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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: Global warming is imposing tremendous challenges upon human and otherwise biotic life on Earth. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. The consensus is that the moisture transport by the atmospheric circulation strengthens and makes already wet areas of moisture convergence wetter and already dry areas of moisture divergence drier. Therefore, the tropics and mid-to-high latitudes will get wetter and the subtropics will get drier. Without any change in the interannual variability of hydroclimate, the change in the mean hydroclimate would equally increase drought risk in some places and flood risk in others. Moreover, global warming will cause the interannual variability of the hydroclimate to intensify, which will induce more droughts and floods. Furthermore, the changing atmospheric circulation interaction with the land surface may cause storm track alterations and may play an important role in shaping moisture redistribution. The author's contributions have documented the precipitation trends in southeast of the US, the Nile River Basin Ethiopia, Iraq, the Huai River Basin of northern China, and the Qilian Mountains of western China. The precipitation predictability on both global and regional scales are also studied. The interaction among climate systems in southeast Asia is also explicitly documented.
    Keywords: El Niño ; winter weather types ; precipitable water ; surface water vapor pressure ; consistency ; interannual and long-term trend ; precipitation ; trend analysis ; Iraq ; climate projection ; CMIP5 ; groundwater levels ; rainfall ; temperature ; Mann–Kendall test ; Bayesian Ensemble Algorithm ; rainstorm process ; rainstorm intensity ; risk estimation and mapping ; CMIP6 ; risk prediction ; Southwest China ; rainstorm and flood ; spatial and temporal change ; atmospheric circulation ; rainfall change ; CHIRPS ; PERSIANN-CDR ; descriptive statistics ; non-parametric trends ; Google Earth Engine ; central Punjab ; climate change ; land cover/land use ; vegetation ; NDVI ; Huai River Basin ; trends and variability ; flood magnitude ; Qilian Mountains ; cyclones power dissipation index (PDI) ; monsoon trough ; El Niño southern oscillation (ENSO) ; Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) ; Walker circulation ; predictability ; global ; seasonal precipitation ; ENSO ; MJO ; climate trend ; land use land cover ; Nile River Basin ; water resources ; raindrop spectrum ; radar ; dynamic Z-I ; LSTM neural network ; precipitation estimation ; Loess Plateau ; spring maize ; relative soil moisture ; drought index ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology & climatology
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: Biomedical sensors stand at the forefront of modern medical technologies, serving as indispensable components in diverse instruments and equipment. These sensors unravel the intricacies of biological processes and medical interventions. The recent surge in high-density sensor systems, characterized by arrangements in matrix arrays and other configurations, has ushered in a new era of functional evaluation. This spans electrophysiological activity, the metabolic responses of organs and tissues, and motor control analysis, all enriched with crucial spatial information. Functional mapping, a burgeoning approach in various biomedical techniques such as EEG, EMG, ECG, NIRS, and MEG, is proving to be transformative. Its integration enhances our comprehension of complex biological behaviors, where the precise spatial localization of sensing methodologies becomes paramount. The applications of functional mapping using biomedical sensors extend across multiple fields, including neuroscience, neuromuscular physiology, rehabilitation, and cardiology. Its utility ranges from diagnostic purposes to assessing the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. The primary objective of this reprint was to collect papers that delineate the forefront of techniques, methods, and applications in the realm of biomedical sensors. Additionally, the focus extends to specific algorithms for data processing, ensuring a robust understanding of functional information intricately associated with spatial localization.
    Keywords: EMG ; EEG ; rehabilitation ; neuromotor ; evaluation ; assessment ; review ; machine learning ; biofeedback ; transfer learning ; random forest classifier ; COVID-19 ; intubation ; tracheoesophageal fistula ; tracheal lesions ; acute respiratory distress syndrome ; modeling ; intensive care unit ; muscle synergies ; whole body FES ; neurological patients ; photodynamic therapy ; fluorescence ; laser ; fluorophores ; enamel ; effective connectivity ; kurtosis ; resting-state connectivity ; stationarity ; sleep monitoring ; pressure bed sensor (PBS) ; unobtrusive measure ; multi-scale analysis ; sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) ; shift-working ; optically detected magnetic resonance ; quantum magnetometer ; magnetoencephalography ; time domain ; functional near infrared spectroscopy ; diffuse optics ; brain ; hemodynamics ; resting-state brain oscillation ; mental workload ; signal processing ; reliability ; cognitive performance ; Simon task ; emotion detection ; valence ; arousal ; wearable sensors ; regression ; classification ; technology acceptance model ; rehabilitation exoskeletons ; therapists ; neuro-rehabilitation ; multiple linear regression ; Pearson’s correlation ; integrated sensor systems ; hand function ; hand osteoarthritis ; electromyography ; diagnosis ; discriminant analysis ; photoplethysmogram ; microcirculation ; deep learning ; convolutional neural network ; modelling ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: This Special Issue delves into the strides made, challenges encountered, and research imperatives within the realm of Industrie 4.0 from both a scientific and practical standpoint. This publication features the voices of Industrie 4.0 pioneers Henning Kagermann and Wolfgang Wahlster, as well as leaders in research and industrial application of smart manufacturing concepts.
    Keywords: Industrie 4.0 ; intelligent manufacturing ; smart factories ; industrial artificial intelligence ; digital twins ; zero-defect manufacturing ; digital ecosystems ; China Manufacturing 2025 ; Industrial Internet ; Cloud Manufacturing ; digitalization ; small-medium enterprises ; new business models ; data democratization ; fourth industrial revolution ; smart manufacturing ; smart factory ; digital transformation ; industry ; sustainability ; sovereignty ; interoperability ; mass customization ; Industry 4.0 ; skills ; competencies ; bibliometric analysis ; survey ; Hungary ; maturity model ; transformation ; methodology ; Industry 4.0 strategy ; socio-technical system ; business transformation ; industrial implementation ; mergers and acquisitions ; knowledge management ; networking ; process management ; informational change ; scarce data ; machine learning ; information fusion ; development of work ; sociotechnical systems approach ; human-oriented work design ; D-SI ; DCC ; digital signature ; calibration ; servitization ; digital factory transformation ; smart services ; IoT ; AI ; internal services ; remote work ; COVID-19 ; investment ; n/a ; digital twin ; digital manufacturing ; multi-agent systems ; data architecture ; Logistics 4.0 ; digital transformation strategy ; urban planning and city operation ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJC Business strategy ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: This reprint showcases a collection of a Special Issue entitled “Soilless Culture, Growing Media and Horticultural Plants”. Within its pages, readers will find an assortment of 22 original papers accompanied by 1 review paper and 1 editorial. Representing a collaborative effort involving by 84 authors from 15 different countries, this Special Issue explores cutting-edge advancements in soilless culture, investigating the interaction between soilless and environmental factors while also exploring their consequential impacts on plant growth and physiology. Additionally, these studies meticulously scrutinize the accumulation of secondary metabolites. The compositions of nutrient solutions and the physical attributes of substrates and mixtures are illuminated through rigorous analyses. Furthermore, a spotlight is placed on the dynamic interactions between microorganisms and plant-growing media. In the near future, climate change and environmental and ecological issues will steer the trajectory of soilless culture systems and the choice of growing media constituents.
    Keywords: biochar ; compost ; climate change ; hydroponics ; growing medium ; life cycle analysis ; organic bioresources ; peat alternatives ; renewable raw materials ; rockwool ; waste ; wood fibers ; soilless culture ; water soluble fertilizers ; vegetables ; Capsicum annuum L. ; Solanum melongena L. ; nutrients ; shape index ; UVR8 ; PPFD ; dose-dependent ; photosynthesis ; chlorophyll fluorescence ; phenolic compounds ; nutrient uptake ; nutrient variation ; simulation model ; sweet pepper ; restricted deficit irrigation ; soil moisture sensors ; nonchemical growth control ; water use efficiency ; peat ; growth ; cabbage ; Brassica ; emergence ; colored sweet peppers ; antioxidant activity ; phenolics ; ascorbic acid ; carotenoids ; solar and ultraviolet radiation ; peat replacement ; particle size ; calcium ; magnesium ; extractable nutrients ; dry weight ; N levels ; elevated CO2 ; open-top chamber ; nutrient transportation ; transpiration ; dilution effect ; Capsicum annuum ; flavonoids ; fluorescence monitoring ; bio-waste utilization ; NO3–N ; plant ; substrate ; container ; production ; growing media ; nursery production ; carbon ; peat moss ; bioenergy ; Solanum lycopersicum ; olive oil waste ; two-phase ; three-phase ; water sludge ; flower bud development ; flower number ; flower quality ; Gerbera jamesonii ; DLI ; urban agriculture ; simplified soilless culture ; conventional agriculture ; irrigation ; soilless substrates ; water ; coconut coir ; initial moisture ; mass wetness ; peatmoss ; pine bark ; wettability ; capillary rise ; container capacity ; capture rate ; available water ; dewpoint potentiometer ; pine tree substrate ; substrate processing ; surface-bound water ; unavailable water ; wood substrate ; organic and mineral substrates and mixtures ; laboratory characterization ; hydraulic properties ; physicochemical properties ; lettuce ; plant nutrient content ; Pelargonium zonale ; low-tech soilless cultivation system ; commercial quality ; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) ; rhizosphere ; plant factory ; plant quality ; plant yield ; microbiome ; beneficial bacteria ; germination ; nitrate content ; phenolic content ; antioxidant capacity ; microbial community ; nutrient solution concentration ; sweetpotato ; storage root ; leaf abscission ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: This reprint entails descriptions of novel issues and challenges for primary mental healthcare regarding both general and vulnerable populations on a global scale. It is intended for health professionals and all who are interested in mental health care at the primary level.
    Keywords: depression ; sense of coherence ; burnout ; COVID-19 ; nurses ; medication adherence ; mental health nurses ; tacit knowledge ; schizophrenia ; sensory processing sensitivity ; environmental sensitivity ; university students ; nursing ; scale ; somatization ; number of diseases ; coping strategies ; sex ; aggression ; alexithymia ; comprehensibility ; quality of life ; family caregivers ; students ; medical ; psychological problem ; undergraduate ; Saudi Arabia ; n/a ; prospect theory ; applied psychology ; health ; decision making ; behavior ; prevention ; multiple sclerosis ; Beck depression inventory ; anxiety ; fatigue ; mediation ; lawyers ; suicidal ideation ; occupational stress ; loneliness ; perceived stress ; mental health ; work overcommitment ; mental health care ; adolescence ; internalizing/externalizing problems ; social skills ; neurodevelopmental disorders ; filmmaking intervention ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBP Health systems & services::MBPK Mental health services
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: The aim of this Special Issue is to specify relevant principles of mathematics and mechanics in order to explore and understand biological problems. We summarize the most important parameters that influence human performance and that are related to the health sciences for all age groups, throughout their lives. We present papers that aim to introduce the latest research in the fields of health, quality-of-life improvement, and sport rehabilitation and that summarize their recommendations for best practice. The aim for this Special Issue is, therefore, to effectively combine and coordinate research and results in order to understand and improve human movement in medicine, sports, and at work.
    Keywords: tendinopathy ; Achilles tendon ; hyaluronic acid ; viscoelastic properties ; isometric contraction ; matrix metalloproteinase 3 ; interleukin-1beta ; fascia ; chronic low back pain ; myofascial release ; quality of life ; older adults ; oldest-old ; measurement invariance ; SHARE European Survey ; therapeutic exercises ; chronic neck pain ; scapular dyskinesia ; DOMS ; vibration ; post-exercise muscle damage ; physical exercise ; recovery ; women’s rugby ; anthropometry ; body composition ; adiposity ; somatotype ; lower-body strength ; accelerometry ; falls ; squat jump ; syndesmosis ; anterior inferior tibiofibular ligament ; high ankle sprain ; rotational instability ; posterior malleolus ; stabilization ; anatomic repair ; syndesmotic screw ; suture-button ; internal bracing ; treatment algorithm ; cardiac rehabilitation ; peripheral artery disease ; COVID-19 ; intermittent claudication ; review ; pressotherapy ; compression ; regeneration ; return-to-play ; rotator cuff repair ; shoulder injuries ; shoulder surgery ; shoulder assessment ; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; COPD ; acupuncture ; acupuncture therapy ; acupuncture treatment ; health-related quality of life ; anterior knee laxity ; stiffness ; general joint laxity ; genu recurvatum ; low back pain ; physical activity ; trunk alignment ; rasterstereographic system ; young males ; tissue flossing ; floss band ; vascular occlusion ; muscle strength ; muscle endurance ; warm-up ; TECAR therapy ; high-intensity laser therapy ; manual therapy ; muscle disorders ; hemophilia ; knee ; virtual reality exposure therapy ; joint pain ; physiotherapy ; daily physical function ; middle-aged and older adults ; CHARLS ; aging ; appendicular muscle mass ; inflammaging ; biomarkers ; adiponectin ; sarcopenia ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: The 3D analysis of human movement aims to objectively and quantitatively assess motor functions and alterations. It is a valuable method for sport scientists, coaches, and clinicians to evaluate sport performance, common movements, and alterations. The feasibility of 3D analysis is increasing because it can be adopted both in a laboratory setting or directly in the field, in static or dynamic conditions, and for physiological or pathological movements. This evaluation technique can be adopted for many people, including children, adolescents, adults, and older people, whether they are sedentary or athletes and whether they are healthy or motor-impaired people.
    Keywords: virtual reality ; augmented reality ; lifelogging ; mirror world ; health ; posture training ; feedback ; COVID-19 ; neck-shoulder-region ; shoulder protraction ; upper crossed syndrome ; posture weakness ; physical inactivity ; sedentary behavior ; soccer ; climbing ; exhaustion ; fatigue ; training ; machine learning ; sports ; gender ; data mining ; artificial intelligence ; posture ; reproducibility ; mobile app ; movement ; kinesiology ; sport performance ; inertial sensor ; inertial sensor device ; inertial measurement unit ; training load ; external load ; physical demand ; handstand ; postural control ; postural balance ; sEMG ; stabilometric assessment ; exercise ; Nordic walking ; walking ; 3D kinematics ; biomechanics ; gait analysis ; kyphosis ; spinal mouse ; photogrammetry ; postural evaluation ; bicycle ; cyclists ; saddle pressure ; perineal pressure ; urogenital system ; injury prevention ; cervical ROM ; elastic taping ; neck pain ; musculoskeletal health ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: This reprint, entitled “Management of Acute and Chronic Complications of Lysosomal Storage Diseases in Children and Adults: Current Practice and Future Opportunities”, covers broad aspects of this group of rare diseases. The first theme includes articles on the management of pain, corneal clouding, gastrointestinal and airway diseases in Mucopolysaccharidoses and Mucolipidoses, and the evaluation of dysphonia in Pompe disease. Additionally, attention deficit and ADHD and the management of atherosclerosis in Fabry disease are considered here. The second theme includes diagnostic conundrums in lysosomal storage diseases, e.g., the prenatal diagnosis of Gaucher disease during pregnancy, the diagnosis of secondary hyperparathyroidism in Mucolipidoses, and the application of the new biomarker “plasma neurofilament light” in Niemann Pick C disease, as well as the correlation of enzyme activity with molecular diagnosis in Pompe disease. The articles in the third theme describe the impact of therapies on clinical outcomes. For example, a systematic review of the impact of enzyme replacement therapy on late-onset Pompe disease and trehalose use on Niemann Pick A and B is included. The remaining articles describe the NHS processes for overcoming challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the differences in the transition from paediatric to adult services between different countries.
    Keywords: Mucopolysaccharidosis ; corneal clouding ; penetrating keratoplasty ; deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty ; mucopolysaccharidoses ; airway ; obstruction ; management ; Fabry disease ; attention ; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity ; cognition ; late-onset Pompe disease ; gastrointestinal ; smooth muscles ; PROMIS–GI symptom scales ; GAAKO mice ; glycogen storage disorder ; translational research ; patient-reported outcomes measures ; mucopolysaccharidosis ; MPS ; disease manifestations ; symptoms ; morbidity ; spine disease ; anaesthesia ; perioperative complications ; surgery ; pompe disease ; speech ; voice ; dysphonia ; acoustic ; auditory-perceptual ; GRBAS ; respiratory ; Pompe disease ; gene panel sequencing ; alpha-glucosidase ; GAA ; dried-blood spots ; fabry disease ; neuropathic pain ; depression ; Fabry ; atherosclerosis ; ischaemia ; perfusion ; angina ; Sanfilippo syndrome ; mortality ; Niemann–Pick C ; neurofilament light ; biomarkers ; neurological disease ; glycogen storage disease type II ; enzyme replacement therapy ; COVID-19 ; inherited metabolic disorders ; rare autoinflammatory diseases ; health care providers ; Gaucher disease ; NIHF ; perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease ; PLGD ; ichthyosis ; GBA gene ; airway management ; radiology ; hyoid bone ; chin ; intubation ; intratracheal ; lysosomal storage disease (LSD) ; Niemann–Pick type A ; Niemann–Pick type B ; acid sphingomyelinase ; sphingolipid deposition ; trehalose ; mucolipidosis type II ; ML II ; I-cell disease ; hyperparathyroidism ; mucolipidosis ; ML ; MLII ; transition service ; adult metabolic medicine ; collaboration ; challenges ; inherited metabolic diseases ; healthcare systems ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJN Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Description: Partial differential equations are indispensable for modeling various phenomena and processes, such as those in physics, biology, finance, and engineering. Finding solutions to partial differential equations using qualitative theories or quantitative methods, as well as the application of such investigations to real-world problems, has drawn a large amount of interest from researchers. This reprint encompasses all the articles that were accepted and published in this Special Issue titled "Applications of Partial Differential Equations ". We hope that these accepted and published papers will be impactful and motivate future research on partial differential equations for solving complex problems in various fields, disciplines, and applications.
    Keywords: non-linear optimal control ; stratified fluids ; energy functional ; optimal condition ; state variable ; travelling waves ; Eyring–Powell ; geometric perturbation ; nonlinear reaction–diffusion ; unsteady flow ; C∞-semigroups ; analytic semigroups ; Fourier multipliers ; Λ-ellipticity ; fractional Zakharov system ; stochastic Zakharov system ; Riccati–Bernoulli sub-ODE method ; Jacobi elliptic function method ; generalized fractional derivative ; time-diffusion problem ; generalized linear interpolation ; numerical scheme ; backward nonlocal wave equation ; Pascal bases automatically satisfying specified conditions ; integral boundary condition ; nonlocal boundary shape function ; delay differential equations ; 2D parabolic equations ; fractional step method ; convection diffusion problems ; shallow water flow ; Faedo–Galerkin method ; feedback control ; PDE’s stabilization ; tuberculosis ; COVID-19 ; diffusion ; coinfection ; stability ; singularly perturbed problem ; parabolic differential equation ; convection–diffusion problem ; line discontinuous source term ; streamline–diffusion finite element method ; Shishkin mesh ; uniformly convergent ; diffusion equations ; traveling waves ; phototaxis ; bacterial motion ; biological aggregation ; chemotaxis model ; integral inequality ; global uniform boundedness ; CNL-GZE ; lump-type solitons ; rogue wave ; appropriate transformation technique ; optimal decay ; viscoelastic wave equation ; nonlinear time-varying delay ; nonlinear damping ; acoustic boundary conditions ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: Landscapes and cultural heritage have faced many challenges over time, including modifications and degradation that appear with time, overlaps with other challenges not previously observed, and the influence of cities and management. One of the most visible and globally discussed challenges is climate change. Therefore, there is an urgent need to launch initiatives to tackle climate change and other current challenges from the perspective of landscape and cultural heritage protection. This Special Issue presents selected papers of studies conducted in relation to the 28th Conference on the Series of Garden Art and Historical Dendrology entitled “Climate Change and Current Challenges for Landscapes and Cultural Heritage” that was held on 28 and 29 October 2021. This collection serves as a platform for the exchange of experiences among researchers from different scientific domains.
    Keywords: nature reserves ; landscape fragmentation ; north–south transitional zone ; spatial differentiation ; Qinling–Daba Mountains ; habitat quality ; water dams ; Krakow fortress ; climate change ; environmental management ; cultural heritage conservation ; urban densification ; prefabricated housing estates ; spatial devastation ; protection of urban layout ; Cracow ; climate change mitigation ; cultural heritage ; urban renewal ; urban parks ; therapeutic landscapes ; climate resilience ; vernacular heritage ; climate narratives ; climate adaptation ; climate stories ; courtyard ; urban green infrastructure ; urban pattern ; supervised classification ; ecosystem services (ES) ; urban cemeteries ; biocultural diversity (BCD) ; urban green infrastructure (UGI) ; questionnaire survey ; Leipzig ; Łódź ; sensory gardens ; urban green spaces ; aromatic herbs ; plant smell memory ; stress ; human wellbeing in urban areas ; restorative environments ; history of gardens ; castle garden ; goosefoot avenue ; star-shaped garden layout ; Austro-Hungarian Empire ; Transylvania as part of Romania ; green infrastructure ; resilience management ; biodiversity ; scenario analysis ; cellular automata model ; historic psychiatric hospitals ; therapeutic landscape ; green therapy ; horticulture therapy ; historical commons ; human cultural heritage ; local development ; landscape values ; rainwater management ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: The purpose of this Special Issue was to collect and present research results and experiences on energy supply in the Visegrad Group countries. This research considers both macroeconomic and microeconomic aspects. It was important to determine how the V4 countries deal with energy management, how they have undergone or are undergoing energy transformation and in what direction they are heading. The articles concerned aspects of the energy balance in the V4 countries compared to the EU, including the production of renewable energy, as well as changes in its individual sectors (transport and food production). The energy efficiency of low-emission vehicles in public transport and goods deliveries are also discussed, as well as the energy efficiency of farms and energy storage facilities and the impact of the energy sector on the quality of the environment.
    Keywords: energy supplies ; energy security ; energy market ; EU countries ; Hellwig’s method ; sustainability strategies ; sustainable development ; Visegrád Group ; sustainable strategic management ; the renewable energy sector ; energy use ; structures ; food production systems ; Visegrad Group ; energy mix ; renewables ; energy in transport ; energetic efficiency ; energy sources ; economic growth ; developing and developed countries ; energy sector ; environmental quality ; renewable energy sources (RES) ; nuclear energy ; southeastern Poland ; sustainability ; renewable energy sources ; European Union ; cluster analysis ; Visegrad Group countries ; fuels ; cointegration ; Granger causality ; electricity prices ; households ; directions of price changes ; biogas energy ; solar energy ; hybrid biogas plant ; renewable energy ; circular economy ; off-grid systems ; energy efficiency ; social and economic aspects of energy ; economic efficiency ; low emissions ; zero emissions ; e-commerce ; last mile ; parcel lockers ; efficiency of logistics processes ; economies of scale ; simulation of logistics processes ; COVID-19 ; BESS management ; price arbitration ; shift load ; microgrid ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and the disease now affects nearly every country and region. Nearly 18 months later, COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, continues to present significant challenges to health systems, public health, and the economy of countries across both hemispheres. The morbidity and mortality of the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been significant, and various waves of disease outbreaks initially overwhelmed hospitals and clinics in many countries and continue to do so. This influences everyone, and public health countermeasures have been dramatic in terms of their impact on employment, social systems, and mental health. This Special Issue collection follows on from the Special Issue “COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives” and provides an avenue for authors from various disciplines to provide feedback on the response to and our future global preparedness for COVID-19, as well as to disseminate critical information about SARS-CoV-2 and the associated COVID-19 pandemic.
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; new-onset DM ; severe infection ; mortality ; outbreak ; P.1 variant ; Gamma variant ; SARS-CoV-2 infection ; whole-genome sequencing ; pandemic ; overweight ; obesity ; Peru ; psychological impacts ; public health ; preparedness ; mRNA-1273 ; BNT162b2 ; TAK-919 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; post-vaccination ; healthcare personnel ; vaccination ; asymptomatic infection ; HIV ; infectious disease ; excess mortality ; regdanvimab ; remdesivir ; severe ; community transmission ; population density gradient ; Dhaka ; Bangladesh ; dengue ; undifferentiated febrile illness ; antigen testing ; variants ; reinfections ; breakthrough infections ; vaccine hesitancy ; sub-Saharan Africa ; pulmonary fibrosis ; postacute COVID-19 syndrome ; tuberculosis ; helminth coinfection ; coronavirus ; coordination ; health operations and technical expertise ; AFRO ; diarrhea ; liver ; pancreas ; inflammatory bowel diseases ; liver transplantation ; reproduction rate ; phylogenetic analysis ; clade GK ; D614G ; P681R ; cross-reactivity ; haemorrhage ; thrombocytopenia ; thrombosis ; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) ; molecular diagnostics ; real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) ; economy ; income levels ; waves ; policy ; turning points ; occupational exposure ; risk factors ; personal protective equipment ; SIR model ; socio-behavioral aspects ; interaction distance ; school reopening strategy ; self-medication ; over-the-counter ; medicine use ; Pakistan ; clinical features ; Luanda ; Angola ; socioeconomic status ; risk perception ; risk prevention practices ; qualitative ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Introducing “A Feasible Approach for Natural Products to Treatment of Diseases”–an exploration of the therapeutic potential locked within nature’s abundant offerings. This comprehensive reprint delves into the fascinating realm of natural products, uncovering their inherent properties, mechanisms of action, and potential roles in effective disease management. Through extensive scientific research and reviews, the authors shed light on the immense potential of natural products as a viable approach to enhancing health and combating diseases. This reprint presents a diverse and multidimensional exploration, bridging the gap between traditional wisdom and contemporary scientific understanding and offering new avenues for healthcare professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts to harness the power of nature’s remarkable resources. As a catalyst for unlocking the healing potential of natural products, this reprint inspires further investigation and innovation, and drives us towards a future where their integration into mainstream healthcare becomes indispensable. Discover the possibilities and embark on a health and well-being journey with “A Feasible Approach for Natural Products to Treatment of Diseases”.
