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  • 1
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    Plant Relationships : Fungal-Plant Interactions (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Plant diseases. ; Microbial genetics. ; Plant physiology. ; Fungi. ; Mycology. ; Plants. ; Microbiology. ; Plant Pathology. ; Microbial Genetics. ; Plant Physiology. ; Fungi. ; Plant Signalling.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Pathogenic Fungus – Plant Interactions -- Modulation of Host Immunity and Development by Ustilago Maydis -- RNA Dialogues in Fungal-Plant Relationships -- The Role of Tox Effector Proteins in the Parastagonospora Nodorum-Wheat Interaction -- Part II. Mutualistic Fungus – Plant Interactions -- Genomes of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi -- Diversity of Seed Endophytes: Causes and Implications -- Lichens and Their Allies Past and Present -- Lichen Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Progress in the Genomic Era Towards Ecological Roles in the Interaction -- Part III. Sensing and Signalling in Fungus-Plant Interactions -- Regulation of Plant Infection Processes by MAP Kinase Pathways in Ascomycetous Pathogens -- Role of pH in the Control of Fungal MAPK Signalling and Pathogenicity -- Role of Volatile Organic Compounds in Establishment of the Trichoderma-Plant Interaction -- Part IV. Regulation of Fungal Gene Expression and Development -- Epigenetic Regulation of Fungal Genes Involved in Plant Colonization -- Toward Understanding the Role of Chromatin in Secondary Metabolite Gene Regulation in the Rice Pathogen Fusarium Fujikuroi -- The Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae Uses a Turgor-Dependent, Septin-Mediated Mechanism to Invade Rice -- Role of Light in the Life Cycle of Botrytis Cinerea -- Part V. Genomes and Evolution -- Species of Zymoseptoria (Dothideomycetes) as a Model System to Study Plant Pathogen Genome Evolution -- Accessory Chromosomes of the Fusarium Oxysporum Species Complex and Their Contribution to Host Niche Adaptation -- Part VI. Global Pandemics and Food Security -- Global Landscape of Rust Epidemics by Puccinia Species: Current and Future Perspectives -- Magnaporthe oryzae and Its Pathotypes: A Potential Plant Pandemic Threat to Global Food Security.
    Abstract: This fully revised 3rd edition provides a comprehensive overview of the biology of fungi associated with plants. Since the publication of the 2nd Edition in 2009, tremendous new knowledge has been gained in the field of fungal-plant interactions, which is reflected in the contributions of this book. World-leading scientists in the field provide authoritative insights into fungal-plant interactions covering the following main topics: Mutualistic and pathogenic fungal-plant interactions in natural and agricultural ecosystems Sensing and signalling in fungus-plant interactions Regulation of fungal gene expression and development Fungal genomes and evolution Global pandemics caused by fungal pathogens and their implications for food security This volume will be of great interest to both specialists and generalists. It is an indispensable resource for researchers, lecturers and students in microbiology, mycology, and plant sciences, as well as agriculture and biotechnology.
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    Pages: XXII, 462 p. 70 illus., 62 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031165030
    Series Statement: The Mycota, A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research, 5
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16503-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16503-0
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    Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms of Arid Region (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Ecology . ; Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Exploring Microbial Diversity of Arid Regions of Globe for Agricultural Sustainability: A Revisit -- 2. Harnessing drought tolerant PGPM in arid agro ecosystem for plant disease management and soil amelioration -- 3. Role of Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria in Rainfed and Irrigated Crops -- 4. Plant Growth Promoting Microbes: The Potential Phosphorus Solubilizers in Soils of Arid Agro-ecosystem -- 5. Diversity of PGPM and Ecosystem Services -- 6. Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms: An Option for Drought and Salinity Management in Arid Agriculture -- 7. Plant Growth Promoting Microbes: Key Players in Organic Agriculture -- 8. Interceding Microbial Biofertilizers in Agroforestry System for Enhancing Productivity -- 9. Role of PGPM in Managing Soil Borne Plant Pathogens in Horticulture Crops -- 10. The Use of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms in the Managementof Soil-Borne Plant Pathogenic Organisms -- 11. Role of plant growth promoting microbes in managing soil-borne pathogens in forestry -- 12. Secondary Metabolites and Bioprospecting -- 13. PGPM: Fundamental, Bioformulation, Commercialization and Success at Farmer’s Field -- 14. PGPR: A Sustainable Agricultural Mitigator For Stressed Agro-Environments -- 15. Endophytic PGPM derived metabolites and their role in arid ecosystem -- 16. Current regulatory requirements for PGPM products for management of seed, soil and plant health: An overview -- 17. Evolving Concepts of Biocontrol of Phytopathogens by Endophytic Pseudomonas fluorescence -- 18. Symbiotic Effectiveness of Rhizobium Strains in Agriculture -- 19. Inoculant Production and Formulation of Azospirillum Species.
    Abstract: This edited book aims to focus on microbial diversity in arid lands and deserts versus specific microbial assemblages associated with plants. The book explains ecological drivers that shape this diversity, how plant-associated microbiomes are selected, and their biotechnological potential are discussed. Diversity and functional redundancy of these associated PGPM make them very active in supporting plant improvement, health and resistance to drought, salt and other stresses, and these dimensions will be explored in this book. Implementing proper biotechnological applications of the arid and desert-adapted PGPM constitutes a sizeable challenge, and the book attempts to take up that challenge and help researchers in this field to gain a detailed understanding of PGPM from arid ecosystems. This book serves as a handbook for research workers, teachers, postgraduate students and extension personnel, other development workers, and policy planners engaged in arid zone development.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 455 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811941245
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4124-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4124-5
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    Microbial Genomic Islands in Adaptation and Pathogenicity (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Diseases Causes and theories of causation. ; Microbial genetics. ; Microbiology. ; Pathogenesis. ; Microbial Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An introduction of microbial genomic islands for evolutionary adaptation and pathogenicity -- Chapter 2. Computation tools for prediction and analysis of genomic islands -- Chapter 3. An overview of genomic islands’ main features and computational prediction: the CMNR group of bacteria as a case study -- Chapter 4. Microbial genomic island discovery, visualization and analysis -- Chapter 5. Genomic islands in bacterial genome evolution and speciation -- Chapter 6. Genomic islands in the gut microbiome: current knowledge and the application in the probiotics field -- Chapter 7. Genomic islands in nutritional fitness and adaptation -- Chapter 8. Genomic islands involved in iron uptake -- Chapter 9. Genomic islands in uropathogeneic E. coli -- Chapter 10. Genomic islands in Helicobacter species -- Chapter 11. Genomic islands in Staphylococcus -- Chapter 12. Genomic islands in Pseudomonas species -- Chapter 13. Genomic islands in Klebsiella pneumonia -- Chapter 14. Molecular Insights into Genomic Islands and Evolution of Vibrio cholerae -- Chapter 15. Genomic islands in marine bacteria -- Chapter 16. Challenges in Eventing Horizontal Gene Transfer -- chapter 17. Artificial Intelligence and machine learning for prediction and analysis of genomic islands.
    Abstract: This book elucidates the role of microbial genomic islands (GEIs) in genome stability, plasticity, evolutionary adaptation, and pathogenicity in the bacterial population. The initial chapters of the book present tools, including bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, next-generation sequencing, and molecular biology techniques, for the analysis of the genomic islands. The book also discusses the importance of genomic islands in bacterial speciation, acquisition of genes related to resistome, nitrogen fixation, mobilomes, and nutritional fitness and adaptation. It provides recent advances in understanding microbial genomic islands' distribution, evolution, and mechanistic modes of behavior in pathogenic, non-pathogenic, and environmental species. This book is a valuable source for beginners in molecular microbiology, students, researchers, clinicians, stakeholders, and policymakers interested in understanding the role of GEIs in the adaptive evolution of microorganisms.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXIII, 356 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811993428
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9342-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9342-8
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    Current Research Trends and Applications in Waste Management (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Bioenergetics. ; Microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Bioenergetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Emerging Frontiers of Microbes in Liquid Waste Management -- Chapter 2 Municipal wastewater treatment by microalgae with simultaneous resource recovery: A biorefinery approach -- Chapter 3 An economic and sustainable method of bio-ethanol production from Agro-waste: A waste to energy approach -- Chapter 4 Sewage and wastewater management to combat different mosquito vector species -- Chapter 5 Keratinase role in management of poultry Waste -- Chapter 6 Biomedical Waste: Impact on Environment and its Management in Health Care Facilities -- chpater 7 Microbial intervention in waste remediation for Bio-energy production -- Chapter 8 Role of Microorganisms in Biogas Production From Animal Waste and Slurries -- Chapter 9 Bioelectricity generation from organic waste using microbial fuel cell -- Chapter 10 Bioremediation: Remedy for Emerging Environmental Pollutants -- Chapter 11 Rhizoremediation: A Plant Microbe Based Probiotic Science -- Chapter 12 Microbial fermentation system for the production of biopolymers and bioenergy from various organic wastes and by-products -- Chapter 13 Nanotechnology: Opportunity and Challenges in Waste Management -- Chapter 14 ‘Omics’ approaches for structural and functional insights of ‘Waste to Energy’ Microbiome.
    Abstract: This book covers latest information on organic and inorganic waste management, and how the waste can be utilized as an energy source. An increasing world population and climate change rate hint that environmental health needs a sustainable waste recycling system worldwide. Management of wastes material plays a substantial role in the environment and climate regulation. Chapters contain modern tools and techniques for managing inorganic, biomedical, municipality, and food waste. The title covers the role of contemporary microbiology and biotechnological tools in waste management and how these microbial agents can enhance waste degradation and bioenergy production. The book covers interesting topics such as bio-ethanol production from agro-waste, microbial fuel cells, biogas production from animal waste, nanotechnology in waste recycling, etc. The primary audiences are researchers, scientists, students, and policymakers interlinked with waste management and applied microbial sectors.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VII, 402 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819931064
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3106-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3106-4
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    Diagnosis of Mycobacterium (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Diagnosis. ; Diseases. ; Internal medicine. ; Microbiology. ; Diagnosis. ; Diseases. ; Internal Medicine.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Diagnosis of Mycobacterium -- Chapter 2. Clinical and Radiological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis -- Chapter 3. Pathology based Diagnosis of Tuberculosis -- Chapter 4. Assessment of Hematological and Biochemical Parameters in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Tuberculosis -- Chapter 5. Different Methods of Microscopic and Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis -- Chapter 6. Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis -- Chapter 7. Diagnosis and Challenges of Pediatric Tuberculosis -- Chapter 8. Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis -- Chapter 9. The Future of Serology-Based Diagnosis for Tuberculosis in India -- Chapter 10. Point of Care (POC) Detection Technique for Mycobacterium -- Chapter 11. Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Infection -- Chapter 12. Sensor and Nanotechnology based Diagnostics in the Field of Mycobacteriology -- Chapter 13. Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Infections in Lung Disease and Medical Interventions -- Chapter 14. Laboratory Diagnosis of Zoonotic Tuberculosis: An Update.
    Abstract: This book covers all the aspects related to the laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium. Laboratory diagnosis includes microscopic to advance molecular diagnosis. Moreover, it deals with the methods used to detect antimycobacterial susceptibility tests and drug resistance.Chapters cover most potential methods and techniques from traditional to advanced future diagnostics for identifying tuberculosis, NTM, and latent TB infections. Also discussed are the challenges and opportunities in the diagnostic science of infectious disease. This book offers assistance to students, postgraduate medical students, researchers, medical practitioners, postdoctoral fellows, microbiologists, nurses, and public health officers working in tuberculosis control programs to understand various modalities for diagnosis and drug-resistance tuberculosis.
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    Pages: XXIV, 258 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819956241
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5624-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-5624-1
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    Metabolomics, Proteomes and Gene Editing Approaches in Biofertilizer Industry (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Botany. ; Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Plant Biochemistry. ; Plant Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Constrains in biofertilizer industry and future scopes -- Chapter 2. Present scenario: Status of biofertilizer industry in India -- Chapter 3. Mode of application of biofertilizer in crop fields -- Chapter 4. Carrier based Biofertilizers -- Chapter 5. Liquid biofertilizers -- Chapter 6. Interaction of efficient rhizospheric bacteria and response in farmer’s field -- Chapter 7. Enhancing productivity through multiple microbial inoculants -- Chapter 8. Challages in compatibility of microbial inoculants with agrochemicals -- Chapter 9. Microbial metabolite-based products for plant growth promotion -- Chapter 10. Microbes from wild plants: Challenges and opportunities to be used as inoculant -- Chapter 11. Fungal biofertilizers: present trends and future prospects -- Chapter 12. Endophytes as plant growth inducers: a whole new arena in the inoculant industry -- Chapter 13. Immobilization and co-mobilization: An unexploited biotechnological tool for enhancing efficiency of biofertilizers -- Chapter 14. Microbial biostimulants: Bioformulations for enhanced biofertilizer efficacy and sustainable crop management -- Chapter 15. Omics approaches in strain improvement and new vistas in next-generation biofertilizers -- Chapter 16. Metabolomics and proteomics behind plant growth promoting potential of rhizobacteria -- Chapter 17. Proteomics in shaping future of biofertilizer delivery technique -- Chapter 18. Application of nanosilica for plant growth promotion and crop improvement -- Chapter 19. Industrial sustainability: Economics, cost and bioavailability of biofertilizers -- Chapter 20. Phyllosphere engineering: tailoring leaf surface microbes for boosting plant tolerance. .
    Abstract: This edited book covers the major aspects of plant growth promoting bacteria and mechanisms underlining the phenotype in rhizobacteria. This book guides the researchers about the potential of plant growth promoting bacteria to be used as biofertilizers. The process of biofertilizer development and the process of testing its efficacy for commercial use and the potency is elaborated in this volume using suitable figures. The information in this book regarding the secretion of various secondary metabolites responsible for nutrient management is helpful for designing bioformulations that assist plant growth. This book provides substantial number of evidences that underlines the genomic basis of nutrient management by microbes. Essential information is provided regarding the genomic and proteomic background of the biofertilizers. The chapters in the book are divided into three sections. The first section of the book includes chapter 1-5 outlining the importance of rhizobacteria in elevating the nutrient levels in soil and augmenting the biotic and abiotic stress. Second section of the book includes chapter 6-11 elaborating the details about the biofertilizer, types of biofertilizer available and techniques involved in mass production of biofertilizers. Section third covers chapters from 12-15 providing the explicit information about metabolomics and proteomics basis of plant growth development. This collective work is distinct as it has focus on diverse emerging technologies which are high-throughput, scalable and applicable to different countries regardless of their socio-economic conditions. This book can improve the current state of knowledge and invoke researchers and innovators to take ahead the current inter-disciplinary knowledge into technologies that are readily available and effectively minimize hazards associated with chemical fertilizer.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 402 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819935611
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3561-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3561-1
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    Principles of Microbial Metabolism and Metabolic Ecology (2023)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Life sciences. ; Microbial ecology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbial genetics. ; Microbiology. ; Life Sciences. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Microbial Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Microbial Life on Earth, Metabolism, and Metabolic Diversity -- A Microbe’s Environment and Natural Selection -- Microbial Energetics -- Catabolism and Its Coupling to Anabolism -- Microbial Kinetics -- Mechanisms of Microbial Energy Conservation -- Prototypic Reactions of Prokaryotic Carbon Catabolism -- Metabolic Modules, Pathways, and Nodes of Intermediates -- Fermentative Metabolism -- Prototypic Reactions, Modules, and Pathways of C1 Catabolism.
    Abstract: This textbook examines the fundamental principles of microbial metabolism and how a microbe's ecology is intrinsically interwoven with and a consequence of its metabolism. Further, it answers many questions frequently asked by students, such as: What are the mechanistic connections between simple phenotypic traits, ecological patterns and microbial metabolism and diversity? In the process, readers will be introduced to essential topics like metabolism and metabolic pathways, flux of energy and nutrients, genome size and fitness, competition, selection and drift. Moreover, the book conveys fundamental principles that show students how to approach the field of microbiology from a different, more unifying angle, e.g., how microbes’ access to environmentally available energy resources and the specific metabolism involved lies at the root of every ecologically significant microbial speciation. This aspect, together with its special focus on metabolism and ecological implications, make the book a must-read for all students of microbiology.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 338 p. 198 illus., 165 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031282188
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28218-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28218-8
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    Fungi and Fungal Products in Human Welfare and Biotechnology (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Fungi. ; Mycology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Fungi. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Plant Growth Promotion and Sustainability -- Chapter 1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: role as biofertilizers, technology development and economics -- Chapter 2. Role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in human welfare -- Chapter 3. Fungal ministrations in soil detoxification, building and health restoration -- Chapter 4. Emerging mucormycosis: problems and treatments -- Chapter 5. Microplastic pollution: sources, environmental hazards and mycoremediation as a sustainable solution -- Part II. Fungal metabolic Products -- Chapter 6. A bird’s eye view of fungal peptides -- Chapter 7. Cultivation, bioactive metabolites and application of caterpillar mushroom Cordyceps militaris: Current status, issues and perspectives -- Chapter 8. Lactic acid production from fungal machineries and mechanism of PLA synthesis: Application of AI based technology for improved productivity -- Chapter 9. Discovery of bioactive metabolites from the genus Arthrinium -- Chapter Chapter 10. Wide range applications of fungal pigments in textile dyeing -- Part III. Fungi in Food Biotechnology -- Chapter Chapter 11. The potential of mushrooms in developing healthy food and biotech products -- Chapter 12. Fungal enzyme-based nutraceutical oligosaccharides -- Chapter 13. Applications of fungi for alternative protein -- Part IV. Fungal Enzymes and Other Biotech Products -- Chapter 14. Fungal enzymes in the production of biofuels -- Chapter 15. Fungal pectinases: Diversity and multifarious applications -- Chapter 16. Applicability of fungal xylanases in food biotechnology -- Chapter 17. Fungal therapeutic enzymes: Utility in the treatment of human ailments -- Chapter 18. Heterologous gene expression in Pichia pastoris: Success stories and commercial ventures -- Chapter 19. Agro-industrial residues: an ecofriendly and inexpensive substrate for fungi in the development of white biotechnology -- Chapter 20. Design strategies for mycelium-based composites -- Chapter 21. Development of building insulation material from fr fungal mycelium.
    Abstract: This book presents various biotechnological applications of the fungal systems in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, textile industry, bioremediation, biofuel, and the production of biomolecules. It discusses the important role of fungal secondary metabolites in human welfare and nutrition. It explores fungi as the vital sources of novel substances with antidiabetic, antibiotic as well as prebiotic properties. The book further describes the natural and unique ability of fungi to biodegrade macro- and microplastics by using them as a source of carbon and energy. Notably, it presents the properties and applications of bioactive fungal polysaccharides and discusses the latest developments in utilizing these biopolymers in human nutrition. In addition, the book examines the production of biodegradable and sustainable natural colorants from fungal sources. This book is a valuable source for mycologists, biotechnologists, and microbiologists for understanding the important role of fungi in biotechnology.
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    Pages: XVI, 678 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811988530
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8853-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8853-0
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    Bacteriocins (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Toxicology. ; Food science. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Toxicology. ; Food Science. ; Chemical Bioengineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Biosynthesis, structure and function of bacteriocin -- Chapter 2 Antibacterial mechanism of bacteriocin in lactic acid bacteria -- Chapter 3 Characteristics of lantibiotics -- Chapter 4 Genetic modification of bacteriocins -- Chapter 5 Potential use of bacteriocins as antibacterial agents -- Chapter 6 Application of bacteriocin in food industry -- Chapter 7 Application of bacteriocin in livesock and poultry -- Chapter 8 Bacteriocins of plant-related bacteria and biocontrol of plant pathogens -- Chapter 9 Cytotoxicity of bacteriocins to eukaryotic cells -- Chapter 10 Bacteriocins and human nutrition and health.
    Abstract: This book intends to report the new results of the study of bacteriocins, from basic research to application fields. It mainly introduces the biological characteristics of bacteriocins, the relationship between their structure and function, the antibacterial mode of action, and their application as antibacterial agents in food industry, medical care, and other areas, especially their application potential in human health. This book can be used as a reference book for researchers, undergraduates, and graduated students in the professional fields of food science and engineering, bioengineering, medicine, and agriculture.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 219 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819926619
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2661-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2661-9
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    Environmental Microbiology (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbiology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Global Environment. Climate and microorganisms -- Microorganisms, actors in the environment -- Relationship between microbial energy production and material cycles -- Carbon cycle -- Environmental chemicals -- Microbial degradation of pollutants -- The microbial nitrogen cycle -- Cycles of sulfur, iron and manganese -- Heavy metals and other toxic inorganic ions -- Microorganisms at different sites: living conditions and adaptation strategies -- Microbial communities. Structural and functional analyses with classical approach -- Microbial communities. Structural and functional analyses with molecular biological approach -- Damage to inorganic materials by microbial activities, biocorrosion -- Biological wastewater treatment -- Biological exhaust air treatment -- Biological soil remediation -- Biological waste treatment -- Biotechnology and environmental protection -- Food for thought.
    Abstract: This textbook addresses global and local environmental problems and the involvement of microorganisms in their development and remediation. In particular, methodological aspects, some of them molecular genetic, for the study of microbial communities are considered. Overall, the prominent role of microorganisms in various material cycles is presented. In addition to biochemical principles for the degradation of environmental pollutants, the use of microorganisms in environmental biotechnological processes for the purification of air, water or soil as well as in environmentally friendly production processes is discussed. The book is intended for biologists with an interest in environmental microbiological issues, but also for students of process or environmental engineering, geoecology or geology, as well as students of other environmental science disciplines. For the 3rd edition, the authors have completely revised, corrected, updated and supplemented the book. The authors Professor Dr. Walter Reineke was Professor of Microbiology at the University of Wuppertal since 1982, where he was involved in teaching both the Food Chemistry and Chemistry courses. He has been retired since August 2013. Professor Dr. Michael Schlömann was appointed Endowed Professor of Environmental Microbiology of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg in 1998 and has been Deputy Director of the University's Interdisciplinary Ecological Centre since 1999. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
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    Pages: XVI, 603 p. 379 illus., 104 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783662665473
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66547-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66547-3
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    Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, and Postbiotics : Human Microbiome and Human Health (2023)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biology. ; Molecular biology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbiology. ; Biological Sciences. ; Molecular Biology. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Current State of Knowledge regarding the Human Microbiome Structure, Function, and Diversity -- Chapter 1. Impact of Dietary Habits, Ethnicity and Geographical Provenance in Shaping Human Gut Microbiome -- Chapter 2. Methods Used for Studying Human Microbiome -- Chapter 3. Factors Affecting Composition of the Human Microbiome -- Part II: Correlation of the Human Microbiome to Specific Health/Disease Conditions -- Chapter 4. Mapping the Microbial Metabolites in Metabolic Disorders -- Chapter 5. Human Microbiome in Malnutrition -- Chapter 6. Human Microbiome and the Immune System Functioning -- Chapter 7. Human Microbiome and the Susceptibility to Infections -- Chapter 8. Human microbiome and the neurological disorders -- Chapter 9. Exploring the Unexplored Arena: Butyrate As a Dual Communicator in the Gut-Brain Axis -- Chapter 10. Human Microbiome and Lifestyle Disorders -- Chapter 11. Correlation of Human Microbiome and Immune Functioning to Covid-19 Infections: An Overview -- Chapter 12. Exploring the Pathoprofiles of SARS-COV-2-infected Human Gut-Lungs Microbiome Crosstalks -- Chapter 13. Role of Human Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease: Therapeutic Potential and Challenges -- Chapter 14. The Human Microbiome and Respiratory Diseases -- Part-III: Manipulation of the Human Microbiome for Better Health -- Chapter 15. Probiotics: An Emerging Strategy for Oral Health Care -- Chapter 16. Dietary Modulation of Nervous and Immune System: Role of Prebiotics/ Synbiotics/ Postbiotics -- Chapter 17. Probiotics for Skin Health -- Chapter 18. Human Microbiome and Autism-Spectrum Disorders -- Chapter 19. Psychobiotics as an Emerging Category of Probiotic Products -- Chapter 20. Probiotics for Vaginal Health -- Chapter 21. Interactions between Microbial Therapeutics and the Endogenous Microbiome -- Part IV: Applied and Translational Aspects -- Chapter 22. The Role of a Multi-Spore Probiotic in the Management of Metabolic Endotoxemia - A Major Driver of Chronic Illness -- Chapter 23. Characterization and Authentication of Probiotic Preparations -- Chapter 24. A Survey of Commercially Available Probiotics and Prebiotics -- Chapter 25. Regulatory Aspects Relevant to Probiotic Products -- Chapter 26. Probiotic Identity from Spore – Focus on Bacillus Probiotics.
    Abstract: This book explains the potential value of microbiome and microbiome composition associated with human health and diseases. The opening chapters describe the current state of knowledge regarding the human microbiome structure, function, and diversity. The mechanisms of action and the various putative uses of human microbiome are then examined specific to healthy and disease conditions. Readers will find detailed information on its manipulation of human microbiome studies as well as its applied and translational aspects in the current field. The latest knowledge on probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics is presented, and specific cases to date are discussed. This book features knowledge from leading researchers working on different aspects of the human microbiome and its manipulation for better health. Overall, this book is an excellent source for microbiome researchers and students from all levels seeking the most up-to-date advancements in the field and also to point toward the future directions.
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    Pages: XV, 588 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819914630
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1463-0
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    Plant Microbiome for Plant Productivity and Sustainable Agriculture (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Fungal microbiomes The functional potential for plant growth promotion and opportunities for agriculture -- Chapter 2. Unearthing the Modern Trends and Concepts of Rhizosphere Microbiome in Relation to Plant Productivity -- Chapter 3. The Role of the Root Microbiome in the Utilization of Functional Traits for Increasing Plant Productivity -- Chapter 4. Crop microbiome for sustainable agriculture in special reference to nanobiology -- Chapter 5. Changes in plant microbiome in response to abiotic stress -- Chapter 6. Functional potential of plant microbiome for sustainable agriculture in conditions of abiotic stresses -- Chapter 7. The Beneficial Plant Microbial Association for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 8. Microbiome of plants: The diversity distribution and their potential for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 9. Decoding Beneficial Plant Microbe Association with Latest Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 10. Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms Multifarious Applications -- Chapter 11. Bacillus and Streptomyces for management of biotic stresses in plants for sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 12.Omic Route to Utilize Endophytes and their functional potentials in Plant Growth Advancement -- Chapter 13. Siderophore production in Iron uptake and plant biofortification -- Chapter 14. Plant microbiome diversity and potential for crops and sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 15. Endophytic phytohormone production and utilization of functional traits in plant growth promotion -- Chapter 16. Role of endophytic microorganisms in phosphate solubilization and phytoremediation of degraded soils -- Chapter 17. Techniques to Study Plant-Microbe Interactions that Leads to Efficient Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 18. Plant microbiome in agroecosystems for sustainable agriculture and environments. .
    Abstract: This edited book deals with latest comprehensive information on conventional and high throughput techniques and technologies that are recently used to study plant microbial interface for agricultural research and enhancing plant productivity. Plant microbiota are important for many plant growth promotion activity and agricultural productivity and are sustainable green technology for enhancing agricultural productivity under changing environment. The book covers recent information about the plant associated microbiota and their ecology. It discusses technologies to isolate and test microbiota inhabiting in different portion of plants. The book explores the conventional methods as well as the most recently recognized high throughput technologies which are important for productive agroecosystems to feed the growing global population. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, microbiologist, plant and environmental scientist and those interested in environment stewardship around the world. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences and policy makers to be a useful to read.
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    Pages: XVIII, 438 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811950292
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 37
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5029-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-5029-2
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    Microbial products for future industrialization (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Biotechnology. ; Biology Technique. ; Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Biotechnology. ; Biological Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1.Microbial product commercialization: Lab to Industry -- Chapter 2.Assessment of microbes & microbial products for future industrialization -- Chapter 3.Design and operation of new microbial product biopocessing system -- Chapter 4.Industrial aspect of marine bioprocessing -- Chapter 5.Application of cutting age molecular biotechnological tools in microbial bioprocessing -- Chapter 6.Bio-refinery for microbial products -- Chapter 7.Bioprospecting of microbes for value generation from wastes -- Chapter 8.Emerging microbial enzymes for future industrialization -- Chapter 9.Bioethanol from microbial fermentation of prospecting biomass -- Chapter 10.Microbial biodiesel for future commercialization -- Chapter 11.Microbial production of bioactive compounds -- Chapter 12.Future microbial products for pharmaceuticals industry -- Chapter 13.Microbial pigments and paints for clean environment -- Chapter 14.Organic acids and solvents production from microbial fermentation -- Chapter 15.Microbial biomaterials and their industrial application -- Chapter 16.Advanced recombinant DNA technology for improved microbial product formation -- Chapter 17.Microbial products for bioremediation -- Chapter 18.Green synthesis of microbial nanoparticles -- Chapter 19. Electrochemically-active microorganisms -- Chapter 20.Techno-economic feasibility analysis of microbial product commercialization -- Chapter 21.Ethical issues of microbial products for industrialization.
