A Changing Art

This volume gathers papers from BAPCR’s conference A Changing Art, focusing on the complex and varied painting practices of the 19th century. Contributors explore the evolving materials and techniques of the period, as well as historical and contemporary conservation challenges.

Dyes from Nature

An exploration of natural dyes derived from plants, algae, fungi, and insects found or cultivated in Northern Europe. Blending botany, chemistry, and practical application, it offers recipes for home dyeing, guidance for textile printing, and insights into industrial use.

Mural Paintings of the Silk Road

A collection of essays focusing on mural paintings along the Silk Road. Bringing together scholars and conservators from East and West, the papers explore the artistic styles, techniques, and materials of these murals as vital evidence of cultural exchange across Asia.

Interactions of Water with Paintings

Water has long been regarded as a valued tool in conservation, utilised in the manufacture of materials and harnessed in various forms to suit conservation purposes. Paradoxically, however, it is also a potential agent of deterioration and even disaster. New avenues of research have led many cons...

The Conservation of Sculpture Parks

An exploration of the conservation and management of open-air sculpture and sculptural landscapes across diverse environments in Europe, North America, and Australia. Through case studies, contributors examine the challenges posed by climate, location, neglect, vandalism, and material degradation.

Examining the Built World through Architectural Finishes

The papers provide ample evidence of the importance of research into contemporary and historic finishes in expanding our comprehension of the built environment.

Bridging the Gap

This volume contains papers and posters presented at the conference Bridging the Gap: Synergies between Art History and Conservation, which was held at the National Museum, Oslo, 23–24 November 2023, organised by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Conservation Section in collabo...

Iron and Steel in Art

A comprehensive exploration of iron compounds, their roles in human history, natural processes, and conservation. Topics include the corrosion of underwater artefacts, preservation of iron objects to the use of iron-based pigments in medieval art. This book is an essential reference for anyone st...

Climate for Collections

This volume presents key papers from international conference Climate for Collections: Standards and Uncertainties.

The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 8

This bulletin, is the latest part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum.

Sources and Serendipity

Drawing from manuscripts, diaries, pigments, and artworks, contributors critically assess historical sources against modern analytical findings. Topics range from 15th-century Romanian illumination to Whistler’s memory drawing and 19th-century Persian ceramics, offering insights into artistic met...

Soft Paint and the Care of Paintings

Bronken investigates the phenomenon of soft and dripping paint found in 20th-century oil paintings – a challenge for both the conservator and curator.

Retouching of Art on Paper

This volume focuses on interventive retouching in paper conservation—the practice of visually reintegrating lost or damaged media directly on original artworks. It explores the ethical challenges of such interventions, including issues of reversibility, authenticity, and visual integrity.

Macrofauna as indicators of soil health: earthworms and enchytraeids

Soil fauna represent a substantial portion of life in soils and play a critical role in providing ecosystem services and maintaining and enhancing soil quality. This chapter focuses on the potential of two key soil faunal ecosystem engineers—earthworms and enchytraeids—as soil health indicators i...

Coronations and Defenestrations

How do Tory leadership elections work? Lee Evans takes a lively look at how the Conservatives appoint (and depose) their leader, from the early history of the party to the present day.

Whose Sovereignty?

This carefully argued case for a federal Europe proposes that national sovereignty has become increasingly untenable as mechanisms perpetuating fiscal, social, and environmental inequities transcend borders. A federal, democratized EU would strengthen Europe in the face of geopolitical uncertainty.

Law and Humanities

This edited collection provides the first accessible introduction to Law and Humanities. Each chapter explores the nature, development and possible further trajectory of a disciplinary ‘law and’ field.

The Eternal Food

The interdisciplinary approaches presented here investigate food in India and Sri Lanka for its wide ranging cultural meaning and uses. The authors examine food in religious and literary contexts, where saints, ritualists, poets, and the divine often provide grounds for a practically inexhaustibl...

Studying Unmade, Unseen, and Unreleased Film and Television

A compendium to the study of unmade, unseen, and unreleased film and television, with case studies, definitions, indications for further reading, and details of methodological and theoretical approaches. A foundational text it also contains new discoveries and perspectives and is a key reference ...

Repair across Africa

Examines repair as a dynamic social, material, cultural, and economic practice. Spanning diverse African contexts, it explores how mending connects labour, urban lives, and historical memories, revealing the artisanal skills and relational dynamics that underpin everyday acts of material care and...

