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Point clouds are deemed to be one of the foundational pillars in representing the 3D digital world, despite irregular topologies among discrete points. Recently, advancements in sensor technologies that acquire point cloud data for flexible and scalable geometric representation have paved the way for the development of new ideas, methodologies, and solutions in countless remote sensing applications. State-of-the-art sensors are capable of capturing and describing objects in a scene by using dense point clouds from various platforms (satellites, aerial, UAVs, vehicle-borne, backpacks, handheld, and static terrestrial), perspectives (nadir, oblique, and side view), spectra (multispectral), and granularity (point density and completeness). Meanwhile, the ever-expanding application areas of point cloud processing have already covered not only conventional domains in geospatial analysis but also manufacturing, civil engineering, construction, transportation, ecology, forestry, mechanical

The aim of the reprint was to provide readers with updated research findings on the psychological and psychiatric consequences of the pandemic. The wide scope of the reprint reflects the complexity of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. The focus of the studies ranges from the psychological consequences of social distancing and the closure of schools to the neurological consequences of the viral infection, and from the stressful impact of an increased workload on frontline health workers to the unmet needs of special populations such as pregnant women, veterans and patients with neurodevelopmental disorders. Thanks to its richness in content and worldwide perspectives (contributors were from Canada, Croatia, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, and the USA), the reprint is a valuable source of information to researchers and clinicians interested in the mental health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Related Books Clinical Con

In the search for a healthier diet and facing the uncertainties about the consumption of artificial additives, the scientific community has explored in the last years the potential of natural compounds, such as polyphenols, carotenoids, chlorophylls, essential oils, tocopherols, vitamins, polysaccharides, among others, obtained from the most diverse sources, such as plants and fungi, for the replacement of the artificial additives in food, which has made these compounds recognized as “natural additives”. In addition to being considered less harmful to health, and giving a certain functional property to a foodstuff, natural additives can also provide a beneficial synergistic effect in the food matrix. For the consumers, diverse studies have been showed that regular ingestion of bioactive compounds, that can be applied as natural additives, can be helpful for the prevention/treatment of several chronic and aging illnesses, such as cardiovascular diseases and neurological disorders. How

In recent years, rapid development in robotics, mobile, and communication technologies has encouraged many studies in the field of localization and navigation in indoor environments. An accurate localization system that can operate in an indoor environment has considerable practical value, because it can be built into autonomous mobile systems or a personal navigation system on a smartphone for guiding people through airports, shopping malls, museums and other public institutions, etc. Such a system would be particularly useful for blind people. Modern smartphones are equipped with numerous sensors (such as inertial sensors, cameras, and barometers) and communication modules (such as WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, LTE/5G, and UWB capabilities), which enable the implementation of various localization algorithms, namely, visual localization, inertial navigation system, and radio localization. For the mapping of indoor environments and localization of autonomous mobile sysems, LIDAR sensors are

Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes and conditions of transformation in order to contribute to sustainable development. How can complex organisations such as HEIs succeed in initiating and maintaining the process of sustainable development within their own institutions and make it a permanent responsibility? How can as many protagonists as possible be persuaded to get involved in sustainable development? This book deals with the promotion of sustainable university development and provides an overview of how universities can be organised sustainably and how sustainable development can be implemented in their various functional areas. In the sense of a “whole-institution approach”, which encompasses entire HEIs, the focus is n

Fisheries worldwide face great challenges including control, restoration, and prevention of the overexploitation of fishery resources; timely assessment of fish stocks to support their sustainable use; understanding the dynamic responses of fish stocks to the effects of climate change; supply–demand relationships of a fluctuating market; fishing regulations to which they are subject; and the contribution to food security in the face of growing increases in the human population. To address these challenges, considering the urgent need for proper fisheries management, it is essential to assess the state of stocks using population parameters such as growth, reproduction, recruitment, natural and fishing mortality, and bioeconomic yield. Understanding the life cycles of exploited resources, the spawning stock biomass, and trends in long catch series, preferably linked to environmental factors, are also relevant issues that can be addressed by applying classical methods of fishery biology, population dynamics, time series analysis, and limited data modeling. In this Special Issue, ten fishery resources around the world are analyzed using both classical and innovative methodological approaches to riverine, coastal, estuarine, and marine environments, thereby providing scientific support for their sustainable management. This geographic diversity underscores the global relevance of the approaches presented and their applicability to different ecological and socioeconomic contexts.

