Daniela Laura Buruiana is a passionate environmental engineer and ready for new challenges. She has the ability to manage her time wisely, making every effort to complete her work in a timely yet efficient manner. 2020-present: Head of Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering (DIMM), Faculty of Engineering 2020-present: Head of Interdisciplinary Research Centre in the Field of Eco-Nano Technology and Advance materials CC-ITI, Faculty of Engineering 2014-present: Coordinator of Laborator of Integrated Monitoring of environmental factors 22 published ISI articles, 7 published books, 30 conference entries and 17 awards given at conferences and projects.

Impact of Artificial Saliva pH on Properties of Zr2.5Nb Alloy for Dental Applications

Professor des. Dr. Per Arvid Löthman obtained his Ph.D. degree from Twente University , The Netherlands in the field of Magnetics and Self-assembly, conducted research in Canada, France and Germany on carbon nanotubes, Graphen and related 2D nanomaterials. His research is interdisciplinary and involve sensors and sensing, 2D advanced materials, BioNanotechnology including DNA, S-layers, Viruses (archaea, bacteriophages), Biomolecular Architecture, Botany and functional surfaces, Mechatronics and BioMechatronics. Dr. Löthman has published over 90 scientifical articles, several book chapters & books and serves as a reviewer and he is on the editorial board for several journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Journal of Bioanalytical and Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Thin Solid Films, Sensors and Actuators, Microsystems Technologies. Dr. Löthman is Professor des. in BioMechatronics at the European University of Applied Science Hamburg, and researchgroup leader at University of Bayreuth in the field Organ-on-a-Chip and 3D Bioprinting. Furthermore, Dr. Per Arvid Löthman is Senior lecturer in “Nanomedicine, Nanopharmacy” and “Sensors and Sensing in Engineering, Biology and Medicine” (Kaiserslautern University) and Mechatronics Systems and Design (Hamburg University), Germany and Manufacturing Engineering (HTW Berlin) Germany.

No resistance? Towards a Bioelectronic Medicine

Victor R. Orante-Barrón, Ph.D. Associate Professor since february, 2010. Departamento de Investigación en Polímeros y Materiales. Universidad de Sonora. México. Education Ph.D., Materials Science, Universidad de Sonora. México. 2009. M.Sc., Polymers and Materials, Universidad de Sonora. México. 2005. B.Sc., Chemical Sciences, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (ITESM). México. 1999. Research Fellowships Post-Doctoral Fellowship, in the Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory of Oklahoma State University. From 2009 to 2010. Supervisor: Dr. Eduardo G. Yukihara. Visiting Researcher, in the Department of Physics of University of South Africa (UNISA), from September 4 to December 6, 2015. Awards Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI, in Spanish) of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT, in Spanish). Level 1, since January, 2011. Acknowledgement to Desirable Profile from Program for Professional Teacher Development (PRODEP, in Spanish) of the National Secretary of Public Education. Participation in Conferences 98 presentations of scientific contributions in national and international conferences. Publications 24 articles published in international journals. Organizing Committees Member of organizing committees for three international conferences. Teaching Professor of several courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Human Resources Training Advisor of three B.Sc. theses (two concluded, one in process), five M.Sc theses (four concluded, one in process), and one Ph.D. thesis (in process)

STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE OF INORGANIC OXIDES OBTAINED BY SOLUTION COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS

Dr. Sunirmal Jana born on 12th July, 1966. He did his Master of Science Degree in Chemistry in the year 1991 from Kalyani University, India and obtained his Ph.D. (Science) degree in 1998 from Jadavpur University, India. He also completed Bachelor of Education degree (B. Ed.) and “Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) organized “Leadership Development Programme (LDP 0905)” Management Course for middle to senior level leaders” at CSIR HRDC, Gaziabad, India. In December 1997, Dr. Jana joined CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI), Kolkata, India as a Junior Scientist. Presently, he is working at the same Institute (CSIR-CGCRI) as Chief Scientist of CSIR under Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and Senior Professor of Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR). Dr. Jana is also performing his duties as a Course Co-ordinator and as a Professor for the course, “Structural and Functional Coatings” of AcSIR. He is also worked for 6 years as Guest Teacher for B. Tech. students in Chemical Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on the subjects, “Sol-gel materials, carbon nanotubes, sonochemical synthesis etc.” from 2016 to 2021. Dr Jana is actively involved / coordinated / performed / performing as Principal Investigator (PI) / Co-PI of various National and International Research Projects. His current research activities basically are dielectric / metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) based sol-gel thin functional nanostructured films/coating, superhydrophobic cum antibacterial coatings, carbon based nanomaterials, low thermal expansion nanostructured glass-ceramics etc. for different applications. At present, he has published over 80 SCI/peer reviewed research papers (h-index: 24; i10-Index 51, Citations: ~2000) in internationally reputed different journals, 9 Book Chapters, 8 Conf. Proceeding, 85 conference papers and 5 Indian Patents. He has already guided 6 Ph.D. (Science/Engineering) students and also guiding several Ph.D. students. In addition, he has already supervised 15 M.Tech/M.Sc/B.Tech. students for the projects to fulfill their respective degrees. Under his active leadership, three major facilities (Solar Panel Coating, Drain Coating and Smelter cum Reactor) of national importance have been created indigenously at CSIR-CGCRI. He is the Fellow and Life Member of International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan and Indian Institute of Ceramics. Dr. Jana is an elected member of the Council of Indian Ceramic Society for the four terms (years 2015 and 2016; 2017 and 2018; 2019 and 2020; 2023 and 2024) and he is working as one of the EC members of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Kolkata Chapter, India. He is also the life members of CHD C Division Council, Bureau of Indian Standards, Materials Research Society of India, Indian Ceramic Society, Electron Microscopy Society of India, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science and NCE Bengal & Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Dr. Jana is the life-time Fellow of International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan) and Indian Institute of Ceramics, India. Dr Jana is one of the Senior Members of International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), Hong Kong. Dr. Jana availed Brain Pool Fellowship from Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies (KOFST) and worked as a visiting scientist at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea for one year during 2005-2006. He also did his research work as visiting scientists in other prestigious research Institutes in abroad (Slovenia and Portugal). Presently, Dr. Jana is functioning as one of the Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member including Advances in Nanoparticles (Scientific Research Publishing), General Chemistry (USA), Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience (Kenkyu Group, India), Journal of Advanced Nanomaterials (Isaac Publishing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong), Source Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (USA), Journal of Material Science and Nanoengineering (Neonex International Online Publishing Pvt. Ltd, India). He also delivered 26 Plenary / Keynote / invited talks in India/abroad and also chaired the technical sessions at various national/international conferences / seminars / symposia. Dr. Jana also evaluated / examined several PhD theses / conducted PhD Viva voce Examinations as an external examiner of many Indian Universities (e.g. Karunya University, Sastra University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar Univerisity, Alagappa University, Periyar University, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur; Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, West Bengal, India, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India). He has participated in different events as a speaker, panelist, roundtable moderator / session chairman. He is a regular reviewer of research manuscripts from American Chemical Society (ACS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Elsevier, Spingers, Taylor & Francis, IOP, SCIRP etc. In addition to winning several poster paper awards, Dr. Jana won prestigious Distinguished Scientist Award of Venus International Research Awards (VIRA-2016) by Venus International Foundation, Chennai, India in the year 2016.

Organic-Inorganic Functional Nanohybrid Composites: Wet Chemical Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Auciello graduated with honors: M.S. (1973), Ph.D. (1976) – Physics, Institute “Balseiro”/Universidad Nacional Cuyo-Argentina); EE-Universidad Córdoba-Argentina (1964-1970). Postdoctoral-McMaster University, Canada (1977-1979); Distinguished Research Scientist-University of Toronto-Canada (1979-1984), Associate Professor/North Carolina State University-USA (1984-1988), Distinguished Scientist-Microelectronic Center North Carolina-USA (1988-1996), Distinguished Argonne Fellow (1996-2012)-Argonne National Laboratory-USA. Currently (2012-present), Auciello is Distinguished Endowed Chair Professor-University of Texas-Dallas, Materials Science/Engineering and Bioengineering Departments. Auciello directs basic/applied research on multifunctional oxide [ferroelectric (piezoelectric)/high-K dielectrics films], and nanocarbon films (novel Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) and graphene films) and applications to industrial, high-tech, and external and implantable medical devices. UNCD film technology is commercialized for industrial products by Advanced Diamond Technologies (Auciello et al.-Founders -2003, profitable-2012, sold to large company for profit-2019), and by Original Biomedical Implants (OBI-USA, 2013) and OBI-México (2016) (Auciello and colleagues /founders), for new generations of superior medical devices/prostheses and other implants. Auciello edited 33 books and published about 500 articles in several fields, holds 23 patents, He was Associate Editor of Applied Physics Letter, and currently of Integrated Ferroelectrics, Functional Diamond, and Coatings. He was President of the Materials Research Society (2013) Auciello is Fellow of AAAS, MRS and IAAM, and has numerous Awards.

