Note: Preliminary -- Part 1 / Plenary Lectures by IUPAC Scientists -- Advances in the Use of Synchrotron Radiation to Elucidate Environmental Interfacial Reaction Processes and Mechanisms in the Earth's Critical Zone -- Microbial Role in Global Biogeochemical Cycling of Metals and Metalloids at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone -- Session 1 / The Role of Mineral Colloids in Carbon Turnover and Sequestration and the Impact on Climate Change -- Soils as Source and Sink of Environmental Carbon Dioxide -- Impacts of Mineral Colloids on the Transformation of Biomolecules and Physical and Chemical Protection of Soil Organic Carbon -- Unravelling the Biogeochemical Cycles of Carbon and Nutrients in Forest Ecosystems: Innovative Approaches with Advanced Stable Isotope and NMR Techniques as well as Soil Chemical and Physical Methods -- Effects of Soil Management from Fallow to Grassland on Soil Microbial and Organic Carbon Dynamics -- Effect of Long-term Fertilization on the Sequestration Rate of Physical Fractions of Organic Carbon in Red Soil of Southern China -- Abiotic Catalysis of the Maillard and Polyphenol-Maillard Humification Pathways by Soil Clays from Temperate and Tropical Environments -- Effect of Organic Matter Application on CP-MAS-13C-NMR Spectra of Humic Acids from a Brown Soil -- The Composition and Organic Carbon Distribution of Organo-mineral Complex in a black Soil as Influenced by Land-use Change and Long-term Fertilization -- Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Derived from Rice Straw at Different Decay Stages -- Organic Fertility of Severely Eroded Soils: Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilization and Cropping Patterns -- Session 2 / Biogeochemical Interfacial Reactions and the Transformation, Transport and Fate of Vital and Toxic Elements. , Role of Biomolecules in Influencing Transformation Mechanisms of Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments -- Biogeochemical Processes of Arsenic in Paddy Soils -- Soil Microorganism-mineral-organic Matter Interactions and the Impact on Metal Mobility -- Rhizosphere Processes and Management for Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency and Crop Productivity -- Effect of Soil Hg Stress on Expression of Heat Shock Protein Gene in Springtail Folsomia Candida -- Antimony, Arsenic and Other Toxic Elements in the Topsoil of an Antimony Mine Area -- Microcalorimetric and Potentiometric Titration Studies on the Adsorption of Copper by P. putida and B. thuringiensis and Their Composites with Minerals -- Sorption, Transformation and Migration of Zn in Some Soils with Percolated Water Regime -- Speciation and Biochemical Transformations of Sulfur and Copper in Rice Rhizosphere and Bulk Soil-XANES Evidence of Sulfur and Copper Associations -- Population Dynamics of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea and Relationships with Nitrification Rate in New Zealand Grazed Grassland Soils -- Plant Clonal Systems as a Strategy for Nitrate Pollution Removal in Cold Latitudes -- Effect of Ionic Strength on Specific Adsorption of Ions by Variable Charge Soils: Experimental Testification on the Adsorption Model of Bowden et al. -- Estimation of the Electrostatic Repulsive Force among Charged Clay Particles in Aqueous Systems -- Kinetics of As(III) and Cr(III) Oxidation by OH-birnessites with Various Average Oxidation States (AOSs) -- Adsorption/Desorption Kinetics of Zn in Soils: Influence of Phosphate -- Bioavailability and Redistribution of Trace Metals in Soil Washed with a Sulfosuccinamate Formulation -- Fractions of Cd, Zn and Their Correlation with Soil Black Carbon in Contaminated Soils Affected by a Smelting Furnace. , Formation of the Metal Complexes between Protoporphyrin IX and Divalent Metal Cations in the Environment -- The Impact of Urban Activities on Heavy Metal Distribution and Bioavailability Index in Selected Tropical Urban Soils -- Nitrate Accumulation as Affected by Nitrogen Fertilization and Foliar Application of Micronutrients in Rocket Plant -- Fractions of Heave Metals in Paddy Fields and Their Spatial Relationship to Rice Plant -- Competitive Sorption of Nickel and Cadmium in Soils -- Interaction Effect between P and K Fertilization on Faba Bean Plant (Vicia faba L.) Grown under Salt Affected Soils -- Design of a POSS-modified Zeolite Structure and the Study of the Enhancement of Ammonia-nitrogen Removal from Drinking Water -- Study on Immobilizing Soil Exogenous Lead Using Phosphate Rock -- Long-term Fertilizer Application Alters the Balance and Vertical Distribution of Phosphorus in a Calcarosol -- Nitrate Nutrition But Not Rhizosphere pH Enhances Zinc Hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi caerulescens(Prayon) -- Adsorption of Phosphate and Arsenate on New Al13-Oxalate Precipitate: Spectroscopic and Macroscopic Competitive Adsorption Investigations -- Short-term Changes of pH Values and Aluminium Activity in Acid Soils after the Application of Nitrogen Fertilizers -- Transformation of Nitrogen and Its Effects on Metal Elements by Coated Urea Application in Soils from South China -- Impacts of Copper on Rice Growth and Yield as Affected by Pig Manure -- The Effects of Several Amendments on Forms of Lead and Its Uptake by Two Cultivars of Brassica Chinensis in an Acid Red Soil -- Does Iron Plaque Improve the Uptake and Translocation of Lead by Broad-leaf Cattail in Lead-contaminated Soils -- The Influence of Zn2+ and Mn2+ on Pb2+ Adsorption Behaviors of Birnessite -- Removal of Arsenite in Water Using Biogenic Schwertmannite as Adsorbent. , Wien Effect Measurements in Soil Colloidal Suspensions: A Novel Method for Characterizing the Interactions between Charged Particles and Counter Ions -- Can Zn, Ca and Sulfate Amendments Affect Cadmium Uptake in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- Dynamics of As Species in the Interface of Soil and Rice Roots under Three Water Regimes -- Extra Supply of Calcium Is Not Required for Maximal Root Growth in the Nitrate and Phosphorus-rich Patch in an Acid Soil -- Effect of Natural Acid Peat Application on the Phytoextraction of Cadmium from Contaminated Soils -- Session 3 / Anthropogenic Organics, Crop Protection and Ecotoxicology -- Interaction of Anthropogenic Organic Chemicals with Organic Matter in Natural Particles -- Decontamination of Soils through Immobilization of Anthropogenic Organics by Biotic and Abiotic Catalysts -- Effects of "Aging" on Bioreactive Chemical Retention, Transformation, and Transport in Soil -- Interaction of Bttoxin with Organo-mineral Surfaces and Consequences for Its Fate in the Environment -- Microbial and Abiotic Interactions between Transformation of Reducible Pollutants and Fe(II)/(III) Cycles -- Assessment of Availability of Phenanthrene and Pyrene in Aging Soil -- Levels, Distributions and Profiles of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Paddy Fields from Two Towns in a Typical Electronic Waste Recycling Area of Eastern China -- Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Its Ecologically Enhanced Techniques -- The Contribution of Rhizosphere to Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Their Toxicity in Soil: Evaluating with Sequential Extraction and Toxicity Risk -- Spectral Studies of the Toxin of Bt Adsorbed by Minerals -- Genotypic Differences in Responses of Wheat (Triticum durum) Roots to Oxytetracycline. , Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Rhizosphere of Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) Induced by PCBs Pollution -- Dynamic Behavior of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Soil and Their Interaction with Organic Matter -- Effect of Crude Water Extract of Fructus Gleditsiae Sinensis on the Removal of Phenanthrene and Pyrene from Contaminated Soils -- Distribution Pattern, Sources and Potential Risks of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Soils of Fuzhou City, China -- Thermal Degradation of Chloroteracycline in Animal Manure and Soil -- Enhancement of Atrazine Degradation in Paddy Soils by Organic Amendments -- Session 4 / Environmental Nanoparticles: Distribution, Formation, Transformation, Structural and Surface Chemistry, and Biogeochemical and Ecological Impacts -- Soil Science at the Nanoscale: A New View of Structure, Stability, and Reactivity -- Environmental and Colloidal Behavior of Engineered Nanoparticles -- Humic Substances as Natural Nanoparticles Ubiquitous in the Environment -- Degradation of Organochlorine Compounds Using Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) Nano Particles Impregnated in Hydrophobic Modified Bentonite -- Effect of Electrolyte on Adsorption/Desorption of Cu2+ on Nano-particle Mn Oxide -- Sorption of Selected Organic Compounds in Two Black Carbon Particles -- Adsorption and Inhibition of Butyrylcholinesterase by Different Nanoparticles -- Characterization of Soil Clay Minerals Using Mid-infrared Spectroscopy -- Investigation Mechanism of MTBE on Wall of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) to Other Products from Air-groundwater (in Environment): MNDO -- Extraction of Nanoparticles from Argosols and Ferrosols -- Surface and Adsorption Characteristics of Black Carbon from Different Sources -- A High-resolution TEM Investigation of Nanoparticles in Soils -- Adsorption and Desorption of Tylosin on the Colloidal Fractions of Black Soil. , Session 5 / Environmental Processes and Ecosystem Health.

