Book chapters

Translational Surgery Handbook for Designing and Conducting Clinical and Translational Research: Chapter 92 - Population- and setting-specific implementation

Elsevier,

Translational Surgery

Handbook for Designing and Conducting Clinical and Translational Research

2023, Pages 591-597

The extensive history of abuse and ongoing mistreatment of Black Americans continues to foster apprehension and distrust of healthcare providers. This has resulted in substantial barriers for modern healthcare to appropriately address the needs of Black patients. These concerns have been visibly manifested during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article supports WHO SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG10 Reduced Inequalities.
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SDG:

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

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healthcare; cultural influences; population\, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability - Chapter 13: Aspects of forest degradation and inventory approaches for forest management

Elsevier,

Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability, Volume 2, 2023, Pages 363-387

This chapter aligns with Goals 12, 13 and 15 by reviewing direct and indirect causes and drivers responsible for forest degradation and their consequences on health, environment, life, etc.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

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Forests; Climate Change, Global

Groundwater Ecology and Evolution (Second Edition) - Chapter 5 - Groundwater biodiversity and constraints to biological distribution

Elsevier,

Pierre Marmonier, Diana Maria Paola Galassi, Kathryn Korbel, Murray Close, Thibault Datry, Clemens Karwautz, Chapter 5 - Groundwater biodiversity and constraints to biological distribution, Editor(s): Florian Malard, Christian Griebler, Sylvie Rétaux, Groundwater Ecology and Evolution (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2023, Pages 113-140, ISBN 9780128191194

This content aligns with Goal 14: Life Under Water by covering groundwater biodiversity and constraints to biological distribution
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SDG:

Goal 14: Life below water

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Science, Global

The Thinking Healthcare System Artificial Intelligence and Human Equity: Chapter 4 - AI + public health: effective and fair collaboration

Elsevier,

The Thinking Healthcare System

Artificial Intelligence and Human Equity

2023, Pages 99-129

Highlights the 21st century's fundamental “global health” reformulation of PubHealth and anticolonial resistance (to a perceived cultural imperialism of the West including in PubHealth) supporting SDG 3.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Global Health; deglobalization; public health, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Complexity and Complex Ecological Systems - Chapter 6 - Biodiversity maintenance in food webs

Elsevier,

Stanislaw Sieniutycz, Chapter 6 - Biodiversity maintenance in food webs, Editor(s): Stanislaw Sieniutycz, Complexity and Complex Ecological Systems, Elsevier, 2023, Pages 75-97, ISBN 9780443192371

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Land by introducing the subject of trophic relationships in coastal and estuarine ecosystems.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building - Chapter 9: Integrating indigenous knowledge with science to suitably tackle disasters due to climate and environmental change: an overview of the progress and way forward

Elsevier,

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross Cutting Issues, 2023, Pages 127-143

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 10 by developing a practical philosophy that elaborates elements from the Indigenous knowledge system for hybrid epistemologies from which actions can be developed for disaster risk reduction.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Disaster risk reduction; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Plant RNA Viruses - Chapter 12 - Biodiversity and characterization of economically important viruses on potato cultivars

Elsevier,

Nikolay Manchev Petrov, Mariya Ivanova Stoyanova, Rajarshi Kumar Gaur, Chapter 12 - Biodiversity and characterization of economically important viruses on potato cultivars, Editor(s): Rajarshi Kumar Gaur, Basavaprabhu L. Patil, Ramasamy Selvarajan, Plant RNA Viruses, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 245-270, ISBN 9780323953399

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Earth as it discusses the different viruses that can infect potatoes which are a problem for the quality and the quantity of global potato production which can exacerbate any food security issues.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population, Global

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building - Chapter 21: Foundation of indigenous knowledge theory for disaster risk reduction

Elsevier,

Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross Cutting Issues, 2023, Pages 347-361

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 10 by contextualizing how the integration of indigenous practice and scientific knowledge of DRR can support development organizations and policymakers in planning effective and practical activities to mitigate and manage disaster risk in indigenous communities. This conceptual article argues that indigenous knowledge can assist in becoming more aware of disaster risks, implementing a successful local disaster management plan, and conducting scientific research and training.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Disaster risk reduction; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Indigenous Knowledge, Global

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition - Education International and its global contribution to educational debates

Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition, 2023, Pages 574-585

This chapter advances Goals 4 and 19 by describing some of the ways in which Education International approaches some of key issues of policy and practice, both long-standing, such as social equality and human rights, and those that are emerging, such as uses of new technologies, privatization, decolonization of education and climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Human rights; Education, Global

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition - Human rights education

Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Education, Fourth Edition, 2023, Pages 53-64

This chapter advances Goals 4, 10, and 3 by providing an overview of human rights education in formal and non-formal educational spaces and in professional settings. It includes current debates in the field around the pedagogy and practice of teaching human rights.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Human rights; Education, Global

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