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This Special Issue on “Cement-Based Composites: Advancements in Development and Characterization” presents the latest research and advances in the field of cement-based composites. This Special Issue covers a variety of experimental studies related to fiber-reinforced, photocatalytic, lightweight, and sustainable cement-based composites. Moreover, simulation studies are presented in this Special Issue to provide fundamental knowledge of designing and optimizing the properties of cementitious composites. The presented publications in this Special Issue show the most recent technology in the cement-based composite field.

History of engineering & technology --- lightweight cement paste --- air entraining agents --- hollow microspheres --- aluminum powder --- pores --- micro-CT --- thermal insulation --- compressive strength --- photocatalysis --- core-shell structure --- TiO2/SiO2 composite nanoparticles --- cement-based materials --- sustainability --- hemp --- sound absorption --- thermal conductivity --- fire characteristics --- mechanical properties --- microscopy --- thermal analysis --- X-ray diffraction --- SCC-SFR --- chlorides --- diffusion --- concrete --- fiber-reinforced cemented clay --- unconfined compression strength --- fiber content --- composite cement content --- curing time --- steel fiber --- MgO expansive agent --- split tensile strength --- chloride diffusion resistance --- porosity --- interfacial transition zone --- bond strength --- high performance concrete --- reinforcing steel bar --- basalt fibre --- inhibit --- alkali-carbonate reaction --- fly ash --- expansion --- mechanism --- graphite carbon nitride --- silica --- visible light catalysis --- cement --- Bayesian updating --- spatial randomness --- uncertainty --- correlation distance --- stochastic field --- Interfacial transition zone --- quick-converting track concrete --- aggregate surface condition --- railway ballast --- fiber-reinforced concrete --- mechanical characteristics --- three-point bending test --- fracture energy --- cement-based composite --- experimental studies --- numerical simulation

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This Special Issue on “Cement-Based Composites: Advancements in Development and Characterization” presents the latest research and advances in the field of cement-based composites. This Special Issue covers a variety of experimental studies related to fiber-reinforced, photocatalytic, lightweight, and sustainable cement-based composites. Moreover, simulation studies are presented in this Special Issue to provide fundamental knowledge of designing and optimizing the properties of cementitious composites. The presented publications in this Special Issue show the most recent technology in the cement-based composite field.

lightweight cement paste --- air entraining agents --- hollow microspheres --- aluminum powder --- pores --- micro-CT --- thermal insulation --- compressive strength --- photocatalysis --- core-shell structure --- TiO2/SiO2 composite nanoparticles --- cement-based materials --- sustainability --- hemp --- sound absorption --- thermal conductivity --- fire characteristics --- mechanical properties --- microscopy --- thermal analysis --- X-ray diffraction --- SCC-SFR --- chlorides --- diffusion --- concrete --- fiber-reinforced cemented clay --- unconfined compression strength --- fiber content --- composite cement content --- curing time --- steel fiber --- MgO expansive agent --- split tensile strength --- chloride diffusion resistance --- porosity --- interfacial transition zone --- bond strength --- high performance concrete --- reinforcing steel bar --- basalt fibre --- inhibit --- alkali-carbonate reaction --- fly ash --- expansion --- mechanism --- graphite carbon nitride --- silica --- visible light catalysis --- cement --- Bayesian updating --- spatial randomness --- uncertainty --- correlation distance --- stochastic field --- Interfacial transition zone --- quick-converting track concrete --- aggregate surface condition --- railway ballast --- fiber-reinforced concrete --- mechanical characteristics --- three-point bending test --- fracture energy --- cement-based composite --- experimental studies --- numerical simulation

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This special volume aims to collecg new ideas and contributions at the frontier between the fields of data handling, processing and modeling for volcanic and seismic systems. Technological evolution, as well as the increasing availability of new sensors and platforms, and freely available data, pose a new challenge to the scientific community in the development new tools and methods that can integrate and process different information. The recent growth in multi-sensor monitoring networks and satellites, along with the exponential increase in the spatiotemporal data, has revealed an increasingly compelling need to develop data processing, analysis and modeling tools. Data processing, analysis and modeling techniques may allow significant information to be identified and integrated into volcanic/seismological monitoring systems. The newly developed technology is expected to improve operational hazard detection, alerting, and management abilities.

