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Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Understanding of Atmospheric Systems with Efficient Numerical Methods for Observation and Prediction --- 2. Tropical Cyclone Center Determination Algorithm by Texture and Gradient of Infrared Satellite Image --- 3. Polarization Remote Sensing for Land Observation --- 4. Rainfall Nowcasting by Blending of Radar Data and Numerical Weather Prediction --- 5. Spectral Representation of Time and Physical Parameters in Numerical Weather Prediction --- 6. Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Parameterizations --- 7. Evaluating Cooling Tower Scheme and Mechanical Drag Coefficient Formulation in High-Resolution Regional Model --- 8. Numerical Air Quality Forecast over Eastern China: Development, Uncertainty and Future --- 9. Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Increasing Urban Albedo on Air Temperatures and Quality over Madrid City (Spain) by Coupled WRF/CMAQ Atmospheric Chemistry Model

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Advance Wave Modeling and Diffractions for High-Resolution Subsurface Seismic Imaging --- 2. Radiometric Mapping of Hydrothermal Alterations in Isla Isabel, Mexico --- 3. Rock Physics Interpretation of Tomographic Solutions for Geothermal Reservoir Properties --- 4. Resistivity and Induced Polarization Application for Urban Waste Disposal Site Studies --- 5. Analysis of Seismic Responses of Rock Massif to Explosive Impacts with Using Nonlinear Methods --- 6. Application of Seismic Tomography and Geotechnical Modeling for the Solution of Two Complex Instability Cases --- 7. Electrical Resistivity Tomography: A Subsurface-Imaging Technique

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Assessing Seismic Hazard in Chile Using Deep Neural Networks --- 2. Strong Rainfall in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Synoptic Analysis and Numerical Simulation --- 3. Natural Hazards and Nuclear Power Plant Safety --- 4. Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity Profiles Employing Genetic Algorithms and the Diffuse Field Approach on Microtremors Array: Implications on Liquefaction Hazard at Port of Spain, Trinidad --- 5. Long-Wave Generation due to Atmospheric-Pressure Variation and Harbor Oscillation in Harbors of Various Shapes and Countermeasures against Meteotsunamis --- 6. Identification and Assessment of Hazard of Development in Gypsum Karst Regions: Examples from Turkey --- 7. Dam Retirement and Decision-Making --- 8. Seismic Hazard of Viaduct Transportation Infrastructure --- 9. Determinants of Coping Strategies to Floods and Droughts in Multiple Geo-Ecological Zones --- 10. Emergency Communications Network for Disaster Management --- 11. Interview of Natural Hazards and Seismic Catastrophe Insurance Research in China --- 12. Multiset-Based Assessment of Resilience of Sociotechnological Systems to Natural Hazards

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: An Introduction to the Stratigraphic Setting of Paleozoic to Miocene Deposits Based on Paleoecology, Facies --- 2. Paleoecology and Sedimentary Environments of the Oligo-Miocene Deposits of the Asmari Formation (Qeshm Island, SE Persian Gulf) --- 3. Chemostratigraphy of Paleozoic Carbonates in the Western Belt (Peninsular Malaysia): A Case Study on the Kinta Limestone --- 4. High Resolution Chronostratigraphy from an Ice-Dammed Palaeo-Lake in Andorra: MIS 2 Atlantic and Mediterranean Palaeo-Climate Inferences over the SE Pyrenees

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Power Generation Using Geothermal Low-Enthalpy Resources and ORC Technology --- 2. Geothermal Explorations on the Slate Formation of Taiwan --- 3. Geothermal Potential of the Global Oil Industry --- 4. Stages of a Integrated Geothermal Project --- 5. Space Cooling by Ground Source Heat Pump in Tropical Asia

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Lake Urmia - A Witness to the Simultaneous Effects of Human Activities, Climate Change, and Global Warming --- 2. Assessing the Expected Impact of Climate Change on Nitrate Load in a Small Atlantic Agro-Forested Catchment --- 3. Tools and Methods for Supporting Regional Decision-Making in Relation to Climate Risks --- 4. Statistical Methodology for Evaluating Process-Based Climate Models --- 5. The Impact of Climate Change on Water Availability and Recharge of Aquifers in the Jordan River Basin --- 6. Super Typhoon Bopha and the Mayo River Debris-Flow Disaster, Mindanao, Philippines, December 2012 --- 7. Observed and Projected Reciprocate Effects of Agriculture and Climate Change: Implications on Ecosystems and Human Livelihoods --- 8. Energy Mining, Earth’s Thermal Insulation Damaged and Trigger Climate Change --- 9. Impact of Cold Wave on Vulnerable People of Tarai Region, Nepal --- 10. A Survey of Disaster Risk and Resilience in Small Island States

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: A Reference Recursive Recipe for Tuning the Statistics of the Kalman Filter by Mudambi R Ananthasayanam --- Chapter 2: The Error Covariance Matrix Inflation in Ensemble Kalman Filter by Guocan Wu and Xiaogu Zheng --- Chapter 3: Unscented Kalman Filter for State and Parameter Estimation in Vehicle Dynamics by Mark Wielitzka, Alexander Busch, Matthias Dagen and Tobias Ortmaier --- Chapter 4: Sensitivity-Based Adaptive SRUKF for State, Parameter, and Covariance Estimation on Mechatronic Systems by Mauro Hernán Riva, Mark Wielitzka and Tobias Ortmaier --- Chapter 5: Kalman Filters for Parameter Estimation of Nonstationary Signals by Sarita Nanda --- Chapter 6: Kalman Filter Models for the Prediction of Individualised Thermal Work Strain by Jia Guo, Ying Chen, Weiping Priscilla Fan, Si Hui Maureen Lee, Junxian Ong, Poh Ling Tan, Yu Li Lydia Law, Kai Wei Jason Lee and Kok-Yong Seng --- Chapter 7: Application of Kalman Filtering in Dynamic Prediction for Corporate Financial Distress by Qian Zhuang --- Chapter 8: Predicting Collisions in Mobile Robot Navigation by Kalman Filter by Angel Sánchez, Homero Ríos, Gustavo Quintana and Antonio Marín --- Chapter 9: Efficient Matrix-Free Ensemble Kalman Filter Implementations: Accounting for Localization by Elias David Niño Ruiz, Rolando Beltrán Arrieta and Alfonso Manuel Mancilla Herrera --- Chapter 10: Kalman Filters for Reference Current Generation in Shunt Active Power Filter (APF) by Ahmad Shukri Bin Abu Hasim, Syed Mohd Fairuz Bin Syed Mohd Dardin and Zulkifilie Bin Ibrahim --- Chapter 11: Applications of Kalman Filters for Coherent Optical Communication Systems by Lalitha Pakala and Bernhard Schmauss --- Chapter 12: Kalman Filter for Moving Object Tracking: Performance Analysis and Filter Design by Kenshi Saho --- Chapter 13: Distributed Kalman Filter by Felix Govaers --- Chapter 14: Consensus-Based Distributed Filtering for GNSS by Amir Khodabandeh, Peter J.G. Teunissen and Safoora Zaminpardaz

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: VLSI by Kim Ho Yeap and Humaira Nisar --- Chapter 2: Transistor Degradations in Very Large-Scale-Integrated CMOS Technologies by Chang Yeol Lee --- Chapter 3: Low Power Design Methodology by Vithyalakshmi Natarajan, Ashok Kumar Nagarajan, Nagarajan Pandian and Vinoth Gopi Savithri --- Chapter 4: High-purity Refractory Metals for Thin Film Metallization of VLSI by Vadim Glebovsky --- Chapter 5: Operational Amplifier Design in CMOS at Low-Voltage for Sensor Input Front-End Circuits in VLSI Devices by Muhaned Zaidi, Ian Grout and Abu Khari A’ain --- Chapter 6: Design of High-Order CMOS Analog Notch Filter with 0.18 μm CMOS Technology by Kittipong Tripetch

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Investigation of the Nanostructured Semiconductor Metamaterials by Aleksej Trofimov, Tatjana Gric and Ortwin Hess --- Chapter 2: Understanding the Mechanisms that Affect the Quality of Electrochemically Grown Semiconducting Nanowires by Abhay Singh and Usha Philipose --- Chapter 3: Semiconductor Quantum Wells with BenDaniel-Duke Boundary Conditions and Janus Nanorods by Victor Barsan --- Chapter 4: Nanostructured ZnO, Cu2ZnSnS4, Cd1−xZnxTe Thin Films Obtained by Spray Pyrolysis Method by Oleksandr Dobrozhan, Denys Kurbatov, Petro Danilchenko and Anatoliy Opanasyuk --- Chapter 5: E-ALD: Tailoring the Optoeletronic Properties of Metal Chalcogenides on Ag Single Crystals by Emanuele Salvietti, Andrea Giaccherini, Filippo Gambinossi, Maria Luisa Foresti, Maurizio Passaponti, Francesco Di Benedetto and Massimo Innocenti --- Chapter 6: Pulsed Electrochemical Deposition of CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Semiconductor Thin Films by Sreekanth Mandati, Bulusu V. Sarada, Suhash R. Dey and Shrikant V. Joshi --- Chapter 7: The Electrochemical Performance of Deposited Manganese Oxide-Based Film as Electrode Material for Electrochemical Capacitor Application by Chan Pei Yi and Siti Rohana Majid --- Chapter 8: Semiconducting Electrospun Nanofibers for Energy Conversion by Giulia Massaglia and Marzia Quaglio

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: FEM Analysis of Mechanical and Structural Properties of Long Fiber-Reinforced Composites by Michal Petrů and Ondřej Novák --- Chapter 2: Finite Element Dynamic Analysis on Residual Stress Distribution of Titanium Alloy and Titanium Matrix Composite after Shot Peening Treatment by Lechun Xie, Zhou Wang, Chengxi Wang, Yan Wen, Liqiang Wang, Chuanhai Jiang, Weijie Lu, Lai-Chang Zhang and Lin Hua --- Chapter 3: Multiscale Wavelet Finite Element Analysis in Structural Dynamics by Mutinda Musuva and Cristinel Mares --- Chapter 4: Numerical Analysis of Hot Polymer-Coated Steel Pipeline Joints in Bending by Finian McCann, Guido Ridolfi, Erwan Karjadi, Harm Demmink and Helen Boyd --- Chapter 5: Application of Finite Element Analysis in Multiscale Metal Forming Process by Zhengyi Jiang and Haibo Xie --- Chapter 6: Finite Element Thermal Analysis of Metal Parts Additively Manufactured via Selective Laser Melting by Dario Pitassi, Enrico Savoia, Vigilio Fontanari, Alberto Molinari, Valerio Luchin, Gianluca Zappini and Matteo Benedetti --- Chapter 7: Adaptive Modeling and Simulation of Elastic, Dielectric and Piezoelectric Problems by Grzegorz Zboiński --- Chapter 8: Vibration Simulation of Electric Machines by Marcel Janda and Kristyna Jandova --- Chapter 9: Numerically and Analytically Forecasting the Coal Burst Using Energy Based Approach Methods by Faham Tahmasebinia, Chengguo Zhang, Ismet Canbulat, Onur Vardar and Serkan Saydam --- Chapter 10: Linear Thermo-Poroelasticity and Geomechanics by Horacio Florez --- Chapter 11: Numerical Analysis of the Incompressible Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer by Toshio Tagawa --- Chapter 12: Numerical Simulation of Wave (Shock Profile) Propagation of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation Using an Adaptive Mesh Method by Denson Muzadziwa, Stephen T. Sikwila and Stanford Shateyi --- Chapter 13: Numerical Analysis on the Simulated Heavy Rainfall Event of Tropical Cyclone Fung-Wong by Lei-Ming Ma and Xu-Wei Bao --- Chapter 14: Weighted Finite-Element Method for Elasticity Problems with Singularity by Viktor Anatolievich Rukavishnikov and Elena Ivanovna Rukavishnikova

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Coupling Watersheds, Estuaries and Regional Oceanography through Numerical Modelling in the Western Iberia: Thermohaline Flux Variability at the Ocean-Estuary Interface by Francisco J. Campuzano, Manuela Juliano, João Sobrinho, Hilda de Pablo, David Brito, Rodrigo Fernandes and Ramiro Neves --- Chapter 2: Weather, Hydrological and Oceanographic Conditions of the Northern Coast of the Río de la Plata Estuary during ENSO 2009–2010 by Ernesto Brugnoli, José Verocai, Pablo Muniz and Felipe García- Rodríguez --- Chapter 3: Pesticides in Worldwide Aquatic Systems: Part I by Catarina Cruzeiro, Eduardo Rocha and Maria João Rocha --- Chapter 4: Pesticides in Worldwide Aquatic Systems: Part II by Catarina Cruzeiro, Eduardo Rocha and Maria João Rocha --- Chapter 5: The Ecology and Food Web Dynamics of South African Intermittently Open Estuaries by Pierre William Froneman --- Chapter 6: The Relationship of Sediment and Intersitial Water Properties with Mangrove Health in a Subtropical Coastal Lagoon of Mexico by Carlos Augusto Zenteno-Palma, Aramis Olivos-Ortiz, María del Carmen Álvarez, Sonia Isabel Quijano-Scheggia and Gloria Alicia Jiménez-Ramón

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Review on Sparse-Based Multipath Estimation and Mitigation: Intense Solution to Counteract the Effects in Software GPS Receivers / By Ganapathy Arul Elango, B. Senthil Kumar, Ch.V.M.S.N. Pavan Kumar and C. Venkatramanan --- 2. Integrity Monitoring: From Airborne to Land Applications / By Davide Imparato, Ahmed El-Mowafy and Chris Rizos --- 3. GPS Modeling of the Ionosphere Using Computer Neural Networks / By Daniel Okoh --- 4. GNSS Error Sources / By Malek Karaim, Mohamed Elsheikh and Aboelmagd Noureldin --- 5. GNSS Application in Retrieving Sea Wind Speed / By Dongkai Yang and Feng Wang --- 6. GNSSs, Signals, and Receivers / By Mohamed Tamazin, Malek Karaim and Aboelmagd Noureldin --- 7. Applications of GNSS Slant Path Delay Data on Meteorology at Storm Scales / By Takuya Kawabata and Yoshinori Shoji --- 8. Antennas and Front-End in GNSS / By Korkut Yegin --- 9. Ionosphere Variability in Low and Mid-Latitudes of India Using GPS-TEC Estimates from 2002 to 2016 / By Sridevi Jade and Shrungeshwara T.S.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Reimagining Icarus: Ethics, Law and Policy Considerations for Commercial Human Spaceflight / By Sara M. Langston --- 2. Basic Methodology for Space Ethics / By Tony Milligan --- 3. From the Individual to the Cultural Space Group / By Carole Tafforin --- 4. Acute and Chronic Effects of Hypobaric Exposure upon the Brain / By Paul Sherman and John Sladky --- 5. Spaceflight Induced Changes in the Central Nervous System / By Alex P. Michael --- 6. The Effect of Gravity on the Nervous System / By Florian P.M. Kohn, Claudia Koch and Ramona Ritzmann --- 7. Spaceflight: Immune Effects and Nutritional Countermeasure / By Anil D Kulkarni, Marie-Francoise Doursout, Asmita Kulkarni, Alamelu Sundaresan, Takehito Miura, Koji Wakame and Hajime Fujii --- 8. Countermeasure Development for Lumbopelvic Deconditioning in Space / By Andrew Winnard, Dorothee Debuse and Nick Caplan --- 9. Tumor Cells in Microgravity / By Jun Chen --- 10. Plants in Space / By Bratislav Stankovic --- 11. Approaches to Assess the Suitability of Zooplankton for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems / By Miriam Knie, Bernard Wolfschoon Ribeiro, Jessica Fischer, Burkhard Schmitz, Kay Van Damme, Ruth Hemmersbach, Donat-P. Häder and Christian Laforsch --- 12. Are We Alone? The Search for Life on Mars and Other Planetary Bodies / By Stephanie A. Smith, Andrzej Paszczynski and Susan E. Childers --- 13. Exploring the Stratosphere: What We Missed by Shooting for the Moon / By Laura Galdamez --- 14. The Mortality of Space Explorers / By Robert J. Reynolds and Steven M. Day

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Waveform Design and Related Processing for Multiple Target Detection and Resolution / By Gaspare Galati and Gabriele Pavan --- 2. Space-Time Transmit-Receive Design for Colocated MIMO Radar / By Guolong Cui, Xianxiang Yu and Lingjiang Kong --- 3. Waveform Design for MIMO Radar and SAR Application / By Stéphane Méric and Jean-Yves Baudais --- 4. A 94-GHz Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave Radar Imaging and Motion Compensation / By Jiwoong Yu, Sumin Kim and Min-Ho Ka --- 5. Analysis of Coastal Areas Using SAR Images: A Case Study of the Dutch Wadden Sea Region / By Corneliu Octavian Dumitru, Gottfried Schwarz, Daniela Espinoza- Molina, Mihai Datcu, Herman Hummel and Christiaan Hummel --- 6. Adaptive Clutter Cancellation Techniques for Passive Radars / By Tamás Pető and Rudolf Seller --- 7. Sense Smart, Not Hard: A Layered Cognitive Radar Architecture / By Stefan Brüggenwirth, Marcel Warnke, Christian Bräu, Simon Wagner, Tobias Müller, Pascal Marquardt and Fernando Rial --- 8. Representation of Radar Micro-Dopplers Using Customized Dictionaries / By Shobha Sundar Ram --- 9. Adaptive Coding, Modulation and Filtering of Radar Signals / By Moutaman Mirghani Daffalla and Ahmed Awad Babiker --- 10. Bispectrum- and Bicoherence-Based Discriminative Features Used for Classification of Radar Targets and Atmospheric Formations / By Alexander Totsky and Karen Egiazarian

