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Stress Crowding and Blood Pressure in Prison

Stress Crowding and Blood Pressure in Prison

Originally published in 1987 the purpose of Stress Crowding and Blood Pressure in Prison was to present in a single location the rationale background methods principal results analyses interpretations and conclusions of the authors’ studies at Massachusetts correctional institutions. Employing a longitudinal method for studying 568 inmates the authors drew on psychological social and health sciences assessments to identify the effects of housing mode prison employment leisure activities disciplinary actions and personal and sociodemographic characteristics to identify what was particularly stressful for inmates. A parallel study of prison staff and a specific series of conclusions and recommendations concludes the book.

GBP 90.00
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The Turing Test Argument

The Turing Test Argument

This book departs from existing accounts of Alan Turing's imitation game and test by placing Turing's proposal in its historical social and cultural context. It reconstructs a controversy in England 1946–1952 over the intellectual capabilities of digital computers which led Turing to propose his test. It argues that the Turing test is best understood not as a practical experiment but as a thought experiment in the modern scientific tradition of Galileo Galilei. The logic of the Turing test argument is reconstructed from the rhetoric of Turing’s irony and wit. Turing believed that learning machines should be understood as a new kind of species and their thinking as different from human thinking and yet capable of imitating it. He thought that the possibilities of the machines he envisioned were not utopian dreams. And yet he hoped that they would rival and surpass chauvinists and intellectuals who sacrifice independent thinking to maintain their power. These would be transformed into ordinary people as work once considered 'intellectual' would be transformed into non-intellectual 'mechanical' work. The Turing Test Argument will appeal to scholars and students in the sciences and humanities and all those interested in Turing's vision of the future of intelligent machines in society and nature.

GBP 130.00
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The Year of Blood Essays on the Revolt of 1857

The Year of Blood Essays on the Revolt of 1857

Rudrangshu Mukherjee places the ‘soldier-peasant’ at the forefront of the Revolt. Violence has rarely been described with so much realism and subtlety. The imaginative use of primary source materials adds clarity to accounts such as the massacre in Satichaura Ghat and the trial of Mangal Pandey. The layers of complexity that defined the relationship between the rulers and the subjugated are also exposed. | The Year of Blood Essays on the Revolt of 1857

GBP 130.00
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Rotating Machinery Research and Development Test Rigs

Rotating Machinery Research and Development Test Rigs

Rotating Machinery Research and Development Test Rigs presents the purpose and development processes for test apparatuses built for Research & Development in machinery technology and product development. Each R & D apparatus is the focus of an entire chapter with fifteen detailed case studies included from mechanical aerospace chemical and biomedical engineering. Specific machinery components covered include bearings seals power plant pumps rotors turbines and compressors. Machinery condition monitoring and product development processes have been integrated. The specific purpose and results for each test rig are comprehensively presented and explained.

GBP 150.00
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The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques

The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques

Until now those preparing to take the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) examination were not afforded the luxury of studying a single easy-to-use manual. Written by ten subject matter experts (SMEs) - all CISSPs - this test prep book allows CISSP candidates to test their current knowledge in each of the ten security domains that make up the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) from which the CISSP examination is based on. The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book: Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques provides an outline of the subjects topics and sub-topics contained within each domain in the CBK and with it you can readily identify terms and concepts that you will need to know for the exam. The book starts with a review of each of the ten domains and provides 25 sample questions with answers and references for each. It discusses successful approaches for preparing for the exam based on experiences of those who have recently passed the exam. It then provides a complete 250-question practice exam with answers. Explanations are provided to clarify why the correct answers are correct and why the incorrect answers are incorrect. With a total of 500 sample questions The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book gives you a full flavor of what it will take to pass the exam. | The Total CISSP Exam Prep Book Practice Questions Answers and Test Taking Tips and Techniques

GBP 160.00
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PgMP Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

