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    Sleep and its Disorders : Translational Medicine (2022)
    Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :
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    Keywords: Neurology . ; Internal medicine. ; Psychiatry. ; Neurology. ; Internal Medicine. ; Psychiatry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Evolving approaches to identifying genetic risk variants for sleep disorders -- Chapter 2. Neurobiology of sleep-wake control -- Chapter 3. Prostaglandins, adenosine and histaminergic system in the regulation of sleep and wakefulness -- Chapter 4.Sleep and Neuronal Plasticity -- Chapter 5. Epidemiology of Insufficient Sleep -- Chapter 6.Social Factors in Insufficient Sleep -- Chapter 7. Sleep Loss and the Unfolded Protein Response -- Chapter 8. Biological and genetic mechanisms of sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease -- Chapter 9.Diaphragm EMG recording and its application in sleep medicine -- Chapter 10. Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia in Patients with OSA -- Chapter 11.Neural injury in models of intermittent hypoxia -- Chapter 12. Narcolepsy and Orexin/hypocretin -- Chapter 13.Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders: Mechanisms and Treatment.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to provide health care professionals with an overview of the main aspects of recent advances in sleep medicine, with an emphasis on advancing basic science into clinical medicine. It is divided into three main parts. The first part is to cover the basic sleep mechanisms which includes genetics in sleep, and neural and humoral regulation of sleep and wakefulness. The second part focuses on the epidemiology of sleep, and the final part consists of the pathophysiological mechanisms of snoring and sleep apnea and other common sleep disorders as well as the consequences. The content of this book is written by experts and sleep specialists from all over the world and this book aims to optimize the health of individuals by “translating” bench side findings into clinical practice.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VI, 282 p. 43 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789402421682
    Series Statement: Translational Medicine Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2168-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2168-2
    DDC: 616.8
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    The Calabar Bean and its Alkaloids : From Magic, via Miracle, to Memory (2023)
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    Keywords: Botanical chemistry. ; Chemistry, Organic. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Plant Biochemistry. ; Organic Chemistry. ; Pharmaceutics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. l-Physostigmine (eserine) -- 3. l-Physovenine -- 4. l-Eseramine -- 5. l-N(8)-Norphysostigmine -- 6. l-Geneserine -- 7. 1H-, 13C- and 15N-Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the alkaloids of the Calabar bean -- 8. Other alkaloids of, as yet, unknown structures that have been isolated, or allegedly so, from the Calabar bean -- 9. Non-alkaloidal components of the Calabar bean -- 10. Biological activities of the alkaloids of the Calabar bean -- 11. Notes -- 12. References -- 13. Index.
    Abstract: Investigations into Calabar beans (the dried ripe seeds of Physostigma venenosum) and their alkaloidal components compose a classical scientific journey throughout some one-and-a-half centuries and not only represent a fascinating aspect of the history of medicine but which is, moreover, still ongoing at the forefront of chemical and medical discovery. Those in particular involving its major such component, l-physostigmine, have led to an understanding of some of the fundamental mechanisms occurring in physiology, pharmacology and biochemistry and, either actually or potentially (by providing a template and thereby acting as a “lead compound”) have provided a useful treatment for a variety of neurological disorders associated with irregularities in cholinergic transmission in which augmentation of cholinergic activity has proved to be beneficial.
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    Pages: XXVI, 267 p. 240 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789402411911
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1191-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1191-1
    DDC: 572.2
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    Advanced Nanomaterials for Detection of CBRN (2020)
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    Keywords: Nanoscience. ; Condensed matter. ; Security systems. ; Quantum physics. ; Electronic circuits. ; Nanophysics. ; Condensed Matter Physics. ; Security Science and Technology. ; Quantum Physics. ; Electronic Circuits and Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I Advanced Nanomaterials -- 1 Tuning the Electronic, Optical, and Transport Properties of Phosphorene -- 2 Detection of CBRN Agents through Nanocomposite Based Photonic Crystal Sensors -- 3 Impurity Ordering Effects on Graphene Electron Properties -- 4 Multiferroics for Detection of Magnetic and Electric Fields -- 5 Many-Fermion Wave Functions: Structure and Examples -- 6 Factors and Lattice Reactions Governing Phase Transformations in Beta Phase Alloys -- 7 Quantum-Chemical Calculations of Pure and Phosphorous Doped Ultra-Small Silicon Nanocrystals -- 8 Theoretical Aspects of Nanosensors for Radiation Hazards Detecting -- Part II Nanosensors -- 9 Chemoelectrical Gas Sensors of Metal Oxides with and Without Metal Catalysts -- 10 Ion Track Etching Revisited: Inuence of Aging on Parameters of Irradiated Polymers as Required for Advanced Devices -- 11 Plasmon Metal Nanostructures Formation in Piezocomposite Material Controllable in Micrometric Level for Detection and Sensing Cell-Biological Particles -- 12 Detection of CBRN Agents at the Interface with P(VDF-TRFE) Film by Scanning Third Harmonic Generation -- 13 Nanoscale-Specic Analytics: How to Push the Analytic Excellence in Express Analysis of CBRN -- 14 Model of Interaction between TiO2 Nanostructures and Bovine Leucosis Proteins in Photoluminescence Based Immunosensor -- 15 Superconducting Gravimeters Based on Advanced Nanomaterials and Quantum Neural Network -- 16 Replicated Computer Generated Microstructure onto Piezoelectric Nanocomposite and Nanoporous Aluminum Oxide Membranes Usage in Microuidics -- 17 Nanopore-Penetration Sensing Effects for Target DNA Sequencing via Impedance Difference between Organometallic-Complex-Decorated Carbon Nanotubes with Twisted Single-Stranded or Double-Stranded DNA -- 18 Functional Nanocomposites Based on Quantum Dots -- 19 Polymer Lattice and Track Nanostructures to Create Novel Biosensors -- 20 The Sensitivity Peculiarities of Nanosized Tin Dioxide Films to Certain Alcohols -- 21 Porous Silica Glasses as a Model Medium for the Formation of Nanoparticles Ensembles -- 22 The Revised SI Systems of Units of 2018 and Its Impact on Nanotechnology -- 23 CBRNe as Conceptual Frame Of An All Hazards Approach of Safety and Security: the Creation of Organic Networks of -- Military, Civil, Academic/Research and Private Entities at National and International Level to Generate Solutions for Risk Reduction. A European and Italian Perspective -- 24 Decrease in the Concentration of Hazardous Components of Exhaust Gases from a Combustion Chamber of a Heat Engine -- 25 Visual Analytics in Machine Training Systems for Effective Decision -- 26 Apoptosis in Atherosclerosis and the Ways of its Regression.
