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Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 Bread Industry Sustainability Life Cycle Assessment -- Chapter 2 Product Environmental Footprint and Bread Industry -- Chapter 3 Life Cycle Assessment and Product Environmental Footprint - recommendations for integral optimization of economic and environmental performance -- Chapter 4 Ensuring sustainability of baking industry in North Macedonia -- Chapter 5 Sustainability approach of the baking industry along the food supply chain -- Chapter 6 Sustainability assessment of the baking industry complying with standards requirements: a case of Romania -- Chapter 7 Across American overview on sustainability approach throughout baking industry: An analytical-descriptive approach -- Chapter 8 Asian Overview on Sustainability Approach in Baking Industry -- Chapter 9 African Experience in Ensuring Sustainability in Baking -- Chapter 10 Indian experience in ensuring sustainability in baking industry -- Chapter 11 Measuring Baking Business Performance -- Chapter 12 Forming the efficient business model for bakery -- Chapter 13 Assessment of the sustainable competitiveness of agricultural enterprises on the grain market: case of Ukraine -- Chapter 14 Economic viability and sustainability in baking industry/ Simeuna - bread producer with own grain production -- Chapter 15 Impact of Bakery Innovation on Business Resilience Growth -- Chapter 16 Innovation in the commercial system of the small bakery industry -- New business models in food systems for farmers and companies, based on multi-actor approach -- Chapter 18 The role of rural women in bread industry – Job creation and retention in rural areas.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Past, present and future perspectives of renin angiotensin system -- Biochemical pathways of renin angiotensin system -- Structure-function relationships of angiotensin II receptors -- Signal transduction mechanism of angiotensin II -- Renin angiotensin system: Pathophysiology and clinical implications in cardiovascular disease COVID-19 infection -- Angiotensin II and the pathogenesis of hypertension -- Signaling transduction of angiotensin II in hypertension -- Role of angiotensin II type 1 receptors in vascular remodeling in hypertension -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of renin-angiotensin system in hypertension -- Tissue renin-angiotensin system and risks in hypertension -- Oxidative stress and angiotensin II-induced hypertension -- Angiotensin II: inflammatory system disorder and hypertension -- Therapeutic approaches for angiotensin receptor blockers in hypertension -- Renin-angiotensin systems: A pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis -- Angiotensin II induced intracellular signaling pathways in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Ang II: Contribution to atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability -- Role of angiotensin II, nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in atherosclerosis -- The renin-angiotensin system and inflammatory processes in atherosclerotic lesion formation -- Role of renin-angiotensin system in alterations in blood lipids and gene expression in atherogenesis -- Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme and receptors in atherosclerosis -- Effects of angiotensin II on cardiac arrhythmia and signal transduction -- Angiotensin II induced oxidative stress contribute to ventricular arrhythmias -- Modulation of renin angiotensin system: Beneficial effect on ventricular arrhythmias -- ACE inhibitor and ventricular arrhythmia in ischemic heart disease -- The renin-angiotensin system modulators and cardiac arrhythmias -- Angiotensin receptor blockers in the treatment of arrhythmias -- Angiotensin II induced cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure -- Renin-angiotensin system: Role in cardiac remodeling and subcellular defects in heart failure -- Renin-angiotensin system: Molecular and cellular mechanisms in heart failure -- Role of angiotensin II receptor mRNA expression in heart failure -- Renin angiotensin system: Mitochondrial dysfunction in the progression of heart failure -- Angiotensin II type 1 receptor: Genetic polymorphisms and heart failure -- Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 and angiotensin metabolism in heart failure -- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of renin-angiotensin system blockade in heart failure: An update -- Angiotensin II receptor antagonists: Modulation of the extracellular matrix regulatory system in heart failure.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. The Quest for Excellence and the Challenge of Gender Equality in Arbovirology: A Celebration of Women’s Contributions to the Field -- 2. Serendipity and Arboviruses -- 3. The Tapestry of Life: Weaving an Arbovirologist -- 4. Arbovirus and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Research Inception in Central and West Africa -- 5. From Bwamba to the Present: The Changing Forest of Arbovirology -- 6. Fighting Dengue, Chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis -- 7. Chronicles of Hantaviruses: Foundations of Epidemiology and Ecology -- 8. Yellow Fever and Other Viruses in West Africa -- 9. The “Golden Age” of Arbovirology, 1950-1969 -- 10. Twenty-Seven Years of Field Studies on Dengue and Aedes Aegypti in Latin America -- 11. 50 Years of Medical Entomology: Miscellaneous Interesting Findings -- 12. Remembrances of Virology Past -- 13. An Overview of Arbovirology in São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil: Highlighting the Virus Research Center in Ribeirão Preto City -- 14. An Unplanned Career in Arbovirology.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Pandemic-Era Digital Education: Insights from an Undergraduate Medical Programme -- Chapter 2. Use of Lt Systems in Large Class Lab Delivery -- Chapter 3. COVID-19 Adaptations for Biomedical Teaching and Assessment Within the Undergraduate Dental Curriculum -- Chapter 4. One Size Does Not Fit All in Remote Anatomy Teaching -- Chapter 5. From Lecture Halls to Zoom Links: How Can Educational Theory Help Us to Deliver Effective and Engaging Teaching in an Online Environment? -- Chapter 6. Collaborative, Two-Directional Live Streaming to Deliver Hands-on Dissection Experience during the COVID-19 Lockdown -- Chapter 7. Livestreaming Can Augment the Observation of Veterinary Post-mortem Examinations -- Chapter 8. Virtual Reality for Anatomy and Surgical Teaching -- Chapter 9. Can Synchronous Online Near-Peer Teaching Offer the Same Benefits as the Face-to-Face Version When Used in Clinical Neuroanatomy Education? -- Chapter 10. COVID-19 Adaptations with Virtual Microscopy -- Chapter 11. The Challenges of Visualisation During Delivery and Assessment of Clinical Teaching Under COVID-19: A Reflective Account of Problem Solving -- Chapter 12. Not for Room 101.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction-.What is a DMC?-. Is a DMC required?-. Who is On the DMC?-. What are the Legal and Ethical Aspects of DMC?-. How does the DMC work with SDAC and Sponsor and External Groups ? -- What Does a DMC Meeting Look Like -- What data is used for DMC outputs and who programs? -- What is Included in DMC Outputs? -- What does the DMC final DMC outputs look like and how is it delivered? -- What Types of Safety Outputs Does the DMC Receive? -- What types of efficacy outputs does the DMC receive? -- What types of other outputs does the DMC receive? -- What About In-Between DMC Meetings -- What types of formal interim analyses does the DMC review? -- What does the paperwork from meetings look like? -- How does the DMC assess risk-benefit for their decision making? -- What are some examples? -- Conclusions.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Foreword - Peter Singer -- Introduction: Biomedical Research in One World: Current and Future Challenges -- Part I - Biomedical Research -- Section One - Genetic and Cell Research -- Chap 1: Learning from Icarus: The Impact of CRISPR on Gene Editing Ethics -- Chap 2: Bioethical Decision Making and Genome Editing -- Chap 3: Therapeutic Genome Editing -- Chap 4: Bioethical Decision-Making about Somatic Cell Genome Editing: Sickle-Cell Disease as a Case Study -- Chap 5: Gene Therapy and Germline Cells Research -- Chap 6: Bioethical Quandaries in Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis -- Chap 7: Rare Disease Research -- Chap 8: Limits of Debate: Governance of Human Embryo Research and the Making of the Fourteen-Day Rule -- Chap 9 Human/Non-Human Chimeras -- Chap 10: Human Cloning: Recent Advances and Bioethical Issues -- Section Two - Enhancement Research -- Chap 11: The Evolutionary Optimality Challenge -- Chap 12: Mood Enhancement -- Chap 13: Superior Sport Performance: Ethical and Legal Issues -- Chap 14: Arguments over Life Extension in Contemporary Bioethics -- Section Three - Research with Human Biological Samples and Health Data -- Chap 15: Research with Human Biological Samples. Systematization of the Phases and Affected Rights -- Chap 16: Biobanks for Biomedical Research: Evolution and Future -- Chap 17: Biobanking in Global Health & Research -- Chap 18: Ethical and Legal Considerations in Genomic Data Sharing: Evolution of the Discourse and the Road Ahead -- Section Four - Biomedical Challenges in Research -- Chap 19: Human Challenge Trials in Pandemics: Risks and Benefits -- Chap 20: Ethical Considerations for Vaccine Research -- Chap 21: Global Health Partnerships and Emerging Infectious Disease -- Chap 22: Precision Medicine -- Chap 23: The Development, Implementation, and Oversight of Artificial -- Intelligence in Health Care: Legal and Ethical Issues -- Part II - Animals, Food and Environment -- Section One - Using Animals in Scientific Research -- Chap 24: The Use of Animals in Basic Biological Research -- Chap 25: The Use of Animals in the Study of Human Disease: Key Roles of General Ethical Principles -- Chap 26: Ethical Issues Concerning Genetically Modified Animals for the Study of Human Diseases -- Chap 27: Of Mice-Rats and Pig-Men: Ethical Issues in the Development of Human/Nonhuman Chimeras -- Chap 28: Animals in Research in Pharmaceutical Industry -- Chap 29: Animal Use in Toxicity Studies -- Chap 30: Ethical Issues from the Use of Animals in the Cosmetics and Fashion Industries -- Chap 31: Is it Time to Phase Out the Use of all Nonhuman Primates in Invasive Research? -- Chap 32: Growing Human Organs Inside Animals -- Chap 33: Animal Cloning -- Section Two - Decision Making and Alternatives to Animal Use in Research -- Chap 34: Replacement, Reduction and Refinement -- Chap 35: Integrating Human and Nonhuman Research Ethics -- Chap 36: Regulation of Animal Research -- Section Three - GMOs for Global Challenges -- Chap 37: Ethical Issues in Genetically Modified Foods: From Transgenesis to CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Technology -- Chap 38: GMOs and Human and Environmental Safety -- Chap 39: GMOs and Sustainable Agriculture.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Senescence opposed to longevity -- Genetics, the language of Proteomics -- Plants Uncover Senescence Animals Way Off Humans -- Rejuvenation stops Senescence -- Overlap of Senescence with Disease -- Mosaic Restricted to the Individuum -- Remaining Time until Death -- Laboratory Checkups -- eroprotectors.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Foreword: On Handbooks -- Introduction -- Scientific Integrity and Institutional Ethics: Challenges and Perspectives -- Part I - Research Ethics -- Section One - Scientific Integrity and Research Misconduct -- Chap 1: Data Alteration -- Chap 2: Research Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices -- Chap 3: Ethics of Authorship -- Chap 4: Dissemination of Research Results -- Chap 5: Conflicts of Interest in Research -- Chap 6: A Priori Publication Agreements to Improve Adherence to Ethics in Research Publications -- Section Two - Conducting Ethical Research -- Chap 7: Freedom of Scientific Research and Primacy of Human Being: Practical and Epistemological Tensions -- Chap 8: Exploitation in Biomedical Research -- Chap 9: Selection of Research Subjects: Methodological and Ethical Issues -- Chap 10: Confidentiality and Privacy in Digital Clinical Trials -- Chap 11: Dematerialization and Intellectual Property in the Biosciences -- Part II - Institutional Ethics and Bioethics Committees -- Section One - Institutional Ethics -- Chap 12: Historical Development of Institutional Ethics and Bioethics -- Chap 13: Principles of Institutional Ethics -- Chap 14: Institutional Review Boards (IRB): US Perspectives -- Chap 15: Decision Making within Institutions -- Chap 16: Scientific Advances, Ethical Oversight and Legal Institutionality -- Section Two - Ethics and Bioethics Committees -- Chap 17: Members and Structure of Institutional Bioethics Committees -- Chap 18: Foundations of Bioethical Decision-Making in Bioethics and Biolaw -- Chap 19: Just Doing Bioethics': Policy, Principle, and Process -- Chap 20: Ethics Education and Institutional Ethics Committees -- Chap 21: Role of Ethics Committees in Emergency Use of Unproven Interventions Outside Research -- Chap 22: The Ethics of Resource Allocation in Pandemics: A Bayesian Model -- Section Three - Bioethical Issues in Institutional Ethics -- Chap 23: Scientific Knowledge and Social Responsibility -- Chap 24: Conscientious Objection -- Chap 25: Institutional Liability in Research -- Chap 26: Research Assessments Should Recognize Responsible Research Practices. Narrative Review of a Lively Debate and Promising Developments -- Chap 27: Coercion in Mental Health Treatment.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. WHO Critical Priority Escherichia coli in Latin America: A One Health Challenge for a PostPandemic World -- Chapter 2. Recent progress on enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic E. coli -- Chapter 3. New concepts on domestic and wild reservoirs, and transmission of E. coli and its environment -- Chapter 4. New molecular mechanisms of virulence and pathogenesis in E. coli.-Chapter 5. Bovine reservoir of STEC and EPEC: advances and new contributions -- Chapter 6. Phages and Escherichia coli -- Chapter 7. Insights into animal carriage and pathogen surveillance in Latin America: the case of STEC and APEC -- Chapter 8. Shiga Toxin and its effect on the Central Nervous System -- Chapter 9. Relevance of Escherichia coli in fresh produce safety -- Chapter 10. Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome due to Beef Consumption: Impact of Interventions to Reduce the Presence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli -- Chapter 11. An Updated Overview on the Resistance and Virulence of UPEC -- Chapter 12. Interactions of pathogenic Escherichia coli with gut microbiota -- Chapter 13. Emergence of Hybrid Escherichia coli Strains -- Chapter 14. Genomic analysis of pathogenic E. coli strains in Latin America -- Chapter 15. Therapeutic options for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Brain Tissue Oxygen and BOLD fMRI Under Different Levels Of Neuronal Activity -- Cerebral Microcirculation and Oxygenation Modulation by Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in Awake and Anesthetized Mice -- The Effect of Hypercapnia on Cortical Metabolic Rate and Mitochondrial Redox Status -- Relationship Between Left-Right Dominancy of Prefrontal Cortex Activity and Heart Rate During Rest and Task Periods: An fNIRS Study -- Relationship Between Cognitive Function, Oral Conditions and Systemic Metabolic Function in the Elderly -- Pro-survival Phenotype of HIF-1α: Neuroprotection through Inflammatory Mechanisms -- Infradian Rhythms in Cerebrovascular Oxygenation and Blood Volume in Humans at Rest: A 5-year Study -- Mechanisms of Photostimulation of Brain’s Waste Disposal System: the Role of Singlet Oxygen -- Changes of Arterial and Venous Cerebral Blood Flow Correlation in Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A CT Perfusion Study -- Cerebral Net Water Uptake in Posttraumatic Cerebral Ischemia -- Brainstem Damage Underlies Changes in Hypoxic Ventilatory Response following Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation in Rats -- Differences Between Good, Moderate and Poor Performers of a Verbal Fluency Task under Blue Light Exposure: An SPA-fNIRS Study -- Sex-specific and Dose-dependent Effects of Drag-Reducing Polymers on Microcirculation and Tissue Oxygenation in Rats after Traumatic Brain Injury -- Accuracy of Tissue Oxygen Saturation Measurements of a Textile-based NIRS Sensor -- Understanding the Role of Caveolae in Oxygen Buffering: The Effect of Membrane Curvature -- The Significance of Lipids for the Absorption and Release of Oxygen in Biological Organisms -- How Skin Color Depends on Tissue Oxygenation -- Tissue Concentration Analysis of Sulfur, Calcium and Oxygen in novel Skin Primo Nodes After Acupuncture -- Primo Vessels Inside Lymphatic Vessels are Absent in an ALS Mouse Model -- The Impact of Heterogeneous Cell Density in Hypoxic Tumors Treated with Radiotherapy -- A Critical Analysis of Possible Mechanisms for the Oxygen Effect in Radiation Therapy with FLASH -- Hyperhydration of Cancers: A Characteristic Biophysical Trait Strongly Increasing O2, CO2, Glucose and Lactate Diffusivities, and Improving Thermophysical Properties of Solid Malignancies -- No Difference in Muscle Basal Oxygenation in a Bedridden Population pre and Post Rehabilitation -- Relationship between Muscle Deoxygenation and Cardiac Output in Subjects without Attenuation of Deoxygenation Hemoglobin Concentration near the end of Ramp Cycling Exercise: A Longitudinal Study -- Image Reconstruction Using Deep Learning for Near-Infrared Optical Tomography: Generalization Assessment -- Neonatal Brain Temperature Monitoring Based on Broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy -- Time Domain Near-Infrared Optical Tomography Utilizing Full Temporal Data: A Simulation Study -- BIAN: A Multilayer Microfluidic-Based Tissue-Mimicking Phantom for Near-Infrared Imaging -- Do Vascular and Extracellular Measurements Consistently Reflect Intracellular pO2? Observation of Tissue Oxygenation Changes using Remote Photoplesysmography with a Smartphone -- Neurovascular, Metabolic, and Glymphatic Dynamics of the Brain Measured with fNIRS -- Imaging Cerebral Blood Vessels Using Near-Infrared Optical Tomography: A Simulation Study -- Reduced Cerebrovascular Oxygenation in Individuals with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) (“Long COVID”) -- Insufficient Oxygen Supplementation During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Leads to Unfavorable Biological Response While Hyperoxygenation Contributes to Metabolic Compensation -- Block of the Angiotensin Pathways Affects Flow-Volume Spirometry in Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection -- A Prospective Observational Pilot Study on the Effects of the Activity-based Stress Release Program on the Mental State and Autonomic Nervous System in Psychiatric patients. .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: PART I: Fundamental Aspects -- Chapter 1. Definition of Tremor -- Chapter 2. Membrane Mechanisms of Tremor -- Chapter 3 Advances in the Genetics of Human Tremor -- Chapter 4. Two origins of tremors related to the Guillain-Mollaret triangle: the forward model-related tremor and the inferior olive oscillation-related tremor -- PART II:Tremor in Clinical Practice -- Chapter 5. Physiologic Tremor -- Chapter 6. Rest Tremor -- Chapter 7. Postural Tremors -- Chapter 8. Isometric Tremor -- Chapter 9. Essential Tremor and Other Forms of Kinetic Tremor -- Chapter 10. Cerebellar lesions and tremor -- Chapter 11. Orthostatic Tremor -- Chapter 12. Posttraumatic Tremor and Other Posttraumatic Movement Disorders -- Chapter 13 Tremor in Childhood -- Chapter 14. Metabolic Causes of Tremor -- Chapter 15. Drug-Induced Tremor -- Chapter 16. Tremor: The Clinical Approach to Reach the Diagnosis -- PART III: Assessment of tremor -- Chapter 17. Signal Processing -- Chapter 18. Diffusion imaging in Tremor -- Chapter 19. The role of the noradrenergic system in tremor pathogenesis -- Chapter 20. Metabolic Networks in Parkinson’s Disease -- PART IV: Therapies -- Chapter 21. Deep brain stimulation for tremor -- Chapter 22 Mechatronic Devices for Upper Limb Tremor.