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The successful first edition of HACCP: A Practical Approach has established itself as the definitive text on HACCP for the food industry. In an easy-to-read style, it gives a step-by-step approach to developing an effective HACCP system. In this new edition authors bring us up to date with current thinking, including the use of more modular HACCP systems and even generic HACCP in some sectors. Greater attention is paid to planning and implementation, and the theory is illustrated with a completely new set of case studies from UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, South America and Asia. It is an invaluable text for everyone who needs to know what HACCP really is, what it can do for a food business, and the best way to build an effective system.

This open access book explores the impact of deep regional economic integration on spillovers of knowledge and technology across countries. Deep integration through signing deep regional trade agreements (DRTAs), which cover various policy areas in addition to tariff reductions, may or may not facilitate technology spillovers among their signatories. To understand the mechanism of the impact of deep integration on technology spillovers, this book starts by analyzing the behavior of global firms. Factors that affect global firms' activities, such as export, foreign direct investment (FDI), offshore outsourcing, are examined. Micro data on Japanese firms are employed for the analysis. Then, the relationships between bilateral trade patterns and technology spillovers and between types of FDI and technology spillovers are investigated in detail. Patent citation data are used to measure technology spillovers. Finally, the impact of DRTAs on international technology spillovers is analyzed. This book is highly recommended to readers who are interested in the effects of deep regional integration, including academic scholars, policymakers, and graduate students.

Carnivores have always fascinated us, even though they make up only 10% of all mammalian genera and only about 2 % of all mammalian biomass. In Greek mythology most of the gods adorned their robes and helmets with depictions of carnivores, and the great hero Hercules' most famous feat was killing the "invulnerable" lion with his bare hands. Part of our fascination with carnivores stems from fright and intrigue, and sometimes even hatred because of our direct competition with them. Cases of "man-eating" lions, bears, and wolves, as well as carnivores' reputation as killers of livestock and game, provoke communities and govermllents to adopt sweeping policies to exterminate them. Even President Theodore Roosevelt, proclaimer of a new wildlife protectionism, described the wolf as "the beast of waste and desolation. " The sheer presence and power of carnivores is daunt- ing: they can move quickly yet silently through forests, attaining rapid bursts of speed when necessary; their massive muscles are aligned to deliver powerful attacks, their large canines and strong jaws rip open carcasses, and their scis- sor-like carnassials slice meat. Partly because of our fear of these attributes, trophy hunting of carnivores has been, and to a certain extent still is, a sign of bravery and skill. Among some Alaskan Inuit, for example, a man is not eligible for marriage until he has killed a succession of animals of increasing size and dangerousness, culminating with the most menacing, the polar bear.

This book tells the story of the evolution of the Satellite Center which started from a small Satellite Systems Division in 1967 with a handful of engineers to a vibrant R&D center which is playing the lead role in the Indian Satellite Program. India's space program is unique as it is driven by societal applications. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has centers dedicated to various space applications. The ISRO Satellite Centre, now known as the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), has evolved as lead center for Satellite Technology over five decades and has developed state-of-the-art satellites for applications such as remote sensing, satellite communication and space science. Through the story of URSC, the book describes the challenges of putting together new research and development centers and programs and conveys the importance of leadership and project management skills required to undertake such a task. This book is of interest to researchers, professionals, and administrators involved in the development of new R&D facilities and also to space scientists and space enthusiasts across the world.

The book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Engineering Structures (SHM&ES) 2020. It brings together different applied and technological aspects of structural health monitoring. The main topics covered in this book include damage assessment, structural health monitoring, engineering fracture mechanics, Inverse problem using optimization techniques, machine learning, deep learning, Artificial intelligent and non-destructive evaluation. It will be a reference for professionals and students in the areas of civil engineering, applied natural sciences and engineering management.

