Book chapters

Wild Germplasm for Genetic Improvement in Crop Plants – Chapter 7. Effects of Natural Variations on Biofortification

Elsevier,

Wild Germplasm for Genetic Improvement in Crop Plants, 2021, Pages 115-138

Nutritional value is imperative for food security. Understanding how breeding can enhance this is an important tool toward eliminating hunger and food insecurity.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Climate Change, Third Edition: Chapter 4 - Numerical modeling of the global climate and carbon cycle system

Elsevier,

Chris D. Jones, Chapter 4 - Numerical modeling of the global climate and carbon cycle system, Editor(s): Trevor M. Letcher, Climate Change (Third Edition), Elsevier, 2021, Pages 67-91

This chapter advances SDGs 13 and 15 by applying numerical modeling techniques to better understand the global climate and utilize observations to identify impacts of climate change on Earth.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

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Data & Analytics; Climate Change, Global

Climate Change, Third Edition: Chapter 1 - Global warming - a complex situation

Elsevier,

Trevor M. Letcher, 1 - Global warming—a complex situation, Editor(s): Trevor M. Letcher, Climate Change (Third Edition), Elsevier, 2021, Pages 3-17

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 15 by examining how pollution and greenhouse gases contribute to global warming, as well as addressing the social and ethical impacts of climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land
Global

The Neuroscience of Depression - Chapter 38: Sleep, anxiety, and depression

Elsevier,

The Neuroscience of Depression
Genetics, Cell Biology, Neurology, Behaviour, and Diet
2021, Pages 405-414

This chapters provides a thorough examination, including demographic characteristics, sleep history, medical and psychiatric conditions, lifestyles, past experiences of self-help, and pharmaceutical interventions should contribute to efforts to identify any underlying causes of either anxiety, depression, or sleep disorders.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Ebola Virus (Filoviridae)

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Virology (Fourth Edition), Volume 2, 2021, Pages 232-244

Overviews the Ebola virus, endemic in Central Africa and cause of severe hemorrhagic fevers. Although no licensed treatment is available to treat disease, vaccines have recently been licensed in Europe, the USA and elsewhere. The goal of SDG 3.3 is 3.3 the 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; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and population, Africa, Global

The Human Virome

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Virology (Fourth Edition), Volume 1, 2021, Pages 552-558

Provides state of the art knowledge diversity and dynamics of the human virome in different body compartments of healthy individuals. Discusses the interplay between viruses and their bacterial or human hosts and how these interactions contribute to shape human health and disease. Supports SDG goal 3.2.d: 3.d Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks, including the percentage of bloodstream infections due to selected antimicrobial-resistant organisms
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Encyclopedia of Virology, Fourth Edition - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Retroviridae)

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Virology (Fourth Edition)
Volume 2, 2021, Pages 460-474

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health as well as Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing an overview of the viruses responsible for immunodeficiency syndromes like AIDS, highlighting their mechanism of action and targets for therapy.
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SDG:

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

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Encyclopedia of Virology, Fourth Edition, Management of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B (Hepadnaviridae) and Chronic Hepatitis D Infection (Deltavirus)

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Virology (Fourth Edition)

Volume 5, 2021, Pages 217-226

This content supports the SDG Goal 3 by highlighting that management of chronic hepatitis B requires careful consideration of treatment indications given the requirement for long-term therapy in most patients. Options include nucleo(s)tide analogs (NA) and pegylated interferon alfa (PEG-IFN), both with their own advantages and limitations.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Encyclopedia of Virology, Fourth Edition: Management of Hepatitis A and E Virus Infection

Fig. 1. Geographic distribution of HAV infections. HAV: colors represent different endemic patterns based on the age at which 50% of the population is HAV IgG positive [red: very highly endemic (< 5 years); orange: highly endemic (5–14 years); light green
Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Virology (Fourth Edition)

Volume 5, 2021, Pages 206-216

This content supports the SDG Goal 3 and 6 by describing hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus, which are enterically transmitted and the most common cause of viral hepatitis worldwide.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Distributed Energy Resources in Local Integrated Energy Systems - Chapter 1: Overview of distributed energy resources in the context of local integrated energy systems

Elsevier,

Distributed Energy Resources in Local Integrated Energy Systems, Optimal Operation and Planning, 2021, Pages 1-29

This book chapter advances SDG 7 by surveying literature concerning the use of distributed energy resources in the context of local energy systems, including the deployment of local solutions to generate, store, and manage energy at small scale and micro-scale; grid-related aspects and solutions for optimal grid operation; and finally emergent aspects referring to local energy systems, markets and energy communities, which are gaining relevance in the present and future context of energy transition.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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Science; Energy, Global

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