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Control and automation systems are at the heart of our every day lives. This book is a collection of novel ideas and findings in these fields, published as part of the Special Issue on Control and Automation. The core focus of this issue was original ideas and potential contributions for both theory and practice. It received a total number of 21 submissions, out of which 7 were accepted. These published manuscripts tackle some novel approaches in control, including fractional order control systems, with applications in robotics, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, vibratory systems, and wastewater treatment plants. This Special Issue has gathered a selection of novel research results regarding control systems in several distinct research areas. We hope that these papers will evoke new ideas, concepts, and further developments in the field. Related Books Feasible, Robust and Reliable Automation and Control for Autonomous Systems Engineering Recent Developments in Automat

As climate change intensifies, reducing CO2 emissions from transportation has become a global priority. This Special Issue, CO2 Emissions from Vehicles (Volume II), presents cutting-edge research on strategies to mitigate emissions from the transport sector. Covering a wide spectrum of topics—including engine advancements, after-treatment systems, vehicle electrification, hydrogen fuel alternatives, and AI-driven emission modeling—this collection provides comprehensive insights into reducing the environmental footprint of transportation. The issue explores the impact of vehicle aging on air pollution, regional variations in new-energy vehicle efficiency, and regulatory frameworks shaping the future of sustainable transport. Additionally, studies in this issue highlight the role of digital technologies in improving emission monitoring and policy effectiveness. By bringing together experts from academia and industry, this Special Issue serves as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and engineers striving to achieve sustainable mobility and combat climate change.Join us in exploring innovative solutions and contributing to the future of cleaner transportation.

This Special Issue, entitled “Beyond Borders—Tackling Neglected Tropical Viral Diseases”, presents recent advances in the surveillance, diagnosis, epidemiology, and clinical understanding of arboviral neglected tropical diseases. The eight contributions highlight the expanding global impact of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, West Nile virus, and other emerging pathogens, emphasizing how climate change, urbanization, and global mobility reshape their transmission. Together, these studies offer a concise overview of current challenges and innovative approaches that aim to strengthen preparedness and response capacities worldwide.

This reprint offers a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research in the dynamics, control, and actuation of aerospace systems, addressing critical challenges and innovative solutions within aerospace engineering. By integrating novel methodologies and practical applications, this reprint showcases advancements in distributed control for space manipulators, state-dependent control for drag-free satellites, hybrid propulsion systems for interplanetary CubeSats, and advanced strategies for aero-engine and spacecraft control. A diverse range of techniques, including sliding mode control, model predictive control, decentralized LQR, and adaptive fuzzy control, are explored to achieve robust solutions for trajectory tracking, vibration suppression, and integrated guidance and control. Furthermore, this reprint highlights the transformative potential of advanced materials and sensing technologies, such as piezoelectric sensors, fiber Bragg grating (FBG) systems, and smart materials, in enhancing vibration suppression, structural health monitoring, and system reliability. Through a combination of theoretical modeling, computational analysis, and experimental validation, the studies provide a holistic perspective on the design and optimization of aerospace systems. Aimed at researchers, engineers, and professionals, this reprint serves as an invaluable resource for understanding the latest advancements and future directions in aerospace dynamics, control, and actuation technologies.

Parasitic infections pose a significant public health challenge, particularly in developing countries, and can lead to long-term illness, disability, and even death. This reprint focuses on parasitic diseases and how parasites respond to the oxidative and nitrosative stress generated by the host's immune system. The articles in this Special Issue cover various aspects of this topic, including the localization of parasites within the host, the impact of nutrition and drugs, and the role of the host's immune defense cells in the parasitic response to oxidative and nitrosative stress. Understanding the mechanisms underlying parasitic diseases is crucial for developing innovative treatments that can target parasites' defense against oxidative stress. This Special Issue serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, and physicians interested in parasitic infections. Related Books Targeting Oxidative Stress for Disease Medicine & Pharmacology Oxidative Stress in Aquatic Organism

