Challenges

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Volume 12, issue 2, 2021

Considering Existing Factors That May Cause Radiation Hormesis at <100 mSv and Obey the Linear No-Threshold Theory at ≥100 mSv pp. 1-11

Katsuhito Kino, Takayuki Ohshima, Hajime Takeuchi, Takanobu Kobayashi, Taishu Kawada, Masayuki Morikawa and Hiroshi Miyazawa

Sustainability of Village Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka: Exploring Cascade Anatomy and Socio-Ecological Nexus for Ecological Restoration Planning pp. 1-23

Sujith S. Ratnayake, Lalit Kumar, Punchi B. Dharmasena, Harsha K. Kadupitiya, Champika S. Kariyawasam and Danny Hunter

Online Meeting Challenges in a Research Group Resulting from COVID-19 Limitations pp. 1-27

Carol Nash

Analyzing Lockdown Policies and Their Effectiveness in Romania and Hungary pp. 1-8

Stefania Kerekes, Ariadna Georgiana-Eugenia Badea and Dragos Paun

Tackling Rural Health, Energy, … and Technological Issues All at Once: A Call for a Global Interdisciplinary Platform for Strengthening Rural Setting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 1-3

Farshad Amiraslani

Challenges of Managing Information Security during the Pandemic pp. 1-17

Emelie Mannebäck and Ali Padyab

Behavioral Intention towards Dietary Diversity among Adult People Living with HIV in Public Hospitals in Southwest Ethiopia Using Theory of Planned Behavior—An Explanatory Study pp. 1-13

Aderajew Nigusse Teklehaimanot, Tefera Belachew, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Masrie Getnet, Demuma Amdisa and Lelisa Sena Dadi

Setting Mental Health Priorities in Ghana: A 15-Year Contextual Analysis of the Presidential State of the Nation Address pp. 1-12

Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie, Priscilla Ayebea Davies and Pearl Ama Otoo

Reducing the Use of Antimicrobials as a Solution to the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Approaching an Ethical Dilemma through the Lens of Planetary Health pp. 1-12

Samuel O. Abimbola, Melvine Anyango Otieno and Jennifer Cole

Can Suboptimal Visual Environments Negatively Affect Children’s Cognitive Development? pp. 1-12

Alexandros A. Lavdas and Nikos A. Salingaros

The Importance of Domestic Space in the Times of COVID-19 pp. 1-9

Marco Aresta and Nikos A. Salingaros

What the EdTech Experience in Refugee Camps Can Teach Us in Times of School Closure. Blended Learning, Modular and Mobile Programs Are Key to Keeping Disadvantaged Learners in Education pp. 1-14

Eilis Tobin and Carola Hieker

Wise Ancestors, Good Ancestors: Why Mindfulness Matters in the Promotion of Planetary Health pp. 1-14

Alan C. Logan, Susan H. Berman, Richard B. Scott, Brian M. Berman and Susan L. Prescott

Challenges to Learners in Interpreting Self as Other, Post COVID-19 pp. 1-24

Carol Nash

Experiences of Opening Up Communicative Spaces for Large-Scope Issues pp. 1-16

Satu Kalliola and Tuula Heiskanen

Educating Clinicians to Improve Telemedicine Access for Patients with Limited English Proficiency pp. 1-7

Tiffany M. Shin, Pilar Ortega and Karol Hardin

Determinants of Smallholders’ Food Security Status in Kalu District, Northern Ethiopia pp. 1-10

Abdela Mohammed, Solomon Wassie and Ermias Tesfaye Teferi

A Call to Broaden Investment in Drinking Water Testing and Community Outreach Programs pp. 1-10

Jason A. Hubbart and Kaylyn S. Gootman

Rapid Softness Prediction and Microbial Spoilage Visualization of Whole Tomatoes by Using Hyper/Multispectral Imaging pp. 1-5

Wen-Hao Su

Volume 12, issue 1, 2021

SMARTIES Project: The Survey of Needs for Municipalities and Trainers for Smart Cities pp. 1-10

George Xydis, Luca Pagliaricci, Živilė Paužaitė, Vygintas Grinis, Gyula Sallai, Peter Bakonyi and Radoslav Vician

