Books in Physical sciences and engineering

The Catchment to Coast Conundrum in Tanzania

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Asukile R. Kajuni + 2 more
English

The Catchment to Coast Conundrum in Tanzania: The Past, the Present, and the Future of Water Resources and Anthropogenic Activities is an essential book addressing the interactions between river basins and coastal and marine environments in the West Indian Ocean region (WIO). Key issues include water and sediment quality degeneration due to pollution, physical alteration, destruction of habitats, and changes in freshwater flows and sediment loads. The WIO region is experiencing rapid population growth, causing land-based activities to exert pressure on the marine environment, degrade critical coastal habitats, and alter freshwater flow and sediment loads into the WIO.The book emphasizes the importance of science-based ecosystem-centered management of river basins for the sustainability of ecosystems in the WIO region. It discusses increased human population pressure and inappropriate land uses in upper catchments as major causes of environmental degradation. This comprehensive guide aims to provide students and researchers with essential knowledge about the area and raise awareness on the significance of river restoration and conservation in river basin management, including coastal areas.

Railway Pantograph–Catenary System

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Zefeng Yang + 3 more
English

Railway Pantograph–Catenary System: Optimizing Dynamics, Materials, and Performance demystifies the complexities of high-speed railway electrification. This authoritative volume delves into optimization techniques for the electrical contact process, ensuring consistent and reliable performance. It addresses system dynamics, material selection, and critical issues such as frictional wear, arc phenomena, and environmental impacts. Combining theoretical and practical insights, the book presents cutting-edge research findings and technologies, providing a foundation for future advancements. In addition to systematic analysis, the book includes real-world case studies for a comprehensive understanding of system operations under varying conditions.It is an invaluable resource for both academics and industry experts, fostering global collaboration in railway transport.

Can Artificial Intelligence Aid in Forecasting Earthquakes?

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Bikash Sadhukhan
English

Can Artificial Intelligence Aid in Forecasting Earthquakes? explores the potential of AI in revolutionizing earthquake forecasting and early warning systems. This book delves into the latest advancements in computational intelligence, rule-based approaches, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms. By examining the evolution of research and the current state of earthquake early warning systems, the author sheds light on the data typically used in seismic forecasting. Other significant points include an analysis of various AI techniques for earthquake prediction and early warning, a discussion on the advantages and limitations of AI-based forecasting, and future implications for the field.

Climate Change and Soil Interactions

2nd Edition
October 1, 2025
Marcin Pietrzykowski + 2 more
English

Climate Change and Soil Interactions: Drivers and Pathways for Sustainability, Second Edition delves into the critical relationship between soil systems and climate change, offering innovative research on soil carbonization, biodiversity, and vegetation. This comprehensive resource examines strategies for preserving eco-sustainability, focusing on microbial responses and soil health under changing climatic conditions. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding soil systems' physical, chemical, and biological interactions to restore soil vitality amidst climate shifts.Beyond these foundational topics, the book also discusses the latest advancements in soil improvement practices. It serves as an essential guide for agricultural, ecological, and environmental researchers, providing up-to-date information on the dynamic interplay between climate change and soil. The insights offered are vital for soil scientists and climatologists seeking to navigate and mitigate the impacts of climate change on soil interactions.

The Renin-Angiotensin System in Parkinson’s Disease

1st Edition
Volume 9
October 1, 2025
Santiago Perez Lloret + 3 more
English

The book is organized into sections/chapters. Section I, The Renin-Angiotensin-Al... System (RAAS) in health and disease, conveys topics like an overview and history of RAAS discovery and its significance in cardiovascular physiology, the RAAS in the cardiovascular system, including the cardiorenal axis, and other RAAS endocrine systems (in the liver, lungs, adrenal glands, and testes). RAAS pathways and second messengers (Cyclic AMP, Calcium), and receptors [AT1R, AT2R, MasR binding to the vasodilator angiotensin-(1-7)], medications targeting the RAAS, and effects of the RAAS on inflammation. Oxidative stress, vascular smooth muscle contraction, endothelial dysfunction, fibrosis, and the hypertrophic, anti-apoptotic, and pro-mitogenic effects of Angiotensin II. RAAS local brain systems and pleiotropic effects, including neuroinflammation, autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Section II, the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) in Parkinson’s disease, deals with general considerations, pathogeny and pharmacotherapeutics... the RAS and Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties of AT2 in motor neuron disease treatment, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA); RAS modulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission: effects on Parkinson’s disease motor symptoms, motor fluctuations, memory, cognition and mood; ACEIs and ARBs’ therapeutic benefits on mood and depressive symptoms; brain RAS as a potential therapeutic target in psychiatric disorders; the risk of Parkinson’s disease and the use of Renin-angiotensin modulators; brain RAS regulation of stress and neuroinflammation, and participation of the hypothalamic-pituita... axis; risk of Parkinson’s disease and the use of RAS modulators; the relationship between RAS, COVID-19, and Parkinson’s disease; RAS, Parkinson, and COVID-19: ACE2 and post COVID-19 parkinsonism; the relationship between RAS and other pathological conditions that increase PD risk. RAS role in the pathophysiology of diabetes and complications — nephropathy and retinopathy; gut microbiota and local gastrointestinal RAS two-way interaction; gut dysbiosis and impaired renin-angiotensin system (RAS) function in cognitive decline and neurodegeneration; gut microbiota impact on RAS-related disorders; gastrointestinal dopaminergic and renin-angiotensin systems; gut ACE2, probiotics supplementation, and diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes; Ang-(1-7) protection in diabetes and diabetic retinopathy; ACE2 gene therapy improvement of glycemic control in diabetic mice.

