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Neglected Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Indranil Samanta + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-16062-2

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Neglected Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance: Impact on One Health and Sustainable Development Goals provides a thorough examination of how neglected zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance together hinder the achievement of sustainable development goals declared by the United Nations in the pursuit of a disease-free world. Neglected zoonotic diseases, as defined by the World Health Organization, are diseases likely to impact the livelihoods of livestock keepers and those living in periurban communities in developing countries. This book examines how such zoonoses affect the health of vulnerable farming populations and reduce the production capacity of their livestock.Written by internationally recognized experts in the field of livestock and poultry zoonoses, this book provides the reader with a comprehensive description of modern sustainable development goals and defines neglected zoonotic diseases and their impacts on human physical, mental, social, and economic health. Subsequent chapters systematically describe the epidemiology, hosts and transmission, disease process, economic significance, and prevention and treatment protocols of key neglected zoonotic diseases, including echinococcosis, leishmaniasis, zoonotic tuberculosis, anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, borreliosis, rickettsioses, and rabies. The book concludes with an assessment of the obstacles to achieving Sustainable Development Goals and possible mitigation strategies for veterinary researchers and policymakers alike.

Application of Emerging Technologies and Strategies to Extract Bioactive Compounds

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Paulo Eduardo Sichetti Munekata
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-18975-3

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• eBook 978-0-443-18976-0

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Application of Emerging Technologies and Strategies to Extract Bioactive Compounds, Volume Three in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series, is the most up-to-date resource covering trend topics such as advances in the analysis of toxic compounds and control of food poisoning, food fraud, traceability and authenticity, revalorization of agrifood industry, natural antimicrobial compounds and application to improve the preservation of food, non-thermal processing technologies in the food industry, nanotechnology in food production, and Intelligent packaging and sensors for food applications.Chapters in this release explore the latest developments in the application of each technology, such as ultrasound, microwave, high-pressure, pulsed electric fields, ohmic, uv and ir heating, extrusion, and solar energy assisted extractions, along with membrane technologies and alternative solvents for green extraction. The series is edited by Dr. José Manuel Lorenzo and authored by a team of global experts in the field.

Agricultural Water Management in Africa

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-21584-1

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Agricultural Water Management in Africa: Lessons Learned and Future Directions provides an overview of the status of irrigation development and AWM practices and technologies in Africa and the global south. In addition, it provides guidelines, scenarios, and investment plans to guide the prioritization and operationalization of irrigation development and AWM under climate change. The African Union (AU) is driving investment and improvement in agricultural water management and transformation in Africa through the operationalization of the AU Irrigation Development and Agricultural Water Management in Africa (AU-IDAWM).The AU-IDAWM provides a framework that identifies four development pathways for enhanced agricultural water management practices across Africa. The pathways are as follows: (1) Pathway 1: Improved water control and watershed management in rain-fed farming, (2) Pathway 2: Farmer-led Irrigation Development (FLID), (3) Pathway 3: Irrigation scheme development and modernization, and (4) Pathway 4: Unconventional water use for irrigation.

Non-coding RNA in Plants

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Rahul Datta + 3 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-21784-5

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Non-coding RNA in Plants: Modulation and Stress Responses  is the first book to present the basics of the importance of long non-coding RNA and its potential in addressing abiotic and biotic stresses. Describing the MiRNA and small RNA and their role in plant development, this book explains the importance of long non-coding RNA in plants, including its significance in virus resistance, its transposable elements, effector trigger immunity, and fungal and bacterial resistance in plants. Non-coding RNA for Modulation and Stress Response in Plants presents the state-of-the-science from its historical foundation through application throughout the lifecycle and production of agricultural and non-agricultural plants. While various coding has been explored within animal science, plant exposition has been minimal.  This book is designed to inspire additional research and developments toward improved plant resiliency and production.

Quality Analysis and Packaging of Seafood Products

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Ashutosh Kumar Shukla + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-22082-1

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Quality Analysis and Packaging of Seafood Products provides information on basics of packaging and novel packaging technologies and their potential application for fishery products. Dealing specifically with the seafood packaging and quality aspects, the book is a complete resource for ensuring better quality of fish preservation.Divided in 3 parts, the title deals with seafood nutrition and quality, packaging options, including new technologies and smart and edible, biodegradable packages. Besides covering the quality aspects, such as biochemical quality and hazards associated with processing and packaging of fishery products. The book also includes standard guidelines and regulations on use of packaging materials for fishery products, besides covering sustainability aspects which is crucial for the future o the fishery industry. Edited by global experts in the area of seafood processing and packaging, this book is the ultimate guide on conventional and advanced packaging technologies and their potential applications in fish preservation. It is indicated to all researchers and specialists in seafood processing and technology, as well as packaging materials, besides food companies and fishery industries.

