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eClinicalMedicine, Volume 57, March 2023
In this systematic review the meausres to monitor and improve mental health outcomes in particpants taking part in SRHR/HIV interventions were assessed in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors show that interventions to improve adolescent SRHR, HIV, and mental health are relatively understudied, with mental health outcomes often the least commonly assessed outcomes. this study highlights the need to look beyond HIV care and keep in mind other equally important aspects of health and wellbeing.
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eClinicalMedicine, Volume 57, March 2023
In this 12 month long prospective cohort study, weight change in Black people in Johannesburg, South Africa, with HIV who switched from efavirenz to dolutegravir was compared with propensity score matched people who remained on efavirenz. Those who switched ART regimen where reported to have an increase in weight and 14.2 percentage point increase in the risk of hypertension. The study seeks to optimise the treatment regimens for people with HIV and hightlights the potnetially adverse effects of regimen switching.
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The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World and the Elsevier Foundation celebrated the 2023 OWSD-EF Awards for Women Scientists, with researchers from Benin, Bolivia, Guatemala, Palestine, Mongolia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Awarding women scientists means not only recognizing their impressive work but empowering them to be role models. Read more about these incredible women! This article relates to SDG 5, Gender Equality.
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Geography and Sustainability, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 112-126
This article supports SDG 2, SDG 3 and SDG 13 by demonstrating the importance of enhancing farmers’ perceptions of of Climate-Smart Agriculture potential to promote environmental stewardship with motivations by demographic, socioeconomic and ecological factors.
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Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Volume 209, 15 March 2023
The research aims to assess the environmental sustainability of measurements, and the investigation is conducted through two case studies within the information and communication technology sector. The authors put forward recommendations for increasing a measurement's environmental sustainability.
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Theriogenology Wild, Volume 2, 2023, 100024
The rescue of wild animals after major environmental disasters is complex and requires an an integrative approach. Conservation scientists describe a successful example that lead to the reproduction of the only pair of Jaguars under reproductive age saved from the devastating Pantanal wildfires that killed over 16.9 million vertebrates in 2018..
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Geoderma Regional, Volume 32, March 2023
Soil organic matter (SOM) can be a helpful indicator of soil health in terms of the impact of land use changes. Kar et al., 2023 examined the soil health after land use conversion in India's North-West Himalayan region by using the stratification ratio (SR) of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen (TN) as indicators. The results indicate that land use change to conventional tillage (CT) significantly reduces SR and SOM, while conservation agriculture (CA) help restore the SR levels closer to those of forest land use. The authors suggest that CA is a suitable alternative to CT for improving soil quality and maintaining sustainable soil management practices.