Lines of Inquiry

Multi-disciplinary edited collection on drawing research and methods. The international group of contributors provides suggestions for developing new ways of knowing, for developing empathy toward things that may lie outside our own experiences, and for seeing alternative perspectives through dra...

Propositions for Studio Inquiry

Examining art studios as a way of thinking through a cross-Canada journey into over 100 painters’ studios. Drawn from ways artists described their process, the studio is presented as an active ecosystem wherein artmaking is emergent, performative, generative, material, speculative, messy and in d...

Post-Catastrophe Film

A new sub-genre of film called ‘post-catastrophe’ is emerging and sits in the space between blockbuster disaster movies that use scenes of destruction to blow the world up and disrupt the flow of humanity and post-apocalyptic films where a version of society has formed in the ashes of the disaste...

The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Oscar Wilde presents a libertarian socialist view of the economic disparities caused by capitalism, that lead to futile acts of charity instead of definitive solutions. Wilde encourages an overhaul of the structures that allow such inequalities to exist. The Soul of Man Under Socialism is an insi...

Adjusting photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) to improve the quality of leafy vegetables in vertical farms

Extending shelf life, improving quality, and reducing waste of leafy vegetables during transport and storage are key to tackling the global food challenge. Leafy vegetables – as the most popular crop grown in indoor vertical farms – are considered an important contributor to a healthy diet but ge...

Implementing a digital twin for flexible operation of agricultural robotics

Advances in the genetic improvement of sow longevity

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Developments in precision weed management systems for precision agriculture

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Campylobacter in poultry meat

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effects of plant-soil-animal interactions on nutrient cycling in grazed grasslands

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Advances in measuring soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics at the profile scale

Accurate estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and dynamics along the soil profile is challenging due to the immense diversity and complexity of soils leading to the spatio-temporal variability of the parameters of interest. It is conducted in a wide range of different frameworks with di...

Advances in mechanical weed control technologies

Mechanical weed control can be grouped into three categories: full-width cultivators, inter-row cultivators and intra-row cultivators. This chapter will highlight the most recent and relevant advances within each category. The focus will be on novel inventions and developments of mechanical devic...

Agriculture practices to improve soil carbon storage in upland soil

Increasing carbon storage in soils is one way of mitigating climate change. Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils through improved management is particularly interesting, because of low costs and technical readiness. In this chapter, we synthesize current knowledge on the impact of managemen...

Bioreactors for cell multiplication in cultured meat product development

Cultured meat holds a great promise with its potential to satisfy the growing demand for meat while reducing harm to animals and the negative environmental impact of livestock husbandry at the same time. However, high cell numbers are required for sufficient meat production. Consequently, high ce...

Developments in the use of hermetic bags for grain storage

Smallholder farmers’ interest in hermetic bags has been driven by the need to reduce grain storage losses due to insect pests and challenges (inefficacy) of current storage methods. Hermetic bags commercially available for grain storage include single-, double- and triple-layer plastic bags. For ...

Cultured meat technology: an overview

This chapter provides an overview of current cultured meat technology. It starts by first discussing the limitations of conventional food systems, focusing on the environmental, social and economic impacts these systems can have. The chapter moves on to provide a rationale for a transition to cel...

Developments in proximal crop sensing for precision agriculture

This chapter presents an overview of proximal sensing techniques used in practical precision agriculture, with the overall aim of contributing to more sustainable crop production. To provide perspective on the usefulness of crop sensors, the chapter starts with an example of why site-specific cro...

Environmental impacts of seaweed cultivation: kelp farming and preservation

This chapter provides an overview of the environmental impacts of the supply chain for preserved seaweed. The supply chain includes the hatchery, marine infrastructure, deployment of juveniles and monitoring during cultivation (grow-out of seaweed), harvest, transport back to shore and preservati...

Managing housing and stocking density to optimize health, welfare and production in pig herds

This chapter describes major husbandry- and management-related factors affecting health, welfare and production efficiency in different swine husbandry systems. Given the current transformation in pig production, there are several conflicting goals which need to be addressed during design and ada...

