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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 2024

Advocating for a Safe and Free Press

The freedom of the press is a cornerstone of democratic societies, ensuring transparency and accountability. However, journalists around the world face threats and violence, often with little consequence for their perpetrators. The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists seeks to address this critical issue.

The Significance of the Day

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 2024: A World United for Peace and Disarmament

The pursuit of global peace and security is a fundamental goal shared across nations and cultures. Integral to this mission is the aim to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons. The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (IDTENW) stands as a vital reminder of our collective responsibility towards disarmament and the creation of a safer world.

The Essence of the Day

This article aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The research focuses on transitioning the construction industry towards sustainable practices by utilizing local biological materials and developing a construction method for tension-compression anticlastic shellular structures. The use of a fully biodegradable material system and an earthen construction workflow helps minimize the environmental footprint in the built environment. This article aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being. The use of polymer-functionalized plant leaf scaffolds as a novel human cell culture platform for tissue engineering applications, specifically for promoting the alignment and elongation of muscle cells, contributes to advancements in healthcare and the development of functional skeletal muscle tissue.
The paper addresses the urgent need to halt species extinction by proposing a global prioritization strategy for conservation, leveraging individual population data to identify priority areas that significantly enhance the long-term persistence of threatened terrestrial mammal species, thus providing a more effective and efficient approach for meeting the targets outlined in the Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Sixth Edition)
2023, Pages 700-707.e2

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by emphasizing the predominantly outpatient care-based approach to the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART).
This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by exploring the current tools that could eliminate HIV-AIDS as a public health threat through engagement in communities and expanding testing, implementing combined prevention for individuals at risk of HIV exposure, and providing optimal treatment to all positive cases.
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Viral Infections and Antiviral Therapies
2023, Pages 263-283

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by providing a comprehensive discussion on antiretroviral therapies.
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 13 and 15 by reviewing the biodiversity of soil fauna, they key roles these taxa play in ecosystem functioning, and their importance in the context of climate change.
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Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Second Edition, Volume 1, 2024, Pages 535-538

This chapter advances Goals 4 and 10 by discussing the relationship between human rights and archaeology. The relation between death, war and heritage is also discussed, as a fundamental concern of archaeology's theory and praxis that seldom turns out to be helpful to the public's concerns or needs.
This chapter aligns with Goals 6, 9 and 11 by detailing remote sensing for environmental considerations, water resource management, land use changes on urban heat islands, urban growth modeling and ecological monitoring

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