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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153091803321

Autore

Schmid Albert W. A.

Titolo

The beverage manager's guide to wines, beers, and spirits / / Albert W.A. Schmid, John Peter Laloganes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-292-05522-7

Edizione

[Third edition, Pearson new international editon.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Pearson custom library

Disciplina

641.8/74

Soggetti

Alcoholic beverages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. The Evolution of Alcoholic Beverages -- 2. Alcohol Safety and Professional Beverage Service -- 3. Viticulture: Outside in the Vineyard -- 4. Enology: Inside the Winery -- 5. Wine Regulations and Labeling Methods -- 6. The Wine Styling Approach -- 7. Other Wines: Sparkling, Fortified, and Dessert Wines -- 8. The Brewery: Beer Production and Other Fermented Beverages -- 9. Ales and Lagers of the World -- 10. The Distillery: Spirits and Liqueurs of the World -- 11. Mixology: The Art and Science of the Cocktail -- 12. Constructing the Beverage Concept -- 13. Managing for Profit -- 14. Marketing the Beverage Establishment -- 15. Appendix: Drink and Food Pairing -- 16. Appendix: Lexicon of Beverage Terms -- 17. Welcome to the World of Wine -- 18. Welcome to the World of Beer -- 19. Welcome to the World of Spirits -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For courses in Beverage Management, Wines, Beers and Spirits, Dining Room Services and Beverage Purchasing and Cost Control.      The Beverage Manager's Guide to Wines, Beers and Spirits, Third Edition, navigates the reader through an intriguing journey on the vast world of alcoholic beverages. The text serves as an authoritative guide intended to inspire those individuals pursuing or enhancing a career in the food and beverage industry; the book will be equally fascinating for the beverage enthusiast. Written in a lively and engaging literary style, that is both comprehensive and yet concise; exploring the essential management and service aspects of drink. Designed to be intellectually



appealing, with stimulating photography while providing the necessary knowledge on building and sustaining a profitable beverage program. This read provides marvelous insights into the beverage industry by discovering the sometimes perplexing, yet enduring influence of wines, beers and spirits that have been inseparable from the evolution of civilization.  &nbsp.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910566465803321

Autore

Jara Carlos A

Titolo

Robotic Platforms for Assistance to People with Disabilities

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Soggetti

Humanities

Social interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

People with congenital and/or acquired disabilities constitute a great number of dependents today. Robotic platforms to help people with disabilities are being developed with the aim of providing both rehabilitation treatment and assistance to improve their quality of life. A high demand for robotic platforms that provide assistance during rehabilitation is expected because of the health status of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in countries facing major challenges to ensure the health and autonomy of their disabled population. Robotic platforms are necessary to ensure assistance and rehabilitation for disabled people in the current global situation. The capacity of robotic platforms in this area must be continuously improved to benefit the healthcare sector in terms of chronic disease prevention, assistance, and autonomy. For this reason, research about human-robot interaction in these robotic assistance



environments must grow and advance because this topic demands sensitive and intelligent robotic platforms that are equipped with complex sensory systems, high handling functionalities, safe control strategies, and intelligent computer vision algorithms. This Special Issue has published eight papers covering recent advances in the field of robotic platforms to assist disabled people in daily or clinical environments. The papers address innovative solutions in this field, including affordable assistive robotics devices, new techniques in computer vision for intelligent and safe human-robot interaction, and advances in mobile manipulators for assistive tasks.