Preface. Special issue on continuum physics and engineering applications; 117

Extended irreversible thermodynamics of heat transport. A brief introduction; pp. 118–126

Objective time derivatives in nonequilibrium thermodynamics; pp. 127–131

Scalar, vectorial, and tensorial damage parameters from the mesoscopic background; pp. 132–141

Thermoelasticity and entropy flow; pp. 142–144

Discretization of continuum physics – a comparison of numerical methods from a physical point of view; pp. 145–154

Density functional theory calculations using the finite element method; pp. 155–178

Long-distance liquid transport in plants; pp. 179–203