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2. IMR – 7th INDAM CONFERENCE PAPER Spiritual triple bottom line framework- A phenomenological approach
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Sachin Batra
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Spirituality ,Sustainability ,Triple bottom line ,India ,Phenomenology ,Business ,HF5001-6182 - Abstract
In this phenomenological study, the author proposes a spiritual triple bottom line framework (STBL) to develop and measure the three bottom lines: individual prosperity, impact on people, and impact on the planet through the lens of spirituality. The results are presented as an interpretation of the individual's perceptions of spirituality and their spiritual experiences. The result comprises three themes of spirituality and its nomological linkage i.e., inner sustainability with a triple-bottom-line framework (external sustainability). The themes are: the source of spirituality, the process of experiencing spirituality, and the outcome of being spiritual.
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- 2023
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3. Developing the subspecialty of cardio-nephrology: The time has come. A position paper from the coordinating committee from the Working Group for Cardiorenal Medicine of the Spanish Society of Nephrology
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Patricia de Sequera, Rafael Santamaria, Javier Díez, Alberto Ortiz, and Juan F. Navarro-González
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Nephrology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Enfermedad cardiovascular ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Psychological intervention ,Specialty ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Subspecialty ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ,Enfermedad renal crónica ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology ,Cardio-nefrología ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Family medicine ,Medicina cardiorenal ,Position paper ,Professional association ,RC870-923 ,business ,Kidney disease - Abstract
Patients with the dual burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) experience unacceptably high rates of morbidity and mortality, which also entail unfavorable effects on healthcare systems. Currently, concerted efforts to identify, prevent and treat CVD in CKD patients are lacking at the institutional level, with emphasis still being placed on individual specialty views on this topic. The authors of this position paper endorse the need for a dedicated interdisciplinary team of subspecialists in cardio-nephrology that manages appropriate clinical interventions across the inpatient and outpatient settings. There is a critical need for training programs, guidelines and best clinical practice models, and research funding from nephrology, cardiology and other professional societies, to support the development of the subspecialty of cardio-nephrology. This position paper from the coordinating committee from the Working Group for Cardiorenal Medicine of the Spanish Society of Nephrology (S.E.N.) is intended to be the starting point to develop the subspecialty of cardio-nephrology within the S.E.N.. The implementation of the subspecialty in day-to-day nephrological practice will help to diagnose, treat, and prevent CVD in CKD patients in a precise, clinically effective, and health cost-favorable manner. Resumen: Los pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) que presentan enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) tienen índices de morbilidad y mortalidad inaceptablemente elevados, que impactan desfavorablemente sobre los sistemas de salud. En la actualidad, se requieren actuaciones multidisciplinares para identificar, prevenir y tratar la ECV en los pacientes con ERC, debiendo pues superarse la época de las actuaciones de las especialidades individuales. Los autores de este artículo respaldan la necesidad de un equipo interdisciplinar de subespecialistas en cardionefrología que gestione las intervenciones clínicas adecuadas en el entorno hospitalario y en el ambulatorio. Existe una gran necesidad de programas de formación, de guías y modelos de práctica clínica, y de fondos para la investigación en las sociedades de nefrología, cardiología y otras, para apoyar el desarrollo de la subespecialidad de cardio-nefrología. Este documento de opinión del comité coordinador del Grupo de Trabajo de Medicina Cardiorenal de la Sociedad Española de Nefrología (S.E.N.) pretende ser el inicio del desarrollo de la subespecialidad de Cardionefrología en el marco de la S.E.N. La implementación de la subespecialidad en la práctica nefrológica diaria contribuirá a diagnosticar, tratar y prevenir la ECV en los pacientes con ERC de una manera precisa, clínicamente efectiva y sanitariamente rentable.
