Climate Change

Climate-smart agriculture: in need of a theory of scaling

Since 2011, the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has supported research in different parts of the world on how climate-smart technologies, practices and information can address the challenge of transitioning to climatesmart agriculture at a large scale under the new realities of climate change.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2019
Ronnie Vernooy, Claudia Bouroncle
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Innovation, Research, Technology
Health

The nonlesional skin surface distinguishes atopic dermatitis with food allergy as a unique endotype

Skin barrier dysfunction has been reported in both atopic dermatitis (AD) and food allergy (FA).

Publication Date: 
20/02/2019
Donald Y. M. Leung, Agustin Calatroni, Livia S. Zaramela & et al
Science Translational Medicine
11
480
1-13
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Skin Diseases, Child Health, Micro Organisms, Research, United States Of America (US)
Health

Neglected disease research and development: reaching new heights

Public funding in India in the field of research and development for neglected diseases has increased significantly by Rs 135 crore since 2009, says a new report.

Publication Date: 
23/01/2019
G-Finder
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Diseases, Research, Finance, Development, India, GDP, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)
Health

Metacognitive failure as a feature of those holding radical beliefs

Widening polarization about political, religious, and scientific issues threatens open societies, leading to entrenchment of beliefs, reduced mutual understanding, and a pervasive negativity surrounding the very idea of consensus.

Publication Date: 
17/12/2018
Max Rollwage, Raymond J. Dolan, Stephen M. Fleming
Current Biology
28
4014–4021
Tags:
Mental Health, Politics, Information, Research
Health

A prediction model of working memory across health and psychiatric disease using whole-brain functional connectivity

Working memory deficits are present in many neuropsychiatric diseases with diagnosis-related severity. However, it is unknown whether this common behavioral abnormality is a continuum explained by a neural mechanism shared across diseases or a set of discrete dysfunctions.

Publication Date: 
10/12/2018
Masahiro Yamashita, Yujiro Yoshihara, Ryuichiro Hashimoto & et al
eLife
1-26
Tags:
Mental Health, Neurology, Research, Japan
Health

Antimicrobial resistance in leprosy: results of the first prospective open survey conducted by a WHO surveillance network for the period 2009–15

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a priority for surveillance in bacterial infections.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2018
E. Cambau, P. Saunderson, M. Matsuoka & et al
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
24
12
1305–1310
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Leprosy, WHO, Research, India, Brazil, Colombia, Antibiotics, Drugs, Statistics, Diagnostic Methods
Environment

Ghana: EPA, Indian Firm Sign MOU

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Indian firm, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), to build the capacity of the agency in

Publication Date: 
27/11/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Africa, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, Ghana, Research, Sustainable Development, Environmental Protection Agency & Others
Forests

Fire and tree death: understanding and improving modeling of fire-induced tree mortality

Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally, affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and ecosystem services. The underlying mechanisms of fire-caused tree mortality remain poorly understood, however, limiting the ability to accurately predict

Publication Date: 
15/11/2018
Sharon M Hood, J Morgan Varner, Phillip van Mantgem & et al
Environmental Research Letters
1-17
Tags:
Forest Fires, Trees, Ecosystems, Biomass, Research
Health

2018 assessment report of the global vaccine action plan

Measles elimination is greatly under threat, with cases increasing from 19-25 cases per million people. With outbreaks occurring in the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe and South-East Asia, measles is now once again endemic in all WHO regions says this 2018 assessment report of the Global Vaccine Action Plan

Publication Date: 
07/11/2018
World Health Organization
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Immunisation, Vaccination, Children, Health, India, Global, Research
Transport

Framing the third cycling century: bridging the gap between research and practice

There is a tension between research and practice in the field of cycling as well as in general in environmental policy. Numerous scientific publications and knowledge do not reach the practitioners who might benefit from them.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2018
German Environment Agency
Tags:
Cycles, Mobility Planning, Transport, Research, Pedestrians

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