Articles

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

Elsevier,

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

Elsevier,

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

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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

Elsevier,

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

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Climate Change, Asia

Mobile health–delivered narrative intervention to increase cervical cancer screening among Malawian women living with HIV: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Elsevier,

Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, Volume 11, Issue 5, May 2024, 100448

This article describes the development and pilot testing of a mobile health-delivered storytelling intervention to increase cervical cancer screening among Malawian women living with HIV. The intervention was found to be feasible, acceptable, and more effective than printed materials alone in encouraging women to undergo screening.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Africa

Utilising the CREATE quality appraisal tool to analyse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ involvement and reporting of cancer research in Australia

Elsevier,

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Volume 48, April 2024

This review underscores the need for anti-racist research and publication practices that actively engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and researchers. This approach is vital to enhance cancer outcomes within these communities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 1: No poverty
Oceania

Analysis of children's questions on climate change reveals that they are most concerned about how to take action

Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 7, 19 April 2024

This heartbreaking/hopeful (it varies depending on perspective) One Earth Research Article shows that children view climate change as an existential threat, and want to know what they can do about it (SDG 13).
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Education, Global

A preoperative package of care for osteoarthritis, consisting of weight loss, orthotics, rehabilitation, and topical and oral analgesia (OPPORTUNITY): a two-centre, open-label, randomised controlled feasibility trial

Elsevier,

The Lancet Rheumatology, Volume 6, April 2024

This Article supports SDG 3 by demonstrating that delivery of a complex, non-operative package of care to individuals with severe osteoarthritis and multiple long-term conditions waiting for knee replacement surgery is possible.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Europe

Access to general health care among people with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review of quantitative research

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 32, April 2024

This Review supports SDG 3 by showing that people with disabilities in Latin America and the Carribean face inequities with regard to health-care access, including some evidence showing worse affordability and quality of care. Addressing data gaps will be important to more fully assess health equity among people with and without disabilities in this region.
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SDG:

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

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Health and wellbeing, South America

Intellectual and developmental disabilities—an under-recognised driver of cancer mortality

Elsevier,

The Lancet Oncology, Volume 25, April 2024

This Editorial highlights disparities and inequalities in access to cancer screening and treatment (and consequently worse survival outcomes) in people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Global

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