    Abstract: This book “Microbial Products for Future Industrialization” focuses on the exploitation of various advanced microbial and molecular biology technologies and their associated processes, especially the microbial-molecular-chemical nexus, for the future industrialization of emerging new microbial products. The descriptions given in its chapters take the reader through an entire journey of new emerging microbial products from lab to industry and provide new information that has not yet been fully exploited for future industrialization steps. This volume is a great resource for readers seeking a more comprehensive material covering the technical, economic, and societal aspects that impact bioprocessing of microbial products at the industrial level along with biotechnological intervention for better production of microbial products in near future. This book also encompasses advanced and updated information as well as future directions for young researchers and scientists, and academics who are working in the field of microbial product production related to sustainability.
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    Pages: XII, 411 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819917372
    Series Statement: Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1737-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-1737-2
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    Remote Sensing of Urban Green Space (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Remote Sensing Data Preprocessing Technology -- Remote Sensing Extraction Technology of Urban Vegetation Information -- Measurement Technology of Two-Dimensional Urban Green Space -- Measurement Technology of Three-Dimensional Urban Green Space -- Construction Technology of Multi-Scale Perception Model of Urban Green Space -- Evaluation Technology of Remote Sensing in Urban Green Space.
    Abstract: This book presents a systematic study of urban green space remote sensing from multi-dimensional and multi-scale technologies. On the basis of introducing the connotation, science and application value of urban green space, this book focuses on the two-dimensional and three-dimensional information extraction technology of urban vegetation, two-dimensional and three-dimensional measurement technology of urban green space and multi-scale perception technology and discusses the remote sensing evaluation method of urban green space. By exploring the technical advantages of ‘satellite remote sensing + aerial remote sensing + near-ground remote sensing’, urban green space remote sensing promotes the development of urban vegetation research from two-dimensional to three-dimensional observation, so that the quantity, quality and human perception of urban vegetation can be measured. In each chapter, an individual technology/method is introduced, and several cases are cited to demonstrate its practical application. This book offers a valuable reference guide for practitioners in urban planning, landscape greening, environmental protection and urban management, as well as teachers and graduate students engaged in urban remote sensing research.
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    Pages: XVI, 240 p. 164 illus., 133 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819907038
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0703-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-0703-8
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    Socio-Environmental Research in Latin America : Interdisciplinary Approaches Using GIS and Remote Sensing Frameworks (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Human geography. ; Environmental management. ; Geographical Information System. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Interdisciplinarity, GIScience, and Socio-environmental Research in Latin America -- Chapter 2. Using Spatial Time-series and Field Data to Understand Cultural Drivers of Land Change: Connecting Land Conflict and Land Change in Eastern Amazonia -- Chapter 3. Crossing Boundaries: Transboundary Geographic Information in the Amazon Borderlands of Peru and Brazil -- Chapter 4. Territorial Implications of Economic Diversification in the Waorani Ancestral Lands -- Chapter 5. New Insights on Water Quality and Land Use Dynamics in the Napo Region of Western Amazonia -- Chapter 6. From Mapping to Guiding: An Emergent Framework for the Multiple Uses of Remote Sensing and GIScience in Socio-Environmental Research in the Peruvian Andes -- Chapter 7. The Use of Remote Sensing in Air Pollution Control and Public Health -- Chapter 8. Human-environmental Interactions and their Impacts on Temperate Forests in the Exploradores Valley in Western Patagonia -- Chapter 9. El Chaltén, Argentine Patagonia: A successful Combination of Conservation and Tourism? -- Chapter 10. GIS Approaches to Environmental Justice in Mexico’s Oil and Gas Production Zones with Implications for Latin America -- Chapter 11. Contributions to Socio-Environmental Research through Participatory GIS in Archaeology -- Chapter 12. Comparing Volunteered Data Acquisition Methods on Informal Settlements in Mexico City and São Paulo: a Citizen Participation Ladder for VGI -- Chapter 13. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Interdisciplinary GIScience Research on Human-environment Dynamics in Latin America.
    Abstract: This contributed volume presents relevant examples of socio-environmental research that highlight the challenges and opportunities of using geotechnologies in interdisciplinary settings across the vast, culturally, and environmentally mega-diverse region known as Latin America. While remote sensing has been mostly used for mapping and monitoring physical features, geographic information systems open up opportunities for the integration of socio-economic and environmental data collected through individual and community-based surveys, in-situ measurements, and other participatory research techniques to offer additional analytically grounded power when evaluating socio-environmental processes that shape Latin American landscapes. The topics addressed in this book include deforestation and land degradation, borderlands dynamics, agriculture and agroecological systems, environmental conservation and development, public health, tourism, environmental justice, archeology, volunteered geography and urban planning, among others. The book is intended for academics, graduate and undergraduate classrooms, and general audiences with interest in Latin America and the socio-environmental issues that threaten the sustainability of the region and local communities. The book will also appeal to practitioners, managers, and policy makers interested in the application of geo-technologies and field-based research to address complex socio-environmental problems in the Global South. .
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    Pages: XIX, 294 p. 78 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031226809
    Series Statement: The Latin American Studies Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22680-9
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    Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Based on an Innovative Vision : Proceeding of The First International Conference of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences Applications, Egypt 2022 (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental geography. ; Physical geography. ; Environmental management. ; Geographical Information System. ; Integrated Geography. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Development of Reconfigurable Low-Power Measuring IoT Device for Detecting Common Radioactive Elements for Earth and Space Applications -- RECO-FSCA: Reconfigurable Low-Power Implementation of Fprime-Software for CubeSats Applications -- Autonomous Payload Imaging System for Remote Sensing Applications -- Plasma Space Debris Removal System – NIRCSAT-X -- Heat Energy Storage Module for Thermal Management of Small Satellites In Low Earth Orbit Thermal Conditions.
    Abstract: This book covers various aspects of remote sensing and geographic information systems, from the perspective of earth and environmental sciences. The theme of applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems for the purposes of sustainable development highlights the innovative usage of space imaged spectral data in soil characterization. This book merges the selected contributions to the First International Conference of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences Applications (Egypt 2022) aiming to promote the latest findings on the development of Space Technologies and Applications.
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    Pages: XIV, 441 p. 168 illus., 157 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031404474
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40447-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40447-4
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    Earth Data Analytics for Planetary Health (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental health. ; Public health. ; Sustainability. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Health. ; Public Health. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Topic 1. Environmental Quality Monitoring -- Chap1: Applications of Remote Sensing for Air Pollution Monitoring in Thailand: An Early Warning for Public Health -- Chap2: A novel evaluation of air pollution impact from stationary emission sources to ambient air quality via time-series Granger causality -- Chap3: Groundwater Recharge, Monitoring and Finding Suitable Areas for Groundwater Recharge in Northeast Thailand -- Topic 2. Environmental Changes and Health -- Chap4: Health benefits of air pollution reduction during the COVID-19 lockdown period in Thailand using a machine learning algorithm -- Chap5: Satellite-Derived Vegetation Indices as A Criterion for Assessing Green Exposure that is Related to Human Health Burdens -- Chap6: Five common myths about land use change and infectious disease -- Topic 3. Data and Methodological Issues for Health Studies -- Chap7: Geospatial Environmental Data for Planetary Health Applications -- Chap8: Delineating zones of disease diffusion from the amenity-sharing network in Peninsular Malaysia -- Chap9: Approaches for spatial and temporal-spatial clustering analysis in avian influenza outbreaks -- Chap10: Detecting urban form using remote sensing: spatiotemporal research gaps for sustainable environment and human health.
    Abstract: Planetary health involves complex spatial–temporal interactions among agents, hosts, and earth environment. Due to rapid technical development of geomatics, including geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) in the era of big data analytics, therefore, earth data analytics has become one of the important approaches for monitoring earth surface process and measuring of the effects of environment changes on all humans and other living organisms on earth. Various methods in earth data analytics, including spatial–temporal statistics, spatial evolutionary algorithms, remote sensing image analysis, wireless geo-sensors, and location-based analytics, are an emerging discipline in understanding complex interactions in planetary health. This edited book provides a broad focus on methodological theories of earth data analytics and their applications to measuring the process of planetary health, with the goal to build scientific understanding on how geospatial analytics can provide valuable insights in measuring environmental risks in Southeast Asian regions. It is collection of selected papers covering both theoretical and empirical studies focusing on topics relevant to spatial perspectives on planetary health and environmental exposure studies. The book is written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, lecturers, and researchers in applications of geospatial technologies for public health and environmental studies.
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    Pages: IX, 217 p. 60 illus., 47 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811987656
    Series Statement: Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8765-6
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    Temporal and Spatial Environmental Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Natural disasters. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Atmospheric science. ; Geographical Information System. ; Natural Hazards. ; Environmental Social Sciences. ; Atmospheric Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview Of Geospatial Science And Technology -- Geospatial Appraisal Of Vegetation Health And Air Quality Of Delhi During Pre And Post Lockdown Phase Through Multi-Criteria Decision Model -- Pandemic Effect Of Covid-19: Identification, Present Scenario And Preventive Measures -- Impact Of Lockdown (Covid-19) On Air Pollution In India -- Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Environmental Awareness: A Case Study Of Hyderabad City -- Examination Of Radiation Distribution And Its Relation With Stress Degree Day Index In Some Crops Of Yamne River Catchment In Arunachal Pradesh During Pre And Post Covid Times -- Covid 19 And Its Impact On Urban Health Care System -- Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Education Sector Of Kashmir Valley Its Challenges And Future Prospects -- A Study On Socio-Economic Impact Of Covid 19 Pandemic On Tour Operators Of Vishakhapatnam City, Andhra Pradesh -- A Study On Problems Faced By The Street Vendors In Hyderabad City Post Covid-19 Pandemic.
    Abstract: This book identifies, evaluates and reports the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical, biological and socioeconomic environment, using the science and technology of geoinformatics. It encourages the environmental considerations in the future city and policy planning and decision-making. For example, according to the World Health Organization, 80% of people living in cities are exposed to polluted air that exceeds healthy levels. City planners have applied the developing concepts of sustainability to modern debates over how cities and regions should be reviewed, regenerated and reformed since the introduction of the concept in developmental science. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a remarkable drop in air pollution has been observed in India and other countries, which has accelerated the shift to green and sustainable development. Geoinformatics can provide solutions and resources for local, sustainable activities in education, health, sustainable agriculture, resource management and related fields. This book serves researchers in a variety of areas, including hazards, land surveys, remote sensing, cartography, geophysics, geology, natural resources, environment and geography.
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    Pages: X, 155 p. 68 illus., 67 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819919345
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1934-5
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    Brief Lessons in Microbiology : From the Origin of Life to Artificial Intelligence (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Virology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Biofilms. ; Microbiology. ; Virology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Biofilms.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The world of microorganisms -- Chapter 2: The dawn of microbiology -- Chapter 3: Communication between microorganisms -- Chapter 4: Microbial communities -- Chapter 5: Gene transfer -- Chapter 6: Multidrug resistant bacteria -- Chapter 7: Synthetic biology in microbiology -- Chapter 8: Artificial intelligence in microbiology -- Chapter 9: Emerging and zoonotic diseases -- Chapter 10: COVID-19 -- Chapter 11: Future pandemics -- Chapter 12: Into a brighter future.
    Abstract: Recent discoveries in microbiology are hard to grasp for those unfamiliar with scientific jargon, and the research data can be overwhelming even for those working in other scientific fields. This book aims to remedy this situation by presenting the most interesting findings and current trends in microbiology in an easy-to-read and understandable format. The first part tells the story of the beginnings of microbiology itself and introduces the reader to the founders of this fascinating research discipline. The second part focuses on communication between microorganisms and how they organize themselves into fascinating microbial cities called “biofilms”. The reader also learns how bacteria exchange genetic material - mechanisms that are the root of the emergence of multidrug-resistant superbugs, pathogens that pose a major burden to human health and our healthcare systems. The third part is devoted to the latest techniques being used by scientists to study, control, and manipulate microorganisms for our benefit. The final part links the first three parts together and highlights how infectious diseases, including coronaviruses, can be transmitted from animals to humans, how global warming is affecting emerging diseases, and provides information on the actions that need to be taken to get ahead of pathogenic microbes and future pandemics. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art book is intended for anyone interested in microbiology and epidemiology, from biology and biomedical students in schools and colleges, to patients suffering from infectious diseases who want to learn more about their condition. The concepts covered in this book contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Health and Well-Being.
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    Pages: XV, 160 p. 23 illus., 20 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031295447
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29544-7
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    Non-traditional Approaches to Combat Antimicrobial Drug Resistance (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Bacteria. ; Microbiology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Bacteria.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Recent Strategies to Combat Multi-drug Resistance -- Chapter 2. Role of advanced therapeutic techniques to combat multi-drug resistance -- Chapter 3. Strategies to combat multidrug resistance by non-traditional therapeutic approaches -- Chapter 4. Treatment Strategies to Combat Multi-drug Resistance (MDR) in Bacteria -- Chapter 5. Alternative therapy options for pathogenic yeasts: Targeting virulence factors with non-conventional antifungals -- Chapter 6. Role of Bacteriophages as non-traditional approaches to combat multidrug resistance -- Chapter 7. Drug Repurposing: An Approach for Reducing Multi Drug Resistance -- Chapter 8. Quorum Sensing as an alternative approach to combatting multidrug resistance -- Chapter 9. Nanoengineering approaches to fight multidrug resistant bacteria -- Chapter 10. Quorum sensing mediated targeted delivery of antibiotics. Chapter 11. Metal chelation as a promising strategy to combat fungal drug resistance -- Chapter 12. Propolis: Natural Antibiotic to Combat Multi Drug-Resistant Bacteria -- Chapter 13. Therapeutic potential of Himalayan Ayurvedic herbs against multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens -- Chapter 14. Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme: Why is it needed?.
    Abstract: This book provides a detailed overview of the progress and challenges of non-traditional approaches for tackling antimicrobial resistance. The first chapter covers the factors that make microbes more likely to develop multidrug resistance. The book goes on to discuss the antimicrobial properties of propolis, essential oils and other microbial constituents that are used or under investigation to treat multidrug-resistant infections. Additionally, it covers alternative compounds that work as antimicrobial agents, their mechanisms of action, and how they might be utilized in conjunction with conventional drugs to circumvent drug resistance. The book explores the application of phage therapy and recent advancements in phage-based infection control with an emphasis on multidrug-resistant infections and discusses drug repurposing as a strategy to develop new antimicrobial agents efficiently and expeditiously. Additionally, it discusses the uses of nanoparticles in the treatment of infections brought on by multidrug-resistant pathogens and examines the use of different nanotechnology-based approaches to fudge microbial resistance mechanisms. It concludes by reviewing recent studies on microbial quorum-sensing systems and focuses on the significance of quorum-sensing systems in controlling microbial resistance mechanisms and at the same time highlights the importance and role of antimicrobial stewardship program to fight microbial infections. The book is an invaluable source of knowledge and information for academics, basic and clinical researchers, clinicians, and paramedic staff involved in one way or the other in the development and use of antimicrobial agents and strategies to combat multidrug resistance.
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    Pages: XIII, 320 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811991677
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9167-7
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    NanoBioenergy: Application and Sustainability Assessment (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Bioenergetics. ; Nanotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Bioenergetics. ; Impact of Nanotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Application of nanomaterials for renewable energy production -- Chapter 2. APPLICATIONS OF NANOMATERIALS IN LIQUID BIOFUELS PRODUCTION -- Chapter 3. APPLICATIONS OF NANOMATERIALS IN GASEOUS BIOFUELS PRODUCTION -- Chapter 4. MICROBIAL ASSISTED SYNTHESIS OF NANOPHOTOCATALYSTS FOR DARK FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN GENERATION -- Chapter 5. Green Route Synthesized Iron Nanoparticles for Biohydrogen Production -- Chapter 6. Synthesis and application of nanoengineered cellulosic biomass in biohydrogen production -- Chapter 7. Microbial mediated synthesis of Nanoparticles and their role in Bioethanol Production -- Chapter 8. Green synthesis of nanomaterials from Biomass waste for Biodiesel Production -- Chapter 9. Recent Advances in Conversion of Agricultural Waste to Biofuel by Nanoparticles.
    Abstract: This contributed volume presents new insight into sustainable possibilities of combination of nanomaterial and bioenergy production together. Biofuels as renewable energy sources have tremendous potential to replace fossil fuels in future energy scenario as biofuels production is likely to be advanced and novel research areas offers green alternative energy sources. continuous efforts are being made for the cost-effective production of biofuels worldwide to balance its techno-economy. In series of tremendous effort to improve biofuels production technologies, use of nanomaterials to improve biofuels production efficiency is highly emerging area with full scope to developed low cost, rapid technologies for biofuels production. The book covers the practical utility based properties of nanomaterial and bioenergy production together. It also discusses the recent advancements on various nanomaterial utility in biofuel production process along with its low cost application. It covers mega audiences, which include academician, researchers, and industries people. This book will be highly interesting for researchers and scientists as well as related industries.
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    Pages: XIII, 234 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811962349
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6234-9
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    Technological Advancement in Algal Biofuels Production (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biology Technique. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Biological Techniques. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biotechnological approaches to enhance algae biofuel production -- Chapter 2. The use of omics technologies, random mutagenesis, and genetic transformation techniques to improve algae for biodiesel industry -- Chapter 3. Algal butanol production: recent developments -- Chapter 4. Algal synthesis of gold nanoparticles: applications in bioenergy -- Chapter 5. Challenges assessment in economic Algal biofuel Production -- Chapter 6. Influence of culture conditions on the microalgae biomass and lipid accumulation -- Chapter 7. Advanced genetic approaches towards custom design microalgae for fourth-generation biofuels -- Chapter 8. Algal biofuel production from municipal waste waters -- Chapter 9. Positive influence and future perspective of marine alga on biofuel production -- Chapter 10. Algae bacterial mixed culture for waste to wealth conversation: a case study.
    Abstract: This edited book presents all feasible approaches to improve technology of algal biofuels production at both qualitative and quantitative front. The book’s focus in on enhancing mass scale production of algae based biofuels by addressing technological issues and filling the existing gaps to make it smooth for practical as well as commercial implementation. The book also explores in depth analysis of various issues other than technology and related to improve technological significance for practical biofuels production from algae. Low cost strategies and higher mass production is one of the most sounding agenda of the book. The book also evaluates enlighten various sustainable algal biofuels options which are close towards commercial application along with their green future prospect. Societal and environment friendly approach even for commercial application has also been discussed in book. This is a useful reading material for researchers and students of biofuels and reneable energy. .
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    Pages: XI, 295 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811968068
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6806-8
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    Sustainable Agrobiology : Design and Development of Microbial Consortia (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agricultural biotechnology. ; Microbial populations. ; Microbiology. ; Agricultural Biotechnology. ; Microbial Communities.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Overall Insight into the Attributes, Interactions, and Future Applications of ‘Microbial-Consortium’ for Plant Growth Promotion, with Contemporary Approaches -- 2. Beneficial Microbial Mixtures for Efficient Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: Impediments and Success -- 3. Rhizobacterial Mediated Interactions for Enhanced Symbiotic Performance of the Root Nodule Rhizobia in Legumes -- 4. Plant Growth Promoting Bacterial Consortia Render Biological Control of Plant Pathogens: A Review -- 5. Phytohormonal Role of Microorganisms Involved in Bioinoculants -- 6. The Bacterial-Fungal Consortia: Farmer's Needs, Legal and Scientific Opportunities, and Constraints -- 7. Sustainable Improvement of Productivity and Quality of Agricultural Crops Using a Microbial Consortium -- 8. Consortia of Probiotic Bacteria and their Potentials for Sustainable Rice Production -- 9. Strategies to Evaluate Microbial Consortia for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants -- 10. Co-inoculation of Rhizobacteria in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Production in East Africa -- 11. Management of Sustainable Vegetable Production Using Microbial Consortium -- 12. Consort Interactions of the Root Endophytes Serendipita spp. (Sebacinales, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) with Crop Plants -- 13. Applications of Microbial Consortia and Microbiome Interactions for Augmenting Sustainable Agrobiology -- 14. Effect of Microbial Consortium Vs. Perfected Chemical Fertilizers for Sustainable Crop Growth -- 15. Bioencapsulation of Biocontrol Agents as a Management Strategy for Plant Pathogens -- 16. Designing Tailored Bioinoculants for Sustainable Agrobiology in Multi-stressed Environments -- 17. Development and Application of Consortia Based Microbial Bioinoculants for Sustainable Agriculture.
    Abstract: This edited volume covers all aspects of microbes in consortia; their roles in the ecological balance of soil by mineralize soil nutrients, plant growth promotion, protecting plants from disease by acting as biocontrol agents etc. Step-by-step descriptions are provided to the development and designing strategies of microbial consortia of rhizobacteria, phytohormone producing with biocontrol; ACC-deaminase producing with siderophore producing; vice-versa, and many combinations of multifaceted bacteria. The development of microbial consortia into successful bioinoculant and biofertilizers is also included in various chapters. In addition, molecular mechanisms to study the synergistic behaviors of rhizobacteria, accompanied by numerous helpful schematic drawings. Using phylogeny to justify the molecular similarity among two different bacteria identifies the possibility of microbial synergism, fruitful to development of microbial consortium and establish them in the rhizosphere with consorted mechanisms. In addition, clear drawings are included in support of understanding the natural phenomenon of synergism in below-ground ecosystem. Essential information is provided on ecological management by consorted mechanisms of rhizobacteria that directly affect ‘agriculture sustainability’ and an individual chapter is devoted to the understanding of future research, and addressing bottlenecks and successful steps. This book assists the academicians, researchers and NGOs in negotiating the steep learning curve involved in gaining the skills needed to perform design and development of microbial consortiums, preparation of PGPR-based fertilizers, which offers significant advantages in terms of pertaining novel knowledge on the groundbreaking research, still ongoing.
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    Pages: XVI, 405 p. 32 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811995705
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 43
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9570-5
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    Microbial Biocontrol: Molecular Perspective in Plant Disease Management (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Molecular biology. ; Agricultural genome mapping. ; Agricultural biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Microbiology. ; Molecular Biology. ; Agricultural Genetics. ; Agricultural Biotechnology. ; Environmental Biotechnology.
    Abstract: This book is exploring molecular insight of plant disease resistance, enhancing plant immunity as well as the latest omics or approaches in plant disease management. In the recent past, microbial strains or products frequently utilized to inhibit the growth of phytopathogen and disease management. However, it is well known that plants respond to numerous biotic and abiotic stresses by morphological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms. But still there is much more to study about their molecular aspect of interaction between host- pathogens- biocontrol agents that will be helpful in formulation and applications of microbial antagonistic for effective management of phytopathogens. This book attempt to fill this gap in the literature. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, agronomist, horticulturalist scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, microbiology, environment science.
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    Pages: XI, 347 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
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    ISBN: 9789819939473
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 49
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3947-3
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    Vibrio spp. Infections (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Diseases Causes and theories of causation. ; Microbial ecology. ; Bacteria. ; Epidemiology. ; Microbiology. ; Pathogenesis. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Bacteria. ; Epidemiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Vibrio Infections and the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2. New Insights into Vibrio Cholerae Biofilms from Molecular Biophysics to Microbial Ecology -- Chapter 3. Type VI Secretion Systems: Environmental and Intra-Host Competition of Vibrio cholerae -- Chapter 4. Motility Control as a Possible Link Between Quorum Sensing to Surface Attachment in Vibrio Species -- Chapter 5. The Vibrio Polar Flagellum: Structure and Regulation -- Chapter 6. Environmental Reservoirs of Pathogenic Vibrio Spp. and Their Role in Disease: The List Keeps Expanding -- Chapter 7. Cholera Dynamics and the Emergence of Pandemic Vibrio cholerae -- Chapter 8. Role of Bacteriophages in the Evolution of Pathogenic Vibrios and Lessons for Phage Therapy -- Chapter 9. Vibrio vulnificus, an Underestimated Zoonotic Pathogen -- Chapter 10. The Role of Nutrients and Nutritional Signals in the Pathogenesis of Vibrio cholerae -- Chapter 11. Stress Responses in Pathogenic Vibrios and Their Role in Host and Environmental Survival -- Chapter 12. Vibrio parahaemolyticus Epidemiology and Pathogenesis: Novel Insights on an Emerging Foodborne Pathogen -- Chapter 13. The Viable but Non-Culturable (VBNC) State in Vibrio Species: Why Studying the VBNC State Now, Is More Exciting than Ever -- Chapter 14. Structural Insights into Regulation of Vibrio Virulence Gene Networks -- Chapter 15. When Vibrios Take Flight: A Meta-Analysis of Pathogenic Vibrio Species in Wild and Domestic Birds -- Chapter 16. What Whole Genome Sequencing Has Told Us About Pathogenic Vibrios.
    Abstract: This book addresses current topics on pathogenic Vibrio spp. from a comprehensive and holistic perspective. Here, experts in the field provide timely chapters, ranging from genomics, pathogen emergence, and epidemiology to pathogenesis, virulence regulation and host colonization. Questions addressed include: How does climate change affect the spread of these bacteria? What is the status of current vaccines? Are there novel therapeutic options to treat Vibrio infections? Is there likelihood of emergence of new pathogenic strains or species? Can insights from mathematical models and epidemiology lead to prediction of pathogen outbreaks? Recent decades have seen a steady increase in Vibrio spp. infections originating in aquatic and marine habitats, driven by higher human population densities, warming of polluted oceans, natural and human-made disasters, and mass seafood production. These conditions increase the likelihood of pathogenic Vibrio spp. coming into contact with humans, making their study even more timely and relevant as these problems escalate over time. This book is a valuable resource for health management professionals, experienced microbiologists/ microbial ecologists, and early career scientists alike who want to learn more about these important environmental human pathogens. The ideas and technologies presented in this book for preventing, controlling, and monitoring Vibrio spp. infections contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being. .
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    Pages: XI, 352 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031229978
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1404
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22997-8
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    Antimicrobial Research and One Health in Africa (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Ecology . ; Environmental health. ; Public health. ; Environmental management. ; Microbial genetics. ; Microbiology. ; Ecology. ; Environmental Health. ; Public Health. ; Environmental Management. ; Microbial Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Microbiological safety and antimicrobial resistance in fresh produce production in Africa -- The current status of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in African aquaculture -- Antibiotic resistance in food animals in Africa: Occurrence, human health risk, socio-economic impact, and mitigation measures -- The era of bacterial genomics in antibiotic research in Africa -- Insights Gained Through Genomics and Metagenomics Resistomes Studies in Africa -- Occurrence and health risks of antimicrobial resistance in African aquatic systems -- Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in African coastal ecosystems -- Application of nanotechnology for the elimination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from wastewater -- Genetics of viral resistance: clinical relevance and role in future disease outbreaks -- Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica in Africa -- Antimicrobial resistance patterns of ESKAPE pathogens in humans, animals, and the environment in Africa -- Informal settlements and slums: Sinks and sources of antibiotic resistance in Africa -- Antibiotic resistance pattern of bloodstream infections in neonates -- Natural products in combination with conventional antimicrobial agents – A potential solution to antimicrobial resistance -- Biocidal activity of plant extracts: the case of Algeria -- Interconnection between antibiotic resistance and disinfectant resistance -- Effects of disinfectant resistance in a post antibiotic era in animal production -- Antimicrobial Stewardship in Africa -- Occurrence, human exposure, and health risks of antibiotic resistance in the funeral industry: A Perspective -- Social structures and assemblages of AMR in African settings -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance is recognised among the world’s most challenging problems. Despite its global spread, Africa, specifically sub-Saharan Africa, is the most affected by this malaise. Poor living conditions and inadequate access to sanitation and potable water supplies are among contributing factors that have influenced a high disease burden on the continent, requiring extensive antimicrobials. Weak health systems and the absence of firm policies further aggravate the problem, as the use of antimicrobials is mostly unregulated. The increasing demand for animal protein to meet the starving populations’ demands has also influenced the use of these antimicrobials, including those banned on other continents, for food animal production. The ripple effect of indiscriminate use in humans and animals is the massive discharge of antimicrobials, their residues, antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms and their associated genes into the environment. This 14-chapter text presents the AMR problem in African, addressing the various compartments of One Health – humans, animals, and the environment, to illustrate the need for concerted efforts in the fight against AMR. Authors from the four cardinal points present diverse aspects of AMR in Africa, starting with behavioural and social drivers of AMR in Africa. Antimicrobial stewardship in an African context is also discussed. AMR in humans is presented through studies on antibiotic-resistant neonates and nontyphoidal Salmonella infections and the clinical relevance of the genetics of viral resistance. Topics on AMR in mastitis, biosecurity in animal farming and the linkage between disinfectants and AMR are discussed. The environmental dimension of AMR is discussed, notably in the aquatic environment, and its implication for aquaculture and irrigation and using nanomaterials to treat polluted waters from such environments are highlighted. Finally, Africa’s rich floral diversity is portrayed as an eco-friendly and cost-effective approach to combat AMR. Hopefully, the work presented will spur greater collaboration between scientists, environmental, animal and human health practitioners, the general population, and policymakers to assimilate and implement the One Health approach to combating AMR, rather than working in silos in their various sectors.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031237966
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23796-6
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    Food Microbial Sustainability : Integration of Food Production and Food Safety (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biology. ; Food science. ; Biotechnology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Biological Sciences. ; Food Science. ; Biotechnology. ; Medical Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Role of Microorganisms in the Food Industry -- Chapter 2. Farming Microbes for Sustainable Food Production -- Chapter 3. Role of Microbes in Sustainable Food Preservation -- Chapter 4. Food Fermentation: Role of Microorganisms in Food Production -- Chapter 5. Benefaction of Probiotics for Human Health -- Chapter 6. Algal Protein: Future of Sustainable Food -- Chapter 7. Microbial Biofactories: A Promising Approach Towards Sustainable Omega-3 Fatty Acid Production -- Chapter 8. Lactic Acid Bacteria as a Source of Functional Ingredients -- Chapter 9. Applications of Microbial Enzymes in the Food Industry -- Chapter 10. Microbial Enzymes in Food Industries: Enhancing Quality and Sustainability -- Chapter 11. Sustainable Use of Microbes in Beverage Production -- Chapter 12. Economic Importance of Microorganism in Food Processing -- Chapter 13. Microbial Bioinformatics Approach in Food Science -- Chapter 14. The Beneficial Impact of Microbes in Food Production, Health, and Sustainability -- Chapter 15. Microbiome as a Key Player in Sustainable Food and Food Safety.
