Remittances as Social Practices and Agents of Change The Future of Transnational Society /

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: Moving Towards the Future of Transnational Society in Three Steps.…”
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Time Predictions Understanding and Avoiding Unrealism in Project Planning and Everyday Life / by Halkjelsvik, Torleif, Jørgensen, Magne

Table of Contents: “…-- 3.2 Communication of time predictions -- 3.3 Probability-based time predictions -- 3.4 Right-skewed time distributions -- 3.5 Relearning to add: 2 + 2 is usually more than 4 -- 3.6 How to predict the mean time usage -- 3.7 How time predictions affect performance -- 4. …”
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Skills Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific

Table of Contents: “…, Kerry J Kennedy and Joseph Kui Foon Chow -- PART 4: GOING FORWARD: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS FOR A SKILLS FRAMEWORK -- Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia and the Pacific, Shanti Jagannathan.…”
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Lives in Peace Research The Oslo Stories /

Table of Contents: “…Congo and Structural Violence: Helge Hveem Interviewed by Per Olav Reinton -- 9. The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen Interviewed by Siri Aas Rustad -- 10. …”
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Equity, Equality and Diversity in the Nordic Model of Education

Table of Contents: “…Kajsa Yang Hansen, Jelena Radišić, Xin Liu & Leah Natasha Glassow -- Digital inclusion in Norwegian and Danish schools: Analysing variation in teachers' collaboration, attitudes, ICT use and students' ICT literacy. Anubha Rohatgi, Jeppe Bundsgaard & Ove E. Hatlevik -- Teachers' Role in Enhancing Equity: A Multilevel Structural Equation Modelling with Mediated Moderation. …”
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Urinary Stents Current State and Future Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Potential for use to prevent infections -- Ch 27: Urinary tract infections and encrustation in urinary stents -- Ch 28: Learning from our mistakes:Applying Vascular Stent Technologies to the Urinary Tract -- Ch 29: Biodegradable urinary stents -- Ch 30: New double-J stent design for preventing/reducing irritative bladder symptoms & flank pain -- Ch 31: Drug eluting devices in the urinary tract -- Ch 32: Methods and Materials for drug eluting urinary stents design and fabrication -- Ch 33: Preventing biofilm formation and encrustation on urinary implants: (bio)coatings and tissue engineering -- Ch 34: Preventing biofilm formation and encrustation on urinary implants: (bio)molecular and physical research approaches -- Ch 35: Ten steps to strategic planning for the urinary stents of the future.…”
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Migrations in the Mediterranean IMISCOE Regional Reader /

Table of Contents: “….: Capturing Irregular Migrations through a Macro-Sociological Lens: The harga process in twelve steps from North Africa to Europe -- Part IV: History, Cities and Social Transformations -- Chapter 16. …”
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Principles of Business Statistics

