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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 -- The Basics -- Chapter 2. Collecting Specimen and Harvesting Tissues -- Chapter 3. Drugs Administration -- Chapter 4. Surgical Principles -- Chapter 5. Vascular Surgery. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Treatment of Hazardous Sludge from Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants -- Chapter 2: Treatment of Textile Effluent -- Chapter 3: Stabilization and Solidification of Sludges -- Chapter 4: Removal of Fe and Mn From Groundwater -- Chapter 5: Treatment of Toxicant Dye Compounds in Wastewater By Modified Natural Coagulant -- Chapter 6: Occurrence, Behaviour and Transport of Toxic Heavy Metals from Industries In River Catchment-Control and Mitigation Measures -- Chapter 7: Nano Pollutant Properties, Occurrence and Behavior in Water and Wastewater Streams -- Chapter 8: Dredging and Mining Operations, Management and Environmental Impacts -- Chapter 9: Laboratory Waste Management and Treatment -- Chapter 10: Management and Treatment Methods of Acid Mine Drainage -- Chapter 11: Evaluation of Coagulation-Flocculation Treatment Technologies in Palm Oil Effluent Management.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Manufacturing of Recombinant Therapeutic Proteins -- Chapter 1. Single-Use Systems in Biopharmaceutical Manufacture: State of the Art and Recent Trends (Jossen et al.) -- Chapter 2. Recent Developments in Bioprocess Monitoring Systems (Rahmatnejad et al.) -- Chapter 3. Advances in Characterization of Industrial Bioreactors for Cell Culture Process (Fitschen et al.) -- Chapter 4. Continuous Bioprocessing for Upstream Process - Perfusion Process (Chotteau et al.) -- Chapter 5. Continuous Bioprocessing for Downstream (Gerstweiler) -- Chapter 6. Towards Digital Twin for Biopharmaceutical Processes: Concept and Progress (Ding et al.) -- Chapter 7. Integrated Process and Supply Chain Design and Optimization (Triantafyllou et al.) -- Chapter 8. Production of Complex Proteins in Plants – From Farming to Manufacturing (Nausch et al.) -- Chapter 9. Manufacturing of Recombinant Proteins Using Quality by Design (QbD) Methodology: Current Trend and Challenges (Shin and Landauer) -- Chapter 10. Biopharma 4.0 for Biologics Manufacturing Under Pandemic Constraints (Schmidt et al.) -- Chapter 11. Biopharma 4.0: Digital Technologies Driving Smart Manufacturing (Nargund et al.) -- Part II: Manufacturing Aspects of Cell and Gene Therapy -- Chapter 12. Essential Aspects of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Manufacturing (Fleischhammer et al.) -- Chapter 13. Towards a Continuous Production of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Chemically Defined Medium: Opportunities and Challenges for a Robust and Scalable Expansion Process (Tasto and Salzig) -- Chapter 14. Biomanufacturing Aspects of Gene Therapy (Warnock) -- Chapter 15. Manufacturing and Quality of Advanced Therapeutics: Cellular Therapies, CAR-T and Gene Therapies (van den Bos et al.).

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. The Premise of Well Tests -- Chapter 1. Qualitative Aspects: Pattern Recognition -- Chapter 2. Quantitative Aspects: Parameter Estimation -- Chapter 3. Special Cases of Gas and Gas Condensate Wells -- Chapter 4. Naturally Fractured Reservoirs -- Chapter 5. Hydraulically Fractured Wells -- Chapter 6. Horizontal Wells -- Chapter 7. Interference and Pulse Tests -- Chapter 8. Unconventional Wells -- Chapter 9. Injection Well tests -- Chapter 10. Drill Stem Tests -- Chapter 11. Pumping Well Tests -- Chapter 12. Geothermal Wells -- Chapter 13. Computer Aided Methods -- Chapter 14. Testing Water wells and Aquifers -- Chapter 15. Subsurfcae Fluid Disposal and Energy Storage -- Chapter 16. Designing Well Tests.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1- People and Caves in Australia -- Part 2 - ‘Hard’ rock karst developed in Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic carbonates -- Part 3 - ‘Soft’ rock karst developed in Tertiary and Quaternary limestones -- Part 4 – Pseudokarst -- Part 5 – Cave contents.

Description / Table of Contents: An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia -- Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems -- Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia -- Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management -- Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia -- Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation -- Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management -- Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges -- Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems -- Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests -- Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia -- Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia -- Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia -- A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia -- Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change -- Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia -- Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends -- Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The Physical Environment -- Biological Environment -- The First People -- People on the Landscape -- Making a Living -- Life at Home -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Background -- Geology, climate and landscape evolution -- Quaternary and holocene palaeoclimates of the Sahara -- Plant and animal life in the Sahara -- Human exploitation of the Central Sahara -- Field investigation, remote sensing and geomorphological mapping -- Part II. Landforms and landscapes -- Evidence for past glaciations -- Volcanoes and igneous landforms -- Sandstone massifs -- Solutional landforms and karstic weathering -- Alluvial fans, escarpments, and pediments -- Hamada, serir, and desert pavement -- Sand seas – North -- Sand seas – South and west. .

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Overview of the Polystomatidae: Systematics and Classification -- Chapter 2. Contributions to the History of Polystomatid Flatworm Discoveries and Research -- Chapter 3. Collecting and Processing Polystomatid Flatworms -- Chapter 4. Polystome Species of Amphibians -- Chapter 5. Polystome Species of the Australian Lungfish, Chelonians and the Common Hippopotamus -- Chapter 6. Polystomatidae: Life-History Strategies, the Key to Success -- Chapter 7. Insights into the Origin and Evolution of the Polystomatidae -- Chapter 8. Poystomatid Studies: Future Prospects.

Description / Table of Contents: 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?.

Description / Table of Contents: Microbial Life on Earth, Metabolism, and Metabolic Diversity -- A Microbe’s Environment and Natural Selection -- Microbial Energetics -- Catabolism and Its Coupling to Anabolism -- Microbial Kinetics -- Mechanisms of Microbial Energy Conservation -- Prototypic Reactions of Prokaryotic Carbon Catabolism -- Metabolic Modules, Pathways, and Nodes of Intermediates -- Fermentative Metabolism -- Prototypic Reactions, Modules, and Pathways of C1 Catabolism.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: General / Technical Aspects -- Chapter 1: In Situ Imaging Of Virus Infected Cells By Cryo-Electron Tomography: An Overview -- Chapter 2: Approaches To Evaluating Necroptosis In Virus Infected Cells -- Chapter 3: Apoptosis And Phagocytosis As Antiviral Mechanisms -- Chapter 4: The Art Of Viral Membrane Fusion And Penetration -- Chapter 5: Single Particle Tracking Of Virus Entry In Live Cells -- Chapter 6: Correlative Cryo-Imaging Using Soft X-Ray Tomography For The Study Of Virus Biology In Cells And Tissues -- Chapter 7: The Virus-Induced Cytopathic Effect -- Part 2: Specific Viruses -- Chapter 8: Human Papilloma Virus-Infected Cells -- Chapter 9: Defining The Assembleome Of The Respiratory Syncytial Virus -- Chapter 10: Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infected Cells -- Chapter 11: African Swine Fever Virus Host-Pathogen Interactions -- Chapter 12: Coronavirus And The Cytoskeleton Of Virus-Infected Cells -- Chapter 13: Viral Rna Is A Hub For Critical Host-Virus Interactions -- Chapter 14: Influenza A Virus: Cellular Entry -- Chapter 15: Human Endogenous Retroviruses In Diseases -- Chapter 16: Cholesterol And M2 Rendezvous In Budding And Scission Of Influenza A Virus.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Tilapia Fish For Future Sustainable Aquaculture -- Chapter 2: Health Management For Sustainable Tilapia Farming -- Chapter 3: Effects Of Feed Additives On Tilapia Reproduction -- Chapter 4: Intestinal Microbiota Of Tilapia: Characterization And Modulation -- Chapter 5: Probiotics And Their Application In Tilapia Culture -- Chapter 6: Prebiotics And Synbiotics In Nile Tilapia Culture -- Chapter 7: Medicinal Plants In Tilapia Aquaculture -- Chapter 8: Alternative Protein Sources For Sustainable Tilapia Farming -- Chapter 9: Sustainable Tilapia Farming, The Role Of Culture Systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Smart and healthy societies -- Recycling, reuse, and longer lasting products -- Fresh air, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity -- Cleaner energy and cutting-edge clean technological innovation -- Industry 4.0.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Global View of the Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the World -- Chapter 2. Biology, Ecology and Threats to Cold-Water Corals on Brazil’s Deep-Sea Margin -- Chapter 3. Cold-Water Corals of the World: Gulf of Mexico -- Chapter 4. Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the Southeastern United States -- Chapter 5. Norwegian Coral Reefs -- Chapter 6. Waters of Ireland and the UK -- Chapter 7. Life and Death of Cold-Water Corals across the Mediterranean Sea -- Chapter 8. Cold-Water Coral Reefs in the Oxygen Minimum Zones off West Africa -- Chapter 9. New Zealand: South West Pacific Region -- Chapter 10. Deep-Sea Corals of the North and Central Pacific Seamounts.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introductory Chapters and Historical Abstract -- Feed Additives to Ensure Sustainability -- Feed Additives, Their Role and Technological Properties -- Food Additives as Functional Ingredients in Food Products -- History of Feed Additives -- Part II. Sources and Types of Feed Additives -- Enzymes as Feed Additives -- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants as a Source of Potential Feed and Food Additives -- The Role of Insects in Novel Sustainable Animal Production Systems -- Probiotics, Prebiotics, Paraprobiotics, Postbiotics -- Novel Plant Extracts as Food Additives -- The Use of Feed and Food Additives in USA -- Part III: Biochemistry and General Effects -- The Effects of Feed Additives on Farm Animals under Heat Stress Conditions -- Feed Additives as Antiviral Agents -- Food and Feed Additives to Counteract Mycotoxin Toxicity in Human and Animals -- Part IV. Specific Applications in Livestock by Animal Groups -- Plant-Based Feed Additives for Livestock and Poultry in Southern Africa -- Plant-Based Feed Additives for Livestock and Poultry in Southern Africa -- Feed Additives to Combat Intestinal Diseases in Antibiotic Free Poultry Farming -- The Effects of Feed Additives on the Immune System of Poultry -- Application of Aromatic Plants and Their Extracts in Livestock -- Improving the Sustainability of Laying Hen Production Using Plant-Based Feed Additives -- Application of Feed Additives in the Diets of Turkeys -- Effect of Phytochemical Feed Additives on Health Status, Milk Yield and Quality Characteristics in Ruminants -- Feed Additives as Dietary Tools to Improve Welfare Status in Ruminants -- Application of Feed Additives to Improve Pork Meat Quality -- Feed additives, as Dietary Tools to Support Gut Health of Pigs -- Feed Additives as Immune Boosting Factors in Swine Health -- Probiotics as Feed Additives in Monogastric Animals -- Feed Additives for Insect Production -- Feed Additives in Aquaculture -- Certain Major Diseases Having Nutritional Disorders in Their Etiology and Economic Importance in Horses -- Feed Additives in Rabbit Nutrition to Ensure Sustainability -- Part V: Analytical Methods, Future Outlook and Perspectives -- Modern Applications in the Determination of Food and Feed Additives -- Antimicrobials as Feed and Food Additives, Their Technological Properties and Perspectives -- Feed Additives and Future Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Important Features of Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation -- Part. I: Green nanoremediation: generating eco-friendly nanoremediators -- Chapter. 2. Green-synthesis of nanomaterials for environmental remediation -- Chapter. 3. Nanoremediation: main strategies, advantages and disadvantages - Strategic methods of nanoremediation through nanomaterials synthesized from microbes -- Chapter. 4. Fungi-based synthesis to generate nanomaterials to nanoremediation -- Chapter. 5. Algae-based synthesis to generate nanomaterials to nanoremediation -- Chapter. 6. Plant-based synthesis to generate nanomaterials to nanoremediation -- Chapter. 7. Innovations on the synthesis of metal nanoparticles to nanoremediation -- Part II: Important green nanomaterials in the management of environmental pollution -- Chapter. 8. Main green nanomaterials to water remediation -- Chapter. 9. Green non-carbon-based nanomaterials to environs remediation -- Chapter. 10. Green Iron nanoparticles for nanoremediation -- Chapter. 11. Green Silver nanoparticles for nanoremediation -- Part III: Conjugating nanoremediation to other remediation strategies -- Chapter. 12. Green-based nanomaterial and plants in nanophytoremediation strategies -- Chapter. 13. Main interactions of green nanomaterials and microorganisms on nanoremediation protocols -- Part. IV: Safety aspects and analysis of nanoremediation -- Chapter. 14. Supporting nanotechnology safety through nanoinformatics -- Chapter. 15. Conventional strategies of environmental pollution remediation versus Green Nanoremediation -- Chapter. 16. Using nanoremediation strategies: cost/benefit analysis -- Chapter. 17. Strategies to evaluate nanoremediation efficiency.

Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION: THE REEF PHENOMENON -- INTO THE INTIMACY OF CORALS, BUILDERS OF THE SEA -- 1 TAXONOMIC AFFILIATION -- 1.1 Systematic classification of cnidarians -- 1.2 Scleractinians -- 2 MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY -- 2.1 Polyp anatomy -- 2.2 Reproduction -- 2.2.1 Sexual reproduction -- 2.2.2 Asexual reproduction -- 2.3 Anatomy of calcareous skeletons -- 2.4 Coral colonies -- 2.4.1 Corallite arrangement -- 2.4.2 Colony morphology -- 3 SYMBIOSIS -- 4 BIOMINERALIZATION -- 4.1 Calicoderm and biomineralization -- 4.2 Skeletons and biomineralization -- 4.3 Interface between calicoderm and skeleton -- 4.4 Principles of calcification -- 5 NUTRITION -- 5.1 Prey capture -- 5.2 Food -- 5.3 Autotrophy -- THE MODERN TIMES -- 1 BIOZONATION -- 2 REEF MORPHOTYPES -- 2.1 Fringing reefs -- 2.2 Barrier reefs -- 2.3 Atolls -- 2.4 Bank reefs -- 2.5 High carbonate islands -- 3 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION -- 3.1 Ecological control -- 3.2 Tectonic control -- 3.3 Eustatic control -- 3.4 Topographic control -- 4 REEF GROWTH -- 4.1 Vertical growth strategies -- 4.1.1 Controlling factors -- 4.1.2 Give-up growth -- 4.1.3 Keep-up growth -- 4.1.4 Catch-up mode -- 4.2 Lateral growth -- 5 MORPHO-SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES -- 5.1 Bioconstruction -- 5.2 Erosion -- 5.3 Bioaccumulation -- 5.4 Cementation -- 6 INTERNAL STRUCTURE -- 6.1 Nature and distribution of facies -- 6.1.1 Framework facies -- 6.1.2 Detrital facies -- 6.1.3 Facies distribution and hydrodynamics -- 6.2 The different structural models -- 7 A BRIEF HISTORY OF REEF DEVELOPMENT -- 7.1 The climatic context -- 7.2 History of reef development since the last deglaciation -- 7.3 Reef history throughout the Pleistocene -- 8 RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- 8.1 Record at the coral colony scale -- 8.1.1 Temperature -- 8.1.2 Salinometry -- 8.1.3 Rainfall -- 8.1.4 pH measurement -- 8.1.5 Photometry -- 8.1.6 Current measurement -- 8.2 Record at the scale of a reef edifice -- 8.2.1 Reef flats and micro-atolls -- 8.2.2 Arrangement of coral communities -- 8.2.3 Arrangement of reef edifices -- THE LONG MARCH OF CORALS -- 1 THE TIME OF THE ORIGINS -- 1.1 Early Earth and the first traces of life -- 1.2 Evolution of the atmosphere -- 1.3 Geochemical model of the early ocean -- 1.4 Emergence of biomineralization -- 1.5 The early calcifying organisms and cnidarians -- 1.6 The earliest corals -- 1.7 The appearance of scleractinian corals -- 2 THE TIME OF DIVERSIFICATION -- 2.1 Coral-algae symbiosis -- 2.1.1 Acquiring photosymbiosis -- 2.1.2 Evidence of photosymbiosis -- 2.1.3 Symbiosis and coloniality -- 2.2 A brief history of coral and reef building -- 2.2.1 Paleozoic times -- 2.2.2 Mesozoic times -- 2.2.3 Cenozoic times -- THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE REEF PHENOMENON -- 1 CAUSES -- 1.1 Causal relationships -- 1.2 Gas emissions and volcanic products -- 1.3 Methane emissions -- 1.4 Thermogenic gases -- 1.5 The fall of celestial bodies -- 1.6 Behaviour of organisms facing environmental disturbances -- 1.7 Disturbances induced by CO2 and ocean acidification -- 1.8 Thermal shocks -- 1.9 Disturbances induced by ocean deoxygenation -- 2 THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL CRISES -- 2.1 The Cambrian crises -- 2.2 The major crisis of the Ordovician end -- 2.3 The minor crises of the Silurian -- 2.4 The successive crises of the Devonian -- 2.5 The Permian crises -- 2.6 The Triassic crises -- 2.7 The lower Jurassic crisis -- 2.8 The Jurassic–Cretaceous transition (J–K) -- 2.9 The Cretaceous–Paleogene crisis -- 2.10 The Paleocene–Eocene crisis -- 2.11 The Eocene–Oligocene transition -- 2.12 The Oligocene end to the Plio-Quaternary -- 3 THE RESPONSE OF CORALS AND REEFS TO CRISES: FROM EXTINCTION TO RECOVERY -- 3.1 At the Ordovician end -- 3.2 During the Silurian -- 3.3 During the Devonian -- 3.4 At the Permian -- 3.5 At the Permian–Triassic boundary -- 3.6 From the middle to the end of the Triassic -- 3.7 During the Jurassic -- 3.8 From the upper Jurassic to the lower Cretaceous -- 3.9 At the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) transition -- 3.10 From the Paleocene to the Eocene -- 3.11 From the Oligocene to the Miocene -- 3.12 During the Plio-Quaternary -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- CORAL REEFS IN THE FACE OF THEIR FATE -- 1 DISRUPTIVE AGENTS IN ACTION -- 1.1 Carbon dioxide and rising surface water temperatures -- 1.2 Carbon dioxide and its effects on the carbonate cycle -- 1.3 Carbon dioxide and ocean acidification -- 1.4 The other disruptive agents -- 2 THE RESPONSE OF CORALS AND CORAL REEFS -- 2.1 Temperature rise of surface waters -- 2.2 To acidification -- 2.3 To other disruptive agents -- 3 THE EVOLUTION OF CORAL ISLETS -- 3.1 The modes of low-lying island formation -- 3.2 Future evolution of low-lying islands: maintenance, reduction, or destruction? -- CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDICE.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Acute, Chronic, and Episodic Pain -- Inflammation and Pain -- Animal Models of Pain and Anti-inflammatory Treatments -- Inflammatory Mediators, Nociceptors, and Their Interactions in Pain -- Immune and Glial Cells in Pain and Their Interactions with Nociceptive Neurons -- Sex Differences in Neuroimmune Interactions and Pain -- Neuroimmune Interactions in Itch -- Toll-like Receptors in Pain and Itch -- Immunotherapy and Pain -- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Pain Medicine - Preclinical Studies -- Cell-based Therapies in Pain Management -- Platelet-Rich Plasma and Autologous Conditioned Serum: Non-Cellular Biologic Therapies for Neuroimmune Modulation and the Treatment of Arthritis Pain -- Exercise and Diet in the Control of Inflammation and Pain -- Mechanism-Based Pain Therapies -- Neuromodulation in Pain Management -- What Patients Need to Know about Pain Therapy?.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Insights from Cuban Coral Reefs -- Part II. History -- Chapter 2. Research History of Corals and Coral Reefs in Cuba -- Part III. Description -- Chapter 3. Physical-Geographic Characteristics of Cuban Reefs -- Chapter 4. Outline of the Geology, Geomorphology and Evolution of the Late Qua-ternary Shelf and Uplifted Marine Terraces of Cuba; Tectonic and Sea Level Control of Present Day Coral Reef Distribution -- Chapter 5. A Remote Sensing Appraisal of the Extent and Geomorphological Diversity of the Coral Reefs of Cuba -- Part IV. Biota -- Chapter 6. Macrophytes Associated with Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 7. Sponges: Conspicuous Inhabitants of the Cuban Coral Reefs and Their Potential as Bioindicators of Contamination -- Chapter 8. Species List of Cuban Stony Corals: Class Anthozoa, Order Scleractinia; Class Hydrozoa, Suborders Capitata and Filifera -- Chapter 9. Octocoral Forests: Distribution, Abundance, and Species Richness in Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 10. Current State of Knowledge of Reef Mollusks in Cuba -- Chapter 11. Herbivory on Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 12. Chronology of the Lionfish Invasion in Cuba and Evaluation of Impacts on Native Reef Fishes -- Chapter 13. Sharks and Rays in Cuban Coral Reefs: Ecology, Fisheries, and Conservation -- Chapter 14. Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Cuba -- Part V. Ecology, Conservation and Management -- Chapter 15. Status of Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 16. Population Genetics of Cuba’s Scleractinian Corals -- Chapter 17. Multiple Cumulative Effects on Coral Reefs of the Northwestern Cuban Region -- Chapter 18. Guanahacabibes National Park: Research, Monitoring and Man-Agement for the Conservation of Coral Reefs -- Chapter 19. Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve: Integrating Science with the Management of Coral Reefs -- Chapter 20. Coral Reefs in Cuban Marine Protected Areas -- Part VI. Economic Valuation -- Chapter 21. Economic Valuation of the Coral Reefs of Jardines de la Reina and Punta Francés National Parks, Cuba -- Chapter 22. The Economic Value of Coral Reefs in the Context of Marine Protected Areas: Experiences of the South Cuban Archipelago Project -- Chapter 23. Fish Can Be More Valuable Alive Than Dead.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Rotational Raman scattering through narrow-band interference filters: investigating uncertainties using a new Rayleigh scattering code developed within ACTRIS -- Chapter 2. Performance of Low-Cost, Diode-Based HSRL System with Simplified Optical Setup -- Chapter 3. Sensitivity Study on the Performance of the Single Calculus Chain Aerosol Layering Module -- Chapter 4. Particle Complex Refractive Index From 3+2 HSRL/Raman Lidar Measurements: Conditions of Accurate Retrieval, Uncertainties and Constraints Provided by Information About RH -- Chapter 5. Field Testing of a Diode-Laser-Based Micro Pulse Differential Absorption Lidar System to Measure Atmospheric Thermodynamic Variables -- Chapter 6. SEMICONDUCTOR LIDAR FOR QUANTITATIVE ATMOSPHERIC PROFILING -- Chapter 7. Atomic Barium Vapor Filter for Ultraviolet High Spectral Resolution Lidar -- Chapter 8. Future Lidars for Cutting-Edge Sciences in Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere-Stratosphere Physics and Space-Atmosphere Coupling -- Chapter 9. Polarization Lidar for Monitoring Dust Particle Orientation: First Measurements -- Chapter 10. Dust flow distribution measurement by low coherence Doppler lidar -- Chapter 11. A Multi-wavelength LED lidar for near ground atmospheric monitoring -- Chapter 12. Development of low-cost high-spectral-resolution lidar using compact multimode laser for air quality measurement -- Chapter 13. Deep Learning Based Convective Boundary Layer Determination for Aerosol and Wind Profiles observed by Wind Lidar -- Chapter 14. LITES: Laboratory Investigations of Atmospheric Aerosol Composition by Raman-Scattering and Fluorescence Spectra -- Chapter 15. Performance Simulation of a Raman Lidar for the Retrieval of CO2 Atmospheric Profiles -- Chapter 16. ALL FIBER FREE-RUNNING DUAL-COMB RANGING SYSTEM -- Chapter 17. gPCE Uncertainty Quantication Modeling of LiDAR for Bathymetric and Earth Science Applications -- Chapter 18. When can Poisson random variables be approximated as Gaussian? -- Chapter 19. Enhancing the Performance of the MicroPulse DIAL through Poisson Total Variation Signal Processing -- Chapter 20. Development of Micro Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET) Level 3 Satellite Validation Products in Advance of the EarthCARE Mission -- Chapter 21. 3D Point Cloud Classification using Drone-based Scanning LIDAR and Signal Diversity -- Chapter 22. Design and Validation of an Elastic Lidar Simulator for Testing Potential New Systems for Aerosol Typing -- Chapter 23. Performance of Pulsed Wind Lidar Based on Optical Hybrid -- Chapter 24. Demonstrating Capabilities of Multiple-Beam Airborne Doppler Lidar Using a LES-based Simulator -- Chapter 25. All-Solid State Iron Resonance Lidar for Measurement of Temperature and Winds in the Upper Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere -- Chapter 26. Improved Remote Operation Capabilities for the NASA GSFC Tropospheric Ozone Lidar for Routine Ozone Profiling for Satellite Evaluation -- Chapter 27. A wind, temperature, H2O and CO2 scanning lidar mobile observatory for a 3D thermodynamic view of the atmosphere -- Chapter 28. Low-Cost and Lightweight Hyperspectral Lidar for Mapping Vegetation Fluorescence -- Chapter 29. SO2 Plumes Observation with LMOL: Theory, Modeling, and Validation -- Chapter 30. Possible Use of Iodine Absorption/Fluorescence Cell in High-Spectral-Resolution Lidar -- Chapter 31. Ten Years of Interdisciplinary Lidar Applications at SCNU, Guangzhou -- Chapter 32. Feasibility studies of the dual-polarization imaging lidar based on the division-of-focal-plane scheme for atmospheric remote sensing -- Chapter 33. An Algorithm to Retrieve Aerosol Optical Properties from ATLID and MSI Measurements -- Chapter 34. Observation of Polar Stratospheric Clouds at Dome C, Antarctica -- Chapter 35. Laboratory Evaluation of the Lidar Particle Depolarization Ratio (PDR) of Sulfates, Soot, and Mineral Dust at 180.0° Lidar Backscattering Angle -- Chapter 36. Fresh biomass burning aerosol observed in Potenza with multiwavelength Raman Lidar and sun-photometer -- Chapter 37. Aerosol Studies with Spectrometric Fluorescence and Raman Lidar -- Chapter 38. Continuous Observations of Aerosol-Weather Relationship from a Horizontal Lidar to Simulate Monitoring of Radioactive Dust in Fukashima, Japan -- Chapter 39. Statistical Simulation of Laser Pulse Propagation through Cirrus-cloudy Atmosphere -- Chapter 40. Aerosol Spatial Distribution Observed by a Mobile Vehicle Lidar with Optics for Near Range Detection -- Chapter 41. Cloud Base Height Correlation between a Co-located Micro-Pulse Lidar and a Lufft CHM15k Ceilometer -- Chapter 42. Comparison of Local and Transregional Atmospheric Particles Over the Urmia Lake in Northwest Iran, Using a Polarization Lidar Recordings -- Chapter 43. Properties of Polar Stratospheric Clouds over the European Arctic from Ground-Based Lidar -- Chapter 44. Two decades analysis of cirrus cloud radiative effects by lidar observations in the frame of NASA MPLNET lidar network -- Chapter 45. Temporal Variability of the Aerosol Properties Using a Cimel Sun/Lunar Photometer over Thessaloniki, Greece: Synergy With the Upgraded THELISYS Lidar System -- Chapter 46. Long-Term Changes of Optical Properties of Mineral Dust and Its Mixtures Derived from Raman Polariza-tion Water Vapor Lidar in Central Europe -- Chapter 47. Planetary Boundary Layer Height Measurements Using MicroPulse DIAL -- Chapter 48. Performance Modeling of a Diode-Laser-Based Direct Detection Doppler Lidar -- Chapter 49. Observation of Water Vapor Profiles by Raman Lidar with 266 nm laser in Tokyo -- Chapter 50. A 355-NM DIRECT-DETECTION DOPPLER WIND LIDAR FOR VERTICAL ATMOSPHERIC MOTION -- Chapter 51. Aircraft Wake Vortex Recognition and Classification Based on Coherent Doppler Lidar and Convolutional Neural Networks -- Chapter 52. MicroPulse Differential Absorption Lidar for Temperature Retrieval in the Lower Troposphere -- Chapter 53. Long Term Calibration of a Pure Rotational Raman Lidar for Temperature Measurements Using Radiosondes and Solar Background -- Chapter 54. Powerful Raman-Lidar for water vapor in the free troposphere and lower stratosphere as well as temperature in the stratosphere and mesosphere -- Chapter 55. Observation of Rainfall Velocity and Raindrop Size Using Power Spectrum of Coherent Doppler Lidar -- Chapter 56. Comparison of Lower Tropospheric Water Vapor Vertical Distribution Measured with Raman lidar and DIAL and Their Impact of Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction Model -- Chapter 57. Temperature Variations in the Middle Atmosphere Studied with Rayleigh Lidar at Haikou (19.9°N, 110.3°E) -- Chapter 58. Convective boundary layer sensible and latent heat flux lidar observations and towards new model parametrizations -- Chapter 59. Observation of Structure of Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer by Ceilometer over the Kuroshio Current.-Chapter 60. ABL Height Different Estimation by Lidar in the Frame of HyMeX SOP1 Campaign -- Chapter 61. Temporal Evolution of Wavelength and Orientation of Atmospheric Canopy Waves -- Chapter 62. Assessment of Planetary Boundary Layer Height Variations over a Mountain Region in Western Himalayas -- Chapter 63. Analysis of Updraft Characteristics from an Airborne Micro-Pulsed Doppler Lidar During FIREX-AQ -- Chapter 64. Diurnal Variability of MLH and Ozone in NYC Urban and Coastal Area from an Integrated Observation during LISTOS 2018 -- Chapter 65. Boundary Layer Dynamics, Aerosol Composition, and Air Quality in the Urban Background of Stuttgart in Winter -- Chapter 66. DIAL Ozone Measurement Capability Added to NASA’s HSRL-2 Instrument Demonstrates Troposheric Ozone Variability Over Houston Area -- Chapter 67. Trajectory Analysis of CO2 Concentration Increase Events in the Nocturnal Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observed by the Differential Absorption Lidar -- Chapter 68. Efficiency Assessment of Single Cell Raman Gas Mixture for DIAL Ozone Lidar -- Chapter 69. COmpact RamaN lidar for Atmospheric CO2 and ThERmodyNamic ProfilING - CONCERNING -- Chapter 70. Characterization of Recent Aerosol Events Occurring in the Subtropical North Atlantic Region Using a CIMEL CE376 GPN Micro-LiDAR -- Chapter 71. Tropospheric Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) Development at New York City -- Chapter 72. Accounting for the polarizing effects introduced from non ideal quarter-wave plates in lidar measurements of the circular depolarization ratio -- Chapter 73. Investigating the geometrical and optical properties of the persistent stratospheric aerosol layer observed over Thessaloniki, Greece during 2019 -- Chapter 74. New Lidar Data Processing Techniques for Improving the Detection Range and Accuracy of Atmospheric Gravity Wave Measurements -- Chapter 75. Extending the Useful Range of Fluorescence LIDAR Data by Applying the Layered Binning Technique -- Chapter 76. Interaction between sea wave and surface atmosphere by shallow angle LED lidar -- Chapter 77. First results of the COLOR (CDOM-proxy retrieval from aeOLus ObseRvations) project -- Chapter 78. Dual wavelength heterodyne LDA for velocity and size distribution measurements in ocean water flows -- Chapter 79. Mitigation Strategy for the Impact of Low Energy Laser Pulses in CALIOP Calibration and Level 2 Retrievals -- Chapter 80. Introducing the Cloud Aerosol Lidar for Global Scale Observations of the Ocean-Land-Atmosphere System – CALIGOLA -- Chapter 81. An Overview of the NASA Atmosphere Observing System Inclined Mission (AOS-I) and the Role of Backscatter Lidar -- Chapter 82. Proposal for the Space-borne Integrated Path Differential Absorption (IPDA) Lidar for Lower Tropospheric Water Vapor Observations -- Chapter 83. Assimilation of Aerosol Observations from the Future Spaceborne Lidar Onboard the AOS Mission into the MOCAGE Chemistry-Transport Model -- Chapter 84. Aerosol Optical Properties over Western Himalayas Region by Raman Lidar during the December 2019 Annular Solar Eclipse -- Chapte.

