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Flood Forecasting Using Machine Learning Methods
(2019)
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Flood Forecasting Using Machine Learning Methods that was published in Water
Flexible Electronics: Fabrication and Ubiquitous Integration
(2019)
Flexible Electronics platforms are increasingly used in the fields of sensors, displays, and energy conversion with the ultimate goal of facilitating their ubiquitous integration in our daily lives. Some of the key advantages ...
Guided-Wave Optics
(2017)
The topic of guided wave (GW) propagation comprises a vast research area overlapping with photonics, matter waves in macroscopic quantum media (ultracold gases of bosonic and fermionic atoms, condensates of quasiparticles, ...
Heat Transfer Processes in Oscillatory Flow Conditions
(2018)
Heat exchange processes in steady flows have been studied extensively over the last two hundred years, and are now a part of undergraduate syllabi in most engineering courses. However, heat transfer processes in oscillatory ...
High Voltage Engineering and Applications
(2020)
This book is a collection of recent publications from researchers all over the globe in the broad area of high-voltage engineering. The presented research papers cover both experimental and simulation studies, with a focus ...
High-Pressure Studies of Crystalline Materials
(2018)
[This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue of Crystals: High-Pressure Studies of Crystalline Materials. It also includes additional articles published in Crystals and related to the topic of the Special Issue, ...
Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project
(2016)
In 1990, scientists began working together on one of the largest biological research projects ever proposed. The project proposed to sequence the three billion nucleotides in the human genome. The Human Genome Project took ...
Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project
(2016)
In 1990, scientists began working together on one of the largest biological research projects ever proposed. The project proposed to sequence the three billion nucleotides in the human genome. The Human Genome Project took ...
Graphene and Other 2D Layered Nanomaterial-Based Films: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
(2019)
This book is dedicated to highlighting some relevant advances in the field of thin films and coatings based on two-dimensional crystals and layered nanomaterials. Due to their layered structure, graphene and a variety of ...
Graphene-Polymer Composites
(2018)
Presenting very high surface-to-volume ratio, relatively simple processability and low cost, graphene and graphene-related materials were soon identified as promising nanofillers for polymer matrixes. Reports have shown ...
Graphene Nanoplatelets
(2020)
Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) have attracted considerable interest due to their exceptional mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties, among others. This book provides a deep review of some aspects related to the ...
Green, Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Networks
(2020)
The book Green, Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Networks provides insights and solutions for a range of problems in the field of obtaining greener, energy-efficient, and sustainable networks. The book contains the outcomes ...
Green Synthesis of Nanomaterials
(2019)
Nanomaterials possess astonishing physical and chemical properties. They play a key role in the development of novel and effective drugs, catalysts, sensors, and pesticides, to cite just a few examples. Notably, the synthesis ...
Groundwater Resources and Salt Water Intrusion in a Changing Environment
(2019)
This Special Issue presents the work of 30 scientists from 11 countries. It confirms that the impacts of global change, resulting from both climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure, are huge on worldwide coastal ...
Growing Apart: Religious Reflection on the Rise of Economic Inequality
(2019)
Many people are increasingly concerned about economic inequality within their own nations, or between wealthy nations and poor ones. But is today's vast economic inequality best addressed by appeals to ethics, by altering ...
Groundwater Contamination and Remediation
(2018)
This Special Issue of Water brings together 10 studies on groundwater contamination and remediation. Common themes include practical techniques for plume identification and delineation, the central role of subsurface ...
Fluorescence Probes for Sensing
(2018)
The rapid progress in sensor science in recent years has resulted in the development of fluorescence probes with enhanced analytical capabilities. Because of the vast evolution of this research field, therefore, we have ...
First-Principles Prediction of Structures and Properties in Crystals
(2019)
The term “first-principles calculations” is a synonym for the numerical determination of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, clusters, or materials from ‘first principles’, i.e., without any approximations to the ...
First-Principles Approaches to Metals, Alloys, and Metallic Compounds
(2018)
Current fundamental electronic-structure theory allows for the accurate prediction and characterization of elemental metals adopting any allotropic structure, intermetallic compounds, and other metal-rich phases. From an ...
Heat and Mass Transfer in Energy Systems
(2020)
In recent years, the interest of the scientific community towards efficient energy systems has significantly increased. One of the reasons is certainly related to the change in the temperature of the planet, which has ...
