Air Pollution Calculations: Chapter 13 - Air pollution control technologies

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Daniel A. Vallero, Chapter 13 - Air pollution control technologies, Editor(s): Daniel A. Vallero, Air Pollution Calculations, Elsevier, 2019, Pages 377-428, 9780128149348
This book chapter advances SDGs 3, 13 and 15 by discussing various sources of air pollution and technologies to remove and treat pollutants.
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Inorganic Pollutants; Clean Air, Global

Molecular Mechanisms of Dementia - Chapter 3: Neurochemical Aspects of Alzheimer’s Type of Dementia

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Molecular Mechanisms of Dementia, April 2019, Pages 73-112
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by reviewing the neurochemical aspects of Alzheimer’s type of Dementia.
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Aging, Nutrition and Taste: Overview—The Aging and Taste Revolution

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Aging, Nutrition and Taste: Nutrition, Food Science and Culinary Perspectives for Aging Tastefully, 2019, Pages xi-xvi
The aging process changes the sensory sciences and can lead to malnutrition as eating becomes less pleasurable. This chapter explores how optimising food taste works toward ensuing ongoing good nutrition and health, contributing to SDGs 2 and 3.
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Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology - Chapter 12 - Sex Differences in Coronary Artery Disease

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Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 185-201
This book chapter addresses SDG 3 and 5 by reviewing the differences in awareness, risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and management between men and women with coronary artery disease (CAD).
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Science; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Disease (Ninth Edition): 18 - Disasters, Complex Emergencies, and Population Displacement

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Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Disease (Ninth Edition), 2013, Pages 148-156
This chapter supports SDGs 3 and 16 by exploring complex emergencies and how displaced populations are at increased risk of increased morbidity and mortality.Disasters, either natural or man-made, disrupt the baseline functioning of a community, including food, water, sanitation and health. The resiliency of a community to recover from a disaster depends on existing economic and social structures. Poverty and inadequate economic and social systems are prevalent in tropical regions, making them extremely vulnerable to disasters.
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Epidemiology of Diabetes - Chapter 4: The Epidemic and Prevalence of Diabetes in the United States

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Epidemiology of Diabetes, 2019, Pages 45-55
Although it may be an "invisible disability", people with all types of diabetes are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. This chapter contributes to SDG 3 by addressing the patterns, risk factors and prevention tactics for the epidemic of diabetes in the US population.
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Health and wellbeing; Science; Technology; Health and population; Diabetes Mellitus, North America; Global

Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

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Handbook of Sleep Disorders in Medical Conditions, 2019, Pages 253-276
This chapter addresses goal 3 by providing an overview of sleep disorders in dementia.
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Confronting Prejudice and Discrimination: 1 - Confronting intergroup bias: Predicted and actual responses to racism and sexism

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Confronting Prejudice and Discrimination, The Science of Changing Minds and Behaviors, 2019, Pages 3-28
This chapter advances SDGs 3 and 10 by examining predicted and actual personal responses to racism and sexism by targets of bias and by nontarget group witnesses.
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Confronting Prejudice and Discrimination: 13 - Addressing bias in healthcare: Confrontation as a tool for bias reduction and patient and provider self-advocacy

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Confronting Prejudice and Discrimination, The Science of Changing Minds and Behaviors, 2019, Pages 275-297
This chapter advances SDGs 3 and 10 by proposing that patient confrontation of physician bias may serve as a self-advocacy tool that reduces physician bias and improves quality of patient care.
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Chapter 5 - Cognitive-behavioural therapy around the globe

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Global Mental Health and Psychotherapy, Adapting Psychotherapy for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Global Mental Health in Practice, 2019, Pages 87-126
This chapter addresses Goal 3 by exploring the use of cognitive behavioral therapy to treat mental health needs in low and middle income countries.
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