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Sliwa K, Viljoen CA, Stewart S, Miller MR, Prabhakaran D, Kumar RK, Thienemann F, Piniero D, Prabhakaran P, Narula J, Pinto F. Cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries associated with environmental factors. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2024; 31:688-697. [PMID: 38175939 DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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There is a growing recognition that the profound environmental changes that have occurred over the past century pose threats to human health. Many of these environmental factors, including air pollution, noise pollution, as well as exposure to metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and other metals, are particularly detrimental to the cardiovascular health of people living in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs). Low-to-middle income countries are likely to be disproportionally burdened by cardiovascular diseases provoked by environmental factors. Moreover, they have the least capacity to address the core drivers and consequences of this phenomenon. This review summarizes the impact of environmental factors such as climate change, air pollution, and metal exposure on the cardiovascular system, and how these specifically affect people living in LMICs. It also outlines how behaviour changes and interventions that reduce environmental pollution would have significant effects on the cardiovascular health of those from LMICs, and globally.
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- Karen Sliwa
- Cape Heart Institute, Chris Barnard Building, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cnr Anzio Road and Falmouth Road, 7925, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Main Road, 7925, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cape Heart Institute, Chris Barnard Building, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cnr Anzio Road and Falmouth Road, 7925, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Main Road, 7925, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia, 32 Mouat St, Fremantle, Western Australia, 6160, Australia
- Eduardo Mondlane University, 3435 Avenida Julius Nyerere, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Queens Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH4 3RL, UK
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- Centre for Chronic Disease Control, C1/52, Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara PO, Cochin 682041, Kerala, India
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- Cape Heart Institute, Chris Barnard Building, University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cnr Anzio Road and Falmouth Road, 7925, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 100 Rämistrasse, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Arenales 2463, Buenos Aires, C1124AAN, Argentina
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- Centre for Chronic Disease Control, C1/52, Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- Department of Cardiology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health, 7000 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal
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Gendron AD, Lacaze É, Taranu ZE, Gouge R, Larbi-Youcef Y, Houde M, André C, Gagné F, Triffault-Bouchet G, Giroux I. The Comet Assay, a Sensitive Biomarker of Water Quality Improvement Following Adoption of Beneficial Agricultural Practices? ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2023; 42:2201-2214. [PMID: 37417785 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Numerous actions have been undertaken by farmers to attenuate the impact of agricultural activities on aquatic ecosystems. The identification of biomarkers that respond quickly to water quality improvement could facilitate the assessment of adopted alternative practices and help maintain mobilization among stakeholders. We evaluated the potential of the comet assay, a biomarker of genotoxic effects, using a freshwater mussel, Elliptio complanata, as a model animal. The frequency of DNA damage was assessed in hemocytes of mussels collected from a pristine habitat and caged for 8 weeks in the Pot au Beurre River, a tributary of the fluvial Lake St.-Pierre (Quebec, Canada) impacted by agricultural activities. We found that the level of DNA damage naturally induced in mussel hemocytes was low and showed very limited variations over time. Compared with these baseline levels and to laboratory controls, we observed a doubling in DNA alterations in mussels exposed to agricultural runoff in the third branch of the Pot au Beurre River. The genotoxic response was significantly lower in mussels caged in the first branch of the Pot au Beurre River, where longer stretches of shoreline have been restored as buffer strips. Glyphosate, mesotrione, imazethapyr, and metolachlor were the main discriminant pesticides between these two branches. Metolachlor was found in sufficient concentrations to induce DNA damage, but it is more likely that the observed genotoxicity was the result of a "cocktail effect," that is, the cumulative contribution of coexisting genotoxicants including the above-mentioned herbicides and ingredients in their formulation. Our findings suggest that the comet assay is a sensitive tool for the early detection of changes in water toxicity following the adoption of agricultural beneficial practices. Environ Toxicol Chem 2023;42:2201-2214. © 2023 Crown copyright and The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC. This article is published with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the King's Printer for Scotland.
