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Chitin and Chitinases (Experientia Supplementum)
Manufacturer: Birkhäuser Basel ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Accessories:
ASIN: 3764358157 |
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Chitin is the most abundant nitrogen-bearing organic compound found in nature: it is a common constituent of insect exoskeletons, shells of crustaceans and fungal cell walls. After a short presentation of this polysaccharide in the environment, the first part of this work is devoted to chitin biosynthesis in vitro and in vivo. The second part discusses biochemical, structural and evolutionary aspects concerning chitinases. The third part of the book is devoted to chitosan, an important chitin derivative, which occurs in the composition of threads, fibres, films and gels.
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Chitin in Nature and Technology
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0306422115 |
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Chitin, Chitosan, and Related Enzymes
Manufacturer: Academic Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0127809503 |
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Material Science of Chitin and Chitosan
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540328130 |
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Chitin and chitosan are one of the most important key materials in the 21st century. They have multifunctional properties with applications in the pharmaceutical sciences, environmental problem-solving area (such as water-cleaning) to fibres, films and hydrogels, in cosmetics industry, food additives and as agricultural materials.
The most active authors in the field summarize the basics and applications of chitin and chitosan keeping in mind their importance in the science and technology in the 21st century.
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Applications of Chitan and Chitosan
Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Accessories: ASIN: 1566764491 |
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The main driving force behind the development of new applications for chitin and its derivative chitosan lies with the fact that these polysaccharides represent a renewable source of natural biodegradable polymers. Since chitin is the second most abundant natural polymer, academic as well as industrial scientists are faced with a great challenge to find new and practical applications for this material. This book provides an examination of the state of the art, and discusses new applications as well as potential products. Applications of Chitin and Chitosan deals almost exclusively with applications. Previous books in the field have devoted less than 30% of their material to commercial or medical uses. In the past thirty years, substantial progress has been made on fundamental and applied research in chitosan technology. One of the driving forces behind this rapid development has been the decrease in the supply of natural resources. At the same time there has been an increased realization that there are abundant alternative bioresources. Two factors-economics and versatility-have also stimulated interest in chitosan's utilization in various fields. Chitin and chitosan derivatives have applications in fields that range from fertilizers to pharmaceuticals. Chitosan is no longer just a waste by-product from the seafood processing industry. This material is now being utilized by industry to solve problems and to improve existing products, as well as to create new ones. Applications of Chitin and Chitosan is illustrated with over 100 photos, charts, graphs and figures and more than 40 tables. Applications of Chitin and Chitosan will be of interest to industrial personnel involved in bioprocessing as well as bioengineering students, specialists in the biomedical and biopharmaceutical industry, biochemists, food engineers, environmentalists, and microbiologists and biologists who specialize in chitosan technology. Publication: Fall 1996.
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Biomass, Part B: Legnin, Pectin, and Chitin, Volume 161: Volume 161: Biomass Part B (Methods in Enzymology)
Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0121820629 |
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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.
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Chitin and Benzoylphenyl Ureas (Series Entomologica)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9061936128 |
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Chitin and chitin derivatives: An annotated bibliography of selected publications from 1965 through 1971 (Report)
Ernst R Pariser Manufacturer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006W6HYK |
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Chitin and Chitosan: An Expanding Range of Markets Await Exploitation, 3rd Edition
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0471329282 |
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This completely revised 3rd edition gives corporate executives and R&D managers an in-depth information source on this technology, and helps them pinpoint opportunities for commercialization. Chitin, a biopolymer that can be easily extracted from shellfish wastes, promises to open up new opportunities in industries as diverse as healthcare, cosmetics, textiles and water treatment. This in-depth report includes profiles of more than 50 leading government, university, and company laboratories that are active in developing applications for chitin, chitosan, and their derivatives-what they are working on, what they have accomplished, and opportunities for technology transfer.
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Chitin Handbook
Riccardo Muzzarelli Manufacturer: EUROPEAN CHITIN SOCIETY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000Q9VF18 |
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I See a Silo!
Barry C. LaBov Manufacturer: LA Bov & Beyond Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0964972727 |
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I See a Silo!, is seen through the eyes of a little girl, Lizzie, who discovers the barriers that keep organizations from succeeding. Through her we learn how to identify business silos that keep people from focusing on what matters most: the customer, relationships, growth, sales, morale and passion. An inspiring view of what can happen when companies work together, I See a Silo! discusses how a company can experience outstanding growth,improved morale and increased profits and productivity by identifying and tearing down the divisions or silos that have been created.
