Nutritional and anti-methanogenic potentials of macroalgae for ruminants

The livestock production sector is facing challenges to find alternative feed resources and nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants. Recently, marine macroalgae have emerged as potential anti-methanogenic feed ingredients due to their ability to suppress ...

Use of bacillus spp. as bacterial biocontrol agents to control plant diseases

Biocontrol agents (BCAs) based on plant growth promoting rhizobacteria have recently been developed as alternatives to chemical pesticides. Among those beneficial bacteria, Bacillus spp. are one of the most promising BCAs. A wide range of bioactive secondary metabolites (BSMs) are involved in bio...

Dust in the galactic environment (third edition)

Dust in the Galactic Environment, Third Edition provides a thorough overview of the subject, covering general concepts, methods of investigation, important results and their significance. It includes introductory material for new entrants to the field alongside detailed discussion for more advanc...

Problems and solutions in electricity and magnetism

All radiations are electromagnetic waves, generally known as light and obey the laws of optics. This volume presents a collection of problems in electromagnetics covering basics and the varied areas of applications of electromagnetic principles.

Exofrontiers

This book is a compendium of key scientific questions, challenges, and opportunities across different areas of exoplanetary science. It provides a starting point for researchers, experts and non-experts alike, to obtain a quick overview of the forefront of exoplanetary science and a vision for th...

Quantum mechanics of the diatomic molecule (second edition)

In this book, the authors describe how quantum mechanics can be used to predict and analyze diatomic molecule spectra in a gaseous state by discussing the calculation of their spectral line intensities. The book provides a comprehensive overview on diatomic molecule fundamentals before emphasisin...

Ultra poincaré chaos and alpha labeling

Ultra Poincaré chaos offers an alternative to Lorenz chaos, showcasing alpha unpredictability, which is a characteristic of an isolated motion. Alpha labeling is a valuable mathematical structure for studying complexity, as well as for the entirety of dynamical systems theory. Additionally, uniqu...

Orbital angular momentum states of light (second edition)

This book provides an in-depth introduction to modelling of long-range propagation of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes as well as more general structured light beams through atmospheric turbulence.

Introduction to metalens optics

This book provides an overview of the basic optics of the metalens, providing an introduction for students, scientists and engineers. The scope of this book is to introduce the optical fundamentals and basic optical design methods of a m etalens, where light propagation can be modelled by simple,...

Problems and solutions in rotational mechanics

This book is an extensive resource covering many concepts and topics within rotational mechanics, including over more than four hundred examples and problems with solutions. This book is an ideal resource for aspiring students looking to master the concepts of rotational mechanics, as well as lec...

Statistical mechanics: problems with solutions

Statistical Mechanics: Problems with solutions contains detailed model solutions to the exercise problems formulated in the companion Lecture notes volume. In many cases, the solutions include result discussions that enhance the lecture material. For readers' convenience, the problem assignments ...

Image processing with python

This book explores the domain of image processing using Python, with the help of working examples and accompanying code. The example-led implementation of Python codes is provided in this book to train budding researchers, coders, and hobbyists in the field of machine intelligence and image proce...

Medical and dental guidance notes (second edition)

This second edition addresses the safe use of ionising radiations (e.g., radioactive substances, X-rays, protons, neutrons, and electron beams) in the UK. These notes include general best practices of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) 2017. Following the instructions...

Green by design

This book offers an in-depth examination of bio-polymeric materials, emphasizing their interfacial science, including key functional groups, physical phenomena, and interactions within specific environments. It highlights these materials as sustainable alternatives that go beyond merely replacing...

Silicene-based layered materials

This book explores in detail the most up-to-date research in silicene-related systems, including few-layer silicene, sliding bilayer silicene, adatom-doped silicene, atom substituted silicene and silicene with substrate.

Astrophysical recipes

Astrophysical Recipes: The art of AMUSE delves into the ways in which computational science and astrophysics are connected and how the bridge between observation and theory are understood. This book provides a unique outline of the basic principles of performing simulations for astrophysical phen...

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics

This book explains nonequilibrium statistical physics from the fundamentals to the most recent topics. It covers Brownian motion and Langevin equations, kinetic theory from gases to granular and active matter, it discusses how to model stochastic processes from data, it treats general subjects su...

