Insights on energy, poverty, and gender nexus in urban ger district households: A case study from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2025
The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda calls for integrating gender equality in all aspects of sustainable development. Still, there is limited understanding of how energy, poverty, and gender intersect...
The new generation of cosmetics packaging: A paradigm shift
2025
The growing environmental and health concerns surrounding conventional cosmetic packaging demand urgent attention. This work proposes a paradigm shift in cosmetic packaging by introducing the concept...
Impact of CO2 emissions, income, and urbanization on health status in GCC countries: A moderating role of energy consumption
2025
Life expectancy is often considered the most effective measure for evaluating a nation's health status. In light of this, the study investigates the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on life expectancy...
Resettlement for conservation: Assessing health and social security challenges in Nepal's biodiverse regions
2025
Conservation-driven displacement remains a contentious issue, raising concerns about balancing biodiversity protection with resettlers' health and social security. This study examines the impacts of...
Enhanced machine learning models for accurate breast cancer mammogram classification
2025
Breast cancer has now become the leading cancer type in Indian urban regions surpassing cervical cancer. The imperfect nature of current diagnostic techniques calls for more dependable assessment methods...
Waste crisis and potential implications of forest Fires: Perspective from psychosocial cognition
2025
Agroforestry projects in the Peat Hydrological Unit (PHU) area represent the largest peat forest management and support center for sustainable ecological growth. However, old habits such as littering...
Temporal socio-economic inequalities in the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) among under-five Children: An analysis of within- and between-group disparities in 20 sub-Saharan African countries (2004–2024)
2025
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in sub-Saharan Africa is a pressing public health issue, particularly among children under five years old. DBM encompasses both undernutrition (stunting) and...
Association of air pollution with ischemic heart disease, stroke, diabetes, COPD, lung cancer, and all-cause mortality: Effect modification by pro-inflammatory diet
2025
The role of interactions of diet and air pollution in health outcomes remain unclear. This study investigated the combined effects of a pro-inflammatory diet and long-term air pollution exposure on...
Does climate finance foster happiness in African economies? Assessing the direct and indirect pathways
2025
In the face of Africa's persistent development and well-being challenges, climate finance emerges as a beacon of hope, promising not only environmental benefits but also potential improvements in quality...
Water and sanitation access shapes cholera burden in low- and middle-income countries
2025
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) include targets for safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), which are critical in preventing cholera, a persistent health threat...
Effectiveness of admission-avoidance hospital at home as alternative to routine hospital care in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2025
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the effectiveness of home-based programmes to prevent hospital admissions compared with traditional hospital-based care for older adults. Health...
Addressing scandals and greenwashing in carbon offset markets: A framework for reform
2025
Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are becoming increasingly central to corporate climate strategies and global emissions reduction efforts. However, recent carbon scandals and greenwashing controversies...
Benefits and impact of technology-enhanced learning applications in higher education in Middle East and North Africa: A systematic review
2025
Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) uses digital tools and technologies to improve learning experiences by addressing educational challenges such as accessibility, equity, and quality. There is evidence...
Developing a multidimensional sustainable framework for measuring inclusive Growth: Evidence from Egypt
2025
This study aims to develop and establish a concept referred to as Multidimensional Sustainable Inclusive Growth (MSIG), by examining inclusive growth from a micro-level perspective. Unlike previous...
Mitigating human health impacts of climate change: A case of Kerala state in India
2025
Climate change poses a serious threat to human health. The health sector plays a crucial role in addressing the challenges posed by climate change. It must both manage the unavoidable health impacts...
Global climate commitments and local disconnect: Imagining climate change through Indonesia's community climate program
2025
Amid growing global attention to climate change, this study explores the sociopolitical dynamics of institutionalizing climate knowledge in rural Indonesia by examining the implementation of the Climate...
Understanding the surge in elective caesarean sections: Role of older women's childbirth choices on younger women in India
2025
The global rise in Caesarean sections (CS), including India's increase from 8.5 % in 2005-06 to 21.5 % in 2019–21, poses a significant public health challenge. This study investigates the factors driving...
Death education among psychology university students: A psychosocial qualitative perspective
2025
Death education, a burgeoning field within psychosocial and educational sciences, addresses how individuals perceive and cope with themes of finitude, terminality, fragility and mortality. It employs...
Navigating climate change impacts on agricultural productivity, food and human health security in developing countries
2025
This study examines climate change impacts on agricultural productivity and human health across 20 developing countries (2000–2020) using Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (Panel-ARDL) methodology....
How the COVID-19 pandemic worsened intimate partner Violence: Findings from a South Africa high-risk community study
2025
Researchers have been extensively studying the detrimental effects wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on many aspects of human life. However, there is little empirical research from the Global South on...
Investigating farmers’ adoption of mobile Agri-Tech: A TAM-Based study of KaseChar in Eastern Thailand
2025
Addressing agricultural waste through digital innovation is vital for mitigating environmental harm and supporting sustainable farming. This study examines the adoption of KaseChar, a mobile application...
Leverage points or system traps? Identifying feedback loops inside the 2030 agenda
2025
The complexity of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their interconnections presents a challenge for understanding how progress in one area influences others. This study develops a network-based...
Transforming health systems in Vietnam’s demographic transition: sarcopenia screening thresholds
Available online 11 October 2025
Vietnam is undergoing a rapid demographic transition, with an increasingly aging population, posing new challenges for the healthcare system. Sarcopenia, an important contributor to frailty, functional...
Trajectory Optimization for UAV-Based Medical Delivery with Temporal Logic Constraints and Convex Feasible Set Collision Avoidance
Available online 11 October 2025
This paper addresses the problem of trajectory optimization for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) performing time-sensitive medical deliveries in urban environments. Specifically, we consider a single...
Beyond food: Ultra-processed people are living in an ultra-processed world.
Available online 10 October 2025
Since the term "ultra-processed food" was introduced in the fields of nutrition and public health, numerous studies have demonstrated its detrimental effects on health. Despite resistance from food...