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Description / Table of Contents: Application of single and multiple-scattering theories to analyses of space-borne cloud radar and lidar data -- Airborne remote sensing of Arctic clouds -- Snow albedo and radiative transfer: theory, modeling, and parameterization -- Spectral reflectance of soil -- Asymptotic methods in the theory of light scattering by nonspherical particles.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Climate change and lessons from world indigenous minority farmer communities -- Chapter 3. Climate change and indigenous farmers in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4. Rainfall and Temperature fluctuations in South-west Zimbabwe(1922-2012) -- Chapter 5. Climate Change impact on indigenous minority farmer communities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 6. Interventions on climate climate change among indigenous minority farmer communities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 7. Indigenous minority communities development basket of priorities in SW Zimbabwe -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropogenic impact on plant biodiversity -- 3. Single large or several small (sloss) -- 4. Ecological connectivity -- 5. Ecological restoration -- 6. Pollination and dispersal in fragmented landscape -- 7. Plant biodiversity conservation and lost opportunities in ethiopia -- 8. The concept of potential natural vegetation (pnv) -- 9. Forests, woodlands, grasslands -- 10. Strategic conservation planning (scp) approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Anthropogenic Aquifer Recharge -- Hydrogeology Basics – Aquifer Types and Hydraulics -- Vadose Zone Hydrology Basics -- Groundwater Recharge and Aquifer Water Budgets -- Geochemistry and Managed Aquifer Recharge Basics -- Anthropogenic Aquifer Recharge and Water Quality -- Contaminant Attenuation and Natural Aquifer Treatment -- MAR Project Implementation -- MAR Hydrogeological and Hydrochemistry Evaluation Techniques -- Vadose Zone Testing Techniques Clogging -- Pretreatment.-ASR and Aquifer Recharge Using Wells -- Groundwater Banking -- Surface-Spreading Systems – Infiltration Basins -- Surface-Spreading Systems (Non-Basin) -- Vadose Zone Infiltration Systems -- Recharge and Recovery Treatment Systems -- Soil-Aquifer Treatment -- Riverbank Filtration -- Saline-Water Intrusion Management -- Wastewater MAR and Indirect Potable Reuse -- Low Impact Development and Rainwater Harvesting -- Unmanaged and Unintentional Recharge.

Description / Table of Contents: Geomorphological landscapes of Eastern Canada: general overview -- Case studies, with at least one outstanding example from each of the major physiographic regions -- Geomorphological landscapes as heritage.

Description / Table of Contents: Introductory Overview -- An Overview of Paleo- climate Evidence in Egypt -- Governance and Institutional Structure of Climate Change in Egypt -- Role of science, technology and innovation in addressing climate change challenges in Egypt -- Impact of Climate Change on Plant-Associated Fungi -- Impacts of Climate Change on Microbial Activity in Agricultural Egyptian soils.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. HYDRO peaking in nordic rivers/ hydropeaking combined analysis of climate change and energy market -- 2. Annual Variability of Per Capita Renewable Water Resources: Long Term Water Planning Using SWAT Model in the Athi Catchment, Kenya -- 3. Monte Carlo simulation and fuzzy modelling of river water quality for multiple reaches using QUAL2Kw -- 4. Design of Stable Channel Using HEC-RAS: A Case Study of Tapi River, Surat City -- 5. Nutrient fluxes from agriculture: reducing environmental impact through optimum application -- 6. Air Quality Monitoring with Special Reference to Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter in an Industrial Area -- 7. The water-energy nexus prespective of hydropower in the context of climate Change -- 8. Biological methodologies for treatment of textile wastewater -- 9. Role of microbes in Environmental Biotechnology and its role in the environment -- 10. Environmental Hazards of Limestone Mining and Review of Adaptive Practices for Environment Management Planning -- 11. Water Optimisation in Thermal Power Plants -- 12. Geoengineering Structures of Crabs and Their Role in Nutrient Cycling in Mangrove Ecosystem of Mahanadi Delta of Odisha, India -- 13. Design Considerations of Sustainable Pervious Concrete Block Pavement -- 14. Analysis of Historical Records of Climate Change and the Calamitous Events in Kasmir Valley -- 15. Possible Remediation of Perils of Water Eminence and Extent -- 16. Optimization methodologies in complex water supply systems for energy saving and a correct management under uncertainty -- 17. Application of a low-cost technology to treat domestic sewage and to improve fertility of a barren lateritic soil -- 18. Parametric evaluation of water quality characteristics varying downstream from Shimla to Solan in Himachal Pradesh region, India -- 19. Partial replacement of fine aggregates with defluoridation sludge in cement mortars manufacturing: A critical review -- 20. Genetically Modified Crops and its impact on Environment -- 21. Degradation of Gemfibrozil (lipid regulating drug) by using Advanced Oxidation and Biological Processes: A Review -- 22. Source Apportionment of particulate matter - A Critical Review for Indian Scenario -- 23. A review on Ionic liquids as novel adsorbents for SO2 removal -- 24. Garden-Landscape Practices in Mughal Kashmir: Design, Planning and Management -- 25. Long Term Performance Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier for Groundwater Remediation using Visual MODFLOW -- 26. Use of Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Detection and Delineation of Groundwater Contamination near a Non-engineered Solid Waste Landfill -- 27. Saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers: A case of environmental management -- 28. Assessment of groundwater quality around Coal mining regions of Korba district, Chhattisgarh, Central India -- 29. Numerical errors associated with groundwater models and improving the reliability of models in environmental management issues -- 30. Staus of Groundwater Salinity in North West Region of India.-31. Irrigation Water Management under Changing Climate -- 32. Particle Swarm Optimization for identification of unknown groundwater pollution source -- 33. Fluoride Contamination and Abatement Measures: A Geoenvironmental Perspective -- 34. Interaction between Groundwater and surface water and its effect on groundwater quality -- 35. Assessment of an Intrinsic and a Specific vulnerability to identify Groundwater vulnerable zones of Nagpur city, India -- 36. Sustainable water management solutions -- Conclusions .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 01 – The Carbonic Anhydrase Promoted Carbon Dioxide Capture -- Chapter 02 – Carbon capture via mixed-matrix membranes containing nanomaterials and metal-organic frameworks -- Chapter 03 – Biogas as a Renewable Energy Source. Focusing on Principles and Recent Advances of Membrane-Based Technologies for Biogas Upgrading -- Chapter 04 – Developments of carbon-based membrane materials for water treatment -- Chapter 05 – Removal of Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environment by membrane technology -- Chapter 06 – Hydrodynamic Enhancement by Dynamic Filtration for Environmental Applications -- Chapter 07 – Membrane Preparation for Unconventional Desalination by Membrane Distillation and Pervaporation -- Chapter 08 – Role and characterization of nano-based membranes for environmental applications -- Chapter 09 – Membrane technologies for sustainable and eco-friendly microbial energy production -- Chapter 10 – Membrane Reactors for Renewable Fuel Production and Their Environmental Benefits -- Chapter 11 – Waste Management and Conversion to Pure Hydrogen by Application of Membrane Reactor Technology -- Chapter 12 – Advances in Pd membranes for hydrogen production from residual biomass and wastes.

