Publications
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Satellite Altimetry for Earth Sciences
(2019)
Satellite altimetry is a radar technique for measuring the topography of the Earth’s surface. It was initially designed for measuring the ocean’s topography, with reference to an ellipsoid, and for the determination of the ...
Siloxane-Based Polymers
(2019)
This book, a collection of 12 original contributions and 4 reviews, provides a selection of the most recent advances in the preparation, characterization, and applications of polymeric nanocomposites comprising nanoparticles. ...
Silver Nano/microparticles: Modification and Applications
(2019)
Nano/micro-size particles are widely applied in various fields. Among the various particles, silver particles are considered among the most prominent nanomaterials in the biomedical and industrial sectors because of their ...
Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin-NTDs)—A New Challenge
(2019)
This Special Issue explores the range of clinical manifestations and epidemiology of both skin NTDs and common skin disease in endemic regions, the use of common diagnostic and management pathways, the different technologies ...
Snake Venom Metalloproteinases
(2017)
This special edition of Toxins will cover recent developments in snake venom metalloproteinase structure, function and clinical implications. It will include a historical retrospective of the discovery of Snake Venom ...
Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research: Rethinking
(2020)
Over the last years, sophisticated policy making propositions for sustainable rural and urban development have been recorded. The smart village and smart city concepts promote a human-centric vision for a new era of ...
Sex Hormone Receptor Signals in Human Malignancies
(2019)
Sex steroids, including androgens, estrogens, and progestogens, are knownto have widespread physiological actions beyond the reproductive systemvia binding to the sex hormone receptors. Meanwhile, emerging evidence ...
Sustainable Residential Landscapes:An International Perspective
(2020)
This book is a compilation of 10 recently published academic articles addressing sustainable residential landscape design and planning across geographies, scales, and perspectives: from American rain garden design to South ...
Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research
(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. [There is ever more research on smart cities and new ...
Sponge Cities: Emerging Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities
(2018)
Primarily as a response to increasing flood, impacts, the Chinese Central Government launched a program to implement the Sponge City Concept in selected pilot cities across China in 2013. As a result, the Sponge City Concept ...
Sports Materials
(2020)
Advances in materials are crucial to the development of sports equipment, from tennis rackets to skis to running shoes. Materials-driven improvements in equipment have helped athletes perform better, while enhancing safety ...
Sports Finance
(2018)
The use of sport as an empirical setting to study different organizational and economic phenomena is continuously increasing (Day et al., 2012; Kahn, 2000; Wolfe et al., 2005). Specifically, in the finance literature, ...
Statistical Analysis and Stochastic Modelling of Hydrological Extremes
(2019)
Hydrological extremes have become a major concern because of their devastating consequences and their increased risk as a result of climate change and the growing concentration of people and infrastructure in high-risk ...
State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017 Volume 2
(2018)
A comprehensive overview of sensors technology is provided in specific leading areas. Researchers, engineers and professionals on industries can find advanced technologies, devices, insights and solutions for a broad range ...
State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017 Volume 1
(2018)
A comprehensive overview of sensors technology is provided in specific leading areas. Researchers, engineers and professionals on industries can find advanced technologies, devices, insights and solutions for a broad range ...
State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2015: Volume 1
(2017)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art sensors technology in specific leading areas. Industrial researchers, engineers and professionals can find information on the most advanced technologies and ...
State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2015: Volume 2
(2017)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art sensors technology in specific leading areas. Industrial researchers, engineers and professionals can find information on the most advanced technologies and ...
Structure, Chemical Analysis, Biosynthesis, Metabolism, Molecular Engineering and Biological Functions of Phytoalexins
(2018)
Ever since the concept of phytoalexins was proposed by Müller and Borger in 1940, these compounds have attracted considerable attention due to the central role they play in the defense mechanisms of various plants. Besides ...
Sustainable Utilization of Metals: Processing, Recovery and Recycling
(2020)
The high demand for advanced metallic materials raises the need for an extensive recycling of metals and such a sustainable use of raw materials. ""Sustainable Utilization of Metals - Processing, Recovery and Recycling"" ...
Sustainable Use of Soils and Water: The Role of Environmental Land Use Conflicts
(2020)
This book on the sustainable use of soils and water addressed a variety of issues related to the utopian desire for environmental sustainability and the deviations from this scene observed in the real world. Competing ...