Book chapters

Elsevier,

Josiah O. Kuja, Anne W.T. Muigai, Jun Uetake, Chapter 8 - Metagenomics: A resilience approach to climate change and conservation of the African Glacier biodiversity, Editor(s): Catalina Lopez-Correa, Adriana Suarez-Gonzalez, In Translational and Applied Genomics, Genomics and the Global Bioeconomy, Academic Press, 2023, Pages 153-173, ISBN 9780323916011

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Land and Goal 2: Zero Hunger by investigating how new genomic applications can leverage agricultural production and how the utilization of bioresources like cold-active enzymes and freeze-resistant proteins from glaciers may help develop more drought-resilient plants.
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Febrile Seizures (Second Edition)
New Concepts and Consequences
2023, Pages 43-63

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing important insights informing basic mechanisms underlying febrile seizures.
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Aging
From Fundamental Biology to Societal Impact
2023, Pages 725-744

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing as well as Goal 10: Reducing Inequalities by presenting early evidence on what it meant to be a frail older individual in the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of three different settings: community, hospitals, and nursing homes. Lessons learned provide opportunities to improve health outcomes, community and health services, and how we want to live as aging societies.
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Empowering Underrepresented Students in Science, 2022, Pages 63 - 80

This content aligns with Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by focusing on the impact and importance of building community for under-represented students in STEM.
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Cardio-Hepatology: Connections Between Hepatic and Cardiovascular Disease, 2023, Pages 123-132

Chronic right-sided heart failure has deleterious effects on many organ systems, and the liver is no exception. Passive hepatic congestion not only can precipitate impaired hepatic synthetic function and hepatic fibrosis, but it can also predispose the liver to more severe acute injury in the setting of circulatory compromise, an entity known as hypoxic hepatitis.

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Christian John Wenker, Chapter 33 - Exhibit Biodiversity and Animal Health, Editor(s): Eric Miller, Nadine Lamberski, Paul Calle,
Fowler' s Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 10, W.B. Saunders, 2023, Pages 217-222, ISBN 9780323828529

This content aligns with Goal 15: Life on Land by highlighting how biodiversity might be increased between zoo enclosures through the introduction of native flora and fauna.
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Oncogenic Viruses, Volume 1: Fundamentals of Oncoviruses, 2023, Pages 5-27

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for between 85% and 90% of primary liver cancers. It has several interesting epidemiological characteristics. Differences in distribution have been noted between geographic regions and ethnic groups but also according to sex and the presence of several risk factors linked to the environment. A variety of risk factors for HCC have been reported, including hepatitis B and C viruses, aflatoxin B1, alcohol consumption, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and hemochromatosis. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a ubiquitous virus with worldwide distribution.

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Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, 2023, Pages 1-22

This chapter advances UN SGD goals 11 and 13 by providing introductory knowledge on urbanization trends and their implications in the context of global environmental change, as well as highlighting major challenges to be addressed and the need for disruptive smart solutions.
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Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 10, 2022, pp 255-260

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by comparing animal welfare across zoos and natural habitats.
Elsevier,

Perloff's Clinical Recognition of Congenital Heart Disease (Seventh Edition)
2023, Pages 283-311

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by focusing on fallot tetralogy.

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