    Abstract: This book reviews all important aspects of Microbial sustainability in food production and food safety with the aim of shedding new light on these microbes through combined understanding of traditional and novel paradigms. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which reinterprets fundamentals of food microbiology, examining the beneficial aspects of microorganisms in food and microbial responses from food environments and preservation. The second section discusses recent advances in understanding of the sustainable food production, covering, for example, agriculturally important microbes, farming microbes, and fermentation. A wide range of bio-factory issues in food production are also addressed, before turning attention to contemporary food safety approaches in the context of novel assessment methods for microbiological food characterization, improving food safety and food quality, etc. The final section is devoted to public health and its importance of microorganisms in food processing as well as the economic importance of microorganisms as this is also an increasingly important area as we move toward microbial research advances.
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    ISBN: 9789819947843
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4784-3
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    Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environment. ; Microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biomass Energy Utilization, Conversion Technologies -- Chapter 2. Biohydrogen Production Using Microbial Electrolysis Cell -- Chapter 3. Biohydrogen Production Using Microbial Electrolysis Cell -- Chapter 4. Microbial Waste Biomass as A Resource of Renewable Energy -- Chapter 5. Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries for Large Scale Energy Storage -- Chapter 6. Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Simulation: A Thermodynamic Equilibrium Approach -- Chapter 7. Potential of waste cooking oil for emphasizing on biodiesel: Put waste to Green Energy -- Chapter 8. Low Cost Biomass Adsorbents for Arsenic Removal from Wastewater -- Chapter 9. Biodiesel Production from Algal Biomass -- Chapter 10. Valorisation of Agricultural and Food Waste Biomass for Production of Bioenergy -- Chapter 11. Biomass Conversion: Production of oxygenated fuel additives -- Chapter 12. Application of microbial based adsorbent for removal of heavy metal from aqueous solution. .
    Abstract: This book refers to the various biomass valorisation in various fields like bio-fuel; biodiesel; hydrogen production; energy application, environmental pollution using recent clean technologies. Clean energy technology refers to any process, product or service that reduces negative environmental impacts through significant energy efficiency improvements, sustainable use of resources or environmental protection activities. It covers all aspects of new and renewable clean energy production technology. The concept of eco-efficiency involves both ecological and economic aspects of sustainable agriculture. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences.
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    Pages: IX, 264 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811937842
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3784-2
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    Viral and Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: A Microbiological Perspective (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Fungi. ; Mycology. ; Microbiology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Fungi.
    Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Foreword I -- Foreword II -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Disclosure Statement -- List of Contributors -- About the Editors -- THEME 1 Introduction: An Insight into Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections -- Chapter 1 Etiology and Epidemiology of Central Nervous System Infections -- CHAPTER 2 Overview of Infective Syndromes of The Central Nervous System and its Coverings: Decoding Chameleons and Mimics -- CHAPTER 3 Diagnosis of CNS Infections Through a Systematic Approach -- CHAPTER 4 Immune Responses in Infections of the Central Nervous System -- THEME 2 VIRAL PATHOGENS: PATHOGENESIS, PATHOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT -- CHAPTER 5 Herpesvirus Infections of the Central Nervous System -- CHAPTER 6 Enterovirus-associated Meningoencephalitis and Enteroviruses in Patients with Acute Encephalitis -- CHAPTER 7 Encephalitic Arboviruses -- CHAPTER 8 Neurological Illnesses Involved in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Human T cell Lymphotropic Virus Infections -- CHAPTER 9 Neurological Complications of Measles and Mumps -- CHAPTER 10 Rabies Encephalitis: A Disease Characterized by Complex Neuropathogenic Pathways and Diagnostic Difficulties -- CHAPTER 11 Miscellaneous CNS Viral Infections: Underappreciated Causes of Neurologic Disease -- THEME 3 FUNGAL PATHOGENS: PATHOGENESIS, PATHOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT -- CHAPTER 12 Neuro-infections Caused by Candida Species -- CHAPTER 13 Cryptococcosis of the Central Nervous System -- CHAPTER 14 Mold Infections of the Central Nervous System -- CHAPTER 15 Role of Dimorphic Fungi in CNS Infections -- CHAPTER 16 Melanized Fungi in CNS Infections -- CHAPTER 17 Miscellaneous CNS Fungal Infections -- THEME 4 FUTURE INSIGHTS INTO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS -- CHAPTER 18 Advanced Microbiological Diagnostic Techniques in Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System -- CHAPTER 19 Advanced Microbiological Diagnostic Techniques in Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System -- CHAPTER 20 Association of Viral and Fungal Infections of the CNS during Immunosuppression. .
    Abstract: This book covers topics related to viral and fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS), with a multidisciplinary reach, discussing associated immunology, microbiological aspects, pathologies, timely management, and prevention. The book is structured into five broad sections. The first section provides the reader with valuable insights into the aetiologies and underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of neurological diseases, including host responses. It mentions all bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral causes of neuro-infections, along with rarer neuropathogenesis such as prions and mycoplasmas. The chapter also presents detailed epidemiology and prevalence of different CNS infections worldwide. It also reviews various infectious diseases that target the nervous system, such as focal lesions, meningitis, and neurological complications of venous sinus thrombosis. The next two sections delve deep into pathogen-specific diseases of the CNS, namely the viruses and fungi associated with neuro-infections. It mentions detailed excerpts on encephalitic viruses, long-term consequences of neurotropic viruses, mycological neuroinfectious, and even the emerging, less talked of viruses and fungi causing neurological disease. Topics such as principles of vigorous antifungal therapy and surgeries are also discussed in the chapter. The fourth section gives an insight on prospects for efficiently diagnosing and managing viral and fungal CNS infections, to tackle associated morbidities. Features that are often less documented, yet of considerable interest in current times, such as the role of immunosuppression in neurological infections and newer microbiological diagnostic strategies are covered. The last section uniquely provides clinicians with relatable case scenarios. Real case descriptions are included, such as cases of fungal meningitis and other difficult-to-diagnose infections produced by viruses. This book serves as a guide for neurologists, medical microbiologists, and clinical practitioners who deal with patients suspected of neurological infection.
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    Pages: XXIII, 482 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819964451
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6445-1
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    Role of Microbes in Sustainable Development : Human Health and Diseases (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Pharmacology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Microbiology. ; Pharmacology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Translational Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Microbial Diversity and Their Role in Human Health and Diseases -- Section I: Gut Microbes and Perspectives -- 2. Emerging Microbial Identification Technologies in the Era of Omics and Genome Editing -- 3. Gut Microbiome: Perspectives and Challenges in Human Health -- 4. Probiotics – A Healthy Treasure -- 5. Different Generations of Probiotics: An Effective Way to Restore Gut Homeostasis -- 6. Application Of Potential Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Human Health -- Section II: Emerging Technologies in Gut Microbiome Research -- 7. Emerging Technologies and Current Advances in Human Bacteriome Research -- 8. Emerging Microbial Technologies: Mitigating Challenges to Humanity -- 9. Modern Tools of Genome Engineering and Their Applications -- 10. Emerging Technologies to Investigate the Potential of Gut Microbiota in Human Health -- 11. Tools and Techniques for Exploring Hidden Microorganisms: A Potential Future of Human Health Diagnosis -- 12. Crispr-Cas Fundamentals and Advancements in Translational Biotechnology” -- Section III: Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Disorders -- 13. Microbiome and Human Health: From Dysbiosis to Therapeutic Interventions -- 14. Gut Microbiota and Its Role in Human Metabolic Disorders -- 15. Influence Of the Gut Microbiome on Cardiovascular Health and Hypertension -- 16. Role Of Microbiome in Reproductive Health: An Expanding Dimension -- 17. Role Of Bacteriocins in Modulation of Microbiome in Human Diseases -- 18. Emerging Role of Gut Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy -- 19. Microbial Secondary Metabolites: Targetting Tumors and Associated Challenges -- 20. Bacteria And Bacteria-Based Products in Cancer Therapy: Current Status and Future Advances -- 21. Communication With Gut Microbiota: An Emerging Strategy to Predict and Prevent Cancer -- 22. Insights in the Cross-Talk Between Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: A Focus On Alzheimers’s Disease -- Section IV: Association of Phages and Fungi with Gut Microbiome -- 23. Fungi As a Treasure Trove of Bioactive Compounds for Human Health -- 24. Reminiscing Phages in The Era of Superbugs -- 25. The Potential of Bacteriophages in Treating Covid-19 Associated Secondary Infections -- Section V: Diverse Roles of Microbiome -- 26. Role Of Microbes in Production of Vaccines -- 27. Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation Approach Towards Sustainable Development -- 28. Microbial Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals -- 29. Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Microbes -- 30. Microbial Biopharmaceuticals in Urolithiasis Management and Treatment -- 31. Use Of Yeast In The Welfare Of Human and Their Applications -- 32. Photoautotrophic Microbes with Potential for A Super Health Food On This Planet -- 33 Autopsy and COVID-19 -- 34 COVID and their Impacts on Aquatic Systems: Is it a Solution for Environmental Resilience? .
    Abstract: This book examines the role of human microbiome in human health and diseases. The initial chapters present tools for genetic manipulation of gut microbiota and the therapeutic applications of engineered microbiota. They discuss the interaction between human microbiota and host in defining the prominent role of microbes in the development and progression of major human diseases. The book also summarizes the current applications and trends for the development, production and analytical characterization of recombinant therapeutic proteins in microbial systems. It also reviews the role of microbes in the production of vaccines and antibiotics. Further, the book presents bacterial products, including proteins, enzymes, immunotoxins and secondary metabolites, that target cancer cells and cause tumour regression. The chapters also discuss the critical role of gut microbiota dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease and in bowel-related diseases. Towards the end, the book explores the role of intestinal microbiota in metabolic health and the pathogenesis of common metabolic disorders. It presents state-of-the-art insights into important aspects of United Nations—Sustainable Developmental Goal 3.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819931262
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3126-2
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    Protocols for Cyanobacteria Sampling and Detection of Cyanotoxin (2023)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biology Technique. ; Microbiology Technique. ; Microbiology. ; Biological Techniques. ; Microbiology Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section 1. Isolation and cultivation methods for Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 1. Collection of toxic Cyanobacteria from fish sample -- Chapter 2. Identification of toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in fresh water (lake, ponds) habitat -- Chapter 3. Identification of toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in marine water habitat -- Chapter 4. Identification of toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in Mangrove forest -- Chapter 5. Identification of toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in Estuarine habitat -- Chapter 6. Identification of toxic blooms of cyanobacteria in Saltpan habitat -- Chapter 7. Sampling and Identification of toxic cyanobacteria in Landfill Leachate -- Chapter 8. Handling and processing of Cyanobacterial toxin containing pond and lake water samples -- Chapter 9. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples with Anabaena -- Chapter 10. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples- Anabaenopsis sp -- Chapter 11. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples with Cylindrospermopsis sp -- Chapter 12. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic sample with Nodularia sp -- Chapter 13. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples with Nostoc sp -- Chapter 14. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples with Schizotrix -- Chapter 15. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples with Lyngbya -- Chapter 16. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples with Raphidiopsis -- Chapter 17. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples – Oscillatoria -- Chapter 18. Isolation of toxin producing Cyanobacteria from aquatic samples – Planktothrix -- Chapter 19. Analysis of Cyanobacterial species composition and variation analysis among toxic blooms -- Chapter 20. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) Identification of Toxic Cyanobacteria from Algal Bloom -- Chapter 21. Determination of Cyanotoxin patterns in strains and species of cyanobacteria -- Chapter 22. Chemical and toxicological studies of the toxic freshwater cyanobacterium - Microcystis aeruginosa -- Chapter 23. Chemical and toxicological studies of the toxic freshwater cyanobacterium - Anabaena flosaquae -- Chapter 24. Risk assessment of microcystin in the water resources -- Chapter 25. Extraction and quantification of BMAA from water sample -- Chapter 26. Extraction and quantification of BMAA from fish tissue -- Chapter 27. Postmortem sampling of Cyanobacteria in the case of suspected Drowning -- Section II. Toxicity analysis of Cyanotoxin -- Chapter 28. Detection of Cyanotoxins using Vertebrate bioassays in Mice -- Chapter 29. Detection of Cyanotoxin toxicity in Fish -- Chapter 30. Detection of Cyanotoxins using Invertebrate bioassays in brine Shrimp -- Chapter 31. Identification of Cyanobacterial toxins from Lichen thalli -- Chapter 32. Detection of Cyanotoxins using Bacterial bioassays -- Chapter 33. Detection of Cyanotoxins – Bioassay using plants -- Chapter 34. In vitro assay for determining cyanotoxin using serological methods -- Chapter 35. In vitro assay for determining cyanotoxin using cell line method- Hepatotoxicity (cell lines- HepG2, CaCo2, and V79) -- Chapter 36. In vitro assay for determining cyanotoxin using cell line method- Neurotoxicity ( Neuro-2A neuroblastoma cell) -- Chapter 37. Genotoxicity of Cyanotoxins -- Chapter 38. In silico analysis of cyanotoxin using computational tools -- Section III. Cyanobacterial toxin Extraction, detection and quantification -- Chapter 39. Extraction of Cyanotoxins using filtration and other methods -- Chapter 40. Extraction of Cyanotoxin by filtration and other methods from Biological materials (animal tissue: fish and mussels) -- Chapter 41. Extraction and quantification of Nodularins from fish samples by LC-MS/MS -- Chapter 42. Extraction and quantification of Nodularins from Shrimp samples by ELISA -- Chapter 43. Extraction and quantification of Cylindrospermopsins from aquatic samples by ELISA -- Chapter 44. Extraction and quantification of Anatoxins from aquatic samples by HPLC with Fluorescence detection -- Chapter 45. Extraction and quantification of Saxitoxins from aquatic samples by LC-MS/MS -- Chapter 46. Extraction and quantification of Guanitoxin from aquatic samples by HPLC-MS -- Chapter 47. Detection of Anatoxins from aquatic samples by LC-MS -- Chapter 48. Detection of Guanitoxin from aquatic samples by HPLC-MS/MS -- Chapter 49. Detection of cyanotoxin in algal food and feed supplements using UHPLC-MS/MS -- Chapter 50. Rapid detection method of microcystin in water -- Section: IV. Advanced Methods in Cyanotoxins -- Chapter 51. Screening of polyketide synthase genes in the anatoxin-a producing cyanobacteria -- Chapter 52. NRPS and PKS-gene analysis in cyanobacteria using PCR -- Chapter 53. Identification of microcystin, nodularin synthatase gene clusters in toxic Cyanobacteria using anti SMASH pipeline -- Chapter 54. qPCR assay in sxtA gene in Saxiotoxin producing Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 55. qPCR assay for the detection of hepatotoxigenic cyanobacteria -- Chapter 56. Molecular detection of mcy genes in toxic cyanobacteria: Anabaena, Microsystis, Planktothrix -- Chapter 57. Molecular Imprinting Polymer (MIP) in the detection of Microsystin-LR -- Chapter 58. Molecular identification of the cyclic peptide hepatotoxins in Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 59. Molecular identification of microcystin synthetase genes mcyE in cyanobacteria using PCR -- Chapter 60. Molecular identification of cyr C gene in toxic Cyanobacteria in photobiont -- Chapter 61. Detection of nodularin producing cyanolichen by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) -- Chapter 62. Discriminationof nodularin toxin producing strains from non-producing strains using PCR -- Chapter 63. Detection of cyanobacterial cell wall components by cellular signaling biosensors -- Chapter 64. Nanosensor devices on the detection of Cyanotoxin -- Chapter 65. Insilico insights into the Cyanobacterial genomes to reveal their metabolic interactions -- Chapter 66. CRISPR Gene Finding in the Genome of Oscillatoria sp. and Lyngbya sp. .
    Abstract: This protocol book provides detailed procedures for the isolation of cyanobacteria, extraction, quantification, and detection of cyanotoxins. It illustrates the sampling and processing of toxin-producing cyanobacteria in water and aquatic animal samples, detection of cyanotoxins from Anabaena, Anabaenopsis, Cylindrospermopsis, Microsystis, Microcystis, Nodularia, Nostoc, Schizotrix, Lyngbya, Raphidiopsis, Oscillatoria, Planktothrix in aquatic resources. It also covers toxicity analysis by various bioassay protocols, and in vitro and insilico analysis methods. The book also reviews the methods for cyanotoxin extraction, detection, and quantification by various tools including LC-MS/MS, HPLC, NMR, PCR, and HESI-MS/MS. A separate section is dedicated to the advanced methods in Cyanotoxin analysis including the Molecular Imprinting Method (MIM), Cellular signaling biosensor, Electrochemical sensor, Nanosensors, and screening of Polyketide synthase gene. The analysis of various toxin-producing genes like sxtA and mcy is also accounted for in this book. In a nutshell, the book gives comprehensive procedures about the basics and preliminary processes that are involved in sample collection to advanced methods incorporated into the well-explored and unexplored Cyanobacterial toxin. Consequently, this manual is useful for both beginners and advanced researchers, including postgraduate students, academicians, researchers, and scientists in the field of Cyanobacterial research.
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    ISBN: 9789819945146
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    Evaluating Participatory Mapping Software (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Cartography. ; Software engineering. ; Application software. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cartography. ; Software Engineering. ; Computer and Information Systems Applications.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Participatory Mapping Software and Evaluation -- Chapter 2: Collector for ArcGIS -- Chapter 3: Field Papers -- Chapter 4: GeoODK -- Chapter 5: Maptionnaire -- Chapter 6: KoBoToolbox -- Chapter 7: SeaSketch -- Chapter 8: Sapelli -- Chapter 9: Survey123 -- Chapter 10: Ushahidi -- Chapter 11: Mapeo -- Chapter 12: Terrastories -- Chapter 13: Portable OpenStreetMap -- Chapter 14: MapBox -- Chapter 15: Trends and Conclusions.
    Abstract: This volume provides a framework for evaluating geospatial software for participatory mapping. The evaluation is based on ten key indicators: ethics, cost, technical level, inclusiveness, data accuracy, data privacy, analytical capacity, visualization capacity, openness, and accessibility (i.e., mobile friendly or offline capabilities). Each application is evaluated by a user and cross analyzed with specific case studies of the software’s real-world application. This framework does not discriminate against assessing volunteered geographic information (VGI) applications, as a form of participatory mapping, in circumstances that its application is spearheaded by underrepresented groups with the intent to empower and spark political or behavioral change within formal and informal institutions. Each chapter follows a strict template to ensure that the information within the volume can be updated periodically to match the ever-changing technological environment. The book covers twelve different mapping applications with the goal of creating a comparative evaluation framework that can be easily interpreted by convening institutions and novice users. This will also help identify gaps in software for participatory mapping which will help to inform application development in the future and updates to current geospatial software.
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    Pages: XXV, 265 p. 69 illus., 64 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031195945
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19594-5
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    Spatial Observation of Giant Panda Habitat : Techniques and Methods (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Environment. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Studies. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Natural heritage sites and space observation -- Chapter 2. Space monitoring technology and method of natural heritage sites -- Chapter 3. Technology and method of fine information extraction of animal habitat elements -- Chapter 4. Analysis of changes of key environmental parameters of land surface characteristics of giant panda habitat -- Chapter 5. Spatial observation and assessment of ecological environment change of giant panda habitat -- Chapter 6. The evaluation model of long-term monitoring and restoration of ecological environment by remote sensing after earthquake -- Chapter 7. Fine-Scale Evaluation of Giant Panda Habitats and Countermeasures against the Future Impacts of Climate Change -- Chapter 8. Suggestions for sustainable development of giant panda habitat.
    Abstract: This book evaluates the past, present, and future habitat suitability of giant pandas based on spatial observation technology involving optical remote sensing, microwave remote sensing, and LiDAR to discover the mysterious ecological environment of giant panda habitat. Considering the problems faced by the world natural heritage site protection, it takes the world natural heritage site “Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries – Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains” as the research area, exemplifies systematically the various techniques and methodologies of spatial information technology for monitoring, evaluation, and prediction of rare and endangered species habitats, and provides scientific suggestions for sustainable development of giant panda habitat based on a series of comprehensive case analysis at Wolong national nature reserve and Ya'an prefecture, Sichuan province, China. The book serves both as a textbook in the field of natural heritage protection, remote sensing, and GIS application, as well as a reference for managing natural heritage sites.
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    Pages: XVII, 378 p. 167 illus., 106 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811987946
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8794-6
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    Dynamic and Precise Engineering Surveying (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Surveying. ; Cartography. ; Geotechnical engineering. ; Geographical Information System. ; Surveying. ; Cartography. ; Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Structural state surveying for transportation infrastructure -- Dynamic surveying in autonomous driving -- Indoor and underground space measurement -- UAV 3D measurement -- Coastal zone survey -- Outlook. .
    Abstract: Driven by the increasingly expanding needs of infrastructure construction, operation and maintenance, as well as the rapid developments of intelligent sensing and information technology, precise engineering surveying has been transformed from static, discrete, and manual into dynamic, continuous, and intelligent ways. This transformation leads to an advanced multidisciplinary field, dynamic and precise engineering surveying, on which the author has worked for over two decades. This book systematically summarizes the fundamentals, methods, and applications in dynamic and precise engineering surveying. The contents mainly include two parts: the first part introduces principles and methods of dynamic and precise engineering surveying; the second part presents representative applications in which innovative methods and advanced equipment are applied in the construction, operation and maintenance of mega and complex infrastructures. Readers engaged in surveying and mapping, civil engineering, water conservancy engineering, railway engineering, electronic information, and computer science, including undergraduates, graduates, researchers and engineers, will find it an informative reference.
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    Pages: XXVIII, 498 p. 394 illus., 352 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819959426
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5942-6
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    Applied Geography and Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development : Proceedings of ICGGS 2022 (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental geography. ; Sustainability. ; Geographical Information System. ; Integrated Geography. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using a Frequency Ratio Model: A Case Study of Chai Nat Province, Thailand -- Chapter2. Influence of Hydrosphere Material Knowledge on the Attitude of High School Students in Conducting Water Conservation in Brebes Regency, Indonesia -- Chapter3. Optimizing multi-reservoir systems with the aid of genetic algorithm: Mahanadi reservoir project complex,Chhattisgarh -- Chapter4. Monitoring of Morphological Change in Lam Phachi River Using Geo-Informatics System -- Chapter5. Developing Scenario of Plastic Waste Leakage in Jakarta Hydrology Environment using Seasonal Data Condition and Socio-Economic Aspects -- Chapter6. Measurement of PM10, PM2.5, NO2, and SO2 Using Sensors -- Chapter7. Encoding Social Media Wording Indexes to Analyse PM2.5 Problem Perception -- Chapter8. Noise mapping of different zones in an urban area during Deepawali festival -- Chapter9. Digital Twins in farming with the implementation of agricultural technologies -- Chapter10. A cross-comparison between Rice Crop Monitoring System: GISTDA and International Asian Harvest mOnitoring system for Rice (INAHOR): JAXA -- Chapter11. Evaluation MODIS and Sentinel-2 data for detecting crop residue burned area -- Chapter12. Machine Learning Approach with Environmental Pollution and Geospatial Information for Mapping Poverty in Thailand -- Chapter13. Integration of Machine Learning Algorithms and Time-series Satellite images on Land Use/Land Cover Mapping with Google Earth Engine -- Chapter14. Sugarcane and Cassava Classification using Machine Learning Approach based on Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Data Analysis -- Chapter15. Google Earth Engine algorithm for Evaluating the Performance of Landsat OLI-8 and Sentinel-2 in Mangrove Monitoring -- Chapter16. Estimation of Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock using Remote Sensing Data for Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Thailand -- Chapter17. Determination of Land Suitability for Oil Palm with Multi-Dimension Decision Support using Analytic Network Process (ANP) in Southern Thailand -- Chapter18. Land use change and ecosystem service variations in Huai Luang River basin, Udon Thani province, Thailand -- Chapter19. The Ability to Access Attractions for the Elderly from Public Transport in Bangkok Metropolis.
    Abstract: This volume presents the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Geography and Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development (ICGGS), held in Phuket, Thailand, April 7-8, 2022. The collection focuses on the importance of spatial thinking and planning by applying geography concepts and geospatial technology innovations in solving global problems such as environmental degradation, urban pollution, and climate change. The proceedings consist of case studies on wide-ranging spatial issues in developing countries, addressing challenges in mainstreaming sustainable development paradigms into their economies to improve natural resource and environmental management. One of the main goals of the volume is to share and exchange different points of view regarding global, regional, and local spatial issues and how to use geography and geoinformatics for building resilience in multiple sectors, e.g., water, ecosystems, agriculture, and health. It offers the opportunity to learn about how geospatial concepts and technologies can contribute to environmental sustainability, while advancing education and research related to geography and geoinformatics. It will be a useful resource for students and researchers to initiate research ideas related to geospatial topics in regional and local scales.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031162176
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16217-6
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    Exploring the Earth with QGIS : A Guide to Using Satellite Imagery at Its Full Potential (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Open source software. ; Earth sciences. ; Geographical Information System. ; Open Source. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to QGIS -- Chapter 2: Plugins -- Chapter 3: Data Acquisition -- Chapter 4: Data Preprocessing -- Chapter 5: Data Management -- Chapter 6: Data Visualization -- Chapter 7: Data Analysis -- Chapter 8: Integration of Remote Sensing Data with Other Spatial Datasets -- Chapter 9: Integration of QGIS with Google Earth Engine (GEE) -- Chapter 10: Case Studies and Examples of Earth Remote Sensing Applications Using QGIS.
    Abstract: With the rapid advancements in satellite technology, earth remote sensing has become an indispensable tool for a wide range of applications, from environmental monitoring to disaster management. However, the vast amount of data generated by these satellites can be overwhelming for many researchers and practitioners who lack the necessary skills and tools to process and analyze it. This is where QGIS comes in. QGIS is a powerful, open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) software that has been extensively used in the field of earth remote sensing. It provides a user-friendly platform for processing, analyzing, and visualizing satellite imagery, enabling users to unlock the full potential of earth remote sensing data. The purpose of this book is to help researchers and practitioners who lack the necessary skills and tools to process and analyze satellite imagery using QGIS. There are several books that cover the use of QGIS for earth remote sensing, but most of them are either too technical or too general. This book fills this gap by providing a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to using QGIS for earth remote sensing applications. It includes a range of real-world case studies that demonstrate the power and versatility of QGIS for solving complex problems in earth remote sensing. This will provide readers with practical examples of how to use QGIS for earth remote sensing and inspire them to explore new applications and possibilities. The book is intended for GIS professionals, students (undergraduate and graduate), and researchers who are interested in using QGIS for earth remote sensing applications. It will be particularly useful for those who are new to QGIS or who want to expand their knowledge of the software for remote sensing purposes.