PgMP Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

PgMP Exam Practice Test and Study Guide Fourth Edition is the book you need to pass the Program Management Professional (PgMP) exam the first time around. It reflects recent revisions based on PMI's Standard for Program Management - Third Edition (2013). Based on best practices that complement PMI‘s standards this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource available to help you prepare for the exam with new and changed terminology. It includes a list of the major topics covered on the exam organized by the five performance domains‘strategic program management program life cycle benefits management stakeholder management and governance as presented in the Program Management Professional Examination Content Outline. It also includes helpful tips on how to make the most of the time you have available to prepare for the exam. Just like its bestselling predecessors this indispensable study guide includes 20 multiple-choice practice questions for each domain along with a comprehensive answer key. The program life cycle domain includes 20 questions for each of the five phases. Each question also has a plainly written rationale for each correct answer with bibliographic references for further study. Two challenging 170-question practice tests that simulate the actual exam are included in the book and online so you can retake them as many times as necessary. They also include a rationale and reference. Scores for the online tests are presented as if each question is rated similarly but this edition also includes a new component: the authors own weighting system for the level of difficulty for each question. This system will show you what they feel meets the exam‘s criteria for Proficient Moderately Proficient and below Proficient. You then will see your scores by domain in both approaches. Supplying an in | PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

GBP 175.00
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Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

This revised updated and expanded edition of Christine Hawkey’s A Colour Atlas of Comparative Veterinary Haematology is bursting with high-quality images to aid identification of blood cells and haemoparasites in the different species commonly seen in private practice and zoological collections. It will assist veterinarians in the identification of normal and abnormal blood cells and in understanding the structural differences of blood cells between the various taxa within the Animal Kingdom. With the help of this guide readers will be able to understand haemoresponses in the presence of specific and non-specific disease processes and identify haemoparasites commonly seen in blood films from wild and exotic animals. This impressively illustrated comparative haematology atlas is unrivalled in its scope quality and accuracy. It is a must-have for veterinary students veterinary surgeons working in general and referral veterinary clinical practices clinicians working in zoological collections and specialists in exotic animal medicine. | Hawkey's Atlas of Wild and Exotic Animal Haematology

GBP 115.00
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Statistical Analysis for Education and Psychology Researchers Tools for researchers in education and psychology

Statistical Analysis for Education and Psychology Researchers Tools for researchers in education and psychology

Basic statistical concepts such as probability estimation and inference and their role in research design and analysis are presented in this volume. The author demonstrates which statistical test to use in given circumstances and how to use it drawing on data from psychology and education. ; Written for those without a strong mathematical background the book's examples can be worked using a pocket calculator. Real life data are analyzed using statistical software (SAS) output is interpreted and a decision chart is presented which summarizes considerations when choosing a statistical test. | Statistical Analysis for Education and Psychology Researchers Tools for researchers in education and psychology

GBP 175.00
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Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide

Requiring no prior hacking experience Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide supplies a complete introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test or ethical hack from beginning to end. You will learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern-day hacking tools which are required to complete a penetration test. The book covers a wide range of tools including Backtrack Linux Google reconnaissance MetaGooFil dig Nmap Nessus Metasploit Fast Track Autopwn Netcat and Hacker Defender rootkit. Supplying a simple and clean explanation of how to effectively utilize these tools it details a four-step methodology for conducting an effective penetration test or hack. Providing an accessible introduction to penetration testing and hacking the book supplies you with a fundamental understanding of offensive security. After completing the book you will be prepared to take on in-depth and advanced topics in hacking and penetration testing. The book walks you through each of the steps and tools in a structured orderly manner allowing you to understand how the output from each tool can be fully utilized in the subsequent phases of the penetration test. This process will allow you to clearly see how the various tools and phases relate to each other. An ideal resource for those who want to learn about ethical hacking but don‘t know where to start this book will help take your hacking skills to the next level. The topics described in this book comply with international standards and with what is being taught in international certifications.

