This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected. With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this …
Virocontrol involves biocontrol of pathogens via hypovirulence-causing mycoviruses. This chapter discusses the characteristics of mycoviruses and the conditions that need to be met to make a successful virocontrol agent. The chapter describes one of the success stories so far, that of virocontrol of Cryphonectria parasitica, the chestnut blight pathogen. The chapter ends by reviewing future tre…
Biological nitrogen fixation has essential role in N cycle in global ecosystem. Several types of nitrogen fixing bacteria are recognized: the free-living bacteria in soil or water; symbiotic bacteria making root nodules in legumes or non-legumes; associative nitrogen fixing bacteria that resides outside the plant roots and provides fixed nitrogen to the plants; endophytic nitrogen fixing bacter…
Burn injuries are still one of the most common and devastating injuries in human and the treatment of major burns remains a major challenge for physicians worldwide. Modern burn care involves many components from initial first aid, burn size and burn depth assessment, fluid resuscitation, wound care, excision and grafting/ coverage, infection control and nutritional support. Progress in each of…
This Open Access Book contains reports on the situation of people in the second half of life during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The analyses are based on the German Ageing Survey (DEAS) and they provide insights on four main areas of life: income and work, subjective health and well-being, social support and loneliness as well as societal participation. This book is useful for scie…
The concept of information freshness has developed over the last few years into an active and rapidly growing area of research. It has become known as the Age of Information (AoI). After its initial formal introduction, it became clear that it was very relevant (if not crucial) for numerous applications, ranging from autonomous vehicle systems, the Internet of Things, real-time computing to dat…
Budaya Bell Beaker dalam Semua Bentuknya berisi risalah dari pertemuan ke-22 Asosiasi 'Arkeologi dan Gobelets' yang berlangsung di Jenewa, Swiss pada Januari 2021. Buku ini terstruktur dalam tiga bagian: Material Arkeologis menunjukkan bagaimana keramik, lithics, pelindung pergelangan tangan, dan artefak logam berkontribusi pada pemahaman kita tentang Budaya Bell Beaker. Arkeologi dan Antropolo…
Buku ini mengeksplorasi makna sosio-kultural dari 'diri' dalam bahasa Mandarin melalui analisis kualitas dari berbagai percakapan di antara imigran Cina ke Australia mengenai topik individu, hubungan sosial, dan identitas kolektif. Jika bahasa, budaya, dan kognisi adalah jalan utama, buku ini adalah persimpangan yang menyatukan mereka dengan berargumen bahwa keberadaan diri berlangsung di antar…
Kumpulan kisah nyata yang dikumpulkan dari masyarakat Appalachian Selatan, buku ini mencerminkan adat istiadat dan nilai-nilai era lain. Diterbitkan pada tahun 1974, cerita-cerita yang dikumpulkan dalam "... A Right Good People" awalnya diterbitkan di ###Charlotte Observer,# surat kabar terbesar di Carolina pada tahun 1970-an. Kisah-kisah ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk menggambarkan warisan ma…
Sejak pergantian Millennium, inisiatif dari sektor swasta di seluruh dunia telah membalikkan lingkungan regulasi untuk bisnis makanan. Untuk pertama kalinya dalam literatur hukum, buku ini menganalisis inisiatif hukum privat yang terkait dengan rantai makanan, yang sering disebut sebagai standar atau skema privat (sukarela). Standar privat digunakan untuk memperbaiki kelemahan dalam legislatif,…