Book chapters

Alzheimer's Disease Theranostics - Chapter 2: Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Elsevier,

Alzheimer's Disease Theranostics, January 2019, Pages 7-12

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by focusing primarily on the recent developments in Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis and their merits and demerits, including development of blood and cerebrospinal fluid–based biomarkers, imaging tools such as MRI, fMRI, and PET, proteomics, etc.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Chapter 1: Smart Healthcare: Emerging technologies, best practices, and sustainable policies

Elsevier,

 

Innovation in Health Informatics: A Smart Healthcare Primer, Next Gen Tech Driven Personalized Med&Smart Healthcare, 2020, Pages 3-38

The adoption of advanced Healthcare Information Systems and Medical Informatics requires an integrated approach sensitive to various social, economic, political, and cultural factors. The challenges that the adoption and use sophisticated information and communication technologies (ICTs) generate need to be considered too. Smart Data and Data Analytics along with cognitive computing are the promising technologies with great value added for the domain of healthcare. The goal of SDG 3.d is to strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks (by e.g. Healthcare Information Systems).
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and population; Technology, Global

Chapter 64: Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy

Elsevier,

The Autoimmune Diseases (Sixth Edition), 2020, Pages 1269-1284

Increase awareness of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) the most fatal of autoimmune diseases, its pathogenesis, and treatment.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Chapter 19: Diet, the gut microbiome, and autoimmune diseases

Elsevier,

The Autoimmune Diseases (Sixth Edition), 2020, Pages 331-342

Highlights the profound effects of diet and bacterial metabolites on disease in humans.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture

Chapter 4: Human viruses: Emergence and evolution

Elsevier,

Emerging and Reemerging Viral Pathogens, Volume 1: Fundamental and Basic Virology Aspects of Human, Animal and Plant Pathogens, 2020, Pages 53-68

The current availability of state-of-the-art genomic technologies such as pan-microbial microarrays and NGS provides an unprecedented opportunity to “cast a wide net” and surveys the full breadth of as-yet undiscovered pathogens in nature that pose significant threats to human health.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Health and social care services organization for older adults

A Campaign For Deconditioning Awareness—“Sit up… Get dressed… keep on moving…”.
Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology, 2020, Pages 210-222

Examines how geriatric care has evolved with changing demographics of older age and looks at care protocoals and new technologies to increase life expectancy and improve quality of life in older adults.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Human rights, Global

Climate change, environmental health, and human rights

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 653-660

Explores the links between climate change, human health, and human rights—focusing on the human right to health. Examines the current state of the international debate surrounding the human right to health. The goal of SDG target 13 is to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Health and population; Human rights; Climate Change, Global

Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Chapter 12: Mobile applications: Cars, trucks, locomotives, marine vehicles, and aircraft

Elsevier,

Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: The Systems Engineering Vision for Industrial Application, Volume , 1 January 2019

This book chapter advances SDG goals 7, 13, and 11 by examining the use of solid oxide fuel cells in land, marine, and aerial vehicles as a replacement for carbon emitting fossil fuel engines.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Energy; Sustainable transport; Technology, Global

Sustainable Food Supply Chains - Chapter 17: Food Systems Sustainability: The complex challenge of food loss and waste

Elsevier,

Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Planning, Design, and Control through Interdisciplinary Methodologies, 2019, Pages 249-260

This book chapter addresses goals 2 and 12 by analysing food systems sustainability through the lens of the interrelated implications and impacts of FLW on production and consumption.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Tags:

Supply chain; Sustainable consumption and production; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable Food Choices; Food Chain; Sustainable Food Systems, Global

Plastics to Energy - Chapter 2: Major Technologies Implemented for Chemicals and Fuel Recovery

Elsevier,

Plastics to Energy: Fuel, Chemicals, and Sustainability Implications, 2019, Pages 21-44

This book chapter addresses goals 7, 11 and 12 by introduces the main technologies available for recovery of chemicals and fuels from plastic waste, enabling cities and communities to become more sustainable and responsible by transforming this waste into a source of affordable energy.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Tags:

Energy; Chemicals and waste; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

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