Publications
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Mineralogy of Noble Metals and “Invisible” Speciations of These Elements in Natural Systems
(2020)
This Special Issue covers a broad range of topics related to the mineralogy of noble metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, and Ru) and the occurrence, formation, and distribution of these elements in natural ore-forming systems. ...
Mineral Surface Reactions at the Nanoscale
(2019)
Reactions at mineral surfaces are central to all geochemical processes. As minerals comprise the rocks of the Earth, the processes occurring at the mineral–aqueous fluid interface control the evolution of the rocks and ...
Mineralogy of Quartz and Silica Minerals
(2018)
The present book reports recent contributions from research in the field of quartz and other silica minerals. The various forms of silica (SiO2) represent important constituents of the Earth crust and play a central role ...
Left Versus Right Asymmetries of Brain and Behaviour
(2019)
This book is a collection of papers written by leaders in the field of lateralized brain function and behaviour in non-human animals. The papers cover the asymmetry of brain mechanisms and behaviour in a wide range of both ...
Liquid Crystal on Silicon Devices: Modeling and Advanced Spatial Light Modulation Applications
(2019)
Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) has become one of the most widespread technologies for spatial light modulation in optics and photonics applications. These reflective microdisplays are composed of a high-performance silicon ...
Liquid Crystal Optical Device
(2020)
The Special Issue “Liquid Crystal Optical Devices” discusses recent developments in the rapidly advancing subject of liquid crystals (LCs).
Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014
(2014)
Liquid crystals can be found in both synthetic and natural materials, which include DNA, cellulose, soaps, and cholesteryl esters. Liquid crystal basic concepts are an inspiration for various branches of physics, chemistry, ...
Mechanical Behavior of High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels
(2018)
High-strength low-alloy steels are designed to provide specific desirable combinations of properties, such as strength, toughness, formability, weldability, and corrosion resistance. These features make them ideal for ...
Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys
(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. [Aluminium alloys are the most common non-ferrous materials ...
Mechanics of Biomaterials
(2015)
The mechanical behavior of biomedical materials and biological tissues are important for their proper function. This holds true, not only for biomaterials and tissues whose main function is structural such as skeletal ...
Magnesium Intake and Human Health
(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. [Magnesium is universally recognized as an essential nutrient ...
Long-Term Health Effects of the 9/11 Disaster
(2019)
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, also referred as 9/11, was an iconic event in US history that altered the global and political response to terrorism. The attacks, which involved ...
The Long-Term Perspective of Human Impact on Landscape for Environmental Change and Sustainability
(2019)
The research studies included in this Special Issue highlight the fundamental contribution of the knowledge of environmental history to conscious and efficient environment conservation and management. The long-term perspective ...
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) in Health and Disease
(2020)
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a highly polymorphic and diverse multigene locus in all jawed vertebrate species that has an integral role in adaptive/innate immune systems, transplantation, and infectious ...
Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications
(2019)
Building on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to the development of soft/fluidic microrobotics. Benefiting from scaling laws, surface tension and capillary effects can ...
microRNA Regulation in Health and Disease
(2020)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that play a crucial role in posttranscriptional gene regulation. Over two thousand miRNAs have been identified in humans, and many of them are conserved in other species. miRNAs ...
MicroRNA as Biomarkers in Cancer Diagnostics and Therapy
(2019)
This Special Issue celebrates the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the first microRNA. The size of the microRNome and complexity of animal body plans and organ systems suggests a role for microRNAs in cell fate ...
MicroRNAs: Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Human Cancers
(2018)
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a large family of small, approximately 20–22-nucleotide, non-coding RNAs that are involved in gene regulation, mainly at the post-transcriptional level. Multiple lines of evidence have indicated ...
Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) Communications
(2020)
The millimeter-wave frequency band (30–300 GHz) is considered a potential candidate to host very high data rate communications. First used for high capacity radio links and then for broadband indoor wireless networks, the ...
A Million Person Household Survey: Understanding the Burden of Injuries in Bangladesh
(2018)
Ninety percent of lives claimed by injuries occur in low- and middle-income countries. This special issue, A Million Person Household Survey: Understanding the Burden of Injuries in Bangladesh, aims to assess these ...