Description / Table of Contents: PART I: Introduction -- REDD+ and Human Rights: Sketching Historical and Conceptual Contours -- PART II: REDD+ and Protection of Human Rights -- Forest-dependent Communities and A Rights-based Approach in the Implementation of REDD+ in Nigeria -- Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the REDD+ of the Republic of Congo -- Customary Land Rights of Local Communities and the Implementation of REDD+ in Cameroon -- Village Cores’, Rights and the Implementation of REDD+ in Benin -- REDDs+ and the Right of Local Populations to Carbon Payments in Africa -- PART III: Gender, Decision Making and REDD+ -- Gender and REDD+ Governance in Malawi: Enhancing Women’s Right to Participation -- Gender and the Implementation of REDD+ in Uganda -- The Role of the Parliament in the Implementation of REDD+ in Ghana -- The Implementation of REDD+ and the Rights and Forest Crimes mix in Nigeria -- Legal and Institutional Frameworks on the Implementation of REDD+ in South Sudan -- PART IV: Sustainable Development, REDD+ and New Grounds -- REDD+ and Agenda 2030 in Africa: A Green Criminology and Rights-based Perspective -- Leveraging SFM-REDD+ Towards Sustainable Development in African Island States -- Balancing Interests: The Right to Development and the National REDD+ Strategy in Mozambique -- A Case for the Participation in the REDD+ to Address the Natural Resources Use and Governance in Botswana -- Towards Implementing REDD+ in South Africa: A Human Rights Perspective.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Characterization of soils used in earthen building materials -- Chapter 2: Role of soil suction in the engineering behavior of earthen building materials -- Chapter 3: Stabilizers for earthen building materials -- Chapter 4: Characteristics of cement stabilized and cement +wood ash stabilized compressed earth blocks -- Chapter 5: Stabilization of adobes by plant fibers -- Chapter 6: Stabilization of adobes by cow dung particles -- Chapter 7: General conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Knockouts and animal models -- Integrins α1β1 and α2β1 – The generalist collagen receptors -- Roles for Integrin α3β1 in Development and Disease -- Part 2: Fibrosis& Cancer -- Integrins: Key targets in tissue fibrosis and tumor stroma -- Integrins in Cardiac Form, Function and Disease -- Integrin 8 and its ligand nephronectin in health and disease -- v integrin-dependent TGF activation in cancer: a brief update -- Part 3: Human disease -- a11b1, a mesenchymal collagen-binding integrin with a central role in tissue- and tumor fibrosis -- Integrins in pathological tissue remodelling of joints -- α4 integrins in immune homeostasis and disease -- β2-integrins in immunity: new roles for old players -- Structure and function of the leukocyte integrin αMβ2 -- Part 4: Integrins in hemostasis, and immune control -- Platelet integrins: Critical mediators of haemostasis and pathological thrombus formation -- Integrins as receptors for bacterial and viral pathogens.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Hydrogeological Hazards -- Chapter 2. Loess Landslides and Water Resources Management -- Chapter 3. Land Subsidence and Groundwater Seepage -- Chapter 4. Earth Fissures and Natural Resources Mining -- Chapter 5. Karst Collapse and Its Management -- Chapter 6. Mine Water Inrush and Its Prediction -- Chapter 7. Groundwater Contamination and Induced Risk and Hazard in a Karst Aquifer.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. USING LAKE SEDIMENTARY DNA TO RECONSTRUCT BIODIVERSITY CHANGES -- Chapter 2. THE SOURCES AND FATES OF LAKE SEDIMENTARY DNA -- Chapter 3. THE SEDIMENTARY ANCIENT DNA WORKFLOW -- Chapter 4. BACTERIAL AND ARCHAEAL DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 5. CYANOBACTERIAL DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 6. PROTIST DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 7. DIATOM DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 8. AQUATIC VEGETATION DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 9. AQUATIC ANIMAL DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 10. TERRESTRIAL PLANT DNA FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS -- Chapter 11. TERRESTRIAL FAUNA AND HOMININ DNA FROM SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES -- Chapter 12. AN OVERVIEW OF BIODIVERSITY AND NETWORK MODELING APPROACHES: APPLICATIONS TO SEDIMENTARY DNA RECORDS -- Chapter 13. PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN SEDIMENTARY DNA RESEARCH.

