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Book chapters

Diagnosis and Management in Dementia - Chapter 9: Genetics of dementia: a focus on Alzheimer's disease

Elsevier,

Diagnosis and Management in Dementia, Volume 1, August 2020, Pages 127-146

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by focusing on providing a brief overview of genes associated with sporadic (late-onset) Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite decades of research, no current and reliable test is currently available for the diagnosis of AD. Genetic biomarkers are promising for both diagnostic tools and tailored profiling therapy.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Diagnosis and Management in Dementia - Chapter 10: Clinical and pathological phenotypes in dementia: a focus on autosomal dominant frontotemporal dementia

Elsevier,

Diagnosis and Management in Dementia, Volume 1, August 2020, Pages 147-164

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by discussing available data regarding the effects of genetic variants on the clinical and pathological characteristics of “frontotemporal dementia” (FTD). The term “frontotemporal dementia” (FTD) defines a group of related diseases resulting from progressive degeneration of the temporal and frontal lobes. These areas play a significant role in decision-making, behavioral control, emotion, language, and motor functions.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Diagnosis and Management in Dementia - Chapter 42: Caring for people with dementia in the acute hospital

Elsevier,

Diagnosis and Management in Dementia, Volume 1, August 2020, Pages 665-680

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by describing how acute hospital settings can affect the care of patients with dementia. As well as changes to the physical hospital environment, this requires an enhanced focus on key strategies such as reliable identification of cognitive impairment, access to comprehensive geriatric assessment, prevention and management of delirium, and timely discharge planning are included in the chapter.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Biogeochemistry, Fourth Edition: Chapter 11 - The Global Carbon and Oxygen Cycles

Elsevier,

William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt, Chapter 11 - The Global Carbon and Oxygen Cycles, Editor(s): William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt,
Biogeochemistry (Fourth Edition), Academic Press, 2020, Pages 453-481, 9780128146088

Life is composed primarily of carbon, so estimates of the global production and destruction of organic carbon give us an overall index of the health of the biosphere. This book chapter advances SDGs 11 and 13.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Global

Reaching Net Zero: What It Takes to Solve the Global Climate Crisis: Chapter 9 - What would it take to reach net zero?

Elsevier,

William D. Fletcher, Craig B. Smith, Chapter 9 - What would it take to reach net zero?, Reaching Net Zero, Elsevier, 2020, Pages 107-122

This chapter addresses SDGs 13, 15, and 12 by examining scenarios for reaching net zero production and consumption, but also the challenges in implementation.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

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Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Sustainable Water Resource Development Using Coastal Reservoirs - Chapter 3 - Water quality considerations: from catchment to coastal reservoir

Elsevier,

Sustainable Water Resource Development Using Coastal Reservoirs, 2020, Pages 33-59

This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 6 by exploring the feasibility/design implications for coastal reservoirs based on estimation of runoff, detailed assessment of water demand and estimation of water quality.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

Tags:

Science; Water and sanitation, Global

Reaching Net Zero - Chapter 9: What would it take to reach net zero?

Elsevier,

Reaching Net Zero, What It Takes to Solve the Global Climate Crisis, 2020, Pages 107-122

This book chapter advances SDG 11, 13, 17 by describing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other reports on the need to limit global temperature increase to 2.0°C and preferably 1.5°C. The chapter outlines possible scenarios and introduces the concept of “net zero” by 2050, the essential elimination of greenhouse gas emissions. The chapter also discusses why this deadline is not achievable and presents a more likely scenario.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Science; Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development, Global

Chapter 10 - Underlining the Role of Data Science and Technology in Supporting Supply Chains, Political Stability and Health Networks During Pandemics

Elsevier,

Surveying the Covid-19 Pandemic and its Implications, Urban Health, Data Technology and Political Economy, 2020, Pages 129-139

This chapter explores how data science and technology has been key in fighting COVID-19 through early detection and in the devising of tools for containing the spread. The goal of SDG 3.3 is to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Data & Analytics; Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Chapter 2 - Cultural psychiatry as the basic science of addressing health and mental health disparities

Elsevier,

Starting At the Beginning, Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health, 2020, Pages 31-42

This chapter addresses Goal 3 by exploring stressors that adversely affect healthy cultural identification and adjustment in children causing mental health disparities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Chapter 10 - Starting small: Developing child-centric mental health policies

Elsevier,

Starting At the Beginning, Laying the Foundation for Lifelong Mental Health, 2020, Pages 239-272

This chapter addresses Goal 3 by discussing child-relevant mental health policies.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

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