The Influence of Connectedness to Nature on Psychological Well-Being: Evidence from the Randomized Controlled Trial Play&Grow pp. 1-16

Tanja Sobko and Gavin T. L. Brown

Microbial Muses: Threads of Our Inner Wisdom pp. 1-4

Susan E. Erdman

The Vision of Challenges, a Unique Journal in an Era of Planetary Health Challenges pp. 1-4

Susan L. Prescott

Catalyst Twenty-Twenty: Post-Traumatic Growth at Scales of Person, Place and Planet pp. 1-14

Alan C. Logan, Susan H. Berman, Richard B. Scott, Brian M. Berman and Susan L. Prescott

A Model for the Spread of Infectious Diseases with Application to COVID-19 pp. 1-19

Ricardo A. G. Unglaub and Kathrin Spendier

Seeing and Overcoming the Complexities of Intersectionality pp. 1-13

Cate Thomas, Colleen MacMillan, Merryn McKinnon, Hayley Torabi, Megan Osmond-McLeod, Ellen Swavley, Tamzen Armer and Kimberley Doyle

How Should We Respond to the Global Pandemic: The Need for Cultural Change pp. 1-13

Ben Gray

Acknowledgment of Reviewers of Challenges in 2020 pp. 1-2

Challenges Editorial Office

Healing Anthropocene Syndrome: Planetary Health Requires Remediation of the Toxic Post-Truth Environment pp. 1-25

Alan C. Logan, Susan H. Berman, Brian M. Berman and Susan L. Prescott

Improving Mentorship and Supervision during COVID-19 to Reduce Graduate Student Anxiety and Depression Aided by an Online Commercial Platform Narrative Research Group pp. 1-18

Carol Nash

Global Mapping of Indigenous Resilience Facing the Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 1-23

Diosey Lugo-Morin

State-Subsidised Housing and Architecture in 20th-Century Portugal: A Critical Review Outlining Multidisciplinary Implications pp. 1-23

Rui Jorge Garcia Ramos, Eliseu Gonçalves, Gisela Lameira and Luciana Rocha

Data Science on Industrial Data—Today’s Challenges in Brown Field Applications pp. 1-11

Tilman Klaeger, Sebastian Gottschall and Lukas Oehm

Purposeful Evaluation of Scholarship in the Open Science Era pp. 1-11

Mario Pagliaro

Volume 11, issue 2, 2020

The Potential Effects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids on the Epigenetic Regulation of Innate Immune Memory pp. 1-16

Raphael Watt, Kimberley Parkin and David Martino

Resilience Thinking and Strategies to Reclaim Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Cascade Tank-Village System (CTVS) in Sri Lanka pp. 1-16

Gavin Melles and Ethmadalage Dineth Perera

Report on Digital Literacy in Academic Meetings during the 2020 COVID-19 Lockdown pp. 1-24

Carol Nash

Concept of a Sino-German Summer School on Multiscale Processes in Oceans and the Atmosphere pp. 1-10

Gerrit Lohmann, Xueen Chen, Xun Gong and Shuang Li

Dozy-Chaos Mechanics for a Broad Audience pp. 1-12

Vladimir V. Egorov

Considerations for Comparing Video Game AI Agents with Humans pp. 1-12

Christopher R. Madan

Indigenous Natural and First Law in Planetary Health pp. 1-12

Nicole Redvers, Anne Poelina, Clinton Schultz, Daniel M. Kobei, Cicilia Githaiga, Marlikka Perdrisat, Donald Prince and Be’sha Blondin

Towards Healthy Planet Diets—A Transdisciplinary Approach to Food Sustainability Challenges pp. 1-19

Stefan C. Dekker, Aletta D. Kraneveld, Jerry van Dijk, Agni Kalfagianni, Andre C. Knulst, Herman Lelieveldt, Ellen H. M. Moors, Eggo Müller, Raymond H. H. Pieters, Corné M. J. Pieterse, Stephanie Rosenkranz, Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek and August C. M. van Westen

Nanotechnology as an Alternative to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 pp. 1-14

Roberto Vazquez-Munoz and Jose L. Lopez-Ribot

An Overview of Mobile Learning for Refugee Students: Juxtaposing Refugee Needs with Mobile Applications’ Characteristics pp. 1-14