Note: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences -- Linear and Nonlinear Iterative Learning Control -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Robust Optimal Design for the First Order Linear-Type ILC Scheme -- 3 Analysis of Higher Order Linear-Type ILC Schemes -- 4 Linear ILC Design for MIMO Dynamic Systems -- 5 Nonlinear-Type ILC Schems -- 6 Nonlinear ILC Design for MIMO Dynamic Systems -- 7 Composite Energy Function Based Learning Control -- 8 Quasi-Optimal Iterative Learning Control -- 9 Learning Wavelet Control Using Constructive Wavelet Networks -- 10 Conclusions and Recommendation -- A Appendix -- References -- Index.

Note: Dynamical Theory of Dendritic Growth in Convective Flow -- Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics VOLUME 2 -- Dynamical Theory of Dendritic Growth in Convective Flow -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 INTERFACIAL WAVE THEORY OF DENDRITIC GROWTH FROM PURE MELT WITH NO CONVECTION -- Chapter 3 STEADY DENDRITIC GROWTH FROM MELT WITH CONVECTIVE FLOW -- Chapter 4 STEADY VISCOUS FLOW PAST A PARABOLOID OF REVOLUTION -- Chapter 5 ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTION OF DENDRITIC GROWTH IN EXTERNAL FLOW (I): THE CASE OF RAPID GROWTH U » U∞ -- Chapter 6 ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTION OF DENDRITIC GROWTH IN EXTERNAL FLOW (II): THE CASE OF PR → ∞ -- Chapter 7 STEADY DENDRITIC GROWTH WITH NATURAL CONVECTION (I): THE CASE OF PR = O(1) AND Ḡ « 1 -- Chapter 8 STEADY DENDRITIC GROWTH WITH NATURAL CONVECTION (II): THE CASE OF PR » 1 AND Ḡ = O(1) -- Chapter 9 STABILITY AND SELECTION OF DENDRITIC GROWTH WITH CONVECTIVE FLOW -- Chapter 10 CONCLUDING REMARK -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface of the Second Edition -- Preface of the First Edition -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Interfacial Pattern Formation in Dendritic Growth and Hele-Shaw Flow -- 1.2 A Brief Review of the Theories of Free Dendritic Growth -- 1.2.1 Maximum Velocity Principle (1976) -- 1.2.2 Marginal Stability Hypothesis (1978) -- 1.2.3 Microscopic Solvability Condition (MSC) Theory (1986-1990s) -- 1.2.4 Interfacial Wave (IFW) Theory (1990) -- 1.3 Macroscopic Continuum Model -- 1.3.1 Macroscopic Transport Equations -- 1.3.2 The Interface Conditions -- 1.3.3 The Scaling and the Dimensionless System -- References -- 2 Unidirectional Solidification and Mullins-Sekerka Instability -- 2.1 Solidification with Planar Interface from a Pure Melt -- 2.1.1 Basic Steady-State Solution -- 2.1.2 Unsteady Perturbed Solutions and Mullins-Sekerka Instability -- 2.1.2.1 Zeroth-Order Approximation Solutions -- 2.1.2.2 First-Order Approximation Solutions -- 2.1.3 Asymptotic Solutions in the Long-Wave Regime, k=O() -- 2.1.3.1 O(0) -- 2.1.3.2 O(2) -- 2.1.4 Asymptotic Solutions in the Extremely Short-Wave Regime, k=O(1) -- 2.1.4.1 O(0) -- 2.1.4.2 O(2) -- 2.2 Unidirectional Solidification from a Binary Mixture -- 2.2.1 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem -- 2.2.2 Basic Steady State -- 2.2.3 Unsteady Perturbed Solutions -- 2.2.3.1 Zeroth-Order Approximation Solutions -- 2.2.3.2 First-Order Approximation Solutions -- 2.2.4 Asymptotic Solutions in the Long-Wave Regime, k=O() -- 2.2.5 Asymptotic Solutions in the Extremely Short-Wave Regime, k= O(1/E) -- g=O(1/E) -- 2.2.6 Some Remarks on Unidirectional Solidification -- References -- 3 Mathematical Formulation of Free Dendritic Growth from a Pure Melt -- 3.1 Three-Dimensional Free Dendritic Growth -- 3.2 Axisymmetric Free Dendrite Growth -- 3.3 Two-Dimensional Free Dendritic Growth -- Reference. , 4 Basic Steady State of Axisymmetric Dendritic Growth and Its Regular Perturbation Expansion -- 4.1 The