Machine Learning in Drug Development: Part 1

1st Edition
Volume 64
October 1, 2025
Joy Feng + 1 more
English

Machine Learning in Drug Development: Part One, Volume 64 in the Annual Reports on Medicinal Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this release include Artificial Intelligence in Small Molecule and Nucleic Acid Research: A Review, AI-aided Drug Development for Protein Degraders: Design, Lead Identification, and Optimization, AI-aided Drug Development for Protein Degraders: Biology Validation, Disease-association, Drug Repurposing, Transforming Modern Drug Discovery with Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Antiviral Drugs: Progress and Applications, Artificial Intelligence for Drug Target Identification, and Machine Learning in Proteomic Biomarker Discovery.

A Snapshot of Molecular Electronic Structure Theory and its Applications

1st Edition
Volume 92
October 1, 2025
Erkki J. Brändas + 3 more
English

A Snapshot of Molecular Electronic Structure Theory and its Applications, Volume 92 in the Advances in Quantum Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Polynomial expression of variable precision of molecular integrals for orbital exponents and atomic distances over STO, A first step towards the development of exchange-correlation functionals from X-ray diffraction data, Quantum Mechanical Insights into the Properties of Graphene-like Zinc Oxide (g-ZnO), Theoretical study of structural aspects and interactions between Ederavone and Cucurbit(7)uril, Time dependent potential models for atomic spectroscopy in atmospheric plasmas, and much more.Additional chapters cover Anionic resonances of Mg and Ca from an electron propagator based on a multiconfigurational reference state and a complex absorbing potential, Massively Lockstep-Parallel Algorithms for Full-Isomerspace Geometry Optimization, A Comprehensive Investigation of the Dirac-like Equation. A case study hydrogen-like atomic and molecular systems, Many-Body Expansion of systems from Hydrogen bonded systems to Light Nuclear Systems, and more.

Machine Learning Solutions for Inverse Problems: Part A

1st Edition
Volume 26
October 1, 2025
Andreas Hauptmann + 3 more
English

Machine Learning Solutions for Inverse Problems: Part A, Volume 26 in the Handbook of Numerical Analysis, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Data-Driven Approaches for Generalized Lasso Problems, Implicit Regularization of the Deep Inverse Prior via (Inertial) Gradient Flow, Generalized Hardness of Approximation, Hallucinations, and Trustworthiness in Machine Learning for Inverse Problems, Energy-Based Models for Inverse Imaging Problems, Regularization Theory of Stochastic Iterative Methods for Solving Inverse Problems, and more.Other sections cover Advances in Identifying Differential Equations from Noisy Data Observations, The Complete Electrode Model for Electrical Impedance Tomography: A Comparative Study of Deep Learning and Analytical Methods, Learned Iterative Schemes: Neural Network Architectures for Operator Learning, Jacobian-Free Backpropagation for Unfolded Schemes with Convergence Guarantees, and Operator Learning Meets Inverse Problems: A Probabilistic Perspective

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

1st Edition
Volume 236
October 1, 2025
Peter W. Hawkes + 1 more
English

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 236 merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.

Annual Reports on Computational Chemistry

1st Edition
Volume 21
October 1, 2025
Angela K. Wilson
English

Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry is a comprehensive and authoritative series that provides an in-depth overview of the latest advancements and trends in the field of computational chemistry. Each volume in this series is meticulously curated by leading experts and encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from fundamental theoretical methods to cutting-edge applications in various branches of chemistry and related disciplines.

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