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    Implementation and Scale Up of Point of Care (POC) Diagnostics in Resource-Limited Settings (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Scale up and implementation of new point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is a global health priority to enable the adoption of new evidence-based POC diagnostics and to replicate and extend the reach of POC diagnostics. Global private and public sector agencies have significantly increased their investment in the development of POC diagnostics to meet the unmet needs of patients in resource-limited settings, particularly disease burdened settings with limited access to laboratory infrastructure. However, previous research has demonstrated that the availability of health technologies in these settings does not always guarantee patient-centered outcomes. The applicability, effectiveness and sustainability of diagnostic technologies is affected by the involvement of all stakeholders during planning and implementation, which must be relevant to each specific context and sensitive to local culture. Factors such as infrastructure, resources, values and characteristics of participants can influence the implementation, scalability and sustainability of health interventions such as POC diagnostics. This book, “Implementation and Scale up of Point of Care (POC) Diagnostics in Resource-Limited Settings”, presents literature reviews and primary research studies focusing on the implementation and scale up of POC diagnostics in resource-limited settings.
    Keywords: point-of-care-ultrasound ; ultrasound ; implementation ; point of care ultrasound ; augmented reality ; telemedicine ; spatial accessibility ; blood group ; rhesus type ; point-of-care testing ; maternal healthcare ; Upper East Region ; Ghana ; point-of-care ultrasound ; medical education ; syphilis ; maternal mortality ; interrupted time series ; segmented regression analysis ; point-of-care CD4+ t testing ; qualitative survey ; acceptability ; patients ; healthcare providers ; primary healthcare clinics ; HIV self-testing ; scale-up ; key stakeholder ; quality HIV point-of-care-diagnostics ; nominal group technique ; stakeholder engagement ; self-testing ; novel coronavirus disease-19 ; blockchain ; artificial intelligence ; geographical access ; glucose-6-phosphate dioxygenase deficiency ; antenatal care ; upper east region ; schistosomiasis ; barriers to diagnostics ; access to healthcare ; end-user perspectives ; neglected tropical diseases ; Nigeria ; case management ; electronic health information system ; diagnosis ; treatment ; point-of-care ; low and middle income countries ; point-of-care diagnostics ; healthcare services ; COVID-19 era ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Acute and Chronic Changes in Neural Excitability During Physical Activity in Non-Pathological States (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Neural control of human motor output and how it is modified by alterations in physical activity levels is complex and multidimensional. The use of various experimental designs has vastly increased our knowledge of how the nervous system integrates descending, segmental, and ascending information to produce motor outputs, yet there is still much to learn. A more complete picture of the neurophysiology underlying the control of human motor outputs may prove useful in guiding rehabilitation programs aimed at reducing motor impairments following disease or injury. The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect original articles that explore neural excitability in various states. Studies examining neural excitability on a moment-to-moment basis (acute) or following prolonged periods of exercise or skill training and disuse (chronic) are encouraged. Original research studies using various experimental measures (e.g., transcranial magnetic stimulation, transmastoid electrical stimulation, single motor unit recordings, electroencephalography, and measures of spinal reflexes) in various states (e.g., fatigued, non-fatigued, and resting) during different types of motor outputs (tonic or dynamic) are encouraged. Experimental studies and literature reviews are welcome.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Outdoor Adventure Education (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The overall focus, scope, and purpose of this Special Issue on outdoor adventure is to provide the current and anticipated future trends, offer innovative ideas for new programs, support decision making for managers to move plans and intentions into action, inspire pioneering staff training and leadership development, incite policy reviews and revisions, promote resource (re)allocation where needed, and stimulate culture shifts among outdoor leaders and managers. Furthermore, this Special Issue is situated within the existing literature by depicting major trends in the field, exploring organizational issues and successes, identifying gaps between research and practice, and formulating solutions to some of the field’s most pressing challenges. Of particular interest were manuscripts reporting the following: • Adventure education across diverse cultures; • Innovative partnerships for experiential education outdoors; • Land management agencies working with adventure education programs; • Leadership and/or management issues and challenges; • Programming advances, participation trends; • Recruitment and retention of diverse staff, workforce enhancement; • Social groups/identity and outdoor spaces (e.g., people of color and outdoor adventure; women in the outdoors—where have we been, where are we going?; LGBTQ trends and future directions; youth and outdoor adventure); • Socioeconomic factors and solutions; • Technology influences and adventure education; • Working with schools/school districts and being in sync with curriculum needs, supporting transportation challenges, etc.
    Keywords: outdoor adventure education ; social justice ; inclusive praxis ; Outward Bound ; policy ; purposes ; practice ; barriers ; outdoor learning ; outdoor and adventure education ; international perspectives ; comparative ; experiential learning ; transformative learning ; equity ; pedagogy ; whiteness ; gender ; critical theory ; outdoor education ; outdoor skills ; partnership ; outdoor programs ; outdoor education in urban areas ; outdoor recreation ; female empowerment ; single-gender ; adolescent programming ; adolescent girls ; outdoor camp ; girls’ camp ; youth development ; treasure hunt ; mobile learning ; geocaching ; smartphone ; educational app ; Lesvos island ; secondary education students ; undergraduate students ; nature-based programs ; ecological framework ; COVID-19 impact ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Benefit Sharing in the Arctic (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This book provides a first-of-its-kind review and analysis of benefit sharing frameworks between extractive industries and Indigenous and local communities in different parts of the Arctic. The authors describe a wealth of case studies in order to examine predominant practices, policies, arrangements, mechanisms and impact assessment methodologies. They also discuss possible ways to improve and advance existing benefit sharing regimes, in order to attain fair and equitable benefit sharing and support sustainable development. Among the topics covered in the book are corporate social responsibility and social license to operate, principles and methodologies of determining compensation, legal and informal frameworks of benefit sharing, community response to extractive activities, and global-to-local linkages that shape benefit sharing processes. The book will be of interest to academics, industry experts, legal specialists, policymakers, community members concerned with industrial activities, and anyone interested in sustainable development in the Arctic.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Exploring the Role of Social Media in Health Promotion (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The use of social media in public health education/promotion has been increasing due, in part, to its ability to remove physical access and geographical barriers for users. Specifically, social media provides an outlet to increase and promote translational health communication strategies and the effective dissemination of health information and data in ways that allow users to not only utilize, but also to create and share pertinent health information. Although social media applications in public health and health promotion have yielded success in terms of generating support structures and networks for effective health behavior change, there are challenges and complications associated with use of social media that also need to be addressed (e.g., managing misinformation, ensuring compliance with privacy protection regulations). This Special Issue aims to explore social media as a translational health promotion tool by bridging principles of health education and health communication. Broadly, this Special Issue is seeking original submissions that examine: (1) the method with which social media users access, negotiate, and create health information that is both actionable and impactful for diverse audiences; (2) strategies for overcoming challenges to using social media in health promotion; and (3) best practices for designing, implementing, and/or evaluating social media campaigns and forums in public health. Special interest will be given to innovative submissions that expand and build upon traditional health education approaches with health communication theories and models. Other manuscript types of interest include relevant position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
    Keywords: social media-based health management systems ; theory of planned behavior ; openness to new experience ; sustained health engagement ; physical literacy ; activity ; social media ; online resource ; Internet ; HONcode ; YouTube ; COPD ; Facebook ; online community ; self-management ; social support ; healthy consumption ; purchase intention ; trust ; emotional support ; expectation confirmation ; privacy concern ; consumer health informatics ; natural language processing (NLP) ; online support groups ; autism ; micro-video ; Provincial Health Committee ; healthcare ; Tik Tok ; China ; online social support ; social identity ; communication theory of identity ; rural health ; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; excessive drinking ; Twitter ; natural language processing ; American Communities Project ; health education ; health promotion ; ethics ; wearable technology ; drive for thinness ; health-oriented websites ; neuroticism ; web content internalization ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Higher Education in Innovation Ecosystems (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Higher education has been considered both an ‘engine’ for innovation and a ‘catalyst’ for sustainability development; the integration of both the innovation engine and sustainability catalyst roles are discussed in a recently published Special Issue on the theme of Higher Education in Innovation Ecosystems in the journal Sustainability. Based on 16 articles contributing to the Special Issue from various perspectives, the Special Issue editors have developed an overarching framework about the relationships between higher education and innovation ecosystems. In the framework, we re-define the concept of innovation ecosystem and identify emerging roles of universities in developing sustainable innovation ecosystems. Re-conceptualization of innovation ecosystems In the editorial of the Special Issue, innovation ecosystem is defined as: co-innovation networks in which actors from organizations concerned with the functions of knowledge production, wealth creation, and norm control interact with each other in forming co-evolution and interdependent relations (both direct or indirect) in cross-geographical contexts and through which new ideas and approaches from various internal and external sources are integrated into a platform to generate shared values for the sustainable transformation of society. Compared with most commonly cited definitions of innovation ecosystem, our definition highlights three new aspects of interactions in co-innovation networks: cross-sectoral, transnational, and indirect, drawing insights from the literature including innovation, geography, and biology studies. The roles of universities in innovation ecosystems The emerging roles of universities in innovation ecosystems are as follows: (1) The role of universities is changing from being a central player in technology transfer to being an anchor in knowledge exchange; (2) universities are assuming a new role in trust-building between actors in innovation ecosystems; and (3) universities are not merely an entrepreneurial universities but are also institutional entrepreneur in the innovation ecosystem. The three emerging roles all indicate that universities are becoming the catalysts for sustainable development in innovation ecosystems. Knowledge exchange is crucial for sustainability; trust is the foundation of the sustainable networks; social entrepreneurship is indispensable for sustainable social change. Evidence in wider contexts A total of 44 authors from 10 countries contributed to the discussions on the changing roles of higher education in innovation ecosystems from varying perspectives. They also report transformations within higher education and universities’ responses to both external and internal transformations. When addressing these issues, the studies provide both theoretical and methodological contributions to the research on higher education in innovation ecosystems. The 16 articles can be generally placed into four categories: (1) new demands for universities arising from the transformation in society toward innovation ecosystems, (2) transformations within higher education responding to emerging societal demands, (3) dynamics of the interaction of university with other innovation actors in a transnational context, and (4) academic and student mobility for higher education innovation. Calling for a new research agenda While societal changes demand broader roles of universities, they also call for and leads to substantial changes within the internal fabric of the university. The innovations in both society and the universities necessitate a renewed understanding of higher education in society, which has become a new research agenda in studies on innovation in higher education. We hope our Special Issue will inspire and encourage more scholars to join the research field.
    Keywords: transnational industry cooperation ; transnational university cooperation ; transnational innovation ecosystem ; EU–China ; science, technology and innovation cooperation ; transdisciplinary approach ; artificial intelligence ; machine learning ; Higher Education ; University ; Entrepreneurial competences ; Employability ; Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) ; Open Innovation ; business creation ; technology transfer ; innovation ; innovation ecosystem ; entrepreneurship education ; science and technology ; sustainability ; higher education ; educational innovation ; Mexico ; academic mobility ; knowledge transfer ; higher education innovation ; institutional environment ; postgraduate education ; education level ; discipline background ; graduation institution ; R&amp ; D investment ; triple helix ; synergy mechanism ; national system of innovation ; China ; Belt and Road Initiative ; developmental model of intercultural sensitivity ; general model of instructional communication ; instructional beliefs model ; intercultural communication competence model ; green GDP ; environment ; sustainable development ; global innovation systems ; Chinese research university ; faculty income ; academic labor market ; ordinary labor market ; joint R&amp ; D institute ; institutional logics ; China’s innovation system ; China’s transnational Triple Helix linkages ; problem-solving ; critical reflection ; knowledge integration ; social learning ; systemic thinking ; entrepreneurial university ; entrepreneurship ; influencing factors ; sustainable universities ; corporate sustainability ; tensions ; integrative framework ; Finnish universities ; higher education system ; social entrepreneurship ; entrepreneurial universities ; business model innovation ; socialist economies ; Cuba ; knowledge brokers ; knowledge intensive policies ; smart specialisation ; innovation ecosystems ; global talent ; social integration ; economic integration ; Chinese student ; Finland ; university ; third mission ; knowledge-based society ; global innovation networks ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Higher Education Institutions and Sustainable Development (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes and conditions of transformation in order to contribute to sustainable development. How can complex organisations such as HEIs succeed in initiating and maintaining the process of sustainable development within their own institutions and make it a permanent responsibility? How can as many protagonists as possible be persuaded to get involved in sustainable development? This book deals with the promotion of sustainable university development and provides an overview of how universities can be organised sustainably and how sustainable development can be implemented in their various functional areas. In the sense of a “whole-institution approach”, which encompasses entire HEIs, the focus is not only on the core areas of teaching (higher education for sustainable development) and research (sustainability in research) but, also, on the operational management of HEIs. In addition, this book focuses on sustainability governance and transfer for sustainable development at HEIs as cross-disciplinary issues.
