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The food market is changing from a producer-controlled to a consumer-directed market. A main driving force is consumer concern about agricultural production methods and food safety. More than before, the consumer demands transparency of the production and processing chain. A food chain can be quite complex and the use of models has become indispensable to handle this complexity. Modelling tools are becoming increasingly important to guide the ...

This definitive machine design handbook covers every aspect of machine construction and operationPacked with worked-out problems and numerical examples, the Handbook provides the most practical, up-to-date information available on basic design considerations and the creation of specific elements. Includes updated codes and standards for CAD and computational methods.

The 7th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS2003)washeldduringDecember10-13, 2003atLaMartinique, French WestIndies, andwasco-organizedbytheUniversit¿ edesAntillesetdelaGuyane, La Martinique, French West Indies and by Chalmers University of Techn- ogy, Sweden. It continued a tradition of successful conferences with friendly and pleasant atmospheres. The earlier organizations of OPODIS were held in Luzarches (199...

Endlich schlank ohne Diät Das ganzheitliche Schlank-Konzept ist ein intelligentes Programm zum Abnehmen, das sowohl die persönlichen Ernährungsgewohnheiten alsauch die natürlichen Stoffwechselfunktionen der Abnehmwilligen berücksichtigt. Übergewicht ist nämlich nicht allein Ursache einer falschen Ernährungsweise, sondern auch eines entgleisten Stoffwechsels. Wer wirklich richtig abnehmen möchte, der muss also zunächst seinen Stoffwechsel ins ...

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Niederländische Schulen genießen einen großen Gestaltungsspielraum. Dies erfordert ein hohes Maß an Verantwortung der Professionellen. Aus diesem Grunde haben sich dort unabhängig arbeitende Schulbegleitungsdienste (meist in der Rechtsform von Stiftungen oder Vereinen) gebildet, die die Schulen in deren Auftrag beraten. In diesen Schulbegleitungsdiensten leisten Pädagogen, Psychologen, Ärzte, Sozialarbeiter, Logopäden und Ergotherapeuten Berat...

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SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General

This landmark volume offers both amateurs and ornithologists a wealth of information about Oklahoma bird species and their distributions. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs and 200 full-color maps.

In her first book since Where the Deer Were, Kate Barnes probes and penetrates more deeply and more profoundly into her special world of friendships, of rural Maine, of seasons, and of lives slowly, inexorably coming to an end. This selection of her strongest work from the past decade displays a poet at the height of her power- compassionate, compelling, and possessed of an ear for words, images, and rhythms that is almost pitch perfect. Like ...

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A gripping compendium of noteworthy small-boat voyages made over the centuries." "--John Harland, author of "Seamanship in the Age of Sail "A Speck on the Sea "chronicles the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest boats. These feats include: Diego Mendez's voyage to rescue ColumbusWilliam Okeley's escape from slavery in a folding rowboatErnest Shackleton's death-cheating journeysAnd more

In August 1861, a nineteen-year-old Illinois farm boy named Benjamin Webster ("Webb") Baker enlisted in the Union Army. For three years he fought in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia--virtually the whole Western theater. Through it all he wrote compelling letters home describing his experiences. Generations later Benson Bobrick has used his ancestor's letters to write this stirring chronicle of one soldier's war. Not since t...

In this gem of a book, Urban, author of the much loved "Life's Greatest Lessons, " shows us why words make such a difference in our lives and how we can use them to create positive change.

Now Available in Paperback! Leading authorities discuss the past, present and future of Islam. Islam, the least understood of the world's great religions, is balanced on a precipice between the past and the future, between fanatical fundamentalists and progressives advocating peace. Noted Islamic authority Michael Wolfe moderates 35 expert speakers, writers and leaders, including Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and Karen Armstrong, the best-sell...

With this sticker book full of different kinds of trucks, kids will discover a fun and hands-on way to learn about the fascinating world of these heavy-duty vehicles, from 18-wheelers and fire trucks, to monster trucks and cement trucks. Each Ultimate Sticker Book presents an array of colorful, photographic stickers of baby animals or dinosaurs, the US Presidents or the night sky-there's something for everyone. Young children will love working...

As with the other volumes of The Inclusive Bible, The Inclusive Writings strives to ground its translation in tradition, while seeking to open the Scriptures to all contemporary readers. Following the division of the Hebrew Scriptures, The Inclusive Writings contain wisdom literature, poetry, histories, and prophecies. Together with the Volume I: The Torah and Volume II: The Prophets, This Volume III: The Writings completes the whole of the In...

This comprehensive, research-informed textbook reviews all aspects of traditional and contemporary theories and experience in youth ministry, but also points to the future by analyzing youth culture and charting innovative paradigms in the art and craft of teaching. The book is fueled by the urgent need in youth ministry to better reach students, to inform them about God's will for their lives, and to encourage change in their lives beyond the...

Powerful and beautiful, the Mississippi River holds some of the nation's most interesting scenery and treasured history. Although the river had long been a channel for trade, the 1850s marked the transformation of the Mississippi River from a travel route to a vital conduit for cultural, artistic, and architectural ideas from Louisiana to Minnesota.Minneapolis Institute of Arts curators Jason Busch and Christopher Monkhouse have culled public ...

In the contemporary American imagination, Asian Americans are considered the quintessential immigrant success story, a powerful example of how the culture of immigrant families--rather than their race or class--matters in education and upward mobility. Drawing on extensive interviews with second-generation Chinese Americans attending Hunter College, a public commuter institution, and Columbia University, an elite Ivy League school, Vivian Loui...