https://books.pro-metrics.org/index.php/pb en-US Pro-Metrics Books https://books.pro-metrics.org/index.php/pb/catalog/book/6 <p>Fungi are ubiquitous organisms such as saprophytes, parasites and inquilines on dead plants and animals. The roles they play in our lives are substantial. Not only do they break down organic matter in the environment and are widespread parasites of plants and animals, including our own bodies, but they are important food items and components of fermentation in many industrial processes. Last but not least, they produce antibiotic drugs like Penicillin and are involved in the production of lysergic drugs such as acid diethylamide (LSD) which is synthesized from an Ergot fungus<br>alkaloid.</p> George Poinar Copyright (c) 2023 The publisher owns the copyright over the full book; while authors retain copyright over their individual chapters. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2023-12-02 2023-12-02 https://books.pro-metrics.org/index.php/pb/catalog/book/4 <p>The book Digital Humanities: Visions and Applications constitutes a document with different visions to understand the intersection between technology, information science, and humanities. It covers various topics, including data visualization, text mining, network analysis, and digital files. Readers will find particular interest in the further research and examples illustrating how these methods can be applied to real-world problems in the humanities. The book also explores the ethical and social implications of using technology in humanities research. By reading this book, the reader will gain a deeper understanding of how technology is changing how we approach and understand the humanities. They will be equipped with practical tools to apply these methods in their research.</p> Edgar Bisset Alvarez Copyright (c) 2023 The publisher owns the copyright over the full book; while authors retain copyright over their individual chapters. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2023-07-07 2023-07-07 https://books.pro-metrics.org/index.php/pb/catalog/book/3 <p>The current knowledge of the stratigraphy of Niger benefited greatly from the mining, hydrocarbon, hydrogeological, and paleontological sciences. Exploration by early explorers and studies of the aquifers initially sparked our understanding of the surface and shallow formations. Then, the discoveries in 1957 of important reserves of Uranium and soon after in 1964 of the enormous Lower Cretaceous vertebrate site of Gadoufaoua, stressed the need to undertake serious stratigraphical investigations in the western Iullemmeden Basin. The geologist Hughes Faure then published his important, and still relevant, 1966 thesis on the surface geology of Eastern Niger. From that time onward, the Oil &amp; Gas companies started paying attention to the most prospective areas in the Eastern Niger Basin. During the last decade, these same hydrocarbon companies finally allowed some of their geologists to share their knowledge of the sub-surface in relevant publications. It is from all these studies that the present Lexicon draws its content. When possible, it provides the historical background of all described geological units in Niger and summarizes the lithological and paleontological knowledge of each unit in an easy-to-search format.</p> Jacques LeBlanc Copyright (c) 2022 The publisher owns the copyright over the full book; while authors retain copyright over their individual chapters. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2022-06-28 2022-06-28 https://books.pro-metrics.org/index.php/pb/catalog/book/1 <p>We are pleased to present the proceedings of the IV Workshop on Information, Data, and Technology (WIDaT 2021). We initially planned this event to be held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, hosted by the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG). Still, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we celebrated it virtually from 20-21 October 2021. In its fourth edition, we aimed at bringing together, through interdisciplinary approaches, researchers and other professionals oriented to data access and use coming from computer science, information science, engineering, mathematics, and related fields. The event also focused on promoting the approximation of research groups that work in the data and information field. We tried to discuss several dispersed initiatives, but of great potential for integration among themselves.</p> Thiago Magela Rodrigues Dias Copyright (c) 2022 The publisher owns the copyright over the full book; while authors retain copyright over their individual chapters. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2022-06-13 2022-06-13 https://books.pro-metrics.org/index.php/pb/catalog/book/2 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This book was born in the classroom, written by undergraduate and postgraduate thesis students from different universities around the world. The authors address diverse topics such as digital humanities, library information services, information asymmetry, digital preservation, D-Space, editorial processes, scientific communication, social media metrics (altmetrics), scientometrics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence; but the common thread is the technological and communicative process around information in current contexts. Among the contributions are the review and updating of the state of the art of the aforementioned topics in society.</span></p> Elizabeth Huisa Veria Copyright (c) 2022 The publisher owns the copyright over the full book; while authors retain copyright over their individual chapters. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2022-03-21 2022-03-21