    Abstract: This book is devoted to advanced materials and perspective sensors, which is one of the most important problems in nanotechnology and security. This book is useful for researchers, scientist and graduate students in the fields of solid state physics, nanotechnology and security.
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    Pages: XXIV, 354 p. 161 illus., 98 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789402420302
    Series Statement: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2030-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2030-2
    DDC: 530.41
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    The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes (2021)
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    Keywords: Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Ecology . ; Evolution (Biology). ; Biodiversity. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Evolutionary Ecology. ; Ecology. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chance, Choice and Cichlids -- Frontiers in Cichlid Research: A History of Scientific Advancement -- Ecological Opportunity, Genetic Variation, and the Origins of African Cichlid Radiations -- Evolution in the Fast Lane: Diversity, Ecology, and Speciation of Cichlids in the lower Congo River -- Neotropical Riverine Cichlids: Adaptive Radiation and Macroevolution at Continental Scales -- Sympatric and Allopatric Diversification in the Adaptive Radiation of Midas Cichlids in Nicaraguan Lakes -- The Consequences of Anthropogenic Stressors on Cichlid Fish Communities: Revisiting Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Nabugabo -- Rapid Evolutionary Responses in Cichlids: Genetics of Adaptation, Morphology and Taxonomic Implications -- Identifying and Conserving Tilapiine Cichlid Species in the 21st Century -- Introduced Cichlids in the Americas: Distribution Patterns, Invasion Ecology, and Impacts -- The Evolutionary Ecology of Cichlid Vision -- The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System of Cichlid Fishes: From Anatomy to Behavior -- Sonic Cichlids -- The Evolution of Enhanced Cichlid Hearing: Functional Morphology and the Role of Ecoacoustical Factors -- Parental Care in Cichlid Fishes -- Cichlids as a model system for studying social behaviour and evolution -- Integrative Neurobiology of Social Behavior in Cichlid Fish -- Respiratory Ecology of Cichlids -- Feeding Ecology of Lake Tanganyika Cichlids -- Patterns of Trophic Evolution: Integration and Modularity of the Cichlid Skull -- An Evo-devo View of Post-genomic African Cichlid Biology: Enhanced Models for Evolution and Biomedicine.
    Abstract: This volume constitutes the most recent and most comprehensive consideration of the largest family of bony fishes, the Cichlidae. This book offers an integrated perspective of cichlid fishes ranging from conservation of threatened species to management of cichlids as invasive species themselves. Long-standing models of taxonomy and systematics are subjected to the most recent applications and interpretations of molecular evidence and multivariate analyses; and cichlid adaptive radiations at different scales are elucidated. The incredible diversity of endemic cichlid species in African lakes is revisited as possible examples of sympatric speciation and as serious cases for management in complex anthropogenic environments. Extreme hydrology and bathymetry as driver of micro-allopatric speciation is explored in the African riverine hotspot of diversity of the lower Congo River. Dramatic new molecular evidence draws attention to the complex taxonomy and systematics of Neotropical cichlids including the crater lakes of Central America. Molecular genetics, genomics, imaging tools and field study techniques assess the roles of natural, sexual and kin selection in shaping cichlid traits and beyond. The complex behavioral adaptations of cichlids are considered from a number of sub-disciplines including sensory biology, neurobiology, development, and evolutionary ecology. Most importantly, this volume puts forth a wealth of new interpretations, explanatory hypotheses and proposals for practical management and applications that will shape the future for these remarkable fishes in nature as well as their use as models for the study of biology.
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    Pages: XVI, 828 p. 154 illus., 108 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789402420807
    Series Statement: Fish & Fisheries Series, 40
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2080-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2080-7
    DDC: 577.6
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    Coexistence and Confrontation of Agricultural and Food Models : A New Paradigm of Territorial Development? (2023)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Agriculture Economic aspects. ; Economic geography. ; Agriculture. ; Agricultural Economics. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface - A courageous and truly necessary work -- General introduction - Questions, issues and analytical framework -- PART I. SPECIALIZATION/DIVERSIFICATION -- Introduction - Productive and territorial specialization: a blocking factor or a resource -- 1. From agro-industrial specialization to the plurality of models in southern Brazil -- 2. The construction of development itineraries in dairy basins, between specialized and diversified models -- 3. Does the evolution of agricultural production models allow for their coexistence in the territories -- PART II. INNOVATION -- Introduction - Innovation: ferment and fruit of the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models -- 4. Mass retailing, a driving force for hybridization and innovation in territorial food systems -- 5. Coexisting in Cuma: cooperation between heterogeneous farmers -- 6. Emergence and compartmentalization of advisory subsystems for ecological intensification of agriculture in Burkina Faso -- PART III. ADAPTATION -- Introduction - Adaptation: necessity and project in coexistence -- 7. ProHuerta: from subsistence self-production to the agroecological challenge of giants -- 8. Hybridization of food chains in peri-urban production systems: the example of Pisa, Italy -- 9. Tradition in the market: valuing the know-how and identity of the Faxinal Emboque community in Brazil -- 10. History and coexistence of agricultural development models. The cases of Argentina, France and Brazil -- PART IV. TRANSITION -- Introduction - Thinking about transitions through the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models: scales, actors and territorial trajectories -- 11. The role of interactions between organic and "conventional" in the ecological transition of the territorial food system of southern Ardèche -- 12. Challenging and caring: forms of solidarity in local purchasing groups -- 13. Governing coexistence in an economy "in transition": peasant farming and mega-farms in the Vietnamese dairy sector -- 14. Thinking about the diversity of transition trajectories -- PART V. A NEW PARADIGM OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT? -- Introduction - Ambivalence of models and the challenge of territorial governance of coexistence -- 15. Coexistence as an arrangement: the multiplicity of dairy models in Switzerland -- 16. Neoliberalization of agricultural policy in Japan and contradictions between agricultural models -- 17. Where is the development model of food systems that emerged at the end of the 20th century going -- 18. Agricultural and food models: don't believe in them too much, but believe in them anyway -- 19. Confronting models: coexistence to navigate between the naivety of consensus and the violence of polarization -- 20. Governing the coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models in the territories: paradigm, postures, methods -- List of authors.