    Keywords: higher education institutions ; implementation ; organisational factors ; sustainable development ; interpretative structural modelling (ISM) ; higher education institutions (HEIs) ; cross-sector collaboration ; multi-professional collaboration ; transdisciplinary research ; narrative analysis ; sensemaking ; whole institution approach ; organizational networks ; constant comparative analysis ; athletic departments ; higher education ; sustainability ; loose coupling ; shared governance ; United States ; intellectual capital ; performance ; quality of life ; sustainability assessment ; environmental management performance ; German-speaking countries ; survey ; whole-institution approach ; competencies ; knowledge ; values ; case study ; discourse analysis ; environment ; Global South ; Sustainable Development Goals ; universities’ transformation ; sustainability assessment tool ; sustainability governance ; systems theory ; governance equalizer ; politics ; profession ; organization ; public ; organizational culture ; Germany ; sustainability in science ; transformative science ; grammar of responsibility ; ethics of knowledge ; universities as echo chambers of society ; catalytic science ; universities ; organizational change ; higher education for sustainable development (HESD) ; sustainability transitions ; SD ; alliances ; university ; transfer ; practitioner–university partnership ; societal impact ; education for sustainable development ; higher education development ; sustainable university development ; systemic development ; inter-organizational networks ; worldviews ; societal transformation ; systemic transformation ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Health-Related Emergency Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large scale pollution incidents take lives and cause exceptionally large health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which are often comprised of people of extreme ages, in remote living areas, with endemic poverty, and with low literacy. Health-related emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) [1] refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters; it plays an important role in reducing hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, response, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment, to decrease the impact of disaster on people before, during, and after disaster events. Disaster risk profiling and interventions can be at the personal/household, community, and system/political levels; they can be targeted at specific health risks including respiratory issues caused by indoor burning, re-emergence of infectious disease due to low vaccination coverage, and gastrointestinal problems resulting from unregulated waste management. Unfortunately, there has been a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM. The aim of this Special Issue of IJERPH was to present papers describing/reporting the latest disaster and health risk analyses, as well as interventions for health-related disaster risk management, in an effort to address this gap and facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    The Future of Catholic Theological Ethics (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: 'The Future of Catholic Theological Ethics' undertakes a search for new ways of making Catholic theological ethics relevant. It engages with a ground-breaking publication 'Reframing Catholic Theological Ethics' (Oxford University Press, 2016) by Joseph Selling, Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology, Catholic University Leuven. Selling opens the volume with a summary of the approach he developed in the above work. The papers presented here cover several major themes that, traditionally, Catholic theological ethics have considered but, according to the authors of the papers, need revisiting. Amongst these themes are: conscience, virtue, natural law, authority, ecumenism, the human person and the theology of theological ethics. The writers represent a variety of approaches, geographical locations and while most of them are Roman Catholic, there is an imbedded ecumenism and interreligious and inter-cultural slant in several discussions. The authors agree that Catholic theological ethics, in order to be relevant, it needs to become more context-sensitive, ecumenical, practice-based, experience-oriented, continuously discerning, pedagogically wide-ranging and theologically articulate. It must be unceasingly willing to review and renew its method as well as revisit its key concepts. It must neither dismiss its long tradition nor stick to its single interpretation.
    Keywords: H1-99 ; HIV/AIDS ; global South ; global North ; conscience ; love ethics ; social ethics ; method of moral theology ; virtues ; Catholic ethics ; virtue ethics ; Thomas Aquinas ; normativity ; Duns Scotus ; Karl Barth ; Pope Francis ; ecumenism ; teleology ; sexual ethics ; contextualisation ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Intergenerational Trauma and Healing (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This Special Issue of Genealogy explores the topic of “Intergenerational Trauma and Healing”. Authors examine the ways in which traumas (individual or group, and affecting humans and non-humans) that occurred in past generations reverberate into the present and how individuals, communities, and nations respond to and address those traumas. Authors also explore contemporary traumas, how they reflect ancestral traumas, and how they are being addressed through drawing on both contemporary and ancestral healing approaches. The articles define trauma broadly, including removal from homelands, ecocide, genocide, sexual or gendered violence, institutionalized and direct racism, incarceration, and exploitation, and across a wide range of spatial (home to nation) and temporal (intergenerational/ancestral and contemporary) scales. Articles also approach healing in an expansive mode, including specific individual healing practices, community-based initiatives, class-action lawsuits, group-wide reparations, health interventions, cultural approaches, and transformative legal or policy decisions. Contributing scholars for this issue are from across disciplines (including ethnic studies, genetics, political science, law, environmental policy, public health, humanities, etc.). They consider trauma and its ramifications alongside diverse mechanisms of healing and/or rearticulating self, community, and nation.
    Keywords: Holocaust ; survivors ; second generation ; transgenerational transmission ; trauma ; Grossman ; Armenian ; genocide ; 1915 ; human rights violation ; Christianity ; law enforcement violence ; living with trauma ; impunity ; collective trauma ; dreams ; psychoanalysis ; literature ; Zabuzhko ; transgenerationally transmitted trauma ; indigenous wisdom ; disrupted attachment ; cultural restoration ; well-being ; survivance ; sobrevivencia ; healing ; struggle ; mothers ; movements ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Sustainable Tourism in the Social Media and Big Data Era (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: • The aim of this Special Issue is to examine the current major topics concerning the use of social media and big data in sustainable tourism practices and to encourage interdisciplinary discussion among researchers regarding these issues. • This Special Issue covers all relevant areas of the debate, including 15 selected papers based on the following core ideas: smart tourism and big data, social media in the tourism industry, and online reviews and tourist behaviors. • This Special Issue discusses wide-ranging topics and research questions with regard to the smart tourism city, the impact of social media, online reviews, and tourist behaviors, and it represents a call to action for scholars to engage with broader social issues.
    Keywords: shared short-term rental ; sustainable tourism ; online reviews ; purchase decisions ; social networks ; social media ; Twitter ; tourism ; volunteered geographic information ; OpenStreetMap ; nighttime light remote sensing ; social media usage characteristics ; Big Five personality traits ; personality characteristics ; social characteristics ; information characteristics ; e-WOM ; trust ; brand equity ; brand awareness ; brand image ; topic modeling ; latent Dirichlet allocation ; tourism 4.0 ; online travel agency ; online review ; text analytics ; improve customer satisfaction ; inductive approach ; dimensions of interest ; era of big data ; cultural consensus ; cultural consonance ; online hotel reviews ; trustworthiness ; technology acceptance model ; Generation Y ; overtourism ; organization-public relationship ; place-visitor relationship ; crowdfunding ; consumption value ; inner innovativeness ; perceived risk ; the intention to visit festival ; oblique photography ; mobile applications ; musicals ; city branding ; SNSs ; orientation ; smart tourism city ; smart tourism ; smart city ; sustainable development ; COVID-19 ; tourist destinations ; destination image ; stakeholders ; rural tourism ; social networking service ; theory of planned behavior ; social media use ; graffiti ; text mining ; social network analysis ; travel reality variety program ; viewing motivation ; viewing satisfaction ; presence ; attitude toward tourism destination ; spatial variance ; multiscale GWR ; sharing economy ; Airbnb ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Pharmacy Workforce Support Personnel (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This book provides research and commentary on pharmacy technicians. It demonstrates how the re-design of pharmacy workflow to incorporate more responsibilities for technicians will free up pharmacist time to provide direct patient care. It also highlights that doing so can be accomplished without compromising—and often even improving upon—patient safety. The book also sheds light on employer needs and on new paradigms in pharmacy technician certification, education, and training. However, it also demonstrates the need for improvements in this area, as well as improvements in pharmacy technician quality of work life, advancement opportunities, and wages. Taken together, the papers in this book demonstrate how the results of recent studies help pave the road for the continued evolution of pharmacy care and the optimal deployment of pharmacy workforce personnel.
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    Using Total Worker Health (R) to Advance Worker Health and Safety (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn, ill health and chronic conditions can affect performance at work, increasing risk for injury, absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In the past few decades, programs that expand the traditional focus of occupational safety and health to consider nontraditional work-related sources of health and well-being have been shown to be more effective than programs that separately address these issues. This Total Worker Health approach has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a method for protecting the safety and health of workers, while also advancing the overall well-being of these workers by addressing work conditions. This compendium presents work from an international collection of scholars exploring the relationship between workplace factors and worker safety, health, and well-being. It provides guidance for improving the organization and design of work environments, innovative strategies for promoting worker well-being, and novel methods for exposing underlying occupational causes of chronic disease.
    Keywords: workplace bullying ; quality of life ; occupational health ; work-to-family conflict ; Korean workplaces ; organizational intervention ; health promotion ; injury prevention ; musculoskeletal ; ergonomics ; mixed-methods study ; construction industry ; safety management ; health risk behaviors ; workplace safety ; safety leadership ; health promoting leadership ; safety programs ; health protection ; leadership ; qualitative study ; Perceived Occupational Health (POH) ; Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model ; professional accountants ; work organization ; dirty work ; moral leadership ; taint normalization ; management consulting ; burnout ; psychometric properties ; nursing ; workforce demographics ; home care workers ; workplace ; occupational ; safety ; health ; well-being ; dissemination ; cognitive demands ; employee well-being ; working conditions ; job satisfaction ; wellbeing ; wellbeing misalignment ; Millennials ; work stress ; productivity ; impairment cost ; stress management ; employee characteristics ; workplace health promotion ; health and safety ; cardiovascular disease ; work environment ; social capital ; trust ; Total Worker Health® ; health behaviors ; job stress ; occupational safety and health ; worker well-being ; turnover ; employment duration ; occupational injury ; manufacturing ; newly-hired workers ; occupational wellbeing ; performance ; happy-productive worker ; total worker health ; breastfeeding ; industry ; workplace accommodations ; work culture ; work policy ; occupational health surveillance ; young workers ; training ; MTurk ; likeability ; behavior change ; Total Worker Health ; participatory methods ; program implementation ; organizational readiness ; process evaluation ; logic model ; workplace health management ; occupational health and safety ; company reintegration management ; return to work ; cross-sectional survey ; Germany ; adolescent ; hypertension ; blood pressure ; Hispanic ; work ; farmworker ; integration ; participatory workplace program ; process fidelity ; program impact ; sustainability ; workplace health ; wellness ; governance ; planning ; barriers ; survey ; ACA ; precarious work ; action learning ; technical assistance ; community-university partnership ; policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Symmetric and Asymmetric Distributions (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: In recent years, the advances and abilities of computer software have substantially increased the number of scientific publications that seek to introduce new probabilistic modelling frameworks, including continuous and discrete approaches, and univariate and multivariate models. Many of these theoretical and applied statistical works are related to distributions that try to break the symmetry of the normal distribution and other similar symmetric models, mainly using Azzalini's scheme. This strategy uses a symmetric distribution as a baseline case, then an extra parameter is added to the parent model to control the skewness of the new family of probability distributions. The most widespread and popular model is the one based on the normal distribution that produces the skewed normal distribution. In this Special Issue on symmetric and asymmetric distributions, works related to this topic are presented, as well as theoretical and applied proposals that have connections with and implications for this topic. Immediate applications of this line of work include different scenarios such as economics, environmental sciences, biometrics, engineering, health, etc. This Special Issue comprises nine works that follow this methodology derived using a simple process while retaining the rigor that the subject deserves. Readers of this Issue will surely find future lines of work that will enable them to achieve fruitful research results.
    Keywords: positive and negative skewness ; ordering ; fitting distributions ; Epsilon-skew-Normal ; Epsilon-skew-Cauchy ; bivariate densities ; generalized Cauchy distributions ; asymmetric bimodal distribution ; bimodal ; maximum likelihood ; slashed half-normal distribution ; kurtosis ; likelihood ; EM algorithm ; flexible skew-normal distribution ; skew Birnbaum–Saunders distribution ; bimodality ; maximum likelihood estimation ; Fisher information matrix ; maximum likelihood estimates ; type I and II censoring ; skewness coefficient ; Weibull censored data ; truncation ; half-normal distribution ; probabilistic distribution class ; normal distribution ; identifiability ; moments ; power-normal distribution ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Religion, Power, and Resistance (2021)
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    Description: This volume explores the intersections of religion, power, and resistance in a fast-changing world. The authors herein seek to disrupt the sociology of religion’s dominant paradigms, especially its overemphasis in Europe and the United States, as well as its preference for official religions as opposed to diverse worldviews in all of their manifestations from around the world: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. The papers in this volume explore ways of decentering the Global North and of decolonizing the sociology of religion’s core concepts. They explore strategies used by newer and popular forms of religion to challenge existing power structures. Moreover, they examine the intersectionalities that privilege some people’s religious lives and disprivilege others. They show how religion, spirituality, and non-religion are much more complex than the dominant paradigms have led us to believe. This volume seeks to generate robust discussion and critical reflection on new ideas for a divided world, thus contributing to the advancement of the discipline of religious sociology.
    Keywords: sociology of religion ; post-colonial ; reflexivity ; epistemology ; race ; religion ; violence ; South Africa ; decoloniality ; Chinese religion ; secularization ; Xunzi ; Durkheim ; identity ; African Pentecostalism ; integration ; transnationalism ; diaspora ; religious diversity ; religions ; law ; media ; education ; religious strength ; sex ; gender ; Canada ; religion and migration ; intersectionality ; popular religions ; multiple modernities ; lived religion ; power ; resistance ; social theory ; holistic spirituality ; Ghana’s New Churches ; ideology ; dominant ideology ; alternative ideology ; political power ; social constructionism ; Islamism ; Islam ; Shi’ism ; spiritualism ; rituals ; Iran ; non-religion ; atheism ; persecution ; policy ; diversity ; young people ; spirituality ; complexity ; hybridity ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Insomnia (2021)
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    Description: This Special Issue will deal with pathophysiological as well as the phenomenological signs of insomnia. For example, Is ‘hyperarousal’ outdated? What is the difference between acute and chronic insomnia? What sleep disorders are linked to traumatic brain injuries? How is social facial recognition impacted by insomnia? What factors are linked to socioeconomic factors and alcohol consumption in the face of insomnia? We aim to set forward new thinking about insomnia research, including unchartered territories needing to be explored. Reviews, meta-analyses, and new experimental research are welcome in this Issue.
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    Vitamin D in 2020 (2021)
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    Description: Many things have been said and written on the skeletal and non-skeletal effects of vitamin D, but the largest recent interventional studies are generally negative. How should we thus position ourselves in 2020? Should we say “stop” or “not yet”? Indeed, the aging of the population, as well as new challenges and discoveries, is still triggering interest in this old molecule. In this Special Edition of Nutrients, we invited top experts to give their opinion on this important debate. We also encouraged scientists to submit their latest research on nutritional requirements in the general population and in high-risk groups, as well as treatment strategies, epidemiology, analytical updates and new devices for vitamin D measurement and the effect of vitamin D on bone and extra-skeletal health. As readers will see, this Special Issue reinforces the high prevalence of vitamin deficiency and insufficiency in the general population and supports the safety of this low-cost molecule, revealing new perspectives regarding the extra-skeletal effects of vitamin D.