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Attenuation of Bnip3 Mediated Doxorubicin-Induced Cell Death in Cardiac Myocytes -- Sex Dependent Regulation of Circadian Rhythms in Health and Disease -- Circadian Pharmacological Approach to Treat Myocardial Infarct -- GPER Function as a Determinant of the Progression of Atherosclerotic Disease in Women -- Novel Therapeutic Approach to Treat Cardiac-Rheumatology in Females -- Correlation between Sex, Immigration Status, Ethnicity, and Long-term Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke -- Risk Assessment and Predictive Modelling for The Heart-Brain Interface in Women -- Insomnia Interventions for Female Cardiac Patients -- Aortic Stenosis Progression, Cardiac Damage, and Survival: Comparison Between Men and Women -- Treatment and Management of Valvular Heart Disease and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Association of Mortality and Acute Aortic Events with Ascending Aortic Aneurysm -- Improving Diagnosis and Treatment for Patients Who Suffer Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) -- Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Health -- Cardiovascular Disease in Women with a History of Pregnancy Complications -- Hormone Replacement Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease -- Cardiovascular Mortality Following Early-Stage Breast Cancer -- Lipid Management for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Women -- Sex Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment -- Promoting Exercise and Physical Activity in Female Patients with Heart Disease -- Sex and Gender Differences in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Disease -- Sex Differences in Arterial Aging and its Implications on Cardiovascular Diseases -- Impact of a Novel Community-Based Lifestyle Intervention Program on Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk -- Clinical Outcomes Related to Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension -- Examination of Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Coronary Artery Disease -- The Risks and Benefits of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Generator Replacement -- The Effects and Roles of Estrogen in Managing Hypertension in Menopausal Women -- The Effects of Menopausal Hormone Therapy on the Vascular System -- Influence of Sex Differences in Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease -- Diet1 and Resistance to High Cholesterol Levels and Cardiovascular Disease -- Interventions to Improve Clinical Outcomes Following Hospitalization for Heart Failure -- Sex-Dependent Cardioprotective Effects of the Phytoestrogen Resveratrol -- Blood Pressure Across a Woman's Life Cycle -- Women’s Fitness Levels and Heart Rate Response to Exercise -- Supervised Exercise Therapy Through Cardiac Rehabilitation following Peripheral Arterial Disease -- Sex Differences in ANT2-Mediated ATP Import into Mitochondria for Protection Against Hypoxia Lethal Injury.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Fish Resources and Fishing Areas of the Western Balkans -- Chapter 1. Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Slovenia, Management, Sustainability and Conservation -- Chapter 2. Inland Fisheries in Croatia: Historical Aspects, Fish Resources, Management and Conservation -- Chapter 3. Fish Resources and Fisheries in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Overview, Sustainability, and Conservation -- Chapter 4. Inland Fisheries in Serbia: Historical Aspect, Fish Resources, Management and Conservation -- Chapter 5. The Freshwater Fish Resources and Freshwater Fisheries of Montenegro, Management, Sustainability and Conservation – With a Special Perspective on Lake Skadar -- Chapter 6. Fish and Fisheries of the Republic of North Macedonia, Current Situation and Its Perspective -- Chapter 7. Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Albania, Management, Sustainability and Conservation -- Part II. Some Fish Species of the Western Balkans Important for Fisheries and Conservation -- Chapter 8. Freshwater Crayfish of Western Balkan: Is It Possible to Use Them Sustainably or Do They Need Prompt Conservation Actions? -- Chapter 9. Salmonid Fish Species – Opportunities for Sustainable Use under Multiple Pressures and Current Climatic Change -- Chapter 10. Past and Future of Sturgeon Species (Acipenseridae) in Western Balkans – Case for Permanent Conservation or Sustainable Management -- Part III. Effects of Stressors on Inland Water Ecosystems and Fish Resources -- Chapter 11. Eutrophication of Fishing Waters and the Influence of Cyanobacterial Occurrence and Blooming on Fish Resources – Case Studies in Serbia -- Chapter 12. Pollution of Fishing Waters of the Western Balkan – Potentially Toxic Elements and Their Impact on the Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources -- Chapter 13. Invasive Macroinvertebrate and Fish Species and Their Impact on Fish Resources: A Case Study on Fishing Waters of Serbia -- Part IV. Fish Stock Assessment Methods -- Chapter 14. A Brief Overview of the Development of the ES-HIPPO Model for Assessing the Sustainability and Conservation Priorities of Fish, Fish Resources, and Inland Water Habitats -- Part V. Conservation and Aquaculture -- Chapter 15. Тhe Role and Importance of Aquaculture for the Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources in the Inland Water of Serbia -- Chapter 16. Huchen Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) in Croatia: Distribution, Genetic Diversity, Threats and Conservation -- Chapter 17. Future Perspective of Sustainable Development of Freshwater Fisheries and Conservation of Threatened Fish Species, Crustaceans and Molluscs -- Part VI. Social Aspect -- Chapter 18. Political and Socio-Economic aspects of Fisheries in Inland and Coastal Waters of the Western Balkan -- Chapter 19. Fish Resources of the Western Balkans, Sustainable Use and/or Conservation?.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Setting the scene -- Chapter 1: Life after Academia: Launching your Pharma/Biotech Career -- Chapter 2: Competences for Pharmacists -- Chapter 3: Job and Career Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Overview -- Part 2: Opportunities along the drug/product life cycle -- Chapter 4: Career Opportunities in Toxicology -- Chapter 5: Job Possibilities in Clinical Research -- Chapter 6: How to Get and Develop a Career in a Market Access Role in the Medical Devices Industry -- Chapter 7: Job Opportunities in Pharmaceutical Marketing -- Chapter 8: Working in Medical Affairs and Clinical Operations: Life-Changing Careers -- Chapter 9: The Role of Medical Science Liaison -- Chapter 10: Career Development for Physicians in the Biopharmaceutical Industry -- Part 3: Opportunities in Supportive Functions -- Chapter 11: Job and Career Opportunities in Regulatory Affairs/Science -- Chapter 12: Job Opportunities in Clinical Research Quality Assurance -- Chapter 13: Job Opportunities in Quality Assurance Related to Manufacturing of Medicinal Products -- Part 4: Other Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sector -- Chapter 14: Careers Perspective in a Science and Technology Park -- Chapter 15: To be or not to be: Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation as a Way to Innovate in Life Sciences -- Chapter 16: How to Become a Successful Hospital and Community Pharmacist -- Part 5: Practical tips and tricks -- Chapter 17: A Successful Career in the Life Sciences Industry: How to Write your Strongest Resumé and Ace that Interview -- Chapter 18: Skill Building for Career Advancement: Public Speaking and Networking -- Chapter 19: Training Opportunities for a Career in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Industry/Sector.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction on Tuberculosis: Integrated Studies for a Complex Disease -- 2. Global Tuberculosis Epidemiology -- 3. Heterogeneity in Tuberculosis -- 4. The Unequivocal Relationship between Tuberculosis and Tobacco: Integration of Two Maladies -- 5. Relationship between Pre-existing Cancer and Tuberculosis -- 6. Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis -- 7. The Role of Diagnostic Microdevices in the Fight Against Tuberculosis -- 8. Immunodiagnostics of Tuberculosis: Recent Discoveries -- 9. Role of Bronchoscopy in Diagnostics and Treatment of Tuberculosis -- 10. Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis in Low- and Middle-income Countries -- 11. Pediatric Tuberculosis: Current Evidence for Laboratory Diagnosis -- 12. A Multidisciplinary Approach Towards Finding and Treating All Tuberculosis Patients -- 13. Chemotherapy for Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis -- 14. The Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Properties of Antitubercular Medications -- 15. Immune Approaches In Tuberculosis Treatment -- 16. Inhalation Therapy in Pulmonary Tuberculosis -- 17. Role of Micronutrients in Tuberculosis Management -- 18. Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, New Responses, and the Need for An Integrated Approach -- 19. Resistance in Tuberculosis: Molecular Mechanisms and Modulation -- 20. Personalized Tuberculosis Care for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- 21. Important Targets and Inhibitors of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis -- 22. P-type ATPases: A Relevant Component in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Viability -- 23. The Challenges of Antitubercular Drug Discovery -- 24. Exploring Decaprenylphosphoryl-β-D-ribose 2’-Epimerase 1 (DprE1): A Target for Anti-Tubercular Drugs -- 25. Energy Pathways in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis -- 26. Drug Discovery for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: Recent Updates -- 27. Challenges for Contact Tracing and Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy Scale-up -- 28. Exploring Problematizations Underlying Tuberculosis Control Strategies: A Cross-Country Analysis of India and Kenya -- 29. Challenges in Prevention and Management of Tuberculosis -- 30. Tuberculosis in Contacts and Healthcare Workers -- 31. Tuberculosis Among People Who Use Drugs: Multilevel Considerations for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment -- 32. Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antagonists and Tuberculosis -- 33. Breast Tuberculosis -- 34. Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management -- 35. Pleural Tuberculosis -- 36. Ocular Tuberculosis -- 37. Ocular Tuberculosis: Biomarkers for Risk Stratification -- 38. Bone and Joint Tuberculosis -- 39. Abdominal Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Diagnosis -- 40. Bovine Tuberculosis at The Interface of Cattle, Wildlife, and Humans -- 41. Evolution and Molecular Characteristics of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium Bovis -- 42. Animal Tuberculosis: Gross Lesions and Anatomopathological Diagnosis -- 43. Estimation of Microbial Mutation Rates in Tuberculosis Research -- 44. The Role of Epigenetics in the Development of Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance -- 45. Multiomics Integration of Tuberculosis Pathogenesis -- 46. Lung Microbiome in Tuberculosis -- 47. The Correlation of Microbiota and Host Epigenome in Tuberculosis -- 48. The Pathogenesis and Progression of Sarcoidosis from The Standpoint of Tuberculosis -- 49. Tuberculosis: A Historical and Global Bioethical Perspective -- 50. The Problem of Tuberculosis: Myths, Stigma, and Mimics -- 51. Tuberculosis: Integrated Studies for a Complex Disease 2050.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Overview of Freeze Drying -- Characterization and Determination of Freeze Drying Properties of Frozen Formulations – Case Studies -- Beyond pH: Acid/base relationships in frozen and freeze-dried pharmaceuticals -- Concepts and Strategies in the Design of Formulation for Freeze Drying -- Formulation Design for Freeze Drying - Case studies of Stabilization of Proteins -- Challenges and Considerations in the Development of a High Protein Concentration Lyophilized Drug Product -- Freeze-drying of thermosensible pharmaceuticals with organic co-solvent + water formulations -- Primary container closure system selection for lyophilized drug products -- Vial Breakage During Lyophilization -- The Nucleation of Ice -- Stresses, Stabilization, and Recent Insights in Freezing of Biologics -- Lyophilization Process Understanding and Scale-up using ab initio Vial Heat Transfer Modeling -- Secondary drying: Challenges and Considerations -- Design and Process Considerations in Spray Freeze Drying -- LyoPRONTO: Deterministic and Probabilistic Modeling. Tutorial and Case Study -- Utilizing Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy to Assess Properties of Lyophilized Formulations -- Design of Moisture Studies for a Lyophilized Product -- Laser-Based Headspace Moisture Analysis for Rapid Nondestructive Moisture Determination of Lyophilized Products -- Application of PAT in Real-time Monitoring and Controlling of Lyophilization Process -- Process Analytical Technology (PAT) for Lyophilization Process Monitoring and End Point Detection -- Advances in Process Analytical Technology – A Small Scale Freeze-Dryer for Process Analysis, Optimization, and Transfer -- Overview of Heat and Mass Transfer Modeling in Lyophilization to Create Design Spaces and Improve Process Analytical Tool (PAT) Capability -- Application of QbD elements in the Development and Manufacturing of a Lyophilized product -- Characterization of Freeze Dryer -- Scale-up and Technology Transfer of a Lyophilization Process -- Lyophilization Validation: Process Design and Modeling -- Lyophilization Validation: Process Qualification and Continued Process Verification -- Homogeneity Assessment of Lyohilized Biological Drug Products During Process Performance Qualification -- Informed Manufacturing through the use of Big Data Analytics for Freeze Drying Process & Equipment -- Multivariate Analysis for Process Understanding, Continuous Process Verification and Condition Monitoring of Lyophilization Processes -- Lyophilized Drug Product Cake Appearance: What Is Acceptable?.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Management of Biobanks -- Chapter 2. Quality Management -- Chapter 3. Documentation and Records -- Chapter 4. Human Resources Management -- Chapter 5. Ethical and Legal Aspects -- Chapter 6. Supplies, Materials Management -- Chapter 7. Equipment -- Chapter 8. Traceability -- Chapter 9. Environmental and Staff Hygiene -- Chapter 10. Biobanking Processes and Quality Control -- Chapter 11. Deviations, Nonconforming Product/Data or Service -- Chapter 12. Audits -- Chapter 13. Improvement -- Chapter 14. Biobank Cooperation in the Scientific, Research and Development Area -- Chapter 15. Safety and Security.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction on Integrated Science of Global Epidemics -- Emerging Viral Infections in Human Population -- One Health as An Integrated Approach: Perspectives from Public Services for Mitigation of Future Epidemics -- Multipronged Approach to Combat COVID-19: Lessons from Previous Pandemics for the Future -- Response to Disease Outbreaks in Africa: A Call to Build Resilient Health Systems -- Navigating Global Public Influenza Surveillance Systems for Reliable Forecasting -- Three Respiratory Syndrome Epidemics (SARS, MERS, COVID-19) in Two Decades: Clinical Epidemiological Considerations -- Epidemic in Complex Networks and Some Ideas About the Impact of Isolation Strategies in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Optimal Control: Application and Applicability in Times of Pandemics -- Analysis of A COVID-19 Model Implementing SocialDistancing as An Optimal Control Strategy -- Impact of Policy Implementations on the Propagation of COVID-19 Before Vaccine -- Environmental Factors Associated with Global Pandemic Transmission and Morbidity -- Urbanization and the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases: Towards the Social Framing of Global Responses -- Pandemics and Mass Casualties: Cornerstones of Management -- Social Marketing Contributions to Mitigate Global Epidemics -- The Significance of Super Intelligence of Artificial Intelligence Agencies in the Social Savageries of COVID-19: An Appraisal -- Integration of Sex and Gender Approaches in National Ethics Committees’ Mandate to Appraise COVID-19 Research Protocols: Lessons from West Africa -- Psychology, Law, Ethics, Telehealth, and the Global Pandemic -- Physical Inactivity, Sedentarism, and Low Fitness: A Worldwide Pandemic for Public Health -- The Global Epidemic of Diabesity: Are We Heading for An Unsustainable Future? -- Nutrition, Function, and Quality of Life in Older Adults Socially Isolated Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Focus on Telehealth Interventions -- Africa’s Response to Pandemics -- Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal: History, Causes, Mitigation Strategies -- Vaccine Compliance versus Trust in a Pandemic -- Child Development in A Crisis: A Pandemic -- HIV/AIDS Problems and Policies in Adolescent Population -- Addressing Needs of Foreign Schoolchildren to Combat a Global Epidemic of Dengue Virus Infection: Transnational and Trans-sectoral Initiatives -- Integrated Science of Global Epidemics 2050.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter. 1. A diverse array of microbial taxa affianced in bioremediation to counteract environmental pollution.-Chapter. 2. Aerobic processes: best approach for the treatment of wheat starch effluents -- Chapter. 3. Banned pesticides with high persistence: the impact of their use in agriculture and their removal by microbial biodegradation -- Chapter. 4. Bioremediations for Oil Spills by Utilizing Microbes -- Chapter. 5. Genetically engineered microorganisms for bioremediation processes -- Chapter. 6. Microbial Modifications and Biochemical Pathway-mechanism for ecosystem decontamination -- Chapter. 7. Innovative biofilms mediated as empiricist of bioremediation for sustainable development -- Chapter. 8. Major groups of microorganisms employed in bioremediation -- Chapter. 9. Microbial Exploration and their Metabolic Capacity for detoxification and Restoration of Natural Ecosystems -- Chapter. 10. Microbes in Restoration of Polluted Ecosystems -- Chapter. 11. Microbial Biotechnology: Energy generation approach from the environmental waste -- Chapter. 12. Microbial degradation of industrial pollutants from different environment -- Chapter. 13. Microbial enzymes and their importance in the environmental decontamination -- Chapter. 14. Structural and Functional Dynamics of Bacterial-world for Sustainability -- Chapter. 15. Plant-Associated Bacteria in Ecosystems Functioning and Sustainability -- Chapter. 16. The science of microbial enzymes as detoxification tool for inorganic and organic pollutants.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Molecules, Genes, Cells and Mechanisms -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Human Cancers -- Chapter 2: Cancer Genetics -- Chapter 3: DNA Damage and DNA Repair -- Chapter 4: Oncogenes -- Chapter 5: Tumor Suppressor Genes -- Chapter 6: Cancer Pathways -- Chapter 7: Cell Death and Replicative Senescence in Cancer -- Chapter 8: Cancer Epigenetics -- Chapter 9: Invasion and Metastasis -- Part II: Human Cancers -- Chapter 10: Leukemias And Lymphomas -- Chapter 11: Pediatric Cancers -- Chapter 12: Cancers of the Skin -- Chapter 13: Colorectal Cancer -- Chapter 14: Bladder Cancer -- Chapter 15: Lung Cancer -- Chapter 16: Renal Cell Carcinomas -- Chapter 17: Liver Cancer -- Chapter 18: Gastric Cancer -- Chapter 19: Breast Cancer -- Chapter 20: Prostate Cancer -- Part Iii: Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy -- Chapter 21: Cancer Prevention -- Chapter 22: Cancer Diagnostics -- Chapter 23: Cancer Therapy.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: The Structure And Function Of Living Organisms -- Chapter 2: Energy In Biology – Demand And Use -- Chapter 3: Information – Its Role And Meaning In Organism -- Chapter 4: Regulation In Biological Systems -- Chapter 5: Interrelationship In Organized Biological Systems. .