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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
(2018)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a nondestructive technique that can be used to characterize a wide variety of systems. Sustained development of both methodology and instrumentation have allowed NMR to ...
Performance and Behavior of Family Firms
(2018)
Family involvement characterizes a large number of firms around the world and is thought to significantly impact their strategies, behavior, and performance. Family involvement occurs when a family exerts control over the ...
Perspectives on Women’s Higher Education Leadership from around the World
(2018)
At this time in world history, numerous scholars have emphasized the importance of having greater diversity in leadership, and specifically having greater representation by women in leadership. In particular, providing ...
Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific
(2019)
The articles in this volume, all by leading scholars, examine the topic of rebirth, or reincarnation, from a wide range of perspectives. The main focus of most of the articles is the idea of rebirth as found in Hindu texts ...
Organophosphorus Chemistry 2018
(2020)
Organophosphorus chemistry is an important discipline within organic chemistry. Phosphorus compounds, such as phosphines, trialkyl phosphites, phosphine oxides (chalcogenides), phosphonates, phosphinates and >P(O)H species, ...
Organs-on-chips
(2020)
Recent advances in microsystems technology and cell culture techniques have led to the development of organ-on-chip microdevices that produce tissue-level functionality, not possible with conventional culture models, by ...
Pathophysiology and Imaging Diagnosis of Demyelinating Disorders
(2018)
Demyelinating disorders are chronic autoimmune disorders characterized by inflammation, demyelination, axonal degeneration, and neuronal loss. They have complex pathophysiology and diverse clinical presentations. The ...
Philosophical Issues in Sport Science
(2020)
The role and value of science within sport increases with ever greater professionalization and commercialization. Scientific and technological innovations are devised to increase performance, ensure greater accuracy of ...
Physical Metallurgy of High Manganese Steels
(2019)
The Special Issue ‘Physical Metallurgy of High Manganese Steels’ addresses the highly fascinating class of manganese-alloyed steels with manganese contents well above 3 mass%. The book gathers manuscripts from internationally ...
New Insights into Parvovirus Research
(2020)
Viruses in the Parvoviridae family constitute one of the most diverse and intriguing fields of research. While they all share an ssDNA genome and a small capsid, they can differ widely in structure, genome organization and ...
New Mineral Species and Their Crystal Structures
(2019)
One last comment concerns the fundamental contributions of Fourier analysis to quantum physics: Quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
New Lipid Lowering Therapies for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases: Lessons from the Past and Future Challenges
(2019)
This book illustrates some of the most recent research efforts that have been made in lowering plasma cholesterol levels in patients with CVD. Selected articles aimed to illuminate advances and urgent challenges in the ...
Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries 2017
(2018)
This book contains twenty papers focusing on research investigations in the field of nickel/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries in 2017. These papers summarize the joint efforts in Ni/MH battery research from BASF, Wayne State ...
Nonparametric Econometric Methods and Application
(2019)
The present Special Issue collects a number of new contributions both at the theoretical level and in terms of applications in the areas of nonparametric and semiparametric econometric methods. In particular, this collection ...
Novel Insights into Orbital Angular Momentum Beams: From Fundamentals, Devices to Applications
(2019)
It is well-known by now that the angular momentum carried by elementary particles can be categorized as spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM). In the early 1900s, Poynting recognized that a particle, ...
Novel Membrane Technologies for Traditional Industrial Processes
(2019)
Through reading this book, you will obtain information on: (1) the main problems in air separation and natural gas treatment by membrane separation and how to solve them; (2) processes involving membranes and new membrane ...
Novel Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering 2018
(2019)
The concept of regenerating tissues, with properties and functions that mimic natural tissues, has attracted significant attention in recent years. It provides potential solutions for treating many diseases and other ...
Novel Biocomposite Engineering and Bio-Applications
(2019)
The engineering and utilization of biocomposites is a research field of major scientific and industrial interest worldwide. The biocomposite area is extensive and spans from structured and solid biocomposites (e.g., ...
Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Petroleum Industries and Geothermal Applications
(2020)
Geothermal energy is the thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth's core, mantle, and crust. Geothermal technologies are used to generate electricity and to heat and cool buildings. To develop accurate models for ...
Mathematical Modelling in Engineering & Human Behaviour 2018
(2019)
This book includes papers in cross-disciplinary applications of mathematical modelling: from medicine to linguistics, social problems, and more. Based on cutting-edge research, each chapter is focused on a different problem ...
Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences
(2020)
This book includes the seven papers that contributed to the Special Issue of Mathematics entitled “Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences”. The papers are authored by eminent specialists and aim at presenting to a broad ...
Open Access and the Library
(2019)
Libraries are places of learning and knowledge creation. Over the last two decades, digital technology—and the changes that came with it—have accelerated this transformation to a point where evolution starts to become a ...
Optimization Methods Applied to Power Systems: Volume 1
(2019)
This book presents an interesting sample of the latest advances in optimization techniques applied to electrical power engineering. It covers a variety of topics from various fields, ranging from classical optimization ...
Optimization Methods Applied to Power Systems: Volume 2
(2019)
This book presents an interesting sample of the latest advances in optimization techniques applied to electrical power engineering. It covers a variety of topics from various fields, ranging from classical optimization ...
Optimization of Biodiesel, Methanol and Methane Production and Air Quality Improvement
(2020)
Alternative and renewable energy sources already play a very decisive role in the development of human society, helping to fulfill increasing energy demands from both industrialized and underdeveloped countries, as well ...
Optimization of Heat and Mass Exchange
(2020)
This Special Issue of Processes operates on the basis of a rigorous peer-review with a single-blind assessment and at least two independent reviewers, thereby ensuring a high quality final product. I would like to thank ...
Optimization in Control Applications
(2019)
Mathematical optimization is the selection of the best element in a set with respect to a given criterion. Optimization has become one of the most-used tools in modern control theory for computing the control law, adjusting ...
Pediatric Palliative Care
(2019)
At least 20 million children worldwide would benefit from Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) annually, and eight million children would need specialized PPC services. In the USA alone, more than 42,000 children, 0–19 years, ...
Pediatric Integrative Medicine: An Emerging Field of Pediatrics
(2015)
Pediatric integrative medicine is a specialty that blends conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary therapies. Research shows that use of integrative medicine is common in children, especially in those living ...
Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines
(2019)
Interest in permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) is continuously increasing worldwide, especially with the increased use of renewable energy and the electrification of transports. This book contains the successful ...
Peroxiredoxin 6 as a Unique Member of the Peroxiredoxin Family
(2019)
The peroxiredoxin family was discovered approximately 30 years ago and is now recognized as one of the most important families of enzymes related to antioxidant defense and cellular signaling. Peroxiredoxin 6 shares the ...
Pesticidal Plants: From Smallholder Use to Commercialisation
(2020)
The global biodiversity and climate emergencies demand transformative changes to human activities. For example, food production relies on synthetic, industrial and non-sustainable products for managing pests, weeds and ...
Phase-Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging
(2019)
The intent of this Special Issue is to provide a framework with which scientists in several different disciplines, related to phase-contrast and dark-field imaging, can illustrate their ideas and results. The articles are ...
Overcoming Data Scarcity in Earth Science
(2020)
heavily Environmental mathematical models represent one of the key aids for scientists to forecast, create, and evaluate complex scenarios. These models rely on the data collected by direct field observations. However, ...
Ovarian Cancer Screening
(2018)
Presented here are scientific reports which add considerable information to the area of early stage ovarian cancer detection and the application of this detection to ovarian cancer screening. In this volume, the following ...
Physiological Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Forest Trees
(2019)
As sessile organisms, plants have to cope with a multitude of natural and anthropogenic forms of stress in their environment. Due to their longevity, this is of particular significance for trees. As a consequence, trees ...
New Approaches for the Discovery of Pharmacologically-Active Natural Compounds
(2019)
A major source of active compounds, natural products from different sources supply a large variety of molecules that have been approved for clinical use or used as the starting points of optimization programs. This book ...
New Developments in Christianity in China
(2020)
The phenomenal expansion of Christianity in China in recent years has attracted much scholarly and public attention. As the country continues to deepen its linkages with the rest of the world, Chinese Christian networks ...
New Directions on Model Predictive Control
(2019)
Model predictive control (MPC) is an advanced control design used in many industries worldwide. An MPC selects control actions which are optimal with respect to a given performance metric as well as any physically-motivated ...
New types of Neutrosophic Set/Logic/Probability, Neutrosophic Over-/Under-/Off-Set, Neutrosophic Refined Set, and their Extension to Plithogenic Set/Logic/Probability, with Applications
(2019)
This book contains 37 papers by 73 renowned experts from 13 countries around the world, on following topics: neutrosophic set; neutrosophic rings; neutrosophic quadruple rings; idempotents; neutrosophic extended triplet ...
