Challenges

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Volume 10, issue 2, 2019

High-Rise Apartments and Urban Mental Health—Historical and Contemporary Views pp. 1-15

Danica-Lea Larcombe, Eddie van Etten, Alan Logan, Susan L. Prescott and Pierre Horwitz

Bringing Fronts Back: A Research Agenda to Investigate the Health and Well-Being Impacts of Front Gardens pp. 1-11

Lauriane Suyin Chalmin-Pui, Alistair Griffiths, Jenny J. Roe and Ross W. F. Cameron

Environmental Impact of the Average Hong Kong Diet: A Case for Adopting Sustainable Diets in Urban Centers pp. 1-11

Tsz Wing Tang and Tanja Sobko

Social Cohesion and City Green Space: Revisiting the Power of Volunteering pp. 1-4

Viniece Jennings

The Scientist: Creator and Destroyer—“Scientists’ Warning to Humanity” Is a Wake-Up Call for Researchers pp. 1-18

Marek Cuhra

Challenges in Recruitment and Selection Process: An Empirical Study pp. 1-22

Sophia Diana Rozario, Sitalakshmi Venkatraman and Adil Abbas

Volume 10, issue 1, 2019

Challenges in the Paleoclimatic Evolution of the Arctic and Subarctic Pacific since the Last Glacial Period—The Sino–German Pacific–Arctic Experiment (SiGePAX) pp. 1-22

Gerrit Lohmann, Lester Lembke-Jene, Ralf Tiedemann, Xun Gong, Patrick Scholz, Jianjun Zou and Xuefa Shi

Improving Health and Wealth by Introduction of an Affordable Bacterial Starter Culture for Probiotic Yoghurt Production in Uganda pp. 1-22

Nieke Westerik, Alex Paul Wacoo, Esther Anyimo, William Matovu, Gregor Reid, Remco Kort and Wilbert Sybesma

Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of Publications Describing Spatial Associations among Outdoor Environmental Variables and Really Small Newborns in the USA and Canada pp. 1-29

Charlene C. Nielsen, Carl G. Amrhein and Alvaro R. Osornio-Vargas

Bees in the D: A Message of Conservation from an Urban Environment pp. 1-5

Brian Peterson Roest

Triggering Organic Growth: A Fresh Challenge to Behaviour Change pp. 1-5

Glenn Laverack

The Effects of Chlorinated Drinking Water on the Assembly of the Intestinal Microbiome pp. 1-7

David Martino

More Than Idyll Speculation: Utopian Thinking for Planetary Health pp. 1-7

Julian W. Fernando, Léan V. O’Brien, Madeline Judge and Yoshihisa Kashima

Planetary Health: A New Reality pp. 1-7

Jonathan D. Salk

Clinical Ecology—Transforming 21st-Century Medicine with Planetary Health in Mind pp. 1-16

David H. Nelson, Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan and Jeffrey S. Bland

Multiomics and Systems Biology Are Needed to Unravel the Complex Origins of Chronic Disease pp. 1-9

David Martino, Rym Ben-Othman, Danny Harbeson and Anthony Bosco

How to Seize the Opportunities of New Technologies in Life Cycle Analysis Data Collection: A Case Study of the Dutch Dairy Farming Sector pp. 1-9

Eric Mieras, Anne Gaasbeek and Daniël Kan

Narrative Medicine Meets Planetary Health: Mindsets Matter in the Anthropocene pp. 1-26

Susan L. Prescott and Alan C. Logan

A Collaborative Research Exploration of Pollutant Mixtures and Adverse Birth Outcomes by Using Innovative Spatial Data Mining Methods: The DoMiNO Project pp. 1-14

Osnat Wine, Osmar R. Zaiane and Alvaro R. Osornio Vargas

Green Prescriptions and Their Co-Benefits: Integrative Strategies for Public and Environmental Health pp. 1-14

Jake M. Robinson and Martin F. Breed

Philanthrocapitalism: Promoting Global Health but Failing Planetary Health pp. 1-20

