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    Coronary Artery Disease: Therapeutics and Drug Discovery (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Cardiology. ; Therapeutics. ; Heart Surgery. ; Pharmacology. ; Cardiology. ; Therapeutics. ; Cardiac Surgery.
    Description / Table of Contents: Coronary Artery Disease: From Mechanism to Clinical Practice -- Evidence in guidelines for treatment of coronary artery disease -- Revascularization For Coronary Artery Disease: Principle And Challenges -- Antithrombotic drugs: pharmacology and perspectives -- Lipid modifying drugs: pharmacology and perspectives -- Anti-hypertensive drugs: pharmacology and perspectives -- Pharmaceutical treatment for Heart failure -- Drug discovery for coronary artery disease.
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of the etiology of coronary artery disease and focuses on the main therapies and drug interventions currently available. It highlights drug pharmacology and therapeutic challenges, with a special emphasis on the underlying principles of available therapeutics and the on-going development of drugs for coronary artery disease. The book is divided into eight chapters, the first of which describes the classical mechanism of coronary artery disease and its clinical presentations. Chapter 2 lists the principles of and related evidence on the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease. This includes diet and lifestyle management, and guidelines for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome and stable coronary artery disease. In turn, Chapter 3 describes revascularization treatments, covering percutaneous coronary interventions, coronary artery bypass grafts and thrombolysis. This chapter also addresses the main therapeutic challenges. The following chapters provide an overview of three major categories of coronary artery disease drugs, which target thrombosis (Chapter 4), lipid metabolism (Chapter 5), and hypertension (Chapter 6). Heart failure constitutes the major health burden in the late stage of coronary artery disease; accordingly, current heart failure therapeutics and related drug pharmacology are described in Chapter 7. In closing, Chapter 8 provides a summary of on-going clinical trials for coronary artery disease drug development and discusses a number of promising areas in which intensive research into new therapeutics is being pursued. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to clinicians, medical students and research scientists, as well as to pharmaceutical professionals who are seeking new therapies and drugs for coronary artery disease and related disorders.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 339 p. 7 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811525179
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1177
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2517-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2517-9
    DDC: 615
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    Pediatric Pharmacotherapy (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pediatrics. ; Pharmacology. ; Pediatrics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Anti-epileptic drugs in pediatrics -- Current and new therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy -- Lysosomal diseases -- Mitochondriopathies -- Endocrinology thyroid, pituitary, growth stimulant, growth reduction -- Bone disease – bisphosphonates -- Diabetes type 1 and 3 (insulin; sulfonylurea; others) -- Diabetes type 2 (metformin etc.) -- Dermatology – part 1 urticaria, atopic dermatitis -- Dermatology part 2, ichtyosis, psoriasis -- Cardiovascular part 1- catcholamines, inotropic -- Cardiovascular part 2 – antiarhythmica, anti hypertensives -- Nephrology – dialysis -- How to use drugs in obese children and adolescents -- Haematology – CSFs, erythropoietin -- Antiretroviral/HIV -- Clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics to better understand physiological changes during pregnancy and neonatal life -- Antihelminth treatment -- Inflammatory bowel disease -- Constipation; laxatives -- Psychiatric diseases in children and adolescents -- Oncology – cell reducing agents part 1, part 2, part 3 -- Immunosuppressants – organ transplantation -- Bone marrow/stem cell transplantation -- Narcotic sparing approaches and the shift towards paracetamol in neonatal intensive care -- Disorders of puberty: pharmacotherapeutic strategies for management.
    Abstract: This volume provides readers with the most updated scientific information on the efficacy and safety of medicines for children and adolescents. The book enriches the understanding of pediatric pharmacotherapy for health professionals, regulatory agencies, pharmaceutical companies and learned societies. It contains important information on the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs. It summarizes the latest investigations on the effects of pharmacological treatments in relation to and dependent on age, gender, fat mass and disease status. Therefore and importantly, this volume reviews the latest data on how pharmacotherapy has to be adjusted and personalized in regards to stages of development and during the pediatric lifespan from neonate through adolescence. In addition, the topic of rare diseases and special challenges for pharmacotherapy will be included and will provide readers with the necessary knowledge to handle complex diseases and treatment strategies especially in relation to pharmacotherapy of rare and orphan diseases.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 538 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030504946
    Series Statement: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 261
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50494-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50494-6
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    Vaccination Strategies Against Highly Variable Pathogens (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Diseases. ; Virology. ; Immunology. ; Human physiology. ; Pharmacology. ; Diseases. ; Virology. ; Immunology. ; Human Physiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Successful Vaccines -- Immunogenicity and Immunodominance in Antibody Responses -- Immunogen Design -- Adjuvants -- Tools to screen vaccines -- Targeting glycans on human pathogens for vaccine design -- BnAbs and highly antigenically variable pathogens.
    Abstract: Vaccines against antigenically stable pathogens, or pathogens that only exist in a limited number of serotypes, have been very successful in the past and have drastically decreased the incidence and lethality of many diseases. However, when it comes to highly variable pathogens or viruses that exist in multiple serotypes, the traditional methods for vaccine development have reached their limits. This volume highlights the development of vaccines against such challenging pathogens. Novel approaches for immunogen design, including structure-guided vaccine development and vaccines targeting glycans, as well as adjuvants and animal models used for testing possible vaccine candidates are outlined and discussed in detail. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scientists in the fields of infectious diseases, microbiology and medicine. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 180 p. 16 illus., 15 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030580049
    Series Statement: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 428
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58004-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58004-9
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    Drug Stability and Chemical Kinetics (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Pharmacology. ; Pharmaceutics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Principles of pharmaceutical analysis in drug stability and chemical kinetics -- 2 Guidelines for drug stability and stability testing -- 3 Chemical kinetics and its applications in drug stability -- 4 Methods and protocols for drug stability studies -- 5 Physical basis of degradation of pharmaceutical products -- 6 Role of microbiological degradation on drug stability -- 7 Role of decomposition on drug stability -- 8 Role of catalysis in drug stability -- 9 Analytical techniques for the assessment of drug stability -- 10 Stability of pharmaceutical products -- 11 Role of kinetic models in drug stability -- 12 Stability studies of vaccines -- 13 Stability studies of proteinous compounds -- 14 Stability studies of extemporaneous pharmaceutical products -- 15 Stability studies of parenteral products -- 16 Stability studies of solid dosage forms.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively reviews drug stability and chemical kinetics: how external factors can influence the stability of drugs, and the reaction rates that trigger these effects. Explaining the important theoretical concepts of drug stability and chemical kinetics, and providing numerous examples in the form of illustrations, tables and calculations, the book helps readers gain a better understanding of the rates of reactions, order of reactions, types of degradation and how to prevent it, as well as types of stability studies. It also offers insights into the importance of the rate at which the drug is degraded and/or decomposed under various external and internal conditions, including temperature, pH, humidity and light. This book is intended for researchers, PhD students and scientists working in the field of pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, medicinal chemistry and biopharmaceutics. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 284 p. 22 illus., 13 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811564260
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6426-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6426-0
    DDC: 615
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    Handbook of 200 Medicinal Plants : A Comprehensive Review of Their Traditional Medical Uses and Scientific Justifications (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pharmacy. ; Medicinal chemistry. ; Pharmacology. ; Pharmacy. ; Medicinal Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Abelmoschus maschatus -- Abrus precatorius -- Abutilon indicum -- Acacia catechu -- Acacia nilotica (A. arabica) -- Achillea millefolium -- Achyranthes aspera -- Aconitum napellus -- Acorus calamus -- Adiantum venustum (Adiantun capillus-veneris) -- Aegle marmelos -- Agrimonia eupatorium.-Alhagi maurorum -- Alkanna tinctoria -- Allium cepa -- Allium sativum -- Aloe vera -- Alpinia galangal -- Alpinia officinarum -- Alstonia scholaris -- Althaea officinalis -- Ammi majus -- Anacardium occidentale -- Anacyclus pyrethrum -- Andrographis paniculata -- Anethum graveolens -- Anthemis nobilis -- Apium graveolens -- Argemone Mexicana -- Aristolochia bracteolata -- Aristolochia fontanesii (A. longa) -- Aristolochia indica -- Aristolochia rotunda -- Artemisia absinthium -- Artemisia vulgaris -- Asparagus adscendens -- Asparagus officinalis -- Asparagus racemosus -- Atropa belladonna -- Azadirachta indica -- Bacopa monnieri -- Bauhinia tomentosa -- Berberis Aristata -- Berberis vulgaris -- Bombyx mori -- Borago officinalis -- Boswellia serrata -- Brassica nigra -- Butea monosperma -- Caccinia macranthera var. glauca (C. glauca) -- Caesalpinia bonduc (Caesalpinia bonducella) -- Cannabis sativa -- Capparis spinosa -- Cardiospermum halicacabum -- Carthamus tinctorius -- Carum carvi -- Cassia fistula -- Catharanthus roseus -- Celastrus paniculatus -- Centaurea behen -- Centella asiatica -- Chamaecrista absus (Cassia absus) -- Chamaemelum nobile (Anthemis nobilis) -- Cheilocostus speciosus (Costus Speciosus) -- Cichorium intybus -- Cinnamomum camphora -- Cinnamomum cassia -- Cinnamomum verum (C. zeylanicum) -- Citrullus colocynthis -- Clitoria ternatea -- Colchicum autumnale -- Colchicum luteum -- Commiphora gileadensis (C. opobalsamum) -- Commiphora myrrha -- Commiphora wightii (C. mukul) -- Convolvulus scammonia -- Cotoneaster nummularius -- Crocus sativus -- Croton tiglium -- Cullen corylifolium (Psoralea corylifolia) -- Cuminum cyminum -- Curcuma aromatica -- Curcuma longa -- Curcuma zedoaria -- Cuscuta chinensis -- Cuscuta reflexa -- Cydonia oblonga -- Cymbopogon schoenanthus -- Cyperus rotundus -- Datura stramonium -- Delphinium denudatum -- Dolichousnea longissimi (Usnea longissima) -- Doronicum pardalianches -- Embelia ribes -- Euphorbia hirta -- Euphorbia resinifera -- Ferula assa-foetida -- Ficus carica -- Ficus racemosa -- Foeniculum vulgare -- Fumaria officinalis -- Gentiana lutea -- Glycyrrhiza glabra -- Gymnema sylvestre -- Helleborus niger -- Hemidesmus Indicus -- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis -- Holarrhena pubescens (Holarrhena antidysenterica) -- Hyoscyamus niger -- Hyssopus officinalis -- Illicium verum -- Iris germanica -- Juniperus communi -- Justicia adhatoda (Adhatoda vasica) -- Lactuca sativa -- Lavandula stoechas -- Lawsonia inermis -- Lepidium sativum -- Linum usitatissimum -- Lupinus albus -- Malva sylvestris -- Marrubium vulgare -- Matricaria chamomilla -- Melia azedarach -- Melilotus officinalis -- Melissa officinalis -- Mesua ferrea -- Momordica charantia -- Moringa oleifera -- Myristica fragrans -- Myrtus communis -- Nageia nagi -- Nepeta cataria -- Nigella sativa -- Ocimum basilicum -- Ocimum gratissimum -- Ocimum tenuiflorum (Ocimum sanctum -- Operculina turpethum -- Paeonia emodi -- Pandanus odorifer (Pandanus Odoratissimus) -- Papaver somniferum -- Persicaria bistorta -- Phyllanthus emblica (Emblica officinalis) -- Picrorhiza kurroa -- Pimpinella anisum -- Piper cubeba -- Piper nigrum -- Pistacia lentiscus -- Plantago major -- Plantago ovata -- Plumbago zeylanica -- Polygonum aviculare -- Portulaca oleracea -- Quercus infectoria -- Rauvolfia serpentina -- Rheum emodi -- Rheum officinale -- Ricinus communis -- Rubia cordifolia -- Rumex vesicarius -- Ruta graveolens -- Salix caprea -- Salvia officinalis -- Santalum album -- Saussurea lappa -- Semecarpus anacardium -- Senna alexandrina -- Senna occidentalis -- Senna tora -- Sida cordifolia -- Smilax china;- Solanum americanum (S. nigrum) -- Sterculia urens -- Strychnos nux-vomica -- Swertia chirata -- Symplocos racemosa -- Syzygium cumini (Eugenia jambolana) -- Tamarindus indica -- Taraxacum officinale -- Taxus baccata -- Tephrosia purpurea -- Terminalia bellirica -- Terminalia chebula -- Thymus vulgaris -- Tinospora cordifolia -- Trachyspermum ammi (Ptychotis coptica) -- Tribulus terrestris -- Trigonella foenum-graecum -- Tussilago farfara -- Valeriana jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi) -- Verbena officinalis -- Vernonia anthelmintica (Baccharoides anthelmintica) -- Vigna unguiculata (Dolichos biflorus) -- Viola odorata -- Viscum album -- Withania somnifera -- Wrightia tinctoria -- Zingiber officinale -- Zingiber zerumbet -- Ziziphus jujuba -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Ayurvedic Terms of Diseases -- List of Referenced Books -- Index.
    Abstract: This book is designed to provide pharmacologists and researchers of natural products a comprehensive review of 200 medicinal plants, their vernacular names in various languages and their medicinal uses around the world, and in some cases, a historical perspective. Chemical constituents of each plant with the putative active constituent, and available up to date pharmacological studies (until 2017 on PubMed) with each medical activity explored and its relationship with traditional uses, are described for each plant. Any variations in chemical constituents and their effects on pharmacological studies outcome have been highlighted. All clinical trials conducted, with sufficient details, have been included. Nationalities and racial identities of participants of clinical trials are identified to impress upon the social, cultural and dietary influences on the clinical outcomes. Toxicity studies and potential interactions with prescribed drugs, and full spectrum of references are included.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXX, 2156 p. 199 illus., 198 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030168070
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16807-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16807-0
    DDC: 615
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    Approaching Complex Diseases : Network-Based Pharmacology and Systems Approach in Bio-Medicine (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Oncology. ; Medicine Philosophy. ; Pharmacology. ; Computational and Systems Biology. ; Oncology. ; Philosophy of Medicine.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Revisiting the concept of human disease (Mariano Bizzarri, Mirko Minini, and Noemi Monti) -- Chapter 2. Dynamical aspects of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics and quantitative systems pharmacology models (Ioannis Loisios-Konstantinidis, Panteleimon D. Mavroudis, Panos Macheras) -- Chapter 3. The efficiency of multi-target drugs: a network approach (Lucas N. Alberca, Alan Talevi) -- Chapter 4. Mining Complex Biomedical Literature for Actionable Knowledge on Rare Diseases (Vinicius M. Alvesa, Stephen J. Capuzzia, Nancy Baker, Eugene N. Muratov, Alexander Trospsha, and Anthony J. Hickey) -- Chapter 5. Big Data, Personalized Medicine and Network Pharmacology: beyond the current paradigms (Alessandro Giuliani and Virginia Todde) -- Chapter 6. Epigenetic Control Using Small Molecules in Cancer (Tomohiro Kozako, Yukihiro Itoh, Shinichiro Honda, Takayoshi Suzuki) -- Chapter 7. Multiscale Modelling of Cancer: Micro-, Meso- and Macro-scales of Growth and Spread (Mark AJ Chaplain) -- Chapter 8. Precision Oncology vs Phenotypic approaches in the management of cancer: a case for the postmitotic state (Armando Aranda-Anzaldo and Myrna A.R. Dent) -- Chapter 9. Migrastatics - anti-metastatic drugs targeting cancer cell invasion (Aneta Gandalovičová , Daniel Rosel , Jan Brábek) -- Chapter 10. Critical steps in Epithelial-Mesenchymal transition as target for cancer treatment (Evgeny V. Denisov, Mohit Kumar Jolly, Vitaly P. Shubin, Alexey S. Tsukanov, Nadezhda V. Cherdyntseva) -- Chapter 11. Targeting the tumor-associated macrophages for ‘normalizing’ cancer (Julia Kzhyshkowska) -- Chapter 12. Tumor Reversion induced by embryo and oocyte extracts (Sara Proietti, Andrea Pensotti and Alessandra Cucina) -- Chapter 13. Trabectedin, a drug acting on both cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment (Paola Allavena, Manuela Liguori, Cristina Belgiovine) -- Chapter 14. Advances in Characterizing Recently-identified Molecular Actions of Melatonin: Clinical Implications (Russel J. Reiter, Ramaswamy Sharma, Sergio A. Rosales-Corral, Ana Coto-Montes, Jose Antonio Boga, Jerry Vriend) -- Chapter 15. Multitarget activities of Inositol and Inositol Hexakisphosphate (Ivana Vucenik) -- Chapter 16. Integration of Phytochemicals and Phytotherapy into Cancer Precision Medicine (Nadire Özenver and Thomas Efferth) -- Chapter 17. Synergistic Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Biological Networks (Deep Jyoti Bhuyan, Saumya Perera1, Kirandeep Kaur, Muhammad A. Alsherbiny, Mitchell Low, Sai-Wang Seto, Chun-Guang Li, Xian Zhou) -- Chapter 18. Medicinal herbs: its therapeutic use in obstetrics and gynaecology (Irene Orbe, Daniel Paz, Leyre Pejenaute, Andrea Puente, Laura Diaz de Alda, Sandra Yague, Iñaki Lete) -- Chapter 19. Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance: New Perspectives (Matteo Bassetti, Elda Righi).
    Abstract: This volume – for pharmacologists, systems biologists, philosophers and historians of medicine – points to investigate new avenues in pharmacology research, by providing a full assessment of the premises underlying a radical shift in the pharmacology paradigm. The pharmaceutical industry is currently facing unparalleled challenges in developing innovative drugs. While drug-developing scientists in the 1990s mostly welcomed the transformation into a target-based approach, two decades of experience shows that this model is failing to boost both drug discovery and efficiency. Selected targets were often not druggable and with poor disease linkage, leading to either high toxicity or poor efficacy. Therefore, a profound rethinking of the current paradigm is needed. Advances in systems biology are revealing a phenotypic robustness and a network structure that strongly suggest that exquisitely selective compounds, compared with multitarget drugs, may exhibit lower than desired clinical efficacy. This appreciation of the role of polypharmacology has significant implications for tackling the two major sources of attrition in drug development, efficacy and toxicity. Integrating network biology and polypharmacology holds the promise of expanding the current opportunity space for druggable targets.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 483 p. 49 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030328573
    Series Statement: Human Perspectives in Health Sciences and Technology, 2
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32857-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32857-3
    DDC: 615
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    Pharmacology of Immunotherapeutic Drugs (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Immunology. ; Pharmacology. ; Immunology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface Chapter 1: Overview of the Immune System and its Pharmacological Targets -- Chapter 2: Modulation of the Innate Immune System -- Chapter 3: Modulation of the Adaptive Immune System -- Chapter 4: Respiratory Disorders of the Immune System and their Pharmacological Treatment -- Chapter 5: Inflammation of the Skin and its therapeutic topics -- Chapter 6: Inflammatory Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Pharmacological Treatments -- Chapter 7: Mechanisms of Autoimmunity and Pharmacologic Treatments -- Chapter 8: Transplantation: Immunologic Principles and Pharmacologic Agents -- Chapter 9: Immunopathogenesis, Immunization, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases -- Chapter 10: Cancer Immunotherapy.
    Abstract: Medicine has entered a golden age in which therapeutic agents are becoming widely available due to advances in basic science and technology. As such, many drugs have been developed that target inflammatory processes and/or the immune system. This book is intended for health professionals examining the modulation of inflammation by immunotherapeutic drugs. The immune system fills the primordial role of host defense and resistance to infections with pathogenic microorganisms. Several hematopoietic-derived cells constituting the innate and adaptive immune systems cooperate to provide barriers for microbial colonization and/or promote pathogen destruction within the host. Conversely, many immune cells are also involved in the pathogenesis and propagation of chronic inflammatory diseases. The beginning of this book details various components of the immune system including the cell types, lymphoid tissues, soluble cytokines and surface molecules that are essential for host defense. Breakdowns in immune tolerance, or dysregulated immune responses to antigens derived from self tissues or innocuous sources, can lead to the development of autoimmunity or chronic inflammatory diseases. Pathophysiologic roles for the immune system are detailed in corresponding chapters on autoimmunity, epithelial surfaces (lungs, skin, intestine), and transplantation, with special emphasis placed on immunotherapeutic drug targets. The last section of the book focuses on treatments that stimulate our immune system to specifically target and fight infectious diseases and cancer. In each chapter, the medications used to treat various diseases/conditions in terms of their mechanism of action and other pharmacologic properties are discussed in detail. Chapters begin with a table showing drug names and classifications. The importance of basic science and clinical trials cannot be understated in the context of drug development. As such, the discovery of certain medications that had a lasting impact in medicine and pharmacy are highlighted in chapter subsections named “Bench to Bedside.” Several clinical applications of immunotherapeutic drugs are described within end-of -chapter case studies including practice questions. The Pharmacology of Immunotherapeutic Drugs is a reference for immunologists and clinicians (medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses) examining the modulation of inflammatory processes by a variety of medications targeting the cells and mediators of our immune system.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIX, 399 p. 118 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030199227
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19922-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19922-7
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    Rabies and Rabies Vaccines (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Virology. ; Immunology. ; Pharmacology. ; Virology. ; Immunology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Rabies Life Cycle, Transmission and Pathogenesis -- History of Rabies and Rabies Vaccines -- Rabies vaccines for wildlife -- Human Rabies Vaccines -- Rabies vaccines, prophylactic, Peru -- Rabies Prevention in Asia: Institutionalizing Implementation Capacities -- Passive Immunity in Rabies Prophylaxis -- Rabies Little Virus Against Powerful Innate Immunity -- Novel Rabies Vaccines -- Assessing the potency of inactivated veterinary vaccines and oral live vaccines against rabies -- WHO Perspective on Rabies.
    Abstract: This book reviews the recent advances in rabies research and rabies vaccine development. The reader is introduced to biology and pathology of the virus, causing agents and the history of rabies vaccination. The book presents regional rabies prophylaxis programs and discusses vaccination strategies for wildlife and humans. Further, innate immune response as well as antibody response to rabies are examined. All chapters are written by renowned experts in rabies research, some of them part of the WHO Collaboration Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research. The book targets researchers and health professionals working in Virology, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedicine. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 205 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030210847
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21084-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21084-7
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    Principles of Forensic Toxicology (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Forensic sciences. ; Medical jurisprudence. ; Pharmacology. ; Forensic Science. ; Forensic Medicine.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- Post Mortem Forensic Toxicology -- Human Performance Toxicology -- Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault -- Forensic Drug Testing -- Performance enhancing Drug Testing -- Drug Testing in Pain Management -- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics -- Part II. Specimen Preparation -- Spectrophotometry -- Chromatography -- Derivatization -- Immunoassy -- Mass Spectrometry -- Quantitation -- Method Validation -- Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability -- Statistics in Forensic Toxicology -- Part III Analytes -- Alcohol -- Benzodiazapines -- Gammahydroxybutyric acid,- Miscellaneous Central Nervous System Depressants -- Opioids -- Cocanie -- Cannabis -- Amphetamines-Sympathomimetic Amines,- Hallucinogens and Psychedelics -- Antidepressants and Neuroleptics -- Miscellaneous Therapeutic Drugs -- Carbon Monoxide/Cyanide -- Inhalants -- Metals -- Part III Special Topics -- Stability of Drugs of Abuse in Biological Systems -- Postmortem Redistribution of Drugs -- Postmortem Clinical Testing -- Pharmacogenomics -- Hair Drug Testing -- Oral Fluid Testing -- Meconium Drug Testing -- Drugs in Embalmed Tissues.
