Atlas Nominations 2017

December 2017

Winning article

Exploring the role of telemedicine in improving access to healthcare services by women and girls in rural Nepal opens in new tab/window Telematics and Informatics

• Impact of training vegetable farmers in Bangladesh in integrated pest management (IPM) opens in new tab/window Crop Protection

• Epidemiology of dry eye disease in Africa: The sparse information, gaps and opportunities opens in new tab/window The Ocular Surface

• Economic and environmental assessment of recycling and reuse of electronic waste: Multiple case studies in Brazil and Switzerland opens in new tab/window Resources, Conservation and Recycling

• International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review opens in new tab/window Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Dengue vaccine supplies under endemic and epidemic conditions in three dengue-endemic countries: Colombia, Thailand, and Vietnam opens in new tab/window Vaccine

• Biophysical and biological properties of small linear peptides derived from crotamine, a cationic antimicrobial/antitumoral toxin with cell penetrating and cargo delivery abilities opens in new tab/window Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Biomembranes

• Cultivating youth resilience to prevent bullying and cyberbullying victimization opens in new tab/window Child Abuse & Neglect

• Past and future carbon sequestration benefits of China’s grain for green program opens in new tab/window Global Environmental Change

• ‘Fake news’: Incorrect, but hard to correct. The role of cognitive ability on the impact of false information on social impressions opens in new tab/window Intelligence

November 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Allergy and immunology in Africa: Challenges and unmet needs opens in new tab/window Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

• The Importance of Breakfast in Atherosclerosis Disease: Insights from the PESA Study opens in new tab/window Journal of the American College of Cardiology

• Effect of blueberry agro-industrial waste addition to corn starch-based films for the production of a pH-indicator film opens in new tab/window International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

• Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems opens in new tab/window Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

• Moveable social manufacturing: Making for shared peace and prosperity in fragile regions opens in new tab/window Technology in Society

• Acupuncture's Role in Solving the Opioid Epidemic: Evidence, Cost-Effectiveness, and Care Availability for Acupuncture as a Primary, Non-Pharmacologic Method for Pain Relief and Management–White Paper 2017 opens in new tab/window Journal of Integrative Medicine

• Amazon entrepreneurs: Women’s economic empowerment and the potential for more sustainable land use practices opens in new tab/window Women's Studies International Forum

• Free play and children's mental health opens in new tab/window The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

• A sustainable livelihood framework to implement Corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects in coal mining sector opens in new tab/window Journal of Sustainable Mining

• Gradient of association between parenting styles and patterns of drug use in adolescence: A latent class analysis opens in new tab/window Drug and Alcohol Dependence

October 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

The end of famine? Prospects for the elimination of mass starvation by political action opens in new tab/window Political Geography

• Delayed Versus Early Umbilical Cord Clamping for Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis opens in new tab/window American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Transcendental meditation for lowering blood pressure: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses opens in new tab/window Complementary Therapies in Medicine

• Changes in the gut microbial communities following addition of walnuts to the diet opens in new tab/window The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

• Transforming tradition: The aflaj* and changing role of traditional knowledge systems for collective water management opens in new tab/window Journal of Arid Environments

• Children are sensitive to norms of giving opens in new tab/window Cognition

• Early warning of limit-exceeding concentrations of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in drinking water reservoirs by inferential modelling opens in new tab/window Harmful Algae

• Systematic biobanking, novel imaging techniques, and advanced molecular analysis for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy: The Polish MOBIT project opens in new tab/window Advances in Medical Sciences

• Community-based distribution of misoprostol for early abortion: evaluation of a program along the Thailand–Burma border opens in new tab/window Contraception

• Traditional Medicines and Kidney Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Opportunities and Challenges opens in new tab/window Seminars in Nephrology

September 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Implementing and managing urban forests: A much needed conservation strategy to increase ecosystem services and urban wellbeing opens in new tab/window Ecological Modelling

• Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweet potato in sub-Saharan Africa opens in new tab/window Global Food Security

• 100% Clean and Renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for 139 Countries of the World opens in new tab/window Joule

• In vitro test method for the development of intelligent lower limb prosthetic devices opens in new tab/window Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

• Direct transesterification of spent coffee grounds for biodiesel production opens in new tab/window Fuel

• The finance of innovation in Latin America opens in new tab/window International Review of Financial Analysis

• Interactive eBooks in educating patients and their families about head injury regardless of age opens in new tab/window Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

• An aluminum – ionic liquid interface sustaining a durable Al-air battery opens in new tab/window Journal of Power Sources