Colin D Butler

Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture as A Pathway to Food Security: A Review Mapping the Use of Food Sovereignty pp. 1-12

Michelle Chihambakwe, Paramu Mafongoya and Obert Jiri

Recurrent Cholera Outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving beyond Epidemiology to Understand the Environmental Reservoirs and Drivers pp. 1-12

Willis Gwenzi and Edmond Sanganyado

Compatibility of Small Team Personalities in Computer-Based Tasks pp. 1-12

Angeliki Antoniou

Testing the Waters of an Aquaculture Index of Well-Being pp. 1-12

Craig Stephen and Joy Wade

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Challenges in 2018 pp. 1-2

Challenges Editorial Office

Intertwined Strands for Ecology in Planetary Health pp. 1-13

Pierre Horwitz and Margot W. Parkes

Recent Advances in Origins of Life Research by Biophysicists in Japan pp. 1-21

Tony Z. Jia and Yutetsu Kuruma

Leadership Evolution for Planetary Health: A Genomics Perspective pp. 1-21

Jacinta T Ryan, Sandra Jones, Peter A Hayes and Jeffrey M Craig

(Bio)Ethics in a Pluralistic Society pp. 1-15

Ben Gray

Mathematical Modeling of The Challenge to Detect Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Early with Biomarkers pp. 1-15

Alex Root

Designing and Evaluating Energy Product-Service Systems for Energy Sector (EPSS) in Liberalized Energy Market: A Case Study in Space Heating Services for Japan Household pp. 1-28

Widha Kusumaningdyah, Benjamin McLellan and Tetsuo Tezuka

Beyond Science and Technology: Creating Planetary Health Needs Not Just ‘Head Stuff’, but Social Engagement and ‘Heart, Gut and Spirit’ Stuff pp. 1-28

Trevor Hancock

Planetary Health Ethics: Beyond First Principles pp. 1-8

Alexander Foster, Jennifer Cole, Andrew Farlow and Ivica Petrikova

Intimate Partner Violence: A Potential Challenge for Women’s Health in Angola pp. 1-11

Sanni Yaya, Michael O. N. Kunnuji and Ghose Bishwajit

How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life? pp. 1-11

Erik Persson, Jessica Abbott, Christian Balkenius, Anna Cabak Redei, Klara Anna Čápová, Dainis Dravins, David Dunér, Markus Gunneflo, Maria Hedlund, Mats Johansson, Anders Melin and Petter Persson

Addressing the Environmental, Community, and Health Impacts of Resource Development: Challenges across Scales, Sectors, and Sites pp. 1-27

Margot W. Parkes, Sandra Allison, Henry G. Harder, Dawn Hoogeveen, Diana Kutzner, Melissa Aalhus, Evan Adams, Lindsay Beck, Ben Brisbois, Chris G. Buse, Annika Chiasson, Donald C. Cole, Shayna Dolan, Anne Fauré, Raina Fumerton, Maya K. Gislason, Louisa Hadley, Lars K. Hallström, Pierre Horwitz, Raissa Marks, Kaileah McKellar, Helen Moewaka Barnes, Barbara Oke, Linda Pillsworth, Jamie Reschny, Dionne Sanderson, Sarah Skinner, Krista Stelkia, Craig Stephen, Céline Surette, Tim K. Takaro and Cathy Vaillancourt

Volume 9, issue 2, 2018

A New Reality: Human Evolution for a Sustainable Future. By Jonas Salk, MD, and Jonathan Salk, MD. City Point Press: Stratford, CT, USA, 2018; 256pp.; ISBN: 978-1-947951-04-4 pp. 1-3

Susan L. Prescott and Alan C. Logan

Challenges in the Healthcare Systems and Formative Needs of Family Doctors pp. 1-3