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- 2021
4. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering paper-based analytical devices
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Hugo Águas, Ana C. Marques, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Bruno Costa-Silva, and Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales
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Surface (mathematics) ,symbols.namesake ,Materials science ,business.industry ,symbols ,Optoelectronics ,Paper based ,business ,Raman scattering - Published
- 2022
5. Chemiluminescence paper-based analytical devices
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Pakorn Varanusupakul, Takashi Kaneta, and Waleed Alahmad
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Materials science ,business.industry ,law ,Optoelectronics ,Paper based ,business ,Chemiluminescence ,law.invention - Published
- 2022
6. Paper-based immunoassays for mobile healthcare: strategies, challenges, and future applications
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Chao-Min Cheng, Yao-Hung Tsai, Ting Yang, and Ching-Fen Shen
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Risk analysis (engineering) ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Paper based ,business - Published
- 2022
7. Black liquor gasification with calcium looping for carbon-negative pulp and paper industry
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Dawid P. Hanak, Vasilije Manovic, and Mónica P.S. Santos
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Calcium looping ,Combined cycle ,business.industry ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Pulp and paper industry ,Pollution ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Industrial waste ,law.invention ,Cogeneration ,General Energy ,law ,Natural gas ,Black liquor gasification ,Carbon capture and storage ,Environmental science ,business ,Carbon capture ,Black liquor ,Negative carbon dioxide emission ,Techno-economic analysis ,Hydrogen - Abstract
Although considered one of the major energy-intensive industries (EIIs), the pulp and paper industry has also the potential for energy production from an industrial waste, black liquor. This study proposes black liquor gasification (BLG) coupled with calcium looping (CaL) as a CO2 capture route for the pulp and paper industry. BLG with H2 production (BLG-CaL-H2), BLG with gas turbine combined cycle (BLG-CaL-GT) or with solid oxide fuel cell (BLG-CaL-SOFC) were considered. The dependence of carbon capture and storage (CCS) cost on the natural gas, limestone, electricity imported and H2 sale prices aside the expenditures related with BLG-CaL were evaluated. The CCS route, based on CaL retrofitted to the pulp and paper plant, was found to have a lower cost of CO2 avoided (39.0 €/tCO2) when compared with BLG-CaL (48.8–57.1 €/tCO2). Between the BLG-CaL scenarios, BLG-CaL-H2 presented the lowest cost of CO2 avoided (48.8 €/tCO2) but the highest energy penalty. Based on the thermodynamic performance, it was shown that CaL retrofit and BLG-CaL-SOFC presented the best overall performance, turning the electricity importer reference plant into electricity exporter. The economic sensitivity showed that the capital requirement of BLG-CaL has a strong effect on the cost of CO2 avoided for all alternatives. The H2 production is also strongly affected by the H2 sale price while BLG-CaL-SOFC and BLG-CaL-GT are strongly dependent on natural gas price.
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- 2021
8. Environmentally-responsible corporate: Actions analysis of Latin American pulp and paper industry
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José Rodrigues de Farias Filho, Izabela Simon Rampasso, Douglas M. Moraes, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas, Roberto Farias de Toledo, Paulo Henrique da Silva, and Rosley Anholon
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Global and Planetary Change ,Pulp and paper industry ,Environmental Engineering ,Latin Americans ,Control (management) ,Sample (statistics) ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Corporate action ,Reuse ,Environmental practices ,Pollution ,Environmental sciences ,Latin America ,Content analysis ,Scientific method ,Sustainability ,GE1-350 ,Business ,Waste Management and Disposal - Abstract
This article aims to list environmental practices used by Latin American companies in the pulp and paper industry, to create a list, through a scientific method, that can direct other researchers and managers interested in the subject. The research strategies used were bibliographic research and content analysis. The content analysis used 36 sustainability reports published by Latin American companies in the industry between 2018 and 2019. Although 264 companies were mapped, only 36 of them presented sustainability report possible to be accessed. Through the sample of 36 sustainability reports, 36 sustainable environmental practices were identified that could be grouped into five groups, namely: (1) Reuse of waste, efficiency in the production process and effluents treatment; (2) Preservation and area recovery; (3) Energy efficiency; (4) Initiatives with stakeholders; (5) Control of gas emission. Despite the exploratory nature, the information presented here can be used by managers in the area and researchers interested in improving environmental practices of the pulp and paper industry.