Table of Contents: “…1 Sampling and Data -- 1.1 Sampling and Data: Introduction -- 1.2 Sampling and Data: Statistics -- 1.3 Sampling and Data: Key Terms -- 1.4 Sampling and Data: Data -- 1.5 Sampling and Data: Variation and Critical Evaluation -- 1.6 Sampling and Data: Frequency, Relative Frequency, and Cumulative Frequency -- 2 Descriptive Statistics -- 2.1 Descriptive Statistics: Introduction -- 2.2 Descriptive Statistics: Displaying Data -- 2.3 Descriptive Statistics: Histogram -- 2.4 Descriptive Statistics: Measuring the Center of the Data -- 2.5 Descriptive Statistics: Skewness and the Mean, Median, and Mode -- 2.6 Descriptive Statistics: Measuring the Spread of the Data -- 3 The Normal Distribution -- 3.1 Normal Distribution: Introduction -- 3.2 Normal Distribution: Standard Normal Distribution -- 3.3 Normal Distribution: Z-scores -- 3.4 Normal Distribution: Areas to the Left and Right of x -- 3.5 Normal Distribution: Calculations of Probabilities -- 3.6 Central Limit Theorem: Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means -- 3.7 Central Limit Theorem: Using the Central Limit Theorem -- 4 Confidence Interval -- 4.1 Confidence Intervals: Introduction -- 4.2 Confidence Intervals: Confidence Interval, Single Population Mean, Population Standard Deviation Known, Normal -- 4.3 Confidence Intervals: Confidence Interval, Single Population Mean, Standard Deviation Unknown, Student's-t -- 4.4 Confidence Intervals: Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion -- 5 Hypothesis Testing -- 5.1 Hypothesis Testing of Single Mean and Single Proportion: Introduction -- 5.2 Hypothesis Testing of Single Mean and Single Proportion: Null and Alternate Hypotheses -- 5.3 Hypothesis Testing of Single Mean and Single Proportion: Using the Sample to Test the Null Hypothesis -- 5.4 Hypothesis Testing of Single Mean and Single Proportion: Decision and Conclusion -- 6 Linear Regression and Correlation -- 6.1 Linear Regression and Correlation: Introduction -- 6.2 Linear Regression and Correlation: Linear Equations -- 6.3 Linear Regression and Correlation: Slope and Y-Intercept of a Linear Equation -- 6.4 Linear Regression and Correlation: Scatter Plots -- 6.5 Linear Regression and Correlation: The Regression Equation -- 6.6 Linear Regression and Correlation: Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination -- 6.7 Linear Regression and Correlation: Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient -- 6.8 Linear Regression and Correlation: Prediction…”
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Biotechnologies for Plant Mutation Breeding Protocols /

Table of Contents: “…Mutagenesis for Crop Breeding and Functional Genomics -- Chemical and Physical Mutagenesis in Jatropha curcas -- Chemical Mutagenesis and Chimera Dissolution in Vegetatively Propagated Banana -- Mutation Induction Using Gamma Irradiation and Embryogenic Cell Suspensions in Plantain (Musa spp.) -- Optimization of Somatic Embryogenesis in Cassava -- Creation of a TILLING Population in Barley after Chemical Mutagenesis with Sodium Azide and MNU -- Site-Directed Mutagenesis in Barley by Expression of TALE Nuclease in Embryogenic Pollen -- Doubled Haploidy as a Tool for Chimera Dissolution of TALEN-Induced Mutations in Barley -- Field Evaluation of Mutagenized Rice Material -- Root Phenotyping Pipeline for Cereal Plants -- Breeding New Aromatic Rice with High Iron using Gamma Radiation and Hybridization -- Utilizing NIRS for Qualitative and Non-Destructive Identification of Seed Mutants in Large Populations -- Protocols for Proteome Analyses of Jatropha curcas -- Low-Cost Methods for DNA Extraction and Quantification -- A Protocol for Benchtop Extraction of Single-Strand-Specific Nucleases for Mutation Discovery -- A Protocol for Validation of Doubled Haploid Plants by Enzymatic Mismatch Cleavage -- Bioinformatics-Based Assessment of the Relevance of Candidate Genes for Mutation Discovery -- Mutation Detection by Analysis of DNA Heteroduplexes in TILLING Populations of Diploid Species -- Determining Mutation Density using Restriction Enzyme Sequence Comparative Analysis (RESCAN) -- Next-Generation Sequencing for Targeted Discovery of Rare Mutations in Rice.…”
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Immunogenetics Methods and Protocols /