Palmiro Poltronieri

The Canmore Declaration: Statement of Principles for Planetary Health pp. 1-18

Susan L. Prescott, Alan C. Logan, Glenn Albrecht, Dianne E. Campbell, Julian Crane, Ashlee Cunsolo, John W. Holloway, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, Christopher A. Lowry, John Penders, Nicole Redvers, Harald Renz, Jakob Stokholm, Cecilie Svanes, Ganesa Wegienka and On Behalf of inVIVO Planetary Health, of the Worldwide Universities Network (wun)

Walking Ecosystems in Microbiome-Inspired Green Infrastructure: An Ecological Perspective on Enhancing Personal and Planetary Health pp. 1-15

Jake M. Robinson, Jacob G. Mills and Martin F. Breed

The Value of Global Indigenous Knowledge in Planetary Health pp. 1-6

Nicole Redvers

Seventh Annual Conference of in VIVO Planetary Health on Transforming Life: Unify Personal, Public, and Planetary Health pp. 1-59

Susan L. Prescott, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, Alan C. Logan and Dianne E. Campbell

Tracking Trends in Emissions of Developmental Toxicants and Potential Associations with Congenital Heart Disease in Alberta, Canada pp. 1-13

Deliwe Precious Ngwezi, Lisa K. Hornberger, Jose Luis Cabeza-Gonzalez, Sujata Chandra, Deborah Fruitman and Alvaro Osornio-Vargas

The Challenge of Promoting the Health of Refugees and Migrants in Europe: A Review of the Literature and Urgent Policy Options pp. 1-12

Glenn Laverack

Sanitization of Early Life and Microbial Dysbiosis pp. 1-9

Shelly Jun, Kelsea Drall, Brittany Matenchuk, Cara McLean, Charlene Nielsen, Chinwe V. Obiakor, Aaron Van der Leek and Anita Kozyrskyj

The Challenge of Addressing Obesity: Moving to the Extremes pp. 1-4

Glenn Laverack

Industrial Developmental Toxicants and Congenital Heart Disease in Urban and Rural Alberta, Canada pp. 1-16

Deliwe P. Ngwezi, Lisa K. Hornberger, Jesus Serrano-Lomelin, Charlene C. Nielsen, Deborah Fruitman and Alvaro Osornio-Vargas

Environmental Impact on Health across Generations: Policy Meets Biology. A Review of Animal and Human Models pp. 1-16

Marianne Lønnebotn, Natalia El-Merhie, John W. Holloway, William Horsnell, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann, Francisco Gómez Real and Cecilie Svanes

Measurement of Poly(ADP-ribose) Level with Enhanced Slot Blot Assay with Crosslinking pp. 1-10

Yuko Kudo, Yuka Sasaki, Takae Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Tadashige Nozaki, Kenji Tamura, Masatoshi Watanabe and Mitsuko Masutani

Family Oncology Caregivers and Relational Health Literacy pp. 1-10

Joy V. Goldsmith and Sachiko Terui

Planetary Health and the Future of Human Capacity: The Increasing Impact of Planetary Distress on the Human Brain pp. 1-10

Chong Chen and Shin Nakagawa

‘Leaving No One Behind’: The Challenge of Reaching Migrant Populations pp. 1-5

Glenn Laverack

Planetary Health: Are We Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? pp. 1-5

Monica Gagliano

Making a “Pledge”: Moral Suasion and Health Promotion Practice pp. 1-5

Glenn Laverack

Volume 9, issue 1, 2018

Challenges in Governing the Digital Transportation Ecosystem in Jakarta: A Research Direction in Smart City Frameworks pp. 1-10

Iqbal Yulizar Mukti and Yudha Prambudia

Advances and Remaining Challenges in the Study of Influenza and Anthrax Infection in Lung Cell Culture pp. 1-10

Joshua D. Powell and Timothy M. Straub

Cybernetics and the 4D Smart City: Smartness as Awareness pp. 1-10

Emilia Rönkkö, Aulikki Herneoja and Essi Oikarinen

The Making of Compassion Stress Injury: A Review of Historical and Etiological Models toward a De-Stigmatizing Neurobehavioral Conceptualization pp. 1-7