Milk: Bioactive Components and Role in Human Nutrition
(2018)
Milk is a nutritious food item with various beneficial properties and has a long tradition in nutrition, having been part of human diet for thousands of years. The composition of milk varies among different species, and ...
Micro- and Nanofluidics for Bionanoparticle Analysis
(2019)
Bionanoparticles such as microorganisms and exosomes are recoganized as important targets for clinical applications, food safety, and environmental monitoring. Other nanoscale biological particles, includeing liposomes, ...
Multiple-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) Techniques for Business Processes Information Management
(2019)
Information management is a common paradigm in modern decision-making. A wide range of decision-making techniques have been proposed in the literature to model complex business and engineering processes. In this Special ...
Multiscale and Innovative Kinetic Approaches in Heterogeneous Catalysis
(2019)
Kinetics and reactor modeling for heterogeneous catalytic reactions are prominent tools for investigating and understanding catalyst functionalities at nanoscale and the related rates of complex reaction networks. This ...
Mobile Mapping Technologies
(2019)
Mobile Mapping technologies have seen a rapid growth of research activity and interest in the last years, due to the increased demand of accurate, dense and geo-referenced 3D data. Their main characteristic is the ability ...
Modern Sample Preparation Approaches for Separation Science
(2019)
This book will provide the most recent knowledge and advances in Sample Preparation Techniques for Separation Science. Everyone working in a laboratory must be familiar with the basis of these technologies, and they often ...
Modern Technologies and Their Influence in Fermentation Quality
(2020)
During the last few years, industrial fermentation technologies have advanced in order to improve the quality of the final product. Some examples of those modern technologies are the biotechnology developments of microbial ...
Molecular Modeling in Drug Design
(2019)
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Molecular Modeling in Drug Design that was published in Molecules
Marine Glycoconjugates: Trends and Perspectives
(2020)
The books described marine glycoconjugates. Two articles concern microalgal metabolites such as steroid and sphingoid glycoconjugates, and a glycoprotein from a sea cucumber with interesting biological activities, respectively. ...
Marine Geomorphometry
(2019)
Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative terrain characterization and analysis, and has traditionally focused on the investigation of terrestrial and planetary landscapes. However, applications of marine geomorphometry ...
Marine Glycosides
(2019)
In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the publication of papers on the chemistry, biology, and potential clinical uses of marine glycosides. Indeed, more than half of the papers published in this field are ...
Marine Glycobiology, Glycomics and Lectins
(2019)
Glycans (carbohydrate chains) of marine creatures are rich and diverse in polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids. The chains that are metabolized by glycan-related enzymes (glycosyltransferases and glycosidases) ...
Ocular Tissue Engineering
(2016)
Tissue engineering emerged back in the 1990s as a new concept to overcome the problem of tissue and organ failure. Over recent decades, there has been incredible progress towards the regeneration of tissues such as bone, ...
Neuroproteomics
(2020)
The Neuroproteomics Special Issue overviews the unique challenges that must be addressed to carry out meaningful MS/proteomics analyses on neural tissues and the technologies that are available to meet these challenges. ...
Metabolically Healthy Obesity
(2018)
Accumulating evidence suggests that not all obese subjects are at increased cardiometabolic risk and that the “metabolically healthy obese” phenotype may exist in the absence of metabolic abnormalities. Limited data regards ...
Manufacturing and Surface Engineering
(2018)
The desired properties of surface components include the improvement of different properties, such as aesthetic appearance, oxidation resistance, wear resistance, mechanical properties, electronic or electrical properties, ...
Manufacturing and Application of Stainless Steels
(2020)
Stainless steels represent a quite interesting material family, both from a scientific and commercial point of view, following to their excellent combination in terms of strength and ductility together with corrosion ...
Manufacturing, Characterisation and Prop erties of Advanced Nanocomposites
(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. [In recent years, advanced nanocomposites have attracted a ...
Nanostructure Based Sensors for Gas Sensing: from Devices to Systems
(2019)
The development of solid state gas sensors based on microtransducers and nanostructured sensing materials is the key point in the design of portable measurement systems able to reach sensing and identification performance ...
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Proceedings of the INFN-LNF 2018 Conference
(2020)
The results presented in this volume highlight some of the most recent advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology studies, from both the physical and chemical point of view, with an eye also to possible engineering ...