Maria Drolia, Eirini Sifaki, Stamatios Papadakis and Michail Kalogiannakis

Operating Small Hydropower Plants in Greece under Intermittent Flow Uncertainty: The Case of Tsiknias River (Lesvos) pp. 1-15

Ourania Tzoraki

A Perspective on Nigeria’s Preparedness, Response and Challenges to Mitigating the Spread of COVID-19 pp. 1-15

Madubuike Umunna Anyanwu, Ishmael Jaja Festus, Obichukwu Chisom Nwobi, Chinwe-Juliana Iwu Jaja and James Wabwire Oguttu

Agent-Based and System Dynamics Modeling of Water Field Services pp. 1-17

Bernard Amadei

Systemic Crop Signaling for Automatic Recognition of Transplanted Lettuce and Tomato under Different Levels of Sunlight for Early Season Weed Control pp. 1-13

Wen-Hao Su

Current Challenges of Cold Brew Coffee—Roasting, Extraction, Flavor Profile, Contamination, and Food Safety pp. 1-13

Raven Kwok, Kenny Lee Wee Ting, Steffen Schwarz, Linda Claassen and Dirk W. Lachenmeier

Exploratory Sampling of Spalting Fungi in the Southern Peruvian Amazon Forest pp. 1-13

Sarath M. Vega Gutierrez, Javier F. Illescas Guevara, Claudia C. Andersen, Jose Koechlin von Stein and Seri C. Robinson

Project Earthrise: Inspiring Creativity, Kindness and Imagination in Planetary Health pp. 1-23

Alan C. Logan, Susan H. Berman, Brian M. Berman and Susan L. Prescott

A Systems Approach to Building Community Capacity and Resilience pp. 1-23

Bernard Amadei

Surface Alteration of Borosilicate and Phosphate Nuclear Waste Glasses by Hydration and Irradiation pp. 1-11

Bella Y. Zubekhina, Boris E. Burakov and Michael I. Ojovan

Methods of Promoting Professional Agency at Work pp. 1-11

Satu Kalliola and Salme Mahlakaarto

Volume 11, issue 1, 2020

The Mismatch between Anthropogenic CO 2 Emissions and Their Consequences for Human Zinc and Protein Sufficiency Highlights Important Environmental Justice Issues pp. 1-11

Elizabeth R. H. Moore, Matthew R. Smith, Debbie Humphries, Robert Dubrow and Samuel S. Myers

Production Challenges in Least Developed Countries pp. 1-20

Matthias Brönner, Skander Salah and Markus Lienkamp

Intelligent Collaborative Authoring of Place-Based, Cross-Cultural and Media-Rich Experiences pp. 1-12

Konstantinos Kotis, Dimitris Spiliotopoulos and Andreas Papasalouros

Novel Coronavirus: How Atmospheric Particulate Affects Our Environment and Health pp. 1-12

Luigi Sanità di Toppi, Lorenzo Sanità di Toppi and Erika Bellini

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Challenges in 2019 pp. 1-2

Challenges Editorial Office

Investigating Thermal Performance of Residential Buildings in Marmari Region, South Evia, Greece pp. 1-22

Alkistis E. Kanteraki, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Miltiadis Zamparas, Vasilis C. Kapsalis, Sofoklis S. Makridis and Giouli Mihalakakou

Soiling Losses: A Barrier for India’s Energy Security Dependency from Photovoltaic Power pp. 1-22

Aritra Ghosh

Sustainable Distribution of Responsibility for Climate Change Adaptation pp. 1-13

Åsa Knaggård, Erik Persson and Kerstin Eriksson

Challenges for the Island of Barbuda: A Distinct Cultural and Ecological Island Ecosystem at the Precipice of Change pp. 1-13

Jason A. Hubbart, Kirsten Stephan, Fritz Petersen, Zachary Heck, Jason Horne and B. Jean Meade

Action Research to Enhance Inter-Organisational Coordination of Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific pp. 1-24

Daniel Gilfillan, Stacy-ann Robinson and Hannah Barrowman

Emerging Concepts on the Role of ADP-Ribosylation pp. 1-4

Palmiro Poltronieri

Biodiversity in Music Scores pp. 1-15

David G. Angeler