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Multifunctional hybrid materials based on polymers have already displayed excellentcommitment in addressing and presenting solutions to existing demands in priority areassuch as the environment, human health, and energy. These hybrid materials can lead tounique superior multifunction materials with a broad range of envisaged applications.However, their design, performance, and practical applications are still challenging.Thus, it is highly advantageous to provide a breakthrough in state-of-the-artmanufacturing and scale-up technology to design and synthesize advancedmultifunctional hybrid materials based on polymers with improved performance.The main objective of this interdisciplinary book is to bring together, at an internationallevel, high-quality elegant collection of reviews and original research articles dealing withpolymeric hybrid materials within different areas such as the following:- Biomaterials chemistry, physics, engineering, and processing;- Polymer chemistry, physics and engineering;- Organic chemistry;- Composites science;- Colloidal chemistry and physics;- Porous nanomaterials science;- Energy storage; and- Automotive and aerospace manufacturing.

Land use transition is the manifestation of land use and land cover change (LUCC) and is also a major research focus of the Global Land Project (GLP), as well as land system science (LSS). Land provides essential resources to society, and its changes have large consequences for the local and global environment and human well-being. The past, current, and projected state and dynamics of land use represent the major focus of land use science, which is influenced by long-term anthropogenic changes. The concept of land use transition highlights the fact that land use change demonstrates a non-linear process and is related to other societal and biophysical disturbances through a series of transitions.Land use transitions can be seen as the primary forces driving the transformation and development of the rural-urban territorial system and bringing about direct socioeconomic and environmental effects on regional sustainability. Land use transitions can be measured by changes in both the dominant morphology (e.g., quantity, structure, and spatial patterns) and the recessive morphology (e.g., quality, property rights, management mode, fixed input, productive ability, and function) of land use.The aim of this book was to detect or examine the processes, patterns, and socioeconomic and environmental effects of land use transitions and the mechanisms of human-land interactions against the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization from a wide range of perspectives, as well as the provision of solutions for sustainable land use based on scientific findings.

This compendium of approaches to decrease the impact of COVID-19 pandemic is a "must-read" to understand the importance of COVID-19 mitigation efforts and preventive or safety practices. Empirical evidence related to handwashing behavior, mask wearing behavior, sanitizer development, preventive measures in dental settings, preventive measures on cruise ships, fostering staying home behavior, avoidance of public transportation, promoting social connectedness through technology, and forecasting are some important aspects covered in this volume. While we are still struggling with the COVID-19, findings presented in all chapters have great relevance today and will be helpful in better preparedness for the future.