    Keywords: cancer immunotherapy ; fructan ; FT-IR ; mass spectrometry ; young green barley ; COVID-19 ; β-glucans ; immunomodulation ; anti-inflammation ; anti-oxidant ; ACE2 regulation ; impedance ; ECIS ; antitumor activity ; anticancer properties ; betulin ; betulinic acid ; Amadori rearrangement compounds ; barley ; anti-obesity ; arginyl-fructose ; adipogenic ; ergosta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraenol (ERGT) ; cholesta-5,7,22,24-tetraenol (CHT) ; ergosterol biosynthesis ; antimetabolite ; suicide substrate ; Trypanosoma brucei ; coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 ; main protease ; Saussurea costus ; molecular docking ; GC-MS profiling ; Molineria recurvata ; diabetic nephropathy ; urinary biomarkers ; inflammation ; oxidative stress ; walnut ; Juglans regia ; high-fat diet ; insulin resistance ; cognitive function ; JNK/NFκB pathway ; Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium ; flavonoids ; anticancer ; mechanism ; phenotype ; Angelica sinensis polysaccharide ; Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharide ; hexokinase 2 ; glycolysis ; JAK2/STAT3 pathway ; liver regeneration ; Holoptelea integrifolia ; MMP-9 ; wound healing ; friedelin ; oxalactam A ; macrolactam ; anti-Rhizoctonia solani ; Penicillium oxalicum ; molecular dynamics ; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ; natural products ; terpenoids ; mechanisms ; treatment ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: In 2020-2022, much of the world was at risk for catching COVID-19. This reprint, “Crimmigration in the Age of COVID-19,” contributes to understanding immigration during the pandemic. It engages a cross-national and interdisciplinary case-study approach to show how countries carved out exceptions to public health protocols for migrants. In the immigration context a variety of governments weaponized public health protocols to criminalize and exclude migrants. The Trump Administration sadistically misplayed the pandemic at almost every turn. Trump came to power on the backs of migrants, referring to them as murderers and rapists. The intersection of Trump’s COVID-19 and migration policies carved out space for the exceptional dehumanization of migrants in 2020-21. This reprint documents the weaponization of public through crimmigration. Crimmigration is the criminalization of migration and migrants via state-of-the-art surveillance and militarized technologies. During the worst of COVID-19, crimmigration strategies--mandatory detention and harsh exclusions— exacerbated the risk of transmission among migrants. Policies not migrants were to blame here. The ostensibly public health related Title42 actually pushed migrants, already at great risk, into unregulated shantytowns controlled by Mexican drug cartels. Additionally, migrants contended with detention facilities, medium security prisons, that functioned as Petrie dishes for the disease. We hope this reprint contributes to understanding the intersection of public health and crimmigration, and border penologies during these exceptional times.
    Keywords: coronavirus ; immigration detention ; migration enforcement ; detention abolition ; detention ; immigration ; human rights ; healthcare ; access to justice ; crimmigration ; deportation ; return ; COVID-19 ; pandemic ; securitisation ; threat prioritisation ; Australia ; New Zealand ; welfare ; exclusion ; surveillance ; attrition ; incarcergration ; decriminalization ; detention standards ; alternatives to detention ; conditions of detention ; COVID ; racial apathy ; white ignorance ; institutional legitimacy ; governing through migration ; The Netherlands ; discourse ; border practices ; asylum seekers ; economic migrants ; Poland ; pushbacks at the border ; COVID-19 pandemic ; governmental xenophobia ; migrants/refugees ; vaccination ; Greece ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The purpose of this Special Issue on inclusive research is to capture internationally, “How far have we come?” and “Where do we need to go?” Such questions are relevant now that it has been close to two decades since Walmsley and Johnson (2003) first introduced the inclusive research paradigm in their text, Inclusive research with people with learning disabilities: past, present, and futures. Within this Special Issue we have reprinted 18 articles that promote inclusive research as a paradigm that has succeeded in transferring power to people with intellectual disabilities who were once the "researched" to now being and becoming the "researchers". The articles draw upon the work of co-researchers both with and without the lived experience of disability who have adopted inclusive research as a paradigm to redress the exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities as researchers. All the 18 articles have an eye on the future and are sequenced across the following themes: the individual impact of being and becoming an inclusive researcher; building inclusive research relationships as a duo; being part of an inclusive research network; and using inclusive research to push boundaries and facilitate issues of importance identified by people with disabilities. The reprint concludes with two articles where inclusive researchers of long standing reflect on how to continue to walk forward on the road that aided by this reprint will become more well-travelled?
    Keywords: university ; higher education ; intellectual disability ; inclusive education ; autoethnography ; Down Syndrome ; action research ; design research ; inclusion ; social workers ; intellectual disabilities ; inclusive research ; participatory research ; developmental disability ; mental health ; collaborative groups ; qualitative research ; creative methodologies ; people with intellectual disabilities ; profound intellectual and multiple disabilities ; belonging ; intersubjectivity ; disability studies ; COVID-19 ; lived experience ; disability ; community researchers ; prisoners ; former prisoners ; criminal justice system ; inclusive employment ; collaborative autoethnography ; ethnography ; collaboration ; pandemic ; relationships ; research methods ; health ; rehabilitation ; assistive technology ; consumer-led ; employment ; students with intellectual disability ; sex education ; sexuality and gender identity ; sexual abuse ; inclusive ; research ; learning/intellectual disability ; impact ; life history ; rights ; community ; capacity building ; policy ; and practice ; funding ; co-design ; co-researching ; research with people with intellectual disability ; research with people with learning disability ; advocacy ; self-advocacy ; manifesto for inclusive research ; accessible academic literature ; space and non-accessible space ; down syndrome ; quality of life ; happiness ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Herein we describe some molecular aspects of the recent anti-COVID-19 research, including some approaches making use of natural remedies, especially from medicinal plants, in silico methods, and different experimental procedures that led to the discovery of novel targets of SARS-CoV-2 and consequently novel potential COVID-19 therapeutics. COVID-19 vaccines also find mention in this book with also a description of some adverse effects reported in some cases. Considering that the different beta coronaviruses present certain conserved biomolecular mechanisms and, thus, some common therapeutic targets, finding effective therapies for a specific member of their family (such as SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and MERS-CoV) even in a scenario of a reduced impact at the time of the related disease on humankind is still relevant as it could offer or inspire efficacious therapeutic strategies not only in the context of novel pathogenic mutations of the already known beta coronaviruses, but also when future zoonoses caused by other beta coronaviruses will emergence, which is not unlikely to occur in the current world where the interactions between humans and wildlife are made more and more frequent due to the growing loss of intact ecosystems worldwide.
    Keywords: coronavirus infections ; pandemics ; natural compounds ; clove ; Syzygium aromaticum ; eugenol ; eugeniin ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; phytochemicals ; herbal medicine ; catechin ; polyphenol ; tea leaf extract ; theaflavin ; virucidal activity ; MERS-CoV ; S1-NTD ; pharmacophore modeling ; ADME ; quantum mechanical calculation ; DFT ; FMO ; MM/GBSA ; molecular docking ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; HOMO ; LUMO ; COVID-19 vaccine ; disseminated intravascular coagulation ; heparin induced thrombocytopenia ; platelet factor 4 ; thrombosis ; thrombotic thrombo-cytopenic purpura ; vaccine induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis ; disinfectants ; ethanol ; hand hygiene ; ozonated water ; slightly acidic electrolyzed water ; virucidal mechanism ; coronavirus ; renal disease ; nephrotoxicity ; reno-protective effect ; green tea ; epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) ; flavonoids ; natural products ; medicinal plant ; SARS-Cov-2 nsp10 ; structural similarity ; fingerprint ; ADMET ; toxicity ; main protease ; triazole ; docking ; MD simulation ; drug ; proteomic ; vaccine ; immunology ; biomarker ; cheminformatics ; phytocompounds ; systems pharmacology ; anti-COVID-19 ; drug repositioning ; molecular dynamic simulations ; binding free energy ; signal peptide ; RBD protein ; secretion ; mutant ; nucleocapsid or nucleoprotein ; structure-based drug discovery ; alphafold model and molecular dynamics ; neuroinflammation ; brain fog ; neuropeptides ; neurotransmission ; metabolism ; NSAIDs ; inflammation ; ketoprofen ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: This reprint includes papers from different research fields, reflecting the sectional talks presented at the 9th edition of the Scientific Conference of the Doctoral Schools from the “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi, which took place in June 2021. The objective of the 2021 Conference was to bring together perspectives and challenges in doctoral research in a common forum and to provide a platform enabling doctoral researchers to meet and share state-of-the-art developments in their fields. It consists of 16 papers presented at the 9th edition of the Scientific Conference of the Doctoral Schools from the “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi, in several fields such as: mechanical and industrial engineering, food science and biotechnology, electrical/electronic engineering, systems engineering and information technologies, chemistry, electrochemistry, and economic models and strategies.
    Keywords: incremental pumps ; profiling of generating tools ; helical surfaces ; Romania ; coastal area ; wind energy ; measurements ; IEC classes ; wind turbines ; mass tourism ; management model ; Constanta ; PESTEL ; Black Sea ; sustainability ; eggplant peels ; bioactive compounds ; hydrogels ; anthocyanins ; beetroot peel ; betalains ; polyphenols ; CCD-RSM ; optimal control ; metaheuristic algorithms ; evolutionary algorithms ; simulation ; ventilation on ships ; HVAC requirements ; COVID-19 ; spread the disease ; airborne transmission ; HEPA filtration ; UV disinfection ; heat recovery ; L-tryptophan ; polypyrrole ; sensor ; amino acid ; cyclic voltammetry ; chronoamperometry ; atorvastatin ; carbon nanotubes ; gold nanoparticles ; Hippophae rhamnoides L. ; carotenoids ; flavonoids ; antioxidant activity ; microencapsulation ; modulation ; electromagnetic disturbances ; electromagnetic compatibility ; military ship ; communication systems ; navigation conditions ; Danube River ; management tool ; quality function deployment ; house of quality ; enwrapping surfaces ; profiling ; geometrical methods ; tower ; wind turbine ; load ; offshore wind ; marine renewable energy ; living labs ; design thinking ; coastal zone ; integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) ; Romanian coastal zone ; Black Sea basin ; wind parameters ; historical data ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics & emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-11
    Description: This reprint emphasizes the perspectives and challenges surrounding COVID-19 and obesity-related cancers, including but not limited to the risk factors of severe COVID-19 in cancer patients; the complications of COVID-19 in cancer patients; the challenges in cancer treatment and surgery; guidelines for cancer care during COVID-19; delayed diagnosis and suboptimal cancer management; the impact of COVID-19 on cancer screening, early diagnosis and cancer presentation; immune response after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in cancer patients; psychological distress among cancer survivors; telehealth in cancer care; the role of diet and nutraceuticals in the prevention of severe COVID-19 and cancer; and the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer research.
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; neutropenia ; G-CSF treatment ; respiratory failure ; colorectal neoplasms ; gastrointestinal neoplasms ; immune checkpoint inhibitors ; neoplasms ; oncogenic viruses ; oncolytic virotherapy ; post-acute COVID-19 syndrome ; reactive oxygen species ; tumor escape ; SARS-CoV-2 ; thyroid cancer ; differentiated thyroid cancer ; COVID-19 severity ; inflammation ; immunity ; oxidative stress ; obesity ; SARS-Cov-2 ; oncology ; cancer screening ; clinical trials ; melanoma ; management ; pandemic ; teledermatology ; diagnostic delay ; immunotherapy ; vaccination ; lymph adenopathy ; cancer ; nutraceuticals ; supplements ; colorectal ; meta-analysis ; gynecologic oncology ; malignancy ; blood cancer ; hematologic malignancy ; leukemia ; lymphoma ; multiple myeloma ; myelodysplasia ; breast cancer ; cancer care ; screening ; surgery ; psychological distress ; cancer therapies ; immunogenicity ; safety ; vaccine hesitancy ; tumor subtype ; mortality ; intensive care unit ; medico-administrative data ; France ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Ageing is a diverse and multifaceted experience that is unique to each person. The process of ageing is lived differently according to each individual’s socio-cultural, historical, religious, and political context, among other factors. However, the stereotype of homogeneity is still one of the strongest aspects related to later life. This Special Issue covers manuscripts of original research that critically explore the experience of old age and the process of growing older from the social sciences and humanities perspectives. It also explores the topics pertaining to social gerontology, cultural and literary gerontology, environmental gerontology, gerotechnological studies, social anthropology, gender studies, body politics, sexuality, active and healthy ageing, space and place, age-friendly politics and other themes. The published articles collect arguments that show the variables and uniqueness of later life, and expand on the current theoretical frameworks in the field of age studies and beyond. The overall aim of this Special Issue was to broaden the gerontological scholarship and develop critical thought of old age and the life course beyond the merely biological processes of growing older and their sociocultural constructs. This Special Issue can be of interest to scholars, practitioners, stakeholders, care workers and individuals who are concerned with the dynamics of ageing as well as current and future dialogues on the unique experiences of ageing.
    Keywords: ageing ; older adults ; intimacy ; creativity ; strict morality ; sexuality ; theories of retirement ; rhythmanalysis ; management of time ; interdisciplinary gerontology ; busy ethic ; societal rhythms ; home ; identity ; Ireland ; place attachment ; rural ; Sweden ; women ; inclusivity ; Zimbabwe ; urban environments ; discourse analysis ; urban policy ; Africa ; ageism ; COVID-19 ; fourth age ; nursing homes ; third age ; cultural and literary gerontology ; aging and society ; agism ; popular culture and comics ; DC superheroes ; aging in place ; dementia ; cognitive changes ; design practice ; user involvement ; participatory design ; socio-gerontechnology ; active ageing ; age-friendly ; age panic ; metaphor ; neoliberal imagination ; older adults’ media practices ; older adults’ media biographies ; long-term care ; social isolation in later life ; social agency ; person-centered care ; information and communication technology (ICT) ; life course perspective ; communicative ecology mapping ; focused ethnography ; activism ; Iaioflautas ; intergenerational solidarity ; politicization ; social movements ; culture ; interdependence ; older immigrants ; religious minority ; social relationships ; older people ; public participation ; European welfare states ; gerontological responses ; pandemic management ; materiality ; corporeality ; humanoid robot Pepper ; human–robot interactions ; gender ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: Water resource systems planning and management issues are often very complex. The pressures on water resources are increasing with the expanding scale of global development involving ecological and hydrological consequences in river basins and groundwater aquifers, and water-quality deterioration. All this leads to the increasing need for investigating the effects of different human influences and impacts on the hydrological regime and on water quality like as land-use changes, climatic variability and climate changes, and intensified water and land-use practices. The Special Issue “Advances in Flow Modeling for Water Resources and Hydrological Engineering” presents a collection of scientific contributions that provides a sample of the state-of-the-art and forefront research in this field. In particular, basin-wide water resources planning, watershed management, flood forecasting, droughts, climate change impacts on flood risk and water resources, reservoir operation and management, river morphology and sediment transport, river water quality, and irrigation were the main research and practice targets that the papers published in this Special Issue aimed to address.
    Keywords: stream discharge ; near-natural catchment ; trend analysis ; NW Spain ; field-scale hydrological models ; DRAINMOD ; tile drainage ; nitrate leaching ; climate change ; venturi flume ; CFD ; OpenFOAM ; RANS ; turbulence model ; numerical simulation ; Parshall flume ; water balance ; Thornthwaite–Mather method ; Python ; serverless computing approach ; watershed hydrology ; Yukon River plume ; river discharge ; sediment load ; flocculation ; plunging ; underflow ; flood ; geological categories ; probability ; Medvednica Mt. ; Croatia ; numerical model ; shallow water equations ; dam break ; dry and wet beds modeling ; river flow ; open channels ; eddy viscosity ; parabolic profile ; streamwise velocity distribution ; turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) ; mixing length ; log law ; log wake ; hydrological modeling ; streamflow ; SWAT ; Venturi flume ; nonlinear model ; burned areas ; hydrological modelling ; infiltration capacity ; SCS-CN ; post-fire ; shock wave ; spillway ; spillway pier ; flat chute ; physical modeling ; hydrology ; tiling ; subsurface flow ; Iowa ; variational ensemble forecasting ; hydrologic processing strategies or hypotheses ; SR2MR streamflow forecasting ; real-time hydrologic forecasting system ; satellite precipitation products ; multi models ; best streamflow prediction ; inverse variance weighting ; inverse probability weighting ; representative concentration pathways 4.5 and 8.5 ; modified Mann–Kendall trend test ; Ziway Lake Basin ; Rift Valley ; Ethiopia ; maximum precipitation ; maximum flow ; gravel bed rivers ; skin friction ; flow resistance ; bed forms ; energy slope ; boundary layer characteristics ; abrupt negative step ; hydraulic jump ; energy loss ; momentum closure ; Boussinesq equations ; specified intervals ; MODIS ; evapotranspiration ; multi-variable calibration ; regional flood frequency ; ungauged catchments ; direct rainfall modelling ; headwater catchments ; Australia ; drought ; water ; water resources modelling ; flood forecast ; climate-change impacts ; river quality ; river morphology ; watershed management ; reservoir management ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This reprint focusses on Smartness, a multidisciplinary topic, which is examined from four perspectives: Sensors, IoT, and Data Generation; Data and Information Processing; Actuation; and Digital Systems and Infrastructure. We see smartness in the way sensing is embedded in a system, the way data and information are processed, how a system interacts internally and with its environment, and whether a system is ubiquitous or limited by space (cloud-based or edge-enabled). This reprint contains a total of 14 chapters, which are grouped according to their areas of application: mobility and transportation, healthcare, industrial environments, and other urban infrastructures. This book covers a range of topics, including mobility; healthcare; image analysis; permeable pavements; solid-waste management; sensor node and gateway architectures; cloud, fog, and edge computing; air-quality monitoring; thermal anomalies and smart helmets in industrial environments; smart airports; smart districts; smart travel choices; sensor cities; artificially intelligent cities; platform urbanism; and more.
    Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI) ; artificially intelligent city ; artificially intelligence commons ; smart city ; smart urban technology ; urban informatics ; sustainable urban development ; climate change ; pandemics ; natural disasters ; sensor city ; City 4.0 ; smart urbanism ; smart governance ; disruptive urban transition ; Internet-of-Things (IoT) ; technology giants ; sensors ; transit ; bus ; transfer ; smart card ; spatial analysis ; mode choice ; internet of everything (IoE) ; 6th generation (6G) networks ; artificial intelligence ; Distributed AI as a Service (DAIaaS) ; fog computing ; edge computing ; cloud computing ; smart airport ; smart districts ; PPE ; OHS ; risk detection ; naive Bayes ; support vector machine ; convolutional neural network ; deep learning ; microcontroller ; edge-fog-cloud computing ; Internet of Things ; robotics ; autonomous driving ; image registration ; smart sensor ; real time big data ; land-use ; air quality ; particulate matter (PM10 PM2.5) ; Intelligent Transportation Systems ; functional requirements ; machine learning ; model actionability ; model evaluation ; cloud server ; customized sensor node ; customized gateway ; FLoRa simulation ; LoRa range radio ; solid waste management ; smart cities ; big data ; event detection ; road traffic ; distributed machine learning ; automatic labeling ; social media ; data analytics ; social media analytics ; Arabic tweets ; 3D microstructure reconstruction ; permeable pavement ; generative adversarial networks ; tiny AI ; tiny ML ; distributed AI as a service (DAIaaS) ; skin disease diagnosis ; healthcare ; smart societies ; smart healthcare ; reference architecture ; TensorFlow ; visually impaired ; smart mobility ; LiDAR ; ultrasonic ; obstacle detection ; obstacle recognition ; assistive tools ; green computing ; sustainability ; Arduino Uno ; smart app ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-11
    Description: There has been a rapid development in the academic literature over the last ten years on papers relating to individualization, personalization, patient-, client-, consumer- and person-centredness, with work on conceptual, instrumental, observational, and experimental levels. This Special Issue presents papers that can further establish the current state of science on these topics relating to personalized nursing and health care. We collected papers that highlight and further the knowledge base conceptually, instrumentally, observationally, and experimentally with sound theoretical and methodological underpinnings and implications for research, theory, and clinical work in the disciplines of nursing, medicine, allied health, and beyond.
    Keywords: anxiety ; life satisfaction ; life–work concerns ; melatonin ; cortisol ; biopsychosocial model ; obstetric complications ; patients’ rights ; student ; nursing ; personalized medicine ; HIV ; mobile health ; smartphone application ; symptom management ; nurse practitioners ; nursing home ; COVID-19 ; palliative care ; end-of-life ; dignified death ; older adults ; accidental falls ; fall prevention ; barriers ; patient compliance ; music therapy ; dementia ; caregiver ; RCT ; patient-centred care ; competence ; assessment ; instrument ; measurement ; validity ; reliability ; individual care ; nurses ; older diabetes patients ; physicians ; support ; Parkinson’s disease ; nursing training ; integrated care ; Parkinson nurse ; personalized care ; multidisciplinary care ; patient-centered ; arthritis ; autoimmune disease ; sociopsychological factors ; emotion ; depression ; self-identity ; qualitative study ; observational study ; dysmenorrhea ; kinesio tape ; auricular acupressure ; pain ; nursing care ; patient care planning ; quality of health care ; conditional inference trees ; education ; distance ; learning ; digital ; drawings ; Nigeria ; perinatal loss ; social networks ; stillbirth ; stillborn ; functional status ; health care ; hospitalization ; activities of daily living ; pelvic floor muscle exercises ; pelvic floor dysfunction ; qualitative research ; therapeutic exercise ; therapeutic adherence ; women’s health physiotherapy ; diabetes mellitus type 2 ; prediction model ; LogicRegression ; interpretability ; pelvic organ prolapse ; lifestyle changes ; women’s experience ; n/a ; foot ; foot self-care ; methodological review ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Buildings are important consumers of energy; in fact, they represent 30–45% of the global energy use and one-third of total greenhouse gas emissions, as well as contributing to the urban heat-island effect. In consequence, the correct design and execution of buildings, use of new materials that reduce energy demand, and efficient use of renewable energy are all necessary to reduce the impacts that occur during their life-cycle. This book shows some examples, focused on improving the energy-efficiency of buildings, in accordance with circular economy policies and life-cycle phases, including design, construction and use. The editor wishes to thank all the authors for contributing to this book, as well as to the assistance of MDPI’s editorial office.
    Keywords: climate-oriented ; buildings ; building construction ; climate zones ; climate change ; bibliometric ; climate zone ; building ; energy demand ; building resilience ; air quality ; air pollution ; SUNSPACE ; PM removal ; azure chemistry ; circular economy ; sustainability ; SDG 11 ; SDG 12 ; buying intention ; energy-efficient home appliances ; green self-identity ; theory of planned behavior ; waste glass ; light reflectance ; building material coatings ; soda–lime–silica glass ; lead–silica glass ; cool surface ; cool material ; cool roof ; urban heat island ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: After almost two decades of continuous development in bio, circular, and green economy, the time is ripe for the assessment of the major achievements and challenges that private and public enterprises face today to further enhance these global sustainability concepts. Due to the central role of political incentives for the development and implementation of environmentally friendly and sustainable practices, the present book project focuses on the nexus between public policies, institutions, quality of public sector management, and patterns of interaction between government and private businesses in backing bio, green, and circular economy practices and eco-innovation. In addition, the project also accommodates surveys that elaborate on the differences between the implementation of new organizational forms and scientific innovations in technologically advanced and developing settings.
    Keywords: energy demand ; renewable energy ; biomass ; energy policies ; organizational factors ; healthcare waste management practices ; public hospitals ; Libya ; consumers ; cluster analysis ; sustainable consumption ; mass media ; social media ; green hydrogen ; green hydrogen value chain ; developing countries ; renewable energy sources ; hydrogen strategy ; scaling ; upscaling ; scaling innovation ; innovation diffusion ; innovation ; systematic literature review ; garbage sorting ; urban garbage disposal ; rural garbage disposal ; willingness ; family life ; neighbourhood ; COVID-19 ; Pakistan economy ; economic scale ; Keynesian theory ; mitigation ; economic revival measures ; innovations ; renewable power ; rebound effect ; low-carbon economy ; carbon pricing policy ; border carbon tax ; Sino–US trade friction ; export grab effect ; firm innovation ; GDP prediction ; feature selection ; deep learning ; temporal convolutional network ; organizational sustainability ; social and economic sustainability ; knowledge sharing ; organizational agility ; organizational behavior ; sustainable organizations ; economic sustainability ; consumer experience ; sustainable commerce ; online consumer behaviour ; e-commerce platform ; online purchase intention ; online customer engagement ; energy security ; energy policy ; energy resources ; sustainability ; bibliometrics ; circular business model ; open business model ; sharing economy ; circular economy ; peer-to-peer ; electricity trading ; green product ; green consumer behavior ; environmental responsibility ; environmental concern ; green purchasing decisions ; green business ; consumption dimension ; production dimension ; financial dimension ; technological dimension ; fundraising campaigns ; social networking sites ; NPO ; humanitarian response ; Kuwait ; Bahrain ; Guatemala ; forest ; property rights ; community concession ; entrepreneurship ; forest sustainability ; economic development ; free-market environmentalism ; Latin America ; consumption coupons ; purchase probability ; inventory optimization ; minimum-cost maximum-flow ; bioeconomy ; green growth ; eco-innovation ; environmental Kuznets curve ; EKC ; environmental economics and policy ; ecological economics ; resource management ; sustainable development ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: The reprint provides the most relevant and state-of-the-art in the field, including recent developments in the production of natural compounds from various bioresources, and their formulations as bioactives. This reprint also covered the engineered approaches for enhanced biological properties and their potential applications. Identification of novel compounds and bioprocess tools to improve the quantity and quality of bioactive compounds and their formulations are exclusively covered in this reprint.
    Keywords: anti-solvent ; enzymatic saccharification ; EMIM-Ac ; ethanol ; ionic liquid ; lignocellulosic biomass ; recycling ; agro-industry ; microencapsulation ; bioactive compounds ; in vitro digestion ; yogurt ; cannabis ; cannabinoids ; postharvest ; drying ; curing ; storage ; biosynthesis ; pre-treatments ; sorption isotherm ; Raphanus sativus L. ; recombinant IFN-α2a ; apoptosis ; antiviral and antitumor activity ; Japanese knotweed rhizome bark ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; virus neutralization test ; nano-formulation ; nutraceuticals ; prebiotics ; nanofabricated delivery system ; liposomes ; nano-emulsions ; Abelmoschus manihot ; neurodegenerative disease ; oxidative stress ; proliferation ; inflammation ; nucleotide excision repair ; Actinosynnema pretiosum ; ansamitocin P-3 ; ssgA ; AdpA ; morphological differentiation ; pomegranate ; pomace ; extraction ; biological activity ; functional beverages ; sensory quality ; vitamins ; formulation ; homogeneous systems ; hydrophile–lipophile balance ; Emblica officinalis ; phytochemicals ; hyperlipidemia ; pharmacology ; nanoformulation ; Prunus mume ; vasorelaxant ; hypertension ; angiotensin receptor blockers ; agro-waste ; valorization ; value-added bioproducts ; micro/nano encapsulation ; agri-food-pharma applications ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry
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    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Description: The field of healthcare is constantly evolving and advancing with new technologies and innovations. Among these, assistive technologies, robotics, and automated machines are rapidly gaining ground as powerful tools to improve the quality of care and enhance patient outcomes. From wearable devices that monitor vital signs to surgical robots that assist in complex procedures, these technologies have the potential to revolutionize the way we deliver healthcare. The development and the integration of assistive technologies, care robots, and automated machines are strategic both as single components, when paired together, and when interconnected in the health domain.This reprint explores the latest developments in assistive technologies, robotics, and automated machines in the health domain, providing a comprehensive overview of their applications and potential impact. The reprint is for the benefit of healthcare professionals, researchers, engineers, and students interested in these rapidly evolving fields.
