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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

executive function --- cognitive control --- neural plasticity --- music training --- prefrontal cortex --- neural oscillation --- absolute pitch --- longitudinal study

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Climate change poses a serious challenge to our health and wellbeing. The increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, and the direct impacts of changes in temperature have direct impacts on health. At the same time, broader environmental change affects infectious disease risk, air pollution, and other forms of exposure. The different ways in which climate change will affect health are complex, interactive, and different communities are disproportionately affected. International actions such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals recognise the future risks to society and acknowledge that we are already committed to a certain level of climate change. Future adaptation measures therefore need careful assessment and implementation for us to be able to minimise the potential risks from climate change and, at the same time, maximise the potential health benefits of a cleaner, greener world. This Special Issue comprises original research articles and detailed reviews on the likely impacts of climate change on health in a range of geographical settings, and the potential for adaptation measures to reduce some of these risks. Ultimately, studies like these will motivate policy level action for mitigation and help in determining the most effective methods of adaptation to reduce negative impacts in future through embedding scientific evidence into practice.

heat-waves --- heat-related mortality --- 2003 --- 2015 --- climate change --- Germany --- air temperature --- hot days --- heat waves --- city --- urban area types --- Poznań --- Poland --- ambulance 999 calls --- extreme weather --- resource planning --- London --- UK --- heat --- mortality --- adaptation --- dwellings --- indoor temperature --- cold days --- cold waves --- health systems --- climate adaptation --- health infrastructure --- rescue services --- Northern Europe --- disaster risk reduction --- Sendai Framework --- demographic change --- infectious diseases --- vector-borne diseases --- aerosolized exposures --- pollen --- well-being --- public health --- land management --- patient and public involvement (PPI) --- land-use --- El Niño Southern Oscillation --- ENSO --- health --- climatic variability --- climate-sensitive disease --- workplace --- heat stress --- productivity loss --- beta distribution --- North Atlantic Oscillation --- weather --- emergency ambulance calls --- exacerbation of essential hypertension --- urban heat island --- urban planning --- heat resilience --- climate scenarios --- waterborne disease --- natural environment --- risks --- cryptosporidiosis --- cholera --- leptospirosis --- Legionnaires’ disease --- trends over time --- n/a --- Poznań --- El Niño Southern Oscillation --- Legionnaires' disease

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Quels sont les rapports entre les temps, les rythmes sociaux et les pratiques liées à l'alimentation ? Dans quelle mesure celles-ci contribuent-elles à l'organisation du temps quotidien et des calendriers ? Dans quelle mesure sont-elles, en retour, réglées par les contraintes du temps ? On ne peut répondre à ces questions sans embrasser la diversité anthropologique, historique et sociale des conceptions et des usages du temps. Les études réunies dans ce volume invitent à des approches croisées : par exemple entre le temps des consommateurs et celui des producteurs, entre le temps des cultures sans horloge et le temps des sociétés hyperponctuelles, entre les civilisations qui associent temps linéaire et temps cyclique et celles qui ne croient qu'à un seul temps. Traiter du temps sous l'angle de l'alimentation aide, en spécifiant une notion spontanément concédée à la physique et à la philosophie, à la faire entrer dans le champ des sciences humaines.

Social Sciences and Humanities. Social Sciences --- Social Sciences (General). --- Nutritional anthropology --- Anthropologie de l'alimentation --- Alimentation humaine --- Comportement alimentaire --- Feeding habits --- 613.21 --- Meals: number, times, intervals etc. --- 613.21 Meals: number, times, intervals etc. --- 392.8 --- 57.034 --- 641.5 --- 641.5 Preparation of foodstuffs and meals. Cookery --- Preparation of foodstuffs and meals. Cookery --- 57.034 Cyclic variations, oscillation. Rhythmicity. --- Cyclic variations, oscillation. Rhythmicity. --- 392.8 Culinaire gewoonten. Eetgewoonten. Drinkgewoonten. Vasten. Tafeletiquette. Maaltijden. Kannibalisme --- Culinaire gewoonten. Eetgewoonten. Drinkgewoonten. Vasten. Tafeletiquette. Maaltijden. Kannibalisme --- Social change --- Human feeding --- sociocultural environment --- human population --- Nutrition --- Alimentation --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Sociology --- alimentation --- coutumes --- temps --- culture --- société --- Ethnologie --- Partage alimentaire --- Economie du temps --- ALIMENTATION --- NOURRITURE --- CONDITIONS SOCIALES --- VIE QUOTIDIENNE --- VIE SOCIALE --- HISTOIRE --- ANTHROPOLOGIE