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    Pages: XIX, 232 p. 300 illus., 283 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031460425
    Series Statement: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46042-5
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    Optimal Surface Fitting of Point Clouds Using Local Refinement : Application to GIS Data (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Mathematics Data processing. ; Mathematical statistics Data processing. ; Geographical Information System. ; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis. ; Statistics and Computing.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Locally Refined Splines -- Adaptive surface Fitting with Local Refinement: LR B-spline Surfaces -- A Statistical Criterion to Judge the Goodness of Fit of LR B-splines Surface Approximation -- LR B-splines for Representation of Terrain and Seabed: Data Fusion, Outliers, and Voids -- LR B-spline Surfaces and Volumes for Deformation Analysis of Terrain Data -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This open access book provides insights into the novel Locally Refined B-spline (LR B-spline) surface format, which is suited for representing terrain and seabed data in a compact way. It provides an alternative to the well know raster and triangulated surface representations. An LR B-spline surface has an overall smooth behavior and allows the modeling of local details with only a limited growth in data volume. In regions where many data points belong to the same smooth area, LR B-splines allow a very lean representation of the shape by locally adapting the resolution of the spline space to the size and local shape variations of the region. The iterative method can be modified to improve the accuracy in particular domains of a point cloud. The use of statistical information criterion can help determining the optimal threshold, the number of iterations to perform as well as some parameters of the underlying mathematical functions (degree of the splines, parameter representation). The resulting surfaces are well suited for analysis and computing secondary information such as contour curves and minimum and maximum points. Also deformation analysis are potential applications of fitting point clouds with LR B-splines.
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    Pages: XIX, 111 p. 61 illus., 59 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031169540
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16954-0
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    Monitoring of Desert Locust in Africa and Asia (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Geographical Information System. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Desert Locust Breeding Area and Migration Path in Africa and Asia -- Chapter 3 Monitoring of Desert Locusts in East Africa -- Chpater 4 Monitoring of Desert Locusts in West and South Asia -- Chapter 5 Remote Sensing Monitoring System of Desert Locust and its Application -- References.
    Abstract: This book deals with the topic on remote sensing monitoring of desert locust in Africa and Asia. Remote sensing monitoring of the occurrence and damage of desert locust is conducted by integrating cutting-edge technologies and methods in cross-disciplinary fields in remote sensing science, geographic information science, agronomy, plant protection, agricultural meteorology, mathematics, and computer science. The main contents include spatio-temporal data analysis and processing, desert locust breeding areas monitoring, pest migration path analysis and damage monitoring. Moreover, a desert locust remote sensing monitoring system is constructed and applied in the region of Africa and Asia countries. This book not only provides technical reference for remote sensing monitoring and application of desert locust but also serves as a research reference for scholars and graduate students engaged in agricultural remote sensing, agricultural information technology, plant protection and other related field. It will help to improve remote sensing monitoring and application of desert locust.
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    Pages: XIV, 126 p. 116 illus., 113 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811972386
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7238-6
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    Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning and Management (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Geography. ; Human geography. ; Environmental sciences Social aspects. ; Geographical Information System. ; Regional Geography. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Social Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction of Geographic Information System -- Referencing and Coordinate Systems in GIS -- GIS Data Models -- Data Input in GIS -- Data Visualization and Output -- Spatial Data Analysis -- Non-spatial Data Management -- Applications of GIS in Urban Policy/Planning/Management -- Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Land Use Changes -- Simulating Future Urban Growth using Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Models -- Identification of Potential Sites for Housing Development Using GIS Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation Technique -- Urban Green Space Analysis and Potential Site Selection for Green Space Expansion -- A Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Alternative Landfill Site Selections Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach -- Urban Flood Susceptibility Modelling of Srinagar using Novel Fuzzy Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network (Fuzzy MLPNN) -- Assessment, Mapping and prediction of Urban Heat Island. .
    Abstract: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems. With GIS, one has the ability to better understand existing requirements of a city and its design to fulfill those needs. This book contributes to developing scientific knowledge based on geospatial technologies among planners, researchers, scientists, professionals, students, and laymen and providing them with better understanding for urban planning and management at various levels. The book manifests the importance of GIS in better understanding of current urban challenges and provides new insights on how to apply GIS in urban planning. It also encourages the various stakeholders of society to participate in the decision-making process and assists planners and authorities to formulate suitable plans for sustainable urban growth of a region. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes the fundamental concepts of GIS and also deals with the advanced techniques of spatial planning. The second part addresses real-world case studies using various applications of GIS. The case studies include urban land-use changes, simulation of future urban growth, urban heat island, alternate landfill site selection and urban flood susceptibility mapping, among others. This book shows how to integrate GIS with remote sensing, geostatistics, artificial intelligence-machine learning techniques, and other cutting-edge technologies. Readers find this book to be an invaluable resource for understanding and solving problems relating to sustainable urban planning and management.
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    Pages: XVII, 252 p. 115 illus., 51 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789811978555
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7855-5
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    Real Estate Market of Ukraine : Practical Aspects and Trends (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Real estate management. ; Geographical Information System. ; Real Estate Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. General State of the Real Estate Market in Ukraine -- Chapter 2. Real Estate Market. Trends and Developments -- Chapter 3. Practical Aspects. Development of a Method of Modeling the most attractive location of a Real Estate object -- Chapter 4. Determination of the Optimal location of the Real Estate object -- Chapter 5. Factors of Influence on the Real Estate Market -- Chapter 6. Prospects for the Development of the Real Estate Market in Ukraine -- Chapter 7. The Situation on the Real Estate Market because of Russia's War against Ukraine. .
    Abstract: This book shows examples of basic approaches in real estate market analysis. Of value is the method of modeling the most attractive location of real estate, which is illustrated by a specific example. The authors give examples of real estate market research using GIS. The book analyzes the trends and prospects of real estate market development both in the pre-war and in the post-war period in Ukraine. It provides factors, trends, and development of the real estate market-directed investments. This book is useful to investors, real estate appraisers, real estate market researchers, GIS specialists, developers, researchers, graduate students, and students.
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    Pages: VIII, 146 p. 81 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031312489
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31248-9
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    Advanced Remote Sensing for Urban and Landscape Ecology (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Cartography. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Human geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cartography. ; Urban Ecology. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Data And Urban Poverty: Detecting And Characterising Slums And Deprived Urban Areas In Low-And Middle-Income Countries -- Investigation Of Ecological Sustainability Through The Landscape Approach Of Geospatial Technology: Study From New Town Project In Eastern India -- Advanced Remote Sensing For Sustainable Decent Housing For The Economically Challenged Urban Households -- Impact Of Uncontrolled Tourism Development On Landscape Ecology Of Purba Medinipur Coastal Region, West Bengal: A 4-C Framework And Swoc Analysis -- Impact Of Urban Heat Island: A Local-Level Urban Climate Phenomenon On Urban Ecology And Human Health -- Identification Of Environmental Epidemiology Through Advanced Remote Sensing Based On Ndvi -- Assessment Of Land Utilization Pattern And Their Relationship With Surface Temperature And Vegetation In Sikkim, India -- Monitoring Land Use And Land Cover Change Over Bhiwani District Using Google Earth Engine -- Image And Perception Of Royal Heritage And Eco-Space Of The Medium Towns In India: Reflection From Burdwan Royal Heritage Site -- Governance And Floodplain Extent Changes Of Yamuna River Floodplain In Megacity Delhi -- Assessing Urban Compactness Using Machine Learning And Earth Observation Datasets: A Case Study Of Kolkata City -- Analysis Of Ecological Vulnerability Behind The Land Conversion From Agriculture To Aquaculture Of Purba Medinipur District In West Bengal, India -- Environmental Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing And Gis: A Study Of Upper Baitarani Basin, Odisha -- Mapping Urban Footprint Using Machine Learning And Public Domain Datasets.
    Abstract: This book introduces the use of various remote sensing data such as microwave, hyperspectral and very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery; mapping techniques including pixel and object-based machine learning; and geostatistical modelling techniques including cellular automation, entropy and land fragmentation. Remote sensing plays a vital role in solving urban and environmental challenges at the landscape level. Globally, more than half of the urban population is facing severe environmental and social challenges, especially those relating to climate change, agricultural land encroachment, green infrastructure and environmental degradation, mobility due to rapid rural–urban transformation and anthropogenic interventions. Mapping and quantification of such threats at the landscape level are challenging for experts using traditional techniques; however, remote sensing technology provides diverse spatial data at a varying scale, volume and accessibility for mapping and modelling, and it also analyses challenges at urban and landscape levels. Together, they address challenges at urban and landscape levels to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9789819930067
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3006-7
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    Remote Sensing Big Data (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Big data. ; Database management. ; Algorithms. ; Data mining. ; Geographical Information System. ; Big Data. ; Database Management. ; Algorithms. ; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Remote Sensing -- Chapter 3: Special Features of Remote Sensing Big Data -- Chapter 4: Remote Sensing Big Data Collection Challenges and Cyberinfrastructure and Sensor Web Solutions -- Chapter 5: Remote Sensing Big Data Computing -- Chapter 6: Remote Sensing Big Data Management -- Chapter 7: Standards for Big Data Management -- Chapter 8: Implementation Examples of Big Data Management Systems for Remote Sensing -- Chapter 9: Big Data Analytics for Remote Sensing-Concepts and standards -- Chapter 10: Big Data Analytic Platforms -- Chapter 11: Algorithmic Design Considerations of Big Data Analytics -- Chapter 12: Machine learning and data mining algorithms for geospatial big data -- Chapter 13: Modeling, prediction, and decision making based on remote sensing big data -- Chapter 14: Examples of remote sensing applications of big data analytics-fusion of diverse earth observation data -- Chapter 15: Examples of remote sensing applications of big data analytics-agricultural drought monitoring and forecasting -- Chapter 16: Examples of remote sensing applications of big data analytics-land cover time series creation -- Chapter 17: Geospatial big data initiatives in the world -- Chapter 18: Challenges and opportunities in remote sensing big data.
    Abstract: This monograph provides comprehensive coverage of the collection, management, and use of big data obtained from remote sensing. The book begins with an introduction to the basics of big data and remote sensing, laying the groundwork for the more specialized information to follow. The volume then goes on to address a wide variety of topics related to the use and management of remote sensing big data, including hot topics such as analysis through machine learning, cyberinfrastructure, and modeling. Examples on how to use the results of big data analysis of remotely sensed data for concrete decision-making are offered as well. The closing chapters discuss geospatial big data initiatives throughout the world and future challenges and opportunities for remote sensing big data applications. The audience for this book includes researchers at the intersection of geoscience and data science, senior undergraduate and graduate students, and anyone else interested in how large datasets obtained through remote sensing can be best utilized. The book presents a culmination of 30 years of research from renowned spatial scientists Drs. Liping Di and Eugene Yu.
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    Pages: XI, 295 p. 104 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031339325
    Series Statement: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33932-5
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    Geoinformatics in Theory and Practice : An Integrated Approach to Geoinformation Systems, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Dynamics. ; Nonlinear theories. ; Geography. ; Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Applied Dynamical Systems. ; Geography. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic terms and general principles of information processing -- 3 Basics from computer science -- 4 Spatial objects and reference systems -- 5 Digital spatial data: Data mining, geographic reference data and VGI -- 6 Standards and interoperability of spatial data -- 7 Visualization of spatial information -- 8 Data organization and database systems -- 9 Geographic information systems -- 10 Remote sensing and digital image processing.
    Abstract: This textbook is intended to display a broad, methodological introduction to geoinformatics and geoinformation science. It deals with the recording, modeling, processing and analysis as well as presenting and distributing of geodata. As an integrated approach it is dedicated to the multidisciplinary application of methods and concepts of computer science to solve spatial tasks. First the reader receives an introduction to the approach and tasks of geoinformatics, basic concepts and general principles of information processing as well as essentials of computer science. Then this textbook focuses on the following topics: spatial reference systems, digital spatial data, interoperability of spatial data, visualization of spatial information, data organization and database systems, geoinformation systems, remote sensing and digital image processing. The result is a comprehensive manual for studies and practical applications in geoinformatics. It serves also as a basis to support and deepen methodological courses in geography, geology, geodesy and surveying as well as all environmental sciences. In this first English edition, the author has updated and significantly expanded the fourth German edition. New additions include the development of apps, graphical presentation on the web, geodata-bases and recent methods of classification. This book is based on the original German 4th edition Geoinformatik in Theorie und Praxis by Norbert de Lange, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020 and still presents the only integrated perspective on geoinformatics and geoinformation science. This book was translated with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com) first and then significantly revised with regard to technical terms and special topics of geoinformatics. The author Norbert de Lange taught and conducted research at the Institutes of Geography at the Universities of Münster and Osnabrück, Germany. In 2005, he was involved in founding the Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing at the University of Osnabrück, which has merged with the Institute for Computer Science and where he has been a Professor of Environmental Informatics and Municipal Planning since 2016. His main research focuses on applications of geoinformatics in urban and regional planning. For more than 40 years he has been teaching courses on geoinformation systems, digital cartography and data analysis in earth sciences.
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    Pages: XVI, 519 p. 217 illus., 146 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783662657584
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65758-4
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    ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online : Applications in Water and Environmental Sciences (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environment. ; Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to ArcGISPro -- Chapter 2: Data Classification and Layout in ArcGISPro -- Chapter 3: Data Acquisition -- Chapter 4: Coordinate Systems and Projections -- Chapter 5: Working with Geodatabase -- Chapter 6: Data Editing and Topology -- Chapter 7: Geoprocessing -- Chapter 8: Site Suitability and Data Modelling -- Chapter 9: Geocoding -- Chapter 10: Working with Raster -- Chapter 11: Spatial Interpolation -- Chapter 12: Watershed Delineation -- Chapter 13: Special Statistics -- Chapter 14: Network Analyst -- Chapter 15: 3-D Analyst -- Chapter 16: ArcGIS Online and Web Maps.
    Abstract: This textbook serves as a practical guide for undergraduate and graduate students in geology, hydrology, ecology, and environmental sciences, teaching them applied GIS techniques. Presented as a step-by-step tutorial across seventeen chapters, the book starts with the fundamentals of GIS and progresses to real-life examples from geology and water resources. The focus is on ESRI's ArcGIS Pro, covering various tools for spatial, geostatistical, network, and 3-D analysis. Additionally, it explores ArcGIS Online and working with web apps like Web Map, StoryMaps, and GEO App. GIS applications, especially in water and environmental problem-solving, are rapidly growing worldwide. The demand for GIS experts utilizing spatial analysis in environmental science remains high. This textbook equips users with the necessary knowledge to become effective mappers and spatial analysts in the fields of environment, geosciences, and water resources, employing the latest state-of-the-art methodology. Each chapter provides exercises and supplementary materials available for download on SpringerLink, along with additional links for further learning opportunities.
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    Pages: XIX, 424 p. 669 illus., 653 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031422270
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42227-0
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    Physical Geodesy : A Theoretical Introduction (2023)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Physical geography. ; Geomorphology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Physical Geography. ; Geomorphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Earth’s Gravity Field and Some of its Properties -- Chapter 2. Elementary Potential Theory -- Chapter 3. Spherical Harmonics -- Chapter 4. Normal Gravity Field and Reference Earth Ellipsoid -- Chapter 5. Stokes’ Theory and Beyond -- Chapter 6. Gravity Reduction -- Chapter 7. Molodensky’s Theory and Beyond -- Chapter 8. Fundamentals of Computation and Determination -- Chapter 9. Flattening and Gravity Inside the Earth.
    Abstract: This textbook introduces physical geodesy. It treats the boundary-value theories of the discipline comprehensively, and provides insights to the theory of gravity reduction based on a spherical Earth model. This book is for students who wish to thoroughly understand the material and to expand their knowledge and skills in mathematics for more advanced study and research in this discipline. The details of mathematical derivations included are a useful asset for instructors and researchers.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031233203
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23320-3
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    Advances in Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology : Volume-2: Applications of Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture and in-silico Strategies (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 2. Plant Microbes Interactions and Its Effect on Crop Productivity -- Chapter 3. Rhizobacterial biostimulants: efficacy in enhanced productivity and sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 4. The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza in Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 5. Biocontrol Efficacy of Biomass and Secondary Metabolites of P. fluorescens Against Predominant Pest Affecting Agricultural Fields -- Chapter 6. Exopolysaccharide-producing Azotobacter for bioremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil -- Chapter 7. Utilization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to boom the Efficiency and Product nature of Horticultural Crops -- Chapter 8. Microbial Remediation of Persistent Agrochemicals -- Chapter 9. Microbes Based Pesticides for Insect Pest Control and Their Management -- Chapter 10. In-silico Tools and Approach of CRISPR Application in Agriculture -- Chapter 11. Application of Bioinformatics in the Plant Pathology Research -- Chapter 12. New Age Genomic Measures for Uncovering Plant-Microbiome Interactions: Tools, Pipelines and Guidance Map for Genomic Data Mining -- Chapter 13. Bioinformatics: A Tool for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 14. Recent Advances in Deep Learning CNN Models for Plant Disease Detection.
    Abstract: This book, the second volume of Advances in Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology is the compilation of modern technologies with scientific advancement in promoting plant growth by rhizobacterial biostimulants, endophytic microbes, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The volume also highlights the critical roles of soil microbes in the biocontrol of plant pathogens/diseases, bioremediation of toxic agrochemicals, and nitrogen fixation. Agricultural sustainability and environmental management strongly depend on microbial communities. Management of soil fertility is the key aspect that is facilitated by soil microbes and their interactions.The book also has a section focuses on the in-silico approaches and techniques involved in agriculture which enhances the readers’ understandings of plant-pathogen interactions, prediction of pathogenicity, improving variety through CRISPER, and its role in the agroindustry. Additionally, the interventions of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) have benefited agricultural stakeholders, i.e., farmers to policymakers, in predicting and combating them. The covered topics of the microbial domain and computational tools have high implications for the researchers, students, faculty, and scientists working on these areas.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811696824
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9682-4
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    Bio-Clean Energy Technologies Volume 2 (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Microbiology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Green Energy Solution to Combat Global Warming -- 2 Renewable Biofuels: Sources and Types -- 3 Introduction to Renewable Biofuel resources, their production technologies, Challenges and Applications -- 4 Conversion of biogas generated from anaerobic digestion of food waste to electricity using internal combustion engine and fuel cell -- 5 Biofilm Based production of Biomethane -- 6 Bioelectrochemical systems: Recent Advancements and Future Prospects -- 7 A brief review of the waste generation in India and biofuel applications -- 8 Biohydrogen Production by Immobilized Microbes -- 9 Conventional liquid biofuels -- 10 Sustainability of bioethanol production -- 11 Biofuels from algae -- 12 Bioethanol production from marine algae: a novel approach to curb global warming -- 13 Biofilms for Biofuel Production -- 14 Enzyme Technology in Biofuel Production -- 15 Immobilized Lipase for Industrial Biodiesel Production -- 16 An overview, current trends, and prospects of Biophotovoltaic Systems (BPVs) -- 17 Applications of Nanotechnology in Biofuel Production -- 18 Waste to Bio-Energy Perspective through Life-Cycle Inventory. .
    Abstract: This edited book discusses the latest advancements in the area of biofuel development. It covers extensive information regarding different aspects and types of biofuels. The book provides a road map of the various kinds of biofuels available for consideration. It focuses on microbial based power generation, applications of nanotechnology in biofuel development, advancements in molecular techniques, economic and life cycle assessments. The book also highlights the commercialization prospects and economics of the various processes and an overview of the life cycle assessment of the various different kinds of biofuels. The contributors are experienced professors, academicians and scientists associated with renowned laboratories and institutes in India and abroad. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, biofuel scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students. National and international scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.
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    Pages: XI, 342 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811680946
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8094-6
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    Green Nano Solution for Bioenergy Production Enhancement (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Microbiology. ; Renewable Energy.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Green Route Synthesis of Biomass Based Materials for Energy Production -- 2 Green Synthesized Bimetallic Nanomaterials for Bio-energy Applications -- 3 Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles for Biofuel Production -- 4 Recent advances in synthesis of Iron nanoparticles via green route and their application in biofuel production -- 5 Green synthesized carbon and metallic nanomaterials for biofuel production: Effect of operating parameters -- 6 Biosynthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles and their Application as Catalyst in Biodiesel Production -- 7 Phyco-Nanotechnology: An Emerging Nanomaterial Synthesis Method and its Applicability in Biofuel Production -- 8 Fungi mediated green synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Renewable energy applications -- 9 Green synthesis of nanoparticles by plants and their renewable energy applications -- 10 Recent Advances in Conversion of Agricultural Waste to Biofuel by Nanoparticles.
    Abstract: This edited book presents nanotechnology-based approaches to improve quality of biofuels production. It covers the use of different nanomaterials in various biofuels production methods and their sustainable utility analysis to improve production of biofuels at economical and mass scale. Environmentally friendly, low cost, and synthesis via green and renewable resources are the main key features covered by this book. Advantages and sustainability scope of green and renewable material to synthesize nanomaterial and reduction in synthesis cost over to chemical synthesis cost have been discussed in this book. The book also explores various green synthesis possibilities to synthesize nanomaterials that are frequently involved in biofuels production process as catalysts. Various feasible mechanisms have also been explained. Maximum and sustainable use of green nanomaterials at every step of biofuels production is also one of the major focuses of this book. It covers mega audiences, which include academician, researchers, and industries people. This book will be highly interesting for researchers and scientists as well as related industries.
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    Pages: VI, 273 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811693564
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9356-4
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    Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Archaea (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Microbial ecology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Sulfate-reducing prokaryotes: Changing paradigms -- 2. Characteristics and taxonomy -- 3. Reduction of sulfur and nitrogen compounds -- 4. Electron transport proteins and cytochromes -- 5. Systems contributing to the energetics of SRP -- 6. Cell biology and metabolism -- 7. Geomicrobiology, biotechnology, and industrial applications -- 8. Biocorrosion -- 9. Ecology of dissimilatory sulfate reducers: Life in extreme conditions and activities of SRB -- 10. Interactions of SRB with animals and plants.
    Abstract: The abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea (SRBA) is impressive and new isolates are being reported continuously. A few decades ago, only two genera of dissimilatory sulfate reducers had been identified and as of 2018, 92 genera containing more than 420 species of SRB and several species of archaea have been isolated. This book addresses the historical background of SRBA research and reviews the current status of research examining the growth of these anaerobic microorganisms. Additionally, this book covers metabolic and genomic diversity, enzymatic processes, response to stress, biocorrosion of ferrous metals, biogeochemical processes and interactions with other microorganisms in the anaerobic biosphere. It highlights the unique cellular and molecular features of these microorganisms, discusses the production and consumption of gases and reviews genomic content influencing their metabolic capabilities. Examples are provided of detoxification reactions to alleviate pollution situations, growth in in hostile environments including low nutrient availability, and the effects of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) on human and animal hosts.
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    Pages: XI, 564 p. 62 illus., 38 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030967031
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96703-1
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    The Biological Role of a Virus (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Evolution (Biology). ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Evolutionary Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: PART I. Viral Control of Community Energetics -- Chapter 1. Viral Nature of the Aquatic Ecosystems -- Chapter 2. Life Continues as Viruses Close Land, Water and Atmosphere Nutrient Cycle -- PART II. Understanding the Genetic Partnership Between a Host and Its Viruses -- Chapter 3. Cataloging the Presence of Endogenous Viruses -- Chapter 4. Do the Biological Roles of Endogenous and Lysogenous Viruses Represent Faustian Bargains? -- Chapter 5. Einstein's Capsid: Bacteriophages Solve the Problems of Space and Time for Bacteria with Emergency Dead to Alive Horizontal Gene Transfer (EDA-HGT) -- Chapter 6. Diverse Phage-Encoded Toxins and Their Role in Bacterial Ecology -- Chapter 7. Mycoviruses as Antivirulence Elements of Fungal Pathogens -- PART III. Defending the Health of Its Hosts -- Chapter 8. The Contribution of Viruses to Immune Systems -- Chapter 9. Application of Viruses for Gene Therapy and Vaccine Development -- Chapter 10. Eukaryotic Virus Interactions with Bacteria: Implications for Pathogenesis and Control.
    Abstract: This book answers the question “What is it that viruses do?” by presenting three aspects of viral ecology. The first aspect explains how viruses affect the population diversity and energetics of their host communities. Perhaps the most notable example of this concept is our understanding that primary production within ecosystems often depends upon those viruses which serve as controllers of nutrient recycling, connecting the aquatic and terrestrial realms in ways that can be assessed locally and globally. The second aspect describes genetic partnerships which exist between hosts and their viruses. These include processes termed endogeny and lysogeny by which the host carries at least a partial genomic copy of the virus. Fluidity of these collective genomes is expressed on an evolutionary time scale and the mutual life cycles which they produce represent a forging of shared genomic fate that obligates partnership of the virus and its host. The viral sequences represent a source of potential benefit as well as potential peril for the host and can implement phenotypic changes in the host. Hosts often use those changes as tools. As humans, the most notable example would be that mammals rely upon temporary activation of their endogenous viral genes in order to successfully develop a placenta. The third aspect is defending the health of a host, which relies upon activity in two directions. Hosts often use their captured viral genes to identify and subsequently direct battle against invading viruses. This natural concept has been engineered for combating cancer, is useful for suppressing the detrimental consequences of genetic diseases, and has been developed to create targeted antiviral vaccines. But, the defense has to work in two directions and the host can use other symbiotic microorganisms as protection against its viruses. This book will appeal to a wide readership by providing a broad perspective of viral ecology, and all scientists will find it helpful for gaining a view of fields beyond their specialization.
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    Pages: XVI, 367 p. 28 illus., 25 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030853952
    Series Statement: Advances in Environmental Microbiology, 9
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85395-2
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    Rhizosphere Microbes : Biotic Stress Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Stress (Physiology). ; Plants. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Plant Stress Responses.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Detection and identification of soil borne pathogens: Classical to Recent updates -- Chapter 2. Microarray-based detection and identification of bacterial and viral plant pathogens -- Chapter 3. Application molecular ecology approaches in sustainable agriculture for a better understanding of plant microbiome interactions -- Chapter 4. Advancements in detection and diagnosis of important soil-borne diseases -- Chapter 5. Omics approaches to revisit rhizo-bacterial biome -- Chapter 6. Engineering the Plant Microbiome for Biotic Stress tolerance: Biotechnological Advances -- Chapter 7. Potential of bacterial endophytes in biological control of soil borne phytopathogens -- Chapter 8. Endophytes: Rendering systemic resistance to plant -- Chapter 9. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as Potential Biocontrol Agents -- Chapter 10. Rhizosphere microbes and Wheat Health Management -- Chapter 11. Exploring the potential of secondary metabolites from indigenous Trichoderma spp. for their plant growth promotion and disease suppression ability in pulses -- Chapter 12. Uncultivable soil microbes contributing to sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 13. Rhizosphere microbiome: Significance in sustainable crop protection -- Chapter 14. Bacterial inoculants for control of fungal diseases in tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.): A comprehensive overview -- Chapter 15. Plant-Microbe Interaction and Rhizosphere Biology Lab, ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important -- Chapter 16. Prior weakening as a tool to control soilborne plant pathogens and associated disease pressure.
    Abstract: This edited book volume aims to bringing out a comprehensive collection of latest information and developments on the management of biotic stresses by the use of rhizospheric microbes across the globe. The main focus of this book is to address the scientific and practical significance of rhizosphere microbes in biotic stress management. The microbial communities in the rhizosphere ecosystem play multitude of microbe-microbe, microbe-insect/pest and plant-microbe interactions and they have not yet been fully exploited to gain benefits in this field as well as to achieve sustainability in agriculture. Among the more recent strategies, stress tolerance/resistance induced by environment-friendly elicitors of microbial origin and/or rhizosphere microorganisms has emerged as a promising supplement in the approaches to crop protection. The proposed book entitled "Rhizosphere Microbes: Biotic Stress Management” is pertinent to rhizospheric microbe-mediated biotic stress management covering all spheres of biotic stress tolerance viz., bio-resources, diversity, ecology, and functioning of microbial bio-control agents, host–parasite interaction, strategies to characterize microbial bioinoculants, interactions of rhizosphere microbes by developing a fundamental understanding of the microbial communities, exploration of the diverse roles of microbes and microbial communities and their role in biotic stress tolerance, microbe-mediated mitigation of biotic stresses, quorum sensing, microbial signalling and cross-talk in the rhizosphere, biofilm formation, cell-to-cell communication, role of microorganisms in ecosystems functioning under various biotic stress conditions, application of microbial bio-pesticides, molecular studies using microbial systems, etc. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, crop protection scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for under-graduate, post-graduate, and post-doctorate fellow of agriculture, forestry, ecology, life science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.