Description / Table of Contents: Climate Change Adaptation in the Agriculture and Land Use Sectors: A Review of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) -- Place Attachment and Cultural Barriers to Climate Change Induced Relocation: Lessons from Vunisavisavi Village, Vanua Levu, Fiji -- Adaptation in small islands: research themes and gaps -- Dam(n) seawalls: a case of climate change maladaptation in Fiji.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Applying Rice Husk Biochar to Revitalise Saline Sodic Soil in Khorat Plateau Area-A Case Study for Food Security Purposes (Saowanee Wijitkosum) -- Chapter 2. Impact of Pyrolysis Techniques on Biochar Characteristics: Application to Soil (Vineet Yadav and Puja Khare) -- Chapter 3. The Potential Application of Biochars for Dyes with an Emphasis on Azo Dyes: Analysis through an Experimental Case Study Utilizing Fruit-Derived Biochar for the Abatement of Congo Red as The Model Pollutant (Kumar Vikrant, Kangkan Roy, Mandavi Goswami, Himanshu Tiwari, Balendu Shekher Giri, Ki-Hyun Kim, Yui Fai Tsang and Ram Sharan Singh) -- Chapter 4. Potential of Biochar for the Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil (Amita Shakya and Tripti Agarwal) -- Chapter 5. Biochars and Its Implications on Soil Health and Crop Productivity in Semi-Arid Environment (P Kannan, D Krishnaveni and S Ponmani) -- Chapter 6. Recent Development in Bioremediation of Soil Pollutants through Biochar for Environmental Sustainability (Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Roomesh Kumar Jena, Surabhi Hota, Amit Kumar, Prasenjit Ray, Ramkishore Fagodiya, Lal Chand Malav, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Dipak Kumar Gupta, Shakeel A Khan and SK Ray) -- Chapter 7. Role of Biochar in Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (Dipak Kumar Gupta, Chandan Kumar Gupta, Rachana Dubey, RK Fagodiya, Gulshan Sharma, Keerthika A, MB Noor Mohamed, Rahul Dev and A K Shukla) -- Chapter 8. Biochar coupled rehabilitation of Cyanobacterial soil crusts: A sustainable approach in stabilization of arid and semiarid soils (Arun Kumar and Jay Shankar Singh) -- Chapter 9. Soil Health Management through Low Cost Biochar Technology (Shaon Kumar Das and Goutam Kumar Ghosh) -- Chapter 10. Utilization of Agricultural Waste as Biochar for Soil Health (AG Rajalakshmi) -- Chapter 11. Biochar: A New Environmental Paradigm in Management of Agricultural Soils and Mitigation of GHG Emission (Palakshi Borah, Nijara Baruah, Lina Gogoi, Bikram Borkotoki, Nirmali Gogoi and Rupam Kataki) -- Chapter 12. Multifarious Benefits of Biochar Application in Different Soil Types (Umesh Pankaj).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Quaternary Eolian Dunes and Sand Sheets in Inland Locations of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, U.S.A. -- Chapter3. Dunes of the Laurentian Great Lakes -- Chapter4. The Central and Southern Great Plains -- Chapter5. The Nebraska Sand Hills -- Chapter6. White Sands -- Chapter7. Great Sand Dunes -- Chapter8. Colorado Plateau -- Chapter9. Southwest Deserts.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction -- Chapter 2-Evidences from climate change dynamics -- Chapter 3-Sustaining livelihoods for survival -- Chapter 4-Cultural influence for revitalizing health traditions and vulnerable environments -- Chapter 5-Holistic health for well-being -- Chapter 6-Summary and policy options. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Green Photocatalyst for Diverge Applications -- Chapter 2. Photocatalysts and Photoelectrocatalysts in Fuel Cells and Photofuel Cells -- Chapter 3. Titania Based Heterojunctions for Hydrogen Generation by Water Photolysis -- Chapter 4. Quantum Dots in Green Photocatalytic Applications for Degradation of Environmental Pollutants and Hydrogen Evolution -- Chapter 5. Evolution of ZnO Based Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Pollutants -- Chapter 6. Designing Metal-Organic Frameworks Based Photocatalyst for Specific Photocatalytic Reactions: A Crystal Engineering Approach -- Chapter 7. Photobiocatalysis: At the Interface of Photocatalysis and Biocatalysts -- Chapter 8. Photo/electro-catalytic Applications of Visible Light Responsive Porous Graphitic Carbon Nitride Towards Environmental Remediation and Solar Energy Conversion -- Chapter 9. Photocatalyst for Indoor Air Pollution: A Brief Review -- Chapter 10. Two Dimensional-Based Materials for Photocatalysis Applications -- Chapter 11. Synthesis and Characterization of Single Phased BiFeO3 Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Applications: Hydrothermally Approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Stress-Strain State of Rocks -- Deformation and Fracture of Rocks In The Presence of Filtration -- Mechanical and Mathematical, and Experimental Modeling of Oil and Gas Well Stability -- Equipment For Studying Deformation and Strength Properties of Rocks In Triaxial Loading -- Loading Programs For Rock Specimens On Triaxial Independent Loading Test System (Tilts) -- Dependence of Permeability On Stress State -- Influence of Filtration On Stress-Strain State and Rock Fracture In The Well Vicinity -- Results of Tests of Rock Specimens By Using Tilts -- Mathematical Modeling of Mechanical and Filtration Processes In Near-Wellbore Zone -- Directional Unloading Method - A New Approach To Enhancing of Oil and Gas Well Productivity.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: An Overview of World Deserts with Special Reference to Thar Desert -- People and Culture of the Thar Desert -- Shift in Land Use Pattern of Thar Desert -- Land and Water Resource Management in the Thar Desert Region -- Crop Production Practices in the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan -- Livestock and its Management Practices in Thar Desert, Rajasthan -- Arid Agroforestry for Thar Desert -- Soil Conservation and Water Harvesting for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid Regions -- Community Land Management in the Thar Desert -- Women Empowerment in Thar Desert Region -- Livelihood Opportunities in the Thar Region -- Potential Agri-Business in the Thar Desert -- Multidimensional Development in Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan -- Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Thar Desert-Way Ahead. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Cautionary Scientific Tale and an Introduction to this Book -- Chapter 2. Buried Secrets of the North CarolinaCoast, USA -- Chapter 3. Time and Tide Wait for No Man -- Chapter 4. Barrier Island Breakdown: the Ephemeral Outer Banks of North Carolina -- Chapter 5. A Different Kind of Sea-Level Story from Malaysia -- Chapter 6. What Lies Beneath? Revealing Coastal Processes through Mapping -- Chapter 7. The Anthropocene, Wait, What? A Basque’s Coastal Experience Helps to Figure it Out -- Chapter 8. A Tale of Two Hydrogeology Problems in Coastal North Carolina -- Chapter 9. Drilling the North Carolina Coastal Plain – Discovering What Lies Beneath -- Chapter 10. Earthquake-Driven Coastal Change: Ghost Forests, Graveyards and “Komodo Dragons” -- Chapter 11. A Scientist’s Personal 70-Year Discourse with Past, Present and Future Coastal Change -- Chapter 12. Climate, Sea Level, and People – Changing South Florida’s Mangrove Coast -- Chapter 13. Pictures from Space and Feet in the Mud: Understanding the Value of the World’s Changing Mangrove Forests -- Chapter 14. What is Happening to the World’s Coral Reefs? -- Chapter 15. The Water, the Coast, the Future -- Chapter 16. Afterword: The Power of the Ocean.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Climate Change -- Chapter 3: Extinctions -- Chapter 4: Thresholds -- Chapter 5: Resources -- Chapter 6: Population -- Chapter 7: Agriculture -- Chapter 8: Urbanization -- Chapter 9: Practical Solutions.