Table of Contents: “…The Advent of Precision Immunology: Immunogenetics at the Center of Immune Cell Analysis in Health and Disease -- Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Clonality Detection of Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangements in B-Cell Lymphoma -- One-Step Next Generation Sequencing of Immunoglobulin and T-Cell Receptor Gene Recombinations for MRD Marker Identification in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia -- Immunoglobulin/T-Cell Receptor Gene Rearrangement Analysis Using RNA-Seq -- Minimal Residual Disease Analysis by Monitoring Immunoglobulin and T-Cell Receptor Gene Rearrangements by Quantitative PCR and Droplet Digital PCR -- Quality Control for IG/TR Marker Identification and MRD Analysis -- cfDNA-Based NGS IG Analysis in Lymphoma -- Targeted Locus Amplification as Marker Screening Approach to Detect Immunoglobulin (IG) Translocations in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas -- Immunoglobulin/T-Cell Receptor Capture Strategy for Comprehensive Immunogenetics -- Immunoglobulin Gene Mutational Status Assessment by Next Generation Sequencing in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia -- NGS-Based B-Cell Receptor Repertoire Analysis in the Context of Inborn Errors of Immunity -- Generic Multiplex Digital PCR for Accurate Quantification of T-Cells in Copy Number Stable and Unstable DNA Samples -- Gene Engineering T-Cells with T-Cell Receptor for Adoptive Therapy -- Combined Analysis of Transcriptome and T-Cell Receptor Alpha Beta (TRA/TRB) Repertoire in Paucicellular Samples at the Single Cell Level -- AIRR Community Guide to Planning and Performing AIRR-Seq Experiments -- Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoires (AIRR) Community Guide to TR and IG Gene Annotation -- Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoires (AIRR) Community Guide to Repertoire Analysis -- Bulk gDNA Sequencing of Antibody Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangements for Detection and Analysis of B-Cell Clone Distribution: A Method by the AIRR Community -- Bulk Sequencing from mRNA with UMI for Evaluation of B-Cell Isotype and Clonal Evolution: A Method by the AIRR Community -- Single Cell Analysis and Tracking of Antigen-Specific T-Cells: Integrating Paired-Chain AIRR-Seq and Transcriptome Sequencing: A Method by the AIRR Community -- Quality Control: Chain Pairing Precision and Monitoring of Cross-Sample Contamination: A Method by the AIRR Community -- Immune Repertoire Analysis on High-Performance Computing Using VDJServer V1: A Method by the AIRR Community -- Data Sharing and Re-Use: A Method by the AIRR Community -- IMGT® Immunoinformatics Tools for Standardized V-DOMAIN Analysis -- IMGT/3Dstructure-DB: T-Cell Receptor TR Paratope and Peptide/Major Histocompatibility pMH Contact Sites and Epitope -- ARResT/Interrogate Immunoprofiling Platform: Concepts, Workflows, and Insights -- Purpose-Built Immunoinformatics for BcR IG/TR Repertoire Data Analysis.…”
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Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change Science for Management and Policy Interventions /

Table of Contents: “…Unique Southern African Terrestrial and Oceanic Biomes and Their Relation to Steep Environmental Gradients -- Chapter 3. Environmental Challenges to Meeting Sustainable Development Goals in Southern Africa -- Chapter 4. …”
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Beyond Becquerel and Biology to Precision Radiomolecular Oncology: Festschrift in Honor of Richard P. Baum

Table of Contents: “…Combining surgery with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy - a step forward in treatment of advanced neuroendocrine tumours -- 11. …”
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Social Dynamics in Swiss Society Empirical Studies Based on the Swiss Household Panel /

Table of Contents: “…-Chapter 1.5 "The transition to marriage: a step in the gendered division of housework shaping subjective well-being", Valérie-Anne Ryser, FORS, Jean-Marie Le Goff, University of Lausanne, NCCR LIVES -- Chapter 1.6 "Family trajectory and life satisfaction: the Swiss case", Boris Wernli & Sara Zella, FORS -- Part 2 Resources, work & living conditions -- Chapter 2.1 "Analyzing Trends in Deprivation and Poverty", Pascale Gazareth & Katia Iglesias, University of Neuchâtel, Eric Crettaz, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland -- Chapter 2.2 "Trajectories of Vulnerability: A Sequence-Analytical Approach", Felix Bühlmann, University of Lausanne, NCCR LIVES -- Chapter 2.3 "From School to Work: Old or New Routes to Employment", Rolf Becker, David Glauser & Christoph Zangger, University of Bern -- Chapter 2.4 "The true richness: savings and children among Swiss, German and Australian families", Laura Ravazzini, University of Neuchâtel, Ursina Kuhn, FORS -- Chapter 2.5 "Home ownership andwealth inequality in Germany and Switzerland", Markus Grabka, DIW-Berlin, Ursina Kuhn, FORS -- Chapter 2.6 "Voluntary turnover: a means of reducing perceived job insecurity? …”
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Preclinical MRI of the Kidney Methods and Protocols /

