Aseel Basheer, Wolfgang Jentner, Katrin Kuhn, Michael Wimberly, Jason Vogel, David Ebert
Surveillance data plays a crucial role in understanding and responding to emerging infectious diseases; here, we learn why adopting a One Health surveillance approach to EIDs can help to protect human, animal, and environmental health. Over 75% of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) affecting humans are zoonotic diseases with animal hosts, which can be transmitted by waterborne, foodborne, vector-borne, or air-borne pathways. (7) Early detection is important and allows for a rapid response through preventive and control measures. However, early detection of EIDs is hindered by several obstacles, such as climate change, which can alter habitats, leading to shifts in the distribution of disease- carrying vectors like mosquitoes and ticks. This can result in diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and Lyme disease becoming more common in areas with established transmission or spreading to new areas entirely. (4) Environmental changes such as deforestation and urbanization disrupt ecosystems, increasing the likelihood of zoonotic disease spillover from wildlife to humans. In addition to working at the interface of these changes, detection and tracking of EIDs also requires sharing and standardization of complex data and integrating processes across different regions and health systems.
{"title":"A comprehensive approach to integrated one health surveillance and response","authors":"Aseel Basheer, Wolfgang Jentner, Katrin Kuhn, Michael Wimberly, Jason Vogel, David Ebert","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-10923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-10923","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Surveillance data plays a crucial role in understanding and responding to emerging infectious diseases; here, we learn why adopting a One Health surveillance approach to EIDs can help to protect human, animal, and environmental health. Over 75% of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) affecting humans are zoonotic diseases with animal hosts, which can be transmitted by waterborne, foodborne, vector-borne, or air-borne pathways. (7) Early detection is important and allows for a rapid response through preventive and control measures. However, early detection of EIDs is hindered by several obstacles, such as climate change, which can alter habitats, leading to shifts in the distribution of disease- carrying vectors like mosquitoes and ticks. This can result in diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and Lyme disease becoming more common in areas with established transmission or spreading to new areas entirely. (4) Environmental changes such as deforestation and urbanization disrupt ecosystems, increasing the likelihood of zoonotic disease spillover from wildlife to humans. In addition to working at the interface of these changes, detection and tracking of EIDs also requires sharing and standardization of complex data and integrating processes across different regions and health systems.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"114 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141657279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic experts from Baylor University and Pepperdine University explore religiosity, transcendent accountability, and civic engagement. Civic engagement has declined considerably in America since Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political scientist, visited the United States in 1831 and observed the unique tendency toward volunteerism and the role it played in American civic life and culture. He wrote extensively about the inclination of American citizens to form voluntary associations of all types, including religious, community, and political organizations that contributed to volunteerism.
来自贝勒大学（Baylor University）和佩珀代因大学（Pepperdine University）的学术专家探讨了宗教信仰、超越责任感和公民参与。自法国政治学家亚历克西斯-德-托克维尔（Alexis de Tocqueville）1831 年访问美国并观察到美国独特的志愿服务倾向及其在美国公民生活和文化中发挥的作用以来，美国的公民参与度已大幅下降。他撰写了大量关于美国公民倾向于组建各种类型志愿协会的文章，包括宗教、社区和政治组织，这些都有助于志愿服务。
{"title":"Religiosity, transcendent accountability, and civic engagement","authors":"Sung Joon Jang","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11562","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Academic experts from Baylor University and Pepperdine University explore religiosity, transcendent accountability, and civic engagement. Civic engagement has declined considerably in America since Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political scientist, visited the United States in 1831 and observed the unique tendency toward volunteerism and the role it played in American civic life and culture. He wrote extensively about the inclination of American citizens to form voluntary associations of all types, including religious, community, and political organizations that contributed to volunteerism.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"3 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141661551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa Ward Jones, details when common recommendations for cultivating in cold soils inadvertently thaw permafrost, starting with the challenges of cultivating at high latitudes. Cultivating crops within cold soils at high latitudes can be challenging. The growing season is short, with the risk of frosts at each seasonal margin, and overall, both air and soil temperatures limit crop options that can be grown. A common recommendation in cultivating cold soils is the use of seasonal extension techniques, such as greenhouses, high tunnels, low tunnels and various mulches (such as plastic and biodegradable like straw and compost) to artificially heat the soil, and depending on the technique used, the air temperature as well (Stevenson et al., 2014).
