The authors examined the direct and indirect effects of organizational policies and practices
that are supportive of family responsibilities on work–family conflict and psychological, …

Over the last 10–15 years, our understanding of the composition and functions of the human
gut microbiota has increased exponentially. To a large extent, this has been due to new ‘…

Language, Society and Power explores the extent to which language reflects and creates
our perception of the world, and who makes decisions about what is appropriate language to …

Following its discovery in the late 1920s, the bacteriocin nisin has now been in use as a
food preservative for almost 50 years (McLintock et al., 1952). Nisin is a low-molecular-weight …

… The 2nd edition of ‘Probiotic Dairy Products’, under the editorship of Drs Adnan Tamime
and Linda Thomas, provides a timely update on the advances that have been made in the …

Cone snails use venom containing a cocktail of peptides ('conopeptides') to capture their
prey. Many of these peptides also target mammalian receptors, often with exquisite selectivity. …

ω-Conotoxins selective for N-type calcium channels are useful in the management of severe
pain. In an attempt to expand the therapeutic potential of this class, four new ω-conotoxins (…

Womanist theology is an emergent voice of African American Chris tian women in the
United States. Employing Alice Walker's definition of womanism in her text In Search of Our …

After controlling for social desirability and length of service, this study found a positive
curvilinear relationship between age and jobsatisfaction. The significance of these findings …

There are two basic theoretical assumptions that guide the interpretations of the various
findings discussed in this chapter. The first serves as the cornerstone of Davis’(1973) social …