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Crystal Structure of Electroceramics
(2017)
Electrical, optical, ionic and magnetic properties of ceramics are primarily dictated by their crystal structure. They can be improved by introducing impurities, creating long range order/short range order/disorder, ...
Chloroplast
(2018)
Chloroplasts are at the front line of many advancements in molecular biology, ranging from evolutionary biology to the mechanism of energy transduction, also including stress responses and programmed leaf death. In addition ...
Biochar as Soil Amendment: Impact on Soil Properties and Sustainable Resource Management
(2020)
The role of biochar in improving soil fertility is increasingly being recognized and is leading to recommendations of biochar amendment of degraded soils. In addition, biochars offer a sustainable tool for managing organic ...
Biomass Processing for Biofuels, Bioenergy and Chemicals
(2020)
Biomass can be used to produce renewable electricity, thermal energy, transportation fuels (biofuels), and high-value functional chemicals. As an energy source, biomass can be used either directly via combustion to produce ...
Biomass Chars: Elaboration, Characterization and Applications ?
(2019)
Biomass can be converted to energy, biofuels, and bioproducts via thermochemical conversion processes, such as combustion, pyrolysis, and gasification. Combustion technology is most widely applied on an industrial scale. ...
Biomass for Energy Country Specific Show Case Studies
(2018)
In many domestic and industrial processes, vast percentages of primary energy are produced by the combustion of fossil fuels. Apart from diminishing the source of fossil fuels and the increasing risk of higher costs and ...
Biomass Chars: Elaboration, Characterization and Applications
(2018)
Thermochemical conversion processes convert biomass into gaseous, liquid and solid products named, syngas, bio-oil and char, respectively. Syngas and bio-oil are considered as alternative biofuels to fossil fuels and wide ...
Blood-Derived Products for Tissue Repair/Regeneration
(2019)
This Special Issue on “Blood-Derived Products for Tissue Repair and Regeneration” reveals the evolution and diversity of platelet rich plasma (PRP) technologies, which includes experimental research on novel formulations, ...
Colloids and Interfaces in Oil Recovery
(2019)
It is well-known that colloid and interface science and petroleum production are inextricably linked. Whether in the reservoir, with its porous structure, or during recovery, crude oil is intimately associated with rock ...
Colloid Chemistry
(2019)
The Special Issue Colloid Chemistry presents a comprehensive overview of what opportunities the colloidal scale, i.e., the nanoscale, offers to scientists from chemistry, physics, materials sciences, and biomedicine. ...
Communications in Microgrids
(2020)
This book presents some latest treatments of several specific, but fundamental problems about the data communication and control of smart microgrids. It provides readers some valuable insights into advanced control and ...
Communication in Pharmacy Practice
(2019)
This reprint book ‘Communication in Pharmacy Practice’ is launched to help improve communication practices by increasing knowledge of different aspects of communication in pharmacy practice. The book consists of recently ...
Compounds with Polar Metallic Bonding
(2019)
The Special Edition 'Compounds with Polar Metallic Bonding' is a collection of eight original research reports presenting a broad variety of chemical systems, analytical methods, preparative pathways and theoretical ...
Coordination Chemistry of Silicon
(2019)
The chemistry of silicon has always been a field of major concern due to its proximity to carbon on the periodic table. From the molecular chemist's viewpoint, one of the most interesting differences between carbon and ...
Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM): Technologies and Applications
(2020)
Cooperative connected and automated mobility (CCAM) has the potential to reshape the transportation ecosystem in a revolutionary way. Transportation systems will be safer, more efficient and more comfortable. Cars are going ...
Crystal Growth of Multifunctional Borates and Related Materials
(2019)
Borate crystals are attractive for different technological applications because of their favorable physical and chemical properties like stability and high transparency, both high thermal and non-linear optical coefficients, ...
Crystal Dislocations: Their Impact on Physical Properties of Crystals
(2019)
The proposed existence of the edge and screw dislocation in the 1930s, and the subsequent work showing that dislocation theory could explain the plastic deformation of crystals, represent an important step in developing ...
Crystal Chemistry of Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury
(2019)
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Crystal Chemistry of Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury that was published in Crystals
Crystal Indentation Hardness
(2018)
Dear Colleagues, Determinations of the indentation hardness properties of crystals have expanded to cover the full characterizations of their important elastic, plastic and cracking behaviors, particularly as accomplished ...
Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Concomitant Medical Disorders
(2020)
It is with great pleasure that we present to you this Special Issue of Medical Sciences. In this issue, we present a comprehensive and contemporary review of the medical comorbidities that contribute to chronic rhinosinusitis, ...
