Over the past decades, a dramatic increment on the production of maize husk (MH) in Mexico has been observed. Encouraging the study of this copious material as an alternative for the manufacture of composite materials, thereby enabling the use of MH. Offering advantages such as …
A dissertação apresentada, “Estudo da Viabilidade e Incorporação de Myrtus spp. em diferentes produtos alimentares”, foi realizada com base no desenvolvimento de novas formulações alimentares, tendo como objetivo valorizar nutricionalmente os alimentos, com o extrato de Myrtus s…
Comprehensive in its approach to the broad spectrum of topics related to lipid functionality science, the Handbook of Functional Lipids addresses the role of biotechnology and market potential for functional lipids as well as the physical and chemical roles of lipids in function…
The past few decades have seen an explosive increase in our ability to create nanostructures and nanosystems with a great degree of control, using a diversity of techniques. This ability has been accompanied by a similar enhancement in our ability to characterize structures and …
Food dehydration
Abstract: A comprehensive review of the principles and applications of food dehydration technology is presented to promote an understanding of the mechanisms of the drying processes and to encourage practical developments in the field. Volume 1 provides information on the physic…
This enthralling book alerts us to nothing less than the existence of new varieties of life. Some of these species can move and eat, see, reproduce, and die. Some behave like birds or ants. One such life form may turn out to be our best weapon in the war against AIDS. What these…
NorFor is a semi-mechanistic feed evaluation system for cattle, which is used by advisors in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This book describes in detail the system and it covers five main sections. The first is concerned with information on feed characteristics, feed anal…
"The third edition of this widely acclaimed reference book collects together the most important facts about all the chemical elements in a single volume. In addition to chemical, physical, nuclear, and electron data, this edition includes new sections on crystal, biological, and…
"The third edition of this widely acclaimed reference book collects together the most important facts about all the chemical elements in a single volume. In addition to chemical, physical, nuclear, and electron data, this edition includes new sections on crystal, biological, and…
"When fibres in a composite are discontinuous and are shorter than a few millimetres, the composite is called a 'short fibre reinforced polymer (SFRP) composite'. SFRPs have found extensive applications in automobiles, business machines, durable consumer items, sporting goods an…