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Does institutional freedom matter for global forest carbon sinks in the face of economic development disparity?

Elsevier, China Economic Review, Volume 65, February 2021
Mitigating global warming is the responsibility of all countries. Moreso, the role of forests in sequestrating carbon is very crucial. Most environmental organizations are active in protecting the environment according to their objectives. This paper investigates the relationship between institutional freedom and forest carbon sinks by using a panel threshold model with 139 countries to verify the U-shaped relationship between forest carbon sinks and economic development. The U-shaped curve between forest carbon sinks and economic development is the same as the environmental Kuznets curve.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global; Asia

A deep convolutional neural network based computer aided diagnosis system for the prediction of Alzheimer's disease in MRI images

Elsevier, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, Volume 171, February 2021
In the recent past, biomedical domain has become popular due to digital image processing of accurate and efficient diagnosis of clinical patients using Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD). Appropriate and punctual disease identification and treatment arrangement directs to enhance superiority of life and improved life hope in Alzheimer Disease (AD) patients. The cutting-edge approaches that believe multimodal analysis have been shown to be efficient and accurate are improved compared with manual analysis.
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Sleep disruption and Alzheimer's disease risk: Inferences from men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: Benign prostatic hyperplasia and dementia

Elsevier, EClinicalMedicine, Volume 32, February 2021
Background: Sleep disturbances may increase risks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is usually associated with lower urinary tract symptoms, including nocturia, and thereby disturbed sleep. We examined if men with BPH are at increased risk of AD and all-cause dementia. Methods: In a Danish nationwide cohort (1996–2016), we identified 297,026 men with BPH, defined by inpatient or outpatient hospital diagnosis or by BPH-related surgical or medical treatment, and 1,107,176 men from the general population matched by birth year.
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The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

Elsevier, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 5, February 2021
Background: nationally determined contributions (NDCs) serve to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement of staying “well below 2°C”, which could also yield substantial health co-benefits in the process. However, existing NDC commitments are inadequate to achieve this goal. Placing health as a key focus of the NDCs could present an opportunity to increase ambition and realise health co-benefits.
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences - Chapter 9: GNSS monitoring natural and anthropogenic phenomena

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Kamil Maciuk, Chapter 9 - GNSS monitoring natural and anthropogenic phenomena, Editor(s): George p. Petropoulos, Prashant K. Srivastava, GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 177-197, ISBN 9780128186176, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818617-6.00007-X.
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 12 by enabling the monitoring and characterisation of human impacts on the Earth
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Sustainable consumption and production; Mountains, Global

GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences - Chapter 10: Environmental sensing: a review of approaches using GPS/GNSS

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Antigoni Faka, Konstantinos Tserpes, Christos Chalkias, Chapter 10 - Environmental sensing: a review of approaches using GPS/GNSS, Editor(s): George p. Petropoulos, Prashant K. Srivastava, GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 199-220, ISBN 9780128186176, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818617-6.00013-5.
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 12 by enabling environmental assessment through remote sensing technologies
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Climate Change and Pollen Allergy in India and South Asia

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Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, Volume 41, February 2021

Increased levels of CO2 and various greenhouse gases cause global warming and, in combination with pollutants from fossil fuel combustion and vehicular and industrial emissions, have been driving increases in noncommunicable diseases across the globe, resulting a higher mortality and morbidity. Respiratory diseases and associated allergenic manifestations have increased worldwide, with rates higher in developing countries. Pollen allergy serves as a model for studying the relationship between air pollution and respiratory disorders.

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Health and wellbeing; Global South; Climate Change, Global

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 9, February 2021
Background: Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the prevalence and relative contribution of avoidable causes of blindness and vision impairment globally from 1990 to 2020. We aimed to compare the results with the World Health Assembly Global Action Plan (WHA GAP) target of a 25% global reduction from 2010 to 2019 in avoidable vision impairment, defined as cataract and undercorrected refractive error.
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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children

Elsevier, The Lancet, Volume 397, 6 February 2021
Women and children bear substantial morbidity and mortality as a result of armed conflicts. This Series paper focuses on the direct (due to violence) and indirect health effects of armed conflict on women and children (including adolescents) worldwide. We estimate that nearly 36 million children and 16 million women were displaced in 2017, on the basis of international databases of refugees and internally displaced populations.
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Health and wellbeing; Rule of Law; Human rights; Health and population, Global

Gender disparities in clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes in metastatic spine disease

Elsevier, Cancer Epidemiology, Volume 70, February 2021
Background: The incidence of metastatic spine disease (MSD) is increasing among cancer patients. Given the poor outcomes and high rates of morbidity associated with MSD, it is important to determine demographic factors that could impact interventions and outcomes for this patient population. The objectives of this study were to compare in-hospital mortality and complication rates, clinical presentation, and interventions between female and male patients diagnosed with MSD.
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