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    Paris : OECD
    Keywords: risk assessment
    Description / Table of Contents: Recent global shocks, such as the 2008 financial crisis, have driven policy makers and industry strategists to re-examine how to prepare for and respond to events that can begin locally and propagate around the world with devastating effects on society and the economy. This report considers how the growing interconnectedness in the global economy could create the conditions and vectors for rapid and widespread disruptions. It looks at examples of hazards and threats that emerge from the financial world, cyberspace, biological systems and even the solar system, to reflect on what strategic capacities are called for to improve assessment, mapping, modelling, response and resilience to such large scale risks.
    Pages: Online-Ressource (137 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9789264114586
    Language: English
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  • 2
    Keywords: early warning systems ; food safety ; risk management ; risk assessment ; disaster risk management ; food inspection
    Description / Table of Contents: Worldwide, food safety incidents can have a significant impact on public health, economies, agrifood trade, food security, and public confidence in the food supply. The prevention, mitigation, and management of food safety incidents globally can be enhanced through more effective early warning systems for food safety. Early warning systems help countries to better anticipate food safety threats and respond quicker through appropriate risk management actions. This publication provides a resource for countries to enhance their early warning capabilities and capacities. It emphasizes the need to build and connect links between existing food safety infrastructure (e.g. surveillance and food control) and to improve collaborative relationships among all of the different food chain stakeholders in order to protect public health and the food supply.
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 93 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9789251089897
    Language: English
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    New York, NY : Springer
    Keywords: cadmium ; copper ; ecology ; ecosystem ; environment ; explosives ; fluoroquinolone ; health ; lead ; mercury ; silver ; soil ; toxin ; zinc
    Description / Table of Contents: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides concise, critical review articles of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications. Table of contents: Foreword.- Preface.- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the South American Environment.- Silver as a Disinfectant.- Impact of Soil Properties on Critical Concentrations of Cadmium, Lead, Copper, Zinc, and Mercury in Soil and Soil Solution in View of Ecotoxicological Effects.- Critical Soil Concentrations of Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in View of Health Effects on Humans and Animals.- Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in the Environment.- Explosives: Fate, Dynamics, and Ecological Impact in Terrestrial and Marine Environments.- Index.
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 222 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9780387691633
    Language: English
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    Rijeka : InTech
    Keywords: risk assessment ; risk avoiding ; risk reduction ; risk control ; natural hazards ; natural disasters
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Landslides: Methodology to Select Stabilizing Construction Works by Oscar Andrés Cuanalo Campos --- Chapter 2: Natural Risk Management to Protect Critical Infrastructures: A Model for Active Learning by Catalin Cioaca, Vasile Prisacariu and Mircea Boscoianu --- Chapter 3: Earthquake Culture: A Significant Element in Earthquake Disaster Risk Assessment and Earthquake Disaster Risk Management by Michaela Ibrion --- Chapter 4: Mexico City after September 2017: Are We Building the Right City? by Milton Montejano-Castillo and Mildred Moreno-Villanueva --- Chapter 5: On Risk and Reliability Studies of Climate-Related Building Performance by Krystyna Pietrzyk and Ireneusz Czmoch --- Chapter 6: Machinery Safety Requirements as an Effective Tools for Operational Safety Management by Hana Pacaiova --- Chapter 7: Integrated Risk Assessment of Safety, Security, and Safeguards by Mitsutoshi Suzuki --- Chapter 8: Practical Propagation of Trust in Risk Management Systems by Kristian Helmholt, Matthijs Vonder, Bram Van Der Waaij, Elena Lazovik and Niels Neumann --- Chapter 9: Risk Assessment for Collaborative Operation: A Case Study on Hand-Guided Industrial Robots by Varun Gopinath, Kerstin Johansen and Johan Ölvander --- Chapter 10: Managing Technogenic Risks with Stakeholder Cooperation by Riitta Molarius --- Chapter 11: Risks, Safety and Security in the Ecosystem of Smart Cities by Stig O. Johnsen --- Chapter 12: Implementation of Basel and Solvency Risk Assessment Standards in Banks and Insurance Companies of Southeastern Europe Countries by Safet Kozarevic, Emira Kozarevic, Pasqualina Porretta and Fabrizio Santoboni --- Chapter 13: Environmental Health Surveillance for Health Risk Assessment Following Radionuclide Release by Robert Wålinder --- Chapter 14: Challenges and Perspectives of the Risk Assessment of the Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer in the Next-Generation Sequencing Era by Israel Gomy --- Chapter 15: Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution in Urban Environment by Gevorg Tepanosyan, Lilit Sahakyan, David Pipoyan and Armen Saghatelyan --- Chapter 16: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Risks, Challenges, and Solutions by Zakiya Hoyett --- Chapter 17: Estimation of PM2.5 Trajectory Using Atmospheric Dispersion Models and GIS in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area by Kayoko Yamamoto and Zhaoxin Yang --- Chapter 18: Risk Assessment and Prediction of Aflatoxin in Agro-Products by Peiwu Li, Xiaoxia Ding, Yizhen Bai, Linxia Wu, Xiaofeng Yue and Liangxiao Zhang --- Chapter 19: Risk Management in Complex Organisations by Andrea Antonucci
    Pages: Online-Ressource (384 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9789535137993
    Language: English
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    Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer
    Keywords: Assessment ; Medical Screening ; cancer screening ; human health risk ; organization ; risk assessment ; screening ; toxicity ; uncertainty
    Description / Table of Contents: The Illusion of Certainty: Health Benefits and Risks peels away the "veneer of certainty" which many of us attach to health risk and benefit information given to us in our daily lives. It was written and designed primarily to assist the public in comprehending and interpreting the uncertainty associated with the overwhelming amount of information on medical and environmental health risks. The book uses unique, visual presentations and case studies to explain the benefits of medical screening tests (e.g., mammography, prostate and colorectal cancer screening, cholesterol screening) and drugs (e.g., statins, Vioxx™) and the risks associated with exposure to environmental contaminants (e.g., lead, dioxin, radon). This book will help patients and their families get more involved in making medical decisions, and citizens face critical questions about the environment. By putting the complexities of risk analysis in terms the general public can relate to, the authors are empowering people to make well-informed decisions.
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 239 pages)
    ISBN: 9780387485720
    Language: English
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: Wildfire risk can be perceived as the combination of wildfire hazards (often described by likelihood and intensity) with the susceptibility of people, property, or other valued resources to that hazard. Reflecting the seriousness of wildfire risk to communities around the world, substantial resources are devoted to assessing wildfire hazards and risks. Wildfire hazard and risk assessments are conducted at a wide range of scales, from localized to nationwide, and are often intended to communicate and support decision making about risks, including the prioritization of scarce resources. Improvements in the underlying science of wildfire hazard and risk assessment and in the development, communication, and application of these assessments support effective decisions made on all aspects of societal adaptations to wildfire, including decisions about the prevention, mitigation, and suppression of wildfire risks. To support such efforts, this Special Issue of the journal Fire compiles articles on the understanding, modeling, and addressing of wildfire risks to homes, water resources, firefighters, and landscapes.
    Keywords: wildfire risk ; object-oriented image analysis ; Sentinel-2 ; fire behavior ; flammap ; wildfire management ; water supply ; erosion ; wildfire containment ; Potential fire Operational Delineations ; Monte Carlo simulation ; transmission risk ; WUI ; fire ; defensible space ; prescribed fire ; community vulnerability ; fire suppression costs ; Zillow ; wildfire ; predictive modeling ; fire spread model ; Monte Carlo ; spatial modeling ; area difference index ; statistics ; precision ; recall ; principal components analysis ; risk assessment ; structure loss ; wildland–urban interface ; mitigation ; mapping ; land use ; disaster ; fire spread models ; surrogate modeling ; sensitivity analysis ; global sensitivity analysis ; colour coding ; communication ; forest fire ; ordinal categorization ; palette ; risk ; firefighter safety ; safe separation distance ; safety zones ; LCES ; Google Earth Engine ; lidar ; LANDFIRE ; Landsat ; GEDI ; parcel-level risk ; post-fire analysis ; risk mitigation ; rapid assessment ; natural hazards ; fuels ; fire hazard ; remote sensing ; LiDAR ; Sentinel ; modeling ; simulation ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNA Primary industries::KNAL Forestry & related industries
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Concerns relating to energy supply and climate change have driven renewable energy targets around the world. Marine renewable energy could make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the consequences of climate change, while providing a high-technology industry. The conversion of wave and tidal energy into electricity has many advantages. Individual tidal and wave energy devices have been installed and proven, with commercial arrays planned throughout the world. The wave and tidal energy industry has developed rapidly in the past few years; therefore, it seems timely to review current research and map future challenges. Methods to improve understanding of the resource and interactions (between energy extraction, the resource and the environment) are considered, such as resource characterisation (including electricity output), design considerations (e.g., extreme and fatigue loadings) and environmental impacts, at all timescales (ranging from turbulence to decadal) and all spatial scales (from device and array scales to shelf sea scales).
    Keywords: tide-surge-wave model ; Taiwanese waters ; sea-state hindcast ; wave power ; wave energy ; unstructured grid model ; resource characterization ; WaveWatch III ; SWAN ; tidal energy ; experimental testing ; acoustic Doppler profiler ; Strangford Lough ; dc-dc bidirectional converter ; finite control set-model predictive control (FCS-MPC) ; oscillating water column (OWC) ; supercapacitor energy storage (SCES) ; wave climate variability ; wavelet analysis ; teleconnection patterns ; marine renewable energy ; ocean energy ; environmental effects ; wave modeling ; wave propagation ; numerical modeling ; sediment dynamics ; risk assessment ; marine current energy ; spiral involute blade ; hydrodynamic analysis ; numerical simulation ; wave energy trends ; reanalysis wave data ; Chilean coast ; renewable energy ; wave energy converters ; annual mean power production ; wave energy converter ; transmission coefficient ; absorption ; surfing amenity ; resource ; impact assessment ; feasibility study ; floating offshore wave farm ; WEC ; IRR ; LCOE ; marine energy ; unmanned ocean device ; multi-type floating bodies ; nonlinear Froude-Krylov force ; energy efficiency ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book presents the results of the successful Sensors Special Issue on Intelligent Vehicles that received submissions between March 2019 and May 2020. The Guest Editors of this Special Issue are Dr. David Fernández-Llorca, Dr. Ignacio Parra-Alonso, Dr. Iván García-Daza and Dr. Noelia Parra-Alonso, all from the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). A total of 32 manuscripts were finally accepted between 2019 and 2020, presented by top researchers from all over the world. The reader will find a well-representative set of current research and developments related to sensors and sensing for intelligent vehicles. The topics of the published manuscripts can be grouped into seven main categories: (1) assistance systems and automatic vehicle operation, (2) vehicle positioning and localization, (3) fault diagnosis and fail-x systems, (4) perception and scene understanding, (5) smart regenerative braking systems for electric vehicles, (6) driver behavior modeling and (7) intelligent sensing. We, the Guest Editors, hope that the readers will find this book to contain interesting papers for their research, papers that they will enjoy reading as much as we have enjoyed organizing this Special Issue
    Keywords: tracking-by-detection ; multi-vehicle tracking ; Siamese network ; data association ; Markov decision process ; driving behavior ; real-time monitoring ; driver distraction ; mobile application ; portable system ; simulation test ; dynamic driving behavior ; traffic scene augmentation ; corridor model ; IMU ; vision ; classification networks ; Hough transform ; lane markings detection ; semantic segmentation ; transfer learning ; autonomous ; off-road driving ; tire-road forces estimation ; slip angle estimation ; gauge sensors ; fuzzy logic system ; load transfer estimation ; simulation results ; normalization ; lateral force empirical model ; driver monitor ; lane departure ; statistical process control ; fault detection ; sensor fault ; signal restoration ; intelligent vehicle ; autonomous vehicle ; kinematic model ; visual SLAM ; sparse direct method ; photometric calibration ; corner detection and filtering ; loop closure detection ; road friction coefficient ; tire model ; nonlinear observer ; self-aligning torque ; lateral displacement ; Lyapunov method ; automatic parking system (APS) ; end-to-end parking ; reinforcement learning ; parking slot tracking ; deceleration planning ; multi-layer perceptron ; smart regenerative braking ; electric vehicles ; vehicle speed prediction ; driver behavior modeling ; electric vehicle control ; driver characteristics online learning ; objects’ edge detection ; stixel histograms accumulate ; point cloud segmentation ; autonomous vehicles ; scene understanding ; occlusion reasoning ; road detection ; advanced driver assistance system ; trajectory prediction ; risk assessment ; collision warning ; connected vehicles ; vehicular communications ; vulnerable road users ; fail-operational systems ; fall-back strategy ; automated driving ; advanced driving assistance systems ; illumination ; shadow detection ; shadow edge ; image processing ; traffic light detection ; intelligent transportation system ; lane-changing ; merging maneuvers ; game theory ; decision-making ; intelligent vehicles ; model predictive controller ; automatic train operation ; softness factor ; fusion velocity ; online obtaining ; hardware-in-the-loop simulation ; driving assistant ; driving diagnosis ; accident risk maps ; driving safety ; intelligent driving ; virtual test environment ; millimeter wave radar ; lane-change decision ; risk perception ; mixed traffic ; minimum safe deceleration ; automated driving system (ADS) ; sensor fusion ; multi-lane detection ; particle filter ; self-driving car ; unscented Kalman filter ; vehicle model ; Monte Carlo localization ; millimeter-wave radar ; square-root cubature Kalman filter ; Sage-Husa algorithm ; target tracking ; stationary and moving object classification ; localization ; LiDAR ; GNSS ; Global Positioning System (GPS) ; monte carlo ; autonomous driving ; robot motion ; path planning ; piecewise linear approximation ; multiple-target path planning ; autonomous mobile robot ; homotopy based path planning ; LiDAR signal processing ; sensor and information fusion ; advanced driver assistance systems ; autonomous racing ; high-speed camera ; real-time systems ; LiDAR odometry ; fail-aware ; sensors ; sensing ; percepction ; object detection and tracking ; scene segmentation ; vehicle positioning ; fail-x systems ; driver behavior modelling ; automatic operation ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: With the announcement of the European Green Deal, which defines a set of policy initiatives aimed at achieving a 50–55% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and making Europe climate neutral in 2050, the challenge of energy transition becomes even more critical. The transformation of national energy systems towards sustainability is progressing throughout all Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, yet the goals and results are different. Most EU Member States have made substantial progress towards meeting their long-term commitments of emissions reductions. However, some bloc members have struggled to meet their obligations. An effective energy transition requires the introduction of appropriately designed policy instruments and of robust economic analyses that ensure the best possible outcomes at the lowest costs for society. In this context, this Special Issue aims to bring into the discussion the challenges that CEE countries have to face and overcome while undergoing energy transition.
    Keywords: climate change ; food security ; grand challenges ; multiple factor analysis ; regional studies ; renewable energy ; sustainable development goals ; support systems ; energy policy ; cogeneration ; capacity market ; individual cogeneration premium ; trade globalization ; financial globalization ; CO2 emissions ; real GDP per capita ; bootstrap panel Granger causality ; EU transition economies ; photovoltaics ; renewable energy sources ; “My Electricity” ; renewable energy policy ; Poland ; “Mój Prąd” ; grant ; renewable energy grants ; renewable energy support ; economic appraisal ; social discount rate ; Ramsey formula ; consumption rate of interest ; social opportunity cost ; renewable energy sources (RES) ; green energy transformation ; sustainable development ; energy cooperatives ; coopetition ; Renewable Energy Communities ; management ; households ; energy consumption ; platform ; EU ETS ; CO2 ; emissions trading ; energy companies from Central and Eastern Europe ; decarbonisation ; energy transition ; low-carbon technology ; climate and energy policy ; indicators ; biomass ; electric vehicle ; electromobility ; energy balance ; efficiency engines ; clustering ; charging stations ; data analysis ; hydrogen cells ; energy law ; customer preferences ; electric car ; PHEV ; driving technique ; limestone sorbents ; flue gas desulphurisation ; FGD gypsum ; coal-fired power plants ; climate policy ; capacity adequacy ; linear programming ; COVID-19 pandemic ; lockdown ; electricity demand profiles ; Polish energy mix ; energy transition in Poland ; social acceptance ; carbon emissions ; fleet electrification ; sustainable mobility ; fleet management ; energy mix ; onshore wind ; risk assessment ; cash-flows ; discount rate ; cost of capital ; cost of equity ; district heating ; decarbonization ; energy efficiency ; Hubgrade ; remuneration mechanism ; power generation ; new investments ; combined heat and power ; optimization ; thermal energy storage ; uncertainty ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book derives from the Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2019 (SIMES-2019) that has been launched as a joint issue of the journals Materials and Applied Sciences. The 29 contributions published in this Special Issue of Materials present cutting-edge advances in the field of manufacturing engineering focusing on additive manufacturing and 3D printing; advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; sustainable and green manufacturing; manufacturing of new materials; metrology and quality in manufacturing; industry 4.0; design, modeling, and simulation in manufacturing engineering; and manufacturing engineering and society. Among them, the topic "Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing" has attracted a large number of contributions in this journal due to its widespread popularity and potential.
    Keywords: Bayesian inference ; control chart ; dynamic methodology ; hidden Markov chain ; occupational accident ; risk assessment ; risk control ; risk management ; Fused Deposition Modeling ; roughness ; Polylactic Acid ; print orientation angle ; build angle ; titanium alloys ; sustainable lubrication ; cryogenic lubrication ; MQL ; OD grinding ; CBN ; dressing ; rotary dresser ; wear ; CVD diamond ; additive manufacturing ; 3D printing ; fused filament fabrication ; flexural properties ; fatigue ; PLA ; cements ; ballast waste ; cornubianite ; mechanical properties ; Spain ; joining ; forming ; sheet–tube connections ; experimentation ; modelling and simulation ; quality enhancement ; process parameters ; design optimization ; calibration artifact ; kinematic support ; dimensional metrology ; machine tool ; length measurement ; rapid prototyping ; efficiency ; printing time ; experimental model ; prepeg ; carbon fiber ; Raman spectroscopy ; AWJM ; waterjet ; CFRP ; kerf taper ; surface quality ; metal forming ; bi-metallic ; cylinders ; compression ; finite elements ; microscopy ; cold expansion ; mandrel ; cold-forming ; swaging ; shipbuilding ; LARG paradigm ; supply chain ; coordinate metrology ; confocal microscopy ; measurement ; calibration ; traceability ; uncertainty ; quality assessment ; digital image correlation ; indentation process ; incremental forming ; finite element method ; material flow ; AWJM (Abrasive waterjet machining) ; CFRTP (Carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics) ; RSM (response surface methodology) ; ANOVA (Analysis of variance) ; C/TPU (carbon/polyurethane) ; image processing ; position control ; accuracy ; micromachines ; position compensation ; inverse conical perspective ; micromanufacturing ; manufacturing systems ; mechatronics ; FDM ; bimodulus materials ; standards ; finite element analysis (FEA) ; ABS ; anisotropy ; infill density ; layer orientation ; ASTM D638–14:2014 ; ISO 527–2:2012 ; grounding electrodes in two-layered soils ; step and touch potentials ; step potentials upper bound ; orthoses ; prostheses ; fused deposition modeling ; laminated object manufacturing ; selective laser sintering ; laser tracker ; Monte Carlo method ; verification ; green manufacturing ; sustainability metrics ; cleaner product life cycle ; material removal processes ; hybrid components ; light alloys ; magnesium ; aluminum ; drilling ; dry machining ; cold compressed air ; lubrication and cooling systems ; arithmetical mean roughness ; Ra ; average maximum height ; Rz ; repair and maintenance operations ; fused deposition modelling ; composites ; polymer injection moulding ; polyamide ; metal matrix composite ; Al-SiC ; microstructure ; machining ; cooling compressed air ; thrust force ; energy ; material removed rate ; PEEK-GF30 ; multi-response optimization ; sustainable manufacturing ; metrology ; industry 4.0 ; modeling and simulation ; quality in manufacturing ; technological and industrial heritage ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special Issue on Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Waters features 11 articles on the monitoring and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in natural aquatic systems (i.e., reservoirs, rivers), and effluent discharge from water treatment plants to assess the effectiveness of AMR removal and resulting loads in treated waters. Some of the key elements of AMR studies presented in this Special Issue highlight the underlying drivers of AMR contamination in the environment and the evaluation of the hazard imposed on aquatic organisms in receiving environments through ecological risk assessments. As described in this Issue, screening antimicrobial peptide (AMP) libraries for biofilm disruption and antimicrobial candidates are promising avenues for the development of new treatment options to eradicate resistance.
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; TA170-171 ; risk assessment ; reuse water ; Acinetobacter junii ; Escherichia coli ; co-occurrence pattern ; EPS ; wastewater treatment plant ; UV-disinfection ; biofilm ; estuary reservoir ; Environmental Waters ; antibiotic resistance genes ; antimicrobial peptide (AMP) ; wastewater ; tertiary media filtration ; Psl ; antibiotic-resistant strains ; drinking water treatment plants ; water ; sediment ; surface water ; gastrointestinal infections ; Acinetobacter baumannii ; metal resistance genes ; metagenomics ; water reuse ; bacterial community ; antibiotics ; ERIC-PCR ; river-reservoir system ; the Yellow River ; ecological risk assessment ; aquatic environment ; wastewater treatment ; sand settling reservoirs ; antibiotic resistance gene ; environmental ecology ; antibiotic resistance ; ESBL ; water treatment plants ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; chlorination ; irrigation water ; exopolysaccharide ; fecal indicator bacteria ; Antimicrobial Resistance ; persistence ; Qingcaosha reservoir ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Description: Financial Risk Measurement is a challenging task, because both the types of risk and the techniques evolve very quickly. This book collects a number of novel contributions to the measurement of financial risk, which address either non-fully explored risks or risk takers, and does so in a wide variety of empirical contexts.
    Keywords: HG1-9999 ; risk assessment ; mortgage portfolio ; insider trade ; contagion effect ; risk capital ; liquidity risk ; hedonic modeling ; rolling wavelet correlation ; inverse coefficient of variation ; exchange traded funds ; sovereign risk/debt ; securitized real estate and local stock markets ; portfolio optimization ; portfolio analysis ; risk premium ; performance measurement ; risk analysis ; contagion ; outperformance probability ; Sharpe ratio ; probability of default ; small and medium enterprises ; RAROC ; sovereign defaults ; risk attribution ; multiresolution analysis ; credit ratings ; debt maturity structure ; herding ; asset-backed securities ; modern portfolio theory ; housing segments ; analytic hierarchy process ; African countries ; Asian firms ; decentralization ; credit scoring ; dependence ; mutual funds ; spillover effect ; capital allocation ; copulas ; matched filter ; institutional holding ; crop insurance ; factor investing ; wavelet coherence and phase difference ; risk ; value-at-risk ; rearrangement algorithm
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2022-07-06
    Description: Long-term exposure to environmental toxicants is estimated to account for 70–90% of the risks of acquiring chronic ailments. Presently, chronic kidney disease and infertility affect a significant proportion of the world population, while research data indicate that exposure to toxic metals may contribute to the looming statistics. Alarming evidence suggests that exposure to the heavy metal cadmium may affect every stage of life, and exposure in early life may determine susceptibility to certain diseases in adulthood. Prevention of these outcomes requires avoidance of further environmental contamination, minimization of exposure, and reduction of toxic metals in food crops to the lowest achievable levels.
    Keywords: Trace elements ; hair ; children ; hazardous waste incinerator ; Constantí (Catalonia, Spain) ; blood lead level ; boatyard ; childhood ; lead poisoning ; fishing community ; lead weights ; β2-microglobulin ; cadmium ; creatinine clearance ; glomerular filtration ; N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase ; nephron mass ; nephrotoxicity ; trace elements ; autopsy tissues ; temporal trends ; creatinine excretion ; glomerular filtration rate ; lead ; kidney ; endocytosis ; metallothionein ; flow cytometry ; proximal tubule epithelial cells ; OGTT ; minimal model ; glucose response mechanism ; genotoxicity ; aluminum chloride ; rats ; food ; farmer ; PTWI (provisional tolerable monthly intake) ; TWI (tolerable weekly intake) ; Monte Carlo simulation ; mercury ; obesogen ; lipid profiles ; hyperlipidemia ; elevated liver enzymes ; hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] ; mitochondrial fragmentation ; dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) ; mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I (MRCC I) ; reactive oxygen species (ROS) ; blood lead ; cellular immunity ; phagocytosis ; humoral munity ; immunosuppression ; insulin ; diabetes ; hyperglycemia ; hyperinsulinemia ; lipogenic ; β-cell toxicity ; stroke ; cerebrovascular accident ; heavy metal ; rare earth element ; case-control study ; mortality ; lifetime cadmium intake ; renal diseases ; urinary cadmium ; a follow-up study ; diet ; kidney function ; chronic kidney disease ; threshold limit ; tolerable intake level ; heavy metals ; birth weight ; preterm birth ; diet pattern ; Mediterranean diet ; pregnancy ; toxic metals ; reproduction ; testicular and ovarian structure ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Land degradation, exacerbated by climate change and rapid urbanization, poses significant threats to socio-economic development. There is an urgent need to explore land degradation and its associated ecosystem responses and the suitable pathways for sustainable development in urban and rural regions. This reprint comprises a collection of 16 articles, featuring 1 review article and 15 research articles. There are some key practical experiences and scientific findings to support the ecosystem change response to land degradation, through either theoretical works or empirical research, identifying the characteristics and solutions for sustainable development. Key scientific issues addressed include land use and land cover change, ecological impacts of urbanization, mechanisms of land degradation on ecosystems, and coordinated social, economic, and ecological development. This reprint encouraged scholars to share the latest advancements in the research framework, datasets, methods, and case studies for assessing land degradation and associated ecosystem responses. We expect this reprint will inspire broader reflection and discussion within academic community regarding the theories and practices concerning land degradation and associated ecosystem responses. It could be a valuable reference for exploring potential solutions towards achieving land degradation neutrality and promoting regional sustainable development.
