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Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Freshwater Systems
(2022)Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition)Eco-evolutionary dynamics encompasses the simultaneous reciprocal interactions between ecological and evolutionary processes. We discuss how eco-evolutionary dynamics can be detected, and showcase five key examples of eco-evolutionary dynamics in freshwater systems as assessed in the laboratory, in the field, and in unconfined nature. We demonstrate the ubiquity of eco-evolutionary dynamics in freshwater systems with focusing on the ...Encyclopedia Entry -
Shallow Systems – Geothermal Heat Pumps
(2022)The Article describes the characteristics, design, and use of Geothermal heat pump systems, and consists of 12 Chapters.Encyclopedia Entry -
Pharmacotherapy for Cocaine Use Disorders
(2022)NeuroPsychopharmacotherapyCocaine is one of the most commonly used substances worldwide. It has a strong addictive potential, which often leads to excessive consumption causing pronounced physical and psychological harm to users. There is currently no approved or effective medication to treat cocaine use disorders. However, in the last decades, significant efforts have been made to identify medications that could increase the effectiveness of treatments, with ...Encyclopedia Entry -
Terbium radionuclides for theranostics
(2022)Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Volume 4: Nuclear Medicine TherapyThe concept of radiotheragnostics dates several decades, with the application of radioiodine for imaging and therapy of thyroid cancer. Later, tumor-specific targeting agents for coordination of radiometals have been introduced in clinical routine to enable nuclear imaging and therapeutic interventions, respectively. Among a variety of radionuclides currently used or proposed for radiotheragnostics, terbium has received particular attention, ...Encyclopedia Entry -
PET imaging in cardiovascular inflammation: Cardiac sarcoidosis
(2022)Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Volume 3: Positron Emission Tomography StudiesSarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of which the etiology remains unknown. Cardiac death is the leading cause of mortality in patients with sarcoidosis, yet cardiac involvement often remains undetected. A proper clinical management should be started as early as possible in order to avoid complications such as conduction disturbance, systolic dysfunction, and even sudden cardiac death. Cardiac fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission ...Encyclopedia Entry -
A Diversity of Primary Producers in Lakes
(2022)Encyclopedia of Inland WatersAim: We present the current state of knowledge with regards to the biodiversity of phytoplankton in lakes. We introduce the main concepts of biodiversity and review the mechanisms regulating phytoplankton diversity at local and regional scales. We also list the main methods to study phytoplankton diversity and offer a set of case studies for further reading. Main concepts: What is biodiversity at the local and regional scale (taxonomic, ...Encyclopedia Entry -
Resource Recovery from Human Excreta in Urban and Regional Settlements
(2021)The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional FuturesEncyclopedia Entry -
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Technological Change and Grand Strategy
(2021)The Oxford Handbook of Grand StrategyWhat is the relationship between technological change and grand strategy? Can great powers promote technological trends that allow them to pursue specific grand-strategic goals? Or is technological change beyond the reach of great powers, and thus it acts like an independent enabler or an independent constraint? This book chapter by CSS' Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, Andrea Gilli and CSS' Mauro Gilli provides a brief introduction to the ...Encyclopedia Entry -
Bio-Based organic and hydroxy acid production with corynebacterium glutamicum
(2021)The Encyclopedia of Bacteriology Research DevelopmentsOrganic acids are used in several industrial sectors, such as food or pharmaceutical industry and serve as building block chemicals for a vast variety of products. Up to date many of them are obtained from petrochemical resources, implementing energy intensive chemical refining and waste production with a high environmental impact [1]. The enormous annual demand requests the development of efficient and sustainable bioprocesses for organic ...Encyclopedia Entry