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    Pages: XVII, 370 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811958724
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 40
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5872-4
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    Sustainable and Clean Energy Production Technologies (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Microbiology. ; Renewable Energy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Tiny Renewable Engines: Microalgae and Cyanobacteria as biofuel providers -- Chapter 2. Different Energy Management Strategies for Clean Energy -- Chapter 3. Recycle of Plastic Waste to Liquid Fuel: A sustainable energy production -- Chapter 4. Nanomaterials for Energy Storage Applications -- Chapter 5. Biomass Energy Conversion using Thermochemical and Biochemical Technologies -- Chapter 6. Pyrolysis of waste biomass using solar energy for Clean Energy Production -- Chapter 7. Biomass Digestion for Production of Electrical Energy -- Chapter 8. Solar Energy Conversion Techniques and Practical Approaches to Design Solar PV Power Station -- Chapter 9. Recent Advancement in Preparation Strategy of Efficient Graphene-Cds Based Photocatalysts for H2 Production by Water Splitting -- Chapter 10. Design and Storage of Solar Thermal Energy Production -- Chapter 11. Clean Energy using Hydroelectric generation from Rivers -- Chapter 12. Clean Energy Production using Solar Energy Resources.
    Abstract: This edited book is a comprehensive collection of chapters on various clean energy technology such as solar energy, waste biomass as energy, hydro-electricity generation, biodiesel production from biomass and strategies to cater the demand of clean renewable energy. Clean energy technologies also enhance economic growth by increasing the supply of energy demand and tackling environmental challenges and their impacts due to the use of other conventional sources of energy. The conventional/non-conventional energy production methods are efficient but it has adverse effects on environment and human health. As environmental concerns are not avoidable therefore the necessity of clean energy production comes in to the picture. The clean energy can be produced by different wastes which are caused for the environmental pollution. This book covers various aspects of new and renewable clean energy production technology and its utilization in different fields. This is a useful reading material for students and researchers involved in clean energy study.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811691355
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9135-5
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    Organic Waste to Biohydrogen (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Environmental Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biohydrogen from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste -- Chapter 2. Biohydrogen from food waste -- Chapter 3. Biohydrogen from fruit and vegetable industry wastes -- Chapter 4. Biohydrogen from Distillery Wastewater: Opportunities and feasibility -- Chapter 5. Biohydrogen from pentose-rich lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate -- Chapter 6. Biohydrogen Production using Cheese Industry Waste: Current trends and Challenges -- Chapter 7. Methods of biological hydrogen production from industrial waste -- Chapter 8. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION AT INDUSTRIAL LEVEL -- Chapter 9. Thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass for biohydrogen production -- Chapter 10. Nanotechnological approaches in biohydrogen production -- Chapter 11. Microalgal biomass as a promising feedstock for the production of Biohydrogen: A comprehensive review -- Chapter 12. Biohydrogen: Future energy source for the society.
    Abstract: This book provides an updated knowledge on the biohydrogen production from industrial and municipal organic waste materials. Microbes are increasingly being included in the hydrogen based biofuel production and this book covers the processes and protocols for biohydrogen production. There is an urgent need of alternative energy research to fulfill the global energy demand. Biohydrogen is a promising source of sustainable and clean energy as it harnessed by biological means. Biohydrogen may be produced by utilizing different waste materials as a substrate, and by optimization of various parameters of bioreactors such as temperature, pH, partial pressure etc. The waste materials used in hydrogen production are categorized as agricultural waste, municipal waste, industrial waste, and other hazardous wastes. Biohydrogen production from wastes materials opened a new opportunity for the widespread use of everlasting renewable energy source. This book is useful for professional scientists, academicians, biotechnologist and environmentalist along with research scholars in various biotechnology and bioenergy industries by addressing the latest research going on in the field of renewal bioenergy production from waste and their global impact on the environment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 288 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811919954
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1995-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1995-4
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    The Marine Microbiome (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Biochemical engineering. ; Microbiology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Bioprocess Engineering.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: A Sea Of Microbes: What’s So Special About Marine Microbiology -- Part I: Diversity And Evolution Of Marine Microorganisms -- Chapter 2: Survival In A Sea Of Gradients: Bacterial And Archaeal Foraging In A Heterogeneous Ocean -- Chapter 3: Marine Cyanobacteria -- Chapter 4: Marine Protists: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To Their Role In The Marine Microbiome -- Chapter 5: Marine Fungi -- Chapter 6: Marine Viruses: Agents Of Chaos, Promoters Of Order -- Chapter 7: Evolutionary Genomics Of Marine Bacteria And Archaea -- Part II: Marine Habitats -- Chapter 8: Towards A Global Perspective Of The Marine Microbiome -- Chapter 9: The Pelagic Light-Dependent Microbiome -- Chapter 10: Microbial Inhabitants Of The Dark Ocean -- Chapter 11: The Subsurface And Oceanic Crust Prokaryotes -- Chapter 12: The Microbiome Of Coastal Sediments -- Chapter 13: Symbiosis In The Ocean Microbiome -- Chapter 14: Marine Extreme Habitats -- Part III: Marine Microbiome From Genomes To Phenomes: Biogeochemical Cycles, Networks, Fluxes, And Interaction -- Chapter 15: Marine Biogeochemical Cycles -- Chapter 16: A Holistic Approach For The Study Of The Role Of Microorganisms In The Marine Ecosystem -- Chapter 17: The Hidden Treasure: Marine Microbiome As Repository Of Bioactive Compounds -- Chapter 18: Ocean Restoration And The Strategic Plan Of The Marine Microbiome. .
    Abstract: This updated and expanded second edition reviews numerous aspects of the marine microbiome and its possible industrial applications. The marine microbiome is the total of microorganisms and viruses in the ocean and seas and in any connected environment, including the seafloor and marine animals and plants. In the first part of the book, diversity, origin and evolution of the marine microorganisms and viruses are discussed. The microbes presented originate from all three domains of life: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. The second part sheds some light on the different communities: it describes marine habitats and how their inhabitants control biogeochemical cycles. The third part finally examines the microbial ocean as a global system and evaluates methods of utilizing marine microbial resources. Adopting a translational approach, the book connects academic research with industrial applications, making it a fascinating read and valuable resource for microbiologists from both domains.
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    Pages: XVI, 766 p. 92 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030903831
    Series Statement: The Microbiomes of Humans, Animals, Plants, and the Environment, 3
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90383-1
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    Bacterial Endophytes for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Plant physiology. ; Botanical chemistry. ; Plant anatomy. ; Microbiology. ; Plant Physiology. ; Plant Biochemistry. ; Plant Anatomy and Morphology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Endophytic Bacteria: Application against biotic and abiotic stresses and Plant Health Improvements for Sustainable Agriculture -- 2 Endophytic Bacteria: Mitigating Abiotic Stress from Inside -- 3 Diversity and bioactive potential of endophytic bacteria from high-value medicinal plants -- 4 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Assisted Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils -- 5 Endophytic Bacteria: Role in Phosphorous Solubilization -- 6 Endophytes of Medicinal plants: Diversity and Bioactivity -- 7 Title: Biotechnological applications of Bacterial Endophytes -- 8 Genetic Basis of Fungal Endophytic Bioactive Compounds Synthesis, Modulation, and Their Biotechnological Application -- 9 Endophytic bacteria for plant growth promotion -- 10 Bacterial Endophytes and Bio-nanotechnology -- 11 Role of Endophyte Metabolites in Plant Protection and other Metabolic Activities -- 12 Role of Bacterial Endophytes in the Promotion of Plant Growth -- 13 Bacterial endophytes and abiotic stress mitigation. .
    Abstract: This book is a comprehensive account of recent advances in the endophytic research. It covers recent perspective of endophytic research, molecular diversity, bioprospecting of novel genes using high throughput molecular techniques, and most importantly application of endophytes in practicing sustainable agriculture. Endophytic micro-organisms are mysterious living component associated mutually with plant roots and soil microbes. Various endophytic bacteria have attracted considerable attention for their ability to promote plant growth through direct mechanisms or by acting as biocontrol agents. Endophytes also find use in biocontrol, medicine, agriculture and food industry. This is a useful reading for the student of agriculture, environmental microbiology and biotechnology.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 278 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811644979
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4497-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4497-9
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    Mineral Formation by Microorganisms : Concepts and Applications (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Earth sciences. ; Microbial genetics. ; Microbiology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Earth Sciences. ; Microbial Genetics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Microbial Domains and Their Role in the Formation of Minerals -- Intracellular and Extracellular Bacterial Biomineralization -- Geophysical Monitoring and Characterization of Biomineralization Processes -- The Molecular Genetics of Microbial Biomineralization -- Silicate Minerals Induced by Microorganisms -- Non-Silicate Minerals (Carbonates, Oxides, Phosphates, Sulfur-Containing, Oxalates and Other Organic Crystals) Induced by Microorganisms -- Magnetosome Biomineralization by Magnetotactic Bacteria -- Factors Affecting Biomineralization -- Experimental Modeling of Carbonate Mineral Precipitation in the Presence of Cyanobacteria -- Key Applications of Biomineralization.
    Abstract: This book explains how microorganisms play a pivotal role in the formation of biominerals, including carbonates, silicate minerals and oxides. As readers will learn, these minerals may be produced either intracellularly or extracellularly in order to sustain microbial life. Experienced scientists from the field show that some of these biominerals can be produced in an active form, which involves direct enzymatic intervention to form precipitates. In addition, passive mineral formation can be mediated by the presence of dead cells. Readers from Microbiology and Biochemistry will appreciate the thorough coverage on various types of microbial mineral formation and their roles in microbial domains. Furthermore, they will benefit from the authors’ first-hand knowledge regarding common techniques for studying biomineral-producing microorganisms, factors affecting biomineralization, and the use of this process in biotechnological applications.
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    Pages: VIII, 387 p. 62 illus., 45 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030808075
    Series Statement: Microbiology Monographs, 36
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80807-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80807-5
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    Microbes for Natural Food Additives (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Food Analysis. ; Chemistry. ; Microbiology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Food Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Microbial Food additives: Types, Functions and challenges -- 2. Applications of enzymes in food industries as additives -- 3. Microbial antioxidants in food products -- 4. Microbial and bio-based preservatives:recent advances in antimicrobial compounds -- 5. Prebiotic and Synbiotic Foods -- 6. Microbial stablizers in food processing -- 7. Biosurfactants: promising biomolecules in the food industry -- 8. Additives in Dairy Based Food -- 9. Hypersensitivity associated with food additives.
    Abstract: This book provides all the aspects of microbes for food additives, and a detailed description of their different categories. The chapters provide a step-by-step overview of microbial food additives as enzymes, antioxidants, stabilizers, emulsifiers, organic acids, colorants, sweeteners, flavoring compounds that have been used commercially by industrialists. In addition, an emphasis on the use of microbes as therapeutic agents such as probiotics and enzymes have also been given in the respective chapters. Furthermore, the book also comprises the detailed description of legislation and policies for the use of microbial additives at large scale in different food industries. Therefore, this book provides a comprehensive, state of art updated literature which can be used by the food scientists, nutritionists, microbiologists and a health-conscious layman to check the food additive list on a product for a nutritious and safer food.
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    Pages: X, 227 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811957116
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 38
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5711-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-5711-6
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    Geospatial Data Science in Healthcare for Society 5.0 (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Quantitative research. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Medical care. ; Geographical Information System. ; Data Analysis and Big Data. ; Artificial Intelligence. ; Health Care.
    Description / Table of Contents: Potential of Geospatial Data in Healthcare for Society 5.0 -- Geospatial Health Data Analytics for Society 5.0 -- Relevance of spatio-temporal data visualisation techniques in healthcare system -- GIS and Remote Sensing for public health -- Infectious diseases and their tracking in GIS.
    Abstract: The book introduces a variety of latest techniques designed to represent, enhance, and empower multi-disciplinary approaches of geographic information system (GIS), artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning (DL), machine learning, and cloud computing research in healthcare. It provides a unique compendium of the current and emerging use of geospatial data for healthcare and reflects the diversity, complexity, and depth and breadth of this multi-disciplinary area. This book addresses various aspects of how smart healthcare devices can be used to detect and analyze diseases. Further, it describes various tools and techniques to evaluate the efficacy, suitability, and efficiency of geospatial data for health-related applications. It features illustrative case studies, including future applications and healthcare challenges. This book is beneficial for computer science and engineering students and researchers, medical professionals, and anyone interested in using geospatial data in healthcare. It is also intended for experts, offering them a valuable retrospective and a global vision for the future, as well as for non-experts who are curious to learn about this important subject. The book presents an effort to draw how we can build health-related applications using geospatial big data and their subsequent analysis.
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    Pages: VIII, 318 p. 116 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811694769
    Series Statement: Disruptive Technologies and Digital Transformations for Society 5.0,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9476-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9476-9
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    Geospatial Technology for Human Well-Being and Health (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental geography. ; Public health. ; Big data. ; Epidemiology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Integrated Geography. ; Public Health. ; Big Data. ; Epidemiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Building the analytic toolbox-from spatial analytics to spatial statistical inference with geospatial data -- Chapter 2-Spatial data integration to better represent pollutants for environmental health studies -- Chapter 3-Spatial health data analysis-data driven and model driven approaches. Chapter 4 -- Machine learning, big data and spatial tools-a combination to reveal complex facts that impact environmental health -- Chapter 5-Spatial aspects of seasonality and infectious diseases -- Chapter 6-Earth observation data and technology to model influenza epidemiology -- Chapter 7-Trend of geospatial technology in environmental health application-from public health to individual healthcare -- Chapter 8-Geospatial technology to analyze human well-being and its eco-social determinants -- Chapter 9-Spatial components of population health -- Chapter 10-Geospatial technology in medical geology -- Chapter 11-Geospatial technology in planning and operations of telehealth programs -- Chapter 12-Integrating GIS, toxicology, microbiology and geochemistry-a multidisciplinary integrated approach for better understanding the public health issues.
    Abstract: Over the last thirty years or so, there have been tremendous advancements in the area of geospatial health; however, somehow, two aspects have not received as much attention as they should have received. These are a) limitations of different spatial analytical tools and b) progress in making geospatial environmental exposure data available for advanced health science research and for medical practice. This edited volume addresses those two less explored areas of geospatial health with augmented discussions on the theories, methodologies and limitations of contemporary geospatial technologies in a wide range of applications related to human well-being and health. In 20 chapters, readers are presented with an up-to-date assessment of geospatial technologies with an emphasis on understanding general geospatial principles and methodologies that are often overlooked in the research literature. As a result, this book will be of interest to both newcomers and experts in geospatial analysis and will appeal to students and researchers engaged in studying human well-being and health. Chapters are presenting new concepts, new analytical methods and contemporary applications within the framework of geospatial applications in human well-being and health. The topics addressed by the various chapter authors include analytical approaches, newer areas of geospatial health application, introduction to unique resources, geospatial modeling, and environmental pollution assessments for air, water and soil. Although geospatial experts are expected to be the primary readers, this book is designed in such a way so that the public health professionals, environmental health scientists and clinicians also find it useful with or without any familiarity with geospatial analysis.
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    Pages: XVIII, 417 p. 141 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030713775
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71377-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71377-5
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    Metrics That Make a Difference : How to Analyze Change and Error (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Statistics . ; Computer science Mathematics. ; Mathematical statistics. ; Functions of complex variables. ; Algorithms. ; Geographical Information System. ; Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. ; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science. ; Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces. ; Algorithms.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Binary Variable Versus Binary Variable -- Chapter 2: Binary Variable Versus Rank Variable -- Chapter 3: Application of the Total Operating Characteristic -- Chapter 4: Categorical Variable Versus Categorical Variable -- Chapter 5: Application to Categorical Error Assessment with Sampling -- Chapter 6: Multiple Spatial Resolutions for Categorical Variables -- Chapter 7: Application to Categorical Temporal Change -- Chapter 8: Interval Variable Versus Interval Variable -- Chapter 9: Application to Interval Temporal Change -- Chapter 10: Indices of Agreement -- Chapter 11: Vector Variable Versus Vector Variable -- Chapter 12: Commandments to Avoid Deadly Sins.
    Abstract: Your government warns that 10% of your neighbors have a deadly contagious virus. The producer of a diagnostic test advertises that 90% of its tests are correct for any population. The test indicates that you have the virus. This book’s author claims your test has a 50% chance of being false, given your test’s result. Who do you believe? This book gives you insights necessary to interpret metrics that make a difference in life’s decisions. This book gives methods and software that are essential to analyse change and error. Change describes a phenomenon across time points. Error compares diagnoses with the truth. Other texts give insufficient attention to these topics. This book’s novel ideas dispel popular misconceptions and replace previous methods. The author uses carefully designed graphics and high school mathematics to communicate easily with college students and advanced scientists. Applications include but are not limited to Remote Sensing, Land Change Science, and Geographic Information Science. “A wide range of tools to aid understanding of land cover and its change has been used but scientific progress has sometimes been limited through misuse and misunderstanding. Professor Pontius seeks to rectify this situation by providing a book to accompany the researcher’s toolbox. Metrics That Make a Difference addresses basic issues of relevance to a broad community in a mathematically friendly way and should greatly enhance the ability to elicit correct information. I wish this book existed while I was a grad student.” – Giles Foody, Professor of Geographical Information Science, The University of Nottingham “Metrics That Make a Difference provides a comprehensive synthesis of over two decades of work during which Dr. Pontius researched, developed, and applied these metrics. The book meticulously and successfully guides the reader through the conceptual basis, computations, and proper interpretation of the many metrics derived for different types of variables. The book is not just a mathematical treatise but includes practical guidance to good data analysis and good science. Data scientists from many fields of endeavor will benefit substantially from Dr. Pontius’ articulate review of traditionally used metrics and his presentation of the innovative and novel metrics he has developed. While reading this book, I had multiple ‘aha’ moments about metrics that I shouldn't be using and metrics that I should be using instead.” – Stephen Stehman, Distinguished Teaching Professor, State University of New York.
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    Pages: XXI, 117 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030707651
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographic Information Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70765-1
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    Remote Sensing Land Surface Changes : The 1981-2020 Intensive Global Warming (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Physical geography. ; Environment. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Earth System Sciences. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Why this Topic? -- Chapter 2-Global Warming Impact on Earth Systems -- Chapter 3-The IPCC Reports on Global Warming and Land Changes -- Chapter 4.NOAA Operational Environmental Satellites for Earth Monitoring -- Chapter 5-New Remote Sensing Vegetation Health Technology -- Chapter 6-Cause of Climate Warming -- Chapter 7- Land Cover Changes from Intensive Climate Warming -- Chapter 8-Global Warming Crop Yield and Food Security -- Chapter 9-Remote Sensing Malaria During Global Warming -- Chapter 10-Malaria Performance Trend During 1981-2022 -- Chapter 11-Remote Sensing Drought Watch and Food Security -- Chapter 12-Has Drought Intensified During 1981-2021 Global Warming?
    Abstract: This book discusses the detrimental consequences of climate-related land changes over a 40-year period between 1981 and 2020, and focuses on how climate warming is deteriorating the agricultural system due to excessive heat, lack of moisture and more intensive and widespread droughts leading to a reduction of agricultural production. Most of the existing literature on the unfavourable consequences of global warming for land are based on a relatively short period of weather station data, covering local land areas with limited networks and monitoring parameters. These concerns have led to the use of satellite data, whose measurements are controlled by such vegetation characteristics as chlorophyll, carotenoids, moisture contents in the plants and temperature inside the vegetation community. Therefore, the discussion of this book is completely based on high-resolution global land surface measurements by the sensors on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) operational afternoon polar-orbiting satellites. The book also focuses on understanding climate change impacts on land changes where humans are living, and combines biophysically-grounded methods and the 40-year data to develop models for monitoring large-scale Earth warming impacts on land and for timely prediction of climate consequences for humans. These 40-year trends in land characteristics will help to better inform the assessment of potential changes in the future and how to reach human sustainability. The book will of interest to scientists using satellite remote sensing to track climate change impacts on land over time, as well as students and researchers in climatology and environmental sustainability. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 462 p. 159 illus., 126 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030968106
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96810-6
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    Remote Sensing Intelligent Interpretation for Mine Geological Environment : From Land Use and Land Cover Perspective (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Machine learning. ; Signal processing. ; Geology. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Geographical Information System. ; Machine Learning. ; Signal, Speech and Image Processing . ; Geology. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface.-Mine geological environment: An overview.-Multimodal remote sensing science and technology.-Deep learning technology for remote sensing intelligent interpretation.-Remote sensing interpretation signs of mine land occupation type -- Mine remote sensing dataset construction for multi-level tasks -- Mine target detection by remote sensing and deep learning -- Mine remote sensing scene classification by deep learning -- Mine land occupation classification based on machine learning and remote sensing images -- Mine land occupation classification based on deep learning and remote sensing images -- Concluding remarks.
    Abstract: This book examines the theory and methods of remote sensing intelligent interpretation based on deep learning. Based on geological and environmental effects on mines, this book constructs a set of systematic mine remote sensing datasets focusing on the multi-level task with the system of “target detection→scene classification→semantic segmentation." Taking China’s Hubei Province as an example, this book focuses on the following four aspects: 1. Development of a multiscale remote sensing dataset of the mining area, including mine target remote sensing dataset, mine (including non-mine areas) remote sensing scene dataset, and semantic segmentation remote sensing dataset of mining land cover. The three datasets are the basis of intelligent interpretation based on deep learning. 2. Research on mine target remote sensing detection method based on deep learning. 3. Research on remote sensing scene classification method of mine and non-mine areas based on deep learning. 4. Research on the fine-scale classification method of mining land cover based on semantic segmentation. The book is a valuable reference both for scholars, practitioners and as well as graduate students who are interested in mining environment research.
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    Pages: XII, 246 p. 110 illus., 89 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811937392
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3739-2
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    A Geographer's Guide to Computing Fundamentals : Python in ArcGIS Pro (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Geography. ; Computer programming. ; Geographical Information System. ; Geography. ; Programming Techniques.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Scripting and Programming -- Chapter 2. Basics of programming—Variables, Operators, & Statements -- Chapter 3. Basics of programming—Control Structures -- Chapter 4. Basics of programming—Functions and Objects -- Chapter 5. Reading a Python Script -- Chapter 6. Debugging -- Chapter 7. Introduction to ArcPy -- Chapter 8. Basics of accessing data in ArcGIS -- Chapter 9. Rasters -- Chapter 10. Tables and Cursors -- Chapter 11. Vectors and Geometries -- Chapter 12. Mapping--symbologies -- Chapter 13. Mapping—layouts -- Chapter 14. Creating custom tools -- Chapter 15. Error Handling -- Chapter 16. Creating Custom Classes -- Chapter 17. Putting it all together -- Chapter 18. ArcPy for Web GIS using ArcGIS Online -- Chapter 19. Incorporating External Packages -- Chapter 20. Using Multiple Python Files -- Chapter 21. Developing a Custom Python Package.
    Abstract: This upper-undergraduate textbook teaches students programming in GIS using a mix of computer science theory and hands-on activities, with the aim of empowering students to understand fundamentals and apply their knowledge beyond the specific examples in the book. Each of the book’s twenty-one chapters integrates instructional material with exercises in ArcGIS Pro. In doing so, this book combines the strengths of workbooks and theoretical textbooks to provide a holistic and comprehensive text. Each chapter concludes with an unguided task that ensures students have learned the broader principles explained therein. In addition to its unique format, the book covers oft-neglected topics such as debugging, creating a program from scratch, and managing metadata. Section I starts with the principles of scripting and programming with Python. Section II introduces the ArcPy module and elements specific to ArcGIS Pro. This section focuses on data structures, and how they are used and implemented within Python. Section III uses the topic of algorithms to guide the student through creating tools to add functionality to ArcGIS Pro. The last section, Section IV, builds upon section III to guide the student to developing and sharing projects and Python packages to include external open-source code and share the Python code as an open-source package. This text will prepare students for a long-term ability to do GIS programming, whether in industry or academic research. This comes from the author’s observations of students who have learned GIS programming in one platform, such as VBA in ArcMap, struggle to apply that knowledge to a new platform, such as Python in ArcGIS Pro, because the content was presented too closely with a specific platform. The integration of exercises with conceptual content, along with the choice of chapter content, serves this goal of preparing students for working in a dynamic, rapidly changing technology field.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031084980
    Series Statement: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08498-0
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    Novel Feedstocks for Biofuels Production (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Microbiology. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Environmental Chemistry.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Biofuel production from conventional feedstocks: Challenges and alternatives -- 2 Novel feedstocks for biofuels: Current scenario and recent advancements -- 3 Non-edible oil plants for biodiesel production -- 4 Role of Microorganisms in Production of Biofuels -- 5 Algal Biomass for Biodiesel and Bio-oil Production -- 6 Algae as a feedstock for bioethanol and biomethane production -- 7 Aquatic weeds as bioenergy feedstock -- 8 Wastewater and solid waste as feedstock for energy production -- 9 Agricultural lignocellulosic waste for bioethanol production -- 10 -- Food Wastes for Biofuels Production -- 11 Animal Fats Derived Biodiesel and Nano-Technology Applications -- 12 Potential microorganisms for power generation via microbial fuel cells. .
    Abstract: This book critically evaluates recently investigated feedstock for biofuels production. Biofuel sector is rapidly evolving to cater the renewable energy demands. Novel and advanced feedstock are being investigated for their techno-economic feasibility. Environmental concerns, food vs fuel debate, energy security, economic feasibility, and availability are the major drivers for exploring different feedstock for biofuel production. This book explores a wide range of potential biofuels feedstock, their functional concepts, recent advancement, novel technique and critical evaluation with other available biofuel feedstock. This book also discusses future prospects of biofuel production. It is a useful read for students, researchers, faculty, industry and policy makers in the biofuel field.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811935824
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3582-4
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    Pseudomonas aeruginosa : Biology, Pathogenesis and Control Strategies (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Medical microbiology. ; Diseases Causes and theories of causation. ; Microbiology. ; Medical Microbiology. ; Pathogenesis.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Biology and Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pangenome: Core and Accessory Genes of a Highly Resourceful Opportunistic Pathogen -- Iron Homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Targeting Iron Acquisition and Storage as an Antimicrobial Strategy -- Controlling Biofilm Development Through Cyclic di-GMP Signaling -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing -- Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas -- Part II. Cell Envelope and Secretion Systems -- Cell Envelope Stress Response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Flagella, Chemotaxis and Surface Sensing -- Antimicrobial Weapons of Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antivirulence Strategies: Targeting the Type III Secretion -- Part III. Pathogenesis and Virulence -- What Makes Pseudomonas aeruginosa a Pathogen? -- Transcriptional Profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections -- Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung -- Role of Two Component System Networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis -- Mixed Populations and Co-Infection: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus -- How to Manage Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections.
    Abstract: This book covers the wide set of well-regulated virulence factors and defense mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa focusing on stress responses and the evolution of this opportunistic human pathogen. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is responsible for one out of ten hospital infections. Additionally, this Gram-negative bacterium is accountable for persistent infections in immunocompromised individuals and the leading cause of chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. This book provides insight on the metabolic versatility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its mechanisms for biofilm formation that make this organism highly efficient in causing infections. The book invites the readers to learn more about the intrinsic ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to resist a wide variety of antimicrobial agents due to the concerted action of multidrug efflux pumps, antibiotic-degrading enzymes, and the low permeability of bacterial cellular envelopes. Particular focus is put on the evolutionary role of different types of protein-secretion systems in pathogenesis, flagella and their role in chemotaxis and surface sensing, and host-pathogen interactions. This book is a useful introduction to the field for junior scientists interested in the biology and pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is also an interesting read for advanced scientists and medical specialists working within this field, providing a broader view of the topic beyond their specific area of specialization.
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    Pages: XVII, 445 p. 69 illus., 55 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031084911
    Series Statement: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1386
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08491-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08491-1
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    Understanding the Microbiome Interactions in Agriculture and the Environment (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Unravelling the microbiome interactions in the environment and agriculture in the era of metagenomics -- Antimicrobial Resistance in Environmental Microbiome: an overview -- Mechanistic adaptation of microbiomes in extreme environments -- Mangrove microbiomes: Biodiversity, ecological significance, and potential role in the amelioration of metal stress -- Dynamics of the coral microbiome and its link to Climate Change -- A paradigm shift in the role of the microbiomes in environmental health and agriculture sustainability -- Modifications in Environmental Microbiome and the Evolution of Viruses through Genetic Diversity -- Novel Insights into Environmental Niche Adaptations and Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Potential of marine sponge microbiome -- Microbiome-based Sustainable Agriculture Targeting Plant Protection -- Rhizobacteriome: Plant Growth-Promoting Traits and its Functional Mechanism in Plant Growth, Development, and Defenses -- The Cellulosome: A fiber degrading strategist of the rumen microbiome -- Metagenomic approaches for studying plant-microbe interactions -- Nitty-gritty into the plant microbiomes: Understanding Microbial niche associations and dynamics in various plant parts -- A conceptual framework to explore the functional implications of Coral-associated microbiomes and their role in promoting plant growth -- Soil microbiome- characteristics, the impact of climate change, and resilience -- Endophytic microbiomes and their role in drought stress tolerance in plants.
