Neglected Crops

Neglected Crops

Author: J. Esteban Hernández Bermejo

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9789251032176

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About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)


Sustaining Change in Universities

Sustaining Change in Universities

Author: Burton R. Clark

Publisher: Open University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780335215911

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In this work, Burton R. Clark uses case studies from 14 innovative institutions to propose a new conceptual framework offering original insights into ways of initiating and sustaining change in universities.


Entrepreneurial Selves

Entrepreneurial Selves

Author: Carla Freeman

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0822376008

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Entrepreneurial Selves is an ethnography of neoliberalism. Bridging political economy and affect studies, Carla Freeman turns a spotlight on the entrepreneur, a figure saluted across the globe as the very embodiment of neoliberalism. Steeped in more than a decade of ethnography on the emergent entrepreneurial middle class of Barbados, she finds dramatic reworkings of selfhood, intimacy, labor, and life amid the rumbling effects of political-economic restructuring. She shows us that the déjà vu of neoliberalism, the global hailing of entrepreneurial flexibility and its concomitant project of self-making, can only be grasped through the thickness of cultural specificity where its costs and pleasures are unevenly felt. Freeman theorizes postcolonial neoliberalism by reimagining the Caribbean cultural model of 'reputation-respectability.' This remarkable book will allow readers to see how the material social practices formerly associated with resistance to capitalism (reputation) are being mobilized in ways that sustain neoliberal precepts and, in so doing, re-map class, race, and gender through a new emotional economy.


The Analysis of Nutrients in Foods

The Analysis of Nutrients in Foods

Author: D. R. Osborne

Publisher:

Published: 1978-01-01

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 9780125291507

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The chemistry, biological role and analysis of nutrients in food; Chemistry and biological role of macronutrients; Chemistry and biological role of micronutrients; Analysis of nutrients in food; Recommended intake of nutrients and interpretation of nutritional data; Food composition tables; Reference works for further reading; Methods for the analysis of nutrients in food; General sample preparation; Moisture and total solids; Proteins and nitrogenous compounds; Carbohydrates; Lipids; Ash, elements and inorganic constituents; Fat-soluble vitamins; Water-soluble vitamins; Calculation of calorific value.


The Geology of Ore Deposits

The Geology of Ore Deposits

Author: John M. Guilbert

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2007-02-09

Total Pages: 1000

ISBN-13: 1478608870

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Modern civilizations dependence upon an increasing volume and diversity of minerals makes the search for new ore deposits ever more difficult. Now available from Waveland Press, Guilbert & Parks text presents ideas, principles, and data fundamental for beginning economic geologists to understand the genesis and localization of ore deposits and of the minerals associated with them. The authors comprehensively describe the physical and chemical characteristics of ore deposits and correlate them with environments and conditions of deposition, since ore deposits are best interpreted as extensions of the environments responsible for their enclosing rocks. Examples and illustrations emphasize structural, chemical, and temporal controls and encourage the three-dimensional thinking used by productive explorationists as they face unsolved problems. This upper-level undergraduate text is fully illustrated and meticulously indexed. Its reliable, authoritative coverage assumes an upper-level command of chemistry and physics, as well as mineralogy, petrology, and structural geology. Outstanding features . . . develops and combines the abilities of the explorationist and of the researcher of ore-forming processes structures the geologic descriptions into groupings recognized by researchers and explorers alike builds confidence, revitalizes curiosity, and encourages expanded thinking emphasizes that the days of easy discovery of outcropping ores are not over includes revised, expanded, and updated descriptions of districts


The Emergent Decade

The Emergent Decade

Author: Thomas M. Messer

Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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This catalogue accompanied the first American museum retrospective of the English artist Francis Bacon. In his essay, Senior Curator Lawrence Alloway explores the essence of Bacon's painting beyond the usual associations with the grotesque. Instead, he offers a different argument: Bacon was a realist painter of his time, closely tied into the Grand Manner and painters such as Manet, Van Gogh, Velasquez, and Titian. Bacon continued and evolved the central tradition of European figure painting at a time when abstraction was dominating the art world. Also included are an exhibition checklist, 64 color and black-and-white reproductions, and a bibliography.


Human-Centered Data Science

Human-Centered Data Science

Author: Cecilia Aragon

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0262367599

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Best practices for addressing the bias and inequality that may result from the automated collection, analysis, and distribution of large datasets. Human-centered data science is a new interdisciplinary field that draws from human-computer interaction, social science, statistics, and computational techniques. This book, written by founders of the field, introduces best practices for addressing the bias and inequality that may result from the automated collection, analysis, and distribution of very large datasets. It offers a brief and accessible overview of many common statistical and algorithmic data science techniques, explains human-centered approaches to data science problems, and presents practical guidelines and real-world case studies to help readers apply these methods. The authors explain how data scientists’ choices are involved at every stage of the data science workflow—and show how a human-centered approach can enhance each one, by making the process more transparent, asking questions, and considering the social context of the data. They describe how tools from social science might be incorporated into data science practices, discuss different types of collaboration, and consider data storytelling through visualization. The book shows that data science practitioners can build rigorous and ethical algorithms and design projects that use cutting-edge computational tools and address social concerns.


Practical NIR Spectroscopy with Applications in Food and Beverage Analysis

Practical NIR Spectroscopy with Applications in Food and Beverage Analysis

Author: B. G. Osborne

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9780582099463

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Provides a complete and up-to-date introduction to the technique, taking account of developments in instrumentation for remote and non-invasive measurements and significant advances in calibration and mathematics. The clear explanation of practical and theoretical aspects of the techniques and mathematical treatments available will be essential reading for those working in the food industry and for anyone approaching NIR for the first time.


How Humans Judge Machines

How Humans Judge Machines

Author: Cesar A. Hidalgo

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 026236252X

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How people judge humans and machines differently, in scenarios involving natural disasters, labor displacement, policing, privacy, algorithmic bias, and more. How would you feel about losing your job to a machine? How about a tsunami alert system that fails? Would you react differently to acts of discrimination depending on whether they were carried out by a machine or by a human? What about public surveillance? How Humans Judge Machines compares people's reactions to actions performed by humans and machines. Using data collected in dozens of experiments, this book reveals the biases that permeate human-machine interactions. Are there conditions in which we judge machines unfairly? Is our judgment of machines affected by the moral dimensions of a scenario? Is our judgment of machine correlated with demographic factors such as education or gender? César Hidalgo and colleagues use hard science to take on these pressing technological questions. Using randomized experiments, they create revealing counterfactuals and build statistical models to explain how people judge artificial intelligence and whether they do it fairly. Through original research, How Humans Judge Machines bring us one step closer tounderstanding the ethical consequences of AI.


Research on PBL Practice in Engineering Education

Research on PBL Practice in Engineering Education

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9087909322

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The success of Problem Based Learning and Project Organised learning (PBL) as an educational method in the field of Higher Engineering Education is clear and beyond any doubt.