Description / Table of Contents: Programmed Necrosis in Host Defense -- ZBP1/DAI-dependent Cell Death Pathways in Influenza A Virus Immunity and Pathogenesis -- Pyroptosis in Antiviral Immunity -- Manipulation of Host Cell Death Pathways by Herpes Simplex Virus -- Subversion of Programed Cell Death by Poxviruses -- Cell Killing by Reovirus: Mechanisms and Consequences -- Outcomes of RIP kinase signaling during neuroinvasive viral infection.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction of metabolomics -- Metabolomics Data Analysis and Tools -- Role of metabolomics in the development of new avenues in fundamental biology research -- Metabolomics in epidemiology -- Pharmacometabolomics: General use of metabolomics in pharmacy and drug development -- Metabolomics in microbiological research and applications -- Application and developments of metabolomics in physiological diseases -- Nutrimetabolomics: metabolomics in nutrition research -- Metabolomics in natural product discovery and their application -- Metabolomics approach in environmental studies -- Emerging metabolomics methodologies, and research in agriculture -- Metabolomics in fundamental plant research -- Integration of metabolomics with other omics: tools and general applications -- Future perspectives of metabolomics: gaps, recommendations, and planning.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part 1. History of UPE research -- Mitogenetic rays -- Oxidation, free-radicals and ultraweak luminescence -- Biophotons and the International Institute of Biophysics (IIB) -- Part 2. Physics of light and light research -- Physics of photon emission -- Chemiluminescence as a tool for free radical research -- Highly sensitive imaging and spectral analysis of UPE from biological systems and their application -- Part 3. Molecular mechnisms of UPE -- Free radicals in biology -- Ultraweak luminescence from aqueous systems -- Chemiluminescence in oxidation of hydrocarbons: mechanistic fundamentals -- Chemiluminescence in oxidation of fatty acids and lipids -- Chemiluminescence in protein oxidation -- Emitters of endogenous biological chemiluminescence: quantum chemical modeling insights -- Enzymatic sources of free radicals -- Part 4. UPE research in life science -- Luminescence of animal tissues and vegetable oils -- Ultraweak photon emission from human body in relation to anatomy and histology -- Chronobiological aspects of spontaneous ultra-weak photon emission in humans: Ultradian, circadian and infradian rhythms -- Autoluminescence in seedlings: applications -- Application potentiality of Delayed Luminescence in Medicine, Biology and Food Quality researches -- Part 5. Mitogenetic effect and related phenomena: unresolved problems of UPE -- Mitogenetic effect: preface -- Mitogenetic effect in biological systems -- Physical properties of mitogenetic radiation -- Secondary, degradation and necrobiotic radiation -- Mitogenetic research in medicine: radiation of blood and cancer diagnostics -- Part 6. Non-chemical distant interaction hypothesis - pro et contra -- Non-chemical distant interaction: preface -- The possible functions of electromagnetic cell communication -- Understanding of Fritz-Albert Popp’s biophoton theory from the viewpoint of a biologist -- Limits to the information transfer through UPE -- Quantum nonlocality and biological coherence -- Part 7. Perspectives -- Integrating ultraweak photon emission in mitochondrial research -- Selected biophysical methods for enhancing biological autoluminescence -- Upconverting nanoparticles as sources of singlet oxygen -- Upconverting nanoparticles as sources of singlet oxygen -- Delayed Luminescence as a tool to study the structures of systems of biological interest and their collective long-living excited states -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Revisiting ’Grand Theories.-1. Introduction: Mixing Water and International Relations Theory -- 2. The Theories of International Relations and The Hy-dropolitical Cycle: The Hydro-trap and the Anarchic Nature of Water Conflict -- 3.Exploring the Sub-state–Supra-state Nexus in Transboundary Water Politics -- 4.Trust in Transboundary Water Cooperation: A Social Construc-tivist Approach -- Part II. Conflict and Cooperation over Transboundary Waters -- 5.Hydro-Hegemony in East and Southeast Asia: The Case of the Lancang/Mekong River -- 6.Reframing Trans-boundary Water Security -- 7.Water for Peace Revisited: Reconsidering Securitization’s Role in Water Cooperation -- Part III. Transboundary Water Diplomacy -- 8.The Evolution of Water Diplomacy Frameworks: The Eu-phrates-Tigris Basin as a Case Study -- 9.Is Salmon Surprise on the Table? Indigenous Rights and Multi-Stakeholder Diplomacy in the Renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty -- 10.The Role of Data Sharing in Transboundary Waterways: The Case of the Helmand River Basin -- Part IV. New Perspectives on Transboundary Waters -- 11.Discourses and Hydropolitics: Stock-Taking and Future Directions.-12.The Upstream-Downstream Structural Disparity and Transbound-ary Challenges of Public Health -- 13.Transboundary Water Management Among Small Island Develop-ing States: Dynamics of Conflict and Cooperation -- 14.Conclusion: The Role of IR Theories in Trans-boundary Water Politics.

Description / Table of Contents: Holistic Approaches to Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals -- Ageing Gracefully: Compassion for Nonhuman Animal Elders -- The Importance of Meaningful Record Keeping in Caring for Ageing Wild Animals -- Facility Design for Diasabled and Ageing Wild Animals -- Environmental Enrichment for Ageing Zoo Animals -- The role of learning and training in caring for ageing animals -- Supporting Geriatric Zoo Animal Welfare through Nutrition -- Veterinary care of ageing zoo animals: Description of a Proactive Approach -- Pain: Physiology, Recognition, and Management in Zoo Animals -- Physiotherapy and Management of the Musculoskeletal Health of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care -- Euthanasia of Geriatric Zoo Animals: Decision Making and Procedure -- The Longevity Legacy: The Challenges of Old Animals in Zoos -- Mourning-Like Behaviour in a Malayan Sun Bear -- Caring for Elderly Wild Animals: The Human Experience -- The View from Beyond the Fence: Ageing Zoo Animals and Communicating with the Outside World.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Part-1. Background -- Chapter 1. An Overview of Epigenetics Modifications in Normal and Cancer Cell -- Chapter 2. Epigenetic Enzymes and Mutation of Epigenetic Enzymes -- Chapter 3. Introduction to Cancer Epigenetics -- Part II. Cancer Specific Epigenetic Alterations -- Chapter 4. Epigenetics in the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy of Cancer -- Chapter 5. The Clinical Studies and Epi-Drugs In Various Cancer Types -- Chapter 6. Epigenetic Regulation in Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment -- Chapter 7. The Epigenetics Of Brain Tumors: Fundamental Aspects Of Epigenetics In Glioma -- Chapter 8. Epigenetic Alterations in Pancreatic Cancer -- Chapter 9. Current Preclinical Applications of Pharmaco-Epigenetics in Cardiovascular Diseases -- Chapter 10. Epigenetic Alterations in Colorectal Cancer -- Chapter 11. Epigenetic Alterations in Hematopoietic Disorders.

Description / Table of Contents: 1- Basic concepts of ecology applied on the neotropic ecosystems -- 2 - Natural resources and sustainable development in Peru -- 3 - Classification of the Peruvian Ecosystems -- 4 - Peruvian ecosystems geography -- 5 - Biodiversity and endemism of the Andes -- 6 - Ecological communities, populations and metapopulations -- 7 - Succession and change of the ecosystems -- 8 - Biodiversity of the Amazonia Basin -- 9 - Peruvian protected natural areas -- 10 - The paramo ecosystems -- 11 - The Humboldt National Forest -- 12 - The Northwest Biosphere Reserve -- 13 - Urban ecosystems and development -- 14 - Climate changes -- 15 - Traditional land-use systems and agrobiodiversity in Peru -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Fractal Paradigm -- Crucial Events (CEs) -- Theortical CERTs -- Empirical CERTs -- Fractal Calculus for CERTs -- Bibliography -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Silvopastoral Systems: Basic Design and Management Considerations -- Silvopastoral Systems and their role in climate change mitigation and Nationally Determined Contributions in Latin America -- Silvopastoral Systems: A Pathway To Scale-Up Restoration In Colombia -- Could Biomass Revolution Be Achieved with Silvopastoral Systems? -- Effect of silvopastoral systems on biodiversity and the provision of environmental services in tropical agro-landscapes -- Silvopastoral systems as an alternative of dairy cattle production in tropical pastures -- Silvopastoral Systems in Paraguay -- Development of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon -- Silvopastoral systems in Colombia: From pilot farms to NDCs -- Agro-silvopastoral systems for the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Colombia -- Agroecological Transition for Sustainable Cattle Ranching with Silvopastoral Systems in the High Andean Slopes of Colombia -- Silvopastoral systems with native tree species in Venezuela -- Silvopasture in Panama: An overview of research and practice -- Increasing biodiversity in livestock production systems: Plant traits and natural regeneration capacity of woody vegetation in actively managed grasslands -- Sexual Reproduction in Tithonia diversifolia and the Implications for Its Use in Intensive Silvopastoral Systems -- Silvopastoral Systems with Leucaena leucocephala and Tithonia diversifolia in Cuba.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Adaptation with Indigenous Knowledges -- Adaptation through Frameworks -- Adaptation through Feedback -- Adaptation through Architectural Technologies -- Adaptation through Nature based Solutions -- Adaptation through Behaviour Change -- Adaptation through Action. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Lymnaeid Research -- Chapter 2. General Characteristics of the Family Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 3. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Family Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 4. Conchological and Anatomical Identification of the Lymnaeid Snails -- Chapter 5. Molecular Techniques for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Processes in Lymnaeids -- Chapter 6. The Fossil Record of the Lymnaeidae – Revisiting a 200-myr-Long Story of Success -- Chapter 7. Biogeography of the Living Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 8. Patterns and Processes of Speciation in Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 9. Ecology of Lymnaeid Snails -- Chapter 10. Reproductive Strategies, Genetic Diversity, and Invasive Ability in Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 11. Biology of the Lymnaeidae–Parasite Interaction -- Chapter 12. Overview of Interactions Between Parasitic Digenea and Their Molluscan Hosts, with Special Emphasis on the Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 13. Lymnaeid Snails and the Transmission of Fasciolosis: Understanding the Differential Risks from Local to Global Scale -- Chapter 14. Laboratory Cultures of Lymnaeidae for Parasitological Experiments -- Chapter 15. Control of Fasciolosis-Transmitting Lymnaeids in the Field -- Chapter 16. Conservation of the Lymnaeidae -- Chapter 17. Perspectives: An Integrated Approach on Future Studies of the Lymnaeidae.

Description / Table of Contents: Characterization methods for microbial communities present in contaminated soils -- Antibiotic Resistance Genes as contaminants in Industrial Waste Water Treatment -- Bacteriophages: A strategy to combat antibiotic resistance in waste water treatment plants -- The emergence of Waste Water Treatment Plant as a leading source for dissemination of Antibiotic-Resistant Gene -- Increasing Prevalence of Antibiotic-resistant genes in industrial wastewater: impact on public health -- Antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants in industrial waste water treatment -- Characterization and Dynamic Shift of Microbial Communities in wastewater treatment plant.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- X-Ray Imaging Systems: An Overview -- Radiation Physics at a Glance -- Computed Radiography Imaging: Principles and System Components -- Flat-Panel Digital Radiography: Principles and System Components -- Digital Fluoroscopy: System Components and Principles -- Digital Image Quality Descriptors and Performance Characteristics -- Computed Tomography: Basic Physics and Technology -- Imaging Informatics Essentials -- Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging: An Overview -- Quality Control in Diagnostic X-Ray Imaging Systems -- Radiation Protection in X-Ray Imaging -- Index. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Theories and Models -- Chapter 3. The Structure of Macroecological Data -- Chapter 4. Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges -- Chapter 5. The Macroecological Understanding of Ecological Niches -- Chapter 6. Richness and Diversity Patterns -- Chapter 7. Macroecological Assemblages -- Chapter 8. Patterns in Body Size -- Chapter 9. From Theoretical to Applied Macroecology -- Chapter 10. Concluding Remarks. .