Advances in Sustainable Applications of Microalgae

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• José Carlos Magalhães Pires + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-22127-9

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Advances in Sustainable Applications of Microalgae discusses different mechanisms used by microalgae to treat various gaseous streams, wastewaters, and pollution bioremediation. In addition, the advantages of the application of microalgal biomass in the agricultural and food/feed sectors are presented and bioenergy from microalgae with a view to sustainability is explored. The present covers the use of microalgal cultures in various applications, such as: the treatment of gaseous streams by removing various contaminants, wastewater treatment through the removal of several pollutants, biomass valorization for agriculture purposes, bioenergy from microalgae, and industrial integration of all these processes in a biorefinery concept.Finally, the book emphasizes the importance of gathering scientific knowledge to overcome drawbacks related to microalgal production and develops the concept of biorefinery based on microalgal biomass for a more sustainable future.

Chemistry of Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Processing Technologies

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Brijesh K Tiwari + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-22182-8

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Chemistry of Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Processing Technologies provides the latest information to the food science community about the chemistry of emerging food processing technologies, including the fundamentals, recent trends, chemistry aspects in terms of quality parameters, and microbial inactivation for each technology. Divided in 4 sections, the book focus on a range of emerging technologies, such as microwave processing of food, radio frequency processing, infrared processing, ohmic heating, drying technologies, ionizing radiation processing, among others.All chapters include the following common features: principle, scope and mechanisms; effect on macromolecules (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates); effect on bioactives (Vitamins, minerals, bioactive agents); chemistry of microbial inactivation; and degradation mechanisms.

Electrospinning and Electrospraying Encapsulation of Food Bioactive Compounds

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Hadis Rostamabadi + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-22228-3

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Electrospinning and Electrospraying Encapsulation of Food Bioactive Compounds provides comprehensive approaches utilized to fabricate structured polymer fibers/particles for designing bioactive delivery systems through Electrospinning/Electrospraying. Divided in 4 parts, the chapters cover practical applications, scale-up/industrialization. challenges and new opportunities. Chapters go through electrospinning and electrospraying encapsulation, characterization approaches of bioactive-loaded electrospun fibers/electrospraying particles, and application of bioactive-loaded electrospun fibers/electrosprayed particles. Edited by experts in the field, this book will be of great interest to researchers, practitioners, and those who work in various fields of encapsulation, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and food ingredients.

Hyperautomation in Precision Agriculture

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Sartajvir Singh + 3 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-24139-0

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Hyperautomation in Precision Agriculture: Advancements and Opportunities for Sustainable Farming is the first book to focus on the integration of multiple techniques and technologies to create an ecosystem sustaining approach that doesn’t compromise soil health or environmental safety as it increases crop yield.Hyperautomation is a true digital transformation in sustainable agriculture utilizing advanced techniques such as robotic process automation (RPA), digital process automation (DPA), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), controlled-environment agriculture (CEA), remote sensing, internet of things (IoT), crop modeling, precision farming, sustainable yield, image analysis, data fusion, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL).Hyperautomation in Precision Agriculture: Advancements and Opportunities for Sustainable Farming highlights the integration of state-of-the-art tools and working models to address the various challenges in the field of agriculture. It also identifies and discusses the potential and challenges of hyperautomation in sustainable agriculture with respect to efficiency improvement and human enhancement of automated operations.

Special Volume on Kogia Biology Part 2

• 1st Edition
• Volume 99
• November 1, 2024
• Stephanie Plön
• English
• Hardback 978-0-443-29720-5

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Special Volume on Kogia Biology, Part Two, Volume 97 presents reviews on all aspects of marine biology. Published since 1963, this serial updates on marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography. Topics include Stranding data of Kogia spp. from the seas around Japan, The biology of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) from New Zealand waters, Age, growth and reproduction of pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales stranded in South Africa, The fast lane revisited: life history strategy of Kogia spp, and Stomach content analysis of pygmy and dwarf sperm whales and its ecological implications: is there niche partitioning?