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This reprint contains articles from the Special Issue of Animals “Housing Environment and Farm Animals' Well-Being”, including original research, review, and communication related to livestock and poultry environmental management, air quality control, emissions mitigation, and assessment of animal health and well-being.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- broiler production --- alternative flooring --- ammonia emissions --- animal welfare --- environmental impact --- air pollution control --- air quality --- volatile organic compounds --- odor --- environmental technology --- advanced oxidation --- UV --- thermal index --- sows --- environmental parameters --- heat stress threshold --- skin temperature --- temperature and humidity index --- black globe-humidity index --- effective temperature --- equivalent temperature index for sows --- enthalpy --- group housing system --- individual stall --- behavior --- stress hormone --- offspring --- gestating sows --- weaned piglets --- cold exposure --- growth performance --- skeletal muscle fiber --- antioxidant capacity --- dairy cattle --- heat stress --- airborne E. coli --- settled E. coli --- survivability --- airborne transmission --- poultry --- heavy broiler --- surface temperature --- air velocity --- temperature humidity index --- alternative housing --- body temperature --- bone quality --- relative brain weight --- welfare --- pullet status --- housing type --- environmental management --- livestock monitoring --- camera coverage optimization --- sensor placement --- genetic algorithm --- broiler production --- alternative flooring --- ammonia emissions --- animal welfare --- environmental impact --- air pollution control --- air quality --- volatile organic compounds --- odor --- environmental technology --- advanced oxidation --- UV --- thermal index --- sows --- environmental parameters --- heat stress threshold --- skin temperature --- temperature and humidity index --- black globe-humidity index --- effective temperature --- equivalent temperature index for sows --- enthalpy --- group housing system --- individual stall --- behavior --- stress hormone --- offspring --- gestating sows --- weaned piglets --- cold exposure --- growth performance --- skeletal muscle fiber --- antioxidant capacity --- dairy cattle --- heat stress --- airborne E. coli --- settled E. coli --- survivability --- airborne transmission --- poultry --- heavy broiler --- surface temperature --- air velocity --- temperature humidity index --- alternative housing --- body temperature --- bone quality --- relative brain weight --- welfare --- pullet status --- housing type --- environmental management --- livestock monitoring --- camera coverage optimization --- sensor placement --- genetic algorithm

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This reprint contains articles from the Special Issue of Animals “Housing Environment and Farm Animals' Well-Being”, including original research, review, and communication related to livestock and poultry environmental management, air quality control, emissions mitigation, and assessment of animal health and well-being.

broiler production --- alternative flooring --- ammonia emissions --- animal welfare --- environmental impact --- air pollution control --- air quality --- volatile organic compounds --- odor --- environmental technology --- advanced oxidation --- UV --- thermal index --- sows --- environmental parameters --- heat stress threshold --- skin temperature --- temperature and humidity index --- black globe-humidity index --- effective temperature --- equivalent temperature index for sows --- enthalpy --- group housing system --- individual stall --- behavior --- stress hormone --- offspring --- gestating sows --- weaned piglets --- cold exposure --- growth performance --- skeletal muscle fiber --- antioxidant capacity --- dairy cattle --- heat stress --- airborne E. coli --- settled E. coli --- survivability --- airborne transmission --- poultry --- heavy broiler --- surface temperature --- air velocity --- temperature humidity index --- alternative housing --- body temperature --- bone quality --- relative brain weight --- welfare --- pullet status --- housing type --- environmental management --- livestock monitoring --- camera coverage optimization --- sensor placement --- genetic algorithm

