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International Women's Day 2023

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Under the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality", the United Nations Observance of International Women's Day 2023 will highlight the need for inclusive and transformative technology and digital education. Photo: UN Trust Fund/Phil

Celebrated annually on 8 March, International Women's Day is a global day to recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The theme for this International Women’s

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Are disparities in emergency department imaging exacerbated during high-volume periods?

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Clinical Imaging, Volume 96, April 2023, Pages 9-14
This Study explores the racial disparities that exist in the emergency departments of 4 hospitals, when they are most prevalent, and how patients' sociodemographic characteristics impact image acquisition time, raising awareness for SDGs 3, 9 and 10.
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A blockchain-orchestrated deep learning approach for secure data transmission in IoT-enabled healthcare system

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Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume 172, February 2023
The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the traditional healthcare systems into intelligent system by allowing remote access and continuous monitoring of patient data. Specifically, first a novel scalable blockchain architecture is proposed to ensure data integrity and secure data transmission by leveraging Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) mechanism. Then, BDSDT integrates with the off-chain storage InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to address difficulties with data storage costs and with an Ethereum smart contract to address data security issues.
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How can Stakeholder Capitalism contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? A Cross-network Literature Analysis

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Ecological Economics, Volume 204, February 2023
Our research explores how Stakeholder Capitalism can contribute to global governance to achieve all the 17 SDGs. The main findings revealed that Stakeholder Capitalism and its principles are favorable to foster a friendly environment for achieving most of the SDGs and can contribute to global governance in achieving mainly the SDGs 8, 9, and 17. However, Stakeholder Capitalism literature is incipient for the SDGs 6, 14, and 15, needing further research development by considering non-human stakeholders and the environment.
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Antiabortion laws and reproductive health information in nuclear medicine

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Clinical Imaging, Volume 95, March 2023, Pages 62-64
This Article supports SDGs 3, 5 and 9 by outlining how, in the current legal landscape, to reduce the collection and documentation of reproductive health information in nuclear medicine in light of the SCOTUS decision on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization that overturned a 49-year-old federal recognition of abortion rights.
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Special issue on women in chemical engineering

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Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 187, November 2022
Fig. 1. Outstanding women scientists across the globe who are making an impact in chemical engineering research and education.
This Editorial highlights 17 contributions from outstanding women researchers in chemical engineering supporting SDG 5 (Gender equality) as well as SDG 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure).
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Advances in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems - Chapter 21 - Artificial intelligence for wastewater treatment

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uan Cuong Nguyen, Thi Thanh Huyen Nguyen, Quoc Ba Tran, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Huu Hao Ngo, Dinh Duc Nguyen,

Chapter 21 - Artificial intelligence for wastewater treatment,

Editors: Xuan-Thanh Bui, Dinh Duc Nguyen, Ashok Pandey,

Advances in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems,

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2022,

Pages 587-608,

ISBN 9780323998741
This chapter advances SDG 6 and 9 by outlining state-of-the-art development in the use of applied AI for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with a focus on output, algorithms, data, and performance.
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Nano-Enabled Technologies for Water Remediation - Chapter 10 - Recent advances of nanotechnology in water remediation

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Sai Karthik Cheemalamarry, Vinayak Sharma, Yaddanapudi Varun, I. Sreedhar, Satyapaul A. Singh,

10 - Recent advances of nanotechnology in water remediation,

Editor(s): Noel Jacob Kaleekkal, Prasanna Kumar S. Mural, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran,

In Micro and Nano Technologies,

Nano-Enabled Technologies for Water Remediation,

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2022,

Pages 311-333,

ISBN 9780323854450
This chapter contributes to SDG 6 by providing up-to-date information on nanomaterial potential application in water remediation.
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Earth Day 2022

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On April 22 every year, we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement with Earth Day.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Climate change; Desertification, land degradation and drought; Disaster risk reduction; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Green economy; Oceans & Seas; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable transport, Global

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development–Chapter 5: Social, economic, and health disparities of rural women

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Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development, 2022, Pages 159-201
This chapters advances goals 5, 8, and 9 by covering the largely unpaid workload of women, especially rural women, which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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