Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment
National and international economic policy has usually ignored the environment. In areas where the environment is beginning to impinge on policy, as in the General Agreement on ...
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A review of the global climate change impacts, adaptation, and sustainable mitigation measures
Climate change is a long-lasting change in the weather arrays across tropics to polls. It is a global threat that has embarked on to put stress on various sectors. This study is...
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research
Abstract Reports of environmental and human health impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have greatly increased in the peer-reviewed literature. The goals of the...
Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world
The World Health Organization has declared the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world a global public health emergency. It is well-known that the spread of the disease is inf...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer deaths due to delays in diagnosis in England, UK: a national, population-based, modelling study
Since a national lockdown was introduced across the UK in March, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer screening has been suspended, routine diagnostic work deferre...
The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited
We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every country in the world along the economic, social and politica...
“Pandemic fear” and COVID-19: mental health burden and strategies
‘‘Pandemic fear’’ and COVID-19: mental health burden and strategies Felipe Ornell,0000-0001-8638-5842 Jaqueline B. Schuch,0000-0001-8638-5842 Anne O. Sordi,0000-0001-8638-5842 F...
Extensive impact of non-antibiotic drugs on human gut bacteria
A few commonly used non-antibiotic drugs have recently been associated with changes in gut microbiome composition, but the extent of this phenomenon is unknown. Here, we screene...
Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning
Why do people believe blatantly inaccurate news headlines ("fake news")? Do we use our reasoning abilities to convince ourselves that statements that align with our ideology are...
Several Tests for Model Specification in the Presence of Alternative Hypotheses
Several procedures are proposed for testing the specification of an econometric model in the presence of one or more other models which purport to explain the same phenomenon.Th...
Rare earth elements: A review of applications, occurrence, exploration, analysis, recycling, and environmental impact
Rare earth elements (REE) include the lanthanide series elements (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) plus Sc and Y. Currently these metals have beco...