Description / Table of Contents: Forest Resources Measurement, Monitoring and Mapping -- Application of RS-GIS-R for forest resources assessment, monitoring, and modeling -- Assessment and measurement of forest resources for sustainable land use planning -- Species diversity mapping and modeling -- Afforestation -- Soil-Water-Vegetation Relationship -- Modeling, Risk Assessment, and Vulnerability -- Forest biomass and carbon stock modeling -- Remote sensing based deforestation analysis -- Forest and habitats suitability analysis -- Habitats and species modeling -- Google Earth Engine and its application in forest sciences -- Rural livelihood and Sustainable Management -- The role of timber and non-timber forest products in poverty reduction -- The role of communities in sustainable land and forest management -- Politics of co-optation: community forest management versus joint forest management -- Open source satellite data and GIS for forest resources mapping and monitoring -- Recent trends in forest resources management and land use planning. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Treatment of Tannery Wastewaters Discharged from Different Chemical Operations Using Aluminium Chloride -- 2. Ranking of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Alternatives Using Analytical Network Process Technique -- 3. Novel Rotating Disc Electrolytic Reactor Based on Bipolar Electrochemistry for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater -- 4. Assessment of Contaminant Reduction in Greywater Using Horizontal Flow Constructed Wetland for Irrigation -- 5. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Water Quality Index -- 6. Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery via Struvite Precipitation from High Strength Industrial Wastewater -- 7. Sustainable Approach for Insoluble Phosphate Recycling from Wastewater Effluents -- 8. Review on the Evaluation of Various Natural Adsorbents for the Removal and Treatment of Textile Wastewater -- 9. Employing Multivariate Statistics as a Tool for Developing Water Quality Index (WQI) for the Assessment of Water Quality of Deepor Beel, Assam, India -- 10. Degradation of Eosin Yellow Dye Solution by Using Nanosized Copper Based Heterogenous Fenton-like Catalyst in a Fluidised Bed Reactor -- 11. Efficient Diminution of Cr(VI) from Simulated Water Linking Operation Parameters in Electrocoagulation -- 12. Recycling of Dairy Wastewater by Vermifiltration Technique -- 13. Solar Photocatalysis Using N-doped TiO2 for Greywater Treatment: Optimisation of Operational Parameters -- 14. Photocatalytic Degradation of Paracetamol Using TiO2 Supported on Waste-Recovered Aluminosilcate -- 15. Yeast Waste Utilisation for the Treatment of Acidic Metallic Wastewater -- 16. Fenton’s and Hybrid Oxidation Treatment of 3,5-Dichloroaniline in Water -- 17. Statistical and GIS Based Approaches for Monitoring and Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Dimoria Block of Kamrup Metropolitan District of Assam, India -- 18. Mass Balance Study on Domestic Wastewater Treatment Using Constructed Wetlands -- 19. Trend of Water Quality of a River Flowing through Densely Populated Area of Assam, India using Water Quality Index (WQI) -- 20. Application of TOPSIS – A Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach in Surface Water Quality Assessment -- 21. Proportioning of Bauxite Residue Phosphogypsum Mix for Optimal pH Neutralisation -- 22. Spatial Analysis of Ground Water Contamination in Close Vicinity to Solid Waste Landfill Sites Using GIS Techniques - A Study of Okhla Landfill Site in Delhi (A Case Study) -- 23. Characterization of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater and its Toxicity Analysis Using Vigna Radiata -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I City and Region Renewal and Value Capture Planning Model -- Part Ii Inner city Renewal and Value Capture Planning -- Part III Middle Ring City Renewal and Value Capture Planning -- Part IV Regional Growth Centre Renewal and Value Capture Planning -- Part V Regional Capital City Renewal and Value Capture Planning -- Part VI Cities and Value Capture Planning Directions.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Application of Geospatial Techniques for Monitoring the Cryospheric Elements of Glacier System in Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) -- 2. Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting in Himalayan Basins using Remote Sensing Inputs -- 3. Understanding Climate Change and its Impacts with Special Reference to India -- 4. Snow, Glacier and Glacier Lake Mapping and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data -- 5. Remote Sensing Based Assessment of Glacier Resources in Parts of Ladakh Mountain Range, A Trans-Himalayan Region -- 6. Geodetic Mass Balance Estimation for Bada Shigri Glacier and Samudra Tapu Glacier in Chandra basin -- 7. Analysis of Snow Dynamics in Beas River Basin, Western Himalaya Using Combined Terra-Aqua MODIS Improved Snow Product and In-Situ Data during 21st Century -- 8. Inventory of Moraine Dammed Lakes in Satluj, Ravi, Chenab, and Beas Basins using IRS- LISS III Satellite Data in the Western Himalayan Region of Himachal Pradesh, India -- 9. Late Quaternary Glacial Geomorphology of Kashmir Valley, NW Himalayas: A Case Study of the Sind Basin -- 10. Snow Cover and Land Surface Temperature Assessment of Mana Basin Using MODIS Satellite Data -- 11. Seasonal ground water fluctuation monitoring using GRACE satellite technology over Punjab and Haryana during 2005 – 2015 -- 12. Importance of regulating transboundary aquifers in the world with special reference to Indian subcontinent: A review -- 13. Chemical Weathering in Jhelum River and its Tributaries, Kashmir Basin, Western Himalaya -- 14. Groundwater Storage Assessment Using Effective Downscaling Grace Data in Water-Stressed Regions of India -- 15. Water quality of Himalayan Rivers in Uttarakhand -- 16. Study of Solute Sources and hydrochemical Analysis of Meltwater Draining from the Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalaya, India -- 17. Geochemical Characterization and Evolution of Groundwater in Parts of Kashmir Valley, Western Himalaya -- 18. Delineation of Groundwater Potential Recharge Zone Using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques – A Case Study of Rampur Tehsil, Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh India -- 19. Geospatial Approach for Water Quality Index Mapping for Drinking Purpose in Guna District, Madhya Pradesh, India, Madhya Pradesh, India -- 20. Application of Environmental Isotopes and Hydrogeochemistry in Groundwater Management – A Case Study of Bringi Watershed, Kashmir Himalayas, India.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Drought tolerance in some field crops -- Drought tolerance in some field crops -- Performance and genetic diversity in water stress tolerance and relation to wheat productivity under rural regions -- Heat stress tolerance, challenges and proposed solutions -- Environmental pollution tolerance in crop plants -- Performance, adaptability and stability of promising bread wheat lines across different environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Climate Risks for Irrigation, Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Overview and Synthesis -- Chapter 2. Climate Variability and Its Implications for Water Management in India -- Chapter 3. Water Management Challenges of Climate Extremes: A Case Study of Adaptive Strategies and Management Options -- Chapter 4. Managing Climate-Induced Water Risks: A Case Study of Institutional Alternatives -- Chapter 5. Planning for Water Resources Management under Climatic Extremes: The Case Study of a Hyper-arid Region -- Chapter 6. Planning of Rural Water Supply Systems: Role of Climatic Factors and Other Considerations -- Chapter 7. A Framework for Assessing Climate-induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene -- Chapter 8. Mapping Climate-Induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Maharashtra -- Chapter 9. Predictions of Disease Spikes induced by Climate Variability: A Pilot Real Time Forecasting Model Project from Maharashtra, India -- Chapter 10. Mapping Climate-Induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Rajasthan -- Chapter 11. Action Plans for Building Climate-Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Systems: Results from Case Studies -- Chapter 12. Managing Climate-Induced Water Stress across the Agro-ecological Regions of India: Options and Strategies. Chapter 13. Conclusions and Areas for Future Research.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Ecosystem Management of the Boreal Forest in the Era of Global Change -- 2. Millennial-Scale Disturbance History of the Boreal Zone -- 3. Natural Disturbances from the Perspective of Forest Ecosystem-based Management -- 4. Selected Examples of Interactions Between Natural Disturbances -- 5. Living Trees and Biodiversity -- 6. Deadwood Biodiversity -- 7. Embracing the Complexity and the Richness of Boreal Old-Growth Forests: A Further Step Toward Their Ecosystem Management -- 8. Ecological Classification in Forest Ecosystem Management: Links between Current Practices and Future Climate Change in a Québec Case Study -- 9. Changes in Water Status and Carbon Allocation in Conifers Subjected to Spruce Budworm Defoliation and Consequences for Tree Mortality and Forest Management -- 10. A Circumpolar Perspective on the Contribution of Trees to the Boreal Forest Carbon Balance.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Campus as living labs for the SDGs -- Chapter 1. Living Labs for Sustainable Development: the role of the European School of Sustainability Sciences and Research -- Chapter 2. Aligning campus strategy with the SDGs: an institutional case study -- Chapter 3. Aligning campus strategy with the SDGs: an institutional case study -- Chapter 4. Aligning campus strategy with the SDGs: an institutional case study, etc.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Science of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise -- Chapter 3. A Partisan and Polarized Issue in the United States -- Chapter 4. The South Florida Study Area -- Chapter 5. Study Methods and General Findings -- Chapter 6. Results from South Florida Experiment -- Chapter 7. Denial of Risk -- Chapter 8. Prospects for Mitigation.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Green and ecological infrastructure and water security at municipal level: An overview -- Chapter 2. Paradigms, theories and their utility -- Chapter 3. The PULSE3 analytical framework -- Chapter 4. eThekwini’s green and ecological infrastructure policy landscape.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Global water sytems -- Part 2 -- Chapter 3 Optical Remote Sensing Systems -- Chapter 4 Satellite Geodetic Missions -- Part 3 -- Chapter 5 GEE Chapter -- Part 4 -- Chapter 6 Remote Sensing of Freshwater Habitats -- Chapter 7 Remot esensing of vegetation changes -- Part 5 -- Chapter 8 groundwater from space -- Part 6 -- Chapter 9 Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Cycle -- Chapter 10 Drought metrics and Indicators -- Part 7 -- Chapter 11 Hydrolological variability -- Part 8 -- Chapter 12 Statistical methods in hydrology -- Part 9 -- Chapter 13 SA_JoH -- Part 10 -- Chapter 14 JoH_Regional -- Part 11 -- Chapter 15 STOTEN -- Chapter 16 Climatic Change -- Part 12 -- Chapter 17 Flinders -- Chapter 18 Mitchell -- Part 13 -- Chapter 19 Brazil drought -- Chapter 20 LCB STOTEN -- Appendix.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction to Phytosequestration - Strategies for Mitigation of Aerial Carbon Dioxide and Aquatic Nutrient Pollution -- Chapter. 2. Global Climate: Chronological Perspective -- Chapter. 3. Sources and Monitoring Tools of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide -- Chapter. 4. Global Warming: Impacts of Temperature Escalation -- Chapter. 5. Carbon Capture and Storage -- Chapter. 6. Future Climate through the Window of Climate Models -- Chapter. 7. Societal Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change -- Chapter. 8. Monitoring of Nutrient Pollution in Water -- Chapter. 9. Impacts of Nutrient Pollution -- Chapter. 10. Phytomediation of Nuisance Pollution.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Agro-Environmental Sustainability in MENA Regions -- Impacts Of Climate Change On Water Resources And Land Degradation In MENA Region And Egypt -- Low Cost Waste Water Treatment By Using Biofilm Technologies. Successful Case Studies From The MENA Region -- Sustainable Development, Towards An Integrated Water Resources Management Model In The Saf-Saf Basin, North-East Algeria -- Kalman Filter For Spatio-Temporal Modeling And Prediction Of Algerian Water Resources Variability -Case Study Of Precipitation And Streamflows At Monthly And Annual Scale -- Estimation Of The Olive Orchards Water Requirements Using Climatic And Physiological Methods -- Agrarian System Diagnosis In Kerkennah Archipelago, Tunisia.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainable products -- Chapter 2. Sustainable technologies -- Chapter 3. Sustainable organizations -- Chapter 4. Sustainable markets and policy -- Chapter 5. Sustainable methodological solutions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction -- 2 Part 2: Nature’s sinking ark -- 3 Part 3: Rebuilding the ark -- 4 Part 4: Our conjoined future -- 5 Part 5: A systemic decision-support framework -- 6 Epilogue: Rebuilding the ark – Yes, we can!.

Description / Table of Contents: Review on Health Impacts from Domestic Coal Burning: Emphasis on Endemic Fluorosis in Guizhou Province, Southwest China -- Dissipation, Fate and Toxicity of Crop Protection Chemical Safeners in Aquatic Environments -- Do Endemic Soil Fauna Species Deserve Extra Protection for Adverse Heavy Metal Conditions -- Aflatoxin M1 in Africa: Exposure Assessment, Regulations and Prevention Strategies – A Review -- In Vivo and in Vitro Toxicity Testing of Cyanobacterial Toxins: A Mini-review -- Comprehensive Review of Cadmium Toxicity Mechanisms in Male Reproduction and Therapeutic Strategies -- Micronuclei in Fish Erythrocytes as Genotoxic Biomarkers of Water Pollution: An Overview.

