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The use of ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) has accelerated over the past two decades in a wide variety of industrial processes (electrodialysis, electro-electrodialysis, electrolysis, dialysis, etc.) for applications related to chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, energy production, water treatments, etc. Organic and mineral fouling (or scaling) phenomena are two major factors limiting the efficiencies of IEMs processes and performances (reduction of the IEMs selectivity and stability, increase of their electrical resistance, deduction of the energy efficiency of the process, etc.) leading to significant economic losses. The current washing, cleaning and sterilization processes (anti-fouling treatments) make it possible to recover some of the IEMs performances, but frequently induce degradation on the membrane material. Another essential point in the fouling studies is the choice of the best and appropriate analysis and diagnostic technique to evaluate this or that magnitude, or observe this or that object on the surface or in the mass of the membrane. This book is focused on recent advancements in techniques for diagnosing and characterizing the fouling effects on membranes, in mechanisms governing this complex phenomenon, and in the various innovative and economically viable solutions for reducing fouling.

ion-exchange membrane --- tartaric stabilization of wine --- enzymatic cleaning --- organic fouling --- reactive electrochemical membrane --- porous electrode --- anodic oxidation --- hydroxyl radicals --- fouling --- surface modification --- electroconvection --- voltammetry --- chronopotentiometry --- impedance spectroscopy --- electrodialysis --- deaerator --- herring milt hydrolysate --- deodorization --- off-flavors --- trimethylamine --- water dissociation --- polyaniline --- mineral scaling --- electrochemical acidification --- casein --- concentration polarization --- Reynolds number --- mode of current --- flow flush --- electrochemical impedance spectroscopy --- anion-exchange membrane --- wine --- anthocyanins --- biofouling --- food industry --- foulant identification --- fouling mechanisms --- transport --- mechanical and electrochemical properties --- modelling and experiment --- cleaning --- n/a

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Ranaviruses and other viruses within the family Iridoviridae, infect a wide range of ecologically and commercially important ectothermic vertebrates, i.e., bony fish, amphibians, and reptiles, and invertebrates, including agricultural and medical pests and cultured shrimp and crayfish, and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Understanding the impact of these various agents on diverse host species requires the combined efforts of ecologists, veterinarians, pathologists, comparative immunologists and molecular virologists. Unfortunately, investigators involved in these studies often work in discipline-specific silos that preclude interaction with others whose insights and approaches are required to comprehensively address problems related to ranavirus/iridovirus disease. Our intent here is to breakdown these silos and provide a forum where diverse researchers with a common interest in ranavirus/iridovirus biology can profitably interact. As a colleague once quipped, “Three people make a genius.” We are hoping to do something along those lines by presenting a collection of research articles dealing with issues of anti-viral immunity, identification of a potentially novel viral genus exemplified by erythrocytic necrosis virus, viral inhibition of innate immunity, identification of novel hosts for lymphocystivirus and invertebrate iridoviruses, and modelling studies of ranavirus transmission. Collectively these and others will exemplify the breadth of ongoing studies focused on this virus family.

risk assessment --- n/a --- CQIV --- mathematical models --- amphibian --- iridovirus --- ISDL --- Exopalaemon carinicauda --- viral load --- virus isolation --- European chub --- outbreak --- Unconventional T cell --- early detection --- susceptible species --- viral immune evasion --- DNA virus --- Rana grylio virus --- antibody --- intracellular localization --- Rana grylio virus (RGV) --- British Columbia --- Iridoviridae --- Andrias davidianus ranavirus --- viral infection --- susceptible-infected (SI) models --- yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) --- prevalence --- host-pathogen interactions --- Pacific herring --- Procambarus clarkii --- Bayesian inference --- eDNA --- amphibians --- Artemia spp. --- ranavirosis --- cross-species transmission --- FV3 --- SHIV --- Gryllus bimaculatus --- Pacific salmon --- NF-?B --- cricket --- IIV-6 --- virus binding --- erythrocytic necrosis virus (ENV) --- envelope protein --- iridovirus core proteins --- emerging infection --- host --- Ranavirus --- white head --- Rana temporaria --- Imd --- biosecurity --- antiviral immunity --- Decapodiridovirus --- endemic disease --- Macrobrachium rosenbergii --- co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) --- Common frog --- aquatic animals --- virus surveillance --- immunomodulators --- frog virus 3 --- ELISA --- DIV1 --- megalocytivirus --- Lymphocystis disease virus --- bearded dragon --- susceptibility --- protein interaction --- Pogona vitticeps --- viral erythrocytic necrosis (VEN) --- histopathology --- epidemiology --- native-fish conservation --- viral transmission --- Sparus aurata --- immunohistochemistry --- lizard --- disease dynamics --- immunofluorescence --- transmission modelling --- Macrobrachium nipponense --- interferon --- nonclassical MHC --- heparan sulfate --- ranavirus --- Mexico