Book chapters

Elsevier,

3rd Generation Biofuels: Disruptive Technologies to Enable Commercial Production, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 7, 11, and 12 by envisioning the biodiesel-from-microalgae plant of the future through the exploitation of genetically modified algal strains, renewable (mainly solar) power sources, and wastewater/effluent treatment facilities for nutrient and water supply with a one-step harvesting/lipid process.
Elsevier,

3rd Generation Biofuels: Disruptive Technologies to Enable Commercial Production, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 7, 11, and 12 by examining the current state-of-the art technologies applied for the extraction of compounds from microalgae/pretreatment and downstream processing for biofuels and chemicals from microalgae.
Elsevier,

Renewable Energy Production and Distribution: Recent Developments, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter contributes to SDG goals 7, 11, and 13, by reviewing sustainable renewable energy policy and regulation, particularly in terms of climate change mitigation.
Elsevier,

Biofuels and Biorefining: Volume 1: Current Technologies for Biomass Conversion, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 7, 11, and 12 by discussing the current situation on the energetic and transportation sectors and ways to convert them to a biomass-based economy.
Elsevier,

Scheduling and Operation of Virtual Power Plants: Technical Challenges and Electricity Markets, Volume , 28 January 2022

This chapter advances SDG goals 7 and 9 by demonstrating ways of predicting demand and supply when using unpredictable renewable energy sources.
Elsevier,

Food Systems Modelling: Tools for Assessing Sustainability in Food and Agriculture, Volume , 1 January 2022

This chapter aims to provide an introductory “how to” guide to using environmental input-output (EIO) models to measures of both direct and indirect environmental impacts of food systems across all economic sectors.
Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict (Third Edition)
Volume 2, 2022, Pages 304-312

Violence against sexual minorities is a significant social problem. On a global level, its primary manifestation is in state-sanctioned violence by law enforcement officials. In some countries, extralegal violence is also widespread. The landscape of victimization has changed dramatically as sexual minorities have gained greater visibility and acceptance. This chapter provides a historical and cultural overview of legal and extralegal violence against sexual minorities around the globe.

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Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict (Third Edition)
Volume 2, 2022, Pages 313-323

Violence against women (VAW) is a violation of human rights rooted in gendered social structures and a pervasive problem worldwide. It cuts across age, socioeconomic, educational, and geographic boundaries, affecting all societies. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by gender-based violence, which causes immense harm, suffering, loss of dignity, along with immediate and long-lasting medical and psychological damage. It also places a heavy burden on societies and economies.

Elsevier,

Translational Autoimmunity: Autoimmune Disease Associated with Different Clinical Features, Volume , 1 January 2022

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health as well as Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by reviewing the interplay between HIV infection and the immune system, the mechanisms it can generate autoimmunity, and an overview of the primary autoimmune diseases commonly diagnosed in patients with HIV infection.
Elsevier,

The Neuroscience of Autism, Volume , 1 January 2022

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing as well as Goal 10: Reducing Inequalities by examining the history and evolution of the definition and characterization of autism over the past several decades and the impact of it on how the disorder is perceived by autistic individuals, families, and professionals

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