Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Highlights•Autoimmunity is defined by a self-reactive adaptive immune system, causing
clinical pathology in autoimmune diseases.•Evidence suggests that autoimmunity and …

The molecular processes underlying human health and disease are highly complex. Often,
genetic and environmental factors contribute to a given disease or phenotype in a non …

Mental disorders account for at least 18% of global disease burden, and the associated
annual global costs are projected to be US $6 trillion by 2030. Evidence-based, cost …

Climate change is a major global public-health challenge that will have wide-ranging
impacts on human psychological health and well-being. Children and adolescents are at …

The UN General Assembly in September, 2021, will bring countries together at a critical time
for marshalling collective action to tackle the global environmental crisis. They will meet …

Occupant behavior has been widely considered as one of the key influencing factors on
building energy consumption. The complexity of its formation mechanism and the dynamic …

Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

Climate change is a serious threat to human health and the awareness of this threat can
elicit ecological anxiety (eco-anxiety), which could be considered a rational and potentially …

Anthropogenic environmental change negatively effects human health and is increasing
health-care system demand. Paradoxically, the provision of health care, which itself is a …