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  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
27,587 Views
21 Pages

8 August 2023

While blockchain and distributed ledger technology offer immense potential for applications in transparency, security, efficiency, censorship resistance, and more, they have been criticized due to the energy-intensive nature of the proof of work cons...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
14 Citations
18,881 Views
23 Pages

9 November 2022

Debates about the true purpose of education have increased globally in recent years, with climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating interest in the subject. It has become clear that education systems play a vital role not only in shaping...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
18,389 Views
29 Pages

Bitcoin and Its Energy, Environmental, and Social Impacts: An Assessment of Key Research Needs in the Mining Sector

  • Murray A. Rudd,
  • Lee Bratcher,
  • Simon Collins,
  • David Branscum,
  • Matthew Carson,
  • Shaun Connell,
  • Elliot David,
  • Magdalena Gronowska,
  • Sebastien Hess and
  • Austin Mitchell
  • + 5 authors

24 November 2023

In this study, we used a combination of AI-assisted analysis of social media discourse and collaboration with industry experts to delve into the key research needs associated with the Bitcoin mining industry. We identified primary threats, opportunit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
16,333 Views
7 Pages

Challenges and Adverse Effects of Wearing Face Masks in the COVID-19 Era

  • Francis Gyapong,
  • Ethel Debrah,
  • Maame Oforiwaa,
  • Abiola Isawumi and
  • Lydia Mosi

19 December 2022

Background: The use of face masks was a significant part of the WHO COVID-19 preventive protocols. While their usage has been effective, lack of adherence by individuals has been associated with discomfort and adverse side effects. This might facilit...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
17 Citations
13,574 Views
13 Pages

Global Environmental Health Impacts of Rare Earth Metals: Insights for Research and Policy Making in Africa

  • Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo,
  • Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen,
  • Emmanuel O. Taiwo,
  • Abdulbasit Opeyemi Muili,
  • Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf,
  • Sarat Ayomide Jimoh,
  • Muhammad Kamaldeen Oladipo,
  • Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye,
  • Oluwaseyi Muyiwa Egbewande and
  • Yusuff Inaolaji Sodiq
  • + 2 authors

The rise of globalization and industrialization has driven the demand for rare earth metals (REMs). These metals are widely used in various sectors of the global economy with various applications in medicine, renewable energy, electronics, agricultur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
12,712 Views
19 Pages

Efforts to create a sustainable future require careful and complex thinking, interdisciplinary and cross-organizational collaboration, and effective and ethical communication. However, the structural biases of digital communication technologies foste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
11,879 Views
11 Pages

22 October 2022

In the context of addressing the global challenge of facilitating a decision-making process based on methane production using a predictive model, the study seeks to evaluate the performance of a biogas digester in varying operating conditions for opt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
11,647 Views
32 Pages

Architectural Beauty: Developing a Measurable and Objective Scale

  • Alexandros A. Lavdas and
  • Nikos A. Salingaros

29 October 2022

After decades of being ignored, the concept of beauty, as understood by the non-architect, has recently been making a comeback in architecture, not so much in the practice itself, as in appeals for design solutions that are more human-centered and no...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
11,483 Views
28 Pages

9 January 2023

Bangladesh, one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world is also severely exposed to climate change (CC) impacts with a multitude of health complexities. Health adaptation to CC is thus a serious issue in Bangladesh, but not explored properl...

  • Conference Report
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,056 Views
23 Pages

Nature Connection: Providing a Pathway from Personal to Planetary Health

  • John Zelenski,
  • Sara Warber,
  • Jake M. Robinson,
  • Alan C. Logan and
  • Susan L. Prescott

The vast and growing challenges for human health and all life on Earth require urgent and deep structural changes to the way in which we live. Broken relationships with nature are at the core of both the modern health crisis and the erosion of planet...