chapter 1 Present Status and the Future of PEF Technology / chapter 2 Microbial Inactivation by Pulsed Electric Fields / chapter 3 Inactivation Kinetics of Microorganisms by Pulsed Electric Fields / chapter 4 Does High-Intensity Pulsed Electric Fields Induce Changes in Enzymatic Activity, Protein Conformation, and Vitamin and Flavor Stability? Olga Martı´n-Belloso, Sı´lvia Bendicho, Pedro Elez-Martı´nez, / chapter 5 Pulsed Electric Field-Assisted Extraction of Juice from Food Plants / chapter 6 Application of PEF on Orange Juice Products and G.V. Barbosa-Ca´novas / chapter 7 PEF—A Food Industry’s View / chapter 8 Fundamentals and Applications of High Pressure Processing to Foods / chapter 9 Thermodynamic Aspects of High Hydrostatic Pressure Food Processing / chapter 10 High-Pressure-Assisted Heating as a Method for Sterilizing Foods / chapter 11 Freezing and Thawing of Foods Under Pressure / chapter 12 Starch and Other Polysaccharides Under High Pressure / chapter 13 Advances in Use of High Pressure to Processing and Preservation of Plant Foods -- chapter 14 High-Pressure Applications on Myosystems / chapter 15 High-Pressure Processing of Milk and Dairy and Egg Products / chapter 16 Commercial High-Pressure Equipment -- chapter 17 Food Irradiation—An Emerging Technology / chapter 18 Ultraviolet Light and Food Preservation / chapter 19 Microbial Inactivation by Ultrasound / chapter 20 Use of Magnetic Fields as a Nonthermal Technology / chapter 21 Nonthermal Technologies in Combination with Other Preservation Factors / chapter 22 Sous Vide/Freezing Technology for Ready Meals / chapter 23 Advances in Ohmic Heating and Moderate Electric Field (MEF) Processing / chapter 24 Radio-Frequency Heating in Food Processing / chapter 25 Current State of Microwave Applications to Food Processing / chapter 26 Supercritical Fluid Extraction: An Alternative to Isolating Natural Food Preservatives / chapter 27 Modeling Systems and Impact on Food Microbiology / chapter 28 Predictive Microbiology and Role in Food Safety Systems / chapter 29 Experimental Protocols for Modeling the Response of Microbial Populations Exposed to Emerging Technologies: Some Points of Concern / chapter 30 Application of Artificial Intelligence to Predictive Microbiology Rosa Marı´a Garcı´a-Gimeno, Ce´sar Herva´s-Martinez, / chapter 31 Growth/No-Growth Interface Modeling and Emerging Technologies / chapter 32 Calculating Microbial Inactivation During Heat Treatments Without D and Z Values / chapter 33 Safety and Quality in the Food Industry Marı´a S. Tapia, Ivelio Arispe, and Amaury Martı´nez.