Book chapters

Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products: Chapter 7 - Wastewater Treatment Based in Microalgae

Elsevier,

Alfredo de Jesús Martínez-Roldán, Rosa Olivia Cañizares-Villanueva, Chapter 7 - Wastewater treatment based in microalgae, Editor(s): Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Mariana Manzoni Maroneze, Maria Isabel Queiroz, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 165-184, ISBN 9780128185360, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818536-0.00007-5.

This book chapter advances SDGs 6 and 7 by explaining how to remove contaminants from wastewater using microalgae so that it is safe to release into the natural environment.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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Water and sanitation; Chemicals and waste; Energy, Global

Handbook of Chitin and Chitosan Volume 3: Chapter 5 - Chitin blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, gels, composites, and nanocomposites for adsorption systems: environmental remediation and protein purification

Elsevier,

Handbook of Chitin and Chitosan Vol 3, 2020, Pages 135-175

This book chapter advances SDGs 6, 14 and 15 by examining how sustainable materials for environmental remediation are useful tools for helping address goals relating to ecosystem health and pollution control.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 14: Life below water

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Chemicals and waste; Industry, Global

Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products: Chapter 8 - Carbon dioxide capture and utilization using microalgae

Elsevier,

Patricia Ruiz-Ruiz, Adrián Estrada, Marcia Morales, Chapter 8 - Carbon dioxide capture and utilization using microalgae, Editor(s): Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Mariana Manzoni Maroneze, Maria Isabel Queiroz, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 185-206, ISBN 9780128185360, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818536-0.00008-7.

This book chapter advances SDGs 7 and 13 by explaining how to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using microalgae.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action

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Energy; Atmosphere; Climate change, Global

Sex and Cardiac Electrophysiology: Differences in Cardiac Electrical Disorders Between Men and Women - Chapter 83 - Obstacles for enrollment of women in clinical trials

Elsevier,

Sex and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 903-914

This book chapter addresses SDG goals 3 and 5 by explaining how patients' and physicians' education and recruitment strategies can improve to bolster women's enrollment in clinical trials.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Sex and Cardiac Electrophysiology: Differences in Cardiac Electrical Disorders Between Men and Women - Chapter 17 - Electrophysiological cellular effects of sex hormones

Elsevier,

Sex and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 201-210

This book chapter addresses SDG 3 and 5 by explaining that there are substantial differences between female and male patients in physiology, pathology triggering factors, disease progression, clinical approaches and treatment outcome, providing a comprehensive examination and investigation into all aspects of sex differences in cardiac electrophysiology.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Chapter 2 - The rise of artificial intelligence in healthcare applications

Elsevier,

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, 2020, Pages 25-60

This chapter supports SDG 3 by looking at how artificial intelligence (AI) can provide substantial improvements in all areas of healthcare from diagnostics to treatment.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome

Elsevier,

Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease (Sixth Edition), Volume 1, 2020, Pages 283-297

This chapter addresses Goal 3 by discussing the genetic relationship between Alzheimer's disease and Down Syndrome.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Diabetes Digital Health: Chapter 11 - Socioeconomic factors: access to and use of diabetes technologies

Elsevier,

Diabetes Digital Health, 2020, Pages 145-157

This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 10 by explaining how individuals with diabetes who are of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have poorer diabetes-related outcomes. Digital health advancements provide unique opportunities to reduce health inequities for this high-risk group.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Systems - World Terrestrial Ecosystems

Elsevier,

Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Systems, Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, 2020

This book chapter addresses SDGs 15, 12, and 11 by discussing the conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal/marine ecosystems, and how to identify global percent protection goals.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes - Chapter: Island Biogeography Revisited

Elsevier,

Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, 2020. 

This book chapter advances SDGs 15 and 11 by looking at how island biogeography arose in the past and how it is now changing in the Anthropocene. Biogeography is determined by three processes: immigration, evolution, and extinction and in the Anthropocene, human impacts are increasingly more important to island biogeography.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Small Island Developing States; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

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