Nutritional and anti-methanogenic potentials of macroalgae for ruminants

The livestock production sector is facing challenges to find alternative feed resources and nutritional strategies to mitigate enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants. Recently, marine macroalgae have emerged as potential anti-methanogenic feed ingredients due to their ability to suppress ...

use of Bacillus spp. as bacterial biocontrol agents to control plant diseases

Biocontrol agents (BCAs) based on plant growth promoting rhizobacteria have recently been developed as alternatives to chemical pesticides. Among those beneficial bacteria, Bacillus spp. are one of the most promising BCAs. A wide range of bioactive secondary metabolites (BSMs) are involved in bio...

Oil and Gas

Oil and gas are key drivers of the world economy and the technical, commercial and legal applications which support their exploitation are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

Modern Classical Optical System Design

Modern Classical Optical System Design (MCOSD) shares the author’s “bag of tricks”, knowledge, experience, and interpretation of optical design fundamentals to the development of optical systems in a modern fast-paced product development context. Topics include imaging principles, elements of len...

Dust in the Galactic Environment (Third Edition)

Dust in the Galactic Environment, Third Edition provides a thorough overview of the subject, covering general concepts, methods of investigation, important results and their significance. It includes introductory material for new entrants to the field alongside detailed discussion for more advanc...

Plasma Modeling (Second Edition)

Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling. In this updated second edition, an extensive new part is added that discusses methods to calculate data needed in plasma modeling, such as thermodynamic and transport...

Modern Interferometry for Length Metrology

Modern Interferometry for Length Metrology: Exploring limits and novel techniques gives an overview of refined traditional methods and novel techniques in the field of length and distance metrology. Within the book advanced solutions, which can be used for various applications and can help provid...

Big Science in the 21st Century

The essays in this book debate the nature and extent of the societal impacts of Big Science and the mechanisms that generate such effects, as well as highlight the complex realities that can be used as guidelines to fund Big Science facilities, and how we can maximise their impact.

Problems and Solutions in Electricity and Magnetism

All radiations are electromagnetic waves, generally known as light and obey the laws of optics. This volume presents a collection of problems in electromagnetics covering basics and the varied areas of applications of electromagnetic principles.

ExoFrontiers

This book is a compendium of key scientific questions, challenges, and opportunities across different areas of exoplanetary science. It provides a starting point for researchers, experts and non-experts alike, to obtain a quick overview of the forefront of exoplanetary science and a vision for th...

Quantum Mechanics of the Diatomic Molecule (Second Edition)

In this book, the authors describe how quantum mechanics can be used to predict and analyze diatomic molecule spectra in a gaseous state by discussing the calculation of their spectral line intensities. The book provides a comprehensive overview on diatomic molecule fundamentals before emphasisin...

Perovskites

The book “Perovskites-Fundamentals, Properties, Preparation and Applications” presents a detailed understanding of the fundamentals, optical, electronic & mechanical properties, their methods of preparation, approaches to address their long-term stability and applications.

Nuclear Data

This book provides an introduction to how nuclear data informs the safe operation of nuclear fission reactors, the design of future fusion reactors as well as underpinning medical isotope production.

Biomaterials

A biomaterial is defined as a substance that has been engineered to take a form which, alone or as part of a complex system, is used to direct, by control of interactions with components of living systems, the course of any therapeutic or diagnostics procedures. The modern field of biomaterials c...

Approaching Global Oncology

The gap between the required and available cancer care in the world widened in the last decade for the majority of cancer patients. This book presents the need for global approaches and campaign for the scientific exploration of avenues to increase affordability of better value cancer treatment f...

Ultra Poincaré Chaos and Alpha Labeling

Ultra Poincaré chaos offers an alternative to Lorenz chaos, showcasing alpha unpredictability, which is a characteristic of an isolated motion. Alpha labeling is a valuable mathematical structure for studying complexity, as well as for the entirety of dynamical systems theory. Additionally, uniqu...

Dynamic X-ray Imaging Systems Used in Medicine

This report will provide information to test the appropriateness of a particular dynamic fluoroscopic system for a particular clinical task. This can be used in quality assurance programmes when assessing the appropriateness of a particular dynamic X-ray system.

Orbital Angular Momentum States of Light (Second Edition)

This book provides an in-depth introduction to modelling of long-range propagation of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes as well as more general structured light beams through atmospheric turbulence.