Ivantsov Solution and Unsolved Fundamental Problems -- 4.2 Axially Symmetric Steady Needle Growth with Nonzero Surface Tension -- 4.2.1 Mathematical Formulation -- 4.2.2 Regular Perturbation Expansion Solutions (RPE) as E→0 -- 4.2.2.1 The Zeroth-Order Approximation O(0) -- 4.2.2.2 The First-Order Approximation O(2) -- 4.2.3 The Asymptotic Behavior of the Regular Perturbation Expansion Solution as ξ→∞ -- 4.2.4 Some Numerical Results of the Interface Shape -- 4.3 Summary and Discussion -- References -- 5 The Steady State for Dendritic Growth with Nonzero Surface Tension -- 5.1 The Nash-Glicksman Problem and the Classical Needle Crystal Solution -- 5.2 The Geometric Model and Solutions of NeedleCrystal Growth -- 5.2.1 Geometric Model of Dendritic Growth -- 5.2.2 The Segur-Kruskal Problem -- 5.2.3 Steady Nonclassical Needle Growth Problem -- 5.2.3.1 The Outer Expansion -- 5.2.3.2 The Composite Solution -- 5.2.3.3 The Properties of the Composite Solutions -- 5.2.4 Needle Crystal Formation Problem -- 5.3 The Nonclassical Steady State of Dendritic Growth with Nonzero Surface Tension -- 5.3.1 The Complete Mathematical Formulation for Free Dendrite Growth -- References -- 6 Global Interfacial Wave Instability of Dendritic Growth from a Pure Melt -- 6.1 Linear Perturbed System Around the Basic State of Axisymmetric Dendritic Growth -- 6.2 Outer Solution in the Outer Region Away from the Tip -- 6.2.1 Zeroth-Order Approximation -- 6.2.2 First-Order Approximation -- 6.2.3 Singular Point ζc of the Outer Solution -- 6.3 The Inner Solutions near the Singular Point ζc -- 6.4 Tip Inner Solution in the Tip Region -- 6.5 Global Trapped-Wave Modes and the Quantization Condition -- 6.6 Comparison of Theoretical Predictions with Experimental Data. , 6.6.1 The Dendrite Tip Velocity and Tip Radius -- 6.6.2 The Critical Number * -- 6.6.3 The Universal Scaling Parameter, * or σ*? -- 6.6.4 The Nature of the Dendrite-Tip: Steady or Oscillatory? -- 6.7 Three-Dimensional Nonaxisymmetric Spiral Dendritic Modes of Perturbed States -- 6.7.1 Mathematical Formulation of General Three-Dimensional Unsteady Dendritic Growth -- 6.7.2 The Basic State for Dendritic Growth with Nonzero Surface Tension -- 6.7.3 3D Linear Perturbed System -- 6.7.4 Multiple Variables Expansion Solution in the Outer Region -- 6.7.5 Zeroth-Order Approximation of Outer Solution -- 6.7.6 First-Order Approximation of the Outer Solution -- 6.7.7 The Inner Solution near the Singular Point ζc of the Outer Solution -- 6.7.8 Tip Inner Solution in the Tip Region -- 6.7.9 Global Trapped-Wave (GTW) Modes and Quantization Condition -- 6.8 A Brief Summary -- References -- 7 Free Dendritic Growth with Anisotropy -- 7.1 Mathematical Formulation for 2D Dendritic Growth with Anisotropy of Surface Tension -- 7.2 RPE for Basic Steady-State Solutions -- 7.2.1 The Zeroth-Order Approximation (=0) -- 7.2.2 The First-Order Approximation, O(2) -- 7.2.3 Asymptotic Behavior of the Regular Perturbation Expansion Solution as ξ→∞ -- 7.3 Global Interfacial Wave Instabilities of Two-Dimensional Dendritic Growth -- 7.3.1 Linear Perturbed System Around the Basic State -- 7.3.2 Multivariable Expansion Solution in the Outer Region -- 7.3.2.1 Zeroth-Order Approximation -- 7.3.2.2 First-Order Approximation -- 7.3.3 The Inner Equation near the Singular Point ζc -- 7.3.3.1 Case I: |σ0| = O(1) -- 7.3.3.2 Case II: |σ0| 1 -- 7.3.3.3 A Brief Summary -- 7.3.4 Matching Procedure and Connection Conditions -- 7.4 The Quantization Condition of Global Trapped-Wave Modes -- 7.5 The Quantization Condition of Global Low-FrequencyModes. , 7.6 The Selection Conditions for 2D Dendritic Growth -- 7.7 The Effect of Kinetic Attachment at the Interface on Dendritic Growth -- 7.7.1 Linear