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Destination Conscience: Seeking Meaning and Purpose in the Travel Experience
No full text201 p.The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. In a fast paced and increasingly digital world, a higher degree of sensitivity, humaneness and care in dealing with each other and in addressing feelings of isolation, alienation and fear is necessary. Within this context, the realm of tourism stands as no exception. This edited collection defines the new concept of Destination Conscience within the domain of tourism. It sheds light on the growing need for authenticity, meaning and a ""human path"" on the visitors’ side, and the ability to develop such sensitivity on the destinations’ side in creating meaning and responsibility. Whether through spirituality, religion, nature, history, or the subtleties of daily life, this novel paradigm fosters destinations' capacities to create meaning-driven experiences for their guests. In addition to outlining and defining the new concept of destination conscience, the inter-disciplinary approach and selected case studies and illustrative examples make Destination Conscience attractive to a variety of readers including researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students in the fields of tourism management, spiritual and religious tourism, social sustainability, human and urban geography
Opportunities and Challenges for Production
No full text216 p.Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is a sacred tree and noble resource from South America. The Mayans and other early civilizations in Central America used cacao beans as tokens, which were subsequently transported to Europe to nurture monarchies and elites. Based on the discovery of cacao’s commercial potential and attributes, new cocoa plantations were established in other parts of the world, including Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Thus, cocoa has become an important cash crop in Africa, Central and South America, and Asia, where it is a major foreign exchange earner, industrial raw material, support for livelihood, and ecosystem services provision. Based on its global importance, there has been an increased need for the expansion of cultivation to meet the rising demand for cacao beans. Global environmental change, including climate change, variability, and weather extremes, has established new environmental boundaries with implications for area suitability for cocoa production and sustainability. Efforts to unlock the potentials of the established environmental boundaries may be built on the development and adoption of agrotechnological practices and integration of climate resilience for harnessing opportunities and potentials of the new environment, and thus, extension of the frontiers of cacao cultivation to meet the increasing global demand for cocoa beans. This book, “Shifting Frontiers of Theobroma Cacao - Opportunities and Challenges for Production” presents a comprehensive perspective of the interactions of changing environmental conditions, cocoa production, and sustainability. The book illuminates the challenges climate change presents for cocoa production and sustainability. It provides insights into the need for cocoa actors within the cocoa sector to strengthen climate mitigation and resilience building and to come to grips with the realities, magnitude, and inevitable persistence of climate challenges to cocoa production and sustainability
Building Cost Planning: Best Practices and Insights
No full text189 p.This book focuses on the cost planning of building construction projects with special reference to the Australian and New Zealand context. Design development and cost planning with elemental analysis are emphasised in the pre-construction cost management process in the region. This book translates the well-established practice of pre-construction cost management process in the construction industry into a published academic and professional resource which can be used for teaching higher education students and for professional training programs.
Building cost planning is considered from the client and the design team’s perspective and focuses on the functions of a cost manager. From the overview of the construction industry and the client’s team, to the detailed cost planning process and cost planning techniques at progressive stages in the pre-construction phase, this book is ideal as a guide to cost plan building construction projects. It follows an interactive style by featuring learning outcomes, self-review questions and learning activities for each chapter. It also extends theory into applications with case studies incorporated from the Australian and New Zealand construction industries. These approaches make this book useful for both students and practitioners in construction management
Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: Results of SSPCR 2022
Get PDF139 p.This open access book includes a selection of innovative contributions presented at the 4th international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2022”, held in Bolzano, Italy in July 2022. Featuring 10 papers by academics and consultants, strongly rooted in practical experiences and international projects, it discusses current ground-breaking research in innovative and sustainable planning for cities, with a focus on the environmental, economic, and social challenges associated with the global sustainability transition and energy systems integration. The contributions are illustrative of the richness of the issues discussed and the breadth of the emerging themes, including innovative business models for building and infrastructure at district level, integrated sustainability assessment schemes for Positive Energy Districts, a material flow accounting model for regional metabolism, energy communities as a lever to promote historical and landscape values, optimized and electrified last-mile logistics, multi-criteria decision analysis tools to redefine center/periphery relationships, a framework for socio-spatial analysis related to social practices, design principles and communication technologies improving both indoor and outdoor public spaces, augmented nature-based solution coupling the green elements with the latest technologies to deliver healthier and more appealing cities