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. DNA sequence asssembly and annotation of genes -- 3. Databases and protein structures -- 4. Pairwise alignment, multiple alignment and BLAST -- 5. Primer design -- 6. Introduction to phylogenetic analysis of molecular sequence data -- 7. Sequence based classification and identification -- 8. 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing -- 9. Full shot-gun DNA metagenomics -- 10. Transcriptomics -- 11. Sequenced based typing and prediction of function.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. (Re)Defining Nature: From Praise to Critique -- Chapter 3. Mother Nature: Representations, Isotopies, and Meanings -- Chapter 4. Between Natural and Cultural Catastrophes: A Look at Apocalyptic Collective Imaginaries -- Chapter 5. “Uncooking” the Cooked: How to Eat Nature -- Chapter 6. “Just as Nature Intended”: Reflections on Nakedness and Corporeality -- Chapter 7. A Walk Through the Light(s) and the Path Towards an Internatural Turn.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Uncovering Grammars -- Chapter 2. About the Authors -- Chapter 3. The Error of Wuhan -- Chapter 4 -- Provoking Extinctions -- Chapter 5. Limits of Language -- Chapter 6. Glossaries, Euphemisms, Metaphors, Analogies and Catchy Words -- Chapter 7. Introduction to the Language of Extinction -- Chapter 8 -- Represent-Evaluate -- Chapter 9. Standards -- Chapter 10. The Unique Logic of Life -- Chapter 11. The Form-Bearer Unity -- Chapter 12. From Natural Goodness to Moral Goodness -- Chapter 13. The Value in Life -- Chapter 14. The Value of Consciousness -- Chapter 15. Life Forms, Artifacts, and in Between -- Chapter 16. Pluralism -- Chapter 17. Species and Forms of Life -- Chapter 18. Conservation Without Life Forms -- Chapter 19. A Bridge from Natural Goodness to Morality -- Chapter 20. Natural Goodness Encompasses Moral Goodness -- Chapter 21. Agent, Action, and Modalities of Action -- Chapter 22. Rationality and the Good -- Chapter 23. Practicing the Conservation of Life Forms -- Chapter 24. Contrasting Life Form Conservation with Alternatives -- Chapter 25. Leaving Things as They Were -- Chapter 26. Objections and Misunderstandings.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 01: The Role of Gas Transmitters in Plant Hormonal Responses to Abiotic Stress -- Chapter 02: Understanding the involvement of gasotransmitters in the regulation of cellular signalling and adaptive responses against UV-B mediated oxidative stress in plants -- Chapter 03 Signaling Pathways of Gasotransmitters in Heavy Metal Stress Mitigation -- Chapter 04: Volatile signaling molecules in plants and their interplay with the redox balance under challenging environments: new insights -- Chapter 05: Alleviation of Plant Stress by Molecular Hydrogen -- Chapter 06: Understanding the role of nitric oxide and its interactive effects with phytohormones in mitigation of salinity stress -- Chapter 07 Nitric oxide – a small molecule with big impacts on plants under heavy metal stress -- Chapter 08: Nitric oxide: a key modulator of postharvest fruit and egetable physiology -- Chapter 09: Interaction of hydrogen sulfide with other phytohormones during physiological and stress conditions -- Chapter 10: Gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and its role in plant development and defense responses -- Chapter 11 Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) signaling in plants responding to abiotic stresses -- Chapter 12 Hydrogen sulfide metabolism and its role in regulating salt and drought stress in plants -- Chapter 13 Functional Roles of Hydrogen Sulphide in Postharvest Physiology of Fruit and Vegetables -- Chapter 14: Carbon compounds as gasotransmitters in plants under challenging environment -- Chapter 15: Carbon monoxide (CO) and its association with other gasotransmitters in root development, growth and signaling.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 General considerations -- Human iPS for clinical applications and cellular products -- 3D-printed iPS disease models -- Part 2 CNS iPSC and organoids -- iPS-derived neurons and brain organoids from patients (brain) -- iPS-derived RGCs (eye) -- iPS-derived glia (brain) -- iPSC to model blood-brain barrier endothelial cells -- Part 3 iPSC-derived nociceptive neurons -- IPSC-based peripheral nerve modeling -- Part 4 Non-neuronal specialized cell types -- iPSC-based drug screening of differentiated cardiomyocyte subtypes -- iPSC-based cardiac disease modeling: from cell to tissue -- iPSC-derived corneal endothelial cell -- iPSC-derived trabecular meshwork (eye) -- iPSC for in vitro disease modeling of diabetes.

Description / Table of Contents: Overall paleogeographic and geodynamic evolution -- Major Groundwater reservoirs in Egypt -- Western Desert Petroleum sources and reservoirs -- Nile Delta Petroleum sources and reservoirs -- Gulf of Suez and Red Sea Petroleum sources and reservoirs -- Off-shore Mediterranean discoveries -- Petroleum Source Rocks of Egypt – An Integrated Palynological and Organic Geochemical Approach: Spatio-temporal studies within the Phanerozoic of Egypt -- Carbonate platform deposits and hydrocarbon potentiality -- Hydrocarbon seepage during the Messinian salinity crisis -- Rare Earth Element in Egypt -- Phanerozoic Stratabound/Stratiform Ore Deposits of Egypt.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction and Motivation -- Why should Engineering Account for Ecosystems? -- Ecosystem Goods and Services -- Part II. Engineering’s Demand for Ecosystem Services -- Quantifying the Direct and Indirect Demand for Ecosystem Services -- Water Provisioning -- Biogeochemical Cycles: Modeling Interaction of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles with Industrial Systems -- The Significance of Insect Pollinators: Opportunities and Challenges -- Biodiversity -- Part III. Nature’s Capacity to Supply Ecosystem Services -- Tools for Quantifying the Supply of Ecosystem Services -- Designing with Nature: Incorporating Hydrological services in Engineering Projects -- Improved Air Quality and Other Services from Urban Trees and Forests -- Services from Agroecosystems and their Quantification -- Part IV. Including Nature in Engineering -- Challenges in Developing Synergies between Technological and Ecological Systems -- Making the Business Case for Nature-Based Solutions -- Greenprinting: Urban Planning for Ecosystem Services -- Wetlaculture: Solving Harmful Algal Blooms with a Sustainable Wetland/Agricultural Landscape -- Design of Agroecological Landscapes -- Integrated Design of Processes and Supply Chains with Wetlands -- Demand and Supply of Air Quality Regulation Ecosystem Service -- Designing Synergies between Homeorhetic Ecosystems and Homeostatic Manufacturing Systems -- Ecosystem Services in the Life Cycle of Biofuels -- Designing for Resilience and Sustainability: An Integrated Systems Approach -- Part V Socio-Economic Aspects of Accounting for Nature -- Environmental Markets -- Preventing Unintended Harm from Socio-Ecological Interactions -- Part VI Directions for the Future -- Outlook.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Operational Prediction Systems -- 2. Physical Parameterization and Optimization -- 3. Data Assimilation -- 4. Precipitation Systems: Mechanism and Forecast -- 5. High-Impact Weather Prediction.

Description / Table of Contents: Methods for studying the interactions in biogenic–abiogenic systems -- Geochemistry of biogenic-abiogenic systems -- Biomineralization and nature-like materials and technologies-Medical geology -- Organic mineralogy-Biomineral interactions in soil-Effect of microorganisms on natural and artificial materials -- Philosophical and historical aspects of interdisciplinary research.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Food industry as a source of waste and by-products -- 2. Anaerobic digestion of waste and by-product from food industry -- 3. Composting of waste and by-product from food industry -- 4. Environmental aspect of waste and by-product from food industry and their management.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- PART 1: To fear or not -- Disambiguating fear as an emotional state vs. threat detection. Molecular and Neural circuits of fear extinction. Psychological and theoretical elements on the concept of fear extinction. Neural circuit of fear extinction: psychophysiology -- PART 2: Individual differences in fear extinction -- The impact of sex differences and sex hormones on fear extinction. Impact of sleep on fear extinction. Impact of stress and exercise on fear extinction. Intersect between the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that modulate fear extinction -- PART 3: Psychopathology -- Fear extinction and its relevance to psychopathology. Developmental fear and its extinction imaging. Fear extinction and adult psychopathology -- Part 4: Therapeutics and neuromodulations of fear extinction -- Exposure therapy and other behavioral therapeutics targeting fear extinction circuits. Novel pharmacotherapeutics targeting fear extinction circuits. Reconsolidation and its link and impact on fear extinction. Technological advances in exposure therapy: virtual and augmented reality. Novel approaches using neurostimulation targeting fear extinction.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Conceptualising Disaster and Risk -- Chapter 1. Hazard and Disaster Perception: Cognition, Response and Adaptation -- Chapter 2. Characterising Hazard and Disaster and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 3. Understanding Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 4. Traditional management of Disaster: Indigenous Knowledge, Insights and Strategies -- Part II: Approaches to Disaster Management -- Chapter 5. Different types of Risks and Vulnerability -- Chapter 6. Fields of Response to Disaster: Positive Response and Negative Response -- Chapter 7. Disaster Resilience by Indigenous Communities -- Chapter 8. Capacity Building and Community Based Disaster Preparedness -- Part III: Sustainability Through Indigenous Knowledge and Practice -- Chapter 9. Disaster Risk Identification and Mitigation with the help of Traditional Knowledge -- Chapter 10. Disaster Risk Reduction through local Knowledge and practice-case studies -- Chapter 11. Adaptation to different types of Disaster with Integration of local Knowledge-case studies -- Chapter 12. Climate Risk Management with Indigenous Perception and Strategies- case studies -- Part IV: Science-Policy Interface Through Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 13. Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Policy Formulation -- Chapter 14. Insights from Regional and Field Studies on Micro Policies -- Chapter 15. Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 16. Integration of Perception Studies and Disaster Risks -- Chapter 17. Development of a holistic Regional Disaster Policy Framework based on Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 18. Identifying the gaps and Future Scopes in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience -- Chapter 19. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- 1. Diversity and Challenges of the Urban Commons -- 2. Urban Commons and Regeneration -- Part II. Urban Growth, Agglomeration and Urban Infrastructure -- 3. Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving Towards Sustainable Cities -- 4. Drivers of urban growth and infrastructure -- 5. Urban Land Use dynamics and sustainable urban management -- Part III. Climate crisis, Urban Health and Waste Management -- 6. Climate Change and Health Impacts in Urban Areas -- 7. Green Spaces: An Invaluable Resource for Delivering Sustainable Urban Health -- 8. Health and wellbeing and Quality of Life in the changing urban environment -- 9. Sustainable Urban Waste Management and urban sustainability-case study -- 10. Global Warming and urban heat Island.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The Phenomenon Parasitism -- Chapter 2: Which Parasites Are Important for Humans? -- Chapter 3: Protozoans Attacking Humans -- Chapter 4: Worms of Humans -- Chapter 5: Arthropods.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Modeling Human Dimensions to Reduce the Disaster Risk: A Socio-Hydrological Approach -- Chapter 2. Improvement of Urban Socio-Hydrologic Resilience in Extreme Hydro-climatic Conditions -- Chapter 3. Fluvio-Geomorphic Hazard and Its Impact on Socio-Economy, A Study on Resilience and Sustainability in Assam -- Chapter 4. Effect of Climate Change on the Agricultural System of Hirakud Command Area -- Chapter 5. Mitigating the Negative Effects of Plastic Pollution For Sustainable Economic Growth In Nigeria -- Chapter 6. Teaching of Climate Change in the Official Documentation: An International Review For Improving the Resilience -- Chapter 7. Hydrologic Disasters: Assessing Hazard and Risks -- Chapter 8. Floods in Tutong District, Brunei Darussalam and the Role of Tutong River: Approaches for Mitigation Measures -- Chapter 9. Adaptation and Resilience Measures in The Face of Extreme Events in Algeria -- Chapter 10. Socio-Hydrological Role of North Africa's Traditional Water Management Systems Under.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: What are dendritic spines? -- Chapter 2: Techniques to render dendritic spines visible in the microscope -- Chapter 3: Electrophysiology of dendritic spines: information processing, dynamic compartmentalization and synaptic plasticity -- Chapter 4: Dendritic spines, synaptogenesis and synaptic pruning for the developmental organization of brain circuits -- Chapter 5: Neurotrophic factors and dendritic spines -- Chapter 6: Glial cell modulation of dendritic spine structure and synaptic function -- Chapter 7: Dendritic spines in learning and memory: from first discoveries to current insights -- Chapter 8: Steroid hormone interaction with dendritic spines: implications for neuropsychiatric disease -- Chapter 9: Morphological features of human dendritic spines.