    Keywords: vitamin D ; obesity ; weight–loss ; body composition ; 25(OH)vitamin D ; biomarkers ; dietary survey ; public health ; EU Menu ; Slovenia ; Europe ; ageing ; older persons ; sensible sun exposure ; cutaneous synthesis ; vitamin D3 ; natural sunlight ; serum 25(OH)D ; autoimmune hepatitis ; primary biliary cholangitis ; health-related quality of life ; mental well-being ; breastmilk ; infant ; mother ; plasma ; vitamin D metabolites ; 3-Epi25(OH)D3 ; 25-hvdroxyvitamin ; vitamin D treatment ; idiopathic hypercalciuria ; urolithiasis ; children ; bone density ; head and neck cancer ; racial disparities ; chemoprevention ; UVB ; microRNA ; proteomic profiling ; vitamin D status ; disability ; very old adults ; vulvovaginal atrophy ; VVA ; vaginal maturation index ; VMI ; vaginal health ; ergocalciferol ; vitamin D supplement ; sunlight exposure ; barriers ; indoor workers ; female ; focus group discussion ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Fibrosis (2021)
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    Description: Worldwide, liver fibrosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with a high medical and economic burden. It is the common consequence of chronic liver injury due to various etiologies. During fibrogenesis, there is a progressive substitution of the liver parenchyma by scar tissue. Recent advances in the understanding of the history of liver fibrosis have shown that the pathogenesis is driven by different cell types and a large variety of soluble mediators. At present, scientists working in this field aim to increase basic knowledge, improve diagnostics, and try to translate experimental findings into new treatment modalities. This book includes 12 selected contributions from the Special Issue “Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Fibrosis” that was published in Cells. These articles summarize current perspectives and findings in hepatic fibrosis research showing how scientists try to use basic scientific research to create new therapies and diagnostics.
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    Virus-Like Particle Vaccines (2021)
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    Description: The structure, uniformity, stability, and functions of virus-like particles (VLPs) have encouraged scientists to utilize them as a unique tool in various applications in biomedical fields. Their interaction with the innate immune system is of major importance for the adaptive immune response they induce. The innate immune cells and molecules recognize and interact with VLPs on the basis of two major characteristics: size and surface geometry. VLP-based vaccines against hepatitis B, human papilloma, malaria, and hepatitis E have been developed and are available in many countries around the world. Given the inherent immunogenicity of VLPs, they render themselves ideal for the development of new vaccines against infectious diseases as well as noncommunicable diseases, such as chronic inflammation or cancer. This Special Issue is designed to provide an up-to-date view of the latest progress in the development of VLP-based prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines and technologies for their generation.
    Keywords: virus-like particle ; influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 ; vaccination ; pregnant women ; antibody titers ; norovirus ; VLP ; vaccine ; genotype ; pre-existing immunity ; cross-reactivity ; blocking antibodies ; original antigenic sin (OAS) ; HPVs ; vaccines ; virus-like particles (VLPs) ; minor capsid protein (L2) ; HCMV ; cytomegalovirus ; nanoparticle ; immune response ; Sudan virus ; mice ; horse ; purified IgG ; long-lived plasma cells ; antibodies ; multivalency ; virus-like particles ; antigenic analysis ; epitope characterization ; hepatitis E vaccine ; serological evaluation ; virion-like epitopes ; well-characterized vaccines ; hepatitis B virus ; surface (envelope) antigen ; sub-viral particle ; capsid ; antigen display ; platform ; viral quantification ; NTA ; flow virometry ; SRFM ; cryo-TEM ; SEM ; plant virus ; virus-like ; vaccine platform ; epitope ; antigen ; cat allergy ; Fel d 1 ; HypoCat™ ; IL-13 ; interleukin-13 ; Tfh cells ; cancer ; immunotherapy ; H7N9 ; pandemic influenza A ; avian flu ; IAV ; VLP vaccine ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Education for the Professions in Times of Change (2021)
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    Description: The eminent Harvard educationalist Howard Garner writes a preface to the Place Model within his Good Project Blog which provides a preface to this timely book. Professional is a slippery term, open to willful abuse, misuse and misunderstanding – as evidenced by the ways in which this chameleon term can be used as both a compliment and an insult. In this book academics from a range of professional fields deconstruct ‘professional’ and reimagine professionals in an age of rapid change where professionals are both increasingly in demand and frequently under threat. Several deploy the lens of Clarke’s Place Model to examine professions including teaching, midwifery, social work, journalism, and optometry. Some papers are empirical and some are based around using the Place Model as a thought experiment. All turn a critical eye on professionals and all find them to be, like all humans, neither devils nor divines (Maya Angelou), but at their best a combination of two indispensable characteristics, trustworthiness and expertise.
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    Data Analytics and Applications of the Wearable Sensors in Healthcare (2021)
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    Description: This book provides a collection of comprehensive research articles on data analytics and applications of wearable devices in healthcare. This Special Issue presents 28 research studies from 137 authors representing 37 institutions from 19 countries. To facilitate the understanding of the research articles, we have organized the book to show various aspects covered in this field, such as eHealth, technology-integrated research, prediction models, rehabilitation studies, prototype systems, community health studies, ergonomics design systems, technology acceptance model evaluation studies, telemonitoring systems, warning systems, application of sensors in sports studies, clinical systems, feasibility studies, geographical location based systems, tracking systems, observational studies, risk assessment studies, human activity recognition systems, impact measurement systems, and a systematic review. We would like to take this opportunity to invite high quality research articles for our next Special Issue entitled “Digital Health and Smart Sensors for Better Management of Cancer and Chronic Diseases” as a part of Sensors journal.
    Keywords: eHealth ; wearable ; monitoring ; services ; integration ; IoT ; Telemedicine ; wearable sensors ; multivariate analysis ; longitudinal study ; functional decline ; exercise intervention ; accidental falls ; fall detection ; real-world ; signal analysis ; performance measures ; non-wearable sensors ; accelerometers ; cameras ; machine learning ; smart textiles ; healthcare ; talking detection ; activity recognition and monitoring ; patient health and state monitoring ; wearable sensing ; orientation-invariant sensing ; motion sensors ; accelerometer ; gyroscope ; magnetometer ; pattern classification ; artificial intelligence ; supervised machine learning ; predictive analytics ; hemodialysis ; non-contact sensor ; heart rate ; respiration rate ; heart rate variability ; time-domain features ; frequency-domain features ; principal component analysis ; behaviour analysis ; classifier efficiency ; personal risk detection ; one-class classification ; actigraphy ; encoding ; data compression ; denoising ; edge computing ; signal processing ; wearables ; activity monitoring ; citizen science ; cluster analysis ; physical activity ; sedentary behavior ; walking ; energy expenditure ; wearable device ; impedance pneumography ; neural network ; mechanocardiogram (MCG) ; smart clothes ; heart failure (HF) ; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ; technology acceptance model (TAM) ; physical activity classification ; free-living ; GENEactiv accelerometer ; Gaussian mixture model ; hidden Markov model ; wavelets ; skill assessment ; deep learning ; LSTM ; state space model ; probabilistic inference ; latent features ; human activity recognition ; MIMU ; genetic algorithm ; feature selection ; classifier optimization ; bispectrum ; entropy ; feature extraction ; heat stroke ; filtering algorithm ; physiological parameters ; exercise experiment ; biomedical signal processing ; wearable biomedical sensors ; wireless sensor network ; respiratory monitoring ; optoelectronic plethysmography ; biofeedback ; biomedical technology ; exercise therapy ; orthopedics ; mobile health ; qualitative ; human factors ; inertial measurement unit ; disease prevention ; occupational healthcare ; P-Ergonomics ; precision ergonomics ; musculoskeletal disorders ; wellbeing at work ; electrocardiogram ; conductive gels ; noncontact electrode ; myocardial ischemia ; pacemaker ; ventricular premature contraction ; upper extremity ; motion ; action research arm test ; activities of daily living ; IoT wearable monitor ; health ; posture analysis ; spinal posture ; wearable sensor ; embedded system ; recurrent neural networks ; physical workload ; wearable systems for healthcare ; machine learning for real-time applications ; actigraph ; body worn sensors ; clothing sensors ; cross correlation analysis ; healthcare movement sensing ; wearable devices ; calibration ; inertial measurement units ; human movement ; physical activity type ; real-life ; GPS ; GIS ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Environmental Influences on Dietary Intake of Children and Adolescents (2021)
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    Description: Childhood is a crucial period for establishing lifelong healthy nutritional habits. The environment has an important influence on children’s dietary intake. This book focuses on the influence of environmental factors on the dietary intake of children and adolescents (0–18 years of age) within various settings including home, early care and education, school, college, holiday clubs, neighborhoods, and supermarkets. The reported studies examine a variety of factors within these settings, including the influence of cooking and parenting, teacher style, resources and barriers within various settings, marketing, and many other factors. The dietary intake behaviors examined include snacking, fruit and vegetable intake, beverage intake, and also nutrition in general. In addition, several papers focus on problems caused by inadequate nutrition, such as hunger and obesity. This work underlines the importance of the environment in influencing children’s and adolescents’ dietary intake. In addition, the papers identified some crucial barriers and facilitators for the implementation of environmental changes to enable a healthy diet for young children. Therefore, it provides some important directions for both future research and practice.
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    Antimicrobial Resistance in Horses (2021)
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    Description: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem with extremely complex epidemiology involving the direct and indirect transmission of antibiotic resistant pathogens and mobile genetic elements between humans, animals, and the environment. AMR is, therefore, recognized as a ‘One Health’ issue. Data that describe AMR prevalence and trends are required to enable the judicious and prudent use of antimicrobials in animals, which has implications both from veterinary and animal welfare aspects as well as from a zoonotic and public health perspective. Horses are a potential reservoir of AMR for humans due to close human–animal contact, as was demonstrated with shared human and horse methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains causing outbreaks in equine hospitals. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, considered as clinically and economically important to the AMR burden in human and veterinary medicine, has been reported in both community and clinic equine populations. Strains of Enterobacteriaceae pose a major worldwide threat due to the geographical expansion of ESBL-producing clones as well as the horizontal interspecies dissemination of ESBL-encoding plasmids and genes. In human medicine, ESBL-E infection is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay, delay of targeted appropriate treatment, and higher costs. These issues also need to be addressed in horses. This Special Issue on AMR in horses encompasses several papers that describe the prevalence, risk factors, and molecular data on MDR bacteria in healthy horses in Canada, Japan, Spain, and Israel, in addition to papers that describe the clinical impact of MDR bacteria in diseased horses in Austria, USA, France and Israel.
    Keywords: equine ; foal ; ESBL-E ; antibiotic resistance ; shedding ; umbilical infection ; risk factors ; healthy horses ; staphylococci ; MSSA ; ST1640 ; lukPQ ; ESBL ; Escherichia coli ; Enterobacteriaceae ; antimicrobial resistance ; CTX-M-1 ; SHV ; farm ; ESBL-E acquisition ; AmpC ; Klebsiella pneumoniae ; antibiotic-resistance ; β-lactamases ; horses ; extended-spectrum β-lactamase ; AmpC β-lactamase ; horse ; multidrug resistance ; beta-lactamase ; cephalosporinase ; microbiota ; North America ; horse pathogens ; epidemiology ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    From Basic Research to New Tools and Challenges for the Genotoxicity Testing of Nanomaterials (2021)
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    Description: This Special Issue presents studies on the genotoxicity of nanomaterials. Although nanomaterials provide multiple benefits in a wide range of applications, challenges remain in addressing strong concerns about their risks to the environment and human health. As a result of inconsistencies among published results and diverging conclusions, the understanding of nanomaterial exposure and toxicity remains unclear. Determining whether these materials cause DNA damage—the first step in carcinogenesis—must be a priority in testing. In this book, readers will find recent publications on the genotoxic response to a broad range of nanomaterials, the impact of physico-chemical characteristics, safe-by-design and new developed tools.
    Keywords: graphene oxide ; reduced graphene oxide ; micronucleus ; oxidative stress ; safer-by-design ; tungsten ; nanoparticles ; tritiated particles ; in vitro testing ; cytotoxicity ; micronuclei formation ; DNA damage ; epigenetics ; DNA methylation ; BEAS-2B cells. ; polystyrene nanoparticles ; nanoplastics ; genotoxicity ; Hs27 human fibroblasts ; comet assay ; FPG enzyme ; TiO2NP ; SiO2NP ; ZnONP ; CeO2NP ; AgNP ; multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) ; titanium dioxide nanoparticles ; lincomycin ; human amniotic cells ; in vitro genotoxicity ; apoptosis ; nanotoxicology ; metal oxides ; high throughput screening ; micronucleus assay ; nanomaterial ; aluminum ; oral route ; gut ; liver ; V79 cells ; Hprt ; advanced in vitro model ; hepatotoxicity ; liver spheroids ; 3D culture ; HepG2 ; nongenotoxic silver nanoparticles ; genotoxic ; cytotoxic ; antioxidant activity ; silver ions ; Allium cepa ; metal/coating agent ratio ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Critical Debates and Developments in Child Protection (2021)
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    Description: This book includes chapters from a range of countries which critically reflect on recent developments in child protection policy and practice. It is a follow-up to ‘Contemporary Developments in Child Protection’ Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which were published by MDPI in 2015. It begins from the premise that the concerns of child protection have broadened considerably in recent years, and that the policies and practices are complex. It also begins from the recognition that child protection policies and practices are themselves shaped by a wide range of social, cultural and political factors, which vary both over time and in different contexts and jurisdictions.
