Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Industrial symbiosis is an eco-innovative system concept that is based on a circular economy and industrial ecology ideas. This process comprises the movement of materials, energy, and skills across enterprises located within eco-industrial parks, and strives to provide economic, environmental, and social competitive advantages for all the involved...
Published in Frontiers in Sociology
The goals of this article are to describe and analyze the main themes in the narratives about feminists that can be found in the populist right-wing press in Poland. Although feminists—alongside LGBT circles, refugees and the left—had been treated as a threat to the existing order before, it was the women's revolt on Polish streets in late autumn 2...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Numerous investigations of the spatiotemporal patterns of infectious disease epidemics, their potential influences, and their driving mechanisms have greatly contributed to effective interventions in the recent years of increasing pandemic situations. However, systematic reviews of the spatiotemporal patterns of communicable diseases are rare. Usin...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Introduction: Plastic waste in freshwater ecosystems is increasingly recognized as an economic, ecological, and environmental problem with potential health consequences. This article shares the results of a project to train local stakeholders to collect debris in their communities using scientific methods, then share the results with policymakers. ...
Published in Trauma, violence & abuse
Police officers are society's first interveners in intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) and are essential for victim safety. Despite IPVAW laws, police attitudes influence their real actions during IPVAW intervention. However, the fuzzy conceptualization of the construct deters the pursuit of conclusive evidence. This systematic review s...
The Covid-19 pandemic highlights two democratic roles of the news media during a crisis: to provide important information and to be a critical voice of decisions made by those in power. In this chapter, we examine how the media in Iceland and Sweden conveyed authorities’ messages and to what extent the authorities’ actions were questioned. The stud...
Coma is a phenomenon affecting a small percentage of the population. Its consequences may be very serious, both in terms of health, psychology and society. This topic is broadly covered in health sciences, while social sciences are not particularly interested in coma research. The objective of my article is to analyze scientific texts on the subjec...
Published in Social work
Endorsement of African-centered theory and practice are widespread within Black communities across the United States. The usage of African-centered frameworks is also common among many Black social workers. However, past research suggests that African-centered theory and subsequent models of practice are marginalized within social work literature a...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
The city on social media has become a hot topic in the study of city communication and city image. From the perspective of spatial theory and the communication characteristics of social media, this paper divides the spatial imagery of TikTok into three spaces: material space-cognitive attention, mental space-mental association, and relational space...
In recent years, the interest in media representations of migrants and the media as a space for participation has increased within the field of migration studies. Yet, most scholars’ attention is focused on immigrants and the media in destination countries, while less attention is paid to origin countries and emigrants’ representation. Taking advan...
