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The Council, European Council and Member States (2021)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K. (2021). The Council, European Council and Member States. In A. Jordan, & V. Gravey (Eds.), Environmental Policy in the EU Actors, Institutions and Processes, 4th edition (75-92). Routledge

Member states shape EU policy by working within the Council of the European Union (or 'Council' for short). The Council is thus a central player in EU decision making. There are different Council formations (made up of ministers responsible for parti... Read More about The Council, European Council and Member States.

Tolerating Racism and Hate Speech: A Critique of C.E. Baker’s “Almost” Absolutism (2021)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Tolerating Racism and Hate Speech: A Critique of C.E. Baker’s “Almost” Absolutism. In M. Sardoč (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Toleration (1-24). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03227-2_8-1

This chapter takes issue with C.E. Baker’s stance that the Free Speech Principle should protect even the most harmful and vile expression because such protection would promote individual self-government, enhance personal autonomy, and promote critica... Read More about Tolerating Racism and Hate Speech: A Critique of C.E. Baker’s “Almost” Absolutism.

The Effects of Nutraceuticals and Herbal Medicine on Candida albicans in Oral Candidiasis: A Comprehensive Review (2021)
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Gharibpour, F., Shirban, F., Bagherniya, M., Nosouhian, M., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). The Effects of Nutraceuticals and Herbal Medicine on Candida albicans in Oral Candidiasis: A Comprehensive Review. In G. E. Barreto, & A. Sahebkar (Eds.), Pharmacological Properties of Plant-Derived Natural Products and Implications for Human Health (225-248). Cham: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64872-5_16

Candida albicans is part of the healthy flora in the oral cavity. It can also cause opportunistic infection, which can be deleterious. The most typical type of chronic oral candidiasis is denture stomatitis, and C. albicans is identified as the most... Read More about The Effects of Nutraceuticals and Herbal Medicine on Candida albicans in Oral Candidiasis: A Comprehensive Review.

Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification (2021)
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Michaga, M. F. R., Michailos, S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2021). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification. In R. C. Ray (Ed.), Sustainable Biofuels: Opportunities and challenges (269-303). Duxford: Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820297-5.00012-8

The aviation sector is responsible for at least 2% of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The production and use of new sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) appear as the most relevant strategy to achieve significant GHG emissions reductio... Read More about Techno-economic and life cycle assessment review of sustainable aviation fuel produced via biomass gasification.

Urban Crime and Security (2021)
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Cheng, T., & Chen, T. (2021). Urban Crime and Security. In W. Shi, M. F. Goodchild, M. Batty, M.-P. Kwan, & A. Zhang (Eds.), Urban Informatics (213-228). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8983-6_14

Scientists have an enduring interest in understanding urban crime and developing security strategies for mitigating this problem. This chapter reviews the progress made in this topic from historic criminology to data-driven policing. It first reviews... Read More about Urban Crime and Security.

Coping with Change: (Re) Evolution of Waste Management in Local Authorities in England (2021)
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Deutz, P., & Kildunne, A. (2021). Coping with Change: (Re) Evolution of Waste Management in Local Authorities in England. In W. Guo, H. Hao Ngo, R. Y. Surampalli, & T. C. Zhang (Eds.), Sustainable Resource Management, Volume I: Technologies for Recovery and Reuse of Energy and Waste Materials, I (47-82). Weinheim: John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527825394.ch3

In the context of ambitions for a circular economy, there is need for a fundamental transition in resource recovery practices. However, whilst the sustainability transitions literature focuses on the transition toward a more sustainable future, polic... Read More about Coping with Change: (Re) Evolution of Waste Management in Local Authorities in England.

The developmental state in England: the role of the Treasury in industrial policy (2021)
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Lee, S. (2021). The developmental state in England: the role of the Treasury in industrial policy. In C. Berry, J. Froud, & T. Barker (Eds.), The Political Economy of Industrial Strategy in the UK (39-47). Newcastle: Agenda Publishing

Does the UK still have an industrial strategy? How should we understand the renewed interest within government in industrial policy – and now its apparent reversal – in recent years? This collection of essay by leading academics and practitioners inc... Read More about The developmental state in England: the role of the Treasury in industrial policy.

Bridging postcoloniality, postsocialism, and “race” in the age of Brexit: An interview with Catherine Baker (2021)
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Baker, C., & Koobak, R. (2021). Bridging postcoloniality, postsocialism, and “race” in the age of Brexit: An interview with Catherine Baker. In R. Koobak, M. Tlostanova, & S. Thapar-Björkert (Eds.), Postcolonial and Postsocialist Dialogues: Intersections, Opacities, Challenges in Feminist Theorizing and Practice (40-52). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In this interview, conducted over two rounds in August 2019 and January 2020, post-Cold War historian and cultural studies scholar Catherine Baker reflects on how she situates her work within the growing literature on intersections between postcoloni... Read More about Bridging postcoloniality, postsocialism, and “race” in the age of Brexit: An interview with Catherine Baker.

Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Patients with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study (2021)
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Moayed, M. S., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Mirmomeni, G., Rahimi-Bashar, F., Goharimoghadam, K., Pourhoseingholi, M. A., Abbasi-Farajzadeh, M., Hekmat, M., Sathyapalan, T., Guest, P. C., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Patients with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study. In P. C. Guest (Ed.), Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19 (229-236). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_19

© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Aim: Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection can develop several psychological consequences. Epidemiological data on mental health... Read More about Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Patients with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study.

The Immune Response and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Therapies (2021)
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Tavasolian, F., Hatam, G. R., Mosawi, S. H., Saadi, M. I., Abdollahi, E., Jamialahmadi, T., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). The Immune Response and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Therapies. In P. C. Guest (Ed.), Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19 (115-126). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_10

© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly pathogenic with r... Read More about The Immune Response and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Therapies.

At the city edge : situating peripheries research in South Africa and Ethiopia (2021)
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Meth, P., Todes, A., Charlton, S., Mukweda, T., Houghton, J., Goodfellow, T., …Masikane, F. (2021). At the city edge : situating peripheries research in South Africa and Ethiopia. In M. Keith, & A. A. de Souza Santos (Eds.), African cities and collaborative futures : urban platforms and metropolitan logistics (30-52). Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526155351.00008

Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology (2021)
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Behjani, M. A., Ismail, M. S., Ahmed, W., Pourkashanian, M., & Hassanpour, A. (2021). Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology. In W. Ahmed, M. Booth, & E. Nourafkan (Eds.), Emerging Nanotechnologies for Renewable Energy : Micro and Nano Technologies (559-590). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821346-9.00013-4

This chapter reviews the main mathematical and computational techniques used for the modeling of nanotechnology-based sustainable energy systems. The application of nanotechnology in the sustainable energy sector predominantly consists of the use of... Read More about Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology.

Pharmacological Management of Cough (2021)
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Brindle, K., & Morice, A. (2021). Pharmacological Management of Cough. In S. Heon Cho, & W. Song (Eds.), Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Cough (55-63). Singapore: Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4029-9_7

The pharmacological management of chronic cough is largely stagnated for the past 40 years. Drug development in acute cough has also been hampered because, despite the burgeoning market in over-the-counter remedies, the drugs used are generic, and so... Read More about Pharmacological Management of Cough.

Victorian Stage Magic, Adventure and the Mutilated Body (2021)
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Wynne, C. (2021). Victorian Stage Magic, Adventure and the Mutilated Body. In C. Bloom (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Steam Age Gothic (691-710). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40866-4_37

The period of ‘high imperialism’ in the late nineteenth century converges with what was known as the ‘Golden Age’ of stage magic. I examine how imperial adventure narratives of the late century and stage magicians both deploy illusions to showcase We... Read More about Victorian Stage Magic, Adventure and the Mutilated Body.

Caledonian and pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology (2021)
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Walker, S., Bird, A. F., Thirllall, M. F., & Strachan, R. A. (2021). Caledonian and pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology. In J. B. Murphy, R. A. Strachan, & C. Quesada (Eds.), Pannotia to Pangaea: Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Orogenic Cycles in the Circum-Atlantic Region (305-331). Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-32

Garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd ages from the Shetland Caledonides provide evidence of a polyorogenic history as follows: (1) c. 1050 Ma Grenvillian reworking of Neoarchaean basement; (2) c. 910 Ma Renlandian metamorphism of the Westing Group; (3) c. 622–606... Read More about Caledonian and pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology.

Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism (2021)
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Bond, D. P., & Sun, Y. (2021). Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism. In R. E. Ernst, A. J. Dickson, & A. Bekker (Eds.), Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes (83-102). American Geophysical Union. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119507444.ch3

The coincidence of large igneous province (LIP) eruptions with at least three, if not all, of the Big Five biotic crises of the Phanerozoic implies that volcanism is a key driver of mass extinctions. Many LIP-induced extinction scenarios invoke globa... Read More about Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism.

Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms (2021)
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Yaribeygi, H., Sathyapalan, T., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms. In A. Sahebkar, & T. Sathyapalan (Eds.), Natural Products and Human Diseases (401-410). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73234-9_26

Diabetes mellitus is a growing health challenge globally which is increasing in epidemic proportion. Naturally occurring pharmacological agents are more likely to provide beneficial therapeutic effects without undesirable side effects compared to the... Read More about Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms.

Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review (2021)
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Moayed, M. S., Rahimi-Bashar, F., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Guest, P. C., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review. In P. C. Guest (Ed.), Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19 (325-333). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_29

© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is responsible for the current pandemic which has already resulted in considerable mortality worldwide. Th... Read More about Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review.