Atlas Nominations 2018

November/December 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

The more gender equity, the less child poverty? A multilevel analysis of malnutrition and health deprivation in 49 low- and middle-income countries opens in new tab/window World Development

• Estimation of gas emission and derived electrical power generation from landfills. Trinidad and Tobago as study case opens in new tab/window Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

• Food in the Bioeconomy opens in new tab/window Trends in Food Science & Technology

• Vintage pumps benefit from expert upgrade opens in new tab/window World Pumps

• Associations between REV-ERBα, sleep duration and body mass index in European adolescents opens in new tab/window Sleep Medicine

• Cooperation or competition – When do people contribute more? A field experiment on gamification of crowdsourcing opens in new tab/window International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

• VazaDengue: An information system for preventing and combating mosquito-borne diseases with social networks opens in new tab/window Information Systems

• Knowledge, attitude and practices relating to zoonotic diseases among livestock farmers in Punjab, India opens in new tab/window Acta Tropica

• A first step to improving maternal mortality in a low-literacy setting; the successful use of singing to improve knowledge regarding antenatal care opens in new tab/window American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Social responsibility and engagement in higher education: Case of the ASEAN opens in new tab/window International Journal of Educational Development

October 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Emerging infections—an increasingly important topic: review by the Emerging Infections Task Force opens in new tab/window Clinical Microbiology and Infection

• Reducing Latin America's violent hot spots opens in new tab/window Aggression and Violent Behavior

• Cocoa-induced (Theobroma cacao) effects on cardiovascular system: HDL modulation pathways opens in new tab/window Clinical Nutrition ESPEN

• Acupuncture in Postdate Pregnancy Management opens in new tab/window Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

• Climate-related community knowledge networks as a tool to increase learning in the context of environmental change opens in new tab/window Climate Risk Management

• Healthy living: A health promotion program for adults with intellectual disability opens in new tab/window Disability and Health Journal

• Predictors of elephant poaching in a wildlife crime hotspot: The Ruvuma landscape of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique opens in new tab/window Journal for Nature Conservation

• The effect of images on community engagement with sustainable stormwater management: The role of integral disgust and sadness opens in new tab/window Journal of Environmental Psychology

• Occurrence, characterisation and fate of (nano)particulate Ti and Ag in two Norwegian wastewater treatment plants opens in new tab/window Water Research

• Organic fertilization shapes the biodiversity of fungal communities associated with potato dry rot opens in new tab/window Applied Soil Ecology

September 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Deforestation and child diet diversity: A geospatial analysis of 15 Sub-Saharan African countries  opens in new tab/window Health & Place

• An internationally standardized species identification test for use on suspected seized rhinoceros horn in the illegal wildlife trade opens in new tab/window Forensic Science International: Genetics

• Community engagement in the Aboriginal Families Study: Strategies to promote participation opens in new tab/window Women and Birth

• Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives opens in new tab/window Ecological Indicators

• Effectiveness of peer education approach on improving HIV/AIDS related healthy behaviors among immigrant street children: A randomized controlled trial opens in new tab/window Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

• Cleaner production in Burkina Faso: Case study of fuel briquettes made from cashew industry waste opens in new tab/window Journal of Cleaner Production

• Cinema, aesthetics and narrative: Cinema as therapy in substance use disorders opens in new tab/window The Arts in Psychotherapy

• Grafting as a strategy to increase flowering of cassava opens in new tab/window Scientia Horticulturae

• Landscape and crop management strategies to conserve pollination services and increase yields in tropical coffee farms opens in new tab/window Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

• Biodiesels from microbial oils: Opportunity and challenges opens in new tab/window Bioresource Technology

July/August 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning articles

eRepo-ORP: Exploring the Opportunity Space to Combat Orphan Diseases with Existing Drugs opens in new tab/window Journal of Molecular Biology

An overview of arable land use for the world economy: From source to sink via the global supply chain  opens in new tab/window Land Use Policy

• What drives future business leaders? How work values and gender shape young adults' entrepreneurial and leadership aspirations opens in new tab/window Journal of Vocational Behavior

• Sleeping with the frenemy: How restricting ‘bedroom use’ of smartphones impacts happiness and wellbeing opens in new tab/window Computers in Human Behavior

• The Value of Ecosystem Services from Giant Panda Reserves opens in new tab/window Current Biology

• Solidarities at a distance: Extending Fairtrade gold to East Africa opens in new tab/window The Extractive Industries and Society

• Video compared to conversational contraceptive counseling during labor and maternity hospitalization in Colombia: A randomized trial opens in new tab/window Contraception

• Teacher quality and student achievement in Chile: Linking teachers' contribution and observable characteristics opens in new tab/window International Journal of Educational Development

• Women and corruption: What positions must they hold to make a difference? opens in new tab/window Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