Description / Table of Contents: An introduction to Oceanography -- Marine Ecosystems -- Oceans and Human Activities -- Basic Oceanographic Parameters and their Significance -- Coastal Pollution – An Overview -- Nutrient Pollution -- Organic pollution -- Persistent Organic Pollutants -- Heavy metals -- Marine Oil Pollution -- Plastic Pollution -- Ocean Acidification -- Energy from the Ocean -- Marine Mineral Resources -- Coastal Hazards: Climatic and Hydrogeological Hazards -- Coastal Hazards: Geomorphic and Tectonic Hazards -- Global Sea-Level Rise and Associated Problems.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Index -- Glossary -- Part 1 Geo-Physical Dynamics -- Part 2 Bio-Physical Aspects -- Part 3 Changes in Society -- Part 4 Land Resource and Land Use Patterns -- Part 5 Towards Food Security and Food Self-sufficiency -- Part 6 Changing Popular Dynamics -- Part 7 Rural Settlement Pattern -- Part 8 Urbanization: A Future Challenge -- Part 9 Trade, Communication and Industries for Economic Growth -- Part 10 Bangladesh in Growing International Sharing -- Part 11 Natural Hazards and Changes in Livelihood Pattern -- Part 12 Environmental Problems and Policies for Sustainable Living -- Part 13 Bangladesh Under Climate Change Threat -- Part 14 Development Policies and Future of Bangladesh.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Skeletal muscle’s role in prenatal inter-organ communication: a phenogenomic study with qualitative citation analysis -- Chapter 2 Roles of skeletal muscle in development: a bioinformatics and systems biology overview -- Chapter 3 Overview of head muscles with special emphasis on extraocular muscle development -- Chapter 4 Building a co-ordinated musculoskeletal system: the plasticity of the developing skeleton in response to muscle contractions -- Chapter 5 Upper and lower motor neurons and the skeletal muscle: implication for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) -- Chapter 6 Mechanics of Lung Development -- Chapter 7 Angular and linear accelerations, ear, and the skeletal muscle.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: General topics -- Geothermal habitats and adaptations of thermophilic microbes -- Diversity of thermophilic prokaryotes -- Molecular basis for thermostability -- Cultivation techniques and molecular methods of identification of thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria -- Part II: Biochemistry and Physiology of thermophiles -- Physiology of chemoheterotrophic thermoanaerobes -- Part III: Biotechnological Applications -- Thermostable enzymes and their applications -- Production of biofuels by thermoanaerobic bacteria -- Production of fine chemicals by thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria -- Part IV: Future aspects -- Potential of anaerobic thermophiles and future prospects.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Background -- chapter 1: A good life for cattle: Concepts and Progress -- Chapter 2: Using behaviour to understand and assess welfare in cattle -- Chapter 3: Assessingcattle welfare: physiology and immunology -- Part 2: Challenges in different systems -- Chapter 4: Housing of Dairy Cattle: Enhancing Movement Opportunity in Housing Systems -- Chapter 5: Welfare of dairy cows in pasture-based systems -- Chapter 6: Welfare of beef cattle in extensive systems -- Chapter 7: Welfare of beef cattle in intensive systems -- Part 3: Consideration of key aspects of cattle welfare -- Chapter 8: The Welfare of Cattle at Slaughter -- Chapter 9: The human-animal relationship and cattle welfare -- Chapter 10: Welfare at calving and of the growing animals -- Chapter 11: Precision Livestock Farming Technologies for Dairy and Beef Production -- Chapter 12: Strategies and tools for genetic selection in dairy cattle and their application to improving animal welfare -- Part 4: Case studies -- Chapter 13: The sustainability of cattle production systems -- Chapter 14: The sheltering of unwanted cows in India -- Chapter 15: Cattle Welfare in Smallholder Dairy and Pastoralist Beef systems in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 16: Welfare and health challenges of 'new entry' dairying: A Practitioner’s Perspective.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Numbers and mathematical symbols: natural, rational, irrational and complex numbers/complex plane: formula reading, often used symbols in mathematical formulas -- Equations: equalities and inequalities: expansions, series: fractional equations: equation solving techniques: various rules (such as Cramer’s rule) to solve equations: introduction to basic functions (e.g. square, square root) -- Trigonometry: trigonometric ratios, angles: trigonometric functions (sin, cos, tan) and their complex definitions: epicycles: Fourier series and transform -- Vectors: geometric interpretation of vectors: vector addition/subtraction, scalar multiplication: projections: inner product (including related aspects such as correlation, independence and orthogonality) -- Matrices: basic matrix manipulations e.g. multiplication and inversion with examples such as the Jacobian, affine transformation, and rotation: Principal Component analysis in matrix notation -- Differentiation: limits and infinity: continuity of a function: the differential: basic differentiation rules: partial differential equations: introduction to dynamic systems -- Integration: explanation in terms of antiderivatives and area under the curve: basic integration rules: convolution -- statistics -- differential equations.

Description / Table of Contents: PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SECTION I – IN THE BEGINNING -- CHAPTER 1. WADING IN ̶ INTRODUCTION TO THE FISH-BIRD -- General Discussion of Penguins and Substance of the Book -- An Impressive Number of Penguin Species: Evolution of Their Unique Capabilities -- Penguin Species Radiation and the Ontogeny of Their Watery World -- Penguin Evolution: Body Size and Climate -- Penguin Evolution: Radiation into Vacant Niches -- Penguin Evolution: Body Size and Crossing the Sea-Land Boundary -- CHAPTER 2. LAND AHOY! A TIRESOME BUSINESS -- Crossing the Land-Ocean Interface is Affected by Body Size -- Why and How Often do Penguins Come Ashore? -- Tying Land-life to the At-sea Life of Fish-Birds: Foraging and Breeding -- Success Vary with Prey Availability -- Molt ̶Necessary, Brief Respite from the Sea -- SECTION II – PENGUIN MARINE HAUNTS AND FOOD HABITS -- CHAPTER 3.FISH-BIRDS AT HOME IN THEIR OCEAN HABITATS -- Oceanographic Fronts and Water Masses Important to Penguins: General Discussion -- Penguins Require High Productivity Water Masses -- Large Scale: Oceanographic Boundaries and At-sea Distributions of Penguins -- Southern Boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current -- Emperor and King penguins -- Adélie and Chinstrap penguins -- Antarctic Polar Front and Subantarctic Front -- Gentoo and Yellow-eyed penguins -- Macaroni and Royal penguins -- Northern and Southern Rockhopper, Fiordland, Snares penguins -- Subtropical Front and Continental Boundary Currents -- Galápagos, Humboldt, Magellanic, African penguins -- Little penguins -- Meso- and Small-Scale Ocean Processes Facilitating Penguin Exploits -- Island wakes -- Headland wakes -- Shelves and banks -- Submarine canyons -- Shelfbreak fronts -- Marginal ice zones -- Thermo-/haloclines -- CHAPTER 4. SEA FOOD ̶ THE FISH-BIRD MENU -- General Considerations -- Diet Quality: Survival in Cold Water -- Energy density of prey -- Prey size may or may not differ by penguin size -- Prey availability -- Diet Comparison among Penguin Species -- Polar/subpolar, mesopelagic penguins -- Subpolar, demersal/benthic, continental-shelf penguins -- Temperate, upper water column, continental-insular shelf penguins -- Polar, upper water column, continental shelf/slope penguins -- Subpolar, upper water column, continental slope/pelagic penguins -- Polar, upper water column, continental slope/pelagic penguins -- CHAPTER 5. ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF DIET COMPOSITION -- Intraspecific Competition among Penguins -- Foraging Range is Key: General Discussion -- Penguin Species’ Central-Place Foraging Range Patterns -- Sex Differences in Foraging -- Interspecific Competition Involving Penguins -- Penguins Eat A lot! -- Competition between Penguin Species -- Competition between penguins and other seabirds -- Competition between penguins and marine mammals -- Competition between penguins and industrial fisheries -- SECTION III – THE HARDWARE OF A FISH-BIRD -- CHAPTER 6. THE SLIPPERY SHAPE, HOT AIR AND THE POWERHOUSE – HOW FISH-BIRDS SWIM -- Water – Hard Taskmaster -- The Four Forces Relevant to Penguins -- Vertical Forces – Weight and Upthrust -- Buoyancy: How Much Air Do Penguins Hold? -- Buoyancy and Bergmann’s Rule revisited -- Horizontal Forces: Drag -- The Interplay of Drag and Upthrust in Gliding Penguins -- The Drag Devil is in the Detail -- The Penguin Powerhouse -- How Penguins Swim -- The Effect of Upthrust and Body Angle on Penguin Thrust and Lift Forces -- Top Speeds; Power and Upthrust -- The Energy Costs of Swimming -- General considerations -- Specific considerations -- ’Sensible’ Swim Strategies and Costs of Transport -- Cruising speed and integrating speed with the cost of transport, -- and beyond -- CHAPTER 7. HOT PENGUINS ̶ COLD WATER -- Resting and Floating Penguins -- The Metabolic Rate of Floating Penguins -- Patterns of Heat Loss to the Sea -- Overall Body Insulation/Conductance -- The Nature of Penguin Insulation -- Active Penguins -- Activity Produces Heat -- Greater Depths Impose a Higher Heat Tax -- Consuming Prey Imposes a Heat Tax -- Embracing The Fish in the Fish-bird -- CHAPTER 8. FISH-BIRDS – THE INSIDE STORY -- Diving Physiology -- Surface issues – Uptake of oxygen -- Oxygen Management Underwater -- Role of the Air Spaces -- Gas Exchange to Body Tissues -- The Aerobic Dive Limit and Beyond -- The Importance of Size in Dive Performance -- Duration -- Depth -- Penguins Under Pressure – Beating the Squeeze and the Bends -- Barotrauma -- Beating the Bends -- A Gut Reaction in Fish-Birds -- Gastric Emptying -- Rotting Food -- The Eyes Have It -- SECTION IV – THE SOFTWARE OF FISH-BIRDS -- CHAPTER 9. EMBRACING THE DEPTHS - THE PENGUIN DIVE -- Submergence -- The time underwater – basic dive descriptors -- Dive profiles -- Dive distance-depth profiles -- Dive aspect ratios -- Horizontal dive directionality/tortuosity -- The Multifunctionality of Dives -- Basic dive types -- T-dives for travelling -- V-dives (water column assessment) -- P-dives (parabolic – prospecting with no prey capture) -- Po-dives (parabolic dives with circular trajectory) -- U-dives (depth-directed prospecting) -- W-dives/Up-dives (U-dives with prey pursuit) -- Depth Duration Effects Over Multiple Dives -- CHAPTER 10. FISH-BIRD STRATEGIES ̶ THE SEARCH FOR FICKLE PREY -- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – How Fish-Birds Search for Prey -- Heading in the Right Direction -- Dealing with Prey Patchiness -- In-depth Considerations: -- Time-based efficiency -- Energy-based efficiency -- Superficial Considerations: Surface Pauses and Inspired Tactics -- Being Picky about Food -- Fish-Birds and Smart Strategies -- CHAPTER 11. THE FINAL SECONDS – HOW FISH-BIRDS CAPTURE PREY -- Prey Acquisition, a Departure from the Dive ‘Norm’ -- Performance Metrics for Prey Capture -- Catching Solitary Prey -- Changing buoyancy with depth affects prey capture strategies -- Prey pursuit against interfaces -- Exploiting Aggregated Prey -- Crustaceans -- Fish -- Non-corralling feeding behavior -- Clarity on Limitations of Penguin Vision -- SECTION V – PENGUINS IN A FICKLE ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 12. TURNING THE TABLES – FISH-BIRDS ON THE MENU -- Basic Law of the Sea: Big Fish Eat Little Fish -- Seals as Predators -- Seals’ hunting behavior -- Penguins avoiding seals -- Fur Seals as Predators -- Sea Lions as Predators -- Killer Whales as Predators -- Sharks as Predators -- CHAPTER 13. PENGUINS ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING OCEAN -- Penguins Have Always Been Challenged by a Changing Ocean -- Prehistoric response to a changing ocean -- Possible prehistoric changes to penguins’ food web -- The Anthropocene: How will Penguins Cope, Now Also Dealing with Humans? -- Response to long-term climate change -- Response to short-term ocean climate variation -- Response to marine pollution -- CHAPTER 14. NOT FORGETTING ̶ -- The Social Side - Behavior and Communication at Sea -- Penguin flock fusion/cohesion -- Penguin flock fission/fragmentation -- Navigation -- Long range -- Medium to short-range -- Understanding the Daily ‘Wash’ -- Air flux in diving penguins, an aspect of ‘washing’ -- Are Auks Really ‘Northern Penguins’? -- Research Tags – the Flip Side for Evolutionarily-Honed Fish-Birds -- SECTION VI -- CHAPTER 15. PENGUINS ̶ WHY THE HYPE? -- Sources of Hype -- Us -- Many people -- Researchers -- The Transition -- The fascination of species -- Beyond the transition -- Role in Ecosystems -- Biomimicry -- Our Last Word.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Climate Change and Global Crop Production: An Inclusive Insight -- 2. Uptake and Use Efficiency of Major Plant Nutrients for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 3. Improving Land Use Efficiency for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 4. Climate Resilient Fertilizer Management for Crop Production -- 5. Modern Agronomic Measurement for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 6. Crop Management for Sustainable Wheat Production -- 7. Climate Resilient Weed Management for Crop Production -- 8. Climate Resilient Technology for Maize Production -- 9. Climate Resilience Technologies for Wheat production -- 10. Improving Plant Nutrient Use Efficiency for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 11. Biochar for Plant Stress Tolerance for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 12. Chitosan for Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance -- 13. Exogenous Application of Biostimulants and Commercial Utilization -- 14. Crosstalk of Biostimulants with Other Signaling Molecules under Abiotic Stress -- 15. Abiotic Stress Sensitivity and Adaptation in Field Crops,- 16. Biostimulants for Plant Abiotic Stress Resistance and Climate-Resilient Agriculture -- 17. Approaches in Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Plants -- 18. Mechanism and Approaches to Enhance Salt Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 19. Mechanisms and Approaches of Enhancing Drought Stress Tolerance in Crops Plants -- 20. Conferring Plant Tolerance to Drought and Salinity by the Application of Biochar -- 21. Accumulation and Toxicity of Arsenic in Rice and its Practical Mitigation -- 22. Mechanism and Approaches to Enhancing Heat Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 23. Mechanisms and Responses to Enhancing Pollutants Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -- 24. Phytohormones as Stress Mitigator in Plants -- 25. Role of Plant Extracts and Biostimulant in Mitigating of Plant Drought and Salinity Stress -- 26. Secondary Metabolism and its Role in Enhancing Drought Stress Tolerance -- 27. Seed Priming for Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- 28. Advances in Biotechnological Tools and their Impact on Global Climate Change and Food Security -- 29. Biotechnological Attributes of Bio-stimulants for Relieving Abiotic Stress -- 30. Biotechnological Techniques for Sustainable Waste Management -- 31. Role of Biotechnology in Management of Solid Waste -- 32. Bioremediation of Sites Contaminated with Heavy Metals, Techniques and their Application -- 33. MicroRNAs (miRNAs): Crosstalk with Regulatory Networks of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants -- 34. Orchestration of Omics Technologies for Crop Improvement -- 35. Transgenic Approaches for Stress Tolerance in Crops -- 36. Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein and its Relationship with Responses of Plants to Abiotic Stresses -- 37. Plant Tissue Culture and Crop Improvement -- 38. Nanotechnology for Climate-Resilient Agriculture -- 39. Mitigation of Plant Abiotic Stress by Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria, Hormones and Plant Extracts -- 40. Bioremdiation and Phytoremediation Aspects of Crop Improvement -- 41. Ecofriendly Management of Insect Pests for Sustainable Agriculture -- 42. Ecofriendly Management of Disease for Sustainable Agriculture -- 43. Use of Advance Composting Techniques and Areas of Improvement in Pakistan.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Global Prospects of Climate-resilient Agriculture -- 2. Climate Change and Global Crop Production -- 3. Crop Responses to Climate Change -- 4. Impact of Climate Change on Vegetable Production -- 5. Impacts of Climate Change on Fruit Physiology and Quality -- 6. Effect of Climate Change on Medicinal Plants and their Active Constituents -- 7. Climate Change and Wine Quality -- 8. Crop Responses to Drought Stress -- 9. Crop Responses to High Temperature Stress -- 10. Crop Responses to Metal Toxicity -- 11. Water Logging and Crop Productivity -- 12. Phytoremediation of Atmospheric Pollutants in the Era of Climate Change -- 13. Water Stress and Crop Productivity in the Water-limited Environment -- 14. Climate Change and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Plants -- 15. Conservation Tillage for Sustainable Agriculture -- 16. Prospect of Underutilized (minor) Crops for Climate Resilient Agriculture -- 17. Crop Protection for Sustainable Agriculture in the Era of Climate Change -- 18. Biofertilizers and Biofortification in Future Agriculture -- 19. Plant Secondary Metabolites in Stress Tolerance -- 20. Sustainable Crop Management for Drylands -- 21. Crop Improvement in Desert -- 22. Importance of Soil Management in Sustainable Agriculture -- 23. Sustainable Plant Production from the Soils Degraded with Microplastics -- 24. Biostimulants in Sustainable Agriculture,- 25. Vermicompost for Sustainable Future: Nature based Solution for Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Food Security -- 26. Biofertilizer: Boon for Sustainable Sugarcane Production -- 27. Beneficial Role of Microbial Diversity for Sustainable Agriculture -- 28. Crop Production and Soil Management Interventions for Increased Organic Carbon Sequestration in Soils -- 29. Microclimate Modification in Field Crops: A Way Towards Climate-Resilience -- 30. Bioremediation: A Substantive Potential for Clean Earth -- 31. Consolidating the Knowledge of Black Soldier Fly Larva Compost: A Resilience Response to Climatic Variations, Resource Conservation, and Food Security Challenges -- 32. Roles of Organic Acids in Plant Stress Tolerance, Food Security, and Soil Remediation -- 33. Role of Microbial Ecology to Manage Remediation and Degradation Processes in the Environment -- 34. Principles and Applications of Environmental Biotechnology for Sustainable Future -- 35. Fungal Nanobionics: Principles and Applications in Environment -- 36. Plant Parasitic Nematodes: A Silent Threat to Agricultural Output and Sustainable Approaches for their Management -- 37. Accelerating Crop Improvement through Speed Breeding -- 38. Crop Improvement of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) utilizing Wild Species and Transgenic Rice -- 39. Unlocking CRISPR/Cas-mediated Editing Potential for Designing Climate Smart Crop Plants -- 40. Biochemical, Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation to Salinity -- 41. Managing Soil Salinity for Sustainable Agriculture -- 42. Climate Resilient Livestock Production System in Tropical and Sub-tropical Countries.