    Keywords: n/a ; rehabilitation ; virtual reality ; upper extremity ; virtual rehabilitation ; Facebook advertisements ; personalized advertisements ; social media ; precision medicine ; public health informatics ; public health communications ; consumer health informatics ; population health ; human immunodeficiency virus ; diagnosis ; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ; regulation ; artificial intelligence ; digital radiology ; medical devices ; child patient ; care robot ; caregiver ; hospitalization ; testing ; motor coordination ; screening tool ; robotic exoskeletons ; servo motor ; brushless ; brushed ; actuators ; torque ; centre mass ; clinical decision ; U-Net ; CNN ; CAD system ; brain tumor ; classification ; segmentation ; humanoid social robot ; older adults ; living alone ; loneliness ; social isolation ; home-based ; spinal cord injuries ; assistive technology ; tongue barbell piercing ; tongue drive system ; inductive tongue control system ; rehabilitation robot ; assistive technology sports rehabilitation ; continuation therapy ; degenerative diseases ; elder ; telemedicine ; expectation confirmation theory ; trust typology theory ; personal privacy concerns ; urination and defecation care ; automation ; multi-sensor fusion detection algorithm ; stroke ; gait robot ; goal setting ; Remote Monitoring Digital Solutions (RMDSs) ; elderly patient ; mental and emotional decline ; COVID-19 ; exoskeleton device ; gait ; robot ; personal satisfaction ; physical fitness ; orthodontics ; AI ; ChatGPT ; AI Treatment Assessment ; Teledentistry Cephalometrics ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: Climate change and urban development threaten health, undermine coping and deepen existing social and environmental inequities. A changing global environment requires transformative social responses: new partnerships, deep engagement with local communities, and innovation to strengthen individual and collective assets. The chapters of this edited volume have mainly been contributed by established and emerging scholars representing social work, sociology, development studies, law, government, social anthropology, urbanism, public policy, and other social sciences This book is to be used for academics, policy makers, social work students, lecturers and other stakeholders to promote advocacy for vulnerable client groups affected by climate change. It gives some measure of hope and makes the invisible visible, allowing for change.
    Keywords: climate change ; global environment ; vulnerable populations ; social care ; human health ; economic justice ; sociology ; urban studies ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: This reprint covers 27 papers published in the Special Issue entitled “Corporate Finance, Governance, and Social Responsibility,” which examines several topics related to corporate finance, financial modeling, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. Corporate finance-related articles (Anton and Afloarei Nucu, 2021; Bae et al., 2023; Kedzior et al., 2020; Lääts and Lukason, 2022; Miglo, 2020; Mihail et al., 2021; Mota and Moreira, 2023; Tsolas, 2021; Tudose et al., 2021; and Wen et al., 2021) focus on the drivers of the capital structure and firm performance, the effect of working capital management on profitability, and the link between derivative use and profitability. Regarding financial modeling, stock market volatility was explored during COVID-19 (Gherghina et al., 2021). Corporate governance studies (Aluchna and Kuszewski, 2020; Ararat et al., 2021; Ding and Chea, 2021; Kjærland et al., 2020; Lourenço et al., 2021; Lukason and Camacho-Miñano, 2020; Maier and Yurtoglu, 2022; Mihail and Dumitrescu, 2021; Mihail et al., 2022; Mihail and Micu, 2021; and Pourmansouri et al., 2022) examine the effect of corporate governance compliance practices, board attributes, or employee stock option plans on bankruptcy risk, performance, firm value, or earnings management. Regarding CSR (Bozos et al., 2022; Rossi et al., 2021; Saeed and Sroufe, 2021; Singh and Hong, 2023; and Tseng and Shih, 2022), the research focuses on how CSR affects financial performance, risk management, or analyst profits estimates.
    Keywords: capital structure ; New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) ; internal and external innovativeness ; intangibility ; corporate governance ; information disclosure ; timeliness of financial reporting ; law violation ; private firms ; corporate governance best practice ; corporate governance compliance ; company value ; Warsaw Stock Exchange ; accrual earnings management ; Nordic model ; zero-debt policy ; flexibility ; tax shield ; free cash flow problem ; debt overhang ; dividend policy ; emerging economy ; profitability ; working capital management ; employee stock option plans ; executive compensation ; firm performance ; New Zealand ; financial derivatives ; Shenzhen stock exchange of China ; state-owned companies ; private-owned enterprises ; performance ; measurement of performance ; EVA ; strategies ; business success ; Romanian stock market ; volatility clustering ; autocorrelation ; COVID-19 ; GARCH models ; vector autoregression model ; Granger causality ; CSR practice ; financial performance ; environmental social and governance (ESG) ; board size ; independent board members ; return on equity ; Romania ; boards of directors ; Egypt ; gender diversity ; Egyptian Revolution ; investor relations ; Bucharest Stock Exchange ; firm efficiency ; data envelopment analysis (DEA) ; pharmaceutical, cosmetic and detergent (PCD) firms ; Greece ; agency ; corporate social responsibility ; information environment ; distress risk ; trade credit ; LGBT ; market value ; resource-based theory ; sexual orientation and identity ; simultaneous equations ; protection of minority investors ; stock market development ; economic growth ; board diversity ; CEO characteristics ; board committees ; ownership concentration ; agency theory ; COVID-19 pandemic ; Iran ; global economy ; financial management ; corporate social responsibility reports ; mandatory disclosure ; mandatory assurance ; analyst forecast accuracy ; analyst forecast dispersion ; board independence ; bankruptcy risk ; Europe ; corporate sustainability ; environmental ; social ; failure risk ; nonbinding voting ; shareholder activism ; systematic risk ; risk management practices ; performance outcome ; strategy ; supply chain ; capital budgeting ; capital budgeting practices ; footwear industry ; metalworking industry ; manufacturing ; SMEs ; equity investments ; property and liability insurers ; financial crisis ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This reprint aims to address the challenges modern-day buildings face in the context of high energy and resource consumption and climate change. One of the ways to address the issues is holistic design and operation of high-performance buildings in the area of energy efficiency, occupant health, and comfort. All this should be achieved through synergic interconnectedness between parameters such as the indoor–outdoor environment, sustainability, and resilience. Through different chapters, this reprint highlights the key areas, namely, the optimization of building design parameters, the impact of the use of modern-day phase-change materials, the adaptation of occupants and buildings to climate change, the mitigation of urban overheating by cool roofs, and reducing energy demand and CO2 emissions.
    Keywords: climate change ; bioclimatic design ; passive design ; energy efficiency ; overheating ; building resilience ; robustness ; shape factor ; building ; thermal envelope ; energy demand ; CO2 emissions ; white roofs ; cool roofs ; reflective material ; cost-benefit ; energy savings ; urban heat island ; thermal comfort ; indoor environmental quality ; educational buildings ; energy consumptions ; local discomfort ; building energy retrofitting ; phase change materials ; aerogel render ; heat stress risk ; emission ; lifecycle cost ; peak cooling load ; residential building ; building envelope ; multi-objective genetic algorithm ; TRNSYS ; climate zone ; multi-criteria decision making ; CRITIC ; TOPSIS ; capture devices ; variables ; field surveys ; thermal perceptions ; adaptive actions ; hostel dormitories ; composite climate of India ; reflective materials ; mitigation ; outdoor comfort ; visual comfort ; heat stress ; optimization ; skyscrapers ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: The use of telemedicine and mobile devices is growing, and sensors might aid in creating creative solutions. Developing these solutions is crucial for monitoring senior citizens, lifestyles, and medical procedures. This Special Issue’s goal was to bring together academics and professionals in healthcare and medicine interested in using information and communication technologies (ICT) to serve people with special needs. The development of assistive technology for various users to follow sports and other activities is strongly tied to this study area. Data protection is crucial, and the development of these solutions for medical uses should be verified. The security and privacy of the information may be tied to other recognized research projects for their acceptability. ICT research has considerably improved quality of life and has fully assimilated all citizens into society through medical rehabilitation and assistive technology. The technologies and research fields that influence medical informatics include databases, networking, graphical user interfaces, data mining, machine learning, intelligent decision support systems, and specialized programming languages. Because mobile devices are commonly used for several everyday chores and are equipped with sensors that monitor various physical and physiological indicators, it is crucial to encourage the development of m-Health and e-Health solutions for healthcare practitioners. In this area, several solutions are now being developed. In addition, they can collaborate with emerging technologies for social assistance while enhancing life quality.
    Keywords: data privacy ; taxonomy ; IoT ; COVID-19 ; mobile application ; accelerometer sensor ; stand-up time ; total time ; aging ; linear-map convolutional neural network ; direct acyclic graph ; action recognition ; spatial feature ; temporal feature ; frailty ; home monitoring ; user-centered design ; usability ; user experience ; acceptance ; activity recognition ; Internet of Things ; smart house ; deep learning ; channel state information ; glaucoma screening ; retinal images ; segmentation ; classification ; precision nutrition ; food plans ; machine learning ; food logging ; Eight Hop Test ; systematic review ; measurement ; sensors ; diseases ; wrist-wearable device ; PPG processing ; physiological parameters ; web-based applications ; data analysis ; elderly monitoring ; successful aging ; gerontechnology ; AAL ; healthcare ; prevalidation ; deployment ; chronic heart failure ; large-scale pilot ; H2020 ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNT Media, information & communication industries::KNTX Information technology industries ; bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UY Computer science
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: We are honored to announce this reprint, containing contributions from the top experts in the field of logic and fuzzy logic. In total, this reprint consists of 10 papers that were selected from more than 20 submissions. The 10 papers comprising the reprint are the product of re-known experts in fuzzy logic from all over the world, such as Canada, Poland, China, Slovakia, Lithuania, Turkey, Pakistan, Germany, Serbia, Portugal, Taiwan, Norway, India, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Mexico. We expect that the papers comprising the Special Issue will contribute to an advancement in the state of the art in the fields of logic and also fuzzy logic.
    Keywords: fuzzy-sets ; fuzzy-random variables ; distribution generating function ; fuzzy binomial distribution ; Fuchs distribution ; MADM ; Aczel–Alsina operations ; IVIFNs ; IVIF Aczel–Alsina geometric aggregation operators ; interval type-3 fuzzy theory ; fuzzy control ; manufacturing ; Vietè’s method ; Newton–Raphson method ; regula falsi method ; testing of algorithms ; foundations of mathematics ; arithmetic ; set theory ; spatial fuzzy C-means ; COVID-19 ; rustbelt states ; extrapolation ; interpolation ; proving ; refuting ; improving ; fuzzy set ; linear Diophantine fuzzy sets ; linear Diophantine fuzzy relations ; level cut relations ; rough approximations on two universes ; decision analysis ; multi-valued logic trees ; hydraulic proportional valve ; weighting factors ; optimization ; granular computing ; formal concept analysis ; intuitionistic fuzzy sets ; periodicity ; spatial and temporal aspects ; knowledge discovery ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Water resource management includes the consideration of all disciplines of hydrology and water sources. Water supplies are allocated and diverted to cover the water needs of a range of agricultural, municipal, industrial, hydro-electrical, and ecological water uses. These water uses are, usually, very competitive, as the available water resources are limited and it is not possible to cover the total water needs in a basin, requiring the setting of water use priorities to best serve societal and ecological needs. To manage the water resources and waterworks may, sometimes, lead to confrontational deliberations and negotiations. As a result, water resource management is one of the world’s greatest challenges due to competition for limited resources, regional disparities in water supply and affluence, mounting global water demand, aquifer depletion, and pollution- and climate-change-induced water stress. Proper policy and governance for sustainable water resource management is essential and require new fresh ideas, innovation, and international cooperation. This book includes seven papers by invited renowned researchers and engineers to cover issues of water resource management, governance, and policy. These issues include the following topics: Integrated water resource management; Water resource systems and water availability; National and international water policy, institutional arrangements, and water law; Water conflict resolution, public participation, and decision making; Water resource management, policy and governance in socially and environmentally sensitive areas and regions.
    Keywords: water allocation ; planning ; river/reservoir systems ; water availability modeling ; global change ; integrated assessment modelling ; system dynamics simulation ; water resources management ; water supply ; climate change ; earth system ; feedback ; conflicts ; environmental flows ; small-scale hydropower projects ; institutional change ; nestedness ; governance mode ; legal pluralism ; mulberry-dyke-fish pond ecosystem ; spatial evolution analysis ; remote sensing ; Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area ; prolonged drought ; scarcity ; indicators ; transboundary river basins ; Iberian Peninsula ; climate crisis ; water adaptation ; Greece ; Koronia lake ; sustainability ; Mygdonia Basin ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Novel Anticancer Strategies (Volume II) reviews important findings and updates within the cancer therapy field of great interest to those in academic research studying the development and validation of novel anticancer approaches. The Editor invited preeminent specialists to contribute to original and review articles devoted to key areas of major progress and expectations. Key Features:Nanoparticle-based drug delivery in cancer therapy;Nanoerythrosomes;Cancer immunotherapy;Therapeutic vaccines;Oncogenic and tumor suppressive components of the cell cycle;Antimitotics in cancer clinical trials;Multifunctional enzymes as anti-cancer drug targets;Targeting undruggable proteins and non-coding RNAs;Cell-penetrating peptides;Repurposed cancer drugs in clinical trials;Circulating tumour cells.
    Keywords: Breast cancer treatment ; Photodynamic therapy ; Inorganic nanoparticles ; Active targeting ; cathepsins ; BAX ; MOMP ; ubiquitination ; apoptosis ; chemotherapy ; cancer ; nanoerythrosome ; nanoerythrocyte ; nanovesicles ; biomimetic ; cancer therapy ; diagnostics ; imaging agents ; cell cycle ; cyclin-dependent kinase ; p16 ; p21 ; p27 ; breast cancer ; prognosis ; drug delivery ; HL60 ; leukemia ; prodrug ; resistance ; retinoic acid ; vitamin K ; drug repurposing ; COVID-19 ; pandemic ; vaccination ; multi-drug resistance ; enhanced permeation and retention effect ; nanotherapeutics ; cancer theranostic ; clinical translation ; cell-penetrating peptides ; protein transduction domains ; tumor imaging ; targeted therapies ; dog ; comparative oncology ; molecular targets ; spheroids ; tumoroids ; hydrogel ; collagen ; agarose ; mammary spheroids ; tissue engineering ; cisplatin ; melanoma ; melanin nanoparticles ; cytotoxicity ; laser medical applications ; hyperthermia ; antimitotics ; mitotic slippage ; spindle assembly checkpoint ; clinical trials ; TRAIL ; cancer stem cells ; TRAIL resistance ; angiogenesis ; on-demand drug delivery systems ; electrospun nanofibers ; poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) ; gold nanorods ; paclitaxel ; β-Cyclodextrin ; SPIONs ; metallodrugs ; RAPTA derivatives ; phosphino-amine ligands ; CTCs ; NSCLCs ; metastasis suppression ; curcumin ; flavonoids ; TNBC ; immunotherapy ; immune checkpoint ; nanocarrier ; combinational immunotherapy ; lung cancer ; miRNA ; oncomiRs ; photodynamic therapy PDT ; porphyrin ; iron oxide nanoparticles ; mesoporous silica nanoparticles ; antibody functionalization ; targeted drug delivery systems ; molecular-targeted therapies ; multifunctional enzymes ; HCC ; CHRNA5 ; metastasis ; stemness property ; sorafenib sensitivity ; neoantigens ; vaccine ; Patched ; chemotherapy resistance ; metastases ; persistent cells ; adrenocortical carcinoma ; BUB3 ; mitosis ; senescence ; anticancer target ; boron neutron capture therapy ; 4-borono-l-phenylalanine ; drug discovery ; solubility ; mebendazole ; polymer ; HPMA ; controlled drug release ; PLK1 ; BI2536 ; Navitoclax ; slippage ; PD-1 ; gemcitabine ; new anti-cancer drugs ; precision medicine ; undruggable targets ; non-coding RNAs ; oligonucleotide therapeutics ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJC Diseases & disorders::MJCL Oncology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Due to its low adaptability to climate change, the MENA region has become a "hot spot". Water scarcity, extreme heat, drought, and crop failure will worsen as the region becomes more urbanized and industrialized. Both water and food scarcity are made worse by civil wars, terrorism, and political and social unrest. It is unclear how climate change will affect the MENA water–food–energy nexus. All of these concerns need to be empirically evaluated and quantified for a full climate change assessment in the region. Policymakers in the MENA region need to be aware of this interconnection between population growth, rapid urbanization, food safety, climate change, and the global goal of lowering greenhouse gas emissions (as planned in COP27). Researchers from a wide range of disciplines have come together in this SI to investigate the connections between water, food, energy, and climate in the region. By assessing the impacts of climate change on hydrological processes, natural disasters, water supply, energy production and demand, and environmental impacts in the region, this SI will aid in implementation of sustainable solutions to these challenges across multiple spatial scales.
    Keywords: drought ; flood ; standard precipitation index ; rainfall anomaly index ; soil conservation service-curve number ; high-heat devices ; electronics cooling ; thermal management ; CFD ; heat transfer enhancement ; microchannels ; inserts ; greenhouse gases ; geospatial analysis ; remote sensing ; Arabian Peninsula ; climate change ; rainwater harvesting ; arid areas ; metrologic analysis ; hydrologic modeling ; AHP ; decolorization ; direct red-81 ; graphene ; methylene blue ; nitrate reductases ; operating parameters ; zero-valent iron ; water pricing ; urban infrastructure ; multi-block pricing ; externality costing ; single-block pricing ; urban warming ; urban bias ; land surface temperature ; MODIS ; GAIA dataset ; Mann–Kendall test ; Theil–Sen estimator ; CO2 absorption ; MEA ; membrane contactor ; porosity ; pore size ; natural convection ; melting PCM ; enthalpy-porosity method ; mushy zone parameter ; adsorption ; membrane ; adsorptive membrane ; activated carbon ; dye removal ; hybrid membrane ; solar concentrator ; thermal ; helical rotating shaft ; active methods ; GIS ; Nile Delta region ; modified DRASTIC-LU ; groundwater vulnerability ; geospatial technique ; energy hub ; cogeneration systems ; Archimedes optimization algorithm ; sustainable ; emissions ; water management ; irrigation water requirements ; CROPWAT model ; numerical simulation ; turbulent flow ; plate heat exchanger ; sand and dust storms ; hydrology ; surface and ground water changes ; spatial-temporal analysis ; Middle East ; assessment ; protection structures ; inundation ; hazards ; shoreline changes ; Nile Delta ; modeling ; biogas ; methane ; landfill of Mohammedia ; upgrading ; gold nanoparticles ; instant nanosynthesis ; urchin-shaped nanogold ; green capping agent ; biocompatible nanogold ; groundwater salinization ; ion ratios ; stable isotopes ; seawater mixing index (SMI) ; northwest coast ; weighted overlay model ; analytical hierarchical process (ahp) ; thematic layers ; biochar ; croplands and rangelands ; carbon sequestration ; organic manures ; aquaculture ; sustainability ; Egypt ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Transportation is one of the most crucial aspects across the world, supporting the daily life of human beings and the sustainable development of the whole of society. Generally, meteorology causes various impacts on transportation operation, safety and efficiency. In the context of global warming, increasing numbers of extreme weather and climate events (such as fog, icy roads, and extreme winds) have been detected worldwide and are expected to occur more frequently in the future. Meanwhile, extreme events, such as dense fog, rainstorm, and blizzard, tend to damage transportation and traffic facilities (such as express ways, port, airport, and high-speed railway) and induce serious traffic blocks and accidents. In recent decades, concentrated and continuous efforts have been made to carry out meteorological analyses regardless of urban traffic or transportation conditions, including those of highways, shipping, aviation, etc. A number of methods and techniques have been intensively developed to promote the qualities of both observations and forecasts. More recently, state-of-the-art machine learning frameworks have also been widely introduced into studies regarding transportation meteorology and many other fields.
    Keywords: transportation meteorology ; pavement temperature prediction ; deep learning ; BiLSTM ; attention mechanisms ; winter icing ; air pollution ; traffic vitality ; built environment ; spatial correlation ; spatial lag model ; phone signaling data ; air quality ; behavioral habits ; activity density ; population distribution ; land use mix ; wind forecast ; error decomposition ; bias ; distribution ; sequence ; urban meteorology ; observation ; forecast ; early warning ; review ; China ; low-level wind shear ; ensemble learning classifiers ; Bayesian optimization ; SHapley Additive exPlanations ; wind shear ; go-around ; machine learning ; dynamic ensemble selection ; civil aviation safety ; pilot reports ; self-paced ensemble ; Shapley additive explanations ; climate change ; climatology ; sea ice ; marginal sea ; East Asia ; time-series modeling ; pavement temperature ; nowcasting ; variation characteristics ; forecast validation ; relative humidity ; microwave radiometer data ; total rainfall ; precipitation duration ; vertical distribution ; Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region ; rail breakage ; frequency ; high-speed railway ; Siberian high ; teleconnection ; temperature ; Qinling mountains ; rainfall ; change characteristics ; geographical factors ; highways ; road blockage ; fuzzy analytic hierarchy process ; CRITIC weight assignment method ; road network vulnerability ; spatiotemporal distribution ; precipitation forecast ; ConvLSTM ; PredRNN ; expressway ; agglomerate fog ; risk level prediction of fog-related accidents ; meteorological conditions ; road hidden dangers ; traffic flow conditions ; visibility ; Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea ; observation data ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades
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    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Description: This reprint addresses healthcare transformation towards personalized, participative, preventive, predictive, and precision medicine (5P Medicine) with the support of new technologies such as micro-, nano-, and bio-techniques, as well as artificial intelligence and learning systems. It focuses, therefore, on the representation and management of knowledge from different domains and their actors, using their methodologies and languages but also individual skills and experiences. The outcome is a system-oriented, architecture-centric, ontology-based, policy-driven approach allowing a formal representation and management of health ecosystems, including their integration and interoperability. Such development is accompanied by security, privacy, and ethical challenges to be resolved. The reprint describes the principles, methodologies, and standards for successfully managing the transformation of health and social care, illustrated by many practical examples and implemented use cases. The reprint is based on papers published in the context of the pHealth 2021 Conference in Genoa, Italy. However, the content goes far beyond the focus and size of the original papers.
    Keywords: syntactical parsing ; natural language processing ; electronic health records ; Node2Vec ; automatic text labeling ; graph algorithms ; mobile application ; mHealth ; digital technology ; emergency service ; hospital ; emergency department ; clinical laboratory information systems ; communication ; text messaging ; pediatrics ; postoperative risks ; aortic aneurysm ; integrated data ; predictive modeling ; feature extraction ; machine learning ; privacy ; trust ; modelling ; antecedents ; Fuzzy attractiveness rating ; didactic ; Healthcare IT ; citizens ; E-Learning ; digitalization ; digitization ; patient empowerment ; education ; healthcare communications ; surgical biobank ; post-traumatic arthritis ; osteomyelitis ; semantic data integration ; system theory ; biomedical ontologies ; knowledge representation ; ascending aortic dilatation ; aneurysm ; risk factors ; echocardiography ; social media ; physical activity ; chatbot ; health ; participatory health ; usability ; conversational agent ; behavior change ; genomics ; security ; modular architecture ; GIPAMS ; standards ; Markov model ; periprosthetic joint infection ; revision arthroplasty ; total hip replacement ; decision trees ; oncohematology ; epilepsy risk ; epilepsy modeling ; COVID-19 ; pneumonia ; dynamical Bayesian networks ; treatment trajectories ; auto ML ; eHealth ; data democratization ; health data infrastructure ; privacy-enhancing technologies ; hospital-acquired infections ; international coding system ; laboratory information systems ; information extraction ; stress detection ; individual learning ; centralized learning ; federated learning ; smartwatch ; health transformation ; ecosystems ; knowledge representation and management ; architecture ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The reprint showcases a review and empirical studies on life satisfaction and its related aspects. The studies are from several countries on a wide range of samples including university students, faculty, nurses, entrepreneurs, adolescents, national databases, refugees, and community samples.
    Keywords: preference-based health-related quality of life ; refugee ; EQ–5D–5L ; post-migration stressors ; self-efficacy ; recreation specialization ; flow experience ; life satisfaction ; mediating effect ; Gallup World Poll ; New Zealand ; wellbeing ; trust in government ; social security fairness ; social security satisfaction ; social entrepreneur ; exit intention ; prosocial motivation ; gender ; nurses ; quality of life ; protective factors ; coping strategies ; type of practice ; COVID-19 ; ageism ; stereotypes ; discrimination ; work engagement ; conscientiousness ; physical well-being ; subjective well-being ; activities of daily living ; health ; physical activity ; post-COVID-19 condition ; work ; community home-based elderly care ; Chinese older adults ; kindness interventions ; materialism ; satisfaction with life ; self-determination theory ; emotional intelligence ; resilience ; self-esteem ; university students ; happiness ; positive affect ; family functioning ; developmental age ; systematic review ; youth ; adolescence ; normative stressors ; interpersonal stressors ; school stressors ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: This reprint is the result of a Special Issue, which took place in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) during 2022-2023. The general topic of the reprint discusses the different uses, protection and promotion of food, always from a broad perspective, through 15 innovative research papers, from both qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches.
