Publications
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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 ...