Book chapters

Biodegradability of Conventional Plastics - Chapter 11: Biodegradability of automotive plastics and composites

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.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Health and wellbeing; Industry; Sustainable transport, Global

Sustainable Food Science: A Comprehensive Aproach – Orphan Crops: Their Role in Food and Nutrition Security

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.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Rural development, Global

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering - Chapter 16: Climate change interaction with microplastics and nanoplastics pollution

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.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 14: Life below water

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Water and sanitation, Global

International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition) - Community-centered Indigenous language recovery, restoration, revitalization, and renewal

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.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Education; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Oncogenic Viruses, Volume 2: Medical Applications of Viral Oncology Research: Chapter 8 - Strategies for the development of hepatitis B virus vaccines

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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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Global; Health and population; Health and wellbeing

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America - Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence

Elsevier,

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.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Human rights; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, North America

International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition) - “The mis-education” of Aotearoa: the struggle for Indigenous history in New Zealand

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.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Education, Oceania

Devlopments in Neuroethics and Bioethics - Chapter 3 Disability studies, neurodivergence and architecture

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
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SDG:

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

Tags:

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

Wind Turbine Icing Physics and Anti-/De-icing Technology - Chapter 6 - Hydro-/ice-phobic coatings and materials for wind turbine icing mitigation

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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SDG:

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

Tags:

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

Radar Remote Sensing - Chapter 7 - Terrestrial water budget through radar remote sensing

Elsevier,

J. Indu, Akhilesh S. Nair, Ankita Pradhan, Rohit Mangla, Sooraj Krishnan, Kaushlendra Verma, Vinayak Huggannavar; Radar Remote Sensing, 2022, Pages 123-148

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by using radar remote sensing to measure terrestrial water budget elements such as precipitation, soil moisture, and surface water levels.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
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