    Abstract: The fifth edition of the best-selling Principles in Forensic Toxicology continues in the tradition of excellence in academic publishing. With over 10 years of classroom-tested and continually updated content, the new edition contains significant updates and 7 new chapters on new topics including drug-facilitated crimes, derivatization, quantitation, measurement uncertainty/traceability, statistics, oral fluid testing, and drugs in embalmed specimens. Part One covers the major sub-disciplines of forensic toxicology in addition to pharmacological concepts. Part Two addresses specimen preparation, laboratory testing and instrumental analysis, while Part Three discusses common analytes including cocaine, opioids, alcohol, and marijuana. Adopted for courses in many of the top universities for forensic science and used by respected medical examiner’s offices and crime laboratories worldwide, Principles of Forensic Toxicology prepares the next generation of forensic toxicologists and continues to be an important reference in professional practice.
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    Pages: XIII, 691 p. 188 illus., 23 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 5th ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030429171
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42917-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42917-1
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    Contract Research and Development Organizations-Their History, Selection, and Utilization (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pharmacy. ; Pharmacology. ; Pharmacy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- History of CROs: Including CRO Snapshots and a CRO Genealogy Chart -- The Pharmaceutical Development Process & Testing Requirements -- The Medical Device Development Process & Testing Requirements -- Functions and Types of CROs -- Labs in China and India -- Selection of CROs -- Study Directors and PIs -- Nuts and Bolts of Study Performance SCG/CBS -- Electronic Reporting Requirements (SEND & eCTD) -- Study and Project Monitoring -- Contracting, Pricing, and Cost of Works Performed by CROs -- Consultants and their Role -- Building Relationships: Maximizing your return on Expectations with a CRO -- Common Problems and their Solutions -- Appendices: A Toxicology Labs B Medical Device Labs C Phase I Labs D Analytical Labs E GMP Contract Facilities F Formulation G Dosage Forms H Clinical Testing I Regulatory Services J Forms and Checklists -- K Specialized Services -- L Consultants Known to be In-Practice -- Index. .
    Abstract: This volume provides a complete update of all the materials in prior volumes on the subject (including current directories to testing labs and other support establishments worldwide), while adding substantial new material on the following topics: · The history of CROs, including snapshots of CROs and a genealogy chart making clear where they came from and where they went. · Study directors and principal investigators. · The nuts and bolts of study performance. · Electronic reporting requirements – SEND and eCTD (required for NDA, BLA, ANDA, and IND submissions). · Consultants and their roles. · An expanded examination of common problems and their solutions. This book boasts complete directories to the global universe of operating labs – where they are, how to contact them, and what they do (including special capabilities). Additionally, checklists for qualifying labs and manufacturing facilities – and for auditing studies and projects at such facilities – are included. It is directed at those in industry (specifically directed at those working for companies using CRO services) but will also be of interest to scientists or administrators working in research organizations themselves. In this case, the contents of this new work are essential to the target reader because the work, regulations, and actors (CROs) have evolved and changed at a rapid pace in the 10 years since the earlier volume that the author published. Likewise, the companies using these services have come to all be almost completely dependent on outsourcing. The earlier texts remain the only source of their kind (paper or electronic) on the field and the only noncommercial guide to the global industry and this volume provides a complete update.
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    Pages: XIII, 519 p. 19 illus., 1 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030430733
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43073-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43073-3
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    Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Surgery, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Surgery. ; Dentistry. ; Veterinary medicine. ; Neurology . ; Orthopedic surgery. ; Pharmacology. ; Surgery. ; Dentistry. ; Veterinary Science. ; Neurology. ; Surgical Orthopedics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. History of development of botulinum toxin therapy in medical and surgical fields -- 2. Molecular structure and mechanisms of action of botulinum toxins as it pertains to clinical symptoms -- 3. Types of toxins in commercial use, their similarities and differences -- 4. A review of current Botulinum toxin treatment indications in medical field. - 5. Mechanisms of Analgesic effects of botulinum neurotoxins -- 6. Botulinum toxin treatment in Head and neck surgery -- 7. Botulinum toxin treatment of thoracic and abdominal surgery -- 8. Botulinum Toxin A in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction -- 9. Use of Botulinum toxin A in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction -- 10. Botulinum Toxins for Treatment of Pain in Orthopedic Disorders -- 11. Botulinum toxin for pediatric patients, Who? For what? When? -- 12. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Plastic Surgery -- 13. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic surgery -- 14. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Gastrointestinal Disorders -- 15. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Urological Disorders -- 16. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Dentistry -- 17. Botulinum toxin treatment in Veterinary Medicine - Clinical implications -- 18. Future Perspectives of Botulinum Toxin Application In Dentistry.
    Abstract: All books on the market which have been written on the subject of botulinum toxin therapy focus on treatment of hyperactive movement disorders, autonomic dysfunction (bladder, sweat and salivary glands) and some pain indications (migraine). Reference to pre-or post -surgical indications are brief and often out-dated. No book has information on dentistry or veterinary medicine. This book provides up-to-date information on botulinum toxin therapy in surgical fields. It is also the only book in the market that provides information on botulinum toxin therapy in dentistry and veterinary medicine and furnishes the latest information. Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Surgery, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine appeals to many disciplines including surgery, dentistry and veterinary medicines well as appealing to neurologists and internists.
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    Pages: VIII, 398 p. 70 illus., 60 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030506919
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50691-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50691-9
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    Nanoformulations in Human Health : Challenges and Approaches (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Therapeutics. ; Pharmacology. ; Therapeutics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Nano-technological Platforms and Manipulations for the Emerging Ocular Manifestations -- Phytonanomedicines as Topical Alternatives for the Treatment of Skin Cancer -- Nano-sized Labile and Particulate Ingredients in Topical Formulations: A Strategic Approach Against Photoageing and Photocarcinogenisis -- Application of Biocompatible Nanocarriers in Glaucoma: Challenges and Advances -- Nano-carriers for Natural Therapeutics in the Management of Neuropathic Pain -- Advances in the Delivery of Therapeutic Peptides -- Nanoformulations and Their Role in Colon Targeting -- Theranostic Nanoformulations: Merging Diagnostics and Therapeutics -- The Role of Nanoformulations in Nose-To-Brain Drug Delivery -- Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures: A Versatile Platform for Delivery -- Preformulation Challenges: The Concept Behind the Selection, Design, and Preparation of Nanoformulations -- Nanoethosomes for Topical Fungal Therapeutics -- Comparison of Therapeutic Efficiency of Nanoformulations of Curcumin vs. Tetrahydrocurcumin in Various Disorders -- Nanomedicinal Approaches of Phytotherapeutics to Treat Alzheimers Disease -- Nanoparticulate Approaches to Exploit the Pathophysiology of Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis -- Emerging Nanotechnology in Chronic Respiratory Diseases -- Conventional and Non-conventional Approaches of Site-specific Targeting of Therapeutics in Some Infectious Diseases and Metabolic Disorders -- Nanoformulations in Human Health Conditions: The Paradigm Shift -- Magnetic Nanoparticles Nanoformulation for Alternative Therapy of Cancer by Super-paramagnetic Hyperthermia -- Nano-weapons Against Tuberculosis -- Drug-Excipient Interactions in Nanoformulations with Special Focus on Impurity Control per ICH guidelines.
    Abstract: This book is an amalgamation of knowledge, experience, and expertise in various aspects of nanotechnology, by experts who are proficient in designing novel nanoformulations that are used in the treatment of various challenging and prevalent diseases. It is an exhaustive compilation of the multi-faceted arena of nanoformulations and the healthcare system that caters to the needs of academicians, scholars, researchers, etc. The most important aspect of the book covers various types of nanoformulations and their applications in the treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Each chapter focuses on a particular nanoformulation as well as a disease including the pathophysiology of the disease, the current treatment modalities of diseases, the role of nanoformulation in treatment and other future aspects and directions for further work. Coverage includes neuropathic pain, colon targeting, nose-to-brain drug delivery, cancer, arthritis and tuberculosis.
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    Pages: XVIII, 548 p. 106 illus., 91 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030418588
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41858-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41858-8
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    Structural Geological Atlas (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Barmer basin -- Deccan Traps -- Lesser Himalaya -- Ladakh Himalaya -- Aravalli.
    Abstract: This book presents more than 600 eye-catching structural geological photographs and explanatory descriptions, from different Indian terrains. This book will enable easy identification of deformation features, one of the most important tasks in structural geology at the meso- and micro-scales. The book focuses on ductile and brittle shear sense indicators. This book suits for the undergraduate and graduate geoscience students. The book will be of considerable interest to tectonicians and structural geologists, given the enormous international importance of Indian terrains for exploration and other purposes.
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    Pages: VII, 623 p. 609 illus., 608 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811398254
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9825-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9825-4
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    Transformation Processes of Metals in Urban Road Dust : Implications for Stormwater Reuse (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Engineering geology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Geoengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Metals in urban stormwater environments -- Chapter 2: Research design -- Chapter 3: Metal transformation and stormwater quality -- Chapter 4: Risk evaluation based on the metal transformation and bioavailability -- Chapter 5: Practical implications and recommendation for future research -- Appendices -- Index.
    Abstract: This book discusses the physicochemical changes (transformations) that metals deposited on urban road surfaces undergo during dry weather periods, in order to provide insights into their potential impacts on stormwater quality. Based on extensive field experiments, and laboratory and data analyses, it examines transformation characteristics of metals with respect to the particle size of road dust, antecedent dry days and land uses. Further, it proposes a new risk-assessment methodology, improving the original human health-risk indices based on the transformation characteristics and potential bioavailability of metals in order to evaluate the risks posed by metals in stormwater. This book is of interest to researchers and decision-makers developing appropriate pollution mitigation measures to enhance the quality of stormwater, targeting the effective reuse of stormwater in urban areas.
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    Pages: VI, 50 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811520785
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2078-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2078-5
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    Empty Buckets and Overflowing Pits : Urban Water and Sanitation Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa – Acknowledging Decline, Preparing for the Unprecedented Wave of Demand (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Economic policy. ; Developmental psychology. ; Medical sciences. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Economic Policy. ; Developmental Psychology. ; Health Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Urban Water and Sanitation (W+S) - Separating fiction from reality -- Chapter 1. Introduction to urban W+S in the developing world -- Chapter 2. Considerations for general W+S issues -- Chapter 3. Beyond the usual debate -- PART 2: Design and validation of the sector development model -- Chapter 4. An effective orientation and approach for development -- Chapter 5. What sector reforms in four countries teach us? -- Chapter 6. Reasons for the different reform outcomes in the four countries -- Part 3: At least full buckets and clear pits on the way forward -- Chapter 7. Ending the ‘urban W+S divide’ by serving the poor -- Chapter 8. Conclusions: The quintessence of W+S sector reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 9. Recommendations: Guidance to master the coming wave of challenges.
    Abstract: This book provides a multi-level and multi-dimensional insight into urban water and sanitation development by analyzing sector reforms in Africa. With the recent events in mind - water shortages in Cape Town, widespread cholera in Haiti, mass-migration from low-income countries, etc. – it elaborates a pressing topic which is directly linked to the precarious living conditions of the urban poor in the developing countries. It is urgent to acknowledge the proposed findings and recommendations of the book which will help to improve the situation of potential refugees in their home countries with a realistic vision for the development of the most basic of all life supporting services. So many efforts to reverse the negative trend in water and sanitation development have failed or targets have been repeatedly missed by far without notable consequences for decision makers on different levels and institutions. It has unnecessarily consumed many young lives, contributed to keep billions in poverty until today and fostered discrimination of women. The knowledge gap and the confusion in the sector lined out in the book becomes evident when a national leader in a low-income country declares a state of emergency in urban water and sanitation while at the same time global monitoring publishes an access figure for urban water of over 90% for the same country. It is time to change this with an effective sector development concept for our partner countries and a more realistic discourse on global level. The book argues for a sweeping rethinking and combines extended local knowledge, lessons learned from history in advanced countries and thorough research on reforms in Francophone and Anglophone developing countries. This was possible because the writer was working in Sub-Saharan partner countries for almost 30 years as an integrated long term advisor in different sector institutions (ministry, regulator, financing basket and different sizes of utilities) and had the opportunity to cooperate closely with the main development partners. The reader has the opportunity to obtain a comprehensive understanding of how the sector works and sector institutions in low-income countries function and can discover the reasons behind success and failures of reforms. The book also covers issues which have a significant influence on urban water and sanitation development but are hardly the subject of discussions. It helps to make the shortcomings of the water and sanitation discourse more apparent and assist institutions to move beyond their present perceptions and agendas. All of this makes the book different from other literature about urban water and sanitation in the developing world.
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    Pages: XXII, 285 p. 24 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030313838
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31383-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31383-8
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    Sustainable Groundwater Management : A Comparative Analysis of French and Australian Policies and Implications to Other Countries (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Environmental management. ; Power resources. ; Environment. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Geology. ; Environmental Management. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable Groundwater Management in France and Australia: Setting Extraction Limits, Allocating Rights and Reallocation -- Chapter 2. Groundwater in France: Resources, Use and Management Issues -- Chapter 3. Groundwater Policy in France: From Private to Collective Management -- Chapter 4. Groundwater Management Planning at the River Basin District Level: Comparative Analysis of the Adour-Garonne and Loire-Bretagne River Basins -- Chapter 5. Lessons from Twenty Years of Local Volumetric Groundwater Management: The case of the Beauce Aquifer, Central France -- Chapter 6. Groundwater in Australia: Occurrence and Management Issues -- Chapter 7. The Evolution of Groundwater Management Policy in the States of Australia -- Chapter 8. Developing a Coordinated Groundwater Management Plan for the Interstate Murray-Darling Basin -- Chapter 9. Information Systems for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Extraction in France and Australia -- Chapter 10. The Challenge of Making Ground-water Visible: A Review of Communication Approaches and Tools in France -- Chapter 11. Conceptual Approaches, Methods and Models used to Assess Abstraction Limits for Unconfined Aquifers in France -- Chapter 12. Setting Sustainable Abstraction Limits in Confined Aquifers: Example from Deep Confined Aquifers in the Bordeaux Region, France -- Chapter 13. A tool to Determine Annual Ground-Water Allocations in the Tarn-et-Garonne Alluvial Aquifer (France) -- Chapter 14. Conceptual Approaches, Methods and Models used to Assess Extraction Limits in Australia: From Sustainable to Acceptable Yield -- Chapter 15. Case Study: An Integrated Approach to Determining Sustainable Abstraction Limits in Perth’s North West Urban Growth Corridor -- Chapter 16. Using Resource Condition Limits to Define Groundwater Management Objectives in the Barossa Valley, South Australia -- Chapter 17. Reducing Entitlements when Groundwater has been Over-allocated: Policy Issues and Options -- Chapter 18. Developing Substitution Resources as Compensation for Reduced Groundwater Entitlements: The Case of the Poitou Marshes (France) -- Chapter 19. New Approaches for Allocation Reductions and Groundwater Salinity Management in South Australia -- Chpater 20. Reducing Groundwater Entitlements in the Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Management Area -- Chapter 21. Development of Groundwater Markets in Australia: Insights from Victoria in the Murray Darling Basin -- Chapter 22. Groundwater Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement: Insights on Regulators, Regulated Actors and Frameworks in New South Wales, Australia -- Chapter 23. Compliance and Enforcement: the Achilles Heel of French Water Policy -- Chapter 24. The Role of Sectoral Policies to Restore Groundwater Balance: The Impact of Agricultural Policies on Irrigation Water Demand in France -- Chapter 25. Groundwater Management Lessons from Chile -- Chapter 26. California’s 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act – From the Back Seat to the Driver Seat in the (Inter)National Groundwater Sustainability Movement -- Chapter 27. Changing from Unrestricted access to Sustainable Abstraction Management Regimes: Lessons Learnt from France and Australia. .
    Abstract: This book describes and analyses the diversity of possible approaches and policy pathways to implement sustainable groundwater development, based on a comparative analysis of numerous quantitative management case studies from France and Australia. This unique book brings together water professionals and academics involved for several decades in groundwater policy making, planning or operational management to reflect on their experience with developing and implementing groundwater management policy. The data and analysis presented accordingly makes a significant contribution to the empirical water management literature by providing novel, real world insights unpublished elsewhere. The originality of the contributions also lies in the different disciplinary perspectives (hydrogeology, economics, planning and social sciences in particular) adopted in many chapters. The book offers a unique comparative analysis of France, Australia and experiences in countries such as Chile and the US to identify similarities, but also fundamental differences, which are analysed and presented as alternative policy options – these differences being mainly related to the role of the state, the community and market mechanisms in groundwater management.
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    Pages: XVII, 562 p. 149 illus., 143 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030327668
    Series Statement: Global Issues in Water Policy, 24
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32766-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32766-8
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    Technological and Modern Irrigation Environment in Egypt : Best Management Practices & Evaluation (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental management. ; Environment. ; Geographic information systems. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geographical Information System. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of Modern Irrigation system in Egypt -- Irrigation: Water Resources, Types and Common Problems in Egypt -- Need for Irrigation System Evaluation -- Evolution of irrigation system, tools and Technologies -- Smart Sensing System for Precision Irrigation -- Development of Recent Information on Irrigation Technology and Management.
    Abstract: This book gathers contributions on modern irrigation environments in Egypt from an environmental and agricultural perspective. Written by leading experts in the field, it discusses a wide variety of modern irrigation problems. In the context of water resources management in Egypt, one fundamental problem is the gap between growing water demand and limited supply. As such, improving irrigation systems and providing farmers with better control over water are crucial to increasing productivity. The book presents state-of-the-art technologies and techniques that can be effectively used to address a range of problems in modern irrigation, as well as the latest research advances. Focusing on water sensing and information technologies, automated irrigation technologies, and improved irrigation efficiency. It brings together a team of experts who share their personal experiences, describe the various applications, present recent advances, and discuss possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration and implementing the techniques covered.
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    Pages: X, 369 p. 66 illus., 45 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030303754
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30375-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-30375-4
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    Water Quality Index Prediction Using Multiple Linear Fuzzy Regression Model : Case Study in Perak River, Malaysia (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Computational intelligence. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Computational Intelligence.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Fuzzy Multiple Linear Regression -- Water Quality Index (WQI) -- Data Collection and Study Sites -- Water Quality Index Using Fuzzy Regression.
    Abstract: This book addresses the prediction of the Water Quality Index (WQI) at Perak River, State of Perak, Malaysia, using a fuzzy multiple linear regression model to tackle the uncertainty in the measurements of six key parameters – dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids (SS), pH value (pH) and ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-NL). Given its scope, the book is suitable for graduate students, researchers and water quality scientists.
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    Pages: XII, 55 p. 18 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811534850
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3485-0
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    Marine Oil and Gas Exploration in China (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Oceanography. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Ocean Sciences. ; Fossil Fuel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Regional tectonic setting and prototype basin evolution -- Characteristics and evolution of Lithofacies Paleogeography -- Major source rocks and distribution -- Reservoir type and origin -- Regional cap rock and hydrocarbon preservation -- Reservoir type and spatial distribution.
    Abstract: This book systematically introduces the petroleum geological characteristics and exploration theory of marine strata in China. On the basis of four major basins, 14 typical cases have been studied in which 13 cases are from conventional oil and gas fields and 1 case is from shale gas field, along with their hydrocarbon generation, migration, accumulation, and distribution characteristics. The book provides a reference for geologists around the globe to understand the exploration history, methods and advances in marine strata oil and gas exploration in China.
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    Pages: XXII, 570 p. 322 illus., 295 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783662611470
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61147-0
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    Suriname Revisited: Economic Potential of its Mineral Resources (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Power resources. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Geology of Suriname -- Chapter 3. A Brief History of Exploration Work -- Chapter 4. Modeling Potential: Minimal Economic Resource Parameters -- Chapter 5. Gold -- Chapter 6. Bauxite -- Chapter 7. Base metals -- Chapter 8. Other Metallic Minerals -- Chapter 9. Critical Raw Materials -- Chapter 10. Other Minerals -- Chapter 11. Looking ahead.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the exploration history and provides a framework for assessing the economic potential of the country’s minerals by defining minimal deposit parameters for the various commodities present. Suriname was explored extensively for mineral occurrences in the course of the previous century, indicating the presence of a range of commodities. The country mined and processed bauxite for a century (until 2016), and has an even longer history of small-scale alluvial gold mining; it is currently home to two major gold producers. However, exploration activities have been limited during the past 4 decades as most parts of Suriname’s interior are difficult to access, making geological fieldwork both difficult and expensive. Further, the markets and prices have changed in the interim, which calls for a fresh look at the historic data. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030402686
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40268-6
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    Slate as Dimension Stone : Origin, Standards, Properties, Mining and Deposits (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Conservation Biology. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Slate in architecture -- 2.The origin of slate -- 3.Methodology and standards -- 4.Properties of slate -- 5.Weathering of slate -- 6.Mining of slate and production -- 7.Slate deposits.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive review devoted exclusively to slate as dimension stone. Beginning with a description of the slate as dimension stone, the book describes the origin of slate and related geological phenomena. It thoroughly explains key data acquisition methods and techniques, which are accompanied by extensive data. In turn, slate standards are introduced and compared with regard to their importance for product quality. The book covers in detail the specific petrographical, fabric, strength, physical properties and weathering behaviour of slates. The chapter on mining and production provides an overview of the different forms of exploitation and related geotechnical aspects, together with production and workflow design, from the beginning to the final product. The second part comprises a thorough description of worldwide slate deposits and their geology, properties and appearance as well as a brief introduction of the history. Given its scope and accessible format, the book represents an essential guide for scientists, engineers, and professionals in geology, conservation science, architecture, and mining, as well as readers who are active in the slate industry.
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    Pages: XI, 492 p. 305 illus., 283 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030356675
    Series Statement: Springer Mineralogy,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35667-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35667-5
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    Microbial Bioremediation & Biodegradation (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental health. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Bioremediation Approaches for Treatment of Pulp and Paper Industry Wastewater: Recent Advances and Challenges -- Chapter 2. Microbial remediation of Heavy Metals -- Chapter 3. Dyes: Effect on the Environment and Biosphere and Their Remediation Constraints -- Chapter 4. Microbial Bioremediation and Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons, Heavy Metals, and Radioactive Wastes in Solids and Wastewaters -- Chapter 5. Advancement of Omics: Prospects for Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Chapter 6. Microbial Biotransformation of Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] in Tannery Wastewater -- Chapter 7. Bioremediation: A Low-Cost and Clean-Green Technology for Environmental Management -- Chapter 8. Microbial Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Wastewater -- Chapter 9. Extremophiles: A Powerful Choice for Bioremediation of Toxic Oxyanions -- Chapter 10. Conventional and Nonconventional Biodegradation Technologies for Agro-Industrial Liquid Waste Management -- Chapter 11. White Rot Fungi: Nature’s Scavenger -- Chapter 12. Nanobioremediation: An Emerging Approach for a Cleaner Environment -- Chapter 13. Bioelectrochemical System for Bioremediation and Energy Generation -- Chapter 14. Ligninolysis: Roles of Microbes and Their Extracellular Enzymes -- Chapter 15. Biosorption of Heavy Metals by Cyanobacteria: Potential of Live and Dead Cells in Bioremediation -- Chapter 16. Bioremediation of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater -- Chapter 17. Bioremediation Of Saline Soil by Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 18. Advancement in Treatment Technologies of Biopharmaceutical Industrial Effluents.-Chapter 19. Marine Bacteria: A Storehouse of Novel Compounds for Biodegradation -- Chapter 20. Energy-Efficient Anaerobic Ammonia Removal: From Laboratory to Full-Scale Application -- Chapter 21. Microbial Degradation of Natural and Synthetic Rubbers.-.
    Abstract: Microbial or biological degradation has long been the subject of active concern, and the rapid expansion and growing sophistication of various industries in the last century has significantly increased the volume and complexity of toxic residues of wastes. These can be remediated by plants and microbes, either natural origin or adapted for a specific purpose, in a process known as bioremediation. The interest in microbial biodegradation of pollutants has intensified in recent years in an attempt to find sustainable ways to clean contaminated environments. These bioremediation and biotransformation methods take advantage of the tremendous microbial catabolic diversity to degrade, transform or accumulate a variety of compounds, such as hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polaromatic hydrocarbons pharmaceutical substances, radionuclides and metals. Unlike conventional methods, bioremediation does not physically disturb the site. This book describes the basic principles of biodegradation and shows how these principles are related to bioremediation. Authored by leading, international environmental microbiologists, it discusses topics such as aerobic biodegradation, microbial degradation of pollutants, and microbial community dynamics. It provides valuable insights into how biodegration processes work and can be utilised for pollution abatement, and as such appeals to researchers and postgraduate students as well as experts in the field of bioremediation.