    Keywords: ecological compensation ; ecosystem services ; opportunity cost ; ecological compensation priority ; land degradation ; dust emission ; wind erosion ; dust models ; dust cycle ; carbon cycle ; livestock carrying capacity risk ; planting and breeding balance ; northeast China ; farmland circulation ; differential circulation features ; driving mechanism ; plot level ; plains and mountainous areas ; Zhangye City ; ecological carrying capacity ; supply and demand ; priority areas ; agricultural ecological efficiency ; spatial-temporal evolution ; SBM model ; spatial Markov chain ; spatiotemporal changes ; driving factors ; agro-pastoral transitional zone ; management ; Bashang Plateau ; Populus simonii forest ; optimal plant cover ; leaf-area index ; Biome-BGC model ; urban resilience ; land use/cover change ; urbanization ; carbon neutrality ; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration ; surface thermal environment ; standard deviation ellipse ; Shijiazhuang ; wildfires ; natural protected areas ; decision support system ; scenario-based analysis ; soil salinity ; sodicity ; GIS ; RS ; leaching and gypsum requirement ; carbon and nitrogen pools ; soil quality ; carbon and nitrogen management index ; land use ; arid environment ; eco-compensation ; ecosystem service value ; PAHs pollution ; risk assessment ; industrial legacy sites ; vertical distribution ; land reuse ; drylands ; sediment connectivity ; degradation ; land use and land cover change (LULCC) ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Description: This book focuses on the up-to-date studies on the sustainability with changing climate and extremes. The main contributors discussed the changing climate and extreme events, as well as their impacts on natural and human dimension sustainability, including the incorporated social–ecologic and socioeconomic processes. Special attention is given to four main sections: natural disasters in agriculture; urban/rural ecosystem, tourism, and ecosystem service; extreme climate indices, and newly created dataset for climate change.
    Keywords: trade conflict ; carbon emissions ; import and export trade ; cooperative emission reduction ; meteorological hazards ; risk assessment ; spatial pattern ; population exposure ; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ; climate change ; slope geohazards ; new geohazard clusters ; extreme cooling events ; Arctic Oscillation ; winter in China ; atmospheric circulation ; GPP ; CMIP6 ; ESM ; STA ; China ; warm days ; cold days ; warm nights ; cold nights ; hot days ; frost days ; compound drought and heatwave events ; complex network ; event synchronization ; atmospheric circulation patterns ; urban agglomeration ; drought ; heat wave ; flood ; GM (1, 1) ; Arctic ; universal thermal climate index (UTCI) ; spatial-temporal changes ; 1979–2019 ; ecosystem services trade-offs ; land-use change ; soil conservation ; carbon storage ; water yield ; precipitation gradient ; Loess Plateau ; climate hazards ; geospatial analysis ; urban adaptation ; risk management ; snow disaster ; risk zoning ; Heilongjiang Province ; precipitation ; model resolutions ; cold region of China ; spatiotemporal distribution ; spatiotemporal variation ; 1961–2019 ; high-resolution and high-quality precipitation data ; independent and non-independent test ; the 0.01° multi-source fusion precipitation product ; extreme precipitation event ; forest types ; NDVI ; AVHRR GIMMS ; temperature range ; precipitation range ; snow cover ; black carbon concentration ; radiative forcing ; northeast China ; high temperature ; mobile phone data ; impact factor ; Zhuhai City ; WRF model ; projection ; short-lived heatwave event ; long-lived heatwave event ; Yangtze River Basin ; central and western Pacific ; thermocline ; yellowfin tuna ; CPUE ; El Niño ; La Niña ; GAM model ; spring soil moisture ; impact mechanism ; Songnen Plain ; Sanjiang Plain ; maize ; diurnal temperature range ; fresh air index ; natural microclimate comfort index ; fresh air–natural microclimate comfort index ; scenic spots ; Fujian province ; extreme climate indices ; temporal and spatial dynamics ; linear trend ; climate abrupt change ; central China ; peanut drought ; Shandong Province ; natural disaster risk assessment principles ; dry-hot wind disaster ; Shandong province ; natural disaster risk assessment principle ; summer maize ; inter- and mixed cropping ; flowering period ; yield ; potato climatic productivity potential ; Inner Mongolia ; effect ; human mobility ; rainfall ; taxi GPS data ; community ; Zhuhai central areas ; citrus ; quality ; future projection ; state-owned forest farms ; human resource allocation ; industrial structure ; coordination and adaptation ; personal structure ; contiguous poverty-stricken areas ; rainstorms and droughts ; direct economic losses ; disaster-affected population ; drought and flood ; vulnerability ; risk prediction ; agroecosystem ; heatwaves ; population exposure change ; global warming ; 1.5 °C warming scenario ; 2.0 °C warming scenario ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: Ranaviruses and other viruses within the family Iridoviridae, infect a wide range of ecologically and commercially important ectothermic vertebrates, i.e., bony fish, amphibians, and reptiles, and invertebrates, including agricultural and medical pests and cultured shrimp and crayfish, and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Understanding the impact of these various agents on diverse host species requires the combined efforts of ecologists, veterinarians, pathologists, comparative immunologists and molecular virologists. Unfortunately, investigators involved in these studies often work in discipline-specific silos that preclude interaction with others whose insights and approaches are required to comprehensively address problems related to ranavirus/iridovirus disease. Our intent here is to breakdown these silos and provide a forum where diverse researchers with a common interest in ranavirus/iridovirus biology can profitably interact. As a colleague once quipped, “Three people make a genius.” We are hoping to do something along those lines by presenting a collection of research articles dealing with issues of anti-viral immunity, identification of a potentially novel viral genus exemplified by erythrocytic necrosis virus, viral inhibition of innate immunity, identification of novel hosts for lymphocystivirus and invertebrate iridoviruses, and modelling studies of ranavirus transmission. Collectively these and others will exemplify the breadth of ongoing studies focused on this virus family.
    Keywords: QH301-705.5 ; Q1-390 ; risk assessment ; n/a ; CQIV ; mathematical models ; amphibian ; iridovirus ; ISDL ; Exopalaemon carinicauda ; viral load ; virus isolation ; European chub ; outbreak ; Unconventional T cell ; early detection ; susceptible species ; viral immune evasion ; DNA virus ; Rana grylio virus ; antibody ; intracellular localization ; Rana grylio virus (RGV) ; British Columbia ; Iridoviridae ; Andrias davidianus ranavirus ; viral infection ; susceptible-infected (SI) models ; yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) ; prevalence ; host-pathogen interactions ; Pacific herring ; Procambarus clarkii ; Bayesian inference ; eDNA ; amphibians ; Artemia spp. ; ranavirosis ; cross-species transmission ; FV3 ; SHIV ; Gryllus bimaculatus ; Pacific salmon ; NF-?B ; cricket ; IIV-6 ; virus binding ; erythrocytic necrosis virus (ENV) ; envelope protein ; iridovirus core proteins ; emerging infection ; host ; Ranavirus ; white head ; Rana temporaria ; Imd ; biosecurity ; antiviral immunity ; Decapodiridovirus ; endemic disease ; Macrobrachium rosenbergii ; co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) ; Common frog ; aquatic animals ; virus surveillance ; immunomodulators ; frog virus 3 ; ELISA ; DIV1 ; megalocytivirus ; Lymphocystis disease virus ; bearded dragon ; susceptibility ; protein interaction ; Pogona vitticeps ; viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) ; histopathology ; epidemiology ; native-fish conservation ; viral transmission ; Sparus aurata ; immunohistochemistry ; lizard ; disease dynamics ; immunofluorescence ; transmission modelling ; Macrobrachium nipponense ; interferon ; nonclassical MHC ; heparan sulfate ; ranavirus ; Mexico ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In recent decades, the environmental impact of organic pollutants, especially persistent and emerging organic pollutants, has attracted widespread attention, and related research has been rapidly developed. Organic pollutants represent a popular topic of research in the environmental field. Large amounts of organic pollutants, which are widely distributed in air, water, sediment, soil, and other environmental media, are created via industrial production and other human activities. A series of research projects have been carried out regarding the development of analytical methods for organic pollutants, the distribution of environmental media, environmental concentration, environmental fate, the exploration of new pollutants, and the non-target analysis of organic pollutants.
    Keywords: regulated e-waste recycling ; polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) ; heavy metals ; environmental media ; vegetable ; risks ; cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) ; heart failure ; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ; trace elements ; serum ; polyhaloaromatic compounds ; chemiluminescence ; analytical method ; Fenton system ; hydroxyl radicals ; bisphenol analogues ; zebrafish ; joint toxicity ; gene expression ; online monitoring ; diagnosis ; PCDD/F ; incineration ; feedback control ; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ; reference materials (RMs) ; quality control (QC) ; water analysis ; resin ; adsorption ; pore size distribution ; chemical modification ; water treatment ; PCNs ; spatial distribution ; congener ; environmental risk ; sediment ; VOCs ; distribution ; risk assessment ; chemical industrial park ; phthalate ; dietary intake ; DEHP ; DBP ; DIBP ; bottled drink ; PFASs ; QSAR–ICE–SSD ; electroplating industry ; ecological risk assessment ; PAHs ; historical trends ; shallow lake ; economic parameters ; sources ; sediment core ; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ; HBCD ; EPS ; XPS ; POPs ; tetrabromobisphenol A ; Xenopus laevis ; brain development ; thyroid hormone ; biphasic concentration-response ; composting ; turning frequency ; ammonia oxidizing bacterial ; ammonia oxidizing archaeal ; N fractions ; ammonia emission ; screening assay ; thibz gene ; multiwell plate ; biomass combustion ; CHP plant ; renewable energies ; emission ; organic pollutants ; bisphenol analogs ; oxidative stress ; dechlorane plus ; maternal blood ; sequential samples ; variation ; correlation ; bisphenol A ; emissions ; polypropylene ; bottom sediments ; environmental monitoring ; Odra River estuary ; organotin compounds ; trueness ; verification ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: One last comment concerns the fundamental contributions of Fourier analysis to quantum physics: Quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
    Keywords: Q1-390 ; self-electrorefining ; hedyphane group ; structural combinatorics ; CuFe2O4 ; Kamchatka ; Raman ; El Dragón ; apatite supergroup ; borate ; ariegilatite ; oyonite ; Tuscany ; gahnite ; magnesioferrite ; Szklary pegmatite ; aurihydrargyrumite ; Au6Hg5 phase ; Trentino ; Peru ; Germany ; cerromojonite ; sulfosalt ; pyrometamorphism ; Bellerberg volcano ; manganese ; gold ; spinel supergroup ; selenium ; CuAl2O4 ; clinokurchatovite ; sharyginite ; Poland ; copper ; kurchatovite ; copper oxide ; antimony ; nabimusaite group ; laachite ; lead ; thermaerogenite ; intercalated hexagonal antiperovskite ; placer ; Lower Silesia ; Eldfell ; Tolbachik volcano ; structural complexity ; nöggerathite-(Ce) ; Val di Fiemme ; Oyon district ; sanidinite ; cuprospinel ; sulfate ; fumarole sublimate ; Cretaio ; polymorphism ; polytypism ; tiberiobardiite ; fiemmeite ; stacking faults ; CO3-group ; Hatrurim Complex ; least-action principle ; phosphorus ; Laacher See ; new oxalate mineral ; Japan ; verneite ; alkaline volcanic rock ; arsenic ; Raman spectroscopy ; single-crystal investigation ; Rusinovite ; Eifel ; Lima department ; Italy ; barioferrite ; configurational entropy ; Hekla ; mercury ; Bolivia ; parafiniukite ; aluminofluoride ; new mineral ; Shadil-Khokh volcano ; Vesuvius ; bournonite group ; Ehime ; calcium ; lillianite homologous series ; chalcophyllite group ; sou?ekite ; silicate ; pyrometamorphic rocks ; crystal structure ; zirconolite ; bismuth ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Nowadays, diet-related non-communicable diseases and their complications are one of the most important public health problems worldwide. Food supplements and functional foods are considered food products which contribute to the achievement of optimal nutritional well-being, health status, and quality of life through reducing the risk of diseases and promoting the appropriate function of human organs and systems. Nowadays, the assessment of these functional foods and the study of their implications in nutrition and health are important challenges in societies of developed countries where consumers increasingly demand foods with added value beyond the provision of nutrients and the satisfaction of appetite. In this reprint, the characterization of the nutritional composition and phytochemicals of functional foods and food supplements as well as the evaluation of their potential health benefits in different disorders and diseases through clinical trials or preliminary studies are addressed.
    Keywords: food supplement ; folic acid ; pregnancy ; food safety ; health claims ; nutrition ; Amazonian fruits ; composition ; metabolic effects ; royal jelly ; acetylcholine ; fatty acid ; ophthalmology ; dry eye ; magnesium ; pharmacy ; food supplements ; drugstore ; functional foods ; healthy eating ; credibility ; extrinsic attributes ; conjoint analysis ; Mediterranean diet ; phytonutrients ; dietary recommendations ; healthy diet ; polyphenols ; flavonoids ; carotenoids ; organosulfur ; caffeine ; antidiabetic activity ; antioxidant activity ; inhibition of α-glucosidase ; inhibition of α-amylase ; inhibition of collagenase ; kombucha ; bacteria ; yeast ; metagenome ; metabolome ; tea polyphenols ; antioxidants ; Glossogyne tenuifolia ; exercise ; forelimb grip strength ; lactate ; ammonia ; creatine kinase ; medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) ; obesity ; energy expenditure ; diet-derived fat ; postprandial resting metabolism ; sedentary ; octanoic acid ; decanoic acid ; creatine ; magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; cost-effectiveness ; brain ; muscle ; healthcare ; anthocyanins ; organosulfur compounds ; tannins ; phenolic acids ; Persea americana ; non-alcoholic liver disease ; liver enzymes ; inflammation ; oxidative stress ; novel foods ; novel ingredients ; extracts ; risk assessment ; dietary supplements ; HPLC ; food authenticity ; neural tube defects ; food ; food analysis ; food ingredients ; infant formula ; kynurenic acid ; (poly)phenol-based supplement ; pharmacokinetics ; urinary excretion ; bioavailability ; inter-individual variability ; non-invasive brain stimulation ; TMS ; a-tDCS ; indicaxanthin ; brain food ; cortical excitability ; homeostatic plasticity ; trans-resveratrol ; regulation ; labels ; nutrition claims ; high-performance thin-layer chromatography ; HPTLC ; glutamine ; intestinal stem cells ; crypt ; proliferation ; burns ; micronutrient ; health claim ; labeling ; European legislation ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: Effective safety management has always been a key objective for the broader airworthiness sector. This book is focused on safety themes with implications on airworthiness management. It offers a diverse set of analyses on aircraft maintenance accidents, empirical and systematic investigations on important continuing airworthiness matters and research studies on methodologies for the risk and safety assessment in continuing and initial airworthiness. Overall, this collection of research and review papers is a valuable addition to the published literature, useful for the community of aviation professionals and researchers.
    Keywords: minimum equipment list ; aviation ; aircraft ; safety ; airworthiness ; flight safety ; aviation accidents ; aircraft maintenance ; MxFACS ; General Aviation ; human factors ; engineering changes ; regulation ; management changes ; industry change ; maintenance engineering culture ; Bowtie analysis ; risk assessment ; MRO ; visual inspection ; cause–consequence analysis ; barrier model ; 6M ; Ishikawa ; accidents ; maintenance ; military aviation ; airlift ; cost ; integration-in-totality principle ; seven-principles-framework of system safety ; systems thinking ; systems engineering ; system safety principles ; strategic quality management ; risk management ; reliability ; Nigerian aviation accidents ; learning form incidents ; safety management ; learning from incidents ; aviation safety ; learning taxonomy ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Description: Risk measures play a vital role in many subfields of economics and finance. It has been proposed that risk measures could be analysed in relation to the performance of variables extracted from empirical real-world data. For example, risk measures may help inform effective monetary and fiscal policies and, therefore, the further development of pricing models for financial assets such as equities, bonds, currencies, and derivative securities.〈false,〉A Special Issue of “Risk Measures with Applications in Finance and Economics” will be devoted to advancements in the mathematical and statistical development of risk measures with applications in finance and economics. This Special Issue will bring together the theory, practice and real-world applications of risk measures. This book is a collection of papers published in the Special Issue of “Risk Measures with Applications in Finance and Economics” for Sustainability in 2018.
    Keywords: HG1-9999 ; risk assessment ; VIX ; business groups ; SHARE ; asymptotic approximation ; European stock markets ; whole life insurance ; dynamic hedging ; risk-neutral distribution ; cooperative banks ; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) ; group-affiliated ; early warning system ; factor models ; smoothing process ; GMC ; falsified products ; S&P 500 index options ; credit derivatives ; corporate sustainability ; term life insurance ; risk management ; crude oil ; financial stability ; social efficiency ; dynamic conditional correlation ; emerging market ; out-of-sample forecast ; financial crisis ; binomial tree ; news release ; green energy ; perceived usefulness ; Bayesian approach ; two-level optimization ; probability of default ; bank risk ; SYMBOL ; information asymmetry ; CoVaR ; probabilistic cash flow ; japonica rice production ; bank profitability ; Monte Carlo Simulations ; gain-loss ratio ; coherent risk measures ; Mezzanine Financing ; national health system ; option value ; conscientiousness ; online purchase intention ; Slovak enterprises ; spot and futures prices ; liquidity premium ; institutional voids ; utility ; random forests ; bankruptcy ; optimizing financial model ; sustainable food security system ; dynamic panel ; co-dependence modelling ; financial performance ; time-varying correlations ; Project Financing ; future health risk ; generalized autoregressive score functions ; volatility spillovers ; financial risks ; simulations ; life insurance ; emotion ; finance risk ; markov regime switching ; diversification ; production frontier function ; Granger causality ; health risk ; risks mitigation ; returns and volatility ; sadness ; low-income country ; the sudden stop of capital inflow ; bank failure ; China’s food policy ; objective health status ; IPO underpricing ; polarity ; climate change ; stock return volatility ; sentiment analysis ; empirical process ; full BEKK ; stochastic frontier model ; perceived ease of use ; volatility transmission ; openness to experience ; sustainability ; low carbon targets ; quasi likelihood ratio (QLR) test ; banking regulation ; sustainable development ; specification testing ; fossil fuels ; time-varying copula function ; tree structures ; monthly CPI data ; coal ; cartel ; regular vine copulas ; sustainability of economic recovery ; ANN ; EGARCH-m ; financial security ; leniency program ; financial hazard map ; uncertainty termination ; causal path ; stakeholder theory ; technological progress ; banking ; investment horizon ; regression model ; two-level CES function ; joy ; the optimal scale of foreign exchange reserve ; carbon emissions ; stochastic volatility ; B-splines ; self-perceived health ; sovereign credit default swap (SCDS) ; RV5MIN ; utility maximization ; credit risk ; policy simulation ; socially responsible investment ; portfolio selection ; scientific verification ; European banking system ; risk-free rate ; wild bootstrap ; medication ; investment profitability ; Amihud’s illiquidity ratio ; multivariate regime-switching ; inflation forecast ; risk aversion ; market timing ; need hierarchy theory ; variance ; diagonal BEKK ; conjugate prior ; risk ; moving averages ; financial risk ; risk measures
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Each year, natural hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, tsunamis, floods, wildfires, severe storms, and drought, , affect humans worldwide, resulting in deaths, suffering, and economic losses. According to insurance broker Aon, 2010–2019 was the worst decade on record for economic losses due to disasters triggered by natural hazards, amounting to USD 3 trillion, which is USD 1 trillion more than for the period of 2000–2009. In 2019, the economic losses from disasters caused by natural hazards were estimated at over USD 200 billion (UNDRR Annual Report, 2019). In this context, remote sensing shows high potential to provide valuable information, at various spatial and temporal scales, concerning natural processes and their associated risks. The recent advances in remote sensing technologies and analysis, in terms of sensors, platforms, and techniques, are strongly contributing to the development of natural hazards research. With this Special Issue titled “Remote Sensing for Natural Hazards Assessment and Control”, we proposed state-of-the-art research that specifically addresses multiple aspects on the use of remote sensing (RS) for Natural Hazards (NH). The aim was therefore to collect innovative methodologies, expertise, and capabilities to detect, assess, monitor, and model natural hazards. The present Special Issue of Remote Sensing encompasses 18 open access papers presenting scientific studies based on the exploitation of a broad range of RS data and techniques, as well as focusing on a well-assorted sample of NH types.
    Keywords: wildfires ; hillslope erosion ; satellite imagery ; rainfall erosivity ; RUSLE ; rockfall source areas ; identification ; relief ; slope angle ; rock mass strength ; rockfall susceptibility ; land subsidence ; Geographic Information System (GIS) ; InSAR ; machine learning algorithm ; meta-heuristics ; Iran ; k-Nearest Neighbor ; Random Forest ; fires ; Landsat 8 ; Sentinel 2 ; Terra ; ASTER ; MODIS ; burned ; mapping ; hazard chain ; turbidity ; suspended sediment detection ; extreme climate events ; tailing dam risk management ; spatiotemporal pattern mining ; El Niño ; remote sensing ; geographic information system ; flash floods ; visual analysis ; SAR offset tracking ; glacier surface velocity ; glacier instability ; glacier hazards ; ice avalanches ; ENSO ; glacier mass balance ; glacier surface energy ; earthquake ; coseismic effects ; field line resonance ; acoustic gravity waves ; lithosphere-magnetosphere coupling ; burnt area monitoring ; Australia ; Sydney ; wildfire ; earth observation ; mid-resolution sensors ; time series analysis ; burn severity ; climate zones ; deep learning ; PRISMA ; burned area ; Sentinel-2 ; morphological operator ; convolutional neural network ; casualty prediction ; importance assessment ; spatial division ; support vector regression ; digital image correlation ; phase correlation ; optical flow ; time series image stack ; landslides ; ground motion identification ; displacement mapping ; UAS ; risk assessment ; random forest ; DInSAR ; Yan’an city ; settlement prediction ; reclaimed land ; exponential model ; Asaoka method ; wide-area deformation ; deformation detection ; time-series InSAR ; stacking ; Turpan–Hami basin ; heavy rainfall ; shallow landslides ; TRIGRS model ; spatial distribution ; susceptibility assessment ; Longchuan County ; Guangdong Province ; MT-InSAR ; ground deformation monitoring ; Sentinel-1A/B ; image partition ; block adjustment ; Gaofen-2 ; Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) ; freeze–thaw processes ; permafrost ; Qilian Mountains ; natural hazards ; hazard ; vulnerability ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: This book is a hard copy of the editorial and all the papers in a Special Issue of the peer-reviewed open access journal ‘Water’ on the theme ‘Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience’. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the purposeful recharge of water to aquifers for subsequent recovery or environmental benefit. MAR is increasingly used to make water supplies resilient to drought, climate change and deteriorating water quality, and to protect ecosystems from declining groundwater levels. Global MAR has grown exponentially to 10 cu.km/year and will increase ten-fold within a few decades. Well informed hydrogeologists, engineers and water quality scientists are needed to ensure that this investment is effective in meeting increasingly pressing needs. This compilation contains lessons from many examples of existing projects, including several national and continental summaries. It also addresses the elements essential for identifying and advancing projects such as mapping aquifer suitability and opportunities, policy matters, operational issues, and some innovations in MAR methods and monitoring. This collection exemplifies the state of progress in the science and practice of MAR and is intended to be useful, at least to water managers, water utilities, agricultural water users and urban planners, to facilitate water resilience through new MAR projects.
