Cloud Adoption in Ecuador: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities

Tweetable abstract Micelles are nanocarriers for hydrophobic chemotherapeutic drugs. This editorial discusses the current status of preclinical micellar research and sheds light on the possibility of their clinical translation.

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Two-dimensional nanomaterials for photocatalytic CO2reduction to solar fuels

Sustainable Energy & Fuels ◽

10.1039/c7se00344g ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (9) ◽

pp. 1875-1898 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Yong Chen ◽

Gan Jia ◽

Yingfei Hu ◽

Guozheng Fan ◽

Yuen Hong Tsang ◽

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Keyword(s):

2D Materials ◽

Solar Fuels ◽

Current Status ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

2D Nanomaterials

In this study, we summarize a series of typical 2D nanomaterials for photocatalytic CO2conversion. Furthermore, based on the characteristics of 2D materials and the current status of research on photocatalytic CO2reduction, the challenges and opportunities of 2D materials as prospective photocatalysts for CO2reduction will also be discussed.

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Water and sanitation in Africa: current status, trends, challenges and opportunities

Infrastructure in Africa ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447326632.003.0006 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

George Kararach ◽

Tito Yepes

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Water Security ◽

River Basins ◽

Current Status ◽

Institution Building ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

African Countries ◽

Hydrological Variability ◽

Challenges And Opportunities

Africa faces difficult water/sanitation legacies in the form of high hydrological variability and a multiplicity of transboundary river basins alongside poor sanitation. These challenges impeded the continent’s economic growth. Balanced investments in water resource and sanitation infrastructure and institutions are needed to increase productive uses of water, to mitigate the effect of recurrent floods and droughts, and to achieve basic water security as a platform for Africa’s economic growth. Priority should be given to investments that (a) focus on growth, (b) reduce rural poverty, (c) build climate resilience and adaptation, and (d) foster cooperation in international river basins. Because most African countries have low stocks of hydraulic infrastructure, emphasizing investments in infrastructure is appropriate for them. However, institution building and reform, improvements in water/sanitation management and operations, and strengthening of water information systems must complement growth in infrastructure. Development of institutions should be advanced in parallel with infrastructure investment.

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Pediatric cardiovascular care in Uganda: Current status, challenges, and opportunities for the future

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology ◽

10.4103/0974-2069.197069 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 50 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

TwalibOlega Aliku ◽

Sulaiman Lubega ◽

Judith Namuyonga ◽

Tom Mwambu ◽

Michael Oketcho ◽

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Keyword(s):

Current Status ◽

The Future ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Cardiovascular Care

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Genomics and bioinformatics capacity in Africa: no continent is left behind

Genome ◽

10.1139/gen-2020-0013 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Gerald Mboowa ◽

Ivan Sserwadda ◽

Dickson Aruhomukama

Keyword(s):

Research Capacity ◽

The United States ◽

National Institutes Of Health ◽

Current Status ◽

Research Approach ◽

Left Behind ◽

Research Organizations ◽

Genomics Research ◽

African Populations ◽

Challenges And Opportunities

Despite the poor genomics research capacity in Africa, efforts have been made to empower African scientists to get involved in genomics research, particularly that involving African populations. As part of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium, an initiative was set to make genomics research in Africa an African endeavor and was developed through funding from the United States’ National Institutes of Health Common Fund and the Wellcome Trust. H3Africa is intended to encourage a contemporary research approach by African investigators and to stimulate the study of genomic and environmental determinants of common diseases. The goal of these endeavors is to improve the health of African populations. To build capacity for bioinformatics and genomics research, organizations such as the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology have been established. In this article, we discuss the current status of the bioinformatics infrastructure in Africa as well as the training challenges and opportunities.