    Abstract: This book analyses situations of coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models according to four major dimensions of territorial development: the tension between specialisation and diversification; innovation; adaptation; and food transition. New agricultural and food models are being deployed in territories around the world in response to criticisms of the old forms of agriculture and food production, and in order to meet new challenges. These models embody archetypes of the observed diversity, actors’ projects or new norms. A number of conceptual studies and case studies from France and other countries allow us to understand the interactions between these models (confrontation, complementarity, co-evolution, hybridisation, etc.), taking us well beyond the characterisation of their diversity and the evaluation of their relative performances. The coexistence and confrontation of these models build up their capacity for radical change. The book asks original questions about the analytical framework, its methodological challenges and the expected outcomes for the support of agricultural and food development in rural and urban territories. It is intended for researchers, teachers, students and professionals interested in territorial development. Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi and Denis Sautier are the scientific coordinators of this book. They are geographers and economists at CIRAD, INRAE and VetAgro Sup, where they conduct research on the transformation of agriculture, food systems and territories in France and other countries. This book is the result of a collective research process involving 36 authors from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, France, Japan, Switzerland and Vietnam. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, author of the Foreword, is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and Associate Professor of Agricultural Sociology at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He has conducted extensive research on processes of agricultural transition and on dynamics of rural development.
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    Pages: XXXIII, 315 p. 30 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789402421781
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2178-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2178-1
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    Agriculture and Air Quality : Investigating, Assessing and Managing (2020)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Pollution. ; Environment. ; Biogeography. ; Measurement. ; Measuring instruments. ; Computer simulation. ; Agriculture. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Biogeosciences. ; Measurement Science and Instrumentation. ; Computer Modelling.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Preamble -- Agriculture and air quality: background information -- Agriculture, environment and air quality: a historical perspective and social understanding -- Part I: Compounds, mechanisms and impacts -- Chapter 1. The main pollutants and their impacts on agriculture, ecosystems and health (Jean-François Castell, Juliette Faburé, Valérie Pernelet-Joly, Laurent Huber, Juliette Lathière) -- Chapter 2. Mechanisms of pollutant exchange at soil-vegetation-atmosphere interfaces and atmospheric fate (Sébastien Saint-Jean, Carole Bedos, Raluca Ciuraru, Sophie Génermont, Laurent Huber, Juliette Lathière, Benjamin Loubet, Raia Silvia Massad, Patrick Stella, Andrée Tuzet, Éric Villenave) -- Chapter 3. Necessary integrative approaches (Raia Silvia Massad, Pierre Cellier, Carole Bedos, Juliette Lathière, Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré, Paul Robin) -- Part II: Measurement and modelling methods -- Chapter 4. Measuring air pollutant concentrations and fluxes (Benjamin Loubet, Dominique Baisnée, Mathieu Cazaunau, Audrey Fortems-Cheiney, Raluca Ciuraru, Cathy Clerbaux, Jean-François Doussin, Gaëlle Dufour, Cristian Focsa, Christian George, Valérie Gros, Mélynda Hassouna, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Julien Kammer, Patricia Laville, Abdelwahid Mellouki, Maurice Millet, Denis Petitprez, Etienne Quivet, Nathalie Redon, Roland Sarda-Esteve, Stéphane Sauvage, Gaëlle Uzu, Éric Villenave, Nora Zannoni) -- Chapter 5. Modelling exchanges: from the process scale to the regional scale (Raia Silvia Massad, Andrée Tuzet, Erwan Personne, Carole Bedos, Matthias Beekmann, Isabelle Coll, Jean-Louis Drouet, Audrey Fortems-Cheiney, Sophie Génermont, Benjamin Loubet, Sébastien Saint-Jean) -- Part III: From diagnosis to action -- Chapter 6. Establishing a diagnosis: inventorying, monitoring and assessing (Sophie Génermont, Benoît Gabrielle, Étienne Mathias, Carole Bedos, Christian Bockstaller, Jean-François Castell, Vincent Colomb, Aurélien Gouzy) -- Chapter 7. Reducing the impacts of agriculture on air quality (Pierre Cellier, Sophie Génermont, Antoine Pierart, Sophie Agasse, Jean-Louis Drouet, Nadège Edouard, Thomas Eglin, Laurence Galsomiès, Nadine Guingand, Benjamin Loubet, Isabelle Roussel) -- List of chemical compounds -- List of Acronyms.
