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Future Smart Cities: Chapter 8 - Energy recovery from municipal solid waste incineration: Benghazi Libya—case study

Elsevier,

Future Smart Cities: A Blueprint for Inclusive and Sustainable Living, Volume , 1 January 2026

Waste-to-Energy (WTE) is a potential sustainable renewable energy source for Libya's Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management. The current waste management approach involves collecting and dumping waste in landfills. According to a research study, Libya is exploring the use of Waste Treatment Empowerment as a source of renewable energy to meet its electricity demand and offer an alternative to landfill-based waste management. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Benghazi City's WTE facility's ability to satisfy the city's power needs and offer an alternative to landfill-based waste management. Mass-burn incineration was used to create a situation for WTE use, revealing that Benghazi could produce about 20 MW of electricity through a WTE facility by 2030 using the incineration scenario.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Sustainable cities; Water and sanitation; Energy, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Global, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elsevier,

The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health, Available online 16 January 2026

Findings from this SRMA provide clinical evidence against a clinically significant increase in the risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability among children born to pregnant individuals who use paracetamol as directed, thereby supporting existing safety recommendations.

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SDG:

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

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Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

A review of determining reliability standards for electricity supply via value of lost load and cost of new entry in the EU

Elsevier, Energy Policy, Volume 208, January 2026
This study systematically reviews how EU countries determine electricity reliability standards using the Value of Lost Load and Cost of New Entry metrics. It highlights major inconsistencies in national approaches and calls for more harmonised, transparent frameworks to ensure secure, cost-efficient, and climate-aligned energy transitions across Europe.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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Energy, Europe

Climate change impacts on commodity price stability through changing ENSO patterns

Elsevier, World Development, Volume 197, January 2026
This paper uses a Global Factor Local Projections model to show that unanticipated ENSO events increase global commodity price volatility, with climate change potentially intensifying these effects and causing heterogeneous impacts across commodities, underscoring the key role of international markets in adaptation.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 13: Climate action

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Climate Change, Global

Probing the free rotary oscillations around a single ruthenium atom in an organometallic complex

Elsevier, Chem, Volume 12, 15 January 2026
A variety of rotary molecular machine prototypes powered by light, chemical energy, or electrons have been synthesized and their operation in solution, gels, or on surfaces has been demonstrated. However, little data regarding their performances have been disclosed. Here, we report on the synthesis of molecules incorporating a five-arm rotor and the direct measurement of the work required to block the rotation around the central atom.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Metabolic Health Differences Among Women of Age-Based Pre-, Peri-, and Post-Menopausal Stages

Elsevier, Endocrine Practice, Volume , 2026
Objectives: To examine metabolic differences in women with or at risk of metabolic syndrome across 3 age groups used as a proxy for menopausal stages: premenopausal (PreM, <45 years), menopausal transition (PeriM 45-55 years), and postmenopausal (PostM, >55 years). Methods: A total of 718 female subjects across 3 groups, PreM (n = 108, 15%), PeriM (n = 218, 30.4%), and PostM (n = 392, 54.6%), were included. Demographics, intakes of fruits, vegetables, and sugar-sweetened beverages, stress, and substance use were collected using self-reported surveys.
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Health and wellbeing, Global

Microbiology royalty: Elizabeth O. King and the legacy of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

Elsevier,

CMI Communications, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2026, 105158

King’s career illustrates how one woman in mid-twentieth-century America transformed the scope of microbiological work. Her career showed that precise observation and persistence could open paths for women in a field long dominated by men.

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SDG:

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

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Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Assessment of hepatic steatosis and liver stiffness using transient elastography in late pregnancy: a cross-sectional study

Elsevier,

The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2026, Pages e25-e32

Probably the first study to establish reference ranges for transient elastography in the third trimester of pregnancy, demonstrating that similar cutoffs can be used to define liver steatosis in this period. By analysing more than 5000 women, we identified maternal and gestational risk factors for steatosis and increased liver stiffness in pregnancy, which include obesity, pre-gestational diabetes, and pre-eclampsia

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SDG:

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

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Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

The experiences shaping culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy among pre-service special education teachers: Implications for teacher education

Elsevier,

Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 169, January 2026

This qualitative study investigates how pre-service special education teachers develop Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) self-efficacy, revealing generally low confidence levels influenced by direct and observed experiences with CRT and personal interactions with diversity.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Diversity and inclusion, Europe

Developing disability inclusive coaching principles within community recreational sport programming for children

Elsevier,

JSAMS Plus, Volume 6, December 2025

This study found that coaches need to demonstrate high-level skills to effectively support children with diverse abilities. These skills include: the ability to be creative and strategic with skill differentiation, adapting to the immediate needs of each child, supporting children’s autonomy, and providing progressive feedback that balances positive reinforcement with challenges. This is an important first step towards ensuring quality participation of children with disabilities in sport.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education

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Health and population, North America

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