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- Andrée D Gendron
- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Compliance Promotion and Marine Programs, Environmental Protection Operations, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Direction Aménagement du Territoire et Développement Régional, Fédération de l'Union des producteurs agricoles de la Montérégie, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division Écotoxicologie et Évaluation du risque, Centre d'expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec, Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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- Direction générale du suivi de l'état de l'environnement, Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, Québec, Quebec, Canada
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Sene S, Dollinger J, Hammecker C, Lagacherie M, Negro S, Samouelian A. Potential of fluorescent tracers to appraise biochar amendment strategies for pesticide mitigation - insights from comparative sorption. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:92182-92192. [PMID: 37486469 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28821-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Mitigation of pesticide dispersion in soil and water is required to protect ecosystem health and the anthropic uses of water bodies. Biochar amendments have been suggested to reduce pesticide dispersion due to their high sorption potentials. Nevertheless, appraisals at different scales have been limited by the costs of pesticide analyses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of two fluorescent tracers, uranine (UR) and sulforhodamine B (SRB), for use as pesticide proxies in the context of biochar amendments used for mitigation purposes. Therefore, we compared the sorption processes of both fluorescent tracers and those of three pesticides, glyphosate, 2,4-D, and difenoconazole for soils; three wood biochars (pine, oak, and beech/charm blend); and soil/biochar mixtures representing agricultural usages. The results showed that the sorption of glyphosate by soil was unaffected by amendment with the tested pine, oak, and wood blend biochars. In contrast, the sorption coefficients of UR, SRB, 2,4-D, and difenoconazole were significantly increased with these biochar amendments. SRB, in particular, exhibited sorption behavior similar to that of the hydrophobic fungicide difenoconazole. This indicates promise for the use of SRB as a proxy for hydrophobic pesticides, in testing biochar amendments.
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- Seynabou Sene
- UMR LISAH, Université Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- UMR LISAH, Université Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro, 34060, Montpellier, France.
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- UMR LISAH, Université Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- UMR LISAH, Université Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- UMR LISAH, Université Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- UMR LISAH, Université Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro, 34060, Montpellier, France
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Yang F, Jia C, Yang H, Yang X. Development, hotspots and trend directions of groundwater salinization research in both coastal and inland areas: a bibliometric and visualization analysis from 1970 to 2021. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:67704-67727. [PMID: 35945316 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22134-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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As a global concern, the issue of groundwater salinization refers to the phenomenon of an increase in the overall chemical content over background levels in the groundwater. It involves a long-term process that could degrade groundwater quality and restrict its availability for drinking, irrigation and industry. For the effective protection and further research of groundwater resources, policy strongly depends on understanding the development, hotspots and trend directions of groundwater salinization research, which involves the degree, sources and processes of global groundwater salinization. However, such a comprehensive and systematic analysis has not been performed, and it is difficult to have a deeper understanding of groundwater salinization. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the knowledge structure, hot topics and trends in the field of groundwater salinization based on 6651 Web of Science (WoS) publications combined with CiteSpace for in-depth bibliometric and visual analysis. The results showed that 292 institutions in 125 countries have published articles in this field from 1970 to 2021. The USA was one of the most prolific contributors, with the largest number of publications and active institutions. Cooperation among authors has become frequent in recent years, and they tend to cooperate in groups. According to the analysis of co-occurrence keywords and co-cited articles, "water resources", "sea level rise" and "variable density flow" were identified as three hot topics. A keyword burst analysis revealed the emerging trends of concerns about global climate change and the sustainable utilization of water resources. In addition, the possible opportunities and challenges were explored that may be faced in groundwater salinization research. The outcomes of this study are significant for future research on groundwater management and pollution control.
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- Fan Yang
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Binhai Road No. 72, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong Province, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Binhai Road No. 72, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong Province, China.
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Binhai Road No. 72, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong Province, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Binhai Road No. 72, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong Province, China
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Abejón R. A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Selenium in Drinking Water during the 1990-2021 Period: Treatment Options for Selenium Removal. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:5834. [PMID: 35627373 PMCID: PMC9140891 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19105834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A bibliometric analysis based on the Scopus database was carried out to summarize the global research related to selenium in drinking water from 1990 to 2021 and identify the quantitative characteristics of the research in this period. The results from the analysis revealed that the number of accumulated publications followed a quadratic growth, which confirmed the relevance this research topic is gaining during the last years. High research efforts have been invested to define safe selenium content in drinking water, since the insufficient or excessive intake of selenium and the corresponding effects on human health are only separated by a narrow margin. Some important research features of the four main technologies most frequently used to remove selenium from drinking water (coagulation, flocculation and precipitation followed by filtration; adsorption and ion exchange; membrane-based processes and biological treatments) were compiled in this work. Although the search of technological options to remove selenium from drinking water is less intensive than the search of solutions to reduce and eliminate the presence of other pollutants, adsorption was the alternative that has received the most attention according to the research trends during the studied period, followed by membrane technologies, while biological methods require further research efforts to promote their implementation.