    Abstract: This book gives an overview of the relationships between agriculture and air quality, which is an issue of increasing importance for practitioners and policy makers. It provides the keys to understand natural and anthropogenic mechanisms governing emission and deposition of pollutants produced by and/or impacting agricultural activities. It identifies how management practices can help mitigating emissions and how public policies on air pollution progressively addressed the agricultural sector. This book was written for students, researchers and agriculture actors as well as for public decision-makers.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXI, 330 p. 48 illus., 44 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789402420586
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2058-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2058-6
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    Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment : Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (2022)
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    Keywords: Biochemical markers. ; Radiation dosimetry. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Biochemistry. ; Biomarkers. ; Radiation Dosimetry and Protection . ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Biological Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMARKER DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 1. Reducing Uncertainties In Live Monitoring Of Radiation In Wildlife -- Chapter 2. Synchrotron Light Facilities And Applications In Life Sciences -- Chapter 3. Elemental Imaging In Biology Using Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy -- LOW-DOSE EFFECT MECHANISMS Chapter 4. Modelling Direct And Indirect Effects Of Radiation: Experimental, Clinical And Environmental Implications -- Chapter 5. Immune Networks In The Context Of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation -- Chapter 6. Learning From Nato Biomarker Research For Humans -- BIOMARKERS FOR RISK EVALUATION -- Chapter 7. Exosomes As Radiation Biomarkers -- Chapter 8. Monitoring Very Low Dose Radiation Damage In Dna Using “Field-Friendly” Biomarkers -- Chapter 9. The Development Of Bio-Assays Based On Non-Targeted Effects Of Radiation; A Potential Worm-Hole Into Ecosystem Level Biomarkers -- BIOMARKERS IN WILDLIFE Chapter 10. Birds As Bioindicators Of Radioactive Contamination And Its Effects -- Chapter 11. Amphibians In Field Radioecology: A Review And Perspective -- Chapter 12. Measuring Adaptive Responses Following Chronic And Low Dose Exposure In Amphibians -- Chapter 13. Are There Ecosystem-Relevant Endpoints For Measuring Radiation Impacts?.-Chapter 14. Biomarkers And Ecological Indicators For Environmental Radioactivity In Invertebrates.-BIOMARKER USE AND RESPONSES -- Environment, Workers And Public -- Chapter 16. Application Of The International System Of Radiation Protection In Fit-For-Purpose Assessment Of Impacts -- Chapter 17. Practicalities Of Mainstreaming Biomarker Use – A Canadian Perspective -- Index.
    Abstract: This proceedings volume results from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Biomarkers of Radiation in the Environment: Robust Tools for Risk Assessment (BRITE)’. The BRITE workshop discussed insights from cancer research, epigenetics, non-human and human risk assessment, since many of the state-of-the-art biomarkers being developed for humans deserve consideration for environmental applications and vice versa. Sessions were very wide-ranging covering methods, mechanisms, cross disciplinary application and regulation. The chapters in this book have been grouped into five major themes that were covered by the BRITE workshop: · Techniques for biomarker development · Low-dose effect mechanisms · Biomarkers for risk evaluation · Biomarkers in wildlife · Biomarker use and responses Each chapter has been written independently and reflects the views of the chapter author(s). Therefore, the readers can form their own balanced view of the different perspectives on biomarkers of radiation in the environment. Given the breadth of topics covered and the state-of-the-art perspectives shared by leading experts in their respective fields, this book should form a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in how biomarkers can be used to improve our understanding of radiation in the environment and its potential impacts.
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    Pages: XVI, 330 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789402421019
    Series Statement: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2101-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2101-9
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    Random Fields for Spatial Data Modeling : A Primer for Scientists and Engineers (2020)
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    Keywords: System theory. ; Geophysics. ; Statistics . ; Environmental sciences. ; Physics. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Engineering Data processing. ; Mathematical physics. ; Complex Systems. ; Geophysics. ; Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Physics. ; Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications. ; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Preliminary Remarks -- Why Random Fields? -- Notation and Definitions -- Noise and Errors -- Spatial Data and Basic Processing Procedures -- A Personal Selection of Relevant Books -- Trend Models and Estimation -- Empirical Trend Estimation -- Regression Analysis -- Global Trend Models -- Local Trend Models -- Trend Estimation based on Physical Information -- Trend Based on the Laplace Equation -- Basic Notions of Random Fields -- Introduction -- Single-Point Description -- Stationarity and Statistical Homogeneity -- Variogram versus Covariance -- Permissibility of Covariance Functions -- Permissibility of Variogram Functions -- Additional Topics of Random Field Modeling -- Ergodicity -- Statistical Isotropy -- Anisotropy -- Anisotropic Spectral Densities -- Multipoint Description of Random Fields -- Geometric Properties of Random Fields -- Local Properties -- Covariance Hessian Identity and Geometric Anisotropy -- Spectral Moments -- Length Scales of Random Fields -- Fractal Dimension -- Long-Range Dependence -- Intrinsic Random Fields -- Fractional Brownian Motion -- Classification of Random Fields -- Gaussian Random Fields -- Multivariate Normal Distribution -- Field Integral Formulation -- Useful Properties of Gaussian Random Fields -- Perturbation Theory for Non-Gaussian Probability Densities -- Non-stationary Covariance Functions -- Further Reading -- Random Fields based on Local Interactions -- Spartan Spatial Random Fields -- Two-point Functions and Realizations -- Statistical and Geometric Properties -- Bessel-Lommel Covariance Functions -- Lattice Representations of Spartan Random Fields -- Introduction to Gauss-Markov Random Fields -- From Spartan Random Fields to Gauss-Markov Random Fields -- Lattice Spectral Density -- SSRF Lattice Moments -- SSRF Inverse Covariance Operator on Lattices -- Spartan Random Fields and Langevin Equations -- Introduction to Stochastic Differential Equations -- Classical Harmonic Oscillator -- Stochastic Partial Differential Equations -- Spartan Random Fields and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations -- Covariance and Green’s functions -- Whittle-Matérn Stochastic Partial Differential Equation -- Diversion in Time Series -- Spatial Prediction Fundamentals -- General Principles of Linear Prediction -- Deterministic Interpolation -- Stochastic Methods -- Simple Kriging -- Ordinary Kriging -- Properties of the Kriging Predictor -- Topics Related to the Application of Kriging -- Evaluating Model Performance -- More on Spatial Prediction -- Linear Generalizations of Kriging -- Nonlinear Extensions of Kriging -- Connections with Gaussian Process Regression -- Bayesian Kriging -- Continuum Formulation of Linear Prediction -- The “Local-Interaction” Approach -- Big Spatial Data -- Basic Concepts and Methods of Estimation -- Estimator Properties -- Estimating the Mean with Ordinary Kriging -- Variogram Estimation -- Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- Cross Validation -- More on Estimation -- The Method of Normalized Correlations -- The Method of Maximum Entropy -- Stochastic Local Interactions -- Measuring Ergodicity -- Beyond the Gaussian Models -- Trans-Gaussian Random Fields -- Gaussian Anamorphosis -- Tukey g-h Random Fields -- Transformations based on Kappa Exponentials -- Hermite Polynomials -- Multivariate Student’s t-distribution -- Copula