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    Pages: IX, 550 p. 69 illus., 48 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811518126
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1812-6
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    Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen in China : Emission, Deposition and Environmental Impacts (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental health. ; Sustainability. ; Biotic communities. ; Biodiversity. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Health. ; Sustainability. ; Ecosystems. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Overview of atmospheric reactive nitrogen in China from a global perspective -- Part I Reactive nitrogen emission and deposition in China -- Chapter 2 Anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx and NH3 emissions in China -- Chapter 3 Monitoring nitrogen deposition in China -- Chapter 4 Modelling nitrogen deposition in China -- Chapter 5 Reactive nitrogen budgets in China -- Part II Contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen to China’s air pollution -- Chapter 6 Contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen to haze pollution in China -- Chapter 7 Contribution of reactive nitrogen to ozone pollution in China -- Chapter 8 Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen to acid deposition in China -- Part III Impacts of nitrogen deposition on China’s ecosystems Chapter 9 Impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest ecosystems in China -- Chapter 10 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s grassland ecosystems -- Chapter 11 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s desert ecosystems -- Chapter 12 Impact of nitrogen deposition on China’s lake ecosystems: Taking Lake Dianchi as an example -- Part IV Reactive N Regulation Chapter 13 Nitrogen regulation in China’s agricultural systems -- Chapter 14 National regulation of SO2 and NOX emissions in China.
    Abstract: Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) emissions, as an important component of global N cycle, have been significantly altered by anthropogenic activities, and consequently have had a global impact on air pollution and ecosystem services. Due to rapid agricultural, industrial, and urban development, China has been experiencing an increase in reactive N emissions and deposition since the late 1970s. Based on a literature review, this book summarizes recent research on: 1) atmospheric reactive N in China from a global perspective (Chapter 1); 2) atmospheric reactive N emissions, deposition and budget in China (Chapters 2-5); 3) the contribution of atmospheric reactive N to air pollution (e.g., haze, surface O3, and acid deposition) (Chapters 6-8); 4) the impacts of N deposition on sensitive ecosystems (e.g., forests, grasslands, deserts and lakes) (Chapters 9-12); and 5) the regulatory strategies for mitigation of atmospheric reactive N pollution from agricultural and non-agricultural sectors in China (Chapters 13-14). As such it offers graduate students, researchers, educators in agricultural, ecological and environmental sciences, and policy makers a glimpse of the environmental issues related to reactive N in China .
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    Pages: XVII, 331 p. 99 illus., 72 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811385148
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8514-8
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    Water Availability and Management in Mexico (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Statistics . ; Geology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Pollution. ; Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. ; Geology. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Preface -- 2. Acknowledgment -- 3. Part I: Water Availability 1 Overview of the water condition in México -- 4. 2 Hydrological watersheads in Mexico. Division and legal definition -- 5. 3 The Groundwater condition in Mexico -- 6. 4 Runoff simulation under future climate change and uncertainty -- 7. 5 Hydraulic fracking of not conventional reservoirs in Mexico: The issue of water and waste control -- 8. Part II. Water Quality 6 Pollution in wastewater used for irrigation in the Mezquital Valley, México: case study -- 9. 7 Mining industry in Mexico: Recycling of flotation effluents to the process using anaerobic sulfate-reducing consortia in UASB reactors for the elimination dissolved metals -- 10. 8 Water body trophic state determinations. Case study Tecocomulco lagoon, Hidalgo, Mexico -- 11. 9 Water quality management for a sustainable supply. The diagnosis of the State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico -- 12. 10 The wetland of Cajititlán Lake severely deteriorated and in danger of dying out -- 13. 11 Water quality of the Nexapa River: a diagnosis -- 14. 12 Impacts on the groundwater quality that supplies the Puebla City by the effect of aquifer intensive exploitation -- 15. Part III: Water Allocation 13 Water resources allocation with supply and demand uncertainties -- 16. 14 An overview of aquaculture activity in Hidalgo state -- 17. 15 Drinking Water Services Situation by the Region in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico -- 18. 16 Population and tourism dynamics, its effects on the future demand for water. Case study from Los Cabos, Baja California Sur -- 19/ Part IV: Water Governance 17 Water governance in 16 Mexican National Parks -- 20. 18 Conflict in border condition: the dispute over the use of water in the Mexicali valley -- 21. 19 The institutional challenges of the municipalities of Zacatecas in the wastewater treatment -- 22. Part V: Water Management 20 The institutional challenges of the municipalities of Zacatecas in the wastewater treatment -- 23. 21 Improving environmental services of Candelaria River basin by restoring ecological connectivity -- 24. 22 Transdisciplinary approach to assessing socio-hydrological resilience in urban metropolitan environments: a Mexican perspective -- 25. 23 The 80% paradigm: An appointment with the sewage in Cuernavaca.
    Abstract: This book presents several complex case studies related to water management and planning in the context of pollution, growing demands, and global climate change in Mexico, but which are also relevant for other countries in Latin America. These concerns are of critical importance for policymakers who are coping with multiple conflicting interests. Water availability in Mexico is polarized, with abundant rainfall and large rivers in the south, and desert-like conditions in the north. The central region, which is the most industrialized, is overpopulated. Mexico City pours millions of cubic meters of “blackwater” into the northern valley daily and receives its clean water from the south. To address these unsustainable conditions, the world's 4th biggest water treatment plant went into operation in 2018. The water infrastructure and governance must satisfy the demands of all sectors, including agricultural, urban, and economic activities. At the same time, water resources are affected by drought, and climate change puts constraints on the supply. As such, regulation and monitoring are important when it comes to adherence to agreed plans and priorities. The book is divided into four sections. 1: Water Availability discusses quantitative aspects, such as supply, methods of calculation, and fracking. 2: Water Quality highlights pollution risks and diagnosis of water resources. 3: Water Allocation examines the sectoral demands and vulnerability due to unsustainable irrigation. 4: Water Management and Governance focuses on laws, urban rules, national parks, planning, and integrated water resources management, among other topics. The chapters include illustrative case studies in Mexico, such as basins, cities, reservoirs, and aquifers, water supply demand assessment, planning, and management.
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    Pages: X, 516 p. 155 illus., 108 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030249625
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 88
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24962-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24962-5
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    The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Mineralogy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Tectonic Domains and Tectonic Units in Asian Continent -- The Tectonic Evolution of Asian Continental Lithosphere -- Tectono-Metallogenesis in Asian Continent.
    Abstract: The purpose of this book is to provide a review of tectonic outlines of the Asian continent, metallogenesis rules of 242 large deposits or fields in 67 tectonic units of 6 tectonic domains in the Asia, and guidelines for the mining companies to effectively prospect the large deposits in the Asia in future. The main contents include the tectonic evolution of every tectonic unit in Asia at different geological periods, the mechanism of growth and intraplate deformation of the Asian continental lithosphere, the lithospheric types of the Asian continent, and relationship between tectonic evolution and mineralization process in the Asian continent. .
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    Pages: XI, 319 p. 201 illus., 190 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811530326
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3032-6
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    Fresh Water Pollution Dynamics and Remediation (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Concerns for Global Sustainability of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Freshwater Pollution: Effects on Aquatic Life and Human Health -- Freshwater contamination: sources and hazards to aquatic biota -- Correlation Between Pollution Trends of Freshwater Bodies and Bacterial Disease of Fish Fauna -- Impact of Pollution on Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems -- Heavy metal intrusion and accumulation in aquatic ecosystems -- Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystem and its sustainable management -- Role of biotools in restoration of freshwater ecosystems Bioremediation -- A Sustainable and Emerging Tool for Restoration of Polluted Aquatic Ecosystems -- Biosorption as Environmentally Friendly Technique for Heavy Metal Removal from Wastewater -- Biotechnological interventions as an aquatic clean up tool -- Analysis of hydrology, sediment retention, biogenic-calcification and -scavenging as self-remediative lacustrine functions -- Remediation of pesticides through microbial and phytoremediation techniques -- Trends in Phyto-management of Aquatic Ecosystems and Evaluation of Factors Affecting Removal of Inorganic Pollutants from Water Bodies -- Urban Pond Ecosystems: Preservation and Management Through Phytoremediation -- Aquatic Pollution Stress and Role of Biofilms as Environment Cleanup Technology -- Wonders of Nanotechnology for Remediation of Polluted Aquatic Environs.
    Abstract: Freshwater is a finite resource and is being deteriorated directly and indirectly by anthropogenic pressures. Preserving the quality and availability of freshwater resources is becoming one of the most pressing environmental challenges on the international horizon. To ensure the preservation as well as availability of freshwater resources, there is a need to understand the ecology of the freshwater systems, pollution problems, their impacts, restoration techniques to be opted and the conservation measures. In this backdrop the present book on ‘Freshwater Pollution Dynamics and Remediation’ has been compiled. The book provides an understanding about the present state of art, pollution impacts including the changes in the environmental quality as well as the shift in the aquatic biological communities of the fragile freshwater ecosystems. Besides, the impact of deteriorating quality of the freshwater ecosystems on the animal and human health is also discussed in detail. This book provides a comprehensive account of the techniques based on updated research in biotechnology, bio-remediation, phyto-remediation and nano-bioremediation. The role of biosorpers and biofilms as a remediation tool has also been detailed. The book is a ready reference for researchers, scientists and educators who are involved in the freshwater pollution, remediation and management studies. The book editors with an expertise in diverse research fields in freshwater ecosystems have congregated the most inclusive research accounts on the freshwater pollution and remediation and thus developed a repository of diverse knowledge on the subject.
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    Pages: XV, 339 p. 49 illus., 30 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811382772
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8277-2
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    Disaster Risk Communication : A Challenge from a Social Psychological Perspective (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Climatology. ; Computer simulation. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Climate Sciences. ; Computer Modelling.
    Description / Table of Contents: Pitfall of Disaster Information: From the Perspective of Double-bind Theory -- Single-person Drill for Tsunami Evacuation and Disaster Education -- Using Computer Simulation for Effective Tsunami Risk Communication -- Gaming Approach to Disaster Risk Communication: Development and application of "Crossroad Game" -- Local Weather Information: Collaboration between Weather Forecasters and Information Users -- Disaster Education based on Legitimate Peripheral Participation Theory: A New Model of Disaster Science Communication -- Do Developed Countries Learn DRR from Developing Countries? -- Communicating Warnings in an Immanent Time Frame: Earthquake Early Warning and Short-Term Forecasting in Japan and the US.
    Abstract: This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds, including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, and meteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline in Japan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations, questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Each chapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.
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    Pages: XXXV, 153 p. 35 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811323188
    Series Statement: Integrated Disaster Risk Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2318-8
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    Advanced Nano-Bio Technologies for Water and Soil Treatment (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part I Reductive Technologies -- Geochemical Principles of Reductive Remediation Processes -- Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Particles for Water Treatment: from Basic Principles to Field-Scale Applications -- Other Chemical Reductive Methods -- Combination of Electrokinetics and nZVI Remediation -- Field Study I: In Situ Chemical Reduction Using Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron Materials to Degrade Chlorinated Hydrocarbons -- Field Study II: Pilot Application of nZVI/DC-combined Methods at Aargau Site -- Part II Oxidative Technologies -- Introduction to Oxidative Technologies for Water Treatment -- Ferrates as Powerful Oxidants in Water Treatment Technologies -- Radical Reactions and Their Application for Water Treatment -- Photo-oxidation Technologies for Advanced Water Treatment -- The Use of Nanomaterials in Electro-Fenton and Photoelectro-Fenton Processes -- Field Study III: Evidence Gained from Site Studies for the Performance of Ferrate(VI) in Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Field Study IV: Arsenic Removal from Groundwater by Ferrate with the Concurrent Disinfecting Effect—Semi-pilot on-site Application -- Field Study V: Combined Oxidation Technology using Ferrates (FeIV–VI) and Hydrogen Peroxide for Rapid and Effective Remediation of Contaminated Water—Comprehensive Practically Focused Study -- Part III Biotechnologies for Water Treatment -- Biotechnologies for Water Treatment -- Enzyme-Based Nanomaterials in Bioremediation -- Bioelectrochemical Processes for the Treatment of Oil-Contaminated Water and Sediments -- Field Study VI: The Effect of Loading Strategies on Removal Efficiencies of a Hybrid Constructed Wetland Treating mixed Domestic and Agro-Industrial Wastewaters -- Field Study VII: Field Study of Three Different Injectable Oxygen Sources to Enhance Mono-Aromatic Solvents in situ Biodegradation -- Field Study VIII: Nano-bioremediation: nZVI for Inorganic and Organic Contamination -- Part IV Biotechnologies for Soil Treatment -- Biotechnologies for Soil Treatment -- Mycoremediation of Contaminated Soils -- Composting Practices for the Remediation of Matrices Contaminated by Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants -- Modern Bioremediation Approaches: Use of Biosurfactants, Emulsifiers, Enzymes, Biopesticides, GMOs -- Field Study IX: Pilot-Scale Composting of PAH-Contaminated Materials—Two Different Approaches -- Field Study X: Oil Waste Processing Using Combination of Physical Pretreatment and Bioremediation -- Part V Ecotoxicology of Both Environmental Pollutants and Nanomaterials Used for Remediation -- Ecotoxicology of Environmental Pollutants -- Ecotoxicity of Nanomaterials Used for Remediation -- VI Future Prospects -- Future Prospects for Treating Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water and Soils/Sediments -- Part VII Technical Chapters -- Tool I: Characterization of nZVI Mobility in 1D and Cascade Columns by Ferromagnetic Susceptibility Sensor -- Tool II: Membrane Interface Probe -- Tool III: Fracturing for Enhanced Delivery of In situ Remediation Substances in Contaminated Sediments -- Tool IV: Monitoring of nZVI Migration and Fate in the Groundwater Conditions -- Tool V: Microbiological Methods for Monitoring nZVI Performance in Groundwater Conditions.
    Abstract: This edited work presents a comprehensive treatise on the latest progress in the field of selected innovative nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, and their possible combinations for efficient elimination of a broad range of pollutants from various types of water and soil. It covers the underlying principles of all the key technologies (reductive and oxidative technologies for water treatment and biotechnologies for water and soil treatment). Moreover, it includes toxicological evaluation of emerging pollutants and novel engineered nanoparticles, as well as providing results of field-scale verification and application of the most promising technologies. Central aspects covered in this book include: geochemistry of iron, properties of iron nanoparticles (nZVI) and related materials for water treatment, in situ methods for groundwater treatment, evaluation of various combined nano/bio technologies, mechanisms and efficiencies of degradation/dechlorination of chlorinated hydrocarbons (as well as other organic pollutants like POPs, PAHs, etc.), elimination of arsenic and Cr(VI) from water, advanced oxidation processes with a strong focus on high-valent states of iron (ferrates), radical reactions, photooxidation, Fenton reactions, disinfection, and biodegradation including mycoremediation and composting of a wide range of pollutants from water and soil. In addition, technical details of selected strategies adopted for a pilot/full-scale application of key nano-/biotechnologies, i.e. nZVI injection into groundwater, field-scale contaminant monitoring, nanoparticle migration, and microbiological methods for monitoring nZVI performance in groundwater conditions, are presented. Therefore, this multidisciplinary book will be suitable for a broad readership including environmental scientists, practitioners, policymakers, toxicologists, and, of course, students of diverse fields such as materials science, chemistry, biology, geology, hydrogeology, engineering, etc.
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    Pages: XXV, 657 p. 210 illus., 133 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030298401
    Series Statement: Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29840-1
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    Geodynamics of the Indian Plate : Evolutionary Perspectives (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geomorphology. ; Physical geography. ; Geochemistry. ; Geography. ; Geology. ; Geomorphology. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Geochemistry. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Evolving Early Earth: Insights from Peninsular India -- Chapter3. Tracking India within Precambrian supercontinent cycles -- Chapter4. Proterozoic Sedimentary basins of India -- Chapter5. Oxygenation of early atmosphere and potential stratigraphic records from India -- Chapter6. Early life from the Proterozoic sedimentary basins of India -- Chapter7. Geodynamics of Gondwanaland -- Chapter8. Cretaceous Volcanism in Peninsular India: Rajmahal_Sylhet, Deccan Traps -- Chapter9. Phanerozoic Mass Extinctions and Indian Stratigraphic Records -- Chapter10. Geological Evolution of the Himalayan Mountains -- Chapter11. Cenozoic Himalayan foreland basin: an overview and regional perspective of the evolving sedimentary succession -- Chapter12. Active tectonics of Himalayan frontal fault zone in the Sub Himalaya -- Chapter13. Late Quaternary evolution and morphostratigraphic development of the Ganga Plains -- Chapter14. Evolution and development of the Indian Monsoon -- Chapter15. Climate Change over the Indian sub-continent.
    Abstract: This book provides insights on new geological, tectonic, and climatic developments in India through a time progression from the Archean to the Anthropocene that are captured via authoritative entries from experts in earth sciences. This volume aims to bring graduate students and researchers up to date on the geodynamic evolution of the Indian Plate; concepts that have so far resulted in a rather uneven treatment of the subject at different institutions. The book is divided into 4 sections and includes perspectives such as the formation and evolution of the Indian crust in comparison to its neighbors such as Antarctica, Africa and Australia; the evolution of Precambrian cratons and sedimentary basins of India; and a summary account of early life reported in the Indian stratigraphic record. Readers will also discover the key recent research into the neotectonics, tectonic geomorphology, and paleoseismology of the Himalayan Front. Researchers and students in geology, earth sciences, sedimentology, paleobiology and geography will find this book appealing.
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    ISBN: 9783030159894
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15989-4
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    Water Resources of Italy : Protection, Use and Control (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Geology. ; Water. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Preface -- 2. Part I - Evolution of water management in Italy -- 3. Chapter 1. Italy’s outline M. Benedini -- 4. Chapter 2. Paradigm changes in water resources development G. Rossi -- 5. Chapter 3. Water Legislation: main innovation principles on water resources uses, pollution control and flood risk mitigation, G. Rossi -- 6. Chapter 4. Institutional framework of water governance: planning, service management and soil defense) G. Rossi -- 7. Part II - Water resources and water demands -- 8. Chapter 5. Conventional water resources (Surface and ground water resources) G. Rossi, M. Benedini -- 9. Chapter 6. Unconventional water resources (desalinated waters and treated wastewater reuse) G. Rossi, G. Cirelli -- 10. Chapter 7. Assessment of water requirements (domestic and urban uses; agricultural uses; industrial uses, navigation…) M. Benedini, R. Drusiani -- 11. Part III - Problems -- 12. Chapter 8. Management of municipal water services M. Di Natale, G. Rossi -- 13. Chapter 9. Water pollution control M. Benedini -- 14. Chapter 10. Water and electric power G. Ruggeri, M. Benedini -- 15. Chapter 11. Ecological in-stream flows (or water and environment) S. Alecci, G Rossi -- 16. Part IV – Challenges -- 17. Chapter 12. Mitigation of flood risk G. Rossi -- 18. Chapter 13. Coping with droughts G. Rossi -- 19. Chapter 14. Virtual water F. Laio, S. Tamea, M. Tuminetti -- 20. Chapter 15. Adaptations strategies to climate change in water resources D. Peres -- 21. Part V – Conclusions -- 22. Chapter 16. The future of water management in Italy M. Benedini, G. Rossi. .
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive framework of the current state of water resources in Italy and of the main stages of the evolutionary way in the last decades for achieving an integrated, sustainable and equitable water resources management. The main paradigms of water resources development are identified as: i) engineering and economic approach to water resources exploitation, ii) focus on pollution control and water-excess management, iii) a comprehensive approach toward a sustainable and equitable distribution of resources and effective risk reduction of water-related disasters. After a section devoted to the analysis of some historic stages in the legislation framework and the governance of water and soil, with particular reference to planning, design, building and operation of water systems, two sections deal with the estimation of water resources availability on national territory and estimation of water demands in municipal, agricultural, industrial, ecosystem sectors. The complex problems that the Italian society has to solve in the water field and the main challenges of a changing world are discussed in the fourth section of the volume. The book will not only be useful for water professionals, but also for citizen who like to discern the key factors which delay the recognition of water as a resource for life. The description of the problems and adopted solutions could also serve as a guideline for similar situations encountered in other countries, improving the preparation of the responsible people.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030364601
    Series Statement: World Water Resources, 5
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36460-1
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    Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management in Developing Countries (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Green chemistry. ; Economic development. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Green Chemistry. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Characterization of fresh market wastewater and solid wastes -- 2. Fresh market wastes Management Practices and Their Impact on Human Health -- 3. Treatment Technologies of fresh market wastewater -- 4. Generation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Microalgae Biomass of fresh Market Wastewater Phycoremediation -- 5. Application of Natural Coagulants for fresh market wastewater Treatment -- 6. Anaerobic Digestion of fresh solid wastes -- 7. Electricity production from fresh solid wastes using microbial fuel cells -- 8. Remediation of xenobiotics in fresh market wastewater using nanotechnoogy -- 9. Biofilter Aquaponic system for nutrients removal from fresh market wastewater -- 10. Reduction of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater pollutants using sequencing batch reactors (SBR) enhanced by composite fibre for safe disposal.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the prospects of fresh market waste management in developing countries. It characterizes fresh market wastewater and solid wastes, and highlights the human health impact of corresponding waste management practices. With regard to treatment technologies, the book discusses the anaerobic digestion of fresh solid wastes; the application of natural coagulants for wastewater treatment; the remediation of xenobiotics in wastewater using nanotechnology; and biofilter aquaponic systems for nutrient removal. All of these technologies are recent innovations, offer several concrete advantages, and can be applied in developing countries as non-central treatment systems. In addition, the book covers electricity production from fresh solid wastes using microbial fuel cells, demonstrating the potential held by recycling fresh market wastewater and solid wastes.
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    Pages: XI, 178 p. 33 illus., 18 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030426415
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 92
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5
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    Rainwater Infiltration in Urban Areas (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Physical geography. ; Geology. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Urban hydrology -- 3. Research of rainwater infiltration -- 4. Percolation facilities -- 5. Legislation – technical standards -- 6. Results of research- Design of percolation facility -- 7. Recommendations.
    Abstract: The book presents a comprehensive study of the percolation of water from surface runoff with a focus on the retention capacity and intensity of precipitation. Discussing the state of the art in scientific knowledge and solutions for the infiltration of water from surface runoff, the book addresses a wide variety of rainwater management issues, from precipitation, surface runoff and water infiltration, to impact on the drainage system. Although modern urban hydrology has improved the management of rainwater runoff for flood protection, public health, and environmental protection, current methods of drainage in urban areas mean that there is a continued threat to the regime of water flow and water resources. In this context, the book presents a new approach to rainwater management based on a unique fusion of hydrology, hydrogeology, urban engineering, and water management. It also includes research findings that are helpful in developing recommendations and technical guidelines for the use of infiltration systems in urban areas.
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    Pages: XIII, 141 p. 94 illus., 82 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030346980
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 89
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34698-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34698-0
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    Geological Tour of Devonian and Ordovician Magmatism of Kuznetsk Alatau and Minusinsk Basin : Altay-Sayan Region, Siberia (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Paleontology . ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Paleontology.
    Abstract: This volume provides an overview and tour (with many interesting stops along the way) of Devonian and Ordovician intraplate magmatism and associated sedimentary rocks and tectonics in the regions of Kuznetsk Alatau, Minusinsk Basin and Khakassia in western Siberia. All chapters were written by experts, many of which have been studying these regions for decades. The first book to present and review this information in English for an international audience, it includes both overviews of the magmatic and associated sedimentary history, and selected key field sites, which are described in detail.