    Keywords: child protection ; predictive analytics ; rights ; social justice ; algorithms ; decision making ; social support ; foster care ; child welfare ; family needs ; content analysis ; care ; contextual safeguarding ; control ; extra-familial harm ; surveillance ; child abuse ; child protection and welfare ; public protection ; family support ; bio-ecological ; networks and networking ; social work ; complexity theory ; disability ; vulnerability ; safeguarding ; child rights ; family inclusion ; co-constructing social work ; practice frameworks ; young people and children ; institutionalization of children deprived of parental care ; de-institutionalization of child care and child protection ; root cause approach ; Kenya ; sport ; child ; athlete ; protection ; Canadian ; safe sport ; group intervention ; child sexual abuse ; child physical abuse ; reports ; child welfare systems ; mandatory reporting laws ; comparative analysis ; cross-jurisdictional analysis ; analysis over time ; agency data ; systems burden ; risk to children ; sustainable development goals ; convention on the rights of the child ; African charter on the rights and welfare of the child ; non-government organisations ; n/a ; child protection system ; participation ; integrity ; autonomy ; historical analysis ; legal analysis ; participant observation ; human rights ; children’s rights ; Switzerland ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Physical Activity in the Elderly and Orthopaedic Surgery (2021)
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    Description: Old age is increasingly becoming the focus of research and development in Europe. Concerning orthopaedics and sports medicine, the elderly especially are considered as frail patients who need support to maintain the health of their musculoskeletal systems. For this reason, several interventions regarding physical activity have been investigated in recent years in order to understand whether some programs of physical activity are better than others as conservative treatments for degenerative musculoskeletal pathologies (i.e., osteoarthritis, rotator cuff arthropathy, and lower back pain). Furthermore, several investigations have been carried out to understand the best preoperative and postoperative protocols of physical activity to improve the results of orthopaedic surgery. The aim of this Special Issue was to collect the updated evidence concerning these topics in the form of a collection of systematic reviews of the literature.
    Keywords: aging ; cerebral cortex ; dynapenia ; elderly ; motor unit ; muscle strength ; neural ; neuroplasticity ; sarcopenia ; knee ; hip ; arthroplasty ; physical activity ; prehabilitation ; chronic low back pain ; old aged patients ; physical therapy ; walking ; global postural rehabilitation ; cycling ; hydrotherapy ; yoga ; biomarkers ; noncommunicable diseases ; hypertension ; diabetes ; active exercise ; sport ; land-based ; aquatic ; knee or hip osteoarthritis ; older people ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; osteoarthritis ; tendinopathies ; hip arthroplasty ; knee arthroplasty ; rehabilitation ; physiotherapy ; caregiver ; orthopedic disease ; caregiver strain ; shoulder ; caregiver stress ; dyads ; replacement ; return to sport ; knee osteoarthritis ; unicompartimental knee arthroplasty ; activity ; physical exercise ; balance ; falls ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Mycotoxins in Feed and Food Chain (2021)
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    Description: The book deals with mycotoxins, their presence in various types of food, and how to prevent their presence in food . In addition to well-known molecules, such as aflatoxins or fumonisins, some contributors have dealt with emerging mycotoxins (e.g., alternaria toxins, botryodiplodin). Readers of the book can also find a new approach to reducing aflatoxins and fumonisins in food. In conclusion, the book presents both new mycotoxins and new information on old mycotoxins.
    Keywords: Atlantic salmon ; zebrafish ; liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry ; mycotoxins ; phytoestrogens ; plant-based feed ; rice ; sterigmatocystin ; STC ; deoxynivalenol ; DON ; growing season ; azoxystrobin ; fungicide ; Fumonisins ; Fusarium spp. ; food contamination ; health issues ; secondary metabolites ; Aflatoxins ; binding ; food safety ; biocontrol ; food discipline ; ergot alkaloids ; ergochromes ; secalonic acid ; cereals ; tetrahydroxanthones ; Claviceps ; aflatoxin ; mycotoxin ; black soldier fly ; BSFL ; Hermetia illucens ; S9 fraction ; cytochrome P450 ; metabolic conversion ; enzyme induction ; Alternaria mycotoxins ; combinatory effects ; combined toxicity ; co-occurrence ; bioactive compounds ; fungi ; phaseolinone ; LC/MS ; soybean ; charcoal rot disease ; root infection mechanism ; Fusarium species ; toxigenic profile ; mycotoxin migration ; sweet pepper ; fungal disease ; fumonisin ; human exposure ; maize products ; botryodiplodin ; root toxicity ; Macrophomina phaseolina ; hydroponic culture ; AMF1 ; infant formulae ; estimated daily intake ; carcinogenic risk index ; Monterrey (Mexico) ; T-2 toxin ; HT-2 toxin ; deoxynivalenol (DON) ; enniatin B (EnnB) ; size sorting ; unprocessed cereals ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness (2021)
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    Description: This book gathers 14 original contributions published in an IJERPH Special Issue that deal with the perception of environmental sounds and how such sounds are likely to affect human quality of life and well-being and the experience of a place. The research focus over the years has been gradually shifting from treating sound simply as “noise” and something that cities should get rid of to a potential “resource” to promote and support community life in public spaces. Three main topics or “needs” to be addressed by researchers and practitioners emerged from this Special Issue: (1) the need to re-think “quietness” in cities as something that goes beyond the mere “pursuit of silence”, (2) the need to integrate additional contextual factors in the characterization and management of urban acoustic environments for public health, and (3) the need to consider the acoustic quality of indoor spaces as opposed to an outdoor-only perspective. The contributions collected in this book will hopefully trigger new questions and inform the agenda of future researchers and practitioners in the environmental acoustics domain.
    Keywords: green space ; greenness ; noise exposure ; noise perception ; soundscape ; environmental sounds ; quietness ; vibrancy ; acoustic environments ; urban sound planning ; environmental noise ; public health ; well-being ; quality of life ; restoration ; quiet areas ; noise abatement ; soundscape design ; landscape planning ; urban planning ; general plan ; sustainability ; acoustic comfort ; inner yard acoustics ; soundscape pleasantness ; sound perception ; virtual room acoustics ; virtual audio ; quality of experience ; irrelevant speech noise ; noise annoyance ; productivity ; mental health ; cross-sectional survey ; open-plan offices ; shared offices ; occupants’ behavior ; restorative effect ; children’s cognitive performance ; classroom soundscape ; sustained attention ; short-term memory ; urban environments ; semiosis model ; square dancing ; public spaces ; acoustic territory ; enjoyment ; appropriateness ; psychological restoration ; emotions ; acoustic environment ; urban open public spaces ; urban design ; stress ; experiment ; virtual reality ; bird song ; noise ; perceived restoration ; quiet area ; urban park ; urban square ; audio-visual interaction ; audio-visual walk ; young people’s psychological response ; orthogonal analysis ; urban parks ; Musikiosk ; soundscape intervention ; democratic soundscape installation ; quality of the urban public experience ; mixed methods study ; pocket park ; physiology ; perceptual attributes ; auditory ; sonic experience ; tranquillity ; garden therapy ; landscape architecture ; Japanese gardens ; autoethnography ; soundscape actions ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Practical and Ethical Dilemmas in Researching Sensitive Topics with Populations Considered Vulnerable (2021)
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    Description: This book seeks to support social science researchers who interact with vulnerability and/or sensitivity in the context of their research. Whilst there has been some important debate about the theoretical, methodological and ethical issues of conducting research on sensitive topics, and/or with vulnerable populations, the number of scholarly publications focused solely on these topics is limited and not up to date. The book intends to fill this gap by providing various research experiences, as well as the elements that characterize them. The articles selected for this book intend, first and foremost, to stimulate reflexivity amongst the use of the concepts of sensitive topics and vulnerable groups, and to provide tools that will allow researchers to improve their research practices The book integrates several articles that explore a wide range of dilemmas that, to a certain extent, might allow the reader to access the backstage of this type of research. The reader will find here a rich and fruitful space for theoretical and empirical reflection, where several social science researchers with different backgrounds share their experiences and research paths in a rigorous and creative way.
    Keywords: ethics ; sensitive research ; reflexivity ; qualitative methods ; emotional risk ; qualitative method ; children ; autism spectrum disorders ; methodological challenges ; research ethics ; ethical sensibility ; stereotypes ; stereotyped reasoning ; research with children ; qualitative research ; focus groups ; social research ; visual methods ; sensitive topics ; vulnerable populations ; chronic pain ; medical anthropology ; social housing ; vulnerability ; social suffering ; good intentions ; austerity ; cognitive interviewing ; transgender identity ; survey methods ; gender identity ; sexual identity ; categorization ; disability ; ethnicity ; intersectionality ; relational ethics ; researcher vulnerability ; emotional labor ; homeless people ; maternity care ; healthcare ; doctors ; perinatal center ; suffering ; human embryo in vitro ; infertility ; shadowing ; research methodology ; CYP ; paediatric patients ; interviews ; chronic illness ; brain tumours ; child protection ; child participation ; children’s competence to consent ; parental consent ; research on violence against children ; victimisation studies ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Child Injury and the Determinants of Health (2021)
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    Description: The World Health Organization recognizes that injuries are the leading cause of death and disability to children after their first birthday. There is also high morbidity associated with injuries sustained in childhood, often affecting people for the rest of their lives. For every child who dies from injury, there are several thousand who require medical care, many who live with varying degrees of disability. Children and adolescents (0–19 years of age) are at increased risk of mortality and morbidity due to injuries such as road traffic, burns, falls, poisoning, drowning, self-harm and interpersonal violence. There are proven ways to prevent many child injuries, yet there are still gaps in our knowledge. By understanding the impact of determinants of health (i.e., the social and economic environment, the physical environment and a person’s individual characteristics and behaviors), effective prevention interventions can be designed and implemented, with a high return on investment. This Special Issue covers an eclectic range of studies, the common goal of which is to reduce the global burden of child injury-related mortality and morbidity.
    Keywords: social determinants ; children ; child-play ; mobile phone ; injury ; supervision ; drowning ; child health ; low-and middle-income country ; India ; preventative medicine ; implementation science ; qualitative research ; musculoskeletal injury ; sports ; exercise ; risk factors ; protective factors ; injury prevention ; water safety ; adolescent ; life jacket ; swimming lessons ; swimming ability ; risk behaviors ; FMSTM ; pubescence ; maturation ; fundamental movement patterns ; functional movement ; gender difference ; self-injurious behavior ; institutionalized child ; oral manifestations ; work ; agriculture ; farm ; transport ; occupational injury ; child ; risk factor ; rurality ; socio-economic ; determinants of health ; road traffic injury ; falls ; poisoning ; violence ; self-harm ; prevention ; intervention ; epidemiology ; force–angle relationship ; isokinetic muscle strength ; muscle–tendon unit ; maximal voluntary contraction ; growth spurt ; water ; safety ; mortality ; policy ; stakeholder ; Global Burden of Disease ; multisector ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    New Developments in Physical Education and Sport (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Continuous professional development is of great importance if one is to develop quality professional work. This book contains some of the latest research advances related to the field of Physical Education and Sports. In today's globalized world, continuous and permanent education is necessary and essential to complement the initial training and previous experience. In this book, you can find a wide range of works focused on innovative teaching methodologies and psychological variables to take into account to improve classes and training. These studies on the most forward-looking technological advances in physical activity and sports are useful for those who seek to be up-to-date on this type of research. In addition, these studies will be useful to consult regarding current lifestyle, the creation of healthy habits, the promotion of physical activity in one’s free time, and the importance of leading an active life.
    Keywords: teacher psychological control ; psychological need frustration ; emotional intelligence ; meta-cognitive strategies ; physical education ; misbehaviours ; adolescent ; teaching ; secondary school ; multilevel regression models ; enjoyment ; physical activity in nature ; outdoor education ; teenagers ; educational innovation ; digital learning ; experimentation ; learning impact ; didactic benefits ; primary and secondary education ; TGfU ; sport pedagogy ; technique-focused approaches ; tactical approaches ; children ; player development ; sport ; competition ; rules ; technique ; tactics ; self-determination theory ; intrinsic motivation ; basic psychological needs ; physical activity ; need support ; need satisfaction ; motivation ; physical activity promotion ; moral development ; ethical development ; fair play ; sporting behavior ; instructional models ; models-based practice ; skill-drill-game approaches ; curriculum and instruction ; older people ; quality of life ; exercise ; prevention ; falls ; tactical games approach ; direct instruction ; gender ; experience ; anger expression ; personality ; perfectionist efforts ; sports technology ; fitness tests ; schoolchildren ; warm-up ; sporting activities ; cognitive tasks ; inhibition ; working memory ; shifting ; engagement ; disaffection ; invariance ; Mexico ; virtual reality ; aging ; hippocampus ; neuropsychology ; body image ; education ; sustainable sports tourism ; sports for all ; MCDM ; Bayesian BWM ; rough DEMATEL ; Attitudinal Style ; initial teacher training ; teaching role ; transferability of learning ; sexual activity ; posture ; IOC ; kinematics ; WIMU ; perceptual training ; cognitive training ; decision-making ; volleyball ; referee ; referee–players interactions ; handball ; educational practice ; pedagogical function ; youth sport ; HRV ; endurance training ; training performance ; high level athletes ; VO2max ; running ; psychomotor performance ; functional evaluation ; human development ; righting skill ; rising from the floor ; floor-to-stand ; supine rise tasks ; prosocial behavior ; antisocial behavior ; primary school ; structural equation model ; trans-contextual education ; longitudinal design ; university students ; gymnastic skills ; autonomy support ; self-control ; performance ; heart rate variability ; high-level athletes ; maximal oxygen uptake ; satisfaction ; boredom ; secondary education ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Fathers and Forefathers (2021)
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    Description: Research on fathers and fatherhood has blossomed in recent years, focusing, for the most part, on present-day fathering experiences but also beginning to uncover hidden narratives of past fatherhood. This collection aims to add something new to this expanding field by exploring the dynamic relationship between present and past fatherhoods. The popular understanding of fathers in past generations, as being detached and uninvolved in the lives of their children, can be said to play a significant part in the construction of modern fathering identities, with ideas of “new” fatherhood being played off against notions of historical fathering practices. However, research has begun to show that these popular myths often misremember the past, judging it by current standards and obscuring the diverse nature of fathering practices in the recent and distant past. A genealogical approach is able to critically examine these intergenerational constructions of fatherhood and more positively illuminate the ways in which experiences of fathering and being fathered are passed on between generations. The contributions to this collection use a genealogical approach (broadly defined) to fathering and fatherhood as a way of defamiliarizing accepted narratives and suggesting new ways of thinking about men and their relationships with their children.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory
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    Disorders of Motor, Somatic and Cognitive Development in Children with Neurodysfunctions (2021)
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    Description: This book contains the latest findings in a number of research areas, including the effects of dog-assisted therapy on the psychomotor development of children with intellectual disability; the use of weighted blankets and sleep quality in children with autism spectrum disorders; cognitive assessment and rehabilitation for pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis; the use of gait indexes in detecting gait changes in children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy; as well as the effect of ankle joint mobilization, functional progressive resistance exercise, and action observation training on range of motion, gait, spasticity, gross motor function, and balance in children with spastic cerebral palsy. The book is intended for people who work with children and adolescents with neurodysfunctions on a daily basis. It will certainly be useful to physiotherapists, medical doctors, psychologists, and all members of interdisciplinary therapeutic teams. The book can also be recommended to all individuals interested in neurorehabilitation, including parents or guardians of children and adolescents with neurodysfunctions.
