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* "An important book that should be read by everyone who cares about how the way food is produced affects our own health as well as that of the environment and our national economies" --Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics
* Outlines policy debates on where food is to come from; who makes/grows/sells it; and what consumers can do
* Sets out the options for the future--how to provide wholesome food and a healthy environment
The growth of a single global market is having far-reaching impacts on what we eat and profound implications for public health. In developing countries, endemic problems of a "Western" diet are found alongside food shortages. What matters now is not just what we eat but how it has been produced, distributed, and processed--a global politics of food and health.
In the first full examination of these developments, the authors describe the two quite different paradigms of the production and supply of food that are competing to replace the industrial productionist model dominant over the last century. One centers on the life sciences, the other on an ecological approach. Food Wars argues that both have strong support but one dominates investment. Both draw on biology but differ in their social and political understanding. The authors argue that the outcome of the "Food Wars" is hugely important for food security and whether the enormous inequities in the present system are tackled.
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- Business Process Implementation : Building Workflow Systems
- Specifications perhaps, but not enough to build with
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Business Process Implementation: Building Workflow Systems (ACM Press)
Michael Jackson , and
Graham Twaddle
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Business Process Implementation : Building Workflow Systems.......2000-09-19
To clarify something that Reviewer Yves Chaix said... "As a reference though, I think that 90% of what I learnt, I actually picked from studying the excellent documents produced by the Workflow Manufacturers Coalition (www.wfmc.com)."
Readers should know that the organization in question is the Workflow Management Coalition, and the website is www.wfmc.org. The WfMC is releasing the Workflow Handbook 2001 in October 2000, by the way. This is the new definitive reference to workflow management, with particular attention to e-business and B2B integration. It includes the full Wf-XML specification and glossary.
Specifications perhaps, but not enough to build with.......2000-09-06
My assignment was to evaluate a certain number of production type workflow engines for my client and, if the bill was too high, estimate what it would take to develop a custom engine. Since I knew - and still do - very little about workflow engines, obviously I had to turn to the existing bibliography. As a reference though, I think that 90% of what I learnt, I actually picked from studying the excellent documents produced by the Workflow Manufacturers Coalition (www.wfmc.com).
Anyway, my initial impression, when I went through my first diagonal reading of this book was "what a total waste of time". However, going over it more thoroughly, I did find a few chapters that brought interesting insights.
To sum it up, I find the title misleading "Business Process Implementation: Building Workflow Systems" transmits the idea that after reading the book, you will be able to BUILD a workflow (engine). Well, forget it. The content can only qualify as a basic description of requirements, at the initial step of the life cycle: analysis. What I feel was a wrong initial decision by the authors, is that a book offering to help you build workflow systems should assume that its readers will not be knowledgeable in data structure as a minimum. But the book dedicates fully 2/3 to 3/4 of its content teaching entities, relationships and a few basic concepts about object orientation, as if the reader started out without any knowledge about Information Technology.
All in all, chapters 4, 6, part of 7, and part of 8 actually deal specifically with worflow concepts. About 65 pages out of 227 are relevant to the field (Unless you accept the authors'premise that you also need to be taught how to design your ERD).
As for the relevant part, I liked the scope of the definitions given by the authors for what should be expected of a workflow engine. The relationships between the lifecycle, stages and tasks states are clear enough so you can start sweating over writing your own algorithms. There is a much too short mention about rules, enough to let you detect a black hole there, but not enough to know what to do about it. The treatment of backtracking is useful as well as that of relevant stages for a task (have not found it mentionned in any wkf engine) and so are the general ideas of when to start and end a task to minimize the cost of backtracking.
On the down side, don't look for block diagrams, structured map, component diagrams, UML definitions, state transition diagrams, sample source code, etc. that you would need to actually build a workflow system.