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    Pages: X, 232 p. 140 illus., 124 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030295592
    Series Statement: GeoGuide,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29559-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29559-2
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    Arabian Plate and Surroundings: Geology, Sedimentary Basins and Georesources (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geophysics. ; Paleontology . ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geophysics. ; Paleontology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Sedimentary basins, petroleum resources and reservoirs in the Arabian plate High-resolution stratigraphic architectures, facies anatomies of the Lower Cretaceous Biyadh and Shu’aiba formations, and their implications on platform evolution and global correlation -- The Lower Cretaceous Chouf Sandstone of Lebanon: a regional reservoir level in the Levant? -- Seismic tectono-stratigraphy and hydrocarbon implications of lowstand deep marine Oligo-Miocene siliciclastic reservoirs in the Northern Levant Basin -- Source-to-sink analysis of the Plio-Pleistocene deposits in the Suez rift (Egypt). Part II: Geophysics and structural styles The Southern Atlas front in Tunisia: Regional-scale geometry and structural evolution. U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of some plutonic rocks from the Afif terrane of Saudi Arabia, Arabian Shield: implications for crustal evolution -- Aeromagnetic data investigation of Al-Shamiyya area, north east of Makkah quadrangle, Saudi Arabia. Part III: Hydrology, hydrogeology and water resources Groundwater contamination of Wadi Haliy area, Southwestern Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia -- Analysis of rainfall, missing data, frequency and PMP in Al-Madinah area, Western Saudi Arabia -- Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater within the Lower Wadi Ranyah, Western Saudi Arabia using multivariate statistical technique.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the evolution of sedimentary basins of the Arabian Plate and its surroundings. Because these sedimentary basins developed in various tectonic settings, from extensional or transtensional to flexural, transpressional or compressional, their sedimentary sequences provide unique records of the regional geology. Georesources of the Arabian Plate are also described here, including petroleum potential, reservoirs, water resources, fresh water and deep saline aquifers, as well as materials and ore deposits. The book is made by a set of papers authored by geoscientists working in both academia and industry. Numerous chapters describe some regional important geologic features and selected sedimentary basins from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula domains. Other chapters focus on georesources. A particular focus is given to the geology of Saudi Arabia. This book is an important contribution to the geology of the Arabian Peninsula and its surroundings. In view of the strategic and economic importance of the regional geology and georesources of the Arabian Plate and Surroundings, this volume will constitute an important reference for a wide range of geoscientists interested in the geology of this region, especially those active in petroleum geosciences and related industry. Ultimately, readers will discover important thematic maps in this book.
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    Pages: VIII, 257 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030218744
    Series Statement: Regional Geology Reviews,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21874-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21874-4
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    Resilience of Large Water Management Infrastructure : Solutions from Modern Atmospheric Science (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Atmospheric science. ; Civil engineering. ; Climatology. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Civil Engineering. ; Climate Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Resilience Of Large Water Management Infrastructure -- Chapter 2. Survey Of Water Managers For 21st Century Challenges -- Chapter 3. Current Approaches For Resilience Assessment -- Chapter 4. Application Of Numerical Atmospheric Models -- Chapter 5. Infrastructure-Relevant Storms Of The Last Century -- Chapter 6. Sensitivity Of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) -- Chapter 7. A Recommended Paradigm Shift In The Approach To Risks To Large Water Infrastructure In The Coming Decades -- Chapter 8. Safety Design of Water Infrastructures In A Modern Era.
    Abstract: Infrastructure that manages our water resources (such as, dams and reservoirs, irrigation systems, channels, navigation waterways, water and wastewater treatment facilities, storm drainage systems, urban water distribution and sanitation systems), are critical to all sectors of an economy. Realizing the importance of water infrastructures, efforts have already begun on understanding the sustainability and resilience of such systems under changing conditions expected in the future. The goal of this collected work is to raise awareness among civil engineers of the various implications of landscape change and non-climate drivers on the resilience of water management infrastructure. It identifies the knowledge gaps and then provides effective and complementary approaches to assimilate knowledge discovery on local (mesoscale)-to-regional landscape drivers to improve practices on design, operations and preservation of large water infrastructure systems.
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    Pages: XV, 124 p. 42 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030264321
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26432-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26432-1
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    Measurement, Analysis and Remediation of Environmental Pollutants (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Quantification of Airborne Particulate And Associated Toxic Heavy Metals in Urban Indoor Environment and Allied Health Effects -- In-Situ Measurements of Aerosols from the High-Altitude Location in the Central Himalayas -- Significant Annual Variation in Atmospheric Pollutants during Fireworks Festival, ‘Diwali’ in Capital City of India -- Organic Air Pollutants: Measurement, Properties & Control -- Emissions of Particle-Bound Metals from On-Road Vehicle Emission: An Assessment of Potential Health Risk -- Chemical Composition Analysis of Airborne Coarse Particles and Their Source Apportionment at Kanpur -- Analysis of the Aerosols Environment in an Urban Context and Their Impact On Regional Meteorology -- Calipso Retrieval of Smoke Aerosols Over Upper Indo-Gangetic Plain -- Spatio-Temporal Study of Optical and Microphysical Properties of Atmospheric Brown Clouds Over the Indo-Gangetic Plains -- Spatial Variation of Airborne Allergenic Fungal Spores in the Ambient Pm2.5 — A Study in Rajkot City, Western Part of India -- Bioaerosol Health Effects from Moleculer to Global Scales -- Measurement, Analysis and Remediation of Biological Pollutants in Water -- Fundamentals of Measurement, Analysis, and Treatment of Selenium in Water -- Bioleaching of Selected Metals from E-Waste using Pure and Mixed Cultures of Aspergillus Species -- Recent Advances In Micro-Extraction Based Analytical Approaches For Pesticides Analysis In Environmental Samples -- Degradation and Removal of Anticonvulsant Drugs Through Microorganisms: A Review -- Remediation Approaches for Hexavalent Chromium -- Mercury and Its Remediation -- Oxidative Potential of Particulate Matter: A Prospective Measure to Assess Pm Toxicity -- Monitoring and Processing of Data for Effective Wasteload Allocation Modeling: Indian Perspective -- Methane Emission from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills – Estimation and Control -- Low-Cost Adsorptive Removal Techniques for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products -- Measurement, Analysis, and Remediation of Bisphenol-A from Environmental Matrices -- Removal of Chromium Ions from Aqueous Solution using Eco-Friendly Based Adsorbents.
    Abstract: This book discusses contamination of water, air, and soil media. The book covers health effects of such contamination and discusses remedial measures to improve the situation. Contributions by experts provide a comprehensive discussion on the latest developments in the detection and analysis of contaminants, enabling researchers to understand the evolution of these pollutants in real time and develop more accurate source apportionment of these pollutants. The contents of this book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and policy makers alike.
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    Pages: XVIII, 474 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811505409
    Series Statement: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0540-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0540-9
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    Water Resources Management in Romania (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Physical geography. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Management of Surface Water Resources In Romania -- The Vulnerability of Water Resources From Eastern Romania to Anthropic Impact and Climate Changes -- Romanian Danube River Floodplain Functionality Assessment -- Romanian Upper Tisa Watershed, Between Water Resources and Hydrological Hazards -- Causes and Effects of Water Pollution in Romania -- Assessment of Some Diurnal Streamwater Profiles in Western and Northern Romania in Relation to Meteorological Data -- Water Resources Management in Razim-Sinoie Lakes Ecosystems -- Particularities of Drain Liquid in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park, Romania -- Water Supply Challenges and Achievements in Constanta County -- Drinking Water Supply Systems - Evolution towards Efficiency -- Water Resources Management in Siret Catchment -- Particular Hydrological Manifestations on the Lower Danube in the Current Climate -- Hydrological Impacts of Climate Changes in Romania and Adaptation Strategies -- Implementation of EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE) in Romania - European Qualitative Requirements -- Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict (Romania, the period between the year 2011-2012) -- Conclusions and Recomendations. .
    Abstract: This book discusses water resources management in Romania from a hydrological perspective, presenting the latest research developments and state-of-the-art knowledge that can be applied to efficiently solve a variety of problems in integrated water resources management. It focuses on a wide range of water resources issues – from hydrology and water quantity, quality and supply to flood protection, hydrological hazards and ecosystems, and includes case studies from various watersheds in Romania. As such, the book appeals to researchers, practitioners and graduates as well as to anybody interested in water resources management.
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    Pages: XII, 591 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030223205
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22320-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22320-5
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    Water Resources Systems of the Philippines: Modeling Studies (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Engineering Data processing. ; Computer simulation. ; Geology. ; Water. ; Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications. ; Computer Modelling.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Introduction -- 2.Hydrology, Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering -- 3.Science and Art of Water Resources Modeling -- 4.Surface and Groundwater Modeling for Water Utilization -- 5.Reservoir Planning and Operations Studies with Optimization-Simulation Models -- 6.Reservoir Sedimentation Studies -- 7.Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling of Bays and Lake -- 8. Pipe Network Distribution Modeling with Optimization -- 9.Climate Change Studies for Reliability of a Reservoir and Groundwater Water Supply -- 10.Environmental Impact Assessment Studies -- 11.Specialized Modeling Studies -- 12.Imperatives and Needs to Improvement of Water Resources Modeling and Applications in the Philippines.
    Abstract: This book presents a number of modeling studies of various water resources systems in the humid tropics and the typical short, steep mountain-to-coast systems in the archipelagic setting of the Philippines. Covering natural and rural systems, urban watersheds and built systems, such as reservoirs and flood control systems, it discusses modeling studies based on pure simulation and combined optimization-simulation. The book offers insights into real-world water resources modeling, and as such is a valuable resource for academics and practitioners in the Philippines, as well as those in other Asian regions with similar water resources systems, and similar issues, problems and concerns.
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    Pages: XXXIX, 403 p. 233 illus., 210 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030254018
    Series Statement: World Water Resources, 4
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25401-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25401-8
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    Lagoa Santa Karst: Brazil's Iconic Karst Region (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Physical geography. ; Conservation biology. ; Ecology . ; Archaeology. ; Paleontology . ; Environmental management. ; Geology. ; Physical Geography. ; Conservation Biology. ; Archaeology. ; Paleontology. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- 200 years of karst research in the Lagoa Santa area -- Geology of the Lagoa Santa Karst -- The vegetation of the karst region -- Fauna of the Lagoa Santa Karst -- Hydrological behaviour of karst lakes -- Karst soils and their relationship to geomorphology -- Karst landforms -- Karst groundwater routes and dynamics -- Speleogenesis in the Lagoa Santa Karst.
    Abstract: This book discusses the Lagoa Santa Karst, which has been internationally known since the pioneering studies of the Danish naturalist Peter Lund in the early 1800s. It covers the speleogenesis, geology, vegetation, fauna, hydrogeology, geomorphology, and anthropogenic use of the Lagoa Santa Karst and is the first English-language book on this major karst area. The area, which has been at the heart of the debate on the origin and age of human colonization in the Americas, is characterized by a classical and scenic karst landscape with limestone cliffs, karst lakes and karst plains, in addition to numerous solution dolines. More than 1,000 caves have been documented in the area, many with significant archeological and paleontological value. Despite its great importance, the Lagoa Santa Karst faces severe environmental threats due to limestone mining and the expansion of the metropolis of Belo Horizonte and its surrounding towns. The growing recognition of the area’s remarkable significance has led to increasing concern, and a number of protected areas have now been established, improving the conservation status of this landmark karst area.
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    Pages: X, 330 p. 204 illus., 178 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030359409
    Series Statement: Cave and Karst Systems of the World,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35940-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35940-9
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    Geology of Coal Deposits of South Limburg, The Netherlands : Including Adjacent German and Belgian Areas (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction – History of coal mining in Limburg, and adjacent areas -- 2. The Origin and Classification of Coal – Coalification, macerals, nomenclature of types of coal -- 3. Limburg and adjacent areas in the Carboniferous – Paleogeography, plate tectonics, paleoclimate, position with respect to the equator, the London Brabant Massif and its relation to the coal deposits -- 4. Later burial. Present depth of the coal layers -- 5. Tectonics – uplift and crust extension, the Roergraben, active faults, inactive faults.
    Abstract: This book offers an up-to-date overview of the coal deposits of South Limburg (Netherlands), the Aachen area (Germany), and the Campine area (Belgium). Although the amount of available literature on these coal deposits is quite vast, the majority of the texts date back to the mid-twentieth century, and most publications focus more on the stratigraphy of the coal layers and the rank of the coal. Moreover, the concept of continental drift is largely ignored in these publications. In addition to providing updated information, this book also discusses coal mining in these regions; the formation and petrography of coal; and the geological evolution of Western Europe/the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. In order to explain the tropical nature of the flora in the Carboniferous period, paleogeographic aspects are also taken into account. .
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    Pages: XII, 78 p. 49 illus., 43 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030182861
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18286-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18286-1
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    Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Sustainability. ; Food science. ; Nutrition   . ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Sustainability. ; Food Science. ; Nutrition.
    Abstract: Arsenic contamination poses a major environmental problem, especially in Southeast Asian countries like Bangladesh and India. Threatening the health of millions of people due to arsenic’s toxicity and carcinogenicity, the major routes of arsenic exposure for humans are either through drinking water or crops. Rice is the crop most affected by arsenic owing to its cultivation in major arsenic contaminated areas, biogeochemical factors in the soil during rice growth, and specific features of rice that enable it take up more arsenic than other crop plants. This book addresses the problem of arsenic by pursuing a holistic approach. It presents the status quo in different parts of the world (North and South America, Europe, Asia, etc.) and provides essential information on food-related arsenic exposure risks for humans, and possible preventive and curative measures for tackling arsenic poisoning. It covers the arsenic contamination status of rice, rice-based products, other vegetables, fishes, mushrooms, and other foods, with a special focus on rice-arsenic interactions. The mechanisms of arsenic uptake, translocation and distribution in plants and grains are also explained. In closing, the book reviews a variety of prospective agronomic and biotechnological solutions to the problem of arsenic accumulation in rice grains. The book is intended for a broad audience including researchers, scientists, and readers with diverse backgrounds including agriculture, environmental science, food science, environmental management, and human health. It can also be used as an important reference guide for undergraduate and graduate students, university faculties, and environmentalists.
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    Pages: XIII, 460 p. 44 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811385872
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8587-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8587-2
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    Environmental Nanotechnology Volume 3 (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Nanotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Nanotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1. Nanotechnology in wastewater and the capacity of nanotechnology for sustainability (Oluranti Agboola) -- 2. Therapeutic use of inorganic nanomaterials in malignant diseases (Andreea-Roxana Lupu) -- 3. Modification of Oligomers and Reinforced Polymeric Composites by Carbon Nanotubes and Ultrasonic (Aleksandr Evhenovych Kolosov) -- 4. Understanding interactions of nanomaterials with soil: Issues and Challenges ahead (Arun Kumar) -- 5. Nanotechnology for Water Treatment (Rashid Ahmad) -- 6. Overview of Nanomaterial-Assisted Technologies for Denitrification Processes (Samad Sabbaghi) -- 7. Nanoencapsulation of Food Carotenoids (Lohith Kumar DH) -- 8. Nanomaterials in Agricultural Research: An Overview (Devendra K Payasi) -- 9. Understanding effect of the interaction of nanoparticles with roots on the uptake in plants (Arun Kumar) -- 10. Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Gas Sensor Applications (Marwa Farouk Elkady).
    Abstract: This third volume on environmental nanotechnology includes chapters dealing with topics such nanoremediation, waste water purification, nanosensors, nanomedicine, and nanofiltration. It also highlights the safety aspects and risk assessment and management related to several toxins, as well as nanotechnology related solutions for these challenges. The book also discusses new nanomaterials from the nexus of environment, water, remediation and total environment. .
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    Pages: XV, 362 p. 60 illus., 44 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030266721
    Series Statement: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 27
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26672-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26672-1
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    Anthropogenic Aquifer Recharge : WSP Methods in Water Resources Evaluation Series No. 5 (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Geology. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Anthropogenic Aquifer Recharge -- Hydrogeology Basics – Aquifer Types and Hydraulics -- Vadose Zone Hydrology Basics -- Groundwater Recharge and Aquifer Water Budgets -- Geochemistry and Managed Aquifer Recharge Basics -- Anthropogenic Aquifer Recharge and Water Quality -- Contaminant Attenuation and Natural Aquifer Treatment -- MAR Project Implementation -- MAR Hydrogeological and Hydrochemistry Evaluation Techniques -- Vadose Zone Testing Techniques Clogging -- Pretreatment.-ASR and Aquifer Recharge Using Wells -- Groundwater Banking -- Surface-Spreading Systems – Infiltration Basins -- Surface-Spreading Systems (Non-Basin) -- Vadose Zone Infiltration Systems -- Recharge and Recovery Treatment Systems -- Soil-Aquifer Treatment -- Riverbank Filtration -- Saline-Water Intrusion Management -- Wastewater MAR and Indirect Potable Reuse -- Low Impact Development and Rainwater Harvesting -- Unmanaged and Unintentional Recharge.
    Abstract: The book is an overview of the diversity of anthropogenic aquifer recharge (AAR) techniques that use aquifers to store and treat water. It focusses on the processes and the hydrogeological and geochemical factors that affect their performance. This book is written from an applied perspective with a focus of taking advantage of global historical experiences, both positive and negative, as a guide to future implementation. Most AAR techniques are now mature technologies in that they have been employed for some time, their scientific background is well understood, and their initial operational challenges and associated solutions have been identified. However, opportunities exist for improved implementation and some recently employed and potential future innovations are presented. AAR which includes managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is a very important area of water resources management and there is no recent books that specifically and comprehensively addresses the subject. .
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    Pages: XXV, 861 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030110840
    Series Statement: Springer Hydrogeology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11084-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11084-0
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    Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety : Volume II: Biological Agents and Methods for Industrial Waste Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Microbiology. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability. ; Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Their Potential in Environmental Management: Constraints, Prospects and Challenges -- Advances in Bioremediation of Toxic Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Contaminated Soil and Aquatic Systems. - Phycoremediation: Algae as Eco-Friendly Tools for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters -- Phytoremediation: An Emerging Green Technology for Environmental Decontamination, Prospects for Future Research and Challenges -- Emerging and Ecofriendly Technologies for Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters -- Constructed Wetlands: A Clean-Green Technology for Degradation and Detoxification of Industrial Wastewaters -- Nano-Bioremediation: An Innovative Remediation Technology for Treatment and Management of Contaminated Sites -- Electro-Bioremediation: An Advanced Remediation Technology for Treatment and Management of Contaminated Soil -- Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC): An Innovative Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Power Generation -- Functional Diversity of Plant Endophytes and their Role in Assisted Phytoremediation -- Toxic Metals in Industrial Wastewaters and Phytoremediation Using Aquatic Macrophytes for Environmental Pollution Control: An Eco-Remedial Approach -- Microalgae: An Ecofriendly Tools for the Treatment of Wastewaters for Environmental Safety -- Phycoremediation: An Integrated and Eco-Friendly Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Value-Added Product Potential -- Pulp Paper Mill Wastewater: Eco-Toxicological Effects and Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Safety. - Cadmium as Environmental Pollutant: Eco-Toxicological Effects, Health Hazards and Bioremediation Approaches for Its Detoxification from Contaminated Sites. - Cyanobacteria: The Eco-friendly Tools for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters. - Plant-Microbe Interactions for Bioremediation and Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants and Agro-Ecosystem Development -- Molecular Technologies for Assessment of Bioremediation and Characterization of Microbial Communities at Contaminated Sites. - Biochar: A Sustainable Tool in Soil Pollutants Bioremediation -- Bioremediation of Melanoidins Containing Distillery Waste for Environmental Safety -- Progresses in Bioremediation Technologies for Industrial Waste Treatment and Management: Challenges and Future Prospects.
    Abstract: Achieving environmental sustainability with rapid industrialization is currently a major global challenge. Industries are the key economic drivers, but are also the main polluters as untreated/partially treated effluents from industry are usually discharged into the aquatic environment or dumped. Industrial effluents often contain highly toxic and hazardous pollutants, which cause ecological damage and present and health hazards to living beings. As such, there is a pressing need to find ecofriendly solutions to deal with industrial waste, and to develop sustainable methods for treating/detoxifying waste before it’s released into the environment. As a low cost and eco-friendly clean technology, bioremediation can offer a sustainable alternative to conventional remediation technologies for the treatment and management of industrial wastes. This book (Volume II) describes the role of biological agents in the degradation and detoxification of organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastes, and presents recent bioremediation approaches for waste treatment and management, such as constructed wetlands, electro- bioremediation and nano-bioremediation, as well as microbial fuel cells. It appeals to students, researchers, scientists, industry professionals and experts in the field of microbiology, biotechnology, environmental sciences, eco-toxicology, environmental remediation and waste management and other relevant areas who are interested in biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial wastes for environmental safety.
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    Pages: XXVIII, 538 p. 70 illus., 62 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811334269
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3426-9
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    Environmental Processes and Management : Tools and Practices (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Environment. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Management. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. HYDRO peaking in nordic rivers/ hydropeaking combined analysis of climate change and energy market -- 2. Annual Variability of Per Capita Renewable Water Resources: Long Term Water Planning Using SWAT Model in the Athi Catchment, Kenya -- 3. Monte Carlo simulation and fuzzy modelling of river water quality for multiple reaches using QUAL2Kw -- 4. Design of Stable Channel Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study of Tapi River, Surat City -- 5. Nutrient fluxes from agriculture: reducing environmental impact through optimum application -- 6. Air Quality Monitoring with Special Reference to Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter in an Industrial Area -- 7. The water-energy nexus prespective of hydropower in the context of climate Change -- 8. Biological methodologies for treatment of textile wastewater -- 9. Role of microbes in Environmental Biotechnology and its role in the environment -- 10. Environmental Hazards of Limestone Mining and Review of Adaptive Practices for Environment Management Planning -- 11. Water Optimisation in Thermal Power Plants -- 12. Geoengineering Structures of Crabs and Their Role in Nutrient Cycling in Mangrove Ecosystem of Mahanadi Delta of Odisha, India -- 13. Design Considerations of Sustainable Pervious Concrete Block Pavement -- 14. Analysis of Historical Records of Climate Change and the Calamitous Events in Kasmir Valley -- 15. Possible Remediation of Perils of Water Eminence and Extent -- 16. Optimization methodologies in complex water supply systems for energy saving and a correct management under uncertainty -- 17. Application of a low-cost technology to treat domestic sewage and to improve fertility of a barren lateritic soil -- 18. Parametric evaluation of water quality characteristics varying downstream from Shimla to Solan in Himachal Pradesh region, India -- 19. Partial replacement of fine aggregates with defluoridation sludge in cement mortars manufacturing: A critical review -- 20. Genetically Modified Crops and its impact on Environment -- 21. Degradation of Gemfibrozil (lipid regulating drug) by using Advanced Oxidation and Biological Processes: A Review -- 22. Source Apportionment of particulate matter - A Critical Review for Indian Scenario -- 23. A review on Ionic liquids as novel adsorbents for SO2 removal -- 24. Garden-Landscape Practices in Mughal Kashmir: Design, Planning and Management -- 25. Long Term Performance Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier for Groundwater Remediation using Visual MODFLOW -- 26. Use of Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Detection and Delineation of Groundwater Contamination near a Non-engineered Solid Waste Landfill -- 27. Saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers: A case of environmental management -- 28. Assessment of groundwater quality around Coal mining regions of Korba district, Chhattisgarh, Central India -- 29. Numerical errors associated with groundwater models and improving the reliability of models in environmental management issues -- 30. Staus of Groundwater Salinity in North West Region of India.-31. Irrigation Water Management under Changing Climate -- 32. Particle Swarm Optimization for identification of unknown groundwater pollution source -- 33. Fluoride Contamination and Abatement Measures: A Geoenvironmental Perspective -- 34. Interaction between Groundwater and surface water and its effect on groundwater quality -- 35. Assessment of an Intrinsic and a Specific vulnerability to identify Groundwater vulnerable zones of Nagpur city, India -- 36. Sustainable water management solutions -- Conclusions .
