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The Great Smog of China

A Short Event History of Air Pollution

by Anna L. Ahlers, Mette Halskov Hansen, Rune Svarverud ...

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The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2,000 years ago. Based on the authors’ fieldwork, interviews and text studies, the book offers a short and concise history of selected air pollution incidents that for varying reasons prompted different kinds of responses and forms of engagement in Chinese society. The three authors, from the disciplines of ... Read more

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The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2,000 years ago. Based on the authors’ fieldwork, interviews and text studies, the book offers a short and concise history of selected air pollution incidents that for varying reasons prompted different kinds of responses and forms of engagement in Chinese society. The three authors, from the disciplines of
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The Great Smog of China

A Short Event History of Air Pollution

by Anna L. Ahlers, Mette Halskov Hansen, Rune Svarverud ...

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The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2,000 years ago. Based on the authors’ fieldwork, interviews and text studies, the book offers a short and concise history of selected air pollution incidents that for varying reasons prompted different kinds of responses and forms of engagement in Chinese society. The three authors, from the disciplines of ... Read more

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The Great Smog of China traces Chinese air pollution events dating back to more than 2,000 years ago. Based on the authors’ fieldwork, interviews and text studies, the book offers a short and concise history of selected air pollution incidents that for varying reasons prompted different kinds of responses and forms of engagement in Chinese society. The three authors, from the disciplines of
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Educating the Chinese Individual

Life in a Rural Boarding School

by Mette Halskov Hansen ...

In twenty-first-century China, socialist educational traditions have given way to practices that increasingly emphasize the individual. This volume investigates that trend, drawing on Hansen's fieldwork in a rural high school in Zhejiang where students, teachers, and officials of different generations, genders, and social backgrounds form what is essentially a miniature version of Chinese society. ... Read more

$31.99 USD

In twenty-first-century China, socialist educational traditions have given way to practices that increasingly emphasize the individual. This volume investigates that trend, drawing on Hansen's fieldwork in a rural high school in Zhejiang where students, teachers, and officials of different generations, genders, and social backgrounds form what is essentially a miniature version of Chinese society.
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Organizing Rural China — Rural China Organizing

by Unn Målfrid H. Rolandsen, Christian Göbel, Ma Hua, Xu Yong, Liu Yiqiang, Mikkel Bunkenborg, Marina Svensson, Pang Cuiming, Yang Minghong, Jørgen Delman, Vivienne Shue, Jonathan Unger, Mette Halskov Hansen ...

Series series Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
During the early 1980s China embarked on what can be seen as one of the world’s largest social experiments ever. Decollectivization meant much more than the reorganization of agricultural production into family based farming. It signaled significant changes to rural social relations, when privatization, marketization and increased geographical mobility started tearing apart the economic and social ... Read more

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During the early 1980s China embarked on what can be seen as one of the world’s largest social experiments ever. Decollectivization meant much more than the reorganization of agricultural production into family based farming. It signaled significant changes to rural social relations, when privatization, marketization and increased geographical mobility started tearing apart the economic and social
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Hama on the Rebel River

A Syrian Town in the 1930s through the Eyes of Danish Archaeologists

by Stephen Lumsden, Georges Mouamar, Anne Haslund Hansen, Mette Marie Hald ...

Series series Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus
The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Hama in Syria in the 1930s discovered an ancient town lived in for thousands of years. Members of the Expedition also fell in love with the town around the ancient mound, which they explored on their days off. The archive of the Expedition is held by the National Museum of Denmark. Rare, gritty photos of bustling city life are interspersed with strictly ... Read more

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The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Hama in Syria in the 1930s discovered an ancient town lived in for thousands of years. Members of the Expedition also fell in love with the town around the ancient mound, which they explored on their days off. The archive of the Expedition is held by the National Museum of Denmark. Rare, gritty photos of bustling city life are interspersed with strictly
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Instant Insights: Dietary supplements in dairy cattle nutrition

by Prof. C. Jamie Newbold, Dr Frederique Chaucheyras-Durand, Dr Lysiane Dunière, Dr David R. Yáñez-Ruiz, Dr Alejandro Belanche, Prof Sung Woo Kim, Dr Deepak Pandey, Morteza Mansouryar, Dr Margarita Novoa-Garrido, Dr Geir Næss, Dr Viswanath Kiron, Dr Hanne Hansen, Dr Mette Olaf Nielsen, Dr Prabhat Khanal ...

Series Book 64 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on dietary supplements in dairy cattle nutrition.The first chapter addresses the manipulation of rumen fermentation to maximise the efficiency of feed utilisation and increase ruminant productivity. It considers a wide variety of approaches, including the use of dietary buffers.The second chapter reviews the use of probiotics as supplements for ... Read more

