Publications
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Expression of emotion in music and vocal communication
(2014)
Two of the most important social skills in humans are the ability to determine the moods of those around us, and to use this to guide our behavior. To accomplish this, we make use of numerous cues. Among the most important ...
Fast Ionic Conductors and Solid-Solid Interfaces Designed for Next Generation Solid-State Batteries
(2018)
The EV Everywhere Grand Challenge requires a breakthrough in energy storage technology. State-of-the-art Li-ion technology is currently used in low volume production plug-in hybrid and niche high performance vehicles; ...
Feedforward and Feedback Processes in Vision
(2015)
The visual system consists of hierarchically organized distinct anatomical areas functionally specialized for processing different aspects of a visual object (Felleman & Van Essen, 1991). These visual areas are interconnected ...
Ethylene's Role in Plant Mineral Nutrition
(2016)
Terrestrial plants are sessile organisms that, differently from animals, can not move in searching of the nutrients and water they need. Instead, they have to change continuously their physiology and morphology to adapt ...
Filamentous Bacteriophage in Bio/Nano/Technology, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Ecology
(2017)
Filamentous phage (genus Inovirus) infect almost invariably Gram-negative bacteria. They are distinguished from all other bacteriophage not only by morphology, but also by the mode of their assembly, a secretion-like process ...
From soil to seed: micronutrient movement into and within the plant
(2014)
In all living organisms, essential micronutrients are cofactors of many ubiquitous proteins that participate in crucial metabolic pathways, but can also be toxic when present in excessive concentrations. In order to achieve ...
From Sex Differences in Neuroscience to a Neuroscience of Sex Differences: New Directions and Perspectives
(2015)
This research topic aims to integrate scattered findings on sex differences in neuroscience into a broader theory of how the human brain is shaped by sex and sex hormones in order to cause the great variety of sex differences ...
Function and Flexibility: Friend or Foe?
(2016)
Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924) revolutionized architecture by designing the first skyscraper and he became famous by proclaiming that “form follows function”. When x-ray crystallographers visualized the structures of proteins ...
Game Changer - Next Generation Sequencing and its Impact on Food Microbiology
(2018)
Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) are revolutionizing the field of food microbiology. Microbial whole genome sequencing (WGS) can provide identification, characterization, and subtyping of pathogens ...
General Anesthesia: From Theory to Experiments
(2016)
General anesthesia is a standard medical procedure in today's hospital practice. Although in most cases the administration of anesthetics does not affect severely the patients health, side effects of anesthesia are well-known, ...
Genomics in Aquaculture to Better Understand Species Biology and Accelerate Genetic Progress
(2016)
From a global perspective aquaculture is an activity related to food production with large potential for growth. Considering a continuously growing population, the efficiency and sustainability of this activity will be ...
Genomics Research on Non-Model Plant Pathogens: Delivering Novel Insights into Rust Fungus Biology
(2016)
Fungi of the order Pucciniales cause rust diseases on many plants including important crops and trees widely used in agriculture, forestry and bioenergy programs; these encompass gymnosperms and angiosperms, monocots and ...
The Evolving Telomeres
(2016)
What controls the different rates of evolution to give rise to conserved and divergent proteins and RNAs? How many trials until evolution can adapt to physiological changes? Every organism has arisen through multiple ...
Evolutionary Theory: Fringe or Central to Psychological Science
(2016)
The computational theory of mind, which views the brain as an information processor that operates on cognitive representations, is central to modern cognitive psychology and is the dominant perspective from which brain ...
Evolvability, Environments, Embodiment & Emergence in Robotics
(2018)
Embodied and evolving systems — biological or robotic — are interacting networks of structure, function, information, and behavior. Understanding these complex systems is the goal of the research presented in this book. ...
Executive Functions in Psychiatric Disorders
(2017)
Executive Functions comprise a range of neuropsychological processes related to intentional behavior and cognitive control. There are several theoretical models defining and explaining the concept of Executive Functions. ...
Exploring Cancer Metabolic Reprogramming Through Molecular Imaging
(2017)
The inclusion of oncogene-driven reprogramming of energy metabolism within the list of cancer hallmarks (Hanahan and Weinberg, Cell 2000, 2011) has provided major impetus to further investigate the existence of a much wider ...
Exploring Bacterial Colonies in Solid Foods or Model Foods Using Non-Destructive Techniques
(2016)
Bacteria are always present in foods, either as initial contamination or as technological agents. In solid foods, they are immobilized and develop as colonies. So far, there is a lack of knowledge about the bacteria in ...
Facing the Other: Novel Theories and Methods in Face Perception Research
(2016)
We rely heavily on faces during social interactions. Humans possess the ability to recognise thousands of people very quickly and accurately without effort. The serious social difficulties that follow abnormalities of the ...
Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
(2016)
Dear Readers, If you are engaged in the treatment of patients with MS (pwMS), this e-book’s aim is to offer novel insights to improve on an understanding of one of the major problems of pwMS: fatigue. Although there is ...
Fragmentation in Sleep and Mind: Linking Dissociative Symptoms, Sleep, and Memory
(2018)
Fragmented, dissociated consciousness can characterize the mind in both wake and sleep states. Dissociative symptoms, during sleep, include vivid dreaming, nightmares, and alterations in objective sleep parameters (e.g., ...
Fungal Jewels: Secondary Metabolites
(2017)
Fungal natural products are friends and foes of humans such as deleterious mycotoxins, cytotoxic, carcinogenic compounds or beneficial compounds such as antibiotics, fungicides, insecticides, antiviral and antitumor ...
Gene Silencing and Editing Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases
(2018)
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders affecting the central nervous system. Despite significant differences in their causes, neuropathological abnormalities, and clinical outcomes, some ...
Gene function in schistosomes: recent advances towards a cure
(2015)
Schistosomes are human parasites distributed worldwide in tropical and sub-tropical latitudes, especially in developing countries and impoverished regions. These neglected tropical disease (NTD) pathogens causes debilitating ...
Extracellular Nucleotides in the Regulation of Kidney Functions
(2015)
ATP is normally regarded as the major source of fuel for the energy-demanding processes within cells; however, ATP and other nucleotides (such as ADP, UTP, UDP) can be released from cells, where they act as autocrine or ...
Extinction Learning from a Mechanistic and Systems Perspective
(2016)
Throughout their lifetime, animals learn to associate stimuli with their consequences. Following memory acquisition and consolidation, circumstances may arise that necessitate that initially learned behaviour is no longer ...
Fishing for Human Perceptions in Coastal and Island Marine Resource Use Systems
(2018)
Human perceptions, decision-making and (pro-) environmental behaviour are closely connected. This Research Topic focuses on bringing together perceptions and behaviour for sustainable coastal and island marine resource use ...
Hallucinations: New Interventions Supporting People with Distressing Voices and/or Visions
(2016)
Hallucinations can occur across the five sensory modalities (auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory). Whilst they have the potential to be benign or even highly valued, they can often be devastating experiences ...
Health and Children with Disabilities
(2017)
Articles within this e-book are focused on the health of children with disabilities. Various frameworks have been used to articulate the dynamic interaction of the individual, environment and the task as it relates to child ...
Histamine in the Brain
(2015)
Brain aminergic pathways are organized in parallel and interacting systems, which support a range of functions, from homoeostatic regulations to cognitive, and motivational processes. Despite overlapping functional influences, ...
Global Challenges in Radiation Oncology
(2015)
In the United States, much of the research is focused on developing new and very expensive technologies and drugs - often without a major therapeutic benefit. In resource limited countries, basic oncology care is frequently ...
Glial Plasticity in Depression
(2016)
Major depression is a highly prevalent disorder that poses a significant social burden in society nowadays. The pathophysiology of this disease is still poorly understood but growing evidence suggests that impaired neuron ...
The Global Challenge Posed by the Multiresistant International Clones of Bacterial Pathogens
(2017)
Multiresistant bacterial pathogens pose a serious problem worldwide making the appropriate treatment of patients with healthcare-associated infections a challenge. The spread of antibiotic resistance is either mediated by ...
Global Change, Clonal Growth, and Biological Invasions by Plants
(2016)
There are few more active frontiers in plant science than helping understand and predict the ecological consequences of on-going, global changes in climate, land use and cover, nutrient cycling, and acidity. This collection ...
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Multiple Roles of Bacteria in Human Life
(2018)
Bacteria are among the earliest forms of life on Earth. Notwithstanding their small size and primitive origin, bacteria still have a tremendous impact on everyday human life. Over the centuries, research into bacteria have ...
Good News - Bad News: The Two Faces of Immune Privilege
(2014)
Immune privilege was once thought to be the property of a few select sites that include the eye, brain, testis, pregnant uterus and (of all things) the hamster cheek pouch, and was believed to be mainly based on sequestration ...
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Signaling and Functions
(2018)
This eBook provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor evolution, structure, signaling and functions. Apart from review articles, it comprises exciting new research, ...
Gram-positive phages: From isolation to application
(2015)
Phage biology is one of the most significant and fundamental aspects of biological research and is often used as a platform for model studies relating to more complex biological entities. For this reason, phage biology has ...
The Grammar of Multilingualism
(2016)
This volume investigates the nature of grammatical representations in speakers who master multiple languages. Since the early days of modern formal approaches to grammar, most work has been based on the language of monolingual ...
Habits: Plasticity, learning and freedom
(2015)
In present times, certain fields of science are becoming aware of the necessity to go beyond a restrictive specialization, and establish an open dialogue with other disciplines. Such is the case of the approach that ...