Climate change is now a global concern, and new energy materials and devices are being extensively studied to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help solve the climate change problem. Supercapacitor materials and devices are very promising due to their quick charge/discharge capabilities, high safety and long cycling lifetimes. However, the success of supercapacitor technology, when competing with existing energy storage technologies, largely depends on the improvement of its critical properties, such as the energy storage capabilities of the supercapacitor materials and devices. Thus, the development of high-performance supercapacitor materials and devices is a critical and timely research direction of the field. This Reprint discusses original research on frontier supercapacitor materials, including porous carbons, biochars, MXene, transition metal oxides, sulfides, and their composites, in addition to ion liquid electrolytes. Reviews on various cutting-edge supercapacitor technologies are also included. All of these are important for boosting the development of supercapacitor science and engineering, which are envisioned to help in powering up our future.

This Special Issue explores underrepresented aspects of the political dimensions of global warming. It includes post- and decolonial perspectives on climate-related migration and conflict, intersectional approaches, and climate change politics as a new tool of governance. Its aim is to shed light on the social phenomena associated with anthropogenic climate change, as well as its multidimensional and far-reaching political effects, including climate-induced migration movements and climate-related conflicts in different parts of the world. In doing so, it critically engages with securitizing discourses and the resulting anti-migration arguments and policies in the Global North in order to identify and give a voice to alternative and hitherto underrepresented research and policy perspectives. In this way, it aims to contribute to a fact-based, critical, and holistic approach to human mobility and conflict in the context of political and environmental crisis. Related Books Climate Change

This reprint contains a series of articles and reviews that illustrate the state-of-the-art knowledge about Gamma Ray Bursts and provide deep insights on the challenges that will be faced in GRB physics in the next decade. Related Books Recent Advances in Gamma Ray Astrophysics and Future Perspectives Physical Sciences High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy Computer Science & Mathematics ... Observations and Theory of Short GRBs at the Dawn of the Gravitational Wave Era Physical Sciences Present and Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy Computer Science & Mathematics ... Advances in the Physics of Stars - in Memory of Prof. Yuri N. Gnedin 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 Invo

Most analytical instruments currently in use struggle to directly manage complex matrices such as environmental, food, and biological samples, making sample pretreatment essential. In the analytical process from sampling to data analysis, sample pretreatment plays a vital role in extracting, separating, and concentrating target analytes. It also enhances detection, improves sensitivity and accuracy, and reduces instrument maintenance and operating costs, all of which significantly impact the reliability and accuracy of analytical results. Therefore, developing efficient sample pretreatment technologies and integrating them into various analytical instruments remains a key challenge.This reprint comprises three peer-reviewed review articles and nine original research papers contributed by research groups for a Special Issue of the MDPI journal Molecules. The topics covered include comprehensive review articles on advanced coating materials, such as metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, hybrid graphene-based materials, and molecularly imprinted polymers. Additionally, the reprint presents various SPME and related microextraction methods employing multi-walled carbon nanotube-ionic liquid/polyaniline adsorbents, MonoTrap, covalent organic polymer mixed-matrix membranes, magnetic persimmon leaf composites, and capillary coatings as extraction materials.

The aim of this second Eng Special Issue is to collect experimental and theoretical re-search relating to engineering science and technology. The general topics of Eng are as follows: electrical, electronic and information engineering; chemical and materials engineering; energy engineering; mechanical and automotive engineering; industrial and manufacturing engineering; civil and structural engineering; aerospace engineering; biomedical engineering; geotechnical engineering and engineering geology; and ocean and environmental engineering. Therefore, the following editorial is a selection of representative works of these topics. Related Books Feature Papers in Eng 2024 Engineering Feature Papers in Eng 2024 Engineering Feature Papers in Eng 2023 Engineering Interdisciplinary Insights in Engineering Research Engineering Interdisciplinary Insights in Engineering Research Engineering The recommendations have been generated using an AI system. About: About MDPI Books Advisory Board L