    Keywords: health ; values and preferences ; red meat ; processed meat ; cross-sectional study ; mixed methods ; explanatory sequential ; survey ; food consumption ; well-being ; dietary patterns ; sustainable consumption ; consumer behaviour ; food well-being ; subjective well-being ; social influence ; food choice ; climate-friendly eating ; social media ; political consumerism ; children’s health ; functional diversity ; commensality ; self-esteem ; shame ; loneliness ; aquaculture ; food heritage ; carp ; consumer preferences of Young Adult Populations ; marketing place ; sustainability ; consumer attitudes ; organic food ; consumer behavior ; sustainable food ; food surveys ; food change ; food policies ; sociology of food ; obesity ; edible insects ; alternative proteins ; planetary health ; systematic review ; gastronomic routes ; Iberian ham ; olive oil ; wine ; Córdoba ; ARIMA ; food ; gastronomic tourism ; social media data ; outdoor dining environment preference ; rural restaurants ; human-oriented ; rural sustainable development ; food label ; consumer purchase intention ; attitude ; food delivery app ; online food delivery ; online-to-offline (O2O) ; COVID-19 ; post-pandemic ; thematic review ; food preferences ; entomophagy ; nutrition surveys ; food neophobia ; cultural domains ; pile sorts ; food risk ; trust ; distrust ; pregnancy ; breastfeeding ; prehabilitation ; ERAS ; endometrial cancer ; surgery ; protein supplementation ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies::JFCV Food & society
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    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Description: Advancements in medical imaging modalities have resulted in increasing the importance and demand of pediatric radiology. This reprint showcases various examples of advanced research in pediatric radiology and nuclear medicine. These include the use of medical imaging modalities such as computed tomography, general radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, and ultrasound for diagnosis, as well as the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) in computer-aided detection and diagnosis in the pediatric population. The radiation dose issue of pediatric radiological examinations and emerging AI technology for dose reduction, as well as the use of three-dimensional printing based on medical images for pediatric surgical planning, healthcare professional education, and patient–clinician communication are also covered.
    Keywords: as low as reasonably achievable ; computed tomography ; convolutional neural network ; deep learning ; dose reduction ; generative adversarial network ; image processing ; machine learning ; medical imaging ; noise ; contrast-enhanced ultrasound ; head ultrasound ; brain death ; infants ; ancillary test ; child ; paediatric ; infant ; adolescent ; chest X-ray ; CXR ; chest radiography ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; coronavirus ; biliary atresia ; ultrasonography ; diagnostic accuracy ; intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) ; diagnostic performance ; elastography ; three-dimensional printing ; congenital heart disease ; children ; model ; personalized medicine ; application ; confusion matrix ; disease identification ; image interpretation ; pneumonia ; artificial intelligence (AI) ; deep learning (DL) ; paediatric pneumonia ; chest radiograph ; computer-aided detection (CAD) ; cumulative ; radiation dose ; acute tonsillitis ; shear wave elastography ; stiffness ; pediatric ; magnetic resonance imaging ; infection ; neck ; emergency medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: This Special Issue aims to highlight how plant breeding could contribute to strengthening sustainability in field crop production by integrating the application of modern technologies and tools. This Reprint contains eleven articles focusing on the most recent topic of plant breeding.
    Keywords: target-site resistance ; ahas ; als ; Triazolopyrimidine herbicide ; Lolium rigidum ; winter cereals ; CO2 enrichment ; drought stress ; WUE ; climate change ; Helianthus ; sunflower ; morphological ; sustainable ; glyphosate ; pesticide ; residue ; pollution ; weed control ; organic plant production ; barley ; Pyrenophora teres f. teres ; net blotch disease ; biotic stress ; superoxide dismutase ; antioxidant enzyme ; cereals ; water shortage ; carbon dioxide ; root development ; Triticum aestivum L. ; wheat ; seed germination ; seedling development ; germination time ; low-temperature stress ; leaf discolouration ; seedling stage ; SSR markers ; near-isogenic line ; rice (Oryza sativa L.) ; pepper ; general defence response ; tissue retention ; hypersensitivity response ; resistance breeding ; Agrobacterium-mediated transformation ; functional genomics ; Solanum lycopersicum L. ; Micro-Tom ; DsRed fluorescence ; Agrobacterium rhizogenes ; soil salinity stress ; adaptation ; environmental share ; interaction ; plant breeding ; sustainability ; pepper breeding ; bacterial spot resistance ; Xanthomonas hortorum pv. gardneri ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The 10th International Conference on Modern Circuit and System Technologies on Electronics and Communications (MOCAST 2021) will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from July 5th to July 7th, 2021. The MOCAST technical program includes all aspects of circuit and system technologies, from modeling to design, verification, implementation, and application. This Special Issue presents extended versions of top-ranking papers in the conference. The topics of MOCAST include:Analog/RF and mixed signal circuits;Digital circuits and systems design;Nonlinear circuits and systems;Device and circuit modeling;High-performance embedded systems;Systems and applications;Sensors and systems;Machine learning and AI applications;Communication; Network systems;Power management;Imagers, MEMS, medical, and displays;Radiation front ends (nuclear and space application);Education in circuits, systems, and communications.
    Keywords: incremental power and timing optimization ; Lagrangian relaxation ; gate sizing ; multimode multicorner ; physical optimization ; two-qubit states ; quantum computers ; quantum gates ; Rabi oscillations ; single qubit quantum computer ; quantum operations simulation ; vision transformers ; computer vision ; deep learning ; artistic style recognition ; memristor model ; tantalum oxide ; memory crossbar ; nonlinear dopant drift ; window function ; LTSPICE library memristor model ; stochastic computing ; stochastic filtering ; stochastic FIR filter ; unconventional computing ; electrical masking ; interconnection delay ; Single Event Multiple Transients ; Soft Error Rate ; STA ; TCAD ; timing-masking ; transient faults ; IoT ; wireless sensor networks ; hydroponics ; smart agriculture ; Network-on-Chip ; bufferless routing ; 3D NoC ; Markov chains ; visible light communication (VLC) ; wireless communication ; analog front end (AFE) ; pre-amplification ; classification ; COVID-19 ; lightweight neural network ; medical imaging ; chest X-rays ; image sensors ; 3D pixels ; 3D sequential integration ; 3DSI ; monolithic 3D ; M3D ; coupling ; parasitic capacitances ; memristor ; emulator ; analog design ; switched capacitor ; mixed signal ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: The digital economy has significantly impacted countries throughout the world by contributing to the growth of the economy and the further progress of societies. Recent developments demonstrate that the information and innovation-driven era triggered integration of traditional activities and digital technologies. Moreover, the rise of innovation has been accelerating in emerging industries such as cleantech, the new generation of information technology, biotechnology, and high-end equipment manufacturing. The estimations provided by the World Economic Forum predict that “new value creation over the next decade will be based on digitally enabled platform business models”. Therefore, organizations must change the traditional approaches adopted and capture value in the context of digital disruptions. These tendencies raise a number of management challenges that need to be solved by the efforts of the scientific community. Therefore, this Special Issue provides the platform for a fruitful discussion and the development of relevant theories.
    Keywords: leadership behaviors ; e-training ; employment security ; stress management ; employee performance ; teaching staff ; digitalisation ; hospital ; optimisation of resources ; equipment/facilities ; COVID-19 ; benefits ; savings ; leadership styles ; high-involvement human resource management practices ; small and medium enterprises ; digital era ; active learning ; growth mindset ; self-efficacy ; engagement of employees ; adaptive performance ; innovation management ; digital entrepreneurship ; creative industries ; tourism ; creative entrepreneurship ; research agenda ; e-government ; digital management ; e-leadership ; technologies ; municipalities ; stablecoins ; risks in business economics and finance ; digital trading and investment platforms ; economic sanctions ; digital currencies ; customer loyalty ; perceived service quality ; relational benefits ; relationship quality ; sustainability ; bibliometric analysis ; Scopus ; digital transformation ; labor market ; labor productivity ; unemployment ; Saudi Arabia ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: System dynamics is a simulation modeling approach to strategic and policy analysis that has been applied to many health care and public health issues since the 1960s and has become increasingly prevalent since the 2000s. The ten articles in this reprint appeared in a Special Issue of Systems and cover a broad cross-section of relevant methodological topics as well as applications to specific health problems.One methodological article describes the use of cascaded system archetypes, with an application to reducing hospital congestion. Another discusses Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis, with an application to the US opioid crisis. Three of the articles describe models of community response to severe shocks, including recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Two other articles address strategies for dealing with myriad chronic diseases and risk factors in a population. Other papers include in-depth analyses of prostate cancer screening, digital prosthetic services for lower-limb amputees, and the complex behavioral health challenge of youth homelessness.This reprint provides an excellent snapshot of the current state of practice in system dynamics as it is applied to public health, health care delivery, and health policy. It offers practical policy guidance and will be of interest to both experienced practitioners and those new to the field.
    Keywords: simulation model ; public health practice ; chronic disease ; prevention ; cardiovascular diseases ; cancer ; COVID-19 ; tourism recovery ; public policy ; system dynamics ; participatory modelling ; health ; social care ; integrated care ; hospital ; delayed hospital discharges ; strategy ; congestion ; capacity ; archetypes ; unintended consequences ; population health and well-being ; equity ; stewardship ; resilience ; simulation modeling ; uncertainty analysis ; optimization ; sensitivity testing ; Monte Carlo randomization ; opioid epidemic ; prosthetics ; major lower-limb amputations ; prosthesis usage ; amputee mobility ; health care system ; health policy ; youth homelessness ; child welfare ; juvenile justice ; mental health ; public health ; decision making ; long-term conditions ; resource allocation ; complex systems ; early detection of cancer ; mass screening ; decision-making ; dissemination ; clinical practice guidelines ; evidence-based guidelines ; policy decision thresholds ; prostate cancer ; natural history of disease ; biomarker ; PSA ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, the cryptocurrency market has experienced exponential expansion. Evolving from sets of transactions primarily conducted on Internet fora into a significant market valued at over 1.2 trillion USD as of August 2023, today cryptocurrency trading occurs 24/7 on more than 600 platforms. Despite its persistent volatility, recurrent speculation bubbles and subsequent market crashes, the trading characteristics of cryptocurrency exchanges are similar to those observed in mature financial markets. Recently, the correlation between the most frequently traded cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin and Etherereum, has increased significantly versus the stock indices and other financial assets, suggesting an emerging connectedness with the global financial markets. This Special Issue collected research studies that make steps towards developing a better understanding of cryptocurrency market, with a particular aim of confirming or denying the growing signs of market maturity. Most submissions focus on price fluctuations in the cryptocurrency exchanges and produce evidence of the cryptocurrency market’s evolution into a valid and interrelated component of the global financial markets. Interestingly, the events related to COVID-19 contributed to the intensification of this process. Some articles address the structure of the cryptocurrency market, including DeFi, the methods of obtaining consensus used, and the environmental impact of these transactions.
    Keywords: public-key cryptosystem ; error correcting code ; bounded distance decoding ; blockchain technology ; cryptocurrency ; Kolmogorov entropy ; DAO ; metaverse ; Bitcoin carbon footprint ; Bitcoin mining ; energy consumption ; FIGARCH ; MFDFA ; long memory ; Hurst exponent ; permanent policy ; cryptocurrencies ; noise and trend effects ; tick-by-tick data ; network structure ; community detection ; COVID-19 ; AI ; business development ; information processing ; volatility ; precision ; financial development ; bitcoin ; ADCC-GARCH ; diversifier ; hedge ; safe haven ; anomaly score ; Mahalanobis distance ; minimum covariance determinant ; shrinkage estimators ; blockchain ; edge computing ; electric vehicles ; Ethereum ; P2P charging ; DeFi ; oracle ; automated market makers ; decentralized exchange ; lending protocol ; forex market ; complexity ; entropy ; multifractal analysis ; complex systems ; financial crisis ; econophysics ; financial markets ; cross-correlations ; multiscale ; time series ; fluctuations ; correlations ; multifractality ; market maturity ; market impact ; collective dynamics ; time series analysis ; portfolio optimization ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: This book highlights the role of research in Ecosystem Services and Land Use Changes in Asia. The contributions include case studies that explore the impacts of direct and indirect drivers affecting provision of ecosystem services in Asian countries, including China, India, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Findings from these empirical studies contribute to developing sustainability in Asia at both local and regional scales.
    Keywords: coast ; Odisha ; Brahmani River ; climate resilience ; water management ; water quality ; hydrological simulation ; management plan ; water-energy nexus ; spatial water variability ; climate change ; thermal power plant ; Ganges River basin ; 3Rs program ; landscape sustainability ; municipal solid waste ; pig farming ; resource circulation ; resource use efficiency ; urban–rural nexus ; zero-waste lifestyle ; herder ; rangeland degradation ; perception ; traditional rangeland management practices ; Mongolia ; expansion of impervious surface ; underground space development ; deep soil excavation ; SOC loss in deep soil ; urban renovation ; Guangzhou city ; ecological sensitivity ; ecosystem service values ; CA-Markov model ; urban expansion ; Three Gorges Reservoir area ; land use ; ecosystem services ; InVEST ; topographic index ; ecosystem pattern ; wetland ecosystem ; urban wetland ; wetland ecosystem services ; Muthurajawela Marsh ; Negombo Lagoon ; sustainability ; land change modeling ; scenario modeling ; wind erosion prevention service ; revised wind erosion equation ; geo-detector ; food-energy-water security ; nexus ; weighted mean method ; indicator framework ; circulating ecological sphere ; Nagpur ; land use change ; ecosystem service value ; patch-general land use simulation (PLUS) model ; Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration ; heat stress ; WBGT index ; humidex index ; public perceptions ; payment for watershed ecosystem services ; willingness to pay ; willingness to accept ; public participation ; village tank cascade system ; land use systems ; ecosystem services mapping ; ecosystem services trade-offs ; ecosystem services-based ecological restoration ; land-use change ; hotspot analysis ; Geodetector ; central Yunnan urban agglomeration ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: Mountain forests and alpine ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and endemism, and they are also large global carbon stores. They are highly threatened by climate change, population growth and land use change. Mountains represent an ideal natural laboratory in which the evolution of social–ecological systems can be investigated and to the current challenges and opportunities that this past evolution has created can be assessed. Mountains have been centres of past development and conduits for the spread of crops, populations and technologies. They were and remain a locus for cultural interaction, as manifested recently in many parts of the world at the local level through pastoral–agricultural–urban interactions over access to space and resources, particularly water. The relevance and impact of this Special Issue on mountains goes beyond academia, as practitioners and policymakers need key information on the dynamics and changes in threatened ecosystems to help design and implement appropriate management strategies for sustainable mountain futures.
    Keywords: environmental perceptions ; land function ; rural space ; karst mountain area ; Mediterranean ; Montenegro ; mountain ; katun ; traditional architecture ; vernacular heritage ; transhumance ; extensive cattle rearing ; ecological indices ; land abandonment ; land management ; meadows ; mountain agroecosystems ; mowing tolerance ; mountain vegetation ; pastures ; spreadsheet ; fractal characteristics ; natural geographical features ; water-facing distribution ; suitable space ; rural mountain settlements ; population ; population trends ; urbanisation ; sustainable development ; deforestation ; shifting cultivation ; traditional fallow ; swiddens ; land-use change ; spatial effects ; small-scale context ; socio-economic drivers ; policy assessment ; CAP ; policy trade-offs ; mitigation policies ; gully agricultural production transformation ; rural development ; sustainable land use ; geographically and temporally weighted regression ; gully land consolidation ; farmer ; Chagga ; gender ; East Africa ; local knowledge ; Kilimanjaro ; Hehe ; Udzungwa ; wealth groups ; alpine and montane ecosystems ; austral perspective ; environmental sustainability ; global change ; long-term research ; mountain observatories ; multi-disciplinary research ; social context ; socio-ecological coupling ; Southern Africa ; model complexity ; model validation ; Landsat ; satellite data ; species distribution models ; connectivity ; fragmentation ; Maxent ; functional traits ; environmental drivers ; mycorrhizas ; fourth corner ; RLQ ; Andean forests ; alpine ; mountains ; climate change ; experimental manipulations ; PRISMA ; precipitation ; drought ; vegetation ; New Zealand ; hill country ; poplar ; kānuka ; agroforestry ; silvopasture ; soil conservation ; erosion ; ecosystem services ; alien species ; biological invasions ; citizen science ; elevation ; species abundance ; tree invasions ; woody plant encroachment ; adaptation strategies ; ethnicity ; farmers ; Itombwe Mountains ; perceptions ; wealth group ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: This book focuses attention on significant novel approaches developed to monitor land surface by exploiting satellite data in the infrared and visible ranges. Unlike in situ measurements, satellite data provide global coverage and higher temporal resolution, with very accurate retrievals of land parameters. This is fundamental in the study of climate change and global warming. The authors offer an overview of different methodologies to retrieve land surface parameters— evapotranspiration, emissivity contrast and water deficit indices, land subsidence, leaf area index, vegetation height, and crop coefficient—all of which play a significant role in the study of land cover, land use, monitoring of vegetation and soil water stress, as well as early warning and detection of forest fires and drought.
    Keywords: Sentinel-2 ; spectral bands ; LAI ; vegetation indices ; Sentinel-1 ; SAR ; RVI ; incidence angle ; crop coefficient ; leaf area index ; urban heat island ; UHI regional impacts ; non-urban areas ; remote sensing ; thermal band ; UHI intensity ; remote sensing/GIS ; spatial dynamics ; landscape metrics ; urban–rural gradient ; urbanization ; automatic monitoring ; time series ; change detection ; urban planning ; hyperspectral ; cacti ; drone ; climate change ; drought ; water deficit index ; infrared observations ; satellite ; surface temperature ; air temperature ; humidity ; dew point temperature ; land subsidence ; DInSAR ; differential interferograms stacking ; floods ; coastal plain of Tabasco ; crop residue ; fusion ; machine learning algorithm ; reflective and radar bands ; land-cover change ; REDD+ ; Google Earth Engine ; random forest ; landsat ; Togo ; emissivity ; evapotranspiration ; heterogeneity ; Rao’s Q index ; spectral variation hypothesis ; thermal infrared ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Food systems are under increasing pressure. They must meet the food requirements of a growing world population, and socio-economic changes also influence the type of foods which are under demand. At the same time, food systems are a major contributor to global environmental change, and environmental changes adversely impact agricultural productivity. This Special Issue explores opportunities and challenges towards achieving more sustainable food systems. Essential changes required in food systems are highlighted, such as more effective food distribution, the avoidance or valorisation of food waste, and less meat consumption. How to actually achieve these required changes across food value chains is also presented. This Special Issue supports solution-oriented approaches towards addressing one of most complex challenges of this century. The reader is invited to study the publications included in this Special Issue in detail.
    Keywords: consumer attitudes ; meat avoiders ; meat reducers ; environmental concerns ; global warming ; climate change ; sustainability ; ecology ; planetary health ; food security ; land ; land use consolidation ; land-use planning ; land tenure ; rural development ; Rwanda ; tenure responsive ; tenure responsive land-use planning ; tenure security ; demographic correlates ; food access ; household ; food insecurity experience scale ; Zanzibar ; sub-Saharan Africa ; vulnerability of food systems ; food neophobia ; environmental concern ; global environmental change ; behavior change ; willingness to pay (WTP) ; organic foods ; China ; Bibliometrics ; food rescue ; convention center ; greenhouse gas emissions ; landfill diversion ; anaerobic digestion ; codigestion ; food waste ; organic waste ; energy and resource recovery ; food waste disposal ; loss aversion ; dead hogs ; policy evaluation ; hog production ; chilli pepper ; organic manure ; application rate ; elevated temperature ; rain-shelter plastic house ; greenhouse ; field ; maize ; agrobiodiversity ; traditional food systems ; local knowledge ; cultural practices ; sustainable agriculture ; supply chain coordination ; supply chain sustainability ; livestock industry ; guanxi ; trust ; dynamic environment ; repeated purchase intention ; agricultural food system ; food policy ; food system sustainability ; urban agriculture ; local development ; food governance ; stakeholder engagement ; food systems ; global food regimes ; innovation ; political–economy ; social–ecological systems ; transformation ; regime shifts ; resilience ; sustainability in the food sector ; food supply chains ; food insecurity ; food waste and loss ; innovation and change ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: This reprint covers topics on geographical scale of glacier and lake ice variations, as well as the engineering scale of ice properties and their practical applications via laboratory tests and numerical modeling.
    Keywords: level ice ; ice resistance ; probability distribution ; polar ship ; circumferential crack method ; ice phenology ; Eurasia ; analytical model ; climate ; altitude ; spatial statistics ; glacier resources ; glacier inventory ; climate change ; topography ; Xinjiang ; polar ships ; propeller ; ice blockage ; cavitation effect ; EFD-CFD ; Manas river basin ; Kaidu river basin ; glacier mass balance ; Geographical detector ; attribution analysis ; arctic oil and gas resources ; Kulluk platform ; mooring system ; ice load ; ice-structure interaction ; sea ice ; fresh-water ice ; parametrization scheme ; melting rate ; laboratory study ; unmanned aerial vehicles ; SIFT algorithm ; brutal force matching ; RANSAC algorithm ; ice velocity ; blasting under ice ; dynamic simulation ; blasting volume ; parameter analysis ; collaborative bearing capacity ; analytic hierarchy process ; SD model ; simulation prediction ; Ulan Suhai Lake ; lake ; wetlands ; optical satellite data ; cloud ; Wuliangsu Lake ; ship ice accumulation ; sea spray ; marine structures ; SPH-FEM coupling method ; distilled water ice ; uniaxial compressive strength ; growth temperature of ice ; strain rate ; grain size ; ice core ; fabric ; microstructure ; glacial shear margin ; Dalk Glacier ; river ice ; thickness ; GPR ; temperature ; Yellow River ; water resources from melted glaciers ; lake ice phenology ; ice properties ; ice engineering ; ecosystem under lake ice ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: Ciguatoxins (CTXs), which are responsible for Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), are liposoluble toxins produced by microalgae of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. This book presents 18 scientific papers that offer new information and scientific evidence on: (i) CTX occurrence in aquatic environments, with an emphasis on edible aquatic organisms; (ii) analysis methods for the determination of CTXs; (iii) advances in research on CTX-producing organisms; (iv) environmental factors involved in the presence of CTXs; and (v) the assessment of public health risks related to the presence of CTXs, as well as risk management and mitigation strategies.
    Keywords: ciguatoxins ; HRMS ; Q-TOF ; ciguatera poisoning ; C-CTX1 ; fragmentation pathways ; maitotoxins ; Gambierdiscus ; Fukuyoa ; LC-MS/MS ; QToF ; neuroblastoma cell assay ; matrix effect ; ciguatera monitoring ; SPATT passive samplers ; HP20 resin ; CBA-N2a ; WS artificial substrate ; qPCR ; HTS metabarcoding ; ciguatera ; ciguatoxin ; cytotoxicity assay ; ELISA ; HPLC ; immunoassay ; mouse bioassay ; receptor-binding assay ; ciguatoxins (CTXs) ; neuroblastoma cell-based assay (CBA) ; immunosensor ; pacific ciguatoxins ; natural product ; polycyclic ether ; ring-closing metathesis ; Tsuji-Trost allylation ; French Polynesia ; epidemiology ; toxicological analyses ; risk management ; climate change ; Gambierdiscus polynesiensis ; toxin profile ; nitrate ; urea ; culture medium acidification ; CTX1B ; 52-epi-54-deoxyCTX1B ; 54-deoxyCTX1B ; Dictyota ; Caribbean ; dinoflagellate ; benthic algae ; algal toxin ; harmful algal bloom ; the Indian Ocean ; Arabian sea ; Kuwait bay ; Aden Gulf ; Red Sea ; Gulf of Aqaba ; Andaman Sea ; Bay of Bengal ; seafood safety ; foodborne disease ; experimental exposure ; lionfish ; trophic transfer ; toxin accumulation ; Selvagens Islands ; morphology ; phylogeny ; benthic dinoflagellate ; Beibu Gulf ; Chinese waters ; least absolute shrinkage and selection operator ; machine learning ; data science ; medical informatics ; survival analysis ; foodborne diseases ; Ciguatera Fish Poisoning ; digital technologies ; open data ; risk analysis ; marine biotoxins ; Lagodon rhomboides ; pinfish ; bioaccumulation ; depuration ; Caribbean ciguatoxin ; growth dilution ; model ; kinetics ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology::MMGT Medical toxicology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: The sustainable development of agriculture is not only dependent on economics and policy but also relies on decisions to increase sustainability through either (1) specialization (e.g., sustainable intensification) or (2) diversification (e.g., ecological intensification). Understanding the historical context of the region being evaluated is critical to selecting ideal development strategies. Depending on the emphasis on either specialization or diversification, sustainable development can follow different pathways. Specialization during agricultural development is typically concentrated in specific geographic areas with comparative advantages in terms of agricultural production. However, tradeoffs to agricultural specialization include greater reliance on purchased external inputs, greater dependence on government support, and international and interregional interdependence. Addressing the economic and environmental challenges of specialized agricultural production requires a focus on detailed models and field experiments to help balance productivity with reduced environmental impacts. Diversification can incorporate both enterprise diversification as well as ecological intensification strategies, such as integrating livestock and agroforestry with crops. Despite the promises of maintaining the diversity of small shareholders in the developing world, challenges remain. Regional case studies can be used to inspire and implement diversified agricultural systems for the creation of more sustainable future food systems around the world.
    Keywords: consumers’ food preference ; contingent valuation ; purchasing power ; market prospects ; rural economy ; sustainability ; agricultural development ; agricultural economic cycle ; agricultural policies ; binary outcome models ; off-farm ; rural development ; principal component analysis ; wage employment ; child health ; commercialization potential ; conservation status ; livelihood ; policy ; sustainable ; agricultural mechanization ; structural equation model (SEM) ; partial least square (PLS) ; affecting factors ; agri-food supply chain ; almond nuts ; export demand ; retaliatory tariff policy ; feed brand loyalty ; switching behavior of egg producers ; egg-producing farmers ; logistic regression ; edible beans ; planting behavior ; high quality ; multilevel model ; determinants ; China ; “Belt and Road” ; agriculture products ; trade structure ; social networks ; QAP ; content-based analysis ; media coverage ; spatiotemporal distribution ; sustainability trade-offs ; Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy ; industry chain ; government grants ; technological innovation in agricultural enterprises ; R&D investment ; fast growing tree plantations ; inherently nutrient-poor soil ; improved germplasms ; increased stand wood biomass ; healthier soils ; sustainable development goals ; diversity indexes ; cultivars ; livestock breeds ; Maine ; climate change ; farm irrigation facilities ; agriculture total factor productivity (TFP) ; technical advancement ; roadside vegetation ; reduced mowing ; pollinators ; ecotypic seed ; native plant material ; human food ; Opuntia stricta ; organic production ; non-conventional vegetable ; soluble solids ; agrometeorological modeling ; multiple linear regression ; statistical model ; sugarcane ; yield prediction ; agricultural frontier ; Brazil ; land conversion ; land use ; southern Amazon ; supervised classification ; Teles Pires River ; territorial dynamics ; agricultural education ; agricultural producers ; agricultural professionals ; education and learning processes ; questionnaires ; rural extension ; environmental impact ; soil conservation ; water erosion prediction ; watershed ; WEPP parameters ; Amazon ; beef ; deforestation ; environmental impacts ; greenhouse gases ; livestock intensification strategies ; Cerrado-Amazon ; crops ; geoprocessing ; GIS ; mapping ; rainfall simulator ; satellite images ; soil erosion ; ecological forest ranger ; policy satisfaction ; fuzzy set ; qualitative comparative analysis ; influencing factors ; Amazonia ; Google Earth Engine ; hydro-sedimentology ; reflectance ; satellite imagery ; available water capacity ; hydraulic conductivity ; pore distribution curve ; retention curve ; soil texture ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Description: In the treatment of acute stroke, thrombolysis and thrombectomy have proven to be highly effective. Many patients have seen significant improvement after reperfusion therapy. This reprint aims to address current knowledge gaps and promote advancements in the use of thrombolysis and thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
    Keywords: ischemic stroke ; acute kidney injury ; contrast media ; endovascular treatment ; outcome ; hyperglycemia ; acute ischemic stroke ; large vessel occlusion ; mechanical thrombectomy ; stroke ; ischemia ; machine learning ; cerebral infarction ; biomarkers ; recanalization therapy ; reperfusion ; temperature ; time to admission ; prehospital delay ; prior stroke ; basilar artery ; brain ischemia ; intracranial atherosclerosis ; embolism ; infarction ; clinical symptoms ; intravenous thrombolysis ; endovascular therapy ; recanalization times ; clinical outcome ; hypoperfusion index ratio ; collateral circulation ; collateral scoring ; CTA ; CTP ; thrombolysis ; C-reactive protein ; white blood cell count ; prognosis ; hypoperfusion ; collaterality ; thrombectomy ; frailty ; elderly patients ; hospital frailty risk score ; acute stroke ; perfusion imaging ; CT perfusion ; MR perfusion ; RAPID ; fasting hyperglycemia ; fasting normoglycemia ; long-term outcome ; hemorrhagic transformation ; parenchymal hematoma ; GWAS ; single nucleotide variants ; anterior circulation ; bridging therapy ; recanalization ; stroke risk score ; COVID-19 ; Lithuania ; reperfusion therapies ; outcomes ; safety ; prehospital stroke diagnosis ; ultrasound ; brain perfusion ; SONAS® ; prehospital stroke scales ; point-of-care diagnostics ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Plant stress could be defined as any unfavorable condition or substance that can affect or block the metabolism, growth or development of a plant. The response of the plant may vary depending on the frequency and intensity of the stressor, as well as the developmental stage of the plant. Plants, throughout their life cycle, are exposed to a large number of conditions or stressors. Abiotic stress is stress caused by non-living agents. Depending on the nature of the causal agent, it can be divided into physical and chemical. Physical (actually, physical-chemical) stresses include water deficits, salinity (in its osmotic component), temperature extremes (heat, cold, freezing), excessive or insufficient irradiation, anaerobiosis caused by waterlogging or flooding, mechanical stress caused by wind or excessive soil compaction and stress induced by wounds or injuries. Chemical stress is caused by salinity (in its ionic or toxic component), by the lack of mineral elements and by environmental pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), chlorofluorocarbon compounds (CFCs), ozone (O3) and metals. The abiotic stresses that most negatively affect growth and production are probably drought, salt stress and temperature stress (high and low temperatures), all of which are associated with climate change.
    Keywords: gene bank ; germination ; orthodox seeds ; priming ; reactive oxygen species ; deficit irrigation ; plant physiology ; ornamental plants ; water relations ; water-use efficiency ; abiotic stress ; climacteric fruit ; ethylene scavengers ; fruit quality ; potassium permanganate ; Prunus persica ; UV radiation ; climate change ; soilless agriculture ; blossom-end rot ; tipburn ; calcium deficiency ; basil ; heat stress ; metabolome ; transcriptome ; molecular mechanism ; antioxidase ; factor analysis ; ion homeostasis ; osmoregulatory substance ; salicylic acid ; salt stress ; Melia azedarach ; provenance ; water deficit ; physiology response ; comprehensive evaluation ; chilling stress ; phenolics ; momilactones ; gene expression ; biosynthesis ; ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry ; real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction ; L-arginine ; phenological periods ; regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) ; root reserves ; yield ; brassicas ; hyperspectral reflectance ; imaging sensors ; plant phenotyping ; multicolor fluorescence imaging ; thermography ; vegetation index ; salt tolerance ; Triticum aestivum L. ; Triticum durum Desf. ; autophagy ; mitophagy ; PCD ; ROS ; electromagnetic field ; seed priming ; eustress ; seed aging ; phytohormones ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This reprint is devoted to fundamental and applied research in the field of implementing the principles of the circular economy in energy transition, and it substantiates the need for its transformation in the context of sustainable development. Of particular interest are promising areas for the use of secondary energy resources in the economy to create closed production cycles. Specific technologies are considered, and their environmental and economic assessments of scenarios for the introduction of low-carbon technologies in the circular economy, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through the introduction of a circular economy, and the development of regional cooperation are given. Particular attention is paid to the possibility of using eco-innovations for the national transition to decarbonization in the integrated European energy system, Green intellectual capital as a support for corporate environmental development, a sustainable value chain for the industrial consumption of biocomposites, and various options for programs to reduce CO2 emissions.
    Keywords: My Electricity ; photovoltaic (PV) ; LCA ; carbon dioxide emission ; grants ; Poland ; renewable energy ; renewable energy source (RES) ; solar photovoltaic ; self-consumption ; COVID-19 ; energy consumption ; sustainable industrial consumption ; sustainable value chain ; biocomposite ; sustainable packaging ; COVID-19 pandemic influence ; consumer behavior ; green marketing scale ; scale development ; scale validation ; internal marketing ; external marketing ; strategy ; tactics ; operations ; clean technology ; experience circular economy ; rational use ; resource consumption ; sharing model ; green intellectual capital ; green human capital ; green organizational capital ; green relational capital ; environmental development ; sustainable development ; ecology ; innovative development ; decarbonisation ; energy efficiency ; “green” transition ; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) ; factor analysis (FA) ; circular economy (CE) ; sustainability ; sustainable development indicators (SDI) ; European Union (EU) ; circular economy ; European green deal ; industrial symbiosis ; transformation ; green organization ; performance evaluation ; sustainable development goals ; resources ; value chain ; management functions ; sustainability-oriented innovation ; conceptual framework ; energy transition ; energy systems modelling ; islands ; life cycle assessment ; low-carbon heating ; responsible consumption ; green purchase ; purchase intention ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management
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    Publication Date: 2023-05-11
    Description: As Editor-in-Chief of the journal Diabetology, I am pleased to announce that the Special Issue “Diabetology: Feature Papers 2022” has now been published as a reprint. Diabetology (ISSN 2673-4540) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific open access journal that provides an advanced forum for studies related to the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, management, complications, and prevention of diabetes, including the molecular, biochemical, and physiological aspects of diabetes. In this Special Issue, “Feature Papers”, we aimed to publish outstanding contributions in the main fields covered by the journal, which will make a great contribution to the community. This reprint covers the whole spectrum of diabetology from risk screening, risk markers, pathways of disease in type 1 diabetes and insulin treatment, and management of the disease and comorbidities.
    Keywords: older people ; diabetes mellitus ; management ; insulin therapy ; frailty ; sarcopenia ; type 1 diabetes ; type 2 diabetes ; insulin ; beta cell preservation ; verapamil ; thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) ; Chronic Care Model ; self-management of type 2 diabetes ; chronic disease ; healthcare system of Pakistan ; patients’ quality of life ; obstructive sleep apnoea ; DM ; obesity ; inflammation ; polysomnography ; coronavirus disease 2019 ; COVID-19 ; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; diabetes ; diabetic ketoacidosis ; DKA ; hyperglycemia ; mortality ; innate immunity ; cytokine storm ; angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ; pancreatic β-cell damage ; pediatrics ; HbA1c ; telemedicine ; continuous glucose monitoring ; prediabetes ; liver enzymes ; rhenium (V) compound ; triglycerides ; NAFLD ; fructose ; injection technique ; lipohypertrophy ; sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors ; nocturia ; sodium intake ; key informant interviews ; prevention of type 2 diabetes ; National DPP ; DSMES ; telehealth ; provider experiences ; lipodystrophy ; clinical detection ; recommendations ; rehabilitation ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Today, a great variety of contraceptive techniques are available to women; this, coupled with improving the educational levels of female children and adults, is hastening a decline in fertility and consequently, population growth. With the advent of sustained fertility rates lower than replacement levels in many countries, including China and India, we are already witnessing major economic, social, environmental, and geopolitical consequences. Given this situation, today, the promotion of the use of contraception means improving health, not demography, placing emphasis on individuals and not just on methods alone; on the quality of services, and not simply on availability. Indeed, there is an increasing awareness that contraception can help women reduce health risks that are associated with reproductive events and specifically, with unwanted pregnancies. This means that, no matter how ideal a method may be from a purely scientific viewpoint, it must be submitted to the free, decision-making of well-informed women. To contribute to this new user-centric perspective, this reprint presents a series of articles in which technology is considered withing the broader concept of women’s health. Five articles deal with issues related to the users’ and providers’ perspectives; three discuss a modality that is receiving increasing attention, the so-called Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC); and the last three contributions highlight the new advances in oral hormonal contraception.
    Keywords: long-acting reversible contraception ; intrauterine device ; LARC placement delays ; removal rates ; inner-city clinic ; emergency contraception ; contraceptive method ; levonorgestrel ; ulipristal acetate ; community pharmacies ; health services administration ; combined hormonal contraception ; estetrol ; metabolism ; SHBG ; cycle control ; hemostasis ; emergency contraception pills ; morning-after pill ; sexual behavior ; students ; contraceptive knowledge ; contraceptive attitude ; contraceptive experience ; hormonal contraception ; long-acting reversible contraceptive ; quality of life ; sexual arousal and desire ; short-acting reversible contraceptive ; Nexplanon ; subcutaneous device ; etonogestrel implant ; alternative insertion ; implantation site ; contraceptive implant ; norethisterone acetate ; POP ; progesterone-only pills ; vaginal bleeding ; vaginal spotting ; contraception ; sexual habits ; women ; long-acting reversible contraceptives ; short-acting reversible contraceptives ; counselling ; COVID-19 ; LARC ; reproductive health ; sexual health ; oral contraceptives ; bleeding pattern ; ethinylestradiol ; estradiol ; drospirenone ; norethindrone acetate ; nomegestrol acetate ; dienogest ; abnormal uterine bleeding ; amenorrhea ; dysmenorrhea ; levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system ; Progestasert ; n/a
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: In this Special Issue, we aim to represent the vibrant state of protein structure studies at the end of 2021. Recent decades have brought significant changes to the protein structure research field. Thanks to the genome projects and advances in structure determination methods, the number of solved protein structures has increased significantly. Protein structure research is experiencing a new renaissance, and in 2020 the number of deposited structures in the PDB database reached a new record. An assortment of many new frontiers are presented in this collection. A single Special Issue cannot give a comprehensive overview of a large field such as proteins science, but we aim to give a broad overview of current research.
    Keywords: configurational entropy ; force fields ; intrinsically disordered proteins ; protein folding ; NMR ; high hydrostatic pressure ; thermodynamic stability ; α-helical bundle ; Li-Fraumeni syndrome ; hereditary breast cancer ; germline TP53 missense variants ; quantitative prediction model ; protein conformation ; protein–protein interactions ; protein–protein binding ; protein–protein complex ; coarse-grained modeling ; multiscale modeling ; UFM1 ; UBA5 ; UFC1 ; protein-protein interactions ; complex structure ; oxidative stress ; Nrf2 ; Keap1 ; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; hydrogen/deuterium exchange ; mass spectrometry ; circular dichroism ; intrinsically disordered ; bifidobacteria ; fucosidases ; glycosyl hydrolases ; conserved domains ; human milk ; analytical ultracentrifugation ; CO2 concentrating mechanism ; diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy ; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ; homotetramer ; manganese ; metalloprotein ; photosynthesis ; small-angle X-ray scattering ; C1q ; calcium binding proteins ; genetic variation ; otoconia ; otolin-1 ; OTOL1 ; site-directed mutagenesis ; thermal shift assay ; B.1.1.7 ; B.1.617.2 ; COVID-19 ; E484Q ; T478K and L452R mutation ; N501Y mutation ; spike protein ; tetrabromobisphenol A ; tetrabromobisphenol S ; erythrocyte membrane ; retardants ; erythrocytes ; protein–ligand interactions ; protein dynamics ; FK506-binding protein ; FKBP12 ; FKBP51 ; oxidative folding ; glutathionylation ; nitrosylation ; cysteine reactivity ; ribosomal exit tunnel ; transient complex ; glutathione ; phosphorylation ; transmembrane proteins ; saturation mutagenesis ; deep sequencing ; residue packing ; deep learning ; convolutional neural network ; bidirectional long-short term memory ; protein ; prediction ; contact ; distance ; alphafold ; ProSPr ; CASP ; dataset ; retrainable ; mutual synergetic folding ; solvent accessibility of peptide bonds ; inter-subunit interaction ; solvent-accessible surface area ; Shannon information entropy ; amino acid composition ; glucose ; GlcNAc ; galactose ; GalNAc ; mannose ; xylose ; fucose ; Neu5Ac ; glucuronate ; iduronate ; tetrahydropyran ; entropy ; free energy ; free energy landscape ; energy-dependent protein folding ; co-translational protein folding ; molecular chaperones ; physical model of protein folding ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: This reprint focuses on data-driven software solutions and their impact on research and development at the academic, industry, business, and government levels to exploit the hidden knowledge and big data that can be offered to cities and citizens in the future. Data-driven software solutions are different from “traditional” software development projects, as the focus of the main development core is on managing the data (e.g., data store and data quality) and designing behavioral models with the aid of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. To this end, new life cycles, algorithms, methods, processes, and tools are required. This reprint is centered on the recent trends and advancements in the field of engineering data-intensive software solutions to address the challenges in developing, testing, and maintaining such data-driven systems, with a focus on the application of data-driven solutions to real-life problems and techniques and algorithms addressing the different challenges of data-driven software engineering.
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; data analytics ; schools’ impact ; Google mobility impact ; feature selection ; ontology ; text classification ; machine-learning ; SARS-COV-2 ; Bayesian regression ; changepoint detection ; European football championship ; big data ; delay-tolerant network (DTN) ; multi-attribute decision making ; public transport ; energy consumption ; software development process ; operations ; software engineering ; information system development ; team structure ; Software Library Recommendation ; graph filters ; dependency graphs ; link prediction ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNT Media, information & communication industries::KNTX Information technology industries
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Although many educational researchers were pioneers in the integration of technology into teaching and learning prior to 2000, institutions started extensively adopting technology in their courses around this period. However, the adoption process was slow and mainly followed the traditional mode of teaching in the formal university learning environment. The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption “forced” everyone to use technology for teaching and learning purposes, supporting synchronous and/or asynchronous teaching and learning processes. This book aims not only to present successful practice examples from before or during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to provide useful information to university teachers, assisting them in further understanding the higher education context, demands and challenges of digital education. Including evidence from the current higher education landscape from all over the world and discussing various frameworks allows institutions and policymakers to take decisions about the future digital education transformation, while teachers and educational researchers can find examples of how various digital learning tools (i.e., virtual simulations and e-portfolios) are integrated into teaching and learning processes in various environment (i.e., online, and blended learning). Considering experiences prior to the COVID-19 pandemic alongside the opportunities and challenges brought about by the pandemic, this book can support the higher education sector in considering curriculum reformations and introducing innovative teaching and learning approaches to meet the Industrial 4.0 revolution.
    Keywords: standardized test ; Saber Pro ; student characteristics ; mean score differences ; correlations between competencies ; academic performance ; improvement ; e-learning ; technology acceptance ; learning management system ; behavioral intention e-learning ; behavioral intention ; digital learning ecology ; self-directed learning ; learning technology ; digital resilience ; higher education ; HeXie ; bioscience ; home labs ; COVID-19 ; practical skills development ; learning communities ; gamification ; flipped classroom ; virtual labs ; remote lab ; virtual lab ; enquiry-based learning ; inquisitive learning ; interactive learning ; digital interruptions ; online learning ; mobile learning ; blended learning ; career planning ; electronic learning ; employability ; Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ; science education ; student teachers ; self-report measure ; ubiquitous learning ; learning theories ; digital transformation ; educational environment ; eco-environment ; educational design ; process model ; capabilities ; Labour 4.0 ; teaching ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-20
    Description: Comprehensive understanding of surface water and groundwater interaction is essential for effective water resources management. Groundwater and surface water are closely connected components that constantly interact with each other within the Earth’s hydrologic cycle. Many studies utilized observations to explain the surface water and groundwater interactions by carefully analyzing the behavior of surface water features (streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and estuaries) and the related aquifer environments. However, unlike visible surface water, groundwater, an invisible water resource, is not easy to measure or quantify directly. Nevertheless, demand for groundwater that is highly resilient to climate change is growing rapidly. Furthermore, groundwater is the prime source for drinking water supply and irrigation, and hence critical to global food security. Groundwater needs to be managed wisely, protected, and especially sustainably used. However, this task has become a challenge to many hydrologic systems in arid to even humid regions because of added stress caused by changing environment, climate, land use, population growth, etc. In this issue, the editors present contributions on various research areas such as the integrated surface water and groundwater analysis, sustainable management of groundwater, and the interaction between surface water and groundwater. Methodologies, strategies, case studies as well as quantitative techniques for dealing with combined surface water and groundwater management are of interest for this issue.
    Keywords: groundwater-surface water interaction ; analytical ; numerical ; FEMME ; STRIVE ; MODFLOW ; Long Short-Term Memory ; groundwater level prediction ; groundwater withdrawal impact ; groundwater level variation ; machine learning ; integrated surface water and groundwater analysis ; climate change ; hydraulic fracturing ; construction of well pads ; MIKE-SHE ; MIKE-11 ; northwestern Alberta ; SWAT+ ; groundwater ; modeling ; groundwater–surface water interactions ; rainwater harvesting ; climate variability ; small island developing states ; improved water governance ; national sustainable development plans ; SDG6 ; community participation ; drinking water supply ; water supply scheme ; surface water/groundwater interactions ; managed aquifer recharge ; induced riverbank filtration ; groundwater resource management ; water curtain cultivation ; surface–groundwater interaction ; water budget analysis ; Nera River ; carbonate aquifer ; recession curves ; seismic sequence ; permafrost hydrology ; Russian Arctic ; water tracks ; hydrological connectivity ; stable water isotopes ; dissolved organic carbon ; electrical resistivity tomography ; taliks ; flood ; surface and groundwater interactions ; HEIFLOW ; Managed Aquifer Recharge ; groundwater tracer ; heat transport ; surface–ground-water interactions ; infiltration basin ; groundwater hydrology ; young water fraction ; global meteoric water line ; northern Italian Apennines ; stakeholder participation ; surface water-groundwater interaction ; scenario modelling ; integrated water management ; agent-based modelling ; SimCopiapo ; water balance ; water table fluctuation method ; irrigated pastures ; deep percolation ; aquifer recharge ; clay soils ; flood irrigation ; water management ; surface water ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: This reprint, entitled “Process Control and Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0”, contains the extended papers from the Series of annual IFSA conferences on Automation, Robotics and Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0 (ARCI) on the following topics: Process Automation, Process Control and Monitoring, Design Principles in Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing and Technologies, Smart Factories, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing. The reprint contains 13 chapters written by 54 ARCI conference participants from seven countries: China, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Poland and Romania. This reprint will inform readers of cutting-edge developments in the field and provide effective starting points and a road map for further research and development. All chapters follow the same structure: firstly, an introduction to the specific topic under study; secondly, a description of the field, including sensing or/and measuring applications. Each chapter ends with a curated list of references, including books, journals, conference proceedings and websites. “Process Control and Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0” is intended for researchers and scientists from academia and industry, as well as for postgraduate students.
    Keywords: steel alloys ; resistance spot welding ; RSW ; electrode wear ; electrode tip-dressing ; process monitoring ; mushrooming ; plateau forming ; quality control ; COVID-19 ; FDM ; 3D printing ; injection molding ; personal protection ; rapid prototyping ; protective face shields ; mechatronics line ; visual servoing system ; wheeled mobile robot ; industrial robotic manipulator ; Industry 4.0 ; NDT ; magnetic particle inspection ; optimization ; condition monitoring ; vibration ; acoustic emission ; drive train ; data fusion ; machine learning ; product morphology ; core data model ; phase rule filter ; phase private data model ; storage system ; forklift AGV ; deep learning ; semantic segmentation ; H-Swish ; community transformation ; community innovation governance ; ternary space ; coupling and coordination analysis ; lean manufacturing ; lean principles ; pull principle ; production control mechanisms ; production processes ; lean implementation ; batch process ; partial least squares ; multi-phase ; multi-mode ; master production scheduling ; make-to-order ; mathematical programming ; agent-based ; overtime ; earliness ; tardiness ; equipment selection decision ; business compass ; energy consumption ; processing time ; beetle antennae search algorithm ; sustainable blank dimension design ; energy-saving ; low-carbon ; grey wolf algorithm ; gas–solid ; cyclone ; separator ; gas dynamics ; erosion ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PN Chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: Achieving success along the entire production and supply chain of a dairy sector depends explicitly on adopting a sustainable 'state of the art' approach. In this regard, understanding key sustainability indicators and challenges with a holistic approach is vital. Appropriate design, application of novel technologies, implementation of life cycle analysis, upgradation and optimization of the entire production line are some of the key factors to be measured. In addition, it is vital that due consideration is given to demands of the producers, consumers, and dependent industries. Nevertheless, concern for the environment, social security and economy of the region should not be ignored. Precise planning ('on-farm' and 'off-farm') assumes importance especially when circular economy strategies needs to be considered. With these as background, this book is focused towards identifying present opportunities and overcoming future sustainability challenges in the global dairy sector.
    Keywords: dairy ; water ; review ; modelling ; water footprint ; agriculture ; feed additive ; methane mitigation ; enteric emissions ; greenhouse gas ; climate change ; LCA ; environmental impacts ; intensification ; technical efficiency ; four-component model ; endogeneity ; input distance function ; meta-frontier ; stochastic frontier analysis ; dairy processing industry ; European Union ; proanthocyanidins ; condensed tannins ; secondary plant metabolites ; methane ; ruminants ; farm ; organization ; governance ; adoption ; agroecology ; practices ; regulation ; Brazil ; ammonia emissions ; dairy cow ; flushing ; freestall barn ; scraping ; heat pump ; dairy farming ; water heater ; ASHP ; ASHPWH ; usable water ; emissions ; sustainability ; farm type ; sustainable management ; small-/medium-scale animal farms ; food science ; customer experience design ; food well-being ; food psychology ; hedonia ; eudaimonia ; meaningful consumption ; artisan products ; local food ; profit cows ; economic sustainability ; knowledge transfer ; production disease ; production disease economics ; emission factor ; enteric fermentation ; gross energy ; milking cows ; dairy industry ; supply chain management ; safety failure factors ; interpretive structural modeling ; MICMAC analysis ; agro-livestock sector ; GHG emissions ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The fast development of biosensors with high sensitivity through new functional materials introduced, or simplified the procedure in measurements, which is definitely important. However, more attentions should be paid for real applications, increasing tolerances against various matrix that potentially influence the performance of biosensors. This reprint focuses on the biosensors which were widely used in various fields after some problems were circumstanced, analytical methods development for containments in environments and foods, and biomarkers/hazardous substances in cells based on nanozyme or other nanoparticles, combined with antibodies, nucleic acids, aptamers or nanobodies, including enough sensitivity and satisfactory accuracy, maintaining enzyme activity at varied harsh environments.
    Keywords: autoinducer ; co-cultivation bioassay ; food safety ; foodborne pathogens ; N-acyl homoserine lactones ; plasmid-based biosensor ; Yersinia enterocolitica ; immunoassay ; antibody ; dibutyl phthalate ; scopoletin ; amplex red ; silver nanoparticles ; extracellular vesicles ; Fe3O4@TiO2 ; PD-L1 ; aptasensor ; chemiluminescence ; lung cancer ; non-invasive diagnosis ; bound-free phase ; micro/nanoparticles ; point-of-care ; centrifugal microfluidics ; inflammation ; reagent storage ; DNA ; biosensor ; electrochemiluminescence ; sensitivity ; amplification strategy ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; spike glycoprotein ; peptide ; all-dielectric metasurface ; fluorescence sensor ; sandwich assay ; rapid antigen test ; omicron variant ; deoxynivalenol ; gold nanoparticles ; PAMAM ; multi-enzyme probes ; aptamer ; MnO2 ; sulfadiazine ; ALI/ARDS ; biosensors ; PR3 ; human NE ; MMP-2 ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: Plants under natural conditions often face multiple stresses, including drought, salinity, temperature extremes, submergence stress, bacteria, viruses, fungi, insects, etc. These biotic and abiotic stresses negatively influence plant growth and productivity. Various approaches have recently been used to overcome stresses in plants. It is necessary to evaluate and explore how diverse molecular techniques can be applied to different biological studies to improve biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. This will help reduce production losses and increase crop tolerance to various stresses. It is now the time to make a difference by developing plants that can withstand biotic and abiotic stresses.
    Keywords: antioxidants ; drought ; oxidative stress ; pearl millet ; redox implications ; ROS ; chlorophyll fluorescence efficiency ; photosynthetic responses ; enzyme activity ; sugarcane ; smut ; circadian clock ; reactive oxygen species ; Al-induced PCD ; photoperiodism ; peanut ; phylogenetic ; virus-induced gene silencing ; transgenic lines ; physiological and biochemical analysis ; Glycine max L. ; PR proteins ; chitinase ; genome-wide ; plant stresses ; crop residues ; profitability ; soil fertility ; soil biology ; allelopathy ; heat shock protein 20 ; maize ; abiotic stress ; yeast-one-hybrid ; abiotic stresses ; cotton ; hormones ; signaling pathway ; WRKY ; papaya (Carica papaya) ; brassicales ; late embryogenesis abundant protein ; orthogroup ; expression profile ; artificial light ; auxins ; chicory ; callus cells ; inulin ; plant growth regulators ; milk thistle ; secondary metabolites ; ecotypes ; salinity ; growth attributes ; biotic stress ; phenolic compounds ; seaweed ; Dendrobium catenatum ; lipase ; multi-omics ; expression pattern ; gene family ; bio-fertilizer ; ionic homeostasis ; organic amendments ; vermicompost ; cold stress ; PKS5 ; stomatal aperture ; microbiota ; natural farming ; physical factors ; physiological changes ; signal transduction and stressed conditions ; Rhizobium leguminosarum ; PGPR ; Triticum aestivum L. ; cadmium stress ; tolerance ; ascorbate ; glutathione ; malondialdehyde ; chlorophylls ; disease gradient ; disease outbreak ; Puccinia ; wheat stripe rust ; plant epidemic ; dispersal ecology ; alternative plant vitrification solution ; ammonium-free medium ; cytotoxicity ; droplet-vitrification ; endangered species ; liquid overlay ; regrowth medium ; within-plant phenotypic plasticity ; combined stresses ; additive ; antagonistic and synergic effects ; VOCs ; potassium ; soybean ; water logging ; yield ; non-thermal plasma ; plant defense ; glucosinolates ; nitriles ; RNA sequencing ; Arabidopsis thaliana ; Bt toxins ; Cry1Ah1 transgenic poplar ; ecology ; environment ; rhizosphere ; candidate genes ; drought tolerance ; crop improvement ; climate change ; adaptation ; Chenopodium quinoa Willd. ; genotypes ; Sahara ; Algeria ; chitosan ; pathogen ; sustainable ; plant protection ; tomato ; melatonin ; photosynthesis ; climate changes ; antioxidant system ; Malus seedlings ; NaCl treatments ; membrane damage ; osmotic regulation ; archives ; botanical collection ; Greece ; landscape ; pre-rebellion period ; wheat ; priming ; Aspergillus niger ; qRT-PCR ; wilting ; TLP ; β-1,3-glucanase ; biostimulants ; biofertilizers ; soil microorganisms ; phytostimulator ; jewel sweet potato ; shoot tip ; axillary bud ; different MS salts concentration ; micropropagation ; plant performance ; C4 species ; heterozygosity ; transient soil salinity ; soil layers ; desertification ; arid regoins ; total flavonoid ; phenolics ; antioxidant activity ; centella ; Na+ content ; molecular markers ; MAS ; oilseeds ; SSRs ; molecular breeding ; dehydration-responsive element binding (DREB) transcription factors ; gene expression ; mosses ; stress tolerance ; common centaury ; salinity stress ; antioxidative protection ; sodium nitroprusside ; proteomic analysis ; drought stress ; sorghum ; RNS ; RSS ; signaling ; post-translational modification ; microorganisms ; stressful conditions ; sustainability ; nutrition ; Brassicaceae ; Cicer arietinum L. ; chlorophyll a fluorescence transient ; physiological and biochemical traits ; high temperature ; chocolate spot disease ; Botrytis fabae ; faba bean ; antioxidant enzymes ; protein banding and anatomy ; actinobacteria ; Streptomyces tuirus ; chilli fruit rot ; Colletotrichum scovillei ; Colletotrichum truncatum ; Fusarium oxysporum ; liquid bio-formulation ; corn smut ; fungus infection ; MDA ; proline ; quality ; halophytes ; Tripolium pannonicum ; hydrogen peroxide ; cell wall extensibility ; cell wall polysaccharide ; coleoptile ; growth inhibition ; lead (Pb) ; rice ; Bactrocera oleae ; spinosad ; kaolin ; organic oliviculture ; chlorophyll fluorescence ; leaf gas exchange ; physiological traits ; BAG (Bcl-2-associated anthanogene) family proteins ; molecular chaperone ; metabolomics ; metabolic responses ; metabolites variation ; surveillance ; Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus ; comprehensive control ; distribution ; screen house ; Copper hyperaccumulation ; stress mitigation ; EDTA and IAA ; sunflower ; Fusarium wilt ; conventional breeding ; molecular makers ; QTLs ; genomics ; transcriptomics ; metabolomics and proteomics ; bread wheat ; AMF ; zinc ; growth parameters ; osmolyte ; osmoprotector ; ionic attributes ; PGPBs ; growth-promoting fungi ; crop productivity ; plant tolerance ; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ; aerobic rice ; soil enzymes ; phosphorus utilization ; P-deficient ; plant growth promotion ; chickpea ; selection indices ; drought tolerant genotypes ; abiotic and biotic stress ; CRISPR ; mega nucleases ; TALEN ; ZFN ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; 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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special Issue of Life, entitled "Plants as a Promising Biofactory for Bioactive Compounds," showcases the latest research that explores the utilization of plant biofactories for the production of compounds with multiple biological effects, including antioxidant, antitumor, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-Alzheimer, antihemolytic, neuroprotective, and pesticide activities.
    Keywords: Arabidopsis ; hairy roots ; lipase ; protein production ; phenolic acid ; flavonoids ; DPPH radical scavenging activity ; anti-inflammatory activity ; maximum possible analgesia ; beverage preservative ; natural essential oils ; antimicrobial activity ; Lithospermum erythrorhizon ; acetylshikonin ; shikonin ; BAHD ; LeSAT1 ; hairy root ; Agathophora alopecuroides ; antidiabetic ; LC-HRMS/MS ; molecular docking ; waste ; by-product ; composition ; bioactive compounds ; health benefits ; blueberry ; Vaccinium myrtillus ; Vaccinium arctostaphylos ; phenolic compounds ; antioxidant activity ; neuroprotective activity ; naringin ; naringenin ; polyphenols ; neurological disease ; dietary interventions ; Cinnamomum zeylanicum ; polyphenol ; cinnamon oil ; LC-HRMS ; GCMS ; enzyme inhibition ; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ; commercial herb cultivation ; gene expression ; rosemary ; terpene synthase ; volatile production ; coronavirus ; COVID-19 ; antivirals ; vaccines ; plant production ; molecular farming ; recombinant proteins ; secondary metabolites ; ABTS ; DPPH ; early bud burst ; English oak ; half-sib ; late bud burst ; pedunculate oak ; total flavonoid content ; total phenol content ; natural products ; acetone:butanol:ethanol ; solvent extraction ; process design and economics ; Caenorhabditis elegans ; Meloidogyne incognita ; Zivzik pomegranate ; Punica granatum ; antioxidant ; α-glycosidase ; acetylcholinesterase ; carbonic anhydrase ; LC-MS/MS analysis ; antitumor activity ; cancer ; ethnobotany ; lymphoma ; medicinal plants ; natural extracts ; Mexican plants ; Andrographis ; antioxidants ; GS-MS analysis ; β-D-glucans ; cereals ; biosynthesis ; genes ; breeding ; environment ; functions ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: The correct management of territory and its planning based on scientific criteria in the face of the anthropogenic impacts of human activities is one of the main challenges in the 21st century. This publication includes some of the latest advancements in environmental planning and spatial analysis related to the ecological management of territory from a multidisciplinary perspective. The research papers from different researchers, scholars and experts in this field included in this collection were published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health after undergoing a rigorous anonymous peer review process.
    Keywords: shrinking cities ; environmental planning ; territorial sustainability ; analytic hierarchy process ; decision-support systems ; ecological restoration ; dissipative structure ; entropy change ; urbanization ; water resource security ; improved coupling coordination model ; obstacle degree model ; Beijing ; ecological footprint ; ecological capacity ; ecological security ; STIRPAT model ; Hulunbeir grassland ; 2030 Agenda ; strategic planning ; quality criteria ; tailing bricks ; copper mine tailings ; mine tailing stabilization ; mining environmental liabilities ; natural green space accessibility ; public green space ; ANGSt method ; spatial policy ; agriculture green technology diffusion ; stakeholders ; social network analysis ; barriers ; ecological security pattern ; SLEUTH model ; urban growth simulation ; climate change ; environmental impact ; willingness to pay ; virtual reality ; economic complexity indicator (ECI) ; energy consumption ; sustainable environment ; Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) ; Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR) ; ammonium ; nitrate ; migration of nitrogen forms ; fertilization ; land ; natural capital utilization ; economic growth ; decoupling analysis ; decomposition ; student campus ; post-COVID-19 higher education ; socio-ecological system ; environmental policy ; green university ; environment-related routine ; water consumption ; plastic consumption ; paper consumption ; population–resource management framework ; vulnerability assessment ; two-stage dynamic fuzzy programming with Hurwicz criterion ; policy scenario analysis ; SUMP ; urban mobility ; city planning ; hybrid methodology ; multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods ; SIMUS ; weighted sum method (WSM) ; environmental uncertainty ; information transparency ; enterprise technology innovation ; government subsidies ; accessibility ; environmental equity ; legislation ; people with disabilities ; public use ; good governance ; intersectionality ; stewardship ; population ; monitoring ; coastal erosion ; integrated coastal zone management ; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: The global financial crisis plunged the global economy into a great recession. Many central banks responded with unconventional monetary policies such as quantitative easing, negative policy rates, and forward guidance to calm down financial markets. The COVID-19 pandemic led the global economy, financial markets, and central banks to face even more severe problems. Central banks set up further asset purchase programmes to complement existing unconventional monetary policy measures that have already been in place to help the economy to absorb the COVID-19 shock. The new crisis has increased the importance of preserving financial stability through the international cooperation of central banks around the globe. Managing the expectations of market participants plays a crucial role in the context of financial stability. Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to disseminate important empirical and theoretical research questions concerning the connection between monetary policy and international financial markets and to stimulate discussion among academics and policymakers. A special focus is devoted to emerging and developing economies. The Special Issue covers several different articles on a variety of topics from the fields of monetary policy and international financial markets. The contributions address research questions on exchange rates, cryptocurrencies, stock markets, the connection between money supply and inflation after the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of commodity price shocks for banking system stability in developing countries, global liquidity effects, the twin deficit, and the Taylor rule.
    Keywords: exchange rates ; cryptocurrencies ; inflation ; COVID-19 ; commodity prices ; emerging and developing countries ; stock markets ; banking ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Description: Drought and Groundwater Development is an important reference work in the field of groundwater science. Covering various topics related to groundwater contamination and aquifer management, this reprint makes an important contribution to the field of hydrogeology and hydrology by providing up-to-date, comprehensive, and holistic information on groundwater management during droughts. Key features:- Presents global case studies that show readers how this problem affects sites around the world.- Includes a remediation plan, problem-solving, groundwater management, water treatment techniques, and management of available groundwater resources.- Provides advanced techniques that can be applied as a methodology for solving.
    Keywords: aquifer recharge ; groundwater resources ; GIS and remote sensing ; GIS-based AHP ; groundwater potential mapping ; proxy data sources ; artificial recharge ; groundwater ; numerical model ; drought ; water shortage ; riverbank filtration ; dissolved organic matter ; Nakdong river ; trace organic contaminants ; water intake ; detailed numerical modeling ; performance evaluation ; operation scenario ; climate change ; climatic break ; western Africa ; groundwater recharge ; Gilgel Gibe watershed ; LULC ; Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) ; SWAT-CUP ; surface runoff ; conjunctive use ; sand dam ; groundwater well ; water budget analysis ; runoff estimation ; water balance model ; Kajiyama formula ; water supply ; MODFLOW ; reliability ; Korea ; groundwater vulnerability ; GOD Index ; GIS ; EC and NO3− parameters ; net groundwater recharge rate ; water budget ; simple climate change scenario ; Nakdong river watershed ; precipitation ; remote sensing ; thematic layers ; AHP ; weighted overlay ; groundwater potential zone ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: The reprint provides the most relevant and state-of-the-art in the field, including recent developments in the production of natural compounds from various bioresources, and their formulations as bioactives. This reprint also covered the engineered approaches for enhanced biological properties and their potential applications. Identification of novel compounds and bioprocess tools to improve the quantity and quality of bioactive compounds and their formulations are exclusively covered in this reprint.
    Keywords: anti-solvent ; enzymatic saccharification ; EMIM-Ac ; ethanol ; ionic liquid ; lignocellulosic biomass ; recycling ; agro-industry ; microencapsulation ; bioactive compounds ; in vitro digestion ; yogurt ; cannabis ; cannabinoids ; postharvest ; drying ; curing ; storage ; biosynthesis ; pre-treatments ; sorption isotherm ; Raphanus sativus L. ; recombinant IFN-α2a ; apoptosis ; antiviral and antitumor activity ; Japanese knotweed rhizome bark ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; virus neutralization test ; nano-formulation ; nutraceuticals ; prebiotics ; nanofabricated delivery system ; liposomes ; nano-emulsions ; Abelmoschus manihot ; neurodegenerative disease ; oxidative stress ; proliferation ; inflammation ; nucleotide excision repair ; Actinosynnema pretiosum ; ansamitocin P-3 ; ssgA ; AdpA ; morphological differentiation ; pomegranate ; pomace ; extraction ; biological activity ; functional beverages ; sensory quality ; vitamins ; formulation ; homogeneous systems ; hydrophile–lipophile balance ; Emblica officinalis ; phytochemicals ; hyperlipidemia ; pharmacology ; nanoformulation ; Prunus mume ; vasorelaxant ; hypertension ; angiotensin receptor blockers ; agro-waste ; valorization ; value-added bioproducts ; micro/nano encapsulation ; agri-food-pharma applications ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: Antibiotic resistance represents one of the most important challenges in the world and involves humans, animals and the environment.For this reason, it is increasingly important to focus our attention on the present scenarios and the future prospects relating to this problem. The One Health approach helps us and can provide the tools to consider the problem from different points of view, also providing alternative solutions to the use of the antibiotic itself.
    Keywords: Enterococcus ; vancomycin resistance ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; Nigeria ; climate change ; One Health ; Candida auris ; COVID 19 ; emerging pathogens ; antimicrobial resistance ; Staphylococcus aureus ; rabbits ; pathotype ; antibiotic resistance profiles ; spa type ; Italy ; Escherichia coli ; AmpC β-lactamases ; CMY-2 type ; ISEcp1 ; chickens ; wild birds ; livestock ; Greece ; one health ; antibiotic resistance ; human ; animal ; environment ; text data mining ; natural language processing ; common language ; AMR ; AR ; antimicrobial use ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; farm animals ; blaCTX-M ; Chile ; domestic animals ; E. coli ; extended-spectrum beta-lactamases ; wildlife ; Salmonella enterica ; pigs ; Suriname ; whole genome sequencing ; awareness ; antimicrobial stewardship ; layer poultry farms ; surveillance ; Middle East ; One Heath ; foodborne pathogens ; Campylobacter spp. ; Salmonella spp. ; strategic action plan on antibiotic resistance ; Swedish stakeholder perceptions ; qualitative study ; Enteritidis ; multidrug-resistant ; Derby ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSG Microbiology (non-medical)
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    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Description: Weeds are the most important biological factor that affects yield in herbaceous and perennial crops. Nowadays, following the recommendations of government institutions and public opinion, there is an urgent need to search for sustainable weed management practices that have a low impact on the environment and on the health of living organisms. This reprint, established after closing the Special Issue “Sustainable Weed Management” edited by Dr. Alessia Restuccia and Dr. Aurelio Scavo, is a collection of papers (17 research articles and 1 review) related to the recent advancements in sustainable weed control methods and to the biotic and abiotic factors affecting weed adaptation.
    Keywords: cover crop ; weed management ; seed bank ; weed associations ; species richness ; multivariate analysis ; sustainability ; crop competition ; cultural management ; rainfall ; rain-fed agriculture ; seed production ; weed suppression ; weed density ; alternative weed management ; buffalobur ; crop and herbicide rotation ; herbicide efficacy ; surfactant ; terpenes ; mechanism of action ; germination inhibitors ; crops ; allelopathy ; phytochemicals ; P. hysterophorus ; germination ; growth ; herbicide resistance ; resistance mechanisms ; NTSR mechanisms ; TSR mechanisms ; metabolism ; organic ; no-till ; agroecology ; competition ; dispersal ; landscape ; oilseed rape ; sustainable weed management ; growth curve ; plant traits ; elevation gradient ; climate change ; invasive plant species ; Ophraella communa ; invasive species management ; contact herbicide ; pelargonic acid ; esterified seed oil ; foliar penetration ; adjuvant ; tank-mix partner ; non-chemical weed management ; rare weeds ; weed control ; winter wheat ; Chinese elm ; woody weed ; chemical control ; stem implantation ; Olea europaea L. ; Mediterranean basin ; agroecological practices ; minimum tillage ; zero tillage ; pollinating and predatory insects ; agroforestry ; intercropping ; consociation ; weeds ; barley ; false seedbed ; cropping system ; bioherbicides ; compost processing ; coniferous volatiles ; Pinus densiflora ; Pinus koraiensis ; thermal resistance ; durum wheat ; seed germination ; polyphenols ; flavonoids ; Portulaca oleracea ; Stellaria media ; rice ; cultural methods ; herbicides ; impacts ; soil microorganisms ; soil enzymes ; Triticum durum ; soil seedbank ; species diversity ; weed communities ; old landraces ; multivariate statistics ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany & plant sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Global climate changes, particularly extreme events, affect terrestrial carbon, water, and energy exchanges between the atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, thus controlling freshwater availability, floods, and droughts. Therefore, it is urgent and necessary to develop advanced climate simulation and observation approaches and models related to extreme climate events. Advanced climate simulation and observation can improve the accurate prediction of climate change and long-term trends, which can mitigate climate events' impacts on human society. Under these conditions, this reprint aims to introduce advanced climate simulation and observation approaches to various practical studies related to climate variations, including the global climate models (GCMs) and regional climate models (RCMs), mitigation studies of high-impact climate events, predictions of climate variations, and some new artificial intelligence. Twenty-two papers have been collected in this reprint, with eight original research articles reporting on climate change and six papers reporting on climate change's impact on society and the economy. Meanwhile, three papers reported climate change's impact on agriculture, and climate change's impact on human health was studied in five articles.
    Keywords: hydrological modeling ; gridded datasets ; sensitivity analysis ; water balance ; snowmelt ; SWAT ; Upper Vakhsh River Basin ; economic loss prediction ; machine learning ; input-output model ; flooding ; regional climate model ; RegCM4.5 ; western Tianshan Mountains ; parameterization scheme ; air quality satisfaction ; quality of life ; binomial logistic regression ; health utility value ; experienced utility ; elevated [CO2] ; warming ; SPAD ; leaf nitrogen monitoring ; nitrogen management ; Issyk-Kul ; accumulated temperature ; yield per unit area of beans ; climate change ; panel spatial error model ; air pollution ; respiratory disease ; generalized additive model ; scenario analysis ; assessment of economic losses ; arid climate ; geothermal energy ; underground temperature ; greenhouse ; heat exchanger ; agricultural air pollution ; labor migration ; mediation effect ; income effect ; economy of scale ; collective effect ; haze pollution ; scale effect ; special spillover effect ; urban population agglomeration ; AQI ; visual analysis ; heat map ; ARIMA model ; neural network model ; pulmonary tuberculosis ; penalized distributed lag non-linear model ; meteorological factors ; apparent temperature ; cumulative risk ; HDI ; decoupling index ; carbon emission performance ; LMDI ; 10 m wind speed ; cumulus parameterization schemes ; sensitivity of physical processes ; WRF ; mainland China ; environmental regulation ; green innovation efficiency ; SBM of super-efficiency ; system GMM estimation ; model evaluation ; rainfall simulation ; interannual variation ; IAP-AGCM ; Thailand ; China ; environmental Kuznets curve ; geographically weighted regression ; haze ; spatial heterogeneity ; air pollutants ; sustained exposure to pollution ; respiratory and cardiovascular diseases ; CiteSpace ; co-occurrence keywords ; burst words ; mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis ; climate variables ; environmental variables ; ecological niche model ; transmission risk prediction ; drought ; cropland ; CMIP6 ; exposure ; scPDSI ; weather radar nowcasting ; generative adversarial network (GAN) ; Temporal and Spatial GAN (TSGAN) ; heavy precipitation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: The bioeconomy—using renewable bio-resources from the soil and sea to produce food, materials and energy—supports the achievement of sustainable development goals. Its scope is very broad as it involves primary production sectors (agriculture) and sectors that use these resources (manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco). This Special Issue, “Prospects and Challenges of Bioeconomy Sustainability Assessment”, includes an Editorial, thirteen articles, ten reviews and one perspective with international authors. All papers are highly innovative and support the goals of a sustainable world.
    Keywords: AHP ; bioeconomy ; biomethane ; energy community ; Italy ; point scale ; stakeholders’ engagement ; sustainability ; agrarian extractivism ; cheap food ; food regime ; Latin America ; social-ecological transformation ; soy ; environmental awareness ; behavior change ; SWOT analysis ; qualitative analysis ; education for sustainable development ; green movement ; environmentalism ; environmental science ; environmental education ; communication ; stakeholders ; reporting ; bibliometric review ; sustainability reporting ; sustainability performance ; indicators ; multi-criteria decision analysis ; policy implications ; Sustainable Development Goals ; carbon capture and storage ; aqueous bases ; reactor design ; chemical absorption ; FTIR ; absorption capacity ; in-line measurements ; 3D-printed reactors ; digital innovation hub ; value proposition canvas ; ecosystem sustainability ; digital transformation ; model-based design ; cyber-physical system ; collaboration platform ; microbial bioremediation ; cost of bioremediation ; bioremediation industry ; COD solubilization ; chemo sonic pretreatment ; biohydrogen ; specific energy ; biomass ; biotechnology ; agro-ecology ; territorial development ; cluster analysis ; bioplastic ; lactic acid ; PLA ; poly(lactic acid) ; cellulose ; lignocellulose ; cow manure ; circular economy ; bioeconomy education ; bioeconomy learning ; higher education ; vocational education and training ; n/a ; interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets ; distance measure ; closeness coefficient ; barriers ; MADA ; biofuel sector ; sustainable agriculture ; multi-criteria decision making ; TOPSIS ; social LCA ; life-cycle costing ; bioenergy ; biorefinery ; industry 4.0 ; agri-food supply chain ; agri-food 4.0 supply chain ; agri-food 4.0 ; supply chain 4.0 ; food waste management ; water management ; agriculture 4.0 ; LAC region ; bibliometric analysis ; biofuels ; R software ; sustainable supply chain management ; sustainable development ; social responsibility ; environmental issues ; water quality ; pollutant ; surface water ; monitoring ; Pakistan ; drinking water ; 2030 Agenda ; natural resources ; participation ; microorganisms ; energy ; biocatalysis ; biotransformation ; industrial applications ; circular bioeconomy ; greenhouse gas ; biomass production ; second-generation bio-fuels ; environment ; climate change ; pigs ; soya bean ; grass ; protein ; biogas ; lignin ; straw ; heating ; NaOH ; pretreatment ; sustainalist ; sustainable revolution ; SDG ; quality of life ; sustainalism ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Modern society faces various global and regional challenges, including climate change and sustainable development. In order to deal with these challenges, society must be managed properly to follow a sustainable and low-carbon pathway. To advance the studies on this topic, 13 articles have been included in a Special Issue of the “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health”. This is a reprint of the 13 articles published in the Special Issue. The themes covered by the 13 articles include the driving forces of carbon emissions, the carbon market, implications of regional and global low-carbon pathways, green finance, green growth, and air pollution. Various methods have been used in these studies, such as computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, econometric models, and machine learning methods. Most of the articles provide new insights based on evidence from China while the others focus on several regions and the global economy.
    Keywords: carbon price forecasting ; time-varying ; high-order moment ; NAGARCHSK ; gate recurrent unit network ; G-11 countries ; ageing population ; natural resources ; globalization ; CS-ARDL ; resource curse ; green growth ; import ; export ; panel threshold model ; atmospheric pollution ; debt financing cost ; environmental penalties ; environmental regulatory pressure ; heavily polluting firms ; state-owned firms ; economic contribution ; carbon neutral ; endogenous technological progress ; computable general equilibrium analysis ; economic development ; carbon tax ; carbon trading ; community green interaction ; environmental emotion ; related green purchase behavior ; spillover effect ; social diffusion mechanism ; carbon emissions from energy consumption ; decoupling elasticity ; spatio-temporal characteristics ; improved LMDI model ; k-means clustering ; map visualization ; human capital ; green economy efficiency ; green innovation ; LightGBM machine learning ; industrial upgrading ; carbon emission trading pilot ; carbon intensity ; green technology innovation ; environmental governance level ; green finance ; digital economy ; green total factor productivity ; digitalization ; electricity consumption ; carbon emissions ; manufacturing industries ; net zero ; climate change ; mitigation ; energy model ; integrated assessment ; CGE model ; fossil fuel ; energy transition ; foreign direct investment ; corporate social responsibility ; haze pollution ; threshold effect ; heterogeneity analysis ; fixed-effect model ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCV Economics of specific sectors::KCVG Environmental economics ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Rapid advances in modelling research have created new challenges and opportunities for statisticians. Statistical inference in observational studies and many other emerging fields have motivated statisticians worldwide to develop cutting-edge methods and analytical strategies. The aim of this reprint is to showcase the applications and methodological research in all fields of computational statistics. This reprint will provide a forum for computer scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians working in a variety of areas in statistics, including biometrics, econometrics, data analysis, graphics, and simulation.
    Keywords: descriptive statistics ; inferential statistics ; species abundance data plots ; abundance models ; species richness indices ; diversity measures ; sampling ; community comparisons ; diversity in space (time) ; extreme value modeling ; epidemiology ; adaptive sampling ; trend analysis ; ecological modeling ; detection limit ; Pseudo Lindley distribution ; survival discretization method ; over dispersion ; moments ; simulation ; maximum likelihood estimation ; goodness-of-fit ; trigonometric distributions ; modified Lindley distribution ; engineering data ; climate data ; statistical analysis ; Burr III distribution ; stochastic ordering ; middle-censoring ; order statistics ; Teissier distribution ; unit Teissier distribution ; Lambert W function ; entropy ; extropy ; estimation ; compounding distributions ; Lindley distribution ; Lomax distribution ; stress strength model ; characterization ; Nadarajah–Haghighi distribution ; data analysis ; evaporation ; adaptive neuro fuzzy system ; firefly algorithm ; particle swarm optimization ; genetic algorithm ; statistical indices ; Euclidean distance timed and spaced ; meteorological station ; multivariable panel data cluster analysis ; biomedical data ; trigonometric function ; continuous distribution ; undernutrition ; prevalence ; hierarchical Bayesian ; spatial analysis ; small area estimation ; Markov chain Monte Carlo ; wavelet analysis ; extreme subtropical cyclones ; climate change ; sea surface temperature anomalies ; oceanic Rossby waves ; Marine Heatwaves ; Gerber–Shiu function ; constant force of interest ; Volterra equation ; absolute ruin ; delayed reporting times ; generalized odd linear distribution ; hazard rate function ; residual analysis ; Monte Carlo simulation ; Prony method ; exponential sums ; eigenfunctions ; eigenvalues ; sparse expansion ; generating function ; Hankel matrix ; short time Fourier transform ; least-square method ; bivariate beta ; gamma ; hypergeometric function ; sequential ; shift in process variance ; discretizing ; natural discrete Lindley distribution ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTX Information technology industries ; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This book focuses on the application of implementation science methods to enable the rapid uptake and sustainable implementation of new diagnostics into routine health practices to strengthen health systems.Diagnostics are essential for the success of universal health coverage and improved health outcomes. The increased development and deployment of diagnostics for use at the point of care will not guarantee improved access to diagnostics and health outcomes if their implementation is not optimized. Optimal implementation will need to be guided by theories and methods that aim to promote evidence-based practices and findings of research into routine practice, taking into consideration quality systems and contexts.