Description / Table of Contents: Foraging behaviour -- The Life-cycle -- Genetics -- Mating behaviour -- Mating Systems -- Populations and Communities -- Population Dynamics -- Phytophagy -- Statistical approaches.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction to biofortification and challenges for nutrition security -- Chapter. 2. Nutritional Security Approaches for Legumes Bio fortification-A major Challenge -- Chapter. 3. Micronutrients enrichments in legumes through agronomic and cultural practices -- Chapter. 4. General aspects of genetic improvement (traditional and transgenic methods) aiming at Food Biofortification -- Chapter. 5. Contribution of Conventional Breeding Approaches in Legumes Biofortification -- Chapter. 6. Contribution of Biotechnological Approaches for Micronutrients Improvements in Legumes -- Chapter. 7. Nutritional enrichment in legumes through OMICs approaches -- Chapter. 8. How Genome Editing can be helpful in the Biofortification of Legume -- Chapter. 9. Transgenic Strategies and genome editing Towards Nutritional Enrichment -- Chapter. 10. Biofortification of Legume Hybrids Obtained Through Intergeneric Hybridization -- Chapter. 11. The Importance of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in The Biofortification of Legumes -- Chapter. 12. Plant-microbe interaction for legume bio-fortification: Present status and future challenges -- Chapter. 13. Improving iron nutrition in legumes to overcome hidden hunger -- Chapter. 14. Bio-fortification of zinc in legumes to alleviate the zinc deficiency -- Chapter. 15. Organic approaches towards iron and zinc biofortification in legume Crops -- Chapter. 16. Legumes Biofortification for Selenium Contents -- Chapter. 17. Iodine biofortification of legumes -- Chapter. 18. Enriching Legumes Protein Contents and Essential Amino Acid -- Chapter. 19. Enriching legume protein contents -- Chapter. 20. Bio-molecular Aspects of Plant Nutrition Related to Food Biofortification -- Chapter. 21. Medicinal legumes in Turkey: a gift of nature for bios -- Chapter. 22. Variability in the biofortification properties of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) -- Chapter. 23. Biofortification: Lesson from the Past and Strategies for Future Food Security.

Description / Table of Contents: Emerging Pollutants in the Environment and Ecological Risks -- Origin and Management of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants -- Conventional Wastewater Treatment Methods for the Removal of Emerging Pollutants -- Biotechnology Based Strategies for Removal of Emerging Contaminants -- Microbial Electro-Deionization Technologies for Emerging Pollutants -- Algae-Based Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants -- Phytomediated Approach for Management of Emerging Pollutants -- Microbial Fuel Cell as an Approach for Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants -- Microbial Endophytes: A Novel Approach for Emerging Pollutants -- Nano-Bioremediation: An Emerging Weapon for Emerging Pollutants -- Mechanism of Interaction of Nanomaterial and Microbes to Treat Emerging Pollutants -- Enzyme Immobilization Technology to Treat Emerging Pollutants -- Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Emerging Pollutants -- Bio-Based Porous Materials for Remediation of Pollutants -- Role of Biosurfactants in the Remediation of Emerging Pollutants -- Impacts of Emerging Pollutants on Environmental Microbial Communities and their Consequent Public Health Concerns.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to cereals -- Bread; Cookies and Biscuit -- Cakes and muffins -- Tortillas -- Crackers -- Popped and puffed products -- Flaked products -- Pasta -- Noodles -- Beverages -- Pastry -- Packaging of cereal products.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Origin and Evolution of Birds -- Chapter 2. Skeleton and Skeletal Muscles -- Chapter 3. Integument -- Chapter 4. Nervous System -- Chapter 5. Locating, Ingesting, and Digesting Food -- Chapter 6. Cardiovascular and Immune Systems -- Chapter 7. Respiration -- Chapter 8. Endocrine System -- Chapter 9. Urinary System, Salt Glands, and Osmoregulation -- Chapter 10. Energy Balance and Thermoregulation -- Chapter 11. Avian Locomotion: Flying, Running, Walking, Climbing, Swimming, and Diving -- Chapter 12. Sound and Vocal Production and Function -- Chapter 13. Migration -- Chapter 14. Navigation and Orientation -- Chapter 15. Mating Systems -- Chapter 16. Avian Reproduction: Timing, Anatomy, and Eggs -- Chapter 17. Avian Reproduction: Nests and Nest Sites -- Chapter 18. Avian Reproduction: Clutch Sizes, Incubation, and Hatching -- Chapter 19. Avian Reproduction: Post-hatching Parental Care and Blood Parasitism.

