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Land use is the projection of human activities in space, and it has become an important insight into the transformation and reconstruction of human society and economy. Rural land use in China is...

Dear Colleagues, The coordination chemistry of the s-block metals spans diverse fields, ranging from shielded coordination compounds over hydride to organometallic complexes for diverse...

Many dams and geotechnical engineering structures are built for hydraulic engineering purposes. Therefore, the safety of dams and geotechnical engineering structures is particularly important when it...

This Special Issue gathers a collection of 10 recent studies focused on multiple aspects of salamanders, from life history traits to conservation assessments, encompassing the wide variability in...

The Special Issue offers a collection of articles on various techniques available for soil salinity monitoring and management at different scales, ranging from traditional sampling campaigns to...

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) represent one of the most challenging complications associated with diabetes. One in three people with diabetes develop foot ulcers, and many cases require amputation. The...

Scaffolds and Implants for Bone RegenerationAuthor: Kunyu ZhangPublisher: Mdpi AGPublication Date: Jan 02, 2025Number of Pages: 184 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 3725829497ISBN-13:...

Data available in today's information society is ever growing in size and complexity--i.e., unstructured, multidimensional, uncertain, etc.--making it impossible to survey and understand this data...

The healthcare system's ability to diagnose and care for people with schizophrenia has improved in recent decades, as effective pharmacological and psychosocial interventions are now available...

This publication, featuring ten articles, offers a comprehensive evaluation of bullying from diverse perspectives, significantly enhancing our knowledge and understanding. Bullying is multifactorial...

A year after (two years from the beginning), with the completion of this third Special Issue on the Innovative Agri-food Supply Chain (IAFSC), the world is still changing, with serious regional...

Following a previous topic (Scientific advances in STEM: from professors to students; https: //www.mdpi.com/topics/advances_stem), this new topic aims to highlight the importance of establishing...

Aluminum-based light-weight materials offer great potential for novel engineering applications, particularly when they are optimized to exhibit high strength and yet provide sufficient reliability...

This book covers topics ranging from a detailed error analysis of SSTs to new applications employed, for example, in the study of the El Ni?o-La Ni?a Southern Oscillation, lake temperatures, and...

Following the classical work of Norbert Wiener, Ross Ashby, Ludwig von Bertalanffy and many others, the concept of System has been elaborated in different disciplinary fields, allowing...

Second Language Acquisition and Language Education - Bridging the InterfaceAuthor: NAPublisher: MDPI AGPublication Date: May 17, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Oxidative stress is at the root of several pathological conditions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are normally produced inside cells, and their amount is finely counterbalanced by antioxidant enzymes...

The rapid advancement of technology necessitates the development of innovative solutions that maintain robust security and privacy across data networks and multimedia systems. This collection aims to...

Currently, at the dawn of 5G networks, and the era of the Internet-of-Things, wireless and mobile networking is becoming increasingly ubiquitous. In this landscape, security and privacy turn into...

Serious erosion problems related to significant negative sediment budgets in coastal systems have been identified worldwide. Artificial nourishments are a coastal erosion mitigation strategy that...

Ornamental plants have greatly benefited human life and urban environments since ancient times. They are used in interior and exterior landscaping as trees, shrubs, and annual and perennial species...

Seed germination and seedling vigor can be enhanced by different chemical or physical treatments and this process is called "seed priming". Thus, seed priming can be defined as treatments for...

Seeking Out SDGs in Dialysis Medicine : Selected Articles from the JSDT Conference, Yokohama 2022Author: NAPublisher: MDPI AGPublication Date: May 31, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

As the late Professor Nick Ambraseys famously said, "Earthquakes do not kill people-buildings do". Damage to buildings is one of the most serious physical impacts of earthquakes. Damaged buildings...

This reprint is to immerse the readers in the latest knowledge and technologies on seismic risk analysis and the management of structure systems. Traditional deterministic approaches are on course to...

The 2017 International Conference on Micro/Nanomachines (http: //www.icmnm.org/) was held in Wuhan, China, 25-28 August, 2017. Micro/nanomotors (MNMs), which are defined as micro/nanodevices capable...

This Special Issue consists of selected papers from the "6th Annual Conference of Energy Economics and Management", a large conference held in Guangzhou, China, 11-13 November 2015. The topic of this...

This Special Issue cooperates with the 5th Asian Symposium on Emulsion Polymerization and Functional Polymeric Microspheres (ASEPFPM 2015) (http: //asepfpm5.csp.escience.cn). Polymeric microspheres...

This Special Issue includes expanded academic papers selected from the forthcoming BBNZ 2014 Conference. The 2014 Building a Better New Zealand conference was held at The Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland,...

The 14th Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference provided a venue for commercial, academic, and government scientists and engineers from around the world to present and discuss the latest results...