This article suggests that sexual and reproductive health and rights activists seeking to influence the post-2015 international development paradigm must work with sustainable development advocates concerned with a range of issues, including climate change, environmental issues, and food and water security, and that a way of building bridges with these communities is to demonstrate how sexual a...

Universities can contribute to the solutions of major challenges of the 21st century such as increasing environmental and socio-economic crises, inequalities of income and wealth and political instabilities by integrating the concept of sustainable development (SD) in research, organization, and by educating future decision makers. For instance, by integrating sustainability into the organizati...

In life sciences, many technological problems have known solutions, but what prevents them from being practical is the lack of successful means of administration. Treatments for malnutrition and cancer are notable examples. The commonality between possible solutions for these two conditions is the need for a carrier that is capable of maintaining stable architecture while releasing what it enca...

The adoption of e-business innovation requires a framework guiding sustainable business development. The required elements and construction of a business model, particularly in the area of e-business is still an insufficiently addressed topic. In this paper, we draw on theoretical constructs relevant to the transformation introduced to value creation by the adoption of e-business practices to p...

Energy production, distribution, and consumption play a critical role in the sustainability of the planet and its natural resources. Electric power systems have been going through major changes that are aimed to make the energy infrastructure “smarter”, scalable, and more efficient. These new generation of smart energy grids need novel computational algorithms for supporting generation of power...