Book chapters

Elsevier,

Biodegradability of Conventional Plastics: Opportunities, Challenges, and Misconceptions, Volume 1, 1 January 2022

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure by discussing the applicability of biological processes for the remediation of plastics as sustainable practice and future implications of biodegradable polymers and composites in the automobile industry.
Elsevier,

Blockchain-Based Systems for the Modern Energy Grid, 2022, Pages 115-134

This chapter supports SDG goals 7 and 9 by proposing new ways of using blockchain to support renewable energy market.
Elsevier,

Reference Module in Food Science, 2023

Orphan crops are crops hold little significance at the global scale but play vital role in the food and nutrition security in the developing world.
Elsevier,

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Occurrence, Environmental Impacts and Treatment Processes, 2023, Pages 387-403

This chapter aligns with Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation, Goal 13: Climate action, and Goal 14: Life below water by providing an overview of the state of knowledge of interactions between climate change and MPs/NPs.
Elsevier,

Oncogenic Viruses, Volume 2: Medical Applications of Viral Oncology Research 2023, Pages 173-189

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a hepatotropic virus capable of evading immune defense, usually leading to chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The death rate in case of patients suffering from liver cancer associated with hepatitis B oncovirus is on the rise. Thus to effectively reduce the incidence of this disease, vaccination with preventive HBV vaccines is essential, and continuous development of therapeutic vaccines is needed to treat patients with preexisting infection.

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Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, Volume 49, Issue 3, 2022, Pages 581-590

This chapter advances Goals 3 and 5 by discussing how systematic forensic evaluation and treatment of sexual assault and IPV victims are important aspects of care for these patients.
Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition), 2023, Pages 1-6

This chapter aligns with UN SDG 4 and 10 and the Māori’s continuous struggle to teach and center their own history despite having their pasts displaced in the education system by British history which dismissed local Indigenous pasts as unreliable myths and “pre-history.” Māori have resisted this “mis-education” for more than a century, fighting to reclaim the past on their own terms. This essay reflects on the enduring struggle that eventually led to the reset, and ongoing skepticism, of the National History curriculum in Aotearoa for all schools from 2023.
Elsevier,

Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics
Volume 5, 2022, Pages 39-67

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing as well as Goal 10: Reducing Inequalities by outlining key aspects of disability studies and considers how this strongly emerging field is intersecting with scholarship and activism across many varieties of neurodivergence
Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition), 2023, Pages 786-796

This chapter advances UNSDG 4 and 10 addressing Indigenous communities' efforts for self-determination and the recovery, restoration, revitalization, and renewal of their languages. This chapter is authored by Indigenous scholar-practitioners from distinct Indigenous communities - Hawaiʻi, Kanien'keha:ka, Lytton First Nation, Isthmus Zapotec – who share their perspectives and lived-experiences of community-centered language work in the areas of intergenerational knowledge relations, curriculum, and media and technology.
Elsevier,

Wind Turbine Icing Physics and Anti-/De-icing Technology, Wind Energy Engineering, 2022, Pages 135-168

This chapter contributes to SDG goals 7, 11, and 13, by explaining advanced techniques for wind turbine icing mitigation, supporting improved performance and durability of wind turbines, a crucial renewable energy source for sustainable development and climate objectives.

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