Review on Nanomaterials Science / Engineering for Application to Industrial / High-Tech Products, Implantable Medical Devices / Prosthetics Based on a Transformational Multifunctional / Best Biocompatible / Low Cost Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Coating

Dr. Viktor Balema is an expert in novel electronic and energy materials, as well as non-conventional materials preparation techniques. He earned his BS/MS degrees from L'viv State University, Ukraine, and PhD from the A. Nesmeyanov Institute of the Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Subsequently, he conducted research at the universities of Karlsruhe and Leipzig, Germany as Visiting Scientist, then joined Ames Laboratory of the US Department of Energy. Over two decades, Dr. Balema directed the Hard Materials Segment and Materials Science R&D at Sigma-Aldrich Co. and held Senior Scientist and CTO positions at Ames Laboratory and in the chemical industry. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at Clemson University, SC, USA. Dr. Balema has authored over 100 papers and patents, delivered numerous invited talks, and served as a reviewer for the US DOE, NSF, US CRDF, ACS PRF, and numerous peer-reviewed journals. His research has also been featured in popular scientific magazines, including New Scientist and Scientific American.

Emerging Materials Preparation Techniques: Mechanical Alloying and Solvent-Free Mechanochemistry

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 124; Google Scholar) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 20,000 patients. His technology is also being used in commercial products to improve sustainability and renewable energy. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Vellore Institute of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society For Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.

Cardiovascular Nanomedicine: Stopping Strokes, Unclogging Arteries, and Restoring Heart Function

Tomasz Krystofiak in 1994 finished the study of the Faculty of Wood Technology at Agriculture Academy in Poznan. In 2002 he prepared a PhD dissertation and in 2019 habilitation. Author or co-author of more than 320 scientific publications in the scope of gluing and finishing of wood and wood-based composites. To his research activities belong surface phenomena, wettability, adhesion and adherence, modification, gluability and paintability of lignocellulosic materials. He was a Management Committee Member of COST Actions FP1006, CA15216, CA 21159, and Working Group Member (FP1303, FP1407). Since 2021 Guest Editor in Special Issues in Coatings, Energies, Forests and Materials Journals.

Adhesives for wooden houses

Ahmed Mourtada Elseman is a highly accomplished scientist with a strong educational background in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry. He obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Science at Al-Azhar University in Egypt. His Ph.D. research, completed in February 2017, focused on perovskite solar cells. In addition to his degrees, Ahmed also holds two diplomas from prestigious institutions in China. First, in 2015, he received a diploma from the Inner Mongolia Institute of Scientific and Technological in Hohhot, and second, in 2017, he obtained another diploma from the Institute of New Energy in Wuhan. Currently, Ahmed serves as an Associate Professor and Head of the Electronic and Magnetic Materials Department (EMMD) at the Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute (CMRDI) in Egypt. His exceptional talent and expertise were recognized when he was awarded the Talent Young Scientific (TYSP) Postdoctoral Research Fellow position, funded by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), in Beijing, China, from 2017 to 2018. Following his postdoctoral fellowship, Ahmed was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Materials and Energy at Southwest University in Chongqing, China, where he served from 2018 to 2020. During this time, his outstanding contributions to the field were acknowledged with the CMRDI prize for excellence in a scientific publication in 2018. From 2020 - 2023, he achieved the remarkable distinction of being ranked 1st in Africa and Egypt for his pioneering work on low-cost perovskite solar cells, as assessed by the SciVal Analyzer website. His current research endeavors revolve around comprehending the mechanisms and fundamental properties of perovskite solar cells while also striving to develop scalable protocols for achieving high efficiency in these devices. Given his expertise, Ahmed actively contributes to the scientific community as a reviewer and a member of the editorial board for several prestigious journals. He has attained an H-index of 27 from Scopus and 30 from Google Scholar citations, further underscoring his significant contributions to the inorganic and analytical chemistry field.

AgSCN as a new hole transporting material for inverted perovskite solar cells

Robert is an experienced and visionary leader in the building materials and bio-materials industries, with over 30 years of expertise in AI in Manufacturing, fiber processing, optimization, and innovation. He is the founder and CEO of Advanced Bio-Material Technologies Corporation (ABMTC), a company that leverages AI and smart factories to create sustainable and local solutions for hemp and other natural fiber products.

