One Hundred Reasons to be a Scientist by The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

A paradox of our times is that, while our societies have come to depend on technological advances as never before, the interest in basic sciences is diminishing at all levels. Particularly distressing is the lukewarm interest shown towards sciences by the brightest students at the high school level. This state of affairs holds true, to the lowest order, in developed as well as developing nations, and deserves our collective attention...

Omega 6 ¿Dónde se esconde?

Artículo de CONSUMER EROSKI sobre las características del Omega 6 y alimentos en los que se encuentran. CONSUMER EROSKI es la publicación gratuita de la FUNDACIÓN EROSKI que trata de orientar a los consumidores para que acierten en las decisiones diarias de su vida cotidiana. En http://www.consumer.es

Fuente: Consumereroski

Microeconomics using Excel by Kurt Jechlitschka, Dieter Kirschke and Gerald Schwarz

Integrating economic theory, policy analysis and spreadsheet modelling.

Table of Contents
PART I
Analysis of price policies
PART II
Analysis of structural policies
PART III
Multi-market models
PART IV
Budget policy and priority setting

On-line monitoring and control of a pilot distillation column Video

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Programa hecho en labview para monitorear y manipular las diferentes variables de una planta piloto de destilación por medio del protocolo de comunicación MODBUS. Fue incorporado un algoritmo de control predictivo multivariable para el control de las composiciones líquidas en el hervidor y a la salida del condensador.

Fuente: Chinovp2

Applied Mycology Edited by Mahendra Rai and Paul Dennis Bridge

Table of Contents
Part I: Overview
1 Mycology: a Neglected Megascience
David L. Hawksworth
Part II: Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
2 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Symbiosis under Stress Conditions: Ecological Implications of Drought, Flooding and Salinity
Ileana V. García and Rodolfo E. Mendoza
3 An Overview of Ochratoxin Research
János Varga, Sándor Kocsubé, Zsanett Péteri and Robert A. Samson
4 Improvement of Controlled Mycorrhizal Usage in Forest Nurseries
Robin Duponnois, D. Diouf, A. Galiana and Y. Prin
5 Fungi in the Tree Canopy: an Appraisal
K.R. Sridhar
6 Ecology of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Leaf Litter Decomposition
Takashi Osono and Dai Hirose
Part III: Food, Food Products and Medicine
7 Brewing Yeast in Action: Beer Fermentation
Pieter J. Verbelen and Freddy R. Delvaux
8 Genomic Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Inhibitors for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion to Ethanol
Zonglin Lewis Liu and Mingzhou Song
9 Spoilage Yeasts and Other Fungi: their Roles in Modern Enology
Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira and Virgilio Loureiro
10 Medicinal Potential of Ganoderma lucidum
Daniel Sliva
11 Current Advances in Dematiaceous Mycotic Infections
Sanjay G. Revankar
Part IV: Biotechnology and Emerging Science
12 Biotechnological Aspects of Trichoderma spp.
A.M. Rincón, T. Benítez, A.C. Codón and M.A. Moreno-Mateos
13 Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a Molecular Tool for the Study of Fungal Pathogens
Carol M. McClelland and Brian L. Wickes
14 Myconanotechnology: a New and Emerging Science
Mahendra Rai, Alka Yadav, Paul Bridge and Aniket Gade
15 Current Advances in Fungal Chitinases
Duochuan Li and Anna Li
16 Extracellular Proteases of Mycoparasitic and Nematophagous Fungi
László Kredics, Sándor Kocsubé, Zsuzsanna Antal, Lóránt Hatvani, László Manczinger and Csaba Vágvölgyi