GBP 170.00
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Get Through MRCOG Part 2: MCQs

Get Through MRCOG Part 2: MCQs

Get Through MRCOG Part 2: MCQs covers the breadth and depth of the MRCOG Part 2 examination syllabus and is an essential revision tool for candidates preparing for this examination. The comprehensive and wide collection of practice questions is designed to help the candidate test and assess their knowledge of the subject aiding them in thorough preparation for the exam. The text contains 750 multiple choice stems each with around four associated questions providing the reader with a total of 3000 individual questions with which to test themselves. The material is divided up by subject area allowing candidates to test their knowledge on a particular topic. The 13 'modules' are followed by two mock papers each containing a selection of questions on different subject areas which the reader can attempt under timed conditions. Answers are provided with useful explanatory information for all questions to help the reader understand why their answer is right or wrong. The author Paul Ayuk was clinical lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology at Oxford University for 6 years and has run an on-line MRCOG course for over 5 years assisting over 8000 candidates worldwide.

GBP 130.00
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Physical Methods for Microorganisms Detection

Physical Methods for Microorganisms Detection

This volume presents detection and identification methods for bacteria and yeast. Chapters are written by expert laboratory practitioners and instrument makers and focuses on those methods that show widespread practical application such as ATP luminescence. Food applications include rapid detection and quantitation of bacteria in raw milk pasteurized milk other dairy products and raw meat. Other topics include brewing applications for beverages starter culture monitoring clinical analyses blood and urine analysis procedures analysis of aerosols bioprocess safety and biodeterioration. This book is a must for microbiologists in food quality labs and clinical labs. | Physical Methods for Microorganisms Detection

GBP 94.99
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Conditionally Toxic Proteins

Conditionally Toxic Proteins

Human health depends upon access to high-quality proteins for our diet and pharmaceutical use. This book deals with the nature of toxicity as it applies to proteins in food and drugs. Many proteins such as glutens and allergens are valuable food sources but toxic for sensitized individuals. Even proteins produced in the human body can become toxic through mutation or aggregation. For example Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease are characterized by plaques in the brain of insoluble protein aggregations. Paradoxically even toxins produced by the most pathogenic microorganisms such as Botox have found use in the clinic and industry. This book discusses how many proteins including interferons and cytokines can be valuable therapeutics while still associated with autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis or lupus erythematosus. Key Features: Shows why gluten proteins are different from all others and how this can account for symptoms throughout the body in those with celiac disease Illustrates that multiple allergy syndrome is not only real and related to similar allergens in extremely different plants Discusses the difficulties in using human proteins and cytokines as therapeutics Presents examples of how protein aggregates are vital to many physiological processes but also characterize renal and neurological syndromes Shows examples of protein toxins that have medical and industrial uses Related Titles Almeida P. Proteins: Concepts in Biochemistry (ISBN 978-0-8153-4502-2) Williamson M. How Proteins Work (ISBN 978-0-8153-4446-9) Lopata A. L. ed. Food Allergy: Molecular and Clinical Practice (ISBN 978-0-3677-8199-6) Wegrzyn R. D. & A. S. Rudolph eds. Alzheimer’s Disease: Targets of New Clinical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies (ISBN 978-1-4398-2708-6) | Conditionally Toxic Proteins

GBP 89.99
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Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design

Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design

The pressuremeter is a versatile piece of ground investigation equipment that can be used to test any type of soil or rock in situ. It quantifies in-situ stress stiffness strength and permeability – the essential properties needed to design geotechnical structures. The results are used in pressuremeter specific design methods empirical design methods and numerical analyses. This reference book covers the types of pressuremeter and the control equipment methods of installation test procedures methods of analysis including direct and indirect methods of interpretation and application in design. This is supported by an exemplar specification for field operations with the interpretation of the results. Engineers are given enough detail to apply the results confidently. This comprehensive and thorough discussion of pressuremeter testing in geotechnical design draws on over forty years’ experience in geotechnical engineering. It is essential for professional and academic engineering geologists and geotechnical civil and structural engineers involved in ground investigation and geotechnical design. | Pressuremeters in Geotechnical Design

GBP 140.00
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Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants and Herbal Treatments

Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants and Herbal Treatments

Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with metabolic disorder. Persons suffering from diabetes have shown accelerated levels of blood sugar which often harms the heart blood vessels eyes kidneys and nerves. Over the past few decades the prevalence of diabetes has been progressively increasing. Synthetic drugs are used to treat diabetic patients to help control the disorder but it is shown that numerous medicinal plants and herbal drugs are widely used in several traditional systems of medicine to prevent and treat diabetes. They are reported to produce beneficial effects in combating diabetes and alleviating diabetes-related complications. These plants contain phtyonutrients and phytoconstituents demonstrating protective or disease preventive properties. In many developing countries herbal drugs are recommended by traditional practitioners for diabetes treatment because the use of synthetic drugs is not affordable. Key Features: Provides botanical descriptions distribution and pharmacological investigations of notable medicinal and herbal plants used to prevent or treat diabetes Discusses phytochemical and polyherbal formulations for the management of diabetes and other related complications Contains reports on antidiabetic plants and their potential uses in drug discovery based on their bioactive molecules This volume in the Exploring Medicinal Plants series provides an overview of natural healing treatments in selected antidiabetic plants. The book presents valuable information to scientists researchers and students working with medicinal plants or for those specializing in areas of ethnobotany natural products pharmacognosy and other areas of allied healthcare. It is also useful to pharmaceutical companies industrialists and health policy makers. | Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants and Herbal Treatments

GBP 150.00
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Automotive Accident Reconstruction Practices and Principles Second Edition

Automotive Accident Reconstruction Practices and Principles Second Edition

This fully updated edition presents practices and principles applicable for the reconstruction of automobile and commercial truck crashes. Like the First Edition it starts at the very beginning with fundamental principles information sources and data gathering and inspection techniques for accident scenes and vehicles. It goes on to show how to analyze photographs and crash test data. The book presents tire fundamentals and shows how to use them in spreadsheet-based reverse trajectory analysis. Such methods are also applied to reconstructing rollover crashes. Impacts with narrow fixed objects are discussed. Impact mechanics structural dynamics and conservation-based reconstruction methods are presented. The book contains a comprehensive treatment of crush energy and how to develop structural stiffness properties from crash test data. Computer simulations are reviewed and discussed. Extensively revised this edition contains new material on side pole impacts. It has entirely new chapters devoted to low-speed impacts downloading electronic data from vehicles deriving structural stiffness in side impacts and incorporating electronic data into accident reconstructions | Automotive Accident Reconstruction Practices and Principles Second Edition

GBP 120.00
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Biologics and Biosimilars Drug Discovery and Clinical Applications

Biologics and Biosimilars Drug Discovery and Clinical Applications

Biologics and Biosimilars: Drug Discovery and Clinical Applications is a systematic integration and evaluation of all aspects of biologics and biosimilars encompassing research and development clinical use global regulation and more. Biosimilars are biological therapeutic agents designed to imitate a reference biologic with high similarities in structure efficacy and safety but also with potential clinical effective and cost-efficient options for the manufacturers payers clinicians and patients. Most of the top-selling prescription drugs in the current market are biologics which have revolutionized the treatment strategies and modalities for life-threatening and/or rare diseases. This book outlines the key processes and challenges in drug development regulations and clinical applications of biologics biosimilars and even interchangeable biosimilars. Global experts in the field discuss essential categories and prototype drugs of biologics and biosimilars in clinical practice such as allergenics blood and blood components cell treatment gene therapy recombinant therapeutic proteins or peptides tissues and vaccines. Additional features: Integrates the latest bench and bedside evidence of drug development and regulations of biologics and biosimilars Contains key study questions for each chapter to guide the readers as well as drug charts for all therapeutic applications of biologics and biosimilars Presents detailed schematic illustrations to explain the drug development clinical trials regulations and clinical applications of biologics and biosimilars This book is an invaluable tool for health care professional students providers and pharmaceutical and health care industries as well as the public providing readers with educational updates about the drug development and clinical affairs of biological medications and their similar drugs. | Biologics and Biosimilars Drug Discovery and Clinical Applications

