Article
Environmental Sciences
Ismail Bulent Gurbuz, Elcin Nesirov, Gulay Ozkan
Summary: This study empirically analyzed the long-term relationship between agricultural production and carbon dioxide emissions in Azerbaijan, confirming the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. The findings suggest that GDP and energy consumption have a positive impact on CO2 emissions, while agricultural production has a negative impact. Furthermore, the study confirmed the inverted-U-shaped relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Monia Renzi, Paolo Pastorino, Francesca Provenza, Serena Anselmi, Antonietta Specchiulli, Andrea Cavallo
Summary: Environmental diagnostics are commonly used to identify human influences in different environmental settings. However, using a single survey technique limits understanding and often leads to incomplete and inaccurate results. This study presents three real cases of analyzing impacts on marine ecosystems, demonstrating the benefits of integrating different diagnostic techniques to better understand phenomena, impacts, and damages. The study combines classical diagnostics based on contaminant levels, ecotoxicological tests, and stress biomarkers with diagnostics by FESEM and XRD microscopy. The results show that the integration of chemical analyses, ecotoxicology, and microchemical FESEM and XRD analyses can provide precise and effective responses in environmental management.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Valentin Emslander, Jessica Levy, Ronny Scherer, Antoine Fischbach
Summary: This study examined the stability of VA scores over time for mathematics and language learning. The findings showed that only a small percentage of schools had stable VA scores, indicating that they may not be suitable for high-stakes decision making. However, they can still be used to identify effective teaching or school practices.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Mohammad Babla, Utsab Katwal, Miing-Tiem Yong, Soheil Jahandari, Maroun Rahme, Zhong-Hua Chen, Zhong Tao
Summary: Soil degradation caused by intensive use of fertilisers and the accelerated waste generation rate due to agriculture intensification are global problems. Utilising waste materials to produce soil conditioners is important for sustainable food production. This review discusses the production and sustainable applications of soil conditioners derived from various agro-wastes and coal by-products. It also highlights the possibility of turning coal and organic wastes into valuable pellets for soil conditioning.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hedong Lu, Vivek Yadav, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal
Summary: Current biorefinery approaches utilize diverse biomass feedstocks and conversion techniques to produce high-value biochemicals and biofuels, with lignocellulose being a main constituent that offers advantages in terms of economics and environmental sustainability.
Article
Management
Emanuele Borgonovo, Gordon B. Hazen, Victor Richmond R. Jose, Elmar Plischke
Summary: This study focuses on selecting the most appropriate sensitivity measures for a specific reporting context. It proposes that the importance rankings of model inputs should correspond to their information value in constructing an optimal report, based on a proper scoring rule. The research examines the general conditions under which a sensitivity measure has this property and analyzes if sensitivity measures retain important properties like transformation invariance and compliance with Renyi's Postulate D for measures of statistical dependence.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fabian Eisenreich
Summary: Shaping a sustainable future is closely tied to advanced plastic recycling technologies. Low global recycling rates result in the incineration or landfill disposal of post-consumer plastics, causing severe environmental risks and a loss of chemical resources. Recent breakthroughs in photocatalytic methods offer a solution by converting polymers into valuable organic molecules under environmentally benign conditions.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shukuan Bai, Yadong Ning, Boya Zhang
Summary: This study evaluates the environmental and employment impacts of China's value-added trade and finds that overall, China's trade increases global emissions and employment, with characteristics of exports having a significant influence. However, China's imports indirectly contribute to global emissions reductions and drive foreign employment. Trade through one-fold value chains plays a dominant role in determining these impacts. Simple global value chain-related trade contributes most to reducing global emissions but decreases global employment. Complex GVC-related trade increases both global employment and emissions. At the bilateral level, impacts vary, and some complex GVC-related bilateral trade contributes to global emission mitigation. China can achieve a win-win situation for the environment and employment through specific value chain routes in bilateral trade with certain countries.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Lucia Pola, Sergio Collado, Paula Oulego, Mario Diaz