    Abstract: This book presents an in-depth, science-based approach to applying key project-management and spatial tools and practices in environmental projects. Providing important data for those considering projects that balance social-economic growth against minimizing its ill-effects on planet Earth, the book discusses various aspects of environmental engineering, as well as formula and analytical approaches required for more informed decision-making. Beginning with a broad overview of the factors and features of environmental processes and management, the book then clearly details the general application of fundamental processes, the characteristics of the different systems in which they occur, and the way in which these factors influence process dynamics, environmental systems, and their possible remedies. While primarily intended for professionals responsible for the management of environmental projects or interested in improving the overall efficiency of such projects, it is also useful for managers in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Further, it is a valuable resource for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to develop their skills in modern environmental management and related techniques.
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    Pages: XXIV, 445 p. 105 illus., 71 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030381523
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 91
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38152-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38152-3
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    Public Health and Disasters : Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Asia (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Public health. ; Sustainability. ; Natural Hazards. ; Public Health. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Overview of H-EDRM and health issues in DRR: Practices and challenges -- Public health prevention hierarchy in disaster context -- Key public health challenges for H-EDRM in the twenty-first century: Demographic and epidemiological transitions -- Evidence gaps in bottom-up resilience building of H-EDRM in Asia -- H-EDRM in international policy agenda I: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 -- H-EDRM in international policy agenda III: Paris climate agreement -- H-EDRM in international policy agenda IV: 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda (Habitat III) -- Health issues and DRR in India: Some reflections -- Health issues and disaster risk reduction perspectives in China -- Health emergencies and DRR in Pakistan: examples and achievements -- Bangladesh public health issues and implications to flood risk reduction -- Epi-Nurse: health emergency perspectives in Nepal -- Health emergency and public involvement in Philippines -- Smart water solutions for health emergency in he delta region of Bengal -- Community networking for healthcare in case of disaster: Examples from small and medium sized cities in Japan -- Future perspectives of H-EDRM and risk reduction in Asia. .
    Abstract: This book presents the health emergency and disaster risk management (H-EDRM) research landscape, with examples from Asia. In recent years, the intersection of health and disaster risk reduction (DRR) has emerged as an important interdisciplinary field. In several landmark UN agreements adopted in 2015–2016, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris climate agreement, and the New Urban Agenda (Habitat III), health is acknowledged as an inevitable outcome and a natural goal of disaster risk reduction, and the cross-over of the two fields is essential for the successful implementation of the Sendai Framework. H-EDRM has emerged as an umbrella field that encompasses emergency and disaster medicine, DRR, humanitarian response, community health resilience, and health system resilience. However, this fragmented, nascent field has yet to be developed into a coherent discipline. Key challenges include redundant research, lack of a strategic research agenda, limited development of multisectoral and interdisciplinary approaches, deficiencies in the science–policy–practice nexus, absence of standardized terminology, and insufficient coordination among stakeholders. This book provides a timely and invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, scholars, and frontline practitioners as well as policymakers from across the component domains of H-EDRM.
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    Pages: XVI, 343 p. 49 illus., 35 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811509247
    Series Statement: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0924-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0924-7
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    Geomechanics of Oil and Gas Wells (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Environment. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Stress-Strain State of Rocks -- Deformation and Fracture of Rocks In The Presence of Filtration -- Mechanical and Mathematical, and Experimental Modeling of Oil and Gas Well Stability -- Equipment For Studying Deformation and Strength Properties of Rocks In Triaxial Loading -- Loading Programs For Rock Specimens On Triaxial Independent Loading Test System (Tilts) -- Dependence of Permeability On Stress State -- Influence of Filtration On Stress-Strain State and Rock Fracture In The Well Vicinity -- Results of Tests of Rock Specimens By Using Tilts -- Mathematical Modeling of Mechanical and Filtration Processes In Near-Wellbore Zone -- Directional Unloading Method - A New Approach To Enhancing of Oil and Gas Well Productivity.
    Abstract: The book presents an integrated approach to studying the geomechanical processes occurring in oil and gas-bearing formations during their development. It discusses the choice of a model that takes into account the basic properties of rocks; experiments to find model parameters; numerical modeling; and direct physical modeling of deformation and filtration processes in reservoir and host rocks. Taking into account features of rock behavior, such as anisotropy of the mechanical properties of rocks during elastoplastic deformation; dependence of permeability on the total stress tensor; the contribution of the filtration flow to the formation stress state; and the influence of tangential as well as normal stresses on the transition to inelastic deformation, it demonstrates how the presented approach allows the practical problems of increasing the productivity of wells, oil recovery, and ensuring the stability of wellbores to be solved. The book is intended for specialists, including geoengineers working in the oil and gas sector, teachers, graduate students and students, as well as all those interested in scientific and technological developments to meet the enormous demand for raw materials and energy. .
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    Pages: XVI, 166 p. 140 illus., 107 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030266080
    Series Statement: Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration & Production,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26608-0
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    Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment I : Function of Particles in Aquatic System (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Radiation dosimetry. ; Environmental management. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Nuclear chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Radiation Dosimetry and Protection . ; Environmental Management. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Nuclear Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Microbial ecological function in migration of radionuclides in groundwater -- 2 Microbial diversity and possible activity in nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater -- 3 Function of microbes on chemical species transformation of radionuclides -- 4 Direct detection of denitrifying bacteria in groundwater by GeneFISH -- 5 Difference in the solid-water distributions of radiocesium in rivers in Fukushima and Chernobyl -- 6 Function of colloidal and nanoparticles in sorption of radionuclides -- 7 Application of electron microscopy to understanding colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides at the Mayak Production Association facility, near Lake Karachai, Russia -- 8 Numerical analysis of migration of nitrate ions in the groundwater system of Lake Karachai Area, Southern Ural, Russia -- 9 Commentary on the function of micro- to nano-scale particles in radionuclide migration through groundwater.
    Abstract: The 3-volume set highlights the behavior of radionuclides in the environment and focusing on the development of related fields of study, including microbiology and nanoscience. In this context, it discusses the behavior of radionuclides released in areas of Lake Karachai in Ural, and those released as a result of Chernobyl accident (1986), and in Fukushima (2011). Volume I presents the experiences gained in South Urals (“Mayak” plant, Lake Karachai), providing a scientific basis for more precise understanding of the behavior of radionuclides in complex subsurface environments. On the basis of monitoring data, it examines the pathways of radionuclide migration and the influence of the geological environment and groundwater on the migration, with a particular focus on particles from the nanoscale to microscale. It also discusses the function of microbes and microscale particles, from their direct interaction with radionuclides to their ecological role in changing the physic-chemical condition of a given environment. Lastly, the protective properties of geological media are also characterized, and mathematical modeling of contaminant migration in the area of Lake Karachai is used to provide information regarding the migration of radionuclides.
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    Pages: X, 225 p. 93 illus., 63 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811506796
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0679-6
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    Water Resources Quality and Management in Baltic Sea Countries (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Assessment of Water Resources in Poland -- Surface Water Eutrophication in Poland: Assessment and Prevention -- Hydrogeological Conditions and Management of Groundwater Resources in Poland -- Water Resources in Lithuania -- Assessment of Water Resources Pollution in Lithuania -- Water Supply and Demand in Lithuania -- Wastewater Management in Lithuania -- Urban Rainwater Drainage in Lithuania -- Wastewater Sludge Management in Latvia -- Analysis of Factors Controlling Pathogen Destruction in Municipal Sludge During Handling -- Phosphors Fluxes in the Baltic Sea Region – a Meta Data Analysis -- Regulatory Scenarios to Counteract High Phosphors Inputs into the Baltic Sea -- Water Resources of the Russian Rivers of the Baltic Sea Basin and their Possible Changes under Global Warming -- Schemes of Complex Use and Protection of Water Objects in the Russian Part of the Baltic Sea Basin as a Basis for Water Resources Management -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This unique book shares the knowledge and experience of experts and scientists who apply high-quality findings and input from their research to issues concerning the management of water resources and their quality in Baltic countries including Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany and Russia. It summarizes the latest results of several systematic investigations, and assesses the occurrence and quality of surface and underground waters within the Baltic countries to help decision-makers plan for sustainable development. The book addresses a range of water resources management issues, especially those that are relevant to the water quality in these Baltic countries. It presents cutting-edge information and findings that can be effectively used to solve a variety of problems in integrated water resources management. Accordingly, it will be of interest to graduate students, researchers, water scientists, professionals, experts and practitioners working in water resources management.
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    Pages: X, 321 p. 88 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030397012
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39701-2
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    Management of Water Quality and Quantity (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Natural disasters. ; Pollution. ; Urban Sociology. ; Natural Hazards.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Storm Water Management in Urban Areas -- The Green Roofs and Facades as a Tools of Climate Cooling in the Urban Environment -- Infiltration of Rainwater in Urban Areas -- Stream water Quality Modelling Techniques -- Water Quality in Czech Republic -- Xenobiotics in Urban Water Cycle -- Grey water reuse in Urban Areas -- The Necessary Documents for the Design Documentation for Water Supply and Sewerage Systems in Czech Republic -- Biological audits in the System of Water Treatment Control -- Monitoring Changes of Water Content in Soil Pores of Earth Dams -- Monitoring of Levees for Flood Protection Purposes -- Assessment of Flood Damages, Flood Risks and Flood Mitigation Measures -- Flood Protection -- Economy and management of water supply -- Management of drinking water resources in the region of South Moravia -- Small Hydropower Plants -- History and Present of the Laboratory of Water Management Research in Brno -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book focuses on water pollution, water management and water structures. Presenting contributions on water quality and quantity issues from the engineering point of view, it discusses a variety of issues, from storm water management in urban areas and water quantity, to hydraulic structures, hydrodynamic modeling and flood protection. The book also provides state-of-the-art insights, which can be used to effectively solve a variety of problems in integrated water resources management, and introduces the latest research advances. Edited and authored by pioneers in the field who have been at the forefront of water management development in the Czech Republic, this book is a valuable resource for environmental professionals, including scientists and policymakers, interested in water-related issues both in the Czech Republic and elsewhere.
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    Pages: X, 409 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030183592
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18359-2
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    Water Resources Management in Balkan Countries (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental management. ; Physical geography. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Management. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Water Resource in Slovenia -- Management of Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Slovenia -- Water Resources Management in North Macedonia -- Water Resources of Serbia and its Utilization -- Water Resources Management in Croatia -- An overview of Environmental Aspects of Water Resources in Croatia -- Water Management in the Agricultural Sector in Greece -- Water Resource Management in Bulgaria -- River Systems under the Anthropogenic and Climate Change Impacts: Bulgarian Case -- Development of Hydropower in Balkan Region -- Water Resources of Romania – Spatial and Temporal Variability -- Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict (Romania, the period between the year 2011-2012) -- Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve - Long Term Assessment of Water Quality -- Water quality and pollution status of the main rivers in the Republic of Macedonia -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book presents an overview and knowledgeable on water resources management in Balkan countries – Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, and Bulgaria. The book shows the state of the art and also the latest research findings of the different aspects of water resources management in Balkan countries with case studies that reveal the best practice in water resources management, development, and protection. Researchers and scientists from the Balkan countries present their experiences and expertise on a wide range of water resources topics. Therefore, the book is of particular interest to decisions planners/makers and stakeholders. Also, the book will be useful to experts, professionals, researchers, scientists, practitioners, academics working in the field of water resources management in Balkan countries and analogous regions.
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    Pages: XIII, 469 p. 171 illus., 165 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030224684
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22468-4
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    Sensors in Water Pollutants Monitoring: Role of Material (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Electronic circuits. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Electronic Circuits and Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Materials in electrochemical detection of water pollutants -- Chapter 2: Materials in bio-sensing of water pollutants -- Chapter 3: Computational design of Nucleic acid-based Bioreceptor for Contaminants of Emerging Concern -- Chapter 4: Immunochromatographic Strip Based Sensor for the Detection of Water Pollutants -- Chapter 5: Emerging techniques and materials for water pollutants detection -- Chapter 6: Nanofiber based sensors for Water Pollution Monitoring -- Chapter 7: Introduction: Role of Materials in Sensors for Water Pollutants Monitoring -- Chapter 8: Water Pollutants: Origin and status.
    Abstract: This book discusses the sensitivity, selectivity, and response times of different sensor materials and their potential application in the design of portable sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants and remediation systems. Beginning with an overview on water pollutants and analytical methods for their detection, the book then moves on to describing the advances in sensor materials research, and the scope for their use in different types of sensors. The book lays emphasis on techniques such as colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical, and biological sensing of conventional and emerging pollutants. This book will serve as a handy guide for students, researchers, and professional engineers working in the field of sensor systems for monitoring water pollutants to address various challenges.
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    Pages: X, 319 p. 77 illus., 71 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811506710
    Series Statement: Advanced Functional Materials and Sensors,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0671-0
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    Pharmacogenomics in Precision Medicine : From a Perspective of Ethnic Differences (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Medical genetics. ; Pharmacology. ; Biomedical Research. ; Medical Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction and Principles of Pharmacogenomics and Precision medicine -- Chapter 2. Pharmacogenomics in Cardiovascular Diseases -- Chapter 3. Pharmacogenomics of Antitumor Chemotherapeutic Agents -- Chapter 4. Pharmacogenomics of Antitumor Targeted Agent and Immunotherapy -- Chapter 5. Pharmacogenomics of Immunosuppressant -- Chapter 6. Pharmacogenomics of Psychiatric drugs -- Chapter 7. Pharmacogenomics of Anti-Infective Agents -- Chapter 8. Pharmacogenomics of Antithrombotic drugs -- Chapter 9. Pharmacogenomics in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring -- Chapter 10. Pharmacomicrobiomics -- Chapter 11. Genotyping technology in Pharmacogenomics -- Chapter 12. The Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Issues Associated with Pharmacogenomics -- Chapter 13. Cost-effectiveness of pharmacogenetic-guided treatment -- Chapter 14. Application of pharmacogenomics in drug discovery and development -- Chapter 15. Barriers and Solutions in Clinical Implementation of Pharmacogenomics for Personalized Precision Medicine.
    Abstract: This book provides an introduction to the principles of pharmacogenomics and precision medicine, followed by the pharmacogenomics aspects of major therapeutic areas such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, organ transplantation, psychiatry, infection, antithrombotic drugs. It also includes genotyping technology and therapeutic drug monitoring in Pharmacogenomics; ethical, Legal and Regulatory Issues; cost-effectiveness of pharmacogenetics-guided treatment; application of pharmacogenomics in drug discovery and development and clinical Implementation of Pharmacogenomics for Personalized Precision Medicine. The contributors of Pharmacogenomics in Precision Medicine come from a team of experts, including professors from academic institutions and practitioner from hospital. It will give an in-depth overview of the current state of pharmacogenomics in drug therapy for all health care professionals and graduate students in the era of precision medicine.
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    ISBN: 9789811538957
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3895-7
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    Nanotechnology in Skin, Soft Tissue, and Bone Infections (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Dermatology. ; Orthopedic surgery. ; Pharmacology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Dermatology. ; Surgical Orthopedics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1-Nanotechnology in Skin Infections -- Atopic dermatitis and current trends in pharmacological treatment - a nanoparticulate approach -- Acne vulgaris - recent trends on pharmacological and nanotechnological approaches in therapeutics -- Nitric oxide nanoparticles on skin infections: Current State and Future Prospects -- Metal Nanoparticles Based Antibacterial Nanocomposites for Skin Infections -- Combination therapy using metal nanoparticles for skin infection -- Applications of nanometals in cutaneous infections -- Antifungal nanotherapy: a novel approach to combat superficial fungal infections -- Biocompatible polymers for skin Nanomedicines -- Part 2-Nanotechnology on Soft-Tissue Infections -- Nanotechnological approach to manage diabetic foot ulcer -- Metal nanoparticles in wound infections -- Advances in nanomedicine for burn wound infection treatment -- Applications of chitosan in formulation of novel antibacterial agents and wound dressings -- Polymeric nanocomposites for skin and soft tissues -- Nanoformulations of polyphenols for the treatment of soft tissues infections -- Cutting Edge Nanotechnologies for Targeting Liver Disorders -- NanoCurcumin compounds formulations: Perspectives in skin and soft tissues infections -- Nanobiotechnology strategies for the treatment tegumentary and visceral leishmaniases, and emergence resistance -- Part 3-Nanotechnology in Bone Infections -- Artificial Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering -- The bone biology and the nanotechnology for bone infections and bone engineering -- Part 4-Nanotechnology and Toxicity -- Genotoxicity studies of Silver Nanoparticles in in vivo and in vitro models.
    Abstract: The main goal of the present book is to deal with the role of nanobiotechnology in skin, soft tissue and bone infections since it is difficult to treat the infections due to the development of resistance in them against existing antibiotics. The present interdisciplinary book is very useful for a diverse group of readers including nanotechnologists, medical microbiologists, dermatologists, osteologists, biotechnologists, bioengineers. Nanotechnology in Skin, Soft-Tissue, and Bone Infections is divided into four sections: Section I- includes role of nanotechnology in skin infections such as atopic dermatitis, and nanomaterials for combating infections caused by bacteria and fungi. Section II- incorporates how nanotechnology can be used for soft-tissue infections such as diabetic foot ulcer and other wound infections; Section III- discusses about the nanomaterials in artificial scaffolds bone engineering and bone infections caused by bacteria and fungi; and also about the toxicity issues generated by the nanomaterials in general and nanoparticles in particular. The readers will be immensely enriched by the knowledge of new and emerging nanobiotechnologies in a variety of platforms.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030351472
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35147-2
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    Lipid Signaling in Human Diseases (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Cancer. ; Clinical biochemistry. ; Pharmacology. ; Cancer Biology. ; Medical Biochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. New Roles for Sphingolipid Signaling and Cell Function -- 1. Role of Sphingosine Kinase 1 and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Axis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- 2. Exploring the Therapeutic Landscape of Sphingomyelinases -- 3. Sphingosine kinases as druggable targets -- Part 2. Phospholipase D and Mitogen Phosphatidic Acid in Human Disease -- 4. Prospects for PLD inhibition in cancer and thrombotic disease -- 5. Phospholipase D and the Mitogen Phosphatidic Acid in Human Disease: Inhibitors of PLD at the Crossroads of Phospholipid Biology and Cancer -- 6. Role of Phospholipase D-Derived Phosphatidic Acid in Regulated Exocytosis and Neurological Disease -- Part 3. Lipid Kinases and Novel Regulatory Pathways -- 7. Diacylglycerol Kinase Malfunction in Human Disease and the Search for Specific Inhibitors -- 8. Functions of Nuclear Polyphosphoinositides -- Part 4. Bioactive Lipids in Health and Disease -- 9. Platelet-Activating Factor as an Effector for Environmental Stressors -- 10. Phospholipase D and Choline Metabolism -- Part 5- Lipids and Membrane Microdomains -- 11. Regulation of Inositol Biosynthesis: Balancing Health and Pathophysiology -- 12. Lipids and Membrane Microdomains: The Glycerolipid and Alkylphosphocholine Class of Cancer Chemotherapeutic Drugs -- Part 6. Nuclear Trafficking of Lipids -- 13. Inositide-Dependent Nuclear Signalling in Health and Disease -- 14. Lipids in Exosome Biology.
    Abstract: Lipids are an integral part of cell membrane architecture, are intermediaries in cell metabolism, and are involved in transmitting cell signals from hormones, growth factors and nutrients. A number of lipases and phospholipases, lipid kinases, lipid phosphatases, sphingosine kinases, and their reaction products have been implicated in fundamental cellular processes including cell proliferation, division and migration. These enzymes and their products underlie the molecular mechanisms of numerous human diseases, in particular metabolic disease (diabetes), cancer, neurodegenerative disease and cardiovascular disease. Over the last decade, studies have advanced to the point that a number of inhibitors for these enzymes have been developed to attempt to ameliorate these conditions; some of the inhibitors are currently in human clinical trial. The need for this book is to review the current status of this field and the prospect for the inhibitors to be clinically important. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030336684
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    Early-life Environmental Exposure and Disease : Facts and Perspectives (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Gynecology . ; Environmental health. ; Pharmacology. ; Gynecology. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Environmental Exposure Measurements and Evaluations -- Prenatal Smoke Exposure and Child Health -- Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Child Health -- Prenatal Metal Exposure and Child Health -- Prenatal Stress and Child Health -- The Special Vulnerabilities of Child to Environmental Hazards -- Early-life Environmental Influences on Growth -- Early-life Environmental Influences on Neural Development -- Early-life Environmental Influences on Allergic Diseases -- Early-life Social and Economic Adversities on Health -- Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure and Later-onset Diseases -- Paternal Specific Exposure and Child Health -- Molecular Mechanism of Early-life Chemical Exposure Induced Harmful Effects -- Transgenerational Effects on Developmental Origins of Diseases.
    Abstract: This book offers valuable insights into the latest concepts and findings from epidemiologic, clinical and basic studies in the burgeoning area of early-life environmental exposure and diseases. The book is divided into five parts, starting with an overview of environmental exposure measurement and evaluation, followed by a review of the effects of exposure to various substances like tobacco smoke, pesticides and metals as well as stress on offspring’s health. It then discusses the developmental origins of a range of childhood diseases that affect growth, neural development and the immune system, and highlights the importance of longitudinal studies that measure exposure at potentially sensitive time points during childhood. It also provides up-to-date evidence of the intergenerational/transgenerational effects of early-life environmental exposure, especially via genetic and epigenetic pathways. Allowing readers to gain a thorough understanding of the predominating aspects of early-life environmental exposure and diseases, the book also provides a basis for developing environmental and health policies that could have wide and long-term impacts on human health. .
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    Pages: XVI, 239 p. 22 illus., 17 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811537974
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3797-4
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    The Science and Business of Drug Discovery : Demystifying the Jargon (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pharmacovigilance. ; Pharmaceutical chemistry. ; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical. ; Biotechnology. ; Pharmacology. ; Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance. ; Pharmaceutics. ; Theoretical Chemistry. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- PART 1: How Drugs are Discovered and Developed in the Pharmaceutical Industry -- Introduction to Drugs and Drug Targets -- Background to chemistry of small and large molecules -- Laying the foundations- Drug discovery from antiquity to the twenty first century -- Part II-The drug development pipeline – discovery to testing in humans -- Drug discovery pipeline overview -- Target discovery -- Medicinal chemistry -- Biotherapeutics -- Screening for hits -- Process chemistry and formulation -- Preclinical development -- Part III-The drug development pipeline – clinical trials to marketing authorisation -- Clinical trials -- Regulatory affairs and marketing approval -- Diagnostics and personalized medicine -- Putting it All Together: a drug development case history -- Part IV- The Global Pharmaceuticals Business -- Commercial aspects of drug development -- Challenges and responses -- Part V - Professional Interactions with the Drug Discovery Industry.-Professional Interactions with the Drug Discovery Industry: Technology Transfer Executives -- Recruitment Executives -- Pharmaceutical translators and Interpreters.
    Abstract: The Science and Business of Drug Discovery is written for those who want to learn about the biopharmaceutical industry and its products whatever their level of technical knowledge. Its aim is to demystify the jargon used in drug development, but in a way that avoids over simplification and the resulting loss of key information. Each of the twenty chapters is illustrated with figures and tables which clarify some of the more technical points being made. Also included is a drug discovery case history which draws the relevant material together into a single chapter. In recognizing that it is difficult to navigate through the many external resources dealing with drug development, the book has been written to guide the reader towards the most appropriate information sources, including those listed in the two appendices. The following topics are covered: Different types of drugs: from small molecules to stem cells Background to chemistry of small and large molecules Historical background to drug discovery, pharmacology and biotechnology The drug discovery pipeline: from target discovery to marketed medicine Commercial aspects of drug discovery Challenges to the biopharmaceutical industry and its responses Material of specific interest to technology transfer executives, recruiters and pharmaceutical translators .
