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Excerpt from Tests of Hatchery Foods for Salmon 1951 Results of the 1951 trials provided evaluations of beef lung, whale liver, arrow-toothed halibut flesh, and herring flesh, both as single rations and in combination with other products, as diet components for salmon. Additional information was secured on the value of preserved salmon eggs and tuna liver in composite diets. Toxicities probably due to hypervitaminosis A developed in certain d...

Who are the homeless in Britain today? How does their homelessness occur? Contributors review theoretical and legal conceptualisations of homelessness, analyse the statistics and evaluate the policy responses so far.

During the 1980s there were profound changes in the labour process towards the 'flexible worker' and in the labour market towards a 'flexible workforce'. Three approaches to explain these changes provide the focus for this book: Marxist regulation theory, the notion of flexible specialisation associated with the 'new' institutional economics, and the model of the flexible firm derived from managerialist literature. In the book, the claims made...

Excerpt from Diversion of Adult Salmon by an Electrical Field Figure 2. -specifications of electrical weir. A. Plan view giving general dimensions, B. Detail of electrode and ground line installations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology ...

Excerpt from Tests of Hatchery Foods for Blueback Salmon (Oncorhynchus Nerka) The equipment used in the experiments duplicated that in use in production procedures as nearly as possible. The troughs were the standard, concrete troughs of the Grand Coulee Project, 16 feet long, 16 inches wide, and with an average water depth of 10 inches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more...

The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could better epitomise the end of modernity than our seeming inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter, warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our 'citizens'? Homelessness and Social Policy offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and the policy responses it has so far invoked. ...

How a neighborhood is viewed can affect the lives of those who live there and the attitudes and behavior of others towards them. This report examines the increasing use and sophistication of Internet-Based Neighborhood Information Systems (IBNIS), such as www.upmystreet.co.uk, and considers their potential impact on how UK neighborhoods are viewed. The report is essential reading for those working on urban and regeneration policy, the applicat...

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How can we interpret cyberspace? What is the place of the embodied human agent in the virtual world? This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human body. It shows how changing relations between body and technology offer new arenas for cultural representations. At the same time, the contributors examine the realities of human embodiment and the ...

There is no doubt that significant socio-economic changes have occurred over the last twenty years in the UK and other advanced capitalist societies. Consequently, Fordism, a bureaucratic, hierarchical model of industrial development has matured into Post-Fordism, with its greater emphasis on the individual, freedom of choice and flexibility, generating fresh debate and analysis. "Towards a Post-Fordist Welfare State?" represents leading autho...