Models -- The Replica Method -- Binary Random Fields -- The Indicator Random Field -- Ising Model -- Generalized Linear Models -- Simulations -- Introduction -- Covariance Matrix Factorization -- Spectral Simulation Methods -- Fast-Fourier-Transform Simulation -- Randomized Spectral Sampling -- Conditional Simulation based on Polarization Method -- Conditional Simulation based on Covariance Matrix Factorization -- Monte Carlo Methods -- Sequential Simulation of Random Fields -- Simulated Annealing -- Karhunen-Loève Expansion -- Karhunen-Loève Expansion of Spartan Random Fields -- Epilogue -- A Jacobi’s Transformation Theorems -- B Tables of SSRF Properties -- C Linear Algebra Facts -- D Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: This book provides an inter-disciplinary introduction to the theory of random fields and its applications. Spatial models and spatial data analysis are integral parts of many scientific and engineering disciplines. Random fields provide a general theoretical framework for the development of spatial models and their applications in data analysis. The contents of the book include topics from classical statistics and random field theory (regression models, Gaussian random fields, stationarity, correlation functions) spatial statistics (variogram estimation, model inference, kriging-based prediction) and statistical physics (fractals, Ising model, simulated annealing, maximum entropy, functional integral representations, perturbation and variational methods). The book also explores links between random fields, Gaussian processes and neural networks used in machine learning. Connections with applied mathematics are highlighted by means of models based on stochastic partial differential equations. An interlude on autoregressive time series provides useful lower-dimensional analogies and a connection with the classical linear harmonic oscillator. Other chapters focus on non-Gaussian random fields and stochastic simulation methods. The book also presents results based on the author’s research on Spartan random fields that were inspired by statistical field theories originating in physics. The equivalence of the one-dimensional Spartan random field model with the classical, linear, damped harmonic oscillator driven by white noise is highlighted. Ideas with potentially significant computational gains for the processing of big spatial data are presented and discussed. The final chapter concludes with a description of the Karhunen-Loève expansion of the Spartan model. The book will appeal to engineers, physicists, and geoscientists whose research involves spatial models or spatial data analysis. Anyone with background in probability and statistics can read at least parts of the book. Some chapters will be easier to understand by readers familiar with differential equations and Fourier transforms.
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    Pages: XXX, 867 p. 622 illus., 134 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789402419184
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographic Information Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1918-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1918-4
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    Competing for Land, Mangroves and Marine Resources in Coastal Vietnam (2021)
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Water. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Mangrove Systems Facing Enclosures, Markets and Social Inequality -- Chapter 2. Early History of Mangrove Management in Giao Lạc -- Chapter 3. Socialism, Cooperatives and Mangrove Management in Giao Lạc (1954-1985) -- Chapter 4. Impacts of Economic Renovation on Households and Coastal Ecosystems -- Chapter 5. Social Differentiation under Đổi mới Reforms -- Chapter 6. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book presents a historical and ethnographic study of changing mangrove management in northern Vietnam over the past 100 years, grounded in a case study in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. The book shows that three primary socio-economic dynamics have affected mangroves: enclosure movements that have restricted access by different user communities over time, such as the exclusion of women; changing valuation of mangroves and their products and services; and social and class differentiation caused by privatization of once common resources. The result of these pressures have been erosions of norms, rules, and collective action to protect and nurture mangroves, leading to widespread loss of coastal forests. Sustainable mangrove management will require attention to these dynamics to address current-day land conflicts. The book will be of interest to policy-makers, practitioners, and academics and students in forest policy, management and governance; rural livelihoods; and globalization and agrarian change. .
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    Pages: XVII, 171 p. 13 illus., 8 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789402421095
    Series Statement: MARE Publication Series, 24
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2109-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2109-5
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    Food, Feed, Fuel, Timber or Carbon Sink? Towards Sustainable Land Use : A Consequential Life Cycle Approach (2021)
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    Keywords: Sustainability. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainability of Land Use: A Systems Approach -- 3. Consequential life cycle framework and methodology for the integrated sustainability impact assessment of land-use systems -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions. .
    Abstract: This book provides a holistic framework for assessing the environmental and economic impacts of land-use strategies for a range of purposes, such as food, animal feed, biomass and biofuels, and timber. Using land for one purpose negates its use for any other competing purpose. Given that it is in limited supply, land needs to be optimised so that it can meet the increasing demand for crops of a growing and wealthier human population, while providing ecosystem services, such as carbon storage (i.e. climate-change mitigation). The framework is quantitative and includes various indirect effects, like indirect land-use change, and is a robust basis with which to assess global impacts from land-use decisions on climate change, ecosystem services and biodiversity. .
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    Pages: VIII, 125 p. 40 illus., 28 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789402420999
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2099-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2099-9
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    Earthquake Precursors in the Atmosphere and Ionosphere : New Concepts (2022)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Environmental sciences. ; Physics. ; Astronomy. ; Thermodynamics. ; Solar system. ; Geology. ; Environmental Physics. ; Physics and Astronomy. ; Thermodynamics. ; Space Physics.
    Description / Table of Contents: The basic concepts -- Atmospheric phenomena -- Ionospheric phenomena -- Methods of observation -- Practical applications for short-term prediction -- Supplement.
    Abstract: This book discusses how the increased emanation of radon and other gases from the Earth’s crust in the vicinity of active tectonic faults triggers a chain of physical processes and chemical reactions in the atmospheric boundary layer and the Earth’s ionosphere over an earthquake area several days/hours before strong seismic shocks occur. It presents the two main concepts involved in this mechanism: atmosphere ionization and the global electric circuit. The Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) concept is strongly supported by experimental data showing the atmospheric and ionospheric precursors for major recent earthquakes including 2004 Sumatra; 2008 Sichuan, China; 2011 Tohoku, Japan; and 2015 Nepal. The book not only addresses the theoretical considerations but also includes information on experimental techniques used for precursor observations based on the space-borne systems. Providing practical methods of precursor identification and interpretation, it is an excellent textbook for graduate courses in geophysics, earthquake science, atmospheric physics and remote sensing. Moreover, it offers a wealth of information for scientists and experts from governmental and international agencies working in the fields of natural-disaster mitigation, response and recovery.