GBP 130.00
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Drinking Water Chemistry A Laboratory Manual

Drinking Water Chemistry A Laboratory Manual

Whether you are a new employee or seasoned professional you need easy access to the latest test methods updated quality control procedures and calculations at your fingertips. You need to perform analyses quickly and easily and troubleshoot problems as they arise. You need a resource that is not only informative but also practical and easy to use. Drinking Water Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual fills this need. The book gives you a thorough overview of the most basic and therefore important laboratory topics such as: Laboratory Safety - dos and don'ts based on real experience Sampling - preservation techniques online sampling and record keeping Laboratory Instruments - practical use ranges principles of operation calibration conditioning useful life and replacement common quality control issues Chemical Use - reagents standards indicators purpose and use chemical quality and properties avoidance of contamination molecular weight calculations Quality Control - replicate analyses spiked split and reference samples percent recovery of standard standard deviation control charts and everyday quality control measures Weights and Concentrations - care and analytical balances mathematical conversions among concentration units dilutions and concentration changes The remaining chapters cover test analysis including: reason for the test type of sample taken treatment plant control significance expected range of results appropriate quality control procedures apparatus used reagents including function concentration and instructions for preparation procedural steps calculations and notes on possible problems and references. This is a working manual meant to be kept by your side in the lab not on the shelf in an office or library. You can bend it you can lay it flat you can take it anywhere you do your job. | Drinking Water Chemistry A Laboratory Manual

GBP 175.00
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Material Modeling in Finite Element Analysis

Material Modeling in Finite Element Analysis

Finite element analysis has been widely applied in mechanical civil and biomedical designs. This new edition provides the readers with comprehensive views of various material models through practical examples which will help them better understand various materials and build appropriate material models in finite element analysis. Material Modeling in Finite Element Analysis Second Edition consists of four main parts: (1) metals (2) polymers (3) soils and (4) modern materials. Each part starts with the structure and function of different materials and then follows the corresponding material models and the temperature and time effects on the material models. The final part focuses on user subroutines such as UserMat and UserHyper. This book presents some specific problems including the metal-forming process combustion room Mullins effect of rubber tires viscoelasticity of liver soft tissues small punch test tunnel excavation slope stability concrete slump test orthodontic wire and piezoelectric microaccelerometer. All modeling files are provided in the appendices of this book. This book would be helpful for graduate students and researchers in the mechanical civil and biomedical fields who conduct finite element analysis. This book provides all readers with a comprehensive understanding of modeling various materials.

GBP 115.00
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Images of the Enemy Reporting the New Cold War

Images of the Enemy Reporting the New Cold War

Images of the Enemy (1985) discusses and decodes British television news coverage of the superpower disarmament talks and east–west crises such as the Korean airline incident. Through extensive interviews with journalists in London and Moscow it examines the structures organisations and political constraints that encouraged negative views of the USSR to flourish. Using Soviet and British reports of Chernobyl as a test case it asks whether the impact of Gorbachev and glasnost improved conditions in coverage. | Images of the Enemy Reporting the New Cold War

GBP 90.00
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Functional Carbohydrates Development Characterization and Biomanufacture

Functional Carbohydrates Development Characterization and Biomanufacture

Functional carbohydrates is the term used to describe those carbohydrates that play an important role in strengthening immunity decreasing the level of blood-lipid and regulating the intestinal flora of humans beyond those simply used as the energy-supplying materials. To date functional carbohydrates mainly cover dietary fiber functional polysaccharides functional oligosaccharides sugar alcohols and other functional monosaccharides. Functional Carbohydrates: Development Characterization and Biomanufacture facilitates tracking the important progresses in functional carbohydrates. This book addresses the history and recent developments of a selected number of important functional carbohydrates and it introduces the source properties and applications of a number of functional carbohydrates. It describes in detail the biomanufacture of these carbohydrates based on fermentation or enzyme catalysis including the strain screening and improvement optimization of fermentation process and product downstream processing. | Functional Carbohydrates Development Characterization and Biomanufacture