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- Ricardo Abejón
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Estación Central, Santiago 9170019, Chile
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Cetin MA, Bakirtas I, Yildiz N. Does agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve exist in developing countries? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:34019-34037. [PMID: 35031988 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18065-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Even though the economic growth and the increased agricultural production bring welfare increment, they could also load significant environmental costs to society. This study aims to investigate the existence of agriculture-induced EKC hypothesis in 47 developing countries during 1976-2017 by using dynamic panel data estimators. According to the long-run findings of the DOLS and the FMOLS estimators, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship that exists between income and the CO2 emissions, while agricultural production has a negative impact on environmental quality. In addition, the PMG estimator is also employed for robustness check. Likewise the DOLS and the FMOLS findings, the long-run results of the PMG estimator also support the existence of agriculture-induced EKC for developing countries. The empirical findings of this study provide stimulus results of policy makers to re-consider their current production infrastructure of agricultural sector to achieve sustainable development.
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- Mumin Atalay Cetin
- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey.
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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You Y, Wang D, Liu J, Chen Y, Ma X, Li W. Physical Exercise in the Context of Air Pollution: An Emerging Research Topic. Front Physiol 2022; 13:784705. [PMID: 35295574 PMCID: PMC8918627 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.784705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Physical exercise (PE) brings physiological benefits to human health; paradoxically, exposure to air pollution (AP) is harmful. Hence, the combined effects of AP and PE are interesting issues worth exploring. The objective of this study is to review literature involved in AP-PE fields to perform a knowledge-map analysis and explore the collaborations, current hotspots, physiological applications, and future perspectives. Herein, cluster, co-citation, and co-occurrence analysis were applied using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software. The results demonstrated that AP-PE domains have been springing up and in rapid growth since the 21st century. Subsequently, active countries and institutions were identified, and the productive institutions were mainly located in USA, China, UK, Spain, and Canada. Developed countries seemed to be the major promoters. Additionally, subject analysis found that environmental science, public health, and sports medicine were the core subjects, and multidimensional communications were forming. Thereafter, a holistic presentation of reference co-citation clusters was conducted to discover the research topics and trace the development focuses. Youth, elite athletes, and rural population were regarded as the noteworthy subjects. Commuter exposure and moderate aerobic exercise represented the common research context and exercise strategy, respectively. Simultaneously, the research hotspots and application fields were elaborated by keyword co-occurrence distribution. It was noted that physiological adaptations including respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, and mental health were the major themes; oxidative stress and inflammatory response were the mostly referred mechanisms. Finally, several challenges were proposed, which are beneficial to promote the development of the research field. Molecular mechanisms and specific pathways are still unknown and the equilibrium points and dose-effect relationships remain to be further explored. We are highly confident that this study provides a unique perspective to systematically and comprehensively review the pieces of AP-PE research and its related physiological mechanisms for future investigations.
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- Yanwei You
- Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Information/Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xindong Ma
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- China Table Tennis College, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
- Wenkai Li
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Marketing for wines is a determinant tool for several stakeholders within the wine sector, but there are not many studies concerning the topic “wine marketing” and even fewer that take a bibliometric approach. In turn, wine is a strategic agri-food product for the economy of several countries around the world, particularly in Mediterranean countries. Beyond the economic level, wine has an environmental, social, and cultural dimension. All these dimensions have implications in any plan for the wine sector and should be taken into account. In addition, these dimensions change around the world in accordance with different local factors. In this way, sometimes, it is not easy to design adjusted marketing plans for the wine sector, namely, in international markets. Taking the frameworks into account, the main objective of this study is to explore the scientific documents available on scientific platforms, namely, in the Web of Science, related to “wine marketing”. These studies (87 documents) were first explored through bibliometric software, such as the VOSviewer and the Atlas.ti, and then analyzed individually to capture the main insights shown by the scientific literature about wine marketing. To better organize the literature survey, with the information obtained from the bibliometric analysis, the following indexes were identified through factor analysis: “supply index”, “demand index”, “winery strategy index”, “tourism index”, “innovation index”, and “wine characteristics index”. The supply index highlights questions related to new technologies, climate change, logistics in international markets, institutions and regulations, being the main factors that influence wine producers. The demand index stresses the relevance, for consumers, of the relationship between the price and quality of a wine. On the other hand, younger consumers, in general, consume wine outdoors while socializing, giving importance to the label, often when the wine is recommended by someone. Older consumers give greater importance to the wine’s variety and to its region of origin. The winery strategy index shows the importance of questions relating to agri-chains, market differentiation, the history, and the brand. The tourism index brings together aspects associated with the complementarity between activities in the wine sector, wine routes, and contributions from culture and landscape. The innovation index highlights aspects related to the quality and the perceptions of the consumers. Finally, the wine characteristics index shows the little importance given by scientific literature relating to wine marketing and to attributes such as alcohol. A search on the Web of Science for the topic addressed here and “bibliometric” showed that there has been no research carried out with the approach taken here, showing the novelty of this study.
