The interest in and demand for online terminal degress across disciplines by professionals wishing to conduct research and fulfill doctoral degree requirements at a distance is only increasing. But what these programs look like, how they are implemented, and how they might be evaluated are the questions that challenge administrators and pedagogues alike. This book presents a model for a doctora…
Sejak penyelesaian urutan genom ayam pada tahun 2004, genetika dan genomik unggas telah berkembang pesat, memberikan wawasan mendalam tentang penentu genetik dari sifat kompleks. Buku ini menawarkan tinjauan komprehensif tentang kemajuan terkini dalam penerapan ilmu genetika dan genomik di industri unggas. Bab-babnya mencakup berbagai topik penting, termasuk deteksi variasi genetik, metode sele…
This book results from a Special Issue related to the latest progress in the thermodynamics of machines systems and processes since the premonitory work of Carnot. Carnot invented his famous cycle and generalized the efficiency concept for thermo-mechanical engines. Since that time, research progressed from the equilibrium approach to the irreversible situation that represents the general case.…
This open access book presents the key aspects of statistics in Wasserstein spaces, i.e. statistics in the space of probability measures when endowed with the geometry of optimal transportation. Further to reviewing state-of-the-art aspects, it also provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of this current topic, as well as an overview that will serve as an invitation and catalyst…
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researcher…
Buku ini merupakan pengantar yang sangat komprehensif mengenai evolusi teknologi genomik dalam peternakan. Ketersediaan sekuens genom untuk sebagian besar spesies ternak selama 15 tahun terakhir berpotensi merevolusi produksi ternak global. Data genomik ini memberdayakan produsen untuk menyelaraskan genetika hewan individu dengan iklim, sistem produksi, dan permintaan pasar yang berkembang pesa…
Indikator yang dikodekan secara genetik (GEI) telah muncul sebagai alat transformatif untuk perekaman aktivitas populasi neuron yang spesifik terhadap jenis sel dan bersifat kronis. Sejak kemunculan indikator Ca2+ prototipe pertama (Cameleons) pada tahun 1997, bidang ini telah mengalami evolusi yang luar biasa. Kemajuan ini ditandai dengan lompatan signifikan dalam kinerja indikator serta pener…
This article discusses the connection of virtual interaction, masculinity and bridal mysticism in the Moravian hymnbook "Kleines Brüdergesangbuch" (1754). Hereto, the motifs inherent in the hymnbook are examined according to the anthropological presentations as well as the perception of the divine, i.e. Jesus Christ, using mainly the conceptions of virtual interaction (S. Knauß) and hegemonic…
"BRICS is a grouping of the five major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Volume five in the Democratic Marxism series, BRICS and the New American Imperialism challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism. It offers novel analyses of BRICS in the context of increasing US induced imperi…
What do climate models predict for the rainfall where you live? What about evaporation or runoff? Should your local community consider constructing new dams or do the existing water storages appear adequate? What about the availability of water for irrigation farming? Do the predictions differ between different climate models or do all the models basically predict the same changes in water avai…