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Introduction to squirrels of the world and their conservation trends. Chapter 1: The World’s Squirrel Taxonomy -- Chapter 2: Evolution, habitat trends, and extinction rate estimates of the world squirrels -- Part 2: Squirrels of the world in the Anthropocene. Chapter 3: Habitat Trends and the Squirrel-Human Interface -- Chapter 4: A Meta-analysis based on Open Access Big Data Mining of Global Predicted Squirrel Distribution Models with Machine Learning for IUCN Conservation Status and Trend Policy Assessments -- Chapter 5: Squirrels in Cities -- Chapter : Squirrels in the Tropics -- Chapter 7: Squirrels on Islands -- Chapter 8: Tree squirrels in old-growth forests? -- Chapter 9: Can squirrels be used as indicators to identify and protect old-growth forest reserves? -- Chapter 10: Squirrel Economics -- Part 3: Problems and governance in the squirrel world. Chapter 11: Squirrel Hunting Regulations and Enforcement (Or Lack Thereof) -- Chapter 12: Where do the World’s Squirrel Hotspots and Coldspots of 230+ species go with Climate change 2100? -- Chapter 13: Squirrel’s marginalization and modern lack of conservation and poor sustainability outlook as a call to good action -- Part 4: First conclusions and the way forward. Chapter 14: A Conservation Management SWOT analysis for over 300 Squirrels of the World using 132 GIS layers confirming the PESTLE assessment -- Chapter 15: First Conclusions, Success stories, and Calls-to-action for the conservation of the world’s squirrels.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. The History and Philosophy of Medical Imaging -- Chapter 1. Re:Viewing Observation. The Philosophy of Medical Imaging -- Part II. Innovation in Imaging Technologies -- Chapter 2. Emerging Imaging Techniques in Anatomy: For Teaching, Research and Clinical Practice -- Chapter 3. Mapping of Orthopaedic Fractures for Optimal Surgical Guidance -- Chapter 4. Visualising the Dural Venous Sinuses Using Volume Tracing, a Novel Approach -- Chapter 5. Placental Morphology and Morphometry: Is It a Prerequisite for Future Pathological Investigations? -- Part III. Art-Based Practice and Body Science -- Chapter 6. Drawing: A Dialogue across Disciplines -- Chapter 7. Visualizing the Human Body Using an Artistic Approach -- Chapter 8. Construction of Facial Composites from Eyewitness Memory.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Malignant Glioma -- Chapter 2. Benign Glioma -- Chapter3. Meningioma and Other Meningeal Tumors -- Chapter4. Epondymomas in Pediatric and Adults -- Chapter5. Medulloblastomas in Pediatric and Adults -- Chapter6. Benign and Malignant Tumors of The Pineal Region -- Chapter7. The Tumors of Choroid Plexus and Other Ventricular Tumors -- Chapter8. Embryonal Tumors of The Central Nervous System with Multilayered Rosettes and Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors -- Chapter9. Glioneuronal and Neuronal Tumors of the Central Nervous System -- Chapter10. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Pituitary Gland -- Chapter11. Craniopharyngioma in Pediatric and Adults -- Chapter12. Schwannomas of Brain and Spinal Cord -- Chapter13. Other Nerve-Sheet Tumors of Brain and Spinal Cord -- Chapter14. Hemangioblastomas and Other Vascular Originating Tumors of Brain or Spinal Cord -- Chapter15. Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors of Embryonic Origin -- Chapter16. Brain and Spinal Tumors Originating from the Germ Line Cells -- Chapter17. Benign Brain and Spinal Tumors Originating from Bone or Cartilage -- Chapter18. Benign Spinal Tumors -- Chapter19. Other Less Prevalent Tumors of the Central Nervous System -- Chapter20. Brain and/or Spinal Cord Tumors Accompanied with Other Diseases or Syndromes -- Chapter21. Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chapter22. A Brief Explanation on Surgical Approaches for Treatment of Different Brain Tumors.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I - Money and its role in the economy -- 1. Introduction: the world is on a collision course -- 2. What is money? -- 3. Money is like the ‘blood’ of the economy -- Part II Money and the unsustainability in stricto sensu -- 4. The growth imperative inherent in our financial system -- 5. The effect of the money interest rate on money supply, demand and growth -- 6. Economic growth in the long run is unsustainable -- 7. Economic growth or unemployment -- Part III. Money and inequality -- 8. Our current monetary system produces income inequality -- 9. Moral-ethic aspects of interest-induced inequality -- Part IV Natural money as solution -- 10. Gesell’s solution -- 11. Gesell’s Solution to achieve the SDGs -- 12. How to implement Gesell’s solution in today’s world -- 13. Alternatives to Gesell’s solution -- 14. Experiences with Gesell’s solution -- Part V Outlook and final considerations -- 15. Towards a Development at Human Scale -- 16. Economic resilience in presence of externals shocks -- 17. Final considerations.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction -- 2. From local periphery to global center: The evolution of Patagonia through green discourse -- 3. Territorializing Capital: The Political Economy of Nature in Argentine Patagonia -- 4. Patagonia: From Frontiers of Exploration to the Commodification of Nature -- 5. Social representations of territorial conflicts in Chilean Patagonia: Contexts and perspectives on sustainable tourism development -- 6. Social imaginaries of nature and tourism in Argentine Patagonia: stakeholder beliefs and values and their influence on national park creation -- 7. Infrastructure for tourism development in the Aysén Region of peripheral Chilean Patagonia: Trajectories and challenges for ecological and territorial connectivity -- 8. Tourism and Conservation in the Southern reaches of Patgoinia -- 9. Values, conflicts, and discourses and the global 30X30 initiative: A case study of Tompkins Conservation initiatives in Patagonia -- 10. Tensions between tourism, protected area environmental conservation, and indigenous territorial rights in the Pewenche Andes -- 11. Evolving models of tourism planning and use in protected areas of Chilean Patagonia -- 12. Local community governance of protected areas and tourism in Patagonia: An integrative management model for Chile's Cerro Castillo National Park -- 13. A case study of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves along the Chilean-Argentine border in the northern reaches of the Patagonia periphery: Opportunities and challenges for tourism development during the COVID-19 pandemic -- 14. Reimagining our relationship with Nature in northern Chilean Patagonia: Encounters and miss-encounters with the modern world -- 15. Key factors of resilience in Patagonian tourist destinations -- 16. Contributions to resilience and sustainability through time spent in nature -- 17. Methodology to evaluate the potential for a tourism based in science (Scientific Tourism) in destinations with an abundance of protected wildlife areas: The case of Patagonia -- 18. Remediating shifting baseline syndrome in the UNESCO Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve via the Field Environmental Philosophy Cycle -- 19. Conclusion: Research Needs.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. The human genome and its variations -- 2. Gene expression and chromatin -- 3. The basal transcriptional machinery -- 4. Transcription factors and signal transduction -- 5. A key transcription factor family: Nuclear receptors -- 6. DNA methylation -- 7. Histone modifications -- 8. Chromatin remodeling and organization -- 9. Regulatory impact of non-coding RNA -- 10. Genome-wide principles of gene regulation -- 11. Epigenetics in development -- 12. Epigenetics and aging -- 13. Epigenetics and disease -- 14. Cells and tissues of the immune system -- 15. Innate immunity and inflammation -- 16. Adaptive immunity and antigen receptor diversity -- 17. B cell immunity: BCRs, antibodies and their effector functions -- 18. Antigen-presenting cells and MHCs -- 19. T cell immunity: TCRs and their effector functions -- 20. Immunity to bacterial pathogens and the microbiome -- 21. Immunity to viral pathogens and the virome -- 22. Tolerance and transplantation immunology -- 23. Immunological hypersensitivities: Allergy and autoimmunity -- 24. Introduction to cancer -- 25. Oncogenes, signal transduction and the hallmarks of cancer -- 26 Tumor suppressor genes and cell fate control -- 27. Multistep tumorigenesis and genome instability -- 28. Cancer genomics -- 29. Cancer epigenomics.-30. Aging and cancer -- 31. Tumor microenvironment -- 32 Metastasis and cachexia -- 33. Cancer immunology -- 34 Architecture of cancer therapies -- 35 Nutrition and common diseases -- 36 Interference of the human genome with nutrients -- 37. Nutritional epigenetics, signaling and aging -- 38. Chronic inflammation and metabolic stress -- 39. Obesity -- 40. Insulin resistance and diabetes -- 41. Heart disease and the metabolic syndrome -- 42 Epigenetics, inflammation and disease.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- 1. The FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme -- 2. Potential GIAHS sites in Africa -- 2.1. The jessour system, Tunisia; Afef Zanzana -- 2.2. The Mountain Oases, Tunisia; Fadwa Benyahia -- 2.3 The Ketaba agroecology system, Senegal; Alioune Badara Fall -- 2.4 The cultural landscape of Konso, Ethiopia; Yenewa Dessie Alemu, Fethia Abdullahi Ahmed -- 2.5. The Marakwet traditional irrigation system, Kenya; Sheilla Jeruto Tallam -- 2.6. The agroforestry system in Sao Tome and Principe; Joana Rocha Dias -- 3. Potential GIAHS sites in Asia -- 3.1. The floating garden system of the Inle Lake, Myanmar; Moe Thae Oo, Zin Wai Aung -- 3.2. The traditional Naga agricultural system, Myanamr; Ti Chia -- 3.3. The lychee cultivation system in Haikou City, China; Xieli Bai -- 3.4. The ancient terraced agricultural system in Shouf, Lebanon; Marwa Abou Assi -- 3.5. Cultivation of Mohammadi flower and rosewater production system in Barzok, Iran; Mohammad Amin Emadi -- 4. Potential GIAHS sites in Europe -- 4.1. The rainfed mulching agriculture in the volcanic island of Lanzarote, Spain; Marta Arnés -- 4.2. The traditional alpine agriculture in Valtellina and Valposchiavo, Italy-Switzerland; Michelangelo Ferri -- 4.3. The terraced vineyards of Lamole in Chianti, Italy; Francesco Piras -- 4.4. The traditional agricultural system of the hills of Vertop, Albania; Florjan Boduri -- 5. Potential GIAHS sites in Central and South America -- 5.1. The traditional agricultural system in the Sierra del Rosario, Cuba; Alejandro Gonzalez -- 5.2. The sustainable agricultural system of the Sierra Maestra, Cuba; Yenia Molina Pelegrín -- 5.3. The traditional agricultural system of tobacco in Viñales, Cuba; Liane Bárbara Portuondo Farías -- 5.4. The Sabana de Morro agroforestry system in Dolores, El Salvador; Ever Alexis Martínez Aguilar -- 5.5. The “Chakra” agroforestry system of the Kichwa communities, Ecuador; Erika Zárate -- 5.6. The “Chagras” agroforestry system in the Amazon, Colombia; María Alejandra Hernández Marentes -- 5.7. The vertical productive system in the Charazani Valley, Bolivia; Fabiana Navia -- Conclusions.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1-Planning model to provide a practical understanding of sustainability perspectives -- Chapter 2-Local Sustainability: measuring the achievement of the urban indicators -- Chapter 3-Assessing regional sustainability by indicators: implications and emerging challenges -- Chapter 4-Integrated Water Resources Management and urban sustainability -- Chapter 5-Smart Cities and sustainability indicators: a structure proposal -- Chapter 6-Educational factors influencing higher education organizations -- Chapter 7-PRME signatory schools and the Interdisciplinary Approach at Education for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 8-Perspectives across education institution and role to sustainable competencies -- Chapter 9-Promoting stakeholders engagement to make feasible, sustainable development -- Chapter 10-The influence on sustainability practices by stakeholders -- Chapter 11-Managing stakeholders for regional sustainability: challenges and mechanisms -- Chapter 12-Understanding and participatory learning the social impact of sustainability perspectives -- Chapter 13-Corporate Social Responsibility and roles of developers for sustainability in companies -- Chapter 14-Waste management: extending beyond local boundaries -- Chapter 15-Observing technologies to environmental sustainability management -- Chapter 16-Access to sanitation services and human health and gender in emerging economies. -- Chapter 17-Assessing sanitation conditions under the SDGs: assisting SDG 6 -- Chapter 18-Risk management and pandemic moment: what is the role of sustainability management?- Chapter 19-Getting the global goals to sustainability in pandemic time: Are we out of track?- Chapter 20. Environmental management and sanitation: Perspectives on waste.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction to Marine Litter in Africa -- Chapter 2. Marine litter sources and distribution pathways -- Chapter 3. Impacts and Threats of Marine Litter to Africa Chapter -- Chapter 4. Legal and Policy Frameworks to address marine litter through improved livelihoods -- Chapter 5. The way forward, building upon-the-ground innovation.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- 1: Water Resources from a Global Perspective -- 2: Necessity of IWRM and Water Services -- 3: South Africa’s Continued Freshwater Decline and Current State -- 4: Decline in Informed Water Management -- 5: Continued Lack of Water Service Delivery -- 6: Progressive Deterioration of Water Quality -- 7: Main Issues Requiring Attention and Addressing Continued Deterioration -- 8: Transforming the Predicament into Problems.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part1. Coastal, Estuarine and Lake (Brackish) Environments: Introduction, Definition, Processes and Dynamics -- Chapter1. Bibliometric analysis of the literature on coastal sediment pollution -- Chapter2. Coastal flooding in India – An Overview -- Part2. Water quality/ Hydrological Processes -- Chapter3. Appraisal of coastal water quality of two hot spots on Southwest coast of India: A case study of multi-year biogeochemical observations -- Chapter4. Assessment of water quality from the Gundlakamma estuary, Andhra coast, Southeast coast of India -- Chapter5. Evaluation ofPhysico-chemical Parameters of Coastal Water from Pennar River Estuary, East Coast of India: An integrated approach -- Chapter6. Climatic variability and anthropogenic forcing on marine ecosystems: Evidence from the Lakshadweep Archipelago -- Part3. Sediment Characteristics -- Chapter7. Geochemical characterization of suspended sediments in the Nethravati estuary, southwest coast of India: insights to redox processes, metal sorption and pollution aspect -- Chapter8. Geochemical Studies of Ilmenite from Bhimunipatnam to Konada Coastal Sands, North Andhra Pradesh, East Coast of India -- Chapter9. Study of beach sand from Harihareshwar, Shrivardhan and Diveagar beach of Raigad District, Maharashtra, India -- Chapter10. Impact of Seasonal Sediment Dynamics on Beach Morphology: A case study from the Govindampalli-Durgarajupatnam Coast, East Coast of India -- Chapter11. Heavy Minerals Studies of Coastal Sands from Bavanapadu to Kalingapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, East coast of India -- Chapter12. Mineral Chemistry of Ilmenites as a source indicator for coastal sediments between Vamsadhara and Nagavali river mouth, North Coastal, Andhra Pradesh -- Chapter13. Major and trace elements in the Sediments of the Gollumutta Paya Estuary of the Krishna River, East Coast of India -- Part4. Biodiversity/ Bio-indicators/ ecological studies -- Chapter14. Assessment of Trace Metal contamination in Saccostrea cucullata (Born, 1778) from the coast ff South Andaman Island, India -- Chapter15. Analytical approach of Haematology in variation to physical parameters of Indian Mackerel and Yellowfin Tuna from Indian waters -- Chapter16. Geochemistry of Mollusk Shells as proxies of Marine Pollution, East coast of India -- Chapter17. Sedimentary structures of tidal flats in Recent Chandipur East Coast of Orisha, India -- Part5. Climate Change and Anthropocene -- Chapter18. Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index: A case study for Kuwaiti Coast -- Chapter19. Total suspended matter variability in response to tropical cyclone Titli along coastal waters of southeast India using satellite observations: Implications to Climate Change -- Chapter20. Climate Change and its Impact on Depletion of Oxygen Levels on Coastal Waters and Shallow Seas -- Chapter21. Nanoparticle based bioremediation for crude oil removal from marine environment -- Part6. Socio-economic scenarios related to Sustainable Development -- Chapter22. Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Coastal Tourism of Andaman Isles, India: Sustainable Development Scenario -- Chapter23. Spatial planning for sustainable resource use with a special reference to aquaculture development -- Chapter24. Sustainable Aquaculture and Economic Development in Coastal Areas: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India -- Chapter25. Marine and Coastal ecosystem services for Sustainable Development -- Part7. Application of Geospatial tools -- Chapter26. Advanced remote sensing methods for high-resolution, cost-effective monitoring of the coastal morphology using Video Beach Monitoring System (VBMS), CoastSnap and CoastSat techniques -- Chapter27. Coastal morpho-dynamics and Environmental variables of Ennore Creek: An Integrated approach -- Chapter28. A study on dynamics of Krishna river mouth, East coast of India: A Geospatial approach -- Chapter29. Non monsoonal coastal erosion due to the tropical cyclone (OCKHI) and it’s impacts along Thiruvananthapuram coast, Southwest coast of India - A geospatial approach .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Does the University Have a Future? -- Humanizing Higher Education: University of the Future -- Role of Universities in Transforming Society: Challenges and Practices -- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and University Transformation -- How to Include SDGs in the Teaching Curricula -- Social Innovation in Advancing SDGs -- Gender-Related and Women Empowerment Challenges -- Knowledge-Based, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Driven Research and Teaching -- Towards Sustainable Smart Campuses: From AI-Based Platforms for Distance Learning to Virtual Teaching -- Impact of the Industry 4.0 on the University and on Cooperative Education -- Preparing Students for Industry 4.0 -- University 4.0: Social Aspects.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface 1. A Grateful appreciation of Joan Martinez-Alier (Herman Daly) -- Preface 2. Memories concerning the career of Joan Martinez-Alier (Laurence Whitehead) -- Preface 3. Conversations with a Catalan polymath (Ramachandra Guha) -- Preface 4. Joan Martinez-Alier and the crisis of civilization, knowledge, and the human species (Victor Toledo) -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Justification and scope of the book (Roldan Muradian and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas) -- Chapter 2. A Barcelona school of ecological economics and political ecology (Joan Martinez-Alier) -- Chapter 3. The Barcelona School of ecological economics and political ecology: Building bridges between moving shores (Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Brototi Roy and Roldan Muradian) -- Part II. Epistemological foundations -- Chapter 4. Metaphysical midwifery and the living legacy of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (Katharine N. Farrell) -- Chapter 5. Languages of valuation (Christos Zografos) -- Chapter 6. Post-development: From the critique of development to a pluriverse of alternatives (Federico Demaria, Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar and Alberto Acosta) -- Chapter 7. Indigenous and local knowledge and social-ecological systems (Victoria Reyes-García) -- Chapter 8. Degrowth and the Barcelona school (Giorgos Kallis) -- Part III. Social metabolism -- Chapter 9. Agrarian metabolism and socio-ecological Transitions to agroecology Landscapes (Enric Tello and Manuel González de Molina) -- Chapter 10. Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (Mario Giampietro) -- Chapter 11. Materials flow analysis in Latin America (Mario Alejandro Pérez-Rincón) -- Chapter 12. Biophysical approaches to food system analysis in Latin America (Jesus Ramos-Martin and Fander Falconí) -- Chapter 13. Ecologically unequal exchange: the renewed interpretation of Latin American debates by the Barcelona School (Beatriz Macchione Saes) -- Chapter 14. Flow/Fund Theory and Rural Livelihoods (Jose Carlos Silva-Macher) -- Chapter 15. Deceitful decoupling: misconceptions of a persistent myth (Alevgul H. Sorman) -- Part IV. Environmental justice conflicts and alternatives -- Chapter 16. Does the social metabolism drive environmental conflicts? (Arnim Scheidel) -- Chapter 17. A critical mapping for researching and acting upon environmental conflicts - the case of the EJAtlas (Daniela Del Bene and Sofia Ávila) -- Chapter 18. The EJAtlas: an unexpected pedagogical tool to teach and learn about environmental social sciences (Mariana Walter, Lena Weber, Leah Temper) -- Chapter 19. Commons regimes at the crossroads: environmental justice movements and commoning (Sergio Villamayor-Tomas, Gustavo García-López and Giacomo D’Alisa) -- Chapter 20. (In)justice in urban greening and green gentrification (Isabelle Anguelovski) -- Chapter 21. From the soil to the soul: Fragments of a theory of economic conflicts (Julien-François Gerber) -- Part V. Science and self-reflected activism -- Chapter 22. Activism Mobilising Science Revisited (Marta Conde and Martí Orta-Martínez) -- Chapter 23. Iberian Anarchism in Environmental History (Santiago Gorostiza) -- Chapter 24. The Barcelona School of ecological economics and social movements for alternative livelihoods (Claudio Cattaneo) -- Chapter 25. The ups and downs of feminist activist research: positional reflections (Sara Mingorria, Rosa Binimelis, Iliana Monterroso, Federica Ravera) -- Chapter 26. From the environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous towards decolonial environmental justice (Brototi Roy and Ksenija Hanaček) -- Part IV. Public policy applications -- Chapter 27. Agrobiodiversity in Mexican Environmental Policy (Nancy Arizpe and Dario Escobar-Moreno) -- Chapter 28. Conventional climate change economics: a way to define the optimal policy? (Jordi Roca and Emilio Padilla) -- Chapter 29. Contribution of global cities to climate-change mitigation overrated (Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh) -- Chapter 30. Reconciling Waste Management and ecological economics (Ignasi Puig Ventosa) -- Chapter 31. Work and needs in a finite planet: Reflections from ecological economics (Erik Gómez-Baggethun) -- Chapter 32. Collective action in Ecuadorian Amazonia (Fander Falconía and Julio Oleas) -- Chapter 33. The environmentalism of the paid (Esteve Corbera and Santiago Izquierdo-Tort) -- Index.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The Progressivity and Transformative Role of Culture Findings from Self-governance in Yugoslavia in Imagining Future Alternative Life-centered Development -- Anticipation of Degrowth Idea in the Socialist Republic of Poland of the 70s – the Case of the Artistic and Scientific Movement -- Framing Cultural Directions of Degrowth Transitions: Cosmological Limits to Growth and Affective Abundance -- Aestheticizing Catastrophes? A Comparison of the Western and Japanese Approach to Art Creation in View of the Climate Emergency -- Why Crisis Management Cannot Solve Crises? A Decolonial-feminist Interrogation into the Ontological Foundations of Modern-hegemonic Crisis Theorizing -- Decolonizing Food Systems Through Agroecology- The Role of Worldviews and Mental Models in Creating Nature-fair Farming Systems in Hesse, Germany -- The Non-human (animals) as citizens of the new society - The role of green Criminology and the Animals’ Emergency Management During Disasters -- Radical Movement Against Global Growth - The Gold Mine Amulsar in Armenia.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction to Advanced Technology for smart environment and Energy -- Evolving Technologies: IoT and Artificial Intelligence for environment and Energy -- Smart environment and Energy Systems -- Data Science for environment and Energy Informatics -- Robotics and Process Automation Technologies for Advanced Technology for smart Energy -- Blockchain in Energy Informatics -- Bioinformatics, smart Energy to Informatics and Analytics -- Augmented Reality in smart Energy -- Security and Privacy Solutions in smart Energy -- Image Processing in Energy -- Communication Technologies for Future Smart environment and Energy -- Wireless Body Area Networks and Smart Wearable's for environment and Energy -- Future Prospects and Applications of environment and Energy.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Culture’s divergence -- Chapter 3 – Culture’s convergence -- Chapter 4 – The cultures framework -- Chapter 5 – Cultural stability -- Chapter 6 – Cultural change -- Chapter 7 – Using the cultures framework for policy analysis -- Chapter 8 – Using the cultures framework for research -- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Waste Management Diagnostic Trends in Developing Countries -- Waste Generation and Characteristics -- Waste Collection Situation -- Waste Recycling and Recovery -- Landfill Disposal -- Waste Legislation Aspect -- Economic and Financial Aspects of Waste Management -- Part 2: Impact of Poor Waste Management in Developing Countries -- Impact on Human Health -- Impact on Water -- Impact on Soil -- Impact on Climate Change -- The Waste Informal Sector Impact -- Part 3: Towards a Good and Adequate Governance of Waste Management in Developing Countries -- Towards Improved Waste Legislation and Laws -- Appropriate Financial Instruments for Waste Management -- Waste Management Institutional Aspects -- Part 4: Appropriate Waste Technologies for Developing Countries -- Improvement of Waste Collection System -- Waste Recycling Process in Circular Economy Context -- Organic Waste Composting -- A Suitable Biochemical Conversion Technology for Organic Waste Recovery -- Thermochemical Conversion as an Organic Waste Recovery.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Tourism dynamics in urban city centres -- Towards resilient urbanism in tourist cities: post-pandemic challenges -- The pain of being a resident in Granada. Analysis of the accommodation offer and residents´ perception -- Recent socio-spatial transformations in the San Pedro neighbourhood (Santiago de Compostela) -- The touristification of historic centres through commercial gentrification in times of Covid-19 -- Citizen resistance in touristified neighborhoods. A post-pandemic análisis -- Neoliberalism, collaborative economy, and short-term rentals regulation in Andalusia, Spain -- Changes in the role of heritage in historic centres: the mutation of historic buildings into tourist accommodation -- Part 2: Urban-tourist spaces on the coast: New urbanised spaces and resistance -- Urban-tourism spaces on the coast: transformations, challenges and globalisation in uncertain scenarios -- Landscape preservation on the Mediterranean coast; do social movements play a decisive role? The case of the Costa Brava (Spain) -- The construction of sustainable territorial models in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: Lessons from medium-sized Mediterranean cities -- Housing change during the Covid-19 pandemic in the metropolitan areas of the Canary Island capitals (Spain) -- Two megaprojects – One city. Learning between large-scale urban development projects on Tenerife, Spain -- Touristification process in seaside destination inland: The case of Mallorca Island, Spain -- Part 3: Urban transformations: New dynamics, conflicts and challenges in a context of uncertainty -- Towards urban degrowth? Urban planning as a common thread of contradictory dynamics in cities -- Shrinking cities in Spain: Shrinking medium-sized cities in the 21st century. Depopulation and employment -- The peripheries of Spanish developmentalism. an enduring model of urban fragmentation -- Housing, a problem perpetuated over time in Spain. New initiatives to promote access to affordable housing in Madrid -- Residential expectations in a neoliberal perspective: A sociological view of social classes and the right to housing -- (Re)thinking gentrification processes. The place of religion -- Metropolitan spatial reconfiguration and the mobility transition: Sustainability challenges in the fragmented city -- Sustainability and urban development strategies: Ciudad Real -- Part 4: Postscript -- Intra-urban borders in border cities: The nationally interchangeable dynamics of urban centrality.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Green Infrastructure (GI) -- Urban Green Infrastructure and Sustainability -- Climate Change and Built Environment -- Sustainable Urban Planning -- Green Buildings -- Assessment, Quantification, and Valuation of Green Infrastructure -- Urban Climate Resilience -- Multi-functionality of Green Resilient Arena -- Policies -- Challenges and future perspectives.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: An approach from ecovillages and ecocities to Tirana, Albania -- Tirana the capital of Albania. A brief history of regulatory plans, anti-bombing hideouts and its climate conditions -- Leed and Breeam building standards and Albanian law related to building thermal performance -- Social impact in a specific neighborhood in Tirana, Albania -- In the traces of bioclimatic architecture -- Existing site conditions. Building thermography and U-Value measurements. Case study Tirana, Albania -- Bioclimatic eco-renovation concept design and strategies. The use of different materials -- Bioclimatic eco-renovation. Case study Tirana, Albania.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. The Digital Revolution and Urbanity -- 2. A Need for Sustainable Urban Environments -- 3. Efficient, Safe and Comfortable Mobility -- 4. Work and the City -- 5. Efficient Energy Distribution and Waste Management -- 6. Knowledge Transfer, Social Engagement and Culture -- 7. Well Being, Public Engagement, and Health Care -- 8. Home Automation -- 9. Digital Contribution to Urban Planning and Architecture -- 10. Digital Economy and Place Making -- 11. Future Digital Cities.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Urban Metabolism and Global Climate Change: An overview -- Interlinkages between Urban Metabolism and Sustainability: An overview -- Urban Metabolism - An Analytical approach for enhancing resilience -- Urban metabolism to understand changes in urban ecology: a case of Bengaluru -- City core and Urban sprawl -- Adaptive reuse of historic buildings: an ecological indicator -- Integrating ecological and social concepts for urban metabolism studies -- Sustainable urban metabolism and urban planning -- Urban metabolism in the circular bio-economy of tomorrow -- Closing the Urban Waste Loop: Delivering Environmental and Financial Sustainability -- Transitioning Urban Agriculture to a Circular Metabolism at a Neighbourhood Level -- Eight years to go, to meet the SDG targets: Waste management as enabler and enabled -- Emerging approaches for sustainable urban metabolism -- Species Selection in Urban Forestry - towards Urban Metabolism -- Geospatial analyses for urban metabolism and climate change work -- Smart Urban Metabolism: A Big-data and Machine Learning Perspective -- Policy initiatives on urban metabolism in Ghana (2002-2021). .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1. Fundamentals of Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering -- Chapter2. Fundamental Aspects of Nanocomposite Materials for Environmental Protection and Remediation -- Chapter3. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Current Trends and Future Prospects -- Chapter4. Nanomaterials in Soil Health Management and Crop Production -- Chapter5. Nanomaterials for Water Purification and Reclamation -- Chapter6. Role of Nanomaterials in the Treatment of Wastewater -- Chapter7. Applications of Nanomaterials for Water Treatment: Current Trends and Future Scope -- Chapter8. Engineered Nanomaterials for Water Treatment Applications -- Chapter9. Research Trends in Photocatalytic Water Purification: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects – A Review -- Chapter10. Nanotechnology for Water Splitting: A Sustainable Way to Generate Hydrogen -- Chapter11. Carbon Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter12. Nanosorbents – A Nanotechnological Approach for the Treatment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Wastewater -- Chapter13. Nanofiltration Membrane Techniques for Heavy Metal Separation -- Chapter14. Carbon Dots as Nanoprobes for Heavy Metal Detection -- Chapter15. Nanotechnology for Plastic Degradation -- Chapter16. Role of Nanomodification and Nanofertilizers in Crop Production and Soil Health -- Chapter17. Microbes Induced Biofabrication of Gold Nanoparticles and its Exploitation in Biosensing of Phytopathogens -- Chapter18. Removal of Radioactive Wastes Using Nanomaterial -- Chapter19. Nanotechnology-based Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceuticals -- Chapter20. Nanotechnological Interventions in the Degradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds -- Chapter21. Nanocomposites for Removal and Degradation of Organic Pollutants -- Chapter22. Nanotechnological Approaches against Fungal Pathogens of Economically Important Crop Plants -- Chapter23. Advanced Approaches in Micro- and Nano-sensors for Harsh Environmental Applications: A Review -- Chapter24. Cellulose Based Gels: Synthesis, Properties and Applications -- Chapter25. Artificial Photosynthesis Using Nanotechnology -- Chapter26. Artificial Photosynthesis with Gold Nanostructures Incorporation in Non-photosynthetic Bacteria.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1 Geospatial technologies -- The effect of an open educational resource (OER) on student teachers‘ abilities to diagnose students‘ written argumentation skills -- Development of the Online Geospatial Problem-Solving Instrument: Investigating Elementary Students’ perceptual processes in geospatial problem-solving. -- A Spatial Knowledge Infrastructure for the Aegean Archipelago -- A Virtual Window to the World: Using Story Maps for SDG Visibility and Environmental Educatio -- Education for sustainable water consumption in multinational collaboration teachers training: Goals and Challenges -- Connecting Literature and Web Maps: Hungarian writers and poets online -- Part 2: Education, Geography and new Geospatial technologies and tools -- Teaching Geography with a Web GIS Approach -- Education for Sustainability Using Cloud-based Geographic Information Systems at University -- Comparative Dimensions of teaching Geography & History in Austria and in Israel, Migration of Vienna Jewry during the 1930s -- Geographiic Education for the Promotion of Spatial Citizenship: Collaborrative Mapping for Learning About the Local Environment in a Global Context -- Part 3: COVID-19 and post-COVID -19 -- The Art of Geographical Analysis of Covid-19 Related Data -- Development of a Synthetic Index of Social Vulnerability to Covid-19 in the City of Zaragoza (Spain) -- Students’ Satisfaction with Synchronous Online Learning in Times of COVID-19: A Case Study of Greek Geography Students -- Can Climate Crisis Go Viral? A Review of Climate Change Communication Lessons in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Towards a EU’s Sustainable and Humane Border Regime -- Part 4: Gepspatial technologies and application in agriculture -- Pest Management with Precision Farming Tools: the Case of the Olive Fly (Bactrocera Oleae) -- Sustainable Networking Solutions in Remote IoT Environments: Use Cases, Challenges and Solutions for Smart Agriculture.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Waste to Energy in Circular Economy -- Resource Routes of Waste to Energy -- Valorization of Plastic Wastes in Circular Economy -- Valorization of Municipal Wastes in Circular Economy -- Biodegradable Wastes in bioeconomy -- Policy Interventions of Waste Management -- Water, Energy and Food Nexus in Circular Economy -- E-Waste Management for Boosting Circular Economy -- Sustainable Development and Circular Economy -- Life Cycle Assessment in Solid Waste Management.-Circular economy in socio-economic development -- Politics of Wastes -- Integrated Waste Management and Circular Economy -- Integration of EIA in Circular Economy.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Overview of the Issues -- Part II: Core Issues -- Chapter 2: Emissions: Types, Effects and Sources -- Chapter 3: The Big Emitters and the Most Vulnerable People -- Chapter 4: International Agreements -- Part III: Sectors -- Chapter 5: Fossil Fuels -- Chapter 6: Electric Power -- Chapter 7: Transportation -- Chapter 8: Industry -- Chapter 9: Buildings -- Chapter 10: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses -- Chapter 11: Finance: Banking and Insurance -- Part IV: The Future -- Chapter 12. Climate Model Projections and Potential Action Paths.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: A Practical Urban Habitat for Living in the Extreme Drought Conditions of the Future, Using Advanced Wastewater Recycling Technologies -- Risk assessment of green reuse of abandoned industrial buildings#A case of steel mill -- Adaptation of plant ecosystems to rapid climate change in the Ural region: Carbon fields - the most important arena for assessing climate change in the Urals -- The Healing world from 2020 onwards -- Climate Determinants of Health -- Pedestrian conditions from a climate change vulnerability perspective in low income communities -- Effects of climate change on human security and sustainable -- Role of Value Orientation and Belief in shaping Indian Pre-Service Teachers' Personal Norms to address Climate Change -- Urban energy consumption in the City of Naples (Italy): a geographically weighted regression approach -- Mechanical Properties and Impact Resistance of Steel Fiber Reinforced Fly Ash and Nanosilica Concrete -- Nonintrusive Load Monitoring System for Decarbonization of Built Environment Based on Deep Learning Algorithm -- Sustainable Renovation on Aosta Residential Building for Carbon Neutrality -- Sensitivity Analysis Using Standardized Regression Coefficients of Roof Design Variables for Energy Performance in Residential Buildings -- Study on the Effect of Adding Biochar to Green Roof Substrate on Carbon Dioxide Reduction -- Features of ESG risk management in the implementation of megaprojects: the Belt and Road Initiative -- Informatic analysis and review of literature on the optimum selection of sustainable materials used in construction projects -- Assessing air pollutant distribution and its influencing factors in the urban street canyon environments -- Sustainability, and Post-Covid 19 Era: Changing Housing Design and Models in the Cities and Istanbul.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Evapotranspiration importance in water resources management through cutting-edge approaches of Remote sensing and machine learning algorithms (Ali Raza) -- Chapter 2. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Morphometric Analysis: A Case Study of Burhanpur Watershed (Abhishek Patel) -- Chapter 3. A GIS-based DRASTIC approach for Aquifer vulnerability assessment: Study conducted in the Municipal Corporation region of Ranchi, Jharkhand (Shivam Saw) -- Chapter 4. Evaluation of Infiltration Models in an Agricultural Catchment Using Guelph Permeameter in Mysuru District (Harshith Y) -- Chapter 5. Investigation of trends and variability associated with the SPI and SPEI as a drought prediction tools in Gujarat regions, India (Paras Hirapara) -- Chapter 6. Fluoride mobilization and provenance identification in semi-arid conditions: A Hydrochemical and Isotopic approach (Abhinav Patel) -- Chapter 7. A comparative study of different inverse groundwater models for aquifer parameter estimation (Sharad Patel) -- Chapter 8. Water resources and irrigation management using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques: Case of Multan district (Pakistan) (Ali Raza).

