This authoritative reference presents an up-to-date review of the testing methods, emerging technologies, and analytical systems and procedures used to prevent the microbial contamination of pharmaceutical processes, products, and environments. It identifies new tools for sample analysis and evaluation and the impact of these advancements on the continuous supply and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. With more than 100 tables and 430 current references, the book contains a detailed analysis of microbial contamination recalls for nonsterile and sterile pharmaceutical products,...

How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of threats, insecurities and closure? How did people weather the storms and how do they face the future now? While attempts to regenerate communities are everywhere, we do not often hear from the people themselves just how they managed to create safe collective spaces or how the fall of the whole house of cards brought with it effects which can be felt by young people who never knew the town when it was an industrial heartland. We hear the story of how men...

A veces, todo cambia al abrir los ojos. Pedro y Lorena van a enfrentarse a la situacion mas dificil de sus vidas. Hasta donde seran capaces de llegar para salvar aquello que mas quieren mediante la tecnologia? Robin se despierta en una especie de limbo, sin recordar nada de su vida anterior. Y con una compania, cuando menos, curiosa. Dos intensas historias de fantasia y ficcion que nos hacen reflexionar sobre la vida y el futuro"

As obesity increases at a relentless pace, so does its negative effects on health. Campaigns and initiatives launched all around the world on the problem of obesity have proved futile, and the challenge to get rid of those unwanted kilos has turned into an endless nightmare. So, what exactly are we doing wrong? What's the mistake we're making? Findings from studies conducted in recent years suggest a new and promising perspective based around one central idea: what if the key to obesity is not to be found in the stomach but in the brain? In our quest to find answers to these and other...

La epidemia de obesidad se extiende por todo el planeta y se ha convertido en un problema de salud de primer orden, afectando a millones de personas, empeorando su calidad de vida y disparando los costes sanitarios. Las victimas son tantas y los efectos tan negativos que no nos queda mas remedio que aceptar que estamos en guerra contra el sobrepeso. Ha llegado el momento de presentar batalla, de enfrentarse definitivamente al problema, utilizando todas las armas y recursos que sean necesarios, basados en la ciencia y en la investigacion mas rigurosa. Pero quien es el enemigo a combatir?...