    Abstract: This book illustrates the importance of microbiome interactions in sustainable agriculture and the environment. The chapters of the book provide information pertaining to the vast diversity of microbiomes in many ecosystems and their functional dynamics. The book also discusses bioremediation, space microbiomes, geo microbiomes, coral microbiomes, antibiotic resistomes, and rhizomicrobiome. It also sheds light on the complex syntrophic and other symbiotic interactions between bacteria, protists, plants, and certain animals in agricultural and environmental systems. The book, in turn, provides an understanding of the adaptation, resilience, and evolution of microbial ecosystems. Further, the chapters cover metagenomics analysis of microbiomes of a novel or extreme environments, microbial resilience or temporal fluctuations, symbiosis and co-evolution of the microbiome, and novel microbial interactions in agriculture and environment. Finally, the book elucidates a comprehensive yet representative description of complex structural and functional diversity within the plant and environmental microbiomes to reveal their immense potential. This book covers United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goal 2 towards Zero Hunger.
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    ISBN: 9789811936968
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3696-8
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    Survival Strategies in Cold-adapted Microorganisms (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Ecology . ; Microbial ecology. ; Ecophysiology. ; Microbiology. ; Ecology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Ecophysiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Cyanobacteria in cold ecosystem: tolerance and adaptation -- Chapter 2. Cold adapted fungi: evaluation and comparison of their habitats, molecular adaptations and industrial applications -- Chapter 3. Microbial life in cold regions of deep sea -- Chapter 4. Adaptation to cold environment: the survival strategy of psychrophiles -- Chapter 5. Enzymatic behavior of cold adapted microbes -- Chapter 6. An overview of survival strategies of Psychrophiles and their applications -- Chapter 7. Microbial genes responsible for cold adaptation -- Chapter 8. Survival Strategies in Cold-adapted Microorganisms -- Chapter 9. Microbial adaptations under low temperature -- Chapter 10. Molecular mechanisms of cold adapted microorganisms -- Chapter 11. Microbe-mediated plant functional traits and stress tolerance: The multi-Omics approaches -- Chapter 12. Omics technologies and cold adaptations -- Chapter 13. Use of proteomics and transcriptomics to identify proteins for cold adaptation in microbes -- Chapter 14. Cold adapted microorganisms and their potential role in plant growth -- Chapter 15. Structure and functions of rice and wheat microbiome -- Chapter 16. Cold adapted microorganisms: survival strategies and biotechnological significance -- Chapter 17. An insight to cold adapted microorganisms and their importance in agriculture -- Chapter 18. Nanotechnology for agricultural and environmental sustainability -- Chapter 19. Recent trends and advancements for agro-environmental sustainability at higher altitudes.
    Abstract: Extremophiles have unique physiological properties, thus considered to be ideal candidates for industrial development. This book present concepts on cold-adapted microorganisms, centered on four different aspects - (i) diversity of cold adapted microbes (ii) their ecology, physiology and metabolism (iii) omics research in the field and (iv) their potential applications. This volume collates the recent developments and innovations with respect to these microorganisms. This book is meant for researchers, biochemists, industries, and government agencies interested in cold active microbes and their products. Also, would be of interest to NGOs and progressive farmers which are working for higher altitude ecosystems throughout the globe.
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    Pages: X, 435 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811626258
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2625-8
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    Micro-algae: Next-generation Feedstock for Biorefineries : Cultivation and Refining Processes (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biochemical engineering. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Bioprocess Engineering. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Microalgae Biomass Biorefinery: A Sustainable Renewable Energy Feedstock of the Future -- Chapter 2.Biorefinery approach for sustainable biodiesel and bioethanol production from microalgae -- Chapter 3.Microalgal promise to the next generation: A dual potential perspective as cosmeceuticals and biofuels -- Chapter 4.Microalgae-based technologies for removal of textile wastewater -- Chapter 5.Treatment of textile waste effluents using microalgae: a suitable approach for wastewater remediation and lipid production -- Chapter 6.The multifaceted microalgal approach to wastewater treatment to generate energy and essential chemicals -- Chapter 7.Heterotrophic micro-algal production system via utilization of wastewater in microalgal production -- Chapter 8.Recent developments in the enzymatic and bio-catalytic pretreatment of microalgae for efficient biofuel production -- Chapter 9.Innovative & Strategic upgrades in large scale Microalgal Culture Techniques -- Chapter 10.Advances on harvesting and extraction systems in micro-algal bio-refinery.
    Abstract: This edited book provides an account of past, present, and future constraints in microalgae-based biorefineries, emphasizing cultivation and refining processes. The book offers an insight into the recent advancements in the technologies and methods developed microalgae-based biorefinery for bioenergy and biochemicals production. The fast depletion of fossil fuels has forced researchers to move out of reliance on fossil fuels for the industrial and energy sector’s needs. Due to its rich protein and lipid content, microalgal biomass has been considered one of the suitable substrates for the biorefinery. Microalgal production and harvesting for biofuel and chemicals is a tedious task. Several technological advances have been observed in this area, thus systematically checking the viability of technology at laboratory scale and then moving to large scale production, harvesting, extraction, processing, and characterization is the main focus of the book. This book is equally beneficial for researchers and engineers in biomass-based biorefineries or the bachelors, master, or young budding graduate students as a textbook. .
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    Pages: XVI, 250 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811907937
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0793-7
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    Enzymes for Pollutant Degradation (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Cytology. ; Biotechnology. ; Enzymology. ; Microbiology. ; Cell Biology. ; Biotechnology. ; Enzymology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Oxidoreductases for removal of environmental pollutants -- 2 Synthesis of industrial enzymes from lignocellulosic fractions -- 3 Pleurotus-derived laccases, immobilization, and bioremediation applications -- 4 Microbial lipases for polyester degradation -- 5 Application of Microbial Biofilms in Biocatalysis and Biodegradation -- 6 Pyrethroid-degrading microorganisms and their potential application for the bioremediation of contaminated environments -- 7 Bacterial Biodegradation of Phenolic Hydrocarbons -- 8 Biosorption of Industrial wastewater by microalgae -- 9 Plastic degradation and utilization by microbes: Challenges and scope -- 10 Marine Microorganisms: From pollutant degradation to added-value products -- 11 Biodegradation of pesticides used in the agriculture by soil microorganisms -- 12 Probiotic enzymes in biodegradation and value-added products -- 13 Current state, challenges and perspectives on microbial degradation of dioxine and furan -- 14 The Management of Crude Oil Spill by Bioremediation Technique -- 15 Bacterial Pigments- an Untapped Colorful Microbial World -- 16 Bioinoculants for rapid production of vermicompost -- 17 Microbial-mediated mechanism to improve rock phosphate solubilization and its agronomic implications.
    Abstract: This book is about different Enzymes from various sources that play an important role in the degradation of an array of pollutants with simultaneous generation of value-added products. This is an “Edited Book” which deals a comprehensive knowledge on the role of different microorganisms/their enzymes in the degradation of pollutants, wastewater treatment with simultaneous production of value added products. It also deals the current state, perspectives and various challenges associated with the microbial/enzymatic degradation of environmental pollutants. This book will provide a profound knowledge on the importance of microorganisms/their enzymes in the degradation of pollutants like pesticides, antibiotics, toxic/hazardous chemicals, endocrine disrupting chemicals/compounds with production of value-added products like bioplastics for the sustainable development of society. It covers various existing wastewater treatment approaches using microorganisms alone and /or in combination of other methods with their merits, demerits and future prospects.
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    Pages: VIII, 339 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
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    ISBN: 9789811645747
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 30
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4574-7
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    Microbial BioTechnology for Sustainable Agriculture Volume 1 (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial genetics. ; Agricultural biotechnology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Genetics. ; Agricultural Biotechnology. ; Microbial Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Nutrient acquisition and soil fertility: contribution of rhizosphere microbiomes in sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 2. Role of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in combating abiotic and biotic stresses in plants -- Chapter 3. Endophytic seed bacteria: a relevant pool of microorganisms with ability to promote plant growth -- Chapter 4. Microorganisms as biocontrol agents of pests and diseases -- Chapter 5. An insight into role of microorganisms in composting and its applications in Agriculture -- Chapter 6. Plant growth promoting bacteria as biostimulants of crops in saline agroecosystems -- Chapter 7. Signaling of rhizosphere microbiomes: benign and malign borders -- Chapter 8. Ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizae and influence on drought tolerance in crop plants -- Chapter 9.Role of metabolites produced by plant growth promoting bacteria in biocontrol of phytopathogens under saline conditions -- Chapter 10. Endophytic fungi: important source of biologically active molecules -- Chapter 11. Drought stress and sustainable sugarcane production -- Chapter 12. The beneficial effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and compost on plant tolerance to drought and salinity stresses: a study on date palm and alfalfa -- Chapter 13. Phosphate solubilizing actinomycetes as biofertilizers and biopesticides: bioformulations for sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 14. Active role of yeast in environmental sustainability -- Chapter 15. Suppressive effect of root knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. during composting of tomato residues -- Chapter 16. Analyzing the capabilities of actinobacteria for remediation through metagenomic analysis of contaminated habitats -- Chapter 17. Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): usage of bacteria and fungi.
    Abstract: This volume explains the recent findings on the mutualistic plant–microbe interactions and how they can be utilized for sustainable agriculture practices including land reclamation. The book covers mainly plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) including both the symbiotic bacteria and fungi and their role in mobilization of nutrients, providing protection to the crops from phytopathogens and abiotic stresses. PGPMs play important roles in survival and health of the plant. These useful microorganisms provide plants with nutrients, protect them from pathogens and help them combat abiotic stresses. It is important that these mutualistic interactions between plant and soil microbes are well understood so as to develop reliable products in the form of biostimulants and biopesticides, as well as managing biotic and abiotic stresses in crops. Apart from enhancing crop productivity plant–microbe interactions can also perform activities such as reclamation of degraded lands, degradation of pollutants and remediation of saline or marginal lands. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, plant scientists and microbiologists. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, microbiology, biotechnology, ecology, soil science and environmental sciences. .
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    ISBN: 9789811648434
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 33
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4843-4
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    Diversity and Biotechnology of Extremophilic Microorganisms from India (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial populations. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Communities. ; Environmental Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms -- Chapter 3. Alkaliphilic, alkalitolerant microorganisms -- Chapter 4. Thermophilic, thermotolerant microorganisms -- Chapter 5. Acidophilic microorganisms -- Chapter 6. Metallophilic, metal resistant and metal tolerant microorganisms -- Chapter 7. Psychrophilic, psychrotrophic and psychrotolerant microorganisms -- Chapter 8. Radiophilic, radio- resistant and radio-tolerant microorganisms -- Chapter 9. Piezophilic or Barophilic microorganisms -- Chapter 10. Xerophilic and xerotolerant microorganisms.
    Abstract: This authored book collates information on extremophilic microorganisms from around the world with special emphasis on India. The main focus of this book is to describe extreme environments as the habitats of these microorganisms, mechanisms of the extremophiles to cope up with the surrounding environment, new taxa created, their physiological properties, their biotechnological potential in the production of different biomolecules and biomaterials, and their role in sustainability. The concept of the book is to have comprehensive information on the diversity of microorganisms in one place. The purpose of the present book is to make aware young researchers of the attempts made so far to isolate these different microbes, inspire them to revisit the extreme environments, investigate their biodiversity using advanced molecular techniques and explore further their biotechnological potential. This book is of interest to post-graduate students, young researchers of India as well as other countries. It is useful reading material for researchers involved in environmental microbiology, microbial diversity, microbial systematics, microbial culture collections, molecular taxonomy, and microbial biotechnology.
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    Pages: XVIII, 288 p. 28 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811915734
    Series Statement: Microorganisms for Sustainability,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1573-4
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    The Molecular Life of Diatoms (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Freshwater ecology. ; Marine ecology. ; Water. ; Hydrology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Freshwater and Marine Ecology. ; Water. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Ecology And Evolution -- Chapter 1: Trait-Based Ecology With Diatoms -- Chapter 2: The Population Genetics And Evolutionary Potential Of Diatoms -- Chapter 3: An Integrated View Of Diatom Interactions -- Chapter 4: Ancient Diatom Dna -- Part 2: Genomics -- Chapter 5: Structure And Evolution Of Diatom Nuclear Genes And Genomes -- Chapter 6: Reconstructing Dynamic Evolutionary Events In Diatom Nuclear And Organelle Genomes -- Chapter 7: Epigenetic Control Of Diatom Genomes: An Overview From In Silico Characterisation To Functional Studies -- Part 3: Cell Biology -- Chapter 8: Life-Cycle Regulation -- Chapter 9: Cellular Hallmarks And Regulation Of The Diatom Cell Cycle -- Chapter 10: Cell Biology Of Organelles -- Chapter 11: Structure And Morphogenesis Of The Frustule -- Chapter 12: Biomolecules Involved In Frustule Biogenesis And Function -- Chapter 13: Silicic Acid Uptake And Storage By Diatoms -- Chapter 14: Adhesion And Motility -- Part 4: Primary Metabolism -- Chapter 15: Photosynthetic Light Reactions In Diatoms. I. The Lipids And Light-Harvesting Complexes Of The Thylakoid Membrane -- Chapter 16: Photosynthetic Light Reactions In Diatoms. Ii. The Dynamic Regulation Of The Various Light Reactions -- Chapter 17: Carbohydrate Metabolism -- Chapter 18: Lipid Metabolism In Diatoms -- Chapter 19: Comparative And Functional Genomics Of Macronutrient Utilization In Marine Diatoms -- Chapter 20 Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Micronutrient Utilization In Marine Diatoms -- Part 5: Cell Signalling And Interactions -- Chapter 21: Sensing And Signalling In Diatom Responses To Abiotic Cues -- Chapter 22: An Ocean Of Signals: Intracellular And Extracellular Signalling -- Chapter 23: The Diatom Microbiome: New Perspectives For Diatom-Bacteria Symbioses -- Chapter 24: Diatom Viruses -- Part 6: Genetic And Metabolic Engineering -- Chapter 25: Genetic Engineering In Marine Diatoms: Current Practices And Emerging Technologies -- Chapter 26: Constraint-Based Modelling Of Diatoms Metabolism And Quantitative Biology Approaches.  .
    Abstract: Diatoms are the most species rich group of algae, and they contribute about 20% of annual global carbon fixation. They play major roles in ocean food webs and global biogeochemical cycles. They are also a target of the biotechnology industry because of their nano-patterned silica cell wall and high lipid content. Diatoms have received increasing attention as more genomes became available and because of the development of genome editing tools such as the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, which has made diatoms as genetically tractable as well-established biological model species. This book provides an overview on diatom molecular biology. It brings together international leading experts in the field to discuss the latest data and developments from genes to ecosystems. As the understanding of diatoms is currently experiencing a step change, it is critical to allow for synergistic approaches on diverse aspects of diatom biology and evolution. The books offers fundamental insights into the molecular life of diatoms; at the same time new scientific concepts are developed based on the application of the latest molecular tools and genomic information to explore the fascinating lifestyle of diatoms.
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    Pages: XXIII, 808 p. 104 illus., 86 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030924997
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92499-7
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    Microbial Cross-talk in the Rhizosphere (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Plant diseases. ; Soil science. ; Microbiology. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Plant Pathology. ; Soil Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Plant-microbe crosstalk in the rhizosphere: Introductory remarks -- Chapter 2 - How plants modulate their rhizosphere microbiome -- Chapter 3 - Strigolactone signalling and plant-microbe communications -- Chapter 4 - The role of phytohormones in cross-communication between plants and rhizo-microbes -- Chapter 5: Quorum sensing in the rhizosphere -- Chapter 6 - Metabolomics approaches for studying the Trichoderma-plant interactions -- Chapter 7 - Cross-talk between wilt-causing fungi, plants and their microbiome -- Chapter 8 - Biocontrol from the rhizosphere: probiotic pseudomonads -- Chapter 9 - Plant microbiome modulation through seed coating: A novel approach for a smart and efficient microbial delivery -- Chapter 10 - Trichoderma rhizosphere competence, suppression of diseases and biotic associations -- Chapter 11 - Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: from genomics to trans-kingdom molecular communication and signaling -- Chapter 12 - Fungal effector proteins: Molecular mediators of fungal symbionts of plants.
    Abstract: This book addresses a very important aspect of microbial ecology that has direct relevance to crop productivity. The soil zone under the direct influence of roots, or rhizosphere, is known for very intense microbial activities that include interactions with plants and other organisms. Many a times, these interactions are very specific and dictated by exchange of signaling molecules, broadly known as the cross-talk. This book covers our recent understanding of the mechanisms of plant-microbe cross-talk in the rhizosphere. In addition, it delves into the subject of how such interactions can influence plant health. The book opens with an overview of plants’ interaction with, and indeed influence on, their microbiome. Both beneficial and disease-causing microbes inhabit the soil. Wilt-causing fungi are discussed here as an example of soilborne disease as well as insights on sustainable ways to control it. There are chapters related to beneficial rhizosphere residents like Trichoderma, pseudomonads and mycorrhizae, many of which are commercially used in agriculture, and also a specialized chapter on how to effectively deliver such plant-beneficial microbes through seed coating. The book concludes with a chapter on fungal effector proteins, some of which can be used to modulate plant defense against pests and pathogens.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811695070
    Series Statement: Rhizosphere Biology,
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    Micro-algae: Next-generation Feedstock for Biorefineries : Contemporary Technologies and Future Outlook (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biochemical engineering. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Bioprocess Engineering. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Biotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Third-generation biofuels from Microalgal Bioresource: Potential strategy and current trends -- Chapter 2. The promising future of microalgae as biofuels and valuable bioproducts. Chapter 3. Overview on advanced microalgae-based sustainable biofuel generation and its life cycle assessment . Chapter 4. Microalgae Cell Wall Disruption and Biocomponents Fractionation for Fuel Conversion. -Chapter 5. Recent advances in hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae -- Chapter 6. Carotenoids and pigments generation using the microalgal production system. Chapter 7. Molecular engineering/metabolic engineering based advanced biotechnological approach in microalgal biorefinery -- Chapter 8.Algae-bacteria interactomics unveils their role in growth and production of high-value biorenewables -- Chapter 9.Microalgae and Cyanobacteria: A potential source for drug discovery using genome mining approach -- Chapter 10.Synthetic biology-based advanced biotechnological approach in microalgal biorefinery.
    Abstract: The edited book covers all potential products from microalgal-based biorefinery having the focus on contemporary technologies and future outlook. Along with the focus on microalgal biorefinery products, the book also focuses on biotechnological advances via the utilization of modern molecular biology, system biology, synthetic biology, or metabolic engineering approach in microalgal biorefinery. The development of any technologies has a direct effect on the human being and the environment, therefore, the socio-economic, techno-economic, and environmental impact of the microalgae-based biorefineries will also be included in the book. In microalgal biomass-based biorefinery different biofuel- biodiesel, bioethanol, bio-hydrogen, and value-added compounds such as carotenoids, fatty acids, and protein can be produced simultaneously. Understanding the technical advances to develop an integrated biorefinery approach with the motive of designing a consolidated self-sustainable microalga-based biorefinery. This book is equally beneficial for researchers and engineers in biomass-based biorefineries or the bachelors, master, or young budding graduate students as a textbook. .
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    ISBN: 9789811906800
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
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    Animal Manure : Agricultural and Biotechnological Applications (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agricultural biotechnology. ; Soil science. ; Microbial ecology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability. ; Microbiology. ; Agricultural Biotechnology. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biotechnology of Rumen Microorganisms: Recent Advances -- Chapter 2. The Process of Methanogenesis by Rumen Microorganisms: State of Art -- Chapter 3. Rumen Methanogenesis and Mitigation Strategies -- Chapter 4. Rumen Microbiology and Microbial Degradation of Feedstuffs -- Chapter 5. Untangling the Structure and Function of Rumen Microbes in Relation to Ruminant Health and Exploring Their Biotechnological Applications -- Chapter 6. The Potential of Cow's Dung in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Health -- Chapter 7. Novel Microorganisms Involved in the Production of Sustainable Biogas Production -- Chapter 8. Bioenergy from Animal Manure -- Chapter 9. Animal Manure for Soil Fertility -- Chapter 10. Bioremediation of Used Motor Oil Contaminated Soil Using Animal Dung as Stimulants -- Chapter 11. Enzymes Involved with Digestion of Animal Nutrition: Role and Their Biotechnological Application -- Chapter 12. Life Cycle Assessment: A Novel Approach for Assessment of Carbon Emission at the Farm Gate -- Chapter 13. Cow Dung as a Renewable Source of a Domestic Fuel -- Chapter 14. Animal Dung for Better Soil Health Management -- Chapter 15. Managing Cow Manure for Clean Energy: An Approach Towards Sustainable Conservation -- Chapter 16. Enzymes in the Digestion of Domesticated Animals -- Chapter 17. Roles of Beneficial Microorganisms for the Effective Production of Commercial Animal Feed -- Chapter 18. The Link Between Animal Manure and Zoonotic Disease -- Chapter 19. Feasible Strategies for Enteric Methane Mitigation from Dairy Animals.
    Abstract: This book covers the basics of animal manure, or animal dung, and highlights its applications in agriculture and biotechnology. The reader is given a comprehensive overview of the different types of animal manure. Although animal manure can cause environmental problems, e.g., when slurry pollutes rivers or burnt dung pollutes air, the book emphasizes the fact that animal dung is by no means a waste product. Animal manure is a valuable organic fertilizer that has a positive impact on soil conditions and helps save on chemical fertilizers. It is also a source of energy and can be either be used as fuel or converted into biogas through methanization. Old-age practices such as the use of dried dung as insulating material, or burnt dung as mosquito repellent are also taken up. With the increasing focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this book offers ideas and solutions related to SDG 2 Zero Hunger and SDG 15 Life on Land. The book will not only be an interesting read for students and researchers in the field of agriculture, but will also appeal to scientists working on waste management, organic manure production or in the paper industry.
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    Pages: XIV, 354 p. 41 illus., 37 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030972912
    Series Statement: Soil Biology, 64
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97291-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-97291-2
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    Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicoses (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Fungi. ; Mycology. ; Toxicology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Microbial genetics. ; Medical microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Fungi. ; Toxicology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Microbial Genetics. ; Medical Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Historical Aspect -- Chapter 2: Overview -- Chapter 3: Traditional Mycotoxins and Their Health Implications -- Chapter 4: Emerging/Lesser Known Mycotoxins and Their Clinicopathological Effects -- Chapter 5: Mushroom toxins and health hazards associated with them -- Chapter 6: Mycotoxins Co-occurrence Poisoning -- Chapter 7: Masked and New Mycotoxins -- Chapter 8: Extraction, characterization and analysis of Mycotoxins -- Chapter 9: Management Strategies -- Chapter 10: Mycotoxicokinetics and mycotoxicodynamics.
    Abstract: This book presents a comprehensive view on mycotoxins of agricultural as well as non-agricultural environments and their health effects in humans and animals. Mycotoxins have immunosuppressive effects; but some of them can cause cancers, mutagenicity, neurotoxicity, liver and kidney damage, birth defects, DNA damage and respiratory disorders. The problem of mycotoxins is long-lasting and their direct or indirect exposures to humans and animals must be further discussed. The first chapter will cover the historical perspective of mycotoxins along with timeline while the second one will provide overview including classification of mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses. The comprehensive information/ literature on traditional, emerging and mushroom mycotoxins will be given in chapters 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Chapter 6 will deal with mycotoxins co-occurrence poisoning whereas new and masked mycotoxins will be described in chapter 7. The important aspects of mycotoxin studies like extraction, characterization and analysis and management strategies will be summarized in 8 and 9 chapters. The last chapter of the book will cover the recent developments in toxicokinetic studies of mycotoxins. The book will have the most up-to-date information and recent discoveries to deliver accurate data and to illustrate essential points to a wide range of readers including mycologists, clinicians, agricultural scientists, chemists, veterinarians, environmentalists and food scientists.
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    Pages: XXIII, 182 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811923708
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2370-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2370-8
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    Cell Cycle Regulation and Development in Alphaproteobacteria (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Cytology. ; Microbiology. ; Cell Biology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Towards a Comparative Systems Biology of the Alphaproteobacterial Cell Cycle -- Temporal control of promoter activity during the Caulobacter cell cycle -- Cell cycle signal transduction and proteolysis in Caulobacter -- Cell division in Caulobacter crescentus: A molecular-scale model -- Chromosome segregation in Alphaproteobacteria -- Modeling the Cell Cycle of Caulobacter crescentus -- Diversity of Growth Patterns in the Alphaproteobacteria -- Cell cycle and terminal differentiation in Sinorhizobium meliloti -- Integration of the cell cycle and development in Agrobacterium tumefaciens -- Brucella abortus, a pathogenic Rhizobiale with a complex cell cycle.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the cell cycle regulation and development in Alphaproteobacteria. Cell cycle and cellular differentiation are fascinating biological phenomena that are highly regulated in all organisms. In the last decades, many laboratories around the world have been investigating these processes in Alphaproteobacteria. This bacterial class comprises important bacterial species, studied by fundamental and applied research. The complexity of cell cycle regulation and many examples of cellular differentiations in this bacterial group represent the main motives of this book. The book starts with discussing the regulation of cell cycle in alphaproteobacterial species from a system biology perspective. The following chapters specifically focus on the model species Caulobacter crescentus multiple layers of regulation, from transcriptional cascades to proteolysis and dynamic subcellular regulation of cell cycle regulators. In addition, the cell division process, chromosome segregation and growth of the cell envelope is described in detail. The last part of the book covers examples of non-Caulobacter alphaproteobacterial models, such as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Brucella species and Sinorhizobium meliloti and also discusses possible applications. This book will be of interest to researchers in microbiology and cell biology labs working on cell cycle regulation and development.
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    Pages: IX, 301 p. 46 illus., 41 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030906214
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90621-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90621-4
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    Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis : Implications on Health (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Microbial populations. ; Bacteria. ; Microbiology. ; Food Microbiology. ; Microbial Communities. ; Bacteria.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Gut Microbes – Influencers of human brain -- Chapter 2. Current Insights on the Inflection of Gut Microbiome and Its Effect on Human Health -- Chapter 3. Trust your gut: The human gut microbiome in health and disease -- Chapter 4. Virome and Microbiome Interaction and Their Implication in the Human Gut Health -- 5. Interactions of Microbiome for Gut-Brain Axis Health -- Chapter 6. Diet- Gut microbiota - Brain axis and IgE mediated food allergy -- Chapter 7. Gut microbiome composition as key the factor for immunomodulation in host -- Chapter 8. Gut-Brain Axis: Role of gut microbiome on human health -- Chapter 9. Functional Role of Prebiotics Supplement in Brain Signalling -- Chapter 10. Probiotics Mechanism to Modulate Gut-Brain Axis (GBA) -- Chapter 11. Gut-brain axis: probiotic interactions and Implications for Human Mental health -- Chapter 12. Probiotic: A Sustainable Approach Towards Healthy Food -- Chapter 13. Production and biofunctionalities of milk derived bioactive peptide -- Chapter 14. Role of Probiotics in Allergic Diseases -- Chapter 15. Probiotics suppress the depression: A look at the possible mechanisms of action -- Chapter 16. The Role of Probiotics in Diabetes Control -- Chapter 17. Autism: The Role of Probiotics in gut-brain axis -- Chapter 18. From Probiotics to Postbiotics: Key to Microbiome and Health -- Chapter 19. Effect of Probiotics on Gut microbiota and brain interactions and in context of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders -- Chapter 20. Impact of probiotics in modulation of gut microbiome -- Chapter 21. Potential of Probiotics in improving gut health -- Chapter 22. Probiotic and prebiotic interactions and their role in maintaining host immunity.
    Abstract: The book highlights the importance of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics in the signalling mechanism between gut microbiota and brain, also referred to as the gut-brain axis. A stable gut microbiota is essential for normal gut physiology and overall health, since it assists in proper signalling along the brain–gut axis. The book describes how the cross talks between gut microbiota and brain, not only regulate gastro-intestinal functions but also ensure proper functioning of cognitive behaviour and immunological functions. The various chapters describe probiotic microorganisms that colonize gastrointestinal tract and provide an array of health benefits to the host. It further elaborates about certain non-digestible oligosaccharides (prebiotics) are easily fermented by specialist microbes in the gut, to produce health-promoting metabolites and inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria. This book is useful for students, researchers and scientists in the field of microbiology, food science and nutrition. It is also meant for industry experts involved in developing nutraceuticals.