Description / Table of Contents: 1. History of Uranium Mining in Central Europe / By Miloš René --- 2. Safety and Economics of Uranium Utilization for Nuclear Power Generation / By Yuji Fukaya --- 3. Shear Zone-Hosted Uranium Deposits of the Bohemian Massif (Central European Variscan Belt) / By Miloš René --- 4. Uranium in Poland: Resources and Recovery from Low-Grade Ores / By Katarzyna Kiegiel, Agnieszka Miskiewicz, Dorota Gajda, Sylwester Sommer, Stanislaw Wolkowicz and Grazyna Zakrzewska- Koltuniewicz --- 5. Remotely Monitoring Uranium-Enrichment Plants with Detection of Gaseous Uranium Hexafluoride and HF Using Lidar / By Gholamreza Shayeganrad --- 6. Thermodynamics and Separation Factor of Uranium from Fission Products in “Liquid Metal-Molten Salt” System / By Valeri Smolenski, Alena Novoselova, Alexander Bychkov, Vladimir Volkovich, Yana Luk’yanova and Alexander Osipenko --- 7. Chemical Thermodynamics of Uranium in the Soil Environment / By Michael Thomas Aide

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Three–Dimensional Seismic Diffraction Imaging for Detecting Near-Surface Inhomogeneities / By Shemer Keydar, Vladimir Shtivelman and Avner Arzi --- 2. Measurement of Rotational Events in Regions Prone to Seismicity: A Review / By Leszek R. Jaroszewicz, Anna Kurzych, Krzysztof P. Teisseyre and Zbigniew Krajewski --- 3. Inversion and Interpretation of Magnetic Anomaly in the Presence of Significant Remanence and Self-Demagnetization Based on Magnetic Amplitude / By Shuang Liu and Xiangyun Hu --- 4. Basement Tectonics and Fault Reactivation in Alberta Based on Seismic and Potential Field Data / By Eneanwan Ekpo, David Eaton and Ronald Weir --- 5. Characterization of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sites Based on Geoelectrical Methods of Geophysical Exploration / By Omar Delgado-Rodríguez, Vladimir Shevnin, Héctor Peinado- Guevara and María Ladrón de Guevara-Torres --- 6. Characterization of Seismic Responses in Mexico City Using Hilbert-Huang Transform / By Silvia Raquel García Benítez and Leonardo Alcántara Nolasco --- 7. Dynamics of the Early Stage of Formation of the Earth’s-Moon System / By Yurie Khachay, Olga Hachay and Alexander Antipin --- 8. Geoelectrical Sounding and Imaging over the Central Zone of Panama / By Alexis Mojica

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to Navigation Systems / By Junghyun Lee --- 2. A Review: Remote Sensing Sensors / By Lingli Zhu, Juha Suomalainen, Jingbin Liu, Juha Hyyppä, Harri Kaartinen and Henrik Haggren --- 3. Validation and Quality Assessment of Sea Levels from SARAL/ AltiKa Satellite Altimetry over the Marginal Seas at the Southeast Asia / By Noor Nabilah Abdullah and Nurul Hazrina Idris --- 4. Geospatial Analysis for Irrigated Land Assessment, Modeling and Mapping / By Olumuyiwa Idowu Ojo and Francois Ilunga --- 5. The Use of GNSS GPS Technology for Offshore Oil and Gas Platform Subsidence Monitoring / By Heri Andreas, Hasanuddin Z. Abidin, Irwan Gumilar, Dina A. Sarsito and Dhota Pradipta --- 6. The Use of MODIS Images to Quantify the Energy Balance in Different Agroecosystems in Brazil / By Antônio Heriberto de Castro Teixeira, Janice F. Leivas, Carlos C. Ronquim and Gustavo Bayma-Silva --- 7. Earth Observation for Urban Climate Monitoring: Surface Cover and Land Surface Temperature / By Zina Mitraka and Nektarios Chrysoulakis --- 8. Pre-earthquake Anomaly Detection and Assessment through Lineament Changes Observation Using Multi-temporal Landsat 8-OLI Imageries: Case of Gorkha and Imphal / By Biswajit Nath, Zheng Niu and Shukla Acharjee --- 9. Optimization of an Earth Observation Data Processing and Distribution System / By Jonathan Becedas, María del Mar Núñez and David González --- 10. Multi-purposeful Application of Geospatial Data / By Chattopadhyay Nabansu, Chandras Swati and Tidke Nivedita

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Novel Waveguide Technologies and Its Future System Applications / By Shotaro Ishino --- 2. Properties and Applications of Love Surface Waves in Seismology and Biosensors / By Piotr Kiełczyński --- 3. Dyakonov Surface Waves: Anisotropy-Enabling Confinement on the Edge / By Carlos J. Zapata-Rodríguez, Slobodan Vuković, Juan J. Miret, Mahin Naserpour and Milivoj R. Belić --- 4. Measurement of Sea Wave Spatial Spectra from High- Resolution Optical Aerospace Imagery / By Valery G. Bondur and Alexander B. Murynin --- 5. Electromagnetic Polarization: A New Approach on the Linear Component Method / By Jobson de Araújo Nascimento, Regina Maria De Lima Neta, José Moraes Gurgel Neto, Adi Neves Rocha and Alexsandro Aleixo Pereira Da Silva --- 6. Modal Phenomena of Surface and Bulk Polaritons in Magnetic- Semiconductor Superlattices / By Vladimir R. Tuz, Illia V. Fedorin and Volodymyr I. Fesenko --- 7. Video Measurements and Analysis of Surface Gravity Waves in Shallow Water / By Charles R. Bostater Jr, Bingyu Yang and Tyler Rotkiske

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Wildlife Resources in Southern Africa: Experience from Selected Protected Areas in Zimbabwe / By Olga L. Kupika, Edson Gandiwa, Shakkie Kativu and Godwell Nhamo --- 2. Biological Conservation and Nature Protection Strategies in Spanish Atlantic Region / By Javier Ferreiro da Costa and Pablo Ramil-Rego --- 3. Methods for Biodiversity Assessment: Case Study in an Area of Atlantic Forest in Southern Brazil / By Maria Raquel Kanieski, Solon Jonas Longhi and Philipe Ricardo Casemiro Soares --- 4. Seabed Biodiversity Shifts Identify Climate Regimes: The 2011 Climate Regime Shift and Associated Cascades / By Jeffrey B. Marliave, Donna M. Gibbs, Laura A. Borden and Charles J. Gibbs --- 5. Safeguarding Marine Biodiversity in a Changing World: Maltese Small-Scale Fisheries and Alien Species / By Adriana Vella and Noel Vella --- 6. Biodiversity of Amphipoda Talitridae in Tunisian Wetlands / By Jelassi Raja, Khemaissia Hajer and Nasri-Ammar Karima --- 7. Biodiversity Restoration and Renewable Energy from Hydropower: Conflict or Synergy? / By Wondmagegn Tafesse Tirkaso, Ing‐Marie Gren, Leonard Sandin, Joel Segersten, David Spjut and Erik Degerman --- 8. Determinants of Orchid Occurrence: A Czech Example / By Zuzana Štípková, Kristina Kosánová, Dušan Romportl and Pavel Kindlmann --- 9. Dark-Colored Forest Bee Apis mellifera in Siberia, Russia: Current State and Conservation of Populations / By Nadezhda V. Ostroverkhova, Aksana N. Kucher, Olga L. Konusova, Ekaterina S. Gushchina, Vadim V. Yartsev and Yury L. Pogorelov --- 10. Integration of Ecological and Socioeconomic Factors in Securing Wildlife Dispersal Corridors in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Southern Africa / By Simon M. Munthali, Nicholas Smart, Victor Siamudaala, Morris Mtsambiwa and Eleanor Harvie --- 11. Usefulness of Plant Biodiversity in the Cities of Togo / By Radji Raoufou and Kokou Kouami --- 12. Towards an Integrative Taxonomy of the Genus Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae) in Chile: A Comprehensive Review / By Victor L. Finot, Carlos M. Baeza, Eduardo Ruiz, Oscar Toro and Pedro Carrasco --- 13. Ecosystem Services Provided by the Little Things That Run the World / By Olga Maria Correia Chitas Ameixa, António Onofre Soares, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares and Ana I. Lillebø --- 14. Commercial Harvesting of Marula (Sclerocarya Birrea) in Swaziland: A Quest for Sustainability / By Alfred Francis Murye and André J. Pelser --- 15. Synopsis of Mangle Species in Mexico / By Basáñez Muñoz Agustín de Jesús, Serrano Solis Arturo, Martínez Cortés Esmeralda, Cuervo López Liliana, Capistrán Barradas Ascención and Naval Ávila Celina --- 16. Positive Rules Can Lead to Positive Behaviours: Students’ Perceptions of Messages on Information Boards in Protected Areas / By Gregor Torkar, Saša Mezek and Janez Jerman --- 17. Prey Selection of Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) in a Freshwater Ecosystem (Lake Eğirdir/Turkey) / By Meral Apaydin Yağci, Ahmet Alp, Abdulkadir Yağci, Vedat Yeğen and Mehmet Ali Turan Koçer --- 18. Importance of Underutilized Field Crops for Increasing Functional Biodiversity / By Franc Bavec, Urška Lisec and Martina Bavec

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Metrology / by Anil Akdogan --- 2. Methods for Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty / by Jailton Carreteiro Damasceno and Paulo R.G. Couto --- 3. Variational Calibration / by Michael Surdu --- 4. Measuring ‘Big G’, the Newtonian Constant, with a Frequency Metrology Approach / by Andrea De Marchi --- 5. Optical Radiation Metrology and Uncertainty / by Manal A. Haridy and Affia Aslam --- 6. A New Statistical Tool Focused on Metrological Tasks / by Eugene Charnukha

Description / Table of Contents: 1. A Review of Air Pollution Control Policy Development and Effectiveness in China / by Ying Li and Ke Chen --- 2. Historical Drivers of Energy Infrastructure Change in Nigeria (1800–2015) / by Norbert Edomah --- 3. Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for Sub-Saharan Africa / by Shadreck Mubiana Situmbeko --- 4. Electric Vehicle Promotion Policy in Taiwan / by Li-Min Cheng --- 5. Clean Energy Management / by Ali Samadiafshar and Atiyye Ghorbani --- 6. Renewable Energy of Biogas Through Integrated Organic Cycle System in Tropical System / by Ambar Pertiwiningrum, Cahyono Agus DK and Margaretha Arnita Wuri

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Progress of Seismology in Polar Region / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78550 --- 2. An Overview of Seismological Projects during the International Polar Year / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78551 --- 3. Seismological Studies on the Deep Interiors of the Earth Viewed from the Polar Region / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78552 --- 4. Structural Studies on the Earth’s Crust, Plates, and the Ice Sheet in the Polar Region / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78553 --- 5. Studies on Seismicity in the Polar Region / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78554 --- 6. A Decade of Advances in Cryoseismology / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78555 --- 7. Seismic Detection in the Inland Plateau of East Antarctica / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78556 --- 8. A New Trend in Cryoseismology: A Proxy for Detecting the Polar Surface Environment / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78557 --- 9. Interactions among Multispheres of the Earth’s System and Polar Regions / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78558 --- 10. Summary: Global Seismology and the Polar Region / by Masaki Kanao. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78559

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Organic Fertilizers and Nutrient Recycling from Diluted Waste Streams / by Bente Foereid --- 2. Olive-Pressed Solid Residues as a Medium for Growing Mushrooms and Increasing Soil Fertility / by Hani Mohamed Awad Abdelzaher, Haifa Abdulaziz S. Alhaithloul and Shaima Mohamed Nabil Moustafa --- 3. Composing of Municipal Solid Waste and Its Use as Fertilizer / by Muhammad Khalid Iqbal --- 4. Relationship of Agronomic Practices to Soil Nitrogen Dynamics / by Congming Zou, Robert C Pearce, John H Grove, Yan Li, Xiaodong Hu, Jie Chen, Junying Li and Yan Jin --- 5. Fostering Fertilizer Use and Welfare Distribution in Tanzania: Implications for Policy and Practice / by Lutengano Mwinuka

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Spatial Analysis, Modelling, and Planning / by José António Tenedório and Jorge Rocha --- 2. One World, One Health Challenge: The Holistic Understanding of Rickettsiosis Integrating Multi-Criteria Analysis Techniques and Spatial Statistics / by Diego Montenegro, Ana Paula da Cunha, Ingrid Machado, Liliane Duraes, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Marcel Pedroso, Gilberto S. Gazêta and Reginaldo P. Brazil --- 3. Spatial Analysis of Bifenthrin Sediment and Water Concentrations in California Waterbodies from 2001 to 2017 / by Lenwood W. Hall and Ronald D. Anderson --- 4. Absolute Density Measures Estimation Functions with Very High Resolution Satellite Images / by Ana Cristina Gonçalves and Adélia M. O. Sousa --- 5. Evaluating the Effectiveness of CCTV in Baltimore, Maryland / by Brian Ways and Brooks C. Pearson --- 6. The Use of Photos of the Social Networks in Shaping a New Tourist Destination: Analysis of Clusters in a GIS Environment / by Hélder Tiago da Silva Lopes, Paula Cristina Almeida Cadima Remoaldo and Vitor Ribeiro --- 7. Modelling Driving Forces of Urban Growth with Fuzzy Sets and GIS / by Khalid Al-Ahmadi --- 8. Quantification and Prediction of Land Consumption and Its Climate Effects in the Rhineland Metropolitan Area Based on Multispectral Satellite Data and Land-Use Modelling 1975–2030 / by Andreas Rienow, Nora Jennifer Schneevoigt and Frank Thonfeld --- 9. Fusion Study of Geography and Environmental Engineering / by Toshiaki Ichinose --- 10. Generating Reality with Geosimulation Models: An Agent-Based Social-Spatial Network Modelling Perspective / by Andreas Koch --- 11. Formal Urban Dynamics, Policy and Implications on Urban Planning: Perspectives on Kampala, Uganda / by John J. Williams and Fred Bidandi --- 12. Risk Analysis and Land Use Planning / by Valentina Svalova --- 13. Political Economy and the Work of Kenneth Arrow / by Norman Schofield

Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Insight into the Process, Tools and Techniques for Construction Risk Management / by Onengiyeofori O. Odimabo, Chike F. Oduoza and Subashini Suresh --- 2. Big Data as a Project Risk Management Tool / by Jarosław Górecki --- 3. Product Life Cycle Risk Management / by Jan Machac, Frantisek Steiner and Jiri Tupa --- 4. Critical Success Factors for Effective Risk Management / by Geraldine J. Kikwasi --- 5. Construction Supply Chain Resilience in Catastrophic Events / by Yasangika Gayani Sandanayake, Tharaka Bandara Dissanayake and Chike Oduoza --- 6. Risk Management in Indonesia Construction Project: A Case Study of a Toll Road Project / by Mochammad Agung Wibowo, Jati Utomo Dwi Hatmoko and Asri Nurdiana --- 7. Risk Management to Enhance Performance in the Construction SME Sector; Theory and Case Study / by Jan Simota, Jiri Tupa* and Frantisek Steiner --- 8. Leadership Initiatives for Health and Safety Risk Management Systems in a Small Construction Company: A Case Study / by Subashini Suresh, Chike Oduoza and Suresh Renukappa --- 9. Landslide Risk Management for Urbanized Territories / by Valentina Svalova

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Montmorillonite: An Introduction to Properties and Utilization / by Faheem Uddin --- 2. Recycling of Steelmaking Plant Wastes in Clay Bricks / by Carlos Maurício F. Vieira, Lucas Fonseca Amaral and Sergio N. Monteiro --- 3. Mineralogical and Chemical Characteristics of Raw and Modified Clays and Their Application in Arsenic and Fluoride Removal: Review / by Mugera W. Gitari and Rabelani Mudzielwana --- 4. Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites for Corrosion Protection / by Abdullah Al-Shahrani, Ihsan Taie, Aziz Fihri and Gasan Alabedi --- 5. The Importance of Clay in Geotechnical Engineering / by Nazile Ural --- 6. Clay Grouting Mechanisms and Applications / by Wen-Chieh Cheng --- 7. Calcium Phosphate/Clay Nanotube Bone Cement with Enhanced Mechanical Properties and Sustained Drug Release / by Udayabhanu Jammalamadaka, Karthik Tappa and David K. Mills --- 8. The Effect of Clay Type on the Physicochemical Properties of New Hydrogel Clay Nanocomposites / by Tatiana Munteanu, Claudia Mihaela Ninciuleanu, Ioana Catalina Gifu, Bogdan Trica, Elvira Alexandrescu, Augusta Raluca Gabor, Silviu Preda, Cristian Petcu, Cristina Lavinia Nistor, Sabina Georgiana Nitu and Raluca Ianchis --- 9. Development of Clay Nanoparticles Toward Bio and Medical Applications / by Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Sarvenaz Salahi, Mojgan Hosseini, Ali Mohammad Amani and Aziz Babapoor

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Vulnerability, Urban Design and Resilience Management / by Bruno Barroca --- 2. Index of Proportional Risk (IRP) Flood-Risk Assessment Model and Comparison to Collected Data / by Luca Franzi, Gennaro Bianco, Alessandro Pezzoli and Angelo Besana --- 3. Insight into the Correlation between Land Subsidence and the Floods in Regions of Indonesia / by Heri Andreas, Hasanuddin Z. Abidin, Irwan Gumilar, Teguh P. Sidiq, Dina A. Sarsito and Dhota Pradipta --- 4. Assessing the Impact of Land Use Changes and Rangelands and Forest Degradation on Flooding Using Watershed Modeling System / by Nafise Moghadasi, Iman Karimirad and Vahedberdi Sheikh --- 5. Extent of 2014 Flood Damages in Chenab Basin Upper Indus Plain / by Shakeel Mahmood and Razia Rani --- 6. Towards the Reduction of Vulnerabilities and Risks of Climate Change in the Community-Based Tourism, Namibia / by Selma Lendelvo, Margaret N. Angula, Immaculate Mogotsi and Karl Aribeb --- 7. Using the Monoplotting Technique for Documenting and Analyzing Natural Hazard Events / by Conedera Marco, Bozzini Claudio, Ryter Ueli, Bertschinger Thalia and Krebs Patrik --- 8. Tsunami Hazard Assessment for the Hokuriku Region, Japan: Toward Disaster Mitigation for Future Earthquakes / by Michihiro Ohori, Yuri Masukawa and Keisuke Kojima --- 9. Disaster Mitigation Model of Eruption Based on Local Wisdom in Indonesia / by Eko Hariyono and Solaiman Liliasari