• The Impact of a Computer-based Adult Literacy Program on Literacy and Numeracy: Evidence from India opens in new tab/window World Development

• Global review of human-induced earthquakes opens in new tab/window

  Earth-Science Reviews

August 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Growth, inequality, and poverty reduction in developing countries: Recent global evidence opens in new tab/window Research in Economics

• Antibiotic innovation for future public health needs opens in new tab/window Clinical Microbiology and Infection

• Children's exposure to alcohol marketing within supermarkets: An objective analysis using GPS technology and wearable cameras opens in new tab/window Health & Place

• Technology, employment and skills: A look into job duration opens in new tab/window Research Policy

• Changing household water consumption practices after drought in three Australian cities opens in new tab/window Geoforum

• A gradient sensing middleware to handle flash flood opens in new tab/window Computers & Electrical Engineering

• Drought-tolerant Desmodium species effectively suppress parasitic striga weed and improve cereal grain yields in western Kenya opens in new tab/window Crop Protection

• Economic impact of thermostable vaccines opens in new tab/window Vaccine

• Women’s Political Empowerment: A New Global Index, 1900–2012 opens in new tab/window World Development

• From “transplant with the soil” toward the establishment of the innovation ecosystem: A case study of a leading high-tech company in China opens in new tab/window Technological Forecasting and Social Change

July 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Women’s empowerment through seed improvement and seed governance: Evidence from participatory barley breeding in pre-war Syria opens in new tab/window NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

• Is the supply chain ready for the green transformation? The case of offshore wind logistics opens in new tab/window Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

• From challenge to opportunity – Management education's crucial role in sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals – An overview and framework opens in new tab/window The International Journal of Management Education

• Regenerated cellulose from high alpha cellulose pulp of steam-exploded sugarcane bagasse opens in new tab/window Journal of Materials Research and Technology

• IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates for the prevalence of diabetes for 2015 and 2040 opens in new tab/window Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

• Effects of parenting practices through deviant peers on nonviolent and violent antisocial behaviours in middle- and late-adolescence opens in new tab/window The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

• Solar power potential of Tanzania: Identifying CSP and PV hot spots through a GIS (Geographic Information System) multicriteria decision making analysis opens in new tab/window Renewable Energy          

• Meningococcal disease in the Middle East and Africa: Findings and updates from the Global Meningococcal Initiative opens in new tab/window Journal of Infection

• Neonatal resuscitation training for midwives in Uganda: Strengthening skill and knowledge retention opens in new tab/window Midwifery

• Health impacts of urban transport policy measures: A guidance note for practice} opens in new tab/window Journal of Transport & Health

June 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Girl Talk: A Smartphone Application to Teach Sexual Health Education to Adolescent Girls opens in new tab/window Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

• When more flexibility yields more fragility: The microfoundations of Keynesian aggregate unemployment opens in new tab/window Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control

• Strigolactones in Plant Interactions with Beneficial and Detrimental Organisms: The Yin and Yang opens in new tab/window Trends in Plant Science

• Does intercropping play a role in alleviating weeds in cassava as a non-chemical tool of weed management? – A review opens in new tab/window Crop Protection

• One-pot and eco-friendly synthesis of silver nanocrystals using Adiantum raddianum: Toxicity against mosquito vectors of medical and veterinary importance opens in new tab/window Journal of Applied Biomedicine

• Sugary beverage intake and preclinical Alzheimer's disease in the community opens in new tab/window Alzheimer's & Dementia

• Millennials and the sharing economy: Lessons from a ‘buy nothing new, share everything month’ project opens in new tab/window Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

• Bio-environmental factors associated with myopia: An updated review opens in new tab/window

  Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition)

• HOMER analysis of the water and renewable energy nexus for water-stressed urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa opens in new tab/window Journal of Cleaner Production

• Small-scale poultry and food security in resource-poor settings: A Review Article opens in new tab/window Global Food Security

May 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Running as a Key Lifestyle Medicine for Longevity opens in new tab/window Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

• Are we killing them with kindness? Evaluation of sustainable marine wildlife tourism opens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

• Evaluation of the performances of twelve rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of HIV infection in Yaounde, Cameroon opens in new tab/window Journal of Virological Methods

• Healthy, sustainable and plant-based eating: Perceived (mis)match and involvement-based consumer segments as targets for future policy opens in new tab/window Food Policy

• Feeding behaviour of a serpulid polychaete: Turning a nuisance species into a natural resource to counter algal blooms? opens in new tab/window Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Edible flowers: A review of the nutritional, antioxidant, antimicrobial properties and effects on human health opens in new tab/window Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