Description / Table of Contents: Minerals and Wastes, an Overlooked Connection -- What is Waste, and How we Manage in Europe -- Thermodynamics and Kinetics of HT-processes -- Bio-mineral Interactions and the Environment -- Metals: Waste and Recovery -- Mineralogy of Metallurgical Slags -- Bottom Ash: Production, Characterisation, and Potential for Recycling.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Basics and Properties of Deep Eutectic Solvents; Tracy El Achkar, Hélène Greige-Gerges, Sophie Fourmentin -- Chapter 2. Deep eutectic solvents for innovative pharmaceutical formulations; François-Xavier Legrand -- Chapter 3. Therapeutic deep eutectic systems for the enhancement of drug bioavailability; Ana Rita C. Duarte -- Chapter 4. Solubility of gases in deep eutectic solvents; M. Costa Gomes -- Chapter 5. Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents; John D. Holbrey -- Chapter 6. Methods for extraction of bioactive compounds from plant and animal matter using deep eutectic solvents; Hélène Greige-Gerges -- Chapter 7. Extraction of plant and algal polyphenols using eutectic solvents; Corinne Lagrost -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Microplastic Cycle: An Introduction to a Complex Issue -- Chapter 2. Analytical Chemistry of Plastic Debris: Sampling, Methods and Instrumentation -- Chapter 3. Evaluating Microplastic Experimental Design and Exposure Studies in Aquatic Organisms -- Chapter 4. Microplastics in Terrestrial and Freshwater Environments -- Chapter 5. Microplastics in the Ocean and Seafood: Implications for Food Security -- Chapter 6. Weight of evidence for the Microplastic Vector Effect in the Context of Chemical Risk Assessment -- Chapter 7. Ecotoxicological Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments -- Chapter 8. Dietary Exposure to Additives and Sorbed Contaminants from Ingested Microplastic Particles through the Consumption of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products -- Chapter 9. The Microplastic-Antimicrobial Resistance Connection -- Chapter 10. The United Nations Basel Convention’s Global Plastic Waste Partnership: History, Evolution and Progress -- Chapter 11. Solutions to Plastic Pollution: A Conceptual Framework to Tackle a Wicked Problem.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Abstract of the book. Bottom gravity currents and overflows in deep channels of the Atlantic -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Deep Water Masses of the South and North Atlantic -- Chapter 2. General Overview of Abyssal Pathways, and Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin) -- Chapter 3. Source Regions -- Chapter 4. Exchange between the Argentine and Brazil Basins; Abyssal Pathways and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin) -- Chapter 5. Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Brazil Basin -- Chapter 6. Fractures in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge of the North Atlantic -- Chapter 7. Eastern Basin Pathways and Further Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water in the East Atlantic -- Chapter 8. Passages in the East Azores Ridge -- Chapter 9. Flows through the Northern Channels in the North Atlantic -- Summary of Research and Integrated Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Introduction to solid waste management -- Chapter 2-Legislation for solid waste management -- Chapter 3-Waste transportation and transfer station -- Chapter 4-Characterization and measurement of solid waste -- Chapter 5-Mechanical Volume Reduction -- Chapter 6-Combustion and Incineration -- Chapter 7- Composting processes -- Chapter 8-Sanitary landfill operation and management -- Chapter 9-Solid Waste Systems Planning -- Chapter 10-Practices of solid waste disposal -- Chapter 11-Landfilling and the Environmental Impacts.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface by Series Editor -- Foreword -- Author biographies -- Physical environment -- Landscapes and landforms -- Geoheritage and landscape protection -- Index. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Origins of the geoethical thinking -- From ethics to geoethics -- The concept of responsibility -- The advantage of the geoethical action -- Ethical problems and dilemmas in geosciences -- The values of geoethics -- Geoethics and anthropogenic global changes -- Geoethics for an ecological humanism -- Bibliography.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface (Amanda L. Thompson, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, Enrique Teran) -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Margaret E. Bentley and Jaime Ocampo) -- Part I: Water Environment -- Chapter 2. Analysis of water supply and demand management strategies for overcoming water scarcity in Santa Cruz (Maria Fernandes Reyes) -- Chapter 3. Galapagos’ Water Management Evaluation under a Changing Climate and Current Covid-19 Pandemic (Cristina Mateus, Diego Quiroga) -- Chapter 4. Water quality and access in Isabella: results from a household water survey (Nicholas Badwha, Donald Fefjar, Rodrigo Pozo, Khristopher Nicholas, Alyssa Grube, Jill Stewart, Amanda Thompson and Valeria Ochoa-Herrera) -- Chapter 5. Tourists’ Willingness to Fund Improvements of Local Water Services: A Contingent Valuation Study from The Galapagos (William F. Vásquez) -- Part II: Food Environment -- Chapter 6. Syndemic water and food insecurity: impacts on the dual burden of disease in Galapagos (Amanda L. Thompson, Enrique Teran and Margaret E. Bentley) -- Chapter 7. Overweight and obesity in Galapagos:Food consumption patterns and globalization in the Encantadas (William F. Waters and Wilma B. Freire) -- Chapter 8. Spatial and social dimensions of Galápagos food environments (Khristopher Nicholas, Paul Delameter, and Amanda Thompson) -- Part III: Environment, Animals and Human Health -- Chapter 9. One Health in the Galapagos Social-Ecological System: Not Just the Absence of Disease (Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart) -- Chapter 10. A One Health Approach to Understanding Human Companion Animal Interactions and Parasitic Infections in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (Leigh-Ellyn Preston, Colon J. Grijalva & Enrique Teran) -- Chapter 11. Surprising absence of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica isolates from Galapagos Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) (Belen Carrillo, Cristina Chavez, Gabriel Trueba) -- Chapter 12. Mosquitoes in Galapagos: The risk for arboviruses transmission and the need for a better vector surveillance and control program (Renato León, Leonardo Ortega, Carolina Molina, William F. Waters) -- Part IV: Health Problems and Services -- Chapter 13. Health Across the First 1000 Days in the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Amanda L. Thompson, Norman T. Archer, Margaret E. Bentley, Kelly M. Houck, María Francisca Murgueitio Fuentes, Juan Ochoa) -- Chapter 14. Galapagos Islands, a captive territory with unique characteristics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (Ana María Gómez Jaramillo, Juan Ochoa, Isabel Hernandez and Enrique Terán) -- Chapter 15. Understanding the lived experience of type 2 diabetes in San Cristobal (C. Hunter Davis, Paulina Lara Marchena, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Clare Barrington) -- Chapter 16. Health seeking behavior and perceptions of care: A qualitative study investigating the underutilization of public health care on the Galápagos Islands (Johanna R. Jahnke, Norman T. Archer, Amanda L. Thompson, Jaime Ocampo, Margaret E. Bentley) -- Chapter 17. Facilitating evidenced based nursing and humane health care through professional development (Julee Waldrop, Alasia Ledford, Betty Martinez, Johanna R. Jahnke, Gwen Sherwood) -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Atmosphere -- Pyrocumulus: A New Cloud in Galician Skies -- Introduction to the Geology of Galicia -- Al-rich Speleothems in Granite Caves: A Poorly Known Geologic Material and Environment -- Caves: Underground Landscapes -- The Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark: An Amazing Geological History Extended Along 600 Million Years -- Endogenous/exogenous Forms of Granite Geomorphology in Galicia.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Freezing of lakes -- Structure and properties of lake ice -- Thermodynamics of Seasonal lake ice -- Mechanics of lake ice -- Proglacial lakes -- Lake Water Body in the Ice Season -- Ice-Covered Lakes Environment -- Lake ice Climatology -- Future of frozen lakes -- Annex: Ice Properties and Useful Formulae -- References -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Why this Topic? -- Chapter 2-Global Warming Impact on Earth Systems -- Chapter 3-The IPCC Reports on Global Warming and Land Changes -- Chapter 4.NOAA Operational Environmental Satellites for Earth Monitoring -- Chapter 5-New Remote Sensing Vegetation Health Technology -- Chapter 6-Cause of Climate Warming -- Chapter 7- Land Cover Changes from Intensive Climate Warming -- Chapter 8-Global Warming Crop Yield and Food Security -- Chapter 9-Remote Sensing Malaria During Global Warming -- Chapter 10-Malaria Performance Trend During 1981-2022 -- Chapter 11-Remote Sensing Drought Watch and Food Security -- Chapter 12-Has Drought Intensified During 1981-2021 Global Warming?

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The scientific importance of atmospheric reactive gases and aerosols and the particular case of the Mediterranean region -- Chapter 3. The climate of the Mediterranean region and future projections in relation to air quality issues -- Chapter 4. The Mediterranean atmosphere under anthropogenic pressures -- Chapter 5. General atmospheric conditions and macro-scale processes -- Chapter 6. Synoptic scale circulation and mesoscale processes -- Chapter 7. Long range and vertical transport, troposphere-stratosphere exchange -- Chapter 8. Overview of Mediterranean aerosol studies -- Chapter 9. Chemical composition and levels of concentrations of aerosols in the Mediterranean -- Chapter 10. Diurnal to seasonal variability of aerosols above the Mediterranean -- Chapter 11. Inter-annual variability and long-term trends of aerosols above the Mediterranean -- Chapter 12. Anthropogenic and natural radionuclides in the Mediterranean -- Chapter 13. Ozone in the Mediterranean atmosphere -- Chapter 14. Inorganic aerosol precursors in the Mediterranean atmosphere -- Chapter 15. Temporal and spatial variabilities of volatile organic compounds in the Mediterranean atmosphere -- Chapter 16. Summary of recent progress and recommendations for future research.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Milan Chinatown: The defamation of place in the making of territorial stigma -- Hybridity and Chineseness in the global city -- Diversity in neighborhood change: Conflict and resistance -- Gentrification in multiethnic neighborhoods -- The “style” of Milan (new) Chinatown -- Appendix: Engaging with multiple voices: Video ethnography and urban critical research.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Book, and Ecology of Sea Ice -- Chapter 2. Autumn, Development and Consolidation of Sea Ice -- Chapter 3. Winter, Cold and Mature Sea Ice -- Chapter 4. Spring, Summer and Melting Sea Ice -- Chapter 5. Sea Ice in a Climate Change Context -- Chapter 6. Methods and Techniques in Sea Ice Ecology.