“Automation” & “Ai in Manufacturing”: What’s the difference –and why does it matter?

Norbert M. Nemes is an experimental solid state physicist who obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and after postdoctoral stays in the NIST Center for Neutron Research and also the Materials Science Institute of Madrid, he is now a Full Professor of Applied Physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, one of the largest and oldest Spanish universities, and Director of the Magnetometry and High Pressure Synthesis Laboratories. He has published over 130 research papers with an h-index of 30 on topics ranging from materials of reduced dimensions, superconductors, spintronics and magnetic anisotropy, multifunctional materials (magnetoelectric coupling), and in the last decade on thermoelectrics.

Composition, structure and phonon softening in high entropy alloys based on PbTe thermoelectrics

Valeriy V. Bykouski (Bykovskiy) completed Master of Science equal degree from Chemistry Department of the Chemistry and Biology Faculty Gomel State University named after F. Scorina, Belarus. He has been working as a Senior Scientist of Radiochemistry Department at Radiobiology Institution of National Academy of Science of Belarus, and as a Senior Scientist of Chemistry, Corrosion Protection, Material specialization and testing, Microbiology and associated researches Department in NOC Belarusneft, LLC LUKOIL and LLC LUKOIL-Engineering for onshore and offshore objects. He has published more than 21 papers and 5 of which in reputed journal.

Verification of expected efficiency and limits of application of object-oriented method and concept of studying and specialization of methods for solving the problem of salt and corrosion deposits in oil fields

Dr. Adina Magdalena Musuc - Senior researcher II, head of Chemical Kinetics Laboratory has expertise in isothermal and non-isothermal heterogeneous kinetics, thermoreactivity and kinetics of explosive reactions in gaseous and condensed systems, thermoreactivity of some classes of mono- and polycoordination compounds, thermoreactivity of polymers (natural and synthetic), oxide materials design/synthesis, cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, fields of thermal analysis but also in green chemistry science, polysaccharide characterization and functionality, materialized in 68ISI ranked articles,having in all contributions in the field of green chemistry science, pharmacy, biomedical, kinetics, polymers chemistry and thermal analysis, 1 book chapter (Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc; UK), 3 RO patents, coordinator/collaborator in national/international projects, reviewer for several ISI journal (Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Material Research, Nanomaterials, etc.).She works as guest editorof ISI journals such as Processes, Fire, and Applied Sciences. Hirsch index (h-index) and the total number of citations, according to Scopus: h-index = 15 and 523 citations. According to Google Scholar h-index = 16 and 630 citations. Her activity and the expertise in the field of thermal analysis has been recognized by the scientific community, being included in the encyclopaedia “Who’s Who in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2014”, Eds. ImreMiklósSzilágyi and GyörgyLiptay, Springer, Budapest 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-09485-4 and awarded with “NicolaeTeclu” prize of the Romanian Academy.

Cyclodextrin–drug inclusion complexes: physico-chemical characterization and pharmaceutical applications

Ratiba Benzerga received her Ph.D. degree in plasma physics and materials from the Université d'Orléans, France, and her HDR (Habilitation à Diriger la Recherche) degree in electronics from the Université de Rennes, France, in 2005 and 2023 respectively. Since 2006, she has been an Assistant Professor at the Université de Rennes, France, and is affiliated with the FunMat Team in the ‘Antennes et Dispositifs Micro-ondes’ Department of the IETR Lab (Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique). Her research field focuses on the achievement and use of materials for microwave applications. Her research interests include the synthesis of organic and inorganic materials and metamaterials for absorbing applications, the synthesis and use of dielectric and ferroelectric thin films for miniature and/or reconfigurable antenna applications, 3D ceramic printing for dielectric resonator antennas, surface laser treatment for morphological modification and crystallization of thin films, and also the physical and dielectric characterizations of materials.

Microwave Absorbers: Fundamentals, Challenges, and our Approaches

Prof. Devika Chithrani is the recipient of faculty gold medal and the gold medal for physics when she received her bachelor’s degree in physics. She is a recipient of many fellowships by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada during her graduate and post-doctoral work. Now, she is a full professor at University of Victoria. She is also the director of Nanoscience and technology Development laboratory at University of Victoria. She leverages nanotechnology to create innovations that advance the care of cancer patients. Her work is featured on the cover of journals and her publications have received over 13,000 citations in few years. She is among the world’s top 2% scientists according to the published data by Stanford University. Her passion is to develop smart nanomaterials to improve exiting cancer therapeutics.

