The book Measurement and Control of Chemical, Food and Biotechnological Processes (Volume I - Process Measurement and Volume II - Process Control) will provide readers with basic knowledge from a rapidly developing area of automatic process control and technological measurements. It is based on a philosophy that only parameters that are measured reliably and with sufficient accuracy can be controlled efficiently. Automatic control systems are becoming integral parts of industrial technological devices. Laboratory equipment and instrumentations with computer control are more frequently involved in everyday technological routine. Therefore, recent practice requires technologists with, at least, elementary understanding of these systems.
The monograph Measurement and Control of Chemical, Food and Biotechnological Processes is intended for everyone who is interested in gaining of professional knowledge in measurement and control of manufacturing processes in chemical, food, biotechnological, pharmaceutical and other technologies. The book represents a source of basic information for students, professionals and operating personnel in above mentioned areas.

Volume I - Process Measurement
Introduction to the Measurement and Control of Technological Processes
Basic terms, block and technological diagrams; Labelling of measurement and control circuits; Measuring Instruments and Data Acquisition; Measurement uncertainty.
Process Measurement
Measurement of temperature, pressure, level, flow, heat; Measurement of weight (industrial scales); Humidity and moisture measurement; Composition measurement (liquid and gas mixtures); Measurement of particle size.

Volume II -Process Control
Process Control
Mathematical models based on the balance, solutions of mathematical model equations (simulation), examples; Basic concepts, controlled system, measuring element, actuator, continuous control, two-position control, digital control; Logic control (types and realisation); Control of industrial batch processes; Computer controlling and information systems, advanced control methods; Computer simulations of technological plants in chemical and food industries.
Laboratory and Industrial Applications of Process Measurement and Control
Practical demonstrations of process measurement and control of model and laboratory stations. Applications of measurement and control in food technology and biotechnology and in chemical and the other productions.

The colourfully illustrated book, format B5, paperback edition.
The price of each volume separately is 100 EUR incl. VAT (+shipping), the price of the set is 180 EUR incl. VAT (+shipping).

Books can be ordered on the publisher’s email sales@keypublishing.cz or info@sts-books.co.uk.
It will be delivered from Czech Republic.

You can obtain detailed information about the new monograph from editors karel.kadlec@vscht.cz, milos.kminek@volny.cz and pavel.kadlec@vscht.cz.

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Focusing on problems of Eastern Europe, the present study combines a geopolitical and civilisational approach in order to present a historical analysis of Belarusian civilisational affiliation. The main aspects discussed include the importance of the long process of the Occidentalisation of Belarusian culture, the civilisational consequences of Russian domination after the Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and finally the Sovietisation of Belarus, both under the Soviet Union and in the independent state.

The present book attempts to identify and describe the geopolitical circumstances which have determined the shaping of Belarusian civilisational space, and to analyse the historical evolution of Belarusian space from the point of view of its potential for a geopolitical reorientation. Looking towards the future, it discusses the civilisational choices Belarus is facing, and offers an analysis of possible changes in Belarusian geopolitics which might affect the present structure of the international political system in this part of the world.

This publication presents an overview of the Czech labour law. It summarises the basic legal institutions in the area of the Czech labour law in a comprehensive way and emphasizes besides theoretical fundamentals in particular the practical issues. The authors aim at maximum comprehensibility both for users without any legal education and for lawyers without corresponding hands-on experience. This publication is designed for the broad group of readers who need to orientate themselves in labour-law relations in the Czech Republic.

Labour law as a branch of law is to a certain extent unique.  Basic knowledge of labour law is necessary both for businessmen as employers during their business activities and for all individuals who enter a labour-law relation. Despite the fact that labour law is primarily intended for as broad a range of people as possible, the legal wording is not very clear and is often hard to apply in practice. The aim of the publication in front of you therefore is to explain this branch of law as clearly as possible.

For those planning on or already doing business in the Czech Republic, or just wanting to extend their knowledge about the legal framework for conducting business in one of the central European states ”A Brief Introduction to the Czech Commercial Law” in English will prove worthwhile. Commencing with a concise background of the history and basis of the Czech commercial law, the authors move on to cover the legal regime of the principal business players, commercial companies.

Thereafter, the commercial obligations and their main instruments, commercial contracts, are reviewed. A succinct analysis of the competition law represents a logical culmination of the publication. Each of the contributing authors has both an extensive academic background and a wide experience in the practice of law which contributes to a well balanced blend of a theoretical and practical approach demonstrated across this invaluable publication.

Multinational companies with operations in many different jurisdictions face a complicated task. Employment and labor laws differ greatly from country to country, and sometimes there are substantial differences even within a given company and jurisdiction. Moreover in the European Union, an employer needs to comply with the laws of the European Union, local laws and in the case of federal states with the laws of each of the states that are part of the respective federation where the operation is located. Compliance is further complicated by the fact that companies typically have their own code of conduct and other rules and procedures that may provide more or less protection for its workers, depending upon the jurisdiction in question. Complicating these further, cultural issues can vary greatly depending upon the country, region, religion and ethnicity involved. Understanding not just what the applicable laws and company policy says, but how it can and should be practically applied and communicated at a given location and company, requires sometimes taking into account vast cultural differences within and among a given workforce. It is essential that rules are developed between a company’s legal department, human resources and tax departments to ensure that these myriad factors are considered whilst operating a global workforce.

The purpose of this study is to is to identify and summarize the current situation in an international company operating in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, to identify and summarize the legal situation governing employees’ cross border movement therein and to suggest the best internal solution to this company that would enable fast and effective cross-border movement of the employees, including internal policies, template documentation and a step-by-step manual while mitigating major risks arising from different laws.

The publication is issued mainly for non-lawyers, who want to familiarize with the basic institutes of civil law. Except for the explanation of basic civil-law terms, the reader can familiarize himself fit the core of the obligation law, heritage law, author law and of course with material law. Neither the history of the civil law and the problems of bringing the Czech civil law and the EU one closer to each other were omitted.

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