    Keywords: cerebral palsy ; action observation ; spasticity ; gross motor function ; balance ; functional progressive resistance exercise ; muscle strength ; muscle tone ; ankle joint ; COP ; gait ; join mobilization ; gait analysis ; gait variablity index ; gait deviation index ; ankle–foot orthosis ; cognition ; cognitive rehabilitation ; pediatric multiple sclerosis ; weighted blankets ; sensory-based interventions ; autism spectrum disorder ; dog-assisted therapy ; intellectual disability ; psychomotor disorders ; child developmental ; kinesthesis ; cognition disorders ; dogs ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Contemporary Developments in Child Protection (2021)
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    Description: Volume 3 "Broadening Challenges in Child Protection" takes a somewhat broader brief and reflects many of the changes over the past twenty five years in terms of the broadening of concerns from maltreatment within the family to maltreatment in a variety of extra-familial contexts, including: sport, the internet, various institutional settings and is much more concerned with sexual abuse and the challenges for criminal justice and public protection.
    Keywords: H1-99 ; child maltreatment ; family support ; child abuse ; child protection ; public protection ; the role of state ; family and community ; social surveillance ; risk to children ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Matrix Metalloproteinases in Health and Disease (2021)
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    Description: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are members of an enzyme family and are critical for maintaining tissue allostasis. MMPs can catalyze normal turnover of the extracellular matrix (ECM) together with other metalloproteinases such as ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) and ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motif) families. MMP activity is also regulated by a group of endogenous proteins called tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). All these proteins have a pivotal role involving ECM remodelling in normal physiological processes such as wound healing, embryogenesis, angiogenesis, bone remodelling, immunity, and the female reproductive cycle. An imbalance in the expression or activity of MMPs can also have important consequences in diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, chronic leg ulcers, and multiple sclerosis. In recent years, MMPs have been found to play an important role in the field of precision medicine, as they may serve as biomarkers that may predict an individual’s disease predisposition, state, or progression. MMPs are also thought to be a sensible target for molecular therapy. The aim of this Special Issue is to explore the most recent findings in this field that may have an impact in healthcare systems.
    Keywords: hypersensitivity pneumonitis ; metalloproteinases ; genetic association ; autoantibodies ; MMP1 ; MMP2 ; SNPs ; MMPs ; TIMPs ; CKD ; peripheral vascular disease ; biomarkers ; proteinuria ; eGFR ; PAD. ; NGAL ; statins ; arterial aneurysms ; patients ; collagenases ; Crohn’s disease ; dental caries ; mouth ; periodontitis ; matrix metalloproteinase-9 ; dialysis ; on-line hemodiafiltration ; high-flux dialysis ; renal replacement therapy ; kidney transplantation ; Mac-1 ; CD147 ; leukocytes ; platelets ; adhesion ; integrin αMβ2 ; matrix metalloproteinases ; TIMP ; synthetic inhibitors ; RECK ; matrix metalloproteinase ; MAPKs ; ischemia/reperfusion ; eNOS ; iNOS ; inflammatory bowel disease ; inflammation ; NO ; MMP-9 ; cGMP ; Caco-2 ; matrix metalloproteinase-7 ; fibrosis ; acute kidney injury ; chronic kidney disease ; apoptosis ; health ; disease ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Calcium, Vitamin D and Health (2021)
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    Description: Calcium is the main mineral in the body, involved in a variety of structural and functional roles. The maintenance of calcium homeostasis is perhaps the most studied function of vitamin D. This Special Issue of Nutrients, “Calcium, Vitamin D and Health” contains 12 original publications and two reviews investigating the contribution of (mainly) vitamin D and calcium on relevant health outcomes in a variety of populations, which reflect the evolving and broad interest of researchers on this topic.
    Keywords: Vitamin D ; females ; exercise ; sedentary lifestyle ; nutrition ; elderly ; vitamin D ; depression ; depressive symptoms ; Mendelian randomization ; cyclists ; adolescence ; bone turnover ; osteocalcin ; dietary calcium intake ; adolescent boys ; adiposity ; percentage of body fat ; insulin resistance ; adipocytokines ; type 1 diabetes ; type 2 diabetes ; metabolic syndrome ; autoimmune ; children ; cancer ; vitamin D metabolites ; vitamin D supplementation ; vitamin D metabolite ratio ; randomized controlled trial ; 24,25-dihydroxy vitamin D ; calcitriol ; body mass index ; lean mass ; fat mass ; bone mineral density ; postmenopausal women ; obesity ; macronutrients ; sunlight ; physical activity ; season ; body composition ; strength ; bone health ; mediation ; childhood ; enriched food ; child ; cholecalciferol ; ergocalciferols ; dairy products ; multiple sclerosis ; fibroblast growth factor 23 ; vitamin D binding protein ; hypovitaminosis D ; 25-hydroxyvitamin D ; postherpetic neuralgia ; spontaneous pain ; brush-evoked pain ; varicella-zoster virus immunoglobulin ; DN4questionnaire ; vitamin D deficiency ; vitamin D supplements ; weight loss ; low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ; high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ; triglycerides (TG) ; blood pressure ; n/a ; athletic performance ; 25(OH)D ; supplementation ; deficiency ; athlete ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Novel Research in Sexuality and Mental Health (2021)
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    Description: Sexuality is considered as a great human value related to happiness and satisfaction, but unfortunately, when affecting mental disorders, they tend to be associated with second level human functions. Nevertheless, sexual dysfunction often accompanies psychiatric disorder, intensely influencing compliance, quality of life and human relationships. Sexuality could be influenced either by a mental disorder itself, difficulties to get and maintain couple relationships or by the use of psychotropic treatments. Treatment-related adverse events are unfortunately under-recognized by clinicians, scarcely spontaneously communicated by patients, and rarely investigated in clinical trials. The most frequent psychotropic compounds that could deteriorate sexuality and quality of life include antidepressants, antipsychotics and mood regulators. There are important differences between them related to some variations in mechanisms of action including serotonin, dopamine and prolactin levels. Little is known about the relevance of sexuality and its dysfunctions in chronic and frequent mental and neurological disorders, such as psychosis, mood disorders, anxiety, phobias, eating disorders, alcohol or drug dependencies, epilepsy and childhood pathology. Poor sexual life, low satisfaction and more frequent risky sex behavior than in the general population are associated with severe mental diseases. There is a need for increasing research in this field, including epidemiological, psychological, neurophysiological, neuroanatomical and genetic variables related to sexual life to get a better understanding of the implicated mechanisms. To increase the sensibility of clinicians, the identification and management of sexual disturbances after the onset of any mental disorder should be highlighted. This would avoid unnecessary suffering and deterioration of quality of life.
    Keywords: online pornography ; addiction ; cybersex ; internet ; compulsive sexual behavior ; hypersexuality ; dopaminergic system ; paroxetine ; agomelatine ; immunohistochemical study ; sexual dysfunction ; male rats ; sexual addiction ; sexual compulsivity ; phenomenology ; comorbidities ; opioid-related disorders ; methadone ; adverse effects ; erectile dysfunction ; medication adherence ; erotic stimulus processing ; serotonin ; noradrenaline ; dopamine ; fMRI ; healthy ; human ; sexual communication anxiety ; sexual perfectionism ; parent-child communication ; risky sexual behavior ; child sexual abuse ; female perpetrator ; mother-child incest ; gender stereotypes ; social taboo ; transgender ; anxiety ; depression ; social loneliness ; romantic loneliness ; autism ; sexual satisfaction ; Asperger syndrome ; sexual desire ; lubrication ; sexual intercourse ; sexual excitation ; sexual inhibition ; post-traumatic stress disorder ; veterans ; predictors ; sexuality ; mental health ; mental disorder ; hidradenitis suppurativa ; sexual abstinence ; partner status ; prison inmates ; eye tracking ; non-consensual image sharing ; intimate images ; objectification ; objectifying gaze ; rape myth acceptance ; sexting ; desvenlafaxine ; antidepressant ; treatment ; prsexdq-salsex questionnaire ; switching strategy ; female sexual dysfunction ; hormonal contraceptive ; libido ; desire ; sex life ; orgasm ; vaginal ring ; depot medroxyprogesterone acetate ; pornography ; delayed ejaculation ; NeMUP ; child sexual offending ; pedophilia ; SCID ; peyronie’s disease ; penile induration ; patient satisfaction ; research ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    New Mechanisms of Action of Natural Antioxidants in Health and Disease (2021)
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    Description: This book contributes to increasing the knowledge on the mechanisms of action of natural antioxidants, evidencing their pleiotropic role in the prevention and/or counteraction of degenerative diseases, and promoting their application in the functional food and cosmetic fields.
    Keywords: CNS ; fava beans ; glucose ; fructose ; oxidative stress ; vitagenes ; neurodegeneration ; SH-SY5Y cell line ; 3D cultures ; phytochemicals ; antioxidants ; cyanidin-3-glucoside ; phenolic metabolites ; gut microbiota ; signaling pathways ; intestinal injury ; proliferation ; migration ; vascular smooth muscle cells ; atherosclerosis ; tumor necrosis factor-alpha ; Hibiscus leaf polyphenols ; Rosmarinus officinalis ; essential oil ; scopolamine ; anxiety ; memory ; Ectoine ; keratinocytes ; melanogenesis ; tyrosinase ; α-MSH ; Nrf2 ; bioactive peptides ; Keap1/Nrf2 pathway ; natural antioxidants ; FPP® ; nutraceutical supplementation ; C57BL/6J ; anti-aging effect ; antioxidant effect ; telomeres ; telomerase ; SOD-1 ; GSH ; natural antioxidant ; seaweed ; algae ; Fucus vesiculosus ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Sensors for Gait, Posture, and Health Monitoring Volume 3 (2021)
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    Description: In recent years, many technologies for gait and posture assessments have emerged. Wearable sensors, active and passive in-house monitors, and many combinations thereof all promise to provide accurate measures of physical activity, gait, and posture parameters. Motivated by market projections for wearable technologies and driven by recent technological innovations in wearable sensors (MEMs, electronic textiles, wireless communications, etc.), wearable health/performance research is growing rapidly and has the potential to transform future healthcare from disease treatment to disease prevention. The objective of this Special Issue is to address and disseminate the latest gait, posture, and activity monitoring systems as well as various mathematical models/methods that characterize mobility functions. This Special Issue focuses on wearable monitoring systems and physical sensors, and its mathematical models can be utilized in varied environments under varied conditions to monitor health and performance
    Keywords: step detection ; machine learning ; outlier detection ; transition matrices ; autoencoders ; ground reaction force (GRF) ; micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) ; gait ; walk ; bipedal locomotion ; 3-axis force sensor ; shoe ; force distribution ; multi-sensor gait classification ; distributed compressed sensing ; joint sparse representation classification ; telemonitoring of gait ; operating range ; accelerometer ; stride length ; peak tibial acceleration ; running velocity ; wearable sensors ; feedback technology ; rehabilitation ; motor control ; cerebral palsy ; inertial sensors ; gait events ; spatiotemporal parameters ; postural control ; falls in the elderly ; fall risk assessment ; low-cost instrumented insoles ; foot plantar center of pressure ; flexible sensor ; gait recognition ; piezoelectric material ; wearable ; adaptability ; force sensitive resistors ; self-tuning triple threshold algorithm ; sweat sensor ; sweat rate ; dehydration ; IoT ; PDMS ; surface electromyography ; handgrip force ; force-varying muscle contraction ; nonlinear analysis ; wavelet scale selection ; inertial measurement unit ; gyroscope ; asymmetry ; feature extraction ; gait analysis ; lower limb prosthesis ; trans-femoral amputee ; MR damper ; knee damping control ; inertial measurement units ; motion analysis ; kinematics ; functional activity ; repeatability ; reliability ; biomechanics ; cognitive frailty ; cognitive–motor impairment ; Alzheimer’s disease ; motor planning error ; instrumented trail-making task ; ankle reaching task ; dual task walking ; nondestructive ; joint moment ; partial weight loading ; muscle contributions ; sit-to-stand training ; motion parameters ; step length ; self-adaptation ; Parkinson’s disease (PD) ; tremor dominant (TD) ; postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) ; center of pressure (COP) ; fast Fourier transform (FFT) ; wavelet transform (WT) ; fall detection system ; smartphones ; accelerometers ; machine learning algorithms ; supervised learning ; ANOVA analysis ; Step-detection ; ActiGraph ; Pedometer ; acceleration ; physical activity ; physical function ; physical performance test ; chair stand ; sit to stand transfer ; wearables ; gyroscopes ; e-Health application ; physical rehabilitation ; shear and plantar pressure sensor ; biaxial optical fiber sensor ; multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings ; frailty ; pre-frail ; wearable sensor ; sedentary behavior ; moderate-to-vigorous activity ; steps ; fall detection ; elderly people monitoring ; telerehabilitation ; virtual therapy ; Kinect ; eHealth ; telemedicine ; insole ; injury prevention ; biomechanical gait variable estimation ; inertial gait variable ; total knee arthroplasty ; falls in healthy elderly ; fall prevention ; biometrics ; human gait recognition ; ground reaction forces ; Microsoft Kinect ; high heels ; fusion data ; ensemble classifiers ; accidental falls ; older adults ; neural networks ; convolutional neural network ; long short-term memory ; accelerometry ; obesity ; nonlinear ; electrostatic field sensing ; gait measurement ; temporal parameters ; artificial neural network ; propulsion ; aging ; walking ; smart footwear ; frailty prediction ; fall risk ; smartphone based assessments ; adverse post-operative outcome ; intelligent surveillance systems ; human fall detection ; health and well-being ; safety and security ; n/a ; movement control ; anterior cruciate ligament ; kinetics ; real-time feedback ; biomechanical gait features ; impaired gait classification ; pattern recognition ; sensors ; clinical ; knee ; osteoarthritis ; shear stress ; callus ; woman ; TUG ; IMU ; geriatric assessment ; semi-unsupervised ; self-assessment ; domestic environment ; functional decline ; symmetry ; trunk movement ; autocorrelation ; gait rehabilitation ; wearable device ; IMU