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Critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) are potentially life-threatening malformations that remain a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Failure to diagnose these conditions shortly after birth may result in acute cardiovascular collapse and death. The identification of CCHDs by routine newborn clinical examination is routine in many countries, but consistently misses over a third of cases, and, although antenatal ultrasound screening can be very effective in early diagnosis, the provision and accuracy of ultrasound screening is highly variable. As most CCHDs present with mild cyanosis (hypoxaemia), which is frequently clinically undetectable, pulse oximetry is a rapid, simple, painless method of accurately identifying hypoxaemia, which has gained popularity as a screen for CCHD. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Neonatal Screening, devoted to ""Neonatal Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects (CCHDs)"", will consider the evidence for CCHD screening with pulse oximetry, the acceptability and cost-effectiveness of this intervention, the additional non-cardiac conditions which it may also identify, and international experiences of introducing CCHD screening across the globe.

CCHD screening in the US --- newborn screening pulse oximetry --- critical congenital heart disease screening --- pulse oximetry screening --- screening algorithm --- critical congenital heart disease --- state screening --- coarctation of aorta --- neonatal screening --- critical congenital heart disease --- economic evaluation --- cost-effectiveness --- health policy --- oxygen saturation --- pulse oximetry --- critical congenital heart disease --- screening --- newborn --- pulse oximetry --- neonate --- congenital heart disease --- screening --- pulse oximetry --- hypoxia --- newborn --- screening --- neonates --- screening --- congenital heart defects --- home births --- pulse oximetry --- screening --- critical congenital heart disease --- neonate --- n/a --- critical congenital heart disease --- pulse oximetry screening --- Germany --- critical congenital heart disease --- pulse oximetry --- newborn screening --- altitude --- n/a

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Religion, Welfare, and Social Service Provision: Common Ground delves deeply into the partnerships forged between religious communities, government agencies and nonprofits to deliver social services to the needy. These pages offer a considered examination of how local faith entities have served those in their midst, and how the provision of those services has been impacted by evolving social policies. This foundational volume brings together the work of more than two dozen leading researchers, each providing long overdue scholarly inquiry into religiously affiliated helping and the many possibilities that it holds for effective cooperation.

faith-based --- social service --- history --- church-state --- international development --- international social and economic development --- religious community --- faith based organizations --- faith-based NGOs --- humanitarian work --- Engaged Buddhism --- Vietnamese refugees --- community building --- social work --- social services --- political participation --- congregations --- social work partnerships --- congregations --- RAOs --- field education --- faith and service --- religion --- social services --- congregations --- government funding --- human services --- volunteers --- National Congregations Study --- faith --- social services --- organizational capacity --- network --- niche --- community planning --- congregational social work --- community health --- parish nursing --- philanthropy --- health --- faith-based --- religion --- state policy --- social movements --- conservative Evangelical --- community-based research --- service-learning --- community development --- interinstitutional relations --- organizational case studies --- faith-based organizations --- government partnerships --- congregations --- social service --- ownership --- donor retention --- faith-related organizations --- Christian --- international NGOs --- INGOs --- Charitable Choice --- faith-based --- church-state --- contracting --- religious congregation --- community ministry --- volunteerism --- baby boomer --- n/a --- n/a

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Interest in the study of life in hot environments, both with respect to the inhabiting microorganisms and the enzymes they produce, is currently very high. The biological mechanisms responsible for the resistance to high temperatures are not yet fully understood, whereas thermostability is a highly required feature for industrial applications. In this e-book, the invited authors provide diverse evidence contributing to the understanding of such mechanisms and the unlocking of the biotechnological potential of thermophiles and thermozymes.

Brevibacillus sp. OA30 --- thermophilic --- hot spring --- Algeria --- protease --- characterization --- Vallitalea guaymasensis --- hydrothermal vent --- syntrophy --- whole-genome sequence --- cellulases --- thermophiles --- metagenomics --- biotechnology --- Thermostable --- xylanase --- Geobacillus --- lignocellulosic biomass --- ethanol --- thermophilic proteins --- protein engineering --- protein stability --- evolvability --- Candida rugosa --- lipase --- kinetic --- interfacial activation --- inhibition --- dimerization --- structure --- molecular tunnels --- enzyme structure --- enzyme activity --- temperature --- thermophile --- thermophily --- enzyme thermostability --- archaea --- methylation --- pseudouridine --- RNA modification --- tRNA methyltransferase --- tRNA modification --- insertion sequence --- transposons --- transposases --- HGT --- Thermus --- thermophiles --- mobilome --- n/a

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How can we think of the “aura” of (sacred) contexts and (sacred) works? How to think of individual and collective (esthetic/religious) experiences? What to make of the manipulative dimension of (religious and esthetic) “auratic” experiences? Is the work of art still capable of mediating the experience of the “sacred,” and under what conditions? What is the significance of the “eschatological” dimension of both art and religion (the sense of “ending”)? Can theology offer a way to reaffirm the creative capacities of the human being as something that characterizes the very condition of being human? This Special Issue aspires to contribute to the growing literature on contemporary art and religion, and to explore the new ways of thinking of art and the sacred (in their esthetic, ideological, and institutional dimensions) in the context of contemporary culture.

sacred --- art --- freedom --- beauty --- art --- aesthetic --- haptic --- iconology --- iconography --- book(s) --- reading/readers --- Jerome --- Magdalene --- Vermeer --- aura --- retro-avant-garde --- aesthetics --- mysticism --- digital imagery --- photography --- concepts: image --- art --- aesthetic --- post-secular --- wonder --- Franciscan theology --- intentionality --- sensory experience --- Augustine --- rhythm --- harmony --- sentience --- ratio --- culture --- faith --- secularism --- aesthetic experience --- wonder --- art --- beauty --- theurgy --- Gerhard Richter --- contemporary painting --- Strip --- chance --- belief --- skepticism --- authorship --- abstract painting --- Cologne Cathedral window --- n/a

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In the last decades, there has been increasing interest in Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) and asbestos containing materials (ACMs) as a source of possible environmental risk. A crucial theme of interest related to environmental pollution is the enhanced mobilization of asbestos minerals affecting soils and rocks due to human activities (e.g., road construction, mining activity) in comparison with natural weathering processes. The volume has aimed to gather contributions and to compare results derived from various experiences of research groups regarding NOA minerals as a source of possible environmental risks for population. Case studies from various geological contexts are presented. Moreover, contributions presenting novel and classical approaches for ACM inertization and recycling, together with possible solutions for reducing asbestos exposure, has been also presented.

asbestos-containing materials --- recycling --- thermal treatment --- melting process --- aggregates --- serpentine varieties --- naturally occurring asbestos --- health hazard --- serpentinite soil --- asbestos’ minerals --- edenite --- serpentinites --- Southern Italy --- rhino white marble of Namibia --- tremolite --- fibrous habitus --- health hazard --- texture --- naturally occurring asbestos --- morphology --- cleavage fragments --- asbestiform and fibrous minerals --- environmental monitoring --- naturally occurring asbestos --- serpentinites --- polymorphs --- health hazard --- XRD --- SEM --- IR --- RD-UV-Vis spectroscopy --- chrysotile --- antigorite --- lizardite characterization --- tremolite --- Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) --- asbestos --- grinding test --- PCOM --- image analysis --- n/a