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    Pages: XI, 443 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811616266
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1626-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1626-6
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    Hemicellulose Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Value Addition to Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biochemistry. ; Enzymology. ; Botany. ; Microbiology. ; Biochemistry. ; Enzymology. ; Plant Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hemicelluloses role in biorefinery systems of cellulosic bioethanol, particleboard and, pulp and paper industries -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Biorefinery Processing for Hemicellulose Fractionation and Biobased Products in a Circular Bioeconomy -- Chapter 3. Production of hemicellulosic sugars from residual lignocellulosic biomass in an integrated small‑scale biorefinery: techno‑economic and life cycle assessments -- Chapter 4. Composition and chemical structure of hemicelluloses and polysaccharides with capability of gel formation -- Chapter 5. Analytical techniques applied to hemicellulose structure and functional characterization -- Chapter 6. Chemical modification strategies for developing functionalized hemicellulose: Advanced applications of modified hemicellulose -- Chapter 7. Enzymatic approach on the hemicellulose chain structural modification and the main enzymes production and purification -- Chapter 8. Hemicellulose application for the production of bioplastics and biomaterials -- Chapter 9. Oligosaccharides from lignocellulosic biomass and their biological and physicochemical properties -- Chapter 10. Advances and new perspectives in prebiotic, probiotic and symbiotic products for food nutrition and feed -- Chapter 11. Hemicellulose sugar fermentation: hydrolysate challenges, microorganisms, and value-added products -- Chapter 12. Production of Platform Chemicals and High Value Products from Hemicellulose -- Chapter 13. Synthesis of Furan Compounds from Hemicelluloses -- Chapter 14. Biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of xylan and its derivatives -- Chapter 15. Hemicellulose-based delivery systems: Focus on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications.
    Abstract: This edited book provides knowledge about hemicelluloses biorefinery approaching production life cycle, circular economy, and valorization by obtaining value-added bioproducts and bioenergy. A special focus is dedicated to chemical and biochemical compounds produced from the hemicelluloses derivatives platform. Hemicelluloses are polysaccharides located into plant cell wall, with diverse chemical structures and properties. It is the second most spread organic polymer on nature and found in vast lignocellulosic materials from agro and industrial wastes, therefore, hemicelluloses are considered as abundant and renewable raw material/feedstock. Biorefinery concept contributes to hemicelluloses production associated with biomass industrial processes. Hemicelluloses are alternative sources of sugars for renewable fuels and as platform for chemicals production. This book reviews chemical processes for sugar production and degradation, obtaining of intermediate and final products, and challenges for pentose fermentation. Aspects of hemicelluloses chain chemical and enzymatic modifications are presented with focus on physicochemical properties improvement for bioplastic and biomaterial approaches. Hemicelluloses are presented as sources for advanced materials in biomedical and pharmaceutical uses, and as hydrogel for chemical and medicine deliveries. An interdisciplinary approach is needed to cover all the processes involving hemicelluloses, its conversion into final and intermediate value-added compounds, and bioenergy production. Covering this context, this book is of interest to teachers, students, researchers, and scientists dedicated to biomass valorization. This book is a knowledge source of basic aspects to advanced processing and application for graduate students, particularly. Besides, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate students (from different courses) with a deep interest in biomass and waste conversion, valorization, and chemical products from hemicelluloses.
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    Pages: XI, 507 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811636820
    Series Statement: Clean Energy Production Technologies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3682-0
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    Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections, Volume I (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Internal medicine. ; Epidemiology. ; Microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Internal Medicine. ; Epidemiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Corynebacterium -- 2. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma -- 3. Neisseria meningitides -- 4. Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria -- 5. Oral Streptococci -- 6. Streptococcus pneumonia -- 7. Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- 8. Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus) -- 9. Treponema. .
    Abstract: This updated second edition of Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections, presented in two volumes, covers both common and neglected bacterial pathogenic agents, highlighting the most effective methods for their identification and classification in the light of their specific epidemiology. New chapters have been included to add new species, as well as another view of how bacterial typing can be used. These books are valuable resources for the molecular typing of infectious disease agents encountered in both research and hospital clinical laboratory settings, as well as in culture collections and in the industry. Each of the 21 chapters provides an overview of specific molecular approaches to efficiently detect and type different bacterial pathogens. The chapters are grouped in five parts, covering respiratory and urogenital pathogens (Volume I), and gastrointestinal and healthcare-associated pathogens, as well as a new group of vector-borne and Biosafety level 3 pathogens including a description of typing methods used in the traditional microbiology laboratory in comparison to molecular methods of epidemiology (Volume II). Comprehensive and updated, Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections provides state-of-the-art methods for accurate diagnosis and for the correct classification of different types which will prove to be critical in unravelling the transmission routes of human pathogens.
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    Pages: XI, 221 p. 11 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030740184
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74018-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74018-4
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    New and Future Development in Biopesticide Research: Biotechnological Exploration (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Pharmacology. ; Biotechnology. ; Medicine Research. ; Biology Research. ; Microbiology. ; Pharmacology. ; Biotechnology. ; Biomedical Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biopesticides in sustainable agriculture: current status and future prospects -- Chapter 2. Entomopathogenic Fungi: Current Status and Prospects -- Chapter 3. Utilization of Entomopathogenic Bacteria for modern insect pest management -- Chapter 4. Entomopathogenic Nematodes (EPNs): A Green Strategy for Management of Insect-Pests of Crops -- Chapter 5. Trends in neem (Azadirachta indica)-based botanical pesticides -- Chapter 6. Role of Plant Essential Oils in Pest Management -- Chapter 7. Plant Secondary Metabolites: Emerging Trends in Agricultural Pests Control -- Chapter 8. Transgenic plants and its role in insect control -- Chapter 9. Improving Insect Control Using Genetically Modified Entomopathogens -- Chapter 10. Importance of metabolic enzymes and their role in insecticide resistance -- Chapter 11. Insect microbiota and host immunity: An emerging target for pest control.-Chapter 12. Eco-smart Biorational Approaches in Housefly Musca domestica L. 1758 Management.
    Abstract: This book discusses different approaches for successful pest-management through biotechnological interventions. Pest management is directly associated with the agricultural productivity. The book introduces the reader to various kinds of biopesticides that have been developed and are being developed for field application. Chemical pesticides have been widely used to control pests, and these induce pesticide resistance as well as other environmental problems. This book discusses the necessity to develop alternate pest control strategies, especially environment-friendly and target-specific biopesticides against destructive pests. The book describes important aspects such as microbial biopesticides, plant-based biopesticides, natural products that act against pests and the various other biotechnological advances and limitations of these biopesticides. It provides an in-depth knowledge of the latest research and development in the area of biopesticides. This informative book is meant for students and researchers in the fields of biotechnology, agriculture and applied microbiology.
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    Pages: VIII, 303 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811639890
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3989-0
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    Advances in Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology : Volume 1: Microbial Diversity and Application in Agroindustry (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Microbiology. ; Agriculture. ; Industrial Microbiology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Soil Fertility and Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 2. Bacterial Community Structure and Function in Acid Soil Ecosystem -- Chapter 3. Soil enzymes and their role in soil health improvement -- Chapter 4. Soil Bacillus as biocontrol agent: Prospects and applications -- Chapter 5. An overview of soil bacteria for CO2 sequestration -- Chapter 6. Soil Verrucomicrobia and their role in sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 7. Agricultural wastes as an alternative source for the production of antibiotics: recent developments and future perspectives -- Chapter 8. Valorization of agri-food industry waste for the production of microbial pigments: An eco-friendly approach -- Chapter 9. Commercial production of Biohydrogen using microbes -- Chapter 10. Microbial synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and their Applications -- Chapter 11. Biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids from microalgae for nutraceuticals -- Chapter 12. Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): A brief overview of their features, synthesis, and agro-industrial applications -- Chapter 13. Trends in probiotics on human health and industrial application -- Chapter 14. Plant secondary metabolites: A biosensing approach.
    Abstract: This book embodies chapters pertaining to microbial diversity and technology developed for its application in the agroindustry. It facilitates state of the art and microbial research in the realm of bioprocess and fermentation technology, production of PHAs, microbial lipids, dairy products, development of nutraceuticals, biocatalyst bioprospecting through metagenomics, utilization of agro-waste for production of microbial pigments, waste bioremediation of fish industry, drugs from macrofungi and a step ahead of technology on plant secondary metabolites detection through biosensing approaches. The potential characteristic of microbes from various environments has also been discussed vividly for application in the agroindustry. The editors focused on making it a useful resource for soil microbiologists, agricultural scientists, policymakers, industrial microbiologists concerned with developing agriculture and agroindustry.
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    Pages: IX, 268 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811689185
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8918-5
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    Microbial Production of High-Value Products (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Industrial microbiology. ; Nanobiotechnology. ; Microbiology. ; Biotechnology. ; Industrial Microbiology. ; Nanobiotechnology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Advancements in Inducer Systems for Recombinant Protein Production in E. Coli -- Microbial Biosynthesis of Straight-Chain Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids -- Microbial Production of Amines and Amino Acids by Fermentation -- Strategies for Improving Biotherapeutic Protein Production in Microbial Cell Factories -- Current Trends and Prospects in Antimicrobial Peptide Bioprocessing -- Bioproduction of Cyclic Disulfide Rich Peptides for Drug Modalities -- Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronan) -- Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA): Microbial Synthesis of Natural Polyesters -- Recent Advances in Poly-(γ-Glutamic Acid) Production by Microbial Fermentation -- Bioengineering and Bioprocessing of Virus-Like Particle Vaccines in Escherichia Coli -- Functional Inclusion Bodies -- Encapsulin Nanocompartments for Biomanufacturing Applications -- Lumazine Synthase Nanocompartments.
    Abstract: This edited volume emphasizes how microorganisms have become a reliable pillar of biotechnology. The authors discuss advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering that have made it possible to reprogram the microbial cellular capabilities. This enables an economically viable production of high-value products at an industrial level. The first part of the book provides an overview of synthetic biology and genome editing tools for engineering microbial cell factories in modern fermentation. Readers also learn how high-throughput bioprocessing methods are used to recover and purify microbial products. The remaining parts of this book explore the implementation and challenges of these upstream and downstream processing techniques for manufacturing high-value products. Cost-effectiveness and quality-control are key factors, when discussing the production of low-molecular-weight products, biopharmaceuticals, biopolymers and protein-based nanoparticles. This book is a valuable resource for biotechnologists both in the industry and in academia.
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    Pages: VI, 355 p. 56 illus., 47 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031066009
    Series Statement: Microbiology Monographs, 37
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06600-9
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    Participatory Mapping of Territoriality Across Florida’s Beaches (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Property. ; Common law. ; Industries. ; Economic geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Common Property and Land Law. ; Industries. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- Brief history of "the beach" in Florida. Chapter 2 -- The legal geography of the beach. Chapter 3 -- The value of the property on/near the beach, despite natural hazard risk. Chapter 4 -- Capturing the beach experience. Chapter 5 -- Assessing public space along Florida beaches: NW FL case study. Chapter 6 -- Sketch mapping accessibility. Chapter 7 -- Explicit territoriality: good/bad fences. Chapter 8 -- Implied territoriality: good/bad neighbors. Chapter 9 -- Mapping the potential of conflict: transboundary viewsheds. Chapter 10 -- Conclusion: bringing it all together. .
    Abstract: This book offers a theoretical and practical exploration of the beach as space and place (i.e. territoriality) through three disciplinary lenses (Political Science, Geography, Art), utilizing the lens of territoriality and field-based participant cartographic mapping to understand better the ways in which the developed shoreline in Florida is territorialized. The book approaches the complex topic of territoriality on Florida’s beaches from two novel but related methods: participatory mapping/cartography and performance art. Both methods involve participants interacting with, perceiving, and ultimately representing feelings about a place. One method captures those feelings through the medium of the cartographic product (or a map), while the other leads to a set of symbols (flags), performance (actions in place) and visceral record (photography, sound, and journaling). Readers will gain insight into the role of political systems, ideological climates, local culture (including diverse cultures throughout the Florida state territory), and environmental history and challenges in shaping territoriality. The book will be of interest to a wide array of scholars working in coastal and land use planning topics at the intersection of geography, political science and art, including urban planners, land managers, and associated stakeholders dealing with ongoing tensions between private and public property rights on and near beaches.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030973155
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97315-5
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    Land Use Cover Datasets and Validation Tools : Validation Practices with QGIS (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Cartography. ; Physical geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cartography. ; Earth System Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. About this book -- Part I. Concepts, data and validation -- Chapter 2. Land Use Cover mapping, modelling and validation. A background -- Chapter 3. Validation of Land Use Cover maps: a guideline -- Chapter 4. Land Use Cover Datasets: a review -- Part II. Data access and visualization -- Chapter 5. Visualization and communication of LUC data -- Chapter 6. Sample data for thematic accuracy assessment in QGIS -- Part III. Tools to validate Land Use Cover maps: a review -- Chapter 7. Basic and Multiple-Resolution Cross Tabulation to validate Land Use Cover maps -- Chapter 8. Metrics based on a Cross-Tabulation matrix to validate Land Use Cover maps -- Chapter 9. Pontius Jr. methods based on a Cross Tabulation matrix to validate Land Use Cover maps -- Chapter 10. Validation of soft maps produced by a Land Use Cover Change model -- Chapter 11. Spatial metrics to validate Land Use Cover maps -- Chapter 12. Advanced pattern analysis to validate Land Use Cover maps -- Chapter 13. Geographically Weighted methods to validate Land Use Cover maps -- Part IV. Land Use Cover datasets: a review -- Chapter 14. Global general Land Use Cover datasets with a single date,- Chapter 15. Global general Land Use Cover datasets with a time series of maps -- Chapter 16. General Land Use Cover datasets for Europe -- Chapter 17. General Land Use Cover datasets for Africa -- Chapter 18. General Land Use Cover datasets for America and Asia -- Chapter 19. Global thematic Land Use Cover datasets characterizing vegetation covers -- Chapter 20. Global thematic Land Use Cover datasets characterizing agricultural covers -- Chapter 21. Global thematic Land Use Cover datasets characterizing artificial covers -- Chapter 22. Supra-national thematic Land Use Cover datasets.
    Abstract: This open access book represents a comprehensive review of available land-use cover data and techniques to validate and analyze this type of spatial information. The book provides the basic theory needed to understand the progress of LUCC mapping/modeling validation practice. It makes accessible to any interested user most of the research community's methods and techniques to validate LUC maps and models. Besides, this book is enriched with practical exercises to be applied with QGIS. The book includes a description of relevant global and supra-national LUC datasets currently available. Finally, the book provides the user with all the information required to manage and download these datasets.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030909987
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90998-7
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    Springer Handbook of Geographic Information (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Quantitative research. ; Environmental sciences Mathematics. ; Database management. ; Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Data Analysis and Big Data. ; Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science. ; Database Management System. ; Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part A Basics and Computer Science: -- Modeling of Geographic Information -- Mathematics and Statistics -- Databases -- Encoding of Geographic Information -- Big Data Analytics -- Part B Geographic Information: -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- Change Detection -- Geodesy -- Data Acquisition in Geographic Information Systems -- Remote Sensing -- Surveying -- Geometry and Topology -- Cartography -- Geospatial Metadata -- Standardization of Geographic Information -- Geospatial Web Services -- Geosemantic Interoperability and the Geospatial Semantic -- Registration of Geospatial Information Elements -- Security for Open Distributed Geospatial Information Systems -- Part C Applications: -- Cadastre -- Building Information Modeling -- Location Based Services -- Marine Geographic Information Systems -- Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture -- Geographic Information Systems in Defense -- Geographic Information Systems for Transportation -- Geology -- Geographic Information Systems in Energy and Utilities -- Geographic Information Systems in Health and Human Services -- Open Source Geographic Information Systems -- Smart Cities.
    Abstract: This handbook provides an exhaustive, one-stop reference and a state-of-the-art description of geographic information and its use. This new, substantially updated edition presents a complete and rigorous overview of the fundamentals, methods and applications of the multidisciplinary field of geographic information systems. Designed to be a useful and readable desk reference book, but also prepared in various electronic formats, this title allows fast yet comprehensive review and easy retrieval of essential reliable key information. The Springer Handbook of Geographic Information is divided into three parts. Part A, Basics and Computer Science, provides an overview on the fundamentals, including descriptions of databases and encoding of geographic information. It also covers the underlying mathematical and statistics methods and modeling. A new chapter exemplifies the emerging use and analysis of big data in a geographic context. Part B offers rigorous descriptions of gathering, processing and coding of geographic information in a standardized way to allow interoperable use in a variety of systems; from traditional methods such as geodesy and surveying to state-of-the-art remote sensing and photogrammetry; from cartography to geospatial web services. Discussions on geosemantic interoperability and security of open distributed geospatial information systems complete the comprehensive coverage. The final part describes a wide array of applications in science, industry and society at large, such as agriculture, defense, transportation, energy and utilities, health and human services. The part is enhanced by new chapters on smart cities and building information modeling, as well as a complete overview of the currently available open-source geographic information systems. Using standardized international terminology, in accordance with ISO/TC 211 and INSPIRE, this handbook facilitates collaboration between different disciplines and is a must have for practitioners and new comers in industry and academia.
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    Pages: XXXIV, 969 p. 620 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030531256
    Series Statement: Springer Handbooks,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53125-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-53125-6
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    New Thinking in GIScience (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Machine learning. ; Geographical Information System. ; Artificial Intelligence. ; Machine Learning.
    Description / Table of Contents: From Representation to Geocomputation: Some Theoretical Accounts of Geographic Information Science -- On Holo-Spatial Information System -- The Virtual Geographic Environment—More than the Digital Twin of the Physical Geographical Environments -- Big Remote Sensing Data as Curves -- GIScience from the Viewpoint of Information Science -- Towards Place-based GIS -- The Bottom-up Approach and De-mapping Direction of GIS -- The Geography of Geography -- Classification and Description of Geographic Information: a Comprehensive Expression Framework -- On the Third Law of Geography -- Human Mobility and the Neighborhood Effect Averaging Problem (NEAP) -- How to Form and Answer the So What Question in GIScience -- Prospects on Causal Inferences in GIS -- Bayesian Methods for Geospatial Data Analysis.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of seminal position essays by leading researchers on new development in Geographic Information Sciences (GIScience), covering a wide range of topics and representing a variety of perspectives. The authors propose enrichments and extensions to the conceptual framework of GIScience; discuss a series of transformational methodologies and technologies for analysis and modeling; elaborate on key issues in innovative approaches to data acquisition and integration, across earth sensing to social sensing; and outline frontiers in application domains, spanning from natural science to humanities and social science, e.g., urban science, land use and planning, social governance, transportation, crime, and public health, just name a few. The book provides an overview of the strategic directions on GIScience research and development. It will benefit researchers and practitioners in the field who are seeking a high-level reference regarding those directions.
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    Pages: X, 381 p. 69 illus., 54 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811938160
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3816-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3816-0
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    Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems : Proceedings of ICDSIS 2020 (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Data mining. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems). ; Machine learning. ; Computational intelligence. ; Geographical Information System. ; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. ; Cyber-Physical Systems. ; Machine Learning. ; Computational Intelligence.
    Abstract: This book is the proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems (ICDSIS2020) which will be held in The National School of Applied Sciences of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco on February 01-03, 2020. ICDSIS2020 is co-organized by Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems Lab, University of North Texas, USA as a scientific collaboration event with The National School of Applied Sciences of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University. ICDSIS2020 aims to foster students, researchers, academicians and industry persons in the field of Computer and Information Science, Intelligent Systems, and Electronics and Communication Engineering in general. The volume collects contributions from leading experts around the globe with the latest insights on emerging topics, and includes reviews, surveys, and research chapters covering all aspects of distributed sensing and intelligent systems. The volume is divided into 5 key sections: Distributed Sensing Applications; Intelligent Systems; Advanced theories and algorithms in machine learning and data mining; Artificial intelligence and optimization, and application to Internet of Things (IoT); and Cybersecurity and Secure Distributed Systems. This conference proceeding is an academic book which can be read by students, analysts, policymakers, and regulators interested in Distributed Sensing, Smart Network approaches, Smart Cities, IoT Applications, and Intelligent Applications. It is written in plain and easy language, and describes new concepts when they appear first so that a reader without prior background of the field finds it readable. The book is primarily intended for research students in sensor networks and IoT applications (including intelligent information systems, and smart sensors applications), academics in higher education institutions including universities and vocational colleges, policy makers and legislators. .
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    Pages: X, 865 p. 314 illus., 209 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030642587
    Series Statement: Studies in Distributed Intelligence,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64258-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64258-7
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    Spatial Modelling of Flood Risk and Flood Hazards : Societal Implications (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Natural disasters. ; Environmental geography. ; Physical geography. ; Cartography. ; Earth sciences. ; Geographical Information System. ; Natural Hazards. ; Integrated Geography. ; Physical Geography. ; Cartography. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Spatial Modeling of Flood Risk and Hazard: Societal Implication -- Chapter 2. Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using Morphometric Techniques and GIS -- Chapter 3. Palaeohydrologic Estimates of Flood Discharge of Lower Ramganga River Catchment of Ganga Basin, India Using Slackwater Deposits -- Chapter 4. Flood Risk Zone Identification Using Ground Based Observation and Geospatial Technology -- Chapter 5. Dynamics River Networks and Determination of the Flood Potential in Lower Brahmaputra Valley Using Geoinfromatics -- Chapter 6. Flood Vulnerability Assessment Using AHP and Frequency Ratio Techniques -- Chapter 7. Application of Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithms for Flood Susceptibility Modelling -- Chapter 8. Flash Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using GIS Based AHP Method -- Chapter 9. GIS Based Hydrological and Hydraulic Models to Forecast River Flood Risks and Proposition of Management Measures -- Chapter 10. Large Scale Human Intervention and Estimation of Flood Susceptibility Applying Frequency Ratio Model -- Chapter 11. Flood Induced Transport Infrastructural Losses in India: Regional Assessments -- Chapter 12. Rural-Urban Differential in Flood Vulnerability and Community Preparedness for Flood Management Strategies -- Chapter 13. Application of Geospatial Techniques for Urban Flood Management: A Review.
    Abstract: Floods and flash floods with hydro-meteorological and tropical cyclones are the some of the most devastating natural disasters causing massive damages to natural and man-made features. Flood hazards are a major threat to human life, properties (agricultural area, yield production, building and homes) and infrastructures (bridges, roads, railways, urban infrastructures, etc). Flood hazards susceptibility mapping (risk assessment) and modelling is an essential step for early warning systems, emergency services, prevention and mitigation of future environmental and social hazards and implementation of risk management strategies. Due to the lack of proper information, technology-based policies and strategies, mapping and modelling can often not be implemented to the best possible level. Geo-spatial techniques have enjoyed rising interest in recent decades among the earth environmental and social sciences research communities for their powerful ability to solve and understand various complex problems and develop novel approaches toward sustainable earth and human society. By linking geo-spatial computational intelligence techniques with societal and environmental-oriented problems, this book demonstrates geospatial technology approaches to data mining techniques, data analysis, modelling, risk assessment and visualization and management strategies in different aspects of flood hazards. We believe that a diverse group of academics, scientists, geographers, hydrologist, remote sensing and GIS expertise, environmentalists, meteorologists and computing experts with a common interest in geospatial sciences within the earth environmental sciences and humanistic and social sciences will find this book to be of great value.
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    Pages: XIX, 238 p. 120 illus., 110 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030945442
    Series Statement: GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94544-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94544-2
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    Informed Urban Environments : Data-Integrated Design for Human and Ecology-Centred Perspectives (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Big data. ; Data mining. ; Architecture. ; Design. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Geographical Information System. ; Big Data. ; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. ; Architecture. ; Design. ; Urban Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: The introduction to informed urban environments -- The bigger picture en route to informed urban environments -- How we see now: Traversing a data-mosaic -- The role of information modelling and computational ontologies to support the design, planning and management of urban environments: Current status and future challenges -- Urban adaptation – Insights from information physics and complex system dynamics -- Decoding cool urban forms: Using open data to build a dialogue between microclimate and configurational morphology in urban environments -- From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam to Amsterdam: How urban mobility shapes cities -- urban microclimate spatiotemporal mapping: A method to evaluate thermal comfort availability in urban ecosystems -- Urban ecosystems and nature-based solutions: The role of data in optimizing the provision of ecosystem services -- Smart urban forestry: Is it the future?- Big data and decision support in rural and urban agriculture.
    Abstract: This book collects ground-breaking works on the actual and potential impact of big data and data-integrated design for resilient urban environments, including human- and ecology-centred perspectives. Comprehending and designing for urban social, demographic and environmental change is a complex task. Big data, data structuring, data analysis (i.e. AI and ML) and data-integrated design can play a significant role in advancing approaches to this task. The themes presented in this book include urban adaptation, urban morphology, urban mobility, urban ecosystems, urban climate, urban ecology and agriculture. Given the compound nature of complex sustainability problems, most chapters address the correlation between several of these themes. The book addresses practitioners, researchers and graduate students concerned with the rapidly increasing role of data in developing urban environments.
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    Pages: XI, 195 p. 39 illus., 34 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031038037
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03803-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-03803-7
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    Anaerobic Biodigesters for Human Waste Treatment (2022)
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    Keywords: Microbiology. ; Microbial ecology. ; Microbial genetics. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Microbiology. ; Environmental Microbiology. ; Microbial Genetics. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sewage Treatment Through Anaerobic Processes: Performance, Technologies and Future Developments -- Chapter 2. The Chemistry of Human Excreta Relevant to Biogas Production– A Review -- Chapter 3. Mathematical Modeling for Understanding and Improving the Anaerobic Digestion Process Efficiency -- Chapter 4. The Current Energy Panorama and the Production of Biogas from Sewage Sludge -- Chapter 5. Anaerobic Biodigesters for Treatment of High-strength Wastewater -- Chapter 6. Microbial Community Dynamics in Anaerobic Digester Treating Human Waste: A Review -- Chapter 7. Recent Trends in Performance Assessment of Anaerobic Biodigester for Sewage Waste Management: A critical Review -- Chapter 8. Decentralized Anaerobic Digestion Technology For Improved Management of Human Excreta in Nigeria -- Chapter 9. Performance Enhancement Strategies of Anaerobic Digestion Technology: A Critical Assessment -- Chapter 10. Sewage Sludge Pretreatment Strategies for Methane Recovery and Sanitization -- Chapter 11. Towards a Circular Economy of Sewage Sludge Anaerobic Digestion: Relevance of Pre-treatment Processes and Micropollutants Presence for Sustainable Management -- Chapter 12. Inoculum Optimization Strategies for Improving Performance of Anaerobic Biodigester: Current Trends and Future Perspectives -- Chapter 13. Efficient Biogas Production Through Syntrophic Microbial Partnerships in the Presence of Conductive Materials in Anaerobic Digesters Treating Organic Waste Streams: A Critical Assessment -- Chapter 14. Application of Anaerobic Digestion in Decentralized Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants.
    Abstract: The edited book brings out a comprehensive synthesis of latest scientific literature covering various important aspects of anaerobic biodigesters for human waste management that ranges from latest understanding on fundamental concepts/mechanisms of anaerobic biodigestion, modern tools and techniques used in process evaluation, current strategies being recruited for the performance enhancement, and case studies/ success stories across the world on applications of biodigesters used in human waste treatment. The anaerobic biodigestion is a process of break-down of organic waste by anaerobic microorganisms in absence of the oxygen. This process has been conventionally used for treating various types of organic waste including sewage sludge. After optimizing various process parameters, researchers have developed anaerobic biodigesters that have been successfully used for human waste (nigh soil) treatment. The topic of human waste treatment assumes global significance in the wake of UN sustainable Development Goals (SDG) wherein SDG-6 specifically highlights the Sanitation for all by 2030. The anaerobic Biodigester technology has the potential to manage the human waste as well and can contribute immensely in achieving targets of UN-SDG-6. This book is of interest to researchers, academicians, scientists, policy officials and capacity builders. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of environmental Biotechnology. National and international biotechnologists, environmental engineers and sanitation experts also find this to be a useful read.