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    Pages: XVII, 402 p. 102 illus., 20 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030578145
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57814-5
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    Interpenetrating Polymer Network: Biomedical Applications (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Medicinal chemistry. ; Polymers. ; Biotechnology. ; Pharmacology. ; Medicinal Chemistry. ; Polymers. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Interpenetrating Polymer Network in Microparticulate Systems: Drug Delivery and Biomedical Application -- Chapter 2. Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN) Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications -- Chapter 3. Fabrication Technology of Chitosan-Based IPN: Drug Delivery Application -- Chapter 4. Alginate based Interpenetrating Network Carriers for Biomedical Applications -- Chapter 5. pH Sensed Interpenetrating Polymeric Network: Application in drug delivery -- Chapter 6. IPN Dendrimers in Drug Delivery -- Chapter 7. BioproteinBased IPN Nanoparticles as Potential Vehicles for Anticancer Drug Delivery: Fabrication Technology -- Chapter 8. Semi-IPN systems for drug delivery -- Chapter 9. IPN Systems for Cancer Therapy -- Chapter 10. Semi-interpenetrating networks based on (meth)acrylate, itaconic acid and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) hydrogels for biomedical applications -- Chapter 11. Biomedical Applications of Interpenetrating Polymer Network Gels -- Chapter 12. Bio-Nanocomposite IPN for Biomedical Application.-.
    Abstract: The book focuses on novel interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)/semi-IPN technologies for drug delivery and biomedical applications. The dynamism of the design and development of interpenetrating network polymers is based on their ability to provide free volume for the easy encapsulation of drugs in the three-dimensional network structure obtained by cross-linking two or more polymer networks. Natural polymer-based IPNs can deliver drugs at a controlled rate over an extended period of time, while novel IPNs ensure better mechanical strength and sustained/ controlled drug-delivery properties. This book presents an overview of the use of this technology to fabricate nanomedicine, hydrogels, nanoparticles, and microparticles, thereby unlocking IPN’s potential in the area of drug delivery and biomedical engineering. It also discusses applications of IPN systems in cancer therapy and tissue engineering, and describes the various IPN systems and their wide usage and applications in drug delivery.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811502835
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0283-5
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    Model Organisms to Study Biological Activities and Toxicity of Nanoparticles (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Human physiology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Biology Technique. ; Pharmacology. ; Human Physiology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Experimental Organisms.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Nanotechnology : Application in biology and medicine -- Chapter 2. Biological activities of nanoparticles and mechanism of action -- Chapter 3. Application of nanoparticles in Drug delivery -- Chapter 4. Antimicrobial activity of metallic nanoparticles using prokaryotic model organisms -- Chapter 5. Modelling nanoparticles parameters for antibacterial activities -- Chapter 6. Saccharomyces cerevisiae as model organism to study biological activities of nanoparticles -- Chapter 7. Investigation of Biological activities of Nanoparticles using Cell Lines -- Chapter 8. Caenorhabditis elegans: a model organism to decipher biological activities of nanoparticles -- Chapter 9. Zebra fish model system to investigate biological activities of nanoparticles -- Chapter 10. Drosophila melanogaster - A model organism to understand biological activities of nanoparticles -- Chapter 11. Understanding the biological activities of nanoparticles using murine models -- Chapter 12. Insecticidal activity nanoparticles and mechanism of action -- Chapter 13. Routes of Exposures and Toxicity of Nanoparticles -- Chapter 14. Toxicological evaluation of nanoparticles using prokaryotic model organisms -- Chapter 15. Evaluation of Toxicity Nanoparticles using Cell lines -- Chapter 16. Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Model organism to evaluate nanoparticles toxicity -- Chapter 17. Caenorhabditis elegans: Evaluation of nanoparticle toxicity -- Chapter 18. Zebra fish: A laboratory model to evaluate Nanoparticle Toxicity -- Chapter 19. Evaluation of toxicity of nanoparticles using Brine Shrimp -- Chapter 20. Drosophila Model to Decipher the Toxicity of Nanoparticles -- Chapter 21. Murine models to understand the toxicity of nanoparticles -- Chapter 22. Challenges and future perspectives of Nanotoxicology.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art applications of nanotechnology in biology and medicine, as well as model organisms that can help us understand the biological activity and associated toxicity of nanoparticles, and devise strategies to minimize toxicity and enhance therapies. Thanks to their high surface-to-volume ratio, nanoparticles are characterized by excellent biocompatibility and bioavailability, a high therapeutic index, and relatively low toxicity, which has led to their widespread application in the early diagnosis of diseases, comprehensive monitoring of disease progression, and improved therapeutics. The book also explores nanoparticle-based insecticides and their mechanisms of action, and provides a comparative analysis of the various model organisms that are used to understand the biological properties of nanoparticles. Further, it describes various in-vivo models that yield important insights into nanomaterial-mediated toxicity, promoting the optimal utilization of nanoparticles. In closing, the book discusses future perspectives and regulatory issues concerning the use of nanomaterials in translational research.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811517020
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1702-0
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    Computer-Aided Drug Design (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Bioinformatics. ; Proteins. ; Pharmacology. ; Computational and Systems Biology. ; Proteins.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Computational Approaches in Drug Discovery and Design -- 2 Molecular Modeling of Proteins: Methods, Recent Advances and Future Prospects -- 3 Cavity/Binding Site Prediction Approaches, and their Applications -- 4 Role of ADMET Tools in Current Scenario; Application and Limitations -- 5 Database Resources for Drug Discovery -- 6 Molecular Docking and Structure-Based Drug Design -- 7 Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Protein and Protein-Ligand Complexes -- 8 Computational Approaches for Drug Target Identification -- 9 Computational Screening Techniques for Lead Design and Development -- 10 Advances in Pharmacophore Modeling and its Role in Drug Designing -- 11 In Silico Designing of Vaccines: Methods, Tools and Their Limitations -- 12 Machine learning Approaches to Rational Drug Design. .
    Abstract: This book provides up-to-date information on bioinformatics tools for the discovery and development of new drug molecules. It discusses a range of computational applications, including three-dimensional modeling of protein structures, protein-ligand docking, and molecular dynamics simulation of protein-ligand complexes for identifying desirable drug candidates. It also explores computational approaches for identifying potential drug targets and for pharmacophore modeling. Moreover, it presents structure- and ligand-based drug design tools to optimize known drugs and guide the design of new molecules. The book also describes methods for identifying small-molecule binding pockets in proteins, and summarizes the databases used to explore the essential properties of drugs, drug-like small molecules and their targets. In addition, the book highlights various tools to predict the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) and toxicity (T) of potential drug candidates. Lastly, it reviews in silico tools that can facilitate vaccine design and discusses their limitations.
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    Pages: XIII, 306 p. 80 illus., 54 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811568152
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6815-2
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    Emerging Eco-friendly Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Renewable Energy. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Green technologies for the treatment of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewaters -- Chapter 2. Constructed Wetlands: an emerging green technology for treatment of industrial wastewaters -- Chapter 3. Application of nanoparticles in environmental cleanup: production, potential risks and solutions -- Chapter 4. Efficiency of algae for heavy metal removal, bioenergy production and carbon sequestration -- Chapter 5. Advances in plant-microbe based remediation approaches for environmental cleanup -- Chapter 6. Bioprocessing of cane molasses to produce ethanol and its derived products from South Indian Distillery -- Chapter 7. Biological and non-biological approaches for treatment of Cr(VI) in tannery effluent -- Chapter 8. Photocatalysis as a clean technology for the degradation of petrochemical pollutants -- Chapter 9. Sustainable management of toxic industrial effluent of coal based power plants -- Chapter 10. Removal of organic pollutants from contaminated water bodies by using aquatic macrophytes coupling with bioenergy production and carbon sequestration -- Chapter 11. Biopolymers and their application in wastewater treatment -- Chapter 12. Recovery of rare earths, precious metals and bioreduction of toxic metals from wastewater using algae -- Chapter 13. Green synthesized nanoparticle mediated wastewater treatment -- Chapter 14. Microbial communities in a constructed wetland microcosms and their role in treatment of domestic wastewater -- Chapter 15. Agricultural Waste: It’s Impact on Environment and Management Approaches.-.
    Abstract: As we know, rapid industrialization is a serious concern in the context of a healthy environment and public health due to the generation of huge volumes of toxic wastewater. Although various physico-chemical and biological approaches are available for the treatment of this wastewater, many of them are not effective. Now, there a number of emerging ecofriendly, cost-effective approaches utilizing microorganisms (bacterial/fungi/algae), green plants or their enzymes, and constructed wetland treatment systems in the treatment of wastewaters containing pollutants such as endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxic metals, pesticides, dyes, petroleum hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds. This book provides a much-needed, comprehensive overview of the various types of wastewater and their ecotoxicological effects on the environment, humans, animals and plants as well as various emerging and eco-friendly approaches for their treatment. It provides insights into the ecological problems and challenges in the treatment and management of wastewaters generated by various sources.
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    Pages: XIX, 351 p. 63 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811513909
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 18
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1390-9
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    Circadian Pharmacokinetics (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pharmacy. ; Medical sciences. ; Drug development. ; Pharmacology. ; Pharmacy. ; Preclinical Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to mammalian circadian clock system -- Chapter 2. Introduction to pharmacokinetics -- Chapter 3. Circadian clock and metabolic diseases -- Chapter 4. Circadian clock and CYP metabolism -- Chapter 5. Circadian clock and non-CYP phase I metabolism -- Chapter 6. Circadian clock and phase II metabolism -- Chapter 7. Circadian clock and uptake transporters -- Chapter 8. Circadian clock and efflux transporters -- Chapter 9. Role of pharmacokinetics in chronotherapeutics -- Chapter 10. Role of non-pharmacokinetic factors in chronoefficacy.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the recent advances for the understanding of circadian clock system in the regulation of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics. Basic knowledge in the field of circadian clock and pharmacokinetics are systemically introduced to make it easier for readers to understand the entire book's contents. The rhythmic expression of DMEs (drug-metabolizing enzymes) and transporters are summarized, and the underlying mechanisms thereof (i.e., regulation by circadian oscillators) are discussed. Typically, evidence for the DME- and transporter-mediated chronopharmacokinetics, chronotoxicity and chronoefficacy are highlighted in this book.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811588075
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8807-5
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    Good Research Practice in Non-Clinical Pharmacology and Biomedicine (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Neurosciences. ; Cardiology. ; Oncology. ; Pharmacology. ; Neuroscience. ; Cardiology. ; Oncology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Quality in Non-GxP Research Environment -- 2. Guidelines & Initiatives for Good Research Practice -- 3. Learning from principles of evidence-based medicine to optimize nonclinical research practices -- 4. General Principles of Preclinical Study Design -- 5. Resolving the tension between exploration and confirmation in preclinical biomedical research -- 6. Blinding and Randomization -- 7. Out of control? Managing baseline variability in experimental studies with control groups -- 8. Quality of Research Tools -- 9. Genetic background and sex: impact on generalizability of research findings in pharmacology studies -- 10. Building robustness intro translational research -- 11. Minimum information and quality standards for conducting, reporting, and organizing in vitro research -- 12. Minimum Information in In Vivo Research -- 13. A reckless guide to P-values: Local evidence, global errors -- 14. Electronic Lab Notebooks and Experimental Design Assistants -- 15. Data storage -- 16. Design of meta-analysis studies -- 17. Publishers’ responsibilities in promoting data quality and reproducibility -- 18. Quality governance in biomedical research -- 19. Good Research Practice – Lessons from Animal Care & Use -- 20. Research collaborations and quality in research: foes or friends? -- 21. Costs of implementing quality in research practice.
    Abstract: This open access book, published under a CC BY 4.0 license in the Pubmed indexed book series Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, provides up-to-date information on best practice to improve experimental design and quality of research in non-clinical pharmacology and biomedicine.
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    Pages: X, 423 p. 34 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030336561
    Series Statement: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 257
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33656-1
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    Substance Use Disorders : From Etiology to Treatment (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Pharmacology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Methods for Population Research on Substance Use and Consequences -- 2. Translational Molecular Approaches in Substance Abuse Research -- 3. Small Molecule Neuropeptide-S and Melanocortin Receptor Ligands As Potential Treatments for Substance Use Disorders -- 4. Emerging Insights into Mu Opioid Pharmacology -- 5. Behavioral Pharmacology of Drugs Acting at Mu Opioid Receptors -- 6. The Rise and Fall of Kappa-Opioid Receptors in Drug Abuse Research -- 7. Clinical Trials for Opioid Use Disorder -- 8. Modelling Differential Vulnerability to Substance Use Disorder in Rodents: Neurobiological Mechanisms -- 9. Activity-Dependent Epigenetic Remodeling in Cocaine Use Disorder -- 10. Molecular Mechanisms of Amphetamines -- 11. Clinical Trials for Stimulant Use Disorders: Addressing Heterogeneities That May Undermine Treatment Outcomes -- 12. Molecular Mechanism and Cannabinoid Pharmacology -- 13. Pharmacotherapies for Cannabis Use Disorders: Clinical Challenges and Promising Therapeutic Agents -- 14. Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Nicotine Pharmacology and Dependence -- 15. Randomized Clinical Trials Investigating Innovative Interventions for Smoking Cessation in the Last Decade -- 16. Adolescent Vulnerability to Alcohol Use Disorder: Neurophysiological Mechanisms from Preclinical Studies -- 17. Medication Development for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Focus on Clinical Studies -- 18. Newly Emerging Drugs of Abuse.
    Abstract: The purpose of this book is to provide a broad scope of substance use disorder research and how these findings can impact treatment outcomes. The research and outcomes described in this book represent important principles related to identifying and understanding factors related to substance use disorders. The first section is dedicated to methodology including population-based surveys, basic neuroanatomy, chemistry, molecular biology, behavioral models and brain imaging. The second section utilizes this methodology in research related to opioids, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol and nicotine. The book is aimed at both professionals (academics, clinicians, practitioners) and students or trainees.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030336790
    Series Statement: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 258
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33679-0
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    Interaction of Nanomaterials with the Immune System (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Immunology. ; Nanotechnology. ; Pharmacology. ; Immunology. ; Nanotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of immune response to nanomaterials caused by either inhalation, oral, or dermal exposure -- Engineered nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization, uses and exposure -- Impact of nanomaterials on barrier function -- Complement activation and inflammation -- Macrophage function and phagocytosis -- Mast cells -- Impact on dendritic cell - lymphocyte function -- Impact on host pathogen response and microbiome -- Allergy/autoimmunity -- Pre-existing allergic or bacterial-induced lung disease -- Nanomaterial effects on viral infection -- Immunotoxicity and carcinogenesis -- In vivo animal models (nude mice, transgenic models) -- In vitro cell culture models -- In silico computational modeling -- Summary of mechanisms of immune modulation. .
    Abstract: This book covers the latest information related to understanding immune responses to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). Many ENMs used in both the consumer and biomedical fields have been reported to elicit adverse immune responses ranging from innate immune responses such as complement activation to changes in adaptive immunity that influence pathogen responses and promote disease states such as asthma. Interaction of Nanomaterials with the Immune System covers the most up to date information on our understanding of immune responses to ENMs across a wide range of topics including innate immunity, allergic immune responses, adaptive provides the reader with (1) up to date understanding of immune responses to ENMs; (2) current testing methods; and (3) appropriate models including alternative testing strategies for evaluating immunotoxicity of ENMs. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030339623
    Series Statement: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33962-3
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    Bone Regulators and Osteoporosis Therapy (2020)
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    Keywords: Pharmacology. ; Cytology. ; Cytokines. ; Diseases. ; Proteins. ; Endocrinology. ; Pharmacology. ; Cell Biology. ; Cytokines and Growth Factors. ; Diseases. ; Proteins. ; Endocrinology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The cells of bone their interactions -- Parathyroid hormone and bone -- Vitamin D and bone -- Gonadal hormones and bone -- Thyroid hormones, glucocorticoids, insulin, and bone -- Growth factors and bone -- Prostaglandins and bone -- Cytokines and bone: osteoimmunology -- Chemokines and bone -- Calcium and bone -- FGF-23 and bone and mineral metabolism -- Nervous system mediators and bone -- Genetics of bone disorders -- Osteoporosis pathogenesis -- Structural and metabolic assessment of bone status -- Osteoporosis Therapeutics 2019 -- New targets and emergent therapies for osteoporosis -- Drugs causing bone loss -- Natural Products as potential bone therapies.
    Abstract: This volume is designed to provide an understanding of current and potential therapies for osteoporosis. The opening chapter introduces the cells of bone and their interactions. Several following chapters describe factors affecting bone including systemic hormones with significant effects on bone, and local mediators including growth factors, prostaglandins, cytokines and chemokines. Topics that have commanded particular attention recently are calcium, FGF-23, nervous system bone interactions. Drugs that cause bone loss provide important information on mechanism as well as therapeutic considerations. An overview of the genetics of bone disorders and a discussion of the pathophysiology of osteoporosis establish the clinical context. The final chapters discuss current and potential osteoporosis treatments. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030573782
    Series Statement: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 262
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57378-2
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    Arsenic Water Resources Contamination : Challenges and Solutions (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Medical policy. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental health. ; Pollution. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Health Policy. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Health.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Groundwater arsenic contamination and availability of safe water for drinking in Middle Ganga Plain in India -- Chapter2: Geomorphic controls on spatial arsenic distribution in aquifers of the Brahmaputra River floodplains -- Chapter3: Reductive dissolution of Fe-oxyhydroxides a potential mechanism for arsenic release into groundwater in the alluvial plain of river Brahmaputra -- Chapter4: Sources of arsenic exposure in well-nourished children -- Chapter5: Environmental arsenic exposure and human health risk -- Chapter6: Sustainable arsenic mitigation: problems and prospects in India -- Chapter7: Arsenic Contamination of Soil in Relation to Water in Northeastern South Africa -- Chapter8: Arsenic contamination of India’s groundwater: a review and critical analysis -- Chapter9: Biosorption of Arsenic: An Emerging Eco-technology of Arsenic Detoxification in Drinking Water -- Chapter10: Assessing and mapping human health risks due to arsenic and socioeconomic correlates for proactive arsenic mitigation -- Chapter11: Arsenic-contaminated drinking water and the associated health effects in the Shahpur block of Bihar: a case study from five villages -- Chapter12: Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mitigation in Pakistan: a case of Indus river basin.
    Abstract: This edited volume brings together a diverse group of environmental science, sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by arsenic water contamination. The book sheds light on this global environmental issue, and proposes solutions to aquatic contamination through a multi-disciplinary lens and case studies from Bangladesh and India. The book may serve as a reference to environment and sustainability researchers, students and policy makers. Part one of the book describes the issue of arsenic contamination in ground water and river basins, including its source and distribution in specific locations in India. Part two explains the routes of exposure to environmental arsenic, its transport in aquatic ecosystems, and the health risks linked to arsenic exposure in food and the environment. Part three addresses sustainable arsenic contamination mitigation strategies and policies, the socioeconomic, demographic, cultural and psychological aspects of arsenic contamination, and the potential applications of GIS and remote sensing in providing solutions. Part four concludes by discussing the role of local and regional institutions in water resources management for a variety of issues including but not limited to arsenic contamination, and presents a case study in the Indus river basin in Pakistan to propose future contamination mitigation strategies.
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    ISBN: 9783030212582
    Series Statement: Advances in Water Security,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21258-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-21258-2
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    Deficit Irrigation : A Remedy for Water Scarcity (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Agriculture. ; Climatology. ; Botany. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Agriculture. ; Climate Sciences. ; Plant Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Water scarcity leads to food insecurity -- Chapter 2: Deficit irrigation and water conservation -- Chapter 3: Egypt faces water deficiency, and food insufficiency -- Chapter 4: Field crops and deficit irrigation in Egypt -- Chapter 5: Vegetable crops and deficit irrigation in Egypt -- Chapter 6: Wheat insufficiency and deficit irrigation -- Chapter 7: Climate change assessment in Egypt: A review -- Chapter 8: Climate change and wheat self-sufficiency.
    Abstract: This book focuses on proving that deficit irrigation could play an important role in increasing food production in times of water scarcity. Although the application of deficit irrigation can involve loss in crop productivity, it still secures water to be use in cultivating more lands and producing more food. The following questions are discussed and the authors offer solutions to these problems: Will the production, on a national level, resulting from these new added areas compensate yield losses attained by application of deficit irrigation? Is it possible to use deficit irrigation practice to reduce the applied irrigation water to certain crops that have a surplus in their production, and direct this saved water to cultivate new areas with crops have low self-sufficiency ratios? Under climate change in 2030, would deficit irrigation practice have the same role it plays under the current conditions? This book will appeal to students and researchers involved with water scarcity and food security.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030355869
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35586-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35586-9
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    External Interventions for Disaster Risk Reduction : Impacts on Local Communities (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Human geography. ; Climatology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Human Geography. ; Climate Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: External Interventions for Enhancing Community Resilience: An Overview of Planning Paradigms -- Lessons Learned from Interventions of External Organizations in Disaster Management: A Case Study of Floods in Kalutara, Sri Lanka -- Dependency on External Supports: An Addition to Community Vulnerability -- Sustainable Development through Post-Disaster Reconstruction: A Unique Example in Sri Lanka -- Local Community Engagement for Adaptation to Future Challenges in The Pilot Flood Detention Area of Thailand -- Traditional Practices, Communities’ Aspirations, and Reconstructed End Products: Analyzing the Post-Sidr Reconstruction in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh -- Designing Spaces with Victims of Humanitarian Crisis: Action Research on Spaces for Children at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh -- Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Towards A New Normal -- Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Towards A New Normal -- Rethinking Roles of Local Non-Governmental Organizations (LNGO) in Managing Disaster Risks in Historic Neighborhoods: Experiences from the City of Lagos, Nigeria -- A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions across Four Cities -- Adaptation and Development for Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Extremes -- Public and Private Sector Interventions in Post-Disaster Resettlement: A Case Study of Model Villages in Pakistan -- Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Training Programs: Views and Voices from Barisal Division, a Coastal Region in Bangladesh -- To ‘Float’ or ‘Not’: Cases of Amphibious Housing and Their Impacts on Vulnerable Communities of Jamaica.
    Abstract: This book presents a case study-based analysis of the consequences of external interventions, critically evaluating them from community perspectives. Communities – from rural to urban, and around the world – that are experiencing disasters and changes in climatic variables can perceive the associated risks and evaluate the impacts of interventions. Accordingly, community perspectives, including their perceptions, concerns, awareness, realizations, reactions and expectations, represent a valuable resource. The case-based analysis of impacts on communities can provide a ‘means of learning’ from the experiences of others, thus expanding professionals’ knowledge base, especially regarding disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation practices in varied settings. This book offers valuable insights and lessons learned, in an effort to promote and guide innovative changes in the current planning, management and governance of human settlements, helping them face the future challenges of a changing environment. .
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    Pages: XX, 296 p. 65 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811549489
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4948-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4948-9
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    Energy Consumption, Chemical Use and Carbon Footprints of Wastewater Treatment Alternatives : Assessment Methodology and Sustainability Solutions (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Systematic Literature Review -- Life Cycle Inventory Analysis of Wastewater Treatment Processes -- Refined Assessment Methodology for Wastewater Treatment Alternatives -- A Specific focus on Weighing Element of Indicators -- Diverse Scenario Analysis -- Sustainability Solutions for Energy and Carbon Issues in Wastewater Treatment -- Prospects for the Future. .
    Abstract: This thesis focuses on the energy, chemical and carbon implications of diverse wastewater treatment alternatives, and offers effective solutions for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to achieve sustainability goals. The author first uses the life cycle philosophy to explore the environmental performance of several representative wastewater treatment systems, and then proposes a refined assessment framework, accompanying analytical toolkit and case study for further quantifying the environmental sustainability of various wastewater management scenarios. Allowing readers to gain a better understanding of the existing wastewater treatment technologies from a sustainability perspective, this book helps decision makers identify promising approaches to the environmentally friendly operation of WWTPs and make infrastructure investments that are appropriate for future changing conditions.