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Optimized Finite Difference Methods for Seismic Acoustic Wave Modeling by Yanfei Wang and Wenquan Liang --- Chapter 2: Acoustic Analysis of Enclosed Sound Space as well as Its Coupling with Flexible Boundary Structure by Jingtao Du, Yang Liu and Long Liu --- Chapter 3: Sound Waves in Complex (Dusty) Plasmas by Aamir Shahzad, Muhammad Asif Shakoori, Maogang He and Sajid Bashir --- Chapter 4: Acoustic Wave Monitoring of Fluid Dynamics in the Rock Massif with Anomaly Density, Stressed and Plastic Hierarchic Inclusions by Olga Hachay and Andrey Khachay --- Chapter 5: In-Fiber Acousto-Optic Interaction Based on Flexural Acoustic Waves and Its Application to Fiber Modulators by Miguel Ángel Bello Jiménez, Gustavo Ramírez-Meléndez, Erika Hernández-Escobar, Andrés Camarillo-Avilés, Rosa López-Estopier, Olivier Pottiez, Cristian Cuadrado-Laborde, Antonio Díez, José L. Cruz and Miguel V. Andrés --- Chapter 6: Wave Propagation in Porous Materials by Zine El Abiddine Fellah, Mohamed Fellah, Claude Depollier, Erick Ogam and Farid G. Mitri --- Chapter 7: A Novel Idea of Coherent Acoustic Wave-Induced Atmospheric Refractivity Fluctuation and Its Applications by Shuhong Gong, Yu Liu, Muyu Hou and Lixin Guo

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Green Process of Three-Component Prostaglandin Synthesis and Rapid 11C Labelings for Short-Lived PET Tracers by Masaaki Suzuki, Hiroko Koyama, Hideki Ishii, Koichi Kato, Margareta Ögren and Hisashi Doi

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Petrology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Greisens Associated with Tin-Tungsten Mineralisation: Hub Stock Deposit at Krásno–Horní Slavkov Ore District, Czech Republic by Miloš René --- Chapter 2: Zechstein-Kupferschiefer Mineralization Reconsidered as a Product of Ultra-Deep Hydrothermal, Mud-Brine Volcanism by Stanley B. Keith, Volker Spieth and Jan C. Rasmussen --- Chapter 3: Lead-, Zinc-, and Iron-Sulfide Mineralization from Northern Iraq by Ali Ismail Al-Juboury, Waleed S. Shingaly, Elias M. Elias and Mohsin M. Ghazal --- Chapter 4: Geology, Textural Study, Ore Genesis and Processing of the Tabuaço Tungsten Deposit (Northern Portugal) by Yann Foucaud, Bénédicte Lechenard, Philippe Marion, Inna Filippova and Lev Filippov --- Chapter 5: Lead Isotopes as Tracers of Metal Sources and Timing of the Carbonate-Hosted Pb-Zn Deposits in the Nappes Zone, Northern Tunisia by Nejib Jemmali and Fouad Souissi --- Chapter 6: Trace Elements in Coal Gangue: A Review by Shaoqing Guo --- Chapter 7: Mineralization: Evidence from Fission Track Thermochronology by Wanming Yuan and Ke Wang --- Chapter 8: Statistical Approach to Mineral Engineering and Optimization by Mehmet Deniz Turan --- Chapter 9: Expected Return on Capital in Mining Industry by Aneta Michalak

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Time Series Analysis (TSA) for Anomaly Detection in IoT by Nawaz Mohamudally --- Chapter 2: Anxiety, Worry and Fear: Quantifying the Mind Using EKG Time Series Analysis by Toru Yazawa --- Chapter 3: Agricultural Monitoring in Regional Scale Using Clustering on Satellite Image Time Series by Renata Ribeiro do Valle Gonçalves, Jurandir Zullo Junior, Bruno Ferraz do Amaral, Elaine Parros Machado Sousa and Luciana Alvim Santos Romani --- Chapter 4: Volatility Parameters Estimation and Forecasting of GARCH(1,1) Models with Johnson’s SU Distributed Errors by Mohammed Elamin Hassan, Henry Mwambi and Ali Babikir --- Chapter 5: Generation of Earth’s Surface Three-Dimensional (3-D) Displacement Time-Series by Multiple-Platform SAR Data by Antonio Pepe --- Chapter 6: Time Series and Renewable Energy Forecasting by Mahmoud Ghofrani and Musaad Alolayan --- Chapter 7: Modeling Nonlinear Vector Time Series Data by Jiancheng Jiang and Sha Yu --- Chapter 8: Symbolic Time Series Analysis and Its Application in Social Sciences by Wiston Adrián Risso --- Chapter 9: State-Space Models for Binomial Time Series with Excess Zeros by Fan Tang and Joseph E. Cavanaugh --- Chapter 10: Ensemble Prediction of Stream Flows Enhanced by Harmony Search Optimization by Milan Cisty and Veronika Soldanova

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Earthquakes, Life at Risk / Valentina Svalova --- 2. The Earthquake Disaster Risk in Japan and Iran and the Necessity of Dynamic Learning from Large Earthquake Disasters over Time / Michaela Ibrion and Nicola Paltrinieri --- 3. The Major Cause of Earthquake Disasters: Shear Bandings / Tse-Shan Hsu --- 4. Development of an UAS for Earthquake Emergency Response and Its Application in Two Disastrous Earthquakes / Chaoyong Peng, Zhiqiang Xu, Jiansi Yang, Yu Zheng, Weiping Wang, Sha Liu and Baofeng Tian --- 5. Automated Model Construction for Seismic Disaster Assessment of Pipeline Network in Wide Urban Area / Hideyuki O-tani, Muneo Hori and Lalith Wijerathne --- 6. Frequency-Magnitude Distribution of Earthquakes / Zuhair Hasan El-Isa --- 7. The Prediction of Earthquake Ground Motions by Regression Model / Pithan Pairojn and Sirithip Wasinrat --- 8. Principles of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) and Site Effect Evaluation and Its Application for the Volcanic Environment in El Salvador / Walter Salazar --- 9. An Estimation of “Energy” Magnitude Associated with a Possible Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Electromagnetic Coupling Before the Wenchuan MS8.0 Earthquake / Mei Li, Wenxin Kong, Chong Yue, Shu Song, Chen Yu, Tao Xie and Xian Lu --- 10. Finite Element Models of Elastic Earthquake Deformation / Sui Tung, Timothy Masterlark and Daniel Sai Huen Lo --- 11. Simulation of Broadband Strong Motion Based on the Empirical Green’s Spatial Derivative Method / Michihiro Ohori --- 12. Structural Seismic Input Model on the Condition of Slope Site / Li Jianbo and Liu Weihong --- 13. Damage Estimation of a Steel-Framed Building under Tsunami Flow Occurring after Earthquake / Daigoro Isobe and Seizo Tanaka --- 14. Structure-Soil-Structure Interaction between Underground Structure and Surface Structure / Huai-feng Wang --- 15. Tunnel Vaults under Seismic Excitation / Roberto Guidotti and Alberto Castellani --- 16. Use of Polyethylene Terephthalate Fibers for Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Frame Made of Low-Grade Aggregate / Comingstarful Marthong --- 17. EQ-grid: A Multiaxial Seismic Retrofitting System for Masonry Buildings / Stefania Rizzo and Lothar Stempniewski

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Gravity Data Interpretation Using Different New Algorithms: A Comparative Study by Khalid S. Essa and Mahmoud Elhussein --- Chapter 2: 3D Modeling and Inversion of Gravity Data in Exploration Scale by Hongzhu Cai, Bin Xiong and Yue Zhu --- Chapter 3: Microgravity and Its Applications in Geosciences by Hakim Saibi --- Chapter 4: Application of BEMD in Extraction of Regional and Local Gravity Anomalies Reflecting Geological Structures Associated with Mineral Resources by Yongqing Chen, Binbin Zhao, Jingnning Huang and Lina Zhang --- Chapter 5: Identification of Gravity Lineaments for Water Resources in the Crystalline Massif of Hoggar (South of Algeria) by Abdeslam Abtout, Hassina Boukerbout, Boualem Bouyahiaoui and Farida Boukercha --- Chapter 6: Gravity Application for Delineating Subsurface Structures at Different Localities in Egypt by Sultan Awad Sultan Araffa --- Chapter 7: Gravity in Heat Pipe Technology by Patrik Nemec --- Chapter 8: Analysis of the Influence of Fish Behavior on the Hydrodynamics of Net Cage by Tiao-Jian Xu, Ming-Fu Tang and Guo-Hai Dong --- Chapter 9: Beyond Einstein: A Polynomial Affine Model of Gravity by Oscar Castillo-Felisola --- Chapter 10: Gravity, Curvature and Energy: Gravitational Field Intentionality to the Cohesion and Union of the Universe by Francisco Bulnes

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Phase Space Dynamics of Relativistic Particles by Hai Lin --- Chapter 2: Motion of Electrons in Planar Ideal Undulator by Nikolay Smolyakov --- Chapter 3: Concept and Numerical Simulations of Multi-Beam Linear Accelerators EVT with Depressed Collector for Drive Beam by Vladimir E. Teryaev --- Chapter 4: Optically Controlled Laser-Plasma Electron Acceleration for Compact γ-Ray Sources by Serge Y. Kalmykov, Xavier Davoine, Isaac Ghebregziabher and Bradley A. Shadwick --- Chapter 5: Nuclear Safety Study of High Energy Heavy-ion Medical Accelerator Facility by Oyeon Kum --- Chapter 6: Radiation Safety Aspects of Linac Operation with Bremsstrahlung Converters by Matthew Hodges and Alexander Barzilov --- Chapter 7: X-Ray Diffraction Detects D-Periodic Location of Native Collagen Crosslinks In Situ and Those Resulting from Non- Enzymatic Glycation by Rama Sashank Madhurapantula and Joseph P.R.O. Orgel --- Chapter 8: Ion Beam, Synchrotron Radiation, and Related Techniques in Biomedicine: Elemental Profiling of Hair by Karen J. Cloete

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: High-Performance Computing: Dos and Don’ts by Guillaume Houzeaux, Ricard Borrell, Yvan Fournier, Marta Garcia- Gasulla, Jens Henrik Göbbert, Elie Hachem, Vishal Mehta, Youssef Mesri, Herbert Owen and Mariano Vázquez --- Chapter 2: Multilevel Variable-Block Schur-Complement-Based Preconditioning for the Implicit Solution of the Reynolds- Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations Using Unstructured Grids by Bruno Carpentieri and Aldo Bonfiglioli --- Chapter 3: Free-Surface Flow Simulations with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method using High-Performance Computing by Corrado Altomare, Giacomo Viccione, Bonaventura Tagliafierro, Vittorio Bovolin, José Manuel Domínguez and Alejandro Jacobo Cabrera Crespo --- Chapter 4: Highly Deforming Computational Meshes for CFD Analysis of Twin-Screw Positive Displacement Machines by Sham Rane, Ahmed Kovačević, Nikola Stošić and Ian Smith --- Chapter 5: Optimization Design by Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics and Genetic Algorithm by Jong-Taek Oh and Nguyen Ba Chien --- Chapter 6: Applications of CFD for Process Safety by Luis G. Zárate, Sebastián Uribe and Mario E. Cordero --- Chapter 7: Adaptation to Climate Change at Local Scale: A CFD Study in Porto Urban Area by Vera Rodrigues, Sandra Rafael, Sandra Sorte, Sílvia Coelho, Hélder Relvas, Bruno Vicente, Joana Leitão, Myriam Lopes, Ana Isabel Miranda and Carlos Borrego --- Chapter 8: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applied to a Glass Vaporization Chamber for Introduction of Micro- or Nano-Size Samples into Lab-Based ICPs and to a CFD-Derived (and Rapidly Prototyped Via 3D Printing) Smaller-Size Chamber for Portable Microplasmas by Hamid R. Badiei, Gordon Stubley, Ryan Fitzgerald, Melanie Saddler and Vassili Karanassios --- Chapter 9: Analysis of Biomass Waste Cofiring into Existing Coal-Fired Power Plant Using Computational Fluid Dynamics by Arif Darmawan, Dwika Budianto, Koji Tokimatsu and Muhammad Aziz --- Chapter 10: CFD Modelling of Coupled Multiphysics-Multiscale Engineering Cases by Mario E. Cordero, Sebastián Uribe, Luis G. Zárate, Reyna Natividad Rangel, Alejandro Regalado-Méndez and Ever Peralta Reyes --- Chapter 11: CFD Analysis of Turbulence Models to Achieve the Digester Mixing Process by Jorge Flores-Velazquez, Abraham Jesus Arzeta-Rios, Waldo Ojeda Bustamante and Teodoro Espinosa-Solares --- Chapter 12: CFD for the Design and Optimization of Slurry Bubble Column Reactors by Omar M. Basha and Badie I. Morsi --- Chapter 13: Two Different Formulations for Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations with Moderate and High Reynolds Numbers by Blanca Bermúdez, Alejandro Rangel-Huerta, Wuiyevaldo Fermín Guerrero-Sánchez and José David Alanís --- Chapter 14: Vibration Characteristics of Fluid-Filled Functionally Graded Cylindrical Material with Ring Supports by Muzamal Hussain, Aamir Shahzad, Muhammad Nawaz Naeem and Maogang He --- Chapter 15: CFD Simulations of Crude Oil Fouling on Heat Transfer Surfaces by Ramasamy Marappa Gounder and Sampath Emani --- Chapter 16: Surrogate Model Applied for Analysis of Uncertain Parameters in Turbulent Mixing Flows by Boštjan Končar, Andrej Prošek and Matjaž Leskovar

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Kinetics from Past to Future by George Z. Kyzas and Athanasios C. Mitropoulos --- Chapter 2: Discrete Boltzmann Modeling of Compressible Flows by Aiguo Xu, Guangcai Zhang and Yudong Zhang --- Chapter 3: Collective Mode Interactions in Lorentzian Space Plasma by Nazish Rubab and Sadia Zaheer --- Chapter 4: Kinetic Theory of Creep and Long-Term Strength of Metals by Alexander Lokoshchenko and Leonid Fomin --- Chapter 5: Kinetic Equations of Active Soft Matter by Viktor Gerasimenko --- Chapter 6: Non-Linear Kinetic Analysis of Protein Assembly Based on Center Manifold Theory by Tatsuaki Tsuruyama --- Chapter 7: Plasma Kinetic Theory by Kashif Chaudhary, Auwal Mustapha Imam, Syed Zuhaib Haider Rizvi and Jalil Ali

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Petroleum Source Rocks Characterization and Hydrocarbon Generation by Nabil Mohammed Al-Areeq --- Chapter 2: Petroleum Extraction Engineering by Tatjana Paulauskiene --- Chapter 3: Optimal Planning for Deepwater Oilfield Development Under Uncertainties of Crude Oil Price and Reservoir by Zhang Haoran, Liang Yongtu, Ma Jing, Di Pengwei, Yan Xiaohan and Huang Zhongliang --- Chapter 4: Drilling Fluids for Deepwater Fields: An Overview by Luis Alberto Alcázar-Vara and Ignacio Ramón Cortés-Monroy --- Chapter 5: Evaluation of Different Correlation Performance for the Calculation of the Critical Properties and Acentric Factor of Petroleum Heavy Fractions by Dacid B. Lacerda, Rafael B. Scardini, André P. C. M. Vinhal, Adolfo P. Pires and Viatcheslav I. Priimenko --- Chapter 6: Characterization of Crude Oils and the Precipitated Asphaltenes Fraction using UV Spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering and Microscopy by Ernestina Elizabeth Banda Cruz, Nohra Violeta Gallardo Rivas, Ulises Páramo García, Ana Maria Mendoza Martinez and José Aarón Melo Banda --- Chapter 7: Density Anomalies in Crude Oil Blends Reflect Multiple Equilibrium States of Asphaltene Colloidal Aggregates by Igor N. Evdokimov, Aleksey A. Fesan and Aleksandr P. Losev --- Chapter 8: A Realistic Look at Nanostructured Material as an Innovative Approach for Enhanced Oil Recovery Process Upgrading by Lezorgia Nekabari Nwidee, Ahmed Barifcani, Maxim Lebedev, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh and Stefan Iglauer --- Chapter 9: Lessons Learned from Our Recent Research in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (C-EOR) Methods by Bing Wei, Peng Wei, Shuai Zhao and Wanfen Pu --- Chapter 10: Numerical Study of Low Salinity Water Flooding in Naturally Fractured Oil Reservoirs by Reda Abdel Azim, Sara Faiz, Shaik Rahman, Ahmed Elbagir and Nour Al Obaidi --- Chapter 11: Experimental Study of the Effect of Composite Solvent and Asphaltenes Contents on Efficiency of Heavy Oil Recovery Processes at Injection of Light Hydrocarbons by Dmitry N. Borisov, Dmitry V. Milordov, Svetlana G. Yakubova and Makhmut R. Yakubov --- Chapter 12: Total Acid Number Reduction of Naphthenic Acids Using Supercritical Fluid and Ionic Liquids by Pradip Chandra Mandal and Mitsuru Sasaki --- Chapter 13: Conducting Polymers Films Deposited on Carbon Steel and Their Interaction with Crude Oil by Oscar E. Vázquez-Noriega, Javier Guzmán, Nohra V. Gallardo-Rivas, Reinaldo David Martínez Orozco, Ana M. Mendoza-Martínez, María Yolanda Chávez Cinco, Luciano Aguilera Vázquez and Ulises Páramo-García --- Chapter 14: Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene by Pseudomonas fluorescens (UCP 1514) Leading to the Production of Biphenyl by Thayse A.L. Silva, Manfred Schwartz, Patrícia M. Souza, Ian Garrard, Galba M. Campos-Takaki and Elias B. Tambourgi --- Chapter 15: Reduction in the Sulfur Content of Fossil Fuels by Cunninghamella elegans (UCP 0596) to Dibenzothiophene Compound by Patrícia Mendes de Souza, Thayse Alves de Lima e Silva, Marcos Antonio Barbosa Lima, Luciana de Oliveira Franco, Manfred Schwartz, Paulo Henrique da Silva, Lúcia Roberta Barbosa, Aline Elesbão do Nascimento, Kaoru Okada and Galba Maria de Campos- Takaki --- Chapter 16: Microbial Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon– Contaminated Marine Environments by Mouna Mahjoubi, Simone Cappello, Yasmine Souissi, Atef Jaouani and Ameur Cherif --- Chapter 17: Petroleum Degradation: Promising Biotechnological Tools for Bioremediation by Maddela Naga Raju and Laura Scalvenzi --- Chapter 18: Organic Contaminants in Refinery Wastewater: Characterization and Novel Approaches for Biotreatment by Taghreed Al-Khalid and Muftah H. El-Naas --- Chapter 19: Analytical Methods for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and their Global Trend of Distribution in Water and Sediment: A Review by Abiodun Olagoke Adeniji, Omobola Oluranti Okoh and Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Complex Reactions and Dynamics by Muhammad Shahzad and Faisal Sultan --- Chapter 2: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Nonlinear Process in Enzyme Kinetics by Lakshmanan Rajendran, Mohan Chitra Devi, Carlos Fernandez and Qiuming Peng --- Chapter 3: Autoignition and Chemical-Kinetic Mechanisms of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Combustion for the Fuels with Various Autoignition Reactivity by Dongwon Jung --- Chapter 4: New Materials to Solve Energy Issues through Photochemical and Photophysical Processes: The Kinetics Involved by Tatiana Duque Martins, Antonio Carlos Chaves Ribeiro, Geovany Albino de Souza, Diericon de Sousa Cordeiro, Ramon Miranda Silva, Flavio Colmati, Roberto Batista de Lima, Lucas Fernandes Aguiar, Leandro Lima Carvalho, Renan Gustavo Coelho S. dos Reis and Wemerson Daniel C. dos Santos --- Chapter 5: Competition Kinetics: An Experimental Approach by Murtaza Sayed, Luqman Ali Shah, Javed Ali Khan, Noor S. Shah, Rozina Khattak and Hasan M. Khan --- Chapter 6: Catalyst Kinetics and Stability in Homogeneous Alcohol Acceptorless Dehydrogenation by Martin Nielsen --- Chapter 7: Oxidation of Glycerol to Lactic Acid by Gold on Acidified Alumina: A Kinetic and DFT Case Study by Thabang A. Ntho, Pumeza Gqogqa and James L. Aluha --- Chapter 8: Hydrothermal Precipitation of β-FeOOH Nanoparticles in Mixed Water/Alcohol Solvent by Mahabubur Chowdhury --- Chapter 9: Adsorption, Kinetics and Photoactivity of ZnO-Supported Fly Ash-Sepiolite Ternary Catalyst by Ayşe Neren Ökte --- Chapter 10: Kinetics of Heterogeneous Self-Propagating High-Temperature Reactions by Christopher E. Shuck and Alexander S. Mukasyan --- Chapter 11: Ultrasound as a Metrological Tool for Monitoring Transesterification Kinetics by Raphaela M. Baêsso, Pâmella A. Oliveira, Gabriel C. Moraes, André V. Alvarenga and Rodrigo P.B. Costa-Félix

