Fitness researcher and pioneer John Little has spent years researching the science underpinning our most prevalent beliefs about exercise and is convinced that we need a new paradigm, one that would involve reliance on briefer workouts. He presents this revolutionary new approach here.
Pause! Do you know that you can use canned foods in tastier ways than just a food toss?
Canned foods have a beautiful reputation of making cooking easy and you should not sideline them as an inferior addition to foods. With the best and healthy canned foods, one can make delicious and pleasant foods to love.
Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. They are used extensively in the process industries, especially petrochemical. Though there are only four basic types of valves, there is an enormous number of different kinds of valves within each category, each one used for a...
Arduino Projects to Save the World shows that it takes little more than a few tools, a few wires and sensors, an Arduino board, and a bit of gumption to build devices that lower energy bills, help you grow our own food, monitor pollution in the air and in the ground, even warn you about earth tremors.
This book discusses the often diverging risks and opportunities associated with genetically engineered organisms in terms of the environment, food safety, and economics and trade. These issues were raised at the OECD Workshop on Challenges and Risks of GMOs - What Risk Analysis is Appropriate? Options for Future Policy Making Towards...
We get goosebumps if someone strokes our skin gently. The
reason for this is
that a tiny hair-erector muscle — the arrector pili, located deep
in each hair
follicle — responds to nerve signals from the brain. Our hairs
stand on end,
and the layer of air they trap protects us against the cold.
The skin, our...
"The Rough Guide to Italy" is the definitive guide to this stunning country, with informed coverage of everything from boutique hotels and state-of-the art B&Bs to authentic trattorias, gelaterias and cafes. "Rough Guide" authors dig deep behind the scenes of ancient and contemporary Italy, bringing its historical...
Food Safety Management: A Practical Guide for the Food Industry with an Honorable Mention for Single Volume Reference/Science in the 2015 PROSE Awards from the Association of American Publishers is the first book to present an integrated, practical approach to the management of food safety throughout the production chain. While many...
Of the approximately 640 muscles in the human body, over 10% of them are found in the craniofacial region. The craniofacial muscles are involved in a number of crucial non-locomotor activities, and are critical to the most basic functions of life, including vision, taste, chewing and food manipulation, swallowing, respiration, speech, as...
The living soil is crucial to photosynthesis, biogeochemical cycles, global food production, climate change, biodiversity, and plant and animal health. In the past decade, scientists have made significant advances in soil microbiology research. While the basic principles are now better understood, knowledge has been forthcoming on...
If you only have 30 seconds, there is time – using this book – to bone up on how to eat well. We’re served a daily diet of food facts, fads and often far-fetched claims for what we put on our plates, which makes it difficult to distinguish healthy from harmful. With obesity, heart disease,...
In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have occasionally been asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services in United States. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within United States and the extent to which United States might be used as a point of...