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    Pages: XVII, 157 p. 31 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811359835
    Series Statement: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5983-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-5983-5
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    Water Resources of Turkey (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Pollution. ; Geology. ; Water. ; Energy Policy, Economics and Management. ; Pollution.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Water Works of Ancient Civilizations -- 3. Water Resources Development -- 4. Climate and Drought -- 5. Hydrology of Surface Waters -- 6. Groundwater -- 7. Water quality -- 8. Water Potential of Turkey -- 9. Agricultural Water Use -- 10. Water and Energy -- 11. Urban, Industrial, Environmental and Other Water Uses -- 12. Legal and institutional structure of water management -- 13. Transboundary River Basins. 14. Basin management -- 15. Impacts of Climate Change -- 16. Challenges for the future.
    Abstract: This book provides an in-depth description of water resources of Turkey, a country with a unique geographical location, extending from the Mediterranean in Europe to the Middle East. Its varying geography, topography, hydrology, geology and climate are reflected in the diverse characteristics of its water basins. Furthermore, due to its geographical location, Turkey has a significant number of transboundary river basins and has to share its water resources with its neighbors, an issue that can sometimes lead to water conflicts. Turkey is also an interesting example of a developing country that is attempting to adapt to universal water management strategies while at the same time facing legal, institutional, economic and capacity development problems. It has long remained a water-rich country, but the situation is now changing due to the increasing population, inefficient use of resources, and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. This book is useful for national and international organizations as well as water resources professionals. It takes on an added significance in the light of climate change in the region, water management problems and transboundary water basins.
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    Pages: XXI, 545 p. 204 illus., 162 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030117290
    Series Statement: World Water Resources, 2
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11729-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11729-0
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    Microcosm Manual for Environmental Impact Risk Assessment : From Chemicals to Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Applied ecology. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Biotic communities. ; Pollution. ; Applied Ecology. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Water. ; Environmental Management. ; Ecosystems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Standardization of the microcosm N-system -- Chapter 3. Maintenance of microcosm N-system -- Chapter 4. Preparation of The microcosm N-system -- Chapter 5. Procedure for using THE microcosm N-system. Chapter 6. Estimation using microcosm N-system -- Chapter 7. Example assessment of the microcosm n-system -- Chapter 8. Coefficient of assessment FOR THE microcosm n-system -- Chapter 9. Application to whole effluent toxicity (WET) test -- Chapter 10. A Scaled-up model ecosystem verification Of THE microcosm n-system -- Chapter 11. A Subsystem microcosm verification OF THE microcosm n-system -- Chapter 12. Further perspectives. .
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive guide to microcosms (N-systems) in multiple-species testing and aquatic ecosystem risk assessment. It provides standardized methods for creating the microbial ecosystem, and proposes a standardized microcosm system for environmental impact risk assessments. The book will be of interest to students and educators, researchers, government authorities, developers and manufacturers engaged in ecosystem preservation, water quality management personnel at sewage treatment or industrial effluent treatment facilities, and anyone involved in education, management and analysis evaluation for environmental standards and waste water quality standards.
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    Pages: XXI, 237 p. 143 illus., 85 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811367984
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6798-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6798-4
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    Environmental Concerns and Sustainable Development : Volume 2: Biodiversity, Soil and Waste Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Soil science. ; Biodiversity. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Pollution. ; Sustainability. ; Soil Science. ; Biodiversity. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Threats and conservation strategies for overlooked organisms: the case of epiphytic lichens -- Chapter 2: Biodiversity and Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants -- Chapter 3: Tree ferns and giant ferns in India: Significance and Conservation -- Chapter 4: Status of medicinal plants in context of Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Chapter 5: Nutrient Enrichment in Lake Ecosystem and its Effects on Algae and Macrophytes -- Chapter 6: Land-use change as a disturbance regime -- Chapter 7: Floristic diversity, distribution and conservation status in the vicinity of coal mines of Kachchh district in Gujarat, India -- Chapter 8: Sodic Soil: Management and reclamation Strategies -- Chapter 9: Microbe based inoculants: role in next green revolution -- Chapter 10: Environmental Significance of Lichens and Biodeterioration -- Chapter 11: Soil reclamation of saline and sodic soil through phytoremediation -- Chapter 12: Soil pollution by Fluoride in India: Distribution, Chemistry and analytical methods -- Chapter 13: Multielement analysis using ED-XRF and ICP-MS from Couroupita guianensis for sustainable agriculture by soil reclamation -- Chapter 14: Waste Management: A Paradigm Shift -- Chapter 15: Recycling of agriculture waste into efficient adsorbent -- Chapter 16: Environmental hazards and management of e-waste -- Chapter 17: Green House Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice -- Chapter 18: Introduction to fast fashion: Environmental Concerns and Sustainability Measurements.
    Abstract: The current global environmental crisis is primarily the result of non-standardized parameters for environmental regulation, and is impacting e.g. clean air, safe drinking water and the quality of food, particularly in developing nations. Due to their poor/lax execution of EIA protocols, newly developing countries are preferred destinations for establishing pollution-emitting industries, which results in the degradation and depletion of their natural resources. Lack of environmental policy intervention is another major incentive to base “dirty” industries in these nations. In order to ensure sustainable development, the highest-priority issues include the monitoring and eradication of environmental problems stemming from economic development; virtually every form of economic development primarily results in the loss of forests and thus biodiversity, followed by declining air quality and the contamination of natural resources. Sustainable development ensures responsible interactions with the environment, so as to minimize the depletion or degradation of natural resources and preserve environmental quality. It involves integrated approaches to understanding the importance of environmental management systems and policy measures that lead to improved environmental performance. This book addresses the environmental concerns associated with economic development, and with approaches to attaining sustainable economic development, which include monitoring the quality of water resources, soil erosion and degradation of the natural environment.
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    Pages: XIV, 427 p. 76 illus., 36 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811363580
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6358-0
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    Assessment and Protection of Water Resources in the Czech Republic (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Physical geography. ; Environmental management. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Rivers In Czech Republic -- Role of the Water in the Landscape -- Small Water Reservoirs, Ponds and Wetlands Restoration at the Abandoned Pond Areas -- Small Bodies of Water which Have Disappeared from the Czech Landscape and the Possibility of Restoring them -- Protection of Water Resources -- Groudwater Flow Problems and Their Modelling -- Hydrodynamical Modelling in Channel – Case study -- Modelling of Outflow – Case study -- Hydrological Reclamations Iin the Anthropogenically Affected Landscape of Northern Bohemia -- Modelling of the Water-Retention Capacity of the Landscape -- Floodplain Forests - Key Forest Ecosystems for Maintaining and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Alluvial Landscape -- Agrotechnology as Key Factor of Effective Use of Water on Arable Land -- Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Watercourses and Water Areas -- Water Resources Management Planning -- Technical and Economic Evaluation of River Navigation -- Water Balance and Phase of Hydrocycle Dynamics -- Water in the Landscape from Limnological and Engineering Point of View -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book gathers technical and scientific contributions from leading researchers, academics, and lecturers, focusing on water management, water pollution and water structures in the Czech Republic. It discusses a variety of water resources management issues, from stormwater management in urban areas, water quantity, hydraulics structures and hydrodynamic modeling, to flood protection, presenting state-of-the-art developments for addressing a range of problems. Edited and authored by pioneers in the field who have been at the cutting edge of water management development in the Czech Republic, this book is of interest to environmental professionals, including scientists and policymakers both in the Czech Republic and around the globe.
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    Pages: X, 436 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030183639
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18363-9
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    Waste Management in MENA Regions (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Pollution. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Solid wastes management in Jordan -- Solid wastes management in Tunisia -- Renewable energy is an essential step in the pursuit of a clean environment -- Solid waste management in Lebanon: Realities, constraints and prospects -- Waste management in Morocco -- Low Cost-Thermal disposal of solid waste with sludge in one unit: Multi combustion of soil waste with polluted sludge by fuel BraM in stationary bed combustion (SWSF) DN 400 -- Reducing methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills by mechanical biological treatment (MBT) (Case Study Wady Alhaddeh plant In Tartous, Syria) -- Sludge disposal/Management -- Solid waste management in Yemen -- Future challenges for the solid waste management sector in Palestine -- Waste management in latakia City under war situation -- Waste to energy from a regional perspective -- Concentrated Solar Power plant using linear Fresnel mirrors, concrete storage and Organic Ranking Cycle genset -- Wastewater Treatment and Energy Production using Duckweed -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: The book presents the state-of-the-art document describing the knowledge, data, cost-effectiveness and technologies employed to manage the waste in several countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordon, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen. It covers diverse topics including the status of the waste in the region, solid waste management, solid waste recovery and disposal, the use of the agricultural waste in feeding poultry, sludge disposal and management, wastewater treatment and energy production. Also, the book explains how waste management systems are becoming more complex in many countries with the move from landfill-based to resource recovery-based solutions following the setting of international and national targets to divert waste from landfill and to increase recycling and recovery rates. Besides, this book also evaluates the environmental legislation in the selected countries and suggests new performance enhancements. This book is of interest to environmental professionals including scientists and policymakers in the Middle East, North Africa, and areas with similar features.
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    Pages: X, 417 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030183509
    Series Statement: Springer Water,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18350-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18350-9
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    Extreme and Systemic Risk Analysis : A Loss Distribution Approach (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Statistics . ; Natural Hazards. ; Applied Statistics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Individual and Extreme Risk -- Systemic Risk and Dependencies -- Application. .
    Abstract: This book is about how extreme and systemic risk can be analyzed in an integrated way. Risk analysis is understood to include measurement, assessment as well as management aspects. Integration is understood as being able to perform risk analysis for extreme and systemic events simultaneously. The presented approach is based on Sklar's theorem, which states that a multivariate distribution can be separated into two parts – one describing the marginal distributions and the other describing the dependency between the distributions using a so-called copula. It is suggested to reinterpret Sklar's theorem from a system or network perspective, treating copulas as a network property and individual, including extreme, risk as elements within the network. In that way, extreme and systemic risk can be analyzed independently as well as jointly across several scales. The book is intended for a large audience, and all techniques presented are guided with examples and applications with a special focus on natural disaster events. Furthermore, an extensive literature and discussion of it are given in each chapter for the interested reader.
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    Pages: XI, 156 p. 54 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811526893
    Series Statement: Integrated Disaster Risk Management,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2689-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2689-3
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    Sustainable Water Management in Buildings : Case Studies From Europe (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Physical geography. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Introduction -- 2.Water resources in Europe -- 3.Demand for water in the building -- 4.Alternative water sources -- 5.Research on the effectiveness of systems with alternative water sources for buildings located in selected European countries -- 6.Research on the financial effectiveness of alternative water supply systems in European countries -- 7.The impact of rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems on sewage systems and the environment -- 8.Public perceptions of water shortages, conservation behaviors and possibilities of using alternatives water sources in buildings in European countries -- 9.Summary and final conclusions.
    Abstract: This book expands the body of scientific knowledge on research and solutions for alternative water systems. It addresses a wide variety of water management issues in buildings, ranging from the technical possibilities, hydraulic and financial efficiency, and public acceptance of decentralized water systems, to their impact on sewage systems. Climate changes, population growth, and progressive urbanization are the main causes of the growing interest in alternative sources of water around the world. Decentralized systems are seen not only as solutions that can effectively save water, but also as systems that can operate partially or completely independently of centralized suppliers. With these aspects in mind, the main focus of this book is on showcasing a new approach to water management at the building scale. The findings and insights presented here will support the development of future technical guidelines for using alternative water systems in urban areas – an aspect that is particularly important since, in many European countries, these systems are only very rarely used.
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    Pages: XI, 175 p. 101 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030359591
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 90
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35959-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35959-1
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    Water Resources of Mexico (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Precipitation in Mexico -- 2 Groundwater in Mexico -- 3 Geohydrology in Mexico -- 4 Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Mexico -- 5 Data Models for River Basin Management in Mexico -- 6 Domestic and Industrial Water Use and Consumption in Mexico -- 7 Development of Hydraulic Infrastructure in Mexico -- 8 Wastewater Treatment in Mexico -- 9 Climate Change and Water Resources in Mexico -- 10 Water Security and Sustainability in Mexico -- 11 Expected Impacts on Agriculture due to Climate Change in Northern Mexico -- 12 Dams Operation Policy in Mexico during Hurricanes Season -- 13 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Works of the Aztec Civilization -- 14 Analysis of the Spatial Dependence of Rainfall Fields in the Southeast of Mexico, Using Directional Variograms -- 15 Possible Scenarios of Global Warming Impacts on the Evaporation in Mexico -- Index.
    Abstract: This comprehensive volume presents the topic of water resources of Mexico from a different angle. Besides covering the geohydrology it also offers a brief account of the ancient water resources works, explains from where the water is coming, how the water is being used in homes and in the industry, how the dams are operated in the hurricane season, some aspects of the water-energy-food securities nexus and the expectations for the future in connection with global climate change. The book is of interest to every one connected with the water resources of Mexico, e.g. federal and state employees of agencies related with water management, water supply and wastewater treatment. It is also of value to those in academia and employed at water related professional associations and the general public.
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    Pages: XII, 288 p. 138 illus., 125 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030406868
    Series Statement: World Water Resources, 6
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40686-8
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    Mapping the Risk of Flood, Mass Movement and Local Subsidence : A New Proposal for Major Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Geographic information systems. ; Human geography. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geographical Information System. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.Identifying and mapping flood risk in urban areas -- 2.Identifying and mapping the risk of rockfall and landslide on roads and urban areas -- 3.Identifying and mapping the risk of local subsidence.
    Abstract: This book proposes a methodology for the identification of flooding in urban areas, by the denomination of 1) urban hydrographic basin; and 2) polygon of flood risk. This work will enable readers to elaborate a preventive program in Latin America and analogous regions. The authorities could use it as a basis to create urban planning strategies or preventive programs to reduce or eliminate the flooding hazard. The growth of an urban area implies that the natural terrain is covered by an asphalt folder, which results in an Urban Hydrographic Basin where rainwater drains down its streets filtering through sewers towards rainwater drains or wastewater. Initially, the drainages are calculated according to the population in a specific urban area, however, the population growth causes the growth of the urban area, where the old drainages and new roads are linked, causing their saturation and chaos. More water runs down the streets and is accumulated in the lower areas, causing flooding.
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    Pages: XIX, 58 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030224721
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22472-1
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    Assessing Wastewater Management in India (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Environmental Management. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - The Legal, Institutional and Policy Regime for the Control of Water Pollution in India -- Chapter 3 - Status of Water Quality in India and Compliance with Pollution Control Norms -- Chapter 4 - Effectiveness of Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems -- Chapter 5 - Health Impacts of Water Pollution and Contamination -- Chapter 6 - Reuse of Treated Wastewater: Present Scenario -- Chapter 7 - Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Costs -- Chapter 8 - Case Studies on Performance of Wastewater Treatment Systems -- Chapter 9 - Environmental Sustainability and Economic Viability -- Chapter 10 - Growth of Treatment Plants and Reuse of Treated Wastewater -- Chapter 11 - Market for Treated Wastewater in India -- Chapter 12 - Conclusions and Areas for Future Research. .
    Abstract: This book highlights the institutional, legal, and policy measures to manage water pollution in India, and discusses how effective they have been in improving the overall quality of the country’s surface and groundwater resources. It also reviews the status of wastewater generation, collection and treatment in urban areas to provide insights into the gaps in wastewater treatment. Further, it offers a detailed analysis of the wastewater treatment systems available and examines the human health impacts of water pollution in the country, as well as the future trajectory of investment in wastewater treatment systems and potential sectors for reuse and recycling of wastewater, briefly assessing the market demand for treated wastewater. Lastly, it investigates the factors influencing the environmental sustainability and economic viability of wastewater treatment as well as future areas of research in the field.
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    Pages: XIV, 86 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811523960
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2396-0
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    Recent Trends in Waste Water Treatment and Water Resource Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and animal by-product -- Chapter 2. Application of Synthesized Nano-cellulose Material for Removal of Malachite Green from Waste Water -- Chapter 3. Status of Sewage Treatment in Bihar and needs for Improvement -- Chapter 4. Effluent Water Treatment: A Potential Way Out towards Conservation of Fresh Water in India -- Chapter 5. Development of an Effective and Efficient Integrated Charcoal Filter Constructed Wetland System for Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter 6. A Consolidated Stratagem towards Defenestration of Coke Oven Wastewater Using Various Advanced Techniques - An Analogous Study -- Chapter 7. Studies on Lead removal from Simulated Waste Water in Packed Bed Bioreactor Using Attached Growth Technique -- Chapter 8. Sustainable Growth and Survival of Litopenaeus Vannamei through Waste Water Recycling -- Chapter 9. Reuse of Washing Machine Effluent using Constructed Wetland: The Circular Economy of Sanitation -- Chapter 10. Removal of Methyelene Blue Dye by using Lemon Leaf Powder as a Adsorbent -- Chapter 11. Development of a Low-Cost Column Type Filter Based on Agricultural Waste for Removal of Fluoride from Water -- Chapter 12. Oxidative Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Waste Water -- Chapter 13. Bio remediation of Textile Azo Dyes by Marine Streptomyces -- Chapter 14. Use of Sewage to Restore Manmade Waterbodies – Nutrient and Energy Flow Regulation Approaches to Enabling Sustainability -- Chapter 15. Two Stage Passive High Throughput Sustainable Sewage Treatment Process: Lab Study and Future Scope.
    Abstract: This book addresses a complex issue – water sustainability – that requires a combined approach to manage both water and energy. It highlights several technologies that have been introduced to study the water–energy linkage. It also discusses the need to develop effective laws for water management. In turn, the book assesses hybrid biological systems and demonstrates why they are better for the wastewater treatment process. Lastly, it reviews wastewater quality requirements, which have been the primary driver of industrial wastewater treatment programs in India. Gathering selected, high-quality research papers presented at the IconSWM 2018 conference, the book offers a valuable asset, not only for researchers and academics, but also for industrial practitioners and policymakers.
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    Pages: XVI, 248 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811507069
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0706-9
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    Applied Geology : Approaches to Future Resource Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Geographic information systems. ; Earth sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Urban Sociology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Hydrogeology and Aquifer Contamination -- Chapter 1. Geological and hydrogeological characterization of springs in a DSGSD context (Rodoretto Valley - NW Italian Alps) (Martina Gizzi, Stefano Lo Russo, Maria Gabriella Forno, Elena Cerino Abdin, Glenda Taddia) -- Chapter 2. Evaluation and prediction of seepage discharge through tailings dams when their rising (Viacheslav V. Fetisov, Elena A. Menshikova) -- Chapter 3. Sediment yield in mountain basins, analysis and management: the SMART-SED project (Davide Brambilla, Monica Papini, Vladislav Ivov Ivanov, Luca Bonaventura, Andrea Abbate, Laura Longoni) -- Chapter 4. Natural groundwater background levels of nitrate and landfill effects (Apulia, Southern Italy) (Livia Emanuela Zuffianò, Pier Paolo Limoni, Giorgio De Giorgio, Maurizio Polemio) -- Part II: Geology and Urban areas -- Chapter 5. Sinkholes in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region focus on the evaporites (Chiara Calligaris, Luca Zini, Stefania Nisio, Chiara Piano) -- Chapter 6. Collapses in calcarenitic deposits along the sides of the Ginosa ravine in south Italy (Angelo Doglioni, Vincenzo Simeone) -- Chapter 7. Relation between on field and InSAR data on landslide-induced damage (Matteo Del Soldato, Silvia Bianchini, Pantaleone De Vita, Diego Di Martire, Roberto Tomás, Domenico Calcaterra, Nicola Casagli) -- Chapter 8. A hierarchical model for the Rocca di Sciara north-eastern slope instabilities (Sicily, Italy) (Mario Valiante, Francesca Bozzano, Marta Della Seta, Domenico Guida) -- Part III: Geomechanics -- Chapter 9. Comparing direct and indirect methods to estimate Uniaxial Compressive Strength of rocks belonging to the Dolomites sequence (NE Italian Alps) (Elia Longo, Ennio Chiesurin, Mario Floris) -- Chapter 10. CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery: Worldwide status and Indian scenario (Bankim Mahanta, Vikram Vishal) -- Part IV: Landslide: Monitoring -- Chapter 11. Hydrological behavior of unsaturated shallow soils on a slope and its failure mechanism: a case study in Ren River catchment, China (Xinsheng Wei, Wen Fan, Massimiliano Bordoni, Claudia Meisina) -- Chapter 12. First steps for the development of an optical fibre strain sensor for shallow landslide stability monitoring through laboratory experiments (Monica Papini, Vladislav Ivov Ivanov, Davide Brambilla, Maddalena Ferrario, Marco Brunero, Gabriele Cazzulani, Laura Longoni) -- Chapter 13. The giant Seymareh Landslide (Zagros Mts., Iran): a lesson for evaluating multi-temporal hazard scenarios (Michele Delchiaro, Javad Rouhi, Marta Della Seta, Salvatore Martino, Reza Nozaem, Maryam Dehbozorgi) -- Chapter 14. Towards real-time geodetic monitoring of landslides with GNSS mass-market devices (Paolo Dabove, Ambrogio M. Manzino, Alberto Cina, Marco Piras, Iosif H. Bendea) -- Part V: Landslide: Climate change -- Chapter 15. Italian latest advances on rainfall thresholds for landslide triggering (Stefano Luigi Gariano, Samuele Segoni, Luca Piciullo) -- Chapter 16. Validation of a shallow landslide susceptibility analysis through a real case study: an example of application in Rome (Italy) (Poueme Djueyep Geraud, Esposito Carlo, Schilirò Luca, Bozzano Francesca) -- Part VI: Landslide: Control -- Chapter 17. Application of a generalized criterion: time-of-failure forecast and alert thresholds assessment for landslides (Alessandro Valletta, Andrea Segalini, Andrea Carri) -- Chapter 18. Evaluation of prediction capability of the MaxEnt and Frequency Ratio methods for landslide susceptibility in the Vernazza catchment (Cinque Terre, Italy) (Emanuele Raso, Diego Di Martire, Andrea Cevasco, Domenico Calcaterra, Patrizio Scarpellini, Marco Firpo).
    Abstract: This book includes a careful selection of significant contributions from international experts that were presented at the 6th AIGA Conference “Applied Geology: Approaches to Future Resource Management” that was held in the Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy, from 27 - 29 June 2018. The following 7 areas are the main themes covered in this volume: · Applied Geology · Hydrogeology · Geological Exploration (underground) · Slope Instability, · Natural Hazards, Risk Assessment and Management, · Geo-resources and Sustainable Development · Application of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) The authors, from academia, research and industry present the latest state of the practice, new technologies, innovative methods and sustainable management in the field of Applied and Environmental Geology. This carefully edited work will be of value to academia, professionals, scientists and decision makers.
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    Pages: XVII, 316 p. 138 illus., 118 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030439538
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43953-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43953-8
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    Integrated Water Resource Management : Cases from Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and USA (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Pollution. ; Water.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Integrated Water Resources Management: Theoretical concepts, basis, responsibilities, and challenges of IWRM -- 2.Integrated Water Resources Management in Brazil -- 3.The necessity of IWRM: the case of San Francisco River water conflicts -- 4. Water Resources Management in California -- 5. International Comparative Analysis of Regulations for Water Markets and Water Banks -- 6. Managing water differently: Integrated Water Resources Management as a framework for adaptation to climate change in Mexico -- 7. The Transboundary Paso del Norte Region Stakeholders’ preferences allowing water resource adaptation -- 8. Water governance and adaptation to drought in Guanacaste, Costa Rica -- 9. Integrated Water Resources Management in Iran -- 10. Water Resources Management in South Korea -- 11. Transboundary Groundwater Management and Regulation: Treaty Practices in Africa.