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Landslides: Methodology to Select Stabilizing Construction Works by Oscar Andrés Cuanalo Campos --- Chapter 2: Natural Risk Management to Protect Critical Infrastructures: A Model for Active Learning by Catalin Cioaca, Vasile Prisacariu and Mircea Boscoianu --- Chapter 3: Earthquake Culture: A Significant Element in Earthquake Disaster Risk Assessment and Earthquake Disaster Risk Management by Michaela Ibrion --- Chapter 4: Mexico City after September 2017: Are We Building the Right City? by Milton Montejano-Castillo and Mildred Moreno-Villanueva --- Chapter 5: On Risk and Reliability Studies of Climate-Related Building Performance by Krystyna Pietrzyk and Ireneusz Czmoch --- Chapter 6: Machinery Safety Requirements as an Effective Tools for Operational Safety Management by Hana Pacaiova --- Chapter 7: Integrated Risk Assessment of Safety, Security, and Safeguards by Mitsutoshi Suzuki --- Chapter 8: Practical Propagation of Trust in Risk Management Systems by Kristian Helmholt, Matthijs Vonder, Bram Van Der Waaij, Elena Lazovik and Niels Neumann --- Chapter 9: Risk Assessment for Collaborative Operation: A Case Study on Hand-Guided Industrial Robots by Varun Gopinath, Kerstin Johansen and Johan Ölvander --- Chapter 10: Managing Technogenic Risks with Stakeholder Cooperation by Riitta Molarius --- Chapter 11: Risks, Safety and Security in the Ecosystem of Smart Cities by Stig O. Johnsen --- Chapter 12: Implementation of Basel and Solvency Risk Assessment Standards in Banks and Insurance Companies of Southeastern Europe Countries by Safet Kozarevic, Emira Kozarevic, Pasqualina Porretta and Fabrizio Santoboni --- Chapter 13: Environmental Health Surveillance for Health Risk Assessment Following Radionuclide Release by Robert Wålinder --- Chapter 14: Challenges and Perspectives of the Risk Assessment of the Genetic Susceptibility to Cancer in the Next-Generation Sequencing Era by Israel Gomy --- Chapter 15: Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution in Urban Environment by Gevorg Tepanosyan, Lilit Sahakyan, David Pipoyan and Armen Saghatelyan --- Chapter 16: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Risks, Challenges, and Solutions by Zakiya Hoyett --- Chapter 17: Estimation of PM2.5 Trajectory Using Atmospheric Dispersion Models and GIS in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area by Kayoko Yamamoto and Zhaoxin Yang --- Chapter 18: Risk Assessment and Prediction of Aflatoxin in Agro-Products by Peiwu Li, Xiaoxia Ding, Yizhen Bai, Linxia Wu, Xiaofeng Yue and Liangxiao Zhang --- Chapter 19: Risk Management in Complex Organisations by Andrea Antonucci

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Proposing a Patent Information Approach for Identifying Technological Trends in the Brazilian Upstream Oil and Gas Industry / By Gabriel Cavalheiro, Mariana Brandao and Saulo Rocha --- 2. Intelligent Drilling and Coring Technologies for Unmanned Interplanetary Exploration / By Junyue Tang, Qiquan Quan, Shengyuan Jiang, Jieneng Liang and Zongquan Deng --- 3. Making the Connection for Well Control on Floaters: Evolving Design Rationales for BOP Control Systems / By Paul A. Potter --- 4. Bio-Based Oil Drilling Fluid Improvements through Carbon- Based Nanoparticle Additives / By Yee Ho Chai, Suzana Yusup, Vui Soon Chok and Sonny Irawan --- 5. Solid Control System for Maximizing Drilling / By Sonny Irawan and Imros B. Kinif --- 6. Rate of Penetration Prediction Utilizing Hydromechanical Specific Energy / By Omogbolahan Ahmed, Ahmed Adeniran and Ariffin Samsuri --- 7. Drilling Performance Optimization Based on Mechanical Specific Energy Technologies / By Xuyue Chen, Jin Yang and Deli Gao --- 8. New Development of Air and Gas Drilling Technology / By Jun Li, Yulong Yang, Boyun Guo and Gonghui Liu

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Coal Fly Ash and Its Application for Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage by Mugera Wilson Gitari and Segun Ajayi Akinyemi --- Chapter 2: Metal Adsorption by Coal Fly Ash: The Role of Nano-sized Materials by Anita Etale, Nikita T. Tavengwa and Vusumzi E. Pakade --- Chapter 3: Chemical Stabilization of Coal Fly Ash for Simultaneous Suppressing of As, B, and Se Leaching by Sri Hartuti, Shinji Kambara, Akihiro Takeyama, Farrah Fadhillah Hanum and Erda Rahmilaila Desfitri --- Chapter 4: Evaluation of Ultrasound-assisted Modified Fly Ash for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage by Deniz Sanliyuksel Yucel and Burcu Ileri --- Chapter 5: Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage with Coal Fly Ash: Exploring the Solution Chemistry and Product Water Quality by Wilson Mugera Gitari, Leslie F. Petrik and Segun A. Akinyemi --- Chapter 6: Phytoreclamation of Abandoned Acid Mine Drainage Site After Treatment with Fly Ash by Madhumita Roy, Roopali Roychowdhury, Pritam Mukherjee, Atanu Roy, Bulti Nayak and Satarupa Roy --- Chapter 7: Challenges in Recovery of Valuable and Hazardous Elements from Bulk Fly Ash and Options for Increasing Fly Ash Utilization by Ajit Behera and Soumya Sanjeeb Mohapatra --- Chapter 8: Thickener Water Neutralization by Mid-Bottom and Fly Ash of Thermal Power Plants and CO2: Organic Humate Mud of AMD Treatment for Remediation of Agricultural Fields by Yıldırım İsmail Tosun --- Chapter 9: Fracture Toughness of Concrete Containing Fly Ash by Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: The Main Directions and Tasks of Pure and Applied Biogeography in Solving the Global Problems of Our Time by Levente Hufnagel --- Chapter 2: Are Historical Biogeographical Events Able to Promote Biological Diversification? by Julián A. Velasco --- Chapter 3: Ecological Responses to Climate Change at Biogeographical Boundaries by Melinda Pálinkás --- Chapter 4: A Synopsis of Global Mapping of Freshwater Habitats and Biodiversity: Implications for Conservation by Ryan A. McManamay, Natalie A. Griffiths, Christoper R. DeRolph and Brenda M. Pracheil --- Chapter 5: Plant Antiherbivore Defense in Diverse Environments by Alina Morquecho-Contreras, Carmen Zepeda-Gómez and Hermilo Sánchez-Sánchez --- Chapter 6: Vachellia (Acacia) karroo Communities in South Africa: An Overview by Mamokete Dingaan and Pieter J. du Preez --- Chapter 7: Ecological Biogeography of West Usambara Mountains: A Study on the Influence of Abiotic Factors to Spatial Distribution of Plant and Animal Species by Joel Loitu Meliyo, Kenneth F.G. Masuki, Balthazar M. Msanya, Didas N. Kimaro and Loth S. Mulungu

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Spreading Information in Complex Networks: An Overview and Some Modified Methods by Reji Kumar Karunakaran, Shibu Manuel and Edamana Narayanan Satheesh --- Chapter 2: An Example Usage of Graph Theory in Other Scientific Fields: On Graph Labeling, Possibilities and Role of Mind/Consciousness by Auparajita Krishnaa --- Chapter 3: Graph-Based Decision Making in Industry by Izabela Kutschenreiter-Praszkiewicz --- Chapter 4: Governance Modeling: Dimensionality and Conjugacy by Pierre Mazzega, Claire Lajaunie and Etienne Fieux --- Chapter 5: Modeling Rooted in-Trees by Finite p-Groups by Daniel C. Mayer --- Chapter 6: Monophonic Distance in Graphs by P. Titus and A.P. Santhakumaran --- Chapter 7: Spectra and Quantum Transport on Graphs by Victor Chulaevsky --- Chapter 8: Math Words and Their Dendrograms by Francisco Casanova-del-Angel

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Colorimetry and Dichromatic Vision by Humberto Moreira, Leticia Álvaro, Anna Melnikova and Julio Lillo --- Chapter 2: Image Segmentation Based on Mathematical Morphological Operator by Jianjun Chen, Haijian Shao and Chunlong Hu --- Chapter 3: Color Reconstruction and Resolution Enhancement Using Super-Resolution by Eduardo Quevedo Gutiérrez and Gustavo Marrero Callicó --- Chapter 4: Color Analysis and Image Processing Applied in Agriculture by Jesús Raúl Martínez Sandoval, Miguel Enrique Martínez Rosas, Ernesto Martínez Sandoval, Manuel Moisés Miranda Velasco and Humberto Cervantes De Ávila --- Chapter 5: A Proposal of Color Image Processing Applications for Education by Hiroshi Kamada, Tomohisa Ishikawa and Keitaro Yoshikawa --- Chapter 6: Real-Time Video Analysis in Agriculture by Using LabVIEW Software by Abdullah Beyaz --- Chapter 7: Diffusion-Steered Super-Resolution Image Reconstruction by Baraka J. Maiseli --- Chapter 8: A New Pansharpening Approach for Hyperspectral Images by Chiman Kwan, Jin Zhou and Bence Budavari --- Chapter 9: Thresholding Algorithm Optimization for Change Detection to Satellite Imagery by René Vázquez-Jiménez, Rocío N. Ramos-Bernal, Raúl Romero- Calcerrada, Patricia Arrogante-Funes, Sulpicio Sanchez Tizapa and Carlos J. Novillo --- Chapter 10: Clouds Motion Estimation from Ground-Based Sky Camera and Satellite Images by Ali Youssef Zaher and Afraa Ghanem

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Volcanoes - From Their Geological and Geophysical Setting to Their Impact on Human Health / by Gemma Aiello --- 2. Correlation between Seismic and Volcanic Activity at a Large Spatial Scale in Italy: Examples from the Neapolitan Volcanic District (Vesuvius Volcano, Southern Italy) / by Pier Luigi Bragato --- 3. Exploring the Base of the Volcano: A Case Study of an Active Stratovolcano, Mt. Zao, NE Japan / by Shin Sato, Masao Ban, Teruki Oikawa, Seiko Yamasaki and Yuki NIshi --- 4. The Emissions of the Tagoro Submarine Volcano (Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean): Effects on the Physical and Chemical Properties of the Seawater / by Juana Magdalena Santana-Casiano, Melchor González-Dávila and Eugenio Fraile-Nuez --- 5. The Characteristics of Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia / by Eko Hariyono and Liliasari S --- 6. Layered Gabbroids of the Pekulney Ridge, Chukotka, Northeastern Russia: Geology, Petrography, Age, and Geodynamics / by Irina L’vovna Zhulanova --- 7. Dynamics of Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Permeable Parts of Seismofocal Zones of the Kamchatka Region and Conjugated Volcanic Arcs / by Yury Perepechko, Victor Sharapov, Konstantin Sorokin and Anna Mikheeva --- 8. Finite Element Models of Elastic Volcano Deformation / by Timothy Masterlark and Sui Tung --- 9. Mechanics of Magma Chamber with the Implication of the Effect of CO2 Fluxing / by Simakin Alexander G. and Ghassemi Ahmad --- 10. Volcanic Scoria as Cement Replacement / by Aref M. al-Swaidani --- 11. Volcanic Glass and its Uses as Adsorbent / by Juan Antonio Cecilia, Miguel Armando Autie-Pérez, Juan Manuel Labadie-Suarez, Enrique Rodríguez Castellón and Antonia Infantes Molina --- 12. Health Impact of Volcanic Emissions / by Martha Patricia Sierra-Vargas, Claudia Vargas-Domínguez, Karen Bobadilla-Lozoya and Octavio Gamaliel Aztatzi-Aguilar

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Earthworms - The Ecological Engineers of Soil / by Sajal Ray --- 2. Abundance and Diversity of Earthworms in Managed and Non- Managed Fallow Lands of Calakmul Reserve of Campeche, Mexico / by Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Lucero Sánchez-del Cid, Ligia Esparza- Olguín, Eduardo Martinez-Romero, Ben de Jong and Susana Ochoa-Gaona --- 3. Earthworms and Nematodes: The Ecological and Functional Interactions / by Jair Alves Dionísio, Wilian Carlo Demetrio and Arlei Maceda --- 4. Exploration of Earthworms of India through Online Digital Library / by Samrendra Singh Thakur and Shweta Yadav --- 5. Earthworms and Vermicomposting / by Jorge Domínguez --- 6. Environmental Influence of Soil toward Effective Vermicomposting / by Jaswinder Singh, Sharanpreet Singh, Adarsh Pal Vig and Arvinder Kaur

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Ensemble Methods in Environmental Data Mining / by Goksu Tuysuzoglu, Derya Birant and Aysegul Pala --- 2. Estimating Customer Lifetime Value Using Machine Learning Techniques / by Sien Chen --- 3. Determination and Classification of Crew Productivity with Data Mining Methods / by Abdullah Emre Keleş and Mümine Kaya Keleş --- 4. Mining HCI Data for Theory of Mind Induction / by Oksana Arnold and Klaus P. Jantke --- 5. Performance-Aware High-Performance Computing for Remote Sensing Big Data Analytics / by Mustafa Kemal Pektürk and Muhammet Ünal --- 6. Early Prediction of Patient Mortality Based on Routine Laboratory Tests and Predictive Models in Critically Ill Patients / by Sven Van Poucke, Ana Kovacevic and Milan Vukicevic --- 7. Semantic Infrastructure for Service Environment Supporting Successful Aging / by Vesa Salminen, Päivi Sanerma, Seppo Niittymäki and Patrick Eklund --- 8. Adaptive Neural Network Classifier-Based Analysis of Big Data in Health Care / by Manaswini Pradhan --- 9. Identification of Research Thematic Approaches Based on Keywords Network Analysis in Colombian Social Sciences / by José Hernando Ávila-Toscano, Ivón Catherine Romero-Pérez, Ailed Marenco-Escuderos and Eugenio Saavedra Guajardo --- 10. Data Privacy for Big Data Publishing Using Newly Enhanced PASS Data Mining Mechanism / by Priyank Jain, Manasi Gyanchandani and Nilay Khare

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: An Outline of Carbon Dioxide Chemistry, Uses and Technology / by Janah Shaya, Hassan Srour and Iyad Karamé --- 2. Electrochemical/Photochemical CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes / by Hitoshi Ishida --- 3. Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Methanol: Opportunities and Fundamental Challenges / by Sajeda A. Al-Saydeh and Syed Javaid Zaidi --- 4. Effect of Overlapping Fe/TiO2 Coated on Netlike Glass Disc and Cu Disc on CO2 Reduction / by Akira Nishimura --- 5. CO2 Reforming with CH4 via Plasma Catalysis System / by Wei Chieh Chung and Moo Been Chang --- 6. Understanding Interaction Capacity of CO2 with Organic Compounds at Molecular Level: A Theoretical Approach / by Pham Ngoc Khanh and Nguyen Tien Trung --- 7. [11C]Carbon Dioxide: Starting Point for Labeling PET Radiopharmaceuticals / by Lingyun Yang, Peter J. H. Scott and Xia Shao --- 8. Solvents for Carbon Dioxide Capture / by Fernando Vega, Mercedes Cano, Sara Camino, Luz M. Gallego Fernández, Esmeralda Portillo and Benito Navarrete --- 9. Advances in Porous Adsorbents for CO2 Capture and Storage / by Arindam Modak and Subhra Jana --- 10. Process Analytical Technology for CO2 Capture / by M.H. Wathsala N. Jinadasa, Klaus-J. Jens and Maths Halstensen --- 11. Carbon Dioxide Use in High-Pressure Extraction Processes / by Vânia Maria Borges Cunha, Marcilene Paiva da Silva, Wanessa Almeida da Costa, Mozaniel Santana de Oliveira, Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra, Anselmo Castro de Melo, Rafael Henrique Holanda Pinto, Nelio Teixeira Machado, Marilena Emmi Araujo and Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior --- 12. A Review on the Application of Enhanced Oil/Gas Recovery through CO2 Sequestration / by Abdelmalek Atia and Kamal Mohammedi

