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  • Circular Plastics Economy

    A Multidisciplinary Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • November 6, 2025
    • Pooja Ghosh + 4 more
    • English
    Circular Plastics Economy: A Multidisciplinary Perspective provides an understanding of the complex issues surrounding plastic waste management, including environmental challenges, risks associated with microplastic contamination, and the detection of micro- and nano-plastics. The book explores conventional and emerging technological solutions for plastic waste management, such as reusing, recycling, pyrolysis, and heterogeneous catalysis while also considering alternative approaches like biochar and microbe-based degradation that foster a holistic perspective on the transition towards a circular plastics economy.With its multidisciplinary approach, this book provides an analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with circular plastics economy, guiding the development of sustainable solutions on a global scale. By addressing these diverse perspectives, this book offers a guide for researchers and professionals interested in tackling the challenges of plastic waste to achieve a sustainable and circular approach to managing plastic waste.
  • Intelligent Energy Systems using the Barnacles Mating Optimizer and Evolutionary Mating Algorithm

    Foundations, Methods, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • November 6, 2025
    • Mohd Herwan Sulaiman + 1 more
    • English
    Intelligent Energy Systems using the Barnacles Mating Optimizer and Evolutionary Mating Algorithm: Foundations, Methods, and Applications reveals the potential of innovative optimization algorithms to support sustainability in modern energy systems. This book provides a multidisciplinary foundation for the reader, with Part I breaking down fundamentals including the challenges to be addressed in renewable energy systems and detailed methodologies including swarm-, physics-, and human-based algorithms, before introducing the Barnacles Mating Optimizer and Evolutionary Mating Algorithm themselves. Part II drills deeper into examples, case studies, and applications for energy systems, offering comparative analysis with alternative tools, and providing complimentary MATLAB code using the latest Toolbox. A sandbox for readers to learn, skill-build, and develop in, ‘Intelligent Energy Systems using BMO and EMA’ provides an indispensable guide to these cutting-edge AI tools for new and experienced readers.
  • Refinements in the Art of Complex Breast Reconstruction

    • 1st Edition
    • November 6, 2025
    • Jonathan Bank + 1 more
    • English
    In today’s reconstructive breast surgery, what outcomes are desired by patients and what outcomes are surgically achievable? Using a case study approach, Complex Cases in Breast Reconstruction addresses the complexity of these questions in a practical, highly illustrated, and unique manner. This innovative resource uses a multimedia format to focus not only on the procedure, but on treating the whole patient. Clinical cases are presented in a series of interviews with international experts in reconstructive breast surgery, allowing readers to learn from real-world deliberations and considerations both in print and in video format.
  • The Physiotherapist's Pocketbook

    Essential Facts at Your Fingertips
    • 4th Edition
    • November 5, 2025
    • Karen Kenyon + 1 more
    • English
    Now in its 4th edition, the best-selling The Physiotherapist's Pocketbook continues to provide an indispensable and comprehensive reference guide for clinicians in their daily practice. This edition has been expanded and updated to include the latest evidence and covers the core areas of physiotherapy – musculoskeletal, neurology, and respiratory.
  • Small Animal Practice Client Handouts

    • 2nd Edition
    • November 5, 2025
    • Rhea V. Morgan
    • English
    Small Animal Practice Client Handouts, 2nd Edition includes 450 educational handouts that cover everything your clients need to know about their pet’s condition. Handouts include information on the disease, clinical signs, recommended diagnostic tests, treatment options, follow-up care, and ranges from basic descriptions of illnesses and frequent signs to preventive measures and expected outcomes - all on a single page. Handouts on 18 common procedures or techniques are also included in the book. An ebook is included with new print purchase and offers digital access to all the text, figures, and references, plus bonus images.
  • Innovative Models of Care: Improving Treatment Access, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 48-4
    • November 5, 2025
    • Lara Jean Farrell + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Lara Farrell and Eric A. Storch bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Innovative Models of Care: Improving Treatment Access. Top experts highlight models of care to increase access to evidence-based intervention. Articles focus on both adolescent and adult models of care, and present cutting-edge strategies and approaches that are revolutionizing the way psychiatric healthcare is delivered. From virtual care solutions to community-based initiatives, this issue explores a wide range of innovative models.
  • Adapting to Urban Heat:

    Strategies and Tools for Ecology, Decarbonization and Health
    • 1st Edition
    • November 5, 2025
    • Carmen Galán Marín + 3 more
    • English
    As global temperatures rise, urban areas face unprecedented challenges from intensified heat. “Adapting to Urban Heat” offers a comprehensive exploration of design strategies and tools essential for building resilience in low-carbon cities.The book covers the following topics:• Setting the stage for urban heat adaptation: An introduction to the pressing need for adaptive measures in urban environments.• Understanding, mitigating, and adapting to urban overheating: Insights into the impacts of urban heat and the latest mitigation technologies, including the interplay between advanced materials, nature, buildings, and human behavior.• Designing for urban heat adaptation: Practical design strategies aimed at enhancing microclimates and user comfort at the neighborhood scale, with a focus on the relationship between urban forms and greenery.• Tools for decoding and coding urban heat: An examination of data science, urban meteorological networks, remote sensing, GIS applications, and modeling techniques that inform effective heat adaptation strategies
  • Pyroelectric Ceramics

    Fundamentals, Synthesis and Emerging Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • November 5, 2025
    • Satyanarayan Patel
    • English
    Pyroelectric Ceramics: Fundamentals, Synthesis and Emerging Applications discusses the latest advances in this important research field. The book explores the pyroelectric effect in various types of ceramics and discusses various routes to enhance properties for applications like sensors, energy harvesting, and catalysis. It provides insights into processing and design choices for optimizing pyroelectric properties and sensitivity, illustrating new approaches to leveraging the pyroelectric effect in ceramics for a broad range of different industrial applications. In will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, scientists, engineers, and postgraduate students working with ceramics, in pyroelectricity, and related fields.
  • Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science

    • 2nd Edition
    • November 4, 2025
    • Naoki Yamanaka + 1 more
    • English
    Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science, Second Edition is a unique resource that provides extensive review articles on contemporary topics in insect science and entomology. It covers crucial new subjects such as genetic control, pollinators, and the effects of climate change and environmental shifts on insect physiology and molecular biology. Every section includes thorough discussions on the influence of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics in the field, which has seen significant advancements since the previous edition. The book bridges gaps between disciplines, helping readers grasp the fundamentals of insect science and appreciate its applications, such as in environmental control.Structured chapters guide readers, offering references and practical resources like methods. This authoritative reference is vital for understanding and managing the future of our civilization, intertwined with the fate of insects and flora on our planet.
  • Headache Management, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-4
    • November 4, 2025
    • Udai Nanda + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest editors Drs. Udai Nanda and Miriam Segal bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Headache Management. Early accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment are essential in symptomatic management and prevention of the chronification of headache. Multidisciplinary team-based rehabilitative strategies have been shown to be beneficial in the management of headache disorders, including refractory and complex cases. PM&R approaches aim to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life, and this issue provides high-quality evidence-based guidance to help you provide effective headache management at every stage of the care continuum.