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Expanding the Awareness and Use of Library Collections Through Social Media

Advances in Library and Information Science - Social Media for Communication and Instruction in Academic Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8097-3.ch013 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 212-236

Author(s):

Anchi Hoh

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Current Status ◽

Library Of Congress ◽

Area Studies ◽

The World ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Online Audiences ◽

Audience Interaction ◽

Social Media Tools

The Library of Congress houses more than 164 million items in various formats, languages, and subjects. Found among its treasures are the international collections. The Library's four area studies divisions—African and Middle Eastern (AMED), Asian, European, and Hispanic—reading rooms provide access to many of these resources. In 2016, the four area studies divisions launched a collaborative social media program to encourage the use of the library's international collections by domestic and global online audiences. The program adopted the 4 Corners of the World blog and the Library of Congress International Collections Facebook page as interactive social media tools. This chapter will examine the interdivisional initiative through its purpose, target audience, content focus, platform selection, management and operation, audience interaction, and current status. Next, the chapter will discuss challenges and opportunities facing the four divisions. Finally, the chapter will offer recommendations for other libraries that are interested in establishing a similar program.

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Intra‐ASEAN student mobility: overview, challenges and opportunities

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/jarhe-07-2019-0178 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Roger Yap Chao

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

International Student ◽

Student Mobility ◽

Current Status ◽

International Student Mobility ◽

Content Type ◽

Mobility Data ◽

Income Status ◽

Higher Education Policies ◽

Challenges And Opportunities

PurposeThis paper explores the issue of developing and enhancing intra-ASEAN international student mobility given the context of ASEAN integration, regionalization of ASEAN higher education and the various intra‐ASEAN student mobility schemes currently implemented.Design/methodology/approachIt explores higher education policies, available higher education and international student mobility data, as well as the various intra‐ASEAN (and relevant) student mobility schemes to present the current status of intra‐ASEAN student mobility, challenges and opportunities to further enhance student mobility within the ASEAN region.FindingsAside from showing that intra‐ASEAN student mobility is significantly low compared to outbound student mobility from ASEAN countries, the paper also highlights the relationship between a country’s income status with choice of intra‐ASEAN or extraASEAN student mobility. Finally, it recommends developing a comprehensive intra‐ASEAN mobility scheme taking the merits of the various intra‐ASEAN mobility schemes currently implemented and guided by developments in the European ERASMUS mobility programs.Originality/valueThis is probably the first (in fact, it is an exploratory) paper that address the issue of intra‐ASEAN international student mobility, which aims to explore relevant issues to address the development of a comprehensive ASEAN mobility scheme.

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Urban sanitation in Nigeria: the past, current and future status of access, policies and institutions

Reviews on Environmental Health ◽

10.1515/reveh-2019-0025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 123-137

Author(s):

Obiora B. Ezeudu

Keyword(s):

Water Supply ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Development Planning ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Current Status ◽

The Past ◽

Urban Sanitation ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Future Status

AbstractThough rated among the largest economies in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is currently grappling with enormous socio-economic challenges such as high poverty rate, power and water supply shortages, large-scale unemployment ratio, economic recession and underperforming agricultural sector. Judging by the scale of urgent political and economic importance, urban sanitation definitely ranks low among the government’s priorities. No wonder political slogans and manifestos of political parties feature provision of water supply while sanitation is conspicuously usually omitted. This is suggestive of the opinion that having not critically understood the status, challenges and opportunities associated with sanitation in the country’s urban areas might be partly responsible for this. Thus, the current work presents a detailed review of the past, current and future status of urban sanitation in Nigeria in terms of access coverage, policies, institutions and future challenges and opportunities. The past status was difficult to evaluate because of the absence of data and unclear definitions of the term ‘sanitation’. The current status shows among other findings that water supply issues receive domineering attention than sanitation, mainly due to merging together of discussions, policies and implementation of the two issues together. In cases where sanitation crops up in the agenda, rural areas are favored more than the urban areas. This pattern is also common in the literature. But the future of urban sanitation in Nigeria is double-edged depending on actions or inactions of the government and other stakeholders. The study further makes recommendations for – balanced and sustainable urban development planning, restructuring of land and housing policies and creation of enabling market environment that could trigger a viable sanitation industry – as the way forward.

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