GBP 170.00
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Theory of Statistical Inference

Theory of Statistical Inference

Theory of Statistical Inference is designed as a reference on statistical inference for researchers and students at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. It presents a unified treatment of the foundational ideas of modern statistical inference and would be suitable for a core course in a graduate program in statistics or biostatistics. The emphasis is on the application of mathematical theory to the problem of inference leading to an optimization theory allowing the choice of those statistical methods yielding the most efficient use of data. The book shows how a small number of key concepts such as sufficiency invariance stochastic ordering decision theory and vector space algebra play a recurring and unifying role. The volume can be divided into four sections. Part I provides a review of the required distribution theory. Part II introduces the problem of statistical inference. This includes the definitions of the exponential family invariant and Bayesian models. Basic concepts of estimation confidence intervals and hypothesis testing are introduced here. Part III constitutes the core of the volume presenting a formal theory of statistical inference. Beginning with decision theory this section then covers uniformly minimum variance unbiased (UMVU) estimation minimum risk equivariant (MRE) estimation and the Neyman-Pearson test. Finally Part IV introduces large sample theory. This section begins with stochastic limit theorems the δ-method the Bahadur representation theorem for sample quantiles large sample U-estimation the Cramér-Rao lower bound and asymptotic efficiency. A separate chapter is then devoted to estimating equation methods. The volume ends with a detailed development of large sample hypothesis testing based on the likelihood ratio test (LRT) Rao score test and the Wald test. Features This volume includes treatment of linear and nonlinear regression models ANOVA models generalized linear models (GLM) and generalized estimating equations (GEE). An introduction to decision theory (including risk admissibility classification Bayes and minimax decision rules) is presented. The importance of this sometimes overlooked topic to statistical methodology is emphasized. The volume emphasizes throughout the important role that can be played by group theory and invariance in statistical inference. Nonparametric (rank-based) methods are derived by the same principles used for parametric models and are therefore presented as solutions to well-defined mathematical problems rather than as robust heuristic alternatives to parametric methods. Each chapter ends with a set of theoretical and applied exercises integrated with the main text. Problems involving R programming are included. Appendices summarize the necessary background in analysis matrix algebra and group theory.

GBP 99.99
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Pork Meat Quality and Processed Meat Products

Pork Meat Quality and Processed Meat Products

The processing of pork is a common technological practice that modifies the taste flavor texture and color of raw pork meat. Due to pork’s accessible price and versatility the manufacture of pork products to offer a variety of options to consumers is an important strategy of the meat industries in this sector to improve profits and expand into new markets at the local regional and international levels. The diversity of pork products reflects the diversity and history of many local cultures around the world as well as a growing interest in preserving traditional processing practices. Pork: Meat Quality and Processed Meat Products delves into the various kinds of pork and the methods used to prepare it for consumption including fresh meat products fermented sausages dry-cured products blood sausages and cooked sausages. Each category starts with a specific raw material (entire cut vs. minced pork meat) to which is added a unique combination of ingredients (e. g. sodium chloride starter cultures blood seasoning and spices). The method of processing (such as salting drying thermal processing and fermenting) takes consumer tastes and storage needs into account as well as how each product will be consumed (cooked sliced spread and as an ingredient in other dishes for instance). Consequently a wide range of products made from pork are currently being produced worldwide. Added to this is the increasing importance of ingredients and health factors to consumers; the resulting demand for products that address specific health concerns is having a significant impact on research into and the production of pork meat products. Key Features: Comprehensively presents and discusses the wealth of information about pork products Includes specific details about the processing quality of final products and innovation in the industry Presents innovative health-oriented approaches to making traditional and commercial pork products Discusses healthier pork meat products that address consumer trends and government recommendations The production of health-oriented pork products is an emerging and promising investigation area with a direct impact on the currect market for meat products. | Pork Meat Quality and Processed Meat Products

GBP 170.00
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