial downstream unit operations. The authors provide useful experimental design strategies and guidelines for developing application-specific process scale bioseparations. Chapter topics include harvest by centrifugation and filtration expanded bed chromatography protein refolding modes of preparative chromatography methodologies for resin screening membrane chromatography protein crystallization viral filtration ultrafiltration/diafiltration implementing post-approval downstream process changes for an antibody product and future trends. Ideal for both new and experienced scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry and students Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry is a comprehensive resource for all topics relevant to industrial process development.

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Narratives of Scale in the Anthropocene Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity

Narratives of Scale in the Anthropocene Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity

The Anthropocene concept draws attention to the various forms of entanglement of social political ecological biological and geological processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The ensuing complexity and ambiguity create manifold challenges to widely established theories methodologies epistemologies and ontologies. The contributions to this volume engage with conceptual issues of scale in the Anthropocene with a focus on mediated representation and narrative. They are centered around the themes of scale and time scale and the nonhuman and scale and space. The volume presents an interdisciplinary dialogue between sociology geography political sciences history and literary cultural and media studies. Together they contribute to current debates on the (re-)imagining of forms of human responsibility that meet the challenges created by humanity entering an age of scalar complexity. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com/books/e/9781003136989 | Narratives of Scale in the Anthropocene Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity

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Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

This reference book provides updated information on the production and industrial significance of bacterial cellulose. Bacterial cellulose is a natural fiber produced by certain microbes mainly bacteria which belong to the Acetobacter genera. The book discusses its applications in different industrial sectors such as food pharmaceutical energy and wastewater treatment. It covers the production of cellulose from conventional and renewable feedstock and includes topics such as downstream processing characterization and chemical modification of bacterial cellulose. FEATURES: Addresses the challenges of the production technologies of bacterial cellulose up to pilot scale Discusses cost-effective green processes using agri-processing residues and medium formulation Includes efficient preparation of nanocomposites using in vitro and in vivo methods Provides the latest applications of bacterial cellulose in the food and pharmaceuticals fields Reviews the production of bacterial cellulose from conventional feedstock such as sugars and starches This book is designed for industry experts and researchers of applied microbiology bioprocesses and industrial microbiology. | Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

GBP 140.00
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Doctrine and Difference The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature

Doctrine and Difference The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature

Doctrine and Difference: The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature aims to expand and deepen our knowledge into the inquiry of “contextual historicism ” observing writers of the American nineteenth century and their vastly differing approaches to perceptions such as race gender and national identity. Ranging from the religious acuities of the first American Puritans to the more secularized literary awakening of the American Renaissance and into late-century texts that deliberately resist the limits of received religious and political opinion this volume seeks to uncover a history of human thought within classic American Literature. This volume critically observes these survivable works of literature presenting insight into the “difference” made by conversation dispute and dramatized self-doubt within novels and poems of the historical past. | Doctrine and Difference The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature

GBP 135.00
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Solar Farms The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems

Solar Farms The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems

The market and policy impetus to install increasingly utility-scale solar systems or solar farms (sometimes known as solar parks or ranches) has seen products and applications develop ahead of the collective industry knowledge and experience. Recently however the market has matured and investment opportunites for utility-scale solar farms or parks as part of renewable energy policies have made the sector more attractive. This book brings together the latest technical practical and financial information available to provide an essential guide to solar farms from design and planning to installation and maintenance. The book builds on the challenges and lessons learned from existing solar farms that have been developed across the world including in Europe the USA Australia China and India. Topics covered include system design system layout international installation standards operation and maintenance grid penetration planning applications and skills required for installation operation and maintenance. Highly illustrated in full colour the book provides an essential practical guide for all industry professionals involved in or contemplating utility-scale grid-connected solar systems. | Solar Farms The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems

GBP 42.99
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The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood