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Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers
Kazimiera J. Cottam Manufacturer: New Military Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0968270220 |
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Together with the other books of the series provides the hitherto missing human dimension of the War on the Eastern Front. In addition to analyzing Soviet women combatants' contributions to World War II effort, the books offer substantial detail and commentary on the state of the Red Army throughout its development, the essential social context within which it evolved, and the course of its military operations. The series provide new valuable insights on the Red Army and Soviet State in general, and on the human condition in the Soviet Union in particular. The books are intended for both academic and general readers interested in Russia's history and politics, and their impact on the modern world at large.Customer Reviews:
Definitely the standard work on the subject........2002-05-05
I consider myself fairly well read when it comes to the Soviet military, but right from the first few pages I discovered that my "knowledge" of Soviet women combatants was based on typical Western misconceptions. It was neither the shortage of manpower or the desire to make a propaganda statement that brought Soviet women into combat roles. Instead, it was their sheer determination to take part in the defense of the Motherland and the consistent proving of their combat mettle that accounts for women being welcomed (despite considerable skepticism) into the ranks of the Red Army.
Most of the women whose stories were selected for inclusion in this book are recipients of the coveted Hero of the Soviet Union (HSU) award. This prestigious list includes women from all combat services, but the majority are either Red Air Force pilots or participants in the Soviet resistance.
Almost all Soviet women pilots seemed to have been inspired by a trio of female aviation pioneers named Valentina Grizodubova, Polina Osipenko and Marina Raskova. These three women became as famous in the Soviet Union during the 1930's as Amelia Erhardt was in the West. Grizodubova went on to command a regiment consisting of all men, the only instance of this ever happening, while Raskova formed the first women's regiments and commanded one of them until her death in January of 1943 (Osipenko died in a plane crash before the war). In what seems very unusual to an American reader, bomber/ground attack pilots received much more recognition than fighter pilots. In fact, the only Soviet woman fighter pilot to be named as a Hero of the Soviet Union was Lidya Litvyak, who was awarded the honor posthumously in 1990, nearly 50 years after having been killed in action in August of 1943.
Whenever I was reading through the bios of the women of the Red Army and Air Force, I was glad to learn that many of these heroines lived long and healthy lives after the war and that a good number of them were still alive as of the late 1990s. Then I got to the stories of Soviet Resistance fighters... In their cases, the survivors can be counted on one hand. All the previous stories had been of women who risked their lives fighting the Nazis; all the following were about women who almost invariably sacrificed theirs for the same cause. Some died under torture by the Nazis or their collaborators while others fought to the last bullet against suicidal odds. Very, very few lived to see the invader driven out of their homeland. In many ways, their stories are the most profound.
Two other groups of Soviet women combatants were also included. The first were recipients of the Order of Glory, 1st Class. This award was reserved exclusively for privates, NCOs, and (in the case of the air force) junior lieutenants. It was actually awarded far less often than the Hero of the Soviet Union medal. Only four women received this very rare award for frontline service.
The stories of four female veterans of the Russian Civil War (1918-22) finish up the book. This conflict, not widely written about in the West, is of particular interest to me. I especially enjoyed the bio of "Zemlyachka." Her name appeared briefly in other accounts I had read as someone particularly feared and detested by the counter-revolutionary "White" armies. It was good to finally read a more favorable account of her wartime service. 20 years before Hitler's invasion, "Zemlyachka" and the other three Bolshevik fighters whose stories are told here took part in an epic struggle against a homegrown Russian fascist movement whose victory would have dramatically altered the course of all that was to follow.
Professor Cottam has written a great book that will interest readers of both Soviet and military history as well as those seeking a historical perspective on the current debate regarding women in combat. She has also put together three other books containing both first- and third-person accounts of Soviet women in wartime. If you have even a slight interest in the subject, _Women in War and Resistance_ is a must.
Women in War and Resistance.......2001-06-24
The origin, motivations, role and eventual fate of these women were mixed. Some piloted PO-2 biplanes on night bombing strikes (something I wouldn't wish for my worst enemy), and some flew deadly Yak-1 in bitter dog-fighting. Some drove T-34 battle tanks built with their own money, and some, in the role of snipers, killed scores of enemy officers with frightening efficiency. Many did medical duties, often being killed while protecting their wounded comrades. And many more fought the obscure, hard and ambiguous battles of partisan warfare and underground resistance, often paying with torture and death their choice. Also, if many of the women portrayed in this collection were perfectly integrated in the Soviet system, many others where considered "unreliable" by the Communists authorities, and where awarded only decades after the end of the war, if not when the Soviet State collapsed. And also, if some survived war's hazards died of old age or is still living in post-Soviet Russia, many of them died during the war or - because of wartime toils - just afterwards.