    Abstract: This book presents case studies that share important experiences regarding Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in various countries. Following an introduction to theoretical concepts, responsibilities, and challenges, the subsequent chapters address, among other topics, an analysis of policies and regulations for water management in Brazil, the drivers that led California to adapt to the IWRM framework, and the international regulations for water markets and water banking in Australia and Chile. The implications of climate change for water resource systems in Mexico are discussed, as well as management strategies from California that could potentially serve as IWRM adaptation schemes in Mexico. Critical cases from Guanacaste (Costa Rica), and from Zayandehrud River Basin and Lake Urmia (Iran) are reviewed in terms of management practices and solutions. The book also provides an overview of the current availability and use of water resources in South Korea, and discusses the management of and international water law instruments for transboundary groundwater in Africa.
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    Pages: XV, 151 p. 28 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030165659
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16565-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16565-9
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    Regional Geological Survey of Hanggai, Xianxia and Chuancun, Zhejiang Province in China : 1:50,000 Geological Maps (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Paleontology . ; Paleoecology. ; Geology. ; Paleontology. ; Paleoecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Strata -- Igneous rocks -- Geological structure and tectonic evolution -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This Open Access book introduces readers to the regional geology of Hanggai, Xianxia and Chuancun, the area between China's northern Zhejiang Province and southern Anhui Province and explores the strata, magmatic rocks and tectonic structures in 1:50,000 scale geological maps. Based on studies of multiple stratigraphic divisions, the standard stratigraphic section of the upper Ordovician Hirnantian in the lower Yangtze region is established, revealing for the first time numerous “Burgess Shale-type” sponge fossils in Hirnantian strata and identifying 10 grapholite fossil belts and various fossil categories, including chitin, trilobites, gastropods, brachiopods, and cephalopods. Moreover, the book identifies for the first time Late Ordovician volcanic events in northern Zhejiang province. The work represents a major contribution to research on Paleozoic strata in the Lower Yangtze region, and sheds new light on understanding the Hirnantian glacial event and biological extinction event in South China by providing a high-precision time scale. In addition, the book opens an important avenue for future research on sponge evolution after the Cambrian life explosion. As such, it offers a unique and valuable asset for researchers and graduate students alike.
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    Pages: VII, 292 p. 268 illus., 122 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811517884
    Series Statement: The China Geological Survey Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1788-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1788-4
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    Karstology in the Classical Karst (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Physical geography. ; Geology. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Structural-Geological Mapping of Karst Area -- Late Cretaceous and Paleogene Paleokarsts of the Northern Sector of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform -- Lithomorphogenesis of Karst Surface -- Significant Findings from Karst Sediment Research -- Measurements of Present-Day Limestone Dissolution and Calcite Precipitation Rates with Limestone Tablets in Stream Caves (with the Case Study of Škocjanske Jame) -- Water Quality Monitoring in Karst -- Planning Contamination Emergency Response Measures for Karst Water Sources -- Deciphering Epiphreatic Conduit Geometry from Head and Flow Data -- Microbial Underground; Microorganisms and Their Habitats in Škocjan Caves -- Changing Perspectives on Subterranean Habitats -- Research Infrastructures and Karst Science.
    Abstract: This book presents the latest advances in karstology by researchers at the ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Slovenia – home of Classical Karst. It features interdisciplinary investigations carried out on the karst surface, subsurface, caves, and associated waters. It covers various topics, such as analysis of karst processes, including the mineralogical and lithological characteristics of sediments and carbonate rocks; structural geological mapping; detecting the old traces of paleokarst; the formation of karst surfaces in a variety of types of rock and conditions; and the evolution of karst, which can aid in dating sediments, and in tracing aquifers using artificial and natural tracers. In addition, the book provides detailed information on the use and development of various research methods, ranging from comprehensive field research, long-term measurements, and laboratory analyses to computer and laboratory modeling. Integrating karst geology, geomorphology, hydrology, ecology, speleobiology, and microbiology research, these methods provide readers with a far deeper understanding of karst terrains.
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    Pages: XII, 222 p. 195 illus., 165 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030268275
    Series Statement: Advances in Karst Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26827-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26827-5
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    Eurokarst 2018, Besançon : Advances in the Hydrogeology of Karst and Carbonate Reservoirs (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Geology. ; Physical Geography. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Abstract: This book presents selected papers from the EuroKarst 2018 conference, which highlighted the latest advances in the field of Karst Hydrogeology and Carbonate Reservoirs. The event attracted more than 180 participants. From among their contributions, the papers were selected and subsequently reviewed by the scientific committee to ensure the highest possible quality.
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    Pages: XI, 249 p. 160 illus., 143 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030140151
    Series Statement: Advances in Karst Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14015-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14015-1
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    Transboundary Water Issues in Israel, Palestine, and the Jordan River Basin : An Overview (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Sustainability. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Water Sources and Water Uses — Now and In The Future -- 3. The Existing Oslo Arrangements -- 4. Designing a New Water Future for Israelis and Palestinians.
    Abstract: This book highlights the search for permanent freshwater agreements between Israel, Palestine, and the western portions of Jordan, and underscores the benefits of shared water management among the three countries. Throughout the book, efforts are made to share transboundary water in ways that are simultaneously physically feasible, ecologically sustainable, and socially equitable. Thanks to the Peace Treaty between Israel and Jordan, the management of shared water resources has been working well, though future relationships are uncertain at present. However, the current arrangements for Israel and Palestine are, at best, inadequate and, in some cases, counterproductive. In closing, the book argues that trilateral agreements on water can and should be concluded now, before seeking to resolve the full range of issues that remain uncertain in a Final Status Agreement between Israel and Palestine. .
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    Pages: XIX, 101 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811502521
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0252-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0252-1
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    Subduction and Closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from an Integrated Sedimentary Provenance Analysis (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geochemistry. ; Geology. ; Sedimentology. ; Geochemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Regional Geology across the Solonker Suture Zone -- Methodology -- Results -- Geochronological Entropy, and its Relevance to Age Measurements -- Accretionary Collision between the Mongolian Arcs and North China Craton -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This Ph.D. thesis attempts to decipher the closure of the Palaeozoic Palaeo-Asian Ocean along the enigmatic Solonker Suture in East Asia adopting a methodology that integrates geochemical and geochronological data from Palaeozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks in the region. It provides an in-detail but also broad insight into the Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the region, not only pin-pointing the debated location of the Solonker Suture but also the timing of final disappearance of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean during Permian to Early Triassic times. The results have led to propose a tectonic ‘soft-collision’ model for the amalgamation of the North China Craton and the Mongolian Terranes in northern Asia explaining the general absence of geologic features characteristic for continent-continent collisions such as the occurrence of regional-scale high-grade metamorphic rocks, ophiolite belts and fold-thrust structures. This new model may serve as a blueprint for the tectonic evolution of similar suture zones that are characterized by the absence of typical collision related lithologies and structures. The thesis is particularly useful as a guide for researchers who seek an in-depth understanding of the Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic tectonic evolution of northern China and Central Asia along the Solonker Suture. .
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    Pages: XXXV, 270 p. 110 illus., 47 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789813292000
    Series Statement: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9200-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9200-0
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    The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach : Volume 5: Active Processes: Seismicity, Active Faulting and Relief (2020)
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    Keywords: Natural disasters. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Natural Hazards. ; Geology. ; Geophysics.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Preface -- 2.Active processes in Iberia: An Introduction -- 3.Active deformation in the Iberian Peninsula from geodetic techniques -- 4.Seismicity of the Iberian Peninsula -- 5. Active faults in Iberia -- 6. Active landscapes of Iberia.
    Abstract: Adopting a global approach, this unique book provides an updated review of the geology of Iberia and its continental margins from a geodynamic perspective. Owing to its location close to successive plate margins, Iberia has played a pivotal role in the geodynamic evolution of the Gondwanan, Rheic, Pangea, Tethys and Eurasian plates over the last 600 Ma of Earth’s history. The geological record starts with the amalgamation of Gondwana in the Neoproterozoic, which was succeeded by the rifting and spreading of the Rheic ocean; its demise, which led to the amalgamation of Pangea in the late Paleozoic; and the rifting and spreading of several arms of the Neotethys ocean in the Mesozoic Era and their ongoing closure, which was responsible for the Alpine orogeny. The significant advances in the last 20 years have increasingly attracted international interest in exploring the geology of the Iberian Peninsula. This final volume of the Geology of Iberia focuses on the active geological processes in Iberia including seismicity and active faulting as well as the modern landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula.
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    Pages: XVII, 126 p. 41 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030109318
    Series Statement: Regional Geology Reviews,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10931-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10931-8
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    The Geology of Egypt (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Sedimentology. ; Geology. ; Mineralogy. ; Sedimentology.
    Description / Table of Contents: History of the Geological Research in Egypt -- Precambrian Geology of Egypt -- Structural and tectonic framework of Neoproterozoic basement of Egypt: from gneiss domes to transpression belts -- Crustal Evolution of the Precambrian rocks of Egypt -- The Precambrian metamorphic belts of Egypt -- Tectonics and Structural Evolution of Egypt -- Red Sea Tectonics -- Paleozoic Geology of Egypt -- Mesozoic Geology of Egypt -- Paleogene Geology of Egypt -- Neogene Geology of Egypt -- Quaternary Geology of Egypt -- Egyptian Vertebrate Paleontology -- Egyptian Impact Crater(s) and Meteorites -- Mineral Resources in Egypt (I): Metallic Ore Depoists -- Mineral Resources in Egypt (II): Non-Metallic Ore Depoists -- Hydrocarbon Resources in Egypt -- Water Resources in Egypt -- Seismicity, Seismotectonics and Neotectonics.
    Abstract: This richly illustrated book offers a concise overview of the geology of Egypt in the context of the geology of the Arab Region and Northeast Africa. An introductory chapter on history of geological research in Egypt sheds much light on the stages before and after the establishment of Egyptian Geological Survey (the second oldest geological survey worldwide), Hume's book and Said's 1962, 1990 books. The book starts with the Precambrian geology of Egypt, in terms of lithostratigraphy and classifications, structural and tectonic framework, crustal evolution and metamorphic belts. A dedicated chapter discusses the Paleozoic-Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonics and structural evolution of Egypt. A chapter highlights the Red Sea tectonics and the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba Rifts. Subsequent chapters address the Phanerozoic geology from Paleozoic to Quaternary. The Egyptian Impact Crater(s) and Meteorites are dealt with in a separate chapter. The Earth resources in Egypt, including metallic and non-metallic ore deposits, hydrocarbon and water resources, are given much more attention throughout four chapters. The last chapter addresses the seismicity, seismotectonics and neotectonics of Egypt.
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    Pages: XXVI, 711 p. 382 illus., 352 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030152659
    Series Statement: Regional Geology Reviews,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15265-9
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    Nanopharmaceuticals: Principles and Applications Vol. 3 (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Polymers. ; Pollution. ; Polymers.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Inorganic Nanomaterials for Enhanced Therapeutic Safety -- Chapter 2 Nanoparticles application for cancer diagnosis -- Chapter 3 Insights into nanotools for dental interventions -- Chapter 4 Nanopharmaceuticals: Synthesis, Characterization and Challenges -- Chapter 5 Electrospun Nanofibers as Carriers in Dermal Drug Delivery -- Chapter 6. Enzyme responsive and enzyme immobilized nanoplatforms for therapeutic delivery: an overview of research innovations and biomedical applications -- Chapter 7 Systemic Nanotoxicity and its Assessment in Animal Models -- Chapter 8 Dendrimers as drug carriers for cancer therapy -- Chapter 9 Nanoparticle design to improve transport across the intestinal barrier -- Chapter 10 Recent Progress in Nano-theranostic medicine.
    Abstract: This book is the third volume on this subject and focuses on the recent advances of nanopharmaceuticals in cancer, dental, dermal and drug delivery applications and presents their safety, toxicity and therapeutic efficacy. The book also includes the transport phenomenon of nanomaterials and important pathways for drug delivery applications. It goes on to explain the toxicity of nanoparticles to different physiological systems and methods used to assess this for different organ systems using examples of in vivo systems.
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    Pages: XVI, 340 p. 57 illus., 49 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030471200
    Series Statement: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 48
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47120-0
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    Processes in GeoMedia—Volume I (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Oceanography. ; Geology. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences. ; Ocean Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Formation Of The «Baer Hillocks» By The Peak Water Flow At A Sharple Reduction Of The Caspian Sea Level -- Features Of The Formation Of Gold Manifestations In The Black Shale Deposits Of The Kumakskoye Ore Field -- Analytical Test Problem Of Wing Currents -- Determination Of The Propagation Speed Of Wave -- A Model Of A Coastal Barrier And Its Application To The Anapa Bay-Bar Coasts.
    Abstract: This book presents the findings of recent theoretical and experimental studies of processes in the atmosphere, oceans and lithosphere, discussing their interactions, environmental issues, geology, problems related to human impacts on the environment, and methods of geophysical research. It particularly focuses on the geomechanical aspects of the production of hydrocarbons, including the laborious extraction of oils. Furthermore, it includes contributions on ecological problems of the biosphere. .
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    Pages: VII, 317 p. 131 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030381776
    Series Statement: Springer Geology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38177-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38177-6
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    Flood Damage Assessment and Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Natural disasters. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Physical geography. ; Geology. ; Natural Hazards. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2.Flood risk assessment -- 3. Flood damage assessment -- 4. Flood risk management -- 5. Case studies -- 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: The costs of damages caused by extreme weather events, among which floods are a major category, are showing a rapid upward trend, both globally and in Europe. Scope and extremity of flood episodes point to the need to build a comprehensive proposal including the completion of flood protection measures in areas exposed to flood risk. The aim of flood risk management is to present flood protection measures. This book presents the state of the art of essential knowledge on methods and tools of flood risk assessment and management to young researchers, academics, lecturers and water management practitioners. This book is dedicated to flood damage assessment focused on social, economic and environmental damages management. Its objectives are to develop a general methodology for flood risk assessment and to present a choice of effective flood protection methods according the objectives of flood risk management.
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    ISBN: 9783030500535
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 94
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50053-5
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    Micro-Pollutant Regulation in the River Rhine : Cooperation in a Common-Pool Resource Problem Setting (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Political planning. ; Environmental policy. ; Physical geography. ; Pollution. ; Water. ; Public Policy. ; Environmental Policy. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The compelling nature of water pollution as a Common-Pool-Resource problem -- Chapter 2. Theories and theoretical contribution -- Chapter 3. Methods & Cases -- Chapter 4. Empirical analysis I: On cooperation -- Chapter 5. Empirical analysis II: On the emergence of cooperation -- Chapter 6. Empirical analysis III: On the consolidation of cooperation -- Chapter 7. Conclusion I: Theoretical insights on cooperation in CPR settings -- Chapter 8. Conclusion II.
    Abstract: This book investigates how actors organize in order to solve a water quality problem. Research on the use of environmental resources has mainly focused on the circumstances needed for users to self-organize or to maintain an already sustainable way of resource use. Few studies have investigated the reasons why actors start to cooperate when they are faced with an environmental problem. Actor networks in three regions of the Rhine catchment area are scrutinized; a) actors’ cooperation pattern when managing an environmental problem; and b) the factors that trigger actors in a common-pool resource situation to initiate cooperation. Water quality policy is analysed in two European countries – Germany and Luxembourg, and one non-European country - Switzerland, providing an overview of the distinctive measure applied in these regions with the aim of tackling the water quality problem of micro-pollutants in river surface water. Applying the social-ecological system framework (SESF) devised by E. Ostrom and her colleagues and Social Network Analysis (SNA), the current book combines qualitative and quantitative methods to answer the question of why actors cooperate in the management process of an environmental problem like water pollution.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030367701
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36770-1
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    Water Resources and Integrated Management of the United Arab Emirates (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Climatology. ; Geographic information systems. ; Geology. ; Water. ; Climate Sciences. ; Geographical Information System.
    Description / Table of Contents: List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photographs -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Geomorphology and Geology -- Chapter 2 Geomorphology -- Chapter 3 Geology -- Part II Climatic Conditions and Water Balance -- Chapter 4 Climatic Conditions -- Chapter 5 Water Balance -- Part III Conventional Water Resources -- Section A Surface Water Resources -- Chapter 6 Floods -- Chapter 7 Springs -- Chapter 8 Aflaj -- Section B Groundwater Resources -- Chapter 9 Limestone Aquifers -- Chapter 10 Ophiolite Aquifer -- Chapter 11 Gravel Aquifer -- Chapter 12 Sand Aquifer -- Chapter 13 Gravel and Sand Aquifer -- Part IV Non-Conventional Water Resources -- Chapter 14 Desalination Water -- Chapter 15 Treated Sewage Water -- Part V Water Problems -- Chapter 16 General Water Problems -- Chapter 17 Drinking Water Problems -- Chapter 18 Pollution of the Quaternary Sand Aquifer -- Part VI Integrated Water Resources Management -- Chapter 19 Water Conservation -- Chapter 20 Water Harvesting -- Chapter 21 Advanced Agricultural Technologies -- Part VII Modern Techniques in Water Studies -- Chapter 22 Remote Sensing -- Chapter 23 Geographic Information Systems -- Chapter 24 Natural Isotopes -- Chapter 25 Modelling Techniques -- Chapter 26 Water Laws in the United Arab Emirates -- Chapter 27 General Summary -- References.
    Abstract: This book provides an inventory of water resources, describes water challenges, and suggests methodologies and technologies for integrated water resources management in the UAE. It also summarizes efforts of water conservation and management, and modern approaches for improvement of water resources management and decision-making related to this valuable resource. The authors are specialized in geology and hydrogeology and have been teaching and conducting scientific research on water resources in the UAE for the last three decades. This book represents the main reference on water resources in the UAE for academia, researchers, professionals, students and the general public. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: LXXXI, 850 p. 460 illus., 370 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030316846
    Series Statement: World Water Resources, 3
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31684-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31684-6
    DDC: 551
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    Water-resisting Property and Key Technologies of Grouting Reconstruction of the Upper Ordovician Limestone in North China’s Coalfields (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geology. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Paleosedimentary Environments And Karst Characteristics Of Ordovician Limestone In North China Coalfields -- Water-Bearing And Water-Resisting Properties Of Top Of Ordovician Limestone In North China Coalfields -- Utilizability Of Weathered And Filled Zone Of Top Of Ordovician Limestone In North China Coalfields -- Criterion For Utilization And Grouting Reconstruction Of Top Of Ordovician Limestone -- Technical System Of Grouting Reconstruction Of Top Of Ordovician Limestone -- Case Study Of Utilization And Grouting Reconstruction Of Top Of Ordovician Limestone -- Conclusions And Innovation Points.
    Abstract: This book examines the water resistance capacity of the Upper Ordovician limestone and its feasibility as a water barrier to achieve safe and green mining. Mine water inrush events often occur during coal mine construction and production; they account for a large proportion of the coal mine disasters and accidents in China, second only to gas explosions. As mining depths and mining intensity continue to increase, the hydrogeological conditions encountered are becoming more complex. This book describes in-situ methods designed to test the water resistance of the limestone layer, as well as specific grouting techniques developed to transform this layer into a barrier that can prevent water inrush during mining. The innovative technologies, which were applied and validated in two coal mines, are applicable to other coal mines or any underground engineering works.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 183 p. 98 illus., 83 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030401160
    Series Statement: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40116-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40116-0
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    Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate : Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environment. ; Engineering geology. ; Geology. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geoengineering. ; Geology.
    Abstract: This book presents selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management,with a special focus on Water Security under Climate Change, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh in March 2019. The biennial conference is organized by Institute of Water and Flood Management of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. The recent decades have experienced more frequent natural calamities and it is believed that climate change is an important driving factor for such hazards. Each part of the hydrological cycle is affected by global climate change. Moreover, increasing population and economic activities are posing a bigger threat to water sources. To ensure sustainable livelihoods, safeguard ecosystem services, and enhance socio-economic development, water security needs to be investigated widely in a global and regional context.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 370 p. 179 illus., 159 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030477868
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8
    DDC: 363.73
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    Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Atmospheric science. ; Public health. ; System theory. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Atmospheric Science. ; Public Health. ; Complex Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Scientific Committee -- History of ITM -- List of Participants -- Part I: Regional and Intercontinental Modelling -- Part II: Local and Urban Scale Modeling -- Part III: Emission Modeling and Processing -- Part IV: Data Assimilation and Air Quality Forecasting -- Part V: Model Assessment and Verification -- Part VI: Aerosols in the Atmosphere -- Part VII: Modeling Air Pollution in a Changing Climate -- Part VIII: Air Quality Effects on Human Health and Ecology -- Part IX: Special Sessions.
    Abstract: Current developments in air pollution modeling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field. This newest contribution on air pollution modeling and its application is focused on local, urban, regional and intercontinental modeling; emission modeling and processing; data assimilation and air quality forecasting; model assessment and evaluation; atmospheric aerosols. Additionally, this work also examines the relationship between air quality and human health and the effects of climate change on air quality. This work is a collection of selected papers presented at the 36th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, held in Ottawa, Canada, May 14-18, 2018. The book is intended as reference material for students and professors interested in air pollution modeling at the graduate level as well as researchers and professionals involved in developing and utilizing air pollution models.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XLVII, 490 p. 177 illus., 162 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030220556
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Complexity,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22055-6
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    The Puchezh-Katunki Impact Crater : Geology and Origin (2020)
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    Keywords: Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Mineralogy. ; Geology. ; Geophysics. ; Mineralogy.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Research History of the Puchezh-Katunki Structure -- Geological Framework of the Impact Site -- Interior Structure and Composition of Impact-generated and Impact-transformed -- Processes of Transformations of Crystalline Rocks of the Central Uplift -- Dynamic Modeling of the Puchezh-Katunki Impact Structure.
    Abstract: This book presents essential data on the geology of the Puchezh-Katunki crater – an early Jurassic crater located on the East European Platform, with an impact structure that is ca. 80 km in diameter. Offering a comprehensive guide, it reviews the studies carried out during the last several decades on this prominent but not well-known impact structure. It offers the international community state-of-the-art information on the crater with regard to e.g. structural mapping, drilling (including the Vorotilovo well, which is 5374 m deep), geophysical research, and the petrological analysis of impactites and various breccias. In addition, the book includes new results from the mineralization and crystallizations beneath this large impact crater, and suggests new models for crater formations.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XII, 213 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030320430
    Series Statement: Impact Studies
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32043-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32043-0
    DDC: 551
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    Environmental Nanotechnology Volume 4 (2020)
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    Keywords: Pollution. ; Nanotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Polymers. ; Pollution. ; Nanotechnology. ; Agriculture. ; Polymers.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- About the Editors -- 1. Nanotechnology for water and wastewater treatment using graphene semiconductor composite materials (Penny P. Govender) -- 2. Dyes depollution of water using porous TiO2-based photocatalysts (Jean-Luc Blin) -- 3. Application of nanobiosensors in food safety monitoring (Ragh HV) -- 4. Translational approach of modification of functional properties of nano porous membranes for the desalination of water (Velayudhaperumal Chellam Padmanaban) -- 5.Nanotechnology in wheat production and protection (Prem Lal Kashyap) -- 6. New drugs for bad bugs: bioprospection of new nanoparticles and specialized metabolites from Actinobacteria (Analía Álvarez) -- 7. Titanium oxide-based nanomaterials with photocatalytic applications in environmental chemistry (Santiago Gómez-Ruiz) -- 8. Polymer nanocomposites: synthesis and characterization (A L Sharma). 9. Application of nanotechnology in agriculture (Pragati Pramanik) -- 10. Nanomaterial-based sensor for air pollution control (Pradip Kar).
    Abstract: This book presents comprehensive reviews on the latest developments of nanotechnologies to detect and remove pollutants in water, air and food. Polymer nanocomposites, nanoparticles from microbes and application of nanotechnologies for desalination and agriculture are also addressed. Pollution of water and air by contaminants and diseases is a major health issue leading globally to millions of deaths yearly, according to the World Health Organization, and such an issue requires advanced methods to clean environmental media.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIII, 410 p. 114 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030266684
    Series Statement: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 32
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26668-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26668-4
    DDC: 363.73
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