Information Technology can play a significant role in supporting and even driving sustainability strategies in an organization. However, many small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) often separate their “Green IT” initiatives from existing business and IT strategy. The authors describe how one SME used IT service management (ITSM) to clarify and improve their IT services and to integrate sustaina...

We discuss our insights into interpretable artificial-intelligence (AI) models, and how they are essential in the context of developing ethical AI systems, as well data-driven solutions compliant with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). highlight potential extracting truly-interpretable models from deep-learning methods, for instance via symbolic obtained through inductive biases, to ensure a...

Due to the local and natural characteristics of high latitude altitude in Three Polar Region (TPR)—that is, Antarctic, Arctic, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP)—this region has been significantly affected by climate change related disasters. Thus, sustainable development pathway for TPR is different from that other regions. The Antarctic region, as a public territory, experiences sustainability probl...

Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) are the drug of first choice for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and reducing risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Current therapeutic use of statins, however, has resulted in only a small percentage of patients reaching their LDL-C treatment goal. Despite the clinical trial data supporting early a...

From early in development, humans have strong prosocial tendencies. Much research has documented young children's propensity to help others achieve their unfulfilled goals toward physical objects. Yet many of our most common and important goals are social--directed toward other people. Here we demonstrate that children are also inclined, and able, to help others achieve their social goals. Thre...

In “Teaching Community Pediatrics to Pediatric Residents: Strategic Approaches and Successful Models for Education in Community Health and Child Advocacy,” Shipley et al1 provide useful, practical suggestions and models for building and implementing community-pediatrics experiences during residency. To identify where they fit in the overall goal of improving child health through community pedia...

Human beings are subject to a range of cognitive and affective limitations which interfere with our ability to pursue our individual and social goals. I argue that shaping our environment to avoid triggering these limitations or to constrain the harms they cause is likely to be more effective than genetic or pharmaceutical modifications of our capacities because our limitations are often the fl...