One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. –Plato (427 BC-347 BC) Today's world faces problems that are complex and complicated. The field of medicine is showing rapid progress with new discoveries, policies and paradigms [1–4] and seeing new challenges which require new and rapid responses. Consequently, medicine and health...
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental consultative and technical organization established in 1921 to support the safety of navigational, and to contribute to the protection of the marine environment. One of its primary roles is to establish and maintain appropriate standards to assist in the proper and efficient use of hydrographic data and information. (Ward...
Microplastics (MPs) in marine and terrestrial environments have been intensively studied, but the dynamics of airborne MPs remains limited. Existing studies on atmospheric are mostly derived from collection deposition, whereas direct measurements scarce. However, abundance is more relevant for evaluating human inhalation exposure risk. Herein, indoor outdoor urban rural areas a coastal city eas...