This Special Issue is a collection of high-quality reviews and original papers from editorial board members, guest editors, and leading researchers discussing new knowledge or new cutting-edge developments in the field of engineering. Related Books Feature Papers in Eng 2022 Chemistry & Materials Science ... Feature Papers in Eng 2024 Engineering Feature Papers in Eng 2024 Engineering Feature Papers in Eng 2023 Engineering Interdisciplinary Insights in Engineering Research Engineering 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 Policy Obtaining an ISBN For Librarians MDPI Initiatives: MDPI Journals Scilit Sciforum Proceedings Series Preprints.org SciProfiles Encyclopedia JAMS Follo

This book is a collection of several unique articles on the current state of research on complex concentrated alloys, as well as their compelling future opportunities in wide ranging applications. Complex concentrated alloys consist of multiple principal elements and represent a new paradigm in structural alloy design. They show a range of exceptional properties that are unachievable in conventional alloys, including high strength–ductility combination, resistance to oxidation, corrosion/wear resistance, and excellent high-temperature properties. The research articles, reviews, and perspectives are intended to provide a wholistic view of this multidisciplinary subject of interest to scientists and engineers. Related Books Light Alloys and High-Temperature Alloys Chemistry & Materials Science Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Alloys Chemistry & Materials Science Mechanical Alloying: Processing and Materials Chemistry & Materials Science New Advances in High-Entropy All

This volume is a reprint of the Special Issue “Theory and Application of Web 3.0 in the Media Sector”. Launched to highlight vital multidisciplinary perspectives, the SI’s contents are both theory- and application-oriented. The advancements of computational processing and storage capacities (at affordable or decreasing costs), the evolution of content compression techniques, and the constant update of networking infrastructures led to the domination of the so-called User-Generated Content (UGC). The proliferation of mobile devices, offering inherent networking with enhanced content capturing and sharing capabilities, also fueling the models of Participatory and Citizens’ Journalism. Thus, the interest has shifted to semantic services, purposing, among others, to automate content production, publishing, validation, documentation, and management. Such technological solutions have already entered the media sector, with their successful growth and elaboration requiring multidisciplinary

Recently, the Journal of Risk and Financial Management completed a Special Issue comprising papers invited by Editorial Board Members, which included papers on a variety of topics related to applied financial economics and risk management. It contains a very diverse collection of papers that span many of the areas that the academic community is actively completing research on, making this Special Issue a leader in the disciplines in question. The aim was to provide an avenue for networking and communication between JRFM and scholars in the field of financial and economic risk and management, and the final collection represents a successful outcome. The printed collection of papers acts as an additional vehicle for the dissemination of this research that was published in the Special Issue, and hopefully will prove useful for research and teaching purposes alike.

In recent years, ironmaking and steelmaking have witnessed the incorporation of various new processes and technologies that can be operated and organized in different combinations depending on the properties of raw materials and the required quality of the final products. Indications from the steel industry and local and global government institutions suggest that the breakthrough technologies for decarbonization will be based on new fuels and energy vectors. For CO2-lean process routes, three major solutions have been identified: decarbonizing, whereby coal would be replaced by hydrogen or electricity in the hydrogen reduction or electrolysis of iron ore processes; the introduction of CCS technology; and the use of sustainable biomass. Today, hydrogen-based steelmaking is a potential low-carbon and economically attractive route, especially in countries where natural gas is cheap. By considering systems for increasing energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of steel

Current approaches to Natural Language Processing (NLP) have shown impressive improvements in many important tasks: machine translation, language modeling, text generation, sentiment/emotion analysis, natural language understanding, and question answering, among others. The advent of new methods and techniques, such as graph-based approaches, reinforcement learning, or deep learning, have boosted many NLP tasks to a human-level performance (and even beyond). This has attracted the interest of many companies, so new products and solutions can benefit from advances in this relevant area within the artificial intelligence domain.This Special Issue reprint, focusing on emerging techniques and trendy applications of NLP methods, reports on some of these achievements, establishing a useful reference for industry and researchers on cutting-edge human language technologies. Related Books Natural Language Processing: Emerging Neural Approaches and Applications Computer Science & Mathematics