Understanding the complex process of food digestion is an area of intense research due to its direct liaison with nutrition and health. Over the last few years, consumers have been paying more attention to how nutritional factors and the consumption of certain foods may impact human well-being, as food components may display either beneficial or adverse effects in the digestive system, and therefore, in human health. Hence, our gastrointestinal tract is exposed to a large variety of food components once they are processed, released, and eventually transported across the intestinal barrier. Food compounds are thus metabolized and subjected to different changes in the digestive system, and scientists working on functional foods aim to uncover this challenge to better determine the health implications of food bioactives. While the simulation of the physiological conditions of the digestion process is a crucial step, there is growing evidence regarding the health impact of the modulation of digestive functions through dietary substances. Therefore, the goal of this Special Issue was to gather the latest research on the three-way interplay between the digestive system, the food matrix and composition during digestion, and the nutritional and functional properties of food bioactives, highlighting investigations applying model systems of food gastrointestinal digestion, absorption, bioavailability, and gut microbiota, but also novel studies and future scientific trends about the nutritional and biological functions of digested food products and their bioactive molecules in health and disease.

This Special Issue brings together eleven articles, including one review article and ten research articles. Four of them focused on development of photofunctional metastructures, such as metamirrors, nanotube photonic crystal, topological photonic devices, and metasurface filters.

This reprint focuses on older adults, who represent a large portion of patients with acute coronary syndromes and cardiovascular diseases in general but are seldom included in randomized clinical trials. The articles in this reprint offer evidence to assist clinical decision making and guide clinicians worldwide in problems with everyday clinical implications, which often result in the mis- or undertreatment of this large population of fragile individuals. Related Books Clinical Features of COVID-19 in Elderly Patients Medicine & Pharmacology Coronary Syndrome: Clinical Treatment, Prevention and Management for Better Outcomes Medicine & Pharmacology Cardiovascular Diseases: From Basic Research to Clinical Application Medicine & Pharmacology Advances in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease Medicine & Pharmacology Grand Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases Biology & Life Sciences ... The recommendations have been generated usin

The scope of this reprint, entitled “Emerging Protein Sources for Food Production and Human Nutrition”, encompasses the latest advancements in analytics and the application of new methods in the processing of proteins, both plant and animal, as well as methods of producing and testing foods enriched with these proteins. Related Books Sustainable Protein Sources Biology & Life Sciences Plant Protein Processing Biology & Life Sciences Recovery, Isolation and Characterization on Food Proteins Biology & Life Sciences Study on Physicochemical Properties of Food Protein Biology & Life Sciences Eco-Novel Food and Feed Biology & Life Sciences ... The recommendations have been generated using an AI system. About: About MDPI Books Advisory Board Legal Information: MDPI Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Terms of Use Accessibility Sales: Order and Delivery Indexing and Distribution Further Information: Book Series Reprints Book/Chapter Processing Charges Pay an Invoice Open Access Po

The present reprint contains twelve papers published in the Special Issue “Advances in Discrete Applied Mathematics and Graph Theory, 2021” of the MDPI Mathematics journal, which cover a wide range of topics connected to the theory and applications of Graph Theory and Discrete Applied Mathematics. The focus of the majority of papers is on recent advances in graph theory and applications in chemical graph theory. In particular, the topics studied include bipartite and multipartite Ramsey numbers, graph coloring and chromatic numbers, several varieties of domination (Double Roman, Quasi-Total Roman, Total 3-Roman) and two graph indices of interest in chemical graph theory (Sombor index, generalized ABC index), as well as hyperspaces of graphs and local inclusive distance vertex irregular graphs. Related Books Algebraic Structures and Graph Theory Computer Science & Mathematics ... Graph-Theoretic Problems and Their New Applications Computer Science & Mathematics ... Advances in Comput

