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After the successful conclusion of the Joint Meeting of IUFRO’s 7.03.05 & 7.03.10 working parties and given the exciting and novel studies that have been presented in the framework of this meeting, we decided to present some of these studies in the current Special Issue of Forests. To make this issue more appealing and interesting to everyone in the field of Forest Protection, studies that cover a wide range of topics were selected, ranging from ecology and phylogeography to forest management and protection. More importantly, as these studies refer to pests and pathogens from different parts of the world, it is expected that the knowledge gained can be further used in the protection of natural environment worldwide.

phenols --- flying ability --- Mediterranean forests --- wood borer insects --- Coraebus florentinus --- human-mediated transport --- ITS --- American chestnut --- sterols --- aggregated retention --- multivariate analysis --- Ips duplicatus --- Forestry Reclamation Approach --- triterpenes --- stand type --- Xyleborini --- birch --- Japanese red pine pure forests --- Scolytinae --- biological control --- Cephalcia kunyushanica --- deciduous forest --- silvicultural interventions --- fungal phytopathogens --- pathogen --- soil properties --- hypovirulence --- ammonium phosphite --- chestnut blight --- mtDNA --- latitude --- Cryphonectria parasitica --- occurrence --- distribution --- ash dieback --- ethanol --- phylogeography --- Carpathian Mountains --- Buprestidae --- stand characteristics --- oak --- vector --- Phytophthora --- black timber bark beetle --- infection level --- Romania --- coniferous forest --- Trypodendron laeve --- clearcutting --- Fraxinus excelsior --- selective pruning --- chlorophyll-a fluorescence --- forest management --- Ips sexdentatus --- disease management --- spread --- forest health --- ambrosia beetle --- Quercus --- invasive pathogens --- invasion --- biological invasion --- Lepidoptera --- ink disease --- functional group --- Betula --- mine reclamation

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Geographic information systems (GISs) have played a vital role in Earth sciences by providing a powerful means of observing the world and various tools for solving complex problems. The scientific community has used GISs to reveal fascinating details about the Earth and other planets. This book on recent advances in GIS for Earth sciences includes 12 publications from esteemed research groups worldwide. The research and review papers in this book belong to the following broad categories: Earth science informatics (geoinformatics), mining, hydrology, natural hazards, and society.

Research & information: general --- mine safety --- GIS-coupled --- spatiotemporal model --- LBM --- methane gas emission --- traffic flows --- taxi trajectory --- float cars --- spatial community --- transport system --- land use --- multi-functionality --- production-living-ecology function --- spatiotemporal dynamics --- obstacle factors --- Xiangxi --- DEM grid cell size --- efficiency --- mountainous watersheds --- optimized parameter set --- TOPMODEL --- social media --- rainstorm event --- spatiotemporal analysis --- factor assessing --- parallel algorithm --- map overlay analysis --- Hilbert ordering decomposition --- spatial analysis --- GIS vector map data --- GIS vector map security --- selective encryption --- simplification method and cryptography --- geo-sensor framework --- geo-sensor platform (GIS) --- sensor networks --- do-it-yourself (DIY) --- landslide susceptibility mapping --- ensemble techniques --- functional trees --- bagging --- rotation forest --- dagging --- algorithm --- cognition --- computer languages --- eye-tracking measurement --- gaze tracking --- human-computer interaction --- open source software --- symbols --- visualisation --- Geographic information systems --- mine planning --- mine development --- mine operation --- environmental management --- mine reclamation --- Indian Himalayas --- landslides --- GIS --- remote sensing

