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New Concepts in Oxidation Processes
(2020)
This Special Issue of Catalysts aims to cover the recent progress and novel trends in the field of catalytic oxidation reaction. Topics addressed in this special issue concern the influence of different parameters on ...
New Trends in Recycled Aggregate Concrete
(2019)
This book is the result of a Special Issue published in Applied Sciences, entitled “New Trends in Recycled Aggregate Concrete"". It identifies emerging research areas within the field of recycled aggregate concrete and ...
New Trends in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems
(2019)
A topical research activity in statistical physics concerns the study of complex and disordered systems. Generally, these systems are characterized by an elevated level of interconnection and interaction between the parts ...
New Trends in Fuzzy Set Theory and Related Items
(2018)
Since the launch, in 1965, of the key notion of a fuzzy subset by Lotfi A. Zadeh, this concept has succeeded in growing interest and development. Nowadays, it is undoubtedly one of the most powerful and appealing branches ...
Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J‑PARC)
(2019)
The Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) is a landmark large user-facility producing neutron and muon beams. Those beams feed over 20 beamlines ...
Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilization
(2020)
The book outlines recent advances in nuclear wasteform materials including glasses, ceramics and cements and spent nuclear fuel. It focuses on durability aspects and contains data on performance of nuclear wasteforms as ...
Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity—Description of Concepts and Validation of Instruments
(2019)
Why do we need more questionnaires to measure aspects of spirituality/religiosity when we already have so many well-tried instruments in use? One answer is that research in this field is growing and that new research ...
Optimum Choice of Energy System Configuration and Storages for a Proper Match between Energy Conversion and Demands
(2020)
This Special Issue addresses the general problem of a proper match between the demands of energy users and the units for energy conversion and storage, by means of proper design and operation of the overall energy system ...
Pharmacist Services
(2019)
The overall goal of this book is to give the reader a state-of-the-art synopsis of the pharmacist services domain. To accomplish this goal, the authors have addressed the social, psychosocial, political, legal, historic, ...
Pharmaceutical Crystals
(2020)
The crystalline state is the most commonly used essential solid active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The characterization of pharmaceutical crystals encompasses many scientific disciplines, but the core is crystal ...
Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism in Canada: The Current Landscape
(2018)
Canadian Pharmaceutical Scientists have a rich history of ground-breaking research in pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism undertaken throughout its Pharmacy and Medical Schools and within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology ...
The Organizational Aspects of Corporate and Organizational Crime
(2018)
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Phenolic Compounds in Fruit Beverages
(2018)
Phenolic compounds, also called polyphenols, constitute a diverse group of secondary metabolites that exist in plants and their fruits. This important group of compounds contributes to organoleptic characteristics, such ...
Photon-Counting Image Sensors
(2017)
Photon-counting image sensors represent a possible paradigm shift in solid-state image sensors. In these devices, photons are individually sensed and counted. To count photons, the devices must have high quantum efficiency, ...
Photovoltaic Materials and Electronic Devices
(2016)
Given the state-of-the-art in solar photovoltaic (PV) technology and favorable financing terms, it is clear that PV has already obtained grid parity in specific locations [1]. Advances in the next generation of photovoltaic ...
Photon-involving Purification of Water and Air
(2018)
The broad field of photon-involving purification of water and air has given rise to numerous papers, typically dispersed across many journals. Consequently, from time to time, there is a need for a book providing information ...
Neutrosophic Multi-Criteria Decision Making
(2018)
Neutrosophic logic and set are gaining significant attention in solving many real-life problems that involve uncertainty, impreciseness, vagueness, incompleteness, inconsistency, and indeterminacy. A number of new neutrosophic ...
New Results and Advances in PGE Mineralogy in Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE Ore Systems
(2019)
The book (Special Issue) presents impressive new results related to a wide spectrum of occurrences of platinum-group minerals (PGM) and natural compounds enriched in platinum-group elements (PGE), which are associated with ...
New Trends in Differential and Difference Equations and Applications
(2019)
This Special Issue aims to be a compilation of new results in the areas of differential and difference Equations, covering boundary value problems, systems of differential and difference equations, as well as analytical ...
Non-Linear Lattice
(2016)
The development of mathematical techniques, combined with new possibilities of computational simulation, have greatly broadened the study of non-linear lattices, a theme among the most refined and interdisciplinary-oriented ...
