03692nam 2200865 a 450 991077986940332120230803021114.00-520-95679-610.1525/9780520956797(CKB)2550000001100229(EBL)1294909(OCoLC)853362892(SSID)ssj0000950606(PQKBManifestationID)12420223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950606(PQKBWorkID)10880871(PQKB)10121077(MiAaPQ)EBC1294909(DE-B1597)518697(OCoLC)853240207(DE-B1597)9780520956797(Au-PeEL)EBL1294909(CaPaEBR)ebr10733124(CaONFJC)MIL504490(EXLCZ)99255000000110022920121016d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPoverty in America[electronic resource] a handbook /John Iceland3rd ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20131 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27636-1 1-299-73239-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Early views of poverty in America -- Methods of measuring poverty -- Characteristics of the poverty population -- Global poverty -- Causes of poverty -- The Great Recession -- Poverty and policy -- Conclusion.The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living. Growing income inequality and the Great Recession have made the problem worse. In this thoroughly revised edition of Poverty in America, Iceland takes a new look at this issue by examining why poverty remains pervasive, what it means to be poor in America today, which groups are most likely to be poor, the root causes of poverty, and the effects of policy on poverty. This new edition also includes completely updated data and extended discussions of poverty in the context of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements as well as new chapters on the Great Recession and global poverty. In doing so this book provides the most recent information available on patterns and trends in poverty and engages in an open and accessible manner in current critical debates.PoorUnited StatesHistoryPovertyUnited StatesHistoryEconomic assistance, DomesticUnited StatesHistoryaccessible manner.affluent nation.critical debate.economic success.economics.economist.great recession.income inequality.occupy wall street.patterns and trends.pervasive poverty.political activist.political and social activism.poor in america.public health.sociologist.sociology.tea party.wealth disparity.PoorHistory.PovertyHistory.Economic assistance, DomesticHistory.339.4/60973Iceland John1970-1090295MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779869403321Poverty in America3763839UNINA05470nam 2200637 450 991081994570332120230120013708.01-4831-4846-7(CKB)3710000000027779(EBL)1828991(SSID)ssj0001378846(PQKBManifestationID)12435134(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001378846(PQKBWorkID)11352912(PQKB)10895398(MiAaPQ)EBC1828991(EXLCZ)99371000000002777920141119h19811981 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdvances in biotechnologyVolume IIIFermentation products proceedings of the Sixth International Fermentation Symposium held in London, Canada, July 20-25, 1980 /general editor, Murray Moo-Young ; edited by Claude Vezina and Kartar SinghOntario, Canada :Pergamon Press,1981.©19811 online resource (617 p.)Advances in Biotechnology ;Volume IIIDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-27400-2 0-08-025385-7 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.Front Cover; Fermentation Products; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; GUEST EDITORIAL PROBLEMS AND TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS AND OTHER USEFUL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; Section I: New Aspects of Secondary Metabolites; CHAPTER 1. POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF THE PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS TYROCIDINE AND GRAMICIDIN DURING SPORULATION; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS AND THE INDUCTION OF SPORULATION; THE ACTION OF TYROCIDINE IN VITRO; THE ACTION OF GRAMICIDIN IN VITRO; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCESCHAPTER 2. THE ROLE OF SECONDARY METABOLISM IN PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUMABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF EARLIER STUDIES; EXPERIMENTS TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY THAT MYCOPHENOLIC ACID IS A PRODUCT OF AN AERIAL MYCELIUM; CURRENT THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ROLE OF MYCOPHENOLIC ACID IN P. BREVI COMPACTUM; THE SITUATION WITH BREVIANAMIDE A (VI); ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. A STUDY OF SECONDARY GROWTH OF STREPTOMYCES GRISEORUBER; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; RESULTS; REFERENCESCHAPTER 4. ROLE OF PLASMID GENES IN AUREOTHRICIN PRODUCTIONABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY OF AUREOTHRICIN; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASMIDS; AUREOTHRICIN PRODUCTIVITY AND RELATED CHARACTERS OF MUTANTS (TABLE 1); GENERAL DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. FUNCTION OF PLASMIDS IN PRODUCERS OF MACROLIDES; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. UNSTABLE PLEIOTROPIC MUTATION IN STREPTOMYCES LAVENDULAE; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCESCHAPTER 7. LOCALIZATION OF ANTIMYCIN A AND MELANIN DETERMINANTS IN AUXOTROPHS OF Streptomyces sp. M-506 AND IN THEIR PROTOTROPHIC REVERTANTSABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; RESULTS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. CHARACTERIZATION OF A PLASMID FROM BACILLUS BREVIS ATCC 9999; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; ISOLATION OF CCC DNA; CHARACTERIZATION OF CCC DNA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. GENETICS OF PENICILLIN PRODUCING ORGANISMS; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF PENICILLIN PRODUCTION; MUTATION AND DNA REPAIR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSREFERENCESCHAPTER 10. PENICILLIN PRODUCTION BY RECOMBINANT STRAINS.OF Pénicillium chrysogenum OBTAINED BY FUSION OF PROTOPLASTS; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. FUSION OF PROTOPLASTS OF BACILLUS SPECIES; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. STUDIES ON THE NATURE OF VACUOLES IN PROTOPLASTS OF CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; Section II: AntibioticsCHAPTER 13. CELL-FREE BIOSYNTHESIS OF MACROLIDES AND OTHER ""POLYKETIDE"" ANTIBIOTICSAdvances in Biotechnology, Volume III: Fermentation Products is the third of a series of three volumes and is based on the proceedings of the Sixth International Fermentation Symposium (IFS-6) held in London, Ontario, Canada, 20-25 July 1980. This volume contains 87 papers organized into nine sections. The papers under Section I deal with developments in the field of secondary metabolism (functions of secondary metabolites in the producing organisms; roles of plasmids in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites; and protoplast fusion in industrial microorganisms). Sections II to VII examine tFermentationCongressesIndustrial microbiologyCongressesBiochemical engineeringCongressesFermentationIndustrial microbiologyBiochemical engineering660.28449Moo-Young MurrayVézina ClaudeSingh KartarMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819945703321Advances in Biotechnology2498363UNINA