Essays about: "The Andes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words The Andes.

  1. 21. Identification of Phenolic Compounds in Quinoa Milk Fermented with Lactic Acid Bacteria Strains

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för livsmedel och läkemedel

    Author : Tawanda Mandoga; [2018]
    Keywords : Inocolum; Fermented quinoa milk; Polyphenols compounds; Antioxidant evaluation; Food technology; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Phenolic compounds, abundant in plants, are of significant interest and are increasingly becoming a subject of intensive research due to their bioactive properties such as antioxidant activity. The objective of this study was to identify phenolic compounds present in formulated quinoa milk fermented by two probiotic bacteria strains; Lactobacillus pentosus and Pediococcus pentosaceous by HPLC and evaluate their antioxidant capacity. READ MORE

  3. 22. SOFT POWER - The Intercultural Bilingual Education policy as a window onto larger processes of governance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Elin Bergner; [2018]
    Keywords : Social anthropology; policy; EIB; Andean Nations; Governmentality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study looks into Intercultural Bilingual Education among the Indigenous Peoples of the Andes. Using the policy as a vantage point it shows the interconnectedness of the different parts of a larger network of processes influencing it. READ MORE

  4. 23. Climate Blame Below The Glaciers - Challenges to Climate Justice in Peruvian Mountains and German Courts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Line Skovlund Larsen; [2018]
    Keywords : Climate Blame; Climate Justice; Perceptions of Climate Change Causes; Climate Liability; Climate Litigation; Individual Guilt; Collective Responsibility; Diffuse Responsibility; Water Scarcity; Glacial Lake Outburst Flood; The Global South; The Andes; RWE; Huaraz; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates climate blame amongst a local population in the Northern Andes, Peru, and relates it to arguments on climate liability in German courtrooms. It does so on the backdrop of a climate lawsuit, which in 2017 was accepted by the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, filed by a Peruvian farmer against a German coal- and electricity company. READ MORE

  5. 24. Water Management in the midst of Climate Change and Growing Tourism: A Field Study from the Peruvian Andes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Robert Nylander; [2017-03-28]
    Keywords : Water Management; Peruvian Andes; Water Users; Climate Change; Tourism;

    Abstract : According to climate researchers, melting glaciers is one of the most sever effects of the global climate change. Peru that contains more than seventy percent of the world’s tropical glaciers is particularly vulnerable to this effect. READ MORE

  6. 25. Design of an Off-grid PV System for Households in Perú and Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Emiliano Gabriel Lorenzo Guevara; [2017]
    Keywords : PV; photovoltaics; Peru; Sweden; off-grid; battery; pvsyst;

    Abstract : Because of global warming and the Paris agreement from 2015, countries need to switch their energy sources into clean sources. For some countries, like Perú, electricity produced from renewable energy sources is still a new technology. Its electricity demand depends entirely on traditional hydropower and thermal plants. READ MORE