{"title":"When common recommendations for cultivating in cold soils inadvertently thaw permafrost","authors":"Melissa Ward Jones","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11172","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Melissa Ward Jones, details when common recommendations for cultivating in cold soils inadvertently thaw permafrost, starting with the challenges of cultivating at high latitudes. Cultivating crops within cold soils at high latitudes can be challenging. The growing season is short, with the risk of frosts at each seasonal margin, and overall, both air and soil temperatures limit crop options that can be grown. A common recommendation in cultivating cold soils is the use of seasonal extension techniques, such as greenhouses, high tunnels, low tunnels and various mulches (such as plastic and biodegradable like straw and compost) to artificially heat the soil, and depending on the technique used, the air temperature as well (Stevenson et al., 2014).\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141660941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) is exploring future climate services for resilient cities by focusing on the CoKLIMAx lighthouse project. Climate change presents significant challenges to cities, impacting public health, infrastructure, and essential services through rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and altered precipitation patterns. To address these challenges, cities must prioritise climate adaptation strategies such as resilient infrastructure, green urban planning, and community engagement.
{"title":"Future climate services for resilient cities: The CoKLIMAx lighthouse project","authors":"Vanessa Reinhart","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-9508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-9508","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) is exploring future climate services for resilient cities by focusing on the CoKLIMAx lighthouse project. Climate change presents significant challenges to cities, impacting public health, infrastructure, and essential services through rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and altered precipitation patterns. To address these challenges, cities must prioritise climate adaptation strategies such as resilient infrastructure, green urban planning, and community engagement. \u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"19 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141662363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Professor Fiona Nicoll from the University of Alberta and Professor Kate Bedford from the University of Birmingham delve into gambling research in Canada, emphasizing the need to widen the lens. The gambling landscape has changed radically in Canada, as in many other countries around the world. Gambling is no longer a spatially and temporally bound activity: it is available anywhere, anytime, on a mobile device. In light of growing concerns about the harms associated with liberalizing online gambling and sports betting, there is an urgent need to take stock of recent developments and debate the next steps comprehensively, using the full range of research into gambling harms.
{"title":"Gambling research in Canada","authors":"Fiona Nicoll, K. Bedford","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11508","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Professor Fiona Nicoll from the University of Alberta and Professor Kate Bedford from the University of Birmingham delve into gambling research in Canada, emphasizing the need to widen the lens. The gambling landscape has changed radically in Canada, as in many other countries around the world. Gambling is no longer a spatially and temporally bound activity: it is available anywhere, anytime, on a mobile device. In light of growing concerns about the harms associated with liberalizing online gambling and sports betting, there is an urgent need to take stock of recent developments and debate the next steps comprehensively, using the full range of research into gambling harms.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"41 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141660338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Professor Suzanne Verstappen discusses the impact and challenges associated with juvenile-onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases when navigating education and employment. Juvenile onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (jRMDs), such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), lupus and vasculitis, are chronic diseases with onset before the age of 16 years. These conditions can cause persistent joint pain, swelling of the joints and stiffness. Other symptoms include fatigue and functional disability. These symptoms may fluctuate, and sometimes, children and young adolescents with jRMDs have severe symptoms, whilst, on different days, they may feel better. Some children may experience the symptoms only for a couple of months or years, whilst others have symptoms for many years and continue to have symptoms during adulthood. Some types of jRMDs can cause serious complications, such as joint damage, growth problems and inflammation of the eyes. Although disease management has improved in the last decade with more effective drugs and multidisciplinary care, the symptoms, adverse events due to medication use and clinical visits may impact school attendance, career choices and future employment.