Engineering of nanomaterials to overcome hurdles in cancer treatment and its clinical implementation

Beya OUERTANI is an Associate Professor at the Higher Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies of Borj Cédria, University of Carthage, Tunisia. She obtained her Bachelor's Degrees in physical sciences, her "DEA" in quantum physics, her PhD, and her habilitation, in physics, about thin films for low cost solar cells, at the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar. She had been researcher at the Photovoltaic and Semiconductor Materials Laboratory, ENIT, Tunisia. Then, researcher at the Laboratory of Semiconductors, Nanostructures and Advanced Technology (LSNTA). She is being researcher at the Laboratory of Phototovolaîc (LPV) at the Research and Technology Center of Energy (CRTEn), Science and Technology Park of Borj Cedria.

Low cost materials fabricated by the simple spray pyrolysis, for several applications

Séverine A.E. Boyer is a CNRS Researcher (France). She has completed her PhD from Clermont-Ferrand University (France) and was associate-researcher from Tokyo Metroplitan University (Japan), and Mines Paris and Mines Douai (France). Topics: Functional Meta-Structures activities to conduct combinations of chemo-physics / morphologies / poly-morpho-genesis / interfaces in hybrids materials (ceramics and polymers composites) to meet the challenges of energies of tomorrow, i.e. to develop new materials, new model-experiments and new numerical models based on the understanding phenomena. International recognitions: ‘William F. Giauque Student Award, CALCON 2003 (USA)’; ‘ICTAC Young Scientific Award, ICTAC 2012 (Japan)’ (1st time awarded to a French researcher); ‘First Place Best Poster, PPS 2019 (South Africa)’; and Awards deserved to her collaborative colleagues.

Design-Morphologie in Hybrid polymer solidification : state of art based on thermo-environmental stress

Gianluca Genovese is an accomplished researcher in civil and transport engineering, with a strong focus on risk analysis and hydrogen safety. He earned his master’s degree with honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Salerno in 2019, specializing in transport engineering. His thesis pioneered a quantitative risk assessment of hazardous materials transported through road tunnels, with a particular emphasis on hydrogen. In 2020, he obtained his Ph.D. in Risk and Sustainability in Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Environmental Engineering Systems at the University of Salerno, successfully defending his dissertation in 2024. His doctoral research advanced CFD-based methodologies for assessing the risks associated with liquid hydrogen transport in road tunnels. As part of his academic journey, he conducted a research period at the Technical University of Denmark, where he investigated the consequences of hydrogen releases in confined environments. Since February 2024, he has been a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salerno, furthering his contributions to the field. He is actively engaged in the scientific community, serving as a reviewer, guest editor, and academic editor for multiple high-impact international journals. His research has been widely recognized, with over 10 peer-reviewed publications indexed in Scopus and numerous presentations at international conferences. His expertise encompasses risk analysis, computational fluid dynamics modeling, evacuation dynamics, road tunnel resilience, hydrogen safety, traffic simulation, and road materials.

Experimental Study on the Mechanical Performance of Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Mixtures

Özgür Uyar, graduated from Middle East Technical University in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 2020. He completed his international welding engineering education in the same year. He has been working at GSI SLV-TR since 2019. Özgür Uyar, who focused on the additive manufacturing of lattice structures as her master's thesis, continues her research in this field. In 2023, he gained the title of International Metal Additive Manufacturing Coordinator within the scope of a pilot project carried out by the European Welding Federation (EWF).

Sheet Lamination Additive Manufacturing

José Alberto Bejarano Ulloa is a Mechanical Engineer specialized in welding and materials engineering, with a Master’s degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He is a certified International Welding Engineer, Certified Welding Inspector, and International Metal Additive Manufacturing Coordinator, with extensive experience in industrial consulting, inspection, and academia across Latin America. His work spans collaborations with key industry players and contributions to international conferences in countries including Colombia, Peru, the Netherlands, and India. His research focuses on the intersection of additive manufacturing and stainless steel applications, emphasizing quality control and advanced alloy design for critical sectors.

Understanding and Modeling Process–Microstructure–Property Relationships in Additive Manufacturing of Duplex Stainless Steels through Advanced Statistical Analysis