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Neuromechanics has been used to identify optimal rehabilitation protocols that successfully improve motor deficits in various populations, such as elderly people and individuals with neurological diseases (e.g., stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and essential tremor). By investigating structural and functional changes in the central and peripheral nervous systems based on neuromechanical theories and findings, we can expand our knowledge regarding underlying neurophysiological mechanisms and specific motor impairment patterns before and after therapies to further develop new training programs (e.g., non-invasive brain stimulation). Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to present the main contributions of researchers and rehabilitation specialists in biomechanics, motor control, neurophysiology, neuroscience, and rehabilitation science. The current collection provides new neuromechanical approaches addressing theoretical, methodological, and practical topics for facilitating motor recovery progress.

Public health & preventive medicine --- obesity --- gait --- adaptation --- rehabilitation --- resistance training --- arterial stiffness --- pulse wave velocity --- augmentation index --- H:M ratio --- Thomas test --- vertical jump --- Idiopathic Toe Walking --- fall risk --- foot contact dynamics --- foot initial contact --- push-off --- bilateral deficit --- postmenopausal --- hand-grip strength --- dominant hand --- pulse wave analysis --- chronic stroke --- bimanual movement --- bimanual force control --- affect --- physical fitness --- dance-based group exercise --- wearable technology --- smartwatch --- postural stability --- older adults --- stepping on a stair --- time to stabilization --- sedentary behavior --- core stabilization training --- neuromuscular properties --- muscle function --- knee --- neuromuscular control --- force control --- variability --- complexity --- asymmetry --- n/a

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With a mean worldwide prevalence of 13%, chronic kidney disease imposes a massive health burden on our society. In addition to reduced kidney function, patients with chronic kidney disease increasingly suffer from cardiovascular diseases affecting the heart and vasculature. Cardiovascular diseases account for around half of the deaths of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. However, therapeutic options are highly insufficient. The pathological mechanisms that underlie increased cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease remain largely unknown. This Special Issue provides insights into comorbidities in CKD patients, mainly focused on increased cardiovascular risk, and summarizes current knowledge of underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.

arterial stiffness --- carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity --- hemodialysis --- p-cresyl sulfate --- uremic toxins --- arterial calcification --- lipid metabolism --- inflammation --- coagulation --- endothelial dysfunction --- epigenetics --- chronic kidney disease --- uremic cardiopathy --- left ventricular hypertrophy --- phosphate --- PTH --- FGF23 --- klotho --- sclerostin --- chronodisruption --- chronodisruptor --- circadian rhythm --- internal clock --- uremia --- uremic cardiomyopathy --- organ crosstalk --- cardiorenal syndrome --- left-ventricular hypertrophy --- heart failure --- cardiac fibrosis --- cardiovascular disease --- vascular calcification --- experimental rodent models --- FGFG23 --- Klotho --- Wnt/β-catenin --- CKD --- parathyroid hormone --- secondary hyperparathyroidism --- uremic toxin --- ageing --- end-stage kidney disease --- premature ageing --- senescence --- bone --- gut --- cardiovascular --- CKD–MBD --- comorbidity --- fibrosis --- calcification

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Wood-based materials are CO2-neutral, renewable, and considered to be environmentally friendly. The huge variety of wood species and wood-based composites allows a wide scope of creative and esthetic alternatives to materials with higher environmental impacts during production, use and disposal. Quality of wood is influenced by the genetic and environmental factors. One of the emerging uses of wood are building and construction applications. Modern building and construction practices would not be possible without use of wood or wood-based composites. The use of composites enables using wood of lower quality for the production of materials with engineered properties for specific target applications. Even more, the utilization of such reinforcing particles as carbon nanotubes and nanocellulose enables development of a new generation of composites with even better properties. The positive aspect of decomposability of waste wood can turn into the opposite when wood or wood-based materials are exposed to weathering, moisture oscillations, different discolorations, and degrading organisms. Protective measures are therefore unavoidable for many outdoor applications. Resistance of wood against different aging factors is always a combined effect of toxic or inhibiting ingredients on the one hand, and of structural, anatomical, or chemical ways of excluding moisture on the other.

neural network --- Pinus massoniana Lamb. --- intra-ring variation --- relative humidity --- ultimate state --- nondestructive assessment --- machinability --- stiffness --- wood based composites --- bamboo --- poplar seedlings --- thinning --- blue staining fungi --- tropical woods --- compression --- bending stiffness --- wooden windows --- ultrasonic wave velocity measurement --- glued lamella --- three-point bending --- wood properties --- technological and product innovations --- structural changes --- non-destructive testing --- hardwoods --- brittleness --- green larch --- root-collar diameter --- FTIR --- material preference --- cooling tower --- tensile modulus --- strength grading --- immigrants --- weight of a user --- density --- flexible chair --- predictive performance --- heat treatment --- modulus of elasticity --- orthotropic --- acoustic resonance --- building material --- CIEL*a*b* system --- deflection at the modulus of rupture --- marketing --- bamboo grid packing --- fungi --- minimal curve radius --- European hardwoods --- cyclic loading --- chemical composition --- laminated wood --- volume yield --- tensile strength --- artificial weathering --- glulam --- dynamic modulus of elasticity --- colour changes --- modulus of elasticity (MOE) --- coefficient of wood bendability --- urban housing --- Resistance to Impact Milling (RIM) --- nondestructive testing --- Coniophora puteana --- roughness --- brown rot --- wood --- phenol formaldehyde resin --- wood-processing industry performance --- elemental composition --- natural weathering --- longitudinal stress wave velocity --- mechanical properties --- aluminium reinforcements --- chemical changes --- colour change --- High-Energy Multiple Impact (HEMI)–test --- plantation timber --- fiber-managed hardwoods --- cooling packing --- wood mechanical properties --- flexural rigidity --- moisture content --- ultrasonic speed --- color --- elastic constants --- Douglas-fir --- mixed-effects hierarchical linear models --- wood impregnation --- dynamic strength --- microfibril angle --- silviculture --- low quality round wood --- Eucalyptus --- hybrid beams --- end-product-based fiber attribute determinates --- high frequency drying --- infrared spectroscopy --- building culture background --- lumber --- Euler-Bernoulli --- ultrasound --- cell-wall mechanics --- colour --- deflection at the limit of proportionality

