Application of Nanotechnology in Food Science and Food Microbiology

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910346753003321
• Autore: Han-Seung Shin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Frontiers Media SA, 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Collana: Frontiers Research Topics
• Soggetti: Microbiology (non-medical)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Nanotechnology is a fast-evolving discipline that already produces outstanding basic knowledge and industrial applications for the benefit of society. It is a new emerging and fascinating field of science, that permits advanced research in many areas. The first applications of nanotechnology mainly concerned material sciences; applications in the agriculture and food sectors are still emerging. Food science nanotechnology is an area of rising attention that unties new possibilities for the food industry. Due to the rapid population growth there is a need to produce food and beverages in a more efficient, safe and sustainable way. The application of nanotechnology in food has also gained great importance in recent years in view of its potential application to improve production of food crops, enhance nutrition, packaging and food safety overall. The new materials, products and applications are anticipated to bring lots of improvements to the food and related sectors, impacting agriculture and food production, food processing, distribution, storage, sanitation as well as the development of innovative products and sensors for effective detection of contaminants. Therefore, nanotechnology present with a large potential to provide an opportunity for the researchers of food science, food microbiology and other fields, to develop new tools for incorporation of nanoparticles into food system that could augment existing functions and add new ones. However, the number of relative publications currently available is rather small. The present Research Topic aims to ; provide with basic information and practical applications regarding all aspects related to the applications of nanotechnology in food science and food microbiology, namely, nanoparticle synthesis, especially through the eco-friendly perspective, potential applications in food processing, biosensor development, alternative strategies for effective pathogenic bacteria monitoring as well as the possible effects on human health and the environment.

'Our Glorious Past': Lukashenka's Belarus and the Great Patriotic War / / David R. Marples, Andreas Umland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911153510603321
• Autore: R. Marples David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hannover, : ibidem, 2014
• ISBN: 3-8382-6674-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 p.)
• Collana: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society ; 124
• Disciplina: 947.8086092
• Soggetti: Belarus; historiography; politics; memorialization; Second World War; collective memory; Aljaksandr Lukashenko; campaigns; German occupation; 1941-1944; history; military; Great Patriotic War
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON ; TRANSLITERATION OF NAMES; INTRODUCTION: LUKASHENKA'S BELARUS; CHAPTER ONE: THE START OF THE WAR; Introduction; School Textbooks; Interlude: Soviet Rule Extends to Western Belarus; The Start of the Great Patriotic War; Evacuations; The View from the Military; CHAPTER TWO: THE GERMAN OCCUPATION REGIME; Introduction; School Textbooks; Life Under Occupation; Camps; Collaboration; The Holocaust; CHAPTER THREE: THE PARTISANS; Introduction; School Textbooks; Vasily Korzh; Sydir Kovpak; Organizing Partisans; The NKVD and NKGB; Operations; Liniya Stalina (The Stalin Line)Monuments; a) Minsk; b) Other Areas of Belarus; c) Monuments Outside Belarus; Finding the Dead; CHAPTER SEVEN: PUBLICIZING THE WAR; Museums; Conferences; Concerts and Public Displays; Commemorations; Books and Documentaries; The Fortress of War Movie; The 65th Anniversary of Liberation of Belarus, 2009; The 65th Anniversary of the Victory, 2010; CHAPTER EIGHT: HISTORICAL REVISIONISM; Background; Victory Day; War Losses; The Vilnius Declaration; Political Officers and Penal Battalions; Treatment of Veterans; Illia Kopyl and the Partisans; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This timely book examines how the regime of President Aliaksandr Lukashenka has used the ‘Great Patriotic War’ (1941-45) as a key element in state and identity formation in Belarus. The campaign was discernible from 2003 and intensified after a rift with Russia that led to a re-examination of the earlier policy of close political and economic partnership. David R. Marples focuses in particular on the years 2009 and 2010, which commemorated two 65th anniversaries: the liberation of Minsk (3 July 1944) and the end of World War II in Europe (9 May 1945). Using a variety of sources, this unique book critically examines the official interpretations of the war from various angles: the initial invasion, occupation, the Partisans, historic sites and monuments, films, documentaries, museums, schools, and public occasions commemorating some of the major events. Relying on first-hand research, including books recommended by the Ministry of Education, state-controlled media and examinations through personal visits to the major historic sites and monuments of Belarus, Marples explains and measures the effectiveness of Lukashenka‘s program. In outlining the main tenets of the state interpretation of the war years, the book highlights the distortions and manipulations of historical evidence as well as the dismissal of alternative versions as ‘historical revisionism.‘ It assesses the successes and weaknesses of the campaign as well as its long term effects and prospects.