Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Monica Garcia-Alonso, Concepcion Novillo, Petra Kostolaniova, Maica Martinez Parrilla, Esteban Alcalde, Nancy Podevin
Summary: Efforts by the EU to improve its regulatory framework for importing GM food and feed have not succeeded in making the application process easier for applicants.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Walter Leal Filho, Claudio R. P. Vasconcelos, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Lais Viera Trevisan
Summary: This article discusses the role of declarations and international cooperation in sustainable development, outlining their evolution and highlighting the reasons for their failure to meet targets. It recommends making more significant efforts to operationalize commitments and develop SD follow-up strategies. The article emphasizes the need for greater care in writing SD declarations and the importance of mobilizing relevant actors for SD actions through international cooperation. It also suggests the establishment of institutions and infrastructure for implementing SD actions and increased investment in education, science, technology, and innovation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Law
Quinn Curtis, Jill Fisch, Adriana Z. Robertson
Summary: As companies face increasing criticism for their impact on the environment and social issues, investors are turning to ESG criteria in selecting investments. ESG funds offer investors increased exposure to ESG principles without additional costs or reduced returns.
MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jefferson Santana da Silva Carneiro, Dagna Ariele da Costa Leite, Gustavo Mesquita de Castro, Jose Romao Franca, Livia Botelho, Jenaina Ribeiro Soares, Juliano Elvis de Oliveira, Leonidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo
Summary: This article evaluates the effect of poultry litter biochar-graphene oxide composite as an adsorbent and fertilizer. The results show that PLB-GO has higher Cu and Zn adsorption capacity compared to PLB, and the release of adsorbed metals in water is low. Plant growth and nutrient uptake are positively influenced, with Cu availability increased by PLB application and Zn availability increased by PLB-GO application.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
R. Guerrero-Aviles, M. Pelc, F. R. Geisenhof, R. T. Weitz, A. Ayuela
Summary: Stackings in graphene play a pivotal role in its properties, including the recently discovered superconductivity of twisted bilayer graphene. Rhombohedral stacking in multilayer graphene has interesting flat bands near the Fermi level, but its stability has been debated. We conducted a detailed investigation of trilayer graphene stackings and found that rhombohedral and Bernal stackings have similar energies, and switching between stable stackings can be induced by shear deformation and symmetry breaking.
Article
Immunology
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Marco Thimm-Kaiser, Adam Benzekri
Summary: Despite progress in reducing new HIV infections in the USA, publicly available data suggest that new HIV infections continue to occur at an alarming rate. In this Viewpoint, we highlight the regularity with which the existing systems for HIV prevention and treatment delivery in the USA fail and the clearly inequitable effect of the systems' failure among several priority populations of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. Existing data cast doubt on whether the current EHE efforts will suffice to achieve its 2030 goal of reducing annual new HIV infections to fewer than 3000. We outline future directions in four priority areas to regain lost ground in pursuit of the 2030 EHE goals: reducing the stigma affecting people living with and most at risk of HIV; broadening the HIV workforce; mitigating harmful social determinants of health; and recommitting and reinvesting in health in the USA more broadly.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Xianfu Sun, Fei Yang, Shaoguang Li, Yu Zhang, Guoqing Jing
Summary: In this paper, a dynamic chord method based on dynamic measurements is proposed for maintenance planning. It is found that the results from this method are comparable to the static chord measurement results. A method to evaluate track stiffness and guide track adjustment is also proposed and validated through experimental tests. The application of this method shows significant improvements in the track adjustment.
TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sonia Kesavan, D. Rajesh, Jayashree Shanmugam, S. Aruna, Mayakkannan Gopal, Sekar Vijayakumar
Summary: A graphene oxide mediated hybrid nano system has been developed in this study for pH stimuli-responsive and in vitro drug delivery targeted for cancer. Through various physicochemical studies, the properties and drug release mechanism of the nanocarrier were investigated. The experimental results demonstrated good biocompatibility of the nanocarrier and pH stimuli-responsive drug release, making it a potential anticancer agent for therapeutic purposes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alexandre Tisserant, Xiangping Hu, Qi Liu, Zubin Xie, Wenwu Zhao, Francesco Cherubini
Summary: Negative emissions are crucial in limiting global warming. Biochar, a technically mature option, has the potential to restore degraded soils, reduce emissions, and provide co-benefits for agriculture. However, its specific potential and trade-offs under local conditions remain unclear.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Katherine A. Castagno, Neil K. Ganju, Michael W. Beck, Alison A. Bowden, Steven B. Scyphers
Summary: As coastal communities face increasing vulnerability to climate change risks, nature-based solutions are becoming crucial for enhancing coastal protection. This study utilizes model simulations to establish empirical relationships between wave attenuation and marsh vegetation, providing valuable insights for guiding marsh restoration projects.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gwyn A. Beattie
Summary: Harmful bacteria introduce proteins into plant cells, which serve as channels for water and nutrients and create favorable conditions for bacterial growth.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Zhaowei Chen
Summary: A methodology is proposed to study the dynamic contact behaviors between CRTS II slab track and bridges subject to time-dependent effects of the bridge. The results show that gaps appear at beam-end locations, and the gap length decreases significantly with the running train. Impacts of concrete creep and shrinkage on train vibrations are significant, while they have minimal effect on track-bridge vibrations. Interlayer forces of tracks are greatly affected by bridge deformation and running trains.
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Mihai Tucaliuc, Petru Lucian Curseu, Arcadius Florin Muntean
Summary: Despite theoretical confusion and methodological ambiguity, distributed leadership is believed to have positive impacts on teacher performance and student achievement. This study explores organizational identification and empowerment as two mechanisms that explain the association between distributed leadership and teacher work-related outcomes. The findings suggest that teachers' cognitive dysfunctional schema moderate this association, with distrust schema accentuating the negative relationship between distributed leadership and empowerment, and dependence schema accentuating the negative relationship between distributed leadership and organizational identification. Organizational identification mediates the relationship between distributed leadership and teachers' work self-efficacy and satisfaction, while empowerment only mediates the relationship with work satisfaction.
EDUCATION SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Rachel Cohon
Summary: Hume explains the obligation of promises through social convention, viewing moral sentiments towards fulfillment and violation of promises as intrinsically normative. While contemporary practice theories are assumed to have a normative structure, Hume's theory does not align with this assumption.
Article
Environmental Studies
Rita Nicolau, Beatriz Condessa
Summary: This study assesses the land use changes in mainland Portugal for the first time and finds that land take is a serious issue, with inadequate re-naturalization and developed land recycling. Due to the lack of mention of the European target in Portuguese legislation, decision-makers have little awareness of it. The study aims to raise awareness among policymakers and public authorities about the need to limit land take.