    Keywords: ASR ; recycled water ; well clogging ; geochemical analysis ; filtration ; biofouling ; risk management ; Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) ; aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) ; strategic storage ; Northern Australia ; Managed Aquifer Recharge ; MAR ; climate change ; water management ; IWRM ; adaptation measures ; indicators ; Spain ; groundwater ; mapping ; Sweden ; decision-support ; riverbank filtration ; pharmaceuticals in groundwater ; removal of pharmaceuticals ; managed aquifer recharge ; web GIS ; web tools ; multi-criteria decision analysis ; suitability mapping ; anthropic forcing ; meteorological forcing ; lake bank filtration ; mixing ratios ; environmental tracer ; time-varying mixing model ; sensitivity analysis ; Ulaanbaatar ; MATLAB ; FEFLOW ; artificial recharging scenarios ; Mexico ; legal ; regulatory ; framework ; LAN (Law of the Nation’s Waters) ; reclaimed water ; arid ; semi-arid ; environment protection ; health protection ; safety ; risk ; ecosystems ; contaminants ; recycling ; drinking water ; regulation ; governance ; SAT ; tillage ; infiltration pond ; infiltration rate ; soil compaction ; types of MAR for irrigation ; Yellow River Irrigation District ; adaptability zoning evaluation ; online flow-cytometry ; enzymatic activity ; ultrafiltration ; ATP ; managed aquifer recharge (MAR) ; induced bank filtration (IBF) ; geographic information science (GISc) ; geographic information systems (GIS) ; drinking water supply ; guidelines ; climate adaptation ; stream temperature ; streamflow ; Henry’s Fork ; fisheries ; Snake River ; Idaho ; water rights ; infiltration basin ; cost function ; suitability map ; GIS-MCDA ; water supply security model ; risk assessment ; decision support ; dynamic ; probabilistic ; integrated water resource management ; organic amendments ; contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) ; pathogens ; new water challenges ; Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation ; droughts ; floods ; groundwater depletion ; groundwater recharge ; water quality ; water level monitoring ; recharge performance ; rainwater harvesting ; India ; water security ; urban water management ; semiarid ; Social Technology ; developing countries ; Africa ; water banking ; water crisis ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: Credit risk remains one of the major risks faced by most financial and credit institutions. It is deeply connected to the real economy due to the systemic nature of some banks, but also because well-managed lending facilities are key for wealth creation and technological innovation. This book is a collection of innovative papers in the field of credit risk management. Besides the probability of default (PD), the major driver of credit risk is the loss given default (LGD). In spite of its central importance, LGD modeling remains largely unexplored in the academic literature. This book proposes three contributions in the field. Ye & Bellotti exploit a large private dataset featuring non-performing loans to design a beta mixture model. Their model can be used to improve recovery rate forecasts and, therefore, to enhance capital requirement mechanisms. François uses instead the price of defaultable instruments to infer the determinants of market-implied recovery rates and finds that macroeconomic and long-term issuer specific factors are the main determinants of market-implied LGDs. Cheng & Cirillo address the problem of modeling the dependency between PD and LGD using an original, urn-based statistical model. Fadina & Schmidt propose an improvement of intensity-based default models by accounting for ambiguity around both the intensity process and the recovery rate. Another topic deserving more attention is trade credit, which consists of the supplier providing credit facilities to his customers. Whereas this is likely to stimulate exchanges in general, it also magnifies credit risk. This is a difficult problem that remains largely unexplored. Kanapickiene & Spicas propose a simple but yet practical model to assess trade credit risk associated with SMEs and microenterprises operating in Lithuania. Another topical area in credit risk is counterparty risk and all other adjustments (such as liquidity and capital adjustments), known as XVA. Chataignier & Crépey propose a genetic algorithm to compress CVA and to obtain affordable incremental figures. Anagnostou & Kandhai introduce a hidden Markov model to simulate exchange rate scenarios for counterparty risk. Eventually, Boursicot et al. analyzes CoCo bonds, and find that they reduce the total cost of debt, which is positive for shareholders. In a nutshell, all the featured papers contribute to shedding light on various aspects of credit risk management that have, so far, largely remained unexplored.
    Keywords: recovery rates ; beta regression ; credit risk ; contingent convertible debt ; financial modelling ; risk management ; financial crisis ; recovery rate ; loss given default ; model ambiguity ; default time ; no-arbitrage ; reduced-form HJM models ; recovery process ; Counterparty Credit Risk ; Hidden Markov Model ; Risk Factor Evolution ; Backtesting ; FX rate ; Geometric Brownian Motion ; trade credit ; small and micro-enterprises ; financial non-financial variables ; risk assessment ; logistic regression ; probability of default ; wrong-way risk ; dependence ; urn model ; counterparty risk ; credit valuation adjustment (CVA) ; XVA (X-valuation adjustments) compression ; genetic algorithm ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WC Antiques, vintage and collectables::WCF Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The future food systems will have to provide food and nutrition security while facing unprecedented sustainability challenges: this underlines the need for a transition to more sustainable food systems. Taking into account these premises and considering the complexity of food systems, this book aims to present original research articles, reviews, and commentaries concerning the following:Advancements in food and beverage;Dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and functional food;Food allergy and public health;Food and nutritional toxicology;Food biotechnology and food processing;Food microbiology and food safety;Food packaging;Food safety and food inspection;Food security and environmental impacts;Food waste management;Nutrition and metabolism;Sustainable food systems and agro-ecological food production.
    Keywords: perceived consumer effectiveness ; green food consumption ; social trust theory ; social ideal theory ; psychological wellbeing ; China ; food additives ; food industry ; food safety ; health impacts ; maltitol ; metabolism ; sweeteners ; consumer’s perceptions and attitudes ; food security ; natural food products ; natural sweeteners ; sustainability ; food sovereignty ; reindeer herding ; food value chain ; Indigenous peoples ; COVID-19 pandemic ; the Arctic ; Western Siberia ; Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ; epistemic trust ; risk perception ; genetically modified food ; public acceptance ; partial least squares structural equation modeling ; community-based intervention ; diet ; home food availability ; home food environment ; sugar sweetened beverages ; fruit and vegetable intake ; Mediterranean diet ; Mediterranean diet pyramid ; sustainable diets ; environmental concerns ; nutrition ; food-based dietary guidelines ; migrants ; diabetes ; food habits ; culturally tailored diet ; transcultural mediator ; café ; green ambience ; Delphi method ; indicator design ; grain production ; spatial–temporal characteristic ; influencing factors ; the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain ; Crepis vesicaria L. subsp. taraxacifolia ; nutritional value ; phenolic profile ; chicoric acid ; antioxidant ; anti-inflammatory ; Brazil ; community restaurants ; food handlers ; food insecurity ; low-income ; COVID-19 ; families ; children ; food acquisition ; restaurants ; biofilms ; food microbiology ; dietary guidelines ; Mediterranean ; the USA ; Japan ; Argentina ; South Africa ; egg quality traits ; ginger ; immunity ; Japanese quail performance ; halal food performance ; availability ; healthy/nutritional factor ; accreditation ; clean/safe/hygiene factor ; trust ; attachment ; halal-friendly image ; retention ; muslim travelers ; Escherichia coli ; bacterial retention ; surface topographies ; meat exudate ; wipe cleaning ; conditioning film ; Cape Verde ; cereals ; metals ; dietary intake ; risk assessment ; Indigenous health ; food systems ; colonialism ; community-based ; participatory ; n/a ; dysphagia ; the elderly ; food products ; processing ; rheology ; texture ; capital endowment ; ecological cognition ; environment-friendly technology ; adoption level ; Hackman model ; environmental health ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: The aim of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere and to mitigate its effects on climate change. Over the years, naturally occurring CO2 sources have been utilized in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects in the United States. This has presented an opportunity to supplement and gradually replace the high demand for natural CO2 sources with anthropogenic sources. There also exist incentives for operators to become involved in the storage of anthropogenic CO2 within partially depleted reservoirs, in addition to the incremental production oil revenues. These incentives include a wider availability of anthropogenic sources, the reduction of emissions to meet regulatory requirements, tax incentives in some jurisdictions, and favorable public relations. The United States Department of Energy has sponsored several Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSPs) through its Carbon Storage program which have conducted field demonstrations for both EOR and saline aquifer storage. Various research efforts have been made in the area of reservoir characterization, monitoring, verification and accounting, simulation, and risk assessment to ascertain long-term storage potential within the subject storage complex. This book is a collection of lessons learned through the RCSP program within the Southwest Region of the United States. The scope of the book includes site characterization, storage modeling, monitoring verification reporting (MRV), risk assessment and international case studies.
    Keywords: geologic CO2 sequestration ; CO2 and brine leakage ; underground source of drinking water ; risk assessment ; response surface methodology ; early detection criteria ; multi-objective optimization ; CO2-WAG ; machine learning ; numerical modeling ; hybrid workflows ; morrow ; Farnsworth ; Anadarko ; incised valley ; geological carbon sequestration ; reactive surface area ; mineral trapping ; enhanced oil recovery with CO2 (CO2-EOR) ; geochemical reactions ; workflow ; workshop ; process influence diagram ; response surface model ; polynomial chaos expansion ; NRAP ; relative permeability ; geologic carbon storage ; multi-phase flow simulation ; life cycle analysis ; CO2-enhanced oil recovery ; anthropogenic CO2 ; global warming potential ; greenhouse gas (GHG) ; carbon storage ; CO2-EOR ; CO2 sequestration ; geomechanics ; reservoir fluid flow modelling ; tightness of caprock ; CO2 leakage ; threshold pressure ; reactive solute transport ; multi-phase fluid flow ; Farnsworth Unit ; STOMP ; GEM ; TOUGHREACT ; 4D ; time lapse ; CO2 ; EOR ; WAG ; sequestration ; monitoring ; carbon sequestration ; caprock integrity ; noble gas migration ; seal by-pass ; carbon dioxide storage ; storage efficiency factor ; probabilistic ; expectation curve ; Monte Carlo ; Farnsworth Field ; petroleum system modeling ; CO2 migration ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Recent Advances in Water Management: Saving, Treatment and Reuse that was published in Water
    Keywords: GE1-350 ; Q1-390 ; anaerobic processes ; risk assessment ; B. adusta ; environmental education ; foreign countries ; ornamental plants ; filter media ; Pb(II) ; passive treatment systems ; lignin ; oxygen injection ; water treatment ; guidelines ; microbiological quality ; membrane technology ; contaminated sites ; pulp-and-paper-mill c ; milk production ; wastewater ; efficiency ; forest waste ; vertical flow ; emerging contaminant ; decomposition analysis ; active sites ; water ; sustainability ; water treatment technology ; adsorption thermodynamic ; surface water ; agricultural occupations ; zeolite ; conservation ; trickling filter ; hydrogen sulfide ; nitrification ; organic matter ; constructed wetlands ; sewerage ; water recycling ; treated wastewater reuse ; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) ; odor control ; anammox bacteria ; wastewater treatment ; ferrous iron ; combined sewer ; surveys ; occurrence ; denitrification ; research and development strategy ; carbamazepine toxicity ; global patent data ; activated carbon adsorption ; China ; food industry ; COD ; palm mulch ; ferrous sulfide ; nano illite/smectite clay ; pharmaceuticals ; footprint ; conventional treatment processes ; anticorrosive agent ; pumping mains ; adsorption kinetics ; swine wastewater ; P. crysosporium ; micropollutant removal ; tezontle ; delignification ; partitioning ; white rot fungi ; river ; anaerobic digester ; benzotriazole ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: This Special Issue focuses mainly on techniques and the relative formalism typical of numerical methods and therefore of numerical analysis, more generally. These fields of study of mathematics represent an important field of investigation both in the field of applied mathematics and even more exquisitely in the pure research of the theory of approximation and the study of polynomial relations as well as in the analysis of the solutions of the differential equations both ordinary and partial derivatives. Therefore, a substantial part of research on the topic of numerical analysis cannot exclude the fundamental role played by approximation theory and some of the tools used to develop this research. In this Special Issue, we want to draw attention to the mathematical methods used in numerical analysis, such as special functions, orthogonal polynomials, and their theoretical tools, such as Lie algebra, to study the concepts and properties of some special and advanced methods, which are useful in the description of solutions of linear and nonlinear differential equations. A further field of investigation is dedicated to the theory and related properties of fractional calculus with its adequate application to numerical methods.
    Keywords: QA1-939 ; Q1-390 ; risk assessment ; complex Lagrangian ; effective order ; logarithmic singularities ; Swift–Hohenberg type of equation ; Cauchy singularity ; differential equations ; unitary extension principle ; oscillatory solutions ; coupling impedance ; Fredholm integral equations ; dual integral equations ; composition properties ; delay differential equations ; chemical reaction ; Noether symmetries ; symplectic Runge–Kutta methods ; order conditions ; non-homogeneous ; wavelets ; multiresolution analysis ; narrow band domain ; pseudo-Chebyshev polynomials ; highly oscillatory integrals ; tight framelets ; Chebyshev polynomials ; nonoscillatory solutions ; ignition hazard ; quad-colored trees ; general solution ; operator splitting method ; fourth-order ODEs ; offshore plant ; special function ; second-order ; surfaces ; numerical analysis ; effective field strength ; closest point method ; oblique extension principle ; heat generation ; B-splines ; Runge-Kutta type methods ; orthogonality properties ; Frobenius method ; hamiltonian systems ; B-series ; k-hypergeometric series ; particle accelerator ; first integrals ; partitioned runge-kutta methods ; Clenshaw-Curtis quadrature ; recurrence relations ; thin needle ; nanofluid ; Hamiltonian system ; k-hypergeometric differential equations ; steepest descent method ; symplecticity ; fourth-order ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science
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    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Description: This book is a compilation of original research articles that apply a variety of techniques to identify and evaluate water resource management policies. These papers cover a wide range of topics and methodologies applied across the world, from a local to a continental scope. They illustrate open challenges in water resource management, such as the quantitative assessment of policy impacts, trade-off analyses, understanding the water–energy–food–environment nexus, collaborative model development, stakeholder engagement, formalizing social interactions, or improving the theoretical understanding of complex adaptive systems. Therefore, this book is a representation of research areas that have emerged from the origins of water resource systems analysis, seeking to improve the way in which water policy is formulated and implemented.
    Keywords: climate change ; water resources ; water availability ; uncertainty ; WAAPA model ; Western Europe ; water quality ; background pollutants ; export coefficient model ; chemical oxygen demand ; ammonia nitrogen ; water resource accessibility ; spatial pattern ; coupling coordination degree ; water resource management ; Southwest China ; pump efficiency ; water distribution systems ; water supply systems ; optimization ; design policies ; design ; BMPs ; Revised GWLF ; NSGAII ; hydrological dam safety ; initial reservoir level ; maximum conservation level ; water conservation volume ; flood control volume ; yield reliability ; regular operation ; stochastic methodology ; water management ; resources ; system dynamics ; drought management ; drought impacts ; urban public services ; inter-administrative cooperation ; border studies ; internal borders ; river municipalities ; freshwater health ; river chief system ; ecological integrity ; social services ; water governance ; national standard ; risk assessment ; water-saving ; set pair analysis ; China ; fluvial ecosystems ; hydropeaking ; InSTHAn tool ; short-term flow regimes ; subdaily flows ; sustainable river management ; droughts ; hydrological risk ; agri-food sector ; event study ; financial markets ; BOVESPA ; stormwater ; industrial facilities ; run off ; self-reported data ; multifunctional water source area ; ecotourism, people with different stakeholders ; balanced decision-making ; sponge city ; fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method ; water resource carrying capacity ; gray correlation analysis ; multiple linear regression models ; water environment capacity ; reservoir performance ; water resources systems ; participatory modeling ; river basin planning ; watershed management ; water scarcity ; water conflicts ; Robust Decision Support ; WEAP ; Integrated Water Resources Management ; Bolivia ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: Distributed generation is becoming more important in electrical power systems due to the decentralization of energy production. Within this new paradigm, new approaches for the operation and planning of distributed power generation are yet to be explored. This book deals with distributed energy resources, such as renewable-based distributed generators and energy storage units, among others, considering their operation, scheduling, and planning. Moreover, other interesting aspects such as demand response, electric vehicles, aggregators, and microgrid are also analyzed. All these aspects constitute a new paradigm that is explored in this Special Issue.
    Keywords: Benders’ decomposition ; distributed generation planning (DGP) ; two-stage stochastic mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) ; renewable energy sources (RES) ; micro-grid ; energy management system ; IEC 61850 ; 5G ; LoRa ; multi-agent system ; isolated AC/DC hybrid microgrid ; two-layer consensus method ; dynamic economic dispatch ; distributed hierarchical strategy ; MILP optimization ; allocation ; renewable energy sources ; system modeling ; energy storages ; energy curtailment ; mathematical programming ; small scale distributed generation ; distribution networks ; active power management ; battery degradation ; electric vehicles ; electric vehicles aggregator ; electricity markets ; stochastic programming ; combined economic emission dispatch ; environment-based demand response ; emission constraints ; penalty factor ; weighting update artificial bee colony ; distribution network planning ; energy storage system ; multi-objective optimization ; optimal location ; risk assessment ; flexibility ; distributed energy resources ; distribution system operators ; local services ; system services ; arbitrage ; frequency control ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: The provision of affordable housing for low-income households is a very complex issue that has long been debated in many countries around the world. Social housing (SH) is one of the tools for achieving fairness, social sustainability, and economic feasibility, and it is interrelated with politics, ethics, and economics, as well as the environment, architecture, and technology. In other words, national and local policies, as well as public and private financial resources, are all needed to provide SH.SH also involves social and urban transformations and is, consequently, linked to urban planning and redevelopment projects, real estate market dynamics, and cooperation between public and private stakeholders. Furthermore, decision-making on SH policies and projects has to be supported by assessments of economic feasibility and social and environmental sustainability.This volume presents studies on various topics to recompose the multi-faceted subjects of social housing within a unified framework.
    Keywords: real estate appraisal ; capital gain ; financial feasibility ; economic sustainability ; public–private partnership ; risk assessment ; social housing ; urban regeneration ; urban rent ; affordable prices ; discounted cash flow analysis ; road infrastructures ; social sustainability ; mass appraisal ; Regional Strategic Intervention Programs ; multi-criteria analysis ; stakeholder analysis ; NAIADE method ; public housing neighborhoods ; project-induced effects ; assessment framework ; multi-criteria decision-making model ; housing affordability ; housing policy ; affordable housing ; Malaysia ; young adults ; renters ; housing costs ; parental supports ; discriminant analysis ; regression analysis ; independent living ; Nigeria ; strategies ; housing tenure ; low-income earners ; sustainability ; critical junctures ; housing delivery ; public-private partnership ; Vision 2030 ; Saudi Arabia ; affordable rent ; cluster analysis ; social fairness ; community acceptance ; housing accessibility ; India ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: The provision of affordable housing for low-income households is a very complex issue that has long been debated in many countries around the world. Social housing (SH) is one of the tools for achieving fairness, social sustainability, and economic feasibility, and it is interrelated with politics, ethics, and economics, as well as the environment, architecture, and technology. In other words, national and local policies, as well as public and private financial resources, are all needed to provide SH.SH also involves social and urban transformations and is, consequently, linked to urban planning and redevelopment projects, real estate market dynamics, and cooperation between public and private stakeholders. Furthermore, decision-making on SH policies and projects has to be supported by assessments of economic feasibility and social and environmental sustainability.This volume presents studies on various topics to recompose the multi-faceted subjects of social housing within a unified framework.
    Keywords: real estate appraisal ; capital gain ; financial feasibility ; economic sustainability ; public–private partnership ; risk assessment ; social housing ; urban regeneration ; urban rent ; affordable prices ; discounted cash flow analysis ; road infrastructures ; social sustainability ; mass appraisal ; Regional Strategic Intervention Programs ; multi-criteria analysis ; stakeholder analysis ; NAIADE method ; public housing neighborhoods ; project-induced effects ; assessment framework ; multi-criteria decision-making model ; housing affordability ; housing policy ; affordable housing ; Malaysia ; young adults ; renters ; housing costs ; parental supports ; discriminant analysis ; regression analysis ; independent living ; Nigeria ; strategies ; housing tenure ; low-income earners ; sustainability ; critical junctures ; housing delivery ; public-private partnership ; Vision 2030 ; Saudi Arabia ; affordable rent ; cluster analysis ; social fairness ; community acceptance ; housing accessibility ; India ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-11
    Description: It was recently reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. Human and industrial activities generate various forms of residual wastes and by-products in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state. Waste generation starts with simple processes such as living, eating, and breathing. Managing waste and minimizing associated environmental impacts have become more challenging as worldwide populations and economies continue to grow. Once these hazardous chemicals are present in the environment, people can become exposed to them. Human health can be influenced by many factors, including exposure to physical, chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants in the environment.This reprint comprises research papers related to the aspects of environmental exposure to multiple toxic chemicals and human health. The manuscripts are focused on toxicology, biomonitoring, exposure and risk assessment, and endocrine disruptors.
    Keywords: pesticide ; insecticide ; herbicide ; fungicide ; rheumatoid arthritis ; autoimmune disease ; n/a ; ovary ; endocrine disruptors ; follicular growth ; hormonal secretions ; gene expression ; bisphenols ; plasticiser ; ewe ; tetracyclines ; sulfonamides ; quinolones ; streptomycines ; meat ; antibiotics ; risk assessment ; air pollution ; endothelium ; inflammation ; cardiovascular disease ; ALS ; Alzheimer’s ; Aβ1–42 ; α synuclein ; children ; cerebrospinal fluid ; cisternal CSF ; fronto-temporal dementia ; Metropolitan Mexico City ; nanoparticles ; olfactory bulb granule cells ; PM2.5 ; Parkinson’s ; hyperphosphorylated tau ; TDP-43 ; cadmium ; crab ; crustaceans ; heavy metal toxicity ; nutrition ; pollution ; biomagnification ; biomonitoring ; benchmark dose ; BMDL ; BMDU ; creatinine clearance ; chronic kidney disease ; eGFR ; NOAEL ; urine cadmium ; plant protection products ; residential exposure ; agriculture ; Africa ; exposure pathway ; intake dose ; temporal variations ; spatial variations ; pollutants ; women exposure ; microRNAs ; PAHs ; paint production plant ; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ; inhalation exposure ; cancer risk ; non-cancer risk ; economic loss ; subway PM exposure ; health burden ; long-term mortality ; morbidity ; 3-PBA ; pyrethroid pesticides ; pregnancy ; newborn ; anthropometry ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology::MMGT Medical toxicology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which was previously considered to be toxic, is now regarded as a burgeoning endogenous gaseous transmitter. H2S plays a vital role in the mechanism of response/adaptation to adverse environmental conditions as well as crosstalk with other signaling molecules, including ROS, by affecting the corresponding gene expression and subsequent enzyme activities. Both H2S and ROS are potent signaling molecules that can provoke reversible and irreversible oxidative post-translational modifications on cysteine residues of proteins such as sulfenylation or persulfidation, affecting the redox status and function of the target proteins. The dynamic interplay between persulfidation and sulfenylation occurring on cysteine residues is of great importance in response to environmental changes.The present Special Issue of IJMS has the aim of providing the most current findings on the function of signaling molecules, including H2S and ROS, in higher plants, and it is open to different types of manuscripts, including original research papers, perspectives, or reviews where either ROS, H2S, or related molecules could be involved at the biochemical or physiological levels.
    Keywords: antioxidant defense systems ; Cd stress ; hydrogen sulfide ; melatonin ; oxidative stress ; transportation and sequestration ; nitric oxide ; abscisic acid ; Ca2+ ; hydrogen peroxide ; abiotic stresses ; signal transmitters ; stomatal movement ; persulfidation ; drought stress ; nitrate reductase ; l-cysteine desulfhydrase ; chilling stress ; indole-3-acetic acid ; signaling pathway ; calcium deficiency ; endogenous H2S ; reactive oxygen species ; ERF2-bHLH2-CML5 module ; postharvest storage quality ; tomato ; cysteine desulfhydrase ; leaf senescence ; ARF ; auxin ; cold stress ; cucumber ; DREB ; module ; resistance ; root growth ; heavy metal ; salt ; DES1 ; ABI4 ; protein stability ; Brassica rapa ; mercury ; selenium ; biotic stress ; abiotic stress ; salicylic acid ; jasmonic acid ; ethylene ; phytohormones ; Arabidopsis ; manganese stress ; L-cysteine desulfhydrase ; antioxidant enzyme ; Allium ; garlic ; gas detector ; ion-selective microelectrode ; isozymes ; RBOHs ; signaling networks ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSD Molecular biology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: This book explores the implications of acknowledging uncertainty and black swans for regulation of high-hazard technologies, for stakeholder acceptability of potentially hazardous activities and for risk governance. The conventional approach to risk assessment, which combines the likelihood of an event and the severity of its consequences, is poorly suited to situations where uncertainty and ambiguity are prominent features of the risk landscape. The new definition of risk used by ISO, “the effect of uncertainty on [achievement of] one’s objectives”, recognizes this paradigm change. What lessons can we draw from the management of fire hazards in Edo-era Japan? Are there situations in which increasing uncertainty allows more effective safety management? How should society address the risk of potentially planet-destroying scientific experiments? This book presents insights from leading scholars in different disciplines to challenge current risk governance and safety management practice.
    Keywords: HD28-70 ; risk management ; risk assessment ; high-risk organisations ; safety ; FonCSI ; black swans ; complexity in risk management ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Worldwide, electricity systems are evolving to adapt to a low-carbon economy in which increasingly more renewable energy resources are being integrated. These changes, in turn, make the development of new methods, tools, and approaches to deal with the operation and planning of electricity systems necessary. On the other hand, new regulations must be developed in order to deal with a wide integration of renewable and distributed energy resources, both from a generation and a network (transmission and distribution) perspective. Furthermore, the natural gas sector is going through significant transformation related mainly to both technological advances and strategic policy decisions. While there is great uncertainty in the future of natural gas within the global energy matrix, it is clear that it will play a major role during the next years as a bridge fuel towards a decarbonized economy. In this context, natural gas systems are undergoing deep transformations, necessitating the development of new tools to operate and plan gas systems as well as new approaches to regulate them. This book, therefore, seeks to contribute to the energy transformation agenda through original contributions focused on both power and natural gas systems, addressing innovative operation and planning methods as well as regulation of both energy systems.