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Marine Ecology—Biotic and Abiotic Interactions / by Muhammet Turkoglu, Umur Onal and Ali Ismen --- 2. Geo-Biological Coupling of Authigenic Carbonate Formation and Autotrophic Faunal Colonization at Deep-Sea Methane Seeps I: Geo-Biological Settings / by Takeshi Naganuma --- 3. Geo-Biological Coupling of Authigenic Carbonate Formation and Autotrophic Faunal Colonization at Deep-Sea Methane Seeps II. Geo-Biological Landscapes / by Takeshi Naganuma --- 4. Plankton Ecology and Productivity in Jamaican Waters with New and Unique Applications / by Mona K. Webber, Dale F. Webber and Gale Persad Ford --- 5. Ecology of Planktonic Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) / by Stig Skreslet --- 6. Encounters in the Zooplankton: Implications for Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics / by Laura Sanvicente-Añorve and Miguel Alatorre-Mendieta --- 7. Marine Fisheries in Nigeria: A Review / by Olalekan Jacob Olaoye and Wahab Gbenga Ojebiyi --- 8. Marine Stock Enhancement in India: Current Status and Future Prospects / by Mohammad Serajuddin, Farah Bano, Madhu Awasthi, Pragya Gupta and Graish Kumar --- 9. The Natural Ecology and Stock Enhancement of the Edible Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891) in the Liaodong Bay, Bohai Sea, China / by Jing Dong, Bin Wang, Yan Duan, Aiyong Wang, Yulong Li, Ming Sun, Yu Chai, Xiuze Liu, Xuguang Yu, Dong Guo and Xiaolin Wang --- 10. Overview on Mediterranean Shark’s Fisheries: Impact on the Biodiversity / by Mohamed Nejmeddine Bradai, Bechir Saidi and Samira Enajjar --- 11. An Update on Reproduction in Ghost Shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea) and Mud Lobsters (Decapoda: Gebiidea) / by Patricio Hernáez --- 12. The Role of Microalgae in Renewable Energy Production: Challenges and Opportunities / by Abd Ellatif Mohamed Hussian

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Adaptation in Agriculture / by Panit Arunanondchai, Chengcheng Fei and Bruce A. McCarl --- 2. Climate Adaptive Agricultural Innovation in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges / by Dhanej Thapa, Yuba Raj Subedi and Hemant Ojha --- 3. Naturally Available Genetic Adaptation in Common Bean and Its Response to Climate Change / by Andrés J. Cortés and Matthew W. Blair --- 4. Mitigation of the Negative Impact of Warming on the Coffee Crop: The Role of Increased Air [CO2] and Management Strategies / by Danielly Dubberstein, Weverton P. Rodrigues, José N. Semedo, Ana P. Rodrigues, Isabel P. Pais, António E. Leitão, Fábio L. Partelli, Eliemar Campostrini, Fernando Reboredo, Paula Scotti-Campos, Fernando C. Lidon, Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros, Fábio M. DaMatta and José C. Ramalho --- 5. Agricultural Management Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions / by Upendra M. Sainju --- 6. Low Carbon Technologies for Agriculture in Dryland: Brazilian Experience / by Vanderlise Giongo, Alessandra Monteiro Salviano, Francislene Angelotti, Tatiana Taura, Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite and Tony Jarbas Ferreira Cunha --- 7. Pepper Crop under Climate Change: Grafting as an Environmental Friendly Strategy / by Consuelo Penella and Angeles Calatayud --- 8. Bringing Climate Smart Agriculture to Scale: Experiences from the Water Productivity Project in East and Central Africa / by Kizito Kwena, Fitih Ademe, Joseph Serge, Nezeghty Asmerom, Bernard Musana, Razaka Razakamiaramanana, Reuben Ruttoh, Hezron Mogaka, Assefa Dereje, Kifle Woldearegey, Anthony Esilaba and Rosemary Emongor --- 9. Climate Control in Mediterranean Greenhouses / by A. Nafi Baytorun and Zeynep Zaimoglu

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Comparison of the Temporal Variability of Maximum Daily Temperatures for Summer Months in Relation to El Nino Events in Southern Québec / by Ali Assani --- 2. Influence of Climate Regime Shift on the Abrupt Change of Tropical Cyclone Activity in Various Genesis Regions / by Chi-Cherng Hong and Yi-Kai Wu --- 3. The Highest Geomagnetic Storms of the Solar Cycle Observed at Ground Level / by Carlos E. Navia, Marcel N. de Oliveira and Carlos R. A. Augusto --- 4. Rainfall Distribution in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones / by Zifeng Yu and Yuqing Wang --- 5. Extreme Weather Events in Ukraine: Occurrence and Changes / by Vira Balabukh, Olena Lavrynenko, Volodymyr Bilaniuk, Andriy Mykhnovych and Olha Pylypovych --- 6. Heat Waves: Health Effects, Observed Trends and Climate Change / by Martínez-Austria Polioptro F and Bandala Erick R. --- 7. Malawi’s Experience with Weather Index Insurance as Agricultural Risk Mitigation Strategy Against Extreme Drought Events 1 / by Ephias M. Makaudze

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Infrastructure / by Yuanzhi Zhang, Kapo Wong, Yijun Hou and Xiaomei Yang --- 2. Constructing Local Sea Level Rise Scenarios for Assessing Possible Impacts and Adaptation Needs: Insights from Coasts of India / by Dhanya Praveen, Andimuthu Ramachandran and Kandasami Palanivelu --- 3. Analysis of Dynamic Effects on the Brazilian Vertical Datum / by Luciana M. Da Silva, Sílvio R.C. De Freitas and Regiane Dalazoana --- 4. Alterations within the Coastal Urban Environments: Case of the Coastal Squares of Istanbul Megacity / by Hatice Ayatac, Fatma Aycim Turer Baskaya, Eren Kurkcuoglu, Ozge Celik and Sinem Becerik --- 5. Coastal Wetland Vegetation in Response to Global Warming and Climate Change / by Chao Zhou, Kapo Wong and Jianhua Zhao --- 6. Impact of Enteromorpha Blooms on Aquaculture Research Off Qianliyan Island, Yellow Sea, China / by Guo Jie, Zhang Tianlong, Ji Diansheng, Mu Yankai, Yu Hongyang, Hou Chawei and Ji Ling --- 7. Geohazards in the Fjords of Northern Patagonia, Chile / by María-Victoria Soto, Pablo Sarricolea, Sergio A. Sepúlveda, Misael Cabello, Ignacio Ibarra, Constanza Molina and Michael Maerker --- 8. Coastal Disasters and Remote Sensing Monitoring Methods / by Yan Yu, Shengbo Chen, Tianqi Lu and Siyu Tian --- 9. Revealing Landscape Planning Strategies for Disaster-Prone Coastal Urban Environments: The Case of Istanbul Megacity / by Fatma Aycim Turer Baskaya --- 10. Coastal Geomorphology and Its Impacts / by Tianqi Lu, Shengbo Chen and Yan Yu --- 11. Beach Users’ Perceptions Toward Beach Quality and Crowding: A Case of Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island, Malaysia / by Hamed Mehranian and Azizan Marzuki --- 12. Remote Sensing Retrieval Study of the Surface Kinetic Parameters in the Yangtze Estuary and Its Adjacent Waters / by Shengbo Chen and Lihua Wang --- 13. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature in the East China Sea Using TERRA/MODIS Products Data / by Shaoqi Gong and Kapo Wong

Description / Table of Contents: 1. A Study on Phenology Detection of Corn in Northeastern China with Fused Remote Sensing Data / by Linglin Zeng and Daxiang Xiang --- 2. Despeckling of Multitemporal Sentinel SAR Images and Its Impact on Agricultural Area Classification / by Vladimir Lukin, Oleksii Rubel, Ruslan Kozhemiakin, Sergey Abramov, Andrii Shelestov, Mykola Lavreniuk, Mykola Meretsky, Benoit Vozel and Kacem Chehdi --- 3. Remote Sensing of Forests using Discrete Return Airborne LiDAR / by Hamid Hamraz and Marco A. Contreras --- 4. Remote Sensing in Land Applications by Using GNSS-Reflectometry / by Yan Jia and Yuekun Pei --- 5. Remote Sensing with Shipborne High-Frequency Surface-Wave Radar / by Junhao Xie, Minglei Sun, Zhenyuan Ji and Guowei Yao --- 6. Use of Historical Google Earth Images to Create Likelihood of Aquatic Plants along Segments of Ohio River / by Yi-Hwa Wu, Ming-Chih Hung, Jeff Thomas and Maureen Gallagher --- 7. Remote Sensing to Detect and Monitor Trees in Various Environments: Case Studies in Chile / by Guido Staub --- 8. Monitoring Land Surface Deformation with Satellite ScanSAR Images: Case Studies on Large Earthquakes in China / by Tingchen Jiang, Xiuping Wang, Yuanzhi Zhang and Yu Li --- 9. Applications of Remote Sensing in Geoscience / by Hakim Saibi, Mohand Bersi, Mohamed Bodruddoza Mia, Nureddin Mohamed Saadi, Khalid Mohamed Saleh Al Bloushi and Robert W. Avakian

Description / Table of Contents: Hydrogen is one of the abundant elements on earth majorly in the form of water (H2O) and mainly as hydrogen gas (H2). Catalytic hydrogenation is a key reaction that has versatile applications in different industries. The main objective of this book is to bring together various applications of hydrogenation through the perspective of leading researchers in the field. This book is intended to be used as a graduate-level text book or as a practical guide for industrial engineers.

Description / Table of Contents: X-ray scattering techniques are a family of nondestructive analytical techniques. Using these techniques, scientists obtain information about the crystal structure and chemical and physical properties of materials. Nowadays, different techniques are based on observing the scattered intensity of an X-ray beam hitting a sample as a function of incident and scattered angle, polarization, and wavelength. This book is intended to give overviews of the relevant X-ray scattering techniques, particularly about inelastic X-ray scattering, elastic scattering, grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering, and high-resolution X-ray diffraction, and, finally, applications of X-ray spectroscopy to study different biological systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuels presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the possibilities for production and use of bioenergy, biofuels, and coproducts. Issues related to environment, food, and energy present serious challenges to the success and stability of nations. The challenge to provide energy to a rapidly increasing global population has made it imperative to find new technological routes to increase production of energy while also considering the biosphere's ability to regenerate resources. The bioenergy and biofuels are resources that may provide solutions to these critical challenges. Divided into 25 discreet parts, the book covers topics on characterization, production, and uses of bioenergy, biofuels, and coproducts. Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuels provides an insight into future developments in each field and extensive bibliography. It will be an essential resource for researchers and academic and industry professionals in the energy field.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Vortex Structures in Ultra-Cold Atomic Gases by Nick Verhelst and Jacques Tempere --- Chapter 2 Direct Generation of Vortex Laser Beams and Their Non-Linear Wavelength Conversion by Andrew James Lee and Takashige Omatsu --- Chapter 3 Superconducting Vortex‐Antivortex Pairs: Nucleation and Confinement in Magnetically Coupled Superconductor‐Ferromagnet Hybrids by Cinzia Di Giorgio, Domenico D'Agostino, Anna Maria Cucolo, Maria Iavarone, Alessandro Scarfato, Goran Karapetrov, Steven Alan Moore, Massimiliano Polichetti, Davide Mancusi, Sandro Pace, Valentyn Novosad, Volodymir Yefremenko and Fabrizio Bobba --- Chapter 4 Optical Vortices Illumination Enables the Creation of Chiral Nanostructures by Takashige Omatsu, Katsuhiko Miyamoto and Ryuji Morita --- Chapter 5 Dynamical Particle Motions in Vortex Flows by Steven Wang and Naoto Ohmura --- Chapter 6 Numerical Simulation of Vortex-Dominated Flows Using the Penalized VIC Method by Seung-Jae Lee --- Chapter 7 Vortex Structures in Saturable Media by İlkay Bakırtaş --- Chapter 8 Holographic Optical Elements to Generate Achromatic Vortices with Ultra-Short and Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses by María-Victoria Collados, Íñigo J. Sola, Julia Marín-Sáez, Warein Holgado and Jesús Atencia --- Chapter 9 Ultrashort Extreme Ultraviolet Vortices by Laura Rego, Julio San Román, Luis Plaja, Antonio Picón and Carlos Hernández-García --- Chapter 10 Fractal Light Vortices by Federico J. Machado, Juan A. Monsoriu and Walter D. Furlan --- Chapter 11 Partially Coherent Vortex Beam: From Theory to Experiment by Xianlong Liu, Lin Liu, Yahong Chen and Yangjian Cai --- Chapter 12 Vortices and Singularities in Electric Dipole Radiation near an Interface by Xin Li, Henk F. Arnoldus and Zhangjin Xu --- Chapter 13 Spin-Wave Dynamics in the Presence of Magnetic Vortices by Sławomir Mamica

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Intermittent Formation, Sedimentation and Deformation History of Cenozoic Forearc Basins along the Northwestern Pacific Margins as an Indicator of Tectonic Scenarios by Osamu Takano --- Chapter 2: Cretaceous Research: Paleolatitudes and Northward Migration of Crustal Fragments in the NW Pacific Inferred from Paleomagnetic Studies by Yasuto Itoh and Reishi Takashima --- Chapter 3: Stratigraphic and Petrological Insights into the Late Jurassic– Early Cretaceous Tectonic Framework of the Northwest Pacific Margin by Reishi Takashima, Hiroshi Nishi and Takeyoshi Yoshida --- Chapter 4: Cretaceous Research: A New Constraint on the Paleostress Regime of Southwest Japan Based on Microfabric Analysis of a Granitic Pluton by Yasuto Itoh --- Chapter 5: Tectonic Synthesis: A Plate Reconstruction Model of the NW Pacific Region Since 100 Ma by Yasuto Itoh, Osamu Takano and Reishi Takashima

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Electrochemical Sensors Technology by Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri --- Chapter 2: Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Glutamate Biosensors by Stanley L. Okon and Niina J. Ronkainen --- Chapter 3: Graphene-Paper Based Electrochemical Sensors by Minwei Zhang, Arnab Halder, Xianyi Cao, Chengyi Hou and Qijin Chi --- Chapter 4: Electrochemical Sensors for Monitoring of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution by Igor Cretescu, Doina Lutic and Liliana Rosemarie Manea --- Chapter 5: Experimental Analysis of Modified CNTs-Based Gas Sensor by Ju Tang, Xiaoxing Zhang, Song Xiao and Yingang Gui --- Chapter 6: Fabrication and Characterization of Metal-Loaded Mixed Metal Oxides Gas Sensors for the Detection of Hazardous Gases by Chang-Seop Lee and Yong Jae Kim --- Chapter 7: Managing H2O Cross-Sensitivity Using Composite Electrolyte NOx Sensors by Erica Perry Murray, Khawlah Kharashi and Kehinde Adedeji

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The SF6 Decomposition Mechanism: Background and Significance by Xiaoxing Zhang, Ju Tang, Song Xiao and Fuping Zeng --- Chapter 2: Application of CNTs Gas Sensor in Online Monitoring of SF6 Insulated Equipment by Xiaoxing Zhang, Song Xiao, Ju Tang and Cheng Pan --- Chapter 3: Application of TiO2 Nanotubes Gas Sensors in Online Monitoring of SF6 Insulated Equipment by Ju Tang, Xiaoxing Zhang, Song Xiao and Fuping Zeng --- Chapter 4: Application of Graphene Gas Sensors in Online Monitoring of SF6 Insulated Equipment by Xiaoxing Zhang, Ju Tang, Song Xiao and Cheng Pan --- Chapter 5: Comparative Study of Materials to SF6 Decomposition Components by Xiaoxing Zhang, Ju Tang, Song Xiao, Fuping Zeng, Cheng Pan and Yingang Gui

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Modelling and Simulation of Complex Adaptive System: The Diffusion of Socio-Environmental Innovation in the RENDRUS Network by Aida Huerta Barrientos and Yazmin Dillarza Andrade --- Chapter 2: Rendering Techniques in 3D Computer Graphics Based on Changes in the Brightness of the Object Background by Nika Bratuž, Helena Gabrijelčič Tomc and Dejana Javoršek --- Chapter 3: Modelling and Visualisation of the Optical Properties of Cloth by Tanja Nuša Kočevar and Helena Gabrijelčič Tomc --- Chapter 4: Textile Forms’ Computer Simulation Techniques by Andreja Rudolf, Slavica Bogović, Beti Rogina Car, Andrej Cupar, Zoran Stjepanovič and Simona Jevšnik --- Chapter 5: Computer Simulation of Bioprocess by Jianqun Lin, Ling Gao, Huibin Lin, Yilin Ren, Yutian Lin and Jianqiang Lin --- Chapter 6: Developing a Hybrid Model and a Multi-Scale 3D Concept of Integrated Modelling High-Temperature Processes by Marcin Hojny --- Chapter 7: Computer-Aided Physical Simulation of the Soft-Reduction and Rolling Process by Marcin Hojny --- Chapter 8: Surrogate Modelling with Sequential Design for Expensive Simulation Applications by Joachim van der Herten, Tom Van Steenkiste, Ivo Couckuyt and Tom Dhaene --- Chapter 9: Computer Simulation of High-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields by Andrey D. Grigoriev --- Chapter 10: Modeling and Simulation of Task Allocation with Colored Petri Nets by Mildreth Alcaraz-Mejia, Raul Campos-Rodriguez and Marco Caballero-Gutierrez --- Chapter 11: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making in the Implementation of Renewable Energy Sources by Dejan Jovanovic and Ivan Pribicevic