Mark Russell and Jessica Cowan

From Authoritarianism to Advocacy: Lifestyle-Driven, Socially-Transmitted Conditions Require a Transformation in Medical Training and Practice pp. 1-29

Susan L. Prescott and Alan C. Logan

The ADP-Ribosyl-Transferases Diphtheria Toxin-Like (ARTDs) Family: An Overview pp. 1-24

Maria Di Girolamo and Gaia Fabrizio

Analogies between Heavy Metal Music and the Symptoms of Mental Illness pp. 1-9

David G. Angeler

The Dichotomy of the Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-Like Thermozyme from Sulfolobus solfataricus pp. 1-9

Maria Rosaria Faraone Mennella

Value Engineering and Function Analysis: Frameworks for Innovation in Antenna Systems pp. 1-14

Hamid Reza Fartookzadeh and Mahdi Fartookzadeh

Roles of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD + ) in Biological Systems pp. 1-14

Palmiro Poltronieri and Nataša Čerekovic

Effects of Contingency versus Constraints on the Body-Mass Scaling of Metabolic Rate pp. 1-14

Douglas S. Glazier

ARTD10/PARP10 Induces ADP-Ribosylation of GAPDH and Recruits GAPDH into Cytosolic Membrane-Free Cell Bodies When Overexpressed in Mammalian Cells pp. 1-19

Emilia Mayo, Gaia Fabrizio, Emanuele Salvatore Scarpa, Annalisa Stilla, Nadia Dani, Fulvio Chiacchiera, Henning Kleine, Francesca Attanasio, Bernhard Lüscher and Maria Di Girolamo

Delivering Environmental Justice through Environmental Impact Assessment in the United States: The Challenge of Public Participation pp. 1-13

Okhumode H. Yakubu

Scientific Peer Review: Guidelines for Informative Peer Review. By J. Matthias Starck. Springer Spektrum: Wiesbaden, Germany, 2017; 60 pp.; ISBN: 978-3-658-19915-9 pp. 1-2

Edmond Sanganyado

Microbiology in Dairy Processing: Challenges and Opportunities. By Palmiro Poltronieri. IFT Press Series, Wiley-Blackwell, UK, 2017; 321 pp.; ISBN: 978-1-119-11480-2 pp. 1-2

Franca Rossi

Cold Climate Structural Fire Danger Rating System? pp. 1-15

Maria-Monika Metallinou and Torgrim Log

In Vivo Level of Poly(ADP-ribose) pp. 1-15

Masanao Miwa, Chieri Ida, Sachiko Yamashita, Kenichi Kouyama, Yasuhito Kuroda, Takayuki Eguchi, Narumi Ohta, Teruaki Sato, Masataka Tsuda and Masakazu Tanaka

Lightweight Design and Welding Manufacturing of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Car’s Chassis pp. 1-15

Evangelos Ch. Tsirogiannis, Gerasimos I. Siasos, Georgios E. Stavroulakis and Sofoklis S. Makridis

Nanomaterials and Oxidative Stress pp. 1-6

Vytas Reipa and Donald H. Atha

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease: Three Distinct Clinical Entities pp. 1-6

Frank N.M. Twisk

Pharmacological Activities of Phytomedicines: A Challenge Horizon for Rational Knowledge pp. 1-8

Javier Rodríguez Villanueva, Jorge Martín Esteban and Laura Rodríguez Villanueva

A Method for Citizen Scientists to Catalogue Worldwide Chlorociboria spp. Distribution pp. 1-11

Sarath M. Vega Gutierrez, Olivia E. Kramer, Claudia C. Andersen, Patricia T. Vega Gutierrez and Seri C. Robinson

What are the Current Priorities and Challenges for (Urban) Soundscape Research? pp. 1-11

Francesco Aletta and Jieling Xiao

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Challenges in 2017 pp. 1-1

Challenges Editorial Office

Larger Than Life: Injecting Hope into the Planetary Health Paradigm pp. 1-27

Susan L. Prescott and Alan C. Logan