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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688225803321

Titolo

Sugarcane : Biotechnology for Biofuels / / edited by Muhammad Sarwar Khan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2021

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 124 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

633.61

Soggetti

Biomass energy

Sugarcane

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a precise and meticulous overview of the technology of developing energy cane. It highlights how technology has transformed the opinion of growers to cultivate sugarcane from an agronomic to a purpose-grown crop. Chapters in this book provide essentials for developing sugarcane for high-sugar contents, bioethanol, and biodiesel to meet the emerging demands of the world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910746298303321

Autore

Blesch Katharina

Titolo

Animal-Assisted Therapy with Dogs : Basics, Animal Ethics and Practice of Therapeutic Work / / by Katharina Blesch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-662-67965-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages)

Disciplina

636.7

Soggetti

Clinical psychology

Psychotherapy

Counseling

Clinical Psychology

Counseling Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Animal Assisted Therapy - Basics and my personal understanding of this discipline -- Animal Ethics in Animal Assisted Therapy -- Animal Assisted Therapy with Dogs from Animal Welfare - Limits and Opportunities -- The Dog Assisted Self-Assurance Training -- Preparing the Dogs for their Assignment -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Animal-assisted therapy has been the talk of the town for several years and is increasingly being integrated into the psychotherapeutic treatment of people. But how exactly can dogs support psychotherapeutic work? How can animal welfare and human welfare be combined? Which dogs are suitable and how are they prepared? This book provides a practical and lively insight into therapeutic work with dogs. In addition to an overview of the basics as well as animal welfare and ethical aspects of dog-assisted therapy, concrete exercises in the context of dog-assisted self-confidence training are described pictorially and by video, providing inspiration for therapeutic work in various institutions and situations. The content Animal-assisted therapy in general (definition, history of development, effective factors, controversies and currents) Animal ethics Conception of a good



animal-assisted therapy, including selectionof the dog and training, exercises, etc. Presentation of a dog-assisted self-confidence training with concrete exercises and examples The target groups Psychotherapists, psychologists, occupational therapists as well as practitioners The author Katharina Blesch holds a degree in psychology and works with a focus on animal-assisted therapy at an acute clinic for psychosomatics and psychiatry. She studied psychology at the University of Heidelberg, as well as animal-assisted therapy at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, and has various additional qualifications in training and behavioral therapy for different animal species. She is active in animal welfare and is a part-time lecturer. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.