Guo, Qingchun He, Zhenfang
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Environmental science and pollution research international
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seriously affected the environment, ecology, economy, society, and human health. With the global epidemic dynamics becoming more and more serious, the prediction and analysis of the confirmed cases and deaths of COVID-19 has become an important task. We develop an artificial neural network (AN...
Yao, Shuangliang
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak posed serious threats not only to global health but also to the worldwide development regime. The experts, economists, policymakers, and the governments expressed their pledges and determinations to adapt and mitigate climate change. Policymakers and governments have started adopting green growth and development strat...
El-Sayed, Amr Aleya, Lotfi Kamel, Mohamed
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a challenging public health catastrophe worldwide. The newly emerged disease spread in almost all countries and infected 100 million persons worldwide. The infection is not limited to the respiratory system but involves various body systems and may lead to multiple organ failure. Tissue degenerative ch...
Vo, Duc Hong Ho, Chi Minh
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Vietnam has achieved impressive economic growth principally supported by foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last three decades. However, environmental deterioration is observed. No studies have ever been conducted to examine the link between economic growth and environmental degradation, focusing on the important role of the FDI, in Vietnam in ...
Aljadani, Abdussalam Toumi, Hassen Toumi, Said Hsini, Mosbah Jallali, Basma
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Climate change mitigation has led to a recent question regarding many policymakers and sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for Vision 2030. In 2019 and 2020, COVID-19 mitigation was the only issue the world raised questions about; for example, the KSA and the rest of the world are working diligently to meet COV...
Sharma, Gagan Deep Bansal, Sanchita Yadav, Anshita Jain, Mansi Garg, Isha
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
This paper examines the nexus between the Covid-19 confirmed cases, deaths, meteorological factors, including an air pollutant among the world’s top 10 infected countries, from 1 February 2020 through 30 June 2020, using advanced econometric techniques to address heterogeneity across the nations. The findings of the study suggest that there exists ...
Hallit, Souheil Obeid, Sahar Sacre, Hala Akel, Marwan Khoury, Alessandro Salameh, Pascale
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Vulnerable adolescents may lose control over cigarette use within a day or two after smoking their first cigarette, as nicotine dependence (ND) symptoms may appear before actual daily smoking and usually occur at low levels of daily smoking. Moreover, smoking can cause illnesses and promote other types of substance abuse. Therefore, it was deemed e...
Jain, Mansi Sharma, Gagan Deep Goyal, Meenu Kaushal, Robin Sethi, Monica
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
The pandemic has affected almost 74 million people worldwide as of 17 December 2020. This is the first study that attempts to examine the nexus between the confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths, meteorological factors, and the air pollutant namely PM2.5 in six South Asian countries, from 1 March 2020 to 30 June 2020, using the advanced econometric techn...
Inglesi-Lotz, Roula Ajmi, Ahdi Noomen
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an important role on the overall economic conditions of host countries, particularly the ones that are still in low developmental stages. South Africa (SA) as an example of this group of countries has also experienced intermittent electricity supply and increasing electricity tariffs since 2008. As the l...
Chen, Yonglin Cui, Jian Gong, Yaqi Wei, Shuang Wei, Yuanyun Yi, Lan
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Ionizing radiation (IR) is a form of high energy. It poses a serious threat to organisms, but radiotherapy is a key therapeutic strategy for various cancers. It is significant to reduce radiation injury but maximize the effect of radiotherapy. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are posttranscriptionally regulatory factors involved in cellular radioresponse. In thi...
