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Intriguing Anomalies: An Introduction to Scientific Detective Work uses case studies to explain techniques of conceptual thinking and other qualitative analysis that can help any intelligent person to delve beneath misleading data in order to perceive the underlying patterns of Nature. The book starts with a historical detective case (the links between Trojans, Etruscans, and Romans) and a criminal case (the 2001 anthrax mailings, for which FBI appears to have accepted the author's identification of al Qaeda operative Abderraouf Jdey as the Mailer). Then it shows how scientific problems can yield to the same detective techniques. It includes original analyses of the scientific dimensions of medicinal bracelets, salt microparticle respiratory treatments termed speleotherapy and halotherapy, and the fundamental findings arising from the study of Biophotonic Therapy, the leading phototherapy of infectious diseases. The author offers an 18-point proof that the red blood cells constitute the long-sought animal magnetoreceptor. In turn, he provides a proof that, acting by means of biophotonic and biomagnetic forces, the RBCs constitute the cellular basis of consciousness: the brain behind the brain. He also puts forward solutions to other refractory problems, including how humans distant oligocellular ancestors defended themselves against microbial onslaughts when they had not yet developed the modern immune system. Each chapter concludes with comments on the conceptual and analytical techniques used to arrive at deeper insights. The last chapter contains lessons learned for scientific, historical, and criminological detective work..
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Written plainly and passionately, Zapped! Irradiation and the Death of Food is a call to action for anyone who cares about what they eat. In the book, policy expert Wenonah Hauter tackles a decades-long public relations ruse by the food industry Hauter exposes irradiation, long touted as the solution to the growing problem of foodborne illnesses and contamination, as a dangerous practice with too little research to back it up. Packed with resources for the activist as well as nuts-and-bolts facts about irradiation, Zapped! sheds light on the human health, food safety, and economic consequences of irradiating our food..
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Solar irradiation is the fundamental initiator of the different renewable energy alternatives, including wind, wave, hydrogen and biomass energy sources. Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modelling Techniques presents the methods of quantitative determination of solar irradiation incident amount on a surface on the Earth. The book collects together material from the current literature in atmospheric environmental sciences, climate change, meteorology, engineering and renewable energy, liberally illustrated by diagrams and worked examples.

Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modelling Techniques provides a sound background to the underlying physical principles of solar irradiation and energy, with explanations as to how these can be modelled and applied in solar energy projects and design. Bringing together information not found elsewhere in a single source, the book includes an innovative exposition of expert system methodologies used in the domain of solar irradiation and energy. In addition to methodologies such as statistics and geo-statistics (regionalized variables), new modelling approaches such as fuzzy logic inference, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and genetic algorithm techniques are introduced, along with both classical Kriging and newly developed techniques for spatial solar irradiation modelling.

Solar Energy Fundamentals and Modelling Techniques is a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including energy analysts, thermal device designers, photovoltaic specialists, architects and engineers, agronomists, hydrologists, atmospheric scientists and meteorologists, climate change specialists, and environmentalists.

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In 1997 the FDA approved the use of low-dose ionizing radiation to eliminate pathogens in red meat. This food processing technology can improve the safety of food and extend the shelf life of certain foods by eliminating pathogenic bacteria, parasites, and other microorganisms that cause food-borne disease. Currently, forty-two countries practice some form of food irradiation. Food Irradiation: Principles and Applications provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of food irradiation principles, effects, applications, and limitations, including global regulatory issues and the economics of food irradiation.
Written by an international panel of scientists, this book focuses on science and technology and offers thorough coverage of the current use of food irradiation around the world. The contributors in this book present irradiation as a truly critical control point for raw, solid foods of animal origin.  Food Irradiation: Principles and Applications discusses such topics as:

-Radiation inactivation of microorganisms
-Disinfestation of stored grains, pulses, dried fruits, and nuts
-Irradiation as a quarantine treatment
-Irradiation of meat and poultry, fish and shellfish, fruits and vegetables, and tuber and bulb crops
-Radiation decontamination of spices, herbs, condiments, and other dried food ingredients
-Process control and dosimetry in food irradiation

Food professionals in both academia and industry, as well as food safety experts, food scientists, research scientists, and food processing managers, will find Food Irradiation: Principles and Applications a reliable and valuable reference..
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