In dit boek wordt de wijze waarop geneesmiddelen werken, hun bijwerkingen en hun wisselwerkingen met de patiënt en met andere geneesmiddelen beschreven. Er wordt uitgebreid ingegaan op de plaats die de geneesmiddelen innemen in de behandeling van uiteenlopende ziekten, van reuma tot slaapproblemen, van infectieziekten tot depressies. Daarnaast wordt in het boek veel aandacht besteed aan de noodzakelijke informatie die apothekersassistenten aan de balie moeten verstrekken. Er wordt antwoord gegeven op de volgende vragen: Wat zijn de klachten? Om welke aandoeningen gaat het? Welke medicijnen worden hiervoor het meest gebruikt? Welke bijwerkingen hebben de verschillende geneesmiddelen? Wat zijn de belangrijkste contra-indicaties en interacties?Farmacotherapie voor apothekersassistenten bestaat uit twee delen. In het eerste deel worden de farmaceutische basisbegrippen in de apotheek behandeld. In het tweede deel komt de farmacotherapie in de apotheek uitgebreid aan bod. In deze uitgave zijn alle hoofdstukken aangepast aan de nieuwe standaarden en richtlijnen. Verder worden de nieuwste geneesmiddelgroepen beschreven. De inhoud sluit met name aan bij de beroepsspecifieke onderdelen 'Voert geïndividualiseerde farmaceutische patiëntenzorg uit' en 'verleent niet-receptgestuurde zorg aan de patiënt' uit het basisdeel van het kwalificatiedossier en reikt de hiervoor benodigde kennis en vaardigheden aan. Farmacotherapie voor apothekersassistenten is als basisboek bij uitstek geschikt voor iedereen die de opleiding tot apothekersassistent volgt. Daarnaast heeft het veel toegevoegde waarde als naslagwerk in de apotheek.François van Opdorp is openbaar apotheker in Breda. Hiernaast doceert hij onder meer aan apothekersassistenten en verpleegkundigen in de huisartsenpraktijk. Hij is nauw betrokken bij de ontwikkeling van diverse farmaceutisch inhoudelijke nascholingen voor apothekers en apothekersassistenten.

This book presents selected papers from the 7th International Field Exploration and Development Conference (IFEDC 2017), which focus on upstream technologies used in oil & gas development, the principles of the process, and various design technologies. The conference not only provides a platform for exchanging lessons learned, but also promotes the development of scientific research in oil & gas exploration and production. The book will benefit a broad readership, including industry experts, researchers, educators, senior engineers and managers.

Asymptotic analysis is an old subject that has found applications in vari- ous fields of pure and applied mathematics, physics and engineering. For instance, asymptotic techniques are used to approximate very complicated integral expressions that result from transform analysis. Similarly, the so- lutions of differential equations can often be computed with great accuracy by taking the sum of a few terms of the divergent series obtained by the asymptotic calculus. In view of the importance of these methods, many excellent books on this subject are available [19], [21], [27], [67], [90], [91], [102], [113]. An important feature of the theory of asymptotic expansions is that experience and intuition play an important part in it because particular problems are rather individual in nature. Our aim is to present a sys- tematic and simplified approach to this theory by the use of distributions (generalized functions). The theory of distributions is another important area of applied mathematics, that has also found many applications in mathematics, physics and engineering. It is only recently, however, that the close ties between asymptotic analysis and the theory of distributions have been studied in detail [15], [43], [44], [84], [92], [112]. As it turns out, generalized functions provide a very appropriate framework for asymptotic analysis, where many analytical operations can be performed, and also pro- vide a systematic procedure to assign values to the divergent integrals that often appear in the literature.

This open access book provides a clear holistic conceptual framework of CISS-F (competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability and access to finance) to analyse the efficiency of value chains of high value agricultural commodities in India. It is based on the understanding that agriculture is an integrated system that connects farming with logistics, processing and marketing. Farmer's welfare being central to any agricultural policy makes it very pertinent to study how a value chain works and can be strengthened further to realize this policy goal. This book adds value to the existing research by studying the value chains end-to-end across a wide spectrum of agricultural commodities with the holistic lens of CISS-F. It is not enough that a value chain is competitive but not inclusive or it is competitive and inclusive but not sustainable. The issue of scalability is very critical to achieve macro gains in terms of greater farmer outreach and sectoral growth. The research undertaken here brings out some very useful insights for policymaking in terms of what needs to be done better to steer the agricultural value chains towards being more competitive, inclusive, sustainable and scalable. The value chain specific research findings help draw very nuanced policy recommendations as well as present a big picture of the future direction of policy making in agriculture.

This volume focuses on practical applications of the principles that can be transferred from nature to our design space. It is thereby supported by the regulation and control systems as described by the science of cybernetics.