Heat and Mass Transfer in Building Energy Performance Assessment
(2019)
The building industry is influenced by many factors and trends reflecting the current situation and developments in social, economic, technical, and scientific fields. One of the most important trends seeks to minimize the ...
Hip-Hop, Art, and Visual Culture: Connections, Influences, and Critical Discussions
(2020)
Visual art has been tied to hip-hop culture since its emergence in the 1970s. Commentary on these initial connections often emphasizes the importance of graffiti and fashion during hip-hop’s earliest days. Forty years ...
Glassy Materials Based Microdevices
(2019)
Microtechnology has changed our world since the last century, when silicon microelectronics revolutionized sensor, control and communication areas, with applications extending from domotics to automotive, and from security ...
Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project
(2016)
In 1990, scientists began working together on one of the largest biological research projects ever proposed. The project proposed to sequence the three billion nucleotides in the human genome. The Human Genome Project took ...
Graph-Theoretic Problems and Their New Applications
(2020)
Graph theory is an important area of applied mathematics with a broad spectrum of applications in many fields. This book results from aSpecialIssue in the journal Mathematics entitled “Graph-Theoretic Problems and Their ...
Flow and Transport Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs 2018
(2019)
Unconventional reservoirs are usually complex and highly heterogeneous, such as shale, coal, and tight sandstone reservoirs. The strong physical and chemical interactions between fluids and pore surfaces lead to the ...
Flow and Heat or Mass Transfer in the Chemical Process Industry
(2018)
ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [Flow through process equipment in a chemical or manufacturing ...
Fire Regimes: Spatial and Temporal Variability and Their Effects on Forests
(2017)
Fire regimes (occurrence, cycle, severity, size, etc.) are key factors in many forest ecosystems, as they are often critical drivers of forest composition, dynamics, and ecosystem processes. Fire regimes vary in space and ...
Harmonic Oscillators and Two-by‑two Matrices in Symmetry Problems in Physics
(2017)
This book consists of the articles published in the special issues of this Symmetry journal based on two-by-two matrices and harmonic oscillators. The book also contains additional articles published by the guest editor ...
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Public Health: Progress and Current Challenges
(2016)
Over the past decade, coastal and freshwater systems in the U.S. and worldwide have experienced an apparent increase in the frequency and geographic distribution of harmful algal blooms (HABs). These blooms can adversely ...
Health-Promoting Components of Fruits and Vegetables in Human Health
(2017)
Diet and lifestyle choices can substantially predispose an individual to, or protect against, many age- and obesity-related chronic diseases. According to the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, dietary bioactives arecompounds ...
Health Promotion in Children and Adolescents through Sport and Physical Activities
(2019)
I made the important decision to manage a Special Issue, because I believe it to be extremely important to focus on children’s and adolescents’ physiological and psychological development. I aimed to collect research that ...
Health Literacy in Context—Settings, Media, and Populations
(2019)
To date, most published health literacy research has focused on assessing and improving personal skills and abilities. More recently, a better understanding has emerged of the extent to which these skills and abilities are ...
High Precision X-Ray Measurements
(2019)
Since their discovery in 1895, the detection of X-rays has had a strong impact on and various applications in several fields of science and human life. Impressive efforts have been made to develop new types of detectors ...
Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology
(2018)
Watershed hydrology is driven by climate forcing, near ground surface characteristics, and human activities, addressing a wide spectrum of environmental and water resource problems regarding both scientific-driven questions ...
Global Indigeneities and the Environment
(2016)
Global Indigeneities and the Environment—covering fields from American Indian Studies, anthropology, communications, ethnoecology, ethnomusicology, geography, global studies, history, and literature, the purpose of the ...
Gluten-Free Diet
(2019)
In the last few years, an increasing number of individuals have adopted a gluten free diet (GFD). A significant proportion of that includes patients affected by celiac disease (CD), who have to follow a strict GFD for ...
Gluten Related Disorders: People Shall not Live on Bread Alone
(2017)
Once upon a time, gluten was not part of the human diet, and therefore, there were no gluten-related disorders. With the advent of agriculture 10,000 years ago, the introduction of gluten-containing grains in the human ...
Glycosaminoglycans and Proteoglycans
(2018)
Proteoglycans (PGs) are glycoconjugates in which a protein or peptide core is substituted with polysaccharide chains known as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The GAG sidechains carry a significant proportion of the functionality ...