Novel Photoactive Materials
(2019)
Photoactivity represents the ability of a material, generally speaking a semiconductor, to become active when interacting with light. It can be declined in many ways, and several functionalities arising from this behavior ...
Novel Non-Precious Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electrode Reactions
(2019)
Research on alternative energy harvesting technologies, conversion and storage systems with high efficiency, cost-effective and environmentally friendly systems, such as fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, unitized ...
Novel Methods and Applications for Mineral Exploration
(2020)
This special volume offers a snapshot of the latest developments in mineral exploration, in particular, geophysical, geochemical, and computational methods. It reflects the cutting-edge applications of geophysics and ...
Novel Pharmacological Inhibitors for Bacterial Protein Toxins
(2017)
Many medically relevant bacteria cause severe human and animal diseases because they produce and release protein toxins that target mammalian cells. Because the toxin-induced cell damage is the reason for the clinical ...
Operators of Fractional Calculus and Their Applications
(2019)
During the past four decades or so, various operators of fractional calculus, such as those named after Riemann–Liouville, Weyl, Hadamard, Grunwald–Letnikov, Riesz, Erdelyi–Kober, Liouville–Caputo, and so on, have been ...
Optoelectronic Nanodevices
(2020)
During the last decade, novel graphene related materials (GRMs), perovskites, as well as metal oxides and other metal nanostructures have received the interest of the scientific community. Due to their extraordinary physical, ...
Optofluidics 2015
(2017)
Optofluidics combines and integrates optics and fluidics to produce versatile systems that are achievable only with difficulty through either field alone. With the spatial and temporal control of the microfluids, the optical ...
Optomechatronics
(2014)
The field of optomechatronics provides synergistic effects of optics, mechanics and electronics for efficient sensor development. Optical sensors for the measurement of mechanical quantities, equipped with appropriate ...
Pleiotropic Action of Selenium in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, and Related Diseases
(2019)
This book will cover topics related to the preparation and use of heterogeneous catalytic systems for the transformation of renewable sources, as well as of materials deriving from agro-industrial wastes and by-products. ...
Oxidative Stress and Space Biology: An Organ-Based Approach
(2018)
Technological advances now allow the planning of deep space exploration missions with the aim to discover new habitats for humankind. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has spearheaded this effort and ...
Oxidative Stress and Oxygen Radicals/Oxidative Stress in Health and Disease
(2016)
Oxidative stress is now a well-researched area with thousands of new articles appearing every year. We want to give the reader here an overview of the topics in biomedical and basic oxidative stress research which are ...
Participatory Forestry: Involvement, Information and Science
(2019)
Public participation in forestry is a key issue in ensuring the democratization of decision-making processes, increasing the social acceptance of policies, and reducing conflicts between forest users. Public participation ...
Passive Micromixers
(2018)
Micro-total analysis systems and lab-on-a-chip platforms are widely used for sample preparation and analysis, drug delivery, and biological and chemical syntheses. A micromixer is an important component in these applications. ...
Pheochromocytoma (PHEO) and Paraganglioma (PGL)
(2019)
This book outlines some new advances in genetics, clinical evaluation, localization, therapy (newly including immunotherapy) of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma including their metastatic counterparts. Well-known and ...
Piezoelectric MEMS
(2018)
Electromechanical transducers based on piezoelectric layers and thin films are continuously finding their way into micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Piezoelectric transducers feature a linear voltage response, no ...
New Developments in Statistical Information Theory Based on Entropy and Divergence Measures
(2019)
This book presents new and original research in Statistical Information Theory, based on minimum divergence estimators and test statistics, from a theoretical and applied point of view, for different statistical problems ...
Non-destructive Testing of Materials in Civil Engineering
(2019)
This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of nondestructive testing of materials in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate ...
Novel Aspects of Lipoprotein Metabolism with Focus on Systemic Inflammation
(2020)
With cardiometabolic diseases still topping the list of mortality causes and in facing the obesity and diabetes epidemic, there remains a great need to better understand the pathophysiological derangements underlying these ...
Novel Approaches to Minimising Mycotoxin Contamination
(2020)
Contamination of foods and agricultural commodities by various types of toxigenic fungi is a concerning issue for human and animal health. Moulds naturally present in foods can produce mycotoxins and contaminate foodstuffs ...
