The introduction presents the main countries producing duck meat and the different species and rearing systems used in production. The review is then divided into two parts. The first part concerns meat quality. The evolution of duck meat post-mortem is described. The effects of high muscle development on technological and sensorial quality are also presented. Finally, the influences of the mai...

The notion that trainee teachers are anxious at the prospect of standing before their first class is as commonplace as it is understandable. This small-scale study, carried out with a group of aspiring Further Education (FE) lecturers on a Stage One Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programme in 2007, is the first of a series of three articles which promises to inform pedagogical practice in the ...

The world of science fiction has long known computers, robots and spaceships that can converse like humans, pass the Turing Test with ease, and interact with their environments with superhuman intelligence. There is an entire spectrum from a Data to a HAL to the ubiquitous Star Trek computer that will dim your lights, serve you tea or commence the autodestruct sequence. Many of these, like Data...

Given the growing popularity of video gaming and off-the shelf electroencephalographic (EEG) devices like the Emotiv, there is a growing need for methods of measuring gamer experience in real-time. Engagement indices developed to monitor human engagement have yet to be implemented with the Emotiv. In this study, we compared three different engagement indices during various video game modalities...

In what case do you like reading so much? What about the type of the land surface observation modeling and data assimilation book? The needs to read? Well, everybody has their own reason why should read some books. Mostly, it will relate to their necessity to get knowledge from the book and want to read just to get entertainment. Novels, story book, and other entertaining books become so popula...

The use of standards to support the electronic execution of parts of a business transaction could provide substantial benefit. However, underestimating the need to evaluate the fit between the business requirements and the capabilities of a standard to meet these requirements (at an early stage of a standard implementation project) can lead to problems and even project failure. Currently there ...

A case study is presented describing how the South African national cadastral system was insufficient on its own to supply title security and land use control, with respect to newcomers to the city acquiring title in tribal areas. Land registration on its own, or even when accompanied with adjudication, does not necessarily deliver sustainable development. To ensure sustainable development, esp...

Urban consumption of ecosystems services such as food generates environmental impacts at different geographical scales. In the last few decades Tokyoites have shown an increasing appetite for meat. This study examines the environmental implications of Tokyo’s increasing meat consumption by analyzing how this trend has affected land use and cover change in areas near and far away. Historical dat...

Wendy J. Umberger Proponents of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) of meat argue that COOL would provide US producers with a competitive advantage in the marketplace. They contend that US consumers perceive domestic meat products to be higher quality than imported meat products. Therefore, because of its higher perceived quality, U.S.-labeled meat will garner a premium over imported me...