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The Importance of Cosmology in Culture: Contexts and Consequences by Nicholas Campion --- Chapter 2: Constraining the Parameters of a Model for Cold Dark Matter by Abdessamad Abada --- Chapter 3: Neutrino Interactions with Nuclei and Dark Matter by Paraskevi C. Divari --- Chapter 4: Relativistic Celestial Metrology: Dark Matter as an Inertial Gauge Effect by Luca Lusanna and Ruggero Stanga --- Chapter 5: Superfluid Quantum Space and Evolution of the Universe by Valeriy I. Sbitnev and Marco Fedi --- Chapter 6: Modified Gravity Theories: Distinguishing from ΛCDM Model by Koichi Hirano --- Chapter 7: The Impact of Baryons on the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe by Weiguang Cui and Youcai Zhang --- Chapter 8: Cosmological Consequences of a Quantum Theory of Mass and Gravity by Brian Albert Robson --- Chapter 9: Deformed Phase Space in Cosmology and Black Holes by E.A. Mena-Barboza, L.F. Escamilla-Herrera, J.C. López-Domínguez and J. Torres-Arenas --- Chapter 10: Semi-Analytic Techniques for Solving Quasi-Normal Modes by Chun-Hung Chen, Hing-Tong Cho and Alan S. Cornell

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Deep Ultraviolet Single-Photon Ionization Mass Spectrometry by Zhixun Luo --- Chapter 2: Interpretation of Mass Spectra by Teodor Octavian Nicolescu --- Chapter 3: Performing Quantitative Determination of Low-Abundant Proteins by Targeted Mass Spectrometry Liquid Chromatography by Tore Vehus --- Chapter 4: Pesticides and Their Degradation Products Including Metabolites: Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Methods by Renata Raina-Fulton, Nicole Dunn and Zhen Xie --- Chapter 5: Mass Spectrometry for the Sensitive Analysis of Intracellular Nucleotides and Analogues by Kateřina Mičová, David Friedecký and Tomáš Adam --- Chapter 6: LC-HRMS for the Identification of β-Carboline and Canthinone Alkaloids Isolated from Natural Sources by Ana Claudia F. Amaral, Aline de S. Ramos, José Luiz P. Ferreira, Arith R. dos Santos, Jefferson D. da Cruz, Adélia Viviane M. De Luna, Vinicius Vaz C. Nery, Iasmim C. de Lima, Marcelo Henrique da C. Chaves and Jefferson Rocha de A. Silva --- Chapter 7: Applications of Mass Spectrometric Techniques to the Analysis of Fuels and Lubricants by David W. Johnson --- Chapter 8: Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Endogenous Steroids and Steroid Abuse in (Race) Horses and Human Athletes by Decloedt Anneleen, Van Landschoot Anita and Vanhaecke Lynn --- Chapter 9: Use of Mass Spectrometry for the Determination of Formaldehyde in Samples Potentially Toxic to Humans: A Brief Review by Aline de Souza, Isabela Cristina Matos Cunha, Júnior Olair Chagas, Elisandra Bárbara Pontes Carlos, Luana Lacerda Santos, Thamires Ráfaga Campos e Figueredo, Lucília Alves Linhares Machado, Vanessa Moreira Osório, Karla Moreira Vieira and Fabiana Aparecida Lobo

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Deposition and Deformation of Modern Accretionary-Type Forearc Basins: Linking Basin Formation and Accretionary Wedge Growth by Atsushi Noda and Ayumu Miyakawa --- Chapter 2: Cenozoic Fault Zone Activity and Geologic Evolution of the Offshore Regions of Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures, Northeastern Japan, Based on Petroleum Exploration Data by Hiroyuki Arato --- Chapter 3: Three-Dimensional Architecture of the Median Tectonic Line in Southwest Japan Based on Detailed Reflection Seismic and Drilling Surveys by Yasuto Itoh, Tomotaka Iwata and Keiji Takemura --- Chapter 4: Inconsistent Structure and Motion of the Eastern Median Tectonic Line, Southwest Japan, during the Quaternary by Shigekazu Kusumoto, Keiji Takemura and Yasuto Itoh --- Chapter 5: Fission Track Thermochronology of Late Cretaceous Sandstones of the Izumi Group Adjacent to the Median Tectonic Line Active Fault System in Southwest Japan by Yasuto Itoh, Paul F. Green, Keiji Takemura and Tomotaka Iwata --- Chapter 6: Alteration Reaction and Mass Transfer via Fluids with Progress of Fracturing along the Median Tectonic Line, Mie Prefecture, Southwest Japan by Yumi Kaneko, Toru Takeshita, Yuto Watanabe, Norio Shigematsu and Ko-Ichiro Fujimoto --- Chapter 7: Structural Features Along the Median Tectonic Line in Southwest Japan: An Example of Multiphase Deformation on an Arc-Bisecting Fault by Yasuto Itoh and Tomotaka Iwata --- Chapter 8: Paleomagnetic Studies on Miocene Sequences of Hokutan and Tottori Groups in Southwest Japan: Implications for Middle Miocene Rotational Movement of Southwest Japan Block Associated with the Japan Sea Opening by Naoto Ishikawa, Takashi Suzuki and Shiro Ishida --- Chapter 9: Oki-Dozen Dike Swarm: Effect of the Regional Stress Field on Volcano-Tectonic Orientations by Daisuke Miura, Kiyoshi Toshida, Ken-ichi Arai, Takeshi Wachi and Yutaka Wada --- Chapter 10: Effectiveness for Determination of Depositional Age by Detrital Zircon U–Pb Age in the Cretaceous Shimanto Accretionary Complex of Japan by Tetsuya Tokiwa, Makoto Takeuchi, Yusuke Shimura, Kazuho Shobu, Akari Ota, Koshi Yamamoto and Hiroshi Mori

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: State-of-the-Art Antenna Technology for Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs) by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Abdullah Alfakhri, Muhammad Ahmad Ashraf, Amr G. Alasaad and Saleh Alshebeili --- Chapter 2: Cloud Computing for Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis by Shanrong Zhao, Kirk Watrous, Chi Zhang and Baohong Zhang --- Chapter 3: Green-Aware Virtual Machine Migration Strategy in Sustainable Cloud Computing Environments by Xiaoying Wang, Guojing Zhang, Mengqin Yang and Lei Zhang --- Chapter 4: M-ary Optical Computing by Jian Wang and Yun Long --- Chapter 5: Networking Solutions for Integrated Heterogeneous Wireless Ecosystem by Roman Florea, Aleksandr Ometov, Adam Surak, Sergey Andreev and Yevgeni Koucheryavy

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Graphene and Active Metamaterials: Theoretical Methods and Physical Properties by Marios Mattheakis, Giorgos P. Tsironis and Efthimios Kaxiras --- Chapter 2: Magneto-Plasmonics and Optical Activity in Graphene-Based Nanowires by Dmitry A. Kuzmin, Igor V. Bychkov, Vladimir G. Shavrov and Vasily V. Temnov --- Chapter 3: Nanoplasmonics in Metallic Nanostructures and Dirac Systems by Hari P. Paudel, Alireza Safaei and Michael N. Leuenberger --- Chapter 4: Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Effects of Metal Nanoparticles Composites by Kwang-Hyon Kim, Anton Husakou and Joachim Herrmann --- Chapter 5: Understanding the Physical Behavior of Plasmonic Antennas Through Computational Electromagnetics by Xuezhi Zheng, Guy A.E. Vandenbosch and Victor V. Moshchalkov --- Chapter 6: Plasmonic Field Distribution of Homo- and Hetero Dimeric Ag and Au Nanoparticles by Nasrin Hooshmand --- Chapter 7: Optical Absorption and Thermal Effects of Plasmonic Nanostructures by Jingzhi Wu and Yanhong Wang --- Chapter 8: Infrared Solar Thermal-Shielding Applications Based on Oxide Semiconductor Plasmonics by Hiroaki Matsui and Hitoshi Tabata --- Chapter 9: Surface Plasmonics and Its Applications in Infrared Sensing by Guiru Gu, Xuejun Lu, Thitikorn Kemsri and Yingjie Zhang --- Chapter 10: Equivalent Nanocircuit Theory and Its Applications by Qing Zhang, Jun You and Chengpu Liu --- Chapter 11: Nanoplasmonic Waveguides Filled with Electro-Optical Materials by Montasir Qasymeh --- Chapter 12: Impedance Matching Analysis of Cylindrical Plasmonic Nanoantennas Fed by Optical Transmission Lines by Karlo Queiroz da Costa, Janilson Leão Souza and Victor Dmitriev --- Chapter 13: Tapered Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Energy Harvesting Applications by Youssef Mamdouh El-Toukhy, Mohamed Farhat Othman Hameed, Mohamed Hussein and Salah Sabry Ahmed Obayya --- Chapter 14: Plasmonics Devoted to Photocatalytic Applications in Liquid, Gas, and Biological Environments by Carlos J. Bueno-Alejo, Adriana Arca-Ramos and Jose L. Hueso --- Chapter 15: Plasmonic Nanostructures as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrate for Protein Biomarker Sensing by Dan Li and Yuling Wang --- Chapter 16: SERS Application for Analysis of Live Single Cell by Waleed Ahmed El-Said, Hyeon-Yeol Cho and Jeong-Woo Choi --- Chapter 17: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance for Optical Fiber-Sensing Applications by Pedro J. Rivero, Javier Goicoechea and Francisco J. Arregui --- Chapter 18: Laser Annealing as a Platform for Plasmonic Nanostructuring by Nikolaos Kalfagiannis, Demosthenes C. Koutsogeorgis, Elefterios Lidorikis and Panos Patsalas --- Chapter 19: Fabrication of Plasmonic Crystalline Thin Film of Titanium Nitride (TiN) by Pulsed Laser Deposition with Third Harmonic of Nd:YAG Laser and Its Spectroscopic Analyses by Yasushi Oshikane

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Perturbed Differential Equations with Singular Points by Keldibay Alymkulov and Dilmurat Adbillajanovich Tursunov --- Chapter 2: Homotopy Asymptotic Method and Its Application by Baojian Hong --- Chapter 3: Green Function by Jing Huang --- Chapter 4: Renormalization Group Theory of Effective Field Theory Models in Low Dimensions by Takashi Yanagisawa --- Chapter 5: Relativistic Perturbation Theory Formalism to Computing Spectra and Radiation Characteristics: Application to Heavy Elements by Alexander V. Glushkov, Olga Yu. Khetselius, Andrey A. Svinarenko, Vasily V. Buyadzhi, Valentin B. Ternovsky, Anna A. Kuznetsova and Petr G. Bashkarev --- Chapter 6: Atoms-Photonic Field Interaction: Influence Functional and Perturbation Theory by Emmanouil G. Thrapsaniotis --- Chapter 7: Detection and Measurement of Quantum Gravity by a Curvature Energy Sensor: H-States of Curvature Energy by Francisco Bulnes

Description / Table of Contents: Microwave systems are key components of every modern wireless communication system. The main objective of this book was to collect as many different state-of-the-art studies as possible in order to cover in a single volume the main aspects of microwave systems and applications. This book contains 17 chapters written by acknowledged experts, researchers, academics, and microwave engineers, providing comprehensive information and covering a wide range of topics on all aspects of microwave systems and applications. This book is divided into four parts. The first part is devoted to microwave components. The second part deals with microwave ICs and innovative techniques for on-chip antenna design. The third part presents antenna design cases for microwave systems. Finally, the last part covers different applications of microwave systems.

Description / Table of Contents: As concerns increase over the scarcity of water resources and the role of anthropogenic activities, water quality is evermore important. Activities ranging from agriculture to mining have had a bearing on the quality of water that they impact. Several studies assessing such impacts have been conducted at local and global scales over the years. This book, consisting of contributions by authors in various water-related fields, delves into some approaches that are used to understand and/or to improve water quality, and these include assessment of water chemistry, biomonitoring, modelling and water treatment. This book will be useful to environmental scientists, water professionals, researchers, academics and students.

Description / Table of Contents: Differential geometry is a very active field of research and has many applications to areas such as physics and gravity, for example. The papers in this book cover a number of subjects which will be of interest to workers in these areas. It is hoped that the papers here will be able to provide a useful resource for researchers with regard to current fields of research in this important area.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Chitosan as Source for Pesticide Formulations by Sebastián D. Ippólito, Julieta R. Mendieta, María C. Terrile, Claudia V. Tonón, Andrea Y. Mansilla, Silvana Colman, Liliana Albertengo, María S. Rodríguez and Claudia A. Casalongué --- Chapter 2: Chitosan in Agriculture: A New Challenge for Managing Plant Disease by Laura Orzali, Beatrice Corsi, Cinzia Forni and Luca Riccioni --- Chapter 3: Chitosan from Marine Crustaceans: Production, Characterization and Applications by Jimena Bernadette Dima, Cynthia Sequeiros and Noemi Zaritzky --- Chapter 4: Alginate and Sericin: Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications by Thiago Lopes da Silva, Jacyara Moreira Martins Vidart, Meuris Gurgel Carlos da Silva, Marcelino Luiz Gimenes and Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira --- Chapter 5: Chitosan, Chitosan Derivatives and their Biomedical Applications by Gustavo Adolfo Muñoz Ruiz and Hector Fabio Zuluaga Corrales --- Chapter 6: Chitosan: Strategies to Increase and Modulate Drug Release Rate by David Lucio and María Cristina Martínez-Ohárriz --- Chapter 7: Marine Polysaccharides as Multifunctional Pharmaceutical Excipients by G. Thirumurugan and M.D. Dhanaraju --- Chapter 8: Speculations on the Use of Marine Polysaccharides as Scaffolds for Artificial Nerve ‘Side-’Grafts by Sherif M. Amr and Basma Ekram --- Chapter 9: Marine Polysaccharides in Medicine by Rajendra S. Dongre --- Chapter 10: Applications of Chitosan in Wastewater Treatment by Petronela Nechita --- Chapter 11: Flow Properties of Lambda Carrageenan in Aqueous Systems by Andrea Rivera del Rio, Mariana Ramírez-Gilly and Alberto Tecante --- Chapter 12: Chitosan-Based Sustainable Textile Technology: Process, Mechanism, Innovation, and Safety by Jagadish Roy, Fabien Salaün, Stéphane Giraud, Ada Ferri and Jinping Guan --- Chapter 13: Chitosan-Based Thermosensitive Materials by Waldo Argüelles-Monal, Maricarmen Recillas-Mota and Daniel Fernández-Quiroz --- Chapter 14: Chitosan and Phthaloylated Chitosan in Electrochemical Devices by Zurina Osman and Abdul Kariem Arof

Description / Table of Contents: This book discusses energy efficient buildings and the role they play in our efforts to address climate change, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by considering buildings and the construction sector's unique position along a critical path to decarbonisation from a multi-perspective and holistic viewpoint. Topics covered in the book range from daylighting, building topology comparison, building envelope design, zero energy homes in hot arid regions, life-cycle considerations and energy efficiency analysis to managing energy demand through equipment selection. Each chapter addresses an important aspect of energy efficient building and serves as a vital building block towards constructing a timely and relevant body of knowledge in energy efficient buildings.

Description / Table of Contents: Optical methods of measurements are the most sensitive techniques of noncontact investigations, and at the same time, they are fast as well as accurate which increases reproducibility of observed results. In recent years, the importance of optical interferometry methods for research has dramatically increased, and applications range from precise surface testing to finding extrasolar planets. This book covers various aspects of optical interferometry including descriptions of novel apparatuses and methods, application interferometry for studying biological objects, surface qualities, materials characterization, and optical testing. The book includes a series of chapters in which experts share recent progress in interferometry through original research and literature reviews.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Raman Microscopy: A Suitable Tool for Characterizing Surfaces in Interaction with Plasmas in the Field of Nuclear Fusion by Cedric Pardanaud, Celine Martin and Pascale Roubin --- Chapter 2: Raman Investigations of Atomic/Molecular Clusters and Aggregates by Zhixun Luo and Jiannian Yao --- Chapter 3: Raman Mapping: Emerging Applications by Cristina Coman and Loredana Florina Leopold --- Chapter 4: Semiconductor Nanowires: Raman Spectroscopy Studies by Marta De Luca and Ilaria Zardo --- Chapter 5: Raman Study of the Crystalline-to-Amorphous State in Alpha- Decay–Damaged Materials by Ming Zhang --- Chapter 6: Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring Strain on Graphene and Oxidation Corrosion on Nuclear Claddings by Hongyi Mi, Zhenqiang Ma and James P. Blanchard --- Chapter 7: Boosting the Amount of Molecular Information Through Polarized Resolved Resonance Raman Scattering by Søren Hassing --- Chapter 8: Petrographical and Mineralogical Applications of Raman Mapping by Frédéric Foucher, Guillaume Guimbretière, Nicolas Bost and Frances Westall --- Chapter 9: Stimulated Raman Scattering for All Optical Switches by Ariel Flores-Rosas, Evgeny A. Kuzin, Orlando Díaz-Hernández, Gerardo J. Escalera-Santos, Roberto Arceo-Reyes, Baldemar Ibarra- Escamilla and Víctor I. Ruiz-Pérez --- Chapter 10: Raman Spectroscopy of Amino Acid Crystals by Paulo T.C. Freire, Felipe M. Barboza, José A. Lima, Francisco E.A. Melo and Josué Mendes Filho --- Chapter 11: Raman Spectroscopy with X-Rays by Piter Sybren Miedema --- Chapter 12: Using Raman Spectroscopy to Improve Hyperpolarized Noble Gas Production for Clinical Lung Imaging Techniques by Jonathan Birchall, Nicholas Whiting, Jason Skinner, Michael J. Barlow and Boyd M. Goodson --- Chapter 13: Inverse Raman Scattering in Femtosecond Broadband Transient Absorption Experiments by Antonio Aloi and Raffaele Tommasi --- Chapter 14: Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Ujjal Kumar Sur --- Chapter 15: The Intricate Nature of SERS: Real-Life Applications and Challenges by Nicoleta Elena Dina and Alia Colniță --- Chapter 16: Precision Target Guide Strategy for Applying SERS into Environmental Monitoring by Lei Ouyang, Dingyi Li, Lihua Zhu and Heqing Tang