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- 2021
9. Sensing Materials: Paper Substrates
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Wendell K. T. Coltro, Habdias A. Silva-Neto, Lucas R. Sousa, Nikaele S. Moreira, and Bárbara G.S. Guinati
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Optoelectronics ,Substrate (printing) ,business ,Color detection - Published
- 2023
10. Optimization of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction prognosis-modifying drugs: A 2021 heart failure expert consensus paper
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João Morais, Fátima Franco, Dulce Brito, Cândida Fonseca, José Silva-Cardoso, Jorge Ferreira, and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Angiotensin receptor ,Insuficiência cardíaca ,Heart failure ,Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists ,Sacubitril ,Mineralocorticoid receptor ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,SGLT2-inhibitors ,medicine ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Beta-blocker ,Sacubitril/valsartan ,Inibidores da SGLT2 ,General Environmental Science ,Ejection fraction ,business.industry ,Otimização do tratamento ,Treatment optimization ,Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction ,medicine.disease ,Insuficiência cardíaca com fração de ejeção reduzida ,Heart failure prognosis-modifying drugs ,Drogas modificadoras do prognóstico da insuficiência cardíaca ,Valsartan ,RC666-701 ,Cardiology ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Sacubitril, Valsartan ,medicine.drug - Abstract
© 2021 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), Heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is associated with high rates of hospitalization and death. It also has a negative impact on patients' functional capacity and quality of life, as well as on healthcare costs. In recent years, new HFrEF prognosis-modifying drugs have emerged, leading to intense debate within the international scientific community toward a paradigm shift for the management of HFrEF. In this article, we report the contribution of a Portuguese HF expert panel to the ongoing debate. Based on the most recently published clinical evidence, and the panel members' clinical judgment, three key principles are highlighted: (i) sacubitril/valsartan should be preferred as first-line therapy for HFrEF, instead of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker; (ii) the four foundation HFrEF drugs are the angiotensin receptor/neprilysin inhibitor, beta-adrenergic blocking agents, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors, regardless of the presence of type-2 diabetes mellitus; (iii) these four HFrEF drug classes should be introduced over a short-term period of four to six weeks, guided by a safety protocol, followed by a dose up-titration period of 8 weeks., A insuficiência cardíaca (IC) com fração de ejeção reduzida (ICFEr) está associada a níveis elevados de hospitalização e mortalidade. A ICFEr também tem um impacto negativo na capacidade funcional e na qualidade de vida dos doentes, bem como na despesa em saúde. Nos últimos anos, surgiram novos medicamentos modificadores do prognóstico da ICFEr, originando um intenso debate na comunidade científica internacional em relação a uma mudança de paradigma para o tratamento da ICFEr. Neste artigo, relatamos a contribuição de um painel de especialistas portugueses em IC para o debate em curso. Com base na evidência clínica publicada mais recentemente e no julgamento clínico dos membros do painel, três princípios-chave são destacados: (i) sacubitril/valsartan deve ser preferido como terapia de primeira linha para a ICFEr, em vez de um inibidor da enzima de conversão da angiotensina ou um bloqueador do recetor da angiotensina; (ii) os quatro medicamentos básicos para a ICFEr são o inibidor do recetor da angiotensina e da neprilisina, os agentes bloqueadores beta-adrenérgicos, os antagonistas do recetor mineralocorticoide e os inibidores do cotransportador sódio-glucose 2, independentemente da presença de diabetes mellitus tipo 2; (iii) essas quatro classes de medicamentos para a ICFEr devem ser rapidamente introduzidas num período curto de 4-6 semanas, seguindo um protocolo de segurança, e depois tituladas durante as oito semanas seguintes.
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- 2021
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