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I: Global warming and Climate Change: Vulnerability in Agricultural Sectors -- Chapter 1. Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation: An overview -- Chapter 2. Spatio-temporal changes of rainfall pattern under changing climatein West Bengal, India -- Chapter 3. Evaluating Apiculture as a Sustainable Livelihood Option in the Wake of Climate Change: West Bengal, India -- Chapter 4. The Impacts of Drought Disasters on Mexican Agriculture: An Interpretation from the Perspective of the Political Economy of Disasters -- Part II: Extreme Climatic Events: Impacts and Adaptation Issues in agrarian environment -- Chapter 5. Smallholder livestock farmers’ animal health management practices in South Africa -- Chapter 6. Identification of Spatio-temporal extent of agricultural drought using geospatial techniques: A case study of Chhatna Block, Bankura District, West Bengal, India -- Chapter 7. Climate Change and Agriculture: Understanding Short-Term Impact of Climate Change in Selected Crop Production in West Bengal -- Part III: Agriculture under Changing Climate -- Chapter 8. Resilience of Farmers in Response to Sallinity Intrusion Problem in Agricultural Fields of Coastal Region of Bangladesh -- Chapter 9. The ecological significance to maintain rice cropping areas in the rice bowls of Kerala for sustaining food and livelihood security under the purview of climate change -- Chapter 10. Crop diversification: an Adaptive option for climate change resilience in agro-climatic zone of West Bengal -- Part IV: Farmers Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategy -- Chapter 11. Unraveling the Interplay between Indian Agricultural Sector, Food Security and Farms Bill: Key to Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 12. Correlation between Volumetric Loading Rate and Removal Efficiency of Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand and Chemical Oxygen Demand for Waste Water Treatment by Improved Bio-Tower Technology in Ganga River Basin (India) -- Chapter 13. Site Suitability in Water Harvesting Management Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS Techniques: A Case Study of Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraq -- Chapter 14. Futuristic Climate Change Impacts on rice and groundnut production over Tamil Nadu State, South India -- Part V: Sustainable Adaptive Options to Combat Global Warming and Climate Change -- Chapter 15. Assessment of Soil Suitability for Sunflower Cultivation in Sagar Island, India -- Chapter 16. Agricultural Bill 2020 in India: Agricultural Policy and Transition to Sustainable Agriculture and Self-reliance -- Chapter 17. Urban Heat Island (UHI) Resilience Plan in Varying Climatic Conditions using Geospatial Approach: A Case Study Of Rajkot City -- Chapter 18. Identifying suitable sites for alternative agriculture in drought prone Akarsa watershed, West Bengal.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- A Comprehensive Overview of SDG 14 -- Marine Solid Pollution -- Ocean Acidification And Sea Warming -- Fishing And Overfishing -- Reinventing Marine Exploitation -- Conservation And Restoration -- Science Monitoring And Scientific Outreach -- Conclusion.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1. Nitrogen fertilizer application techniques to reduce nitrous oxide emissions -- Chapter2. Rice production technologies in reducing methane gas emissions for sustainable environment -- Chapter3. Manure management to reduce methane emissions -- Chapter4. Crop residue incorporation to enhance soil health in the rice-wheat system -- Chapter5. Promoting energy crops to replace fossil fuel use -- Chapter6. Changes in the agriculture sector that are essential to mitigate and adapt to climate changes -- Chapter7. Adaptation and Maladaptation to Climate Change: Farmers’ Perceptions -- Chapter8. Farmers' Perception of Climate Change in Climatically Vulnerable Ecosystem of Bangladesh -- Chapter9. Pest and disease management under changing climate -- Chapter10. Climate change adaptation through agroforestry: Empirical evidence from Indian Eastern Himalayan foothills -- Chapter11. Policy framework to introduce climate smart agriculture -- Chapter12. Technological and Managerial Innovation in Agriculture to Ensure Food Security under climate change -- Chapter13. Agricultural Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Oyster Farming and a Worldwide Referendum on Global Carbon Fee-and-Dividend -- Chapter14. Climate change impact modeling on citrus yield -- Chapter15. Impact of climate change on insecticide residues and potential ecological effects.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1. Introduction -- PartI. Mapping for the Goals on Poverty, Hunger, Health, Education, Gender, Water, and Energy -- Chapter2. Open Data Addressing Challenges Associated with Informal Settlements in the Global South -- Chapter3. Leveraging Spatial Technology for Agricultural Intensification to Address Hunger in Ghana -- Chapter4. Rural Household Food Insecurity and Child Malnutrition in Northern Ghana -- Chapter5. Where is the Closest Health Clinic? YouthMappers map their communities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Chapter6. Cross-continental YouthMappers Action to Fight Schistosomiasis Transmission in Senegal -- Chapter7. Understanding YouthMappers Contributions to Building Resilient Communities in Asia -- Chapter8. Activating Education for Sustainable Development Goals through YouthMappers -- Chapter9. Seeing the World Through Maps: An Inclusive and Youth Oriented Approach -- Chapter10. Youth Engagement and the Water-Energy-Land Nexus in Costa Rica -- Chapter11. Power Grid Mapping in West Africa -- Chapter12. Mapping Access to Electricity in Urban and Rural Nigeria -- PartII. Youth Action on Work, Leadership, Innovation, Inequality, Cities, Production and Land -- Chapter13. Stories from Students Building Sustainability Through Transfer of Leadership -- Chapter14. Drones For Good: Mapping Out the SDGs Using Innovative Technology in Malawi -- Chapter15. Assessing YouthMappers Contributions to the Generation of Open Geospatial Data in Africa -- Chapter16. Mapping Invisible and Inaccessible Areas of Brazilian Cities to Reduce Inequalities -- Chapter17. Visualizing YouthMappers Contributions to Environmental Resilience in Latin America -- PartIII. Marking a Path to Goals on Sustainable Communities, Consumption, Climate, Oceans, Land, and Justice -- Chapter18. Youth Engagement and Participation in Mitigating Perennial Flooding in Kampala, Uganda using Open Geospatial Data -- Chapter19. Sustainable Mobility through Knowledge Exchange and Collaborative Mapping of Cycling Infrastructure: SIGenBici in Medellín, Colombia -- Chapter20. Wastesites.io: Mapping Solid Waste to Meet Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter21. Mapping for Resilience: Extreme Heat Deaths and Mobile Homes in Arizona -- Chapter22. Mapping for Women’s Evacuation Plans during Climate-induced Disasters -- Chapter23. Sustainable Development in Oceania and the Role of Mapping for Women -- Chapter24. Sustainable Coastal Communities in the Anthropocene: Lessons from Crowd-Mapping Projects in Colombia -- Chapter25. Collaborative Cartography Making Riparian Communities Visible in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil -- Chapter26. Open Mapping with Official Cartographies in the Americas -- Chapter27. Cities of the Future Need to be Both Smart and Just: How We Think Open Mapping Can Help -- PartIV. Supporting YouthMappers to Advance the SDGs through Institutions and Partnerships -- Chapter28. Mentoring Experiences in YouthMappers Chapters -- Chapter29. The Ecosystem Where YouthMappers Live and Thrive -- Chapter30. A Free and Open Map of the Entire World: Opportunities for YouthMappers within the Unusual Partnership Model of OpenStreetMap -- Chapter31. Youth and Humanitarian Action: Open Mapping Partnerships for Disaster Response and the SDGs -- PartV. The Paths Ahead -- Chapter32. Generation 2030: The Strategic Imperative of Youth Civic and Political Engagement -- Chapter33. Reflecting on the YouthMappers Movement.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Foreword -- Preface -- Moving Toward Net zero Emission Society in the Asia Pacific: With Special Reference to the Recent Law and Policy Development in Japan, Korea and Taiwan -- Assessing the Impact of Carbon Prices and Timber Fluctuation on the Expansion of Afforestation: A Case of Taiwan -- Turning on the Lights with Green Energy- A more Sustainable Future- The Case of Taiwan ICDF Project: Solar PV Mini Grid System for Lightning in Myanmar -- The Importance of Capability Development for Innovation Intermediaries in Sustainable Agricultural: Cases of Rice and Mango Industry Organizations in the Philippines -- The Kelp Industry an its Effectiveness in Blue Carbon: A Case of Hakodate, Japan -- The Climate Impacts of Black Carbon and Methane Emissions in Arctic and Current Frameworks for Prevention.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1-Green engineering and the realisation of the sustainable future perspective -- 2-Economy for green future and modern approaches -- 3-Process Optimization and the Circular Economy: Bridging the sustainable connection through Industrial Symbiosis -- 4-Industry university communication and future interactions -- 5-Sustainable University-Industry Relationship in R&D -- 6-Importance of intellectual property rights for building a sustainable future -- 7-A Movement Towards Well-Being of Economics to Achieve Sustainability -- 8-Bioprocesses for sustainable bioeconomy: fermentation, benefits and constraint -- 9-A Bioeconomy model based on sustainable biorefineries to ensure the SDGs in Colombia -- 10-Sharing economy, impact of tourism sustainable development -- 11-Sustainability management and public healthcare sector: what is the role of public-private partnership?- 12-The importance of vaccines for a sustainable society and healthcare system -- 13-Microalgal proteins for sustainability: how microalgal proteins can solve the crisis in food industry?- 14-Fixing the damage: the evolution of probiotics from fermented food to biotherapeutic products for a sustainable healthy future -- 15-Matching Smart Solutions with Local Needs: a Smart City Framework for a Sustainable Future -- 16-Towards sustainable circular cities - a contribution to the transition to a circular economy and society -- 17-Citizen participation in smart cities -- 18-Implementation Of Vegetated Green Urban Infrastructure: Does It Cost Effective?- 19-Alternative biodesign approaches in architecture for tensile membranes through bacterial cellulose -- 20-Sustainability for building insulating materials -- 21-The impact of hybrid and electrical vehicles design on climate change in a second law perspective -- 22-Valorization of Wastewater in Circular Economy Perspective considering urban needs -- 23-Algae-Based Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Wastewater -- 24-Ecological solutions in hotels as an example of CSR activities in cities. Case study of hotels in Poland -- 25-Bioethanol as an alternative renewable source of energy to sustain a green future -- 26-Smart farming technologies for sustainable agriculture from food to energy -- 27-Society in energy transition and justice, Social acceptance and contribution in Wind energy projects -- 28-Cyanobacteria-based biorefineries for a greener future -- 29-Central role of microalgae in the interaction between renewable energy and bioeconomy -- 30-Bio Energy Sources for Sustainable Development – Affordable and Clean Energy Goal in India -- 31-The role of biomethane in reaching net carbon zero -- 32-A life cycle energy assessment for biogas as energy carrier.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Methodology -- Climate and Drought Scenario in the Barind Tracts -- Factors Influence Crop Yields and Social Vulnerability -- Indigenous Knowledge in Drought Prediction and Drought Management -- Sustainable Adaptation and Drought Management -- Women Contribution in Drought Management: Success Story -- Present Drought Management Options, Conclusion and Recommendations.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction: Why Do We Cover Interpretation, Critical Review and Reporting in one Volume -- Chapter 2. Scientific Outline of Interpretation -- Chapter 3. Data Quality Analysis as Part of Interpretation -- Chapter 4. Quality Assurance by International Standards: the ‘Critical Review’ -- Chapter 5. Critical Review Versus Verification: Similarities and Differences -- Chapter 6. Benefits from Critical Review and Communication -- Chapter 7. Cost-Benefit-analysis of Critical Review: learning from Practice -- Chapter 8. Reporting and Communication.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Impact of Internet of Things on Food Supply Chains -- An Agent-Based Approach to Evaluate Freight Consolidation Center Strategy for Last Mile Deliveries in Jaipur City, India -- A Proposed Framework for Designing Blockchain Solutions for Logistics in Post-Covid Scenario and Future Pandemics -- Application of Big Data Analytics in Modern Logistics Solutions -- Case Study Validation of a Predictive Maintenance Implementation Framework.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction – Social Dimension of Circular Economy, step forward or step back? -- Chapter 2. A Systems Perspective on Social Indicators for Circular Supply Chains -- Chapter 3. The Relation Between Social Inclusion and Circular Economy Performance: An Analysis of Circular Economy Social Practices and Their Contributions to The Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 4. Business models supported by circular economy principles and practices for the fruit and vegetable sector: an analysis from the perspective of social inclusion of family farmers -- Chapter 5. Fighting Hunger and Educating Farmers with Regenerative Agriculture in Maputo’s Green Horticultural Belt -- Chapter 6. Partnerships for Transitions from Open-air Markets to Circular Smart Food Markets in Kenya -- Chapter 7. Implementation of urban organic waste collection and treatment system in a Brazilian municipality: an analysis based on a socio-technical transition theory -- Chapter 8. The significance of SDG 16 ‘Strong Institutions’ towards the adoption of circular economy approaches for artisanal and small-scale mining sector in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 9. How effective are Circular Models at delivering a sustainable trifactor: a focus on social inclusion? -- Chapter 10. Dirty Work/Decent Work: (De)stigmatization of Sachet Water Plastic Waste Picking in Ghana’s Circular Economy -- Chapter 11. Improving Gender Equality with Social Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy: A Mexican Case -- Chapter 12. Strategies for social inclusion in Circular Economy -- Chapter 13. Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 7: the case of the PlastiCity ecosystem -- Chapter 14. Wrap-Up: Equitable Circular Economy, nesting the social dimension in the Circular Economy. .

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: The research -- Post-pandemic challenges. The role of local governance for territorial resilience -- Part 2: Topics -- Notes of spatial implications of Covid-19. Evidence from Piedmont Region, Italy -- The role of the minor hydrographic system in increasing the ecological network -- Ecosystem services and territorial resilience: The role of green and blue infrastructure -- Indicators and scenarios for sustainable development at the local level -- Towards neighborhoods as minimum units of resilience?- Part 3: Case studies -- NO2 concentrations and Covid-19 in local systems of North-West Italy -- The COVID-19 effects and the development process of Lanzo Valleys in a metro-mountain perspective -- Analysis of hydrogeological risks related to climate change: Testing the ClimeApp assessment tool on the Torino Nord Homogenous Zone -- From knowledge to land-use planning: Local resilient experience in the territory of the municipality of Mappano -- Space for rights. The school between urban standards and social innovation -- Part 4: Digital tools -- The 3D metric survey for the digital cartographic production to support the knowledge of the new Municipality of Mappano -- Sources and data for the analysis of the metropolitan territory with GIS tools -- Part 5: Lesson learned and perspectives -- Final remarks on the implementation of the post-pandemic city and the role of technology.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Environments (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 2. Anthropocene Risks (Patrick Keyes et. al.) -- Chapter 3. Complexity Science Approaches and Paradigms for Sustainability (Dr. Angela Espinosa) -- Chapter 4. Knowledge & Data-integrated Approaches for Designing Environments (Dr. Cédric Pruski et. al.) -- Chapter 5. Modelling the Anthropocene (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter H. Verburg) -- Chapter 6. Geodesign & Geoinformatics (Prof. Dr. Olaf Schrot) -- Chapter 7. Land-use Change Modelling (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Verburg) -- Chapter 8. Computational Landscape Ecology (Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt) -- Chapter 9. Urban Metabolism (Prof. Dr. Vanesa Castán Broto) -- Chapter 10. Socio-metabolic Transitions (Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut Haberl) -- Chapter 11. Human-Environment Interactions in Urban Systems (Prof. Paola Viganó) -- Chapter 12. Climate Change and Cities (Cynthia Rosenzweig et. al.) -- Chapter 13. Science of Cities: Urban Ecology (Timon McPhearson) -- Chapter 14. Architectural Science: Architecture and Environment Integration (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 15. Towards regenerative architecture – the challenge to design ecologically positive buildings (Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig et. al.) -- Chapter 16. Multi-species Perspectives in Planning and Design (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser et. al.).