Summary: This article compiles available information on valorising Kraft black liquor to obtain chemical products. More research is needed as only processes not yet validated at an industrial scale are described, except for lignin recovery.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tugba Bas, Funda Kara, Andrew Adewale Alola
Summary: This study examines the environmental effects of agriculture value-added, merchandise value-added, export value-added, and share value-added in Turkey from 1991 to 2019. The results show that agriculture value-added and export value-added help mitigate environmental risks, while merchandise value-added and share value-added contribute to an increase in carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Xiangzhou Yuan, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Bin Gao, Wu-Jun Liu, Ki Bong Lee, Yong Sik Ok
Summary: Value-added materials such as biochar and activated carbon produced from thermo-chemical conversion of organic waste have emerged as cost-effective solutions with unique properties for energy and environmental applications. These organic waste-derived materials have multifunctional abilities in capturing greenhouse gases, remediating contaminated soil and water, as well as storing and converting energy. Current research focuses on upgrading organic waste to high-performance carbon materials, enhancing their properties through activation and surface modification, and exploring potential applications in energy and environmental fields. Key challenges related to sustainable management of organic waste and potential solutions are also discussed.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tzu-Wei Joy Tseng, Brian E. Robinson, Marc F. Bellemare, Ariel BenYishay, Allen Blackman, Timothy Boucher, Malcolm Childress, Margaret B. Holland, Timm Kroeger, Benjamin Linkow, Moustapha Diop, Lisa Naughton, Thomas Rudel, Jolyne Sanjak, Priya Shyamsundar, Peter Veit, William Sunderlin, Wei Zhang, Yuta J. Masuda
Summary: Land tenure security is increasingly recognized as a crucial element for advancing global sustainable development agendas. The majority of studies show that improved land tenure security has positive impacts on human well-being and environmental outcomes. More research is needed to understand the effects of non-technical interventions and rights devolution in informing future land policy efforts and accelerating sustainable development.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Alicia Hernandez-Lara, Margarita Ros, Maria Dolores Perez-Murcia, Maria Angeles Bustamante, Raul Moral, Francisco Javier Andreu-Rodriguez, Juan A. Fernandez, Catalina Egea-Gilabert, Jose Antonio Pascual
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of 23 agro-industrial composts as components of growing media for baby-leaf lettuce transplant production and their activity against the plant pathogen Pythium irregulare. Results showed that composts can be used as growing media, with different composts producing significantly higher lettuce fresh weight compared to peat. Composts with additives demonstrated higher suppressiveness against P. irregulare, with different additives leading to varying effects on lettuce fresh weight.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Yakubu Adekunle Alli, Peter Olusakin Oladoye, Onome Ejeromedoghene, Owolabi Mutolib Bankole, Oyekunle Azeez Alimi, Elizabeth Oyinkansola Omotola, Clement Ajibade Olanrewaju, Karine Philippot, Adeyemi S. Adeleye, Adeniyi Sunday Ogunlaja
Summary: Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas, accounting for 76% of all emissions. The concentration of atmospheric CO2 has increased significantly and is projected to continue rising. In addition to reducing emissions, capturing and transforming CO2 into valuable materials, such as fuels, using engineered nanomaterials shows promise.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Vineet Kumar, Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, Sunil Kumar, Pradeep Verma, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, Juliana Heloisa Pine Americo-Pinheiro, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, A. E. Atabani
Summary: In many countries, the excessive solid waste and byproducts produced by tea processing and production have become a distressing problem. Researchers are focused on finding sustainable ways to repurpose tea waste (TW) in various applications. This study highlights the beneficial use of TW biomass in agricultural compost and other uses, as well as the sustainable reutilization of tea industry waste. The conclusions of this review study are crucial for the environmentally friendly and sustainable growth of the world.
Article
Education, Special
Umar Toseeb, Olakunle Ayokunmi Oginni, Philip S. Dale
Summary: The study revealed significant differences in genetic and environmental influences on psychopathology between individuals with and without DLD, suggesting that the presence of DLD may exacerbate genetic risk for internalizing problems. This indicates that genetic influences on internalizing problems may also confer susceptibility to DLD (or vice versa), with DLD acting as an additional risk factor for those with a genetic predisposition for internalizing problems.
JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Eshim S. Jami, Anke R. Hammerschlag, Hill F. Ip, Andrea G. Allegrini, Beben Benyamin, Richard Border, Elizabeth W. Diemer, Chang Jiang, Ville Karhunen, Yi Lu, Qing Lu, Travis T. Mallard, Pashupati P. Mishra, Ilja M. Nolte, Teemu Palviainen, Roseann E. Peterson, Hannah M. Sallis, Andrey A. Shabalin, Ashley E. Tate, Elisabeth Thiering, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Carol Wang, Ang Zhou, Daniel E. Adkins, Silvia Alemany, Helga Ask, Qi Chen, Robin P. Corley, Erik A. Ehli, Luke M. Evans, Alexandra Havdahl, Fiona A. Hagenbeek, Christian Hakulinen, Anjali K. Henders, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Tellervo Korhonen, Abdullah Mamun, Shelby Marrington, Alexander Neumann, Kaili Rimfeld, Fernando Rivadeneira, Judy L. Silberg, Catharina E. van Beijsterveldt, Eero Vuoksimaa, Alyce M. Whipp, Xiaoran Tong, Ole A. Andreassen, Dorret Boomsma, Sandra A. Brown, S. Alexandra Burt, William Copeland, Danielle M. Dick, K. Paige Harden, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Catharina A. Hartman, Joachim Heinrich, John K. Hewitt, Christian Hopfer, Elina Hypponen, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Jaakko Kaprio, Liisa Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Kelly L. Klump, Kenneth Krauter, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Henrik Larsson, Terho Lehtimaki, Paul Lichtenstein, Sebastian Lundstrom, Hermine H. Maes, Per Magnus, Marcus R. Munafo, Jake M. Najman, Pal R. Njolstad, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Craig E. Pennell, Robert Plomin, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Chandra Reynolds, Richard J. Rose, Andrew Smolen, Harold Snieder, Michael Stallings, Marie Standl, Jordi Sunyer, Henning Tiemeier, Sally J. Wadsworth, Tamara L. Wall, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Gail M. Williams, Eivind Ystrom, Michel G. Nivard, Meike Bartels, Christel M. Middeldorp
Summary: The study investigates the genetic architecture of internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents, finding rater-based heterogeneity in genetic effects and genetic correlations with adult internalizing disorders and other childhood psychiatric traits. Additionally, reducing phenotypic heterogeneity in childhood samples is crucial for future GWAS success.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fenja Schlag, Andrea G. Allegrini, Jan Buitelaar, Ellen Verhoef, Marjolein van Donkelaar, Robert Plomin, Kaili Rimfeld, Simon E. Fisher, Beate St Pourcain
Summary: This study systematically investigated the genetic links between various mental health conditions and social symptoms. The results revealed associations between social behavior and genetic risk for ADHD, ASD, MD, and schizophrenia. The study also identified differences in the genetic architecture across different disorders and the impact of age, reporter, and social traits on genetic effects.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Laurence J. Howe, Michel G. Nivard, Tim T. Morris, Ailin F. Hansen, Humaira Rasheed, Yoonsu Cho, Geetha Chittoor, Rafael Ahlskog, Penelope A. Lind, Teemu Palviainen, Matthijs D. van der Zee, Rosa Cheesman, Massimo Mangino, Yunzhang Wang, Shuai Li, Lucija Klaric, Scott M. Ratliff, Lawrence F. Bielak, Marianne Nygaard, Alexandros Giannelis, Emily A. Willoughby, Chandra A. Reynolds, Jared V. Balbona, Ole A. Andreassen, Helga Ask, Aris Baras, Christopher R. Bauer, Dorret I. Boomsma, Archie Campbell, Harry Campbell, Zhengming Chen, Paraskevi Christofidou, Elizabeth Corfield, Christina C. Dahm, Deepika R. Dokuru, Luke M. Evans, Eco J. C. de Geus, Sudheer Giddaluru, Scott D. Gordon, K. Paige Harden, W. David Hill, Amanda Hughes, Shona M. Kerr, Yongkang Kim, Hyeokmoon Kweon, Antti Latvala, Deborah A. Lawlor, Liming Li, Kuang Lin, Per Magnus, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Travis T. Mallard, Pekka Martikainen, Melinda C. Mills, Pal Rasmus Njolstad, John D. Overton, Nancy L. Pedersen, David J. Porteous, Jeffrey Reid, Karri Silventoinen, Melissa C. Southey, Camilla Stoltenberg, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob, Margaret J. Wright, Hyeokmoon Kweon, John K. Hewitt, Matthew C. Keller, Michael