Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elena Vallino, Luca Ridolfi, Francesco Laio
Summary: Virtual water trade is about the water used in global crop production and exchange. The Composite Water Scarcity Index (CWSI) helps identify unfair trade routes and can inform compensation policy design.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mohsen Sherif, Muhammad Usman Liaqat, Faisal Baig, Mohammad Al-Rashed
Summary: This paper provides the latest assessment of available water resources and demands in the arid GCC countries, highlighting their limited water resources and high water footprints. The possible impacts of climate change are discussed, and new solutions for improving water management are proposed.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Theo Henckens
Summary: This article explores the balance between reducing the extraction rate of geologically scarce mineral resources and increasing their service level, finding that stringent resource-saving measures can extend the sustainable use time of these resources and improve the global service level.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2021)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Rajesh Kumar Jyothi, Leonardo Gadelha Tumajan Costa De Melo, Rafael M. Santos, Ho-Sung Yoon
Summary: Thorium is a potential alternative fuel for nuclear energy production, offering inherent safety features and reduced risks of accidents and proliferation. This paper examines the present status of thorium nuclear fuel technology, the global availability of mineral supplies, and the factors influencing its implementation. It also highlights the advantages and challenges associated with thorium-based nuclear energy, as well as its future prospects.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Abdul Matin, Md Rafiqul Islam, Xianzhi Wang, Huan Huo, Guandong Xu
Summary: The integration of IoT and AI, known as AIoT, has become a focus in the manufacturing industry for its potential to digitize and drive sustainability. AIoT solutions provide benefits such as improved efficiency, reduced waste, and increased safety measures. Adoption of these solutions has increased and academic researchers and industry practitioners are developing advanced AIoT-based techniques for sustainable manufacturing. This paper aims to provide an overview of AIoT-based industry technology, survey existing research, discuss current challenges, and explore research prospects in the field.
INTERNET OF THINGS
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Tallyta N. Silva, Jason B. Thomas, Jeff Dahlberg, Seung Y. Rhee, Jenny C. Mortimer
Summary: Sorghum, as the fifth most important cereal crop worldwide, shows promise as a multipurpose feedstock crop and research model system. Its resilience to suboptimal growth conditions, combined with genetic, genomic, and biotechnological resources, make it an excellent candidate for future improvements and applications in the bioeconomy.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yanmin Wang, Xueliang Wu, Yongqin Han, Tingxi Li
Summary: This review systematically summarized the key components, preparation techniques, strategies for improving electrochemical performance, natural resource utilization methods, and future research directions of flexible supercapacitors.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Xin Zhang, Ravi Koirala, Biplob Pramanik, Linhua Fan, Abhijit Date, Veeriah Jegatheesan
Summary: Membrane distillation crystallization (MDC) is a promising hybrid thermal membrane technology that combines membrane distillation (MD) and crystallization for freshwater and minerals recovery. Despite its potential, MDC studies are largely limited to lab scale, making industrialization currently impractical. This paper summarizes the current state of MDC research, focusing on mechanisms, controls, and industrialization obstacles, while also providing future development directions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sylvia Marinova, Vanessa Bach, Ryosuke Yokoi, Masaharu Motoshita, Kamrul Islam, Matthias Finkbeiner
Summary: The development of new technologies has led to the widespread use of abiotic resources, which may be disrupted due to political, economic, and environmental factors. To understand the impact of such disruptions on the economy, a comprehensive criticality assessment is needed. This paper aims to identify the critical aspects of 35 abiotic materials used in the Japanese economy using the SCARCE method, which considers supply risk, vulnerability, social, and environmental factors.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Susanne Hempel, Rita Burke, Michael Hochman, Gina Thompson, Annie Brothers, Jennifer Shin, Aneesa Motala, Jody Larkin, Maria Bolshakova, Ning Fu, Jeanne Ringel
Summary: In pandemics such as COVID-19, policymakers require strategies to allocate medical resources effectively. Despite numerous studies, most strategies lack robust empirical evidence support, highlighting the need for more research in this area.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Jiang Huajuan, Huang Xulong, Xian Bin, Wang Yue, Zhou Yongfeng, Ren Chaoxiang, Pei Jin