sensors ; gait classification ; stroke patients ; neurological disorders ; scanning laser rangefinders (SLR), GAITRite ; cadence ; velocity and stride-length ; power ; angular velocity ; human motion measurement ; sensor fusion ; complementary filter ; fuzzy logic ; inertial and magnetic sensors ; ESOQ-2 ; Parkinson’s disease ; UPDRS ; movement disorders ; human computer interface ; RGB-Depth ; hand tracking ; automated assessment ; at-home monitoring ; Parkinson’s Diseases ; motorized walker ; haptic cue ; gait pattern ; statistics study ; walk detection ; step counting ; signal processing ; plantar pressure ; flat foot ; insoles ; force sensors ; arch index ; sports analytics ; deep learning ; classification ; inertial sensor ; cross-country skiing ; classical style ; skating style ; batteryless strain sensor ; wireless strain sensor ; resonant frequency modulation ; Ecoflex ; human activity recognition ; smartphone ; human daily activity ; ensemble method ; running ; velocity ; smart shoe ; concussion ; inertial motion units (IMUs) ; vestibular exercises ; validation ; motion capture ; user intent recognition ; transfemoral prosthesis ; multi-objective optimization ; biogeography-based optimization ; smart cane ; weight-bearing ; health monitoring ; wearable/inertial sensors ; regularity ; variability ; human ; motion ; locomotion ; UPDRS tasks ; posture ; postural stability ; center of mass ; RGB-depth ; neurorehabilitation ; hallux abductus valgus ; high heel ; proximal phalanx of the hallux ; abduction ; valgus ; ultrasonography ; Achilles tendon ; diagnostic ; imaging ; tendinopathy ; foot insoles ; electromyography ; joint instability ; muscle contractions ; motorcycling ; wearable electronic devices ; validity ; relative movement ; lower limb prosthetics ; biomechanic measurement tasks ; quantifying socket fit ; rehabilitation exercise ; dynamic time warping ; automatic coaching ; exergame ; fine-wire intramuscular EMG electrode ; non-human primate model ; traumatic spinal cord injury ; wavelet transform ; relative power ; linear mixed model ; VO2 ; calibration ; MET ; VO2net ; speed ; equivalent speed ; free-living ; children ; adolescents ; adults ; gait event detection ; hemiplegic gait ; appropriate mother wavelet ; acceleration signal ; wavelet-selection criteria ; conductive textile ; stroke ; hemiparetic ; real-time monitoring ; lower limb locomotion activity ; triplet Markov model ; semi-Markov model ; on-line EM algorithm ; human kinematics ; phase difference angle ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Effects of Iodine Intake on Human Health (2021)
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    Description: Iodine, a key component of thyroid hormones, is considered an essential micronutrient for proper health at all life stages. Indeed, an inadequate dietary intake of iodine is responsible for several functional and developmental abnormalities. The most serious consequences of iodine deficiency include hypothyroidism, early abortion, low birth weight, preterm delivery, neurocognitive impairment, and mental retardation. On the other hand, the consequences of mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency, such as goiter, are less well understood but represent an important priority for research and public health practice. Over the last several decades, many countries across the globe have introduced mandatory salt iodization programs, which have dramatically reduced the number of iodine-deficient countries. However, despite substantial progress worldwide, mild-to-moderate deficiency is still prevalent even in many developed countries. Thus, the ongoing monitoring of the population iodine status remains crucially important, and attention may need to be paid to vulnerable life stage groups.
    Keywords: iodine deficiency ; schoolchildren ; pregnancy ; iodine prophylaxis ; iodine deficiency disorders ; goiter ; hypothyroidism ; nutraceuticals ; thyroid function ; dietary supplements ; urinary iodine concentration ; iodine ; thyroid hormones ; thyroglobulin ; thyroid stimulating hormone ; preterm birth ; small for gestational age ; iodine nutrition status ; thyroid disease ; thyrotropin ; urine iodine ; epidemiologic studies ; Korean ; Republic of Moldova ; salt ; sodium ; potassium ; population ; Iodine Status ; Food Frequency Questionnaire ; iodized salt ; iodine intake ; dairy intake ; adults ; iodine status ; human milk ; lactation ; infant growth ; iodine schoolchildren ; goitre ; iodised salt ; water iodine ; iodine pregnant women ; cadmium ; myo-inositol ; seleno-L-methionine ; thyroid ; MCP-1 ; CXCL10 ; carnitine ; flavonoids ; melatonin ; omega-3 ; resveratrol ; selenium ; vitamins ; zinc ; n/a ; perchlorate ; Natrium/Iodide symporter ; endocrine disruptors ; review ; drinking and Food ; Hypothyroidism ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Novel Natural-based Biomolecules Discovery for Tackling Chronic Diseases (2021)
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    Description: Natural-based biomolecules continuously play an important role in novel drug discovery for the treatment of chronic diseases. The development of natural peptide/protein-based, toxin-based, and antibody-based drugs can significantly improve the biomedical efficiency of disease-specific therapy. The focus of this Special Issue of Biomolecules will be on the most recent advances related to novel peptides/proteins, antibodies, and toxins as forms of medicinal therapy. Recent advances in the discovery and development of these natural biomolecules for use in targeted therapy and immunotherapy against chronic diseases (e.g., cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and rheumatoid arthritis) will be addressed. The discussion on using novel disease-specific proteins/peptides/toxins/antibodies along with currently available FDA-approved drugs as combinatorial treatments will also be encouraged in this context. Finally, an overview of some of the selected promising natural biomolecules that are potentially able to address the forthcoming challenges in this field will be included. Both research (in particular) and review articles proposing novelties or overviews, respectively, are welcome.
    Keywords: DAPK1 ; SUMO ; SENP ; protein degradation ; post-translational modification ; amphibian Bowman-Birk inhibitor ; Tat peptide ; molecular cloning ; antifungal ; drug design ; protease inhibitor ; natural-based compound ; anticancer therapy ; lung cancer ; survivin ; apoptosis ; STAT3 ; colorectal cancer ; orientin ; cell cycle arrest ; Bcl-2 family proteins ; Astragalus membranaceus ; insulin ; PI3K ; AKT ; PPARγ ; PDX-1 ; Petasites japonicus ; Asteraceae ; lignan ; anti-inflammation ; NO ; PGE2 ; iNOS ; COX-2 ; molecular docking ; peptides ; kynurenines ; binding affinity ; μ-opioid receptor ; pharmacophore ; G-protein activation ; fucoidan ; PLGA ; docetaxel ; drug delivery system ; anticancer therapy/cancer treatment ; hIAPP ; amyloidogenesis ; insulin granules ; endoplasmic reticulum ; anionic lipids ; F23R variant ; β-sheet transitions ; β-cell cytotoxicity ; unfolded protein response ; pomegranate ; punicalagin ; tannins ; gingiva ; fibroblasts ; antioxidant ; wound healing ; branched-chain fatty acids ; Conidiobolus heterosporus ; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α ; lipid metabolism ; fatty acid oxidation ; hepatocyte ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Higher Education and Innovation (2021)
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    Description: This book highlights the design of an educational module for an innovative intensive program. The theme is very relevant in the contemporary approach to teaching activities. In fact, thanks to the didactic design, it is possible to obtain a strong relationship between teachers and learners, as required by the Bologna Process. It also allows a stronger definition of learning outcomes. After a general excursus on the subject, the manuscript refers to a recent experience carried out in the Aeolian Island for the Erasmus + Programme, called VVITA. In it, an international group of students and teachers spent a period in the Aeolian Islands, to focus on the features of local vernacular architecture. The attention has been addressed to the Aeolian House, which is a wonderful example of ante litteram sustainable architecture. On the island of Filicudi, one of the most beautiful of the archipelago, it has preserved its characteristics intact. The book is completed by teachers’ lectures and students’ final reports.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Youth, Emerging Adults, Faith, and Giving (2021)
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    Description: This is a book about young people—youth and emerging adults. The contributors investigate the religious and spiritual lives of young people, especially as they relate to inclinations to do good for others. This edited volume is the result of a special issue that invited social scientific insights on responses to these questions. The background for this volume, summarized below, is the evolving life course developmental processes, as well as the culmination of numerous social and cultural changes in recent decades and their implications for socialization of religiosity, spirituality, and generosity. The included chapters focus on the faith and giving of youth and emerging adults, in the United States and internationally. The emphasis is on research that contributes breadth to social scientific understandings of religion, charitable giving, volunteering, generosity, youth, and emerging adults. We are especially interested in trends related to participation in religious and civic organizations, including changing cultural structures, beliefs, and orientations to faith and giving in less formal or non-organizational contexts.
    Keywords: H1-99 ; Generosity ; Volunteering ; Emerging Adults ; Youth Ministry ; Religion ; Giving ; Youth ; Global Religion ; Faith ; Organizational Participation ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Assessment & Treatment of Addictions (2021)
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    Description: Addiction in its various forms represents an enormous challenge to society. Worldwide, it has been estimated that alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs were responsible of more than 10 million deaths (Anderson et al, 2018), with a higher impact in developed countries where substance use disorders have been identified as responsible for life expectancy reversals (Rehm et al, 2016). Societal and medical responses to the problem are far from optimal, but the appearance of new technologies offers room for improvement, and lots of new initiatives have been launched and developed. In this Special Issue, we will describe and discuss how these new tools are helping to improve the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. We will cover a wide variety of novelties that are being applied to addiction; e-health, APPs, digital phenotyping, ecological momentary assessment and interventions, wearable technology, computer-assisted tests, transcraneal magnetic stimulation, and virtual reality are just some examples of developments in a field that promises to create a real revolution in the assessment and treatment of addictions.
    Keywords: addiction ; memory ; assessment ; substance use disorder ; internet gaming disorder ; semi-structured diagnostic interview ; psychometric properties ; adolescents ; drinking reduction ; nalmefene ; phase-IV trial ; 6 months ; observational ; gambling disorder (GD) ; cocaine use disorder (CUD) ; craving ; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) ; Gambling-Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) ; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) ; alcohol dependence ; transdermal sensor ; attitudes ; stigma ; cerebellum ; cannabis ; implicit motor learning ; motor adaptation ; visuomotor rotation ; cannabidiol ; CBD ; psychosis ; schizophrenia ; substance use disorders ; alternative reward ; cue exposure ; animal and computational models ; behavioral control ; craving and relapse ; habit formation ; ALCO-VR ; virtual reality ; cue-exposure ; alcohol use disorder ; alcohol craving ; anxiety ; social drinkers ; Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer ; amygdala ; alcohol ; polygenic risk ; high risk drinkers ; treatment ; assessment instruments ; digital health ; reward ; transgenic mice ; optogenetics ; self-administration ; cocaine ; amphetamine ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Selected Papers from the 9th Greek Conference of Biochemistry and Physiology of Exercise (2021)
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    Description: This book contains selected papers from the 9th annual conference of the Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Physiology of Exercise (2019). Exercise biochemistry and exercise physiology are two closely related sport sciences that examine how muscle activity alters the way our bodies (and those of other animals) function at the levels of molecules, cells, organs, and whole body. Included in the book is original research on biochemical and physiological adaptations of children, adolescents, and adults to exercise training; on the use of biochemical and physiological tests to assess sport performance; and on how exercise can fight disease.
    Keywords: intermittent swimming ; swimming training ; arm stroke rate ; arm stroke length ; validity ; range of motion ; hamstrings ; stretching exercises ; gymnastics ; team sports ; straight leg raise ; youth ; fascicle length ; muscle thickness ; maturation ; musculotendinous junction ; ultrasound ; breast cancer ; chemotherapy ; physical activity ; quality of life ; exercise ; QoL ; treatment ; preadolescence ; child ; post-activation performance enhancement ; sprint ; warm-up ; rate of perceived exertion ; haemoglobin ; diabetes ; fitness ; cardiovascular health ; nutrition ; aerobic fitness ; intermittent exercise ; prepubertal children ; lactate threshold ; continuous swimming ; physiological responses ; biomechanical parameters ; female ; adolescence ; resistance training ; plyometric training ; strength training ; endurance ; aerobic performance ; running economy ; maximal oxygen consumption ; oxygen fractional utilization ; running ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Enhancement of Public Real-estate Assets and Cultural Heritage (2021)
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    Description: The management of cultural heritage and public real-estate assets is one of the most crucial challenges concerning the sustainable use of these resources, involving dynamic methods to stimulate preservation, development, renewal, and transmission to future generations of these essential assets. The contributions presented in this book provide a rich and varied panorama of research experiences and innovative tools, capable of promoting the re-use of cultural heritage in European cities and cultural landscapes, using a circular economy logic as a model of sustainable development. From this point of view, cultural capital becomes the driver of a regeneration process on the local, urban, and metropolitan scales, in which the transversal interconnections between the production cycles of the adaptive re-use of the available heritage, both in the adaptation and in the management phase, configure a circular process of multidimensional production of value. Therefore, future territorial redevelopment projects can base their idea strength on an open system of appropriately selected social attractors, whose enhancement and use have the objective of triggering widespread regeneration effects on the whole territory of influence, receiving inducement and resources to progress.