Technology: general issues --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- seismic swarm --- relocated aftershocks --- transition zone --- b value temporal variation --- central Ionian Islands (Greece) --- volcanic eruptions --- volcanic plumes --- CO2 flux --- DIAL-Lidar --- data processing techniques --- SAR --- InSAR --- ground deformation --- Sentinel-1 --- volcano monitoring --- GNSS --- seismicity --- slope instability --- MT-InSAR --- volcanoes --- ASTER --- Robust Satellite Techniques --- Google Earth Engine --- volcanic mounds --- seismic time and depth processing --- MVA --- CO2 storage --- volcano geodesy --- multidisciplinary monitoring --- paroxysms --- lava fountain --- volcanic eruption --- modeling --- tilt --- GPS --- n/a

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Remote Sensing is of paramount importance for Earth Observation to monitor and analyze the Earth’s vital signs. In this Special Issue are reported the latest research results involving active optical remote sensing instruments, both from ground-based to satellite platforms, that are involved in analyzing the vertical and horizontal aerosol and cloud distribution, other than their geometrical, optical and microphysical properties. Those active optical remote sensing techniques are also very useful in determining pollutant dispersion and the dynamics inside the boundary layer. The published studies put in evidence the hidden mechanisms on how pollution from the source is advected transnationally in other countries and the interaction with local meteorology.

Research & information: general --- rainfall --- lidar --- disdrometer --- evaporation --- meteorology --- climate change --- latent heat --- precipitation --- MOD04 --- Dark-Target --- Deep-Blue --- AERONET --- LiDAR --- AOD --- Beijing --- China --- CALIPSO --- dust top height --- frequency of dust occurrence --- pure dust --- polluted dust --- extinction coefficient --- above-cloud aerosol --- low-level cloud --- cloud base height --- ground-based observations --- relative humidity profile --- threshold --- Yunnan–Kweichow Plateau --- low–latitude plateau monsoon climate --- aerosol type and source --- aerosol properties --- monsoon index --- seasonal variation --- aerosol --- aerosol–cloud interactions --- MPLNET --- image processing --- network --- infrastructure --- virga --- black carbon --- Tibetan plateau --- water vapor transport --- South Asian summer monsoon --- East Asian summer monsoon --- PM2.5 --- radar wind profiler --- wind shear --- dual-field-of-view (FOV) --- geometric overlap factor (GOF) --- blind zone --- transition zone --- mass concentration --- stereo-monitoring networks --- Doppler LiDAR --- spatial wind variability --- air quality --- turbulent mixing --- cloud --- Hong Kong --- aerosols --- remote sensing --- wind lidar --- air-pollution --- radiative effects --- ground based remote sensing --- aerosols optical properties --- lidar ratio --- aerosol type

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Exercise necessitates increased energy production to match the elevated demand of physical activity, the magnitude of which varies significantly by activity, sport, and/or athletic position. While long term nutritional habitus is known to impact exercise performance, short term or acute nutritional strategies may also prove beneficial, or detrimental, to athletic performance. Modifications to macro- or micro-nutrient intakes likely influence athletic capacity through the altered metabolic capacity, although cardiovascular, respiratory, or neurocognitive effects are not to be discounted as possibly being influenced by altering the nutritional approach. Similarly, dietary supplementation with factors such as probiotics or antioxidants, either acutely or chronically, is also a likely avenue in which to optimize athletic performance. Supplementation, or the timing of supplementation, diurnally or with activity, may help to bridge gaps between dietary intakes and needs, perhaps as a result of either an inadequate intake and/or high level of athletic demand via high intensity, frequency, volume, or a combination thereof. Altering nutritional strategy for athletic performance is a de facto approach employed by athletes, often occurring seemingly independent of knowledge or evidence for or against a particular strategy. Rigorous studies of nutritional manipulation, supplementation, or those exploring the temporal optimization of nutrition or supplementation are desperately needed in an ever-changing sports nutrition landscape with an increasingly larger audience.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Food & society --- natural polyphenols --- curcumin --- muscle-damaging exercise --- anti-inflammatory --- antioxidants --- physical activity --- Carbohydrate --- high-intensity exercise --- fatigue --- ergogenic aids --- maximum oxygen consumption --- performance sports --- physical fitness --- sports nutrition --- continuous glucose monitoring --- carbohydrate --- trail running --- Freestyle Libre --- ketone ester --- ketogenic diet --- ketone salt --- MCT --- rotarod --- R-βHB --- beta-alanine --- ergogenic aid --- physical performance --- aerobic–anaerobic transition zone --- Paralympic powerlifting --- supplementation --- creatine --- performance --- nitric oxide --- dietary supplements --- oxygen consumption --- muscle fibres --- body composition --- strength parameters --- endurance --- training --- racquet sports --- sport supplement --- exercise --- carbohydrates --- time trial --- substrate utilization --- fat oxidation --- gastrointestinal distress --- satiety --- gut microbiota --- probiotics --- athletes --- cognitive performance --- recovery --- salt --- sarcopenia --- renalase --- body fat percentage --- knee extensor muscle strength --- single-leg stance time --- maximum gait speed --- long seat type body anteflexion --- chair rise test