This book focuses on common types of polymers belonging to the class of water soluble polymers. It covers a wide range of applications: food, cosmetic, medical, lithography and ink jet printing, agricultural, wastewater cleaning, and oilfield. The text is arranged according to the chemical constitution of polymers and reviews the developments that have taken place in the last decade. Each chapter follows the same template. A brief introduction to the polymer type is given and previous monographs and reviews dealing with the topic are listed for quick reference. The text continues with monomers, polymerization, fabrication techniques, properties, applications, as well as safety issues. Providing a rather encyclopedic approach to water soluble polymers, the Handbook of Engineering and Specialty Thermoplastics: Presents a listing of suppliers and commercial grades Reviews current patent literature, essential for the engineer developing new products Contains an extensive tradenames index with information that is fairly unique Concludes with an index of acronyms and a general index The Handbook of Engineering and Specialty Thermoplastics: Water Soluble Polymers provides a comprehensive reference for chemical engineers and offers advanced students a textbook for use in courses on chemically biased plastics technology and polymer science.

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The intelligent dolphins, the giant whales and the inoffensive Dugong or sea-cow are among the most fascinating creatures in the wild. Every aspect of their way of life is astonishingsome of them use sound to see in the water, some of them dive to incredible depths in search of food, and some of them sing complex songs. Marine mammals are so intriguing that worldwide there is a multi-million dollar industry in just watching these animals. Yet, in India few are even aware that there are many of these creatures in the seas around the countrya full fourth of the worlds 120 or so species, in fact. This is due to the lack of information about them. Most existing records are scattered in various scientific journals. No book published so far covers this group of Indian wildlife adequately. This book is meant for a wide range of readers including children, wildlife enthusiasts and serious students. A significant part of the book is devoted to the more than 30 species accounts, which make the book a useful reference. Glimpses of their lifestyles are given through several essays dealing, for example, with the phenomenon of mass strandings of whales or the reputed ferocity of the Killer Whale. Further, color illustrations and character matrices meant for easy identification make Marine Mammals of India a useful field guide. The extensive bibliography makes the book a valuable research aid. The accounts of whaling and other threats faced by marine mammals highlight the conservation requirements of these animals

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Human Milk and Infant Formula focuses on human milk and infant formula as the major sources of infant food. This book discusses the basic composition of human milk and explains the significant causes of variations in vitamins, minerals, and macronutrients. Comprised of nine chapters, this monograph starts with an overview of the benefits of breast-feeding with emphasis on the disease-fighting potential of mother's milk. This text then proceeds with a discussion of breast infections, contaminants of breast milk, allergic responses, and issues of drug use. Other chapters explore the formulation and processing of infant formula. This book discusses as well the emergence of milk banks that observe precautions in obtaining, storing, and pasteurizing human milk. The final chapter deals with the inability to digest lactose properly, which is commonly known as lactose intolerance. This monograph is a valuable resource for pediatricians, nutritionists, immunologists, as well as food technologists and chemists.

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With more than ten thousand names of saints and biblical figures, this first-ever guide to Catholic baby names helps expectant parents find a beautiful and creative name for their child. Each entry includes the meaning of the name, language of origin, variations in form, a capsule biography, and relevant feast days and patron saint information. While it has become increasingly popular to name a baby after a town or a food, readers of The Catholic Baby Name Book will discover a bounty of names that are fun, creative, and Catholic. This new book in the CatholicMom.com Book series boasts thousands of names of saints from Christian tradition and the scriptures, including those newly canonized by popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Among the fun facts to be discovered: there are ten ways to spell Regina, the perennially popular name Jayden means "thankful" and "God has heard," and Sophia-the most popular girl's name in 2012-was a saint who had three daughters named Faith, Hope, and Charity (who were also saints!). About CatholicMom.com Books Building on the popularity of Lisa M. Hendey's The Handbook for Catholic Moms and A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and her award-winning website CatholicMom.com, Ave Maria Press is pleased to share the CatholicMom.com Books series. This series will deal with a variety of family and parenting issues from a thoroughly Catholic perspective and will be a treasury of wisdom from many of Lisa's well-known and trusted CatholicMom.com contributors and others.

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NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDOne of America's historic strengths has been our ability to incorporate aspects from many different cultures to create a stronger whole. Our music, literature, language, architecture, food, fashion, and more have all benefitted. But leadership approaches have remained distressingly Eurocentric. Juana Bordas set out to change this in the first edition of this influential book. She showed that incorporating Latino, African American, and American Indian approaches to leadership into the mainstream can strengthen leadership practices and better inspire today's ethnically rich workforce. This message has only become more urgent. The 2010 census revealed that in four decades minorities will constitute over 50 percent of the population-and in one decade a majority of Americans under age eighteen will be nonwhite. More than ever we need a leadership model that resonates with our country's growing diversity. Bordas incorporates this latest census data into this second edition, which now identifies nine-rather than the previous edition's eight-core leadership principles common to all three cultures. The new principle deals with intergenerational leadership, of vital importance now that many organizations will have four generations working side by side. Using a lively blend of personal reflections, interviews with leaders from each community, historical background, and insightful analysis, Bordas illustrates the creative ways these principles have been put into practice in communities of color. The multicultural leadership model developed in this book offers a more flexible and inclusive way to lead and a new vision of the role of the leader in organizations and in our increasingly multicultural world.