C. Stallings, James J. Lee, Kaare Christensen, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Patricia A. Peyser, Jennifer A. Smith, James F. Wilson, John L. Hopper, Sara Hagg, Tim D. Spector, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Robert Plomin, Alexandra Havdahl, Meike Bartels, Nicholas G. Martin, Sven Oskarsson, Anne E. Justice, Iona Y. Millwood, Kristian Hveem, Oyvind Naess, Cristen J. Willer, Bjorn Olav Asvold, Philipp D. Koellinger, Jaakko Kaprio, Sarah E. Medland, Robin G. Walters, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, David M. Evans, George Davey Smith, Caroline Hayward, Ben Brumpton, Gibran Hemani, Neil M. Davies
Summary: Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) can be influenced by inherited variation, population stratification, and indirect genetic effects. This study combines data from 178,086 siblings to generate population and within-family GWAS estimates for 25 phenotypes. The within-family estimates are smaller than population estimates for certain phenotypes and show differences in genetic correlations and Mendelian randomization analyses.
Article
Family Studies
Lizzy Winstone, Becky Mars, Claire M. A. Haworth, Judi Kidger
Summary: Evidence is lacking on how different types of social media use contribute to digital stress in early adolescence. In this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 24 13-14-year-olds to explore this issue. The interviews were transcribed, coded, and thematically analyzed. The results revealed themes related to passive social media use, private social media communication, and social media broadcasting, all of which contribute to digital stress among adolescents. The study suggests that offline social and emotional resources should be strengthened and effective implementation of privacy settings should be encouraged to enhance resilience against various sources of digital stress.
JOURNAL OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Philip S. Dale, Alexander Paul, Michael Rosholm, Dorthe Bleses
Summary: This longitudinal study explores the prediction of later achievement based on early development, particularly early expressive vocabulary. The results indicate that early vocabulary plays a significant role in educational attainment and can be used as an important indicator for early intervention.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Wonuola A. Akingbuwa, Anke R. Hammerschlag, Andrea G. Allegrini, Hannah Sallis, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Kaili Rimfeld, Paul Lichtenstein, Sebastian Lundstrom, Marcus R. Munafo, Robert Plomin, Michel G. Nivard, Meike Bartels, Christel M. Middeldorp
Summary: Genetic factors partially explain the associations between childhood psychopathology and adult outcomes. Specific adult traits are genetically associated with childhood psychopathology, such as major depression being associated with ADHD, internalizing problems, and social problems. Additionally, educational attainment, BMI, and neuroticism have genetic associations with specific childhood phenotypes, while bipolar disorder, subjective well-being, and insomnia are not associated with any childhood traits.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Robert Plomin
Summary: This review looks back on the journey of behavioral genetic research and celebrates milestones, focusing on the last fifty years. The advent of DNA microarrays enabled genome-wide association studies, which successfully identified DNA variants contributing to the heritability of behavioral traits. The DNA revolution in the behavioral sciences allows for the prediction of individual differences in behavior from early in life.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Agnieszka Gidziela, Margherita Malanchini, Kaili Rimfeld, Andrew McMillan, Angelica Ronald, Essi Viding, Alison Pike, Kathryn Asbury, Thalia C. Eley, Sophie von Stumm, Robert Plomin
Summary: Individual differences in symptoms of behavior problems in childhood and adolescence are primarily due to non-shared environment (NSE), and few specific environmental factors have been found to account for these differences. Home and classroom environments are more likely to influence behavior problem symptoms via genetics than via NSE.