The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood

This revised new edition of The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) offers a brand-new method of measuring the quality of environment and pedagogy in which young children are encouraged to move and be physically active. As physical development is a key component of an educational curriculum MOVERS offers practitioners the opportunity to accurately assess the quality of a child’s physical experiences and the environmental and pedagogical quality of these experiences. The MOVERS is placed firmly in the family of CLIQRS – Curriculum Leadership and Interaction Quality Rating Scales which includes the Early Childhood Quality Rating Scale – Emergent Curriculum (ECQRS-EC) the Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being Scale (SSTEW) and the Pedagogical Leadership in the Early Years (PLEY) scale all of which have a similar format to previously mentioned scales making it easy for educators already familiar with these well-established scales to adopt them and adapt them to their own unique settings. MOVERS has four sub-scales:- curriculum environment and resources for physical development- pedagogy for physical development- supporting physical activity and critical thinking- parents/carers and staff. This book will be an invaluable tool for research self-evaluation and improvement audit and regulation. With additional notes derived using the feedback from extensive use of this resource by practitioners in hundreds of settings and early years specialists around the world it has also been rigorously updated according to latest research practice and policy. | The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood

GBP 18.99
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The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It

The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It

This critical volume combines theoretical and empirical work across disciplines to explore what threatens scalability—and what enables it—in the early childhood field. Authors and editors provide specific recommendations to help professionals refine and apply the science of scaling in their programs research and decision making. Written by leading experts in early childhood economics psychology public health philanthropy and more chapters and commentaries shine light on how to effectively use experimental insights for policy purposes. The result is a comprehensive and forward-thinking guide to the challenges and possibilities of effective scaling in early childhood and beyond. Essential reading for researchers practitioners funders and policy makers alike this book raises vital questions and provides a vision for the long-term journey to scalable evidence. | The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It

GBP 36.99
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Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

2017 Award Winner of the ASIS Security Book of the YearNuñez and Vendrell aim to provide the most current and effective resources for managing special events and critical incidents. Their book relies heavily on case studies and after action reports that examine the lessons learned from a multitude of previous events and incidents. In addition the text identifies and examines best practices and recommended approaches providing the reader with a variety of checklists and planning tools. | Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

GBP 31.99
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Research on Investment Scale and Allocation Structure of Chinese Higher Education Finance

Research on Investment Scale and Allocation Structure of Chinese Higher Education Finance

Based on a systematic literature review the book aims to forecast the investment scale of Chinese higher education and the allocation structure of different types of higher education institutions in the next decade. The authors first introduce the complex setting of Chinese higher education finance including the background and theoretical foundation as well as an in-depth literature review. Via international comparative data they explore the adequacy and equity of the financial resources. By applying quantitative methods such as panel data analysis and time series analysis they forecast the public investment scale in higher education and the allocation structure and proportion among different types of higher education institutions. In addition the book investigates the standards of teaching funding and teacher research funding which are considered the main funding resources of Chinese universities and individual teachers. As China has become the world’s largest country of higher education how to provide adequate and equal funds to meet the increasing demand is of great interest to scholars and policymakers both from China and abroad. The book will also appeal to postgraduate students who would like to know the overall status of Chinese higher education finance. | Research on Investment Scale and Allocation Structure of Chinese Higher Education Finance

GBP 38.99
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The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) A comprehensive guide for clinicians and researchers

The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) A comprehensive guide for clinicians and researchers

The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) is a clinician rated measure that can be used to code various forms of narrative material. It is comprised of eight dimensions which are scored using a seven-point Likert scale where lower scores are indicative of more pathological aspects of object representations and higher scores are suggestive of more mature and adaptive functioning. The volume is a comprehensive reference on the 1) validity and reliability of the SCORS-G rating system; 2) in depth review of the empirical literature; 3) administration and intricacies of scoring; and 4) the implications and clinical utility of the system across settings and disciplines for clinicians and researchers. | The Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) A comprehensive guide for clinicians and researchers

GBP 51.99
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Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences

Large-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences

From the Foreword:While large-scale machine learning and data mining have greatly impacted a range of commercial applications their use in the field of Earth sciences is still in the early stages. This book edited by AshokSrivastava Ramakrishna Nemani and Karsten Steinhaeuser serves as an outstanding resource for anyone interested in the opportunities and challenges for the machine learning community in analyzing these data sets to answer questions of urgent societal interest…I hope that this book will inspire more computer scientists to focus on environmental applications and Earth scientists to seek collaborations with researchers in machine learning and data mining to advance the frontiers in Earth sciences. Vipin Kumar University of MinnesotaLarge-Scale Machine Learning in the Earth Sciences provides researchers and practitioners with a broad overview of some of the key challenges in the intersection of Earth science computer science statistics and related fields. It explores a wide range of topics and provides a compilation of recent research in the application of machine learning in the field of Earth Science. Making predictions based on observational data is a theme of the book and the book includes chapters on the use of network science to understand and discover teleconnections in extreme climate and weather events as well as using structured estimation in high dimensions. The use of ensemble machine learning models to combine predictions of global climate models using information from spatial and temporal patterns is also explored. The second part of the book features a discussion on statistical downscaling in climate with state-of-the-art scalable machine learning as well as an overview of methods to understand and predict the proliferation of biological species due to changes in environmental conditions. The problem of using large-scale machine learning to study the formation of tornadoes is also explored in depth. The last part of the book covers the use of deep learning algorithms to classify images that have very high resolution as well as the unmixing of spectral signals in remote sensing images of land cover. The authors also apply long-tail distributions to geoscience resources in the final chapter of the book.

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Development of Small-scale Industries During the New Order Government in Indonesia

Development of Small-scale Industries During the New Order Government in Indonesia

This title was first published in 2000: As in many other LDCs in Indonesia small-scale industries (SSIs) are important particularly with respect to the creation of employment opportunities. SSIs are expected to absorb many millions of workers who have been displaced by current economic crisis. This work seeks to explain the pattern of development of SSIs in Indonesia within a broader theoretical framework. It also deals with a number of SSI development-related aspects that in Indonesia so far have never or rarely been studied such as the formation of strategic alliance cluster development and application of theories of flexible specialization to the LDCs. The book also tries to examine empirically the effects of the current economic crisis and to assess theoretically the likely impact of the full implementation of the agreed IMF reform package on SSI development in the country. Main problems faced by small producers and the government policy environment are highlighted through several detailed examples. | Development of Small-scale Industries During the New Order Government in Indonesia

GBP 31.99
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Institutional Adjustment for Economic Growth Small Scale Industries and Economic Transition in Asia and Africa

Institutional Adjustment for Economic Growth Small Scale Industries and Economic Transition in Asia and Africa

First published in 1998 this volume focuses on the special category of countries popularly referred to as ‘transition economies’ through an analysis of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their role in Asian economies with a view to assessing whether they could or should provide a model for African countries. The present volume explores the institutional peculiarities displayed by ‘transition economies’. These are economies which are undergoing a comprehensive and fundamental societal transformation with a view to creating a utopian communist society within the frame of a centrally administered economy then a pluralistic society based on a market economy and the rule of law. Much of the debate on the economic performance of African LCD's has focused on informal sector activities or on the imperative to achieve structural adjustment. By highlighting instead the challenges facing two of the least successful among the African economies - Ethiopia and Tanzania both of which share a socialist past - this book moves beyond the above issues. It argues that institutional adjustment is critical to the prospects for success in developing transition economies. As such the book investigates the transaction costs environment within which small-scale industrial activities are set. By drawing extensively on the Asian experience (predominantly China and Vietnam but also India and Taiwan) it identifies sources of transaction costs by examining not only the transactional disadvantages of small-scale production but also the past and present sources of institutional inefficiency. | Institutional Adjustment for Economic Growth Small Scale Industries and Economic Transition in Asia and Africa

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The Science of Higher Education State Higher Education Policy and the Laws of Scale

The Science of Higher Education State Higher Education Policy and the Laws of Scale