Chronic and Recurrent Pain
(2017)
For many years people assumed that children did not experience chronic pain. However, recent epidemiological studies show that chronic pain, defined as constant or recurrent pain lasting three months or longer, is common ...
Contemporary Developments in Child Protection
(2015)
Volume 3 "Broadening Challenges in Child Protection" takes a somewhat broader brief and reflects many of the changes over the past twenty five years in terms of the broadening of concerns from maltreatment within the family ...
Design and Development of Nanostructured Thin Films
(2020)
Due to their unique size-dependent physicochemical properties, nanostructured thin films are used in a wide range of applications from smart coating and drug delivery to electrocatalysis and highly-sensitive sensors. ...
Design and Engineering of Microreactor and Smart-Scaled Flow Processes
(2015)
Microreactors are small devices with sub-millimeter internals which have superb mass and heat transfer. Initially, they were used for reactions with very high demands on the latter, e.g. very exothermic reactions, gas-liquid ...
Design and Applications of Coordinate Measuring Machines
(2016)
Coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have been conventionally used in industry for 3-dimensional and form-error measurements of macro parts for many years. Ever since the first CMM, developed by Ferranti Co. in the late ...
Development of Unconventional Reservoirs
(2020)
The need for energy is increasing and but the production from conventional reservoirs is declining quickly. This requires an economically and technically feasible source of energy for the coming years. Among some alternative ...
Dynamics of the Coastal Zone
(2020)
The coastal zone is the host to many human activities, which have significantly increased in the last decades. However, sea level rise and more frequent storm events severely affect beaches and coastal structures, with ...
Eating Disorders and Obesity: The Challenge for Our Times
(2019)
Eating Disorders have traditionally been considered apart from public health concerns about increasing obesity. It is evident that these problems are, however, related in important ways. Comorbid obesity and eating disorder ...
Econometrics and Income Inequality
(2018)
This Special Issue is devoted to the econometric analysis of income inequality and income distributions. Given the recent surge of inequality research, this Special Issue seeks to combine both theoretical and applied ...
Drinking Water Quality and Human Health
(2019)
The quality of drinking water is paramount for public health. Despite important improvements in the last decades, access to safe drinking water is not universal. The World Health Organization estimates that almost 10% of ...
Electrochemical Surface Science: Basics and Applications
(2019)
Electrochemical surface science (EC-SS) is the natural advancement of traditional surface science (where gas–vacuum/solid interfaces are studied) to liquid (solution)/electrified solid interfaces. Such a merging between ...
Electrochemically Engineering of Nanoporous Materials
(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. Electrochemical engineering of nanoporous materials is a ...
Dendrimers: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Donald A. Tomalia on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
(2018)
Dendrimers have firmly established their space in the macromolecular field since their first discovery in 1978. These monodispersed and hyperbranched macromolecules present unique properties with demonstrated potential in ...
Current Trends on Monomial and Binomial Ideals
(2020)
Historically, the study of monomial ideals became fashionable after the pioneering work by Richard Stanley in 1975 on the upper bound conjecture for spheres. On the other hand, since the early 1990s, under the strong ...
Current Trends in Symmetric Polynomials with their Applications
(2019)
This Special Issue presents research papers on various topics within many different branches of mathematics, applied mathematics, and mathematical physics. Each paper presents mathematical theories, methods, and their ...
Current Trends in New Testament Study
(2020)
This book focuses on seven of the most important formal methods used to interpret the New Testament today. Several of the chapters also touch on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible interpretation. In line with the multiplicity of ...
Diagnostic, Prognostic and Predictive Biological Markers in Bladder Cancer – Illumination of a Vision
(2019)
This Special Issue has been introduced with the aim of offering the possibility to publish new research results from old and new pioneers in the field of bladder cancer basic research. While editing this Special Issue we ...
Diagnostic, Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer
(2017)
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the Western world. Therefore, its early diagnosis in particular, which is mainly based on serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA), has gained attention in several fields ...
Dietary Intake and Type 2 Diabetes
(2019)
The prevalence of diabetes is on the increase in the UK and worldwide, partly due to changes in lifestyle which predispose individuals to overweight and obesity. It is estimated that about 90% of the currently diagnosed ...
Dietary Trace Minerals
(2020)
Dietary trace minerals are pivotal and hold a key role in numerous metabolic processes. Trace mineral deficiencies (except for iodine, iron, and zinc) do not often develop spontaneously in adults on ordinary diets; infants ...
