Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.), the seventh most important food crop after wheat, rice (paddy), maize, potato, barley and cassava, is a staple f...

Sweet potato is a short-cycle, dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family Convolvulaceae. It is a vegetable crop with roots that are sweet-ta...

Fermented foods are one of the indispensable components of dietary culture in every community in the world. Although there are numerous fermented m...

The interest in polymer composites study is due to an even greater degree of their application. The filling by hard disperse particulates or fibres...

Synthesis & Properties Of Polymers

Feeding the world's human population of nearly seven billion people is probably the most demanding challenge we face in the 21st century. We need t...

Fiber is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. Fibers are very impo...

Textile materials or materials made from textiles are probably among the most important materials in the world. Textile materials are not only pres...

This long-awaited guide serves as a tool to explain the general principles of natural dyeing, and to help dyers to become more accomplished at thei...

Tin has been used since ancient times to make vessels of many sorts. Here is a tribute to the men and women who made and decorated utilitarian tinw...

You know you're hooked when you get that feeling in the pit of your stomach. Is it a shortness of breath or a flush that comes to your face when yo...

The Diversified Benefits of Cocoa and Chocolate begins with an analysis of Theobroma cacao L, a species that is cultivated for butter and chocolate...

Due to the limitation of the electrical OFDM signal and electrical Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), all-optical OFDMs have recently received much atte...

The book opens with an exploration of the role of behavioural aspects linked to neophobia and neophilia towards new products and technologies used ...

Over the recent years, the brick industry of the state has been facing competition from several other building materials. These include cement and ...

The opening review included in The Pineapple: Production, Utilization and Nutritional Properties discusses the fundamental and applied aspects rela...

This book compiles technical, chemical and nutritional information in regards to the main species of the Theobroma genus, T. cacao and T. grandiflo...

More than 700 striking photographs and a detailed text about Zippo cigarette lighters, their history and current values, as well as the Viet Nam Wa...

The broad field of thin film technology is based first of all on the film growth processes in general. The concepts of crystal structure and defect...

In 2009, there were 13 primary wood-processing mills in North Dakota, 4 more mills than in 2003, and there were 23 active primary wood-processing m...

U.S. production of passenger vehicle and light truck tires has undergone significant change over the last two decades. What was once considered a m...

Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have greatly impacted human society as well as natural environments over the past decade, in consequence of their p...

Industrial designs common to nearly every household include toasters. In this book they are presented historically and visually through an amusing ...

Tomato industries and researchers have advanced tremendously in recent years, however, because of the rapid progress, tomato specialists are someti...

This book explains the production methods and future trajectories for the Japanese car company through the strategic development of Toyota’s automo...

This book examines the environmental sources, geochemistry and human effects of trace elements. Topics discussed include an assessment of cancer an...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the characteristics, properties and uses of transition metals. Topics discussed ...

Tannery is one of the most polluting industries. In order to recover the process water and costly chemicals, membrane based processes can be effect...

1,3,5-Triazine derivatives find wide applications as bioactive compounds and drugs, components of polymer compositions, reactive dyes, energetic ma...

Fruits from the Amazon region are highly appreciated for their exotic characteristics and have been a subject of interest and research since Europe...

Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merril) is the major representative fruit of bromelains, cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas in developing ...

Food or medicine? That is the question related to our everyday lives. Fruits are an important part of daily nutritional habits and can be recognise...

Within the tropical fruits, the papaya, Carica papaya L. (family Caricaceae Dumort.), is presented as the main representative being cultivated in t...

Design is a field with a large and extensive presence in our nation's manufacturing and services industries, as documented by the national datasets...

The majority of Chinese steel has been used to meet domestic demand in China. However, as its steel production continues to grow, over-capacity is ...

Global wine production totaled roughly 27 billion liters in 2012. The European Union (EU) dominates world production, accounting for nearly 60% of ...