    Keywords: urban heritage ; historic centre ; regulation ; sustainability ; city plan ; ambidextrous management ; creative tourism ; tourismphobia and anti-tourism movements ; social capital ; heritage ; territorial health center ; urban regeneration ; Multi-Criteria Analysis ; built cultural heritage ; values ; economic evaluation of projects ; Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) ; historical building ; economic enhancement ; integrated evaluation ; multicriteria analysis ; cultural heritage and circular economy ; financial sustainability ; Ritiro del Carmine ; built heritage sustainable reuse ; economic feasibility ; economic sustainability ; project feasibility investment profitability ; unused public buildings ; cultural heritage ; cultural tourism ; regional development ; rural areas ; bibliometric analysis ; bibliographic analysis ; risk assessment ; public investment ; time overrun ; public works ; urban governance ; new public institutional forms ; multi-sectoral collaboration ; social innovation ; MONUM ; adaptive reuse ; building rehabilitation ; impact assessment ; cultural landscape ; local governance ; immovable properties ; bathing houses ; Mar Menor ; San Javier ; artworks ; macro-elements ; vulnerability ; seismic damage ; deterioration ; web archive ; tourist flow management ; ETIS ; carrying capacity ; social impact ; social network analysis ; public real estate property ; operational protocol ; model of choice ; radar diagram ; urban art ; Neighborhood Regeneration ; Social Empowerment ; Right to the City ; Ferrol (Spain) ; Sustainable Development Goals ; SDG 11 ; heritage database ; heritage value ; heritage classification ; vocationality ; Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) ; Vesuvian Villas ; valuation ; A’WOT analysis ; multicriteria decision aid ; valorization ; management strategy ; urban sustainable development ; historical school buildings ; multi-criteria evaluation ; cultural firms ; accounting parameters ; survival analysis ; Kaplan–Meier curves ; strategic planning ; historic urban landscape ; model ; management instruments ; Novi Pazar ; Serbia ; cultural heritage conservation ; multi-criteria decision aid ; strategic assessment ; landscape management ; agriculture ; evaluation ; multi criteria decision aide (MCDA) ; rough sets ; multifunctionality ; artistic assets ; AHP ; seismic hazard ; n/a ; archaeological basins ; Web-GIS and Geodatabases ; territorial marketing ; cultural economics ; land economy ; tourism experience management ; cultural estate ; landscape heritage ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Sex, Gender and Substance Use (2021)
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    Description: “Sex, Gender and Substance Use” describes how both biological and social factors affect people's use of substances. There is a lot of research carried out on substance use, prevention and treatment in which sex and gender are missing. This book describes the concepts of sex and gender, what they mean and why including them in substance use research, practice and policy is vital. Substances such as alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and tobacco all have differential effects on females and males. Social and cultural gendered factors affect how women and men react to prevention, treatment and policies. The book includes numerous examples of how sex- and gender-sensitive research can increase our understanding and improve prevention and treatment, and why striving for gender-transformative substance use practice and research remains a gold standard.
    Keywords: alcohol ; pregnancy ; abortion ; policy ; gender ; substance use ; FASD prevention ; program evaluation ; multi-service program delivery ; client perspectives ; interpersonal violence ; domestic violence ; intervention ; women ; developmental–relational ; gender-specific approach ; non-medical prescription opioid use ; sleep disturbance ; sex differences ; adolescents ; sexual minorities ; illegal substance use ; homophobic bullying ; alcohol’s harms to others ; gender equality ; drinking cultures ; developmental-relational ; electronic cigarettes ; cigarettes ; waterpipe ; hookah ; polytobacco use ; young adults ; sex ; cognitions ; attitudes ; scoping review ; barriers ; facilitators ; fathers ; males ; smoking ; smoke-free home ; second-hand smoke ; brief intervention ; college campus ; gender transformative ; gender equity ; cannabis ; sex- and gender-based analysis ; SGBA ; cannabis use disorder ; randomized controlled trial ; gender norms ; gender roles ; gender relations ; technology ; health promotion ; SGBA+ ; substance use prevention ; tobacco ; smoking cessation ; clinical decision support systems ; prevention ; alcohol consumption ; FASD ; lifestyle ; public health ; Spain ; sex factors ; substance abuse ; drinking ; nicotine ; research ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Arthropod-Borne Viruses (2021)
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    Description: Arthropod-borne viruses affect billions of people around the world and comprise a significant proportion of emerging human pathogens. This Special Issue provides a global perspective on emerging arboviruses in endemic regions, as well as areas of introduction. Articles span entomological, clinical, and epidemiological aspects of West Nile virus, Rift Valley fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus, chikungunya virus, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
    Keywords: mosquito ; vector ; host ; bloodmeal ; arbovirus ; Borneo ; land cover and land use change ; Aedes ; dengue virus ; dengue ; zika ; chikungunya ; coronavirus ; co-endemic ; Rift Valley fever (RVF) ; arboviruses ; mosquito-borne viruses ; zoonoses ; One Health ; travel medicine ; livestock ; viral emergence ; emerging virus ; outbreak ; surveillance ; trap ; Culex ; Zika virus ; West Nile virus ; Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus ; interagency ; response ; coordination ; vaccine ; alphaviruses emergence ; molecular epidemiology ; human infection ; spillover ; animal-human interface ; Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever ; tick-borne virus ; outbreak response ; tick ; risk reduction ; vertical dispersal ; high-rise residences ; Ixodes ricinus ; knowledge ; risk perception ; tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) ; occupational physicians ; Zika ; tropical disease ; epidemiology ; border health ; West Nile Virus ; mosquitos ; Flavivirus ; artropodes ; neuroinvasiveness ; emerging infectious diseases ; one health ; vector-borne diseases ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Does Commons Grabbing Lead to Resilience Grabbing? (2021)
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    Description: This Special Issue contributes to the debate on land grabbing as commons grabbing with a special focus on how the development of state institutions (formal laws and regulations for agrarian development and compensations) and voluntary corporate social responsibility (CRS) initiatives have enabled the grabbing process. It also looks at how these institutions and CSR programs are used as development strategies of states and companies to legitimate their investments. This Special Issue includes case studies from Kenya, Morocco, Tanzania, Cambodia, Bolivia and Ecuador analysing how these strategies are embedded into neo-liberal ideologies of economic development. We propose looking at James Ferguson’s notion of the Anti-Politics Machine (1990) that served to uncover the hidden political basis of state-driven development strategies. We think it is of interest to test the approach for analysing development discourses and CSR-policies in agrarian investments. We argue based on a New Institutional Political Ecology (NIPE) approach that these legitimize the institutional change from common to state and private property of land and land related common pool resources which is the basis of commons grabbing that also grabbed the capacity for resilience of local people.
    Keywords: pastoral resilience ; co-management concept ; decentralization ; holistic management ; water-shed management plan ; commercialization of herding ; Common Pool Resources (CPRs) ; qualitative ; agro-industrial food system ; actors ; formal and informal rules and regulations ; export horticulture ; common pool resources ; land ; water ; Laikipia County ; land grabbing ; resilience ; commons ; land concessions ; communal land titling ; Southeast Asia ; forest land governance ; Mau Forest ; Ogiek ; institutions ; Community Land Act and customary law ; large-scale land acquisitions ; green energy ; corporate social responsibility ; food systems ; agroecosystems and agroecosystem service ; resilience and commons grabbing ; gender ; sustainable energy ; development policy ; common-pool resources ; common property ; land tenure transformations ; resilience, social anthropology ; conservationism ; identity ; commons grabbing ; protected areas ; institution shopping ; institutional change ; Ecuador ; large scale land acquisitions ; social anthropology ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Reflective Learning in Higher Education (2021)
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    Description: This book on ‘Cooperative Learning in Higher Education’ addresses the development of both reflective teaching and learning in higher education to promote sustainable education in several disciplines where reflection is at the core of sustainable development. The book explores reflection within higher education and/or within instructional approaches to higher education, not only via in-house and external individuals, collective initiatives and activities that focus on reflection and the generation of knowledge, but also on the transformative outputs of learning communities. We place an emphasis on reflective practices and communities, as well as linking reflective learning and the development of professional identity through reflection. The book also addresses the connections between theoretical and applied research on reflective practices and knowledge generation in all areas, as well as professional practice and identity through theoretical definitions, situated and grounded practice, and transformative knowledge.
    Keywords: Experience ; student ; higher education ; practice ; self-reflection ; (self-)educational process ; roles in the profession ; reflective learning ; education for sustainability ; teacher education ; math teachers ; knowledge transformation ; professional competences ; sustainable education ; trust ; reciprocity ; experiment ; game theory ; extracurricular activities ; volunteering ; reflection ; sustainability ; sustainable development ; food systems ; education ; rich picture ; reflective teaching ; summer school ; information technology ; experiential learning ; simulation game ; ERP systems ; usability ; SUS ; SAP ; cooperative learning ; instructional approaches ; professional identity ; psychometrics ; metacognition ; culture of thinking ; cultural forces ; academic literacy ; curriculum-integrated design ; inclusive practice intervention ; student diversity ; pedagogical approach ; transformative education ; tertiary systems ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Flavonoids and Their Disease Prevention and Treatment Potential (2021)
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    Description: Flavonoids are ubiquitously present in plant-based foods and natural health products. The molecule of flavonoids is characterized by a 15-carbon skeleton of C6–C3–C6, with the different structural configuration of subclasses. The major subclasses of flavonoids with health-promotional properties are the flavanols or catechins (e.g., epigallocatechin 3-gallate from green tea), the flavones (e.g., apigenin from celery), the flavonols (e.g., quercetin glycosides from apples, berries, and onion), the flavanones (e.g., naringenin from citrus), the anthocyanins (e.g., cyanidin-3-O-glucoside from berries), and the isoflavones (e.g., genistein from soya beans). Scientific evidence has strongly shown that regular intake of dietary flavonoids in efficacious amounts reduces the risk of oxidative stress- and chronic inflammation-mediated pathogenesis of human diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and neurological disorders. The physiological benefits of dietary flavonoids have been demonstrated to be due to multiple mechanisms of action, including regulating redox homeostasis, epigenetic regulations, activation of survival genes and signaling pathways, regulation of mitochondrial function and bioenergetics, and modulation of inflammation response. The role of flavonoids on gut microbiota and the impact of microbial metabolites of flavonoids on optimal health has begun to unravel. The complex physiological modulations of flavonoid molecules are due to their structural diversity. However, some flavonoids are not absorbed well, and their bioavailability could be enhanced through structural modifications and applications of nanotechnology, such as encapsulation. This Special Issue consists of four review articles on flavonoids and 15 original research articles, which cover the latest findings on the role of dietary flavonoids and their derivatives in disease prevention and treatment.
    Keywords: luteolin ; apigenin ; bacoside A ; bacopaside I ; vasorelaxation ; isorhamnetin ; flavonoid ; bacterial sepsis ; toll-like receptor 4 ; inflammation ; citrus flavonoids ; neohesperidin ; anti-aging activity ; chronological lifespan ; synergistic effect ; clinical trials ; natural products ; hyperalgesia ; allodynia ; analgesia ; hypersensitivity ; cytokines ; NF-kB ; defatted pitaya seed ; extraction ; phenolic content ; flavonoid content ; antioxidant activity ; response surface methodology ; flavonoids ; aglycons ; glycosides ; IL-1β ; TNF-α ; IL-6 ; IL-8 ; pro-inflammatory cytokines ; Acer okamotoanum ; afzelin ; isoquercitrin ; obesity ; quercitrin ; aspirin ; cancer prevention ; hydroxybenzoic acids ; cell cycle ; CDKs ; colorectal cancer ; infectious diseases ; amoebiasis ; Mexican oregano ; bioguided isolation ; antiprotozoal agents ; flavones ; cancer ; microbiome ; molecular mechanisms ; gene and protein regulatory networks ; macrophages ; NF-κB ; IKKβ, inflammatory cytokines ; apoptosis ; foods for health ; tangeretin ; cancer stem cells ; Stat3 ; citrus ; CD44+/CD24− ; phytochemicals ; flavonoids and their derivatives ; phytomedicine ; COVID-19 ; SARS-COV-2 ; smart nanoparticles ; non-flavonoids ; membrane PUFAs profile ; cell morphology ; human colon cancer cells ; cranberry ; urinary tract infections ; UTIs ; uropathogenic Escherichia coli ; UPEC ; flavan-3-ols ; A-type proanthocyanidins ; phenolic metabolites ; antiadhesive activity ; probiotics ; anthocyanin ; tobacco-specific nitrosamine ; carcinogenesis ; cell proliferation ; cancer chemoprevention ; lung cancer ; chalcones ; DNA damage ; anticancer activity ; canine cancer cell lines ; angiogenesis ; in-vivo angiogenesis ; CAM assay ; SAR ; n/a ; cognition ; passive avoidance test ; memory extinction ; mice ; microglia ; neuroprotection ; black rice cyanidin-3-O-glucoside ; wood sterols ; dyslipidemia ; CVD ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Metabolic Syndrome (2021)
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    Description: Metabolic syndrome has been the topic of countless publications. It still remains a subject of debate and some experts have even questioned its clinical relevance. Its diagnosis is nevertheless predictive of an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease even in the absence of traditional risk factors. Many years ago, our team made the point that the most prevalent form of metabolic syndrome was linked to abdominal obesity, which can be found even among individuals who are not considered obese by body weight standards. Imaging techniques such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have revealed the link between regional body fat partitioning and cardiometabolic risk. Visceral obesity is the most dangerous form of obesity, with subcutaneous obesity being associated with lower health risk. We have proposed that excess visceral fat may be a marker of subcutaneous adipose tissue dysfunction not being able to serve as a metabolic sink, causing lipid accumulation at undesired sites, a condition described as ectopic fat deposition. Among the effective approaches to prevent, delay, or manage metabolic syndrome, lifestyle changes are the key elements, with an emphasis on the importance of healthy global dietary patterns, regular physical activity, and adequate sleep quality.
