Publications
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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 ...