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This book collects selected high-quality papers published in 2018–2020 to inaugurate the “Natural Hazards” Section of the Geosciences journal. The topics encompass: trends in publications at international level in the field of natural hazards research; the role of Big Data in natural disaster management; assessment of seismic risk through the understanding and quantification of its different components; climatic/hydro-meteorological hazards; and finally, the scientific analysis and disaster forensics of recent natural hazard events. The target audience includes not only specialists, but also graduate students who wish to approach the challenging, but also fascinating

big data --- disaster management --- review --- natural hazards --- disaster --- scientometrics --- bibliometrics --- citation analysis --- NatCatSERVICE --- Sigma Explorer --- Oroville Dam --- spillway --- incident --- flood control --- flood-frequency analysis --- dam operation --- drought --- impacts --- exposure --- vulnerability --- risk --- policy --- risk assessment --- earthquake risk --- energy security --- reliability of power supply --- Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) --- integration process --- common electricity market --- masonry aggregates --- vulnerability assessment --- vulnerability curves --- damage scenarios --- local hazard effect --- psychological representation of earthquakes --- open-ended and closed-questions surveys --- children --- seismic hazard assessment --- emotions --- emotional prevention --- African easterly wave --- attractor coexistence --- chaos --- hurricane --- limit cycle --- Lorenz model --- predictability --- recurrence --- extended range weather prediction --- Jakarta basin --- site effects --- shear-wave velocity --- urban fabrics --- seismic vulnerability --- critic analysis --- cost modelling --- urban preservation programming --- building works programming --- natural hazard --- earthquake --- dam spillway --- psychology --- cyber-infrastructure

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The Special Issue is focused on recent and upcoming advances in the combined application of remote sensing and applied geophysics. Applied geophysics analyzes the distribution of physical properties in the subsurface for a wide range of geological, engineering, and environmental applications at different scales. Seismic, electrical, magnetic, and electromagnetic methods are among the most applied and well-established geophysical techniques. These methods share the advantages of being non-invasive and exploring wide areas of investigation with respect to conventional methods (e.g., drilling). Geophysical surveys are usually carried out deploying or moving the appropriate instrumentation directly on the ground surface. However, recent technological advances have resulting in the development of innovative acquisition systems becoming more typical of the remote sensing community (e.g., airborne surveys). While applied geophysics mainly focuses on the subsurface, typical remote sensing techniques have the ability to accurately image the Earth’s surface with high-resolution investigations carried out by means of terrestrial, airborne, or satellite-based platforms. The integration of surface and subsurface information is often crucial for several purposes, including the processing of geophysical data, the characterization and time-lapse monitoring of surface and near-surface targets, and the reconstruction of highly detailed and comprehensive 3D models of the investigated areas. Recent contributions showing the added value of surface reconstruction and/or monitoring in the processing, interpretation, and cross-comparison of geophysical techniques for archaeological, environmental, and engineering studies are collected in this book. Pioneering geophysical acquisitions by means of innovative remote systems are also presented.

Alpine glaciers --- Belvedere Glacier --- ice thickness estimation --- ice bottom morphology and properties --- ground-penetrating radar (GPR) --- single-station passive seismic measurements --- horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) --- archaeological prospection --- automated resistivity profiling ARP --- electrical resistivity survey --- multi-channel ground penetrating radar --- geophysical methods integration --- Chang’E-4 --- lunar penetrating radar (LPR) --- 3D velocity spectrum --- properties analysis --- remote sensing and GIS --- field geophysics --- groundwater potentiality --- West Qena --- Egypt --- mine collapse --- anthropogenic hazard --- seismology --- GNSS --- InSAR --- post-seismic deformation mechanism --- InSAR time series algorithm --- Kermanshah earthquake --- viscoelastic relaxation --- near-surface geophysics --- LiDAR --- magnetic gradiometry --- surface magnetic susceptibility --- electromagnetic induction --- Middle Woodland period --- Hopewell archaeology --- depth inversion --- sedimentary processes --- Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) --- marine geophysics --- shallow water environments --- repeated 4D surveys --- NAIADI Project (New Autonomous/automatIc systems for the study AnD monitoring of aquatic envIronments) --- electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) --- frequency domain electromagnetic (FDEM) --- archaeology --- terramare --- bronze age --- elastic full waveform inversion --- acoustic-elastic coupled --- ocean bottom seismic --- multicomponent --- multiparameter --- ground penetrating radar (GPR) --- moisture content --- velocity analysis --- optimal gather --- passive seismic interferometry --- surface wave --- inversion --- shear-wave velocity --- ambient noise --- dispersion curve --- aerial archaeology --- landscape archaeology --- frequency-domain electromagnetic methods (FDEM) --- paleochannel --- Snow Eagle 601 --- aerogeophysics --- Princess Elizabeth Land --- ice-penetrating radar --- Antarctic ice sheet --- n/a --- Chang'E-4