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Foundations of Sleep Health - Chapter 5: Psychosocial dimensions of sleep health

Elsevier,

Foundations of Sleep Health
2022, Pages 97-122
This chapter introduces a psychosocial approach to understand and address sleep health in the population and its behavioral underpinnings.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Foundations of Sleep Health - Chapter 6: Associations between sleep, diet, and exercise: implications for health and well-being

Elsevier,

Foundations of Sleep Health
2022, Pages 123-131
The chapter reviews how sleep, diet, and exercise have an affect on health and well-being.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Foundations of Sleep Health - Chapter 10: Determinants and health consequences of modifiable sleep health disparities

Elsevier,

Foundations of Sleep Health
2022, Pages 199-237
This chapter identifies and summarizes the thrust of the evidence regarding sleep health disparities among mainly racial/ethnic minorities as well as summarize both determinants that are largely modifiable and health consequences of sleep health disparities using selective studies as key examples.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Clean Energy and Resource Recovery. Wastewater Treatment Plants as Biorefineries, Volume 2 - Chapter 17: Wastewater to biogas recovery

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Clean Energy and Resource Recovery. Wastewater Treatment Plants as Biorefineries, Volume 2, 2022, Pages 301-314
This chapter advances SDGs 6 & 7 by examining the potential for wastewater to be converted into a renewable fossil-fuel alternative.
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Chemicals and waste; Energy; Wastewater, Global

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development, V1 – Chapter 3. Public health, food security, and hunger

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Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development, Volume 1: Health for All - Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Management, 2022, Pages 57-84
This chapter addresses world hunger, malnutrition, and extreme poverty.
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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population, Global

Mental health in Nigeria: A Neglected issue in Public Health

Elsevier,

Public Health in Practice, Volume 2, November 2021

In Nigeria, the disparity between available healthcare services and need for mental health services is palpable. Although, the country has made significant advances on challenging public health problems, health-related policy development and legislation in trying to achieve health for all policy, there have been challenges with regards to mental health services including that of policy development and legislation, financing, research, training and integration of mental health care into primary health care.

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Health and wellbeing; Education; Health and population, Global

MINCR: A long non-coding RNA shared between cancer and neurodegeneration

Elsevier,

Genomics, Volume 113, November 2021
Understanding the cause and functional consequences of MINCR deregulation gives important insights on potential pathogenetic mechanisms both in cancer and in neurodegeneration.
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Health and wellbeing, Global

By-products revaluation in the production of design micaceous materials

Elsevier,

Applied Clay Science, Volume 214, 15 November 2021
One of the main objectives of a sustainable development and circular economy is the recycling of by-products generated in industrial and agricultural production processes. One of the possible solution is the use of such by-product materials in the synthesis of environmental adsorbents.
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Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Neurological & psychological aspects of Barth syndrome: Clinical manifestations and potential pathogenic mechanisms

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Mitochondrion, Volume 61, November 2021
Central figure summarizing the neuropsychological phenotypes in Barth syndrome, along with an overarching research question; both direct and indirect impacts of mitochondrial dysfunction induced by cardiolipin deficiency are likely at play.
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a rare X-linked multisystem mitochondrial disease. It is caused by variants of the TAFAZZIN gene leading to abnormal cardiolipin. Normal cardiolipin is crucial for proper mitochondrial structure and function. This article reviews the little-discussed, but significant neuro/psychological aspects of BTHS and discusses potential pathogenic mechanisms and avenues for further research.
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Health and wellbeing, Global

Leadership: Insights from Helen McGeough, Senior Analyst at ICIS

RELX,

November 2021
In this episode of the “World We Want” podcast series, RELX’s Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Dr. Márcia Balisciano, talks to Helen McGeough about plastics and circular economy.
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Sustainable consumption and production; Industry; Chemicals and waste; Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation, Global

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