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The epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression that is sweeping the Western world is accompanied by huge social, economic and personal costs. This accessible and groundbreaking book is designed to help sufferers, their families and health professionals. The authors, both former sufferers, argue that the medical profession's current approach is not working. They dispel the fear and prejudice surrounding mental illness and present a new, effective programme for dealing with stress, anxiety and depression. They describe the successes that they and others have achieved through new treatment methods. You will discover your risk factors and how to reduce them, how mental health problems can be diagnosed more effectively and how to ensure the best possible treatment. They go on to present the 10 lifestyle factors that affect the likelihood of developing anxiety and depression, and reveal the 10 food factors that can improve mental well-being. BEATING STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION is essential reading for sufferers and their families.

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Book Summary My desire and intent in writing this book is to capture in print and with photographs; glimpses of my younger years during the great depression and share it with my readers. Being born and raised on a farm in rural Mississippi I strive to share the good and bad times I experienced as a young lad in a time when we had lots of love for family, love and respect for God and Country but precious little financial resources. The book covers a span of time from my early childhood years thru my teenage years. I also want to acquaint the younger generations and others less familiar with the agricultural lifestyle about the tools and practices that were common during the depression years. This background taught me a great deal about the value of hard work, perseverance, the necessity of self-discipline, the value of an education, faith in my Creator and the pleasure experienced by seeing a job well done. My background taught me not only to enjoy the simple pleasure of good fellowship with family, friends and church members; as well as acquaintances in my community. We even shared our meager blessings with the less fortunate of God's children, like hobos who came by looking for food. We also learned to respect and deal with the dangers of infantile paralysis, diphtheria, whooping cough, malaria, measles, mumps, hydrophobia and the hazards prevalent during those times. We learned to love God and Country by our experiences with our church and the Baptist faith. We gained a sense of patriotism and duty to country by witnessing the grief and loss experienced by our friends and neighbors who lost love ones during World War II. These combined experiences shaped my life for all time to come.

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Uncovering the day-to-day routines and activities of a family with seven children should be interesting in any age, but when it covers Depression years to World War II, it s especially revealing. The narrative throughout is in rhyme, and the author is dealing mostly with first-hand experiences so she brings the common and not-so-common aspects of the Sanders family into bold relief. How to celebrate Christmas when there is virtually no money for gifts; how the father attempts to discourage the chicken-thief; how to keep food on the table when the bread-winner has trouble collecting for the household products he has sold door-to-door; and the isolation experienced when TB forces the mother to live for a year in a sanitarium out of town. The richness of the details in this narrative demonstrates the storehouse of memories possessed by Ms. Barnes as well as the insights gained from being a first-hand protagonist in this family s struggle. The six children who grew to maturity had many relatives nearby. The closeness of these relatives displays a dimension of community often lacking in our hectic, modern pace. Of special interest is the way this family (and especially the parents) devoted themselves to their church and its outreach. God s work came first, as much of the father s activities will demonstrate. Not a steadily unfolding plot, but more like a series of intriguing cameos, this narrative portrays a picture of one family s involvement in Mid-western culture of the? 30s and? 40s. These verses, laced with humor and pathos, show that a home is truly blessed where there is mutual love and a rich spiritual heritage.

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EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MURCIA REGION! Full of useful tips straight from a British couple who now call this region their home. Let Debbie and Marcus be your guides as they share their love for Murcia, its people and its surrounds with intimate details, personal stories and hot tips for visitors, home buyers and new natives alike. VISITING. * Comprehensive TOWN and CITY GUIDE with map * The BEST PLACES to eat, drink and have fun * Where to FIND THE BEST BEACHES * Fun STUFF TO DO from hiking to golf and scuba to horseriding * All about the FOOD, WINES and TAPAS of the region * Party all year round with the detailed FIESTA FINDER BUYING. * The buying process explained from start to finish (learn who does what) * Essential viewing and BUYING CHECKLISTS * How to calculate your budget and avoid hidden costs * Complete step-by-step home buyer's flowchart LIVING. * How to get all the HOME COMFORTS (without the rubbish weather) * Tips for dog and cat owners * Native's share their stories * Dealing with builders, DIY and gardening * Coping with HOME SICKNESS This second edition has been carefully revised and is packed full of extra information. Going Native in Murcia - the most comprehensive guide in print - is now even better.

