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Mapping research in student engagement and educational technology in higher education: a systematic evidence map Open
Digital technology has become a central aspect of higher education, inherently affecting all aspects of the student experience. It has also been linked to an increase in behavioural, affective and cognitive student engagement, the facilita…
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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A systematic review of methods for nexus assessment Open
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is rapidly expanding in scholarly literature and policy settings as a novel way to address complex resource and development challenges. The nexus approach aims to identify tradeoffs and synergies of water,…
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The Global Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus Open
Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an important role in the production of energy, including ren…
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The impact of trade openness on economic growth: The case of Cote d’Ivoire Open
The relationship between trade openness and economic growth has been extensively investigated yielding to mixed and inconclusive results. This might be attributed to the omission of the role of capital stock and labor in the trade-growth n…
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The Nexus of Monetary Policy and Shadow Banking in China Open
We study how monetary policy in China influences banks’ shadow banking activities. We develop and estimate the endogenously switching monetary policy rule that is based on institutional facts and at the same time tractable in the spirit of…
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Integrating sustainability and resilience in the supply chain: A systematic literature review and a research agenda Open
Sustainability has emerged as an important industrial strategic outlook expanding beyond organizational boundaries to include the supply chain. Simultaneously, the industry has also been faced with supply chain resilience concerns. Researc…
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Automated pastures and the digital divide: How agricultural technologies are shaping labour and rural communities Open
A “digital revolution” in agriculture is underway. Advanced technologies like sensors, artificial intelligence, and robotics are increasingly being promoted as a means to increase food production efficiency while minimizing resource use. I…
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Precision Farming at the Nexus of Agricultural Production and the Environment Open
Precision farming enables agricultural management decisions to be tailored spatially and temporally. Site-specific sensing, sampling, and managing allow farmers to treat a field as a heterogeneous entity. Through targeted use of inputs, pr…
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Harmful algae at the complex nexus of eutrophication and climate change Open
Climate projections suggest-with substantial certainty-that global warming >1.5 °C will occur by mid-century (2050). Population is also projected to increase, amplifying the demands for food, fuel, water and sanitation, which, in turn, esc…
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The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health Open
Cities are constantly evolving and so are the living conditions within and between them. Rapid urbanization and the ever-growing need for housing have turned large areas of many cities into concrete landscapes that lack greenery. Green inf…
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A Review of the Water Desalination Systems Integrated with Renewable Energy Open
Water and energy are indispensable entities for any flourishing life and civilization. The water and energy scarcities have emerged due to the dramatic growth in the population, standards of living, and the rapid development of the agricul…
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Climate Change and Conflict Open
The link between climate change and conflict has been discussed intensively in academic literature during the past decade. This review aims to provide a clearer picture of what the research community currently has to say with regard to thi…
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Caught in the Nexus: A Comparative and Longitudinal Analysis of Public Trust in the Press Open
Despite signs of declining press trust in many western countries, we know little about trends in press trust across the world. Based on comparative survey data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and European Values Study (EVS), this study …
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Artificial Intelligence, Transport and the Smart City: Definitions and Dimensions of a New Mobility Era Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful concept still in its infancy that has the potential, if utilised responsibly, to provide a vehicle for positive change that could promote sustainable transitions to a more resource-efficient livab…
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The Nexus Between Periodontal Inflammation and Dysbiosis Open
The nexus between periodontal inflammation and the polymicrobial biofilm in the gingival sulcus is critical to understanding the pathobiology of periodontitis. Both play a major role in the etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases…
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Environmental performance, sustainability, governance and financial performance: Evidence from heavily polluting industries in China Open
This study seeks to contribute to the existing business strategy and the environment literature by examining the effect of governance structures on Chinese firms' environmental performance, and consequently ascertain the extent to which th…
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Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs Open
The number of publications on environmental footprint indicators has been growing rapidly, but with limited efforts to integrate different footprints into a coherent framework. Such integration is important for comprehensive understanding …
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Renewable Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions, and Economic Growth Nexus: A Simultaneity Spatial Modeling Analysis of EU Countries Open
This study employed panel spatial simultaneous equations models with a generalized spatial two-stage least squares (GS2SLS) method to explore the three-way linkages among economic growth, carbon emissions, and renewable energy consumption …
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Closing the governance gaps in the water-energy-food nexus: Insights from integrative governance Open
The water-energy-food nexus has become a popular concept in environmental change research and policy debates. Proponents suggest that a nexus approach promotes policy coherence through identifying optimal policy mixes and governance arrang…
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Environmental justice and the SDGs: from synergies to gaps and contradictions Open
Through their synergies, trade-offs, and contradictions, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have the potential to lead to environmental justices and injustices. Yet, environmental justice (EJ), and social justice more broadly, are no…
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The Development of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a Framework for Achieving Resource Security: A Review Open
This paper presents a study of the evolution of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus since its rise to prominence in policy and development discourses in 2011. Drawing from an extensive review of published literature, the paper presents vario…
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Immigration and Crime: Assessing a Contentious Issue Open
Are immigration and crime related? This review addresses this question in order to build a deeper understanding of the immigration-crime relationship. We synthesize the recent generation (1994 to 2014) of immigration-crime research focused…
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ESG disclosure and firm performance before and after IR Open
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of environmental, social and governance disclosure (ESGD) on firm performance (FP) before and after the introduction of integrated reporting (IR) further to exploring a potential moderation…
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Harnessing Solar‐Driven Photothermal Effect toward the Water–Energy Nexus Open
Producing affordable freshwater has been considered as a great societal challenge, and most conventional desalination technologies are usually accompanied with large energy consumption and thus struggle with the trade‐off between water and…
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A review of carbon capture and utilisation as a CO2 abatement opportunity within the EWF nexus Open
Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is considered an important CO2 mitigation strategy to support and compliment carbon capture and storage (CCS) objectives for the abatement and sequestration of CO2. It represents various pathways that u…
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Managing climate change risks in global supply chains: a review and research agenda Open
Climate change is forcing governments and businesses to explore mitigation strategies to avoid future catastrophe. There is an urgent need to manage climate change risks in global supply chains. Following a systematic literature review and…
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Extended urbanisation and the spatialities of infectious disease: Demographic change, infrastructure and governance Open
This paper argues that contemporary processes of extended urbanisation, which include suburbanisation, post-suburbanisation and peri-urbanisation, may result in increased vulnerability to infectious disease spread. Through a review of exis…
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The water-land-food nexus of first-generation biofuels Open
Recent energy security strategies, investment opportunities and energy policies have led to an escalation in biofuel consumption at the expenses of food crops and pastureland. To evaluate the important impacts of biofuels on food security,…
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Nexus between carbon emissions, economic growth, renewable energy use, urbanization, industrialization, technological innovation, and forest area towards achieving environmental sustainability in Bangladesh Open
Global climate change, exacerbated by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, notably carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, offers enormous risks to the environment, development, and long-term sustainability. This study looks at how economic growth, ren…
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Global assessment of environment, health and economic impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Open
The institution of social distancing and punitive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 through human-to-human transmission has environmental, health and economic impact. While the global pandemic has led to the enhancement of the hea…