Book chapters

Materials and the Environment, Third Edition - Chapter 11: Renewable materials, natural materials

Elsevier,

Materials and the Environment, Third Edition: Chapter 11 - Renewable materials, natural materials, Volume , 2021

This book chapter advances SDGs 9 and 12 by exploring whether renewable materials, derived wholly or in part from nature, can play a larger role in the engineering economy of the 21st century.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Sustainable consumption and production; Technology; Science; Global, Global

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, Second Edition - Preface

Elsevier,

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, Second Edition, 2022.

This preface advances SDG 15 by providing an overview of the breadth and depth of this second edition, and the key insights it contains.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land

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Forests; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Hybrid Nuclear Energy Systems - Chapter 4: Uses

Elsevier,

Hybrid Nuclear Energy Systems, A Sustainable Solution for the 21st Century, Hybrid Energy Systems, 2021, Pages 23-41

This book chapter advances SDG 7 and 11 by discussing the uses of hybrid energy systems, contrasting and ranking the application capabilities of major reactor and power plant types.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Sustainable consumption and production; Energy; Industry, Global

Bridging the Family Care Gap: Chapter 1 - Public health perspectives on the family care gap

Elsevier,

Bridging the Family Care Gap 2021, Pages 3-41

This book chapter advances SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG10 Reducing Inequalities by examining the role caregivers provide as a critical source of care for people living with disabilities and chronic conditions.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Health and population, Global

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences: Chapter 9 - Early origins of racial health disparities: human capital policy is health policy

Elsevier,

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (Ninth Edition) Handbooks of Aging 2021, Pages 131-149

This book chapter advances SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 10 Reducing Inequalities by examining the research on the role of segregation, and resultant differences in childhood neighborhood quality, as fundamental causes of health disparities over the life course including illness and disability.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Health and population, Global

Chapter two - Adaptation: epidemic control and local style

Elsevier,

Barefoot Global Health Diplomacy, Field Experiences in International Relations, Security, and Epidemics, 2021, Pages 27-49

Adaptability to politics, economics, and to the wealth and poverty of the world: health programs, in emergencies or over the longer term, need to be aware of local incomes and costs of services—and how they can be paid for. Programs and projects and interventions should thus evolve to make sure the treatment, the testing, the assistance they are promoting is available and affordable—both when the internationals are there, and after they leave
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 1: No poverty

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Poverty eradication

Chapter three - Power to the people: local ownership of infectious disease control

Elsevier,

Barefoot Global Health Diplomacy, Field Experiences in International Relations, Security, and Epidemics, 2021, Pages 51-73

Local capacity gives locals the strategic, diplomatic skills they need: capacity and understanding are not necessarily only amongst doctors and politicians, but also amongst community leaders, villagers, and patients. To develop that capacity, that understanding, the locals need new skills, new forms of education
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Poverty eradication, Global

Chapter 4 - Sexual behaviors

Elsevier,

Human Sexuality, Function, Dysfunction, Paraphilias, and Relationships, 2021, Pages 63-105

Includes factors contributing to a fulfilling sexual relationship, gender differences in sexual behavior, sexuality and culture, affect, sexual toys and masturbation and their relation to sexual enjoyment, and sexuality in the 21st century. Supports the goal of SDG target 3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Sex differences in Cardiac Diseases, Chapter 23 - CardioRheumatology

Elsevier,

Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 481-503

This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining how women have an increased risk of certain chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders (CIDs). All aspects of the heart’s structure and function may be affected by the autoimmune disease.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Sex differences in Cardiac Diseases, Chapter 29 - Women’s Heart Programs

Elsevier,

Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 671-687

This book chapter addresses SDG 3 and 5 by describing specialized cardiovascular care for women, delivered in “women’s heart programs” (WHPs) focus on the cardiovascular needs of women. This chapter reviews the historical background leading to their development, their structure and specialized areas of focus including referral criteria for unique cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in women, and CVD disorders resulting in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with pathophysiologies seen exclusively, and/or more commonly in women.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

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