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ziada Ayorech, Jessie R. Baldwin, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Kaili Rimfeld, Robert Plomin
Summary: This study examines the association between media use and mental health, finding that negative media use is correlated with poor mental health, while general media use is correlated with prosocial behavior and fewer behavioral problems. The study suggests that genetically informed designs should be adopted to strengthen causal inference in research on the mental health impact of media use.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Veera M. Rajagopal, Andrea Ganna, Jonathan R. Coleman, Andrea Allegrini, Georgios Voloudakis, Jakob Grove, Thomas D. Als, Henriette T. Horsdal, Liselotte Petersen, Vivek Appadurai, Andrew Schork, Alfonso Buil, Cynthia M. Bulik, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Marie Baekvad-Hansen, David M. Hougaard, Ole Mors, Merete Nordentoft, Thomas Werge, Preben Bo Mortensen, Gerome Breen, Panos Roussos, Robert Plomin, Esben Agerbo, Anders D. Borglum, Ditte Demontis
Summary: Individuals with psychiatric disorders show cognitive differences compared to the general population, which can be observed early in school performance and are genetically influenced. A genome-wide association study revealed a strong negative correlation between math performance and risk for most psychiatric disorders, while language performance correlated positively with risk for certain disorders, especially schizophrenia. Furthermore, genetic variants related to schizophrenia risk and better language performance are more common in individuals involved in creative professions compared to the general population. These findings suggest a potential genetic overlap between language ability, creativity, and psychopathology.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alastair R. Tanner, Nina H. Di Cara, Valerio Maggio, Richard Thomas, Andy Boyd, Luke Sloan, Tarek Al Baghal, John Macleod, Claire M. A. Haworth, Oliver S. P. Davis
Summary: Social media provides a unique opportunity for epidemiological cohorts to collect detailed mental health data, while also benefiting social media research by validating digital phenotyping algorithms. However, there is a lack of secure and acceptable software for this purpose. We developed a Python framework called Epicosm, which allows cohorts to gather social media data and link it to their existing cohort data.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Nina H. Di Cara, Valerio Maggio, Oliver S. P. Davis, M. A. Haworth
Summary: The use of social media data, particularly from Twitter, to predict mental health outcomes has the potential to continuously monitor mental health and provide timely information. However, the quality of the underlying mental health data and the machine learning methods used are crucial for reliable results. This study reviews the current methodologies used in predicting mental health outcomes from Twitter data and highlights the need for high-quality data and improved methodologies.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Filippo Abbondanza, Philip S. Dale, Carol A. Wang, Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas, Umar Toseeb, Tanner S. Koomar, Karen G. Wigg, Yu Feng, Kaitlyn M. Price, Elizabeth N. Kerr, Sharon L. Guger, Maureen W. Lovett, Lisa J. Strug, Elsje van Bergen, Conor V. Dolan, J. Bruce Tomblin, Kristina Moll, Gerd Schulte-Koerne, Nina Neuhoff, Andreas Warnke, Simon E. Fisher, Cathy L. Barr, Jacob J. Michaelson, Dorret I. Boomsma, Margaret J. Snowling, Charles Hulme, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Craig E. Pennell, Dianne F. Newbury, John Stein, Joel B. Talcott, Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Silvia Paracchini
Summary: The association between handedness and language-related disorders has been extensively studied. However, the inconsistent findings may be attributed to factors such as small sample sizes, publication bias, and variation in study criteria. This study examined the frequency of non-right-handedness (NRH) in individuals with reading and/or language impairment and found a higher prevalence compared to controls. Meta-analysis results further supported the association between NRH and language/reading impairments, suggesting shared underlying pathways between brain lateralization, handedness, and cognitive functions.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Claire M. A. Haworth, Robyn E. Wootton
Summary: This commentary discusses whether we should seek to find the deep causes of behaviors and introduces two methods for further exploration: Mendelian randomization and hypothesis-free gene-environment interaction. These methods contribute to understanding mechanistic pathways and identifying more effective intervention targets.
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
(2023)
