J Singh: 98 books
by Prof. Rainer Horn, Prof. Samira Daroub, Prof. Henry Lin
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living...
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Creating Norms for a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
This book traces the history of UNESCO from its foundational idealism to its current stature as the preeminent international organization for science, education, and culture, building a well rounded understanding of this important organization.
The book:
provides an overview of the organization...
digitalSTS
A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2
Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
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Diaspora Poetics and Homing in South Asian Women's Writing
Beyond Trishanku
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
This anthology of essays, deliberates chiefly on the notion of locating home through the lens of the mythical idea of Trishanku, implying in-between space and homing, in diaspora women’s narratives, associated with the South Asian region. The idea of in-between space has been used differently in...
God Loves Diversity and Justice
Progressive Scholars Speak about Faith, Politics, and the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Both personal and scholarly in tone, this book encourages readers to think theologically, ethically, and politically about the statement that declares: “God loves diversity and justice.” The multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary, and multi-gendered identities of the eleven contributors...
Expanders for Oil and Gas Operations
Design, Applications, and Troubleshooting
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Effective methods for recovering gas energy using expanders
Expanders for Oil and Gas Operations offers in-depth details on different types of expanders, addressing the background, mechanical design features, design and operating requirements, operational processes, and potential problems for each...
by Ryan F. Donnelly, Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Desmond I. J. Morrow
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Microneedles can be used for delivery of a wide range of drug substances for practically any medical condition and present a real opportunity for vaccines and medicines that are unsuitable for oral administration or conventional patch delivery.
Microneedle-mediated Transdermal and Intradermal...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm Volume 1
Introduction, breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
by J. P. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Global food production must increase by 70% to feed the projected growth in the world's population from about seven to nine billion people by 2050. This cannot be achieved without increasing land productivity and conserving soil, nutrient and water resources in the face of the severe challenges posed,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 2
Production, storage and crop protection
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Comprehensive coverage of improvements in cultivation techniques across the potato value chain, from yield modelling to post-harvest storage
Detailed review of the main fungal, bacterial and viral diseases affecting potatoes
Assesses the environmental impact of potato cultivation
by F. Hampton Roy, Daljit Singh, Richard J. Fugo
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
This one-of-a-kind text focuses on the uses of the Fugo blade, a battery powered, portable electrosurgical unit that uses plasma technology to create incredibly sharp and virtually resistance-free incisions. This novel, evolving technology has been called the "first improvement in incision since the...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 1
Breeding improved varieties
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
Potatoes are one of the world’s key food crops. Their nutritional value, and the fact that they can be grown with relatively few inputs in a wide range of environments, makes them an important food security crop. However, yields in developing countries are held back by factors such as poor cultivation...