{"title":"The impact of juvenile onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on education, vocation and employment","authors":"Suzanne Verstappen","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11571","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Professor Suzanne Verstappen discusses the impact and challenges associated with juvenile-onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases when navigating education and employment. Juvenile onset rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (jRMDs), such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), lupus and vasculitis, are chronic diseases with onset before the age of 16 years. These conditions can cause persistent joint pain, swelling of the joints and stiffness. Other symptoms include fatigue and functional disability. These symptoms may fluctuate, and sometimes, children and young adolescents with jRMDs have severe symptoms, whilst, on different days, they may feel better. Some children may experience the symptoms only for a couple of months or years, whilst others have symptoms for many years and continue to have symptoms during adulthood. Some types of jRMDs can cause serious complications, such as joint damage, growth problems and inflammation of the eyes. Although disease management has improved in the last decade with more effective drugs and multidisciplinary care, the symptoms, adverse events due to medication use and clinical visits may impact school attendance, career choices and future employment.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"1 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141660994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariana Brussoni, founder of the Outside Play Lab at The University of British Columbia, is a pioneer in promoting the benefits of risky play for children. Her research emphasizes the importance of allowing children to engage in outdoor activities that involve a certain level of risk, arguing that this type of play is crucial for their overall development. In this exclusive interview, Mariana Brussoni from the Outside Play Lab shares her insights on risky play and childhood development. Mariana Brussoni shared her journey from being a developmental psychologist to focusing on injury prevention. Her transition was driven by the need to address children’s safety comprehensively. She explained, “In public health and injury prevention, it’s very typical that they use a very siloed approach thinking only about preventing injuries. Whereas as a developmental psychologist, I think about the child as a whole and what they need to thrive.” The Outside Play Lab seeks to strike a balance between safety and the developmental needs of children, promoting a holistic approach to injury prevention.
{"title":"Promoting risky play: Insights from the Outside Play Lab","authors":"Mariana Brussoni","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11459","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Mariana Brussoni, founder of the Outside Play Lab at The University of British Columbia, is a pioneer in promoting the benefits of risky play for children. Her research emphasizes the importance of allowing children to engage in outdoor activities that involve a certain level of risk, arguing that this type of play is crucial for their overall development. In this exclusive interview, Mariana Brussoni from the Outside Play Lab shares her insights on risky play and childhood development. Mariana Brussoni shared her journey from being a developmental psychologist to focusing on injury prevention. Her transition was driven by the need to address children’s safety comprehensively. She explained, “In public health and injury prevention, it’s very typical that they use a very siloed approach thinking only about preventing injuries. Whereas as a developmental psychologist, I think about the child as a whole and what they need to thrive.” The Outside Play Lab seeks to strike a balance between safety and the developmental needs of children, promoting a holistic approach to injury prevention.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"36 42","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141659355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hui-Ping Chuang, Assistant researcher at the Sustainable Environment Research Laboratories of the National Cheng Kung University, shares insights into the vital role of microbes in waste removal and sustainable resource generation. Microorganisms thrive in various environments and catalyze complex reactions. They have a high potential to convert waste to useful resources through enzymatic reactions within the cell, particularly those involving the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphate (Figure 1). Different microbial families prefer various element-containing compounds as food and initiating cycles of catabolism and anabolism. Biogas and bio-compounds are the intermediates or final products as green resources during microbial transformation. Therefore, biotechnology based on microbial characteristics and functions is a valuable tool for both pollution remediation and sustainable resource generation.