    Keywords: trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) ; obesity ; visceral adiposity index (VAI) ; fatty liver index (FLI) ; metabolic syndrome (MetS) ; healthy lifestyle score ; metabolic syndrome ; SUN cohort ; branched-chain amino acids ; acylcarnitines ; dietary protein sources ; meat ; metabolite profiling ; diet ; pediatric obesity ; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ; saliva ; metabolomics ; gas-chromatography mass spectrometry ; anthropometric indexes ; diagnosis criteria ; adolescents ; bone mineral density ; insulin resistance ; bone health ; osteoporosis ; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ; visceral fat accumulation ; universal public health screening program ; health check-up ; health guidance ; city planning ; carbohydrate ; polyunsaturated fat ; monounsaturated fat ; saturated fat ; fish oil ; meta-analyses ; lipids ; glucose ; blood pressure ; breastfeeding duration ; birth weight ; cardiorespiratory fitness ; cardiovascular disease ; exercise training ; linseed ; secoisolariciresinol diglucoside ; high-carbohydrate ; high-fat diet ; anthropometric indices ; cardiometabolic risk ; elderly ; risk ; pediatric ; adolescent ; sugar-sweetened beverages ; weight gain ; type 2 diabetes ; older adults ; macronutrient intake ; dietary intake ; fat intake ; endocannabinoids ; endocannabinoidome ; microbiome ; fructose ; hypertriglyceridemia ; metabolism ; sleep ; sleep apnea ; sleep habit ; sleep duration ; chronotype ; social jetlag ; ethnicity ; prevention ; lifestyle ; cardiometabolic ; exercise ; abdominal obesity ; energy balance ; caloric restriction ; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ; physical activity ; saturated fatty acids ; diet quality ; dietary guidelines ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Application of Analytical Chemistry to Foods and Food Technology (2021)
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    Description: The application of analytical chemistry to the food sector allows the determination of the chemical composition of foods and the properties of their constituents, contributing to the definition of their nutritional and commodity value. Furthermore, it is possible to study the chemical modifications that food constituents undergo as a result of the treatments they undergo (food technology). Food analysis, therefore, allows us not only to determine the quality of a product or its nutritional value, but also to reveal adulterations and identify the presence of xenobiotic substances potentially harmful to human health. Furthermore, some foods, especially those of plant origin, contain numerous substances with beneficial effects on health. While these functional compounds can be obtained from a correct diet, they can also be extracted from food matrices for the formulation of nutraceutical products or added to foods by technological or biotechnological means for the production of functional foods. On the other hand, the enormous growth of the food industry over the last 50 years has broadened the field of application of analytical chemistry to encompass not only food but also food technology, which is fundamental for increasing the production of all types of food.
    Keywords: solid-liquid extraction ; green extraction ; RSLDE ; bioactive compounds ; Naviglio extractor ; Naviglio’s principle ; Hsian-tsao ; Platostoma palustre (Blume) ; headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) ; volatile components ; simultaneous distillation-extraction (SDE) ; amino acid profiling ; hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) ; tandem mass spectrometry ; Triticum species flours ; flour quality characteristics ; narrow-leaved oleaster fruits ; near-infrared hyperspectral imaging ; geographical origin ; convolutional neural network ; effective wavelengths ; food colorants (synthetic, natural) ; food matrices ; instrumental analysis ; sample preparation ; mango ; volatile compounds ; frequency detection (FD) ; order-specific magnitude estimation (OSME) ; odor activity value ; sensory analysis ; lead (II) ; ELISA ; monoclonal antibody (mAb) ; isothiocyanobenzyl-EDTA (ITCBE) ; chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) ; meadow saffron ; metabolomics ; UHPLC-QTOF-mass spectrometry ; extraction methods ; antioxidants ; Pressurized liquid extraction ; soxhlet ; solvent extraction ; green analytical chemistry ; Rosemary ; poultry eggs ; spectinomycin ; lincomycin ; ASE ; GC-EI/MS/MS ; acrylamide ; kobbah ; transglutaminase ; pectin ; chitosan-nanoparticles ; coatings ; mesoporous silica nanoparticles ; grass pea ; HPLC-RP ; Curcuma longa L. ; curcuminoid stability ; multi-step extraction ; ultrasound-assisted extraction ; extraction kinetic ; functional foods ; gas chromatography ; health effects ; liquid chromatography (HPLC) ; mass spectrometry ; nutraceuticals ; phytochemicals ; solid-liquid extraction techniques ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    The Performance of REDD+: From Global Governance to Local Practices (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: REDD+ represents countries’ efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and foster conservation, the sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks. The basic idea is that more carbon can be sequestrated and stocked in tropical forests by improving their conservation, management, and sustainable use, thus contributing to mitigating climate change. The developing countries and relevant stakeholders concerned will be financially compensated for these endeavors, either through public funds or private carbon markets. Given this context, this book will address the need to assess the political and socio–economic dimensions of the performance of REDD+, which is relevant to policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars. This implies taking into account the various levels (from global to local) and dimensions (e.g., results-based payments, MRV, co-benefits, and community engagement), as well as divergent (disciplinary) connotations, of performance. We, therefore, pose the following question: What does performance mean? In answering this question, we provide examples of assessments of performance. We present 9 cases of how REDD has performed on local, national and international scales, and reflect on the representativeness of these examples and their limitations when looking at the current range of REDD initiatives, along with what is missing in terms of evaluating the performance of REDD+. We conclude by establishing why performance assessment remains so relevant today.
    Keywords: REDD+ financial benefits ; indigenous carbon impact ; land grabbing ; tenure ; social safeguards ; forest carbon calibration ; REDD+ ; CCB Standards ; Sustainable Development Goals ; climate change ; community ; biodiversity ; development ; forests ; jurisdictional approaches ; private sector commitments ; commodity-driven deforestation ; trifecta jurisdictions ; supply chains ; public-private partnerships ; performativity ; REDD+ policy ; myths of community ; forest governance ; forest tenure ; property rights ; authority structures ; the DRC ; environmental governance ; forest conservation ; climate change mitigation ; public policies ; Amazon ; European Union ; forest policy ; deforestation drivers ; tropical forests ; practice-based approach ; global-local nexus ; forest and climate policy ; Ghana ; Amazon Fund ; Results-Based Funding ; benefit distribution ; resource allocation ; climate change funding ; effectiveness ; forest conservation funding ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Responsible Sourcing of Materials Required for a Resource Efficient and Low-carbon Society (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Understanding future supply and demand of raw materials and the associated environmental and social implications is essential to supporting the transition towards greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050. In this Special Issue, we present a range of research papers with a focus on future outlooks of material supply and use, the consideration of associated environmental and social implications, and issues of raw material criticality and a circular economy. These are complemented by an editorial paper that provides, amongst other aspects, an overview of the corresponding policy and institutional framework. Knowledge of materials availability, their use patterns in modern economies, and associated environmental and social trade-offs is essential for informed decision-making in support of the necessary transition towards more resource-efficient and greenhouse-gas-neutral societies in the coming years.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Sensors for Gait, Posture, and Health Monitoring Volume 2 (2021)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: In recent years, many technologies for gait and posture assessments have emerged. Wearable sensors, active and passive in-house monitors, and many combinations thereof all promise to provide accurate measures of physical activity, gait, and posture parameters. Motivated by market projections for wearable technologies and driven by recent technological innovations in wearable sensors (MEMs, electronic textiles, wireless communications, etc.), wearable health/performance research is growing rapidly and has the potential to transform future healthcare from disease treatment to disease prevention. The objective of this Special Issue is to address and disseminate the latest gait, posture, and activity monitoring systems as well as various mathematical models/methods that characterize mobility functions. This Special Issue focuses on wearable monitoring systems and physical sensors, and its mathematical models can be utilized in varied environments under varied conditions to monitor health and performance
    Keywords: step detection ; machine learning ; outlier detection ; transition matrices ; autoencoders ; ground reaction force (GRF) ; micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) ; gait ; walk ; bipedal locomotion ; 3-axis force sensor ; shoe ; force distribution ; multi-sensor gait classification ; distributed compressed sensing ; joint sparse representation classification ; telemonitoring of gait ; operating range ; accelerometer ; stride length ; peak tibial acceleration ; running velocity ; wearable sensors ; feedback technology ; rehabilitation ; motor control ; cerebral palsy ; inertial sensors ; gait events ; spatiotemporal parameters ; postural control ; falls in the elderly ; fall risk assessment ; low-cost instrumented insoles ; foot plantar center of pressure ; flexible sensor ; gait recognition ; piezoelectric material ; wearable ; adaptability ; force sensitive resistors ; self-tuning triple threshold algorithm ; sweat sensor ; sweat rate ; dehydration ; IoT ; PDMS ; surface electromyography ; handgrip force ; force-varying muscle contraction ; nonlinear analysis ; wavelet scale selection ; inertial measurement unit ; gyroscope ; asymmetry ; feature extraction ; gait analysis ; lower limb prosthesis ; trans-femoral amputee ; MR damper ; knee damping control ; inertial measurement units ; motion analysis ; kinematics ; functional activity ; repeatability ; reliability ; biomechanics ; cognitive frailty ; cognitive–motor impairment ; Alzheimer’s disease ; motor planning error ; instrumented trail-making task ; ankle reaching task ; dual task walking ; nondestructive ; joint moment ; partial weight loading ; muscle contributions ; sit-to-stand training ; motion parameters ; step length ; self-adaptation ; Parkinson’s disease (PD) ; tremor dominant (TD) ; postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) ; center of pressure (COP) ; fast Fourier transform (FFT) ; wavelet transform (WT) ; fall detection system ; smartphones ; accelerometers ; machine learning algorithms ; supervised learning ; ANOVA analysis ; Step-detection ; ActiGraph ; Pedometer ; acceleration ; physical activity ; physical function ; physical performance test ; chair stand ; sit to stand transfer ; wearables ; gyroscopes ; e-Health application ; physical rehabilitation ; shear and plantar pressure sensor ; biaxial optical fiber sensor ; multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings ; frailty ; pre-frail ; wearable sensor ; sedentary behavior ; moderate-to-vigorous activity ; steps ; fall detection ; elderly people monitoring ; telerehabilitation ; virtual therapy ; Kinect ; eHealth ; telemedicine ; insole ; injury prevention ; biomechanical gait variable estimation ; inertial gait variable ; total knee arthroplasty ; falls in healthy elderly ; fall prevention ; biometrics ; human gait recognition ; ground reaction forces ; Microsoft Kinect ; high heels ; fusion data ; ensemble classifiers ; accidental falls ; older adults ; neural networks ; convolutional neural network ; long short-term memory ; accelerometry ; obesity ; nonlinear ; electrostatic field sensing ; gait measurement ; temporal parameters ; artificial neural network ; propulsion ; aging ; walking ; smart footwear ; frailty prediction ; fall risk ; smartphone based assessments ; adverse post-operative outcome ; intelligent surveillance systems ; human fall detection ; health and well-being ; safety and security ; n/a ; movement control ; anterior cruciate ligament ; kinetics ; real-time feedback ; biomechanical gait features ; impaired gait classification ; pattern recognition ; sensors ; clinical ; knee ; osteoarthritis ; shear stress ; callus ; woman ; TUG ; IMU ; geriatric assessment ; semi-unsupervised ; self-assessment ; domestic environment ; functional decline ; symmetry ; trunk movement ; autocorrelation ; gait rehabilitation ; wearable device ; IMU sensors ; gait classification ; stroke patients ; neurological disorders ; scanning laser rangefinders (SLR), GAITRite ; cadence ; velocity and stride-length ; power ; angular velocity ; human motion measurement ; sensor fusion ; complementary filter ; fuzzy logic ; inertial and magnetic sensors ; ESOQ-2 ; Parkinson’s disease ; UPDRS ; movement disorders ; human computer interface ; RGB-Depth ; hand tracking ; automated assessment ; at-home monitoring ; Parkinson’s Diseases ; motorized walker ; haptic cue ; gait pattern ; statistics study ; walk detection ; step counting ; signal processing ; plantar pressure ; flat foot ; insoles ; force sensors ; arch index ; sports analytics ; deep learning ; classification ; inertial sensor ; cross-country skiing ; classical style ; skating style ; batteryless strain sensor ; wireless strain sensor ; resonant frequency modulation ; Ecoflex ; human activity recognition ; smartphone ; human daily activity ; ensemble method ; running ; velocity ; smart shoe ; concussion ; inertial motion units (IMUs) ; vestibular exercises ; validation ; motion capture ; user intent recognition ; transfemoral prosthesis ; multi-objective optimization ; biogeography-based optimization ; smart cane ; weight-bearing ; health monitoring ; wearable/inertial sensors ; regularity ; variability ; human ; motion ; locomotion ; UPDRS tasks ; posture ; postural stability ; center of mass ; RGB-depth ; neurorehabilitation ; hallux abductus valgus ; high heel ; proximal phalanx of the hallux ; abduction ; valgus ; ultrasonography ; Achilles tendon ; diagnostic ; imaging ; tendinopathy ; foot insoles ; electromyography ; joint instability ; muscle contractions ; motorcycling ; wearable electronic devices ; validity ; relative movement ; lower limb prosthetics ; biomechanic measurement tasks ; quantifying socket fit ; rehabilitation exercise ; dynamic time warping ; automatic coaching ; exergame ; fine-wire intramuscular EMG electrode ; non-human primate model ; traumatic spinal cord injury ; wavelet transform ; relative power ; linear mixed model ; VO2 ; calibration ; MET ; VO2net ; speed ; equivalent speed ; free-living ; children ; adolescents ; adults ; gait event detection ; hemiplegic gait ; appropriate mother wavelet ; acceleration signal ; wavelet-selection criteria ; conductive textile ; stroke ; hemiparetic ; real-time monitoring ; lower limb locomotion activity ; triplet Markov model ; semi-Markov model ; on-line EM algorithm ; human kinematics ; phase difference angle ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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