Jane Rickson; Santanu Bakshi; Chumki Banik; Zhenli He; R. J. Rickson; E. Dowdeswell Downey; G. Alegbeleye; S. E. Cooper; Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado; Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol; Claudio Hideo Martins da Costa; Otávio dos Anjos Leal; Luan Pierre Pott
This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on soil erosion in agriculture.The first chapter identifies different types of soil degradation, focussing primarily on soil erosion by water. The chapter explores the impact of soil erosion processes on soil properties that relate directly to crop growth, including soil depth, water-holding capacity, carbon content and nutrient reserves.The second chapter reviews advances in techniques used to assess and measure soil erodibility by water, such as computer aided tomography. The chapter considers the role of static and dynamic soil properties in the erosion process, as well as the challenges that have developed as a result of climate change.The third chapter assesses the impact of heavy metal contamination on soil and its consequent role in the degradation of soil health. The chapter describes the sources, impacts, indicators and remediation of heavy metal contamination, as well as the development of improved soil management practices, including effective pollution control strategies.The final chapter discusses the implementation of integrated strategies under Conservation Agriculture (CA) farming systems to restore soil productivity in degraded agricultural lands in tropical and subtropical regions in Brazil. The chapter additionally considers the adoption of CA as a tool to prevent and reverse instances of soil degradation.
Christopher Cocksworth; Gillian Cooper; Stephen Cottrell; Steven Croft; Maggi Dawn; Malcolm Guite; Christopher Herbert; John Kiddle; Barbara Mosse; Mark Oakley; Martyn Percy; John Pritchard; Ben Quash; Angela Tilby; Catherine Williams; Jane Williams; Lucy Winkett; Christopher Woods; Jeremy Worthen
Now in its tenth year, Reflections for Daily Prayer is a highly valued daily Bible companion based on the Common Worship Lectionary. Each day, Monday to Saturday, some of the very best writers from across the Anglican tradition offer insightful, informed and inspiring reflections on one of the day’s readings for Morning Prayer. Their reflections will appeal to anyone who values both the companionship of daily Bible notes and the structure of the Lectionary. For every day (excluding Sundays) of the 2017/18 church year, there are full references and a quotation from the day’s set of Scripture readings, a concise but challenging commentary on the readings and a collect. In addition, the book includes a simple order for morning and night prayer, an introduction to the practice of daily prayer by Bishop John Pritchard and a guide to reading the Bible reflectively by Bishop Stephen Cottrell.
Renée R Taylor; Judith Abelenda; Patricia Bowyer; Susan M. Cahill; John Cooper; Nichola Duffy; Elin Ekbladh; Anette Erikson; Mandana Fallah Pour; Chia-Wei Fan; Gail Fisher; Kirsty Forsyth; Sylwia Gorska; Lena Haglund; Michele Harrison; Helena Hemmingsson; Carmen-Gloria de las Heras de Pablo; Roberta P. Holzmueller; Riitta Keponen; Jessica Kramer; Patricia Lavedure; Sun Wook Lee; Donald Maciver; Alice Moody; Jane Melton; Kelly Munger; Lauro Munoz; Hiromi Nakamura-Thomas; Louise Nygård; Jane C. O'Brien; Ay-Woan Pan; Sue Parkinson
I den svenska översättningen av Kielhofner’s Model of Human Occupation (femte amerikanska upplagan, den andra i svensk översättning), presenteras teori, forskning och tillämpning av modellen i boken. Modellen förklarar hur aktivitet motiveras, inordnas i vardagens livsmönster, utförs och påverkas av aktuell miljökontext samt vad som händer när människan ställs inför svårigheter som sjukdom, skador och annat som leder till problem med att utföra aktiviteter. I boken diskuteras hur arbetsterapi med stöd av modellen kan möjliggöra för människor att engagera sig i aktiviteter som ger mening och tillfredsställelse och som gynnar deras fysiska och emotionella välbefinnande. MOHO är den internationellt mest spridda och använda aktivitetsfokuserade modellen inom arbetsterapi. Boken innehåller rikligt med exempel på hur MOHO kan användas vid personcentrerad arbetsterapi. Modellen grundar sig på omfattande forskning och det finns ett starkt evidensbaserat empiriskt stöd för modellen och dess användning, vilket framkommer i bokens rika referensmaterial. I denna femte upplaga av boken har nya kapitel med tillämpning av modellen inom olika områden tillkommit och miljöns betydelse för görande och aktivitet har utvecklats. Boken vänder sig främst till arbetsterapeuter, studenter och forskare inom arbetsterapi men även till andra som vill fördjupa sig kring människans engagemang och delaktighet i aktivitet.Den engelska originalupplagan är publicerad av Wolters Kluwer.
Famed for charcuterie since Roman times, France has a long tradition of turning the pig into a range of delicious food products. Jane Grigson introduces the techniques used to transform the humble pig into a variety of famous dishes.