{"title":"Microbes as high-potential green resource producers","authors":"Hui-Ping Chuang","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11481","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Hui-Ping Chuang, Assistant researcher at the Sustainable Environment Research Laboratories of the National Cheng Kung University, shares insights into the vital role of microbes in waste removal and sustainable resource generation. Microorganisms thrive in various environments and catalyze complex reactions. They have a high potential to convert waste to useful resources through enzymatic reactions within the cell, particularly those involving the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphate (Figure 1). Different microbial families prefer various element-containing compounds as food and initiating cycles of catabolism and anabolism. Biogas and bio-compounds are the intermediates or final products as green resources during microbial transformation. Therefore, biotechnology based on microbial characteristics and functions is a valuable tool for both pollution remediation and sustainable resource generation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"7 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141661649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The discovery of neutrinos and the measurement of their masses are significant events in the history of science. The Rotating Lepton Model provides a useful basis for understanding particles and nuclear reactions, highlighting the importance of Special Relativity, Gravity, and Quantum Mechanics in our universe. Professor Constantinos G. Vayenas explains. The discovery of neutrinos by Pauli some 90 years ago and the measurement of their masses by Kajita and McDonald (1) some 20 years ago constitute significant developments in the history of science. The recent (2023) (2) detection of neutrino production during the proton-proton collision experiments at CERN confirms the basic assumption of the Rotating Lepton Model (RLM) (2020), (3) i.e. that protons and neutrons comprise rotating neutrino triads, the former with a central positron. This implies that all matter in our Universe, including electromagnetic radiation, (4) comprises only five elementary particles: The three neutrinos (ν1, ν2, and ν3), the electron, and the positron. It also implies that two forces (gravity and electromagnetism) suffice for describing the interactions between these five particles and the concomitant production of all other composite particles, such as hadrons and bosons.
{"title":"Neutrinos, light, matter, and the unification of gravitational and nuclear forces","authors":"C. Vayenas","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11228","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 The discovery of neutrinos and the measurement of their masses are significant events in the history of science. The Rotating Lepton Model provides a useful basis for understanding particles and nuclear reactions, highlighting the importance of Special Relativity, Gravity, and Quantum Mechanics in our universe. Professor Constantinos G. Vayenas explains. The discovery of neutrinos by Pauli some 90 years ago and the measurement of their masses by Kajita and McDonald (1) some 20 years ago constitute significant developments in the history of science. The recent (2023) (2) detection of neutrino production during the proton-proton collision experiments at CERN confirms the basic assumption of the Rotating Lepton Model (RLM) (2020), (3) i.e. that protons and neutrons comprise rotating neutrino triads, the former with a central positron. This implies that all matter in our Universe, including electromagnetic radiation, (4) comprises only five elementary particles: The three neutrinos (ν1, ν2, and ν3), the electron, and the positron. It also implies that two forces (gravity and electromagnetism) suffice for describing the interactions between these five particles and the concomitant production of all other composite particles, such as hadrons and bosons.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"31 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141658653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Please read below for some ideas shared by Professor Jennings at the University of Alberta. In a recent Open Access Government publication, Professor Jennifer Jennings from the University of Alberta teamed up with policy professional Jessica Carlson to share ideas for bridging the academic-policy divide at the nexus of gender and entrepreneurship. One of their recommendations was for policy professionals to request that content-based courses on this topic be designed and delivered through Executive Education programs. In this follow-up article, Dr. Jennings offers suggestions for such a course.
{"title":"Suggestions for a research-focused executive education course on gender and entrepreneurship","authors":"Jennifer E Jennings","doi":"10.56367/oag-043-11253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56367/oag-043-11253","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Please read below for some ideas shared by Professor Jennings at the University of Alberta. In a recent Open Access Government publication, Professor Jennifer Jennings from the University of Alberta teamed up with policy professional Jessica Carlson to share ideas for bridging the academic-policy divide at the nexus of gender and entrepreneurship. One of their recommendations was for policy professionals to request that content-based courses on this topic be designed and delivered through Executive Education programs. In this follow-up article, Dr. Jennings offers suggestions for such a course.\u0000","PeriodicalId":475859,"journal":{"name":"Open Access Government","volume":"26 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141659813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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