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2. Impact of minerals policy on sustainable development of mining sector – a comparative assessment of selected EU countries.
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Janikowska, Olga and Kulczycka, Joanna
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SUSTAINABLE development ,MINERALS ,MINES & mineral resources ,ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring ,DATA mining - Abstract
Sustainable access to raw materials has been growing concern for the EU policy from 2008. Germany, Finland, United Kingdom, Portugal and Greece were the first European countries to introduce and develop own minerals policy (2010–2012). Each of Member State prioritized own targets, but sustainability, waste management and climate were also underlined. In 2015 the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were established and adopted in the EU policy framework to monitor and measure the social, economic and environmental aspects. Next Paris Agreement targets and climate neutral has been introduced. They have significant impact also on mining industry. Therefore the purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between mineral policy in chosen countries and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and EU climate policy target. Due to limited data for mining sector the impact of mineral policy on sustainable mineral supply and CO
2 emissions have been analyzed to identify the specific challenges, trends and successful factors of transition. It was shown that well developed mineral policy - in case of Finland - allow increase over 20% of production with over 20% decrease of CO2 emission. Moreover productivity in the sector in almost all analyzed country has been increased, what can show some correlation between mineral policy and SDG 12. However more detailed indicators for monitoring and assess the mineral policy on EU level and in individual country is needed, especially in contest of impact on sustainable development. It can help to provide acceptance of local society for new investment. It is a long term process which required not only significant financial capital, new technological solutions, but also trust and transparency in monitoring in implementing environmental and social aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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3. A Scoping Review of the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Immigrants in Western Countries: An Integrated Bio-Psycho-Socio-Cultural Lens.
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Elshahat, Sarah, Moffat, Tina, Morshed, Mahira, Alkhawaldeh, Haneen, Madani, Keon, Mohamed, Aya, Nadeem, Naya, Emira, Sara, Newbold, K. Bruce, and Donnelly, Michael
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IMMIGRANTS ,ONLINE information services ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,LEISURE ,RISK-taking behavior ,SPORTS participation ,WELL-being ,COGNITION disorders ,BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,ACCULTURATION ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,TRAVEL ,SELF-perception ,MENTAL health ,ACTIVITIES of daily living ,PSYCHOSOCIAL functioning ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,PHYSICAL activity ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,SLEEP ,EXERCISE ,EMPLOYMENT ,MENTAL depression ,AFFECTIVE disorders ,LITERATURE reviews ,MEDLINE ,ANXIETY ,SOMATOFORM disorders ,EAST Asians ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,PSYCHOLOGICAL distress ,PSYCHOLOGICAL stress - Abstract
Epidemiological evidence suggests that regular physical activity (PA) positively impacts individuals' mental health (MH). The PA-MH relationship may be critical among immigrants owing to psycho-social-cultural influences. This scoping review of 61 studies employed a holistic bio-psycho-socio-cultural framework to thoroughly investigate the complex relationship between PA (across life domains) and immigrants' MH in Western countries. A systematic search of five electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Anthropology Plus) was conducted to locate relevant articles. No limitations were applied to study design, age, gender, home country, MH condition or PA type. A bio-psycho-socio-cultural-informed conceptual model guided the analysis of the multi-domain PA-MH relationship. Immigrant PA-MH studies were conducted and reported most commonly in the USA (38%), Australia (18%), and Canada (11%). Overall, PA was positively related to MH. Each domain-specific PA appeared to be associated with unique MH-promoting pathways/mechanisms. Leisure-related PA may support MH by enhancing self-agency and minimizing risky behaviors, whilst travel- and domestic-related PA may promote self-accomplishment and physical engagement. Ethnic sports appeared to enhance resilience. Occupational-related PA was associated with either positive or negative MH, depending on the type of occupation. A bio-psycho-socio-cultural-informed model is required to gain an encompassing and integrated understanding of immigrants' health. The first iteration of such a model is presented here, along with an illustration of how the model may be used to deepen analysis and understanding of the multi-domain PA-MH relationship among immigrants and inform public health planners and practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study.
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Kromhout, Daan, Menotti, Alessandro, Alberti-Fidanza, Adalberta, Puddu, Paolo Emilio, Hollman, Peter, Kafatos, Anthony, Tolonen, Hanna, Adachi, Hisashi, Jacobs, David R., and Jacobs, David R Jr
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ANIMAL experimentation ,COMPARATIVE studies ,CORONARY disease ,DIET ,ECOLOGY ,FOOD ,FAT content of food ,LONGITUDINAL method ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEAT ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,VEGETABLES ,EVALUATION research ,MEDITERRANEAN diet ,DIETARY sucrose - Abstract
Background/objectives: We studied the ecologic relationships of food groups, macronutrients, eating patterns, and an a priori food pattern score (Mediterranean Adequacy Index: MAI) with long-term CHD mortality rates in the Seven Countries Study.Subjects/methods: Sixteen cohorts (12,763 men aged 40-59 years) were enrolled in the 1960s in seven countries (US, Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, Greece, former Yugoslavia: Croatia/Serbia, Japan). Dietary surveys were carried out at baseline and only in a subsample of each cohort. The average food consumption of each cohort was chemically analyzed for individual fatty acids and carbohydrates.Results: Ecologic correlations of diet were computed across cohorts for 50-year CHD mortality rates; 97% of men had died in cohorts with 50-year follow-up. CHD death rates ranged 6.7-fold among cohorts. At baseline, hard fat was greatest in northern Europe, olive oil in Greece, meat in the US, sweet products in northern Europe and the US, and fish in Japan. The MAI was high in Mediterranean and Japanese cohorts. The 50-year CHD mortality rates of the cohorts were closely positively ecologically correlated (r = 0.68-0.92) with average consumption of hard fat, sweet products, animal foods, saturated fat, and sucrose, but not with naturally occurring sugars. Vegetable foods, starch, and the a priori pattern MAI were inversely correlated (r = -0.59 to -0.91) with CHD mortality rates.Conclusions: Long-term CHD mortality rates had statistically significant ecologic correlations with several aspects of diet consumed in the 1960s, the traditional Mediterranean and Japanese patterns being rich in vegetable foods, and low in sweet products and animal foods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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