Study on the growth of chlorella vulgaris in different photobioreactors towards applications of shrimp farming wastewater treatment
No full text1 p.Algae is a versatile resource with high value applied in various fields such as food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, biofuels, and wastewater treatment. In current wastewater treatment technology, the use of algae in the treatment process is being emphasized. This research aims to cultivate Chlorella Vulgaris algae in a suitable environment to help the algae adapt and grow rapidly during the wastewater treatment application. In two photobiological model systems HRAPs and PMBR combining microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and bacteria in shrimp aquaculture wastewater treatment showed that both model systems have good treatment efficiency. The removal efficiency of COD, nitrate N-NO3-, nitrite N-NO2-, ammonia N-NH4+, total nitrogen and P-PO43- reached 27.4%, 58.7%, -35%, 92.2%, 77% and 93.5, respectively % in HRAPs and 29.7%, 24.5%, 26%, 83.9%, 75% and 93.4% in PMBR model
The Spanish Model for Smart Tourism Destination Management: A Methodological Approach
No full text321 p.This open access handbook, developed by SEGITTUR in collaboration with Professor Lidia Andrades and international tourism experts, provides comprehensive guidance for destinations aiming to become Smart Tourism Destinations (STDs). It explores five key dimensions—governance, accessibility, technology, innovation, and sustainability—and offers strategies for transitioning from traditional tourism management to a smart, data-driven model. Featuring real-life case studies from Spanish destinations, the book includes methodologies, checklists, and expert recommendations to help destination managers effectively implement smart tourism practices
Kinetic Study on Chlorophyll and Antioxidant Activity from Polyscias fruticosa (L.) Harms Leaves via Microwave- Assisted Extraction
No full text1 p.Polyscias fruticosa (L.) leaves contain significant bioactive compounds with high antioxidant activity such as chlorophylls, total polyphenols, etc. but these have still been underutilized. In this study, the kinetics of chlorophyll and antioxidant activity extraction from P. fruticosa leaves by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) were investigated. Microwave power was 300, 450, or 600 (W); the ratio of material/solvent varied from 1:40 to 1:80 (g/mL). In this study, the second-order kinetic model successfully predicted the change of chlorophyll and antioxidant activity during MAE. The increase of microwave power or/and the solvent amount increased saturated extraction efficiency and the extraction rate constant. However, the saturated concentration of chlorophyll and antioxidant activity increased with the increment of microwave power and the decrease in solvent amount. [4
Microencapsulation Of Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa L.) Anthocyanins: Effects Of Drying Conditions On Some Physicochemical Properties And Antioxidant Activities Of Spray-Dried Powder
Get PDF1 pageAnthocyanins are important phytochemical compounds in nature that are of interest not only for their health benefits such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti- carcinogenic properties, but also for their role in imparting attractive and characteristic color to food products. In this study, anthocyanins from hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) calyces were microencapsulated by spray-drying technique using maltodextrin as the carrier. The experiment was carried out in the full factorial design with two factors, namely inlet temperature (150, 160, and 170°C) and anthocyanin to maltodextrin mass ratio (1:50, 1:60, 1:70, 1:80, 1:90, and 1:100) with the aim of investigating the effect of spray drying conditions on phenolic content, anthocyanin, antioxidant activity, and color of spray-dried hibiscus powder. The results showed that increasing the carrier ratio significantly reduced the antioxidant content and their activities in the powder. However, the high level of carriers exhibited a protective effect in encapsulating anthocyanin compounds into the maltodextrin matrix, which was demonstrated by high encapsulation efficiency (>85%) observed in the samples prepared at a ratio of 1:100. It should be highlighted that although high temperature (170°C) reduced total anthocyanin concentration, it actually enhanced total phenolic content. In addition, the moisture content of the powder declined with increasing carrier ratio and inlet temperature, and it was found to be in the range of 5.57%– 10.19% in the powder. With solubility greater than 93.71%, the total phenolic and total anthocyanin content of spray-dried hibiscus powder were 31.5–41.9 (mg gallic acid equivalent/g of dry powder) and 6.08–10.47 (mg cyanidin-3-glucoside/g of dry powder), respectively. [6
Tầm quan trọng của việc đào tạo kỹ năng mềm đối với vấn đề việc làm sau tốt nghiệp của sinh viên đại học
Get PDF7 tr.Bài viết mang tính chất tổng luận từ các nghiên cứu trước và các nguồn thông tin khác, cho thấy tầm quan trọng của việc đào tạo kỹ năng mềm cho sinh viên và mong đợi của nhà tuyển dụng, từ đó cung cấp thêm thông tin cho các nhà quản lý, những người làm công tác giáo dục về các định hướng đào tạo kỹ năng mềm để nâng cao tỷ lệ sinh viên có được việc làm sau 6 tháng kể từ khi tốt nghiệp. Đây cũng là con số mà hầu hết các trường đại học ở Việt Nam dùng làm minh chứng kết quả đào tạo nhằm thu hút tuyển sinh
An Australian and New Zealand Human Resource Management Guide to Work Health and Safety
Get PDF469 p.An Australian and New Zealand Human Resource Management Guide to Work Health and Safety presents an historical overview of work health and safety, outlines its key theories and principles then explains how it can be operationalised through adopting and enacting a safety management system