This book collected recent innovative research and review articles on analytical techniques, production protocols, biotechnological tools, and new insights into bioactivities of ginsenosides including the effects on epithelial-mesenchymal transition, hippocampal neurogenesis and inflammation as well as on diseases such as ischemic stroke, autoimmune diseases, and allergic disorders. Additionally, the analysis through molecular docking and an overview of the Panax ginseng pharmacopuncture were also presented. Related Books Recent Advances in Medicinal Plants and Natural Products Biology & Life Sciences ... Bioactive Compounds and Therapeutics Biology & Life Sciences New Insights in (Poly)Phenolic Compounds Biology & Life Sciences ... Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Gynecologic Cancer Biology & Life Sciences ... New Insights in the Research of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Origin with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Potential Biology & Life Sciences The recommendati

This Special Issue comprises 12 papers from authors in 10 countries with new insights on the close coupling between magma as an energy and fluid source with hydrothermal systems for the primary control of magmatic behavior. Data and interpretation are provided on the rise of magma through a hydrothermal system, the relative timing of magmatic and hydrothermal events, the temporal evolution of supercritical aqueous fluids associated with ore formation, the magmatic and meteoric contributions of water to the systems, the big picture for the highly active Krafla Caldera, Iceland, as well as the implications of results from drilling at Krafla concerning the magma–hydrothermal boundary. Some of the more provocative concepts are that magma can intrude a hydrothermal system silently, that coplanar and coeval seismic events signal “magma fracking” beneath active volcanoes, that intrusive accumulations may far outlast volcanism, that arid climate favors formation of large magma chambers, and t

Metabolic dysfunction is a hallmark feature of a spectrum of chronic diseases, comprising aging, cancer, and diseases affecting the cardiovascular system, digestive system, and endocrine system. The phenotypes associated with metabolic dysfunction vary depending on disease type and stage. In turn, altered metabolism drives disease progression and incidence. Nutritional interventions, utilizing bioactive compounds or tailored dietary regimens, have emerged as effective strategies to modulate metabolic dysfunctions, thereby mitigating disease progression and improving outcomes. For instance, tailored nutritional intervention in cancers with altered metabolism determines improved therapeutic responses. Additionally, counteracting muscle loss and osteoporosis are clinical goals that can provide nutritional support to an aging population. Mechanistically, nutritional interventions modulate metabolism through mitochondrial homeostasis, metabolic pathway reprogramming, immuno-regulation, and epigenome regulation to impact disease progression and outcome. This Reprint aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform covering the following topics: (1) characterizing metabolic features and/or nutritional requirements in certain types of chronic disease; (2) defining the effects and mechanism of a specific nutrient or nutritional intervention to target metabolism and disease; and (3) developing new nutritional strategies that improve disease outcomes by altering metabolism.

No religious production has ever happened on a planet with 425+ ppm CO2 such that rapid climate change is the evolutionary and biogeochemical carrier within which all future religious production will by definition occur. This Reprint investigates how various theological positions may be responding to imminent climate regime shifts and how the sociology of religion may inform readers on how human groups are (or are not) using religion to organize around climate change. It explores how some religious actors are influencing cultural and social discourses around rapid climate change and dwelling practices within shifting bioecologies of place, including at the interfaces of technology and religion and of sustainability and religion, and how scholars should even conceive of the category of "religion" and how to teach to this category. Concepts of religious health within religious communities who may (or may not) be responding to the negative health impacts of runaway climate change and how religious ethics may (or may not) be changing to address the normative elements of runaway climate chaos are also investigated. Such scholarship occurs within the larger theme of the Reprint of Religion and Planetary Climate Crisis, where this crisis is understood to be biogeochemical, especially in geological time frames, but also political, economic, technological, ethical, and, therefore, biocultural. This opens up the need for humanities scholars to rapidly address rapid global heating in their research and teaching, and, thus, the requirement for the field of religious studies/theology to rapidly do the same.