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This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on dietary supplements in dairy cattle nutrition.The first chapter addresses the manipulation of rumen fermentation to maximise the efficiency of feed utilisation and increase ruminant productivity. It considers a wide variety of approaches, including the use of dietary buffers.The second chapter reviews the use of probiotics as supplements for
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Seaweed and microalgae as alternative sources of protein

by Dr Reuben D. Gol, Dr Jordan Wilson, Dr Ainnatul A. Ahmad Termizi, Dr Elvis T. Chua, Dr Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Prof José Potting, Dr Fredrik Gröndahl, Dr Deepak Pandey, Morteza Mansouryar, Prof Sung Woo Kim, Dr Margarita Novoa-Garrido0, Dr Geir Næss1, Dr Viswanath Kiron2, Dr Hanne Hansen3, Dr Mette Olaf Nielsen4, Dr Prabhat Khanal5, Dr Marta López-Alonso6, Dr Marco García-Vaquero7, Prof Marta Miranda8, Dr Sahil Kalia9, Dr Gaozhong Shen0, Dr Andrew D. Magnuson1, Dr Guanchen Liu2, Dr Mo Peng3, Dr Chunxiang Ai4, Dr Zhi Luo5, Prof Qinghui Ai6, Prof Charlotte Jacobsen7, Dr Alireza Naseri8, Dr Susan Løvstad Holdt9, Dr Sarah E. Loftus0, Dr Zackary I. Johnson1, Dr Schonna R. Manning2, Professor Xin Gen Lei4, Prof Peer Schenk5 ...

Series Book 107 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current advances in the use of seaweed and microalgae as alternative sources of protein primarily in the livestock sectorProvides an authoritative assessment on the need for alternative protein/energy sources in the agricultural marketHighlights the adaptability of seaweed/macroalgae for use across different diets (e.g. human, ruminant, swine, poultry, marine) ... Read more

$161.99 USD

Summarises current advances in the use of seaweed and microalgae as alternative sources of protein primarily in the livestock sectorProvides an authoritative assessment on the need for alternative protein/energy sources in the agricultural marketHighlights the adaptability of seaweed/macroalgae for use across different diets (e.g. human, ruminant, swine, poultry, marine)
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Lessons in Being Chinese

Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China

by Mette Halskov Hansen ...

Series series Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
Two very different ethnic minority communities�the Naxi of the Lijiang area in northern Yunnan and the Tai (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna), along Yunnan�s border with Burma and Laos�are featured in this comparative study of the implementation and reception of state minority education policy in the People�s Republic of China. Based on field research and historical sources, Lessons in Being ... Read more

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Two very different ethnic minority communities�the Naxi of the Lijiang area in northern Yunnan and the Tai (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna), along Yunnan�s border with Burma and Laos�are featured in this comparative study of the implementation and reception of state minority education policy in the People�s Republic of China. Based on field research and historical sources, Lessons in Being
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Eating Plant-Based

Scientific Answers to Your Nutrition Questions

by Shireen Kassam, Zahra Kassam ...

Despite plant-based diets being associated with some of the best health outcomes, myths about the need for meatm dairy and eggs in the diet persist. Following a Q&A format, Shireen and Zahra Kassam, both medical doctors specialising in cancer treatment, answer all the commonly asked questions you may be concerned about when considering transitioning to a plant-based diet. How will I get enough ... Read more

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Despite plant-based diets being associated with some of the best health outcomes, myths about the need for meatm dairy and eggs in the diet persist. Following a Q&A format, Shireen and Zahra Kassam, both medical doctors specialising in cancer treatment, answer all the commonly asked questions you may be concerned about when considering transitioning to a plant-based diet. How will I get enough
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Biorefinery in the Pulp and Paper Industry

by Pratima Bajpai ...

The traditional pulp and paper producers are facing new competitors in tropical and subtropical regions who use the latest and largest installed technologies, and also have wood and labor cost advantages. Due to the increasing global competition, the forest products prices will continue to decrease. To remain viable, the traditional producers need to increase revenue by producing bioenergy and ... Read more

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The traditional pulp and paper producers are facing new competitors in tropical and subtropical regions who use the latest and largest installed technologies, and also have wood and labor cost advantages. Due to the increasing global competition, the forest products prices will continue to decrease. To remain viable, the traditional producers need to increase revenue by producing bioenergy and
... Read more
Daybreak in Gaza

Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture

Edited by Matthew Teller, Mahmoud Muna ...

This is Gaza – a place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now utterly devastated, its entire population displaced by a seemingly endless onslaught, its heritage destroyed.Daybreak in Gaza is a record of an extraordinary place and people, and of a culture preserved by the people themselves. Vignettes of artists, acrobats, doctors, students, shopkeepers and teachers ... Read more

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This is Gaza – a place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now utterly devastated, its entire population displaced by a seemingly endless onslaught, its heritage destroyed.Daybreak in Gaza is a record of an extraordinary place and people, and of a culture preserved by the people themselves. Vignettes of artists, acrobats, doctors, students, shopkeepers and teachers
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Seaweed Sustainability

Food and Non-Food Applications

Edited by Brijesh K. Tiwari ...

Seaweed Sustainability: Food and Non-Food Applications is the only evidence-based resource that offers an abundance of information on the applications of seaweed as a solution to meet an increasing global demand for sustainable food source. The book uncovers seaweed potential and describes the various sources of seaweed, the role of seaweeds as a sustainable source for human food and animal feeds, ... Read more

$161.99 USD

Seaweed Sustainability: Food and Non-Food Applications is the only evidence-based resource that offers an abundance of information on the applications of seaweed as a solution to meet an increasing global demand for sustainable food source. The book uncovers seaweed potential and describes the various sources of seaweed, the role of seaweeds as a sustainable source for human food and animal feeds,
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