Environmental commemoration: Guiding principles and real-world cases

World AIDS Day Commemoration

This Editorial is to commemorate “World AIDS Day” by increasing the awareness of AIDS, its treatment and prevention strategies. Education is the single most crucial factor that can eradicate AIDS. On the World AIDS Day, let us commit ourselves to learning and educating the world the scourge of AIDS. What is World AIDS Day? (http://www.worldaidsday. org/about-world-aids-day.php) World AIDS Day i...

Nanopesticides: guiding principles for regulatory evaluation of environmental risks.

Nanopesticides or nano plant protection products represent an emerging technological development that, in relation to pesticide use, could offer a range of benefits including increased efficacy, durability, and a reduction in the amounts of active ingredients that need to be used. A number of formulation types have been suggested including emulsions (e.g., nanoemulsions), nanocapsules (e.g., wi...

Guiding Principles and Monetary Policy

Guiding principles in conceptualisation

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Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision-Making

Cognitive functioning is critical as in our daily life a host of real-world complex decisions in high-stakes markets have to be made. The decision-making process can be vulnerable to environmental stressors. Summarizing the growing economic and epidemiologic evidence linking air pollution, cognition performance and real-world decision-making, we first illustrate key physiological and psychologi...