Description / Table of Contents: Tree health of Larix sibirica Ledeb. in the railway impact zone on Kola Peninsula -- The influence of soil quality on trees’ health in urban forest -- Ground penetrating radar tomography application to study of live tree trunks: case studies of defects detection -- Morphological and Macroanatomical Indicators of Long-Term and Current State of Trees of Quercus -- Carbon Dioxide Fluxes of an Urban Forest in Moscow -- Regulating Ecosystem Services in Russian cities: Can Urban Green Infrastructure Cope with Air Pollution and Heat Islands? -- Effects of Small Water Bodies on the Urban Heat Island and their Interaction with Urban Green Spaces in a Medium-Size City in Germany -- Assessment of Soil Properties and Tree Performance on Fountain Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Landfills in New York City -- Variability of Infiltration Rates at Selected Green Infrastructure Sites in New York City -- Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution by land use zones in small towns of the industrialized Arctic region, Russia -- Activity concentration of natural radionuclides and total heavy metals content in soils of urban agglomeration -- Metabolic adjustments in urban lawns in response to soil salinization -- Impact of Overgrown plant Deposit on physicochemical properties: Sod-podzolic soils during the last 60 years in the Central State Biosphere Forest Reserve, Western European Part of Russia -- Culturable Airborne Fungi of Urban, Forest and Coastal Areas of the Kola Peninsula -- Toxic Cyanobacteria in the arctic lakes: new environmental challenges. A case study -- Unfavorable impact of the urbanization on the immune antiviral protection in children: the relationship with recurrent respiratory infections -- Urbanization Effect on Children's Autonomic Nervous System -- The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis among Children and Adults in Kazakhstan -- Some features of the key phenotypes of allergic rhinitis among children in a metropolis -- Playground arrangement for children with special health needs -- Environmental, social and economic potentials of urban protected areas: case study of Moscow, Russia -- Assessing the proposed volume of recreational ecosystem services: case study of Moscow's urban protected areas -- National park «Elk Island» in the Moscow region's green infrastructure -- The concept of ecosystem services in Russian urban legislation -- Environmental safety of urbanized territories as a developing institution for ensuring the vital interests of mankind -- Environmental Assessment of Thermal Energy Facilities Impact on Ecosystem Services for the Production of Oxygen in Urban Settlements -- Ecological assessment of rapeseed cultivation to improve chemically degraded urban Albic Luvisol -- Cultural Ecosystem Services of Urban Green Spaces. How and what people value in urban nature? -- Ecosystem services approach for landscaping project: the case of Metropolia Residential Complex.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial Era: A Look into the Historical Depths of the Nile Waters: What to Learn from History -- 3. Global Perspectives and Regional Lessons: The Nile River and The Prospects of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam -- 4. Beyond GERD: Hydropolitical, Hydrological, Technological and Investment (HHTI) Imperatives for Sustained Economic Cooperation -- 5. Water Resources Account of Egypt vs Ethiopia's Nile Sub-basins: The Utility of the Concept of Water Budget -- 6. Geographical Dimensions of Hydro-politics: The Case of Nile and Mekong Rivers.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I Understanding and management of abiotic and biotic stress in plants -- 1. Plant responses under abiotic stress and mitigation options towards agricultural sustainability -- 2. Plant viruses: Factors involved in emergence and recent advances in their management -- 3. Crop plants under metal stress and its remediation -- 4. Exploiting host resistance in management of vascular wilt in major pulses of India -- 5. Atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) regulates ozone (O3)-induced stress in plants: Ally or Foe? -- 6. Brassinosteroids: A wonder growth regulator to alleviate abiotic stresses in plants -- 7. Structural and functional role of plant dehydrins in enhancing stress tolerance -- 8. Adaptation of microalgae to temperature and light stress -- 9. Halopriming: Sustainable approach for abiotic stress management in crops -- 10. Naturally growing native plants of wastelands: Their stress management strategies and prospects in changing climate -- 11. Vulnerability and resilience of sorghum to changing climatic conditions: Lessons from the past and hope for the future -- 12. Recent updates in plant disease management -- 13. Heat stress in wheat: Impact and management strategies towards climate resilience -- Part II Potential of microbes in plant stress management -- 14. Plant-microbe interactions in combating abiotic stresses -- 15. Cadmium stress management in plants: Prospects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria -- 16. Harnessing the power of microbes to overcome heavy metal stress in crop plant -- 17. Halotolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: A futuristic direction to salt stress tolerance -- 18. Outside the cell surface: Encoding the role of Exopolysaccharide producing rhizobacteria to boost the drought tolerance in plants -- 19. Potential of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhancement of plant growth and its role in improving soil health under abiotic stress -- 20. Soil application of plant growth promoting fungi for sustainable agriculture in the new decade -- 21. Deep insights into the role of endophytic fungi in abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- 22. Post-green revolution degradation of agricultural land in India: Role of mycorrhizae in the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystems -- Part III Strategies and technological advances for crop improvement -- 23. Integrated OMICS approaches to ameliorate the abiotic stress in Brassica napus -- 24. Proteomics – A powerful tool for understanding saline stress response in germinating seed -- 25. Role of secondary metabolites and prospects of engineering secondary metabolite production for crop improvement -- 26. Interventions of nanotechnology for the growth and stress tolerance in crop plants -- 27. Remote Sensing Technology: A new dimension in the detection, quantification and tracking of abiotic and biotic stresses.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Causes of Land Degradation -- Chapter 3. Effects of Land Degradation -- Chapter 4. Control of Land Degradation -- Chapter 5. Benefits of Land degradation Control -- Chapter 6. Climate change and Land Degradation.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. State-of-the-art -- Chapter 2. Study area, material and methods -- Chapter 3. Taxonomic classification of foraminifera -- Chapter 4. Modern foraminifera -- Chapter 5. Quaternary bio- and ecostratigraphy, with elements of paleogeography of the Ponto-Caspian Corridors -- Chapter 6. Origin and taxonomy of the Pleistocene Ponto-Caspian benthic foraminifera -- Chapter 7. Benthic foraminifera as indicators of environmental change in the Black Sea in space and time -- Chapter 8. Systematic part -- Conclusions -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge for Socio-Ecological Systems: A 20-Year Global Bibliometric Analysis -- Chapter3. Interfacing indigenous knowledge with scientific knowledge for improved health outcomes: A case of Eswatini -- Chapter4. Indigenous Ways of Predicting Agricultural Droughts in Zimbabwe -- Chapter5. Kusintha kwa nyengo: local meanings of climate change in Malawi -- Chapter6. Unravelling indigenous knowledge using the Msangu (Faidherbia albida) tree in Malawi: through the voice of farmers -- Chapter7. Traditional Early Warning Signals for Floods and Drought in Nsanje and Chikhwawa Districts, Malawi -- Chapter8. Conservation of Natural Forests through Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Practices: A Case Study of M’bona Cult, Nsanje District, Malawi -- Chapter9. Cross-scale properties and adaptive management of indigenous residual moisture crop cultivation systems in Malawi -- Chapter10. Indigenous Knowledge and Practice Related to Health, Nutrition and Environments in Bangladesh -- Chapter11. Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Pastoralists towards Tsetse flies and Trypanosomiasis in the Maasai Steppe, Northern Tanzania -- Chapter12. Shortage, meanings, and adaptations of water: Reflections on the perspectives elders from San José Lachiguirí Oaxaca, Mexico -- Chapter13. North American case studies of medicinal plant conservation -- Chapter14. Contested understanding of river health from communities’ perspective in the Lower Komati River in South Africa -- Chapter15. Awajun and Ginger: Introduced Species Becoming Important Traditional Medicines -- Chapter16. Overview of Brazilian Biodiversity Law and Identification of Legal Instruments and Strategies for Effective Participation of Traditional Communities in exporting and other commercial opportunities related to biodiversity assets -- Chapter17. Lessons learnt.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Section I Cluster and Classification Models -- Hierarchical Clustering and K-means Clustering to Identify Subgroups in Surveys (50 Patients) -- Density-based Clustering to Identify Outlier Groups in Otherwise Homogeneous Data (50 Patients) -- Two Step Clustering to Identify Subgroups and Predict Subgroup Memberships in Individual Future Patients (120 Patients) -- Nearest Neighbors for Classifying New Medicines (2 New and 25 Old Opioids) -- Predicting High-Risk-Bin Memberships (1445 Families) -- Predicting Outlier Memberships (2000 Patients) -- Data Mining for Visualization of Health Processes (150 Patients) -- Trained Decision Trees for a More Meaningful Accuracy (150 Patients) -- Typology of Medical Data (51 Patients) -- Predictions from Nominal Clinical Data (450 Patients) -- Predictions from Ordinal Clinical Data (450 Patients) -- Assessing Relative Health Risks (3000 Subjects) -- Measurement Agreements (30 Patients) -- Column Proportions for Testing Differences between Outcome Scores (450 Patients) -- Pivoting Trays and Tables for Improved Analysis of Multidimensional Data (450 Patients) -- Online Analytical Procedure Cubes for a More Rapid Approach to Analyzing Frequencies (450 Patients) -- Restructure Data Wizard for Data Classified the Wrong Way (20 Patients) -- Control Charts for Quality Control of Medicines (164 Tablet Desintegration Times) -- Section II (Log) Linear Models -- Linear, Logistic, and Cox Regression for Outcome Prediction with Unpaired Data (20, 55, and 60 Patients) -- Generalized Linear Models for Outcome Prediction with Paired Data (100 Patients and 139 Physicians) -- Generalized Linear Models for Predicting Event-Rates (50 Patients) -- Factor Analysis and Partial Least Squares (PLS) for Complex-Data Reduction (250 Patients) -- Optimal Scaling of High-sensitivity Analysis of Health Predictors (250 Patients) -- Discriminant Analysis for Making a Diagnosis from Multiple Outcomes (45 Patients) -- Weighted Least Squares for Adjusting Efficacy Data with Inconsistent Spread (78 Patients) -- Partial Correlations for Removing Interaction Effects from Efficacy Data (64 Patients) -- Canonical Regression for Overall Statistics of Multivariate Data (250 Patients) -- Multinomial Regression for Outcome Categories (55 Patients) -- Various Methods for Analyzing Predictor Categories (60 and 30 Patients) -- Random Intercept Models for Both Outcome and Predictor Categories (55 Patients) -- Automatic Regression for Maximizing Linear Relationships (55 Patients) -- Simulation Models for Varying Predictors (9000 Patients) -- Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Outcome Prediction from Mixed Data (20 Patients) -- Two Stage Least Squares for Linear Models with Problematic Predictors (35 Patients) -- Autoregressive Models for Longitudinal Data (120 Monthly Population Records) -- Variance Components for Assessing the Magnitude of Random Effects (40 Patients) -- Ordinal Scaling for Clinical Scores with Inconsistent Intervals (900 Patients) -- Loglinear Models for Assessing Incident Rates with Varying Incident Risks (12 Populations) -- Loglinear Models for Outcome Categories (445 Patients) -- More on Polytomous Outcome Regressions (450 Patients) -- Heterogeneity in Clinical Research: Mechanisms Responsible (20 Studies) -- Performance Evaluation of Novel Diagnostic Tests (650 and 588 Patients) -- Quantile - Quantile Plots, a Good Start for Looking at Your Medical Data (50 Cholesterol Measurements and 52 Patients) -- Rate Analysis of Medical Data Better than Risk Analysis (52 Patients) -- Trend Tests Will Be Statistically Significant if Traditional Tests Are not (30 and 106 Patients) -- Doubly Multivariate Analysis of Variance for Multiple Observations from Multiple Outcome Variables (16 Patients) -- Probit Models for Estimating Effective Pharmacological Treatment Dosages (14 Tests) -- Interval Censored Data Analysis for Assessing Mean Time to Cancer Relapse (51 Patients) -- Structural Equation Modeling with SPSS Analysis of Moment Structures (Amos) for Cause Effect Relationships I (35 Patients) -- Structural Equation Modeling with SPSS Analysis of Moment Structures (Amos) for Cause Effect Relationships II (35 Patients) -- Firth's Bias-adjusted Estimates for Biased Logistic Data Models (23 Challenger launchings) -- Omics Research (125 Patients, 24 Predictor Variables) -- Sparse Canonical Correlation Analysis (12209 Genes in 45 Glioblastoma Carriers) -- Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors and Eigenfunctions (45 and 250 Patients) -- Section III Rules Models -- Neural Networks for Assessing Relationships that are Typically Nonlinear (90 Patients) -- Complex Samples Methodologies for Unbiased Sampling (9,678 Persons) -- Correspondence Analysis for Identifying the Best of Multiple Treatments in Multiple Groups (217 Patients) -- Decision Trees for Decision Analysis (1004 and 953 Patients) -- Multidimensional Scaling for Visualizing Experienced Drug Efficacies (14 Pain-killers and 42 Patients) -- Stochastic Processes for Long Term Predictions from Short Term Observations -- Optimal Binning for Finding High Risk Cut-offs (1445 Families) -- Conjoint Analysis for Determining the Most Appreciated Properties of Medicines to Be Developed (15 Physicians) -- Item Response Modeling for Analyzing Quality of Life with Better Precision (1000 Patients) -- Survival Studies with Varying Risks of Dying (50 and 60 Patients) -- Fuzzy Logic for Improved Precision of Pharmacological Data Analysis (9 Induction Dosages) -- Automatic Data Mining for the Best Treatment of a Disease (90 Patients) -- Pareto Charts for Identifying the Main Factors of Multifactorial Outcomes (2000 Admissions to Hospital) -- Radial Basis Neural Networks for Multidimensional Gaussian Data (90 persons) -- Automatic Modeling for Drug Efficacy Prediction (250 Patients) -- Automatic Modeling for Clinical Event Prediction (200 Patients) -- Automatic Newton Modeling in Clinical Pharmacology (15 Alfentanil dosages, 15 Quinidine time-concentration relationships) -- Spectral Plots for High Sensitivity Assessment of Periodicity (6 Years’ Monthly C Reactive Protein Levels) -- Runs Test for Identifying Best Analysis Models (21 Estimates of Quantity and Quality of Patient Care) -- Evolutionary Operations for Health Process Improvement (8 Operation Room Settings) -- Bayesian Networks for Cause Effect Modeling (600 Patients) -- Support Vector Machines for Imperfect Nonlinear Data (200 Patients) -- Multiple Response Sets for Visualizing Clinical Data Trends (811 Patient Visits) -- Protein and DNA Sequence Mining -- Iteration Methods for Crossvalidation (150 Patients) -- Testing Parallel-groups with Different Sample Sizes and Variances (5 Parallel-group Studies) -- Association Rules between Exposure and Outcome (50 and 60 Patients) -- Confidence Intervals for Proportions and Differences in Proportions (100 and 75 Patients) -- Ratio Statistics for Efficacy Analysis of New Drugs 50 Patients) -- Fifth Order Polynomes of Circadian Rhythms (1 Patient) -- Gamma Distribution for Estimating the Predictors of Medical Outcomes (110 Patients) -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Eukaryome: Emerging field with profound translational potential -- Resolving amoebozoan encystation from Dictyostelium evo-devo and amoebozoan comparative genomics -- Integrative omics analysis of the effect of bacteria on the resistance of Entamoeba histolytica to oxidative stress -- Histomonas meleagridis molecular traits –from past to future -- Exploring the biology and evolution of Blastocystis and its role in the microbiome -- Advances in the study of Blastocystis spp. in Mexico: prevalence, genetic diversity, clinical association and their possible role in the human intestine -- Cryptosporidium infection in Bangladesh children -- The current molecular epidemiological scenario of Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Blastocystis in Spain. Implication for public health -- The protozoome of the periodontal sulcus: from health to disease -- Tritrichomonas spp. and Their Impact on Gut Immune Homeostasis -- Contribution of host immunity to the development of Entamoeba histolytica-induced liver abscess -- Oxidative Stress And Heat Stress In Experimental Amoebic Liver Abscess -- Role of Extracellular Traps promoted by intestinal parasites. Relationship with virulence -- Parasite secretory molecules in host-parasite interaction -- The Role of Host PKCα during Intracellular Cryptosporidium Infection -- Immune response triggered by Entamoeba histolytica in a 3D-intestinal model -- Receptors for phagocytosis and trogocytosis in Entamoeba histolytica -- PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 binding protein screening reveals unique molecules involved in endocytic processes -- Molecular insights into E. histolytica mediated host tissue invasion -- Vesicular trafficking in Entamoeba histolytica is essential for its virulence -- MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF Entamoeba histolytica tRNA GENES -- Gene silencing and overexpression to study pathogenicity factors of Entamoeba histolytica -- Polyadenylation machineries in intestinal parasites: latest advances in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica -- Probiotics as anti-Giardia defenders: Overview on putative control mechanisms -- A protocol to quantify cellular morphodynamics: from cell labelling to automatic image analysis.-.

