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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical exposure from the Hebei spirit oil spill accident and its long-term effects on mental health

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
While evidence indicates that exposure to oil spill incidents can affect mental health, it is unclear whether the mental health effects result from the incident itself or from exposure to associated chemicals.
Lita Kim, Da-An Huh, Min-Sung Kang, Kangyeon Park, Jiyoun Lee, Se Hyun Hwang, Hyeon Jeong Choi, Woohyun Lim, Kyong Whan Moon, Yong-Jin Lee   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community-Based Learning

, 2020
Thomas L. Alsbury, Suzan Kobashigawa, Mary Ewart   +2 more
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Independence of Centers of Excellence in Medical Sciences: A qualitative study

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2020
Background: Centers of excellence are organizations with prominent activities in a specific field and are capable of delivering quality services using specialized equipment, innovative techniques, and modern technologies.
Siamak Kazemi Asl, Azita Jaberi, Ali Reza Safarpour, Majid Reza Farrokhi, Ladan Zarshenas, Manoosh Mehrabi   +5 more
doaj  

Wahkohtowin as Paideia

Engaged Scholar Journal, 2018
The Wahkohtowin class was held in Saskatoon throughout early 2014. Wahkohtowin brought together prisoners, students, and professors, in order to critically examine Canada’s “justice” system.
Dan LeBlanc
doaj   +1 more source

Higher Amyloid and Tau Burden Is Associated With Faster Decline on a Digital Cognitive Test

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective A 2‐min digital clock‐drawing test (DCTclock) captures more granular features of the clock‐drawing process than the pencil‐and‐paper clock‐drawing test, revealing more subtle deficits at the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A previous cross‐sectional study demonstrated that worse DCTclock performance was associated with
Jessie Fanglu Fu, Talia Robinson, Marina Rodriguez Alonso, Adela Francis Malave, Roos J. Jutten, Michael J. Properzi, Brian C. Healy, Jackson C. Thompson, Grace Del Carmen Montenegro, Emma Thibault, Dana Penney, Randall Davis, Reisa A. Sperling, Kathryn V. Papp, Keith A. Johnson, Julie C. Price, Dorene M. Rentz   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lived experiences of a community regarding its involvement in a university community-based education programme

Curationis, 2013
Background: Community involvement is one of the crucial principles in the implementation of successful community-based education programmes. However, a gap continues to exist between the rhetoric of this principle and the reality of involving or engaging
Ntombizodwa S.B. Linda, Ntombifikile G. Mtshali, Charlotte Engelbrecht   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure with kidney function in the Korean general population

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent and harmful environmental pollutants of international concerns. Despite widespread use of PFAS in industrial and consumer products, research exploring their effects on kidney function among Asian ...
Hyeon Jeong Choi, Woohyun Lim, Da-An Huh, Lita Kim, Kangyeon Park, Jiyoun Lee, Se-Hyun Hwang, Kyong Whan Moon   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exposition of process-based learning for first year university students

Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2018
In this expository essay, four faculty members co-reflect on the pedagogy used within one first-year course, Introduction to Community Studies (COMS 1100) at Cape Breton University (CBU).
Bettina Callary, Patrick Maher, Emily Root, Jennifer Ryan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source