Publications
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Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet
(2018)
The issues facing humanity have become increasingly complex due to the fact they are embedded in a global web of ecological, economic, social, cultural and political processes that are dynamically interlinked. The capacity ...
Targets, Tracers and Translation – Novel Radiopharmaceuticals Boost Nuclear Medicine
(2019)
This is the fourth Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals within the last six years dealing with aspects of radiopharmaceutical sciences. It demonstrates the significant interest and increasing relevance to ameliorate nuclear ...
Teaching Methods in Science Subjects Promoting Sustainability
(2017)
In this book, conventional and new methods through which sustainability can be promoted in mathematics and science subjects are described and discussed. The aim of the book is to support teachers and teacher educators in ...
Teaching the Reformations
(2017)
In October 2016, Samford University hosted Teaching the Reformations, a conference designed to help non-specialists teach the rich intellectual traditions of the Protestant and Catholic reformations more effectively in ...
Superhydrophobic Coatings for Corrosion and Tribology
(2019)
Superhydrophobic surfaces, with a water contact angle >150°, have attracted both academic and industrial interest due to their wide range of applications, such as water proofing, anti-fogging, antifouling, anti-icing, ...
Surfaces and Interfaces for Renewable Energy
(2020)
Environmental problems derived from the massive use of conventional energy resources are one of the main issues that our society has been facing in recent decades. Renewable energies (and particularly solar energy) have ...
Surgery for Spine Disease and Intractable Pain
(2020)
This book describes the diagnosis and surgical treatment approaches for a number of common and rare painful conditions affecting the brain and spine.
Sustainability of Fossil Fuels
(2019)
The energy and fuel industries represent an extensive field for the development and implementation of solutions aimed at improving the technological, environmental, and economic performance of technological cycles. In ...
Sustainability of Young Companies–Contemporary Trends and Challenges
(2019)
Ensuring the sustainability of early stage companies and increasing awareness of the need for balancing targets against different stakeholder groups among young companies are not well developed. Young companies, in the ...
Sustainability through the Lens of Environmental Sociology
(2018)
Our planet is undergoing radical environmental and social changes. Sustainability has now been put into question by, for example, our consumption patterns, loss of biodiversity, depletion of resources, and exploitative ...