Algal Research, Special Issue Editorial: Wastewater and Algae; Risk, biofuels and long-term sustainability

Special Issue on Climate Migration

Journal of Demographic Economics ◽

10.1017/dem.2021.11 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

Anda David ◽

Frédéric Docquier

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Mobility ◽

Economic Research ◽

Special Issue ◽

Low Latitude ◽

Weather Shocks ◽

Temperature Trends ◽

Agricultural Areas ◽

Slow Onset

How do weather shocks influence human mobility and poverty, and how will long-term climate change affect future migration over the course of the 21st century? These questions have gained unprecedented attention in public debates as global warming is already having severe impacts around the world, and prospects for the coming decades get worse. Low-latitude countries in general, and their agricultural areas in particular, have contributed the least to climate change but are the most adversely affected. The effect on people's voluntary and forced displacements is of major concern for both developed and developing countries. On 18 October 2019, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) organized a workshop on Climate Migration with the aim of uncovering the mechanisms through which fast-onset variables (such as weather anomalies, storms, hurricanes, torrential rains, floods, landslides, etc.) and slow-onset variables (such as temperature trends, desertification, rising sea level, coastal erosion, etc.) influence both people's incentives to move and mobility constraints. This special issue gathers five papers prepared for this workshop, which shed light on (or predict) the effect of extreme weather shocks and long-term climate change on human mobility, and stress the implications for the development community.

Download Full-text

The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Religious Exercise: Preliminary Remarks

Laws ◽

10.3390/laws10020044 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 44

Author(s):

Adelaide Madera

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Fundamental Rights ◽

Special Issue ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Personal Lives ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

Starting Point ◽

Legal Contexts

Since 2020, the spread of COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact not only on our personal lives, but also on domestic regulatory frameworks. Influential academics have strongly underlined that, in times of deep crisis, such as the current global health crisis, the long-term workability of legal systems is put to a severe test. In this period, in fact, the protection of health has been given priority, as a precondition that is orientating many current legal choices. Such an unprecedented health emergency has also raised a serious challenge in terms of fundamental rights and liberties. Several basic rights that normally enjoy robust protection under constitutional, supranational, and international guarantees, have experienced a devastating “suspension” for the sake of public health and safety, thus giving rise to a vigorous debate concerning whether and to what extent the pandemic emergency justifies limitations on fundamental rights. The present paper introduces the Special Issue on “The crisis of the religious freedom during the age of COVID-19 pandemic”. Taking as a starting point the valuable contributions of the participants in the Special Issue, it explores analogous and distinctive implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in different legal contexts and underlines the relevance of cooperation between religious and public actors to face a global health crisis.

Download Full-text

Expanding Foresight Evaluation Capacity

World Futures Review ◽

10.1177/1946756719866271 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 287-291

Author(s):

Annette L. Gardner ◽

Peter Bishop

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Professional Practice ◽

Health Sector ◽

Systematic Evaluation ◽

Special Issue ◽

Scenario Development ◽

Evaluation Capacity ◽

The Subject ◽

Evaluation Approaches

The subject of evaluating foresight work has been around for almost as long as the professional practice itself has, but the field has done little to move closer to a systematic evaluation of its work. This special issue marks the second collection of articles on that project after a special issue of Futures in 2012 (Van Der Duin and Van Der Martin 2012). This issue takes a three-part approach: Part 1: evaluation of foresight in general and evaluation approaches and methods that can support designing an appropriate evaluation; Part 2: evaluation of foresight work in organizations and its impact on long-term thinking and decision-making; and Part 3: evaluation of specific foresight activities—an undergraduate learner foresight experience and a health sector scenario development exercise. The foreword ends with a reflection on the continuing issue of foresight and evaluation.

Download Full-text

Recent Advances in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10102202 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 2202

Author(s):

Katrien Benhalima

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Gestational Diabetes ◽

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Metabolic Risk ◽

Special Issue ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Adverse Pregnancy ◽

New Biomarkers

The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and overt diabetes in pregnancy is rising globally. GDM leads to increased risks for maternal and neonatal adverse pregnancy outcomes. In addition, GDM is also associated with an increased long-term metabolic risk in mothers and offspring [1]. Although much is known about GDM, evidence gaps persist. For instance, more research is needed on how to prevent GDM, on whether screening and treatment of GDM in early pregnancy are beneficial, on non-fasting biomarkers to screen for GDM, on new biomarkers to predict pregnancy complications, and on how to reduce the long-term metabolic risk in mothers and infants after delivery. To address this important health issue, the present Special Issue in the Journal of Clinical Medicine was dedicated to recent advances in the field of GDM. This Special Issue published 16 articles on this topic. [...]

Download Full-text

Editorial

Journal of Health Management ◽

10.1177/097206340901100101 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Manasi Kumar ◽

Erica Burman

Keyword(s):

Millennium Development Goals ◽

Health Management ◽

The Political ◽

Special Issue ◽

Wide Range ◽

Critical Approaches ◽

Development Goals ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

Primary Focus

We welcome readers to the first special issue (11.1) of the Journal of Health Management. We hope the readers find the articles and various reviews enriching and provocative, both in terms of the range of ideas and critical approaches addressed. The key theme of this double issue concerns the political limits of mega-development projects such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The primary focus of the articles collected here is to provide an insightful, constructive and in-depth critique of the United Nations (UN) MDGs along with critical deliberations on their short- and long-term implications not only for health management but also for a wide range of issues around development and social change.

Download Full-text