    Keywords: industrial park integrated energy system ; expansion planning ; natural gas price uncertainty ; regret aversion ; min–max regret value ; distributed solar PV ; financial analysis ; net-energy metering ; investor-owned utility ; earnings ; return on equity ; retail rates ; ratepayer bills ; natural-gas market ; electricity market ; equilibrium analysis ; gas markets ; game theory-Cournot model ; records theory ; entropy ; information theory ; electricity markets ; feasible operation ; medium-term representation ; optimization models ; power systems ; thermal generation ; unit commitment ; portfolio ; portfolio management ; risk ; risk assessment ; energy trading ; power purchase agreements ; PPA ; copula ; wholesale electricity markets ; market design ; bidding formats ; pricing rules ; renewable energy sources ; day-ahead electricity markets ; electricity price forecasting ; fundamental-econometric models ; market structural breaks ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Despite being described for the first time more than 110 years ago, Chagas disease (caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi) persists as one of the most neglected tropical diseases. This persistent neglect of those affected by this disease is evidenced by the ongoing scientific evidence gaps, the difficulty of incorporating new diagnostic and treatment technologies into the market, and public health failures to ensure timely access to diagnosis and treatment associated with the development of consistent surveillance and control actions. As a result, there is a high burden of morbidity and mortality, and poor quality of life, poverty, stigma, and a fear of death persist for affected people, both in endemic areas in Latin America, and in non-endemic areas. This book spans a variety of disciplines and contributes significantly to reducing the gap in scientific knowledge on Chagas disease, towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
    Keywords: Chagas disease ; neglected tropical diseases ; migration ; healthcare rights ; mucosal leishmaniasis ; co-infection ; antimoniate therapy ; cardiomyopathy ; myocardial fibrosis ; myocardial sympathetic denervation ; inflammation ; sudden death ; cardiac magnetic resonance ; radionuclide imaging ; SPECT-CT ; PET-CT ; heart disease ; electrocardiogram ; disease progression ; stroke ; risk assessment ; Trypanosoma cruzi ; Triatoma infestans ; parasite prevalence ; coprophagy ; human illness ; neglected tropical disease ; global financing ; annual funding ; investments ; disease notification ; public policy ; neglected topical diseases ; healthcare access ; n/a ; chagasic cardiomyopathy ; heart transplantation ; Chagas disease reactivation ; cardiac allograft rejection ; treatment of reactivation ; genome ; parasite ; neglected diseases ; heart transplant ; chagas disease reactivation ; Cohort studies ; Neglected diseases ; Dynamic programming ; cost of illness ; premature ; efficiency ; organizational ; life expectancy ; American trypanosomiasis ; Trypanosoma cruzi infection ; public health ; epidemiology ; prevention and control ; surveillance ; clinical research ; One Health
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This volume deals with recent advances in and applications of computational intelligence and advanced machine learning methods in power systems, heating and cooling systems, and gas transportation systems. The optimal coordinated dispatch of the multi-energy microgrids with renewable generation and storage control using advanced numerical methods is discussed. Forecasting models are designed for electrical insulator faults, the health of the battery, electrical insulator faults, wind speed and power, PV output power and transformer oil test parameters. The loads balance algorithm for an offshore wind farm is proposed. The information security problems in the energy internet are analyzed and attacked using information transmission contemporary models, based on blockchain technology. This book will be of interest, not only to electrical engineers, but also to applied mathematicians who are looking for novel challenging problems to focus on.
    Keywords: vacuum tank degasser ; rule extraction ; extreme learning machine ; classification and regression trees ; wind power: wind speed: T–S fuzzy model: forecasting ; linearization ; machine learning ; photovoltaic output power forecasting ; hybrid interval forecasting ; relevance vector machine ; sample entropy ; ensemble empirical mode decomposition ; high permeability renewable energy ; blockchain technology ; energy router ; QoS index of energy flow ; MOPSO algorithm ; scheduling optimization ; Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System ; insulator fault forecast ; wavelet packets ; time series forecasting ; power quality ; harmonic parameter ; harmonic responsibility ; monitoring data without phase angle ; parameter estimation ; blockchain ; energy internet ; information security ; forecasting ; clustering ; energy systems ; classification ; integrated energy system ; risk assessment ; component accident set ; vulnerability ; hybrid AC/DC power system ; stochastic optimization ; renewable energy source ; Volterra models ; wind turbine ; maintenance ; fatigue ; power control ; offshore wind farm ; Interfacial tension ; transformer oil parameters ; harmonic impedance ; traction network ; harmonic impedance identification ; linear regression model ; data evolution mechanism ; cast-resin transformers ; abnormal defects ; partial discharge ; pattern recognition ; hierarchical clustering ; decision tree ; industrial mathematics ; inverse problems ; intelligent control ; artificial intelligence ; energy management system ; smart microgrid ; optimization ; Volterra equations ; energy storage ; load leveling ; cyber-physical systems ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Food quality, including dietary quality and diversity, is as essential to human health as air is to human life. In addition, other healthy lifestyle factors, including a healthy body mass index, regular exercise, no smoking, and sufficient sleep duration, are associated with a lower incidence of chronic non-communicable diseases and longer life expectancy. More importantly, maternal healthy lifestyle factors are also associated with a substantially reduced risk of chronic diseases in their offspring. Childhood is a critical period for the development of a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of chronic diseases in adulthood. However, the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing and unhealthy lifestyles are becoming an epidemic, posing a potential future burden of adult chronic disease. The aim of this Special Issue is to identify and assess dietary factors, including dietary diversity and specific nutrients/phytochemicals, as well as other healthy lifestyle factors, in the prevention and management of childhood chronic diseases. Additionally, we want to identify gaps and tools that could help with the assessment of children’s health. We wanted to encourage all researchers who work in this field to submit original research, reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses to this Special Issue to broaden our knowledge and pave the way for new research directions.
    Keywords: preschool children ; nutritional status ; eating habits ; Mediterranean diet ; Split-Dalmatia County ; fruit consumption ; lipid ; dyslipidemia ; children and adolescents ; China ; child ; diet quality ; caregiver perception ; CCDI ; dietary fat ; polyunsaturated fatty acid ; monounsaturated fatty acid ; puberty timing ; soy food ; obesity ; hypertension ; child and adolescent health ; food marketing ; policy research ; diet ; kindergarten ; menus ; nutritional errors ; children ; blood pressure ; single-child status ; lifestyle behaviors ; birth cohort ; prospective study ; maternal dietary pattern ; neurodevelopment ; malnutrition ; overnutrition ; fruit and vegetable intake ; potassium intake ; renal damage ; leptin ; preterm neonate ; intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) ; growth trajectories ; children health prognosis ; diet quality questionnaire ; food groups ; sentinel foods ; dietary diversity ; sedentary behavior ; metabolic syndrome ; preterm ; prebiotics ; glycomacropeptide ; metagenomics ; breastfeeding ; obesity phenotypes ; healthy lifestyle ; baby food ; food contaminant ; toxic elements ; food exposure ; children safety ; children’s health ; arsenic ; cadmium ; mercury ; lead ; latent class analysis ; mediation analysis ; health-related behavior ; cohort ; health-related quality of life ; Swedish Healthy Eating Index for Adolescents 2015 (SHEIA15) ; Riksmaten Adolescents Diet Diversity Score (RADDS) ; inositol ; myo-inositol ; D-chiro-inositol ; gestational diabetes mellitus ; insulin resistance ; randomized controlled trial ; meta-analysis ; screeners ; nutrition ; physical activity ; sedentary behaviour ; lifestyle risk ; COVID-19 ; dietary balance ; Japan ; mealtime regularity ; lifestyle ; electronic devices ; household ; fast food ; adolescents ; dietary behavior ; family ; childhood asthma ; innate immunity ; fruit and vegetables ; carotenoids ; cardio-metabolic risk factors ; birth weight ; parents’ educational level ; parents’ occupational level ; birthweight ; adiposity ; cardiorespiratory fitness ; cholesterol ; lifestyle intervention ; KIDMED test ; kidney impairment ; Diet Quality Questionnaire ; global dietary recommendations ; overweight ; child-nutrition disorders ; prediabetic state ; nutrition therapy ; Mediterranean ; rural health ; complementary feeding ; determinants ; infant feeding ; Thailand ; young child ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: This Special Issue entitled “Environmental Restoration of Metal-Contaminated Soils” focuses on the issues linked to soils contaminated with heavy metals and metalloids, dealing with current research activities around the world at the laboratory and field scale. These activities are the pillars for the application of strategies on a real-world scale, to remediate industrial soils affected by the problem. When an industrial soil contains pollutants, the main problem is the removal of these compounds. However, other features are present, linked to the health of the population living in its proximity. This Special Issue reports experimental run findings with the aim of removing heavy metals and/or metalloids from soil, making use of challenging techniques, and also demonstrating approaches for the assessment of the risks to human health.
    Keywords: seedling biomass ; heavy metals ; soil amelioration ; urban gardens ; pollution ; contaminated soil ; amendment ; edible plants ; metal ; citric acid ; EDTA ; electrokinetic remediation ; bioaccessibility ; bioavailability ; metals ; contaminated sites ; risk assessment ; natural sorbents ; ameliorants ; disturbed lands ; adsorption ; recultivation ; environmental remediation ; revitalization ; renaturation ; restoration ; rehabilitation ; reclamation ; heavy metals and metalloids ; removal techniques ; hydrophobic ; copper ; microfluidics ; pH change ; remediation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: International trade is highly affected by mycotoxin contaminations, which result in an annual 5% to 10% loss of global crop production. In the last decade, the mycotoxin scenario has been complicated by the progressive understanding—alongside emerging mycotoxins—of the parallel presence of modified (masked and conjugated) forms, in addition to the previously free known ones. The present Toxins Special Issue presents original research papers and reviews that deal with the fates of all these forms of mycotoxins with respect to aspects that cover traditional and industrial food processing, yearly grain campaign peculiar conditions and management, novel analytical solutions, consumer exposure, and biomarker-assessment directions. It gives a taste of an exciting scientific field that has several implications for our daily life because (i) it covers our diet practically and from every point of view, (ii) it intersects with our culinary uses and customs, but also industrial production processes, and (iii) it involves a careful evaluation of costs and benefits and a constant and continuous improvement of mycotoxin mitigation strategies.
    Keywords: mycotoxin ; milling ; bran ; semolina ; cooking ; dietary exposure ; aflatoxins ; alkaline ; hydrolyzed fumonisins ; fumonisins ; food processing ; maize ; masa ; matrix-associated mycotoxins ; modified mycotoxins ; tortillas ; mycotoxins ; trichothecenes ; thermal degradation ; decontamination ; mass spectrometry ; detoxification ; design of experiment ; LC-MS/MS ; Ochratoxin A ; 2′R-ochratoxin A ; 14(R)-ochratoxin A ; coffee ; degradation ; processing ; roasting ; masked mycotoxins ; emerging mycotoxins ; Fusarium ; Serbia ; fluorescence polarization immunoassay ; T-2 toxin ; HT-2 toxin ; T-2 glucoside ; HT-2 glucoside ; wheat ; validation study ; screening method ; deoxynivalenol ; children ; adolescents ; pregnant women ; vegetarians ; biomonitoring ; acrylamide ; multiple mitigation strategies ; design of experiments ; bakery food processing ; biscuits ; Fusarium toxins ; beer ; malt ; risk assessment ; deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside ; conversion ; Chinese steamed bread ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-11
    Description: Europe’s zero-pollution agenda should depart from an understanding of how the European citizens’ bodies are polluted by synthetic chemicals and prioritize the reduction of the chemical body burden and associated health impacts. In this context, Human Biomonitoring (HBM) is an important and valuable tool for assessing the internal exposure of humans resulting from aggregated exposure to chemicals. Though many obstacles still hinder the use of HBM data, the growing availability of HBM data offers an opportunity for improving and refining Human Risk Assessment. This Special Issue intends to illustrate, using case studies, how HBM data could be used to better estimate internal exposure and resulting risks. Case studies on exposure from consumer products (cosmetic products, non-food products, etc.) or exposures via food or water in the general population or among workers contributed to better identifying the obstacles hindering a broader use of HBM data in RA. A better understanding of population exposure and the exposure of vulnerable groups against health-based human biomonitoring guidance values also provides the basis for effective risk management to reduce impacts on health. I would like to thank all the authors for submitting their original contributions to this Special Issue. We greatly appreciate the support of all the reviewers who spent time evaluating and improving the quality of the manuscripts. I would also like to thank the editors of Toxics for their kind invitation and Selena Li of the Toxics Editorial Office for her invaluable support.
    Keywords: biomonitoring ; nanoparticles ; lung diseases ; mineralogical analysis of broncho-alveolar lavages ; occupational exposure ; human biomonitoring ; UV filters ; benzophenone-3 ; HBM4EU ; risk assessment ; RCR ; margin of safety ; oxidative stress ; MDA ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; urinary biomarker ; reference range ; general population ; pesticides ; exposure ; operators ; workers ; residents ; bystanders ; tree-grown produce ; fruits ; vine ; systemic exposure ; paints production ; TiO2 powders ; biological monitoring ; exhaled breath condensate ; occupational health ; ortho-toluidine ; urinary mass-balance ; PBPK modelling ; human biomonitoring (HBM) ; internal exposure ; biomarkers ; endocrine disruptors ; bisphenol A (BPA) ; bisphenol S (BPS) ; bisphenols ; human biomonitoring guidance value (HBM-GV) ; physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelling (PBPK) ; organophosphorus flame retardants ; dietary exposure ; children ; malondialdehyde ; reference values ; benzene ; COVID-19 pandemic ; lockdown ; Rome ; elements ; urban traffic ; metabolomics ; dimethylformamide ; DMF ; HBM-GV ; guidance value ; biomarker ; toxicokinetics ; health effects ; liver ; carcinogenicity ; reprotoxic effects ; chlorpyrifos ; pesticide exposure ; pesticide risk assessment ; mercury ; methylmercury ; European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) ; co-exposure ; workplace ; mixture risk assessment (MRA) ; adipose tissue ; meta-regression ; partition coefficients ; persistent organic pollutants ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology::MMGT Medical toxicology
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: A multidisciplinary approach that involves multiple sectors and stakeholders is essential for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change. This Special Issue explores how interdisciplinary approaches could resolve a wide range of issues, including risk and damage assessment, behavior change, investment, and evidence-based policy formulation.
    Keywords: natural hazard-triggered technological (Natech) ; risk perception ; protective actions ; evacuation ; household survey ; Cilegon ; Indonesia ; agricultural drought vulnerability ; spatial heterogeneity ; entropy weight method ; contribution model ; China ; risk assessment ; high-temperature disaster ; kiwifruit ; climatic suitability zoning ; hazard ; vulnerability ; exposure ; disaster prevention and mitigation capacity ; extreme temperature indices ; abrupt ; prediction ; disaster risk ; Yangtze River Basin ; climate change ; adaptation ; method ; digital disaster reduction ; natural disasters ; agricultural production ; food aid ; official development assistance ; conflict ; poverty ; cereal production ; humanitarian aid ; financing mechanism ; flood protection ; investment cycle ; investment in DRR ; Japan ; long-term plan ; lost decades ; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ; multi-variate Probit model ; Poisson regression model ; agricultural productive services ; earthquake disaster ; earthquake fatalities ; rapid estimation ; earthquake relief ; disaster assessment ; earthquake emergency response ; numerical simulation ; empirical method ; Yangbi earthquake ; COVID-19 ; disaster science ; evidence-based policymaking ; ordinal logistic regression ; principal component analysis ; compound indicator ; single-person households ; indirect death ; long-term effects ; excess mortality ; surveillance system ; disaster risk reduction ; disaster risk perception ; the population at risk ; agent-based modeling ; coastal areas ; community-based adaptation ; nature-based solutions ; green infrastructure ; perception ; family ; community ; Jakarta ; disaster preparedness capability ; heavy rainstorm ; local government ; AHP ; evaluation index system ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHK Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: This Special Issue on “LCA of Energy Systems” contains inspiring contributions on assessing the sustainability of novel technologies destined to shape the future of our energy sector. These include battery-based and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, geothermal energy, hydropower, biomass gasification, national electricity systems, and waste incineration. The analysis of trends and singularities will be invaluable to product designers, engineers, and policy makers. Furthermore, these exercises also contribute to refining the life cycle framework and harmonizing methodological decisions. Our hope is that this should be a step toward promoting the use of science and knowledge to shape a better world for everyone.
    Keywords: life cycle assessment ; battery electric vehicle (BEV) ; plug-in electric vehicle ; energy ; greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ; thermodynamic modeling ; exergy ; e-waste ; secondary copper smelting ; precious metal recovery ; printed circuit board ; coalbed methane development ; risk assessment ; structural entropy weight method ; matter-element extension method ; LCA ; Spain ; renewables ; electricity ; sustainability ; carbon footprint ; employment ; LCOE ; CHP ; biomass ; gasification ; SOFC ; allocation ; multifunctionality ; geothermal energy ; flash technology ; Bagnore power plant ; pedigree matrix ; carbon dioxide capture ; activated carbon ; environmental impacts ; IGCC ; carbon capture economy ; stirling cycle-based heat pump ; gas/oil-fired boilers ; SimaPro ; eco-indicator 99 ; life cycle impact assessment ; distance-to-target weighting ; ecological scarcity ; renewable electricity and heat generation ; decentralized energy system ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Description: The Special Issue "Fiber Optic Sensors in Chemical and Biological Applications” gathers recent original papers. The subjects of the papers cover a broad range of optical fiber chemical sensors and biosensors applied for regulation in bioreactors, to novel concepts of intrinsic optical fiber sensors.
    Keywords: fiber optic sensor ; gold nanoparticles ; localized surface plasmon resonance ; mercury ; ppb ; refractive index sensor ; gas sensor ; hollow-core photonic crystal fiber ; Mach–Zehnder interferometer ; whole-cell biosensor ; bioluminescent bioreporter ; optical fiber biosensor ; toluene ; Pseudomonas putida TVA8 ; Escherichia coli 652T7 ; fiber optics ; long period grating ; fiber optical sensors ; refractive index ; chemical sensing ; mercapto compound ; yeast cultivation ; feedback regulation ; glucose detection ; optical biosensor ; laser-induced plasma spectroscopy ; microchip laser ; hair analysis ; OFDR type DAS ; phase fading solution ; high SNR ; real-time events detection ; ammonia detection ; layer-by-layer ; U-bent optical fiber ; porphyrin ; poly(styrene sulfonate) ; diazo resin ; photocrosslinking ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Air pollution and the changing climate are some of the greatest threats to the health and functioning of forest ecosystems, strongly jeopardizing their ecological and economic functions as well as services. The impact of increasing temperatures and extreme weather events (droughts, storms, temperature and precipitation extremes) on the vitality of forest trees is often difficult to separate from the impact of pollution, such as nitrogen deposition and tropospheric ozone, as they can exhibit synergistic effects. The use of indicators is elementary in modern forest ecophysiological research, as they help us to disentangle complex interactions between trees and various stress-inducing factors as well as better estimate the level of damage to trees and forest ecosystems.Eleven papers are included in this Special Issue, with wide-ranging topics from various disciplines but centered around tree responses to environmental stress. The task of this Special Issue is twofold: one, to remind us that a better understanding of the physiological processes influencing tree vitality under the changing climate and air pollution pressures requires considerable research efforts and constant advancements in research methods and approaches; two, to highlight the fact that the environmental pressures instigating the use of tree stress response indicators are more present than ever, and will likely continue to affect tree vitality in the foreseeable future.
    Keywords: defoliation ; monitoring ; tree vitality ; drought ; climate change ; forest decline ; extreme climate events ; tree mortality ; climate response ; radial increment ; dendrochronology ; Fagaceae ; osmolytes ; antioxidant ; phytohormones ; trade-off mechanisms ; stress marker ; oxidative stress ; tropospheric ozone ; leaf symptoms ; PODy ; water stress ; risk assessment ; climate–growth relationship ; climate signal ; tree-ring width ; basal area increment ; blue intensity ; daily climatic data ; cadmium ; nickel ; phytoremediation ; plant hormones ; polyamines ; poplar ; Populus deltoides ; antioxidative enzymes ; chlorophyll ; defoliated trees ; hydrogen peroxide ; lipid peroxidation ; nutrient concentration ; Pinus spp. ; Quercus spp. ; undefoliated trees ; pine ; BAI ; isotopes ; iWUE ; water and thermal stress ; SPEI ; Poland ; foliar composition ; stoichiometry ; ICP Forests ; tree decline ; Quercus brantii ; cellular characteristics ; calcium oxalate crystals ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNA Agribusiness and primary industries::KNAL Forestry industry
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: The role of soils for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is multifarious. Soils are the essential basis for food and biomass provision in support of food security (SDG 2) and energy security (SDG 7). Soil carbon sequestration is paramount for climate action (SDG 13). Soil-mediated water purification and retention, nutrient and matter cycling, and soils habitat functions are essential for maintaining ecosystem services and biodiversity (SDG 15). Healthy soils perform well in all these functions simultaneously. However, the globally increasing demand for food, fiber, and bio-based products poses massive challenges to soil health. Minimizing trade-offs between biomass production and soil health requires systemic approaches to assessment and governance of sustainable soil management in agriculture and food systems. It provides interdisciplinary insights into key questions: What are the impacts of agricultural management practices on sustainability targets in specific geophysical and socio-economic contexts? What are the opportunities and risks of future trends such as climate change, digitalization, and emerging technologies for soil management and soil health? How can institutions and governance instruments be improved to enable decision makers to take action on sustainable soil management? The book was initiated in the frame of the National German research program ‘BonaRes—Soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy’, and it is meant to trigger interdisciplinary thinking.
    Keywords: QH301-705.5 ; Q1-390 ; S1-972 ; land management ; risk assessment ; carob ; N leaching ; Syria ; earthworms ; subsoil ; desertification ; alfalfa ; yield potential ; tenant ; dynamic programming ; soil policy ; monitoring ; resource scarcity ; soil management ; crop–livestock interactions ; German Constitutional Law ; gross income ; Germany ; spatially explicit ; creation ethics ; bayesian network ; agricultural practices ; conventional farming ; soil ; soil degradation ; combination of modern and indigenous knowledge ; Costa Rica ; yield ; soils ; rent price ; fertilization ; sustainability assessment ; societal acceptance ; property rights ; justifying soil protection ; subsoil loosening ; behavioural studies ; governance ; agricultural policy ; water infiltration ; sealing ; soil protection ; soil framework directive ; rent proportion ; soil remediation ; so-called organic fertilizer ; soil compaction ; nutrient composition ; phosphorus ; resource use efficiency ; soil pressures ; soil threats ; Europe ; soil functions ; literature review ; sustainability ; conservation agriculture ; institutions ; environmental zones ; soil health ; landowner ; soil governance ; zero tillage ; coffee by-products ; production ; arid oasis ; Laudato si’ ; soil food web ; land ; compaction ; farmer motivations ; agricultural innovation ; crop rotation modelling ; Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response sustainability framework ; contamination ; sustainable soil management ; agricultural yields ; Nicaragua ; sustainable agriculture ; ecosystem services ; legal comparison ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Thanks to the breast cancer research of recent decades, effective methods and strategies have been established, allowing the mortality rates of breast cancer patients to decrease more and more. However, we still face many challenges. The role of certain biomarkers or mutations is still not clear for treatment and surveillance. Novel drugs are often associated with a different spectrum of adverse events than that seen for conventional therapies, accordingly having an impact on patients’ compliance behaviors. In breast cancer surgery, in some cases, the question remains whether to escalate or deescalate. Additionally, with regard to diagnostics, in a digitalized world, home-based tools and therapy monitoring options are of high importance, especially under the tough conditions and supply problems seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.This Special Issue gathers original research articles and reviews demonstrating therapeutic challenges, current research strategies, and novel diagnostics in breast cancer.
    Keywords: pannexin 1 (PANX1) ; neutrophils ; adenosine ; tumor microenvironment (TME) ; breast cancer ; ER heterogeneity ; 18F-FES PET/CT ; diagnosis ; treatment pattern ; metastatic breast cancer ; heterogeneity ; HER2 ; 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ; pyrotinib ; therapy response ; oncotype DX ; recurrence score ; individualized therapy ; advanced breast cancer ; breast cancer susceptibility genes 1 and 2 ; genetic testing ; human epidermal growth factor receptor 2—negative ; poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitors ; real-world ; machine learning ; neoadjuvant systemic treatment ; lymph node metastasis ; phytochemicals ; nanocarriers ; chemotherapy ; drug resistance ; risk prediction models ; breast cancer screening ; risk assessment ; risk-based screening ; localization technique ; non-palpable lesion ; intraoperative ultrasound ; wire-guided localization ; magnetic seed ; radioactive seed ; radar reflector ; radiofrequency identification tag ; oncology ; telemedicine ; telerehabilitation ; psychological well-being ; cognitive impairment ; rehabilitation ; cancer side effects ; metastasis ; treatment ; human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 ; hormone receptor ; registries ; endocrine treatment ; CDK4/6 inhibitor ; abemaciclib ; dalpiciclib ; palbociclib ; ribociclib ; Contrast-Enhanced Mammography ; Digital Breast Tomosynthesis ; Average Glandular Dose ; TNBC ; LEMD1 ; ERK ; therapeutic target ; BOUNCE ; coping self-efficacy ; fear of cancer recurrence ; latent growth modeling ; trajectories ; n/a
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: The quality of drinking water is paramount for public health. Despite important improvements in the last decades, access to safe drinking water is not universal. The World Health Organization estimates that almost 10% of the population in the world do not have access to improved drinking water sources. Among other diseases, waterborne infections cause diarrhea, which kills nearly one million people every year, mostly children under 5 years of age. On the other hand, chemical pollution is a concern in high-income countries and an increasing problem in low- and middle-income countries. Exposure to chemicals in drinking water may lead to a range of chronic non-communicable diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease), adverse reproductive outcomes, and effects on children’s health (e.g., neurodevelopment), among other health effects. Although drinking water quality is regulated and monitored in many countries, increasing knowledge leads to the need for reviewing standards and guidelines on a nearly permanent basis, both for regulated and newly identified contaminants. Drinking water standards are mostly based on animal toxicity data, and more robust epidemiologic studies with accurate exposure assessment are needed. The current risk assessment paradigm dealing mostly with one-by-one chemicals dismisses the potential synergisms or interactions from exposures to mixtures of contaminants, particularly at the low-exposure range. Thus, evidence is needed on exposure and health effects of mixtures of contaminants in drinking water. Finally, water stress and water quality problems are expected to increase in the coming years due to climate change and increasing water demand by population growth, and new evidence is needed to design appropriate adaptation policies.This Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on the links between drinking water quality and human health.