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    Pages: XX, 294 p. 227 illus., 149 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789402421729
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2172-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2172-9
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    Building Knowledge for Geohazard Assessment and Management in the Caucasus and other Orogenic Regions (2021)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Environment. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: PART I - The role of NATO -- 01-NATO cooperation with Georgia in the framework of the Science for Peace (SPS) Programme -- 02-Lens on NATO-Georgia cooperation: a shared engagement -- 03-An overview of the 20-year collaboration between NATO and Earth scientists to assess geohazards in the Caucasus and other critical regions -- PART II - Key studies focused on regional and geological aspects -- 04-Active kinematics of the Greater Caucasus from seismological and GPS data: A review -- 05-Structural architecture of the western Greater Caucasus orogen: New data from a crustal-scale structural cross-section -- 06-The geometry of the two orogens convergence and collision zones in central Georgia: New data from seismic reflection profiles -- 07-Regional seismotectonic zonation of hydrocarbon fields in active thrust belts: a case study from Italy -- PART III - Key studies for seismic hazard assessment -- 08-The 2020 National Seismic Hazard Model for Georgia (Sakartvelo) -- 09-Non-Ergodic Ground-Motion Models for Crustal Earthquakes in Georgia -- 10-Time series analysis of fault strain accumulation around large dam: the case of Enguri dam, Greater Caucasus -- 11-Geohazard assessment along the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus (Azerbaijan) -- PART IV - Key studies for volcanic hazard assessment -- 12-Quaternary volcanic activity in the Greater Caucasus: a review of Elbrus, Kazbek and Keli volcanoes -- 13-Tectonic control over the Abuli Samsari Volcanic Ridge, Lesser Caucasus, Georgia -- PART V - Key studies for hydrological, landslide and coastal hazard assessment -- 14-Landslide and mudflow hazard assessment in Georgia -- 15-Significance of the Spatial Resolution of DEM in Regional Slope Stability Analysis Enguri Dam, Republic of Georgia -- 16-Description of a 2-year, high-resolution geodetic monitoring of the Khoko landslide, Enguri reservoir, Georgia -- 17-Examples of coastal hazard along the Georgian Black Sea Coast -- PART VI - Seismic micronation -- 18-Extensive Microzonation as a tool for seismic risk reduction: methodological and political issues -- 19-Preliminary results of site effects assessment in Mtskheta (Georgia) -- 20-Rheological properties of soils in assessing the seismic hazard of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant -- 21-On the Seismic Waves Propagating in the Layered Earth Stratum -- PART VII - 7. Innovative approaches for geohazard and risk assessment -- 22-Commercial-UAV-based Structure from Motion for geological and geohazard studies -- 23-Automatic telemetric monitoring/Early Warning Systems, with multi-task sensor, applied to mass movements -- 24-Extensometer-based monitoring of active deformation at the Khoko landslide (Jivari, Georgia) -- 25-Aspects of Risk Management and Vulnerability Assessment of buildings in the Republic of Georgia.
    Abstract: This volume is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of the state of art of research related to geo-related hazards in the Caucasus and other orogenic regions; it is also devoted to shedding light on a broad array of geological phenomena as well as discussing innovative tools and strategies for geohazard assessment. Additional emphasis is placed on preventive and mitigation measures, which might be helpful in tackling seismic, volcanic and landslide risks affecting major lifelines and infrastructures. The innovative, multidisciplinary methodologies illustrated in this volume may be successfully applied to other orogenic regions across the globe. The book features major scientific contributions from experts working on different Earth Science topics, such as seismology, structural geology, applied geology and volcanology. Its chapters describe a wide gamut of cutting-edge research methodologies and are thus intended to be read and shared by the worldwide Earth Science community. In particular, the readers will have a chance to gain a thorough knowledge of a number of key geological features that can be observed across both the Greater and Lesser Caucasus. Moreover, the volume provides a thorough description of the techniques employed to assess seismic hazard in major cities - such as microzonation - and an overview of the efforts taken to monitor and prevent seismic and landslide hazard posed to vital energy infrastructures in the Caucasus region.
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    Pages: XV, 458 p. 207 illus., 162 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789402420463
    Series Statement: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2046-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2046-3
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    Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology : Addressing Security and Resilience Issues (2021)
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    Keywords: Biotechnology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Bioremediation. ; Security, International. ; Criminology. ; Environmental Law. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; International Security Studies. ; Crime Control and Security. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Law.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Biosecurity for Synthetic Biology and Emerging Biotechnologies: Critical Challenges for Governance -- Chapter 2: Emerging Biosecurity Threats and Responses: A Review of Published and Gray Literature -- Chapter 3: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Considerations for Top-Down Governance for Biosecurity and Synthetic Biology -- Chapter 4: Biological standards and biosecurity: The unexplored link -- Chapter 5: Responsible Governance of Biosecurity in Armenia -- Chapter 6: Addressing Emerging Synthetic Biology Threats: The Role of Education and Outreach in Fostering Effective Bottom-Up Grassroots Governance -- Chapter 7: Cybersecurity and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19 -- Chapter 8: Synthetic Biology Brings New Challenges to Managing Biosecurity and Biosafety -- Chapter 9: Emerging Biotechnology and Information Hazards -- Chapter 10: Technical Aspects of Biosecurity: Screening Guidance, Attribution, and Traceability -- Chapter 11: The Soil Habitat and Considerations for Synthetic Biology -- Chapter 12: Foresight in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology Threats -- Chapter 13: Predicting Biosecurity Threats: Deployment and Detection of Biological Weapons -- Chapter 14: Promoting Effective Biosecurity Governance: Using Tripwires to Anticipate and Ameliorate Potentially Harmful Development Trends. .
