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 Methods of Analysis for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, Second Edition
Functional foods and nutraceuticals encompasses a wide variety of topics ranging
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of this diverse category can create its own set of challenges since sometimes it is not
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The miracle of the Green Revolution was made possible by cheap fossil fuels to supply crops with artificial fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Estimates of the net energy balance of agriculture in the United States show that ten calories of hydrocarbon energy are required to produce one calorie of food. Such an imbalance cannot ... | | Biofuels for Transport: An International Perspective
The IEA last published a book on biofuels in 1994 (Biofuels). Many
developments have occurred in the past decade, though policy objectives
remain similar: improving energy security and curbing greenhouse gas
emissions are, perhaps more than ever, important priorities for IEA countries.
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Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
We were early adopters of Extreme Programming (XP), testing on XP teams
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acceptance testing, or how professional testers might contribute. We learned
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An essential introduction to the organic chemicals industry—in the context of globalization, advances in technology, and environmental concerns
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What is security? Is it a mindset? Is it a measurable and actionable posture or position? Or is it a
bit of both? People, as a race, learn from doing; they learn by example. Ingrained into our psyche
is a process that builds new information upon previous knowledge as we learn. As Isaac Newton
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