    Keywords: HM401-1281 ; H1-99 ; risk assessment ; time series study ; risk context ; ammonia ; fluoride ; exposure assessment ; water safety plan ; HWTS implementation ; human health ; simulation study ; drinking water guidance ; chlorination by-product ; adverse reproductive outcomes ; spatial variations ; THMs ; zinc ; radioactivity ; thyroid disease ; risk management ; infants ; water contamination ; infant health ; small for gestational age ; drinking water quality ; methemoglobinemia ; magnesium ; monitoring ; effect measure modification ; nitrite ; health-based guideline ; environmental exposure ; organic matter ; Maryland ; tap water ; impact assessment ; turbidity ; chronic kidney disease ; fever ; diarrhoeal disease ; rural water resources ; drinking water ; acute gastroenteritis ; Nigeria ; E. coli ; pharmacokinetic modeling ; chemical risk assessment ; uncertainty factors ; community water system ; groundwater ; dental health ; inorganic manganese ; atrazine ; duration extrapolation ; health insurance data ; space–time detection ; seasonality ; fecal coliforms ; water safety plans ; preterm birth ; dissolved oxygen ; gravity-fed piped water scheme ; urban area ; cough ; water operation data ; screening method ; endogenous nitrosation ; infant exposure ; sanitary inspection ; waterborne disease outbreak ; N-nitroso compounds ; end-stage renal disease ; arsenic ; diarrhea ; sodium ; private wells ; animal feeding operation ; endocrine disruptor ; Vibrio pathogens ; LTD ; disinfection by-product ; chemical oxygen demand ; potassium ; biomonitoring ; nitrate ; annual effective dose ; sub-Saharan Africa ; France ; carcinogenic ; public health ; enterococci ; calcium ; water and sanitation ; pharmaceuticals ; environment ; drinking water distribution systems ; water contaminants ; Asia-Pacific region ; Denmark ; trihalomethanes ; risk ; cancer ; low birth weight ; drug labels ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFP Social interaction
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: Numerous scientific research projects are concerned with improving and protecting the environment. The first steps towards solving the problem of environmental pollution include researching and monitoring the presence and concentration of pollutants, especially heavy metals. It is known from previous studies that fungi bioaccumulate high concentrations of heavy metals, the concentration of which depends, to a greater or lesser extent, on factors such as the species, sampling area, and anatomical parts of the fungus, but also the substrate on which they grow. As the concentration of heavy metals in fungi increases, the importance of fungi as bioindicators of environmental pollution also increases. However, extremely high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in fungi can have negative effects on human health. Constantly monitoring and controlling the levels of metals and metalloids in the human diet is necessary, both in foods of plant and animal origin and in food supplements, or in this case edible mushrooms, whose availability on the market and general popularity are constantly increasing. Therefore, this reprint provides good insights into the development of science and technology in relation to heavy metal concentrations in mushrooms.
    Keywords: bioaccumulation ; mushroom cultivation ; prediction models ; regression analysis ; waste management ; cluster analysis ; health risk ; potentially toxic elements ; mushroom ; spatial analysis ; principal component ; wild edible mushrooms ; metallic elements ; metalloids ; risk assessment ; human health ; organic food ; Boletus griseus ; Hypomyces chrysospermus ; cadmium ; symbiotic association ; health risk assessment ; heavy metals ; health hazard ; mushrooms ; Tricholoma spp. ; copper ; wood ; detoxification ; ligninolytic fungi ; oxalate ; biosorption ; accumulation ; basidiomycete ; bioremediation ; champignon ; common mushroom ; edible mushroom ; sludge ; toxic elements ; wastes ; food quality ; forest biodiversity ; metal elements ; traditional foraging ; wild mushrooms ; mercury ; contamination ; Leccinum ; Y. lipolytica ; CCA-treated wood ; copper stress ; ectomycorrhiza ; morphotype ; metal ; plant ; field ; pot ; inoculation ; Paraisaria dubia ; Zn2+ stress response ; transcriptomic ; metabolomic ; metal ion transport ; microcycle conidiation ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Bioanalysis of endogenous substances, metabolites, and contaminants poisons is important in analyses of biological functions, metabolomics, forensic toxicology, patient diagnosis and biomonitoring of human exposure to hazardous chemicals. In these analyses, methods of sample preparation are essential for the isolation and concentration of target analytes from complex biological matrices. These processes, however, are time-consuming, labor-intensive and error-prone, and markedly influence the reliability and accuracy of determining target analytes. Thus, efficient sample preparation techniques and their integration with analytical methods have become significant. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) is a simple and convenient sample preparation technique that has enabled automation, miniaturization, high-throughput performance, and online coupling with analytical instruments. Moreover, SPME has reduced analysis times, as well as solvent and disposal costs.This reprint consists of 14 original, peer-reviewed papers for the Special Issue in the MDPI journal Molecules. The topics covered include headspace fiber SPME (HS-SPME) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), HS-in-needle microextraction GC-MS, thin film SPME liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), magnetic solid phase extraction LC-MS/MS, in-tube SPME LC-MS/MS and in-tube SPME LC-UV. Samples analyzed include plant-derived volatile organic compounds; body odor; metabolites in urine, plasma and saliva sample; and biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure in hair and environmental estrogens.
    Keywords: tobacco-specific nitrosamines ; hair ; exposure biomarkers ; in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) ; liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) ; bioanalysis ; carbon materials ; HPLC–MS ; biological matrices ; solid-phase extraction ; sample preparation ; bladder cancer (BC) ; metabolomics ; solid phase microextraction (SPME) ; liquid chromatography ; mass spectrometry ; urine ; Myrtaceae ; native fruit ; volatile compounds ; sesquiterpenes ; body odor ; 2-nonenal ; wiping method ; pasting method ; solid-phase microextraction (HS–SPME) ; gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) ; passive smoking ; nicotine ; cotinine ; risk assessment ; headspace solid-phase microextraction ; Cerrado ; aroma ; volatile organic compounds ; Herpetospermum pedunculosum ; HS-SPME-GC-MS ; dioecious plant ; bud ; volatile compound ; multivariate statistical analysis ; green peach aphids ; VOCs ; parasitoids ; Aphidus colemani ; Aphelinus abdominalis ; cabbage ; cerrado ; Anacardiaceae ; aroeira ; biological properties ; virtual screening ; chemoinformatics ; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ; headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) ; SPME-GC-MS ; stored-product insect pests ; Tribolium castaneum ; Rhyzopertha dominica ; Sitophilus granarius ; titanium wire ; superhydrophobic ; superhydrophilic ; in-tube solid-phase microextraction ; high-performance liquid chromatography ; sulfated steroid metabolites ; saliva ; online automated analysis ; in-tube solid-phase microextraction (IT-SPME) ; liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) ; stable isotope dilution ; human body odor ; GO:PANI/ZNRs/ZIF−8 ; response surface methodology ; needle-based adsorbent ; headspace-in needle microextraction ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry::PNF Analytical chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Description: Universities and corporate partnerships play a crucial role in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), presenting significant market opportunities across various research domains. On the occasion of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work in 2021, the International Labor Organization (ILO) urged nations to establish resilient occupational safety and health (OSH) systems to address future health crises effectively. This necessitates investments in OSH infrastructure and its seamless integration into comprehensive national emergency preparedness and response plans to safeguard workers' well-being and support business continuity. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) emphasizes that work environments are continually evolving. Particularly during economic challenges, it is essential to recognize that inadequate occupational safety and health measures can incur financial costs. Numerous case studies also demonstrate a direct link between effective OSH management within organizations and improved overall performance and profitability. This reprint compiles contributions from authors worldwide, covering a wide range of topics related to Advances in Occupational Health and Safety Management and Risk Management, with a focus on their application in specific domains.
    Keywords: mental health ; job performance ; innovative behavior ; work engagement ; emerging economy ; n/a ; burnout ; occupational health ; public sector ; quality of work life ; well-being ; safety performance ; safety climate ; safety consciousness ; responsible leadership ; industrial safety ; incidental nanoparticles ; control banding ; risk management ; occupational exposure ; metal additive manufacturing ; green jobs ; green labor market ; green economy ; sustainable development ; case management ; return to work ; disabled workers ; work ability index ; quality of life ; microplastics ; water pollution ; water anti-pollution policies ; circular economy ; knowledge ; attitude ; healthcare-associated infection ; medical imaging professionals ; risk assessment ; chronic disease ; comorbidity ; multimorbidity ; sickness absenteeism ; comorbidity index ; civil servant ; nanomaterials ; occupational health and safety ; standardization ; textiles ; COPSOQ II ; education ; psychological risks ; Society 5.0 ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Knowledge and awareness of the risks generated by natural hazards are essential requirements for the enhancement of communities' resilience to disasters. United Nations directives have recently pointed out the necessity of undertaking actions aimed at anticipating, managing, and mitigating disaster risks to reduce their economic and social impact and protect the health, socioeconomic assets, cultural heritage, and ecosystems of communities and countries. While the increasing occurrence of disasters caused by meteorological events, such as floods, storms, and droughts, can be directly ascribed to the consequence of climate change, disasters induced by earthquakes and tsunamis are increasing even if their frequency of occurrence is historically unchanged. This Special Issue addresses concepts, methods, and predictive methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks. It presents fifteen articles focusing on the single-risk assessment of a broad range of natural hazards, such as earthquakes, river/sea floods, meteotsunamis, tornados, hydrological and meteorological drought, liquefaction, as well as on multirisk assessment in the presence of multiple hazards. The adopted methodologies rely on (a) quantitative, semi-quantitative, and qualitative methods for the assessment of the risks related to natural hazards; (b) risk analysis at different scales; (c) multi-hazard risk assessment techniques; (d) real-time hazard monitoring and warning systems; (e) disaster mitigation strategies; and (f) risk management and emergency planning on multiple scales.
    Keywords: tornadoes ; climatology ; Bayesian ; risk assessment ; multi hazard ; seismic risk ; hydraulic risk ; machine learning ; principal component analysis ; climate change ; multi-hazards ; WRF-ARW ; EC-Earth GCM ; Greece ; geographic information system ; hazard assessment ; river terraces ; flood risk ; multiple-criteria decision analysis ; PROMETHEE algorithm ; lateral displacement ; liquefaction ; Gaussian process regression ; sensitivity analysis ; NFIP claims ; flood insurance ; flood cause of loss ; HURDAT ; catastrophe model ; seismic risk assessment ; pushover analysis ; vulnerability index ; damage index ; index of seismic risk ; masonry buildings ; geophysical surveying ; seismic tomography ; geotechnical characterization ; drought SDI ; SPI ; linkage ; propagation ; Adriatic Sea ; database ; tsunami ; meteotsunami ; ArcGis ; WebApp ; AHP ; digital elevation model ; flood ; GIS ; target displacement ; earthquake ; peak ground acceleration ; reinforced-concrete ; pushover ; coastal flooding ; real-time warning system ; tides ; wind-generated waves ; barometric pressure ; mobile application ; multi-hazard risk assessment ; multi-criteria decision-making ; PROMETHEE method ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNR Natural disasters
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Natural World Heritage sites, such as the Serengeti, or Natural and Cultural Heritage sites, such as the Historic Centre of Rome, have the common feature of being a treasured resource of global importance. The 1121 properties on the World Heritage (WH) list have permanent recognized value for humankind. Most of those 〉1000 locations are at some risk from changes in climate. Globally, scholars and managers seek to understand current and future climatic stresses, mitigation and adaptation opportunities. There is a strong need for the “So What?” in World Heritage studies. The invited papers in this volume address natural, cultural and mixed WH sites, and each offers a fresh perspective on assessing the degree of risk from changing climate and guidance on acting to mitigate and adapt to climate changes to provide new awareness and tools to improve their state of conservation for the future.
    Keywords: adaptation ; climate change ; cultural heritage ; energy efficiency ; historical buildings ; mitigation ; refurbishment ; sustainability ; microclimate frame ; preventive conservation ; risk assessment ; Sorolla painting ; risk-based decisions ; triage ; protected areas ; scenario planning ; built heritage ; categorization ; climate change adaptation ; heritage resources ; conservation ; adaptation capacity ; territorial planning ; indoor climate ; climate-induced risk ; distempered paint ; decision making ; consolidation ; monitoring ; stave church ; climate communication ; World Heritage ; heritage tourism ; carbon footprint ; carbon management ; ecolabel ; environmental product information scheme ; transnational governance ; world heritage: landscape approach ; nature culture divide ; integrative heritage management ; state of conservation reports ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: Functional advanced biopolymers have received far less attention than renewable biomass (cellulose, rubber, etc.) used for energy production. Among the most advanced biopolymers known is chitosan. The term chitosan refers to a family of polysaccharides obtained by partial de-N-acetylation from chitin, one of the most abundant renewable resources in the biosphere. Chitosan has been firmly established as having unique material properties as well as biological activities. Either in its native form or as a chemical derivative, chitosan is amenable to being processed—typically under mild conditions—into soft materials such as hydrogels, colloidal nanoparticles, or nanofibers. Given its multiple biological properties, including biodegradability, antimicrobial effects, gene transfectability, and metal adsorption—to name but a few—chitosan is regarded as a widely versatile building block in various sectors (e.g., agriculture, food, cosmetics, pharmacy) and for various applications (medical devices, metal adsorption, catalysis, etc.). This Special Issue presents an updated account addressing some of the major applications, including also chemical and enzymatic modifications of oligos and polymers. A better understanding of the properties that underpin the use of chitin and chitosan in different fields is key for boosting their more extensive industrial utilization, as well as to aid regulatory agencies in establishing specifications, guidelines, and standards for the different types of products and applications.
    Keywords: QH301-705.5 ; QD415-436 ; Q1-390 ; chitosan ; cyclodextrin ; graft copolymer ; polyelectrolyte complex ; polymer carrier ; iron(III) hydroxide ; marine resources ; over-the counter-drug ; chitooligosaccharides ; papermaking ; methylene blue ; nanoparticles ; biosynthesis ; sorption competition ; self-masking nanosphere lithography ; Citrobacter ; wet-end ; skin care ; cicada ; chitosan derivative ; nanoparticle ; swelling ; bio-sorbent ; gene delivery ; metabolic pathway ; TEOS ; hydrogel ; dendrimer ; binary ; aerogels ; ionic liquids ; drug delivery systems ; sorption ; fruits ; FTIR ; hear care ; mechanism ; plant growth ; chitosan structure ; strontium ; click chemistry ; nanostructured biomaterial ; lead ; non-viral vectors ; thermal transition sol-gel ; single ; medical applications ; salt effects ; neodymium ; chitin derivative ; characterization ; easily recyclable ; bioflocculant ; deacetylation pattern ; drug delivery ; XRD ; zinc–chitosan complexes ; heterogeneous catalyst ; Boron ; controlled functionalization ; DSC ; eco-friendly formulations ; adsorption ; wastewater ; chitosan supported copper ; derivatization ; modelling ; mechanical properties ; chitin ; wet and dried states ; pDNA ; PEO/chitosan blend ; thermodynamic ; PCL ; craniofacial engineering ; desorption ; polymer ; biological activity ; mercury ; self-assembled ; oral care ; ionic cross-linking ; scaffolds ; cross-linking ; pesticides ; chitin deacetylases ; substrate specificity ; phase transition ; interpenetrating ; coating ; phosphate ; MTDSC ; siRNA ; structure ; defense responses ; organosilicon compound ; iron ; ionogels ; gelation mechanism ; carbohydrate esterases ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: This Special Issue aims to provide new insights into the issue of the mercury contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This ubiquitous contaminant has been used by humans for many years, resulting in global contamination. When this toxic contaminant is converted to methylmercury, it accumulates in trophic chains, which is a major issue for wildlife and human health. The nine articles contained within this Special Issue on ‘‘Mercury and Methylmercury Contamination of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems’’ endeavour to identify the historical evolution of Hg and MeHg levels in aquatic environments, and to evaluate the impact of current and historical human activities, such as mining, climate change, and soil erosion, on receptor ecosystems and food chains.
    Keywords: Cytotoxicity ; erythrocytes ; methylmercury ; malondialdehyde ; in vitro ; superoxide dismutase ; mercury ; PQMI ; Palawan ; abandoned mines ; mine wastes ; sediments ; mussel ; mussel watch ; Mytilus ; St. Lawrence ; sediment ; water ; SPM ; gold mining ; French Guiana ; monomethylmercury ; water–sediment interface ; diel and seasonal cycles ; photodegradation ; particulate mercury ; suspended particulate matter ; particulate organic carbon ; Amazon rainforest ; mammoth fauna mammals ; hair ; environmental changes ; paleoclimate ; Pleistocene ; Yakutia ; lakes ; wet deposition ; ecological restoration ; mercury mobility ; microbial activities ; biogeochemistry ; gold mining activities ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Despite many years of efforts to reduce the emission of toxic pollutants into the environment, the contamination of air, soils and water by heavy metals and organic xenobiotics is still a serious problem. This has urged many scientists around the world to undertake research that aims to find effective methods of removing pollutants from the environment. Special attention is paid to biological methods, which, thanks to their numerous advantages, meet the expectations of the whole society. As part of the Special Issue “Study of Biodegradation and Bioremediation”, in the MDPI journal Processes, several valuable articles have been published, which together form a picture of the current state of advanced research on the effective fight against environmental pollution. These include papers on the biodegradation of petroleum compounds or synthetic dyes by microorganisms or the enzymes they produce. In addition, the Special Issue includes papers on the bioremediation of dangerous heavy metals such as mercury and copper, and the results make a valuable contribution to our current state of knowledge on this topic. A separate and valuable part of this collection of publications are review articles devoted to the remediation of antineoplastic drugs, as well as the hopes and challenges connected with the application of nanotechnology in bioremediation. We are pleased that so many researchers from different parts of the world have submitted their articles on this topic. We are very grateful to them. We hope that readers of this collection will find many interesting ideas and relevant information that will lead to new solutions in the bioremediation and biodegradation of emerging environmental contaminants. Prof. Ewa Kaczorek Dr. Wojciech Smułek
    Keywords: corn stalk biochar ; KOH modification ; H3PO4 modification ; Methylene blue ; Adsorption ; bacteria ; bioavailability ; biodegradation ; creosote ; PAHs ; fungi ; screening ; plastic-polymer degradation ; Trichoderma hamatum ; biotoxicity test ; constructed wetlands ; treated tannery effluent ; morphological changes ; behavioural response ; Ctenopharyngodon idella ; crude enzyme laccase ; white-rot fungi ; membrane filtration ; emerging contaminants ; enzymatic degradation ; enzymatic membrane reactor ; antineoplastic drug ; environment ; toxicity ; remediation ; copper ; heavy metals ; Jatropha curcas ; near infrared hyperspectral imaging ; phytoremediation ; contaminants ; nanomaterial ; bioremediation ; sustainability ; bioaugmentation ; biostimulation ; crude oil ; first-order reaction rate model ; Monod model ; natural attenuation ; l-cysteine ; SiO2 ; ZrO2 ; laccase ; catalysis ; kinetic ; decolorization ; Cupriavidus metallidurans ; mercury ; aerobic ; anaerobic ; coal discard ; diesel-contaminated soil ; discard dumps ; phylogeny ; plant growth-promoting bacteria ; biosurfactant ; drilling waste ; iron-stimulation ; characterization ; antimicrobial properties ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: This Special Issue reports research spanning from the analysis of indirect data, modeling, and laboratory and geological data confirming the intrinsic multidisciplinarity of gas hydrate studies. The study areas are (1) Arctic, (2) Brazil, (3) Chile, and (4) the Mediterranean region. The results furnished an important tessera of the knowledge about the relationship of a gas hydrate system with other complex natural phenomena such as climate change, slope stability and earthquakes, and human activities.
    Keywords: Q1-390 ; ocean acidification ; risk assessment ; modeling ; molecular composition ; ecosystem ; thermogenic gas ; Eastern Mediterranean ; temperature increase ; geohazards ; São Paulo Plateau ; geohazard ; hydrate dissociation ; climate change ; BSR ; thawing ; multidisciplinary ; clathrites ; earthquake ; modelling ; methane cycle ; permafrost ; global change ; methane ; biogenic gas ; salt migration ; subaqueous permafrost ; slope stability ; Chilean margin ; magnetic data ; mantellic source ; active margin ; Arctic shelf ; environmental impact ; Amazon fan ; methane emission ; seismic interpretation ; seep-carbonates ; Bouguer anomaly ; potential methods ; gravimetric data ; methane stability ; northern Apennines ; Santos Basin ; natural gas hydrate ; carbon dioxide ; blue growth ; gas seeps ; seepage ; Chile Triple Junction ; isotopic composition ; gas hydrates ; gas hydrate ; Miocene ; Levant Basin ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The Life cycle cost (LCC) method makes it possible for the whole life performance of buildings and other structures to be optimized. The introduction of the idea of thinking in terms of a building life cycle resulted in the need to use appropriate tools and techniques for assessing and analyzing costs throughout the life cycle of the building. Traditionally, estimates of LCC have been calculated based on historical analysis of data and have used deterministic models. The concepts of probability theory can also be applied to life cycle costing, treating the costs and timings as a stochastic process. If any subjectivity is introduced into the estimates, then the uncertainty cannot be handled using the probability theory alone. The theory of fuzzy sets is a valuable tool for handling such uncertainties. In this Special Issue, a collection of 11 contributions provide an updated overview of the approaches for estimating the life cycle cost of buildings.
    Keywords: dynamic analysis ; steel frames ; Tuned Mass Damper ; optimization ; drift ratio ; sustainable construction industry ; lifecycles ; European Union Member States ; complex evaluation ; multiple criteria analysis ; COPRAS and INVAR methods ; success and image of a country ; marketing ; residential buildings ; defects ; intensity ; reliability ; technical wear ; railway infrastructure ; occurrences ; socioeconomic impact ; economic evaluation ; CBA ; life cycle ; investment project ; probability distribution ; sensitivity analyses ; risk assessment ; tenement houses ; damage ; maintenance ; fuzzy sets ; Bayes conditional probability ; substitution ; operation and maintenance phase ; cause–effect relationships ; historical buildings ; implementation factors ; information and communication technology ; life cycle costs ; buildings ; bidding decision ; LCC criterion ; price criterion ; construction ; statistical method ; classification ; probability of winning ; risk identification ; MCDM ; critical risk factors ; commercial and recreational complex building projects ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The term ‘biomedical engineering’ refers to the application of the principles and problem-solving techniques of engineering to biology and medicine. Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary branch, as many of the problems health professionals are confronted with have traditionally been of interest to engineers because they involve processes that are fundamental to engineering practice. Biomedical engineers employ common engineering methods to comprehend, modify, or control biological systems, and to design and manufacture devices that can assist in the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases. This Special Issue of Fluids aims to be a forum for scientists and engineers from academia and industry to present and discuss recent developments in the field of biomedical engineering. It contains papers that tackle, both numerically (Computational Fluid Dynamics studies) and experimentally, biomedical engineering problems, with a diverse range of studies focusing on the fundamental understanding of fluid flows in biological systems, modelling studies on complex rheological phenomena and molecular dynamics, design and improvement of lab-on-a-chip devices, modelling of processes inside the human body as well as drug delivery applications. Contributions have focused on problems associated with subjects that include hemodynamical flows, arterial wall shear stress, targeted drug delivery, FSI/CFD and Multiphysics simulations, molecular dynamics modelling and physiology-based biokinetic models.
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; risk assessment ; n/a ; stability study ; inclined ?-channel ; lab-on-a-chip ; pipette Petri dish single-cell trapping (PP-SCT) ; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ; drug delivery ; human biomonitoring ; abdominal aortic aneurysm ; shikonin ; hyaluronic ; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ; exposure reconstruction ; doxorubicin ; biokinetics ; blood flow ; gelation ; hyperbranched polyester ; single cell analysis ; capillary ; liposomes ; meniscus ; small vessel ; spreading ; alkannin ; hydrogel ; single-cell trapping ; drug delivery system ; microfluidics ; viscoelastic ; CFD ; FFMR ; computational fluid dynamics simulations ; biochemical processes ; hematocrit ; pressure drop ; passive trapping ; dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) ; arterial wall shear stress ; cell capture ; free-flowing film ; falling film microreactor ; non-Newtonian ; pulsatile flow ; tilt trapping ; haematocrit ; ?-PIV ; viscous ; hydrodynamics ; gravitational ; fluid–structure interaction ; blood ; physiology-based biokinetics ; simulations ; droplet spreading ; human bio-monitoring ; shear thinning ; Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) ; cancer ; bisphenol A ; Casson fluid ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: risk management; black swans; safety; high-risk organisations; FonCSI; complexity in risk management; risk assessment
    Keywords: risk management ; black swans ; safety ; high-risk organisations ; FonCSI ; complexity in risk management ; risk assessment ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: Machine learning is extending its applications in various fields, such as image processing, the Internet of Things, user interface, big data, manufacturing, management, etc. As data are required to build machine learning networks, sensors are one of the most important technologies. In addition, machine learning networks can contribute to the improvement in sensor performance and the creation of new sensor applications. This Special Issue addresses all types of machine learning applications related to sensors and imaging. It covers computer vision-based control, activity recognition, fuzzy label classification, failure classification, motor temperature estimation, the camera calibration of intelligent vehicles, error detection, color prior model, compressive sensing, wildfire risk assessment, shelf auditing, forest-growing stem volume estimation, road management, image denoising, and touchscreens.