Table of Contents: “…Recommendations for Preclinical Renal MRI: A Comprehensive Open-Access Protocol Collection to Improve Training, Reproducibility, and Comparability of Studies -- Animal Models of Renal Pathophysiology and Disease -- Preparation and Monitoring of Small Animals in Renal MRI -- Reversible (Patho-)Physiologically Relevant Test Interventions: Rationale and Examples -- Preparation of Ex Vivo Rodent Phantoms for Developing, Testing, and Training MR Imaging of the Kidney and Other Organs -- Quantitative Assessment of Renal Perfusion and Oxygenation by Invasive Probes: Basic Concepts -- Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging of the Kidney: Basic Concepts and Protocols -- Hardware Considerations for Preclinical Magnetic Resonance of the Kidney -- MRI Mapping of Renal T1: Basic Concept -- MRI Mapping of the Blood Oxygenation Sensitive Parameter T2* in the Kidney: Basic Concept -- Renal Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) for Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC), Intra Voxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM), and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI): Basic Concept -- Dynamic Contrast Enhancement (DCE)-MRI Derived Renal Perfusion and Filtration: Basic Concepts -- Non-Invasive Renal Perfusion Measurement Using Arterial Spin Labelling (ASL) MRI: Basic Concept -- Renal pH Imaging Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI: Basic Concepts -- Sodium (23Na) MRI of the Kidney: Basic Concept -- Hyperpolarized Carbon (13C) MRI of the Kidneys: Basic Concepts -- Functional Imaging Using Fluorine (19F) MR Methods: Basic Concepts -- MR Elastography of the Abdomen: Basic Concepts -- Monitoring Renal Hemodynamics and Oxygenation by Invasive Probes: Experimental Protocol -- Essential Practical Steps for MRI of the Kidney in Experimental Research -- Assessment of Renal Volume with MRI: Experimental Protocol -- Experimental Protocols for MRI Mapping of Renal T1 -- Experimental Protocols for MRI Mapping of the Blood Oxygenation Sensitive Parameters T2* and T2 in the Kidney -- Renal MRI Diffusion: Experimental Protocol -- Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE)-MRI Derived Renal Perfusion and Filtration: Experimental Protocol -- Renal Blood Flow Using Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)-MRI: Experimental Protocol and Principles -- Renal pH Mapping Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI: Experimental Protocol -- Sodium (23Na) MRI of the Kidney: Experimental Protocol -- Hyperpolarized Carbon (13C) MRI of the Kidney: Experimental Protocol -- Fluorine (19F) MRI for Assessing Inflammatory Cells in the Kidney: Experimental Protocol -- Fluorine (19F) MRI to Measure Renal Oxygen Tension and Blood Volume: Experimental Protocol -- MR Elastography of the Abdomen: Experimental Protocols -- Subsegmentation of the Kidney in Experimental MR Images Using Morphology-Based Regions-of-Interest or Multiple-Layer Concentric Objects -- De-Noising for Improved Parametric MRIof the Kidney: Protocol for Non-Local Means Filtering -- Analysis Protocols for MRI Mapping of Renal T1 -- Analysis Protocols for MRI Mapping of the Blood Oxygenation Sensitive Parameters T2* and T2 in the Kidney -- Analysis of Renal Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) Using Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) and Intra Voxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Models -- Analysis Protocol for Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE)-MRI of Renal Perfusion and Filtration -- Quantitative Analysis of Renal Perfusion by Arterial Spin Labeling -- Analysis Protocol for the Quantification of Renal pH Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI -- Analysis Protocol for Renal Sodium (23Na) MR Imaging -- Analysis Methods for Hyperpolarized Carbon (13C) MRI of the Kidney -- Data Preparation Protocol for Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio Fluorine-19 MRI.…”
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Digital Kenya An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making /

