Articles

Home energy management system for enhancing grid resiliency in post-disaster recovery period using Electric Vehicle

Elsevier,

Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Volume 34, June 2023, 101015

This article supports SDGs 9, 11, and 17 by illustrating the opportunity for the use of electric powered vehicles as an energy source during natural disaster events.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Disaster risk reduction; Energy, Global

Insights into the potential carcinogenicity of micro- and nano-plastics

Elsevier,

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research, Volume 791, 1 January 2023, 108453

There is a growing concern regarding the potential health effects that continuous exposure to environmental micro- and nano-plastics (MNPLs) may cause on humans. Due to their persistent nature, MNPLs may accumulate in different organs and tissues and may induce in the long term the development of cancer. The present study aimed to review the existing literature on the carcinogenic potential of MNPLs.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Effectiveness of a school-based, lay counselor-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for Chinese children with posttraumatic stress symptoms: a randomized controlled trial

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific,
Volume 33,
2023

This article ties to SDG 3 & 4. This study evaluates the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) in a group format delivered by lay counselors to children with trauma-related symptoms in China.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education

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Health and wellbeing; Education, Asia

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Hand Surgery – Women in Hand Surgery: Considerations and Support

Elsevier,

Hand Clinics, Volume 39, February 2023

This content advances goals 4, 5 and 10 by highlighting diversity, equity and inclusion for women in the world of hand surgery.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Education, Global

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Hand Surgery–Women in Hand Surgery: Leadership and Legacy

Elsevier,

Hand Clinics, Volume 39, February 2023

This content advances goals 4, 5 and 10 by highlighting diversity, equity and inclusion for women in the world of hand surgery.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Global

Immunology Clinics of North America: Pregnancy and Allergy–Improving Asthma Outcomes During Pregnancy in Underserved Communities

Elsevier,

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, Volume 43, February 2023

This review article advances goals 3, 5, and 10 by addressing inequity in care among pregnant women with asthma in underserved communities and examining potential interventions that may help improve health outcomes and standard of care.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education; Forests; Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Human rights, North America

Changes in soil microbial biomass, diversity, and activity with crop rotation in cropping systems: A global synthesis

Elsevier,

Applied Soil Ecology, Volume 186, June 2023, 104815

This article supports SDG 15 through its study of the effects of crop rotation on soil microorganisms and concluded that crop rotation could enhance soil microbial biomass and bacterial diversity, and the effect of crop rotation on soil phosphatase and β-glucosidase activity.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Nutrient concentrations in minke whale faeces and the potential impact on dissolved nutrient pools off Svalbard, Norway

Elsevier,

Progress in Oceanography, Volume 210, January 2023

This paper provides first assessment of nutrient contents in whale faeces prior to their dissolution in seawater, which has overcome the challenges associated with getting reliable estimations of elemental nutrients from whale faeces. By combining measured faecal nutrient concentrations with the best available prey-consumption and prey-assimilation estimates, we calculated the expected contribution of minke whale faeces to nutrient pools in surface waters during summer.
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SDG:

Goal 14: Life below water

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Oceans & Seas, Europe

Fallowscapes: A transition-driven tool to market ecological urbanism

Elsevier,

City and Environment Interactions, Volume 18, April 2023, 100099

This article supports SDG 11 introducing innovative practice for urban development projects.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

An application of the stress-diathesis model: A review about the association between smoking tobacco, smoking cessation, and mental health

Elsevier,

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Volume 23, 1 January 2023

This work suggests that smoking is a psychobiological stressor, but that the magnitude of this effect is mediated and modulated by the individuals’ diathesis to develop mental ill-health and other vulnerability and protective factors.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing, Global

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