    Keywords: prognosis ; lactate clearance ; biomarker ; emergency medical services ; emergency department ; critical care ; ultrasound ; imaging ; X-ray ; chest ; diagnosis ; SARS ; SARS-CoV-2 ; rapid diagnostic techniques ; POCT techniques ; lung ultrasound ; COVID-19 ; POCUS ; mHealth devices ; accuracy ; sensitivity ; specificity ; sub-Saharan Africa ; point of care ultrasound ; implementation science ; adoption ; mHealth applications ; disease diagnosis ; treatment support ; rapid diagnostic testing ; RDT ; modelling ; symptoms ; transmission prevention ; infectious disease ; human immunodeficiency virus ; HIV ; coronavirus ; tuberculosis ; health services ; primary healthcare ; point of care diagnostic services ; supply chain management ; resource-limited settings ; Indian pandemic ; rapid antigen tests (RATs) ; CoviSelf ; CoWIN ; digital divide ; rural India ; Indian villagers ; poverty ; discourse analysis ; qualitative medical/health research strategies ; vulnerable populations ; literacy ; diagnostics ; advocacy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Description: Our era is characterized by two major phenomena. On the one hand, we are confronted by climate and environmental crises constituted by, among others, changing weather patterns, loss of biodiversity and natural wildlife, and ecosystem degradation. On the other hand, we are experiencing an ongoing technological evolution culminating in the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The popular notion of “AI for Sustainability” constitutes an attempt to connect these two phenomena in a beneficial way by using AI to alleviate climate and environmental worries. AI is increasingly being used in the analysis, mitigation, and prevention of the climate and environmental crises and their effects. Much less attention has been paid to the idea of the “Sustainability of AI”, which focusses on the materiality of AI technologies themselves. Indeed, what are the hidden costs of AI? Although we use AI in combatting the climate and environmental crises, does it not have its own contributions to these crises? And, if so, how do we account for these contributions? The Special Issue is the first attempt to address the topic of “Sustainable AI” from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The authors that contributed to this issue come from diverse fields such as philosophy, ethics, sociology, law, and engineering. The included papers represent the first steps in understanding what it means to tackle the climate and environmental crises with AI while refraining from aggravating these crises.
    Keywords: artificial intelligence ; Sustainable Development Goals ; ESG ; CSR ; reporting ; disclosure ; sustainability ; sustainable AI ; greenwashing ; unfair commercial practices ; AI Act ; digitalization ; sustainable digitalization ; sustainable development ; SDGs ; Assessment Framework ; mindful ; digital age ; digitainability ; digital technologies ; qualitative research ; environmental impact ; carboncentric ; technocentric ; surrogate-based optimisation ; surrogate model ; sequential model-based optimisation ; Bayesian optimisation ; Green AI ; machine learning ; intergenerational justice ; future generations ; policy-making ; explainability ; transparency ; AI ; AI governance ; ethics ; ethical AI ; differential privacy ; AI certification ; ethics of AI ; AI ethics ; checklist ethics ; ethics of carefulness ; ethics of desirability ; climate justice ; infrastructure ; climate change ; nudging ; digital nudging ; libertarian paternalism ; autonomy ; carbon footprint ; LCA ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This is a reprint of the Special Issue “Urban-Rural-Partnerships: Sustainable and Resilient” in Land, which, based on the URP2020 objectives, invited original contributions dealing with interactions in regional systems, particularly between urban and rural actors, institutions and projects to tackle great societal challenges. The 16 contributions published included conceptual and methodological papers, as well as case studies dedicated to striking examples and providing transferable knowledge and solutions. The guest editors hope that the contributions will stimulate learning processes on various levels, i.e. cross- and transdisciplinary as well as from the local level to entire regions to the broader European and international levels, in order to foster an understanding of integrated regional and urban–rural development.
    Keywords: creativity ; creative actors ; criteria matrix ; regional development ; Slovakia ; sustainable wellbeing ; rural–urban relations ; land management ; local government ; governance ; policy ; case studies ; Europe ; biodiversity offsets ; offset implementation ; production-integrated compensation ; nature conservation ; landscape planning ; agri-environmental policy ; urban–rural continuum ; transdisciplinarity ; deep participation ; co-production ; co-creation ; co-design ; sustainability ; unequal power relations ; New Leipzig Charter ; URP2020 conference ; urban–rural income gap ; spatial pattern ; driving mechanism ; China ; livelihood resilience ; migration ; urbanization ; extreme events ; India ; online business ; online shopping ; spatial diffusion model ; innovation diffusion hypothesis ; efficiency hypothesis ; regional inequality ; rural land tenure ; resilience ; circular migration ; rural-urban migrants ; Beijing ; urban village ; nature-based solutions (NBS) ; green infrastructure ; urban planning ; airshed ; watershed ; natureshed ; peopleshed ; rural–urban fringe ; social and biophysical scales ; agri-food systems ; collective action ; cooperation ; pooling ; urban-rural interlinkages ; short food-supply chains ; regional food systems ; hybrid organizations ; commercial area ; land use governance ; city-regional governance ; goal conflict ; cross-impact balances CIB ; policy mix ; policy design ; policy coherence ; urban and regional development ; structural change ; coal mining ; evidence-based planning ; real-life laboratory ; Service of General interest ; Rhenish coal-mining area ; equal living conditions ; climate change ; climate impact assessment ; scenario corridors ; heat stress ; intermunicipal cooperation ; urban–rural partnership ; sanitation ; faecal sludge management ; wastewater management ; local governance ; local government partnership ; actor-network theory ; just transition ; development strategy ; monoindustrial urban area ; Jiu Valley ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Food quality, including dietary quality and diversity, is as essential to human health as air is to human life. In addition, other healthy lifestyle factors, including a healthy body mass index, regular exercise, no smoking, and sufficient sleep duration, are associated with a lower incidence of chronic non-communicable diseases and longer life expectancy. More importantly, maternal healthy lifestyle factors are also associated with a substantially reduced risk of chronic diseases in their offspring. Childhood is a critical period for the development of a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of chronic diseases in adulthood. However, the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing and unhealthy lifestyles are becoming an epidemic, posing a potential future burden of adult chronic disease. The aim of this Special Issue is to identify and assess dietary factors, including dietary diversity and specific nutrients/phytochemicals, as well as other healthy lifestyle factors, in the prevention and management of childhood chronic diseases. Additionally, we want to identify gaps and tools that could help with the assessment of children’s health. We wanted to encourage all researchers who work in this field to submit original research, reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses to this Special Issue to broaden our knowledge and pave the way for new research directions.
    Keywords: preschool children ; nutritional status ; eating habits ; Mediterranean diet ; Split-Dalmatia County ; fruit consumption ; lipid ; dyslipidemia ; children and adolescents ; China ; child ; diet quality ; caregiver perception ; CCDI ; dietary fat ; polyunsaturated fatty acid ; monounsaturated fatty acid ; puberty timing ; soy food ; obesity ; hypertension ; child and adolescent health ; food marketing ; policy research ; diet ; kindergarten ; menus ; nutritional errors ; children ; blood pressure ; single-child status ; lifestyle behaviors ; birth cohort ; prospective study ; maternal dietary pattern ; neurodevelopment ; malnutrition ; overnutrition ; fruit and vegetable intake ; potassium intake ; renal damage ; leptin ; preterm neonate ; intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) ; growth trajectories ; children health prognosis ; diet quality questionnaire ; food groups ; sentinel foods ; dietary diversity ; sedentary behavior ; metabolic syndrome ; preterm ; prebiotics ; glycomacropeptide ; metagenomics ; breastfeeding ; obesity phenotypes ; healthy lifestyle ; baby food ; food contaminant ; toxic elements ; food exposure ; children safety ; children’s health ; arsenic ; cadmium ; mercury ; lead ; latent class analysis ; mediation analysis ; health-related behavior ; cohort ; health-related quality of life ; Swedish Healthy Eating Index for Adolescents 2015 (SHEIA15) ; Riksmaten Adolescents Diet Diversity Score (RADDS) ; inositol ; myo-inositol ; D-chiro-inositol ; gestational diabetes mellitus ; insulin resistance ; randomized controlled trial ; meta-analysis ; screeners ; nutrition ; physical activity ; sedentary behaviour ; lifestyle risk ; COVID-19 ; dietary balance ; Japan ; mealtime regularity ; lifestyle ; electronic devices ; household ; fast food ; adolescents ; dietary behavior ; family ; childhood asthma ; innate immunity ; fruit and vegetables ; carotenoids ; cardio-metabolic risk factors ; birth weight ; parents’ educational level ; parents’ occupational level ; birthweight ; adiposity ; cardiorespiratory fitness ; cholesterol ; lifestyle intervention ; KIDMED test ; kidney impairment ; Diet Quality Questionnaire ; global dietary recommendations ; overweight ; child-nutrition disorders ; prediabetic state ; nutrition therapy ; Mediterranean ; rural health ; complementary feeding ; determinants ; infant feeding ; Thailand ; young child ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: Maritime transport contributes to over 80% of global trading volumes. As such, marine policy has received a large amount of attention from industrial practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the local community. In general, marine policy covers a wide-ranging area, including governance, international relations, economics, environments, and operations, amongst others. To a certain extent, marine policy fosters the sustainable development of the maritime industry. There has been a wide range of research in different disciplines of marine policy.The purpose of this book is to publish the most intriguing research with respect to the above subjects and to provide a rapid turn-around time regarding reviewing and publishing, as well as to disseminate articles freely for research, teaching, and reference purposes. Furthermore, the book aims to keep readers up to date with the latest developments and research in maritime affairs.
    Keywords: crisis management ; maritime management ; circular letter ; corpus linguistics ; coevolution ; blockchain (BC) ; adoption ; challenges ; developing environments ; Chinese cruisers ; arctic region ; travel constraint ; preference ; behavioral intention ; vessel deployment ; de-hubbing ; transhipment ; port development ; container demand ; liner shipping ; uncertainties ; ship schedules ; schedule recovery ; recovery strategies ; literature survey ; maritime container shipping (MCS) ; network analysis ; Suez Canal (SC) ; weighted network ; graph theory ; 1970s ; liner service (LS) ; disruption simulation ; Maritime Silk Road ; shipping network structure resilience ; dominant port ; vulnerable port ; crisis response ; corporate social responsibility ; container shipping ; text analysis ; COVID-19 ; ferry ; navigation ; safety ; risk ; fuzzy AHP ; coastal management ; fishing areas ; spatial planning ; coastal environmental ; coastal geopolitics ; blue economy ; bibliometrics ; export promotion programs ; export competitiveness ; export performance ; marine transportation ; craft products ; niche differentiation strategy ; craft product ; ship ; transport ; English ; engineer ; IMO ; carbon neutral ; marine fishery ; carbon emission ; carbon sink ; net carbon emission ; LMDI ; maritime industry ; safety management ; ISM Code ; safety supervision ; shipboard safety ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special issue focuses of the most relevant advances in the field of inborn errors of immunity. Indeed, as immunology is rapidly progressing, with the constant discovery of new disease entities and the better characterization of molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies, a continuous update is mandatory for clinician and researchers. In this Issue, the non-infectious manifestations of inborn errors of immunity (such as autoimmunity, atopy, and lymphoproliferation) are deeply discussed, as well as the impact of the novel genetic sequencing techniques in the diagnostic approach. Moreover, some well-known disorders, including common variable immunodeficiency, are extensively reviewed and revisited in a modern way. Also, diseases of recent description, including some disorders of immune dysregulation and inborn errors of immunity associated with syndromes, are described. Finally, some of the papers of this Special Issue focus in a detailed way the molecular mechanisms leading to immunodeficiency and immune dysregulation, also opening the way for further clinical and preclinical studies. As the expanding availability of immunological and genetic testing offers the opportunity to identify new disease entities and elucidate the function of new genes involved in the development and regulation of the immune response, we aim to present the most relevant innovations in this delicate field.
    Keywords: B cell maturation ; CD4+ cells ; T cell maturation ; primary immune deficiency ; autoimmunity ; connective tissue diseases ; atopic diseases ; atopy ; allergy ; selective IgA deficiency ; primary immunodeficiency ; autoimmune diseases ; Immunoglobulin E ; Immunoglobulin deficiency ; infections ; malignancy ; 22q11.2 deletion syndrome ; activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase d syndrome ; common variable immunodeficiency ; complement deficiency ; CTLA-4 ; Immune dysregulation ; LRBA ; severe combined immunodeficiency ; X-linked agammaglobulinemia ; anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; PIMS-TS ; Foxp3 ; IPEX ; CVID ; primary immunodeficiencies ; epigenetics ; DNA methylation ; inborn errors of immunity ; DiGeorge syndrome ; 22q11.2 deletion ; thymic output ; dendritic cells ; immunodeficiency ; copy number variations ; array-CGH ; IKZF1 ; IKAROS ; de novo mutation ; R162Q ; immune response ; heterologous vaccine ; humoral response ; T-cell response ; autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome ; lymphoproliferation ; gastrointestinal infections ; Giardia ; giardiasis ; refractory ; treatment ; immunology ; immunogenetic ; eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders ; eosinophilic esophagitis ; unclassified primary antibody deficiency ; primary antibody deficiency ; transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy ; children ; TNFRSF13B mutations ; isolated IgM deficiency ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Twenty interesting studies on, among others, risks towards firm performance, financial risk and financial uncertainties, risk consequences for European countries’ businesses and economies from the Russia and Ukraine conflict, the effects of adopting enterprise risk management on the performance and risks of European publicly listed insurance firms, the management of financial risks while performing international commercial transactions, market liquidity and its dimensions, benchmarking as a way of finding risk factors in business performance, the effect of risk disclosure for trade credit, risk perception, accounting, and resilience in public sector organizations, and psychological effects from potential unexpected environmental disasters on investors. Although disasters are associated with risk, investors tend to have a different perspective depending on the source of the disaster. More specifically, if a country is facing a natural disaster, where no one can be blamed, the foreign investors who may hold a country’s bonds will continue to trust the country due to the “innocence” of the country. On the other hand, when a firm causes a technological disaster, such as a nuclear power plant explosion, investors, if this corporation is publicly traded, will “punish” the firm by selling its shares at any price to avoid a bigger loss.
    Keywords: na-tech ; systematic risk ; market reaction ; unexpected events ; investing ; banking ; clearinghouses ; systemic risk ; derisking ; drivers and implications of derisking ; risk management ; antimoney laundering (AML) ; combatting the financing of terrorism (CFT) ; financial services ; Malta ; small EU state ; proportionality ; conditional value-at-risk ; CVaR ; CVaR regression ; drawdown ; conditional drawdown-at-risk ; fund style classification ; resilience capacity ; cut-back management ; crisis ; Plato ; fairness ; commercial transactions ; international trade ; game theory ; risk disclosure ; trade credit ; content analysis ; Tunisian listed companies ; benchmarking ; best value ; business ; data envelopment analysis (DEA) ; performance ; risk factors ; microblogging data ; data mining ; investor sentiments ; asset pricing ; market liquidity ; liquidity dimensions ; option pricing ; utility indifference pricing ; transaction costs ; Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation ; penalty methods ; finite difference approximation ; financial risk ; financial institutions ; international commerce ; profiteering ; non-fraudulent currency ; classical Athens ; risk ; bonds ; equities ; hedge funds ; forecasting ; GARCH ; value at risk ; enterprise risk management ; firm characteristics ; firm performance ; firm risk ; insurance firms ; COVID-19 ; helping behavior ; in-group identity ; risk perception ; severity of a local pandemic ; financial ; non-stationary ; time-series ; copula ; dependence ; univariate ; bivariate ; war in Ukraine ; Europe ; consequences ; economy ; companies ; embargo ; institutional volatility ; institutional rigidity ; political and social change ; regime risks ; Sparta ; Athens ; transformational change ; nonprofits ; NDIS Implementation Framework ; business models ; sustainability ; energy crisis risks ; nuclear energy ; renewable energy ; greenhouse gases emissions ; nuclear accidents ; nuclear weapons ; nuclear waste management ; capabilities ; reputation risk ; mediation model ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJC Business strategy ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WC Antiques, vintage and collectables::WCF Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The business model concept has gained a prominent position both in academia and among practitioners during the past 30+ years. The aim of this Special Issue of Systems is to contribute to a stronger theoretical basis for the business model concept. This includes a focus on the systemic character of business models and the systems approaches that this entails. Another important aspect is to allocate more attention to innovations of business models. The business models that emerged with e-commerce and e-business as such were in themselves innovations. However, innovations of business models have received too little attention. Most of the business models analyzed and discussed in the business model literature have been rather static instead of dynamic. This is the reason why this Special Issue of Systems, entitled ‘Business Model—the Perspective of Systems Thinking and Innovation’, has been developed.
    Keywords: digital business models ; digital economy ; network effects ; digital business model innovation ; digital innovation ; systems thinking ; Rich Picture ; complexity ; Netflix ; port supply chain ; blockchain ; smart contract ; probabilistic model checking ; luxury hotel ; COVID-19 ; marketing ; human resource ; efficiency ; TRIZ ; decision making ; social commerce ; e-commerce ; social media ; business model ; network steam ; business model innovation ; blitz canvas ; process-driven business models ; business model canvas ; lean startups ; adaptability ; ecological fitness ; entropy ; environment ; growth ; stability ; start-ups ; survival ; synchronous ; sustainability ; system design thinking ; system innovation ; designer ; open system approach ; product innovation ; attention allocation ; strategic attentions ; external information sources ; absorptive capacity ; organizational learning ; service design ; digital technology ; experience innovation ; cultural heritage ; supply chain system ; data sharing ; access control ; system verification ; supply chain ; data ownership ; data asset trading ; block chain ; demand-side economies of scope ; economies of scale ; Big Tech corporations ; business models ; system dynamics ; agriculture value chain ; farmers behavior ; fresh products production ; incumbents ; innovation management ; exploration ; renewal ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The global coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the paramount importance of immune health and the nutrient status of peoples worldwide. Vitamins C and D have important roles in both the innate and adaptive immune systems and are known to support healthy immune function. Both vitamins C and D have gene regulatory roles with the ability to up- and down-regulate thousands of genes, thus playing pleotropic roles in human health and disease. People from low- and middle-income countries tend to have inadequate micronutrient intakes and status, as do specific subgroups from high-income countries. This can affect their resistance to both communicable and non-communicable diseases and the severity of these diseases. In this Special Issue, we have compiled review articles and research papers (both observational and interventional studies) that explore the role of vitamins C and D in numerous aspects of global and population health.
    Keywords: immune system ; viral infection ; influenza ; COVID-19 ; micronutrients ; vitamins ; omega-3 fatty acids ; minerals ; vitamin C ; vitamin D ; vitamin C status ; vitamin C deficiency ; global health ; dietary intake ; obesity ; smoking ; communicable disease ; infection ; noncommunicable disease ; hypovitaminosis C ; low and middle income ; LMIC ; supplement ; non-communicable disease ; Vitamin C status ; energy ; well-being ; kiwifruit ; mood ; SARS-CoV-2 ; coronavirus ; ascorbate ; colds ; pneumonia ; sepsis ; immunonutrition ; supplementation ; dietary surveys ; trends ; descriptive studies ; United States ; fruit juice ; fruit ; vegetables ; psychology ; mental health ; nutrition ; healthy adults ; ethnicity ; Māori ; Pasifika ; Pacific ; Asian ; ascorbic acid ; post-viral fatigue ; lack of concentration ; sleep disturbances ; depression ; frailty ; elderly ; hospitalisation ; serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D ; first-generation immigrants ; melanin ; long COVID ; immunisation ; immune support ; body weight ; vitamin C intake ; plasma ascorbate concentrations ; vitamin C requirements ; dietary vitamin C ; hyperglycaemia ; South Africa ; vitamin D receptor ; vitamin D-binding protein ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies::JFCV Food & society
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: A multidisciplinary approach that involves multiple sectors and stakeholders is essential for disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change. This Special Issue explores how interdisciplinary approaches could resolve a wide range of issues, including risk and damage assessment, behavior change, investment, and evidence-based policy formulation.
    Keywords: natural hazard-triggered technological (Natech) ; risk perception ; protective actions ; evacuation ; household survey ; Cilegon ; Indonesia ; agricultural drought vulnerability ; spatial heterogeneity ; entropy weight method ; contribution model ; China ; risk assessment ; high-temperature disaster ; kiwifruit ; climatic suitability zoning ; hazard ; vulnerability ; exposure ; disaster prevention and mitigation capacity ; extreme temperature indices ; abrupt ; prediction ; disaster risk ; Yangtze River Basin ; climate change ; adaptation ; method ; digital disaster reduction ; natural disasters ; agricultural production ; food aid ; official development assistance ; conflict ; poverty ; cereal production ; humanitarian aid ; financing mechanism ; flood protection ; investment cycle ; investment in DRR ; Japan ; long-term plan ; lost decades ; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ; multi-variate Probit model ; Poisson regression model ; agricultural productive services ; earthquake disaster ; earthquake fatalities ; rapid estimation ; earthquake relief ; disaster assessment ; earthquake emergency response ; numerical simulation ; empirical method ; Yangbi earthquake ; COVID-19 ; disaster science ; evidence-based policymaking ; ordinal logistic regression ; principal component analysis ; compound indicator ; single-person households ; indirect death ; long-term effects ; excess mortality ; surveillance system ; disaster risk reduction ; disaster risk perception ; the population at risk ; agent-based modeling ; coastal areas ; community-based adaptation ; nature-based solutions ; green infrastructure ; perception ; family ; community ; Jakarta ; disaster preparedness capability ; heavy rainstorm ; local government ; AHP ; evaluation index system ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHK Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-02
    Description: The discovery of new drugs is one of pharmaceutical research's most exciting and challenging tasks. Unfortunately, the conventional drug discovery procedure is chronophagous and seldom successful; furthermore, new drugs are needed to address our clinical challenges (e.g., new antibiotics, new anticancer drugs, new antivirals).Within this framework, drug repositioning—finding new pharmacodynamic properties for already approved drugs—becomes a worthy drug discovery strategy.Recent drug discovery techniques combine traditional tools with in silico strategies to identify previously unaccounted properties for drugs already in use. Indeed, big data exploration techniques capitalize on the ever-growing knowledge of drugs' structural and physicochemical properties, drug–target and drug–drug interactions, advances in human biochemistry, and the latest molecular and cellular biology discoveries.Following this new and exciting trend, this book is a collection of papers introducing innovative computational methods to identify potential candidates for drug repositioning. Thus, the papers in the Special Issue In Silico Strategies for Prospective Drug Repositionings introduce a wide array of in silico strategies such as complex network analysis, big data, machine learning, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and QSAR; these strategies target diverse diseases and medical conditions: COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis, non-small lung cancer, multiple sclerosis, toxoplasmosis, psychiatric disorders, or skin conditions.
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; drug repurposing ; topological data analysis ; persistent Betti function ; SARS-CoV-2 ; network-based pharmacology ; combination therapy ; nucleoside GS-441524 ; fluoxetine ; synergy ; antidepressant ; natural compounds ; QSAR ; molecular docking ; drug repositioning ; UK Biobank ; vaccine ; LC-2/ad cell line ; drug discovery ; docking ; MM-GBSA calculation ; molecular dynamics ; cytotoxicity assay ; GWAS ; multiple sclerosis ; oxidative stress ; repurposing ; ADME-Tox ; bioinformatics ; complex network analysis ; modularity clustering ; ATC code ; hidradenitis suppurativa ; acne inversa ; transcriptome ; proteome ; comorbid disorder ; biomarker ; signaling pathway ; druggable gene ; drug-repositioning ; MEK inhibitor ; MM/GBSA ; Glide docking ; MD simulation ; MM/PBSA ; single-cell RNA sequencing ; pulmonary fibrosis ; biological networks ; p38α MAPK ; allosteric inhibitors ; in silico screening ; computer-aided drug discovery ; network analysis ; psychiatric disorders ; medications ; psychiatry ; mental disorders ; toxoplasmosis ; Toxoplasma gondii ; in vitro screening ; drug targets ; drug-disease interaction ; target-disease interaction ; DPP4 inhibitors ; lipid rafts ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KND Manufacturing industries::KNDP Pharmaceutical industries
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This special issue "Separation, Extraction and Purification of Natural Products from Plants" contains high-quality multidisciplinary research and review articles on various aspects of natural products. Quality by design (QbD) is a science-based and risk-based concept. The implementation of QbD ensures consistent high quality of natural product. The advantages of the concept are reflected in the researches collected in this special issue, such as the two articles on the optimization of the steam distillation process from Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine. Process analytical technology (PAT) is an important part of the implementation of QbD concept. Two articles from Dr. Li Wenlong combines spectroscopy and chemometrics, providing good examples on the monitoring of natural product preparation process. Chromatographic separation and analysis are very important for quality control of natural products. There are six articles from different countries focusing on this topic. There are two articles investigating separation technologies, including membrane filtration and ethanol precipitation. Traditional Chinese medicines are also an important category of natural products. A review from Zhejiang University talks about the quality control of Xiaochaihu Capsule. I received a lot of help from friends from universities and enterprises in completing this special issue. I would like to express my gratitude to them. My thanks also go to the editors of this journal of Separations.
    Keywords: azide ; cilostazol ; COVID-19 ; genotoxic impurity ; validation ; LLE ; ethanol precipitation ; loss of active ingredients ; mixing condition indicator ; micromesh mixer ; Caulis sinomenii ; microfiltration ; ultrafiltration ; sinomenine hydrochloride ; separation and purification ; Phyllanthus urinaria L. ; ellagic acid ; mechanochemical-assisted extraction ; macroporous adsorption resin ; compositional monosaccharides ; HPLC–ELSD/PDA combined with HPSEC–MALLS–RID ; molecular weight ; quality markers (Q-marker) ; red ginseng polysaccharides ; Xiaochaihu (XCH) formula ; preparations ; quality control ; standard ; 4-aryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones ; teicoplanin aglycone ; chiral HPLC ; enantioselectivity ; molecular docking ; molecular dynamics ; Radix Angelicae sinensis ; volatile oil ; Box–Behnken design ; steam distillation ; extraction kinetics ; design space ; dill ; Anethum graveolens L. ; essential oil ; Neofusicoccum parvum ; antifungal mechanism ; near-infrared spectroscopy ; Astragali radix ; alcohol precipitation ; accuracy profile ; Vis-NIR spectroscopy ; Ginkgo biloba L. leaves ; in-line analysis ; column chromatographic elution ; consistency evaluation ; multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) ; quality by design ; Xiaochaihu capsule ; quantitative chromatographic fingerprint ; definitive screening design ; Plackett–Burman ; Forsythia suspensa ; Lonicera japonica ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry::PNF Analytical chemistry
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: The Special Issue "Mapping, Monitoring and Assessing Disasters" includes recent advances and results from research in the field of disaster detection and monitoring, and disaster impact assessment and mapping. It includes 10 research articles on multiparametric and interdisciplinary research on disaster phenomena related to geophysical and hydrometeorological hazards (e.g., earthquakes, landslides, tsunami, medicanes, megafires) that have occurred in various regions of Greece, New Zealand and Chile. These approaches constitute a useful and effective tool for mapping, monitoring and assessing disasters in areas with similar geodynamic settings and geoenvironmental properties worldwide.