Table of Contents: “…INTRODUCING DIGITAL KENYA -- Chapter 1 The Paradigm Shift: Disruption, Creativity and Innovation in Kenya (Bitange Ndemo) -- Conversation 1 with Jimmy Gitonga: The Past, Present & Future of Digital Nyika: How to Fix an Aircraft in Mid-Air -- PART I: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD -- Chapter 2 The Internet Journey for Kenya: The Interplay of Disruptive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fueling Rapid Growth Kenya (Muriuki Mureithi) -- Conversation 2 with Eric Hersman of BRCK: Exploring the Ideal Role of Government, NGOs, Angel Investors, and Universities for Technology Entrepreneurs NGOs -- Chapter 3 The KINGS of Africa's Digital Economy (Eric Osiakwan) -- Conversation 3 with Anne Githuku- Shongwe of Afroes: Changing the Game: Building Mindsets of Hope and Possibilities in Africa's future leaders- One Game at a Time -- PART II UNCOVERING UNIQUE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES -- Chapter 4 Addressing the Voids: How Digital Start-ups in Kenya Create Market Infrastructure (Marissa Drouillard) -- Conversation 4 with Timbo Drayson of OkHi: Finding the Right Problem to Solve -- Chapter 5 Reimagine What You already Know: Towards New Solutions to Longstanding Problems (Jay Larson & Michael Munger) -- Conversation 5  with Elizabeth Rossiello of BitPesa: To Keep Disrupting, You Have to Listen Closely to What the Client Wants -- Chapter 6 iEntrepreneurship: Changing Lives through Technology (Amolo Ng'weno and Carmen Wamukoya) -- Conversation 6 with Su Kahumbu of Green Dreams Tech: How Technology Makes Farming Sexy Again -- Chapter 7 From Cyber to Smartphone: Kenya's Social Media's Lens Zooms In on the Country and Out to the World (Mark Kaigwa) -- Conversation 7 with Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital: Toward Digitizing Information for the Benefit of the Many Rather Than the Few -- PART III THE INNER LIFE OF TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN KENYA -- Chapter 8 Building ICT Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Resource-Scarce Contexts: Learnings from Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" (Johannes U. …”
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Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations ICOSAHOM 2018 Selected Papers from the ICOSAHOM Conference, London, UK, July 9-13, 2018 /

