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Vector-Borne Diseases - Recent Developments in Epidemiology and Control utilizes the unique capabilities of open-access publishing to share exciting developments in the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases spread by arthropods. From malaria to dengue to leishmaniasis, the diseases addressed in this book continue to present threats to the life and well-being of millions around the world. The international cast of writers published here provide specific insight into a full spectrum of diseases spread by insects and their close relatives.

Vector control --- Biological control.

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Many macro and micro species, from terrestrial and aquatic environments, produce structurally unique compounds and, in many countries, still are the primary sources of medicines. In fact, secondary metabolites are an important source of chemotherapeutic agents but are also lead compounds for synthetic modification and the optimization of biological activity. Therefore, the exploitation of secondary metabolites, or their inspired synthetic compounds, offers excellent opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry. This Medicines Special Issue focuses on the great potential of secondary metabolites for therapeutic application. The Special Issue contains 16 articles reporting relevant experimental results, and an overview of bioactive secondary metabolites, their biological effects, and new methodologies that improve and accelerate the process of obtained lead compounds with regard to new drug development. We would like to thank all 83 authors, from all over the world, for their valuable contributions to this Special Issue.

antitumor --- triterpenoids --- seaweeds --- diterpenes --- Boswellia --- antioxidant activity --- antiplasmodial --- Maytenus chiapensis --- phenolic derivatives --- secondary metabolites --- medicinal applications --- Malus x domestica --- pectin --- cytotoxic activity --- xanthine oxidase --- phytochemistry --- antioxidant --- Scabiosa --- sugars --- sargaquinoic acid --- pentacyclic triterpenoids --- analysis --- antimicrobial and anticancer activity --- iridoids --- Tuscany --- GC-MS --- (-)-rabdosiin --- kratom --- plant defense --- cembranoids --- tingenone --- deoxypodophyllotoxin --- anticancer --- pristimerin --- inflammation --- boswellic acids --- plants --- anti-inflammatory --- legalization --- Mitragyna speciosa --- Ocimum sanctum --- cordycepin --- cytotoxic --- medicine --- Artemisia species --- antimicrobial activity --- lignans --- Artemisia vachanica --- Cordyceps militaris --- frankincense --- ancient varieties --- sargahydroquinoic acid --- Tajikistan --- antiSMASH --- ABTS --- polyphenols --- therapeutics --- infectious diseases --- antibacterial --- nutraceutics --- total phenolics --- LC-MS/MS --- innate immunity --- HPLC-PAD --- sarganaphthoquinoic acid --- biosynthetic gene clusters --- DPPH --- EGCG --- cneorubenoids --- PPAR-? --- bowel diseases --- amentoflavone --- molecular docking --- sargachromenoic acid --- cannabinoids --- flavonoids --- essential oils --- TCM --- HPLC-PDA --- ascorbic acid --- antioxidants --- Lamiaceae --- nanoemulsion --- malaria --- therapeutic uses --- quinonemethide triterpenoids --- artemisinin --- natural products --- biological activities --- FRAP --- toxicology --- defensins --- Celastraceae --- cannabis --- vector control --- Juniperus --- analytical determination

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Artificial intelligence techniques, such as expert systems, fuzzy logic, and artificial neural network techniques have become efficient tools in modeling and control applications. For example, there are several benefits in optimizing cost-effectiveness, because fuzzy logic is a methodology for the handling of inexact, imprecise, qualitative, fuzzy, and verbal information systematically and rigorously. A neuro-fuzzy controller generates or tunes the rules or membership functions of a fuzzy controller with an artificial neural network approach. There are new instantaneous power theories that may address several challenges in power quality. So, this book presents different applications of artificial intelligence techniques in advanced high-tech electronics, such as applications in power electronics, motor drives, renewable energy systems and smart grids.

droop curve --- frequency regulation --- fuzzy logic --- the rate of change of frequency --- reserve power --- smart grid --- energy Internet --- convolutional neural network --- decision optimization --- deep reinforcement learning --- electric load forecasting --- non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II --- multi-layer perceptron --- adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system --- meta-heuristic algorithms --- automatic generation control --- fuzzy neural network control --- thermostatically controlled loads --- back propagation algorithm --- particle swarm optimization --- load disaggregation --- artificial intelligence --- cognitive meters --- machine learning --- state machine --- NILM --- non-technical losses --- semi-supervised learning --- knowledge embed --- deep learning --- distribution network equipment --- condition assessment --- multi information source --- fuzzy iteration --- current balancing algorithm --- level-shifted SPWM --- medium-voltage applications --- multilevel current source inverter --- motor drives --- phase-shifted carrier SPWM --- STATCOM --- electricity forecasting --- CNN–LSTM --- very short-term forecasting (VSTF) --- short-term forecasting (STF) --- medium-term forecasting (MTF) --- long-term forecasting (LTF) --- asynchronous motor --- linear active disturbance rejection control --- error differentiation --- vector control --- renewable energy --- solar power plant --- Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) --- Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (FANP) --- Fuzzy Theory

