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Toward an overall analytical framework for the integrated sustainability assessment of the production and supply of raw materials and primary energy carriers [PDF]

, 2015
The sustainable production and supply of raw materials (nonenergy raw materials) and primary energy carriers (energy raw materials) is a core element of many policies. The natural resource base for their production and supply, and the access thereto, are
Blengini, Gian Andrea, Dewulf, Jo, Latunussa, Cynthia, Mancini, Lucia, Pennington, David, Sala, Serenella   +5 more
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
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National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions

Communications Earth & Environment
Ecosystem restoration is widely recognized as a key strategy to address social-ecological challenges. National governments have pledged to restore millions of hectares of land.
Felipe Benra, Maria Brück, Emily Sigman, Manuel Pacheco-Romero, Girma Shumi, David J. Abson, Marina Frietsch, Joern Fischer   +7 more
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Sustainable universities and the transition to net zero: lessons on insetting from the University of Edinburgh

Frontiers in Education
Higher education institutions around the world now recognise the twin climate change and biodiversity loss crises as amongst the most pressing issues facing humanity in the twenty-first century.
Yvonne Edwards, Dave Gorman, Peter Higgins, Dave Reay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecology and the Common Good: Sustainability and Catholic Social Teaching [PDF]

, 2007
In recent years official Roman Catholic documents have addressed the ecological crisis from the perspective of Catholic social teaching. This expansion of Catholic social thought addresses the social and ecological question.
Butkus, Russell, Kolmes, Steven
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Business Models for Sustainable Finance: The Case Study of Social Impact Bonds [PDF]

, 2019
Business models for sustainability (BMfS) are relevant topics on research agendas, given their orientation toward sustainability issues. However, traditional versions of these models are often ill-equipped at solving complex social problems. Cross-sector
Chiappini, Helen, la torre, Mario, Rizzello, Alessandro, Trotta, Annarita   +3 more
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Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson, Ingrid Winship, Gary Hammerschlag, Laura Scardamaglia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social-ecological systems approach in drought-food insecurity nexus research

npj Sustainable Agriculture
Drought is increasingly seen as the next “pandemic,” threatening global populations and progress towards achieving zero hunger by 2030. Although drought and food security are well-researched, no studies synthesize the progress and gaps in drought-food ...
Debashis Roy, Yollanda Chepkoech Korir, Steven A. Gillespie, Md Sarwar Hossain   +3 more
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Learning from Other Community Renewable Energy Projects: Transnational Transfer of Multi-Functional Energy Gardens from the Netherlands to Germany

Energies, 2023
Citizen energy in general and renewable energy communities (RECs) in particular are becoming key vehicles for decentralisation, but also for the democratisation of the energy system.
Maria Rosaria Di Nucci, Michael Krug, Lucas Schwarz, Vincenzo Gatta, Erik Laes   +4 more
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A tool for sustainability impact assessment (ToSIA)of forest-wood chains linked with a database of sustainability indicators collected within the EFORWOOD project [PDF]

, 2009
Within the EFORWOOD project new approaches to assess the sustainability impacts of forest-wood chains (FWC) using indicators of environmental, social and economic sustainability were ...
Cerny, Martin, Kneblik, Petr, Lindner, Marcus, Palosuo, Taru, Roubalova, Martina, Savolainen, Mikko, Suominen, Tommi, Verweij, Peter, Vötter, Diana, Werhahn-Mees, Wendelin, Zudin, Sergey   +10 more
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