Long COVID science, research and policy

Nature Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 30(8), P. 2148 - 2164

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health effects caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex, multisystem disorder that can affect nearly every organ system be severely disabling. The cumulative global incidence long around 400 million individuals, which estimated to have an annual economic impact approximately $1 trillion-equivalent about 1% economy. Several mechanistic pathways are implicated in COVID, including viral persistence, immune dysregulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, complement endothelial inflammation microbiome dysbiosis. devastating impacts on individual lives and, due its complexity prevalence, also has major ramifications for systems economies, even threatening progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing challenge requires ambitious coordinated-but so far absent-global research policy response strategy. In this interdisciplinary review, we provide synthesis state scientific evidence assess human health, systems, economy metrics, forward-looking roadmap.

Language: Английский

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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into Urban Planning to Advance Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Practical Solutions from the Case Study of Moundou, Chad

Urban Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9(2), P. 22 - 22

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

The accelerating pace of urbanization, coupled with changes in land-use patterns and the exacerbation extreme climatic events—marked by heightened unpredictability severity, particularly regions Global South—necessitates a thorough reevaluation urban governance management frameworks. In response to these challenges, it is essential for strategies integrate local socio-economic specificities while navigating inherent complexities issues, leveraging contextually appropriate resources within sustainability paradigm. this regard, contextualizing incorporating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into planning frameworks crucial advancing sustainability. However, significant obstacles hinder their effective integration at scale, fast-evolving, resource-constrained settings. This study seeks address critical gap systematically examining barriers SDG sub-Saharan Africa. For purpose, Moundou, Chad, used as representative case study, reflecting both challenges opportunities region. A hybrid methodology underpins research, combining in-depth interviews key development stakeholders, detailed review strategic documents aligned SDGs, semi-structured questionnaires capture diverse perspectives. results reveal that institutional dimension constitutes 38.46% identified including limited capacity long-term planning, lack expertise, inadequate multisectoral coordination, among others. addition, economic socio-cultural dimensions each represent 23.08% barriers, encompassing issues such dependence on external funding, high cost green technologies, low public awareness, resistance change communities. Finally, data access ranks last, accounting 15.38%. To overcome implement mechanisms strengthen capacities, promote cross-sectoral collaboration, enhance cultivate culture adaptability innovation Furthermore, improving accessibility reinforcing financial are vital addressing comprehensively.

Language: Английский

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Educational Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(6), P. 5219 - 5219

Published: March 15, 2023

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and major challenges generated in education, thousands scientific papers have been published, contributing to establishment distinct research line field. This study provides bibliometric overview educational publications linked indexed by Web Science Core Collection for years 2020 2021. The findings show growing interest researchers education this area. proportion articles among types documents proved be dominant. Journals dedicated chemistry medical stood out high number pandemic-related papers. Higher has an intensively explored area during pandemic. USA its universities were most productive publishing studies on education. Our indicated themes that researchers, such as online learning different settings, curriculum instructional approaches setting, psychological consequences actors. implications potential avenues also emphasized.

Language: Английский

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Building the bioeconomy: A targeted assessment approach to identifying biobased technologies, challenges and opportunities

Engineering Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(1), P. 1 - 15

Published: Feb. 7, 2024

The authors explore opportunities, challenges, and strategies to translate responsibly scale innovative biobased technologies build more sustainable bioeconomies. pandemic other recent disruptions increased exposure issues of resilience regional imbalance, highlighting a need for production consumption regimes centred on local resources dispersed production. review potential technology identify promising feasible options the United Kingdom. Initial landscape bibliometric analysis identified 50 existing emerging technologies, which were assessed their ability fulfil requirements related production, national applicability, economic-, societal-, environmental-benefits, leading identification 18 technologies. Further focus-group discussion with industrial, governmental, academic, agricultural, social stakeholders, three clusters targeted assessment, drawing cellulose-, lignin-, seaweed feedstocks. Case studies developed each cluster, addressing conversations around management, use biomass feedstocks, associated environmental-, social-, economic challenges. Cases are presented insights implications policy. approach is put forward as scalable assessment method that can be useful in prompting, informing, advancing deliberation opportunities challenges transformations.

Language: Английский

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Sustainability with environmental policy stringency and financial development for green technological innovations: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 373, P. 123429 - 123429

Published: Nov. 28, 2024

Language: Английский

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A comprehensive systematic and bibliometric review of the IoT-based healthcare systems

Cluster Computing, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 26(5), P. 3291 - 3317

Published: June 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Mapping sustainability assessment methods through the industrial symbiosis life cycle for a circular economy

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 50, P. 253 - 267

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

The literature on Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is rich in frameworks, methods, and tools for assessing sustainable impacts as a strategy implementing circular economy. However, structured overview of integrating sustainability assessment methodologies with the IS life cycle to pursue development lacking. This paper aims build knowledge base along through conceptual framework tool achieve development. For this purpose, systematic review was conducted according PRISMA guidelines, allowing selection 105 cases, which were subjected descriptive content analysis. From analysis, we characterized cases considering levels economy, R-imperatives, origin governance configuration IS, methods within stages. analysis revealed use 54 distinct assess three dimensions sustainability, classified 12 clusters integrated phases (identification, assessment, implementation, monitoring). enables researchers, policymakers, industry practitioners identify methodologies, specific being assessed, corresponding stage cycle. approach designed address key internal external factors symbiotic networks, enabling proposal effective policies, provision financial incentives, facilitation sharing. Ultimately, will foster real synergies industrial ecosystem, resulting tangible benefits businesses, environment, society. Future research needed support implementation monitoring facilitate successful cases.

Language: Английский

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Enhancing Climate Action Evaluation Using Artificial Neural Networks: An Analysis of SDG 13

Sustainable Futures, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100439 - 100439

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Tracking SDG Achievements in the Age of Polycrisis

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 24

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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Comparing ARFIMA and ARIMA Models in Forecasting under Five Mortality Rate in Tanzania

Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 27(1), P. 107 - 121

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

Tanzania has been taking various measures to drop the Under-Five Mortality Rate (UFMR), but pace meet national and global UFMR targets slow. Nevertheless, decline for past years continued be low as compared Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target which is set at 25 deaths/1000 live births by 2030. The lack of statistical modeling-based forecast values results into setting that are not SMART towards realization international goals health sector. Thus, current study uses both ARFIMA ARIMA make forecasts in from 2021 2030 using data extracted World Databank - Indicators (WDI). Also, an accuracy comparison between best-fit models forecasting was conducted. best (1, 0.284243, 2) model indicate June 2026 rate will on average 41 deaths/1,000 Tanzanian Five Year Plan Phase III (TFYDP-III) 40 births; whereas fit 2, 0) depict 40.1 TFYDP-III target. In relation UN SDGs 2030, experience a decrease 35.2 births. 32.9 RMSE MAPE reveal performs better than UFMR.

Language: Английский

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