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Current efforts to limit the ravages of schistosomiasis are pushing the world closer to eliminating a chronic infection that has been associated with human life in the tropics since time immemorial. This notwithstanding, the disease remains a scourge for large populations in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, and the main part of this book is made up by papers dealing with its current distribution, discussing ways and means to establish and implement improved control approaches. While chemotherapy limits the symptoms caused by schistosomiasis, the number of infected people will not decrease until the parasite's life cycle is interrupted. To that end, some papers focus on the intermediate snail host, which is notoriously difficult to control, while others discuss human hygiene and sanitation. The latter approach not only prevents infection through avoiding people being infected from the snail, but more importantly, also stops people infecting the snail by leaving contagious feces and urine in nature. With morbidity reduced by chemotherapy, the immediate target now is the interruption of transmission to be achieved by new tools, such as the novel chemotherapies, improved diagnostics (for humans, animals, and snails), and vaccines discussed in several of the papers. As made clear in this book, a complex infection requires new tools as well as work on many fronts, above all; however, a clear idea is needed as to how to skillfully combine the tools available and sustain implemented control activities.

n/a --- Cambodia --- schistosomiasis elimination --- chemotherapy --- Côte d’Ivoire --- systems thinking --- Schistosomiasis mansoni --- control and elimination --- neglected tropical diseases --- drug discovery --- systems epidemiology --- guidelines --- schistosomiasis --- Central Africa --- goals --- mapping --- Africa --- cattle --- zoonosis --- systematic non-compliance --- Lao PDR --- Sm14 --- POC-CCA --- planorbidae --- complexity --- distribution --- remote-sensing --- Neotricula aperta --- sanitation --- Biomphalaria glabrata --- Schistosomiasis --- international space station --- Mayuge --- elimination --- spatio-temporal epidemiology --- goats --- FABP --- artemether --- interdisciplinarity --- praziquantel --- soil-transmitted-helminthiasis --- Caribbean --- health education --- snail --- Schistosoma haematobium --- snail resistance --- 28S ribosomal DNA --- WIPO Re:Search --- intermediate snail host --- Schistosoma malayensis --- Gabon --- transmission --- soil-transmitted helminths --- combination therapy --- S. mansoni --- climate change --- domestic animals --- Schistosoma mansoni --- diagnosis --- Schistosoma japonicum --- leishmaniasis --- modelling --- public-private partnerships --- GIS --- ECOSTRESS --- young adults --- Oncomelania hupensis --- PCR --- Bulinus truncatus --- gene drive --- worldview --- S. japonicum zoonosis --- coverage rate --- phylogeography --- cross-sector collaboration --- epidemiology --- preventive chemotherapy --- MDA coverage --- China --- operational research --- transmission control --- satellite --- high-sensitivity diagnostics --- loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) --- sheep --- polymerase chain reaction --- BIO Ventures for Global Health --- bovines --- Kato-Katz --- vaccine development --- treatment-opportunities --- Philippines --- buffalo --- Schistosoma mekongi --- control --- Schistosoma --- vector control --- vaccine --- parasite --- Asia --- transgenic snail --- snail control --- DNA --- capacity-building --- Uganda --- pooled samples --- Côte d'Ivoire

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The present book, a reprint of the Molecules Special Issue "Insecticide, Acaricide, Repellent and Antimicrobial Development", presents key advances in the development of effective and eco-friendly insecticides, acaricides, repellents, and antimicrobials, including products of natural origin.

Lauraceae --- Aedes aegypti --- Aedes albopictus --- Culex quinquefasciatus --- antibacterial --- antifungal --- antioxidants --- compatibility --- date palm dust mites --- host defense --- Oligonychus afrasiaticus --- Metarhizium anisopliae --- natural acaricide --- synergism --- 1-Chlorooctadecane --- Lamiaceae --- Clinopodium nepeta subsp. nepeta --- Clinopodium nepeta subsp. glandulosum --- essential oils --- chemical variability --- biological activities --- Citrullus colocynthis --- spinasterol, 22,23-dihydrospinasterol --- fernenol --- insecticidal activity --- LC50 --- electrical penetration graph --- peach potato aphid --- antifeedants --- attractants --- structure-activity relationships --- fractionation --- reducing activity --- biomolecules --- antibiofilm --- microbial infection --- mangrove --- larvicidal activity --- enzyme inhibition --- Rhizophora mucronata --- repellent --- mosquitoes --- Erigeron --- Conyza bonariensis --- Conyza canadensis --- Conyza sumatrensis --- mosquito --- vector control --- naphthoquinones --- plumbagin --- Spodoptera littoralis --- insect growth inhibition --- carnivorous plants --- Nepenthes --- botanical-based insecticide --- cereals --- green grain protectant --- essential oil nanoformulation --- stored-product beetles --- Tenebrionidae --- Chagas’ disease transmission --- triatomines --- peridomiciliary use --- Argentina --- biopesticides --- bio-based pesticides --- chemical ecology --- pest control --- natural products --- storage --- monoterpenes --- bioinsecticide --- insect pest --- toxicity --- eugenol derivatives --- amino alcohols --- semisynthetic insecticides --- bioinsecticides --- phenylpropanoids --- Spodoptera frugiperda --- urban pests --- agricultural pests --- aphids --- cockroaches --- kissing bugs --- insect vectors --- green insecticides --- moth pests --- non-target toxicity --- stored product pests --- termites --- n/a --- Chagas' disease transmission