Food processing helps transform raw ingredients into food products with minimal undesired microorganisms, improving storage and stability and making food more suitable for human consumption. Food processing includes physical, chemical, and thermal processes or a combination of these that can affect the physical properties and chemical composition of food while retaining its quality for ease and…
This book takes as its starting point recent debates over the dematerialisation of subject matter which have arisen because of changes in information technology, molecular biology, and related fields that produced a subject matter with no obvious material form or trace. Arguing against the idea that dematerialisation is a uniquely twenty-first century problem, this book looks at three situation…
A functional food product is a product that is supposed to have a supplementary function achieved by the addition of one or more new ingredients, with beneficial effects on people’s health. To meet consumers’ demands with regard to this type of product and to produce these foods, the processing of such food products is in continuous development and innovation.
Recent public debate on common ownership by institutional investors has brought awareness to one of the many intersections between the corporate and antitrust worlds. But the interplay between these two fields dates back to the dawn of US antitrust. This volume shines a light on the often underplayed and misunderstood connections between antitrust and corporate law and finance. It offers a mu…
Quantum field theory, our description of the fundamental forces in nature, was originally formulated in continuous space–time, where it leads to embarrassing infinities which have to be eliminated by a process called renormalization. A simple but rigorous formulation can be obtained by replacing continuous space–time by a discrete set of points on a lattice. This clarifies the es…
Achieving food quality with respect to its flavor and stability is a complex process, especially when considering the large variety of flavor compounds and diversity of food accepted by consumers. Knowledge of all mechanisms involved in the change of food flavor during processing and storage and identifying the techniques for its constant quality assurance is essential. The desire for food prod…
Chlorophylls are fundamental molecules of life as we know in our planet. Chlorophylls are probably the most important of all natural pigments, occurring in plants and microorganisms. Chlorophylls are responsible for many spectacular shows of colour in nature, and, as a consequence, their distribution has been thoroughly examined.
Beyond being the most important natural compound source, actinomycetes are the origin of up to two-thirds of all clinically used antibiotics. Currently, new antimicrobials are urgently needed, as infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens are on the rise. In the identification of new antibiotics, many scientists are currently investigating biosynthetic aspects of antibiotic production …
This book is a collection of fundamental and applied research on the plant root response to environmental clues. In particular, the continued adaptation of both fine and coarse roots to modifications due to natural and anthropogenic causes were investigated from different viewpoints. Additionally, specific root traits were investigated as an optimal indicator of responses to the environment at …
Infrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments’ efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and per￾sistent inequalities