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Vortex Structure in the Plasma Flow Channels of the Venus Wake by Héctor Pérez-de-Tejada, Rickard Lundin and Devrie S. Intriligator --- Chapter 2 Interaction of Tropical Cyclones with a Dipole Vortex by Ismael Perez‐Garcia, Alejandro Aguilar‐Sierra and Jaime Hernández --- Chapter 3 Nonlinear Interaction Between Vortex and Wave in Rotating Shallow Water by Norihiko Sugimoto --- Chapter 4 Modelling of Temporal‐Spatial Distribution of Airplane Wake Vortex for Scattering Analysis by Jianbing Li, Zhongxun Liu and Xuesong Wang --- Chapter 5 Vorticity Evolution near the Turbulent/Non-Turbulent Interfaces in Free-Shear Flows by Tomoaki Watanabe, Koji Nagata and Carlos B. da Silva --- Chapter 6 Simulation of Axisymmetric Flows with Swirl in Vorticity- Stream Function Variables Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method by Omar D. Lopez, Sergio Pedraza and Jose R. Toro --- Chapter 7 Thickness and Thermal Conductivities of the Walls and Fluid Layer Effects on the Onset of Thermal Convection in a Horizontal Fluid Layer Heated from Below by Ildebrando Pérez‐Reyes, René Osvaldo Vargas‐Aguilar, Eduardo Valente Gómez‐Benítez and Iván Salmerón‐Ochoa --- Chapter 8 Role of Vortex Dynamics in Relativistic Fluids by Gunraj Prasad --- Chapter 9 Statistics of Gyrotropic Vortex Dynamics in Submicron Magnetic Disks by Gary Matthew Wysin --- Chapter 10 Two-Dimensional Solitons and Vortices in Linear and Nonlinear Lattice Potentials by Jianhua Zeng and Boris A. Malomed --- Chapter 11 Relaxation Theory for Point Vortices by Ken Sawada and Takashi Suzuki --- Chapter 12 Development of Vortex Bioreactor Technology for Decentralised Water Treatment by Andrew Landels, Neil Cagney, Lisa Bauer, Tracey A. Beacham, Stavroula Balabani and Michael J. Allen --- Chapter 13 Vortex Spinning System and Vortex Yarn Structure by Gizem Karakan Günaydin and Ali Serkan Soydan

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Development of a State-of-the-Art Dry Low NOx Gas Turbine Combustor for IGCC with CCS by Tomohiro Asai, Yasuhiro Akiyama and Satoschi Dodo --- Chapter 2: Modeling and Evaluation of a Coal Power Plant with Biomass Cofiring and CO2 Capture by Dumitru Cebrucean, Viorica Cebrucean and Ioana Ionel --- Chapter 3: Membrane Separation Technology in Carbon Capture by Guozhao Ji and Ming Zhao --- Chapter 4: Emerging New Types of Absorbents for Postcombustion Carbon Capture by Quan Zhuang, Bruce Clements and Bingyun Li --- Chapter 5: Bio-inspired Systems for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Sequestration and Utilization by Gonçalo V. S. M. Carrera, Luís C. Branco and Manuel Nunes da Ponte --- Chapter 6: Synergistic Effect on CO2 Capture by Binary Solvent System by Quan Zhuang and Bruce Clements --- Chapter 7: Maximizing Soil Carbon Sequestration: Assessing Procedural Barriers to Carbon Management in Cultivated Tropical Perennial Grass Systems by Jon M. Wells, Susan E. Crow, Manyowa N. Meki, Carlos A. Sierra, Kimberly M. Carlson, Adel Youkhana, Daniel Richardson and Lauren Deem --- Chapter 8: Relationship Between Mineral Soil Surface Area and Carbon Sequestration Rate for Biosolids Added to Soil by Dongqi Wen, Wenjuan Zhai and Kenneth E. Noll --- Chapter 9: CO2 Conversion to Chemicals and Fuel for Carbon Utilization by Wonjun Cho, Hyejin Yu and Yonggi Mo --- Chapter 10: Challenges Associated with CO2 Sequestration and Hydrocarbon Recovery by Rouzbeh Ghanbarnezhad Moghanloo, Xu Yan, Gregory Law, Soheil Roshani, Garrett Babb and Wesley Herron --- Chapter 11: Economics of Carbon Capture and Storage by John C. Bergstrom and Dyna Ty

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Terahertz (THz) Spectroscopy: A Cutting-Edge Technology by William Ghann and Jamal Uddin --- Chapter 2: Terahertz Nanoantennas for Enhanced Spectroscopy by Riccardo Piccoli, Andrea Rovere, Andrea Toma, Roberto Morandotti and Luca Razzari --- Chapter 3: Research on Hydrogen-Bonded Materials Using Terahertz Technology by Kei Takeya and Kodo Kawase --- Chapter 4: Terahertz Fiber Sensing by Borwen You and Ja-Yu Lu --- Chapter 5: Terahertz Detectors (THzDs): Bridging the Gap for Energy Harvesting by Kapil Bhatt, Shilpi Shriwastava, Sandeep Kumar, Sandeep and Chandra Charu Tripathi --- Chapter 6: THz Metamaterial Characterization Using THz-TDS by Christopher H. Kodama and Ronald A. Coutu, Jr. --- Chapter 7: Determining the Complex Refractive Index of Materials in the Far-Infrared from Terahertz Time-Domain Data by Maxime Bernier, Frédéric Garet and Jean-Louis Coutaz --- Chapter 8: Terahertz Waveform Measurements Using a Chirped Optical Pulse and Terahertz Spectroscopy of Reverse Micellar Solution: Towards Time-resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy of Protein in Water by Hiroshi Murakami --- Chapter 9: Application of Terahertz Technology in Biomolecular Analysis and Medical Diagnosis by Xin Zhang and Zhuoyong Zhang --- Chapter 10: Broadly Tunable CW Terahertz Sources Using Intrinsic Josephson Junction Stacks in High-Temperature Superconductors by Manabu Tsujimoto, Takanari Kashiwagi, Hidetoshi Minami and Kazuo Kadowaki --- Chapter 11: Terahertz Pulse Detection Techniques and Imaging Applications by Sung-Liang Chen and L. Jay Guo --- Chapter 12: Semiconductor THz Lasers and Their Applications in Spectroscopy of Explosives by Mykhailo Klymenko, Oleksiy V. Shulika and Igor A. Sukhoivanov --- Chapter 13: Terahertz Spectroscopy for Gastrointestinal Cancer Diagnosis by Faustino Wahaia, Irmantas Kašalynas, Gintaras Valušis, Catia D. Carvalho Silva and Pedro L. Granja --- Chapter 14: Nanostructured Indium Tin Oxides and Other Transparent Conducting Oxides: Characteristics and Applications in the THz Frequency Range by Ci-Ling Pan, Chan-Shan Yang, Ru-Pin Pan, Peichen Yu and Gong-Ru Lin --- Chapter 15: Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics at p-n Junction of Cu(In,Ga)Se2- Based Solar Cells Measured by Optical Pump Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy by Woo-Jung Lee and Yong-Duck Chung

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Development for Food Security in Africa: A Case Study of South Africa by Hester Carina Schönfeldt, Nicolette Hall and Beulah Pretorius --- Chapter 2: A Study of Household Food security and Adoption of Biofortified Crop Varieties in Tanzania: The Case of Orange- Fleshed Sweetpotato by Julius J. Okello, Kirimi Sindi, Kelvin Shikuku, Margaret McEwan and Jan Low --- Chapter 3: Current Review of Medical Research in Developing Countries: A Case Study from Egypt by Sherif M. Shehata, Nehal M. ElMashad and Azza M. Hassan --- Chapter 4: Comparing GDP Health and Military Expenditure, Poverty and Child Mortality of 71 Countries from Different Regions by Colin Pritchard and Steven Keen --- Chapter 5: Spot Improvement of Rural Roads Using a Local Resource- Based Approach: Case Studies from Asia and Africa by Yoshinori Fukubayashi and Makoto Kimura --- Chapter 6: Natural Disaster and International Development by Luke Strongman --- Chapter 7: A Study of the Relationship between Foreign Aid and Human Development in Africa by Gabriel Staicu and Razvan Barbulescu --- Chapter 8: Developing Competencies for Rural Development Project Management through Local Action Groups: The Punta Indio (Argentina) Experience by Ricardo Stratta Fernández, Ignacio de los Ríos Carmenado and Miriam López González

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The New Panama Canal by Ana Belén Berrocal Menarguez and Juan Pous de la Flor --- Chapter 2: Innovation Management in Iberdrola by Agustín Delgado Martín --- Chapter 3: Composite Solutions for Construction Sector by Pilar Górriz, Anurag Bansal, Carlo Paulotto, Stefano Primi and Ignacio Calvo --- Chapter 4: Importance and Ranking Evaluation of Cost Overrun Factors for Oil Transmission Pipeline Projects by Pooneh Saidi --- Chapter 5: Alliances: An Innovative Management Model for Public and Private Investments by Fco. Javier Carrillo de Albornoz Portes --- Chapter 6: Innovative Solutions for Seawater Use in Mining Operations by Edelmira D. Gálvez and Luis A. Cisternas --- Chapter 7: Microalgae: The Basis of Mankind Sustainability by Francisco Gabriel Acien Fernandez, Jose Maria Fernandez Sevilla and Emilio Molina Grima --- Chapter 8: Innovative Management and Implementation of Applied Research Project “Green Cost-Efficient Package Selection” by Eduard Shevtshenko, Tatjana Karaulova, Meelis Pohlak, Kashif Mahmood, Martin Tamm and Kaupo Leht --- Chapter 9: Innovation in Limited Markets: Managing PCP Projects in the UK Defence Industry by Shaun Gee, Miles W. Weaver and Grant MacKerron --- Chapter 10: An Education Towards the Future by Luis Rey --- Chapter 11: Management of Entrepreneurship Projects from Project-Based Learning: Coworking StartUPS Project at Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Salesian Polytechnic University), Ecuador by Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero, Ignacio de los Ríos Carmenado and Miriam López González --- Chapter 12: Novel Health Mobile Technology as an Emerging Strategy in Diabetes Management by Satish Kumar David and Mohamed Rafiullah --- Chapter 13: The Arts in Clinical Health Programs for the Recovery of Diseases and to Improve Quality of Life by Amador Cernuda Lago

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: A Short Survey of Landmarks by Michael G. Sakellariou --- Chapter 2: Dissipative Dynamics of Granular Materials by Albert S. Kim and Hyeon-Ju Kim --- Chapter 3: Granular Flow: From Dilute to Jammed States by Hao Shi, Dalila Vescovi, Abhinendra Singh, Sudeshna Roy, Vanessa Magnanimo and Stefan Luding --- Chapter 4: Dynamics of a 2D Vibrated Model Granular Gas in Microgravity by Yan Grasselli, Georges Bossis, Alain Meunier and Olga Volkova --- Chapter 5: Particle Jetting Induced by the Impulsive Loadings by Kun Xue, Xiaoliang Shi, Kaiyuan Du and Haoran Cui --- Chapter 6: Particle Migration Phenomena Related to Hydromechanical Effects at Contact between Different Materials in Embankment Dams by Francesco Federico --- Chapter 7: The Grading Entropy-Based Criteria for Structural Stability of Granular Materials and Filters by János Lőrincz, Emöke Maria Imre and Vijay Pal Singh

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Multi-Agent Systems by Jorge Rocha, Inês Boavida-Portugal and Eduardo Gomes --- Chapter 2: Motion Coordination Problems with Collision Avoidance for Multi-Agent Systems by Jesús Santiaguillo-Salinas and Eduardo Aranda-Bricaire --- Chapter 3: Multiagent Systems in Automotive Applications by Raul Campos-Rodriguez, Luis Gonzalez-Jimenez, Francisco Cervantes-Alvarez, Francisco Amezcua-Garcia and Miguel Fernandez-Garcia --- Chapter 4: Time Critical Mass Evacuation Simulation Combining A Multi- Agent System and High-Performance Computing by Leonel Aguilar, Maddegedara Lalith and Muneo Hori --- Chapter 5: Robust Adaptive Cooperative Control for Formation-Tracking Problem in a Network of Non-Affine Nonlinear Agents by Muhammad Nasiruddin bin Mahyuddin and Ali Safaei --- Chapter 6: Management of a Single-User Multi-Robot Teleoperated System for Maintenance in Offshore Plants by Seungyeol Lee and Jeon-Il Moon --- Chapter 7: Multiagent System for Image Mining by Nicksson Ckayo Arrais de Freitas and Marcelino Pereira dos Santos Silva --- Chapter 8: A Toolbox to Analyze Emergence in Multiagent Simulations by Danilo Saft and Volker Nissen --- Chapter 9: Hybrid Architecture to Support Context-Aware Systems by Maricela Bravo, José A. Reyes-Ortiz, Leonardo Sánchez-Martínez and Roberto A. Alcántara-Ramírez --- Chapter 10: Resilience Enhancement in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Multiagent-Based Framework by Fábio Emanuel Pais Januário, Joaquim Leitão, Alberto Cardoso and Paulo Gil

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Economics, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development by Introductory Chapter: Economics, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development --- Chapter 2: Self-Organizing Maps to Analyze Value Creation in Mergers and Acquisitions in the Telecommunications Sector by Julio Navío, Jose M. Martinez-Martinez, Alberto Urueña, Juan J. Garcés and Emilio Soria --- Chapter 3: Do Foreign Investors Crowd Out or Crowd In Domestic Investment? A Panel Analysis for OECD Countries by Burçak Polat --- Chapter 4: Analysis of ‘Dutch Disease Effects’ on Asian Economies by Hiroyuki Taguchi --- Chapter 5: Ricardo’s Law of Comparative Advantage and the Law of Association: A Subjective Analysis by Er’el Granot --- Chapter 6: International Trade: The Position of Africa in Global Merchandise Trade by Nahanga Verter

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: R&D Trends and Evolution - Emerging Concepts, Frameworks, Policies, Management Systems, and Applications by Soha Maad --- Chapter 2: Human Development and Research-Development-Extension Relationships by Orhan Özçatalbaş --- Chapter 3: SMEs Development through Public and Private Partnerships: The Key Role of Research Transfer and Patent Information Analysis by Henri Dou --- Chapter 4: Smart Microgrids: Optimizing Local Resources toward Increased Efficiency and a More Sustainable Growth by Wilfried Elmenreich, Tamer Khatib and Andrea Monacchi --- Chapter 5: Assessing the Possible Potential in Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission: Application of a Proven Hybrid Method by Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju and Charles Mbohwa --- Chapter 6: Research and Devolopment about Metallurgical Industry of Romania by Adrian Ioana, Augustin Semenescu and Mihnea Costoiu

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: The Conditions Needed for a Buffer to Set the pH in a System by Norma Rodríguez-Laguna, Alberto Rojas-Hernández, María T. Ramírez-Silva, Rosario Moya-Hernández, Rodolfo Gómez-Balderas and Mario A. Romero-Romo --- Chapter 2: The Kjeldahl Titrimetric Finish: On the Ammonia Titration Trapping in Boric Acid by Julia Martín, Lucía Fernández Sarria and Agustín G. Asuero --- Chapter 3: Intersecting Straight Lines: Titrimetric Applications by Julia Martin, Gabriel Delgado Martin and Agustin G. Asuero --- Chapter 4: Determination of Thermodynamic Partial Properties in Multicomponent Systems by Titration Techniques by Mónica Corea, Jean-Pierre E. Grolier and José Manuel del Río --- Chapter 5: Principles of Titrimetric Analyses According to Generalized Approach to Electrolytic Systems (GATES) by Anna Maria Michałowska-Kaczmarczyk, Aneta Spórna-Kucab and Tadeusz Michałowski --- Chapter 6: A Distinguishing Feature of the Balance 2∙f(O)−f(H) in Electrolytic Systems: The Reference to Titrimetric Methods of Analysis by Anna Maria Michałowska-Kaczmarczyk, Aneta Spórna-Kucab and Tadeusz Michałowski

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Geomorphology by Dericks Praise Shukla --- Chapter 2: Computation of Hydro-geomorphologic Changes in Two Basins of Northeastern Greece by Konstantinos Kaffas and Vlassios Hrissanthou --- Chapter 3: Analysis of the Impacts of Changes in Streamflow and of Restoration on the Morphological Evolution of the Matambin River Channel in the St. Lawrence Lowlands (Quebec, Canada) by Ali Assani, Lisanne Chauvette and Stéphane Campeau --- Chapter 4: The Modelling of Coastal Cliffs and Future Trends by Ricardo Castedo, Carlos Paredes, Rogelio de la Vega-Panizo and Anastasio P. Santos --- Chapter 5: Digital Elevation Models in Geomorphology by Bartłomiej Szypuła

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Glaciers as an Important Element of the World Glacier Monitoring Implemented in Svalbard by Sara Lehmann-Konera, Marek Ruman, Krystyna Kozioł, Grzegorz Gajek and Żaneta Polkowska --- Chapter 2: A Review on the Little Ice Age and Factors to Glacier Changes in the Tian Shan, Central Asia by Yanan Li, Xiaoyu Lu and Yingkui Li --- Chapter 3: The Amazon Glaciers by Rafael da Rocha Ribeiro, Jefferson Cardia Simões and Edson Ramirez --- Chapter 4: The Unknown Southernmost Glaciers of Europe by Emil Gachev --- Chapter 5: The Role of Microbial Ecology in Glacier Retreat by Eva Garcia-Lopez and Cristina Cid --- Chapter 6: Glacier Forelands – Unique Field Laboratories for the Study of Primary Succession of Plants by Thomas Fickert --- Chapter 7: Animal Successional Pathways for about 200 Years Near a Melting Glacier: A Norwegian Case Study by Sigmund Hågvar, Mikael Ohlson and Daniel Flø

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks: An Overview by Velmani Ramasamy --- Chapter 2: Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) by Noman Shabbir and Syed Rizwan Hassan --- Chapter 3: Gradient Descent Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks by Nuha A.S. Alwan and Zahir M. Hussain --- Chapter 4: A Novel Hybrid Methodology Applied Optimization Energy Consumption in Homogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks by Plácido Rogerio Pinheiro, Álvaro Meneses Sobreira Neto, Alexei Barbosa Aguiar and Pedro Gabriel Calíope Dantas Pinheiro --- Chapter 5: WSN in Conservation Management by Akbar Ghobakhlou and Shane Inder --- Chapter 6: Recent Advances on Implantable Wireless Sensor Networks by Hugo Dinis and Paulo M. Mendes --- Chapter 7: Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Air Quality Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Network by Kavi Kumar Khedo and Vishwakarma Chikhooreeah --- Chapter 8: Modern Clustering Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks by I.S. Akila, S.V. Manisekaran and R. Venkatesan --- Chapter 9: Fuzzy Adaptive Setpoint Weighting Controller for WirelessHART Networked Control Systems by Sabo Miya Hassan, Rosdiazli Ibrahim, Nordin Saad, Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam, Kishore Bingi and Tran Duc Chung --- Chapter 10: A Hybrid Sink Repositioning Technique for Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks by Prerana Shrivastava

