Quantum theory for sustainability transformations
Agriculture significantly contributes to environmental issues and requires deep and urgent transformations in order to be sustainable. Agroecological transition is not only technical but involves the evolution of farmers’ ways […]
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Value Added Data systems: An architecture for end-user informed data preparation
As the myriad of data sources continues to grow, so does the need for cost-effective, scalable and principled techniques for integrating and cleaning big data in order to optimise the […]
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Action research creates a shared future for elephants and humans
In 2009 a crisis faced the elephant and human populations of central Mali, when a vital fresh water source dried up. Reduced rainfall and increased human activity, including vast herds […]
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Rice husk biochar with beneficial microbes: A promising agricultural inoculant and soil ameliorant
The research of Shohei Ebe and Takashi Ano from Kindai University into the relationship between a microbe and rice husk biochar (RHB) suggests the latter is an activator of beneficial […]
Creative or destructive: The perspective may be a matter of convenience
Creativity is largely understood as the production of novel and useful ideas or things. In this article, we look at the research of Chetan Walia, who argues for a new […]
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Timely intervention helps protect the sexual health of adolescents
Teenagers often take risks and make poor choices around their sexual health. In young people, particularly those living in deprived areas, HIV, sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy remain major […]
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The anxiety-reducing effects of cannabidiol treatment in teenagers with social anxiety disorder
Nobuo Masataka, Professor of Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University, Japan has recently completed and published exciting research into the treatment of the debilitating condition of social anxiety disorder with […]
Case for the improvement of suboptimal care of gout patients in Hawai’i
The level of care for gout patients in Hawai’i has been a subject of concern to stakeholders. A retrospective study of gout and rheumatoid arthritis patients who were 18 years […]
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The importance of the autopsy in medicine
Clinical autopsy is integral to public health, it has brought critical advances in the understanding of disease and its treatment, leading to improvements in many people’s lives and to many […]
White identity in the Caribbean
What does it mean to be white in a black majority population? That’s the question addressed in ongoing research into racial identity and ethnicity by Michiru Ito from Japan’s Otsuma […]