• Solar photocatalytic application of NbO₂OH as alternative photocatalyst for water treatment opens in new tab/window Science of the Total Environment

• Development of a novel compound microbial agent for degradation of kitchen waste opens in new tab/window Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

• Green synthesis of a novel flower-like cerium vanadate microstructure for electrochemical detection of tryptophan in food and biological samples opens in new tab/window Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

• Regulation of outdoor thermal comfort by trees in Hong Kong opens in new tab/window Sustainable Cities and Society

April 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Ecological effects of antibiotics on natural ecosystems: A review opens in new tab/window Microchemical Journal

• Prospective Study of Insufficient Sleep and Neurobehavioral Functioning Among School-Age Children opens in new tab/window Academic Pediatrics

• An age-structured model for cholera control with vaccination opens in new tab/window Applied Mathematics and Computation

• Coffee Certification and Forest Quality: Evidence from a Wild Coffee Forest in Ethiopia opens in new tab/window World Development

• iELVis: An open source MATLAB toolbox for localizing and visualizing human intracranial electrode data opens in new tab/window Journal of Neuroscience Methods

• New horizons for focused ultrasound (FUS) – therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases opens in new tab/window Metabolism

• Under-representation of elderly and women in clinical trials opens in new tab/window International Journal of Cardiology

• Hydrogen: Trends, production and characterization of the main process worldwide opens in new tab/window International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

• When wells run dry: Water and tourism in Nicaragua opens in new tab/window Annals of Tourism Research

• Disasters as opportunity for change: Tsunami recovery and energy transition in Japan opens in new tab/window International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

March 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

The role of social actors in water access in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Malawi and Zambia opens in new tab/window Water Resources and Rural Development

• Barriers to successful Bus Rapid Transit expansion: Developed cities versus developing megacities opens in new tab/window Case Studies on Transport Policy

• The stuffed animal sleepover: enhancement of reading and the duration of the effect opens in new tab/window Heliyon

• Global Health Ethics: The Case of Maternal and Neonatal Survival opens in new tab/window Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology

• Cardiac 3D Printing and its Future Directions opens in new tab/window JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

• Changes in Malaria Epidemiology in Africa and New Challenges for Elimination opens in new tab/window Trends in Parasitology

• Challenges and opportunities of new energy schemes for food security in humanitarian contexts: A selective review opens in new tab/window Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

• Materially Engineered Artificial Pollinators opens in new tab/window Chem

• A highly nutritive bread, developed and gamma irradiated to serve in disaster relief or as an emergency ration opens in new tab/window Food Control

• Impacts of population growth, urbanisation and sanitation changes on global human Cryptosporidium emissions to surface water opens in new tab/window International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

February 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites opens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

• Soft Tissue Regeneration Incorporating 3-Dimensional Biomimetic Scaffolds opens in new tab/window Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

• 3-D printing solar photovoltaic racking in developing world opens in new tab/window Energy for Sustainable Development

• Innovations in Radiotherapy Technology opens in new tab/window Clinical Oncology

• Systemic inflammation, growth factors, and linear growth in the setting of infection and malnutrition opens in new tab/window Nutrition

• Application of magic in healthcare: A scoping review opens in new tab/window Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

• A single intervention for cockroach control reduces cockroach exposure and asthma morbidity in children opens in new tab/window Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

• Optimal configuration assessments of hybrid renewable power supply for rural healthcare facilities opens in new tab/window Energy Reports

• Governing the transition to renewable energy: A review of impacts and policy issues in the small hydropower boom opens in new tab/window International Journal of Gerontology

January 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Caregiving within and beyond the family is associated with lower mortality for the caregiver: A prospective study opens in new tab/window Evolution and Human Behavior

• Child-targeted TV advertising and preschoolers' consumption of high-sugar breakfast cereals opens in new tab/window Appetite

• Online Treatment and Virtual Therapists in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry opens in new tab/window Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

• Smart cities and urban areas—Aquaponics as innovative urban agriculture opens in new tab/window Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

• The impact of reduced incidence of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases on global population opens in new tab/window Journal of Development Economics

• Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Diets opens in new tab/window Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

• Diversifying and normalising cycling in London, UK: An exploratory study on the influence of infrastructure opens in new tab/window Journal of Transport & Health

• Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout opens in new tab/window Mayo Clinic Proceedings

• Physical activity and sedentary time in relation to academic achievement in children opens in new tab/window Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

• The impact of global climate change on water quantity and quality: A system dynamics approach to the US–Mexican transborder region opens in new tab/window European Journal of Operational Research