Description / Table of Contents: CHAPTER I: Introduction -- CHAPTER II: Socioecological profile of the Rain-fed Regions -- CHAPTER III: Implementation Process: Quality, equity and Sustenance -- CHAPTER IV: Moving Towards Sustainable -- CHAPTER V: Making of Climate Smart Communities: Experiences and Learnings -- CHAPTER VI: Conclusions and Policy Imperatives -- References -- Appendices.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. AI and Big Data for Intelligent Health: Promise and Potential -- 2. AI and Big Data for Cancer Segmentation, Detection and Prevention -- 3. Radiology, AI and Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Medical Imaging -- 4. Neuroradiology: Current Status and Future Prospects -- 5. Big Data and AI in Cardiac Imaging -- 6. Artificial Intelligence and Big data for COVID-19 Diagnosis -- 7. AI and Big Data for Drug Discovery -- 8. Blockchain of IoMT (BIoMT): A New Paradigm for COVID-19 Pandemic: Application, Architecture, Technology, and Security -- 9. AI and Big Data for Therapeutic Strategies in Psychiatry -- 10. Distributed Learning in Healthcare -- 11. Cybersecurity in Healthcare -- 12. Radiology and Radiomics: Towards oncology Prediction with IA and Big Data.

Description / Table of Contents: Sterols from the post-lanosterol part of cholesterol synthesis – novel signaling players -- Genetic variability in cholesterol metabolism -- Side-chain oxidized oxysterols in health and disease -- Bile acids and TGR5 (Gpbar1) signaling -- Bile acids as regulatory signalling molecules -- Oxysterols and bile acid act as signaling molecules that regulate cholesterol homeostasis: nuclear receptors LXR, FXR, and fibroblast growth factor 15/19 -- Cytochrome P450 Metabolism Leads to Novel Biological Sterols and Other Steroids.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Arctic Tundra: Where There Are No Trees -- Chapter 2. Arctic Is Not One -- Chapter 3. Arctic Plants in Different Tundras -- Chapter 4. Arctic Plants in Svalbard- Who are they and what do they do?/Svalbard, cold shore -- Chapter 5. The Past Shows the Future.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Origins and Development of Senotherapies -- Chapter 1. Senolytic drug development -- Chapter 2. Discovery of Senolytics and the pathway to early phase clinical trials -- Part II: The Impact of Senotherapies: from Regeneration to Aging -- Chapter 3. Interconnection between cellular senescence, regeneration and ageing in salamanders -- Chapter 4. Senolytics target senescent cells and improve aging and age-related diseases -- Chapter 5. Senotherapy of cancer -- Part III: Understanding and Targeting the Senescent Surfaceome -- Chapter 6. Targeted senolytic strategies based on the senescent surfaceome -- Chapter 7. Senolysis and senostasis through the plasma membrane -- Part IV: Novel Senescence-Associated Markers and Targets -- Chapter 8. In situ detection of miRNAs in senescent cells in archival material -- Chapter 9. Novel probes and carriers to target senescent cells -- Chapter 10. Potential applications of aptamers for targeting senescent cells -- Chapter 11. Mitochondria: potential targets for interventions to counteract senescence.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Scaffolds for promoting neural repair -- Chapter 2. Composites for nerve regeneration -- Chapter 3. Configurable models of the blood-brain barrier -- Chapter 4. Engineering nerve conduits -- Chapter 5. Flexible electronics for stem cell differentiation -- Chapter 6. Nanosensors for brain chemistry -- Chapter 7. Nanomaterials for imaging the brain ECS -- Chapter 8. Microfluidics for analysis of neuronal development -- Chapter 9. Multiple particle tracking measurements of extracellular matrix dysregulation -- Chapter 10. Bioresponsive nanomaterials for treatment of CNS disease -- Chapter 11. Redox regulation for controlling cell fate -- Chapter 12. Polymersome delivery of CRISPR-based therapies -- Chapter 13. Multifunctional polymers for targeted delivery -- Chapter 14. Theranostic nanomaterials for brain injury.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: The Tools for Engineering Plants -- 1. The Evolution of Agriculture and Tools for Plant Innovations. Genome editing methods and applications -- 2. Techniques and Tools of Modern Plant Breeding -- 3. Genomic Methods for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops -- 4. New technologies for precision plant breeding -- 5. CRISPR Technologies for Plant Biotechnology Innovation -- Part II: Contributions to the Society -- 6. Intellectual Property Protection of Plant Innovation -- 7. Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified (GM) Crop Use: Impacts on Pesticide Use and Carbon Emissions -- 8. Is It Possible to Overcome the GMO Controversy? Some Elements for a Philosophical Perspective -- Part III: Sustainable Management -- 9. Sustainable Management of Insect-Resistant Crops -- 10. Effects of GM Crops on Non-Target Organisms -- 11. Virus-Resistant Crops and Trees -- Part IV. Sustainable Environment -- 12. Root Traits for Improving Nitrogen Acquisition Efficiency -- 13. Sustainable Soil Health -- 14. Environmental Phytoremediation and Analytical Technologies for Heavy Metal Removal and Assessment -- Part V: Contributions to Food, Feed, and Health -- 15. Production of Medicines from Engineered Proteins in Plants -- 16. Low gluten and coeliac-safe wheat through gene editing -- 17. Near-isogenic lines as powerful tools to evaluate the effect of individual phytochemicals on health and chronic diseases -- Part VI: Contributions of Genome editing to Agriculture -- 18. Policies and Governance for plant genome editing -- 19. Exploring the roots of the old GMO narrative and why young people have started to ask critical questions. .

