Atlas Nominations 2017

December 2017

Winning article

Exploring the role of telemedicine in improving access to healthcare services by women and girls in rural Nepalopens 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 opportunitiesopens in new tab/window The Ocular Surface

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

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

• Dengue vaccine supplies under endemic and epidemic conditions in three dengue-endemic countries: Colombia, Thailand, and Vietnamopens 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 abilitiesopens in new tab/window Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Biomembranes

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

• Past and future carbon sequestration benefits of China’s grain for green programopens 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 impressionsopens in new tab/window Intelligence

November 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

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

• The Importance of Breakfast in Atherosclerosis Disease: Insights from the PESA Studyopens 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 filmopens in new tab/window International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

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

• Moveable social manufacturing: Making for shared peace and prosperity in fragile regionsopens 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 2017opens in new tab/window Journal of Integrative Medicine

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

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

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

• Gradient of association between parenting styles and patterns of drug use in adolescence: A latent class analysisopens 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 actionopens in new tab/window Political Geography

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Traditional Medicines and Kidney Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Opportunities and Challengesopens 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 wellbeingopens in new tab/window Ecological Modelling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  Earth-Science Reviews

August 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Economic impact of thermostable vaccinesopens in new tab/window Vaccine

• Women’s Political Empowerment: A New Global Index, 1900–2012opens 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 Chinaopens 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 Syriaopens in new tab/window NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

• Is the supply chain ready for the green transformation? The case of offshore wind logisticsopens 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 frameworkopens in new tab/window The International Journal of Management Education

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

• IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates for the prevalence of diabetes for 2015 and 2040opens 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-adolescenceopens 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 analysisopens in new tab/window Renewable Energy          

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

• Neonatal resuscitation training for midwives in Uganda: Strengthening skill and knowledge retentionopens 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 Girlsopens in new tab/window Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

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

• Strigolactones in Plant Interactions with Beneficial and Detrimental Organisms: The Yin and Yangopens 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 reviewopens 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 importanceopens in new tab/window Journal of Applied Biomedicine

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

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

• Bio-environmental factors associated with myopia: An updated reviewopens 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 Africaopens in new tab/window Journal of Cleaner Production

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

May 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

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

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

• Evaluation of the performances of twelve rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of HIV infection in Yaounde, Cameroonopens 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 policyopens 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 healthopens in new tab/window Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

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

• Development of a novel compound microbial agent for degradation of kitchen wasteopens 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 samplesopens in new tab/window Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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

April 2017 Atlas nominations

Winning article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Disasters as opportunity for change: Tsunami recovery and energy transition in Japanopens 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 Zambiaopens in new tab/window Water Resources and Rural Development

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Materially Engineered Artificial Pollinatorsopens in new tab/window Chem

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

• Impacts of population growth, urbanisation and sanitation changes on global human Cryptosporidium emissions to surface wateropens 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 Sitesopens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

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

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

• Innovations in Radiotherapy Technologyopens in new tab/window Clinical Oncology

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

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

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

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

• Governing the transition to renewable energy: A review of impacts and policy issues in the small hydropower boomopens 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 studyopens in new tab/window Evolution and Human Behavior

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

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

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

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

• Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Dietsopens 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 infrastructureopens in new tab/window Journal of Transport & Health

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

• Physical activity and sedentary time in relation to academic achievement in childrenopens 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 regionopens in new tab/window European Journal of Operational Research