Imaging Modalities for Biological and Preclinical Research: A Compendium, Volume 2

This compendium is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of currently available biological and preclinical imaging methods, including their benefits and limitations. Volume 2 covers in-vivo imaging techniques, correlative multimodal imaging and emerging imaging technologies.

Understanding the Universe

Understanding the Universe via the historical developments of ideas, physical theories and mathematical models, intertwined with side remarks on philosophy and arts.

Fear of Physics

A fear of physics can be problematic for both students and citizens when making science-based decisions. This book discusses reasons behind this fear and the remedies to counter it in terms of attitudes, course planning and execution, laboratory work, information technology, and more.

Artificial Intelligence in Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) is a form of radiation therapy that uses real-time imaging to adjust the radiation dose and target volume during treatment, improving the accuracy of radiation delivery and minimizing damage to healthy tissue. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been increasingly use...

Problems and Solutions in Rotational Mechanics

This book is an extensive resource covering many concepts and topics within rotational mechanics, including over more than four hundred examples and problems with solutions. This book is an ideal resource for aspiring students looking to master the concepts of rotational mechanics, as well as lec...

Electronic Tongues

This book provides the reader with the history, fundamentals and theoretical aspects of electronic tongues and their applications. Includes theoretical aspects of detection techniques and applications highlights novel nanomaterials and nanotechnology strategies and features in computational metho...

Statistical Mechanics: Problems with solutions

Statistical Mechanics: Problems with solutions contains detailed model solutions to the exercise problems formulated in the companion Lecture notes volume. In many cases, the solutions include result discussions that enhance the lecture material. For readers' convenience, the problem assignments ...

Image Processing with Python

This book explores the domain of image processing using Python, with the help of working examples and accompanying code. The example-led implementation of Python codes is provided in this book to train budding researchers, coders, and hobbyists in the field of machine intelligence and image proce...

The Investigative Science Learning Environment: A Guide for Teacher Preparation and Professional Development

The goal of this book is to help prepare future physics teachers who will engage their students in learning physics by practicing it and implement the ISLE approach in their classrooms.

Effective Science Communication (Second Edition)

From preparing funding applications and publishing scientific papers, to presenting at conferences and engaging with different publics, Effective Science Communication will help you to get the most out of your research. This second edition brings the text up to date and includes additional materi...

Quantum Walks, Limits, and Transport Equations

This book provides an overview of quantum walks, limits, and transport equations. After an introduction to quantum computing, quantum simulation, and then symmetries, it then narrows down to describe quantum transport and quantum walks.

Radioactive Sample Counting: Principles and Practice (Second edition)

This book outlines the physical principles and operational properties and quality control procedures for the use of radioactive sample counters. It also provides worked examples for their clinical and research applications.

Green by Design

This book offers an in-depth examination of bio-polymeric materials, emphasizing their interfacial science, including key functional groups, physical phenomena, and interactions within specific environments. It highlights these materials as sustainable alternatives that go beyond merely replacing...

Scientific Basis of the Royal College of Radiologists Fellowship (2nd Edition)

A learning and revision resource for those studying for radiology fellowship examinations. Updated with more than 50 new questions, and a new chapter on functional and molecular imaging.

Silicene-Based Layered Materials

This book explores in detail the most up-to-date research in silicene-related systems, including few-layer silicene, sliding bilayer silicene, adatom-doped silicene, atom substituted silicene and silicene with substrate.

Nuclear Data

This course text provides an intermediate level treatment on the topic of the nuclear structure, focussing on the collective properties of atomic nuclei. The book goes into more detail on the specific topic of collective motion in nuclei, which has two major aspects: rotation and vibration.

Astrophysical Recipes

Astrophysical Recipes: The art of AMUSE delves into the ways in which computational science and astrophysics are connected and how the bridge between observation and theory are understood. This book provides a unique outline of the basic principles of performing simulations for astrophysical phen...

Nuclear Dynamics in Strong Laser Fields

This text aims to present at a theoretical level the main aspects of high-power lasers interacting with nuclei and is intended for scientists and students interested in this new and challenging area of research.

The Ringed Planet: Cassini’s Voyage of Discovery of Saturn (Third Edition)

The Ringed Planet discusses the major scientific discoveries about Saturn, its moons, and its rings, together with a behind-the-scenes look at the Cassini mission. The newly discovered rings around small bodies in the outer solar system and the ring systems of the other giant planets are explored...