Summary: Chinese herbal medicine injections (CHIs) have shown unique therapeutic advantages in the treatment of critical diseases, especially cardio-cerebrovascular diseases, by combining traditional Chinese medicine theory and modern production technology. This article summarizes the clinical application, pharmacological effects, and mechanism of action of different varieties of CHIs commonly used in the treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases, analyzes the causes of adverse reactions, and proposes suggestions for rational drug use and pharmaceutical care methods to provide a reference for the rational application of CHIs for cardio-cerebrovascular diseases.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Tej Bahadur Chandra, Bikesh Kumar Singh
Summary: Mitigating the rapid surge of COVID-19 is a challenging task for the healthcare industry. We proposed a multicriteria decision support system to help physicians prioritize patients based on disease severity. The experimental results confirmed the strong agreement between the proposed method and domain expert evaluation.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tao Xiang
Summary: This is a letter to the editor.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Muhannad H. Yousef, Yazan N. Alhalaseh, Razan Mansour, Hala Sultan, Naseem Alnadi, Ahmad Maswadeh, Yasmeen M. Al-Sheble, Raghda Sinokrot, Khawlah Ammar, Asem Mansour, Maysa Al-Hussaini
Summary: The study found that among different groups during medical scarcity, sickest-first is the most important prioritization principle, while physicians tend to prefer combination strategies. Social value should also be considered in prioritizing scarce medical resources.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
David von Eiff, Joonho Yeo, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Shauhrat S. Chopra
Summary: Increasing urbanization and climate change stress urban water supply systems. Alternative water supply sources like desalination and water reclamation are energy intensive and costly, but a fit-for-purpose water policy using water reclamation can mitigate emissions and lower water prices.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
J. Jaime Caro
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Stefan D. Anker, Stefan Agewall, Martin Borggrefe, Melanie Calvert, J. Jaime Caro, Martin R. Cowie, Ian Ford, Jean A. Paty, Jillian P. Riley, Karl Swedberg, Luigi Tavazzi, Ingela Wiklund, Paulus Kirchhof
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2014)
Article
Economics
Bjoern Stollenwerk, Stefan K. Lhachimi, Andrew Briggs, Elisabeth Fenwick, Jaime J. Caro, Uwe Siebert, Marion Danner, Andreas Gerber-Grote
Letter
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Morales Enrique, Caro Jara
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION
(2013)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ulrike Boehme, Benjamin Barth, Carolin Paula, Andreas Kuhnt, Wilhelm Schwieger, Alexander Mundstock, Juergen Caro, Martin Hartmann
Article
Economics
Kit N. Simpson, Pamela P. Pei, Joergen Moeller, Robert W. Baran, Birgitta Dietz, William Woodward, Kristen Migliaccio-Walle, J. Jaime Caro
Article
Economics
J. Jaime Caro, Jorgen Moller
Review
Economics
Kevin Marsh, Tereza Lanitis, David Neasham, Panagiotis Orfanos, Jaime Caro
Article
Economics
Sean D. Sullivan, Josephine A. Mauskopf, Federico Augustovski, J. Jaime Caro, Karen M. Lee, Mark Minchin, Ewa Orlewska, Pete Penna, Jose-Manuel Rodriguez Barrios, Wen-Yi Shau
Article
Economics
J. Jaime Caro, David M. Eddy, Hong Kan, Cheryl Kaltz, Bimal Patel, Randa Eldessouki, Andrew H. Briggs
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Juan Caro, Inmaculada Navarro, Pedro Romero, Rosario I. Lorente, Maria Antonia Priego, Sergio Martinez-Hervas, Jose T. Real, Juan F. Ascaso
ENDOCRINOLOGIA Y NUTRICION
(2013)
Editorial Material
Economics
Paul Tappenden, J. Jaime Caro
Article
Clinical Neurology
Asmir Vodencarevic, Michael Weingaertner, J. Jaime Caro, Dubravka Ukalovic, Marcus Zimmermann-Rittereiser, Stefan Schwab, Peter Kolominsky-Rabas
Summary: This study developed accurate individual risk prediction models for recurrent ischemic stroke based on data easily obtained from patients at home. These models can be applied in a home setting to provide an initial risk assessment and identify high-risk patients early.
Editorial Material
Economics
J. Jaime Caro
Article
Oncology
Brandon Chua, Li Min Lim, Joseph Soon Yau Ng, Yan Ma, Hwee Lin Wee, J. Jaime Caro
Summary: Extended genotyping (XGT) for cervical cancer screening, which identifies human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes beyond HPV16 and HPV18, can provide risk stratification for clinical management. A study in Singapore compared the resource use, cost, and quality-adjusted life years (QALY) of XGT to partial genotyping (PGT). The results showed that XGT was cost-effective, utilized fewer resources, and provided a risk-based approach compared to PGT. This analysis, conducted in an Asian context, could guide the use of XGT in Asia.