• Just rewards: 17-Month-old infants expect agents to take resources according to the principles of distributive justice opens in new tab/window Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

June 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Correlates of sedentary behavior in 2,375 people with depression from 6 low- and middle-income countries opens in new tab/window Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 234, July 2018, Pages 97-104

• Impact of parasitism in goat production opens in new tab/window Small Ruminant Research

• Are future doctors ready to donate blood and encourage blood donation? opens in new tab/window Transfusion and Apheresis Science

• Evaluating Affordable Cranial Ultrasonography in East African Neonatal Intensive Care Units opens in new tab/window Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

• Long-term effects of alternative deterrence policies: Panel data evidence from traffic punishments in Denmark opens in new tab/window Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

• Abusive alcohol consumption among adolescents: a predictive model for maximizing early detection and responses opens in new tab/window Public Health

• A screen-printed paper microbial fuel cell biosensor for detection of toxic compounds in water opens in new tab/window Biosensors and Bioelectronics

• To mow or to mow less: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity in suburban yards opens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

• The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus amongst black South African women is a public health concern opens in new tab/window Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

• The Guarani Aquifer System: From a Beacon of hope to a question mark in the governance of transboundary aquifers opens in new tab/window Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

May 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Knowing less but presuming more: Dunning-Kruger effects and the endorsement of anti-vaccine policy attitudes opens in new tab/window Social Science & Medicine

• Improved strength of silk fibers in Bombyx mori trimolters induced by an anti-juvenile hormone compound opens in new tab/window Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects

• Rhesus disease: a global prevention strategy opens in new tab/window The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

• Promoting Vehicle to Grid (V2G) in the Nordic Region: Expert advice on policy mechanisms for accelerated diffusion opens in new tab/window Energy Policy

• Assessment of ocean wave energy resource potential in Thailand opens in new tab/window Ocean & Coastal Management

• Barriers to childcare in Children's Homes in Ghana: Caregivers' solutions opens in new tab/window Children and Youth Services Review

• Rhyme and reason-using poetry to talk to underserved audiences about environmental change opens in new tab/window Climate Risk Management

• Meiofauna matters: The roles of meiofauna in benthic ecosystems opens in new tab/window Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

• Independent solar photovoltaic with Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for rural electrification in Myanmar opens in new tab/window Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

• Operationalizing an ecosystem approach to small-scale fisheries in developing countries: The case of Uruguay opens in new tab/window Marine Policy

April 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Performance of structural concrete with recycled plastic waste as a partial replacement for sand opens in new tab/window Construction and Building Materials

• Hallmarks of cancer: The CRISPR generation opens in new tab/window European Journal of Cancer

• Issues for cropping and agricultural science in the next 20 years opens in new tab/window Field Crops Research

• Cost effectiveness of phosphorus removal processes in municipal wastewater treatment opens in new tab/window Chemosphere

• Pretreatment of food waste for methane and hydrogen recovery: A review opens in new tab/window Bioresource Technology

• The tension between gender equality and doing gender: Swedish couples' talk about the division of housework opens in new tab/window Women's Studies International Forum

• Can abandoned peatland pasture sequestrate more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than an adjacent pristine bog in Newfoundland, Canada? opens in new tab/window Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

• Spinosad: A new natural product for stored grain protection opens in new tab/window Journal of Stored Products Research

• Economic feasibility of an augmentative biological control industry in Niger opens in new tab/window Crop Protection

• Negotiating water across levels: A peace and conflict “Toolbox” for water diplomacy opens in new tab/window Journal of Hydrology

January 2018 Atlas nominations

Winning article

Antiprotozoal activity of medicinal plants used by Iquitos-Nauta road communities in Loreto (Peru) opens in new tab/window Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Read the story “Fighting malaria with help from the forest opens in new tab/window” about the award-winning research!

Shared with Where are commodity crops certified, and what does it mean for conservation and poverty alleviation? opens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

• Fires and explosions opens in new tab/window Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

• Plastics in the North Atlantic garbage patch: A boat-microbe for hitchhikers and plastic degraders opens in new tab/window Science of The Total Environment

• Lipid-based core-shell nanoparticles: Evolution and potentialities in drug delivery opens in new tab/window OpenNano

• Identifying critical factors of oil spill in the tanker shipping industry worldwide opens in new tab/window Journal of Cleaner Production

• Air pollution and environmental injustice: Are the socially deprived exposed to more PM2.5 pollution in Hong Kong? opens in new tab/window Environmental Science & Policy

• Identifying dam-induced wetland changes using an inundation frequency approach: The case of the Atreyee River basin of Indo-Bangladesh opens in new tab/window Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology

• Walkability, transit, and body mass index: A panel approach opens in new tab/window Journal of Transport & Health

• Mitigating cetacean bycatch in coastal Ecuador: Governance challenges for small-scale fisheries opens in new tab/window Marine Policy