Design and shielding of radiotherapy treatment facilities

Design and Shielding of Radiotherapy Treatment Facilities provides readers with a single point of reference for protection advice to the construction and modification of radiotherapy facilities. The book assembles a faculty of national and international experts on all modalities including megavol...

Spatially fractionated, microbeam and flash radiation therapy

As an essential text for physicists, radiation oncologists and researchers, this textbook comprehensively addresses the physics of novel heterogeneous radiation approaches, in the context of clinical application and biology. Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy technologies and techniques, pl...

Measurements and performance characteristics of diagnostic x-ray tubes and generators (third edition)

This book describes the theoretical principals and provides practical advice on the performance of QA measurements and discusses important performance parameters and the results that may be expected.

Ultrafast lasers and optics for experimentalists (second edition)

This book is an accessible introduction to the world of ultrafast lasers and optics, explaining key principles and practical use cases.

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence

The book is designed as a textbook for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in SETI, exploring the history, theory, and methods of the field. It provides a history and description of modern methods in the major types of SETI (including searches for radio, laser, solar system, and artifact ...

Creativity for scientists and engineers

Filled with examples of creativity in science and engineering, and including a contributed chapter in which 13 contemporary scientists and engineers tell their own stories, this book is a practical ‘how to’ guide on how to have good ideas on demand, how to judge between good ideas and bad ones, a...

Cryogenic technologies at the european spallation source

This book describes the design, construction and commissioning of the cryogenic systems at the European Spallation Source, a new Big Science Facility. It also describes the experiences and lessons learned in building a complex cryogenic system in a brand new laboratory with significant in-kind co...

The ringed planet: cassini’s voyage of discovery of saturn (third edition)

The Ringed Planet discusses the major scientific discoveries about Saturn, its moons, and its rings, together with a behind-the-scenes look at the Cassini mission. The newly discovered rings around small bodies in the outer solar system and the ring systems of the other giant planets are explored...

Magnetic excitations and geometric confinement

Magnetic excitation in geometrically confined systems exhibit many unique and interesting properties. This book reviews magnetic nanoparticles, layered magnets and in quasi-one-dimensional magnets, their properties and applications for data storage or creating engineered composite materials.

Elementary cosmology

Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it is based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is...

Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management

This collection summarises and reviews the wealth of recent research on the development of more environmentally friendly biological methods to control plant diseases.

Advances in seed science and technology for more sustainable crop production

This collection reviews the wealth of recent research on advances in seed science and technology, including key developments in seed phenotyping and seed treatments, and their role in contributing to a more sustainable agriculture.

Weed management in conservation agriculture systems

This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the recent research on ways to optimise weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems without reliance on herbicides such as glyphosate.

Optimising poultry flock health

This collection reviews the range of recent research on improving our understanding of the mechanisms of disease transmission and how this understanding can be used to improve poultry flock health.

Charity checklists, 2nd edition

Knowles on local authority meetings

Accounting

Corporate governance unlocked

The role and range of voluntary standards and certification systems governing sustainable agricultural practices

This chapter charts the development and progressive broadening of sustainability as a concept, focusing on the particular role of voluntary sustainability standards set up by individual companies as well as sectors such as coffee and palm oil. It discusses the challenges of coordinating the multi...

Agri-food supply chains in southern and eastern europe

This chapter describes the fundamental characteristics of the food systems of Eastern and Southern Europe, paying particular attention to their agro-export nature and the late predominance of large-scale distribution companies in their markets. The chapter then reviews the unsustainability of thi...

Kavousi iib

This is the second of three planned volumes in the final report on the cleaning and excavations at the Late Bronze Age site of Vronda near Kavousi in eastern Crete. It describes the excavation, stratigraphy, and architecture of the buildings on the slopes of the Vronda ridge.

Mochlos ia

Mochlos is a Minoan town in northeast Crete. Three volumes present the results of the excavations in the Neopalatial levels of the Artisans' Quarter, and at the farmhouse at Chalinomouri: Mochlos IA presents the process of excavation and the architecture; volume IB presents the pottery; and volum...

Mochlos iib

Excavations carried out at two Late Minoan III sites at Mochlos in eastern Crete yielded a pottery assemblage from 31 tombs and 11 houses, which are cataloged, discussed, and illustrated together with petrographic analyses. A series of scientific excavation reports (Mochlos vols. IIA-IIC) documen...

Company law, 3rd edition