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Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in Aquaculture Feeds

Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in Aquaculture Feeds by: Giovanni M. Turchini, Wing-Keong Ng, Douglas Redford Tocher
1 edition (July 19, 2010) | ISBN: 1439808627 | 538 pages | PDF | 10 MB

Experts are predicting that demand for marine fish oil will soon outstrip supply, creating extreme urgency within the global aquafeed industry to find viable alternatives. Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in Aquaculture Feeds is the first comprehensive review of this multifaceted, complex issue. It also addresses the crucial questions about whether or not the industry will be able to meet increasing worldwide demand for fisheries products.

The First & Only Book Specifically Addressing this Issue

With contributions from more than 30 international experts, the book provides a global perspective on the production, rationale, and use of fish oils, vegetable oils, and animal fats in relation to the aquaculture and aquafeed industries. After a detailed discussion on alternative lipid sources, the book discusses groundbreaking research on the use of these lipid sources as fish oil substitutes, as well as their potential advantages and challenges for use in aquafeeds.

Written by Leading Scientists & Industry Authorities

Rounding out its solid coverage, the book then explores the important physiological effects of various lipid sources and their components on growth, lipid metabolism, health, and postharvest qualities of the farmed fish. Both timely and pertinent, Fish Oil Replacement and Alternative Lipid Sources in Aquaculture Feeds is the most authoritative and comprehensive review on the substitution of fish oil in aquaculture feeds addressing the issues, science, and future directions of using sustainable alternatives.

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Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology: The Essentials

Farideh Javid, Janice McCurrie, "Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology: The Essentials"
Wiley | 2008-12-12 | ISBN: 0470518529 | 356 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB

This book is an accessible collection of case study scenarios ideal for physiology and pharmacology revision for pharmacy, medical, biomedical science, clinical science and healthcare students.

Clearly structured and organized by major organ system, the book emphasises ways in which key signs and symptoms of disease inform diagnosis and the choice of treatment, together with the relevant pharmacological mechanisms. Each chapter has a clinical focus and includes clear learning outcomes, key points and model answers with detailed explanations designed to enhance students’ understanding of the physiology and pharmacology underpinning each case study scenario.

50 topics are covered and the cases presented include an extensive range of psychological, neurological, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive disorders, their symptoms, complications and usual treatment along with the actions and uses of some widely- used drugs.

* An essential revision text designed to help students apply their theoretical knowledge to real-life cases
* Realistic case studies focusing on commonly occurring conditions and diseases
* Model answers throughout
* Learning outcomes provided at the beginning of each chapter
* Key learning points presented in the cases follow each model answer
* Helps students to understand the relevance and clinical implications of the topics studied in physiology and pharmacology courses
* Reinforces major concepts and definitions
* Includes a glossary with a full list of drugs and disorders to support the text

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The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) free ebook download

Author(s): Frank O'Brien
Publisher: Praxis
Date    : 2010-07-12
Format    : pdf
Language: English
ISBN10    : 1441908765
Pages    : 430
ISBN13    : 9781441908766

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Product Description: Designing a mission for a flight to the Moon requires balancing the demands of a wide array of spacecraft systems, with the details of tending each component generating complex and often contradictory requirements. More than any other system in the Apollo spacecraft, the Apollo Guidance Computer drove the capabilities of the lunar missions. In the 1960's, most computers filled an entire room yet the spacecraft's computer was required to be compact and require little power. When compared to modern systems, the AGC's design limitations and lack of speed presented formidable challenges. Yet, hardware and software engineers overcame these difficulties, and their creation was able to guide a new and complex spacecraft and its precious human cargo away from the safety of Earth and towards a new world. Although people today find it difficult to accept that it was possible to control a spacecraft using such a 'primitive' computer, it nevertheless had capabilities that are advanced even by today's standards.

The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation is the first comprehensive description of the Apollo computer, beginning with its internal organization to its user interface and flight software. Particular emphasis is placed on the instruction set, Executive capabilities, the Interpreter and the detailed procedures for mission application software. Launch, landing on the Moon and entry back on Earth are explained in rich detail and show how the computer was an integral part of the spacecraft operation. As a comprehensive account, it spans the disciplines of computer science, aerospace engineering and spacecraft operations. The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation is an essential reference for space historians and engineers, and serves well as a complementary text for computer science courses.

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Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control: Selected Papers of the 1st CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control free ebook download

Author(s):Florian Holzapfel and Stephan Theil
Publisher:Springer
Date    : 2011-03-11
Format    : PDF
Language: English
ISBN10    : 3642198163
Pages    : 488
ISBN13    : 9783642198168

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Over the last few decades, both the aeronautics and space disciplines have greatly influenced advances in controls, sensors, data fusion and navigation. Many of those achievements that made the word “aerospace” synonymous with “high–tech” were enabled by innovations in guidance, navigation and control.

Europe has seen a strong trans-national consolidation process in aerospace over the last few decades. Most of the visible products, like commercial aircraft, fighters, helicopters, satellites, launchers or missiles, are not made by a single country – they are the fruits of cooperation. No European country by itself hosts a specialized guidance, navigation and controls community large enough to cover the whole spectrum of disciplines. However, on a European scale, mutual exchange of ideas, concepts and solutions is enriching for all. The 1st CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control is an attempt to bring this community together.

This book is a selection of papers presented at the conference. All submitted papers have gone through a formal review process in compliance with good journal practices. The best papers have been recommended by the reviewers to be published in this book.

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Small Satellites for Earth Observation free ebook download

Author(s):Rainer Sandau

Publisher:Springer

Date    : 2008-06-06

Format    : PDF

Language: English

ISBN10    : 1402069421

Pages    : 342

ISBN13    : 9781402069420

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The 6th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, initiated by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), was again hosted by DLR, the German Aerospace Center. The participation of scientists, engineers, and managers from 24 countries reflected the high interest in the use of small satellites for dedicated missions applied to Earth observation.

As in the previous symposia, the contributions showed that dedicated Earth observation missions cover a wide range of very different tasks. These missions provide increased opportunities for access to space and can be conducted relatively quickly and inexpensively. The spacecraft bus, the instruments, and the ground systems can be based either on optimized off-the-shelf systems with little or no requirements for new technology, or on new high-technology designs. Thus a new class of advanced small satellite missions, including autonomously-operating intelligent satellites and satellite constellations can be created, opening new fields of application for science and the public.

The symposium provided 11 sessions for oral presentations and one poster session. Furthermore, in our 6th Symposium the Student Prize Paper Competition has been continued. The student papers have been evaluated by distinguished judges selected from academia, industry and government, coming from four continents. The finalists presented their papers in the Student Conference session.

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The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine

The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine is the coursebook for the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine, and is used as a standard reference throughout the pharmaceutical industry. The new edition includes greater coverage of good clinical practice, a completely revised statistics chapter, and more on safety. Covers the course information for the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine

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Just so Stories

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Language: English
Published in: 1902
Categorie(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories

The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.

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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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Language: English
Published in: 1894
Categorie(s): Fiction, Fantasy
Word count: 50,772 words (≈ about 3 hours)
Source: Wikisource

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA.

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling.The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle."