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Preface to the Special Issue on “Earth Observations and Societal Impacts”

We would like to present, with great pleasure, a special issue volume on “Earth Observations and Societal Impacts”. This special issue is part of the the journal Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO), and is devoted to The International Conference on Earth Observations and Societal Impacts (ICEOS http://www.iceo-si.org.tw/) which is an annual conference sponsored by the Taiwan Group on Earth Observations (TGEO; http://tgeo.org.tw/) since 2011. This special issue is based primarily on the papers presented in ICEO&SI 2013 to summarize the most recent developments and ideas in Earth environment observations, including atmospheric, oceanic, geophysical research, healthy environmental conditions for humans, plants and animals and their societal impacts. The papers presented in this special issue involve:

Technology, work organisation and job quality in the service sector: an introduction

This special issue volume is concerned with how technology is changing the nature of work and working conditions while generating new products and new forms of service delivery. The five articles included in this volume cover service work, from the routine and clerical through to highly credentialed and professional work. Although some of the established challenges concerning the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on work and workplaces are evident in the articles, it is also clear that new service delivery processes demand new skills and training to some extent. Overall findings indicate that while ICT competencies are important, they need to be supplemented by the soft skills that are crucial for effective customer interactions and more open work systems with greater autonomy and participation whereby flexible work teams can have a positive impact on job quality outcomes. This introductory article examines technology and the changing nature of work through three strands of interpretation, prior to introducing the five articles in this special issue.

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 13; Regional projections applied to natural disasters

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 13; Regional projections applied to natural disasters

Message from Editor in Chief (Indian Journal of Microbiology)

At the very onset, I profusely thank all of you for making the journey to take Indian Journal of Microbiology (INJM) from a hard copy format to an online platform of international standards that has disseminate the contents to a global audience. The INJM along with support from Springer has been making rapid and consistent progress during the last few years. During my tenure as the Editor-in-Chief of this journal, I have seen a number of crests and troughs in this journey. We have been very successful in making it reach heights of acceptance and success. I believe this journal can be further taken to greater heights. Just like other years of performance, INJM has in fact performed outstandingly, especially in the past 3 years. All the articles which have been accepted for publication in subsequent issues of INJM are immediately put up online also. With our continued strategies to improve, we have been successful in streamlining the back log of the journal in 2011 with no articles being carried forward from the previous years. All this has been possible due to sincere and dedicated efforts of all the Editors and Reviewers associated with INJM. The journal is published quarterly, that started from Volume 47 of 2007 through Volume 52 of 2012. Over the years we have received contributions from USA, Canada, Korea, Japan, China, Spain, Brazil, etc. The journal is subscribed by nearly 6500 Institutes and individuals. The success of our efforts could be easily measured when ISI impact factor of 0.938 for INJM came out for the first time in 2010. The increase in number of submitted articles, wide range of geographical distribution of authors and the consistently increasing subscription to the journal gives us confidence and hope of achieving more heights in near future. This year to date, we have received more than 750 articles. However, a decrease in its impact factor to 0.5 for 2011 is an alarming call that demands an immediate attention to develop better strategies for the growth of the journal with a special focus on the good quality of articles that are being published. After having served AMI as the Editor-in-Chief of INJM for 5 years (January 2007–March 2013), it becomes my moral responsibility to ensure continuity of activities of INJM after 31st March 2013, when I will be taking charge of President, AMI. During the last 6 years, I have been interacting with my team of Editors. Among all of them, Dr. V.C. Kalia, Associate Editor has been the most instrumental team member in terms of supporting the activities of INJM. Through his dedicated and consistent efforts he has pre-screened around 1500 articles, reviewed (as Reviewer) and handled (as Editor) maximum number of articles. He has brought in quite a few new Editors in the team and brought out a special issue Volume 48 (2), 2008. His other contributions have been extending in providing solutions to intricate matters, interactions with Springer, promoting activities of INJM. Based on his contributions to AMI, INJM and excellent Academic record, he was unanimously nominated by all members of CC, AMI on 29th September, 2012 as the next Editor-in-Chief of INJM, w.e.f. 1st April 2013. I thereby summarize that with the publication of INJM Volume 52 No. 4 of 2012, we will reach a status, which we can be proud of and hope to make INJM a pioneer in the field of Microbiology with our efforts and set an example for its readers for quality content.

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 12; From land to ocean

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 12; From land to ocean

Technical Communication Quarterly: Special Issue—Volume 24, Number 1 (Winter 2015) Contemporary Research Methodologies in Technical Communication

<i>Technical Communication Quarterly</i>: Special Issue—Volume 24, Number 1 (Winter 2015) Contemporary Research Methodologies in Technical Communication

Integrating remote sensing data with flood inundation models: how far have we got?

Hydrological ProcessesVolume 26, Issue 16 p. 2515-2521 Invited Commentary Integrating remote sensing data with flood inundation models: how far have we got? Paul D. Bates, Corresponding Author Paul D. Bates Cabot Institute and School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS UK Paul Bates, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, BS8 1SS Bristol, UK. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Paul D. Bates, Corresponding Author Paul D. Bates Cabot Institute and School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS UK Paul Bates, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, BS8 1SS Bristol, UK. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 2012 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9374Citations: 131Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume26, Issue16Special Issue: Japanese Special Issue Volume 12: From Land to Ocean30 July 2012Pages 2515-2521 This article also appears in:HPToday: Invited Commentaries RelatedInformation

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 11; Predictions in Ungauged Basins: Japan PUB achievements

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 11; Predictions in Ungauged Basins: Japan PUB achievements

Apprenticeship as an evolving model of learning

In 1998, we edited a special issue (Volume 50, Number 2) of this journal on the theme, ‘Contemporary Apprenticeship: perspectives on learning, teaching, policy and design.’ The nine articles that c...

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 10; Groundwater resource in a coastal megacity, Asia

Hydrological ProcessesVolume 25, Issue 17 p. 2641-2641 Preface Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 10; Groundwater resource in a coastal megacity, Asia Maki Tsujimura, Corresponding Author Maki Tsujimura Editor-in-Chief for International Journal, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of TsukubaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba===Search for more papers by this authorYosuke Yamashiki, Yosuke Yamashiki Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Maki Tsujimura, Corresponding Author Maki Tsujimura Editor-in-Chief for International Journal, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of TsukubaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba===Search for more papers by this authorYosuke Yamashiki, Yosuke Yamashiki Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 27 January 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.8005Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume25, Issue17Special Issue: Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources15 August 2011Pages 2641-2641 RelatedInformation

New Associate Editor

Jo Dweck, born in Istanbul, Turkey and Brazilian naturalized, is Dr. Eng. in Chemical Engineering from Sao Paulo University, Brazil. He is Titular Professor of the School of Chemistry at Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ), where he works since 1970. Adjunct Professor of the Chemistry Department Louisiana State University (LSU) and collaborating with the Chemical Engineering Department of the Polytechnic School of Sao Paulo University (USP). He has more than 30 years experience on Industrial waste and effluent processing. He speaks in Portuguese, English, French, Italian, and Spanish and since 1984 has been working mostly on thermal analysis applied to material science, industrial products, and byproducts. He has developed TG, DTA, and NCDTA prototypes and new applications on the characterization and quality control of minerals and raw materials, natural and synthetic products, and industrial and municipal wastes and on their thermal processing and properties. Lecturer on Material and Process Thermal Analysis and Advanced Inorganic Technologies to graduate students, and on Ceramic Technology, Experimental Inorganic Technology, and Industrial Waste Chemical Processing to undergraduate students. Former experience teaching on Physics, Heat Transfer, Unit Operations—Distillation and Extraction, Inorganic Process Industries, Fertilizers and their Raw Materials Industries. Consultant of Post Doctoral research Associates and Graduate Students, advised 8 PhD, 13 MSc graduate students, and 60 undergraduate students on scientific and technological research, currently advising 4 PhD and 3 MSc students at UFRJ and 2 PhD students at USP. Has published 58 papers in scientific journals and 64 papers in conference proceedings. Has worked on Brazilian and International joint projects on new thermal analysis developments at Louisiana State University, LA/USA, Rutgers University, NJ/USA, ISCI, Israel, IMA/UFRJ, RJ, Brazil, and USP/Brazil. As Industry Consultant has worked on research staff training in thermal analysis and/or new applications development for Petrobras (Brazil), Petrosix (Brazil), TA Instruments (USA)—Souza Cruz S/A (Brazil), and Eletronuclear S/A—(Brazil). Fellow of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, the Brazilian Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Society, and the Brazilian Ceramic Society, acts as referee of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (JTAC), International Journal of Environment and Pollution, and Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering. He was one of the Guest Editors of the JTAC special issue Volume 67 Number 2. J. Dweck (&) Escola de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Bloco E do CT, Sala E-206, Cidade Universitaria, Ilha do Fundao, CEP 21949-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil e-mail: dweck@eq.ufrj.br

Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 9: Effect of forest devastation on flooding and environmental issues

Hydrological ProcessesVolume 24, Issue 5 p. 525-526 Preface Preface to the Japanese Special Issue Volume 9: Effect of forest devastation on flooding and environmental issues Maki Tsujimura, Corresponding Author Maki Tsujimura Guest Editor in Chief, Japanese Special Issue Volume 9 mktsuji@geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp 1pc Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of TsukubaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.===Search for more papers by this authorYosuke Yamashiki, Yosuke Yamashiki Editor in Chief for International Journal, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Maki Tsujimura, Corresponding Author Maki Tsujimura Guest Editor in Chief, Japanese Special Issue Volume 9 mktsuji@geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp 1pc Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of TsukubaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba.===Search for more papers by this authorYosuke Yamashiki, Yosuke Yamashiki Editor in Chief for International Journal, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Associate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 15 February 2010 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7547Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume24, Issue5Special Issue: Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources28 February 2010Pages 525-526 RelatedInformation

Japanese Special Issue Volume 8. Introducing crossover technologies applied for Japanese hydrological survey

Japanese Special Issue Volume 8. Introducing crossover technologies applied for Japanese hydrological survey

Call for papers special issue volume 19, 2010 punishment, restraint and child harm

Child Abuse ReviewVolume 18, Issue 1 p. 76-76 Call for Papers Call for papers special issue volume 19, 2010 punishment, restraint and child harm First published: 21 January 2009 https://doi.org/10.1002/car.1060AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume18, Issue1January/February 2009Pages 76-76 RelatedInformation

Commentary on “copular acquisition” – a response to Silva-Corvalán and Montanari

Studies of copular forms are extremely relevant to issues in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics. Psychologists have recently argued that the most distinctive aspect of human language is its combinatorial nature (e.g., Gentner, 2003; Spelke, 2003). They argue that this linguistic component might be what separates human from animal cognition. As combinatorial elements, copular forms have no equal. However, as the quote from Bertrand Russell implies, copular forms are multi-dimensional and complex. A full understanding of their use, linguistic variation, acquisition, and relation to cognition is a formidable task. While other papers in this special-issue volume of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition will address the different syntactic and semantic functions carried by these forms, in this commentary, I will focus on the relation between the acquisition of copular forms and cognitive development, or more specifically on the development of categorization.

Call for papers special issue volume 18, 2009 gender and child harm

Child Abuse ReviewVolume 17, Issue 5 p. 364-364 Miscellaneous Call for papers special issue volume 18, 2009 gender and child harm First published: 29 September 2008 https://doi.org/10.1002/car.1036AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume17, Issue5September/October 2008Pages 364-364 RelatedInformation

Introduction to This Special Issue

The following three papers in this special issue constitute the latter half of the papers that were mentioned in the September Special Issue (Volume 44, Issue no. 3 of Fire Technology September 2008), which in turn covered the suppression portion of the SUPDET 2007 Working Conference. These three papers were invited for this special issue from among the 17 papers presented at the detector section of the Orlando, FL, conference on March 5–8, 2007, and have been revised through the regular peer review process of this journal. The first two papers, respectively, describe the contribution of early fire detection to life safety, and the perceptions regarding fire-related emergency evacuation among high-rise building occupancies. The last paper won the SUPDET 2007 William M Casey Award (detector section). It takes a fresh look at the long disputed issue regarding the performance of ionization versus the performance of photo-electric smoke detectors. Fourteen original papers submitted to the detector section of the SUPDET 2007 can be found at www.nfpa.org/foundation.

Introduction to special issue

This special issue volume focuses on research into Human Resource Management (HRM) and job quality. Improving job quality is firmly on the public policy agenda in the European Union (EU) and is central to the International Labour Office's (ILO's) decent work agenda. There has been considerable policy debate in the EU concerning job quality and the need to create not only more but also better jobs. This introduction reviews the nature and measurement of job quality and discusses the HRM rationale for improvement. This article assesses workplace programmes that can assist in improving job quality before introducing the issues to be covered in this special edition.

Breaking of Japanese Naval Codes: Pre-Pearl Harbor to Midway

This is the text of a speech by CAPT Forrest R. “Tex” Biard (Ret) given to the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation on 14 June 2002. It has been edited by our editor David Kahn. We are grateful to Graydon A. Lewis former editor of the Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association publication CRYPTOLOG for bringing this speech to our attention. CRYPTOLOG published a special issue (Volume 10 Number 2 Winter 1989) entitled The Pacific War: Through the Eyes of Forrest R. “Tex” Biard.

Japanese Special Issue Volume 6. From the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico—a strategy for the prevention of hydro‐meteorological disaster through establishment of the UNESCO–PWRI Centre

Hydrological ProcessesVolume 20, Issue 6 p. 1249-1250 Preface Japanese Special Issue Volume 6. From the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico—a strategy for the prevention of hydro-meteorological disaster through establishment of the UNESCO–PWRI Centre Yosuke Yamashiki, Corresponding Author Yosuke Yamashiki Editor in Chief International Journal & JSHWR Special Issue Volume 6 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon UniversityInternational Journal & JSHWR Special Issue Volume 6 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University.===Search for more papers by this authorKoichiro Kuraji, Koichiro Kuraji Vice Editor in Chief International Journal University Forest in Aichi, The University of TokyoSearch for more papers by this authorAkira Kawamura, Akira Kawamura Editor in Chief Board of Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Yosuke Yamashiki, Corresponding Author Yosuke Yamashiki Editor in Chief International Journal & JSHWR Special Issue Volume 6 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon UniversityInternational Journal & JSHWR Special Issue Volume 6 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University.===Search for more papers by this authorKoichiro Kuraji, Koichiro Kuraji Vice Editor in Chief International Journal University Forest in Aichi, The University of TokyoSearch for more papers by this authorAkira Kawamura, Akira Kawamura Editor in Chief Board of Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 16 March 2006 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6087AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume20, Issue6Special Issue: Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Annual Issue VI15 April 2006Pages 1249-1250 RelatedInformation