Tomatoes - 13

Tomatoes - 13

Tomatoes are one of the most important horticultural crops in both temperate and tropical regions of the world. This book provides a concise review of our knowledge of the scientific principles underlying the biology and production of the tomato crop. Our understanding of these aspects has increased rapidly in recent years and new areas such as genetic modification and biological pest control have been developed. Topics covered include genetics and breeding, developmental processes, crop growth and yield, fruit ripening and fruit quality, irrigation and fertilization, crop protection, production in the open field, greenhouse tomato production, postharvest biology and handling. This book will be of significant interest to students and professionals in horticulture.

Tomatoes - 13

HOW 13, 13th Edition

HOW 13, 13th Edition

HOW 13 is a comprehensive yet portable reference for business writers, office personnel, and students, offering a one-stop language reference for both personal and professional use. With this new edition, HOW 13: A HANDBOOK FOR OFFICE PROFESSIONALS keeps pace with the rapid changes in our language and the business environment, providing you with an easy-to-understand reference manual for successful business communication. The text includes detailed and precise information for writing, formatting, and transmitting communications, and unlike other reference books, HOW is tailored for writing style, grammar, mechanics, and techniques in a business/office environment.

HOW 13, 13th Edition

Refusing to be a Man

Refusing to be a Man

Since its original publication in 1989, Refusing to be a Man has been acclaimed as a classic and widely cited in gender studies literature. In 13 eloquent essays, Stoltenberg articulates the first fully argued liberation theory for men that will also liberate women. He argues that male sexual identity is entirely a political and ethical construction whose advantages grow out of injustice. His thesis is, however, ultimately one of hope – that precisely because masculinity is so constructed, it is possible to refuse it, to act against it and to change. A new introduction by the author discusses the roots of his work in the American civil rights and radical feminist movements and distinguishes it from the anti-feminist philosophies underlying the recent tide of reactionary mens movements.

Refusing to be a Man

Tax Progression in OECD Countries

Tax Progression in OECD Countries

This is the first book that performs international and intertemporal comparisons of uniform tax progression with empirical data. While conventional measures of tax progression suffer from serious disadvantages for empirical analyses, this book extends uniform measures to progression comparisons of countries with different income distributions. Tax progression is analyzed in terms of Lorenz curve and Suits curve equivalents of net incomes and taxes. The authors derive six distinct definitions of the relation ‘is more progressive than’, which are then utilized for an empirical analysis of 13 countries included in the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). In two thirds of all international comparisons of tax progression, the authors report a clear ranking of the respective countries in terms of progression dominance. Tax based definitions of greater progressivity perform best. These observations are yet reinforced by statistical tests. The book also provides an account of the institutional background of the involved countries in order to facilitate the interpretation of the data. Moreover, the authors conduct intertemporal comparisons of tax progression for selected countries and perform a sensitivity analysis with respect to the parameterization of the equivalence scale.

Tax Progression in OECD Countries

Four Miles to Freedom

Four Miles to Freedom

When Flight Lieutenant Dilip Parulkar was shot down over Pakistan on 10 December 1971, he quickly turned that catastrophe into the greatest adventure of his life. On 13 August 1972, Parulkar, along with Malvinder Singh Grewal and Harish Sinhji, escaped from a POW camp in Rawalpindi. Four Miles to Freedom is their story. Based on interviews with eight Indian fighter pilots who helped prepare the escape and the two who escaped, as well as research into other sources, Four Miles is also the moving, sometimes amusing, account of how twelve fighter pilots from different ranks and backgrounds coped with deprivation, forced intimacy, and the pervasive uncertainty of a year in captivity, and how they came together to support Parulkars courageous escape plan.

Four Miles to Freedom

13 Lectures on Fermats Last Theorem

13 Lectures on Fermats Last Theorem

In the first two lectures, there is a very brief description of the early history, as well as a selection of a few of the more representative recent results. In the lectures which follow, I examine in succession the main theories connected with the problem. The last two lectures are about analogues to Fermat’s theorem.

13 Lectures on Fermats Last Theorem

Magnetic Resonance in Food Science, An Exciting Future

Magnetic Resonance in Food Science, An Exciting Future

The Clermont-Ferrand-Theix Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) was proud to organize the 10th International Conference on the applications of Magnetic Resonance in Food Science to celebrate its 10th anniversary. This scientific event was held from 13 to 15 September 2010 in Clermont-Ferrand.

Magnetic Resonance in Food Science, An Exciting Future