    Keywords: star image ; image denoising ; reinforcement learning ; maximum likelihood estimation ; mixed Poisson–Gaussian likelihood ; machine learning-based classification ; non-uniform foundation ; stochastic analysis ; vehicle–pavement–foundation interaction ; forest growing stem volume ; coniferous plantations ; variable selection ; texture feature ; random forest ; red-edge band ; on-shelf availability ; semi-supervised learning ; deep learning ; image classification ; machine learning ; explainable artificial intelligence ; wildfire ; risk assessment ; Naïve bayes ; transmission-line corridors ; image encryption ; compressive sensing ; plaintext related ; chaotic system ; convolutional neural network ; color prior model ; object detection ; piston error detection ; segmented telescope ; BP artificial neural network ; modulation transfer function ; computer vision ; intelligent vehicles ; extrinsic camera calibration ; structure from motion ; convex optimization ; temperature estimation ; BLDC ; electric machine protection ; touchscreen ; capacitive ; display ; SNR ; stylus ; laser cutting ; quality monitoring ; artificial neural network ; burr formation ; cut interruption ; fiber laser ; semi-supervised ; fuzzy ; noisy ; real-world ; plankton ; marine ; activity recognition ; wearable sensors ; imbalanced activities ; sampling methods ; path planning ; Q-learning ; neural network ; YOLO algorithm ; robot arm ; target reaching ; obstacle avoidance ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: Consumers in the EU and beyond are increasingly concerned about the impact of pesticides on the environment and human health. In the context of EU phytosanitary and environmental policies, the common EU challenge is to reduce dependence on chemicals, improve food quality and increase the potential for developing more bio-based production systems. Therefore, novel control methods and new strategies that reduce the current dependence on insecticides need to be developed, applied and disseminated among stakeholders. As a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management (IPM) aims to improve farmers' practices to achieve higher profits while improving environmental quality. Implementing the principles of IPM in agricultural production requires new and up-to-date knowledge generated by science and accepted by farmers. In this Special Issue, we focus on recent advances and methods for IPM in field crops. It contains eight original research articles and two review articles dealing with different aspects of IPM in some of the major field crops: Potato, Maize, Soybean, Sugar Beet, Barley, Rice, Eggplant and Quinoa as well as farmer education issues on IPM. The studies published refer to all the basic principles of IPM and give examples of their implementation in different crops and cropping systems. Research on various aspects of the implementation of IPM in crop production is a continuous need. The research presented helps to provide a mosaic picture with examples of how crop-specific, site-specific and knowledge-intensive IPM practices should be considered and translated into workable practices.
    Keywords: Spodoptera frugiperda ; farmers’ knowledge ; perception ; pest management practices ; maize yield losses ; damage severity ; fall armyworm ; sugar beet ; degradation ; residues ; neonicotinoids ; imidacloprid ; thiamethoxam ; malt barley ; barley net blotch ; barley leaf scald ; nitrogen rate ; genotype ; crop residues ; biodiversity ; biopesticides ; conventional insecticides ; crop farming ; ecosystem health ; environmental protection ; insect ecology ; natural enemies ; pest control ; sustainable agriculture ; quinoa ; Eurysacca melanocampta ; Macrosiphum euphorbiae ; Liriomyza huidobrensis ; Frankliniella occidentalis ; IPM ; Peru ; antibiosis ; antixenosis ; tolerance ; eggplant cultivars ; green peach aphid ; alien pest ; Italy ; Oryza sativa ; phytosanitary measures ; rice root-knot nematode ; trap crop technique ; upland rice cultivation ; click beetle ; crop damage ; integrated pest management ; risk assessment ; pest monitoring ; biocontrol ; landscape feature ; habitat manipulation ; companion plant ; mutual fund ; soybean ; pre-sowing soil activities ; soil fauna ; ground beetles ; dominance ; frequency ; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera ; Bt toxins ; resistance ; geometric morphometrics ; SNPs ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Description: The present Special Issue will lead you to discover the association between cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, through update reviews and original articles exploring the pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning this association and describing the latest results in term of cardiovascular event prevention. An interesting scientific journey that reflects the recent advances in pharmacological treatments and interventional procedures.
    Keywords: low-density lipoprotein receptor ; apolipoprotein E ; hyperglycemia ; type 2 diabetes ; Western diet ; diabetes mellitus ; GPCRs ; GPR26 ; monocytes ; peripheral blood cells ; metabolomics ; diabetes ; N-Acetyl asparagine ; QTc ; cardiac fibrosis ; scar tissue ; anti-fibrotic therapies ; cardiovascular diseases ; myofibroblasts ; nitric oxide synthase uncoupling ; sapropterin ; diabetic nephropathy ; atrial fibrillation ; hyperthyroidism ; warfarin ; ischemic stroke ; transient ischemic attack ; transplant ; complications ; mortality ; outcome ; glucose metabolism ; body mass index ; metabolic syndrome ; breast arterial calcifications ; cardiovascular risk ; mammograms ; risk assessment ; prevention ; cost effectiveness ; cardiac autonomic neuropathy ; oxidative stress ; inflammation ; endothelium dysfunction ; direct oral anticoagulant ; stroke prevention ; elderly ; frail ; malignancy ; extreme weight ; bioprosthetic valve ; endocannabinoid system ; CB1 cannabinoid receptor ; metabolic disease ; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ; sodium-glucose cotransporter inhibitors ; metformin ; FibroScan® ; controlled attenuation parameter ; type 2 diabetes mellitus ; heart failure ; hemodynamics ; dapagliflosin ; adropin ; natriuretic peptide ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Description: Antimicrobial resistance is a global One Health topic that affects us all, whether we are working in human or veterinary medicine. Although antibiotic use in farm animals is decreasing in many countries, other nations are still using these essential medical resources as growth promoters to boost economic gains. As veterinarians responsible for animal welfare, it is vital that we are permitted to treat sick animals effectively, but we must learn to be more prudent in our use of these drugs. It is essential that we, as responsible clinicians, policy makers, and researchers, develop methods of quantifying, monitoring, benchmarking, and reporting antibiotic use in both farm and companion animals, so that antimicrobial stewardship schemes can be implemented and their successes or failures analyzed. This Special Issue includes research on antibiotic use and resistance in a variety of animal species, covering cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, and pets. The relationship between antimicrobial use and resistance in animals is investigated on a global scale, with authors from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, India, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
    Keywords: Escherichia coli ; antimicrobial resistance ; swine ; weaned piglet ; antibiotic growth promoters ; antibiotic ; antibiotic resistance ; livestock ; antibiotic use ; AMR ; MDR ; environment ; antimicrobial usage ; bovine ; India ; KAP survey ; veterinarians ; antimicrobial use ; antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ; Timor-Leste ; antimicrobial ; veterinary ; prudent use ; critically important antimicrobials ; growth promotion ; poultry ; sheep ; beef cattle ; normalised resistance interpretation ; antimicrobial susceptibility testing ; tetracyclines ; farms ; turkeys ; farm ; antimicrobial resistance genes ; biosecurity ; risk factor ; metagenomics ; qPCR ; isolates ; neonatal calf diarrhea ; survey ; antibiotics ; HPCIA ; urinary tract infection ; Flexicult Vet ; pathogen identification ; dogs ; cats ; veterinary microbiology ; bovine respiratory disease ; multidrug-resistance ; Pasteurella multocida ; Mannheimia haemolytica ; Truperella pyogenes ; dairy farm ; E. coli ; calves ; enteritis ; serotypes ; virulence ; multidrug-resistant ; extensively drug-resistant ; dairy ; ESBL ; MRSA ; dog ; canine parvovirus ; Carnivore protoparvovirus 1 ; multidrug resistance ; One Health ; Enterobacteriaceae ; public awareness ; farmworkers ; chicken ; growth promoters ; Staphylococcus hyicus ; PFGE ; exudative epidermitis ; pigs ; monitoring ; carbapenems ; CPE ; meat-producing animal ; companion animal ; travelers ; feed ; risk assessment ; introduction risk ; stochastic risk model ; coagulase-negative Staphylococcus ; CoNS ; quails ; broilers ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2022-07-06
    Description: Current trends in Industry 4.0 are largely related to issues of reliability and availability. As a result of these trends and the complexity of engineering systems, research and development in this area needs to focus on new solutions in the integration of intelligent machines or systems, with an emphasis on changes in production processes aimed at increasing production efficiency or equipment reliability. The emergence of innovative technologies and new business models based on innovation, cooperation networks, and the enhancement of endogenous resources is assumed to be a strong contribution to the development of competitive economies all around the world. Innovation and engineering, focused on sustainability, reliability, and availability of resources, have a key role in this context. The scope of this Special Issue is closely associated to that of the ICIE’2020 conference. This conference and journal’s Special Issue is to present current innovations and engineering achievements of top world scientists and industrial practitioners in the thematic areas related to reliability and risk assessment, innovations in maintenance strategies, production process scheduling, management and maintenance or systems analysis, simulation, design and modelling.
    Keywords: Quality check ; bike frame ; mathematical model ; graphical user interface ; risk management ; safety assurance ; medical parallel robot ; robotic assisted cancer treatment ; risk performance reasoning ; hidden Markov model ; Handy bauxite carrier ; process safety ; performance evaluation ; safety ; coupling correlation ; risk assessment ; multi-dimensional theory ; precision steel tape ; tape transportation ; roller-tape interactions ; roller-tape contact pair ; reliability ; truck unloading system ; petroleum equipment ; preventive maintenance ; cork–rubber composites ; compression ; apparent compression modulus ; Young’s modulus ; bonded condition ; importance measure ; cost ; inventory systems ; air compression system ; nitrogen generation system ; utility module ; availability ; sensitivity analysis ; predictive maintenance ; Industry 4.0 ; Internet of Things ; artificial intelligence ; machine learning ; maintenance ; predictive scheduling ; flow shop ; job shop ; ant colony optimisation ; on-line monitoring ; collaborative robots ; human robot collaboration ; time between failure (TBF) ; common beta hypothesis (CBH) test ; meta-analysis ; level of heterogeneity ; mean time between failure (MTBF) ; text mining ; network-based distributed manufacturing systems ; moth flame optimization algorithm ; support vector machines ; Naive Bayes ; random forest ; decision trees ; supplier classification ; machining centre ; DSM ; Copula function ; fault propagation intensity ; fault propagation behaviour ; lubricity ; gear oil ; wear ; operational reliability ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The adverse effects of flood disasters in urban areas have been increasing in severity and extent over the past years. The amount of loss resulting from these events is also increasing exponentially, particularly in highly urbanised urban areas, where the effects of intensive land use and climate change are particularly extreme—all despite that our scientific knowledge, technical competence, and computational capacity to develop highly sophisticated and accurate forecasting and simulation models are higher than ever, as is our capacity to map and analyse flood-related data. In order to tackle this global issue, it is fundamental to keep on promoting and developing fundamental and applied research that allows the better targeting of interventions to improve resilience, reduce vulnerability, and enhance recovery as well as assisting decision-makers in delivering more effective flood risk-reduction policies. This book aims to contribute to this goal by providing a space in which to share and discuss recent studies and state-of- the-art methodologies focused on the assessment and mitigation of flood risk in urban areas. It includes nine high-quality chapters authored by eminent scholars who had the tremendous generosity to join me in this editorial project. The range of topics covered by these nine studies is extraordinarily vast, reflecting the complexity of the current challenges associated with the topic.
    Keywords: integrated operation ; urban stream ; urban drainage facility ; revised resilience index ; flood ; 3Di ; loss assessment ; analytic hierarchy process (AHP) ; risk map ; climate change ; urban flood risk ; flood damage ; urban disaster ; land use ; flood risk susceptibility ; FRS-GWR modeling ; built-up growth prediction ; Thailand ; Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) ; HEC-RAS ; 2D modeling ; flood hazard ; urban and peri-urban area ; flood risk assessment ; flood evacuation ; evacuation modelling ; behavioral design ; urban built environment at risk ; human motion in floodwaters ; remote sensing ; flood extent mapping ; Can Tho City ; Google Earth engine ; uncertainty ; support vector machine regression (SVR) ; urban flood ; risk management ; Historic City Centre of Guimarães ; pluvial flood ; indirect impacts ; risk assessment ; graph analysis ; flood mitigation ; Mexico City ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: Since the 1990s, ultrasound (US) has played a major role in the assessment of thyroid nodules and their risk of malignancy. Over the last decade, the most eminent international societies have published US-based systems for the risk stratification of thyroid lesions, namely, Thyroid Imaging Reporting And Data Systems (TIRADSs). The introduction of TIRADSs into clinical practice has significantly increased the diagnostic power of US to a level approaching that of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). At present, we are probably approaching a new era in which US could be the primary tool to diagnose thyroid cancer. However, before using US in this new dominant role, we need further proof. This Special Issue, which includes reviews and original articles, aims to pave the way for the future in the field of thyroid US. Highly experienced thyroidologists focused on US are asked to contribute to achieve this goal.
    Keywords: n/a ; thyroid ; ultrasonography ; follicular neoplasm ; follicular lesion of unknown significance ; follicular thyroid cancer ; papillary thyroid carcinoma ; neoplasm metastasis ; biopsy ; fine-needle ; thyroglobulin ; US-guided minimally invasive techniques ; radiofrequency ablation ; RFA ; benign thyroid nodules ; thyroid cancer ; DTC recurrences ; PTMC ; long term ; follow-up ; regrowth ; classification system ; ultrasound classification system ; TIRAD ; nodule ; risk stratification ; TI-RADS ; fine-needle aspiration ; cancer ; ultrasound ; scintigraphy ; non-autonomously functioning ; thyroid imaging reporting and data systems (TIRADS) ; risk of malignancy (ROM) ; thyroid nodules ; paediatrics ; radiotherapy ; risk assessment ; DTC ; thyroid neoplasm ; medical imaging ; artificial intelligence ; machine learning ; deep learning ; radiomics ; prediction ; diagnosis ; Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TIRADS) ; pediatric thyroid nodules ; neck ultrasound ; contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) ; papillary thyroid cancer ; TIRADS ; thyroid nodule ; fine-needle aspiration biopsy ; elastosonography ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) defines the term “speciation” as the distribution of an element amongst defined chemical species in a system, while the process leading to quantitative estimation of the content of different species is called speciation analysis. The chemical speciation of elements in natural waters and biological fluids is a key topic, essential for discussing the chemical reactivity of constituents in these systems. It is well understood that it is the chemical form of a metal or metalloids that determines its reactivity, lifetime, and fate in the environment. Chemical speciation now involves various sectors of the sciences, from chemistry to biology, biochemistry, and environmental sciences, since—as is well known—the total concentration, alone, of an inorganic or organic component (metal or ligand) in a multicomponent natural system (fresh water, sea water, biological fluids, soil, etc.) is insufficient for a comprehensive understand of its behavior in those contests.
    Keywords: HM401-1281 ; H1-99 ; peptide hydroxamic acids ; n/a ; evolved gas analysis ; dependence on ionic strength ; van’t Hoff equation ; enthalpy and entropy changes ; brain trace element concentration ; brain toxicity ; heavy metals interactions ; Rh(III)-based half-sandwich complexes ; photosynthesis indicators ; sequestering ability ; solution equilibrium ; Melissa officinalis ; ICP-OES ; toxic cations ; amyloid-? ; Zn2+ ; Mo(VI) complexes ; magnesium ; epinephrine ; arsenic ; honeybee ; specific ion interaction theory ; hazardous elements ; speciation ; Zn-complexation ; alcoholic liver disease ; field ; metal complexation ; ICP-MS ; affinity ; mercury ; aluminum ; TI-EGA-MS ; manganese ; herbs ; 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone ; Ru(II)- ; trace elements ; selenium ; alcoholism ; copper ; chromium speciation ; antimony ; pesticide ; speciation analysis ; silicon ; deficiency ; extended Debye–Hückel ; HR-CS FAAS ; biomimetic complexes ; migration ; hyphenated technique ; toys safety ; iron ; risk ; acid–base properties
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue titled “Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Urban Cultural Heritage” hosted at the Atmosphere journal. This topic has been chosen in light of cities’ ever-growing role and immense potential in the climate adaptation and mitigation discourse and the particular challenges regarding urban heritage making and conservation. It is critical to recognise the complex set of factors governing the physical, social and political future of urban heritage in cityscapes in constant transformation and in an era of planetary urbanisation. The 10 papers (seven research papers, two reviews and one opinion piece) that comprise the issue give a broad cross-section of the issues pertinent to this important topic – accounts on practices and conceptual/methodological improvements in energy retrofit and reuse, risk mapping, urban planning, climate vulnerability assessment, and community engagement by 38 authors from seven countries are used to delineate the implications of current and likely future climates on heritage materials and systems, knowledge and practice gaps, as well as steps that need to be taken to ensure both their safeguarding and their valorisation to achieve climate resiliency.
    Keywords: historic buildings ; risk assessment ; WDR ; resilience ; sustainability ; extreme value analysis ; heritage values ; energy efficiency ; thermal comfort ; heritage conservation ; original features ; system dynamics ; social practices ; decision-making ; historic building ; durability ; performance ; life cycle analysis ; land-use ; tropics ; urban microclimate ; built heritage retrofit ; energy-efficient retrofit policy ; conservation policy ; UK ; Turkey ; earthquakes ; fire ; floods ; historic sites ; landslides ; museums ; insects ; sea level rise ; typhoons ; visitors ; extreme events ; climate projection ; Central Europe ; ProteCHt2save ; climate risk indices ; heritage climatology ; cultural heritage safeguarding ; preparedness ; energy-efficient retrofit ; historic residential buildings ; energy consumption prediction ; heritage buildings ; lithotype ; salt weathering ; kaolinisation ; microcracking ; weather events ; cultural heritage ; urban planning ; climate change ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: The papers in this SI present valuable results in the topics of soils, sediments, and water contamination according to the consideration of ecological and health risk. They also point out open questions and possible avenues for future research. Biochar application can benefit both soil conservation and contamination, but further research should be conducted to investigate whether these positive effects can be extended to the field scale. Similar to biochar, scale-up design will be helpful for thin-layer capping in in situ sediments using mixed active amendments. Both physiochemical analysis and bioassays mutually supported the evaluation results of river water quality. However, we need better approaches and policies for management to prevent further contamination from the discharge of untreated industrial and domestic waste into this aquatic ecosystem. The use of microorganisms to eliminate antibiotics is a promising strategy, but future work should verify the biodegradation ability of antibiotic-degrading bacteria in wastewater treatment plants.
    Keywords: heavy metal ; pollution ; antioxidant ; enzyme ; biomarkers ; ecological risk ; bioaccessibility ; cadmium ; chemical form ; husk biochar ; risk assessment ; active capping ; toxic metal ; sediment ; remediation ; multiple materials ; mercury ; methylmercury ; salinity ; biochar ; organic carbon ; nutrients ; leaching ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; sludge ; antibiotics ; biodegradation ; bioassays ; gold mining ; health risk ; microbiological indicators ; mutagenicity ; toxicity ; green and sustainable remediation ; SDGs ; thin-layer capping ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2022-08-12
    Description: Alcohol is often perceived as an under-rated risk factor for human health. This book corrects these misperceptions and misinformation by providing up to date reviews and publications that consider the impact of alcoholic beverages on human health in the domains of toxicity, carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, foetal toxicity, neurotoxicity, impacts of alcohol on the gastro-intestinal system (including nutrient deficiencies), cardiovascular system, injuries, body weight and communicable diseases. The reprint considers how the impact of alcohol on human health can be mitigated – through, for example, improved labelling on nutrients and health warnings, better policy measures, and actions by alcohol producers on their products through reformulation to lower alcoholic strength.
    Keywords: alcoholism ; evolution ; fermentation ; frugivory ; Homo ; primate ; yeast ; alcohol ; patterns of drinking ; disease ; mortality ; dose response ; monotonous ; protective effects ; curvilinear ; alcohol control policy ; injury ; review ; risk ; morbidity ; policy ; intervention ; public health ; alcohol industry ; Canada ; body weight ; obesity ; eating dietary intake ; drinking pattern ; labelling ; health warning labels ; effectiveness ; implementation ; burden of disease ; death ; disability ; infectious diseases ; non-communicable diseases ; injuries ; global ; no-alcohol products ; low-alcohol products ; production ; consumption ; health impact ; gut ; liver ; cirrhosis ; hepatocellular carcinoma ; microbiome ; acetaldehyde ; oxidative stress ; inflammation ; one carbon metabolism ; lipid metabolism ; DNA damage ; cancer ; carcinogenesis ; communicable diseases ; HIV ; tuberculosis ; pneumonia ; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ; alcohol drinking ; binge drinking ; cardiovascular diseases ; ischaemic heart disease ; hypertension ; stroke ; fetal ; fetal alcohol spectrum disorder ; pregnancy ; risk assessment ; hepatotoxicity ; dose–response relationship ; margin of exposure ; epidemiological methods ; brain ; addiction ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: In the last decade, the Industrial Revolution 4.0 brought flexible supply chains and flexible design projects to the forefront. Nevertheless, the recent pandemic, the accompanying economic problems, and the resulting supply problems have further increased the role of logistics and supply chains. Therefore, planning and scheduling procedures that can respond flexibly to changed circumstances have become more valuable both in logistics and projects. There are already several competing criteria of project and logistic process planning and scheduling that need to be reconciled. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that even more emphasis needs to be placed on taking potential risks into account. Flexibility and resilience are emphasized in all decision-making processes, including the scheduling of logistic processes, activities, and projects.
    Keywords: districting ; last-mile delivery ; hybrid heuristics ; rich vehicle routing problem (RVRP) ; heterogeneous fleet ; fleet dimensioning ; VRP with time windows (VRPTW) ; multi-period VRP ; combinatorial optimization ; inventory ; non-instantaneous deterioration ; partial backlogging ; stock-dependent demand ; partial risk map ; PRISM ; PRISM number ; failure mode and effect analysis ; FMEA ; RPN ; risk matrix ; risk assessment ; safety science ; systems safety ; process outsourcing ; inventory management ; imperfect production ; mathematical modeling ; supply chain management ; humanitarian logistics ; relief distribution ; network design problem ; food banks ; capacitated arc routing problem ; dynamic capacitated arc routing problem ; artificial bee colony algorithm ; evolutionary optimization ; move operator ; drone ; GA model ; route planning ; warehouse ; resource allocation ; group technology ; deterioration effect ; scheduling ; flexibility ; multilevel structure ; multi-trip ; split delivery ; auction mechanism ; simulated annealing ; mixed-integer linear programming model ; fuzzy optimization techniques ; wood pellet supply chain ; flexible programming ; linear programming ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Maritime traffic data (e.g., radar data, AIS data, and CCTV data) provide designers, officers on watch, and traffic operators with extensive information about the states of ships at present and in history, representing a treasure trove for behavior analysis. Additionally, navigation rules and regulations (i.e., knowledge) offer valuable prior knowledge about ship manners at sea. Combining multisource heterogeneous big data and artificial intelligence techniques inspires innovative and important means for the development of MASS. This reprint collects twelve contributions published in “Data-/Knowledge-Driven Behavior Analysis of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships” Special Issue during 2021–2022, aiming to provide new views on data-/knowledge-driven analytical tools for maritime autonomous surface ships, including data-driven behavior modeling, knowledge-driven behavior modeling, multisource heterogeneous traffic data fusion, risk analysis and management of MASS, etc.
    Keywords: unmanned surface vehicle ; velocity obstacle ; collision avoidance ; obstacles classification ; fuzzy rules ; mixed waterborne traffic ; ship behavior ; ship autonomy ; information perception ; intelligent decision-making ; execution ; COLREGs ; ship object ; formal expression ; complex waters ; ship traffic flow ; spatiotemporal dependence ; gate recurrent unit ; motion planning ; unmanned surface vehicle (USV) ; effects of wind and current ; regularization-trajectory cell ; inland waterway transportation ; AIS data ; trajectory classification ; clustering ; deep convolutional neural network ; ship intention identification ; AIS ; RANSAC ; Bayesian framework ; YOLO ; intersection ; maritime autonomous surface ships ; hybrid causal logic ; preliminary hazard analysis ; risk assessment ; hazard identification ; autonomous ship ; ship manoeuvrability ; deduction of the manoeuvring process ; ship exhaust behavior ; detection and tracking ; multi-sensor ; deep learning ; morphological operation ; collision alert system (CAS) ; available maneuvering margins (AMM) ; ship domain ; ship stability ; maritime safety ; semantic modeling ; cognitive space ; multi-scale analysis ; ontology ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: Mycotoxins are considered the most frequently occurring natural contaminants in human and animal diets. Considering their potential toxic and carcinogenic effects, mycotoxin exposure assessment has particular importance in the context of health risk assessment. The magnitude of a given exposure allows the derivation of the associated risk and the potential for the establishment of a disease. Although food ingestion is considered a major route of human exposure to mycotoxins, other contexts may also result in exposure, such as specific occupational environments where exposure to organic dust also occurs due to the handling of organic materials. Animals could be exposed to mycotoxins through consumption of contaminated feed, subsequently entering in the food chain and thus constituting a source of exposure to humans. Human biomonitoring is considered a new frontier for the establishment of the human internal exposure to mycotoxins. Although several studies have summarized the potential outcomes associated with mycotoxin exposure, major gaps in data remain in recognizing the mycotoxins that are the cause of diseases. This book contributes provides research that supports the anticipation of potential consequences of the exposure of humans and animals to mycotoxins, future risk assessments, and the establishment of preventive measures.
    Keywords: HM401-1281 ; H1-99 ; metagenomic sequencing ; total diet study ; risk assessment ; n/a ; lipids ; Poultry ; fumonisin B1 ; triiodothyronine ; Transcriptome ; Kashin-Beck disease ; phospholipids ; intestinal microbiome ; mycotoxin binding ; pre-pubertal gilts ; children ; Fusarium mycotoxins co-contamination ; food consumption ; urinary biomarkers ; mitigation ; Aflatoxin M1 ; HPLC analysis ; absorption ; liver ; Cecum ; limit of detection ; Cecal Tonsil ; yeast cell wall extracts ; modelling ; swine production ; Turkey ; Fab’ ; fumonisins ; blood serum ; broilers ; affinity ; microbiota ; asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometer ; biomonitoring ; zearalenone ; doses ; mycotoxins ; clinical chemistry ; histopathology ; HT-2 toxin ; occupational exposure ; Vietnam ; aflatoxin B1 ; piglet ; cytotoxicity ; public health ; ochratoxin A ; oxidation ; T-2 toxin ; RNAseq ; intestinal mycobiome ; optical biosensors ; modified HSCAS ; lab-on-chip ; Lactobacillus casei Shirota ; mycotoxins mixture ; feed prevalence and safety ; Aflatoxin B1 ; Alloprevotella ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFP Social interaction
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    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Description: In supplier management social and environmental aspects gain rising importance. The aim of this work is the development of a decision support system. For this purpose a two-stage approach is developed consisting of a risk model and a performance model. This approach enables decision makers both to improve the transparency along the supply chain and to evaluate the sustainability performance of suppliers efficiently.