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    Pages: X, 281 p. 30 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811949210
    Series Statement: Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4921-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4921-0
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    The Geographies of COVID-19 : Geospatial Stories of a Global Pandemic (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Medical sciences. ; Geography. ; Quantitative research. ; Geographical Information System. ; Health Sciences. ; Regional Geography. ; Data Analysis and Big Data.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. How covid changed our daily geographies -- Chapter 2. Geography of the pandemic -- Chapter 3. Defining first- and second-order impacts through maps -- Chapter 4. Quantitative geographical approaches in COVID-19 research: A review on first- and second-order impacts -- Chapter 5. COVID-19’s impact on geospatial data: ethics and values -- Chapter 6. The City and the Pandemic - the Cities’ COVID Mitigation Mapping (C2M2) Program -- Chapter 7. Improving access to health services in Mongolia via open data during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic -- Chapter 8. The inequities in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Chapter 9. The Latine community and COVID-19: nuances, experiences, and data -- Chapter 10. An overview of the impact of COVID-19 in Nepal’s international tourism industry -- Chapter 11. Data and dashboards for measuring the social impact of COVID-19 in African cities -- Chapter 12. COVID-19 and domestic violence complaints in Quito, Ecuador: temporal and spatial patterns and drivers -- Chapter 13. Mapping COVID-19: Should it be based on the incidence rate? A case study in China -- Chapter 14. Regional patterns of the pandemic: a view from Aotearoa New Zealand -- Chapter 15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples & the COVID-19 pandemic: a spatial and place-based analysis -- Chapter 16. Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on the livelihoods of male commercial Boda-Boda motorists in Uganda -- Chapter 17. Geospatial techniques for mapping the spatial trajectories of COVID-19 -- Chapter 18. Digital geographies and digital surveillance technologies: power and space in the Italian society under control for public health -- Chapter 19. Resilience amid uncertainty: COVID-19 pandemic, the urban informal sector, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 20. Freshwater Resources and COVID-19 -- Chapter 21. Preventing pandemics: earth observations for One Health -- Chapter 22. Enabling Accelerated Research in Times of Need: The National Science Foundation’s Response to COVID-19 in 2020 -- Chapter 23. Conclusion - The consequences of COVID-19 – What’s next?.
    Abstract: This volume of case studies focuses on the geographies of COVID-19 around the world. These geographies are located in both time and space concentrating on both first- and second-order impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. First-order impacts are those associated with the immediate response to the pandemic that include tracking number of deaths and cases, testing, access to hospitals, impacts on essential workers, searching for the origins of the virus and preventive treatments such as vaccines and contact tracing. Second-order impacts are the result of actions, practices, and policies in response to the spread of the virus, with longer-term effects on food security, access to health services, loss of livelihoods, evictions, and migration. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic will be prolonged due to the onset of variants as well as setting the stage for similar future events. This volume provides a synopsis of how geography and geospatial approaches are used to understand this event and the emerging “new normal.” The volume's approach is necessarily selective due to the global reach of the pandemic and the broad sweep of second-order impacts where important issues may be left out. However, the book is envisioned as the prelude to an extended conversation about adaptation to complex circumstances using geospatial tools. Using case studies and examples of geospatial analyses, this volume adopts a geographic lens to highlight the differences and commonalities across space and time where fundamental inequities are exposed, the governmental response is varied, and outcomes remain uncertain. This moment of global collective experience starkly reveals how inequality is ubiquitous and vulnerable populations – those unable to access basic needs – are increasing. This place-based approach identifies how geospatial analyses and resulting maps depict the pandemic as it ebbs and flows across the globe. Data-driven decision making is needed as we navigate the pandemic and determine ways to address future such events to enable local and regional governments in prioritizing limited resources to mitigate the long-term consequences of COVID-19.
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    Pages: XXXI, 300 p. 57 illus., 51 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031117756
    Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11775-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11775-6
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    sUAS Applications in Geography (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Physical geography. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Human geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Physical Geography. ; Control, Robotics, Automation. ; Environmental Studies. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Section 1 – sUAS Basics -- Introduction and outline for book – Konsoer, Leitner, Lewis -- Provide brief history of sUAS and the rapid technological advancements in recent years that have led to drone revolution and close range remote sensing -- Outline of book and intended uses as both a collection of specific research topics in geography and as a teaching tool -- Rules and Regulations for sUAS use in the United States (and/or globally, selected countries?) -- FAA regulations -- Essentials of proper and safe sUAS use -- sUAS Ethics and other considerations (privacy issues) -- Communicating Science with sUAS -- Section 2 – Applications in Human Geography -- Crime Geography (e.g., security, surveillance/monitoring, etc.) -- Sociocultural Geography (e.g., monitoring cultural resources) -- 3D Mapping -- Section 3 – Applications in Physical Geography -- Geomorphology -- Climatology -- Biogeography (e.g., precision agriculture, habitat monitoring, etc.) -- Section 4 – Applications in Interdisciplinary Research -- Environmental Geography (e.g., water quality, algae, land use changes) -- Mississippi River Delta Archaeological Mitigation (MRDAM) (e.g., geomorphology and archaeology – Konsoer et al) -- Disaster Science Management (e.g. search and rescue operations, damage assessment).
    Abstract: The use of small unoccupied aerial systems (sUAS) for acquiring close-range remotely sensed data has substantially increased in the past 5 years. A primary focus of early research was on physical systems and photogrammetric techniques. However, as sUAS technology continues to improve and more sophisticated payloads are utilized, such as lidar and multispectral cameras, applications have expanded to nearly all subdisciplines within Geography. This edited volume is intended to showcase the various ways in which sUAS are used in geographic research, including geomorphology, environmental and hazard monitoring, biogeography, and urban and sociocultural geography.
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    Pages: VI, 331 p. 1 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031019760
    Series Statement: Geotechnologies and the Environment, 24
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01976-0
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    Advances in Geospatial Data Science : Selected Papers from the International Conference on Geospatial Information Sciences 2021 (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Cartography. ; Geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Cartography. ; Geography. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Assessment on the Distribution and Accessibility to Green Spaces in Mexico’s Most Populated Metropolitan Zones -- Geomatics Assessment of Water Resources in a Transboundary Basin -- Geospatial Analysis of Clandestine Graves in Baja California: New Approaches for the Search of Missing Persons in Mexico -- The Geopolitical Repercussions of the Migration Rhetoric of Donald Trump on Mexican Anti-immigrant Speech Online: A Transdisciplinary Approach -- Spatial Analysis of a Forest Socio-Ecological System in Oaxaca, Mexico Based on the DPSIR Framework -- Fourier Transform Based Methods for Unwrapping of Sentinel-1 Interferograms -- Methodology and Relevant Results About an Area-Based Conservation Indicator of Superficial Water Bodies for the Grijalva Basin -- Social Vulnerability Analysis of Three High Mountain Villages at Pico de Orizaba Volcano, Mexico, Using PCA -- Detection of Phoradendron velutinum Implementing Genetic Programming in Multispectral Aerial Images in Mexico City -- Assessment of the Reduction of the Icesnow Coverage at the TransMexican Volcanic Belt Through Empirical Mode Decomposition on Satellite Imagery -- Forest Degradation Estimation Through Trend Analysis of Annual Time Series NDVI, NDM and NDFI (2010-2020) using Landsat images -- Estimating Importation Risk of COVID-19 in Hurricane Evacuations: A Prediction Framework Applied to Hurricane Laura in Texas -- A Dynamic Social Vulnerability Index to COVID-19 in Mexico -- Effects of COVID-19 in Mexico City: Street Robbery and Vehicle Theft Spatio-Temporal Patterns.
    Abstract: This book presents a selection of manuscripts submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Geospatial Information Sciences 2021, a virtual conference held on November 3-5, 2021. These papers were selected by the Scientific Program Committee of the Conference after a rigorous peer-review process. They represent the vast scope of the interdisciplinary research areas that characterize the Geospatial Information Sciences that is done in the discipline. It especially represents a fabulous opportunity to showcase research carried out by young Mexican researchers and showcase it to the rest of the world and enhance the growth of the sciences in the country while, at the same time, enforces them to level up with other research at the international level.
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    Pages: XIV, 205 p. 67 illus., 61 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030980962
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98096-2
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    Remote Sensing for Hydrocarbon Exploration (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Cogeneration of electric power and heat. ; Fossil fuels. ; Physical geography. ; Earth sciences. ; Signal processing. ; Computer vision. ; Geographical Information System. ; Fossil Fuel. ; Physical Geography. ; Earth Sciences. ; Digital and Analog Signal Processing. ; Computer Vision.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Electromagnetic spectral bands used for RS in HC exploration -- Chapter 2-Foundations of multi-spectral image processing -- Chapter 3-Surface elevation and surface texture from microwave radar -- Chapter 4-Surface cover from optical and thermal IR -- Chapter 5-Geomorphology and Mapping -- Chapter 6-Near-surface characteristics from optical, thermal IR and microwave radar -- Chapter 7-Basement depth and texture from radar distance anomalies -- Chapter 8-Mapping of temporal changes -- Chapter 9-Frontier exploration -- Chapter 10-Seismic planning, acquisition and data processing -- Chapter 11-Development and oilfield infrastructure planning -- Chapter 12-Geological analogs. .
    Abstract: This book provides insights into the benefits of using remote sensing data from a geoscientist's perspective, by integrating the data with the understanding of Earth's surface and subsurface. In 3 sections, the book takes a detailed look at what data explorationists use when they explore for hydrocarbon resources, assess different terrain types for planning and hazards and extract present-day geologic analogs for subsurface geologic settings. The book presents the usage of remote sensing data in exploration in a structured way by detecting individual geologic features as building blocks for complex geologic systems. This concept enables readers to build their own workflows for the assessment of complex geologic systems using various combinations of remote sensing data. Section 1 introduces readers to the foundations of remote sensing for exploration, covers various methods of image processing and studies different digital elevation and bathymetry models. Section 2 presents the concept of geomorphology as a means to integrate surface and subsurface data. Different aspects of rendering in 2D and 3D are explained and used for the interpretation and extraction of geologic features that are used in exploration. Section 3 addresses remote sensing for hydrocarbon exploration in detail, from geophysical data acquisition to development and infrastructure planning. The organization of this chapter follows an exploration workflow from regional to local modeling studying basin and petroleum system modeling as well as logistics planning of seismic surveys and near-surface modeling. Aspects of field development and infrastructure planning comprise multi-temporal and dynamic modeling. The section closes with a structured approach to extracting geologic analogs from interpreted remote sensing data. The book will be of interest to professionals and students working in exploration for hydrocarbons and water resources, as well as geoscientists and engineers using remote sensing for infrastructure planning, hazard assessment and dynamic environmental studies.
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    Pages: LVII, 348 p. 8 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030733193
    Series Statement: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73319-3
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    New Developments and Environmental Applications of Drones : Proceedings of FinDrones 2020 (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Aerospace engineering. ; Astronautics. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Geographical Information System. ; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. ; Environmental Monitoring. ; Control, Robotics, Automation.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Unmanned Aircraft Systems and the Nordic Challenges -- Chapter 2. Applying an icing wind tunnel for drone propeller research, validation of new measurement instrument -- Chapter 3. Self-Swarming for Multi-Robot Systems Deployed for Situational Awareness -- Chapter 4. Toward Invisible Drones – An Ultra-HDR Optical Cloaking System -- Chapter 5. Long-Term Autonomy in Forest Environment using Self-Corrective SLAM -- Chapter 6. Future Possibilities and Challenges for UAV-based Imaging Development in Smart Farming -- Chapter 7. Role of Drones in Characterizing Soil Water Content in Open Field Cultivation -- Chapter 8. Ground penetrating radar mounted drones in agriculture -- Chapter 9. A minimalist approach to yield mapping of standing wheat crop with unmanned aerial vehicles -- Chapter 10. Assessment of Crop Yield Prediction Capabilities of CNN using Multisource Data.
    Abstract: This volume presents the conference proceedings from FinDrones2020. The book highlights recent developments in drone technology by experts, academicians, and entrepreneurs for applications in agriculture, forestry, and other industries. Emphasis is placed on contextualizing the conference presentations and content to Finland and the unique challenges typical to this region. The work will be of interest to academicians and professionals involved in remote sensing applications of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as enthusiasts of drone technological developments.
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    Pages: X, 195 p. 56 illus., 43 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030778606
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77860-6
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    Geospatial Technologies for Land and Water Resources Management (2022)
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Natural disasters. ; Landscape ecology. ; Physical geography. ; Geographical Information System. ; Natural Hazards. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Preface -- Section-I : Land Use Land Cover Dynamics -- Section-II: Agriculture water Management.-Section III: Water Resources Assessment and Modelling -- Section IV: Natural Disasters -- Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the application of geospatial technologies to study the land use land cover (LULC) dynamics, agricultural water management, water resources assessment and modeling, and studies on natural disasters. LULC dynamics is one of the major research themes for studying global environmental change using remote sensing data. The section on LULC dynamics covers the multi-variate criteria for land use and land cover classification and change assessment in the mountainous regions. Further, LULC change detection of the Tons river basin and LULC dynamics at decadal frequency are studied to derive adaptation and mitigation strategies. Landscape-level forest disturbance modeling, together with conservation implications, is also included. The watershed management approach is necessary for comprehensive management of land and water resources of any region, where studies on multi-criteria analysis for rainwater harvesting planning and its impact on land use land cover transformations in rain-fed areas using geospatial technologies are presented in this book. The book will be useful for academics, water practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, and administrators, NGOs, researchers, and students who are actively involved in the application of geospatial technologies in LULC studies, agricultural water management and hydrological modelling and natural disasters for addressing the challenges being posed by climate change while addressing issues of food and water securities .
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    Pages: VIII, 621 p. 251 illus., 213 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030904791
    Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 103
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90479-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90479-1
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    Remote Sensing of Agriculture and Land Cover/Land Use Changes in South and Southeast Asian Countries (2022)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Agriculture. ; Environment. ; Landscape ecology. ; Human ecology Study and teaching. ; Geographical Information System. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Environmental Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Agricultural Information Needs and Research Priorities for Remote Sensing in South and Southeast Asian Countries (Krishna Vadrevu, Thuy Le Toan, Shibendu Ray and Chris Justice) -- Part I: International, Regional and National Programs in Agriculture -- Chapter 2. South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative and Agricultural Research Projects (Krishna Vadrevu) -- Chapter 3. The NASA Harvest program on Agriculture and Food Security (Inbal Becker-Reshef, Varaprasad Bandaru, Brian Barker,Sylvain Coutu, Jillian M Deines, Bradley Doorn, Gary Eilerts, Belen Franch, Antonio Sanchez Galvez, Mehdi Hosseini1, Michael Humber, Greg Husak, Kaiyu Guan, Christina Justice, John Keniston, Hannah Kerner, Mary Mitkish, Kara Mobley, Blake Munshell, Catherine Nakalembe, Estefania Puricelli, Ritvik Sahajpal, Sergii Skakun, Eric Vermote, Alyssa Whitcraft, Matthew Hansen, Bill Salas, and Christopher Justice) -- Chapter 4. Asia-RiCE: Collaborative framework for Rice Crop Management in Asia (Shinichi Sobue, and Lal Samarakoon, Matthew Steventon, Kei Oyoshi, Thuy Le Toan) -- Chapter 5. Rice Growth Outlook using Satellite-Based Information in Southeast Asia (Kei Oyoshi, Shinichi Sobue, and Shoji Kimura) -- Chapter 6. RIICE – The service and its operational use (Francesco Holecz, Tri Setiyono, Massimo Barbieri, Francesco Collivignarelli, Luca Gatti, Michael Anthony, Renaud Mathieu, Emma Quicho, Aileen Maunahan, Sushree Satapathy, Deiveegan Murugesan, Ponnurangam Ganesan, Alice Laborte, Mary Rose Mabalay, Jovino de Dios, Eduardo Jimmy Quilang, Men Sothy, Pich Rothana, Vang Seng, Ngin Chhay, Chharom Chin, Phuong Do Minh, Hung Bui Vang, Vo Quoc Tuan, Tuong Chi Quang, Vo Quang Minh, Ninh Nguyen Hong, Sellaperumal Pazhanivela, Bernard Zaugg) -- Chapter 7. The Philippine Rice Information System (PRiSM): An operational monitoring and information system on rice (Mary Rose Mabalay, Jeny Raviz, Elmer Alosnos, Massimo Barbieri, Emma Quicho, Jesiree Elena Ann Bibar, Mabel Barroga, Meriam Coñado, Pristine Mabalot, Jean Rochielle Mirandilla, Arturo Arocena, Juanito Maloom, Gerald Bello, Ederlina Cariño, Gina de Mesa, Norlyn Detoito, Harvey Gonzaga, Nonilon Martin, Mitzi Philline Tejada, Mary Jane Vives, Marjie Lastimoso, Darlynne Kaye Bumagat, Henry Cayaban, Michael Barroga, Ruvicyn Bayot, Abel Melquiades Callejo, Neale Marvin Paguirigan, Mary Anne Gutierrez, Gene Christhopher Romuga, Frances Grace Amanquiton, Janica Gan, Ethel Princess Banasihan, Creigton Czar Guevarra, Arnel Rala, Hilario Yonson, Michael Malonzo, Glorie Belle Berja, Consolacion Diaz, Luis Alejandre Tamani, Ronald Gregory Roces, Sonia Asilo, Jovino de Dios, Tri Deri Setiyono, Francesco Holecz, Eduardo Jimmy Quilang, and Alice Laborte) -- Chapter 8. An Initiation of National Institute for Precision Agriculture Research Network: A case of Thailand Research Fund and Thailand Science Research and Innovation (Attachai Jintrawet, Prapaporn Khopaibool, Thongchai Suwansichon) -- Part II: Crop Mapping, Monitoring, Yield and Water Resources -- Chapter 9. Varietal Discrimination, Acreage Estimation and Yield Prediction of Basmati Aromatic Rice in North-Western India Using Satellite Data (Dharmesh Verma, A. N. Singh, Manik H. Kalubarme, G.P. Saroha, Ritesh Sharma and Brajendra) -- Chapter 10. Mapping Smallholder Yields Using Planet and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data (Meha Jain, Weiqi Zhou, Ambica Paliwal) -- Chapter 11. A Data-analytical way of estimating Rice crop Yield: Economic and Water related causative factors (Nilabja Ghosh, M. Rajeshwor, Alka Singh, Satarupa Chakravarty) -- Chapter 12. Rice Monitoring in Southeast Asia Using Earth Observation Satellite Data (Kei Oyoshi, Lal Samarakoon, Shin-chi Sobue, Sotheavy Meas, Men Sothy, Shoji Kimura, Rizatus Shofiyati, Tanita Suepa, Kanjana Koedkurang, Yootthapoom Potiracha6,, Sutinee Sihirunwong, Patiwet Chalearmpong, Panu Nuangjumnong, Damrongrit Niammuad, and Soravis Supavetch, Phung Hoang-Phi,Nguyen Lam-Dao,and Thuy Le Toan) -- Chapter 13. Crop LAI and biomass estimation from different polarization modes of simulated NISAR data (Dipankar Mandal, Vineet Kumar, Avik Bhattacharya and Y. S. Rao) -- Chapter 14. Pixel-based evaluation of rice production and related greenhouse gas emissions in the Mekong Delta integrating SAR data and ground observations (Hironori Arai, Wataru Takeuchi, Kei Oyoshi, Lam Dao Nguyen, Tamon Fumoto, Kazuyuki Inubushi and Thuy Le Toan) -- Chapter 15. The utilization of satellite data to support wet season rice production policy in Thailand: A review of practices and opportunities (Chitnucha Buddhaboon, Panu Neungchumnong, Thewin Kaeomuangmoon and Attachai Jintrawet) -- Chapter 16. Productivity, damages, and losses of rice in Cambodia: past, present and future trends in the Mekong and Tonle Sap regions (Serey Sok, Hoeurn Cheb, Nyda Chhinh and Pheakdey Nguonphan) -- Chapter 17. Rice growth stage monitoring and yield estimation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 data (Phung Hoang-Phi, Nguyen Lam-Dao, Vu Nguyen-Van-Anh, Thanh Nguyen-Kim, Thuy Le Toan, and Tien Pham-Duy) -- Chapter 18. Agricultural Drought Assessment using Remote Sensing, with special emphasis on India (S. S. Ray, Shalini Saxena, K. Choudhary, Preeti Tahlani and Krishna Vadrevu) -- Chapter 19. Role of remote sensing in assessing total water storage and evapotranspiration for croplands in the Mekong river basin (Venkataramana Sridhar, Syed Azhar Ali) -- Part III: Prediction and Modeling -- Chapter 20. Random forests for early rice yield prediction from time series of remote sensed data (Nguyen-Thanh Son, Chi-Farn Chen, Cheng-Cru Chen) -- Chapter 21. Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Rice production over South and Southeast Asia under CMIP6 climate scenarios (Tzu-Shun Lin and Atul K Jain) -- Chapter 22. Application of Geo-CropSim framework for Rainfed Sugarcane Yield Assessment in Thailand (Varaprasad Bandaru, Pallavi Cherumalli, Sergii Skakun, Kristofer Lasko, Sukunya Yampracha) -- Chapter 23. Crop yield assessment of smallholder farms using remote sensing and simulation modeling (Vinay Kumar Sehgal, Debasish Chakraborty, Rajkumar Dhakar, Joydeep Mukherjee, Rabi Narayan Sahoo) -- Part IV: Agricultural Land Cover/Land Use Changes -- Chapter 24. Agricultural intensity assessment in Punjab India using food security metrics and remote sensing data (Krishna Vadrevu, Emily Casadaban, Aditya Eaturu, Samuel Amborski and Sumalika Biswas) -- Chapter 25. Agricultural intensity assessment in Punjab India using food security metrics and remote sensing data (Bhavani P, Ripan Das, Mariam Jamilah, Vijay P.Kanawade, Chandrashekhar Biradar and P.S. Roy) -- Chapter 26. Nexus of Urbanization and Changes in Agricultural Land in Bangladesh (Mst. Ilme Faridatul, Md. Sarfaraz Gani Adnan and Ashraf Dewan) -- Chapter 27. The Kandyan Home Garden – Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystem in Sri Lanka (A.R. Gunawardena and T.T. Fernando) -- Chapter 28. Agricultural transformation, and deforestation in Shan State, Myanmar (Sumalika Biswas and Krishna Prasad Vadrevu) -- Chapter 29. Agricultural fires in South Asian Countries and Implications (Krishna Vadrevu, Emily Casadaban, Aditya Eaturu and Sumalika Biswas) -- Chapter 30. Agricultural Land-Use Trends in Vietnam 1990 – 2020 (Stephen J. Leisz, Nghiem Thi Tuyen, Ngo The An, Nong Duong, Nguyen Thi Bich Yen) -- Chapter 31. Scenario-Based Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Modeling of Future Agricultural Land Conversion in Dong Thap, Vietnam (Keelin Haynes, Jessica L. McCarty, Stanley W. Toops, Bui Thi Minh Ha, Jarrod W. Brown, Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova, Quyen Nguyen, Peou Touch, and Justin J. Fain) -- Chapter 32. Extreme Development of Dragon Fruit Agriculture with Nighttime Lighting in Southern Vietnam (Shenyue Jia, Son V. Nghiem, Seung-Hee Kim, Laura Krauser, Andrea E. Gaughan, Forest R. Stevens, Menas Kafatos, and Khanh D. Ngo) -- Chapter 33. Agricultural Land Use/Cover Changes in the Vientiane, Laos (Chittana Phompila, Vongphet Sihapanya, Bakham Chanthavong, Sithong Thongmanivong, Phung Van Khoa, Keigo Noda and Krishna Prasad Vadrevu) -- Chapter 34. Color Features Based Model for Land Cover Identification and Agriculture Monitoring with Satellite Images (Shruti Gupta and Dharmendra Singh) -- Index.
    Abstract: This book sheds new light on the remote sensing of agriculture in South/Southeast Asian (S/SEA) countries. S/SEA countries are growing rapidly in terms of population, industrialization, and urbanization. One of the critical challenges in the region is food security. In S/SEA, although total food production and productivity have increased in previous decades, in recent years, the growth rate of food production has slowed down, mostly due to land use change, market forces and policy interventions. Further, the weather and climate systems in the region driven primarily by monsoon variability are resulting in droughts or flooding, impacting agricultural production. Therefore, monitoring crops, including agricultural land cover changes at regular intervals, is essential to predict and prepare for disruptions in the food supply in the S/SEA countries. The current book captures the latest research on the remote sensing of agricultural land cover/ land use changes, including mapping and monitoring crops, crop yields, biophysical parameter retrievals, multi-source data fusion for agricultural applications, and chapters on decision making and early warning systems for food security. The authors of this book are international experts in the field, and their contributions highlight the use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for agricultural research and applications in South/Southeast Asia.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVII, 617 p. 234 illus., 217 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030923655
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92365-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92365-5
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    Geospatial Data Analytics and Urban Applications (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Quantitative research. ; System theory. ; Public health. ; Urban economics. ; Geographical Information System. ; Data Analysis and Big Data. ; Complex Systems. ; Public Health. ; Urban Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Spatial Big Data and Urban Analytics -- Preferential Home Search in Urban Settings -- Air Quality Dynamics and Urban Heat Island effects during COVID-19 -- Mass Rapid Transit and Population Dynamics during Covid-19 in Singapore -- A Geospatial analysis of Tweets during Post-Circuit Breaker in Singapore -- Space-Time Analytics of New York City Shooting Incidents -- Spatial and Temporal patterns of Tourist Source Market Emissiveness: A Study of Shanghai, China -- Spatial Perspective of Crime Patterns in Chicago amid Covid-19 -- Geospatial analysis of Grab Trips in Singapore -- Ecological Vulnerability of Nyingchi, Tibet.
    Abstract: This book highlights advanced applications of geospatial data analytics to address real-world issues in urban society. With a connected world, we are generating spatial at unprecedented rates which can be harnessed for insightful analytics which define the way we analyze past events and define the future directions. This book is an anthology of applications of spatial data and analytics performed on them for gaining insights which can be used for problem solving in an urban setting. Each chapter is contributed by spatially aware data scientists in the making who present spatial perspectives drawn on spatial big data. The book shall benefit mature researchers and student alike to discourse a variety of urban applications which display the use of machine learning algorithms on spatial big data for real-world problem solving.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 187 p. 106 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811676499
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7649-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7649-9
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    Geospatial Technology for Landscape and Environmental Management : Sustainable Assessment and Planning (2022)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Geographic information systems. ; Environmental management. ; Climatology. ; Natural disasters. ; Database management. ; Geographical Information System. ; Environmental Management. ; Climate Sciences. ; Natural Hazards. ; Database Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Spatio-temporal variability of channel planform dynamics in response to spatial expansion of brick kilns: a case study of the downstream course of Ichamati River, West Bengal, India -- Assessment of replenishable groundwater resource and integrated water resource planning for sustainable agriculture -- Spatial prediction of flood frequency analysis in a semi-arid zone: A case study from the Seyad basin (Guelmim Region, Morocco) -- Geospatial modeling in the assessment of environmental resources for sustainable water resource management in a Gondia district, India -- Hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater-assessment of saltwater intrusion along Krishna Godavari Delta Region, Andhra Pradesh, India -- Micro level planning for integrated natural resources management and sustainable development: an approach through a micro watershed using geospatial technology -- Ecohydrological perspective for environmental degradation of lakes and wetlands in Delhi -- Prioritization and quantitative assessment of Dhundsir Gad using RS and GIS: implications for watershed management, planning and conservation, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand -- Assessment of groundwater potential zones and resource sustainability through Geospatial Techniques: a case study of Kamina sub-watershed of Bhima River Basin, Maharashtra, India -- Morphometric analysis of Damodar River sub-watershed, Jharkhand, India, using remote sensing and GIS techniques -- The increasing inevitability of IOT in remote disaster monitoring applications -- Countering challenges of smart cities mission through participatory approach -- Urban growth modelling and prediction of land use land cover change over Nagpur city, India using Cellular automata approach -- Slum categorization for efficient development plan - a case study of Udhampur city, J&K using Remote sensing and GIS -- Urban growth trend analysis using Shannon Entropy approach – A case study of Dehradun City of Uttarakhand, India -- Geospatial approach for mapping of significant land use / land cover changes in Andhra Pradesh -- Assessing the impact of Delhi metro network towards urbanization of Delhi-NCR -- Analysis of urban heat island effect in the Rajkot city using Geospatial Techniques -- Multi spectral remote sensing for urban planning and development -- Analysis Of urban green spaces using geospatial techniques-a case study of Vijayawada urban local body Andhra Pradesh, India -- Magnetic susceptibility and heavy metals contamination in agricultural soil of Kopargaon Area, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India.
    Abstract: Geospatial technology is a combination of state-of-the-art remote sensing and technology for geographic information systems (GIS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for the mapping and monitoring of landscapes and environment. The main thrust of using geospatial technology is to understand the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of spatial heterogeneity, while its ultimate objective is to provide a scientific basis for developing and maintaining ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable landscapes. This book presents new research on the interdisciplinary applications of geospatial technology for identification, assessment, monitoring, and modelling issues related to landscape, natural resources, and environmental management. The book specifically focuses on the creation, collection, storage, processing, modelling, interpretation, display, and dissemination of spatio-temporal data, which help to resolve environmental management issues including ecosystem change, resource utilization, land use management, and environmental pollution. The positive environmental impacts of information technology advancements with regard to global environmental and climate change are also discussed. The book addresses the interests of a wide spectrum of readers who have a common interest in geospatial science, geology, water resource management, database management, planning and policy making, and resource management.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 430 p. 203 illus., 193 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9789811673733
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7373-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7373-3
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