Institute for Sustainable Development

Infection of urban rodents by SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 healthcare facilities in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: Considering the global increase of COVID-19 cases in the healthcare facilities between 2020 and 2021, and the widespread presence of pest rodents in Brazzaville, we conducted this study at the end of the pandemic peak to assess the potential for urban rodents to be in...

Spatial decoupling and structural fragility of China's grain system: Long-term evolution and pathways toward resilient reconstruction, 1990-2050

Climate-driven instability and the spatial mismatch between grain production and consumption pose growing threats to national food security. In response to this challenge, we developed a comprehensive evaluation system combining dynamic centroid analysis, optimisation model and e...

Global uncertainty, gold price and macroeconomic dynamics: a comparative study of Islamic stock indices in Indonesia and Malaysia

Purpose This study aims to examine the short-run and long-run relationships between global uncertainty indicators, namely the Volatility Index, Global Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk, gold prices and domestic macroeconomic variables on Islamic stock indices in I...

Geosynthetic Applications and Design Methods for Paved and Unpaved Road Systems in Minnesota: Review of Current Practice

Geosynthetics are widely used in pavement systems in multiple applications, including base and subgrade stabilization, reduction of layer intermixing and moisture, and mitigation of shrink/swell-related distresses. However, the current geosynthetic classification system and guide...

Characterising recent antimalarial resistance in West Africa: Insights from amplicon sequencing of 17,384 Plasmodium falciparum infection samples

<ns5:p> Background <ns5:italic>Plasmodium falciparum</ns5:italic> ( <ns5:italic>P. falciparum</ns5:italic> ) infection remains a significant public health threat in West Africa, where chemoprevention and first-line therapies are key interventions against malaria. However, the dev...

More Than a Fishery: Ark Clams (Piangua, Anadara spp.) as Cultural Keystones and Gendered Economic Lifelines in Coastal Tropics

Ark clam fisheries of Anadara tuberculosa and Anadara similis , locally known in Colombia as piangua , play a key role in supporting communities along their distribution. Nevertheless, piangua faces increasing social–ecological threats. This study investigates the cultural and ec...