It's difficult, if not impossible to find a common denominator for the characters included in Cottam's volume. While it's evident that a lot of these women joined the fight out of the desire to help their country, others found this as a way toward independence, emancipation and adventure. Prof. Cottam thesis is that - contrarily to the common view held in the West - their chance to see the frontline wasn't part of a organic Communist view of the women's role in the Army. Instead, military resistance to the "acquisition" of female personnel for combat duty was often overcome by personal lobbying to the higher authorities, and a skilful mix of stubbornness, determination and pre-war technical skills (many pilots belonged to air club, and many of the snipers had a past on sport or hunting). It must be noted also that women's presence in the Red Army declined markedly after V-E Day. While all this is probably true, it true also that the Soviet system made much of women's presence in the military machine, and the same presence couldn't have been possible without the presence of a political system bent (at least in theory) on giving social equity. The same Prof. Cottam admit that the Soviet women soldiers experience didn't came simply out of the desperate need for relatively skilled personnel to be thrown into the battlefield meat grinder (or worse, as some latter day bigot insinuates, because of the need for female companionship in the barracks). On the contrary, it can be seen as a real movement generating into different strata of the Russian society, partly because of the war conditions, but also because the terrain was fertile for such experiment. And the high percentage of decorated women, their often-extraordinary deeds, and the fact that many of the decorations came posthumously, testifies to the contribution they did to the war effort.
This is a book that deserves to be read and discussed, not least because of Prof. Cottam skill, authority and method. It could have been easy for her to trivialise, simplify or sentimentalise the matter just make it appetising to a wider audience. In an age of pseudo histo-journalism mainly based on recycled secondary sources, she worked for years on the real thing - archival documents or stories published contemporarily to the facts. "Women in War and Resistance" is the welcome product of this effort.
An Eye-Opener! Fascinating tales of heroism.......2001-06-22
I was attracted to this title because of my interest in the Russo-German war. I wanted to read about the contributions of women and was wary of the usual Soviet ballyhoo about their valorous decorated women and how the Soviet system inspired and rewarded their dedication. True, many of the women described in these pages were dedicated, as was inevitable under the Hammer and Sickle (and in the face of German brutality). However this book makes clear that their impressive and tragic sacrifices were on behalf their families and to prove their value to their homeland. They were dedicated professionals, not crusaders.
I was not disappointed. A fascinating, relatively unknown and important story, well told. I commend Dr. Cottam for presenting this excellent cross-section of Russian women at war.
Really cool history.......2001-06-18
Heroes of the Soviet Union.......2000-04-11
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A Debt Repaid
Curtis Benton Manufacturer: Tate Publishing & Enterprises ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1598861522 |
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As the author sought to give sight to physically blind eyes, he attempted to relieve spiritual blindness by the light of God's love and Word. This book describes how he learned to be a doctor and how he has attempted to repay those who helped him.
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A Debt Repaid
Robert A. Fasnella Manufacturer: Vantage Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 053313031X |
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Orphaned at 39: A Story of Parents, Aging and a Debt Repaid
Jonathon David Eide Manufacturer: 1st Books Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Accessories: ASIN: 158721167X |
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Makes you think.......2004-11-12
A wonderful, and wonderfully written, story. .......2004-08-13
A call to arms for those in need of elder-care........2004-02-06
And I saw nothing wrong with the punctuation, grammar or editing, and I taught HS English for 23 years!
Informative, yet a pleasurable story........2003-08-26
The help that this author offers to adult care-providers, in the form of his past experiences, is beyond equal. But what also makes the book so appealing to read is the thought and care that he gives to telling a pleasurable story of how normal life can quickly throw us a curveball - causing even the best laid long-term plans to be discarded in order to provide care for an ailing parent.
Bravo! Excellent offering about life, and the challenges that it often presents!
Great Book for Extra Credit.......2003-07-15
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A debt repaid.: An article from: U.S. Kids
Manufacturer: Children's Better Health Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008FEAT4 Release Date: 2005-06-01 |
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This digital document is an article from U.S. Kids, published by Children's Better Health Institute on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1326 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Revisiting "Avoiding Shareholder Gain When Reduced-Basis Loan Is Repaid." (response to The Tax Advisor, p. 322, May 1992): An article from: The Tax Adviser
Bertram E. Kessler Manufacturer: American Institute of CPA's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00091YJ20 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on August 1, 1992. The length of the article is 673 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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What should the Federal Reserve do as Treasury debt is repaid? (Panel: implications of declining treasury debt).: An article from: Journal of Money, Credit & Banking
Donald L. Kohn Manufacturer: Ohio State University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0009FQZN2 Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, published by Ohio State University Press on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2009 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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A day in Lincoln's life;: How honest Abe saved a man's life and repaid a debt of gratitude
Stefan Lorant Manufacturer: Time Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007GZMT6 |
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