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter1. COVID-19 and its Implications for agriculture, environment, and water sectors -- Chapter2. COVID-19 plus: Addressing food security (SDG 2) and malnutrition within a web of disasters in the SADC region -- Chapter3. COVID-19 IN ZIMBABWE: IMPLICATIONS ON THE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL SECTOR -- Chapter4. Strengthening local food systems in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Zimbabwe -- Chapter5. Contributions of small grains grown in Zimbabwe's dryland regions in boosting immunity and combating COVID-19 -- Chapter6. The determinants of positive food procurement practices in COVID-19 affected communities: A cross sectional study conducted in Chiredzi Zimbabwe -- Chapter7. Understanding the dimensions of resilience for food and nutrition security among the informal traders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe -- Chapter8. COVID-19 and agricultural entrepreneurship in Zimbabwean townships: A systematic literature review -- Chapter9. Humanistic effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the informal sector in Zimbabwe -- Chapter10. The resilience of the small-scale commercial fishing sector to impacts of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe -- Chapter11. COVID-19 and the horticultural sector: Dynamics and implications for vendors and traders in the City of Masvingo, Zimbabwe -- Chapter12. Coping strategies and Livelihood Sustainability for Rural Women in the face of COVID-19: The case of Mutoko district, Zimbabwe -- Chapter13. Trends and dynamics of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: Implications on Selected Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter14. COVID-19’s impacts on cities: insights on the provision of safe water, sanitation and waste management in Zimbabwe -- Chapter15. The paradox of 'water is life' in a water rationed city during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Chapter16. A CIPP-TOWS evaluation of blended learning for the Sciences and Mathematics during COVID-19: The case of Great Zimbabwe University -- Chapter17. Fake news, social media and the COVID-19 pandemic: The Zimbabwean experience -- Chapter18. COVID-19 infodemic and misinformation: A global review and implications for Zimbabwe -- Chapter19. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: The Emerging COVID-19 Trends, Dynamics and Implications.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part1. Introduction -- Chapter1. Environmental Sustainability: Status, Scope and Challenges in West Bengal -- Part2. Environmental Issues And Human Sustainability -- Chapter2. Forest Dependency and Rural Livelihood: Strategical Survival of People in Himalayan Foothills of Bengal Duars Region -- Chapter3. Identification of Potential Anthropogenic Barriers on Fluvial Connectivity in the Lower Gangetic Basin of India -- Chapter4. A Case Study of Channel shifting and its impacts on riverside Land Use and Land Cover Using RS and GIS in Teesta River in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India -- Chapter5. Monitoring shifting nature of river Singimari and its impact on riverside Land Use and Landcover in Dinhata-I and Sitai blocks of Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India -- Chapter6. Societal Instabilities in the Wake of Shifting of River Course: A Study of Hotnagar Char of Bhagirathi River, West Bengal, India -- Chapter7. Strategic Infrastructural Development to Promote Sustainable Coastal Tourism through Geospatial Technology in PurbaMedinipur district, West Bengal -- Chapter8. A Study on the Characteristics of Sea Waves at Mandarmani Sea Beach of West Bengal -- Chapter9. Determining recent trends of forest cover loss and associated driving factors for sustainable management in the dry deciduous forest of West Bengal, India -- Chapter10. Impact of land Inundation Caused by Cyclone ‘Amphan’ across Bangladesh and India Using Spatial Damage Assessment Framework -- Chapter11. Developmental Project (Bandel Thermal Power Station) and Its Impact on Groundwater: An Empirical Study from Indian Perspective -- Chapter12. Spatio-Temporal Variation of Groundwater Table with Relation to Rainfall Distribution: A Study in Nadia District, West Bengal -- Chapter13. Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones (GWPZ) using Weighted Overlay Model: case study on a semi arid district of West Bengal, India -- Chapter14. Groundwater Irrigation and Consequent Hazards in East Barddhaman District, West Bengal, India -- Chapter15. Debates on Urban Environmental Issues and Trends of Urban Forestry in Kolkata Municipal Corporation: A Quantitative Approach -- Chapter16. Pandemic COVID-19, Reduced Usage of Public Transportation Systems and Urban Environmental Challenges: Few Evidences from India and West Bengal -- Chapter17. Estimating the variability of Ground level annual PM2.5 and PM10 using Landuse Regression Model in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) -- Chapter18. Effects of land use and land cover on Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) in Durgapur-Asansol industrial region: A linear regression approach -- Chapter19. An Exercise on Valuation of Urban Heritage Site, A Comparative Study of Victoria Memorial Hall and Indian Museum, Kolkata -- Chapter20. Population shifting and its effect on women’s life: A case study at West Bengal, India -- Chapter21. Social Issues and Sustainability of COVID-19: A District Level Spatio-Temporal Analysis in West Bengal -- Part3. Ecosystem Restoration And Sustainable Development -- Chapter22. Dependence on Forest Products to Sustain Rural Livelihood: An Experience From Bankura Forest, West Bengal -- Chapter 23. Deterioration of Mangrove Forest Induced by Tropical Cyclone Amphan in Indian Sundarban: A Geospatial Analysis toward Sustainable Management[N1] Chapter23. Border netting technology with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for sustainable chilli leaf curl management -- Chapter24. Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Development in India: A Case Study of West Bengal -- Chapter25. Significance of Sustainable Transportation in Urban Mobility: A Special Study During Covid-19 Unlock Period in Kolkata -- Chapter26. Analyzing the urban land-use dynamics and associated impact on the ecological environment: a study in the selected part of eastern Kolkata for sustainable urban development -- Chapter27. Residents’ Perception Towards Environmental Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal and Suitability Analysis for Landfill Site Selection using Geospatial Technique: A Case Study in Ranaghat Municipality, West Bengal -- Chapter 28. Yoga Tourism As An Emerging Branch of Eco-Tourism For The Restoration Of Sustainable Human Environment -- Chapter29. Formulation of geotourism development strategies for potential geoheritage sites in Subarnarekha-Kangsabati interfluve zone using tourist assessment value and SWOT-AHP hybrid model [N1]According to the review report received from springer on 3rd Jan 2023 I am quoting the comment” Chapter 24/Haque et al.: This paper is essentially a mosaic of text taken from other sources, the main two being this paper and this paper. Neither of these papers are by the authors of the chapter. I would recommend cutting this chapter.” As per the suggestion we have excluded this paper from the book. So kindly remove it from the content.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Introduction to Crossdisciplinary Collaboration: Definitions, Systems, and the Brain -- Chapter 2. What’s the Brain Got to Do with It? Unlocking and Activating the Brain for Better Collaboration -- Chapter 3. Five Key Questions to Facilitate Crossdisciplinary Collaboration -- Chapter 4. Who is on the Team? Exploring the Diverse Characteristics of Collaborative Teams -- Chapter 5. Communication Practice for Team Science -- Chapter 6. Effective Collaborative Decision-making Includes Stakeholder Analysis and Communication -- Chapter 7. Addressing a University Department Challenge: Applying the CTeAM Key Question Matrix -- Chapter 8. EMBeRS Model for Facilitating Crossdisciplinary Learning and Systems Thinking -- Chapter 9. Implementing EMBeRS in Graduate Courses -- Chapter 10. Application of Model-based Reasoning across an Undergraduate Sustainability Science Curriculum -- Chapter 11. Evidence-based strategies for improving project outcomes.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Theoretical Foundations of Risk Management in Support of Sustainable Development -- SDGs Risks and Digital Approach to Managing Them -- Macroeconomic Risks of Sustainable Development: Features of Developed and Developing Countries -- The Contribution of Digital Technologies to Management of Sustainable Development Risks -- Innovative Development of Kazakhstan as an Experience for the Economic Development of Russia -- Reducing the Digital Divide as a Mechanism to Ensure Sustainable Economic and Social Development -- The Role of Blockchain in Public Administration in the Field of Economic Activity -- Trends in Dispute Resolution in E-Commerce: China’s Experience -- Transformation of Settlement Relations in the Context of Industry 4.0: Conversion of Blockchain Club’s Crypto-codes into Legitimate Analogues -- Possibilities and Threats of Digitalization for Society -- Integration into Global Value Chains as a Driver of High Technology Exports Development in China -- Regional Aspects of Ensuring Security and Development of Entrepreneurship in the Digital Economy -- Strategic Management of Innovation-Oriented Activities of Business Structures, Taking into Account Noospheric and Sustainable Development Approaches Transformed on an Advanced Methodological Basis -- The Methodology of “Smart City” in the Experience of Theoretical Organization of Knowledge of Contemporary Urban Epistemology -- Assessment of the Risks of Transition from a Global Pandemic Crisis to a Model of Long-Term Economic Growth -- Remote Justice Procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Russian Federation -- National Health as a Condition and Factor of Economic Growth: Legal Aspects -- The COVID-19 Pandemic and Crisis as a Source of Global Risks to Sustainable Development -- The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Development of Tour Operating in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts -- Methodological Approaches to Risk Assessment of the Implementation of State Programs and their State Financing in the Field of Healthcare in the Regions of Russia -- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Economies of Petroleum-Exporting Middle Eastern Countries -- The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Socio-economic Spheres and International Migration -- Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Current Trends and the Role of China -- Optimization Diagnosis of Spasm of Accommodation Among Students in the Osh State University -- Electronic Evidence in the Civil Proceedings: The Experience of the Republic of Korea -- Reshaping The Institution of Liability in International Space Law -- International Legal Challenges to Biotechnological Products -- Problems and Prospects for the Use of Electronic (Digital) Evidence in Arbitration Proceedings -- New Forms of Dispute Resolution in the Russian Federation as a Reflection of Innovation in Law Enforcement: Platform Justice -- Legal Assessment of Objective and Subjective Justifiable Defense Signs -- Specifics of Preventive Visit as a Type of Preventive Measures (Using the Example of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) -- Comparison of Legal Regulation of Expense Accounting in the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China -- Mechanisms of the Legal Management of Sustainable Development Risks at the Macro Level of Economic Systems -- Protecting Social Rights in an Era of Economic Change -- A Universal Human Rights Mechanism for the Protection or Revision of the Institution of Family in an Era of Economic Change -- Trends of the Russian Labor Legislation Development in the Era of Great Challenges -- Impact of Customs and Tariff Regulation on Economic Security -- Customs and Tariff Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Context of New Geo-economic Realities and Challenges to Industry -- On the Indicative Approach to Assessing International Trade Within the EAEU -- Russian-Azerbaijani Bilateral Trade Cooperation in Terms of Eurasian Integration -- A Feasibility Study of China-EAEU Free Trade Agreement -- Dollarization in Ecuador, Economic Growth, Trade Balance, Impact on Ecuadorian Foreign Trade -- Integration Processes and the Economy of Peru: Current Trends -- The Impact of Socio-economic Inequality on the Relations Between the European Union Countries and the Assessment of Strategic Areas for its Reduction -- Development of the Institute of Customs Representatives in the Republic of Kazakhstan -- The Impact and Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Modernization of China’s Automotive Industry -- Economic Cooperation of the Levant Countries: Main Directions and Opportunities -- EAEU and BRI: Current Prospects of Mutual Cooperation -- Assessing the Economic Positions of the European Union Countries in the Context of Transforming Foreign Economic Relations and Implementing a New Industrial Strategy for Europe -- Geo-economic Interests of the Republic of Turkey in the Republic of Uzbekistan -- Rethinking the Potential of the International Transport Corridor “North-South” in Sustaining Russia’s Foreign Trade -- Prospects of the Khorgos Free Economic Zone -- Part II. Applied Aspects of Risk Management in Support of Sustainable Development -- Philosophy of System Sustainable Development of Economic Systems from the Position of the Noospheric Approach -- Philosophy of Sustainable Development Risks Through the Lens of the SDGs -- Sociology of Sustainable Development: the Role of Responsible Communities in the Achievement of the SDGs and the Advantages for the Quality of Life -- Social Aspects of the Sustainable Development Risks: Social Support for Responsible Innovations vs. “Human Factor” as a Barrier on the Path of Their Implementation -- Matrix of Risks for Sustainable Development and the Universal Mechanisms of Risk Management of Implementing the SDGs -- Risks of Region’s Sustainable Development: a Systemic View from the Position of Society, Economy and Law -- The Risks of Implementing and Managing the SDGs in the Company’s Activities: a Case Study by the Example of the Largest Companies of Russia -- The Importance of the International Policy of Globalisation and Open Economy to the Reduction of the Global Risks for Sustainable Development -- The Role of the State Management Institutions in the Reduction of the Macro-Economic Risks for Sustainable Development -- Innovations as the Basis for Managing the Region’s Sustainable Development Risks -- Corporate Social Responsibility to Manage the Risks to the Achievement of the SDGs in the Entrepreneurial Activities -- Social Entrepreneurship as an Institute of Sustainable Development Risk Management -- Modern Issues in Sustainability Reporting -- Assessment of the Strain-stress Distribution in the Vicinity Conceding Mountainside’s Scarp using Mathematical Modeling -- Marketing Mix of a Responsible Company to Manage the Risks to the Achievement of the SDGs -- The Role of Personnel Training in Higher Education and HRM to Reduce the Sustainable Development Risks -- Values of Modern Organizations and Social Responsibility of Scientific Institutions -- Regulatory and Legal Provision of Sustainable Development Risk Management in the Agro-Industrial Complex: an Overview of International Experience -- Theoretical Basis of Risk Management in Manufacturing Enterprises -- Problems of Increasing Investment Attractiveness of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Kyrgyz Republic and Ways to Solve Them -- The Impact of Sharp Fluctuations in Global Crude Petroleum Prices on the World Economy -- International Production in the Russian Automotive Industry -- Regression Analysis of the Development Indicators of Light Industry in Kyrgyzstan -- Development of the Competitiveness of Integrated Sectors of the Economy in the Market of Goods and Services -- Research on the Behavior of Online Consumers in the Global Internet Space -- Creation of a SaaS-System for Image Analysis in Agriculture Using Artificial Intelligence Methods -- Development of the Recycling Sector and its Marketing Support as a Factor in the Sustainable Development of the Forestry Sector of the Economy -- The Influence of Macroeconomic Factors on the Art Market (on the Example of International Sales of the MacDougall’s Auction House) -- Transformation of the Structure of the Cross-border Agri-food Value Chain -- Middle East Energy Policy Transformation: Saudi Case -- Reflections of Gender Inequality in Language and Culture -- Integral Assessment of Labor Potential of the Region in the Age of Digital Economy -- The Model for Assessing the Professional Competencies of Employees in Today’s Labor Market -- Influence of Parents on Formation of National Consciousness of a Teenager -- On the Etymology of the Kyrgyz Names of Dwelling and Family from the Point of View of the Theory of Linguo-Regional Unity of the Altai and Chinese Peoples -- Labor Migrants in the Economy of GCC Countries: History, Modernity, Problems, and Perspectives -- Titulature in the Text of the Epic “Manas” and “Babur’s Notes” as a Source of Information About the Social Institutions of the Central Asian Region -- Monohexamethylenetetramine Zinc Iodide Complex Compound for Cotton Growth and Development Stimulation: Advantages in the Labor Market -- Assessment of Social Security of the Population of Federal Districts -- On the Reflexes of the Ancient Root “But” [Foot] in Nostratic Languages -- Social Unemployment Insurance Systems in China and Russia: Comparative Characteristics -- Instrumental Competencies of Linguists in an Undergraduate Degree -- Ethnonyms as Concepts of Foreign Culture in the Text of a Fiction -- Challenges Affecting Listening Comprehension in Professionally-Oriented English and the Strategies for Improvement (Railway Engineering) -- Translation of Structures with Social and Grammatical Gender in the English Language (based on Feature Film Scripts) -- Humanistic Philosophical Foundations of Social Work -- Quantitative Tool.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Partnerships for Re-framing: Community -- Re-framing: Participation -- Re-framing: Commons -- Re-framing: Design -- Re-framing: Agency -- Re-thinking: Land.