Novel Advances in Aquatic Vegetation Monitoring in Ocean, Lakes and Rivers
(2019)
In recent decades, there has been an increase in the development of strategies for water ecosystem mapping and monitoring. Overall, this is primarily due to legislative efforts to improve the quality of water bodies and ...
Novel Approaches for the Delivery of Anti-HIV Drugs
(2020)
HIV/AIDS continues to be one of the most challenging individual and public health concerns of the present day. According to the UNAIDS, nearly 38 million individuals were living with the infection by the end of 2018, while ...
Optical MEMS
(2019)
Optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microoptoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS), or optical microsystems are devices or systems that interact with light through actuation or sensing at a micro- or millimeter ...
Optics and Spectroscopy for Fluid Characterization
(2018)
All over the world, there is a huge and ever-increasing interest in the development and application of optical and spectroscopic techniques to characterize fluids in engineering and science. The large number of review ...
Optical Methods in Sensing and Imaging for Medical and Biological Applications
(2019)
The recent advances in optical sources and detectors have opened up new opportunities for sensing and imaging techniques which can be successfully used in biomedical and healthcare applications. This book, entitled ‘Optical ...
Organic Semiconductors
(2015)
Over the last few years Organic Semiconducting industry showed significant growth in many areas dominated by conventional electronics. The foremost advantage of organic materials is that they are cheap, lightweight and ...
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV)
(2019)
Climate change, urban air quality, and dependency on crude oil are important societal challenges. In the transportation sector especially, clean and energy efficient technologies must be developed. Electric vehicles (EVs) ...
Outstanding Topics in Ocean Optics
(2019)
Ocean optics is a branch of oceanography which is firmly embedded in studies of a great variety of ocean science and engineering questions. The interactive nature between radiative transfer of light and various dissolved ...
Photocalytic Coatings for Air-Purifying, Self-Cleaning and Antimicrobial Properties
(2015)
This Special Issue of Coatings is focused on the study of different photocatalyst-based coatings for developing self-cleaning, air-purifying and antibacterial properties. In this case, a wide variety of photocatalysts ...
Pickering Emulsion and Derived Materials
(2017)
Particle-stabilized emulsions, today often referred to as Pickering/Ramsden emulsions, are vital in many fields, including personal care products, foods, pharmaceuticals, and oil recovery. The exploitation of these Pickering ...
Planning, Development and Management of Sustainable Cities
(2019)
The concept of ‘sustainable urban development’ has been pushed to the forefront of policymaking and politics as the world wakes up to the impacts of climate change and the destructive effects of the Anthropocene. ...
Plant Development and Organogenesis: From Basic Principles to Applied Research
(2020)
The way plants grow and develop organs significantly impacts the overall performance and yield of crop plants. The basic knowledge now available in plant development has the potential to help breeders in generating plants ...
Plant Proteomic Research 2.0
(2019)
Advancements in high-throughput “Omics” techniques have revolutionized plant molecular biology research. Proteomics offers one of the best options for the functional analysis of translated regions of the genome, generating ...
Plant Innate Immunity 2.0
(2019)
Plants possess a rather complex and efficient immune system. During their evolutionary history, plants have developed various defense strategies in order to recognize and distinguishing between self and non-self, and face ...
Plant Proteomic Research
(2017)
Plants, being sessile in nature, are constantly exposed to environmental challenges resulting in substantial yield loss. To cope with harsh environments, plants have developed a wide range of adaptation strategies involving ...
Plant Proteomics
(2015)
This special issue on "Plant Proteomics" aims to highlight the diverse applications of proteomics in understanding plant molecular responses to various biotic and abiotic challenges. Recent advancement in mass spectrometry, ...
Policy and Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Water Banking
(2015)
We are pleased to present these 12 papers, all of which were subject to peer review by at least two reviewers. They show the range of economic and policy considerations relevant to the development and implementation of MAR ...
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products 2018
(2019)
Throughout most of history, medicinal plants and their active metabolites have represented a valuable source of compounds used to prevent and to cure several diseases. Interest in natural compounds is still high as they ...
Real-Time Embedded Systems
(2019)
Real-time and networked embedded systems are important bidirectional bridges between the physical and the information worlds. Embedded intelligence is increasingly pervading industry, infrastructure, and public and private ...