Table of Contents: “…Stability of wall boundary condition procedures for discontinuous Galerkin spectral element approximations of the compressible Euler equations -- On the order reduction of entropy stable DGSEMfor the compressible Euler equations -- A review of regular decompositions of vector fields - continuous, discrete, and structure-preserving -- Model reduction by separation of variables: a comparison between hierarchical model reduction and proper generalized decomposition -- Recurrence relations for a family of orthogonal polynomials on a triangle -- Greedy kernel methods for center manifold approximation -- An improved error inhibiting block one-step method with radial basis function approximation for ODEs -- Hermite methods in time -- HPS accelerated spectral solvers for time dependent problems: algorithms -- On the use of hermite functions for the Vlasov-Poisson system -- HPS accelerated spectral solvers for time dependent problems: numerical experiments -- High-order finite element methods for interface problems: theory and implementations -- Stabilised hybrid discontinuous galerkin methods for the Stokes problem with non-standard boundary conditions -- RBF based CWENO method -- discrete equivalence of adjoint Neumann-Dirichlet div-grad and grad-div equations in curvilinear 3D domains -- A conservative hybrid method for Darcy flow -- High-order mesh generation based on optimal affine combinations of nodal positions -- Sparse spectral-element methods for the helically reduced Einstein equations -- Spectral analysis of isogeometric discretizations of 2D curl-div Problems with general geometry -- Performance of preconditioners for large-scale simulations using Nek5000 -- Two decades old entropy stable method for the Euler equations revisited -- A mimetic spectral element method for free surface flows -- Spectral/hp methodology study for iLES-SVV on an Ahmed body -- A high-order discontinuous Galerkin solver for multiphase flows -- High-Order propagation of jet noise on a tetrahedral mesh using large eddy simulation sources -- Dynamical degree adaptivity for DG-LES models -- A novel eight-order diffusive scheme for unstructured polyhedral grids using the weighted least-squares method -- An explicit mapped tent pitching scheme for Maxwell equations -- Viscous diffusion effects in the eigenanalysis of (hybridisable) DG methods -- Spectral Galerkin method for solving Helmholtz and Laplace Dirichlet problems on multiple open arcs -- Explicit polynomial Trefftz-DG method for space-time elasto-acoustics -- An hp-adaptive iterative linearization discontinuous-Galerkin FEM for quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems -- Erosion Wear evaluation using Nektar++ -- An inexact Petrov-Galerkin approximation for gas transport in pipeline networks -- New preconditioners for semi-linear PDE-constrained optimal control in annular geometries -- DIRK schemes with high weak stage order -- Scheme for evolutionary Navier-Stokes-Fourier system with temperature dependent material properties based on spectral/hp elements -- Implicit large eddy simulations for NACA0012 airfoils using compressible and incompressible discontinuous Galerkin solvers -- SAV method applied to fractional Allen-Cahn equation -- A first meshless approach to simulation of the elastic behaviour of the diaphragm -- An explicit hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for the 3D timedomain Maxwell equations -- Entropy conserving and kinetic energy preserving numerical methods for the Euler equations using summation-by-parts operators -- Multiwavelet troubled-cell indication: a comparison of utilizing theory versus outlier detection -- An anisotropic p-adaptation multigrid scheme for discontinuous Galerkin methods -- A spectral element reduced basis method for Navier-Stokes equations with geometric variations -- Iterative spectral mollification and conjugation for successive edge detection -- Small trees for high order Whitney elements -- Non-conforming elements inNek5000: pressure preconditioning and parallel performance -- Sparse approximation of multivariate functions from small datasets via weighted orthogonal matching pursuit -- On the convergence rate of Hermite-Fejer interpolation.…”
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The Power of Energy Justice & the Social Contract

Table of Contents: “…Energy Justice - The First Step in an Energy Decision Today (Raphael J. Heffron) -- Chapter 2. …”
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Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 48: The Transition Steps Needed to Transform Our Food Systems -- Chapter 49: Engaging Science in Food Systems Transformation: Toward Implementation of the Action Agenda of the United Nations Food Systems Summit -- Chapter 50: Science for Transformation of Food Systems: Opportunities for the UN Food Systems Summit.…”
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Biomineralization From Molecular and Nano-structural Analyses to Environmental Science /