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: An Introduction to the Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy and to the Integrated Stratigraphy: Concepts and Meanings by Gemma Aiello --- Chapter 2: Sequence Stratigraphy of Fine-Grained “Shale” Deposits: Case Studies of Representative Shales in the USA and China by Shu Jiang, Caineng Zou, Dazhong Dong, Wen Lin, Zhenlin Chen, Lei Chen, Lanyu Wu, Wei Dang and Yajun Li --- Chapter 3: Sequence Stratigraphy of Fluvial Facies: A New Type Representative from Wenliu Area, Bohai Bay Basin, China by Jingzhe Li and Jinliang Zhang --- Chapter 4: Seismic Stratigraphic Features of the Late Miocene-Present Unconformities and Related Seismic Units, Northern Offshore Taiwan by Jih-Hsin Chang, Eason Yi-Cheng Yang, Ho-Han Hsu, Chih-Chieh Su, Char-Shine Liu, Shye-Donq Chiu, Yu-Fang Ma, Yuan-Wei Li, Yen- Chun Lin and Jen-Sen Shen --- Chapter 5: Stratigraphy of Jurassic Sediments of the Southern Siberian Platform (Russia) Studied through Lithologic and Paleobotanical Data by Andrey Olegovich Frolov, Nikolay Ivanovich Akulov and Irina Mikhailovna Mashchuk --- Chapter 6: Stratigraphic Unconformities: Review of the Concept and Examples from the Middle-Upper Paleozoic by Pavel Kabanov --- Chapter 7: Integrated Stratigraphy of the Cenozoic Andean Foreland Basin (Northern Argentina) by Claudia Inés Galli, Ricardo Narciso Alonso and Lidia Beatriz Coira

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Rational Fitting Techniques for the Modeling of Electric Power Components and Systems Using MATLAB Environment by Eduardo Salvador Bañuelos-Cabral, José Alberto Gutiérrez-Robles and Bjørn Gustavsen

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Sustainable Solid Waste Recycling by Ahmad K. Jassim --- Chapter 2: Sustainable Power Technology: A Viable Sustainable Energy Solution by Kikelomo Ijagbemi --- Chapter 3: Sustainable Maintenance Practices and Skills for Competitive Production System by Adeyeri Michael Kanisuru --- Chapter 4: Interventions to Skills Development in the Automotive Manufacturing Sector of South Africa by Opeyeolu Timothy Laseinde and Grace Mukondeleli Kanakana --- Chapter 5: Designing and Developing New VET Curricula to Address Skills Gaps in the Aeronautics Industry by Rosa Maria Arnaldo Valdés, Victor Fernando Gómez Comendador and Alvaro Rodriguez Sanz

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Localization of Buried Objects Using Reflected Wide-Band Underwater Acoustic Signals by Salah Bourennane and Caroline Fossati --- Chapter 2: Routing Protocols for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks: A Survey from an Application Perspective by Qian Lu, Feng Liu, Ying Zhang and Shengming Jiang --- Chapter 3: Nonlinear Unknown-Input Observer-Based Systems for Secure Communication by Robert N.K. Loh and Manohar K. Das --- Chapter 4: Denoising Methods for Underwater Acoustic Signal by Vijaya Baskar Veeraiyan --- Chapter 5: Active and Passive Acoustic Methods for In-situ Monitoring of the Ocean Status by Sara Pensieri and Roberto Bozzano --- Chapter 6: Development of Quantitative Single Beam Echosounder for Measuring Fish Backscattering by Henry M. Manik, Dony Apdillah, Angga Dwinovantyo and Steven Solikin

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Bandwidth Enhancement Techniques by Seyed Ali Razavi Parizi --- Chapter 2: Miniature Planar Antenna Design for Ultra-Wideband Systems by Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad Naser-Moghadasi, Ramazan Ali Sadeghzadeh, Bal Singh Virdee and Ernesto Limiti --- Chapter 3: Design and Analysis of Microstrip Patch Antennas Using Artificial Neural Network by Vivek Singh Kushwah and Geetam Singh Tomar --- Chapter 4: Circularly Polarized T-Stub Coupled Microstrip Antenna Structure for WLAN by Milind Thomas Themalil --- Chapter 5: Bio-Inspired Microstrip Antenna by Alexandre Jean René Serres, Georgina Karla de Freitas Serres, Paulo Fernandes da Silva Júnior, Raimundo Carlos Silvério Freire, Josiel do Nascimento Cruz, Tulio Chaves de Albuquerque, Maciel Alves Oliveira and Paulo Henrique da Fonseca Silva --- Chapter 6: Printed Planar Antenna Designs Based on Metamaterial Unit- Cells for Broadband Wireless Communication Systems by Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad Naser-Moghadasi, Ramazan Ali Sadeghzadeh, Bal Singh Virdee and Ernesto Limiti --- Chapter 7: Low-SAR Miniaturized Handset Antenna Using EBG by Kamel Salah Sultan, Haythem Hussien Abdullah and Esmat Abdel- Fatah Abdallah

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Bayesian Inference Application by Wiyada Kumam, Plern Saipara and Poom Kumam --- Chapter 2: Node-Level Conflict Measures in Bayesian Hierarchical Models Based on Directed Acyclic Graphs by Jørund I. Gåsemyr and Bent Natvig --- Chapter 3: Classifying by Bayesian Method and Some Applications by Tai Vovan --- Chapter 4: Hypothesis Testing for High-Dimensional Problems by Naveen K. Bansal --- Chapter 5: Bayesian vs Frequentist Power Functions to Determine the Optimal Sample Size: Testing One Sample Binomial Proportion Using Exact Methods by Valeria Sambucini --- Chapter 6: Converting Graphic Relationships into Conditional Probabilities in Bayesian Network by Loc Nguyen --- Chapter 7: Bayesian Estimation of Multivariate Autoregressive Hidden Markov Model with Application to Breast Cancer Biomarker Modeling by Hamid El Maroufy, El Houcine Hibbah, Abdelmajid Zyad and Taib Ziad --- Chapter 8: Bayesian Model Averaging and Compromising in Dose-Response Studies by Steven B. Kim --- Chapter 9: Two Examples of Bayesian Evidence Synthesis with the Hierarchical Meta-Regression Approach by Pablo Emilio Verde --- Chapter 10: Bayesian Modeling in Genetics and Genomicsvvv by Hafedh Ben Zaabza, Abderrahmen Ben Gara and Boulbaba Rekik --- Chapter 11: Bayesian Two-Stage Robust Causal Modeling with Instrumental Variables using Student's t Distributions by Dingjing Shi and Xin Tong --- Chapter 12: Bayesian Hypothesis Testing: An Alternative to Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) in Psychology and Social Sciences by Alonso Ortega and Gorka Navarrete --- Chapter 13: Bayesian Inference and Compressed Sensing by Solomon A. Tesfamicael and Faraz Barzideh --- Chapter 14: Sparsity in Bayesian Signal Estimation by Ishan Wickramasingha, Michael Sobhy and Sherif S. Sherif --- Chapter 15: Dynamic Bayesian Network for Time-Dependent Classification Problems in Robotics by Cristiano Premebida, Francisco A. A. Souza and Diego R. Faria --- Chapter 16: A Bayesian Model for Investment Decisions in Early Ventures by Anamaria Berea and Daniel Maxwell --- Chapter 17: Recent Advances in Nonlinear Filtering with a Financial Application to Derivatives Hedging under Incomplete Information by Claudia Ceci and Katia Colaneri --- Chapter 18: Airlines Content Recommendations Based on Passengers' Choice Using Bayesian Belief Networks by Sien Chen, Wenqiang Huang, Mengxi Chen, Junjiang Zhong and Jie Cheng

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Parameterization of Stillinger-Weber Potential for Two- Dimensional Atomic Crystals by Jin-Wu Jiang and Yu-Ping Zhou

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Kinematic Performance Measures and Optimization of Parallel Kinematics Manipulators: A Brief Review by Abdur Rosyid, Bashar El-Khasawneh and Anas Alazzam --- Chapter 2: The Inertia Value Transformation in Maritime Applications by Holger Korte, Sven Stuppe, Jan-Hendrik Wesuls and Tsutomu Takagi --- Chapter 3: Path Planning in the Local-Level Frame for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems by Laith R. Sahawneh and Randal W. Beard --- Chapter 4: Forward and Inverse Kinematics Using Pseudoinverse and Transposition Method for Robotic Arm DOBOT by Ondrej Hock and Jozef Šedo --- Chapter 5: How to Expand the Workspace of Parallel Robots by Takashi Harada --- Chapter 6: Kinematic and Biodynamic Model of the Long Jump Technique by Milan Čoh, Milan Žvan and Otmar Kugovnik --- Chapter 7: Kinematic Model for Project Scheduling with Constrained Resources Under Uncertainties by Giuliani Paulineli Garbi and Francisco José Grandinetti --- Chapter 8: WMR Kinematic Control Using Underactuated Mechanisms for Goal Direction and Evasion by Jorge U. Reyes-Muñoz, Edgar A. Martínez-García, Ricardo Rodríguez-Jorge and Rafael Torres-Córdoba --- Chapter 9: A New Methodology for Kinematic Parameter Identification in Laser Trackers by Ana Cristina Majarena, Javier Conte, Jorge Santolaria and Raquel Acero --- Chapter 10: Optimization of Single-Sided Lapping Kinematics Based on Statistical Analysis of Abrasive Particles Trajectories by Adam Barylski and Norbert Piotrowski --- Chapter 11: Optimization Approach for Inverse Kinematic Solution by Panchanand Jha and Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal --- Chapter 12: A Random Multi-Trajectory Generation Method for Online Emergency Threat Management (Analysis and Application in Path Planning Algorithm) by Liang Yang, Yuqing He, Jizhong Xiao, Bing Li and Zhaoming Liu

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Tectonic Plates: Leading and Advancing Technology Enhanced Learning by Dominique Parrish and Joanne Joyce-McCoach --- Chapter 2: Balancing the Focus of Quality Assurance Frameworks of Higher Education Institutions in Africa: A Ghanaian Context by Francis Ansah, Patrick Swanzy and Hope Pius Nudzor --- Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship Education within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by Astri Ghina, Togar M. Simatupang and Aurik Gustomo --- Chapter 4: Challenging Performativity in Higher Education: Promoting a Healthier Learning Culture by Christine Deasy and Patricia Mannix-McNamara --- Chapter 5: A Community of Practice Around Online Labs in Iraq: Towards Effective Support for Academics and Higher Educational Systems in the MENA Region by Razwan Mohmed Salah, Gustavo R. Alves, Shamil Kaddoury Talal, Clara Viegas and Pedro Guerreiro --- Chapter 6: Integrating Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Science Undergraduate Curriculum: Embedding Employability Through Research-Involved Teaching by Christopher Harvey, Emilia Bertolo and Lee Byrne --- Chapter 7: Professional Development of Adult Learners through Open and Distance Learning by Vimbi P. Mahlangu --- Chapter 8: Factors Influencing Access to Higher Education in Turkey by Tuncer Bülbül --- Chapter 9: Collaborative Contagion: A Case Study in Curriculum Development, Distribution, and Adoption by Ryan M. Yonk, James Harrigan and Neal Mason --- Chapter 10: Student Voice: Embracing Student Activism as a Quality Improvement Tool in Higher Education by Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Recent Advances by Adel El-Shahat --- Chapter 2: Electrical Resistivity Sensing Methods and Implications by Marios Sophocleous --- Chapter 3: Resistivity Model of Frozen Soil and High-Density Resistivity Method for Exploration Discontinuous Permafrost by Wei Shan, Zhaoguang Hu, Ying Guo, Chengcheng Zhang and Yao Liu --- Chapter 4: Measurement of the Electrical Resistivity for Unconventional Structures by Lucian Pîslaru-Dănescu and Lipan Laurențiu Constantin --- Chapter 5: Estimation of Hydrological Parameters from Geoelectrical Measurements by Héctor José Peinado Guevara, Jaime Herrera Barrientos, Omar Delgado Rodríguez, Víctor Manuel Peinado Guevara, Omar Llanes Cárdenas and María Ladrón De Guevara Torres --- Chapter 6: Assessment of Cryoprotectant Concentration by Electrical Conductivity Measurement and Its Applications in Cryopreservation by Zhiquan Shu, Hsiu-Hung Chen, Xiaoming Zhou and Dayong Gao

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Developing Tree Biomass Models for Eight Major Tree Species in China by WeiSheng Zeng --- Chapter 2: Methods of Estimating Forest Biomass: A Review by Lei Shi and Shirong Liu --- Chapter 3: Above-Ground Biomass Estimation with High Spatial Resolution Satellite Images by Adélia M. O. Sousa, Ana Cristina Gonçalves and José R. Marques da Silva --- Chapter 4: Fatal Accidents During Marine Transport of Wood Pellets Due to Off-Gassing: Experiences from Denmark by Frank Huess Hedlund and Øssur Jarleivson Hilduberg --- Chapter 5: Biomass Valorization: Agricultural Waste in Environmental Protection, Phytomedicine and Biofuel Production by Inyinbor Adejumoke Abosede, Oluyori Abimbola Peter and Adelani-Akande Tabitha Adunola --- Chapter 6: Modeling Biomass Substrates for Syngas Generation by Using CFD Approaches by Nuno Couto and Valter Silva --- Chapter 7: Sustainability of the Biowaste Utilization for Energy Production by Thorsten Ahrens, Silvia Drescher-Hartung and Olga Anne --- Chapter 8: Effects of Fertilizers on Biomass, Sugar Content and Ethanol Production of Sweet Sorghum by Tran Dang Xuan, Nguyen Thi Phuong and Tran Dang Khanh --- Chapter 9: Biomass as Raw Material for Production of High-Value Products by Sibel Irmak --- Chapter 10: Catalytic Biomass Valorization by Aiguo G. Wang, Danielle Austin and Hua Song --- Chapter 11: Biomass Compositional Analysis for Conversion to Renewable Fuels and Chemicals by C. Luke Williams, Rachel M. Emerson and Jaya Shankar Tumuluru --- Chapter 12: Modeling the Calorific Value of Biomass from Fruit Trees Using Elemental Analysis Data by Borja Velázquez-Martí, Isabel López-Cortés, Domingo Salazar- Hernández and Ángel Jesús Callejón-Ferre --- Chapter 13: Microalgal Biomass: A Biorefinery Approach by Luis C. Fernández Linares, Kevin Á. González Falfán and Citlally Ramírez-López --- Chapter 14: Biomass Production on Reclaimed Areas Tailing Ponds by Martin Bosák --- Chapter 15: Biomass Blending and Densification: Impacts on Feedstock Supply and Biochemical Conversion Performance by Allison E. Ray, Chenlin Li, Vicki S. Thompson, Dayna L. Daubaras, Nicholas J. Nagle and Damon S. Hartley --- Chapter 16: Metal Removal by Seaweed Biomass by Claudia Ortiz-Calderon, Héctor Cid Silva and Daniel Barros Vásquez --- Chapter 17: Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Wastes for the Removal of Metal Ions from Aqueous Streams: A Review by Carlos Escudero-Oñate, Núria Fiol, Jordi Poch and Isabel Villaescusa --- Chapter 18: Progress Towards Engineering Microbial Surfaces to Degrade Biomass by Grace L. Huang and Robert T. Clubb --- Chapter 19: Determination of the Biomass Content of End-of-Life Tyres by Leticia Saiz Rodríguez, José M. Bermejo Muñoz, Adrien Zambon and Jean P. Faure --- Chapter 20: Reaction Behaviors of Bagasse Modified with Phthalic Anhydride in 1-Allyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride with Catalyst 4-Dimethylaminopyridine by Hui-Hui Wang, Xue-Qin Zhang, Yi Wei and Chuan-Fu Liu --- Chapter 21: Review of Biomass Thermal Gasification by Mohammed Abed Fattah Hamad, Aly Moustafa Radwan and Ashraf Amin

Description / Table of Contents: Ionic liquids, including the newer subcategory of deep eutectic solvents, continue to attract a great deal of research attention in an even increasing number of areas, including traditional areas such as synthesis (organic and materials), electrochemistry, and physical property studies and predictions, as well as less obvious areas such as lubrication and enzymatic transformations. In this volume, recent advances in a number of these different areas are reported and reviewed, thus granting some appreciation for the future that ionic liquid research holds and affording inspiration for those who have not previously considered the application of ionic liquids in their area of interest.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Energy Recovery from the LNG Regasification Process by Roberto Bruno, Piero Bevilacqua and Natale Arcuri --- Chapter 2: Concepts for Regasification of LNG in Industrial Parks by Tatiana Morosuk, Stefanie Tesch and George Tsatsaronis --- Chapter 3: Improvement of Hydraulic Fracture Conductivity Using Nanoparticles by Reza Barati and Charles Chempakathinal Bose --- Chapter 4: Experiment and Evaluation of Natural Gas Hydration in a Spraying Reactor by Wenfeng Hao --- Chapter 5: Gas Well Testing by Freddy Humberto Escobar --- Chapter 6: Catalytic Natural Gas Utilization on Unconventional Oil Upgrading by Peng He and Hua Song --- Chapter 7: Compressed Natural Gas Direct Injection: Comparison Between Homogeneous and Stratified Combustion by Shahrir Abdullah, Wan Mohd Faizal Wan Mahmood, Saad Aljamali and Azhari Shamsudeen --- Chapter 8: Biomass as an Alternative for Gas Production by Liliana Pampillón-González and José Ramón Laines Canepa --- Chapter 9: Shale Gas in Poland by Jadwiga A. Jarzyna, Maria Bała, Paulina I. Krakowska, Edyta Puskarczyk, Anna Strzępowicz, Kamila Wawrzyniak-Guz, Dariusz Więcław and Jerzy Ziętek --- Chapter 10: An Overview of Principles and Designs of Hydraulic Fracturing Experiments and an Inquiry into the Influence of Rock Permeability and Strength on Failure Mode by Kenneth Imo-Imo Eshiet and Yong Sheng