Challenges and opportunities of remotely working from home during Covid-19 pandemic
2021
The demand of online remote working from home significantly increased in 2020/21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This unforeseen situation has forced individuals and organisations to rapidly train employees...
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Development of an IoT based real-time traffic monitoring system for city governance
2020
A significant amount of research work carried out on traffic management systems, but intelligent traffic monitoring is still an active research topic due to the emerging technologies such as the Internet...
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Measuring regenerative economics: 10 principles and measures undergirding systemic economic health
2019
Applying network science concepts and methods to economic systems is not a new idea. In the last few decades, however, advances in non-equilibrium thermodynamics (i.e., self-organizing, open, dissipative,...
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The prospects for ‘green steel’ making in a net-zero economy: A UK perspective
2021
Steel products are widely used in the construction industry and for the development of infrastructure projects, because they are versatile, durable, and affordable. Energy demand and ‘greenhouse gas’...
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Traditional postpartum customs in modern urban Chinese women and its association with dietary quality
2022
Traditional Chinese customs practicing in postpartum yield mixed results on maternal health. The objectives of this study are 1) to depict the postpartum customs in Chinese lactating women in varied...
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The impact of fossil fuel combustion on children's health and the associated losses of human capital
2023
To more fully assess the far-reaching effects of fossil fuel combustion on humanity, it is necessary to gain an in-depth understanding of the full impact of fossil fuels on human health and lifetime...
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ChatGPT and global public health: Applications, challenges, ethical considerations and mitigation strategies
2023
The advancement of deep learning and artificial intelligence has resulted in the development of state-of-the-art language models, such as ChatGPT. This technology can analyze large amounts of data,...
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The European Union’s post-pandemic strategies for public health, economic recovery, and social resilience
2023
The European Union has implemented various strategies and policies to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus-19 pandemic and promote recovery. This article reviews the European Union’s response and...
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Analysing interactions among Sustainable Development Goals with Integrated Assessment Models
2019
To achieve all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, it is necessary to understand how they interact with each other. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) represent many human–environment interactions...
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Advances in air quality modeling and forecasting
2020
The importance of and interest to research and investigations of atmospheric composition and its modeling for different applications are substantially increased. Air quality forecast (AQF) and assessment...
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Impact of global government investment on education and research development: A comparative analysis and demystifying the science, technology, innovation, and education conundrum
2022
To secure an inclusive and development-oriented society where nations can create, access, and utilize a scalable and sustainable infrastructure and resources, an equitable and effective investment in...
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Global impact of population aging on vision loss prevalence: A population-based study
2024
Vision loss is a leading cause of healthy life loss in late adulthood. We aimed to comprehensively examine the impact of population aging on vision loss prevalence worldwide....
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Exploring the nexus: Comparing and aligning Planetary Health, One Health, and EcoHealth
2024
The interconnectedness between humans and ecosystems highlights the need to protect ecosystems for the well-being of humans and the environment. This has led to the emergence of holistic and interdisciplinary...
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The ‘Triangle Model’ theory for prevention and control of newly emerging infectious diseases: Definition, characteristics, and experience in China
2023
Newly emerging infectious diseases are vital issues that impact global health, social stability, economic development, and national security. While infectious disease prevention and control is a highly...
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Association of natural flood disasters with infectious diseases in 168 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: A worldwide observational study
2023
Natural flood disasters have a devastating effect on society, but the comprehensive assessment of their association with infectious diseases is lacking. We aimed to comprehensively assess the association...
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Cancer as a global health crisis with deep evolutionary roots
2024
The global burden of cancer incidence, deaths and economic costs is steadily increasing since several decades. Despite a massive allocation of research funds since the 1970s, no significant (in terms...
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Advancing diabetic retinopathy diagnosis with fundus imaging: A comprehensive survey of computer-aided detection, grading and classification methods
2024
The incidence of diabetic retinopathy globally calls for advanced and more universally applicable computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems. This survey paper explores the current state of vision-based...
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Health for all: Primary care facility localization in Lesotho using qualitative research and GIS
2024
Lesotho has made significant strides towards universal health coverage and yet a significant proportion of the population has difficulty accessing health care services due to mountainous terrain and...
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International investments and environmental protection in India - Policy and implementation gaps in mitigating the carbon footprints
2023
While India's contribution and progress on environment protection has been applauded by global leaders, India continues to be one of the biggest carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter globally. Major...
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Distribution matters: Long-term quantification of the Sustainable Development Goals with household detail for different socio-economic pathways
2024
Knowledge about upcoming sustainability challenges is crucial to tackle them by political incentives, not at least to reach the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDGs are multi-dimensional...
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Climate change: Disruption, risk and opportunity
2019
Climate change is disruptive because virtually all aspects of our lives are best located in the Goldilocks zone: the place where it is “not too hot and not too cold but just right”. Rising greenhouse...
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What can we learn from previous pandemics to reduce the frequency of emerging infectious diseases like COVID-19?
2020
The global risks report of 2020 stated, climate-related issues dominate all of the top-five long-term critical global risks burning the planet and according to the report, “as existing health risks...
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Factors influencing cervical cancer screening among reproductive age group women in India: A multilevel analysis of nationwide survey 2019–2021
2024
Trends and factors associated with cervical cancer screening (CCS) among women of reproductive age are essential for designing cancer prevention strategies to reduce mortality. The present study investigates...
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The subsidiarity principle in innovation policy for societal challenges
2020
While national governments are the main actors in innovation policy, we witness a proliferation of challenge-oriented innovation policies both at the subnational and the supranational level. This begs...
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Blockchain, sustainability and clean energy transition
2023
The digital economy's neo-industrialization self-accelerates resource consumption and wide automatization inevitably envisage a technological leap. The article contributes conceptually and empirically...
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