But then, the question becomes more general: "Can you expect to find in a $45 book enough information and specifications to start building what it took others $100,000 or a $1,000,000?". After all, the book is based on the acquired knowledge of developping a real commercial engine, so maybe I was a little ingenuous in thinking I would find it all ready to take home. I really don't know the answer to that one. Still, as an example among many, I have a book (Simulation Modeling and Analysis, by Law and Kelton) that give you the source code for a basic simulation engine in Fortran, Pascal and C. You really know what simulation is about after reading it. Maybe MM.Jackson and Twaddle could have been slightly more detailed with their experience!
So, if you are a manager and want to understand what the salesmen from FileNet or Oak Grove, are talking about or you are suddenly developping an interest in the subject but never heard of System Architecture I, then this book is for you. To be fair, I am still looking for the right book for what I need!
Read this before re-engineering your business processes.......2000-05-02
This book discusses a method by which workflow based systems can be developed. It focuses on delivering a clear roadmap for the business person who wants to be able to carry out process re-engineering in his/her organisation.
The discussion is at an architectural level and is kept independent of any particular implementation platform or specific software solution.
I liked the detailed coverage of the way in which high volume, parallel workflow can be modelled (including a diagrammatic notation). It is good to see that these concepts are proven to produce actual working systems (via the toolset which Twaddle has developed in his role as Technical Director at Beta Computers and Sherwood International).
This approach is particularly relevant when looking to move to web-based solutions (especially because of the careful attention given to the design of the workflow). At the end of each chapter there is a set of questions which helps the reader to check his/her understanding of the material. Some of these questions are quite challenging and thought provoking.
Business Process Implementation isn't a quick (or simple) read, but is a detailed and thorough coverage by two experts in the field. A 'must have' text for practitioners in this area of business.
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A very solid text!.......2003-08-28
I'm a computer guy working at a biotech and wanted to know more about what the guys in the coats are doing. This book is a very good introduction for those with a science bent.
I especially enjoyed reading about the Bohr model of the atom (which is what I learned in school) only to have it totally dissed after 3/4ths of a page as inadequate!
I don't know how well it works as a class room text (this is night-time reading for me) but for a enjoyable well written text on Biochemistry this is an excellent choice.
biotecnologia.......1999-02-19
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Written specifically for nurses, allied health students, and health professionals, this text focuses on the chemistry of living cells. In the general and organic sections, the fundamental physical phenomena and chemical reactions needed in the study of biochemistry are emphasized. For problem-solving help, the text includes more than 1500 exercises.
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stupendous.......1997-05-09
I wanted to get a better idea of life processes as related to biochemistry. I found this textbook very helpful in strengthening my understanding of the subject.
The textbook is well organized and not too complicated. I have chemistry background and was able to learn what I hadn't in the past.
Thank you.
Stupendous.......1997-05-09
Very concise and well organized. I was able to comprehend the subject material like never before.
Been reading 1982 edition, as it only edition available for me at this time.
I'd like to see a later edition.
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Biological Techniques is a series of volumes aimed at introducing to a wide audience the latest advances in methodology. The pitfalls and problems of new techniques are given due consideration, as are those small but vital details not always explicit in the methods sections of journal papers.
In recent years, most biological laboratories have been invaded by computers and a wealth of new DNA technology and this will be reflected in many of the titles appearing in the series.
The books will be of value to advanced researchers and graduate students seeking to learn and apply new techniques, and will be useful to teachers of advanced undergraduate courses involving practical or project work.
Labelled biomolecules are an essential tool in life science research, and non-radioactive labels are becoming increasingly important due to their convenience of measurement, greater safety and lack of disposal problems compared to radioactive labels.
This book provides practical information, background theory and protocols to allow a beginner to label many types of biomolecules, including proteins, peptides, nucleic acids and small molecules.
This book is essential for biochemists, molecular biologists and cell biologists wanting to use non-radioactively labelled molecules.
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* Aimed at researchers without specific expertise in chemistry, the book includes:
* A review of the main signal systems and labels available, indicating their strengths and weaknesses
* Discussion of the most useful strategies for labelling the various biomolecules
* 32 protocols covering common labelling needs
* Descriptions of the factors governing protocol design, enabling protocols to be modified for different applications
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