The development of new drugs/drug candidates for medical treatment remains an exciting but challenging process as only a limited number of synthetic compounds fit well into the discovery and development process after multiple experimentation and screening efforts in search of their preclinical properties. Over the years, this continuous demand has been fueled by the use of organic/synthetic chemistry protocols that deliver new molecules or improve the existing toolbox diversifying libraries of pharmacophores of medicinal interest. The application of new methodologies particularly employing green and sustainable commercial feedstock chemicals for the discovery and development of biological therapeutics opens up new avenues of research. In parallel, the discovery and development of new organic molecules have always proved effective in designing drugs while overcoming critical challenges to the pharmaceutical industry and providing innovative solutions toward commercialized medicines. This reprint aims to provide a far-reaching overview of the most recent developments in synthetic methodologies as well as medicinal chemistry applications of small-molecule inhibitors.

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected life throughout the world, and dentistry is no exception. Dentistry has already been shown to be a hazardous occupation due to the numerous infectious and health risks associated with it. Over the past year and a half, this risk has only grown because of the highly transmissible nature of the Coronavirus. Dentistry, being a profession where the operator and the assistants are in close contact with the patients, has seen numerous changes. Not only this, but even dental education has been impacted as most of the teaching over the pandemic period has been conducted online. Furthermore, dental education has been highly impacted as a major part of it involves hands-on training. Due to this, there are several social, financial, and health-related repercussions that must be analyzed and understood. This Special Issue invited manuscripts, both research and review, that analyze the SARS-CoV-2 situation with regard to dentistry and dental education. Relate

The delicate balance of resource intensity and efficiency of a solution for a very complex problem raises the issue of how these aspects constitute a symmetrical or asymmetrical system. Computational Intelligence (CI) offers a plethora of efficient tools for the potential and rather good quality solution of highly complex, often mathematically intractable problems. This "toolbox" is one of the best examples for the study of the above mentioned issue, namely, how to find the best balance, how to establish a symmetry of weights or costs in a particular field, for a particular problem. This special issue presents a number of interesting novel applications of CI for the tackling of a wide variety of difficult problems. The Introduction gives a short insight into the symmetry and asymmetry aspect of the topic. Related Books Applications of Computational Intelligence, Volume 2 Biology & Life Sciences Applications of Computational Intelligence Engineering Applications of Computational Inte

This book focuses on a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives concerning the theory and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, medically oriented human biology, and healthcare. The list of topics includes the application of AI in biomedicine and clinical medicine, machine learning-based decision support, robotic surgery, data analytics and mining, laboratory information systems, and usage of AI in medical education. Special attention is given to the practical aspect of a study. Hence, the inclusion of a clinical assessment of the usefulness and potential impact of the submitted work is strongly highlighted. Related Books Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in Human Health and Healthcare Biology & Life Sciences Advances in AI for Health and Medical Applications Public Health & Healthcare ... Biomedical Application of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Computer Science & Mathematics AI in Medical Imaging and Image Processing Medicine & Pharmac

This book provides new and in-depth insights into molecular aspects of plant cell signaling in response to biotic, such as aphid- and grey mold disease-resistance, and abiotic stresses, such as soil salinity and drought stress, and additionally, functional analysis on signaling components involved in flowering, juvenility, GA signaling, and biosynthesis, and miRNA-regulated gene expression. Furthermore, plant acclimation was reported, with emphasis on mechanistic insights into the roles of brassinosteroids, cyclic AMP, and hydrogen sulfide, and the recent advances of transmembrane receptor-like kinases were refined. Clearly, plant cell signaling is an intensive topic and whether it is now or in the future, the emerging technology in functional analysis such as genome editing technologies, high-throughput technologies, integrative multiple-omics as well as bioinformatics can assist researchers to reveal novel aspects of the regulatory mechanisms of plant growth and development, and ac