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The present book covers the main challenges, important for future prospects of subsoils extraction as a public effective and profitable business, as well as technologically advanced industry. In the near future, the mining industry must overcome the problems of structural changes in raw materials demand and raise the productivity up to the level of high-tech industries to maintain the profits. This means the formation of a comprehensive and integral response to such challenges as the need for innovative modernization of mining equipment and an increase in its reliability, the widespread introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies in the activities of mining enterprises, the transition to "green mining" and the improvement of labor safety and avoidance of man-made accidents. The answer to these challenges is impossible without involving a wide range of scientific community in the publication of research results and exchange of views and ideas. To solve the problem, this book combines the works of researchers from the world's leading centers of mining science on the development of mining machines and mechanical systems, surface and underground geotechnology, mineral processing, digital systems in mining, mine ventilation and labor protection, and geo-ecology. A special place among them is given to post-mining technologies research.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- underground mining --- ventilation systems --- methane release hazard --- spontaneous combustion hazard --- safety --- copper ore comminution --- hydro-jet mill --- high-pressure water jet --- deep underground min --- IoT devices --- smartphone --- gas hazards --- Industry 4.0 in mining --- ball mills --- energy efficiency --- internal dynamics --- DEM model --- resonance oscillations --- measurements --- drilling rig --- process monitoring --- operational cycles --- sound measurement --- electric current acquisition --- threshold-based segmentation --- envelope spectrum --- safety function --- electro-hydraulic control system --- powered roof support --- textile conveyor belts --- multiply conveyor belts --- multiply belt splices --- laboratory splice tests --- fluid coupling --- ball mill --- electric motor --- drive system --- grinding --- energetic efficiency --- surface mining --- mining equipment --- multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) --- ELECTRE III --- thermal imaging --- belt conveyor --- diagnostics --- mechanical failure --- preventative maintenance --- well reamer --- rock mass --- intensification of production --- nonlinear law --- completion of wells --- innovative technology --- UAV --- acoustic signal processing --- Euclidean distance --- underground mine --- search and rescue --- drilling --- pipe --- drill bit --- manufacturing error --- material --- model --- elastic modulus --- computational fluid dynamics --- numerical model geometry --- laser scanning --- machine diagnostics --- LHD --- engine oil pressure data --- oil pump wear --- statistical analysis --- convergence functions --- numerical modeling --- high horizontal stress --- excavations stability assessment --- mobile laser scanning --- Velodyne LiDAR --- Riegl scanning system --- open pit mine --- underground laboratory --- new ways of mine reclamation --- sustainability --- circular economy --- radar interferometry --- subsidence trough --- automatic detection --- mathematical morphology --- n/a

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The present book covers the main challenges, important for future prospects of subsoils extraction as a public effective and profitable business, as well as technologically advanced industry. In the near future, the mining industry must overcome the problems of structural changes in raw materials demand and raise the productivity up to the level of high-tech industries to maintain the profits. This means the formation of a comprehensive and integral response to such challenges as the need for innovative modernization of mining equipment and an increase in its reliability, the widespread introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies in the activities of mining enterprises, the transition to "green mining" and the improvement of labor safety and avoidance of man-made accidents. The answer to these challenges is impossible without involving a wide range of scientific community in the publication of research results and exchange of views and ideas. To solve the problem, this book combines the works of researchers from the world's leading centers of mining science on the development of mining machines and mechanical systems, surface and underground geotechnology, mineral processing, digital systems in mining, mine ventilation and labor protection, and geo-ecology. A special place among them is given to post-mining technologies research.

underground mining --- ventilation systems --- methane release hazard --- spontaneous combustion hazard --- safety --- copper ore comminution --- hydro-jet mill --- high-pressure water jet --- deep underground min --- IoT devices --- smartphone --- gas hazards --- Industry 4.0 in mining --- ball mills --- energy efficiency --- internal dynamics --- DEM model --- resonance oscillations --- measurements --- drilling rig --- process monitoring --- operational cycles --- sound measurement --- electric current acquisition --- threshold-based segmentation --- envelope spectrum --- safety function --- electro-hydraulic control system --- powered roof support --- textile conveyor belts --- multiply conveyor belts --- multiply belt splices --- laboratory splice tests --- fluid coupling --- ball mill --- electric motor --- drive system --- grinding --- energetic efficiency --- surface mining --- mining equipment --- multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) --- ELECTRE III --- thermal imaging --- belt conveyor --- diagnostics --- mechanical failure --- preventative maintenance --- well reamer --- rock mass --- intensification of production --- nonlinear law --- completion of wells --- innovative technology --- UAV --- acoustic signal processing --- Euclidean distance --- underground mine --- search and rescue --- drilling --- pipe --- drill bit --- manufacturing error --- material --- model --- elastic modulus --- computational fluid dynamics --- numerical model geometry --- laser scanning --- machine diagnostics --- LHD --- engine oil pressure data --- oil pump wear --- statistical analysis --- convergence functions --- numerical modeling --- high horizontal stress --- excavations stability assessment --- mobile laser scanning --- Velodyne LiDAR --- Riegl scanning system --- open pit mine --- underground laboratory --- new ways of mine reclamation --- sustainability --- circular economy --- radar interferometry --- subsidence trough --- automatic detection --- mathematical morphology --- n/a