Perennial conclusions from state-by-state funding-per-student analyses of underfunding and weak state commitment have become so common that they have diluted the potency of the argument to state policymakers for more higher education funding. In addition there has been little in the way of testing or questioning the assumptions embedded in traditional funding per student analysis and its accompanying conclusions. As state legislators balance the competing needs of education health trans­portation and public safety budgets they increasingly ask what return on investment (ROI) they get for the funding they provide including from higher education. The ROI language while potentially unsettling for its corporate-like and neoliberal connotation will persist into the foreseeable future. We must ask questions both of adequacy (How much funding should the states provide?) and benefit (What benefits do states receive for the higher education funding they provide?). The focus on traditional funding per student analysis has remained static for over forty years indicating the need for new ideas and methods to probe questions of adequacy and benefit. The Science of Higher Education is an introduction to a new paradigm that explores state higher education funding enrollment completion and supply (the number and type of institutions in a state) through the lens of what are commonly known as power laws. Power laws explain patterns in biological systems and characteristics of cities. Like cities state higher educa­tion systems are complex adaptive systems so it is little surprise that power laws also explain funding enrollment completion and supply. The scale relationships uncovered in the Science of Higher Education sug­gest the potential benefits state policymakers could derive by emphasizing enrollment completion or capacity policies based on economies of scale marginal benefits and the return state’s get on enrollment and completion for the funding they provide. The various features of state higher education systems that conform to scale patterns do not alone provide definitive answers for appropriate funding levels however. As this book addresses policymakers need to take into account the macro forces from demography to geography and the economy that situate the system as well the interactions between government and market actors that are at the core of every state higher education system and influence the outcomes it achieves. | The Science of Higher Education State Higher Education Policy and the Laws of Scale

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Human Rights Human Wrongs In the Scale of Human Conscience

Human Rights Human Wrongs In the Scale of Human Conscience

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the best gift of the United Nations and its main human rights organ the Human Rights Commission to “We the Peoples of the World”. But that powerful instrument is often rendered powerless by the behaviour of individuals running the institutions and the states arguably the most powerful institution conceptualised by human mind so far. In the process the UN comes under serious criticism and its most important organ which helped give the UDHR was dissolved for “failing to live up to its ideals”. Ironically the same states and their representatives most instrumental in creating the UN institutions including the Human Rights Commission first but later vilifying it and leading the campaign for its replacement by the Human Rights Council are now once again attacking it as “hypocritical and self-serving organisation that makes a mockery of human rights” and the most powerful member state feels compelled to walk out of the Council. Where does the world the UN and “we the peoples” stand in the search for greater freedom from want and fear better enjoyment of dignity and rights?Travelling through an extraordinary journey of life academic pursuits and expeditions of professional and diplomatic mountain climbing including the Chairmanship of the 56th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights and its 5th Special Session on the Human Rights of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestine Territories Shambhu Ram Simkhada presents a scholarly diplomatic advocate and defender perspectives on the contemporary state of human rights and human wrongs in the scale of his own human conscience. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Human Rights Human Wrongs In the Scale of Human Conscience

GBP 130.00
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Handbook of Nutraceuticals Volume II Scale-Up Processing and Automation

Handbook of Nutraceuticals Volume II Scale-Up Processing and Automation

Due in part to an absence of universally accepted standardization methods nutraceuticals and functional foods face regulatory ignorance marketing incompetence and ethical impunity. Even though many researchers believe that there is a connection between nutraceuticals and functional foods and reduced health care expenses as well as disease prevention the credibility and quality control challenge remains. The industry needs more standardized testing reliable reproducible clinical studies to prove the efficacies of products in vivo and in-process controls to maintain universal product quality. The first volume of the Handbook of Nutraceuticals re-defined Nutraceuticals covering the regulatory aspect as well as insisting on the cGMP’s and SOP’s for the nutraceutical manufacturing. This second volume focuses on the scale up processing and automation of nutraceutical production under cGMP production regulations. It covers: Advancements in extraction methods Unit operations involved in scaling up and processing Rheological and flow properties of products as characterization parameters Fortification and value enhancement using nanotechnology Green concepts in food industry Flavoring of nutraceuticals Clinical batch nutraceutical manufacturing New technologies to prevent counterfeiting Automation in nutraceutical industry The nutraceutical market is at the crossroads. With a nearly $200 billion market for nutraceuticals and functional foods by end of 2013 and promising developments in product design and discovery the industry must be ready for intense scrutiny. The standardization of testing clinical studies and adherence to rigorous industry and scientific methods is necessary for the advancement acceptance and development of high quality effective nutraceuticals. With contributions from leading authorities this book brings together hundreds of years of combined experience to provide guidance on how to increase the quality and credibility of nutraceutical products. | Handbook of Nutraceuticals Volume II Scale-Up Processing and Automation

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Levelling Up Left Behind Places The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge

Levelling Up Left Behind Places The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge

This book aims to understand the predicaments of ‘left behind places’ and the scale of the policy challenge of ‘levelling up’ their economic prosperity. Drawing out lessons of wider international significance it examines how places (cities towns and localities) have grown apart over recent decades amidst deindustrialisation post-industrial transition and the disruptive shocks of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. Using the UK case to illustrate its arguments the analysis identifies the different types of ‘left behind places’ and their distinctive economic experiences. The key features of urban and regional institutions and policies are reviewed to understand more about why despite some successes geographical inequalities remain an entrenched feature of the UK blighting the life chances and quality of life of its citizens and national economic progress as a whole. The weaknesses of past policies are highlighted and the case is made for a new mission-oriented policy model because only a radical shift in economic thinking governance and management is likely to achieve the ‘levelling up’ that is now a prominent refrain in the political lexicon. | Levelling Up Left Behind Places The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge

GBP 34.99
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Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imp

Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imp

This book challenges the binary distinction of developed and underdeveloped in the categorization of any country while proposing to erase this binary with a yardstick of parity. Through a sample comparative historical study focusing on the question of the emergence of the large-scale steel industry (1880-1914) of four chosen countries two considered developed (Imperial UK and Post-colonial Imperial USA) and two considered underdeveloped (Imperial Russia and Colonial India) it is shown how this yardstick of parity can be applied without the categorization of societies as either developed or underdeveloped. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India Sri Lanka Nepal Bangladesh Pakistan or Bhutan) | Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imp

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Improving Student Learning at Scale A How-To Guide for Higher Education

Improving Student Learning at Scale A How-To Guide for Higher Education

This book is a step-by-step guide for improving student learning in higher education. The authors argue that a fundamental obstacle to improvement is that higher educators administrators and assessment professionals do not know how to improve student learning at scale. By this they mean improvement efforts that span an entire program affecting all affiliated students. The authors found that faculty and administrators particularly struggle to conceptualize and implement multi-section multi-course improvement efforts. It is unsurprising that ambitious wide-reaching improvement efforts like these would pose difficulty in their organization and implementation. This is precisely the problem the authors address. The book provides practical strategies for learning improvement enabling faculty to collaborate and integrating leadership social dynamics curriculum pedagogy assessment and faculty development. In Chapter 2 the authors tell a program-level improvement story from the perspective of a faculty member. Chapter 3 inverts Chapter 2. Beginning from the re-assess stage the authors work their way back to the individual faculty member first pondering whether she can do something to impact students’ skills. They peel back each layer of the process and imagine how learning improvement efforts might be thwarted at each stage. Chapters 4 through 9 dig deeper into the learning improvement steps introduced in Chapters 2 and 3. Each chapter provides strategies to help higher educators climb each step successfully. Chapter 10 paints a picture of what higher education could look like in 2041 if learning improvement were embraced. And finally Chapter 11 describes what you can do to support the movement. | Improving Student Learning at Scale A How-To Guide for Higher Education

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Small-Scale Synthesis of Laboratory Reagents with Reaction Modeling

Small-Scale Synthesis of Laboratory Reagents with Reaction Modeling

The in-lab preparation of certain chemical reagents provides a number of advantages over purchasing various commercially prepared samples. This is especially true in isolated regions where acquiring the necessary substances from overseas can cause undue delay and inconvenience due to restrictions on the transportation of hazardous chemicals. An invaluable resource for chemists in a variety of environments Small-Scale Synthesis of Laboratory Reagents with Reaction Modeling presents efficient sensible and versatile methods for the laboratory preparation of common chemical reagents. Rapid reliable synthesis Designed to facilitate smooth experimentation in the lab this volume presents preparations chosen for their short duration availability of apparatus high yield and high purity of the product. Adding an educational component the book also discusses fundamental processes in inorganic chemistry presenting original modeling of reactions and their practical implementation. Theoretical aspects are discussed to a greater extent than is usual in synthetic literature in cases where there is a direct impact on experimental parameters such as the reaction time yield and purity of the product. More than 30 convenient time-saving preparationsFocusing on simple synthesis of high-purity reagents the book contains over 30 presentations a substantial number of which are mathematically modeled for the first time. Most syntheses can be carried out in one day using common laboratory equipment making this volume a valuable and time-saving tool.

GBP 59.99
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