Plastic anisotropy is a common property of many metallic materials. This property affects the analysis and design of structures and metal forming processes. The present edited collection of papers concerns analytic and numerical methods of structural and metal forming analysis and design using material models for anisotropic materials. Some qualitative features of rigid plastic solutions in anisotropic plasticity are investigated. Both rate-independent and rate-dependent constitutive equations are considered. The effect of plastic anisotropy on the distribution of residual stresses and strains is shown. Some papers deal with thermo-mechanical problems. Related Books Crystal Plasticity Chemistry & Materials Science Trends in Plasticity of Metals and Alloys Computer Science & Mathematics ... Progress in Plastic Deformation of Metals and Alloys (Second Volume) Engineering Metal Plasticity and Fatigue at High Temperature Engineering Applications of Crystal Plasticity in Forming Technologi

The Special Issue, titled “Advances in Boundary Value Problems for Fractional Differential Equations, 2nd Edition'', presents recent advances in the theory and applications of fractional differential equations, fractional inclusions, and systems of fractional differential equations involving Riemann–Liouville, Caputo, Hadamard, Hilfer–Hadamard and other generalized fractional derivatives under varied boundary conditions. Fractional partial differential equations and systems, as well as fractional q-difference equations and inclusions, are also addressed in this Special Issue. The contributions encompass various topics, including the existence, uniqueness, stability, and approximation of solutions.

The Special Issue “Morphological and Physiological Research on Fish” focuses on the application of morphological and physiological research conducted on fish, with the goal of providing information on the relevance of morphological studies and their relationships to functions. Fish are not only the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, but they also have a wide range of applications in research and industry. Furthermore, aquaculture is one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly ways to generate high-quality protein. In addition, in recent years, fish have emerged as an intriguing model system in biomedical research, owing to their strong resemblance to mammals in terms of several fundamental systems. Morphological studies give us context for understanding the spatial organization and link between physiological and biochemical data, as well as the molecular machinery that is rapidly being explained using molecular approaches focused on the genome, transcriptome, and proteome. As a result, new morphological and physiological studies of fish would improve our comprehension of these species, with extraordinary and exciting implications for both basic and applied studies. Many authors contributed to the Special Issue with ten original pieces and four reviews. The themes covered ranged from descriptive morphology to morphometry, stress markers to toxic compounds, wild to aquaculture or model species, and involved various organs and apparatus. Morphometrical and morphological research were the most numerous contributions in this Special Issue.

The sustainable production of marine ingredients is a critical focus for manufacturers, governments, authorities, and environmentally conscious consumers. This Special Issue showcases cutting-edge advancements in biotechnologies for the sustainable development of ecologically important marine resources. Of the 15 papers received, 12 highlight the production and application of n-3 long-chain (LC, ≥C20) polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAs) in aquaculture feeds and nutraceuticals. Key topics include the following:Single-cell production of n-3 LC-PUFAs;Recent breakthroughs in n-3 LC-PUFA oilseed production and regulatory insights;Lipidomic analysis and sustainability of the New Zealand green shell mussel (GSM);Insights into the utilization of myctophid fish for n-3 LC-PUFAs;Omega-3-related studies in northern Australian beef cattle and squid viscera oil production;Additional contributions explore sustainable practices in krill aquaculture and fishery management, marine-safe biosurfactants, and innovative techniques like compound-specific stable isotope analysis for determining the provenance of marine-derived products, such as squalene.This Special Issue collectively underscores significant advancements in omega-3 research and broader marine biotechnologies, providing valuable insights for sustainable innovation.