Variance in Approach Toward a ‘Sustainable’ Coffee Industry in Costa Rica

Variance in Approach Toward a ‘Sustainable’ Coffee Industry in Costa Rica

Author: Melissa Vogt

Publisher: Ubiquity Press

Published: 2019-12-18

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1911529781

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Dr. Melissa Vogt considers the influence of Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade in coffee farming communities of Costa Rica from 2009-2019. Sustainability certifications schemes are working amongst a range of sustainability efforts, unique by their intra market location. The intentions of each certification scheme must be clarified prior to evaluation and their influence considered amongst contextually specific historic and contemporary considerations, and alongside the range of sustainability efforts. The advantages and disadvantages, opportunities for improvement and how alternative mechanisms might improve upon or complement sustainability certification schemes are explained. An epilogue considers how prioritisation of coffee as a cash crop may align with sustainability. The influence on biodiversity, community health and income, and the possible implication of reduced coffee crop density for consumers, the market and farming landscapes is considered. How sustainability standards might better encourage more ambitious sustainability in farming landscapes is for future consideration.


Radiation Protection and Safety in Industrial Radiography

Radiation Protection and Safety in Industrial Radiography

Author: International Atomic Energy Agency

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13:

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This Safety Report summarizes good and current state of the art practices in industrial radiography and provides technical advice on radiation protection and safety. It contains information explaining the responsibilities of regulatory authorities, operating organizations, workers, equipment manufacturers and client organizations, with the intention of enhancing radiation protection and safety.


Designing Embedded Hardware

Designing Embedded Hardware

Author: John Catsoulis

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780596003623

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Intelligent readers who want to build their own embedded computer systems-- installed in everything from cell phones to cars to handheld organizers to refrigerators-- will find this book to be the most in-depth, practical, and up-to-date guide on the market. Designing Embedded Hardware carefully steers between the practical and philosophical aspects, so developers can both create their own devices and gadgets and customize and extend off-the-shelf systems. There are hundreds of books to choose from if you need to learn programming, but only a few are available if you want to learn to create hardware. Designing Embedded Hardware provides software and hardware engineers with no prior experience in embedded systems with the necessary conceptual and design building blocks to understand the architectures of embedded systems. Written to provide the depth of coverage and real-world examples developers need, Designing Embedded Hardware also provides a road-map to the pitfalls and traps to avoid in designing embedded systems. Designing Embedded Hardware covers such essential topics as: The principles of developing computer hardware Core hardware designs Assembly language concepts Parallel I/O Analog-digital conversion Timers (internal and external) UART Serial Peripheral Interface Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus Controller Area Network (CAN) Data Converter Interface (DCI) Low-power operation This invaluable and eminently useful book gives you the practical tools and skills to develop, build, and program your own application-specific computers.


Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits

Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits

Author: Stephen Asbury

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 113512468X

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This book provides a step-by-step guide to technical and operational integrity audits which has become invaluable for senior management and auditors alike. This book: Shows practitioners and students how to carry out internal audits to the key international health and safety, environment and quality standards Contains over 20 new case studies, 20 additional A-Factors, and superb new illustrations Includes checklists, forms and practical tips to make learning easier. With the addition of colour, Health and Safety Environment and Quality Audits delivers a powerful and proven approach to auditing business-critical risk areas. It covers each of the aspects that need to be taken into account for a successful risk-based audit to international or company standards and is an important resource for auditors and lead auditors, managers, HSEQ professionals, and others with a critical interest in governance, assurance and organizational improvement. The companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/asbury contains relevant articles, example risk management frameworks, and a video by the author explaining the key aspects of the book.


E-business in Manufacturing

E-business in Manufacturing

Author: Shari L. S. Worthington

Publisher: ISA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13:

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Now that all the Internet hype is sorting itself out, industry is embarking on a sea of change of monumental proportions. In the next decade, manufacturers will change the way they perform many functions, from interacting with customers to controlling plant-floor processes. What is about to occur is as significant a change as letters of credit were in the Middle Ages, or railroads were in the 19th Century. The first part of the 21st Century will finally see the much-discussed convergence of business, communications, and computing. E-Business in Manufacturing, takes a detailed look at that convergence and what it will mean for the manufacturing organization. E-Business in Manufacturing, is about the creation of an 'extended enterprise'. From the sign out front to the loading door out back, companies are changing the way they buy tools, parts, raw materials, and even services. There are changes happening in the way product designers develop new offerings and in the way pricing managers price products. There are changes in the way marketing departments are interacting with customers and how customers are seeing their vendors.For the first time, the independent initiatives of Sales Force Automation, Manufacturing Automation, and Information Systems are being integrated and transformed. Customer Relationship Management is impacting far more than just sales and marketing. Manufacturing Automation and Supply Chain Integration are combining to produce an organization that functions as a single, real-time value chain, from raw material to customer. E-Business in Manufacturing looks at each part of the enterprise, from sales and marketing to manufacturing and logistics, and shows how enabling real-time interaction can result in a significant increase in revenue while at the same time produce a leaner, more efficient organization.


Socrates Dissatisfied

Socrates Dissatisfied

Author: Roslyn Weiss

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0195116844

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In this work, the author contends that contrary to prevailing notions, Plato's 'Crito' does not show an allegiance between Socrates & the state that condemned him. Weiss brings to light numerous indications that Socrates & the Laws are not partners.


Emerging Contaminants from Industrial and Municipal Waste

Emerging Contaminants from Industrial and Municipal Waste

Author: Damià Barceló

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-11-04

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 3540792090

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This book focuses on innovative treatment technologies for the elimination of emerging contaminants in wastewater and drinking water treatment processes. The book also discusses sources and occurrence of emerging contaminants in municipal and industrial waste, giving an overview of state-of-the-art analytical methods for their identification. Further important aspects covered include the acute and chronic effects and overall impact of emerging contaminants on the environment.


SOA with REST

SOA with REST

Author: Thomas Erl

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 754

ISBN-13: 0132869918

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The Definitive Guide to Building Web-Centric SOA with REST The World Wide Web is based on the most successful technology architecture in history. It has changed how we view, access, and exchange information and, with the advent of REST, it has also provided us with compelling ways to build and improve automation solutions. REST provides a great deal of guidance to ensure that an architecture and its automation logic are technically sound, though it is still your responsibility to build services that actually add value to your business. SOA with REST is the first comprehensive tutorial and reference for designing and building RESTful services as part of service-oriented solutions and in conjunction with service-oriented architecture (SOA). This book demonstrates that REST is not only a suitable medium for building truly service-oriented solutions, but also that the service-oriented architectural model is a necessary foundation for REST technology architectures to realize their full business potential. The authors provide thorough mapping of REST constraints and architectural goals with service-orientation principles and SOA characteristics. Using real-world examples, they show how to leverage REST’s simplicity, flexibility, and low overhead without compromising the power or manageability of service-oriented solutions and architectures. This ebook will be valuable to IT architects, developers, and any practitioner seeking to use SOA and REST together.