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Olusegun SJ, Freitas ETF, Lara LRS, Mohallem NDS. Synergistic effect of a spinel ferrite on the adsorption capacity of nano bio-silica for the removal of methylene blue. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2021; 42:2163-2176. [PMID: 31746281 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1694083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The synergistic effect of CoFe2O4 on the capacity of bio-silica extracted from rice husk for the removal of methylene blue (MB) was investigated. The novel composite of cobalt ferrite/nano bio-silica was prepared by dispersing cobalt and iron salt in ratio 1:2 in a solution containing bio-silica, calcined at 700°C and characterized. The adsorption capacity of the composite (253.6 mg g-1) was higher than that of bio-silica (52.6 mg g-1), and the process was exothermic and spontaneous. Langmuir and Freundlich models were applicable to explain the adsorption isotherm, while pseudo-second-order and Elovich are best applicable for the kinetics mechanism. The amount of MB that was removed, increased with an increase in ionic strength due to dimerization of MB. Regeneration and reusability of the adsorbents showed that they are economically viable. Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) and Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) analysis of MB-loaded adsorbent confirmed the adsorption of MB.
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- Sunday J Olusegun
- Departamento de Química, Laboratório de Materiais Nanoestruturados, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Microscopia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Laboratório de Materiais Nanoestruturados, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Laboratório de Materiais Nanoestruturados, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Bethwell C, Burkhard B, Daedlow K, Sattler C, Reckling M, Zander P. Towards an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2021; 193:269. [PMID: 33988773 PMCID: PMC8121745 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-08816-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Provisioning ecosystem services play a vital role in sustaining human well-being. Agro-ecosystems contribute a significant share of these services, besides food and fodder and also fuel and fibre as well as regulating and cultural ecosystem services. Until now, the indication of provisioning ecosystem services of agro-ecosystems has been based almost only on yield numbers of agricultural products. Such an indication is problematic due to several reasons which include a disregard of the role of significant anthropogenic contributions to ecosystem service co-generation, external environmental effects and strong dependence on site conditions. We argue for an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services that considers multiple aspects of their delivery. The conceptual base for such an indication has been made by prior publications which have been reviewed. Relevant points were taken up in this article and condensed into a conceptual model in order to develop a more holistic and expanded set of indictors, which was then exemplarily applied and tested in three case studies in Germany. The case studies represent different natural conditions, and the indicator set application showed that ecosystem services (ES) flow-in terms of output alone-does not characterise agro-ecosystems sufficiently. The proposed aspects of provisioning ecosystem services can give a fuller picture, for example, by input-output relationships, as it is possible by just using single indicators. Uncertainties as well as pros and cons of such an approach are elaborated. Finally, recommendations for an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems that can help to integrate agricultural principles with ideas of sustainability and site-specific land use are derived.
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- Claudia Bethwell
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany.
- Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany.
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology, Schneiderberg 50, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
- Division of Agriculture and Food Policy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany
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Li Y, Fang R, Liu Z, Jiang L, Zhang J, Li H, Liu C, Li F. The association between toxic pesticide environmental exposure and Alzheimer's disease: A scientometric and visualization analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128238. [PMID: 33297185 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. The association between environmental factors (e.g., pesticide) and AD has attracted considerable attention. However, no systematic analysis has been performed and make it difficult to provide deeper insights of AD correlated with pesticide exposure. Hence, this study utilized a bibliometric and visual approach that included map collaborations, co-citations, and keywords, to identifying the knowledge structure, hot topics and the research trends based on 372 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed databases. The results showed that 116 institutions from 52 countries published articles in this field. The United States and Israel played a leading role with numerous publications in related journals, as well as prolific institutions and authors, respectively. Three hot topics in pesticide-induced AD were recognized based on co-occurrence keywords detection, including acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, oxidative stress, and AChE. Moreover, analysis of keywords burst suggests that some potential molecular mechanisms and therapy targets of pesticide-induced AD, especially for mitochondrial dysfunction and monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) that catalyzes the oxidative deamination and causes oxidative stress, are emerging trends. In addition, the study of various pesticides and the assessment method of pesticide exposure will step forward as well. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to specifically visualize the relationship between AD and pesticide exposure and to predict potential future research directions.
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- Yanan Li
- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China; Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430073, China.