Space Radiation

Space radiation is a topic of growing importance to scientists and researchers as well as the general public. As serious conversation about manned space travel grows, information on the topic will become increasingly needed. This thorough reference text comprehensively covers space radiation and ...

Women and Physics (Second Edition)

No other book brings together research on women and physics. This is the second edition of a volume that pulls together research on a variety of topics relating to gender and physics, collating the extant literature to provide a readable and concise grounding for the reader.

Silicon Photonics

This book is a concise introduction to the fundamental theories of integrated optics that focuses on modern silicon photonic technology. It offers analytical mathematical treatments and practical guidelines for the design of silicon–photonic circuits including examples to further emphasize the ma...

Laser–Plasma Accelerators and Radiation Sources

This book will describe the laser-plasma interactions that are driven by ultrashort ultra-intense lasers, such as electron acceleration, ion acceleration, and radiation generation, from their fundamental principles to instructions for constructing such sources, with a particular focus on novices ...

Brain–Computer Interfaces

This book offers a clear, comprehensive introduction to brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), covering the principles, methods, paradigms, and applications that enable direct interaction between brain activity and technology. It is designed to guide students and newcomers from foundational concepts t...

Astronomy Education Volume 1

This book focuses on the practical implementation of evidence-based strategies that are supported by research literature. Chapter topics include an overview of learner-centered theories and strategies for course design and implementation, the use of Lecture Tutorials, the use of technology and si...

Biopolymer Networks

This reference text provides a comprehensive overview of biopolymer networks written for an interdisciplinary audience of researchers in physics, biophysics, cell biology, materials science, engineering, and chemistry.

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

This book explains nonequilibrium statistical physics from the fundamentals to the most recent topics. It covers Brownian motion and Langevin equations, kinetic theory from gases to granular and active matter, it discusses how to model stochastic processes from data, it treats general subjects su...

Nuclear and Particle Physics with Cosmology, Volume 2

The topics of nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology are closely connected. As the second volume of a two-volume set, this book covers particle physics and cosmology. Chapters exploring particle physics describe the standard model of particle physics and deal with the classification of t...

Nanoscale Energy Transport

A valuable reference for researchers in physics, materials, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as graduate students, Nanoscale Energy Transport provides a comprehensive and insightful review of this developing topic. The text covers new developments in the scientific basis and the pra...

Extreme Solar Particle Storms

Extreme Solar Particle Storms: The hostile Sun provides a consolidated review of our current understanding of extreme solar events, or black swans, that leave our technological society vulnerable. Written by experts at the forefront of the growing field of solar storms, this book will be of inter...

A Modern Course in Quantum Field Theory, Volume 1 (Second Edition)

This book provides a self-contained pedagogical and constructive presentation of quantum field theory. It contains a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental topics of quantum field theory and includes numerous exercises, some with detailed solutions. Readers of this text will be well prepar...

Laser Safety (Second Edition)

This text provides coverage of laser safety fundamentals and a broad range of real world laser safety topics. As a highly useful research and reference book it addresses many unique laser safety challenges.

Ultrafast Lasers and Optics for Experimentalists (Second Edition)

This book is an accessible introduction to the world of ultrafast lasers and optics, explaining key principles and practical use cases.

Characterisation Methods in Solid State and Materials Science

An excellent resource for students studying solid state science, as well as researchers and industry specialists, this book provides a deeper understanding of the benefits, drawbacks and overlap within different characterisation techniques, and it bridges the gap between theory and implementation...

Quantum Chemistry (Third Edition)

This book provides a basic understanding of the underlying concepts of quantum chemistry. It is both a text for students and a reference for researchers. The emphasis is on explaining ideas rather than enumerating facts or presenting procedural details. Features extensive changes to increase clar...

Medical and Dental Guidance Notes (Second Edition)

This second edition addresses the safe use of ionising radiations (e.g., radioactive substances, X-rays, protons, neutrons, and electron beams) in the UK. These notes include general best practices of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) 2017. Following the instructions...

Guidance on the Personal Monitoring Requirements for Personnel Working in Healthcare

This book is essential reading for medical physicists in radiation protection, diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine, as well as radiographers and technologists, due to changes in global dosimetry requirements. Additionally, it presents guidelines for medical physicists and others using radia...