Table of Contents: “…Structure and analysis of biominerals -- 1 On the transition temperature to calcite and cell lengths for various biogenic aragonite -- 2 TEM study of the radular teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura japonica -- 3 Experimental cremation of bone - crystallite size and lattice parameter evolution -- 4 Effect of carbonic anhydrase immobilized on eggshell membranes on calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro -- 5 Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake -- 6 Characterization of goldfish scales by vibrational spectroscopic analyses -- 7 Relationship between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting -- 8 Spectroscopic investigation of shell pigments from the family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) -- 9 3D visualization of calcified and non-calcified molluscan tissues using computed tomography -- Part II Molecular and cellular regulation of biomineralization -- 10 Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: a Perspective -- 11 Identification of barnacle shell proteins by transcriptome and proteomic approaches -- 12 The optical characteristics of cultured Akoya pearl are influenced by both donor and recipient oysters -- 13 Influence of B vitamins on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic bovine cell cultures; an in vitro study -- 14 Rice plant biomineralization: Electron microscopic study on plant opals and exploration of organic matrices involved in biosilica formation -- 15 DMP1 binds specifically to type I collagen and regulates mineral nucleation and growth -- 16 Exploration of genes associated with sponge silicon biomineralization in the whole genome sequence of the hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata -- Part III Genome-based analysis of biomineralization -- 17 The origin and early evolution of SCPP genes and tissue mineralization in vertebrates -- Part IV Evolution in biomineralization -- 18 Immunolocalization of enamel matrix protein-like proteins in the tooth enameloid of actinopterygian bony fish -- 19 Geographical and seasonal variations of the shell microstructures in the bivalve Scapharca broughtonii -- Part V Biomineralization in medical and dental sciences -- 20 Enhancement of bone tissue repair by octacalcium phosphate crystallizing into hydroxyapatite in situ -- 21 The relationship between the structure and calcification of dentin and the role of melatonin -- 22 Fabrication of hydroxyapatite nanofibers with high aspect ratio vialow-temperature wet precipitation methods under acidic conditions -- 23 Physico-chemical characterisation of the processes involved in enamel remineralisation by CPP-ACP -- 24 Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces -- 25 Preparation of random and aligned polycaprolactone fiber as template for classical calcium oxalate through electrocrystallization -- Part VI Bio-inspired materials science and engineering -- 26 Dysprosium biomineralization by acidophilic fungus Penidiella sp. strain T9 and its application for metal recovery -- 27 Various shapes of gold nanoparticles synthesized by glycolipids extracted from Lactobacillus casei -- 28 Octacalcium phosphate overgrowth on b-tricalcium phosphate substrate in metastable calcium phosphate solution -- Part VII Biominerals for environmental and paleoenvironmental sciences -- 29 Coral-based approaches to paleoclimate studies, future ocean environment assessment, and disaster research -- 30 An elemental fractionation mechanism common to biogenic calcium carbonate -- 31 Biomineralization of metallic tellurium by bacteria isolated from deep marine sediment in Niigata Bay Japan -- 32 Calcium oxalate crystals in plant communities of the southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina -- 33 Iron and calcium biomineralizations in the Pampean coastal plains, Argentina: their role in the environmental reconstruction of the Holocene -- Part VIII Mollusk shell formation -- 34 Skeletal organic matrices in molluscs: origin, evolution, diagenesis -- 35 Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster -- 36 Mollusk shells: Does the nacro-prismatic "model" exist? …”
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Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems TAIGA Concept /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: concept of TAIGA -- Geochemical constraints on potential biomass sustained by subseafloor water-rock interactions -- Microbial cell densities, community structures, and growth in the hydrothermal plumes of subduction hydrothermal systems -- Systematics of distributions of various elements between ferromanganese oxides and seawater from natural observation, thermodynamics, and structures -- Evaluating hydrothermal system evolution using geochronological dating and biological diversity analyses -- Quantification of microbial communities in hydrothermal vent habitats of the Southern Mariana Trough and the Mid-Okinawa Trough -- Development of hydrothermal and frictional experimental systems to simulate sub-seafloor water-rock-microbe