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We rarely have the guts to say it, but this book does! It eclipses, principally, issues and topics that would be beneficial if discussed openly. But sadly, we seldom, if ever, have the gall to do so. It slam dunks you with food for thought - raw. In all there are over a hundred discussions and expos s (many with a complementary illustration) that include the following (paraphrased):The Virginia Tech myth about guns;Juveniles delinquents needed for road kill;How to marry a Canadian murderer;Some speeding tickets are Legal Highway Robbery;The genetic code for sexual orientation;The Pantyhose-Diamonds connection;Dump your wife because life is short;The prostitution solicitation mystery;IQ and geography;The FSBO myth;Put dem prosecutors in the slammer;Is Rush a new four letter word The brain evolution puzzle;When your vote is meaningless;The intelligence behind dumb political ads;The follies of Child Support Court;No place to pee in Brooklyn;Gene mutations in Polygamist Wives;Legal Child Abuse;How to deal with a cop when stopped;Megamart myths;The Daytime Soap? Talk Radio Connection;A High Wire Jamaican adventure;Mabel s demise while traveling with a dish of chicken curry;How to be a rock star; and much more. Honest, satirical, humorous, thought provoking, and very candid. Not politically correct. Enjoy!

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Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. With food scarce and rationing taking hold, plenty of people turned to the black market to get more than their share. In this tale, a girl finds herself mixed up in a spiv's illegal dealings - and what is the secret of the haunted farm?

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Smart, witty, and delightfully unpredictable, Susan Israel's OVER MY LIVE BODY is a truly wonderful debut. Highly recommended." - Doug Corleone, author of GOOD AS GONE "A well written, delightful, interesting and fun read. Looking forward to book two!" - Hotchpotch Delilah Price is accustomed to people seeing her naked. As a nude model - a gig that keeps food on the table while her career as a sculptor takes off - it comes with the territory. But Delilah has never before felt this vulnerable. Because Delilah has an admirer. Someone who is paying a great deal of attention to her. And he just might love her to death. The debut of a shockingly fresh voice in suspense fiction, OVER MY LIVE BODY will work its way inside of you.

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In five essays, followed by extensive notes and bibliographies, Ivan Illich embarks on a major historical and sociological analysis of modern man's economic existence. He traces and analyzes options which surpass the conventional political 'right-left' and the technological 'soft-hard' alternatives and presents the concept of the 'vernacular' domain: ".to name those acts of competence, lust or concern that we want to defend from measurement by Chicago Boys or Socialist Commissars. the preparation of food and the shaping of language, childbirth and recreation, without implying either a privatized activity akin to the housework of modern women, a hobby or an irrational and primitive procedure." Illich deals provocatively with the controlling uses of language and science and the valuation of women and work. Drawing on unfamiliar historical sources, he lays bare the roots of much of the social ordering which affects industrial man: his own creation, but one which, at the same time, connives at his own oppression.

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Pat Willard got her introduction to pie baking at the Bar Ten restaurant in Ravenna, Ohio, where baking great pies every day was no big deal. Now, in this delightful cookbook, she shares her best recipes, plus step-by-step instructions that take the fear out of making crust-as well as warm, witty stories and reflections on the great American pie tradition. From breakfast pies like Potato and Egg to fun pies like Banana Bundles to fancy pies like Empanadas to knock-'em-dead labors of love like Flaming Peach Pie, this down-to-earth collection of recipes is a "sure cure for pie anxiety!" (New York Daily News)

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Mmmmh…wie das duftet!" Wenn das kein guter Deal ist: gleich 100 Schmorrezepte und das dann noch mit dem Dr. Oetker-Rundum-Sicherheits-Gefühl, denn alle Rezepte sind mit ca. 85 Fotos ausführlich dargestellt, verständlich geschrieben und verlässlich getestet. Schmorgerichte gelingen im Ofen ohne Probleme - probieren Sie es doch gleich mal aus! Alle Geschmacksrichtungen finden Sie zusammengefasst in der Printversion 1000 Ofengerichte"- dieses Kapitel ist eines von zehn Auszügen.