Description / Table of Contents: Evaluating the Efficacy and Optimisation of the Peer-led Flipped Model Using TEL Resources Within Neuroanatomy -- Observation of Patients’ 3D Printed Anatomical Features and 3D Visualisation Technologies Improve Spatial Awareness for Surgical Planning and in-Theatre Performance -- Pandemics, Protests and Pronouns: The Changing Landscape of Biomedical Visualisation and Education -- What Not to Do with PPE: A Digital Application to Raise Awareness of Proper PPE Protocol -- The Embryonic re-Development of an Anatomy Museum -- Visualising the Link Between Carpal Bones and their Etymologies -- Augmented Reality Application of Schizocosa Ocreata: A tool for Reducing Fear of Arachnids Through Public Outreach -- The Surgical Art Face©: Developing a Bespoke Multimodal Face Model for Reconstructive Surgical Education -- Modernizing Medical Museums Through the 3D Digitization of Pathological Specimens -- An Introduction to Biomedical Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Description / Table of Contents: 1: Li-Fraumeni Syndrome -- 2: Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancer Predisposition -- 3: Rhabdoid Tumors -- 4: Neurofibromatosis -- 5: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma syndromes -- 6: Wilms tumor -- 7: Hereditary Overgrowth Syndromes -- 8: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias and Associated Non-Endocrine Conditions -- 9: DICER1 Syndrome -- 10: Cancer-prone Inherited Bone Marrow Failure, Myelodysplastic and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Syndromes -- 11: Inherited Risk for Childhood Leukemia -- 12: Inherited pediatric cancer in low and intermediate resource countries -- 13: Frontline Ethico-legal Issues in Childhood Cancer Genetics Research -- 14: Genetic counseling and testing -- 15: Psychosocial aspects of childhood cancer genetics -- 16: Recognition of cancer predisposition syndromes.

Description / Table of Contents: N-glycosylation -- Mucin type O-GalNAc glycosylation in health and disease -- Glycosphingolipids -- Glycosaminoglycans -- Other types of glycosylation -- Extracellular vesicles and glycosylation -- Quantitative genetics of human protein N-glycosylation -- Epigenetic regulation of glycosylation -- Glycosaminoglycans in neurodegenerative diseases -- Glycosylation in autoimmune diseases -- The role of glycosylation in infectious diseases -- The importance of glycosylation in COVID-19 infection -- The role of glycosylation in inflammatory diseases -- Protein glycosylation in diabetes -- Glycosylation and cardiovascular diseases -- Glycosylation profiling as a biomarker of suboptimal health for chronic disease stratification -- Glycosylation and aging.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. General Principles -- Chapter 2. Signals – Scattering -- Chapter 3. Signals - Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, Impedance, Extinction -- Chapter 4. Fluidics -- Chapter 5. Light Sources -- Chapter 6. Optical Benches -- Chapter 7. Detectors and Electronics -- Chapter 8. Signal Analysis -- Chapter 9. The Cytometric File -- Chapter 10. Data Transformation -- Chapter 11. Data Representation -- Chapter 12. Data Analysis -- Chapter 13. Standards, Setup, Calibration, and Control Techniques -- Chapter 14. Fluorochromes – Overview -- Chapter 15. Fluorochromes Suitable for Antibody Conjugation -- Chapter 16. Fluorochromes That Bind Nucleic Acids -- Chapter 17. Fluorochromes for the Study of the Cell Features -- Chapter 18. Fluorescent Proteins -- Chapter 19. Spillover and Compensation -- Chapter 20. Artifacts -- Chapter 21. Cell Sorting -- Chapter 22. Non-Conventional Flow Cytometry -- Chapter 23. Statistics: A Cytometric Point of View.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The physical principles of light propagation and light-matter interactions -- Chapter 2. Design, alignment and usage of infinity-corrected microscope -- Chapter 3. Epifluorescence Microscopy -- Chapter 4. Basic digital image design, processing, analysis, management, and presentation -- Chapter 5. Confocal Microscopy -- Chapter 6. Live-cell Imaging: A Balancing Act Between Speed, Sensitivity and Resolution -- Chapter 7. Structured Illumination Microscopy -- Chapter 8. Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy -- Chapter 9. Two-Photon Imaging -- Chapter 10. Modern microscopy image analysis: quantifying colocalization on a mobile device -- Chapter 11. Spinning Disk Microscopy -- Chapter 12. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy -- Chapter 13. Localization microscopy: a review of the progress in methods and applications.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Nutrition and common diseases -- 1.1.Evolution of human nutrition -- 1.2.Principles of metabolism -- 1.3.Dietary molecules -- 1.4.Nutrition and metabolic diseases -- 1.5.Nutrition and cancer -- 1.6.Impact of physical activity -- 2.Human genomic variation -- 2.1.Migration and evolutionary challenges of Homo sapiens -- 2.2.Diversity of human populations -- 2.3.Genetic variants of the human genome -- 2.4.Haplotype blocks and GWAS -- 2.5.The 1000 Genomes Project -- 3.Sensing nutrition -- 3.1.Nutrient-sensing mechanisms -- 3.2.Nuclear receptors as nutrient sensors -- 3.3.Functions and actions of PPARs -- 3.4 Integration of lipid metabolism by LXRs and FXR -- 3.5.Coordination of the immune response by VDR -- 3.6.Circadian control of metabolic processes -- 4.Interference of the human genome with nutrients -- 4.1.Human genetic adaptions -- 4.2.Genetic adaption to dietary changes -- 4.3 Regulatory SNPs and quantitative traits -- 4.4.Nutrigenomic analysis -- 4.5 Personal omics profiles -- 5.Nutritional epigenetics -- 5.1.Epigenetic mechanisms -- 5.2.Intermediary metabolism and epigenetic signaling -- 5.3.Nutrition-triggered transgenerational epigenetic inheritance -- 5.4.Population epigenetics -- 6.Nutritional signaling and aging -- 6.1 Aging and conserved nutrient-sensing pathways -- 6.2.Neuroendocrine regulation of aging -- 6.3.Principles of insulin signaling -- 6.4.Central role of FOXO transcription factors -- 6.5.Caloric restriction from yeast to mammals -- 6.6.Cellular energy status sensing by sirtuins and AMPK -- 7.Chronic inflammation and metabolic stress -- 7.1 Central role of monocytes and macrophages -- 7.2.Acute and chronic inflammation -- 7.3.Reverse cholesterol transport and inflammation -- 7.4.Sensing metabolic stress via the ER -- 8.Obesity -- 8.1 Definition of obesity -- 8.2 Adipogenesis -- 8.3.Inflammation in adipose tissue -- 8.4.Energy homeostasis and hormonal regulation of food uptake -- 8.5.Genetics of obesity -- 9.Insulin resistance and diabetes -- 9.1.Glucose homeostasis -- 9.2.Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and liver -- 9.3.β cell failure -- 9.4.Definition of diabetes -- 9.5.Disturbed glucose homeostasis in T2D and its treatment -- 9.6.Genetics and epigenetics of T2D -- 10.Heart disease and the metabolic syndrome -- 10.1.Hypertension -- 10.2.Mechanisms of atherosclerosis -- 10.3.Lipoproteins and dyslipidemias -- 10.4.Whole body’s perspective of the metabolic syndrome -- 10.5.Metabolic syndrome in key metabolic organs -- 10.6.Genetics and epigenetics of the metabolic syndrome.

Description / Table of Contents: Genomic Designing for New Climate-Resilient Almond Varieties -- Challenges and Strategies for Developing Climate-Smart Apple Varieties through Genomic Approaches -- Genomic Designing for New Climate-Resilient Apricot Varieties in a Warming Context -- Breeding Climate Resilient Bananas.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: a decade teaching stem cell biology -- Chapter 2: Preimplantation development: from germ cells to blastocyst -- Chapter 3: Origins of pluripotency: from stem cells to germ cells -- Chapter 4: Human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells: generation and applications -- Chapter 5: Cellular reprogramming and aging -- Chapter 6: Cloning -- Chapter 7: Stem cells in plant development -- Chapter 8: Axial stem cells and the formation of the vertebrate body -- Chapter 9: Skeletal muscle development - from stem cells to body movement -- Chapter 10: Cardiac regeneration and repair: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies -- Chapter 11: Reproducing human brain development in vitro: generating cerebellar neurons for modelling cerebellar ataxias -- Chapter 12: Neurotoxicology and disease modelling -- Chapter 13: Mesenchymal stem cells for cutaneous wound healing.

Description / Table of Contents: Salivary glands' anatomy and physiology -- Saliva in ingestive behavior research: association with oral sensory perception and food intake -- Saliva - a non-invasive sample: Pros and Cons -- Methodology assays for the salivary biomarkers’ identification and measurement -- The role of saliva in dental practice -- Salivary biomarkers in respiratory diseases -- Salivary biomarkers in neurologic diseases -- Salivary biomarkers in the diagnosis and monitoring of metabolic and endocrine diseases -- Salivary markers in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases -- Salivary biomarkers in oral and systemic pathologies. Kidney diseases -- Salivary diagnosis of infectious diseases -- Salivary markers in systemic and oral cancer -- Saliva in sport sciences -- Salivary biomarkers in welfare studies -- The future of saliva as an analytical sample.

Description / Table of Contents: Microfluidic devices and three dimensional-printing strategies for in vitro models of bone -- Microfluidics for Processing of biomaterials -- Organ-on-a-chip -- Body-on-a-chip: Current challenges -- Biomaterials and microfluidics for liver models -- Microfluidics for CNS research -- Biomaterials and microfluidics for angiogenesis research -- Biomaterials and microfluidics for drug discovery and development -- Microfluidics for diagnostics -- Nanoparticles and Microfluidic devices in cancer research.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Overview of Mesenchymal Stem Cells -- Cancer Stem Cells -- Organoids -- Regenerative Medicine in Urology -- Erectile Dysfunctions -- Bladder dysfunction -- Transplant and kidney repair.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- An introduction to EQ-5D instruments and their applications -- Analysis of EQ-5D profile data -- Analysis of EQ VAS data -- Analysis of EQ-5D values -- Advanced topics -- Glossary of terms. .