Dietary Protein and Muscle in Aging People
(2019)
This Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled “Dietary Proteins and Muscle in Aging People”, welcomes the submission of manuscripts either reporting original research or reviewing the scientific literature. Manuscripts should ...
Dietary Supplements
(2018)
We invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled “Dietary Supplements”. The purpose of this Special Issue is to advance dietary supplement science by presenting commissioned overviews on four nutrients ...
Dietary Zn and Human Health
(2018)
• Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient that contributes to the proper functioning of over 300 enzymes and multiple biochemical and structural processes in the body. Zinc functions in the regulation of an extensive variety ...
Dietary Pattern and Health
(2017)
Topics have a clear focus on overall dietary patterns and health outcomes. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to: * Dietary patterns and chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular ...
Dietary Pattern and Health
(2017)
Topics have a clear focus on overall dietary patterns and health outcomes. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to: * Dietary patterns and chronic diseases including obesity, diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular ...
Discontinuous Fiber Composites
(2019)
Discontinuous fiber-reinforced polymers have gained importance in the transportation industries due to their outstanding material properties, lower manufacturing costs and superior lightweight characteristics. One of the ...
District Heating and Cooling Networks
(2020)
Conventional thermal power generating plants reject a large amount of energy every year. If this rejected heat were to be used through district heating networks, given prior energy valorisation, there would be a noticeable ...
Disturbance Effects on Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Forest Ecosystems
(2020)
Forest ecosystems are often disturbed by agents such as harvesting, fire, wind, insects and diseases, and acid deposition, with differing intensities and frequencies. Such disturbances can markedly affect the amount, form, ...
Earth Observation, Remote Sensing and Geoscientific Ground Investigations for Archaeological and Heritage Research
(2019)
This book collects 15 papers written by renowned scholars from across the globe that showcase the forefront research in Earth observation (EO), remote sensing (RS), and geoscientific ground investigations to study ...
Earth Observation for Water Resource Management in Africa
(2016)
Reliable access to water, managing the spatial and temporal variability of water availability, ensuring the quality of freshwater and responding to climatological changes in the hydrological cycle are prerequisites for the ...
Earth Observations for Geohazards
(2017)
Earth Observations (EO) encompasses different types of sensors (e.g., SAR, LiDAR, Optical and multispectral) and platforms (e.g., satellites, aircraft, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and enables us to monitor and model ...
Earth Observations for Geohazards
(2017)
Earth Observations (EO) encompasses different types of sensors (e.g., SAR, LiDAR, Optical and multispectral) and platforms (e.g., satellites, aircraft, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and enables us to monitor and model ...
Ecological Management of Pine Forests
(2019)
Natural pine forests characterize many landscapes preserved over time, either as a result of a specific forest management practice or a disturbance. In the event of a lack of management over a long period of time, these ...
Ecological Monitoring, Assessment, and Management in Freshwater Systems
(2016)
Today, sustainability of a healthy freshwater ecosystem and its associated ecosystem services are hot issues with ever-growing attention placed upon them. We are increasingly recognizing that they are crucial for the ...
Climate Variability and Climate Change Impacts on Land Surface, Hydrological Processes and Water Management
(2019)
During the last several decades, Earth´s climate has undergone significant changes due to anthropogenic global warming, and feedbacks to the water cycle. Therefore, persistent efforts are required to improve our understanding ...
Customer Loyalty and Brand Management
(2019)
Loyalty is one of the main assets of a brand. In today’s markets, achieving and maintaining loyal customers has become an increasingly complex challenge for brands due to the widespread acceptance and adoption of diverse ...
Cutting-Edge Technologies for Renewable Energy Production and Storage
(2020)
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are dramatically influencing the environment, and research is strongly committed to proposing alternatives, mainly based on renewable energy sources. Low GHG electricity production ...
Diet and Immune Function
(2020)
Supporting initiation, development and resolution of appropriate immune responses is key to survival. Many nutrients and dietary components have been purported to have a role in supporting optimal immune function. This is ...
Diet in Brain Health and Neurological Disorders: Risk Factors and Treatments
(2019)
The role of nutrition in health and disease has been appreciated from time immemorial. Around 400 B.C., Hippocrates wrote “Let food by thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” In the 12th century, the great philosopher and ...
Diet and Metabolic Dysfunction
(2017)
The purpose of these books is to have an updated systematic overview examining, in detail, the functional role of different diets and dietary components in maintaining glucose homeostasis and preventing long-term complications. ...