    Keywords: HF5001-6182 ; Lieferantenauswahl ; risk assessment ; Lieferantenmanagement ; supplier selection ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Risikoabschätzungdecision support ; supplier management ; sustainability ; Entscheidungsunterstützung ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJC Business strategy
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-31
    Description: How many times have we thought with concern about the possible contamination of food? Pollution, agricultural treatments, technological treatments, and packaging are the best-known human sources of toxic substances as food contaminants. The present book contains 11 original research papers representing various approaches of identifying and measuring toxic residues in food materials. The analytical determination of food contaminants is an indispensable tool in characterizing the adverse effects and unexpected toxicity related to food intake. No risk assessment would be possible without data from the analysis of food contaminants. This Special Issue is an interesting overview of recent methods and is highly representative of a broad worldwide outline, collecting authors from ten different countries and four continents. Very different toxics are described, from volatile organic compounds to heavy metals and from highly polar chemicals to classical organic contaminants. A wide range of analytical techniques are portrayed, including sample preparation and clean-up methodologies, classical chromatographic and hyphenated spectroscopies, and the latest high-resolution mass spectrometry applications. The presented works consider a varied selection of foods: the studied matrices are meat, fishery products, fruits, and miscellaneous beverages.
    Keywords: furfuryl alcohol ; β-myrcene ; carcinogens ; occurrence ; blueberries ; lingonberries ; rose hips ; aluminium ; cadmium ; chromium ; nickel ; lead ; provisional tolerable intake ; perfluorooctane sulfonate ; perfluorooctane acid ; PFOS ; PFOA ; mediteranean fish ; toxicological risk ; high-resolution mass spectrometry ; Orbitrap ; structure elucidation ; pesticide residue analysis ; matcha ; conazole fungicides ; pressurized solvent extraction ; phthalate ; non-alcoholic beverages ; liquid–liquid extraction ; response surface methodology ; GC-MS/MS ; coffee ; acrylamide ; furan ; 5-hydroxymethylfurfural ; risk assessment ; magnetic stirring assisted demulsification dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction ; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ; grilled pork ; high performance liquid chromatography ; infant formulae ; infant foods ; minerals ; toxic metals ; hydroxymethylfurfural ; storage conditions ; safety ; breast milk ; antibiotic residues ; pesticide residues ; LC-MS/MS ; mass spectrometry methods ; fishery product ; hydrogen peroxide ; illicit treatment ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-19
    Description: The public is generally enthusiastic about the latest science and technology, but sometimes research threatens the physical safety or ethical norms of society. When this happens, scientists and engineers can find themselves unprepared in the midst of an intense science policy debate. In the absence of convincing evidence, technological optimists and skeptics struggle to build consensus. In these situations, it is best to sidestep the instigating controversy by using a broad risk-benefit assessment as a risk exploration tool to help scientists and engineers accomplish their goals while avoiding physical or moral dangers. Dangerous Science explores the intersection of science policy and risk analysis to determine ways to minimize negative impacts of science and technology on society.
    Keywords: pandemics ; autonomous weapons ; synthetic biology ; genome editing ; risk assessment ; science policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general::GPQ Decision theory: general::GPQD Risk assessment ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFF Finance::KFFD Public finance ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::Y Children's, Teenage & educational::YN Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction::YNT Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: Each year, natural hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, tsunamis, floods, wildfires, severe storms, and drought, , affect humans worldwide, resulting in deaths, suffering, and economic losses. According to insurance broker Aon, 2010–2019 was the worst decade on record for economic losses due to disasters triggered by natural hazards, amounting to USD 3 trillion, which is USD 1 trillion more than for the period of 2000–2009. In 2019, the economic losses from disasters caused by natural hazards were estimated at over USD 200 billion (UNDRR Annual Report, 2019). In this context, remote sensing shows high potential to provide valuable information, at various spatial and temporal scales, concerning natural processes and their associated risks. The recent advances in remote sensing technologies and analysis, in terms of sensors, platforms, and techniques, are strongly contributing to the development of natural hazards research. With this Special Issue titled “Remote Sensing for Natural Hazards Assessment and Control”, we proposed state-of-the-art research that specifically addresses multiple aspects on the use of remote sensing (RS) for Natural Hazards (NH). The aim was therefore to collect innovative methodologies, expertise, and capabilities to detect, assess, monitor, and model natural hazards. The present Special Issue of Remote Sensing encompasses 18 open access papers presenting scientific studies based on the exploitation of a broad range of RS data and techniques, as well as focusing on a well-assorted sample of NH types.
    Keywords: wildfires ; hillslope erosion ; satellite imagery ; rainfall erosivity ; RUSLE ; rockfall source areas ; identification ; relief ; slope angle ; rock mass strength ; rockfall susceptibility ; land subsidence ; Geographic Information System (GIS) ; InSAR ; machine learning algorithm ; meta-heuristics ; Iran ; k-Nearest Neighbor ; Random Forest ; fires ; Landsat 8 ; Sentinel 2 ; Terra ; ASTER ; MODIS ; burned ; mapping ; hazard chain ; turbidity ; suspended sediment detection ; extreme climate events ; tailing dam risk management ; spatiotemporal pattern mining ; El Niño ; remote sensing ; geographic information system ; flash floods ; visual analysis ; SAR offset tracking ; glacier surface velocity ; glacier instability ; glacier hazards ; ice avalanches ; ENSO ; glacier mass balance ; glacier surface energy ; earthquake ; coseismic effects ; field line resonance ; acoustic gravity waves ; lithosphere-magnetosphere coupling ; burnt area monitoring ; Australia ; Sydney ; wildfire ; earth observation ; mid-resolution sensors ; time series analysis ; burn severity ; climate zones ; deep learning ; PRISMA ; burned area ; Sentinel-2 ; morphological operator ; convolutional neural network ; casualty prediction ; importance assessment ; spatial division ; support vector regression ; digital image correlation ; phase correlation ; optical flow ; time series image stack ; landslides ; ground motion identification ; displacement mapping ; UAS ; risk assessment ; random forest ; DInSAR ; Yan’an city ; settlement prediction ; reclaimed land ; exponential model ; Asaoka method ; wide-area deformation ; deformation detection ; time-series InSAR ; stacking ; Turpan–Hami basin ; heavy rainfall ; shallow landslides ; TRIGRS model ; spatial distribution ; susceptibility assessment ; Longchuan County ; Guangdong Province ; MT-InSAR ; ground deformation monitoring ; Sentinel-1A/B ; image partition ; block adjustment ; Gaofen-2 ; Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) ; freeze–thaw processes ; permafrost ; Qilian Mountains ; natural hazards ; hazard ; vulnerability ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Let us introduce this new reprint published by MDPI. This volume is the second part of a previous one devoted to Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, published by MDPI in 2021. As expected, these unique ten contributions fully agree with the definition of hybrid material as per the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) recommendations, defining hybrid materials as the composed of an intimate mixture of inorganic or both types of components interpenetrating scales of less than one micron. Therefore, the reader may deduce that this definition offers many approximations to investigate in the field. Orrganic-inorganic materials are multi-component systems with at least one of their organic (the polymer) or inorganic components in the nano-metric size domain, which confers the material as a whole greatly enhanced properties respecting the constitutive parts in isolation. The works compiled in this volume are at the forefront of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid material research. So, these ten new articles would provide information and inspiration for future applications in this fantastic and fascinating scientific field.
    Keywords: hybrids ; sol-gel ; materials ; amino-alcohol ; toxicity ; polyaniline ; mercury ; adsorption ; MoS2 ; nanocomposite membrane ; membrane distillation ; nitrate ; sustainable development ; simulation ; polymerized nanocomposite thin films ; photoisomerization processes ; trans-cis-isomers ; molecular solar thermal energy storage media ; photo-switchable thin films ; ORMOSILs ; xerogels ; hybrid materials ; chloroalkyltriethoxysilanes ; inductive effect ; (SiO)x structures ; FTIR ; n/a ; vitrimer ; epoxy network ; nanocomposite ; silica nanoparticles ; silicon rubber ; nano-Bi2O3 ; LAC ; RPE ; HVL ; electrospinning ; poly(lactic acid) ; magnesium oxide ; oligomer(lactic acid) ; design of experiments ; fluorosilicone ; hydroxyl terminated fluoropolysiloxane ; antifouling ; silicone oil ; coatings ; PLA ; ATBC ; MCM-41 ; plasticizer ; nucleating agent ; crystallization rate ; glass transition ; crystalline polymorphs ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry::PNR Physical chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Description: The Special Issue “Marine Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidants Agents 2021” collected the latest research, both in vitro and in vivo, on natural compounds from a variety of deep-sea organisms with anti-inflammatory and/or antioxidant properties as potential candidates for new drug discovery, and more generally for the field of marine biotechnology. The research presented here discusses the potential benefits of certain peptides and proteins derived from oysters, blue mussels, and cyanobacteria, as well as the carotenoid pigment astaxanthin, which is found in a variety of marine organisms. This Special Issue has carved out an important space for crude extracts from marine products, such as microalgae and green algae, highlighting their potential benefits to human health. Finally, the Special Issue includes a review of the benefits of some natural compounds derived from the algal biome against inflammatory bowel diseases, as well as a research article identifying the presence of the OvoA gene in arthropods for the first time. Through an excursus of high-quality research, this Special Issue provides the entire scientific community with new tools and insights to catch a molecular treasure for human health from the sea.
    Keywords: algal biome ; polysaccharides ; bioactive entities ; engineered cues ; therapeutic attributes ; inflammatory bowel disease ; microalgae ; Tisochrysis lutea ; fucoxanthin ; inflammation ; RAW 264.7 ; microRNA ; astaxanthin ; dendritic cells ; sepsis ; immune dysfunction ; lipopolysaccharide ; oxidative stress ; Ulva lactuca ; polysaccharide ; D-galactose ; kidney ; oyster peptides ; spermatogenesis ; apoptosis ; hormone ; testis ; C-phycoerythrin ; Phormidium persicinum ; acute kidney injury ; mercury ; endoplasmic reticulum stress ; bioactive peptide ; cytoprotective ; endothelial dysfunction ; blue mussel ; acute liver injury ; ferroptosis ; oyster ; peptide ; pyroptosis ; zooplankton ; natural products ; antioxidant ; transcriptome mining ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This reprint aims to provide a common forum to share knowledge about the growing threat of geohazards such as landslides, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, coastal changes, and drought, among many others, due to the expanding size of cities and urban areas, the critical use of agricultural lands, the increased use of infrastructure, and the effects of climate change.A total of thirty-one papers (twenty-eight research papers, one review paper, and one technical note) on different topics like coastal changes, landslides, earthquakes, and others are presented in this reprint. The published works have been carried out in different parts of the world, such as Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Hungary, China, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Algeria, Canada, or Mexico.
    Keywords: debris flow ; berm ; mitigation measure ; volumetric concentration ; gas hydrates ; European margins ; geohazard assessment ; electric tomography ; three-dimensional ; electrodes ; seat control ; foundations ; stabilization methodology ; landslide displacement prediction ; decomposition-ensemble model ; recurrent neural network (RNN) ; ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) ; maximal information coefficient (MIC) ; flood vulnerability ; spatial analysis ; logistic regression ; ROC analysis ; flood detection ; site effects ; spectral ratio ; trans-mexican volcanic belt ; landslide ; safety factor ; Central Spanish Pyrenees ; soft rocks ; stabilization measures ; b value ; stable state ; depth ; Longmenshan fault ; flood risk ; cultural heritage sites ; bathymetric data ; manning’s roughness coefficient ; hydrodynamic modelling ; beach erosion ; storm waves ; recovery process ; video monitoring ; pocket beach ; Middle-Chelif sedimentary basin ; HVSR ; array measurement ; frequency–wavenumber (F–K) method ; landslide-induced wave ; lake-tsunami assessment ; mountain lakes ; landslides ; artificial rainfall ; grain size ; rainfall pattern ; pore water pressure ; generator of earthquakes ; low-to-moderate seismicity ; stochastic ; France ; loess ; dry-wet cycles ; triaxial creep test ; creep behavior ; strain-time ; long-term strength ; forest fires ; Cat model ; climate change ; disaster risk ; machine learning ; R programming language ; extreme droughts ; modeling ; crop yield losses ; crop insurance ; landslide dynamics ; landslide classification ; dynamic models ; depth-averaged model ; GIS ; coastal morpho-sedimentary dynamics ; erosion/accretion patterns ; remote sensing ; beach types ; meteo-ocean effects ; landslide susceptibility ; volume ratio ; reserve increase-rate-analysis method ; Loess Plateau ; landslide risk ; natural phenomena ; Reggio Calabria ; AHP method ; multi-hazard ; earthquake ; wind ; flood ; hazards ; hurricane ; mitigation ; resilience ; risk assessment ; bridge ; building ; wind turbine ; control system ; Middle-Chelif Basin ; ambient vibrations ; array techniques ; Vs30 ; site classification ; liquefaction ; electron bursts ; NOAA satellite ; East Pacific earthquakes ; conditional probability ; risk reduction ; validation ; predictive capability ; tropical climate ; Malaysia ; insurance hazard model ; earthquake clustering ; space–time ETAS model ; Hungarian earthquake catalogue ; 2020 Petrinja earthquake ; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) ; analytical hierarchy process (AHP) ; receiver operating characteristics ; area under the curve (AUC) ; completely weathered granite ; runoff ; sediment production ; slope erosion ; flow velocity hydrodynamic characteristics ; combination weighting method ; cluster analysis ; optimization ; classification of debris flows ; Longmenshan Town ; dune cliff ; land management ; data analysis ; earth fissure ; microtremor testing ; spectrum analysis ; amplification effect ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Many people live in rural areas in tropical regions. Rural development is not merely a contribution to the growth of individual countries. It can be a way to reduce poverty and to increase access to water, health care, and education. Sustainable rural development can also help stop deforestation and reduce livestock, which generate most of the greenhouse gas emissions. However, efforts to achieve a sustainable rural development are often thwarted by floods, drought, heat waves, and hurricanes, which local communities are not very prepared to tackle. Agricultural practices and local planning are still not very risk-informed. These deficiencies are particularly acute in tropical regions, where many Least Developed Countries are located and where there is, however, great potential for rural development. This Special Issue contains 22 studies on best practices for risk awareness; on local risk reduction; on several cases of soil depletion, water pollution, and sustainable access to safe water; and on agronomy, earth sciences, ecology, economy, environmental engineering, geomatics, materials science, and spatial and regional planning in 12 tropical countries.
    Keywords: climate change ; contingency plan ; flood risk ; local development plan ; risk management ; sustainable rural development ; agricultural drought ; heavy rains ; hydrological drought ; meteorological drought ; risk assessment ; Sahel ; early warning ; hydrology ; local communities ; Niger river basin ; rural development ; disaster risk reduction ; official development assistance ; public participation ; risk tracking ; Sendai framework ; sustainable development ; dataset validation ; precipitation ; Kenya ; local climate ; ASALs ; Quantile Mapping ; climate services ; local drought risk reduction ; smallholder farmers ; agrometeorological forecast ; Niger ; natural resources ; Mauritania ; resource management ; regional planning ; participatory approach ; EO data ; water resources ; sustainable management ; local development ; water for food security ; building consolidation ; extreme precipitations ; flood exposure ; satellite remote sensing ; settlement dynamics ; vulnerability ; agriculture ; Nitrate runoff ; real-time monitoring ; water quality ; rural area ; scant data ; nitrate contamination ; water ; flood ; Sinai Peninsula ; flash flood ; CORDEX ; water harvesting ; indigenous farmers ; multinational corporations ; systems thinking ; Nigeria ; sub-Saharan Africa ; drought ; rainfall regime ; soil biogeochemistry ; natural disasters ; flooding ; flood vulnerability ; inequality ; risk premium ; expected annual damages ; certainty equivalent annual damages ; equity weight expected annual damages ; equity weight certainty equivalent annual damage ; soil erosion ; Great Rift Valley Lakes ; ASAL ; desertification ; groundwater resources ; fluoride ; main Ethiopian Rift Valley ; developing countries ; welfare ; panel probit model ; adoption ; propensity score matching ; water crisis in Africa ; water collection and retention systems ; sand dam ; migration ; risk communication ; volcanic hazards ; social risk perception ; resilience ; demonstrator ; scenario ; multi-risk analysis ; climate-smart agriculture ; socio-ecological systems ; extension ; Belize ; milpa ; food security ; sustainability ; photovoltaic energy ; desalination system ; SIDS ; CO2 emissions ; LCOW ; LEOW ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: Culinary herbs and spices confer characteristic flavors or coloring to food. In this Special Issue of Foods, we aim to focus on culinary herbs and spices from a health perspective. Substances of plant origin are often regarded as harmless. The intention of this Special Issue is to provide a science-based view of the health impact of naturally occuring ingredients in plants with a particular focus on the health impact of plants used as culinary herbs and spices. In this context, different aspects will be addressed, including toxicological, analytical, and regulatory issues regarding naturally occurring ingredients in culinary herbs and spices as well as in products, such as essential oils and the food supplements based on them. For this purpose, some select examples of these compounds will be utilized to illustrate potential effects on human health, together with knowledge gaps related to hazard and exposure assessment. Moreover, safety issues related to products, such as essential oils or food supplements containing extracts of culinary herbs and spices that have become widely available to consumers through several distribution channels in the EU, will be covered.
    Keywords: pyrrolizidine alkaloids ; hepatotoxicity ; HepaRG ; cholestasis ; bile acid ; turmeric ; essential oil composition ; α-turmerone ; β-turmerone ; ar-turmerone ; polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) ; erucic acid ; petroselinic acid ; fat quality indices ; hypocholesterolemic fatty acids ; atherogenic index (AI) ; structure dependency ; bile acids ; biodegradation ; pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) ; contamination ; food chain ; compost ; plant waste ; Lappula squarrosa ; Senecio jacobaea ; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS ; horizontal alkaloid transfer ; asarone isomers ; human study ; metabolites ; asarone glucuronides ; mustard ; Sinapis alba ; Brassica nigra ; Brassica juncea ; glucosinolates ; isothiocyanates ; bisphenol F ; allergy ; toxicology ; piperine ; food safety ; drug interaction ; reproductive toxicity ; bolus administration ; alkenylbenzenes ; food ; consumption ; regulation ; mixtures ; cell cycle ; IPA ; microRNA ; PAK1 ; senecionine ; myristicin ; elemicin ; safrole ; methyleugenol ; flavoring ; black pepper ; cinnamon ; health benefits and risks ; antioxidant properties ; carcinogens ; DNA-reactants ; epigenetic ; risk assessment ; n/a ; polyacetylenes ; phytochemicals ; anti-inflammatory ; anticancer ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology::MMGT Medical toxicology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This special issue provides a collection of 15 papers with modern theories and applications for circular economy, engineering projects, entrepreneurship models, and investor decisions. After the commencing review on Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards, follow papers which can be classified into four categories which cover the overall scope of special issue. The first category includes papers regarding the micro-level of circular economy. This means case studies in firm-level which implement different techniques to achieve sustainable development and circular economy goals. The findings reveal interesting achievements which are associated with cultural characteristics of the countries these case studies have been conducted. The second category of papers refers to the meso-level of circular economy where firms cooperate with each other by exchanging byproducts and organizing common operational procedures and routines to address environmental problems. The findings suggest assessment information technology tools to support industrial symbiosis among European firms. The next body of literature encompasses macro-level where circular economy techniques are implemented at a country level. Findings suggest methodologies for implementing and tracking circular economy in cities. Finally, a number of papers are included that focus on advanced engineering techniques. These techniques are useful tools for achieving circular economy and sustainability.
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; TA170-171 ; optimal project profitability ; social capital ; risk assessment ; Life cycle assessment (LCA) ; corporate philanthropy ; Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ; steel production ; adaptation ; Value-at-Risk ; construction delay ; sustainable economy ; Project Definition Rating Index ; circular city ; piping construction ; transport planning ; rule-based systems ; resource competition ; traffic congestion ; smart governance ; Management Standards ; value of travel time savings ; climate change ; Fuzzy TOPSIS ; manufacturing firms ; construction safety ; action theory ; sustainable city ; SME ; stochastic simulation ; Theory of Inventive Problem Solving ; indicators ; sustainability ; urbanization ; prefabrication housing production ; pollution impact ; sustainable development ; cost prediction of substation project ; buffer management ; circular economy ; drivers ; Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) ; smart city ; CCPM ; research and innovation projects ; probabilistic alternative approach ; Industrial symbiosis ; cost benefit analysis ; investments ; solar thermal collectors ; Support Vector Machines ; social network ; emergy analysis ; IT tools ; China ; sources of funding ; Cuckoo Search ; strategic management ; photovoltaics ; material procurement management ; PRAT method ; PERT/CPM ; fuzzy logic ; renewable energy systems ; carbon footprint ; transport project evaluation ; framework ; planning and control ; political connections ; critical success factors ; information transfer ; social network centrality ; resource consumption ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Airworthiness, as a field, encompasses the technical and non-technical activities required to design, certify, produce, maintain, and safely operate an aircraft throughout its lifespan. The evolving technology, science, and engineering methods and, most importantly, aviation regulation, offer new opportunities and create, new challenges for the aviation industry. This book assembles review and research articles across a variety of topics in the field of airworthiness: aircraft maintenance, safety management, human factors, cost analysis, structures, risk assessment, unmanned aerial vehicles and regulations. This selection of papers informs the industry practitioners and researchers on important issues.
    Keywords: TA1-2040 ; T1-995 ; risk assessment ; n/a ; surveillance sensor ; human factors ; fault tree analysis ; airworthiness ; structural health monitoring ; aviation ; aerospace structures ; NASGRO ; additive manufacturing ; payload ; Ti-6Al-4V ; crack growth ; safety ; guided waves ; Cost Per Flying Hour ; military ; communication ; aviation engineering ; prevention ; condition-based maintenance ; “open” category ; sense and avoid ; risk management ; design organization ; parametric model ; operating and support cost ; safety management system ; trust ; repair ; life cycle cost ; trainees ; borescope inspection ; UAS ; professionals ; reliability ; EASA ; 316L stainless steel ; error ; risk behaviours ; composites ; aviation maintenance ; cost-benefit analysis ; risk perception factors ; scheduled maintenance ; and overhaul (MRO) ; reliability centered maintenance ; unmanned aircraft systems ; F-16C/D ; maintenance planning optimization ; AerMet100 steel ; human error ; ADS-B ; Bowtie analysis ; visual inspection ; sensors ; Life Cycle Cost ; unified analytical framework ; F-35A ; aircraft system ; impact detection ; importance measure ; maintenance ; importance measures ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are a heterogeneous group of complex diseases characterized by neuronal loss and progressive degeneration of different areas of the nervous system. NDs represent a significant health problem worldwide, with an increasing incidence rate. Although the exact pathogenesis of NDs remains unclear, a complex interaction among genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors has been proposed. To date, no effective therapeutics have been developed to slow, halt, or prevent any NDs. Thus, information on the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of NDs is strongly sought after. This Special Issue collected papers discussing advances in the field of NDs.
    Keywords: menopause ; estrogen ; neurodegenerative disease ; Alzheimer’s disease ; IGF-1 ; NMDAR ; Parkinson’s disease ; neurodegeneration ; genetics ; non-coding RNAs ; microbiome ; mitochondria ; epigenetics ; biomarkers ; precision medicine ; EAE ; glutamate receptor antagonist ; excitotoxicity ; oxidative stress ; -SH groups ; superoxide dismutase ; circulating microRNA ; relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis ; secondary progressive multiple sclerosis ; biomarker ; neuroinflammation ; Rab1 ; GTPases ; secretory pathway ; Golgi fragmentation ; autophagy ; α-synuclein ; LRRK2 ; mercury ; central nervous system ; proteomic ; motor functions ; rotenone ; dopamine ; dopamine-D3-receptor ; buspirone ; chicoric acid ; peripheral immune system ; spleen ; gut ; 6-hydroxydopamine ; apoptosis ; mitochondrial membrane potential ; neurodegenerative diseases ; cell culture techniques ; neurodegenerative disorders ; neuroprotective effect ; biological products ; striatum ; caspase-3 ; spiny projection neurons ; dendritic spines ; long-term depression ; Q-VD-OPh ; mice ; blood–brain barrier ; extracellular matrix ; fibronectin ; liposomes ; multiple sclerosis ; nanomedicine ; oligodendrocytes ; PLGA ; remyelination ; therapeutic targets ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Description: The reprint provides a comprehensive review of various topics related to sustainable building design and operation, with a particular focus on energy efficiency and environmental impact. It covers a wide range of topics, including visual comfort assessment, decision-making processes of residents, low-cost devices for CO2 monitoring, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on residential energy use. The reprint also includes discussions on solar energy in urban planning, cost-optimal measures for energy renovation, and passive solar solutions for buildings. It provides insights into the use of different materials and strategies for improving the energy efficiency of building envelopes, including the integration of phase change materials and the use of reflective coatings on building roofs. Several case studies are presented in the book, which explores the implementation of sustainable design strategies in different building types and climates. The authors also discuss the use of advanced modeling techniques to simulate the performance of different building systems, including vertical greenery systems and the solar cadaster.