interactions -- Experimental hydrogen production in hydrothermal and fault systems: Significance for habitability of subseafloor H2 chemoautotroph microbial ecosystems -- Experimental assessment of microbial effects on chemical interaction between seafloor massive sulfides and seawater at 4℃ -- A compilation of the stable isotopic compositions of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in soft body parts of animals collected from deep-sea hydrothermal vent and methane seep fields: variations in energy source and importance of subsurface microbial processes in the sediment-hosted systems -- Tectonic background of four hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge -- Indian Ocean hydrothermal systems: seafloor hydrothermal activities, physical and chemical characteristics of hydrothermal fluids, and vent-associated biological communities -- Petrology and geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalts from the southern Central Indian Ridge -- Petrology of peridotites and related gabbroic rocks around the Kairei-hydrothermal field in the Central Indian Ridge -- Distribution and Biogeochemical Properties of Hydrothermal Plumes in the Rodriguez Triple Junction -- Vent fauna in the Central Indian Ridge -- The mantle dynamics, the crustal formation, and the hydrothermal activity of the Southern Mariana Trough back-arc Basin -- Seismic structure and seismicity in the Southern Mariana Trough and their relation to hydrothermal activity -- Electrical resistivity structure of the Snail site at the Southern Mariana Trough spreading center -- Asymmetric seafloor spreading of the southern Mariana Trough back-arc basin -- Geochemical characteristics of active backarc basin volcanisms at the southern end of Mariana Trough -- Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal minerals collected from hydrothermal vent fields in the Southern Mariana spreading center -- Dating of hydrothermal mineralization in active hydrothermal fields in the Southern Mariana Trough -- Intra-field variation of prokaryotic communities on and below the seafloor in the back-arc hydrothermal system of the Southern Mariana Trough -- Vent fauna in the Mariana Trough -- Population history of a hydrothermal vent-endemic snail Alviniconcha hessleri in the Mariana Trough -- Hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough backarc basin -geological background and hydrothermal mineralization- -- Active rifting structures in Iheya Graben and adjacent area of the mid-Okinawa Trough observed through seismic reflection surveys -- ESR dating of barite in sea-floor hydrothermal sulfide deposits in the Okinawa Trough -- Fluid geochemistry of high-temperature hydrothermal fields in the Okinawa Trough -- Sediment‒pore water system associated with native sulfur formation at Jade hydrothermal field in Okinawa Trough -- Comparative investigation of microbial communities associated with hydrothermal activities in the Okinawa Trough -- In situ determination of bacterial growth in mixing zone of hydrothermal vent field on the Hatoma Knoll, Southern Okinawa Trough -- Vent Fauna in the Okinawa Trough -- Brief report of side-scan sonar observations around the Yokoniwa NTO massif -- Examination of volcanic activity: AUV and submersible observations of fine-scale lava flow distributions along the Southern Mariana Trough spreading axis -- Brief report of side-scan sonar imagery observations of the Archaean, Pika, and Urashima hydrothermal sites -- The Yoron Hole: the shallowest hydrothermal site in the Okinawa Trough -- The Irabu Knoll: Hydrothermal site at the eastern edge of the Yaeyama Graben -- Tarama Knoll: Geochemical and biological profiles of hydrothermal activity -- Petrography and geochemistry of basement rocks drilled from Snail, Yamanaka, Archean, and Pika hydrothermal fields at the Southern Mariana Trough by Benthic Multi-coring System (BMS) -- Pore fluid chemistry beneath active hydrothermal fields in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Results of shallow drilling by BMS during TAIGA11 cruise -- The characteristics of the seafloor massive sulfide deposits at the Hakurei Site in the Izena Hole, the Middle Okinawa Trough -- Occurrence of hydrothermal alteration minerals at the Jade hydrothermal field, in the Izena Hole, mid-Okinawa Trough -- Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids collected from active hydrothermal systems in the southern Mariana Trough backarc spreading center -- Gamma ray doses in water around sea floor hydrothermal area in South Mariana -- 226Ra-210Pb and 228Ra-228Th dating of barite in submarine hydrothermal sulfide deposits collected at Okinawa Trough and South Mariana Trough -- OSL dating of sea floor sediments at the Okinawa Trough -- Immediate change of radiation doses from hydrothermal deposits -- Periodic behavior of deep sea current in the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal system -- The gelatinous macroplankton community at the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal vent.…”
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