Perturbed System Around the Basic State -- 7.7.2 The Complex Spectrum of Eigenvalues with |σ0|=O(1) and GTW Instability -- 7.7.2.1 Zeroth-Order Approximation Solutions for GTW Instability -- 7.7.2.2 First-Order Approximation Solutions for GTW Instability -- 7.7.3 The Real Spectrum of Eigenvalues with |σ0|1 and LF Instability -- 7.8 Axially Symmetric Dendritic Growth with Anisotropy -- References -- 8 Three Dimensional Dendritic Growth from an Undercooled Binary Mixture -- 8.1 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem -- 8.2 Basic Steady-State Solution of the System -- 8.2.1 The Zeroth-Order Approximation Solution -- 8.3 Three-Dimensional Linear Perturbed States Around the Basic State -- 8.4 Multiple Variables Expansion Solution in the Outer Region -- 8.5 The MVE Solutions in the Outer Region -- 8.5.1 The Zeroth-Order Approximation -- 8.5.2 First-Order Approximation -- 8.6 The Inner Solutions near the Singular Point ζc -- 8.6.1 Leading-Order Approximation -- 8.7 Tip Inner Solution in the Tip Region -- 8.8 Global Trapped-Wave (GTW) Modes and QuantizationCondition -- 8.9 Axisymmetric Global Modes (m=0) -- 8.10 Comparisons of Theoretical Results with Experimental Data -- References -- 9 Viscous Fingering in a Hele-Shaw Cell -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem -- 9.3 The Smooth Finger Solution with Zero Surface Tension -- 9.4 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem with Zero Surface Tension -- 9.4.1 The System of Curvilinear Coordinates (ξ, η) -- 9.4.2 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem in the (ξ,η) Coordinate System -- 9.4.3 The Regular Perturbation Expansion Solution for the Basic State as →0 -- 9.5 The Linear Perturbed System and the Outer Solutions. , 9.5.1 The Linear Perturbed System and the Multiple Variables Expansions -- 9.5.2 The Zeroth-Order Approximation Solutions -- 9.6 The Inner Equation near the Singular Point ζc -- 9.6.1 Case I: |σ0| = O(1) -- 9.6.2 Case II: |σ0| 1 -- 9.7 Eigenvalue Spectra and Instability Mechanisms -- 9.7.1 The Spectrum of Complex Eigenvalues and GTW Instability -- 9.7.1.1 Range 1: 12 ≤λ0 < -- 1 or 0 ≤a< -- 1 -- 9.7.1.2 Range 2: 0 < -- λ0 < -- 12 or a > -- 1 -- 9.7.2 The Spectrum of Real Eigenvalues and LF Instability -- 9.8 Fingering Flow with a Nose Bubble -- 9.8.1 The Basic State of Finger Formation with a Nose Bubble and Its Linear Perturbation -- 9.8.2 The Quantization Conditions for the System with a Nose Bubble -- 9.8.2.1 The GTW Mechanism -- 9.8.2.2 The LF Mechanism -- 9.9 The Selection Criteria of Finger Solutions -- Appendix: The Forms of Some Operators in the System of the Curvilinear Coordinate System (ξ,η) -- References -- 10 Spatially Periodic Deep-Cellular Growth -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Steady State of the System of Deep-Cellular Growth from a Binary Mixture -- 10.2.1 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem -- 10.2.2 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem in a Curvilinear Coordinate System (ξ, η) -- 10.2.3 The Basic Steady-State Solutions in the Far Field -- 10.2.4 The Mathematical Formulation of the Problem in the Near Field -- 10.2.5 Generalized Asymptotic Solution in the Outer Region -- 10.2.6 Regular Perturbation Expansion of the Solution in the Outer Region -- 10.2.6.1 Zeroth-Order Approximation O(ε0) -- 10.2.6.2 First-Order Approximation O(ε1) -- 10.2.6.3 The Second-Order Approximation O(ε2) -- 10.2.6.4 The Third-Order Approximation O(ε3) -- 10.2.7 Singular Perturbation Expansion Part of the Solution in the Outer Region -- 10.3 The Inner Steady-State Solution in the Root Region and Interface Closure of Deep Cellular Growth. , 10.3.1 Mathematical Formulation of the Problem in the Root Region.