    Abstract: Synthetic biology is a field of biotechnology that is rapidly growing in various applications, such as in medicine, environmental sustainability, and energy production. However these technologies also have unforeseen risks and applications to humans and the environment. This open access book presents discussions on risks and mitigation strategies for these technologies including biosecurity, or the potential of synthetic biology technologies and processes to be deliberately misused for nefarious purposes. The book presents strategies to prevent, mitigate, and recover from ‘dual-use concern’ biosecurity challenges that may be raised by individuals, rogue states, or non-state actors. Several key topics are explored including opportunities to develop more coherent and scalable approaches to govern biosecurity from a laboratory perspective up to the international scale and strategies to prevent potential health and environmental hazards posed by deliberate misuse of synthetic biology without stifling innovation. The book brings together the expertise of top scholars in synthetic biology and biotechnology risk assessment, management, and communication to discuss potential biosecurity governing strategies and offer perspectives for collaboration in oversight and future regulatory guidance.
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    Pages: XV, 225 p. 15 illus., 13 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9789402420869
    Series Statement: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2086-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2086-9
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    Plant Innate Immunity Signals and Signaling Systems : Bioengineering and Molecular Manipulation for Crop Disease Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Botany. ; Plant Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Manipulation of Calcium Ion Influx--Mediated Immune Signaling Systems for Crop Disease Management -- 3. Manipulation of Reactive Oxygen Species, Redox and Nitric Oxide Signaling Systems to Activate Plant Innate Immunity for Crop Disease Management -- 4. Bioengineering and Molecular Manipulation of Mitogen-activated Kinases to Activate Plant Innate Immunity for Crop Disease Management -- 5. Bioengineering and Molecular Manipulation of Salicylic Acid Signaling System to Activate Plant Immune Responses for Crop Disease Management -- 6. Bioengineering and Molecular Manipulation of Jasmonate Signaling System to Activate Plant Immune System for Crop Disease Management -- 7. Bioengineering and Molecular Manipulation of Ethylene Signaling System for Crop Disease Management.
    Abstract: Engineering durable nonspecific resistance to phytopathogens is one of the ultimate goals of plant breeding. However, most of the attempts to reach this goal fail as a result of rapid changes in pathogen populations and the sheer diversity of pathogen infection mechanisms. Recently several bioengineering and molecular manipulation technologies have been developed to activate the ‘sleeping’ plant innate immune system, which has potential to detect and suppress the development of a wide range of plant pathogens in economically important crop plants. Enhancing disease resistance through altered regulation of plant immunity signaling systems would be durable and publicly acceptable. Strategies for activation and improvement of plant immunity aim at enhancing host’s capability of recognizing invading pathogens, boosting the executive arsenal of plant immunity, and interfering with virulence strategies employed by microbial pathogens. Major advances in our understanding of the molecular basis of plant immunity and of microbial infection strategies have opened new ways for engineering durable resistance in crop plants. The volume III of the book presents the ways and means to manipulate the signals and signaling system to enhance the expression of plant innate immunity for crop disease management. It also describes bioengineering approaches to develop transgenic plants expressing enhanced disease resistance using plant immunity signaling genes. It also discusses recent commercial development of biotechnological products to manipulate plant innate immunity for crop disease management. .
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    Pages: XI, 267 p. 76 illus., 1 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789402419405
    Series Statement: Signaling and Communication in Plants,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1940-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1940-5
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    Extended Biocontrol (2022)
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    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Botany. ; Agriculture. ; Plant Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I – Biological Control: Theoretical Foundations and Applications -- Chapter 1 Integrative Systematics and Adaptations of Natural Enemies to Their Hosts -- Chapter 2 The Biology of Introduced Populations -- Chapter 3 Classical Biological Control -- Chapter 4 Augmentative Biological Control Using Entomophagus Arthropods -- Chapter 5 Sterile Insect Technique: Principles, Deployment and Prospects -- Part II Stimulating Natural Pest Control in Agricultural Landscapes: Theoretical and Operation Insights into Conservation Biological Control -- Chapter 6 Community Ecology, Food Webs and Natural Pest Control -- Chapter 7 Agroecological management of insect pests from field to landscape.-Chapter 8 Biological control for weed management -- Part III Microorganisms and biological control -- Chapter 9 Plant microbiota: diversity, transmission and function -- Chapter 10 Agroecological protection to support plant health: where the microbiota fits in -- Chapter 11 Microorganisms as biocontrol products -- Chapter 12 The role of microbial metabolites in biological control -- Part IV Botanical biopesticides -- Chapter 13 Botanical pesticides as biocontrol products -- Chapter 14 Challenges in developing botanical biopesticides for pest control -- Part V Semiochemicals and pest control -- Chapter 15 Semiochemicals and communication in insects -- Chapter 16 Anatomy and functioning of the insect chemosensory system -- Chapter 17 Semiochemicals and insect control -- Part VI Conditions for successful biocontrol and its large-scale deployment -- Chapter 18 The challenge of biocontrol deployment -- Chapter 19 Biocontrol in France: prospects for structuring a developing sector -- Chapter 20 Integrating biocontrol into cropping system design -- Chapter 21 New technologies for the deployment of extended biocontrol -- Part VII Is biological control a sustainable crop protection method -- Chapter 22 Health and biodiversity risks linked to a major bioinsecticide: Bacillus thuringiensis -- Chapter 23 Can pests develop resistance to biocontrol products -- List of acronyms -- Glossary -- Bibliographical references -- List of authors.
    Abstract: A successful transition from conventional to sustainable agriculture requires crop protection methods that are safe for people, animals, plants and the environment. The idea behind Extended Biocontrol is to combine biological control sensu stricto (i.e., the use of living organisms to control plant pests) with sterile insect techniques and products of biological origin. As an environmentally-friendly approach to crop protection, extended biocontrol is at the core of a major renewal of pest management. This book outlines the theoretical foundations and practical applications of extended biocontrol. Strategies used to date have relied on the management of native natural enemies and the release of macroorganisms, microorganisms and semiochemicals. Current research is now seeking to optimize these strategies to make them more efficient and diverse. Discoveries of new active compounds produced by microorganisms or plants that are active against pests are proliferating, while managing the plant microbiota opens novel avenues to improve natural plant defences. Additionally, innovative agricultural equipment and organizational approaches are being developed to efficiently deploy biocontrol. Finally, significant efforts are being made to ensure that these extended biocontrol methods remain sustainable with regard to their positive and negative impacts on the environment and human health, the durability of their efficacy against target organisms, and their economic viability. This comprehensive book, written by internationally renowned researchers, is aimed at a professional audience as well as any readers who want to learn more about pest management and how it relates to the agroecological revolution.