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In biofilms, microorganisms are able to communicate together and assemble by themselves, creating a consortium with different properties from the original free-floating microorganisms. In fact, biofilm cells bind strongly to a living or non-living surface, enclosed in a self-produced extracellular matrix that is composed of extracellular polymeric substances. One benefit of this lifestyle is the increased resistance or tolerance to antimicrobial agents (e.g., antibiotics). Hence, research on the development of alternative strategies to prevent and control biofilms is highly relevant for society in terms of human health, industry and the environment. Different approaches to prevent or control biofilms using antibiotic alternative strategies were submitted to this Special Issue.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Microbiology (non-medical) --- antibacterial drug --- vitamin B12 --- antisense oligonucleotides --- nucleic acid mimics --- LNA --- 2′OMe --- biocidal particles --- functionalization --- benzalkonium chloride --- Escherichia coli --- antimicrobial activity --- antimicrobial resistance --- natural alkylglycerols --- ether lipids --- 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycerols --- antibiofilm activity --- quorum sensing inhibition --- stainless steel --- polypropylene --- organic matter --- microbial resistance --- peracetic acid --- biofilms --- prosthesis-related infections --- heat shock --- ciprofloxacin --- antibacterial agents --- E. coli biofilms --- food contact surfaces --- biocontrol --- bacteriophages --- aluminum nitride --- composite --- antibacterial --- mechanical --- thermal --- cellulose acetate --- CAPE --- Candida --- antifungal --- biofilm --- apoptosis --- urinary tract devices --- probiotics --- Lactobacillus plantarum --- Lactobacillus rhamnosus --- displacement --- oral biofilm --- dental implants --- titanium implants --- antimicrobial --- surface coating --- anti-fouling --- n/a --- 2'OMe

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This book addresses several issues on water security and governance, helping readers to understand how the desire for water-secure basins can be accomplished through an interplay of water security, water resources management and water policies. The book contains a collection of 12 papers addressing specific as well as interlinked topics within the Special Issue scope. The editors are grateful to all contributors who made the book a reality.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- hydroelectric power --- physicochemical parameters --- Iberian Bio-monitoring Working Party index --- riparian forest quality --- riverbank erosion --- restoration --- bank stabilisation --- vegetation revetment --- Bangladesh --- climate resilience --- flood protection --- machine learning --- socio-environmental impacts --- environmental monitoring --- water quality --- surface water --- groundwater --- drinking water --- water quality management --- TMDL --- E. coli --- water reuse --- water availability --- governance --- oasis irrigation district --- stability evaluation --- suitable scale --- irrigation management --- rice --- percolation --- scale effects --- hydrologic cycle --- water security --- precipitation --- drought --- flood --- transport planning --- research gap --- water strategy --- Azraq Basin --- water management --- water governance --- integrated river basin management --- good governance --- flow --- water discharge --- land use --- land change --- SWAT model --- n/a

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Lab-on-PCB devices can be considered an emerging technology. In fact, most of the contributions have been published during the last 5 years. It is mainly focussed on both biomedical and electronic applications. The book includes an interesting guide for using the different layers of the Printed Circuit Boards for developing new devices; guidelines for fabricating PCB-based electrochemical biosensors, and an overview of fluid manipulation devices fabricated using Printed Circuit Boards. In addition, current PCB-based devices are reported, and studies for several aspects of research and development of lab-on-PCB devices are described.

lab-on-PCB --- microfluidics --- flow driving --- actuators --- biomedical applications --- MEA --- brain cells --- electrical recordings --- Organ-on-Chip --- Brain-on-Chip --- printed circuit boards --- electrochemical biosensors --- Lab-on-PCB --- electrode pre-treatment --- electrophoresis --- agarose --- PCB technology --- DNA amplification --- RPA --- microheaters --- E. coli --- molecular diagnostics --- printed circuit board --- organotypic culture --- microchip electrophoresis --- stray capacitance --- capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection --- planar grounded electrode --- Printed Circuit Board (PCB) --- biomedical --- electronic --- engineering --- PCB --- rapid prototyping --- 3D printing --- PCB-MEMS --- PCB reliability --- embedded components --- finite element analysis --- thermal analysis --- electronics --- sensors --- biosensors --- lab-on-chip