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Environmental Sustainability

Human behavior lies at the root of many environmental problems, including climate change, that threaten the continued existence and well-being of our species on planet Earth ... Sustainability psychology is thus emerging as an important new subdiscipline of psychology and one with tremendous positive potential.
Pooja Yadav, Suman Saurabh, Venkata Phani Bollempalli   +2 more
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Appraising HEI-community Partnerships: Assessing Performance, Monitoring Progress, and Evaluating Impacts

Gateways, 2022
Momentum of the creation of partnerships between higher education institutions (HEIs) and communities is strong. As their significance intensifies, the question of how to judge their value is garnering increasing attention.
Ryan Plummer, Samantha Witkowski, Amanda Smits , Gillian Dale   +3 more
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Unlike rolling stones: not every Myrmecina species actively rolls away from danger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

The European Zoological Journal, 2022
Actively rolling away is a very rare escape strategy in the animal kingdom, which to date has only been documented in a few arthropod and one vertebrate species.
D. Giannetti, E. Schifani, C. Castracani, F. A. Spotti, A. Mori, D. A. Grasso   +5 more
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Modelling COVID-19 severity in the Republic of Ireland using patient co-morbidities, socioeconomic profile and geographic location, February to November 2020

Scientific Reports, 2021
Understanding patient progression from symptomatic COVID-19 infection to a severe outcome represents an important tool for improved diagnoses, surveillance, and triage.
M. Boudou, C. ÓhAiseadha, P. Garvey, J. O’Dwyer, P. Hynds   +4 more
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Efficacy of plasma activated saline in a co-culture infection control model

Scientific Reports, 2022
Plasma activated liquids have demonstrated antimicrobial effects and receive increasing attention due to the potential to strengthen the armoury of novel approaches against antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Evanthia Tsoukou, Paula Bourke, Daniela Boehm   +2 more
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Origin and significance of the human DNase repertoire

Scientific Reports, 2022
The human genome contains four DNase1 and two DNase2 genes. The origin and functional specialization of this repertoire are not fully understood. Here we use genomics and transcriptomics data to infer the evolutionary history of DNases and investigate ...
Giulia Mori, Danila Delfino, Paola Pibiri, Claudio Rivetti, Riccardo Percudani   +4 more
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Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services

Ecology and Society, 2021
We propose an alternative methodology for engaging with multifaceted cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the Global South. We explore the use of dialogue as a tool for understanding CES in situ, while developing shared action steps toward CES ...
Karen E. Allen, Celia Castellano, Sophia Pessagno   +2 more
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Mechanistic insights on the mode of action of an antiproliferative thiosemicarbazone-nickel complex revealed by an integrated chemogenomic profiling study

Scientific Reports, 2020
Thiosemicarbazones (TSC) and their metal complexes display diverse biological activities and are active against multiple pathological conditions ranging from microbial infections to abnormal cell proliferation.
Enrico Baruffini, Roberta Ruotolo, Franco Bisceglie, Serena Montalbano, Simone Ottonello, Giorgio Pelosi, Annamaria Buschini, Tiziana Lodi   +7 more
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Sustainability: Environmental studies and public health [PDF]

, 2009
This special issue ‘Sustainability: Environmental Studies and Public Health’ is part of the internationally leading 'International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health’.
Chen, Cross, Fleming, Markandya, Miklas Scholz, Priemus, Remoundou, Rigotto, Rodriguez, Saarloos, Ulhøi   +10 more
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Assessing the Biological Safety of Atmospheric Cold Plasma Treated Wheat Using Cell and Insect Models

Foods, 2020
Atmospheric cold plasma (ACP) is under investigation for an extensive range of biocontrol applications in food biosystems. However, the development of a novel intervention technology requires a thorough evaluation of the potential for negative effects ...
Agata Los, Dana Ziuzina, Robin Van Cleynenbreugel, Daniela Boehm, Paula Bourke   +4 more
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