Jennie June's American Cookery Book - Containing upwards of twelve hundred choice and carefully tested receipts, embracing all the popular dishes, and the best results of modern science is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Jennie June's American Cookery Book - Containing upwards of twelve hundred choice and carefully tested recipts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1878. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
"The nuns use this as their measuring stick: who your people are. Well, what if you don't have no people? Or any you know of? What then? Are you doomed?" This is the nagging question of fifteen-year-old Nell's life. Born with a cleft palate and left a foundling on the doorstep of a convent, she yearns to know her mother, whose name, she knows, was Jane.When the Mother Superior tries to pawn her off to a mean looking farmer and his beaten down wife, Nell opts for the only alternative she can see: she runs away. A chance encounter with a dime novel exhorting the exploits of Calamity Jane, heroine of the west, gives Nell the purpose of her life: to find Calamity Jane, who Nell is convinced is her mother.Her quest takes her down rivers, up rivers and across the Badlands to Deadwood, South Dakota and introduces her to Soot, a big, lovable black dog, and Jeremy Chatterfield, a handsome young Englishman who isn't particular about how he makes his way, as long as he doesn't have to work for it. Together they trek across the country meeting characters as wonderful and bizarre as the adventure they seek, learning about themselves and the world along the way.You'll take Nell with you to that special place in your memory where you keep the best characters. She'll stick with you, beat you down, buoy you up and teach you a thing or two about life. You'll wonder at her stubborn determination, her patience and her courage, but you won't forget her. Not for a long time.
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"Healthy, tasty, and easy are exactly what this book is all about, and Jane is the ingenious master of bringing them all together in one cohesive and delicious cookbook."-Maria Emmerich, ketogenic diet expert and bestselling authorPressure cooking and the ketogenic diet are a match made for constant ketosis. To make cooking for the ketogenic diet easy, Essential Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooking applies the simplicity and speed of your pressure cooker to keto recipes that are low on effort but big on flavor.This ketogenic diet cookbook enables you to make hearty keto recipes with little time and effort using your Instant Pot, Power Pressure Cooker XL, or any brand of pressure cooker or multicooker. With 75 recipes for every meal-including nutritional information to keep macros balanced-Essential Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooking makes it easy to stay on track with the ketogenic diet.From Bacon Brussels Sprouts to Philly Cheesesteak, Essential Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooking makes go-to ketogenic diet recipes faster and more flavorful with: Keto pressure cooking 101 provides a basic overview of the ketogenic diet, plus need-to-know information on how to choose and utilize your pressure cooker75 favorite recipes that are written for any brand of pressure cooker, and include a variety of options for breakfast, vegetables and sides, soups and stews, fish, poultry, beef and pork, and dessert dishesNutritional information for every recipe, with macro percentages to keep you on track with your daily goals on the ketogenic dietNutrition is not a one-size-fits-all approach, but easy recipes are. Essential Ketogenic Diet Pressure Cooking serves up all of the flavor of ketogenic diet recipes with none of the effort.
Coming home to a Copper Mountain Christmas... Tis the season of mistletoe and magic in Marietta, Montana. Snuggle up with these sexy, heart-warming holiday stories by three best-selling authors, in which love at first sight and second chances prove that, at Christmas time, dreams can be realized and wishes will come true Christmas at Copper Mountain by Jane Porter Widower Brock Sheenan needs things taking care of at the Copper Mountain Ranch over the holidays, and Harley Diekerhoff seems like the ideal hard-working housekeeper. Until she discovers he and his kids have never had a proper Christmas together. Suddenly, the ranch is full of festive cheer-and the passion between Brock and Harley steams like mulled wine But Harley's not looking forward to the New Year... because she'll be saying goodbye to this handsome, taciturn Montana cowboy, who doesn't know how to open up, or share or love... A Cowboy for Christmas by Katherine Garbera Annie Prudhomme may have lost almost everything, and she's daunted by having to return to her native Montana, penniless and alone. But seeing cowboy Carson Scott again, the guy she dated in her teens, soon injects some sparkle into her homecoming-his eyes are still as blue as the Big Sky. However, Annie's still not sure if Marietta is where she truly belongs-she needs to decide over the holidays if she must move on once more. Though, when Carson helps her find the perfect pine at the annual Christmas Tree Cut, and then delivers it with some hot, hot loving, she feels that, just maybe, her deep-frozen heart might be beginning to thaw... Home for Christmas by Melissa McClone Rachel Murphy's spending the holidays at the Bar V5 ranch with her older brother. She loves Christmastime and the scent of gingerbread, almost as much as she enjoys creating custom edible houses. But, after being burned in business, she's wary when handsome venture capitalist turned dude ranch owner, Nate Vaughn shows a real interest in her baking. Then there are his tempting mistletoe kisses... he's good enough to eat But mixing business with anything else could be another recipe for disaster. Can Nate convince her that, here with him in the snowy mountains of Montana, she's found her real home?