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Superhydrophobic surfaces, with a water contact angle >150°, have attracted both academic and industrial interest due to their wide range of applications, such as water proofing, anti-fogging, antifouling, anti-icing, fluidic drag reduction and anti-corrosion. Currently the majority of superhydrophobic coatings are created using organic chemicals with low surface energy. However, the lack of mechanical strength and heat resistance prevents the use of these coatings in harsh environments. Quality superhydrophobic coatings developed using inorganic materials are therefore highly sought after. Ceramics are of particular interest due to their high mechanical strength, heat and corrosion resistance. Such superhydrophobic coatings have recently been successfully fabricated using a variety of ceramics and different approaches, and have shown the improved wear and tribocorrosion resistance properties. This Special Issue focuses on the recent developments in the fabrication of superhydrophobic coatings and their robustness against corrosion and wear resistance, but the original work on other properties of superhydrophobic coatings are also welcome. In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Robust superhydrophobic coatings; Coatings with super-wettability in multifunctional applications; Wetting effects on corrosion and tribology; Hierarchical Coating for wetting and modelling.

n/a --- self-cleaning --- ferrofluid drop --- surface topography --- oil-water separation --- wear resistance --- super-hydrophobic coating --- parabolic morphology --- nanocomposite --- electrochemical surface engineering --- Al2O3-coated particles --- dynamic characteristics --- superhydrophobic --- stability --- suspension --- water-lubricated bearing --- chemical stability --- corrosion protection --- low friction --- friction and wear behaviour --- lubrication performance --- electrochemical deposition --- carbon steel --- TiO2 --- magnetic field --- superhydrophobic surface --- empirical formula of friction coefficient --- rough morphology --- electroless composite coating --- HVOF --- water-repellent surfaces --- corrosion resistance --- mechanical durability --- aluminum alloy --- Ni–Co --- WS2 --- thermal spray --- surfactant --- Co–Ni coating --- damped harmonic oscillation --- anodization --- etching --- MoS2 particles --- chemical etching --- truncated cone morphology --- superhydrophobic materials --- hydrophobicity --- super-hydrophobic surface --- micro-arc oxidation --- electrodeposition

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Real-world systems exhibit complex behavior, therefore novel mathematical approaches or modifications of classical ones have to be employed to precisely predict, monitor, and control complicated chaotic and stochastic processes. One of the most basic concepts that has to be taken into account while conducting research in all natural sciences is symmetry, and it is usually used to refer to an object that is invariant under some transformations including translation, reflection, rotation or scaling.The following Special Issue is dedicated to investigations of the concept of dynamical symmetry in the modelling and analysis of dynamic features occurring in various branches of science like physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering, with special emphasis on research based on the mathematical models of nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations. Addressed topics cover theories developed and employed under the concept of invariance of the global/local behavior of the points of spacetime, including temporal/spatiotemporal symmetries.

time delay --- third order differential equations --- difference scheme --- stability --- ϕc-Laplacian --- boundary value problem --- critical point theory --- three solutions --- multiple solutions --- fixed point theory --- boundary value problems --- generalized attracting horseshoe --- strange attractors --- poincaré map --- electronic circuits --- non-canonical differential equations --- second-order --- neutral delay --- mixed type --- oscillation criteria --- cell transplantation --- cytokines --- ischemic stroke --- numerical simulation --- runge-kutta method --- stability analysis --- ambient assisted living --- AAL --- ambient intelligence --- assisted living --- user-interfaces --- fuzzy logic --- vibrations --- symmetrical structures --- eigenmodes --- building --- concrete --- partial difference equation --- infinitely many small solutions --- (p,q)-Laplacian