Articles

Decoloniality, identity and the third space: The case of students’ experiences of well-being from an indigenous knowledge system university programme in south africa

Elsevier,

International Journal of Educational Research, Volume 130, 2025, 102547

This paper explores the well-being of students in an Indigenous University program at a historically disadvantaged South African university, framing its analysis within decolonial debates in Higher Education.

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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education, Africa

Impacts of heatwaves on electricity reliability: Evidence from power outage data in China

Elsevier, iScience, Volume 28, 21 February 2025
Heatwaves driven by climate change significantly increase the frequency and duration of power outages in China, with projected future increases emphasizing the need for grid upgrades and adaptive strategies.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Climate Change; Energy, Asia

Rethinking climate conflicts: The role of climate action and inaction

Elsevier, World Development, Volume 186, February 2025
This study shows that climate change has significantly decreased crop yields and heightened food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, and although adaptation strategies provide some relief, major challenges persist, highlighting the need for targeted resilience policies.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Climate Change, Africa

Differential Privacy in Geotechnical Engineering

Elsevier,

Geodata and AI, Volume 1, September 2024, 100004

This article provides a comprehensive review of differential privacy (DP) and its applications in geotechnical engineering

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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Data & Analytics, Global

Developing non-invasive molecular markers for early risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease

Elsevier,

Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, Volume 12, June 2025, 100120

The article focuses on developing non-invasive blood-based biomarkers for early detection and risk assessment of Alzheimer's disease, highlighting the limitations of current diagnostic methods and the need for affordable, accessible, and robust alternatives. It also explores the connection between Alzheimer's and type 2 diabetes.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, North America

Stepping up: From lab scale to industrial processes

Elsevier,

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, Volume 208, February 2025

"Celebrating Women in Process Intensification. This special issue highlights and celebrates the diversity of career pathways of women in process intensification. This 1-page graphical abstract gives you an overview of key research highlights."
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality

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Diversity and inclusion, Global

Process intensification for circular economy

Elsevier,

Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, Volume 208, February 2025

The rise of complexity of secondary raw materials makes it essential to focus on the most targeted process driving forces in order to recover valuables from these resources. In this way the application of processing engineering technologies that follow the principles of process intensification are key in circular economy concepts.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality
Global

Female versus viral: Understanding the UK gender health inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic using e-archives

Elsevier,

Social Science and Medicine, Volume 366, February 2025

This transdisciplinary study, through health, feminist, and infrastructural geographical lens, examines how gender health inequalities may have emerged or worsened during Covid-19 in the UK. 
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality
Europe

Association between HPV vaccination and cervical screening policy changes and cervical cancer incidence and grade-3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia incidence in England, 2006–2020: a population-based trends analysis

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 49, February 2025

Women offered vaccination at age 12–13 years have around 80% lower rates of Cervical cancer than they would have had in the absence of a national vaccination programme.
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SDG:

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

Does women empowerment alone influence contraception utilization in Bangladesh perspective? Findings from the 2017–2018 Demographic Health Survey using a structural equation model analysis

Elsevier,

AJOG Global Reports, Volume 5, February 2025

This study implies that greater women empowerment may not always act as a stronger determinant of contraceptive use. Other contributing factors such as age, education and religion should be considered.
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SDG:

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

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