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Water as key resource in Circular Economy -- Impact Of Climate Change on Water Status: Challenges and Emerging Solutions -- Integrated Water Management - Directions of Activities and Policies -- Circular Water Management in Smart Cities -- The Influence of Mineral Parameters on the Geochemistry of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments -- Sustainable Water Use in Agriculture - Circular Economy Approach -- Innovative Solutions in the Transition to Circular Economy in Water Sector -- Advanced Treatment Technologies in Removal of Pollutants from Water and Wastewater -- The Role of Water Recycling in Building a Circular Economy in the Textile Industry -- The Role of Water Recycling in Building a Circular Economy in the Textile Industry -- Preliminary Microbiological Risk Assessment for Local Water Reuse in a Small MBR Waste Water Treatment Plant -- Can Remote Sensing be a Useful Tool to Increase Water Reuse in Agriculture? -- Nutrients Recovery in Water and Wastewater Sector -- Technologies for Nutrient Recovery From Municipal Wastewater -- Circular Economy in Domestic and Industrial Waste Waters: Challenges and Opportunities -- Monitoring of Circular Economy Implementation in Water Sector -- Water Footprint of Business and Circular Economy -- Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions in the Circular Economy (CE) Monitoring Framework in Water and Wastewater Sector -- Circular Economy Indicators and Measures in Water and Wastewater Sector – Case Study -- Business Opportunities in Water and Wastewater Sector as a Part of the Resolve Framework -- Circular Economy Implementation in the Water Sector: Wastewater Treatment Plant Tychy-Urbanowice Case Study -- Wastewater-Based Circular Economy Operations in East Kolkata Wetlands (The Largest Ramasar Site in South Asia), India.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Current effect and projected implications of climate change on Nigeria’s sustainable development plan -- Effect of Climate Change on Air Quality: A Nigerian Perspective -- Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable Crop Production in Nigeria -- Implication of Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics on Accelerated Soil Erosion in Kereke Watershed of the Lower Benue Basin, North Central Nigeria -- Thermal conditions in artisanal mine sites: a case study of Ife area, southwest Nigeria -- Modelling and prediction of rainfall in the North-central region of Nigeria using ARIMA and NNETAR Model -- Analysis of Rainfall Trend and Variability in Lagos, Southwestern Nigeria -- Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon Storage in Four Land Use Types in Abakaliki, South Eastern Nigeria -- The Impact of Climate Change on the State of Carbon Footprint in Nigeria -- Coppicing Capacity of Pycnanthus angolensis for Sustainable Forestry Techniques in the Climate Change -- Assessment of Tree Growth Competition Indices for Biodiversity Conservation in IITA Forest Ibadan, Nigeria -- Review on Climate Change Impacts on Air Quality in Nigeria -- Sustaining Livestock Production under the Changing Climate: Africa Scenario for Nigeria Resilience and Adaptation Actions -- Mapping and Assessing the Seasonal Dynamics of Surface Urban Heat Intensity Using LandSAT -8 OLI/TIRS Images -- Agroecology as a response to sustainable development under climate change in southeast Nigeria -- Climate Change Impact on Nigerian Ecology, Vegetation/Forest, Carbon and Biomass Management -- Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable Development in Nigeria -- Landslide occurrences in southeastern Nigeria: a literature analysis of the impact of rainfall -- Climate Change and Drought in the Dryland Areas of Nigeria -- GIS-based vulnerability evaluation of climate change hazards of flood and erosion using an integrated IVFRN-DEMATEL-ANP Decision Model -- Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Agricultural Drought in North-Central, Nigeria -- Influence of seasonal changes on the quality of water resources in southwestern Nigeria: a review -- A consideration of the climatic drivers, focal points and challenges of soil erosion, land degradation, landslides and landscapes in Nigeria -- A review on the influence of rainfall in the formation and expansion of gullies in Southeastern Nigeria -- The impact of seasonal changes on the trends of physicochemical, heavy metal, and microbial loads in water resources of Southeastern Nigeria: a critical review -- Impact of Climate Change on Soil Salinity along Irrigated Farmlands of Jakara river Downstream Minjibir Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria -- Relationship between Agricultural Production, Energy Consumption and Climate Change in Nigeria.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chaptre 1. Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Among the Life-Threatening Health Problems: An Introduction -- Chaptre 2. Epidemiology of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 3. The Role of Neuro-inflammation and Innate Immunity in Pathophysiology of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 4. The Role of Cellular Immunity and Adaptive Immunity in Pathophysiology of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 5. Immunotherapy as a New Therapeutic Approach for Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 6. Cell of Origin of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 7. The Role of Bioinformatics and Imaging Models in Tumorigenesis and Treatment Response of Brain and Spinal Cord Neoplasms -- Chaptre 8. The Role of Epigenetics in Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 9. Stem Cells and Targeted Gene Therapy in Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 10. Nutrition and Diet: A Double-Edged Sword in Development and Treatment of Brain Tumors -- Chaptre 11. The Role of Nanotechnology in Brain Tumors -- Chaptre 12. The Role of Nanotechnology in Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chaptre 13. The Economic Burden of Malignant Brain Tumors.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1 A short introduction to vaccines -- Chapter 2 Thermostability of vaccines -- Chapter 3 Drying technologies for vaccines -- Chapter 4 Aseptic spray drying technology -- Chapter 5 Design of experiment studies and scale-up -- Chapter 6 Applications of spray dried vaccines.-Chapter 7 Conclusions and future perspectives of spray-dried vaccines.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part I. Microscopy -- Chapter 1. Advances in Microscopy and Its Applications with Special Reference to Fluorescence Microscope: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Visualisation of Host-Pathogen Communication -- Chapter 3. A Review of Pathology and Analysis of Approaches to Easing Kidney Disease Impact: Host-Pathogen Communication and Biomedical Visualization Perspective -- Part II. Radiology and Patient Care -- Chapter 4. The Evolution of Equipment and Technology for Visualising the Larynx and Airway -- Chapter 5. The Impact of Technological Innovation on Dentistry -- Chapter 6. Advanced 3D Visualization and 3D Printing in Radiology -- Chapter 7. 3D Visualisation of the Spine -- Part III. Anatomy Education -- Chapter 8. Visualization in Anatomy Education -- Chapter 9. Visualizing Anatomy in Dental Morphology Education -- Chapter 10. Flashcards: The Preferred Online Game-Based Study Tool Self-Selected by Students to Review Medical Histology Image Content.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Implications of renin-angiotensin system in health and disease -- 2. Renin angiotensin system and aging -- 3. The interplay of the renin-angiotensin system and solid organ transplantation -- 4. Correlation between renin angiotensin system and infectious disease -- 5. Emerging contributions of endocrine pathophysiology in virus-related infectious disease -- 6. Understanding the renin-angiotensin system in coronavirus disease 2019 -- 7. Metabolomics approach in differentiating RAS responses in ARDS (Acute respiratory distress syndrome) and SAR-CoV-2 -- 8. A Comprehensive review of the impact of the renin angiotensin system in the liver, lung, infectious diseases and cancers -- 9. Application of biosensors for monitoring changes in renin angiotensin system (RAS) in cancers and lung diseases -- 10. Bioinformatics study on renin angiotensin in lung, and liver cancer using plant-based extracts -- 11. Role of renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver -- 12. The classical and nonclassical renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in liver cirrhosis -- 13. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system role in organ fibrosis -- 14. Role of renin angiotensin-aldosterone system in kidney homeostasis -- 15. Renin-angiotensin system in chronic kidney disease: Implications in stroke outcome -- 16. The renin-angiotensin system and cancer -- 17. Renin-angiotensin system and cancer: From laboratory to clinics -- 18. Role of renin-angiotensin system in cancer cachexia -- 19. Renin angiotensin system activity in different cancers: Mechanistic insight and preclinical studies -- 20. The new dimension of the renin-angiotensin system in the hallmarks of cancer -- 21. Renin-angiotensin system in hematological malignancies -- 22. Renin angiotensin system (RAS): The common thread between cancer and heart failure -- 23. Renin-angiotensin system: a potential therapeutic target for colorectal cancer -- 24. Anticancer role of natural phenolic acids by targeting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) -- 25. Angiotensin-(1-7): A Prospective Cancer Therapeutic.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface (Brianne K. Connizzo, Lin Han, Robert L. Sah) -- Scientific Impact -- Chapter 1. Aggrecan and Hyaluronan: The infamous Cartilage Polyelectrolytes- Then and Now (Anna Plaas, Meghan Moran, John Sandy, Vincent Hascall) -- Chapter 2. Understanding the Influence of Local Physical Stimuli on Chondrocyte Behavior (Byumsu Ki, Lawrence J. Bonassar) -- Chapter 3. Multiscale In Silico Modeling of Cartilage Injuries (Rami K. Korhonen, Atte S.A. Eskelinen, Gustavo A. Orozco, Amir Esrafilian, Cristina Florea, and Petri Tanska) -- Chapter 4. In Vitro Models and Proteomics in Osteoarthritis Research (Martin Rydén, Patrik Önnerfjord) -- Chapter 5. Nanomechanics of Aggrecan: A New Perspective on Cartilage Biomechanics, Disease and Regeneration (Chao Wang, Elizabeth R. Kahle, Lin Han) -- Chapter 6. Computational Modelling for Managing Pathways to Cartilage Failure (Saeed Miramini, David W. Smith, Bruce S. Gardiner, Lihai Zhang) -- Chapter 7. Gene Delivery to Chondrocytes (Christopher V. Nagelli, Christopher H. Evans, Rodolfo E. De la Vega) -- Chapter 8. Mechanical Articular Cartilage Injury Models and Their Relevance in Advancing Therapeutic Strategies (Bodo Kurz, Melanie L Hart, Bernd Rolauffs) -- Chapter 9. Hip Osteoarthritis: Bench to Bedside Perspective (Young-Jo Kim) -- Chapter 10. Harnessing Growth Factor Interactions to Optimize Articular Cartilage Repair (Stephen B. Trippel) -- Personal Tributes -- Index.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Chapter 1. Transcriptomics of the carotid body (Audrys G. Pauza, David Murphy and Julian F. R. Paton) -- Chapter 2. The adult carotid body: a germinal niche at the service of physiology (Ricardo Pardal) -- Chapter 3. Evidences that sympathetic overactivity and neurogenic hypertension correlate with changes in the respiratory pattern in rodent models of experimental hypoxia (Benedito H. Machado) -- Chapter 4. Control of arterial hypertension by the AhR blocker CH-223191: a chronopharmacological study in chronic intermittent hypoxia conditions (António B. Pimpão, Cátia Sousa, Maria J. Correia, Nuno R. Coelho, Emília Monteiro, António F. Melo Júnior and Sofia A. Pereira) -- Chapter 5. Three days of chronic intermittent hypoxia induces β1-adrenoceptor dependent increases in left ventricular contractility (Anthony L. Marullo, Eric F. Lucking, Daniel Pender, Pardeep Dhaliwal and Ken D. O’Halloran) -- Chapter 6. The beneficial effect of the blockade of stim-activated TRPC-ORAI channels on vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension inducedby intermittent hypoxia is independent of oxidative stress (Rodrigo Iturriaga and Sebastián Castillo-Galán) -- Chapter 7. Intermittent hypoxia and weight loss: insights into etiology of the sleep apnea phenotype (Marianne Gagnon, Stéphanie Fournier, François Marcouiller, Loralie Guay, Vincent Joseph, Natalie J Michael and Richard Kinkead) -- Chapter 8. Effects of gestational intermittent hypoxia on placental morphology andfetal development in a murine model of sleep apnea (Esther Valverde-Pérez, Jesús Prieto-Lloret, Elvira Gonzalez-Obeso, María I. Cabero, Maria L. Nieto, Marta I. Pablos, Ana Obeso, Angela Gomez-Niño, Rosa M. Cárdaba-García, Asunción Rocher and Elena Olea) -- Chapter 9. Ventilatory effects of acute intermittent hypoxia in conscious dystrophic mice (Michael N. Maxwell, Anthony L. Marullo, Aoife D. Slyne, Eric F. Lucking and Ken D. O’Halloran) -- Chapter 10. Intermittent hypoxia and diet-induced obesity on the intestinal wall morphology in a murine model of sleep apnoea (Esther Valverde-Pérez, Elena Olea, Ana Obeso, Jesús Prieto-Lloret, Asunción Rocher and Elvira Gonzalez-Obeso) -- Chapter 11. Enhanced peripheral chemoreflex drive is associated with cardiorespiratory disorders in mice with coronary heart disease (Liena Bravo, Katherin V. Pereyra, Hugo S. Diaz, Mariajosé Flores, Karla G. Schwarz, Camilo Toledo, Esteban Díaz-Jara, Leticia González, Marcelo E. Andia and Rodrigo Del Rio) -- Chapter 12. Role of peripheral chemoreceptors on enhanced central chemoreflex drive in non-ischemic heart failure (Katherin Pereyra, Esteban Díaz-Jara, Paulina Arias, Liena Bravo, Camilo Toledo, Karla Schwarz and Rodrigo Del Rio) -- Chapter 13. Effect of carotid body denervation on systemic endothelial function in a diabetic animal model (Marlene D. Cabral, Fátima O. Martins, Inês B. Martins, Bernardete F. Melo, Joana F. Sacramento, Silvia V. Conde and Jesus Prieto-Lloret) -- Chapter 14. Contribution of carotid bodies on pulmonary function during normoxia and acute hypoxia (Karla G. Schwarz, Maríajose Flores, Nicolas Voituron and Rodrigo Del Rio) -- Chapter 15. Increased abdominal perimeter differently affect respiratory function in men and women (Joana F. Sacramento, Iolanda Caires, Maria P. Guarino, Maria J. Ribeiro, João C. P. Santiago, Ana T. Timóteo, Mafalda Selas, Miguel Mota-Carmo and Silvia V. Conde) -- Chapter 16. Carotid body resection prevents short-term spatial memory decline in prediabetic rats without changing insulin signaling in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (Adriana M. Capucho, Ana Chegão, Fátima O. Martins, Bernardete F. Melo, Natália Madeira, Joana F. Sacramento, Rosalina Fonseca, Hugo Vicente Miranda and Sílvia V. Conde) -- Chapter 17. Constitutive Expression of Hif2a Confers Acute O2 Sensitivity to Carotid Body Glomus Cells (Olalla Colinas, Alejandro Moreno-Domínguez, Patricia Ortega-Sáenz and José López-Barneo) -- Chapter 18. Of mice and men, and plethysmography systems: does LKB1 determine the set point of carotid body chemosensitivity and the hypoxic ventilatory response? (A. Mark Evans) -- Chapter 19. Analyzing angiotensin II receptor type 1 clustering in PC12 cells in response to hypoxia using direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) (Hayyaf S. Aldossary, Daniel J. Nieves, Deirdre M Kavanagh, Dylan Owen, Clare J Ray, Prem Kumar, Andrew M. Coney and Andrew P. Holmes) -- Chapter 20. The Carotid Body “Tripartite Synapse”: Role of Gliotransmission (The Carotid Body “Tripartite Synapse”: Role of Gliotransmission) -- Chapter 21. Necroptosis contributes to reduced carotid body-mediated chemoreflex function during aging in mice (Esteban Díaz-Jara, Karla G Schwarz, Angelica Ríos-Gallardo, Camilo Toledo, Julio A Alcayaga, Felipe A Court and Rodrigo Del Rio) -- Chapter 22. Chronic metformin administration does not alter carotid sinus nerve activity in control rats (Joana F. Sacramento, Bernardete F. Melo, Jesus Prieto-Lloret and Silvia V. Conde) -- Concluding remarks.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Contents -- 1-Silicon biogeochemistry in terrestrial ecosystems -- Jörg Schaller, Daniel Puppe -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Silicon chemistry in soils -- 1.3 Silicon cycling in natural and agricultural plant-soil systems -- 1.3.1. Si bioavailability -- 1.3.2. Si cycling in natural plant-soil systems -- 1.3.3 Si cycling in agricultural plant-soil systems -- 1.4 Silicon mitigating drought -- 1.5 Si controlling nutrient availability and carbon turnover -- 1.6 Concluding remarks -- Reference -- 2- Silicon: transcellular and apoplastic absorption and transport in the xylem -- Rafael Ferreira Barreto, Lúcia Barão -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Active uptake of Si -- 2.3 Passive uptake of Si -- 2.4 Rejection uptake of Si -- 2.5 Si transport in the xylem -- Reference -- 3- Root silicification and plant resistance to stress -- Zuzana Lukacova, Boris Bokor, Marek Vaculík, Jana Kohanová, Alexander Lux -- Introduction -- Sites of Si deposition in roots -- Silicon transport in plants – from chemistry to cell biology and anatomy -- Silicification in the root cell walls -- Cellulose and Polysaccharides -- Lignin -- Callose -- Proteins -- Phytoliths -- Stegmata -- The function of silica deposits in roots -- Reference -- 4- Dynamics of silicon in soil and plant to establish silicate fertilization -- Brenda S Tubana -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Silicon in soils -- 4.3 Components of silicon cycle in soil -- 4.4 Bases of silicon fertilization -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 4.6 Reference -- 5- Innovative sources and ways of applying silicon to plants -- Rilner Alves Flores, Maxuel Fellipe Nunes Xavier -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Sources and ways of supplying Si to tropical crops -- 5.2.1 Silicon sources for soil application or fertigation in tropical regions -- 5.2.2 Silicon sources for foliar application in tropical regions -- 5.3 Final considerations -- Reference -- 6- Silicon mitigates the effects of nitrogen deficiency in plants -- Cid Naudi Silva Campos, Bianca Cavalcante da Silva 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Biochemical and physiological effects of N deficiency in plants -- 6.3 Beneficial effect of Si on plants under nutrient deficiency stress -- 6.4 Beneficial action of Si in tropical plants under N deficiency: how can Si mitigate the effects of N deficiency? -- 6.5 Concluding remarks -- Reference -- 7-Silicon mitigates the effects of phosphorus and potassium deficiency in plants -- Gustavo Caione -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Silicon in the plant -- 7.3 The role of silicon in potassium-deficient plants -- 7.4 The role of silicon in phosphorus-deficient plants -- Reference -- 8- Silicon mitigates the effects of calcium, magnesium and sulfur in plants -- Dalila Lopes da Silva, Renato de Mello Prado 8.1 The relationship calcium and silicon -- 8.1.1 General aspects -- 8.1.2 Sources of calcium and silicon -- 8.1.3 Physiological and biochemical benefits of silicon in mitigating nutritional calcium deficiency -- 8.2 The relationship between magnesium and silicon -- 8.3 The relationship between sulfur and silicon -- 8.4 Conclusions and future perspectives -- Reference -- 9- Silicon mitigates the effects of zinc and