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, China; Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Ministry of Education), Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Circular Economy and Economic Development in the European Union: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12187767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Increased changes in the climate and ecosystems call for a sustainable economic development, where economic growth should be compatible with the environment goals. In order to do this, it is urgent to find new ways of life and new production systems that make our ecological footprint compatible with global sustainability. The concept of the circular economy has brought relevant contributions to this problem. The central objective of the study presented here is to highlight the main insights presented through scientific literature about the concept of the circular economy within the European Union. In practice, the intention is to show what has already been done about this topic and what can/should be implemented in the future. To achieve these objectives, 144 articles were considered from the Web of Science (Core Collection) for the topics “circular economy” and “European Union”. These documents were, firstly, analysed through a proper literature review and later explored through bibliometric analysis, considering bibliographic data and the VOSviewer software. As the main findings have revealed, the increased importance of this concept within the European Union is recognized. However, this paper also identifies several challenges in the literature, namely the concentration of the identified publications in certain countries, organizations, and authors.
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Chen X, Xie H. A Structural Topic Modeling-Based Bibliometric Study of Sentiment Analysis Literature. Cognit Comput 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12559-020-09745-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Atinkut HB, Yan T, Zhang F, Qin S, Gai H, Liu Q. Cognition of agriculture waste and payments for a circular agriculture model in Central China. Sci Rep 2020; 10:10826. [PMID: 32616725 PMCID: PMC7331619 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67358-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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An integrated model combining multi-layer cradle to cradle approach: cost effective, technically sound, and bioenvironmental cutting-edge agricultural waste assessment technologies are lacking; to address this gap, the study proposes circular agriculture model (CAM) to support an integrated, bio-based, sustainable and broadly applicable rural society. CAM is an innovative, quasi-public product, bio-commodity, and concept. This study uses survey data on the Chinese province of Hubei to consider the returning of crop residues to the soil and manure for compost or biogas production (first-generation biorefinery). It explores farmers' environmental understanding and their willingness to pay (WTP) under a “polluter pays” principle. Factors, including education, infrastructure, trust in family-neighbors, and environmental attitudes, have a significant effect on WTP. Moreover, income, sustainability-recycling behavior, environmental perception, perceived usefulness-easiness, and trust-in-government positively affect farmers’ WTP, whereas environmental attitude, intention, and selfishness have a negative effect. It, therefore, calls for the integration and cooperation of private, government, business, R&D and public welfare to value the combined rural traditions, religion, philosophy and belief, socio-psychological and altruistic values of local communities, which are essential for building trust and providing ecological security, tech spill-over, thereby indirectly helping farmers to restore their livelihoods.
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- Haimanot B Atinkut
- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.,Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, 430070, China.,College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Gondar, 196, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. .,Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.,Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.,Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.,Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.,Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Li H, Zhao Y, Zheng F. The framework of an agricultural land-use decision support system based on ecological environmental constraints. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 717:137149. [PMID: 32062265 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Agricultural land use is a complicated systems engineering. Modern agriculture faces increasingly more risks. Managers should obtain reliable information to assist in decision-making through certain methods that allow them to achieve an economic, social, and ecological environment that is crucial in coordinating the development of agricultural land-use patterns. This study proposes a framework of an agricultural land-use decision support system (LDSS) based on ecological environmental constraints according to the DSS design philosophy, which provides a scientific basis for managers to allocate land resources. This framework of LDSS consists of a land quality assessment module, an eco-economic coupling module, and a land-use optimisation module. Firstly, it establishes a natural-society-economic land quality evaluation system to simulate the comprehensive benefit relationship of land use. Secondly, it analyses the risks of soil, water, and ecological security in the process of land use; simulates and reveals the mechanism of occurrence; and completes the correlation equation expression between natural-economic-social indictor and land use risk. Based on different scenarios design, the ecological environmental risk factors are used as constraints. Finally, the multi-objective linear programming method is employed to calculate the optimal comprehensive benefits of land use and optimal land-use structure based on the constraints of the ecological environment. Then the study takes Changsha County, a high-intensification, main grain-producing area in Central and South China, as a case area to demonstrate the feasibility of the framework of LDSS, and draws the highest comprehensive benefits and optimal structure of land use under the premise that the rural ecological environment conforms to national standards. Case study shows that the LDSS framework is feasible, easy to operate, and easy to promote. The research results can provide efficient and practical support for managers to allocate land resources and formulate sustainable land-use policies rationally.
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- Hongqing Li
- Department of Land Resources Management, Hohai University, No.8 Focheng West Road, Nanjing 211000, PR China.
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- Department of Land Resources Management, Hohai University, No.8 Focheng West Road, Nanjing 211000, PR China
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- Department of Land Resources Management, Hohai University, No.8 Focheng West Road, Nanjing 211000, PR China
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