This text details the metabolism of vitamin A and the mechanisms of action of vitamin A and the provitamin A carotenoids. It presents up-to-date information on the critical role vitamin A plays in vision, reproduction, foetal development, and the regulation and proliferation of cells.
Presenting fundamental knowledge related to worker protection from chemical, thermal, and biological hazards, this practical reference focuses on recent scientific and technical developments in protective apparel systems. It introduces relevant health and safety legislation and rulings for worker safety.
Discusses broad forces that affect markets in Japan and specific situations faced in marketing grain, livestock, and seafood products, fruits, vegetables, and wood products. This book explores various Japanese food and fiber markets and illustrates several systemic approaches to mastering the Japanese food and fiber markets.
Introduces readers to the basic properties of water and its functions in nature and society. Discussions of water filtration, conservation, storage and transportation reflect upon the comparisons between the water cycles of plants and animals and the mechanics of human-made machinery.
Between 1969 and 1980, Soviet archaeologists conducted excavations of Mesopotamian villages occupied from pre-agricultural times through the beginnings of early civilization. This volume brings together translations of Russian articles along with new work.
Offers statistical and biometrical procedures for designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting field experiments. This work addresses some of the important research topics in agriculture, including agronomy, breeding and pasture trials, farming systems research, and, intercropping research.
This text is a manual for those employed in the emergency services, those who deal with victims of trauma in the workplace, school systems or acute psychiatric settings, or who are employed in other settings where people may experience trauma.
As both a poet and novelist, Charlie Smith has been hailed as one of the most original voices on the literary scene today. The New York Times calls him "prodigiously talented" and Madison Smartt Bell describes him as "not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary." He is the author of four novels, a book of novellas, and two previous volumes of poetry, Red Roads and Indistinguishable from the Darkness. In images both stark and voluptuous...
This introduction to feminist literary criticism in its international contexts discusses a broad range of complex critical writings and then identifies and explains the main developments and debates within each approach. Each chapter has an easy-to-use format, comprising an introductory overview, an explanation of key themes and techniques, a detailed account of the work of specific critics, and a summary which includes critiques of the approa...
Presents an introduction to East Asian politics. This book uses a thematic approach to describe the political development of China, Japan, and Koreas since the mid-nineteenth century and analyzes the social, cultural, political, and economic features of each country.
Following the vicissitudes of friendship between the sexes in some of England's key writers, the author traces a history of idioms for today's friendships-their vulnerability, limits, and potential for change.
