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A cost-effectiveness analysis of community water fluoridation for schoolchildren

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Community water fluoridation (CWF), the controlled addition of fluoride to the water supply for the prevention of dental caries (tooth decay), is considered a safe and effective public health intervention.
Jodi Cronin, Stephen Moore, Máiréad Harding, Helen Whelton, Noel Woods   +4 more
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Circular Business Models: A Review

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020
The Circular Economy is gaining traction in academia, industry, and policy making as an alternative model that minimises resource depletion, waste, and emissions.
Martin Geissdoerfer, M. Pieroni, D. Pigosso, K. Soufani   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commercialisation of water supply in Zimbabwe and its effects on the poor: A working framework

Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2021
Background: Neoliberalism favours the existence of free markets with limited government interference as the best way to conduct business. A feasibility study is necessary regarding the practicality of the application of neoliberalist policies in Zimbabwe’
Tinashe Mukonavanhu, Damian Ukwandu, Danielle Nel-Sanders   +2 more
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Accelerating Discovery to Deployment: Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) and Its Role in Scaling Materials Technologies for Water and Resource Solutions

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this Perspective, we highlight the processing science and scale‐up capabilities of the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, with an emphasis on practical solutions for sustainable water and critical resource recovery. We demonstrate how national laboratories bridge fundamental
Yuepeng Zhang, Bratin Sengupta, Xiaoao Shi, Haihui Pu, Jeffrey W. Elam, Gregory K. Krumdick, Jessica Durham Macholz, Allison Bennett Irion, Junhong Chen, Seth B. Darling   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy uncertainty, the economy and business

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2022
Elevated policy uncertainty acts as a tax on investment. In 1921, Frank Knight made a basic conceptual distinction between risk and uncertainty. In a market context, risks can be hedged through the use of different instruments, yet in the policy context,
Raymond Parsons, Waldo Krugell
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Challenges and Future Directions in Assessing the Quality and Completeness of Advanced Materials Safety Data for Re‐Usability: A Position Paper From the Nanosafety Community

Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
Nanosafety data provide a guiding example for establishing best practices in data management, aligning with FAIR principles and quality criteria. This review explores existing quality assessment approaches for reliability, relevance, and completeness, emphasizing the need for harmonization and adaptation to nanomaterials and advanced materials. The aim
Verónica I. Dumit, Irini Furxhi, Penny Nymark, Antreas Afantitis, Ammar Ammar, Monica J. B. Amorim, Dalila Antunes, Svetlana Avramova, Chiara L. Battistelli, Gianpietro Basei, Cecilia Bossa, Emil Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana Cimpan, Dmitri Ciornii, Anna Costa, Camilla Delpivo, Maria Dusinska, Ana Sofia Fonseca, Steffi Friedrichs, Vasile‐Dan Hodoroaba, Danail Hristozov, Panagiotis Isigonis, Nina Jeliazkova, Nikolay Kochev, Eva Kranjc, Dieter Maier, Georgia Melagraki, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Tomasz Puzyn, Hubert Rauscher, Katie Reilly, Araceli Sánchez Jiménez, Janeck J. Scott‐Fordsmand, Neeraj Shandilya, Hyun Kil Shin, Gergana Tancheva, Jeaphianne P. M. van Rijn, Egon L. Willighagen, Ewelina Wyrzykowska, Martine I. Bakker, Damjana Drobne, Thomas E. Exner, Martin Himly, Iseult Lynch   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Ethereal Tightrope: The Nanogenerator Manipulates Neurons for Immune Equilibrium

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review explores how nanogenerators modulate neuroimmune responses, offering innovative strategies for treating neurological disorders. By interfacing with neural pathways, they enable precise control of immune activity, especially via vagus nerve stimulation.
Jia Du, Rui Deng, Ya Wu, Hong‐Xia Ren, Zong‐Hong Lin, Yang‐Bao Miao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping older adults’ care policy: a scoping review of key determinants in post-acute and community reintegration transitions

BMC Health Services Research
Background The aging population is driving an increasing demand for long-term care (LTC) and complex continuing care (CCC) across member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Addressing this growing need requires
Saina Sehatkarlangrodi, Manaf Zargoush, Christopher J. Longo, Somayeh Ghazalbash   +3 more
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Breaking ranks: business fragmentation over climate policy reforms

Business and Politics
Patterns of business opposition and support shape the pace and scope of environmental policy reforms. This article develops a theory of firm and business coalition position-taking that explains business unity and division over environmental policy.
Nikolai Drahos
doaj   +1 more source