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    Pages: XXIII, 327 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789402421507
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2150-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2150-7
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    Toxic Chemical and Biological Agents : Detection, Diagnosis and Health Concerns (2020)
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    Keywords: Mass spectroscopy. ; Spectrum analysis. ; Pharmacology. ; Radiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Immunology. ; Mass Spectrometry. ; Spectroscopy. ; Pharmacology. ; Radiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Immunology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Professor Giovanni Sindona -- 2.Evaluation of Quality and Safety of Foods by Tandem Mass Spectrometry -- 3.Detection of Biological Warfare Agents Using Biosensors -- 4.Mass Spectrometry Methods for Food Safety/Detection of Toxins in Food -- 5.Fundamentals of Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics -- 6.Direct Mass Spectrometry as a Practical Analytical Strategy for High Speed, High Throughput Testing -- 7.Mass Spectrometry in Ecotoxicology -- 8.Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry: technology and applications -- 9. Risks and Consequences of Hazard Agents to Human Health -- 10. Bacterial threats to human health and food supply -- 11.An overview of male reproductive toxicants: facts and opinions -- 12.Defense Against Biological Terrorism: Vaccines and their Characterization -- 13.Environmental Impact of Air Pollution on Human Health in the Annaba region (Algeria) -- 14.New insight into Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome: Strategy based on Urinary Exosomes -- 15. Synthesis of long-chain esters under continuous flow conditions -- 16. Data Independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry for Proteomic Advances into Isolated Methylmalonic Acidemia -- Deposition strategies of nano-TiO2 photocatalyst for wastewater applications -- 18.Tri-modal MALDI-MS imaging on the same tissue section: Deeper molecular insights of disease -- Fabrication of QDs dimers with sub-nanometer interparticle distance -- Mapping Molecular Interactions in the Clostridium difficile Infected Gastrointestinal Tract Using Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry -- Detection, Identification and Monitoring of Chemical Warfare Agents a comparison between on-field and in-lab approach -- New tools for rapid and sensitive detection of water contamination: whole-cell biosensors and cell-free TX-TL systems -- A Novel Origami Paper-Based Chemiluminescent Biosensor Integrated With A Smartphone Device for Organophosphorus Compounds Detection -- Solid-phase microextraction combined with microwave-assisted extraction using eco-friendly solvents as a new approach for the analysis of toxic compounds from environmental solid matrices -- Recent advances in MALDI mass spectrometry imaging: a cutting-edge tool for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules -- 26.Luminescent Polymeric Nanovectors loaded with Darunavir for treatment of HIV-Associated Neurological Diseases -- Investigation of the N-Glycoproteome in the Urinary Exosomes: Technical Challenges by Technical Challenges -- Fluoroquinolones In Water: Removal Attempts By Innovative AOPs -- Evaluation of Surface Second Harmonic Generation SSHG for Detection of Antibody-Antigen Interactions -- Impact of asbestos-related toxicity on Italian working population: preliminary incidence data from the last 5 years across the whole country -- Magnetically Targeted Delivery of Sorafenib through Magnetic Solid Lipid Nanoparticles towards Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Identification of Some Organic Solvents During Regular Forensic Determination of Alcohols in Blood and Bioliquids.
    Abstract: This book critically assesses the current state of knowledge on new and important detection technologies, e.g. mass spectrometry, tandem mass spectrometry, biosensor detection and tissue imaging, in connection with toxic chemical and biological agents. In general, the main topics discussed concern the risks and consequences of chemical and biological agents for human health in general, with special emphasis on all biochemical and metabolic pathways including the reproductive system. The exposome, genetic risks and the environment, various health hazard agents, risk assessment, environmental assessment and preparedness, and analysis of sub-lethal effects at the molecular level are also discussed. In closing, the book provides comprehensive information on the diagnosis of exposure, and on health concerns related to toxic chemical and biological agents. .
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    Pages: XIV, 282 p. 115 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789402420418
    Series Statement: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2041-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2041-8
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    Large Camel Farming : A Care-Management Guide from Breeding to Camel Products (2023)
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    Keywords: Veterinary medicine. ; Physiology. ; Agriculture. ; Food science. ; Veterinary Science. ; Veterinary Clinical Medicine. ; Animal Physiology. ; Agriculture. ; Food Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: General information on large camelids in the world: Origin, taxonomy, biodiversity, and new settlements -- Chapter 2: Anatomical features of large camelids -- Chapter 3: Physiology of large camelids: Life cycle, adaption to ecosystems, and reproduction -- Chapter 4: The physiological basis of large camelid lactation, digestion, and nutrition -- Chapter 5: Technical management of a camel farm with a focus on dairy: Breeding and young animal rearing, milking, and feeding -- Chapter 6: Animal health management and veterinary practices in a camel farm -- Chapter 7: Economic management of a dairy camel farm -- Chapter 8: Camel products and services: From dairy-, meat and non-food products to riding and transport, including slaughter.
    Abstract: This practical guide is intended for all actors in the sector who work with large camelids, whether in breeding, technical advice or veterinary care. It successively describes the general aspects of the species, the physiological bases of reproduction, lactation and feeding, the main production processes, and health and hygiene management in camel breeding. Chapters on slaughter, important camel products and their processing complete the volume. Large camels (camels and Bactrian camels) are domestic animals that are increasingly used in Western countries, as well as in Africa and Asia, for tourism, sport, and production of milk, meat, and wool. In addition, camel husbandry systems are changing, taking a greater share of sedentary systems, specializing in breeding, and intensifying production. At the same time, many veterinarians and breeders are not familiar with the animal, its needs, physiology, diseases, and management, which is often based on practices introduced for cattle and proving ineffective. This work is a practical aid for all interested readers who want to embark on the adventure of working with large camelids in a cultural context where they are not yet a dominant element of the agricultural landscape. The numerous photographs and drawings that support the text make it a unique and entertaining read.
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    Pages: XVII, 207 p. 190 illus., 178 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789402422375
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2237-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2237-5
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