Description / Table of Contents: Biology of Chromatin -- Chromatin Dynamics -- Cellular Memory -- Dosage Compensation Systems -- Genomic Imprinting -- RNA-based Mechanisms of Gene Silencing -- Regeneration and Reprogramming -- Epigenetics and Cancer -- Epigenetics and Metabolism.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introductory Communications -- Chapter 1. Our Future and The Oceans -- Chapter 2. General guidelines for future exchanges in marine science and technology between the two Sociétés franco-japonaises d’Océanographie -- Part II: Identification and Analysis of Environmental Stressors -- Chapter 3. The Japan Sea: a changing Pacific Asian marginal sea -- Chapter 4. Statistical analysis of surface circulation in Sagami Bay using High Frequency（HF）Radar -- Chapter 5. Statistical analysis of high frequency pCO2 data acquired with the Astan buoy (Southern Western English Channel, off Roscoff) -- Chapter 6. Spatial variation in pCO2 based on 16 years of in-situ measurements in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan -- Chapter 7. The Bay of Seine: a resilient socio-eco-system under cumulative pressures -- Chapter 8. Effect of bacterial infection on the expression of stress proteins and antioxidative enzymes in Japanese flounder -- Part III: Impacts on Socio-Eco-Systems and Biological Resources -- Chapter 9. A Review of the Effects of Global Warming and Currents Trends on Fisheries and its Impact on Important Commercial Species in Japan -- Chapter 10. Physiology of winter coral bleaching in temperate zone -- Chapter 11. Preliminary report of impacts of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent events on macrobenthic community in a shallow brackish lagoon in Sendai Bay, Japan -- Chapter 12. Post-tsunami oyster feeding environment in Nagatsuraura Bay for three years -- Chapter 13. Seagrass-oyster farmers interaction detected by eelgrass DNA analysis in Hinase area of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan -- Chapter 14. Fisheries Biology of Blue Sharks in Sagami Bay, Japan -- Part IV: Vulnerability of Coastal Ecosystems and Risk Assessment -- Chapter 15. Temperature and salinity changes in coastal waters of Western Europe: variability, trends and extreme events -- Chapter 16. Risk Based Consenting of Offshore Renewable Energy Projects (RICORE) -- Chapter 17. Does global warming favour the occurrence of recent blue mussel mortality events in France? -- Chapter 18. Integrated ecosystem management for exploited coastal ecosystem dynamics under oligotrophication and climate changes -- Chapter 19. Forty years of decline and 10 years of management plan: are European eels (Anguilla anguilla) recovering? -- Chapter 20. The management of Mediterranean coastal habitats: a plea for a socio-ecosystem-based approach.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1.Introduction: What Persists, what Changes -- Chapter2.The mountains -- Chapter3.It's getting warm down here -- Chapter4.Water towers of the west -- Chapter5.Trees, forests, and carbon -- Chapter6.Ecological disturbance -- Chapter7.Creatures great and small -- Chapter8.Extremes, Thresholds, Vulnerabilities -- Chapter9.Mountains and People in a Warming World.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Exhibition MARE PLASTICUM: Art and Science for the Environment -- Chapter 2. A Brief History of Plastics -- Chapter 3. Plastics and Microplastics: Impacts in the Marine Environment -- Chapter 4. The (Un)Natural History of the “Plastisphere”, A New Marine Ecosystem -- Chapter 5. Polarquest 2018 Expedition: Plastic Debris at 82°07’ North -- Chapter 6. The Impact of Marine Litter in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Mediterranean Sea: How Can We Protect MPAs? -- Chapter 7. Plastic in China: A Short History of a Crisis -- Chapter 8. "Down by the River": (Micro-) Plastic Pollution of Running Freshwaters with Special Emphasis on the Austrian Danube -- Chapter 9. Small Plastic Wastes in Soils: What Is Our Real Perception of the Problem? -- Chapter 10. Europe's Move Towards Plastic-Free Ocean -- Chapter 11. Plastic Pollution in the Oceans - A Systemic Analysis—Status Quo and Possible Sustainable Solutions -- Chapter 12. Toys for the Winter -- Chapter 13. "The Bottlenose Dolphin” (An Eco-comic).

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1 Hemp Production -- Chapter 2 Traditional and New Applications of Hemp -- Chapter 3 Industrial Hemp in the USA: A Brief Synopsis -- Chapter 4 Hemp Fibers in Serbia: Cultivation, Processing, and Applications -- Chapter 5 Physico-chemical Characterization and Development of Hemp Aggregates for Highly Insulating Construction Building Materials -- Chapter 6 Modelling of the Hygrothermal Behaviour of Hemp Concrete -- Chapter 7 Hempseed Protein: Processing and Functional Properties -- Chapter 8 Functional and Bioactive Properties of Hemp Proteins -- Chapter 9 Hemp Seed as a Source of Food Proteins -- Chapter 10 Hemp Fibers for Wastewater Treatment.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Enhancing teaching in biomedical, health and exercise science with real-time physiological visualisations (Christian Moro, Zane Stromberga & Ashleigh Moreland) -- Chapter 2. The evolution of educational technology in veterinary anatomy education (Julien Guevar) -- Chapter 3. Body Painting Plus: Art-based activities to improve visualisation in clinical education settings (Angelique N. Dueñas & Gabrielle M. Finn) -- Chapter 4. TEL methods used for the learning of clinical neuroanatomy (Ahmad Elmansouri, Olivia Murray, Samuel Hall, Scott Border) -- Chapter 5. From Scope to Screen: The Evolution of Histology Education (Jamie A. Chapman, Lisa M.J. Lee and Nathan T. Swailes) -- Chapter 6. Digital and Social Media in Anatomy Education (C. M. Hennessy and C. F. Smith) -- Chapter 7. Mixed and Virtual Reality Interaction and Presentation Techniques for Medical Visualizations (Ross T. Smith, Thomas J. Clarke, Wolfgang Mayer, Andrew Cunningham, Brandon Matthews, Joanne E. Zucco) -- Chapter 8. Pores, pimples and pathologies: 3D capture and detailing of human skin for 3D medical visualisation and fabrication (Mark Roughley) -- Chapter 9. Extending the reach and task-shifting ophthalmology diagnostics through remote visualisation (Mario E Giardini and Iain A T Livingstone) -- Chapter 10. Image overlay surgery based on augmented reality: A systematic review (Laura Pérez-Pachón, Matthieu Poyade, Terry Lowe, Flora Gröning).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory chapters -- Structure and function of feline skin -- Coat color genetics -- Approach to the feline patient: general and dermatological examination -- 2. Problem oriented approach to -- Alopecia -- Papules, pustules, furuncles and crusts -- Plaques, nodules and eosinophilic granuloma complex lesions -- Excoriations, erosions and ulcers -- Scaling -- Pruritus -- Otitis.-3. Skin diseases by etiology -- Bacterial diseases -- Mycobacterial diseases -- Dermatophytosis -- Deep fungal diseases -- Sporothrichosis -- Malassezia -- Viral diseases -- Leishmaniosis -- Ectoparasitic diseases -- Flea biology, allergy and control -- Feline atopic syndrome: epidemiology and clinical presentation -- Feline atopic syndrome: diagnosis -- Feline atopic syndrome: therapy -- Mosquito-byte hypersensitivity -- Autoimmune diseases -- Immune mediated diseases -- Hormonal and metabolic diseases -- Genetic diseases -- Psychogenic diseases -- Neoplastic disease -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Idiopathic miscellaneous diseases.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. NMR-Based Metabolomics in Cancer Research -- 2. Capillary Electrophoresis–Mass Spectrometry for Cancer Metabolomics -- 3. Chemical Isotope Labeling LC-MS for Metabolomics -- 4. Single cell metabolomics by mass spectrometry imaging -- 5. Fatty Acid Metabolism and Cancer -- 6. Metabolomics of Gastric Cancer -- 7. HIF-1α metabolic pathways in human cancer -- 8. Regulation of glycolysis in head and neck cancer -- 9. Metabolomics of oral/head and neck cancer -- 10. Ion chromatography with mass spectrometry for metabolomic analysis -- 11. Methods of lipidomic analysis: Extraction, derivatization, separation and identification of lipids -- 12. Functional metabolomics and chemoproteomics approaches reveal novel metabolic targets for anti-cancer therapy -- 13. Metabolomics of glioma -- 14. Microbial metabolomics: From methods to translational applications -- 15. Advances in the study of N6-methyladenine in eukaryotes -- 16. NMR Based Metabolomics -- 17. Quantitative analysis of oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate -- 18. Tracer-based Cancer Metabolomic Analysis -- 19. Mass spectrometry-based shotgun lipidomics for cancer research -- 20. Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics.

Description / Table of Contents: Induced pluripotent stem cell derived human lung organoids to map and treat the SARS-CoV2 infections in vitro -- Embryonic Stem Cells in Clinical Trials: Current Overview of Developments and Challenges -- Functions of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Cardiac Repair -- Cardiac Progenitor Cells -- Cardiac Immunology: a new era for immune cells in the heart -- Conventional and Alternative Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies for the Treatment of Diabetes -- Mesenchymal stem cells: The past present and future -- Extracellular vesicles therapeutics in regenerative medicine -- Exosomes as part of the human adipose-derived stem cells secretome- opening new perspectives for cell-free regenerative applications -- A Museum of Stem Cells Points to Muse Cells as Robust Transplantable Cells for Stroke.

Description / Table of Contents: Immune dysregulation and recurring mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes pathogenesis -- Stem Cell Aging and Regenerative Medicine -- Potential of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cells in cancer therapy -- Drug sensitivity and drug repurposing platform for cancer precision medicine -- Role and regulation of Lin28 in progenitor cells during central nervous system development -- Cartilage Repair by Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes: Preclinical and Clinical Trial Update and Perspective -- Kaempferol induce cell death and sensitizes human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines to cisplatin -- A comprehensive approach to Urticaria: from clinical presentation to modern biological treatments through pathogenesis -- The potentials and pitfalls of using adult stem cells in cancer treatment -- The Outcome of Stem Cell-Based Therapies on the Immune Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Presentation and Work Guide -- Chapter 2. General identification keys -- Chapter 3. Atlas of the most common xylophagous insects.