New Water Regimes
(2018)
Water resource management challenges around the world are not just hydrological issues-- they are socio-legal in nature as well. This edited collection critically examines legal and administrative structures of water ...
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Research 2016
(2018)
This new book entitled "Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Research 2016" covers a selection of recent research topics and current review articles in the field of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that have been ...
Mathematical Analysis and Applications II
(2020)
This issue is a continuation of the previous successful Special Issue “Mathematical Analysis and Applications” <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/axioms/special_issues/mathematical_analysis>. Investigations involving the theory ...
Mathematical Analysis and Applications
(2019)
Investigations involving the theory and applications of mathematical analytic tools and techniques are remarkably wide-spread in many diverse areas of the mathematical, physical, chemical, engineering and statistical ...
Materials Processing and Crystal Growth for Thermoelectrics
(2019)
This volume contains recent developments in the field of thermoelectric with a focus on materials research, including inorganic, polymer and composite materials as well as different approaches to materials processing. These ...
Optical Communications and Networking: Prospects in Industrial Applications
(2020)
In the past few decades, the optical communication industry has explored multiple degrees of freedom of the photon, such as time, wavelength, amplitude, phase, polarization, and space, to significantly reduce the cost/bit ...
Personalized Nutrition
(2019)
“Personalised Nutrition” represents any initiative that attempts to provide tailor-made healthy eating advice based on the nutritional needs of each individual, as these are dictated by the individual’s behaviour, phenotype ...
The Origin and Early Evolution of Life: Prebiotic Chemistry of Biomolecules
(2019)
Studying the origin of life is one of man’s greatest achievements over the last sixty years. The fields of interest encompassed by this quest are multiple and interdisciplinary: chemistry, physics, biology, biochemistry, ...
The Origin and Evolution of the Genetic Code: 100th Anniversary Year of the Birth of Francis Crick
(2018)
The genetic code is one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century as it is central to life itself. It is the algorithm that connects 64 RNA triplets to 20 amino acids, thus functioning as the Rosetta Stone of molecular ...
Paediatric Nutrition
(2014)
Food and nutrition has been central to human culture, philosophy and science since the beginning of civilisation. However the building blocks of food and nutrition, the nutrients, remained unknown until the late 19th ...
Phytoalexins: Current Progress and Future Prospects
(2015)
Phytoalexins are antimicrobial substances of low molecular weight produced by plants in response to infection or stress, which form part of their active defense mechanisms. It is now clear that phytoalexins exhibit toxicity ...
New Insights in Stability, Structure and Properties of Porous Materials
(2017)
Porous materials (such as zeolites, clay minerals, and assemblies of oxide nanoparticles) are of great importance for the progress of many technological and environmental fields, such as catalysis, adsorption, separation, ...
Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and other Haemoglobinopathies
(2019)
Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and other Haemoglobinopathies is a Special Issue of the International Journal of Neonatal Screening. Sickle cell disease is one of the most common inherited blood disorders, with ...
Noether's Theorem and Symmetry
(2020)
In Noether's original presentation of her celebrated theorem of 1918, allowances were made for the dependence of the coefficient functions of the differential operator which generated the infinitesimal transformation of ...
Noise and Vibration Control in the Built Environment
(2017)
With global urbanization rapidly rising and the increasing need of high-quality built environments, the requirement of achieving improved sound quality, both for outdoor and indoor environments, has received a lot of ...
Novel Smart Textiles
(2020)
The sensing, adapting, responding, multifunctionality, low energy, small size and weight, ease of forming, and low-cost attributes of smart textiles and their multidisciplinary scope offer numerous end uses in medical, ...
MaxEnt 2019—Proceedings, 2019, MaxEnt 2019The 39th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering
(2020)
This Proceedings book presents papers from the 39th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, MaxEnt 2019. The workshop took place at the Max Planck Institute for ...
Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity (2018)
(2019)
The interest in the topic of spirituality as a more or less independent dimension of quality of life is continuously growing, and research questions are beginning to change as the field of religiosity changes, becoming ...
Open-Source Electronics Platforms
(2019)
Open-source electronics are becoming very popular, and are integrated with our daily educational and developmental activities. At present, the use open-source electronics for teaching science, technology, engineering, and ...
Optimisation Models and Methods in Energy Systems
(2019)
Challenging problems arise in all segments of energy industries—generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. Optimization models and methods play a key role in offering decision/policy makers better information ...