Description / Table of Contents: 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.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter1. Physical Setting of Nile Delta Coast -- Chapter2. Geomorphometric of Nile Delta Coastline -- Chapter3. Coastline Change Detection -- Chapter4. GIS – based Modeling of Sea-Level Rise by the end of 21th century -- Chapter5. Coastal Erosion Hazard Mapping -- Chapte6. Multi-Criteria Coastal Vulnerability Assessment -- Conclusion and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Landscape Background Study Area and Wildlife History -- 2. Conceptual Framework of Landscape Spatial Character and Ecological Interaction -- 3. Quantification of Forest Landscape Pattern for Habitat Quality Assessment -- 4. Quality Assessments Through Analysis of Forest Habitat Configuration and Composition -- 5. Assessment of Habitat Structural Connectivity and Corridors from Ecological Point of View -- 6. Species Specific Habitat Quality Assessment– Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus) -- 7. Effective Landscape Management Methods to Improve Ecological Quality of Forest Habitat: Case Studies in the Fragmented Habitats -- 8. Landscape Management Methods to Enhance Habitat Quality for Wild Life Conservation in General And Elephants in Specific.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Computational Tools for Functional Analysis of Circular RNAs -- 2. The Hidden Layer of RNA Variants -- 3. Functional Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Prostate Cancer: From Biomarker to Therapeutic Targets -- 4. The structure, function, and modification of non-coding RNAs in cardiovascular system,- 5. Contribution of RNA Species in Sexually Transmitted Infections -- 6. Hypoxia and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Cancer: A Non-Coding RNA Perspective -- 6. A Study on the Role of piRNAs in Cancer Epigenetics -- 7. Modified Nucleosides as RNA Components. Structure, Biological Role and Drug Design -- 8. Multifaceted Functions of RNA m6A Modification in Modulating Regulated Cell Death -- 9. Incorporation of Pseudouridine into RNA for Biochemical and Biophysical Studies -- 10. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Chemically Modified Ribonucleotides.

Description / Table of Contents: Comparative Study on Nitrogen Removal Efficiency of Surface Water by Three New Combined Processes of Autotrophic Denitrification -- Comparative Study on Purification Effect of Three Graphene Photocatalytic Nets on Polluted Water -- Dewatering Treatment and Catalytic Application of Sludge by Glow Discharge Plasma -- Study on Nitrogen Removal of Surface Water by MBBR Process Coupled with Sulfur Autotrophic Denitrification -- Formation of THMs in the Separated Components of DOM in Jiulong River during Chlorination and Chloramination -- Study on Treatment of Compressed Wastewater from Domestic Waste Transfer Station -- Study on the Performance of Modified Sludge Biochar Loaded with Microbial Agents -- The Removal Effect of Organic Pollutants by Different Fillers in Constructed Rapid Infiltration System -- The Diffusion of Sustainability Reporting for Higher Education Institution Worldwide -- Effect of Hedgerows on CO Diffusion from Vehicle Exhaust Emissions in Street Canyons -- The Effect of the Concentration of Aerosol Pollutants on the Human Respiratory System -- Study on Diffusion Law of Aerosol Particles in Indoor Human Droplets -- Recent Advances in Degradation of Antibiotics using WO3 Photocatalysis–A Comprehensive Revie -- Progress in the Application of MOFS in the Field of Atmospheric Environment -- Basic Scientific Research Contribution to Galapagos Added Value -- Expression and Characterization of Dichloromethane Dehalogenase for Dichloromethane Degradation -- Planning Energy, Economic and Environment Nexus System under Uncertainty: A Case Study of Pearl River Delta, China -- Effects of Chromium (VI) on Toxicity of Chlorella Vulgaris in Water -- Study on the Photocatalytic Performance of BiOI/BiOIO3 -- Certifying Buildings in China Using Energy, Environmental, Engineering and Economic (4E) Factors: Assessing the Suitability of BREEAM, LEED and Green Star -- Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Bi2WO6/RGO Composite Photocatalyst -- Research on Absorption Performance of Alkali Washing Tower for H2S -- Based on the Analysis of Characteristics of the Water Consumption of Alpine Meadow of Double Crop Coefficient Method -- Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change of an Agrarian Economy -- Joint-risk Evaluation of Extreme Precipitation using Copulas -- Econo-environmental Evaluation of Rainwater Management Measures Based on Entropy Weight Method —— a Case from Beijing -- Comparative Study on Remote Sensing Image Classifier of Jiulong River Basin -- An Ecologically-extended Input-output Model for Evaluating Virtual Water Flows in Kazakhstan -- Future Changes in Precipitation over Fujian Province using RegCM4 under RCP Emission Scenarios -- Characterization of Parameter Uncertainty in SWAT Model using MCMC Bayesian Framework: The Case of Naryn River Basin -- Research on Information Extraction Technology of Wall Cracks in Historic Buildings -- Market Analysis of Television Channels in Kazakhstan -- Research on the Influence of Water Horse on the Vortex Induced Resonance Response of Bridges -- Smart Airport: Mobile Asset Information Modeling Management based on Gamificative VR Environment --- A Case Study of Ningbo Lishe International Airport Staff Restaurant -- Study on the Influence of Baffles on the Aerodynamic Coefficients of Long-span Flexible Bridge Section -- Environmental Affordances: a Practical Approach for Designing Child-friendly Streets in High-density Community -- University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China -- Modeling and Application of Precision Surveying Instrument and Equipment -- Research for Suction Control on Roof Wind Pressure of Low-rise Building -- Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption in Healthcare Buildings – A Review -- Passive Energy-saving Technologies for Low-rise Residential Buildings based on Building Prototyping: Cixi City as a Case -- Energy Efficient Operation Optimization of Building Air-conditioners via Simulator-assisted Asynchronous Reinforcement Learning -- Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviors in Medical Buildings: A Literature Review.

Description / Table of Contents: State of Art, Definition of New Concepts of Sponge City and Blue Green Infrastructures -- Sustainable Water Management and Hybrid Infrastructures -- Analysis of Climatic Parameters in Urban Area -- Measuring Selected Physical Parameters of Hybrid Infrastructure -- Subjective Indoor Environmental Quality in Green Office Buildings.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Conducting polymers as drug release systems -- 2. Electrospinning for drug delivery applications -- 3. Melt-electrospinning and electrowriting for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications -- 4. Pharmaceutical Spray Drying -- 5. Vat photopolymerization 3D printing for drug delivery applications -- 6. Semi-solid extrusion 3D printing for the development of dosage forms for special patient groups -- 7. Binder-Jetting Powder bed 3D‐printing for the fabrication of drug delivery systems -- 8. 3D printing for localized cancer therapy -- 9. 4D Printing in Pharmaceutics & Biomedical Applications -- 10. Lithography in Drug-Delivery -- 11. Micro-moulding and its application to drug delivery -- 12. Supercritical Fluids: A Promising Technique in Pharmaceutics -- 13. Microfluidics as a tool for the synthesis of advanced drug delivery systems -- 14. Nanofluidic Technologies for Drug Screening and Drug Delivery -- 15. Nanoparticles at the stage of clinical trials -- 16. Nasal drug delivery systems for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system and tuberculosis -- 17. Regulatory aspects and barriers in using ground-breaking technologies. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to MAPs in Turkey -- Ethnobotany in Turkey: Retrospect and Prospect -- Natural Dye Plants in Turkey -- Phytochemical and Biological Characteristics of Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Species from Turkey.-The genus Salvia in Turkey: Morphology, Ecology, Phytogeograpy, Endemism and Threat Categories -- Threatened Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Conservation Studies in Turkey -- Cultivation and Breeding of MAPs in Turkey -- Traditional Uses and Cultivation of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) in Türkiye -- Turkish Oregano (Origanum spp.) – Biodiversity, Cultivation, Traditional & Commercial Uses -- Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic Trees in Turkiye: Laurel (Laurus nobilis), Sumac (Rhuscoriaria), Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) and Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) -- Turkish Soaproot (Radix gypsophylae) -- Traditional Farming of Apiaceae Species in Turkiye: Pimpinella anisum L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Cuminum cyminum L.) -- Traditional Uses of Turkish Asteraceae Species -- Anti-aging effect of Turkish medicinal plants on skin: Focus on recent studies.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Literature reviews -- 1. Introductory issues on hierarchical analysis of occupancy and abundance of the Neotropical mammals -- 2. Small wild felids of South America: A review of studies, conservation threats and research needs -- 3. Patterns of occupancy and density of the small felids of tropical America -- 4. ales from southern Brazil: hierarchical modeling of occupancy, abundance, and density of Atlantic Forest and Pampa mammals -- 5. Modelling the abundance and spatial distribution of the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) in Patagonia: a review and future perspectives -- 6. Survey methods and hierarchical modeling for Mexican primates -- 7. Abundance, density, and occupancy of ungulates in the Maya Forest: A review -- Part II. Case studies -- 8. Factors influencing habitat occupancy by the spotted paca (Cuniculus paca) in Oaxaca, Mexico -- 9. Jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela: estimating distribution and population size by combining different modelling approaches -- 10. Using camera trap data to simultaneously estimate jaguar (Panthera onca) density and resource selection in the Paraguayan Dry Chaco -- 11. Abundance of Coimbra-Filho’s titi monkey in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil: use of N-mixture models for acoustic playback survey data -- 12. Modeling density and habitat preference of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in northern Peru using spatial mark-resight and occupancy models -- 13. Interweaving scientific and local ecological knowledge through studying the salience of wild mammals in two protected areas in the Monte ecoregion of Argentina -- 14. Occupancy modeling reveals that landscape-scale drive habitat use by white-tailed deer in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico -- 15. Overview of hierarchical models and future directions in the study of Neotropical mammals.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Marathon of the Messenger RNA -- Part I. Messenger RNA, an essential role and challenge -- Chapter 2. A short history of vaccination -- Chapter 3. From DNA to RNA -- Chapter 4. Messenger RNA (mRNA): from transcription to protein translation -- Chapter 5. The mechanism of viral infection -- Chapter 6. The immune response -- Part II. From preliminary studies to clinical trials -- Chapter 7. Promising studies in the 1990s -- Chapter 8. The use of mRNA - the initial technical obstacles -- Chapter 9. The birth of CureVac: the era of the pioneers -- Chapter 10. Solutions for mRNA optimization -- Chapter 11. Modified and unmodified mRNA: for what purpose? -- Chapter 12. Experiments and clinical trials conducted: the power of therapeutic mRNA -- Chapter 13. Experiments and clinical trials against infectious diseases -- Chapter 14. Experiments and clinical trials against cancer -- Chapter 15. Experiments and clinical trials carried out in other therapeutic fields -- Chapter 16. Modified mRNA versus unmodified mRNA: not just a scientific issue -- Part III. The triumph of messenger RNA -- Chapter 17. A very progressive diffusion in scientific circles -- Chapter 18. The development of future biotechs in the 2010s -- Chapter 19. The importance of intellectual property and patents -- Chapter 20. 2020: the triumph of anti-Covid mRNA vaccines -- Chapter 21. mRNA, a technology of the future.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: What is “Actionable” Science for Climate and Environment -- Chapter 2: Data Foundation for Actionable Science -- Chapter 3: Technology Landscape for Making Climate and Environmental Science “Actionable” -- Chapter 4: Actionable Science for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction -- Chapter 5: Actionable Science for Hurricanes -- Chapter 6: Actionable Science for Wildfire Response -- Chapter 7: Actionable Science for Sea Level Rising -- Chapter 8: Actionable Science for Irrigation -- Chapter 9: Actionable Science for Snow Monitoring and Response -- Chapter 10: Towards more actionable vulnerability indices for Global Environmental Change -- Chapter 11: Actionable Science in Environmental Health -- Chapter 12: Actionable AI for Climate and Environment -- Chapter 13: Actionable Environmental Science through Social Media Platforms -- Chapter 14: Ethics and Accountability of Science in Action.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Processes and Elemental Flows -- 3. The IO Model of a Simple Economy without Fossil Fuel -- 4. Standard Input-Output: Single and Multi-Regional models -- 5. Environmentally Extended Input-Output Analysis (EEIO) and Hybrid LCA -- 6. Emissions and Mitigation -- 7. Material Flow Analysis.

Description / Table of Contents: Nanocarriers for delivery of peptide antibiotics -- NANOMEDICINES FOR THE PULMONARY DELIVERY OF ANTIBIOTICS -- Inhalable nanomedicines for the treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis -- Nanomedicines for the treatment of systemic candidiasis -- Nanomedicine for the treatment of vaginal candidiasis -- Nanomedicines for the treatment of veterinary parasitic infections -- Role of Nanotechnology Against Malaria: Current Perspectives and Strategies -- NANOMEDICINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRYPANOSOMIASIS -- Nanomedicines to improve oral delivery of antiretroviral drugs -- Nano-Adjuvants -- Nanoscale Vaccines for Influenza -- Nano-scale vaccines for the prevention of hepatitis B virus infection -- Nanoscale Vaccines for the Prevention of COVID-19.