    Keywords: coastal areas ; landslides ; lidar ; UAS ; remote sensing ; coastal development ; TLS ; Ionian ; Ionian Islands ; Cephalonia–Lefkada Transform Fault Zone ; seismicity ; ground deformation ; GNSS ; seismic hazard ; seismic swarm ; seismology ; geodesy ; double-difference relocation ; Coulomb stress transfer ; Thiva ; Greece ; Arkalochori ; Messara Basin ; Heraklion Basin ; Kastelli fault zone ; supra detachment basin ; fault segmentation ; DInSAR ; earthquake-induced landslides ; landslide inventory ; event inventories ; rockfalls ; contemporary sources ; landslide susceptibility ; earthquake-induced landslide susceptibility ; Analytic Hierarchy Process ; Ionian Sea ; Cephalonia ; tsunami inundation ; historical records ; hazard risk exposure ; Pacific ; BG-Flood ; RiskScape ; photogrammetry ; viewing angle ; oblique ; nadir ; mapping ; geomorphology ; wildfires ; geospatial intelligence ; web app ; operational mapping ; burn severity ; soil erosion ; Attica ; RUSLE (revised universal soil loss equation) ; NBR (normalized burn ratio) ; remote sensing (rs) ; wildfire ; ignition risk ; model ; megafire ; climate change ; bagged decision tree ; wildland urban interface ; rapid mapping ; Sentinel-2 ; Ianos ; Medicane ; n/a ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: This reprint focuses on the key concepts and contemporary issues related to corporate governance, social responsibility, innovation, and sustainable business development goals. It highlights the importance of integrating these principles into the operations of modern businesses. The reprint aims to explore these concepts, providing theoretical foundations, practical frameworks, and real-world examples to inspire responsible, innovative, and sustainable business practices.
    Keywords: stock split reform ; ownership characteristics ; state ownership ; concentrated ownership ; financial performance ; China ; corporate sustainability ; concept of corporate sustainability ; definition of corporate sustainability ; sustainable development ; CSR ; cost of capital ; ESG disclosure ; firm risk ; cash holdings ; government ownership ; generalized method of moments ; Islamic religiosity ; individual responsibility ; managers ; Egypt ; ESG rating ; corporate green innovation ; institutional environment ; redundant organizational resources ; corporate governance ; disclosure ; FinTech ; sustainability ; coercive isomorphism ; 17 UN sustainable development goals ; sustainability reporting ; legitimacy theory ; stakeholder theory ; voluntary disclosure theory ; Vietnam ; mandatory disclosure ; difference-in-differences ; CSR performance ; institutional investors ; TMT experience heterogeneity ; innovation quality ; partner diversity ; TMT technological participation ; environmental corporate social responsibility ; shared vision capability ; resource slack ; green innovation performance ; green development ; resource-based theory ; environmental degradation ; defense burden ; panel ARDL ; panel NARDL ; panel causality ; corporate social responsibility ; innovation input ; tendency score-matching ; quantile regression ; bank debt ; innovation ; overborrowing ; uncertainty of economic policy ; self-interest behavior of executives ; board of directors ; Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) ; digital transformation ; enterprise resource planning (ERP) ; environmental impacts ; information systems ; corporate reporting ; disclosure obligations ; non-financial disclosure ; non-financial reporting ; SDGs ; corporate citizenship ; ESG ; text mining ; correlated topic modeling ; knowledge exchange ; global business ; SMEs ; green innovation ; environmental protection background ; media attention ; board independence ; net zero ; climate change ; enterprises ; grey literature ; greenhouse gases ; emissions ; anti-corruption disclosure ; corporate reporting quality ; UK Bribery Act 2010 ; extractive industry ; board CSR orientation ; board CSR strategy ; global reporting initiative ; country–cultural dimensions ; Europe ; transformational leadership ; external social capital ; ESG performance ; organizational innovation ; organisation culture ; combating bribery ; non-financial performance ; emerging economy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTX Information technology industries
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This reprint focuses on the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on STEM education and measures (teaching tools and research practices) taken to combat the learning gaps in STEM education in the post-pandemic era. Contributions were collected from researchers engaged in STEM education research, including the methods, pedagogical approaches, and environments they utilize in the post-pandemic era.
    Keywords: educational innovation ; COVID-19 ; higher education ; professional education ; remote learning ; online teaching ; chemistry laboratory ; hands-on experiments ; competencies ; students’ perception ; engineering education ; online assessments ; multi-course project-based learning (MPL) ; Sustainable Development Education (ESD) ; educational technologies ; digital technologies ; teaching experiences ; learning experiences ; pedagogy ; online learning ; distributed learning environments ; media in education ; domestic space ; programming education ; feedback to teachers ; programming process ; visualization ; online problem-based learning (PBL) ; online just-in-time teaching (JiTT) ; impacts on learning and skills ; implementation challenges ; multidisciplinary education ; interdisciplinary ; convergence education ; attitude toward convergence ; creative problem solving ; integrated curriculum ; STEM ; STEAM education ; self-efficacy ; emotions ; academic engagement ; hybrid learning ; COVID-19 pandemic ; STEAM ; design-based research ; cooperative teaching ; China ; gender differences ; learning outcomes ; compulsory education ; pedagogical methods ; STEM education ; high school ; teacher education ; STEM pedagogies ; barriers ; post-pandemic ; coronavirus ; engineering students ; remote classes ; online classes ; distance education ; information technologies ; students’ perceptions ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: The delicate balance of resource intensity and efficiency of a solution for a very complex problem raises the issue of how these aspects constitute a symmetrical or asymmetrical system. Computational Intelligence (CI) offers a plethora of efficient tools for the potential and rather good quality solution of highly complex, often mathematically intractable problems. This "toolbox" is one of the best examples for the study of the above mentioned issue, namely, how to find the best balance, how to establish a symmetry of weights or costs in a particular field, for a particular problem. This special issue presents a number of interesting novel applications of CI for the tackling of a wide variety of difficult problems. The Introduction gives a short insight into the symmetry and asymmetry aspect of the topic.
    Keywords: lung nodule segmentation ; 3D-UNet ; 3D-Res2UNet ; multi-scale features ; deep learning ; butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA) ; particle swarm optimization (PSO) ; cubic map ; nonlinear ; high dimension ; extensional fuzzy numbers ; MI-algebras ; similarity ; arithmetics of fuzzy numbers ; orderings ; fuzzy interpolation ; economic data ; air defense system ; artificial immune system ; command and control ; learning classifier system ; multi-agent systems ; weapon-target assignment ; energy optimization ; genetic algorithms ; multi-objective optimization ; artificial neural network simulator ; artificial intelligence ; artificial bee colony algorithm ; global optimization ; neural network ; nonlinear static system ; behavioural finance ; imprecision ; oriented fuzzy number ; oriented present value ; oriented return ; S-divergence ; S-distance ; spectral clustering ; text summarization ; recurrent neural network ; embedding ; dynamic memory network ; fuzzy-rough cognitive network ; fuzzy cognitive map ; granular computing ; fuzzy-rough sets ; stability ; convergence ; discrete bacterial memetic evolutionary algorithm ; simulated annealing ; flow shop scheduling problem ; global sensitivity analysis ; Sobol procedure ; fast algorithm ; convolutional neural network ; structure reduction ; pruning ; quality ; feature selection ; machine learning ; asexual ; genetic algorithm ; android malicious application detection ; bees algorithm ; training deep neural networks ; metaheuristics ; opinion mining ; recurrent neural networks ; sentiment classification ; natural language processing ; data augmentation ; fine-tuning ; generative models ; StyleGAN ; transfer learning ; present value ; discount factor ; portfolio ; finance ; optimization ; tourist trip design ; vehicle routing ; key performance indicator (KPI) ; anomaly detection ; variational auto-encoder (VAE) ; support vector data description (SVDD) ; FMEA ; Fuzzy Logic ; greenhouse gases ; blockchain ; difficulty adjustment ; proof-of-work ; ANN ; AlexNet ; COVID-19 ; TSA ; commonsense ; knowledge graph ; linguistic terms ; language models ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTX Information technology industries ; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Taxonomy, floristic studies, biosystematics, classical taxonomy, and modern taxonomic advances; phylogenomics, phylogenetics, and biogeography, including phylogeography; and the description of well-documented new taxonomic taxa, monographs, and taxonomic revisions. It incorporates data from classical morphology (including both macro and micro morphology), molecular study, anatomy and ecology, distribution, molecular evolution, evolutionary development, population biology, conservation biology, evolutionary ecology, paleobiology, and related methods and theories in recent development in systematics and floristic studies.
    Keywords: species boundaries ; species concept ; taxonomic relationship ; conservation ; future climate change ; ecology ; Mimosoideae taxa ; pollen morphology ; taxonomic relevance ; light microscopy ; scanning electron microscopy ; Dalbergia ; Early Miocene ; ITS ; long-distance dispersal ; matK ; monophyletic ; rbcL ; flora ; environmental variable ; multivariate analysis ; soil moisture ; Shangla district ; Pakistan ; coastal and insular vegetation ; protected areas ; coastal wetland ; freshwater swamp ; mangrove ; lowland dipterocarp forest ; exine sculpturing ; palynomorph ; pollen grains ; Arabian Peninsula ; chorology ; flora of Saudi Arabia ; flora of West Asia ; Hijazi Mountains ; Jabal Al-Ward ; Tabuk ; Saudi Arabia ; bioclimatology ; agronomy ; olive cultivation ; climate change ; vegetation cover ; antioxidant capacity ; bioactive compounds ; endangered medicinal species ; high altitude environment ; oxidative stresses ; protectorate ; fernlike plant ; new syntaxa ; Ophioglossaceae ; phytosociological study ; palynoflora ; taxonomic ; microscopy ; systematics ; vegetation’s origin ; Turkish flora ; surface ; clustering analysis (CA) ; principle component analysis (PCA) ; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) ; leaf ; morphometry ; morphotype ; Ricinus communis ; SEM ; stomata ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany and plant sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Air pollution and the changing climate are some of the greatest threats to the health and functioning of forest ecosystems, strongly jeopardizing their ecological and economic functions as well as services. The impact of increasing temperatures and extreme weather events (droughts, storms, temperature and precipitation extremes) on the vitality of forest trees is often difficult to separate from the impact of pollution, such as nitrogen deposition and tropospheric ozone, as they can exhibit synergistic effects. The use of indicators is elementary in modern forest ecophysiological research, as they help us to disentangle complex interactions between trees and various stress-inducing factors as well as better estimate the level of damage to trees and forest ecosystems.Eleven papers are included in this Special Issue, with wide-ranging topics from various disciplines but centered around tree responses to environmental stress. The task of this Special Issue is twofold: one, to remind us that a better understanding of the physiological processes influencing tree vitality under the changing climate and air pollution pressures requires considerable research efforts and constant advancements in research methods and approaches; two, to highlight the fact that the environmental pressures instigating the use of tree stress response indicators are more present than ever, and will likely continue to affect tree vitality in the foreseeable future.
    Keywords: defoliation ; monitoring ; tree vitality ; drought ; climate change ; forest decline ; extreme climate events ; tree mortality ; climate response ; radial increment ; dendrochronology ; Fagaceae ; osmolytes ; antioxidant ; phytohormones ; trade-off mechanisms ; stress marker ; oxidative stress ; tropospheric ozone ; leaf symptoms ; PODy ; water stress ; risk assessment ; climate–growth relationship ; climate signal ; tree-ring width ; basal area increment ; blue intensity ; daily climatic data ; cadmium ; nickel ; phytoremediation ; plant hormones ; polyamines ; poplar ; Populus deltoides ; antioxidative enzymes ; chlorophyll ; defoliated trees ; hydrogen peroxide ; lipid peroxidation ; nutrient concentration ; Pinus spp. ; Quercus spp. ; undefoliated trees ; pine ; BAI ; isotopes ; iWUE ; water and thermal stress ; SPEI ; Poland ; foliar composition ; stoichiometry ; ICP Forests ; tree decline ; Quercus brantii ; cellular characteristics ; calcium oxalate crystals ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNA Agribusiness and primary industries::KNAL Forestry industry
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In this Special Issue, we aim to represent the vibrant state of protein structure studies at the end of 2021. Recent decades have brought significant changes to the protein structure research field. Thanks to the genome projects and advances in structure determination methods, the number of solved protein structures has increased significantly. Protein structure research is experiencing a new renaissance, and in 2020 the number of deposited structures in the PDB database reached a new record. An assortment of many new frontiers are presented in this collection. A single Special Issue cannot give a comprehensive overview of a large field such as proteins science, but we aim to give a broad overview of current research.
    Keywords: configurational entropy ; force fields ; intrinsically disordered proteins ; protein folding ; NMR ; high hydrostatic pressure ; thermodynamic stability ; α-helical bundle ; Li-Fraumeni syndrome ; hereditary breast cancer ; germline TP53 missense variants ; quantitative prediction model ; protein conformation ; protein–protein interactions ; protein–protein binding ; protein–protein complex ; coarse-grained modeling ; multiscale modeling ; UFM1 ; UBA5 ; UFC1 ; protein-protein interactions ; complex structure ; oxidative stress ; Nrf2 ; Keap1 ; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; hydrogen/deuterium exchange ; mass spectrometry ; circular dichroism ; intrinsically disordered ; bifidobacteria ; fucosidases ; glycosyl hydrolases ; conserved domains ; human milk ; analytical ultracentrifugation ; CO2 concentrating mechanism ; diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy ; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry ; homotetramer ; manganese ; metalloprotein ; photosynthesis ; small-angle X-ray scattering ; C1q ; calcium binding proteins ; genetic variation ; otoconia ; otolin-1 ; OTOL1 ; site-directed mutagenesis ; thermal shift assay ; B.1.1.7 ; B.1.617.2 ; COVID-19 ; E484Q ; T478K and L452R mutation ; N501Y mutation ; spike protein ; tetrabromobisphenol A ; tetrabromobisphenol S ; erythrocyte membrane ; retardants ; erythrocytes ; protein–ligand interactions ; protein dynamics ; FK506-binding protein ; FKBP12 ; FKBP51 ; oxidative folding ; glutathionylation ; nitrosylation ; cysteine reactivity ; ribosomal exit tunnel ; transient complex ; glutathione ; phosphorylation ; transmembrane proteins ; saturation mutagenesis ; deep sequencing ; residue packing ; deep learning ; convolutional neural network ; bidirectional long-short term memory ; protein ; prediction ; contact ; distance ; alphafold ; ProSPr ; CASP ; dataset ; retrainable ; mutual synergetic folding ; solvent accessibility of peptide bonds ; inter-subunit interaction ; solvent-accessible surface area ; Shannon information entropy ; amino acid composition ; glucose ; GlcNAc ; galactose ; GalNAc ; mannose ; xylose ; fucose ; Neu5Ac ; glucuronate ; iduronate ; tetrahydropyran ; entropy ; free energy ; free energy landscape ; energy-dependent protein folding ; co-translational protein folding ; molecular chaperones ; physical model of protein folding ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: Commodity markets have evolved substantially since the early 2000s and have become more financialized. The recent cold war between the U.S.A. and China, the outbreak of COVID-19, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have caused resource prices to soar, leading to greater volatility in the commodity markets. The volatility of the commodity markets has increased, and at the same time, financial markets such as the stock market, bond market, and foreign exchange market have become unstable. This has increased the linkage between the commodity and financial markets and has led to a great deal of attention being paid to the commodity markets by governments, companies, and investors.This reprint delves into recent developments in the commodity markets and elucidates the multifaceted factors that have shaped their trajectory. It examines how the interwoven dynamics of supply and demand, geopolitics, technology, and financialization have brought about a new era in commodity trading. By providing a comprehensive survey of these developments, we aim to provide insights that will help stakeholders successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by this evolving landscape.
    Keywords: Russia and Ukraine conflict ; commodities ; G7 and BRIC markets ; TVP-VAR ; connectedness ; oil price uncertainty shocks ; international equity markets ; global vector autoregressive model ; arbitrage ; efficiency ; futures ; liquidity ; market integration ; platinum ; COVID-19 ; pandemic ; agriculture ; commodity ; MF-DFA ; high frequency ; asymmetric volatility spillover ; bitcoin ; altcoin ; cryptocurrency ; frequency connectedness ; Bitcoin ; machine learning ; random forest regression ; LSTM ; energy market volatility ; oil price dynamics ; fear index ; Markov-regime switching models ; volatility risk premium (VRP) ; implied and realized volatility ; oil and stock returns ; financialization ; Bermudan commodity options ; multi-layer perceptron ; multi-asset stochastic volatility model ; hybrid forecasting approaches ; two-step forecasting approaches ; gold ; euro ; sentiment analysis ; ARIMA ; wavelet transformation ; seasonal decomposition ; long short-term memory ; random forest ; eXtreme gradient boosting ; stock ; markets ; cycles ; investing ; risk ; returns ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WC Antiques, vintage and collectables::WCF Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items
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    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Description: This reprint focuses on land use/land cover (LULC), natural hazards and their interactions, changes, and impacts. Over the past few decades, the risks due to natural hazards have increased significantly, to a large extent due to changes in LULC, which are triggered mainly by anthropic pressure on landscapes, i.e., urbanization, forest management practices, agricultural practices, and the like. As a result, LULC changes contribute significantly to changes in the variability or magnitude of natural hazards, such as floods, landslides, and erosion. Therefore, this reprint provides a collection of studies focused on the interactions between LULC and different types of natural hazards, which were studied in several research areas around the world.
    Keywords: flash floods ; intense rainfall ; urbanized areas ; damage ; anthropic impacts ; West Mediterranean ; Italy ; land use change ; surface runoff ; urban development ; green infrastructure ; Xiamen ; land use/land cover legacy ; airborne LiDAR-based HRDTM ; generalized additive model ; landslide susceptibility modeling ; historical landslide inventory bias ; biomass extraction ; farmers’ perception ; NDVI ; climate change ; remote sensing ; GIS ; NDBI ; flood risk ; land use ; settlement development ; agricultural land use ; flood-prone areas ; Alpine regions ; landslide modelling ; shallow landslides ; soil cohesion ; soil tillage ; river meandering ; river morphology ; centerline migration ; satellite images ; loess ; filled slope ; physical model test ; interface effect ; stability ; river morphodynamics ; Landsat data ; planform changes ; forest fire ; fire danger rating systems ; environmental fire danger ; fire indices ; drought indices ; remote sensing fire indices ; fire ignition probability ; climate change extremes ; land cover ; QGIS ; MOLUSCE ; Great Yellow River Region ; mountain hazards ; land take ; landslide hazard ; land cover change ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MM Other branches of medicine::MMG Pharmacology
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    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Description: "Health and Public Health Applications for Decision Support Using Machine Learning" is a reprint that explores the intersection of machine learning and health sciences. It presents a collection of research and innovations showcasing how data-driven algorithms can transform patient care, disease diagnosis, and public health management. The reprint covers a wide range of topics, including natural language processing for biomedical relation extraction, ensemble learning for blood glucose level forecasting in diabetes management, machine learning for predicting walking stability and fall risk among the elderly, deep learning for pneumonia-infected lung volume quantification, and more.The reprint also discusses applications in precision medicine, early detection of renal damage, cardiac health monitoring, stress classification for mental health assessment, and early diagnosis of intracranial internal carotid artery stenosis. It emphasizes the role of machine learning in managing health crises, such as COVID-19 detection using ECG, voice, and X-ray systems, and reviews AI models in diagnosing adult-onset dementia disorders.Overall, this reprint aims to inspire researchers and healthcare professionals by showcasing the transformative potential of machine learning in healthcare. It hopes to encourage further research and collaboration to advance healthcare and technological innovations for a healthier future.
    Keywords: adult-onset dementia ; Alzheimer’s disease ; magnetic resonance imaging ; artificial intelligence ; machine learning ; neural networks ; atherosclerosis ; Doppler ultrasound ; internal carotid artery ; hemodynamic modeling ; stroke ; stress ; emotion ; action units ; speech ; audio visual ; RNN-LSTM ; petri-plates ; colonies ; machine-learning models ; discrimination ; Measurement uncertainty ; Monte Carlo method ; ECG ; Cardiac health ; COVID-19 ; signal processing ; image processing ; computerized diagnostic systems ; subclinical renal damage ; risk assessment tool ; group-based trajectory modeling ; screening strategy ; CVD classification ; data selection ; convolutional neural network ; pretrained model ; deep learning ; transfer learning ; infected lung segmentation ; quantification of lung disease severity ; comparison between manual and automated image segmentation ; deep neural network ; COVID-19 detection ; COVID-19 severity assessment ; gait ; neuromuscular control ; movement synergy ; overground walking ; principal component analysis (PCA) ; largest Lyapunov exponent (LyE) ; time-series forecasting ; blood glucose ; diabetes ; ensemble learning ; artificial neural network ; DDI (drug–drug interaction) ; CPR (chemical–protein relation) ; transformer ; self-attention ; GAT (graph-attention network) ; relation extraction ; ChemProt ; T5 (text-to-text transfer transformer) ; n/a
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: Success, injuries, future career opportunities of athletes, and the societal gains of participating in sports and organizing (mega) sports events are all related to individual risk-taking behavior. Although the sports economics and management literature has broadly addressed these issues, it is surprising that less attention has been paid to the implications of risk-taking on the organization of sports in general and, more particularly, on the design and behavior of sports organization members.
    Keywords: sports ; economics ; management ; risk-taking ; in ; professional ; (e.g., ; doping, ; injuries, ; post-career ; path) ; organizing ; (mega) ; events ; implications ; of ; on ; the ; organization ; risk ; treatment ; organizations ; taking ; after ; COVID-19 ; pandemic ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This reprint examines the panorama of contemporary Islamic revivalism in the modern world. Constituted by methodologically and ideologically a wide variety of revivalist movements, Islamic revivalism is a complex multidimensional global reality. In a local context, it is a socio-religious reaction to the failure of state-led modernization projects and to general socio-economic quandaries, and in international context, it is a reaction to the wide-ranging crises of modernity. The collection provides important insights into the reality of contemporary Islamic revivalism through an examination of myriad socio-cultural, economic, and political problems facing Muslims at micro- and macro-levels of everyday living. It explains how Islamic revivalist movements are engaged in revivalist activities commonly known as Islamization at an individual level as well as at a community level and reveals that as a global reality, contemporary Islamic revivalism is neither necessarily violent nor anti-modernity but an attempt by religiously motivated concerned Muslims to bring about a self-conceived positive social transformation of individual societies and the modern world at large.
    Keywords: the Qur’an ; exegesis ; ijtihad ; revival ; renewal ; modernity ; Tabligh Jama’at ; emotion work ; emotions ; framing ; social transformation ; extremism(s) ; Islamism ; eco-radicals ; frames ; Tajdid ; Australian Muslims ; Said Nursi ; Hizmet Movement ; mosque open day ; Muslims in the West ; Australian Intercultural Society ; Fethullah Gülen ; Affinity Intercultural Society ; Muslim consumer ethics ; youth ; media ; digital age ; Hizmet ; revivalism ; revivalist movements ; education ; interfaith dialogue ; intercultural dialogue ; Islamic movements ; multiculturalism ; cosmopolitanism ; Tablighi Jamaat ; COVID-19 ; WhatsApp ; traditional ; Islamic revivalist movement ; digital religion ; Pakistan ; netnography ; logics ; authority ; Salafism ; reversion ; deprivation ; women movements ; ‘Aisyiyah ; Muhammadiyah ; modernism ; literacy ; Indonesian Islam ; crisis of modernity ; Islamic revivalism ; Islamization of modernity ; rationality ; secularism ; Maulana Tariq Jamil ; Tablighi Jama’at ; Raiwind ; Deoband ; Islam in Pakistan ; ulama ; religious authority ; popular preachers ; Islamic televangelists ; da’wa ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-05
    Description: This reprint is a continuation of our previous reprint “Sustainable agricultural, biological, and environmental engineering applications” [ISBN 978-3-0365-2921-9], which was published in January 2022. The reprint contains research and review works focused on agricultural engineering technologies and applications. In this regard, the reprint covers topics including agricultural storage, quality evaluation of fruits, evaporative cooling and desiccant systems, solar coffee roasting, solar yogurt processing, greenhouse environment, greenhouse ventilation, greenhouse thermal requirements, aquaculture production system, bioreactor landfill, waste management, fertilization reduction in agriculture, sustainable porous surfaces, simulation and modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Such agricultural engineering studies are urgently needed in the 21st century, particularly from the perspective of the agriculture–energy–food security nexus.
    Keywords: greenhouse ; microclimate ; Bayesian optimization ; deep neural network ; roses yield ; Gaussian process ; gradient boosting ; pool boiling heat transfer coefficient ; sintered coated porous surfaces ; gaussian process ; gradient boosting regression trees ; response surface ; renovation index ; CFD simulation ; airflow ; evaporative cooling ; desiccant dehumidification ; agricultural storage ; air conditioning ; system performance ; lemon cordial ; microwave ; preservation ; green processing ; antioxidant potential ; renewable energy ; Scheffler concentrator reflector ; batch-type solar roaster ; response surface methodology ; coffee roasting ; municipal solid waste ; sanitary landfill ; open dumps ; waste to energy ; climate change ; yogurt processing ; solar energy ; solar-based heating and cooling ; thermal analysis ; vegetable yield ; nitrogen use efficiency ; nutrient leaching ; leaching-to-input ratio ; nitrogen fertilizer economic benefit ; environment ; eutrophication ; particulate fraction ; effluent ; treatment ; thermal screens ; heating demand ; TRNSYS ; greenhouse internal temperature ; building energy simulation ; longwave radiation ; soil total nitrogen ; BP neural network ; support vector machines ; spatial distribution ; remote sensing ; bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research & information: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture
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