Articles

Enhancing thermal resilience of US residential homes in hot humid climates during extreme temperature events

Elsevier,

Cell Reports Physical Science, Volume 5, Issue 6, 19 June 2024, 101986

Extreme weather events post health risks to inhabitants of residential buildings. This paper compares retrofittable approaches to improving thermal resilience of residential homes in humid areas.

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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Climate Change, Global

Association between television viewing frequency and anthropometric indices among Peruvian women: Evidence from the 2019 demographic health survey

Elsevier,

Obesity Medicine, Volume 47, May 2024

This study explored whether peruvian women watching a high level of TV had a higher prevalence of obesity and higher values in different obesity indices.
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SDG:

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

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Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Correlation Between Impaired Sensitivity to Thyroid Hormones and Serum Uric Acid in Female Patients With Obesity and After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Elsevier,

Endocrine Practice, Volume 30, May 2024

Female hyperuricemia is correlated with higher thyroid hormone resistance index scores. Learn about improvements to womens health after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, particularly in resistance to thyroid hormones.
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Characteristics associated with criminal responsibility assessment outcomes among women in Central Canada

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International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Volume 94, 1 May 2024

The number of women involved with forensic mental health systems internationally is rising. Limited research has explored the characteristics of those assessed for criminal responsibility. This article investigates the demographic, psychiatric, and criminological characteristics of women recommended as eligible or ineligible for the defence of Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) on account of mental disorder following a criminal responsibility assessment in Central Canada.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; gender medicine, Global

Teacher candidates’ dichotomous construction of educational and gender inequalities in Türkiye during a telecollaboration project

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Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 142, May 2024

Utilizing critical discourse analysis, this study explored how teacher candidates from Türkiye (TCTs) (re)produced the East/West binary extant in hegemonic socio-economic and sociopolitical discourses while discussing educational and gender inequalities during telecollaboration with their peers from the US.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality
Asia

Advances in Family Practice: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening in Primary Care

Elsevier,

Advances in Family Practice Nursing, Volume 6, May 2024

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health by sharing current breast cancer screening strategies for nurse practitioners.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Global

Unlocking the potential of soil microbes for sustainable desertification management

Elsevier,

Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 252, May 2024

This article supports SDGs 13, 15 and SDG 11 by exploring the utilization of soil microbe based desertification management practices and highlighting emerging technologies in the field. It discusses the policy implications and strategies that can support sustainable land use practices.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 15: Life on land

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Desertification and land degradation; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Beyond wages: The transformative role of strikes in accelerating transportation electrification

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Nexus, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2024

Transportation electrification is a critical step toward energy transition and a low-carbon society, with wide-ranging social and economic impacts. This study examines the significant role of the 2023 United Auto Workers strike in the context of transportation electrification, with a focus on its implications for the automotive industry and labor market dynamics.

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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Green economy, Global

Climate change projection using statistical downscaling model over southern coastal Iran

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Heliyon, Volume 10, 30 April 2024

This study aims to evaluate the alterations in mean daily temperature (Tmean) and total daily rainfall (rrr24) utilizing climate change scenarios from both phases 5 and 6 of the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP5 and CMIP6, respectively) in the southern coastal regions of Iran (Hormozgan province), specifically north of the Strait of Hormuz.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Climate Change, Asia

Timely accessibility to healthcare resources and heatwave-related mortality in 7 major cities of South Korea: a two-stage approach with principal component analysis

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The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 45, April 2024

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 13 by investigating health-care resource factors associated with heatwave-realted mortality in cities in South Korea.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Climate Change, Asia

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