manganese deficiency in plants -- Kamilla Silva Oliveira, Guilherme Felisberto, Renato de Mello Prado -- 9.1 Zinc deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.2 Silicon mitigates the effects of zinc deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.2.1 Silicon influences zinc uptake and accumulation -- 9.2.2 Silicon acts on oxidative metabolism and reduces zinc deficiency symptoms -- 9.2.3 Silicon improves physiological responses and increases production in Zn-deficient plants -- 9.3 Manganese deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.4 Silicon mitigates the effects of manganese deficiency in tropical plants -- 9.4.1 Silicon influences manganese uptake and accumulation -- 9.4.2 Silicon acts on oxidative metabolism and reduces manganese deficiency symptoms -- Reference -- 10-Silicon mitigates the effects of boron deficiency and toxicity in plants -- Davie Kadyampakeni, Jonas Pereira de Souza Júnior -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Boron and silicon interaction in the development of tropical crops -- 10.2.1 Effect on soil solution and root system development -- 10.2.2 Effect on shoot growth and biomass production -- 10.2.3 Effect on the development of reproductive organs -- 10.3 Final considerations -- Reference -- 11- Silicon mitigates the effects of iron deficiency -- Luis Felipe Lata-Tenesaca, Diego Ricardo Villaseñor Ortiz -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Iron uptake and the benefits of Si -- 11.3 Iron redistribution and the benefits of Si -- 11.4 Effect of Si on oxidative stress in Fe-deficient plants -- 11.5 Final considerations and future perspectives -- Reference -- 12-Silicon mitigates the effects of aluminium toxicity -- Martin J. Hodson -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 A historical perspective -- 12.3 A Brief Consideration of silicon and aluminium in Soils -- 12.4 Silicon and aluminium uptake and accumulation by plants -- 12.4.1 Silicon uptake and accumulation -- 12.4.2 Aluminium uptake and accumulation -- 12.4.3 The interaction between silicon and aluminium uptake and accumulation -- 12.5 The amelioration of aluminium toxicity by silicon in experiments carried out in hydroponic cultures -- 12.5.1 Plant growth -- 12.5.2 Effects on mineral nutrition -- 12.5.3 Effects on oxidative damage -- 12.6 Co-deposition of silicon and aluminium -- 12.6.1 Co-deposition in roots -- 12.6.2 Co-deposition in conifer needles -- 12.6.3 Co-deposition in the leaves of dicot trees -- 12.6.4 Co-deposition in other systems -- 12.7. Possible mechanisms for the mitigation effect -- 12.7.1 Solution effects -- 12.7.2 Mitigation in root systems -- 12.7.3 Mitigation in shoot systems -- 12.7.4 Mitigation in tissue culture systems -- 12.8 Mitigation in plants grown in soil -- 12.9. Conclusion -- Reference -- 13- Structural role of silicon-mediated cell wall stability for ammonium toxicity alleviation -- Mikel Rivero-Marcos, Gabriel Barbosa Silva Júnior, Idoia Ariz 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Metabolic targets and structural vulnerability in root cell membranes and cell walls in response to ammonium toxicity -- 13.2.1 High ammonium uptake increases AMT-dependent apoplastic acidification -- 13.2.2 Translocation of ammonium from the root increases ammonium assimilation and acidification in the shoot -- 13.2.3 Ammonium nutrition decreases protein N-glycosylation-dependent ammonium efflux and arrests root elongation -- 13.2.4 Internal ammonium accumulation initiates ROS-dependent cell wall lignification and limits cell growth -- 13.3 Repairing role of Si in plant cell structural components resulting from ammonium nutrition. -- 13.3.1 Silicon decreases oxidative stress caused by excess ammonium -- 13.3.2 Structural role of Si in cell wall stability aiming at ammonium toxicity alleviation -- 13.3.3 Silicon supply mitigates ammonium toxicity symptoms related to plant growth and development -- 13.4 Conclusions and future perspective -- Reference -- 14- Silicon mitigates the effects of potentially toxic metals -- Lilian Aparecida de Oliveira, Flávio José Rodrigues Cruz, Dalila Lopes da Silva, Cassio Hamilton Abreu Junior, Renato de Mello Prado 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Hm stress mitigation mechanisms -- 14.3 Effects of silicon on absorption, transport and accumulation of Hm -- 14.4 Antioxidant defense mechanisms -- 14.5 Morphological alterations -- 14.6 Altering gene expression -- 14.7 Conclusions -- Reference -- -- 15- Beneficial role of silicon in plant nutrition under salinity conditions -- Alexander Calero Hurtado; Dilier Olivera Viciedo; Renato de Mello Prado -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Silicon and salt stress remediation -- 15.3 Role of Si in decreasing Na+ uptake, transport, and accumulation -- 15.4 Increasing mineral uptake by Si under salt stress -- 15.5 Especial role of Si in increasing plant growth, biomass, and yield under salt stress -- 15.6 Conclusions -- Reference -- 16-Silicon mitigates the effects of water deficit in plants -- Gelza Carliane Marques Teixeira; Renato de Mello Prado -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Damage to tropical plants caused by water deficit -- 16.3 Plant defense system against damage caused by water deficit -- 16.4 Silicon for mitigating damage to tropical plants caused by water deficit -- 16.5 Fertigation and leaf spraying with silicon -- 16.6 Conclusion -- Reference -- 17- Association of silicon and soil microorganisms induces stress mitigation, increasing plant productivity -- Krishan K. Verma, Xiu-Peng Song, Munna Singh, Dan-Dan Tian, Vishnu D. Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, Yang-Rui Li -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Impact of Si and plant microbiome on plants -- 17.3 Role of plant rhizobacteria and Si on plants during environmental stress -- 17.4 Role of plant hormones with the application of plant microbes and silicon -- 17.5 Crop rotation and fertilizer use -- 17.6 Limitations and concluding remarks of the study -- Reference -- 18- Heat stress mitigation by silicon nutrition in plants: a comprehensive overview -- Jayabalan Shilpha, Abinaya Manivannan, Prabhakaran Soundararajan, Byoung Ryong Jeong -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Impact of heat stress on plants -- 18.3 Versatile functions of silicon in mitigating stress -- 18.4 Silicon in ROS homeostasis -- 18.5 Si-mediated regulation of heat stress tolerance in plants -- 18.5.1 Rice -- 18.5.2 Wheat -- 18.5.3 Barely -- 18.5.4 Date Palm -- 18.5.5 Tomato -- 18.5.6 Strawberry -- 18.5.7 Cucumber -- 18.5.8 Poinsettia -- 18.5.9 Salvia -- 18.6 Conclusions -- Reference -- 19-Silicon in plants mitigates damage against pathogens and insect pests -- Waqar Islam, Arfa Tauqeer, Abdul Waheed, Habib Ali, Fanjiang Zeng -- Introduction -- 19.2 Mechanisms of silicon against insect pests and pathogens -- 19.2.1 Formation of physical barrier -- 19.2.2 Biochemical mechanisms -- 19.2.3 Biochemical mechanism and physically barrier: a joint action -- 19.3 In-vivo and in-vitro application of silicon for disease and insect pest m.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1. Lysine demethylation in pathogenesis -- Chapter 2. Targeting the LSD1/KDM1 Family of Lysine Demethylases in Cancer and Other Human Diseases -- Chapter 3. KDM2 demethylases as drug targets -- Chapter 4. Role of histone demethylase KDM3 (JMJD1) in transcriptional regulation and cancer progression -- Chapter 5. KDM4 demethylases as drug targets -- Chapter 6. KDM5 lysine demethylases in pathogenesis, from basic science discovery to the clinic -- Chapter 7. Context-dependent functions of lysine demethylases in physiology and disease -- Chapter 8. KDM7 demethylases as drug targets.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- 1. PPPM innovation in primary, secondary, and tertiary care -- 2. Suboptimal Health Innovation: From Bench to Bedside -- 3. What is the routine mitochondrial health check-up good for? A holistic approch in the framework of 3P nedicine -- 4. Prehabilitation as an integral procedure in predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine and modern and effective healthcare -- 5. Pathophysiology of the acute pain chronification and the possibilities of its prediction and prevention -- 6. Prevention and prediction of body posture defects in children aged 5-6 years -- 7. A powerful paradigm: Predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine with multiomics of human pituitary adenomas -- 8. Critical Role of Telemedicine as a Platform for Preventive, Predictive and Personalized Diabetes Care During the COVID-19 Pandemics -- 9. Gut microbiome and liver dieases from the perspective of 3PM – the predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine -- 10. Computer–Aided Breast Cancer Classification Framework for Predictive, Preventive, and Personalized Medicine -- 11. Preventive and Personalized Strategies in Ambulatory and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology -- 12. Wound healing from bench to bedside: a PPPM bridge between physical therapies and chronic inflammation -- 13. Advantages of thermovision imaging for PPPM approach to diabetic foot -- 14. Predictive, Preventive and Personalized approach in Sleep Medicine -- 15. Chronic mental disorders - limitations and perspectives of prediction, prevention, diagnosis and personalized treatment in psychiatry -- 16. Development of artificial intelligence algorithms to analyse weather conditions for the prediction of cerebrovascular accidents -- 17. Periodontal health status is pivotal for an effective disease prediction, targeted prevention and personalised treatments of associated pathologies -- 18. Does the evaluation of ocular blood supply play a role in glaucoma diagnostics and prognosis of progression? -- 19. Wearable Revolution: Predictive, Preventive, Personalized Medicine (PPPM) Par Excellence.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Foreword -- Cardiac mechanoperception and mechanotransduction - Mechanisms of stretch sensing in cardiomyocytes and implications for cardiomyopathy -- Mechanotransduction in heart development -- Mechanobiology of cardiac growth in health and disease -- The role of mechanosensitive signaling cascades in repair and fibrotic remodeling of the infarcted heart -- Mechanobiology of cardiac fibroblasts in cardiac remodelling -- Mechanobiology of cardiac remodelling in cardiomyopathy -- Biophysical Stretch Induced Differentiation and Maturation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes -- Mechanical Considerations of Myocardial Tissue and Cardiac Regeneration -- Mechanobiology of Exercise-Induced Cardiac Remodeling in Health and Disease -- Cardiac microvascular endothelial cells and pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis -- Cellular and Subcellular Mechanisms of Ventricular Mechano-Arrhythmogenesis -- Computational biomechanics of ventricular dyssynchrony and resynchronization therapy -- Therapeutic innovations for heart failure.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: Patient-Centric Considerations.-Medicine Optimisation in Older -- Acceptability of drug formulations in older patients and effect on patient adherence -- Geriatric biopharmaceutics -- Excipient safety in older adults -- Part 2: Pharmaceutical Formulations Development for older Patients -- Oral and oromucosal formulation development and in vitro characterisation – patient-centric approaches for older adults -- Pulmonary drug delivery systems for older people -- Transdermal drug delivery systems for older patients -- Part 3 :Advanced Drug Delivery Systems for Older Patients -- Advanced oral drug delivery systems for older patients -- The ageing microbiome, pharmaceutical considerations and therapeutic opportunities -- Application of 3D printing in geriatric medicines, -- Application of electrospraying and advanced fabrication methods in geriatric medicines -- Vaccine development for older patients.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Part 1: History of Nonhuman Primates in Captivity and Primate Welfare in different Settings -- Chapter 1: The History of Primates in Zoos -- Chapter 2: The History of Chimpanzees in Biomedical Research -- Chapter 3: Using Primates in Captivity: Research, Conservation, and Education -- Chapter 4: The Welfare of Primates in Zoo -- Chapter 5: Welfare of Primates in Laboratories: Opportunities for Improvement.– Chapter 6: The Welfare of Primates Kept as Pets and Entertainers -- Chapter 7: Primates Under Human Care in Developing Countries: Examples from Latin America -- Part 2: Assessing Nonhuman Primate Welfare -- Chapter 8: Using Behavior to Assess Primate Welfare -- Chapter 9: Cognitive Bias Tasks: A New Set of Approaches to Assess Welfare in Nonhuman Primates -- Chapter 10: Physiological Measures of Welfare -- Chapter 11: Questionnaires and Their Use in Primate Welfare -- Part 3: Nonhuman Primate Housing and Husbandry -- Chapter 12: Meeting Cognitive, Behavioral, and Social Needs of Primates in Captivity -- Chapter 13: Primate Breeding Colonies: Colony Management and Welfare -- Chapter 14: Common Husbandry, Housing, and Animal Care Practices -- Chapter 15: Housing and Husbandry for Primates in Zoos -- Chapter 16: Humane End Points and End of Life in Primates Used in Laboratories -- Part 4: Individual Differences, Application, and Improvement of Nonhuman Primate Welfare -- Chapter 17: Primate Personality and Welfare -- Chapter 18: Sociality, Health, and Welfare in Nonhuman Primates -- Chapter 19: Benefits of Improving Welfare in Captive Primates -- Chapter 20: Enrichment -- Chapter 21: Challenging Cognitive Enrichment: Examples from Caring for the Chimpanzees in the Kumamoto Sanctuary, Japan and Bossou, Guinea -- Chapter 22: Training Research Primates -- Part 5: Biomedical Research, Ethics, and Legislation surrounding Nonhuman Primate Welfare -- Chapter 23: Arguments Against Using Nonhuman Primates in Research -- Chapter 24: The Indispensable Contribution of Nonhuman Primates to Biomedical Research -- Chapter 25: An unexpected symbiosis of animal welfare and clinical relevance in a refined nonhuman primate model of human autoimmune disease -- Chapter 26: Animal Welfare, Animal Rights, and a Sanctuary Ethos -- Chapter 27: The Welfare Impact of Regulations, Policies, Guidelines and Directives and Nonhuman Primate Welfare.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Critique -- The Ideal Study -- What Can Go Wrong? -- Does It Really Go Wrong? -- The Consequences -- Construction -- Summary and Conclusions.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introductory chapter: Early applications and evolution of blockchain implementations in medicine -- 2. Can Blockchain Technology Change Contemporary Medicine As It Is Currently Understood? -- 3. The Current State of Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) and Proposing a Blockchain HIE Infrastructure -- 4. An amalgamation of blockchain and connected health for combating COVID-19 -- 5. Applications of Blockchain Technology in the COVID-19 Era. 6. Distributed Ledgers and Immunity Passports: The Intersection of Clinical Medicine and Digital Technology -- 7. Digital Identity, Computational Reliabilism, and the Future of IOMT: Epistemic Reasoning and The Role of Blockchain in Removing Human Tampering from Pharmacovigilance Decision Making -- 8. Potential implementations of blockchain technology in patient safety: A high-level overview -- 9. Blockchain in Medical Education -- 10. Blockchain in Education: Linking Competency Assessment with Credentialing -- 11. Optimizing Blockchain Technology in Academic Medicine -- 12. Distributed Research Networks -- 13. Use of Blockchain Technology for Implantable Medical Device Tracking -- 14. Application of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Supply Chains.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Principles of molecular recognition -- 2. Theoretical Aspects -- 3. Molecular Recognition Units in Sensor Constructions -- 4. Binding blocks and Interfaces Designed for Sensing -- 5. Probing the properties of continuous media and interfaces -- 6. Detection of Ions and Low-molecular Targets -- 7. Detection of Biological Macromolecules and Recognition of harmful microbes -- 8. Sensing Inside the Living Cells -- 9. Ex-vivo Clinical Diagnostics -- 10. Imaging in vivo -- 11. Theranostics: Combining Targeting, Imaging and Therapy -- 12. Opening new horizons.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter I. DEVELOPMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT DERIVED NATURAL PRODUCTS PHARMACOGNOSY IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- Chapter II. QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HERBAL DRUGS; ANALYTICAL METHODS -- Chapter III. BIOSYNTHESIS OF PLANT SUBSTANCES; BIOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS -- Chapter IV. DISCUSSION OF HERBAL DRUGS BASED ON THE BIOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THEIR MAIN ACTIVE COMPONENTS -- Chapter V. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF COMPOUNDS OF PLANT ORIGIN -- Chapter VI. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY -- Chapter VII. APPENDIX -- Abbreviations.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Introduction: Sustainability and Foods- 2. Carbohydrates for Energy -- 3. Carbohydrates for Fibre -- 4. Protein -- 5. Lipids -- 6. Minerals -- 7. Water Soluble Vitamins -- 8. Fat Soluble Vitamins -- 9. Bioactives compounds from food and their applications in the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes -- 10. Understanding New Foods: Alternative Protein Sources -- 11. Understanding New Foods: Upcycling -- 12. Understanding New Foods: Development of Next Generation of Food Processing, Packaging, and Ingredients Technologies for Clean-Label Foods -- 13. Understanding New Foods: Water Quality.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chap 1. Research Environment -- Chap 2. Training, Supervision and Mentoring -- Chap 3. Research Procedures -- Chap 4. Safeguards -- Chap 5. Data Practices and Management -- Chap 6. Collaborative Working -- Chap 7. Publication and Dissemination -- Chap 8. Reviewing, Evaluating and Editing -- Chap 9. How to deal with allegations of misconduct.

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Chapter 1: Biochemistry of hyaluronan synthesis -- Chapter 2: Update on hyaluronan in development -- Chapter 3: Long non-coding RNAs and epigenetic regulation of hyaluronan synthesis -- Chapter 4: The hyaluronan-rich zones of plasma membrane protrusions and extracellular vesicles -- Chapter 5: Hyaluronan in Kidney Fibrosis -- Chapter 6: Inter-α-inhibitor proteins: A review of structure and function -- Chapter 7: CD44: Does CD44v6 adversely impact the prognosis of cancer patients? -- Chapter 8: The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of 4-methylumbelliferone and its glucuronide metabolite in mice -- Chapter 9: The role of hyaluronan in skin wound healing -- Chapter 10: Sulfated hyaluronan: a novel player in cancer therapeutic and bioengineering approaches.