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In the second edition of this bestselling textbook, new materials have been added, including a new chapter on real time polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) and a chapter on fungal solid state cultivation. There already exist a number of excellent general textbooks on microbiology and biotechnology that deal with the basic principles of microbial biotechnology. To complement them, this book focuses on the various applications of microbial-biotechnological principles. A teaching-based format is adopted, whereby working problems, as well as answers to frequently asked questions, supplement the main text. The book also includes real life examples of how the application of microbial-biotechnological principles has achieved breakthroughs in both research and industrial production. Although written for polytechnic students and undergraduates, the book contains sufficient information to be used as a reference for postgraduate students and lecturers. It may also serve as a resource book for corporate planners, managers and applied research personnel. Contents: Principles of Microbial Biotechnology: Screening for Microbial Products (Alex Y L Teo and Hai Meng Tan)Bioprocess Technology (Yuan Kun Lee)Enzymology (Theresa May Chin Tan)Manipulation of Genes (Azlinda Anwar, Heng-Phon Too and Kim Lee Chua)Applications of Bioinformatics and Biocomputing to Microbiological Research (Paxton Loke and Tiow Suan Sim)Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Heng-Phon Too and Azlinda Anwar)Food Production Involving Microorganisms and Their Products: Regulation of Foods Involving Genetically Engineered Microorganisms (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Fermented Foods (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Food Involving Yeast and Ethanol Fermentation (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Fungal Solid State Cultivation (Desmond K O'Toole)Food Ingredients (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Enzyme Modified Food Products (Desmond K O'Toole and Yuan Kun Lee)Microbes in Agrobiotechnology: Microbes and Livestock (

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Celebrate the 7-time National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes! Have your own Buckeye fans celebrating in the stands with your pre-game tailgate party foods and treats. The Ohio State University Cookbook recipes will start 'em off with Buckeye Nation Pigs in a Blanket, Buck Chops, and Gold Pants Potato Packets, then warm 'em up with mugs of Scarlet and Gray Hot Cocoa, and finally sweeten the deal with a helping of Red Zone Velvet Shortbread Cookies. These recipes are game winners! Jen Elsner has a passion for cooking and hosting game-day parties. She has a Master's Degree in Professional Writing from the University of Oklahoma and is the author of The University of Oklahoma Cookbook. She lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Julie Metzler is a graduate from The Ohio State University and is a huge Buckeye fan. Julie lives in Sidney, Ohio, with her husband and two daughters.

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Approaching its topic with humor, style, and a critical eye, this unique guidebook enables parents to provide a healthy and diverse diet for their children. Instead of providing yet another guide to kids' nutrition, a medical discussion, a treatise on the perils of obesity, or a parenting primer on good table manners, this study demonstrates that children need to be taught how to eat well just as they are taught to walk. With detailed guidance from nutritionists, physicians, scientists, and chefs, this handbook details how to find the right foods, how to overcome recurring problems, and emphasize the healthiest elements. Dealing with the picky eater and the real worries about obesity and good nutrition, this survey posits that youngsters eat the way they do because of how the parents themselves eat-and shows how to combat any and all bad habits. Offering plenty of information on how to go about serious change and where to find the best resources, this reference is guaranteed to broaden the horizon of any child's menu.

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Counteracting the panic and fear associated with getting lost in the wild, this handbook equips children with practical tools for overcoming adverse wilderness experiences, even if they are endured alone. Compiled by a search-and-rescue professional, straightforward advice is offered on building shelters and fires, signaling for help, finding water and food, dealing with dangerous animals, learning how to navigate, and avoiding injuries. Practice projects are included to hone survival skills-such as starting a fire with a reflective surface, casting animal tracks, or using a treasure hunt to test navigational aptitude. Making a strong argument for danger prevention, each lesson is coupled with simple instructions and diagrams that will reassure and empower young adventurers.

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Understand the Asian consumer's demands and effective marketing strategies! The emergence of China as a viable consumer market has created tremendous opportunities for international or multinational firms looking for market entry or expansion in China. At the same time, the evolution of the Chinese economy and the increasing heterogeneity of Chinese consumers also pose a great deal of challenges for global marketers trying to assess and evaluate the Chinese market. Consumer Behavior in Asia: Issues and Marketing Practice will help marketers and market researchers understand Asia's consumer market by providing you with a consumer segmentation of China's 1.25 billion population as it explores Asia's cultural values, consumer perceptions, and attitudes. From this book, you will discover everything from perceptions and preferences toward advertising and different consumer goods to the emergence and growth of different upper class sectors. Consumer Behavior in Asia provides you with demographics, psychographics, and life-styles of Asian consumers to assist you in successfully entering the Asian market. Academics and business executives will be able to examine the emergence of the Asian markets and focus on the similarities and differences of Asian consumers with Western counterparts. Consumer Behavior in Asia will enable you to accurately assess market demands and enact effective marketing strategies. With this essential book you will explore several studies that reveal information on Asian consumers, including: marketing strategies for firms to adjust and thrive as fast food providers in Asia market segmentation considerations for rural and urban areas a complete outline of China's population segments, buying preferences, and spending power consumer decisions based on the country-of-brand and brand of product Asian generation X-ers'perceptions toward advertising influences of cultural forces on consumer behavior, such as the importance of gift giving Consumer Behavior i

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