    Keywords: bidirectional gated recurrent unit ; convolutional neural networks ; electricity consumption prediction ; hybrid deep learning model ; residential load prediction ; solar energy ; building energy performance ; energy saving ; passive solar design ; synergistic design ; risk assessment ; climate change ; health ; heat stress ; AQI ; solar reflective coatings ; heat transfer ; daily heat gains ; cool roofs ; residential energy modeling ; COVID-19 ; coronavirus pandemic ; temperature sensitivity ; energy security ; phase change material ; thermal energy storage ; energy efficiency ; passive strategies ; active strategies ; adaptive envelopes ; Vertical Greenery Systems (VGS) ; classification ; comparison of different types of VGS ; mathematical modeling and thermohygrometric analysis ; EnergyPlus ; public school buildings ; optimal cost ; energy renovation ; public buildings ; solar cadaster ; solar potential modeling ; numerical validation ; heritage values ; user ; sustainability ; thermal comfort ; heritage buildings ; decision-making ; preservation ; Mexico City ; urban planning ; active solar systems ; passive solar strategies ; Italian case studies ; agrivoltaics ; visual comfort ; lighting ; daylight ; user centred design ; modeling ; monitoring ; indoor air quality (IAQ) ; smart building ; sustainable development goals (SDGs) ; CO2 ; refurbishment ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The sustainability of the built environment can only be achieved through the maintenance planning of built facilities during their lifecycle while also considering social, economic, functional, technical, and ecological aspects. Stakeholders should be conscious of the existing tools and knowledge for the optimization of maintenance and rehabilitation actions in consideration of the degradation mechanisms and the risk of failure over time. Knowledge concerning the service life prediction of building elements is crucial to the definition, in a rational and technically informed way, of a set of maintenance strategies over the building’s life cycle. Service life prediction methodologies provide a better understanding of the degradation phenomenon of the analyzed elements, enabling the relation of the characteristics of these elements and their exposure, use, and maintenance conditions with their performance over time. This SI intends to provide an overview of the existing knowledge related to various aspects of “Life Cycle Prediction and Maintenance of Buildings”. Relevant topics to this Special Issue include: Methodologies for service life prediction of buildings and components; Maintainability of buildings and components; Serviceability of building elements; Maintenance and repair actions of buildings and components; Definition and optimization of maintenance policies; Financial analysis of various maintenance plans; Whole life cycle costing; Life cycle assessment.
    Keywords: energy efficiency ; indoor climate quality ; life cycle economy ; changing operational environment ; municipal building procurement ; climate targets ; Insurance ; mathematical models ; service life prediction models ; natural stone claddings ; insurance premium ; risk assessment ; linoleum and vinyl floorings ; inspection ; pathology ; statistical survey ; healthcare infrastructures ; technical condition ; performance characteristics ; degree of wear ; service life ; preventive maintenance ; Digitization ; Key Performance Indicators ; KPIs ; Asset Management ; Facility Management ; Operations Maintenance &amp ; Repairs ; Decision Support System ; Facility Condition Index ; building ; construction material ; life cycle costs ; thermal insulation system ; conservation ; natural stone ; long-term weathered ; water repellents ; durability ; single-sided NMR ; Life Cycle Assessment uncertainties ; seismic hazard ; building renovation ; retrofit ; buildings ; building components ; building elements ; climate change ; degradation ; maintainability ; service life prediction ; existing structures ; reinforced concrete ; time-dependent reliability ; life cycle ; Gaussian mixture models ; strength degradation ; steel corrosion ; secondary databases ; single-family house ; energy supply system ; payback period ; internal rate of return ; energy price ; Swedish climate zones ; climate adaptation ; maintenance ; operation ; management ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The importance of studying pollution via potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is becoming a key challenge considering the increasing concern about the presence of PTEs in the environment and their potential impacts on ecosystem functioning and public health due to their persistence and biotoxicity. Regional geochemical research, together with geostatistical computations which are used to identify source patterns of different pollutants related to the underlying geological features and/or anthropogenic activities, is the best approach for characterizing this pollution issue. The collection of research in this Special Issue, “Potentially Toxic Element Pollution in Urban and Suburban Environments”, represents the need of the scientific community to characterize the behavior, transport, fate, and ecotoxicological state of PTEs in environmental matrices in both urban and suburban settings. All the case studies collected are of relevant significance due to their quality, both in the methodologies and the achieved results, and interest to different environmental studies, from China to South Africa to Europe. My role as Guest Editor of this Special Issue was exciting and stimulating. I would like to express my appreciation to all the authors for submitting their original contributions and to the reviewers for their essential role in the process. I would like to thank the editors of Toxics and, in particular, Selena Li for her precious and tireless support.
    Keywords: potentially harmful elements (PHEs) ; railway area ; transport pollutions ; spring waters ; hydrogeochemical characterization ; statistical analysis ; correlation ; nitrate vulnerability ; soil contamination ; heavy metals ; sequential extraction ; health risk assessment ; accumulation ; atmospheric deposition ; emission ; ecological risk ; spatial heterogeneity ; informal settlement ; trace elements ; road dust ; health implications ; carcinogenic ; non-carcinogenic ; potentially toxic elements ; aquifer ; volcanic tuff ; Fe oxyhydroxides ; sorption ; soil ; potentially harmful elements ; contamination ; multidimensional spatial analysis ; Calabria ; flat membrane ; N,N′-di(1-methyl-pentyl)acetamide ; molybdenum ; membrane chemical reactor ; renewal solution ; atmosphere ; PMF ; indoor dust ; pollution ; exposure ; risk assessment ; urban ; Cairo ; Jiayuguan ; pollution characteristics ; source apportionment ; source identification ; Samoa ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology::MMGT Medical toxicology
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    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Description: The following reprint is based on the discussions initiated at the 28th International Conference on Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry (ICCBIC), which was held between 5 and 10 June 2022 at Smolenice Castle, Slovakia. As is apparent, this year's ICCBIC established a partnership with the MDPI publishing house. Therefore, we invite you to form a picture of the spirit of the conference by reading this reprint version of Special Issue of Inorganics, which is devoted to this conference. In total, ten contributions were submitted, of which eight are original papers and two are perspectives.
    Keywords: electronic terms ; spin–orbit multiplets ; zero-field splitting ; pentacoordinate complexes ; single-ion magnet ; cobalt(II) coordination polymer ; ab-initio calculations ; toxic metal(loid)s ; chronic exposure ; mechanism of toxicity ; metallodrugs ; stability in plasma ; side effects ; bloodstream ; bioinorganic chemistry ; copper complexes ; derivatives of 8-hydroxyquinoline ; crystal structure ; bromination ; biological properties ; magnetic anisotropy ; single-molecule magnet ; unquenched orbital momentum ; spin-reversal barrier ; mononuclear 3d complexes ; spin-orbit coupling ; Zn complexes ; 8-hydroxyquinoline ; cytotoxicity ; antimicrobial activity ; DNA/BSA binding ; zinc finger proteins ; cadmium ; mercury ; metal binding affinity ; DNA binding ; electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ; spectroscopy ; EMSA ; FluoZin-3 ; diazotetracyanocyclopentadiene ; octacyanofulvalenediide ; radical chemistry ; coordination polymers ; copper(II) complexes ; fenamates ; Hirshfeld atom refinement ; interactions with DNA ; SOD mimetic activity ; bis(benzimidazole) ; mixed ligand complexes ; antibacterial ; anticancer ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry::PNK Inorganic chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Description: The state-of-the-art in water-worked bed hydraulics can only be examined through a careful exploration of the experimental (both laboratory and field) results via theoretical development. This book is primarily focused on the research aspects that involve a comprehensive knowledge of sediment dynamics in turbulent flows, as the most up-to-date research findings in the field are presented. It begins with two reviews on bedload transport and water-work bed experimental studies. The sediment dynamics is then analyzed from a classical perspective by applying the mean bed shear approach and additionally incorporating a statistical description for the role of turbulence. The work finally examines the local scour problems at hydraulic structures and results from field studies. It is intended as a course guide for field professionals, keeping up with modern technological developments. Therefore, as a simple prerequisite, readers should have a basic knowledge of hydraulics to an undergraduate level.
    Keywords: Q1-390 ; risk assessment ; n/a ; heavy metals ; sand waves ; scour depth ; in-stream structures ; backwater effect ; friction factor ; natural sandy bed river ; morphology ; turbulent flow ; sediment ; flood ; spur dike ; water reservoir ; local bed shear stress ; gravel-bed stream ; logarithmic law of the wall ; environmental variables ; mountain stream ; experiments ; scour holes ; drag-reducing flows ; flow type ; Three Gorges Reservoir ; hysteresis ; acoustic Doppler velocimeter ; check dam ; bedload ; granular beds ; bed-load transport ; aquatic plants ; flow velocity measurements ; groyne type ; fluvial hydraulics ; groyne field ; flow resistance ; water-worked gravel bed ; Mountain River ; aquatic plant biomechanics ; von Kármán parameter ? ; bed shear stress ; river morphology ; river ; turbulent kinetic energy ; scour
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: This reprint is focused on recent advances in land–atmosphere interactions and their effects on climate change over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions using multisource remote sensing data and in situ measurements. Retrieval of land surface variables and surface heat fluxes as well as change monitoring in snow, glaciers, lakes, and other land-surface covers are of particular interest. Special attention is given to the retrieval of land-surface key properties, variations in land-surface heat fluxes, estimation of precipitation and evapotranspiration, change monitoring of glacier and lakes, the responses of lakes to climate change, carbon, water and heat exchange in terrestrial ecosystems, risk assessment of snow disasters, estimation of turbulence characteristics, and vegetation dynamics and its response to weather and climate. This reprint was funded by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (Grant No. 2019QZKK0103); National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42230610, 91837208, 41875031).
    Keywords: surface sensible heating ; Tibetan Plateau ; teleconnection wave trains ; dominant modes ; interannual and interdecadal variations ; land–atmosphere interaction ; evapotranspiration ; soil moisture ; temperature ; climate transition areas ; ICESat-1 ; ICESat-2 ; glacier elevation change ; inter-annual and intra-annual changes ; elevation-aspect bin analysis method ; HMA ; Qaidam Basin ; lake expansion ; groundwater contribution ; oxygen and hydrogen isotopes ; climate change ; Ngoring Lake ; saline lake ; lake temperature ; CLM4-LISSS ; salinity parameterizations ; Loess Plateau ; farmland ecosystem ; physiological and ecological factors ; Bowen ratio ; actual evapotranspiration ; complementary relationship ; permafrost ; seasonally frozen ground ; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ; remote sensing ; afternoon and nighttime precipitation ; source region of three rivers ; typical climatic zones ; precipitation-use efficiency ; net primary productivity ; contribution of environmental factors ; transformation characteristics ; Sichuan Basin ; steep slope ; precipitation ; cloud ; diurnal variation ; ERA-5 reanalysis data ; surface energy ; land–atmospheric interaction ; different underlying surfaces ; land surface snow phenology ; statistical downscaling ; terrain ; climate ; southern Gansu Plateau ; raindrop size distribution (DSD) ; seasonal variation ; maritime-like ; South Asian summer monsoon ; land-atmosphere heat transfer ; inhomogeneity ; Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau ; snow disaster ; risk assessment ; WRF ; glacier ; albedo ; radiation ; optical turbulence ; Asian summer monsoon anticyclone ; upper troposphere-lower stratosphere ; heavy precipitation ; GPM ; dual frequency spaceborne radar ; vertical structure ; microphysical characteristic ; soil thermal diffusivity ; conduction–convection method ; soil temperature ; soil water content ; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ; air temperature ; Qinghai–Tibet Plateau ; reanalysis dataset ; alpine region ; applicability ; Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) ; LAI ; LAI trend ; SAR ; retrieval algorithm ; high spatial resolution ; precipitable water vapor ; clear sky ; millimeter telescope ; Ali ; Muztag-Ata ; BTA ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography
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    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Description: This book attempts to provide a platform for researchers, policy makers, and engineers to share their latest thoughts and findings on groundwater quality and public health, as well as novel methods dealing with groundwater pollution. The chapters published in this book include the latest research results by world-renowned researchers, whose findings can benefit researchers, engineers, policy makers, and government officials in future groundwater quality research and policy making.
    Keywords: water quality index ; health risk assessment ; Tongchuan city ; Loess Plateau ; high-As groundwater ; shallow groundwater ; geological environment ; geochemistry ; correlation ; Hetao Basin ; geostatistics ; GIS ; heavy metal pollution ; groundwater ; UAE ; water environment ; human health risk ; spatial distribution ; Chinese Loess Plateau ; strontium-rich groundwater ; hydrochemical characteristics ; formation mechanisms ; hydrogeochemistry ; water quality ; drinking water ; WASH ; waterborne diseases ; One Health ; Guinea-Bissau ; sub-Saharan Africa ; groundwater quality ; water chemistry characteristics ; multivariate statistical analysis ; PHREEQC ; typical mountain front tilted plain ; Monte Carlo model (crystal ball software) ; visual minteq ; yinchuan ; nano zero-valent iron ; biochar ; nitrate removal ; nitrogen gas ; disjointed type ; hyporheic zone ; mercury ; migration and transformation ; gold mining area ; ecological risks ; endorheic basin ; hydrochemistry ; isotope technique ; integration ; nitrate ; groundwater pollution ; contamination remediation ; one health ; public health ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQK Pollution control
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The provision of affordable housing for low-income households is a very complex issue that has long been debated in many countries around the world. Social housing (SH) is one of the tools for achieving fairness, social sustainability, and economic feasibility, and it is interrelated with politics, ethics, and economics, as well as the environment, architecture, and technology. In other words, national and local policies, as well as public and private financial resources, are all needed to provide SH.SH also involves social and urban transformations and is, consequently, linked to urban planning and redevelopment projects, real estate market dynamics, and cooperation between public and private stakeholders. Furthermore, decision-making on SH policies and projects has to be supported by assessments of economic feasibility and social and environmental sustainability.This volume presents studies on various topics to recompose the multi-faceted subjects of social housing within a unified framework.
    Keywords: real estate appraisal ; capital gain ; financial feasibility ; economic sustainability ; public–private partnership ; risk assessment ; social housing ; urban regeneration ; urban rent ; affordable prices ; discounted cash flow analysis ; road infrastructures ; social sustainability ; mass appraisal ; Regional Strategic Intervention Programs ; multi-criteria analysis ; stakeholder analysis ; NAIADE method ; public housing neighborhoods ; project-induced effects ; assessment framework ; multi-criteria decision-making model ; housing affordability ; housing policy ; affordable housing ; Malaysia ; young adults ; renters ; housing costs ; parental supports ; discriminant analysis ; regression analysis ; independent living ; Nigeria ; strategies ; housing tenure ; low-income earners ; sustainability ; critical junctures ; housing delivery ; public-private partnership ; Vision 2030 ; Saudi Arabia ; affordable rent ; cluster analysis ; social fairness ; community acceptance ; housing accessibility ; India ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Description: [Cancer is the second most common cause of death worldwide and encompasses highly variable clinical and biological scenarios. Some of the current clinical challenges are (i) early diagnosis of the disease and (ii) precision medicine, which allows for treatments targeted to specific clinical cases. The ultimate goal is to optimize the clinical workflow by combining accurate diagnosis with the most suitable therapies. Toward this, large-scale machine learning research can define associations among clinical, imaging, and multi-omics studies, making it possible to provide reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for precision oncology. Such reliable computer-assisted methods (i.e., artificial intelligence) together with clinicians’ unique knowledge can be used to properly handle typical issues in evaluation/quantification procedures (i.e., operator dependence and time-consuming tasks). These technical advances can significantly improve result repeatability in disease diagnosis and guide toward appropriate cancer care. Indeed, the need to apply machine learning and computational intelligence techniques has steadily increased to effectively perform image processing operations—such as segmentation, co-registration, classification, and dimensionality reduction—and multi-omics data integration.]
    Keywords: melanoma detection ; deep learning ; transfer learning ; ensemble classification ; 3D-CNN ; immunotherapy ; radiomics ; self-attention ; breast imaging ; microwave imaging ; image reconstruction ; segmentation ; unsupervised machine learning ; k-means clustering ; Kolmogorov-Smirnov hypothesis test ; statistical inference ; performance metrics ; contrast source inversion ; brain tumor segmentation ; magnetic resonance imaging ; survey ; brain MRI image ; tumor region ; skull stripping ; region growing ; U-Net ; BRATS dataset ; incoherent imaging ; clutter rejection ; breast cancer detection ; MRgFUS ; proton resonance frequency shift ; temperature variations ; referenceless thermometry ; RBF neural networks ; interferometric optical fibers ; breast cancer ; risk assessment ; machine learning ; texture ; mammography ; medical imaging ; imaging biomarkers ; bone scintigraphy ; prostate cancer ; semisupervised classification ; false positives reduction ; computer-aided detection ; breast mass ; mass detection ; mass segmentation ; Mask R-CNN ; dataset partition ; brain tumor ; classification ; shallow machine learning ; breast cancer diagnosis ; Wisconsin Breast Cancer Dataset ; feature selection ; dimensionality reduction ; principal component analysis ; ensemble method ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Description: The International Agency for Research on Cancer suggests that the burden of women’s cancers including breast, ovarian, and womb will rise by 50% over the next 20 years. It is essential for us to improve early diagnosis and prevention of these cancers in our health systems. The last decade has seen significant strides in our ability to understand and predict a woman’s risk of these cancers and offer personalized medicine approaches for risk management. There have been improvements in identifying individuals at increased risk, as well as implementing and evaluating strategies for screening and prevention. In this special collection, we bring together 16 articles from leading scientists and researchers. These capture some of the important advances observed in estimating cancer risk, providing genetic testing, offering risk management to those at increased risk, as well as screening and prevention of breast, ovarian, and womb cancers in women. This makes an important contribution to the rapidly advancing knowledge base across the area of personalized medicine and precision prevention of ovarian, endometrial, and breast cancers.
    Keywords: breast cancer ; galectins ; galectin-7 ; galectin-8 ; prognostic markers ; tumor infiltrating macrophages ; screening ; mammography ; incidence-based mortality ; population genetic testing ; ovarian cancer risk ; risk stratification ; BRCA1 ; BRCA2 ; RAD51C ; RAD51D ; BRIP1 ; SNP ; risk modelling ; BRCA ; population testing ; cost-effectiveness ; ovarian cancer ; cancer prevention ; CA125 ; HE4 ; UKCTOCS ; MMT ; postmenopausal women ; rare germline variants ; susceptibility genes ; genomics ; questionnaires ; attitudes ; symptoms ; early detection ; risk assessment ; diagnostic prediction model ; triage tool ; ovarian cancer symptoms ; family history ; risk ; genes ; prevention ; dyskerin ; DKC1 ; endometrial cancer ; telomerase ; proliferation ; telomeres ; obesity ; metabolomics ; liquid biopsy ; mass spectrometry ; plasma biomarkers ; artificial intelligence ; ultrasound ; TVS ; trial ; randomised controlled trial ; genomic sequencing ; tumor mutational signatures ; hereditary cancer genes ; mismatch repair ; familial cancer ; menopausal hormone therapy ; breast cancer risk ; BMI ; early BMI ; age of pregnancy ; mammographic density ; body mass index ; weight loss ; breast cancer prevention ; premenopausal ; genetic testing ; germline ; somatic ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine
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    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Description: An examination of how post-9/11 security concerns have transformed the public view and governance of infrastructure. After September 11, 2001, infrastructures—the mundane systems that undergird much of modern life—were suddenly considered “soft targets” that required immediate security enhancements. Infrastructure protection quickly became the multibillion dollar core of a new and expansive homeland security mission. In this book, Ryan Ellis examines how the long shadow of post-9/11 security concerns have remade and reordered infrastructure, arguing that it has been a stunning transformation. Ellis describes the way workers, civic groups, city councils, bureaucrats, and others used the threat of terrorism as a political resource, taking the opportunity not only to address security vulnerabilities but also to reassert a degree of public control over infrastructure. Nearly two decades after September 11, the threat of terrorism remains etched into the inner workings of infrastructures through new laws, regulations, technologies, and practices. Ellis maps these changes through an examination of three U.S. infrastructures: the postal system, the freight rail network, and the electric power grid. He describes, for example, how debates about protecting the mail from anthrax and other biological hazards spiraled into larger arguments over worker rights, the power of large-volume mailers, and the fortunes of old media in a new media world; how environmental activists leveraged post-9/11 security fears over shipments of hazardous materials to take on the rail industry and the chemical lobby; and how otherwise marginal federal regulators parlayed new mandatory cybersecurity standards for the electric power industry into a robust system of accountability.
    Keywords: Infrastructure ; security ; vulnerability ; risk ; politics ; risk assessment ; 911 ; deregulation ; cybersecurity ; power lines ; electric grid ; USPS ; mail ; anthrax ; transportation networks ; homeland security ; critical infrastructure ; TSA ; regulation ; detection ; securitization ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems & structures ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management::RNFY Energy resources
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The management of cultural heritage and public real-estate assets is one of the most crucial challenges concerning the sustainable use of these resources, involving dynamic methods to stimulate preservation, development, renewal, and transmission to future generations of these essential assets. The contributions presented in this book provide a rich and varied panorama of research experiences and innovative tools, capable of promoting the re-use of cultural heritage in European cities and cultural landscapes, using a circular economy logic as a model of sustainable development. From this point of view, cultural capital becomes the driver of a regeneration process on the local, urban, and metropolitan scales, in which the transversal interconnections between the production cycles of the adaptive re-use of the available heritage, both in the adaptation and in the management phase, configure a circular process of multidimensional production of value. Therefore, future territorial redevelopment projects can base their idea strength on an open system of appropriately selected social attractors, whose enhancement and use have the objective of triggering widespread regeneration effects on the whole territory of influence, receiving inducement and resources to progress.
    Keywords: urban heritage ; historic centre ; regulation ; sustainability ; city plan ; ambidextrous management ; creative tourism ; tourismphobia and anti-tourism movements ; social capital ; heritage ; territorial health center ; urban regeneration ; Multi-Criteria Analysis ; built cultural heritage ; values ; economic evaluation of projects ; Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) ; historical building ; economic enhancement ; integrated evaluation ; multicriteria analysis ; cultural heritage and circular economy ; financial sustainability ; Ritiro del Carmine ; built heritage sustainable reuse ; economic feasibility ; economic sustainability ; project feasibility investment profitability ; unused public buildings ; cultural heritage ; cultural tourism ; regional development ; rural areas ; bibliometric analysis ; bibliographic analysis ; risk assessment ; public investment ; time overrun ; public works ; urban governance ; new public institutional forms ; multi-sectoral collaboration ; social innovation ; MONUM ; adaptive reuse ; building rehabilitation ; impact assessment ; cultural landscape ; local governance ; immovable properties ; bathing houses ; Mar Menor ; San Javier ; artworks ; macro-elements ; vulnerability ; seismic damage ; deterioration ; web archive ; tourist flow management ; ETIS ; carrying capacity ; social impact ; social network analysis ; public real estate property ; operational protocol ; model of choice ; radar diagram ; urban art ; Neighborhood Regeneration ; Social Empowerment ; Right to the City ; Ferrol (Spain) ; Sustainable Development Goals ; SDG 11 ; heritage database ; heritage value ; heritage classification ; vocationality ; Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) ; Vesuvian Villas ; valuation ; A’WOT analysis ; multicriteria decision aid ; valorization ; management strategy ; urban sustainable development ; historical school buildings ; multi-criteria evaluation ; cultural firms ; accounting parameters ; survival analysis ; Kaplan–Meier curves ; strategic planning ; historic urban landscape ; model ; management instruments ; Novi Pazar ; Serbia ; cultural heritage conservation ; multi-criteria decision aid ; strategic assessment ; landscape management ; agriculture ; evaluation ; multi criteria decision aide (MCDA) ; rough sets ; multifunctionality ; artistic assets ; AHP ; seismic hazard ; n/a ; archaeological basins ; Web-GIS and Geodatabases ; territorial marketing ; cultural economics ; land economy ; tourism experience management ; cultural estate ; landscape heritage ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Crystal Chemistry of Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury that was published in Crystals
    Keywords: QD1-999 ; QD241-441 ; Q1-390 ; hydroxyl group ; bis(1 ; quinaldinic acid ; solidification ; xanthate ; wurtzite ; mechanical ; EBSD ; oxo-centred polyhedra ; coordination polymer ; precipitation ; 5-thiophenedicarboxylic acid ; defects in semiconductors ; zinc(II) complexes ; precursor ; nanometer zinc oxide ; zinc ; thermal analysis ; transmission electron microscopy (TEM) ; crystal chemistry ; pyridine ; dithiocarbamate ; high magnetic field ; index of X-ray powder diffraction data ; 1 ; hydrogen bonding ; 2 ; luminescence ; cadmium ; interface structure ; 3-bis(1 ; mercury ; aqueous solution method ; crystallography ; growth mechanism ; PL spectra ; phonon dispersion ; coordination polymers ; 4-triazol-1-yl)propane ; CdZnTe ; oxochromates(VI) ; Ni3Sn structure type ; structural chemistry ; dithiophosphates ; traveling heater method ; ZnO nanorod arrays ; copper amalgams ; dental amalgams ; unusual coordination modes ; CdS ; zinc-rich crystal ; 4-triazol-1-yl)methane ; elastic ; crystal structure ; phonon ; bitopic ligand ; room-temperature solid state reaction ; zinc complex ; characterization ; crystal engineering ; ZnS ; hydrogen bond ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry
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