Sustainable WEF Nexus Management : A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Models of Social, Economic, Policy, and Institutional Developments

Funding Information: This work was supported by the Decision Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food nexus in complex transboundary water resource systems of fast developing countries (DAFNE) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant Agreement No. 690268.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Interaction parameter estimation in cubic equations of state using binary phase equilibrium and critical point data

Δημοσίευση σε επιστημονικό περιοδικόSummarization: Two methods for the estimation of the interaction parameters in cubic equations of state by using the entire binary phase equilibrium database and the critical point locus, respectively, are presented. The solution of the optimization problem is accomplished in both methods by a Gauss−Newton−Marquardt minimization algorithm. The methods are computationally efficient and robust because they are based on implicit objective functions and hence avoid phase equilibrium or critical point calculations during the parameter optimization. The use of the entire phase equilibrium database and the critical locus can be a stringent test of the correlational ability of the equation of state. In the illustrative examples, the results were obtained by using the Peng−Robinson and the Trebble−Bishnoi equations of state with quadratic mixing rules and temperature-independent interaction parameters.Presented on: Industrial and engineering chemistr

2021 Thalassaemia International Federation Guidelines for the Management of Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia

Beta-thalassemia and particularly its transfusion-dependent form (TDT) is a demanding clinical condition, requiring life-long care and follow-up, ideally in specialized centers and by multidisciplinary teams of experts. Despite the significant progress in TDT diagnosis and treatment over the past decades that has dramatically improved patients’ prognosis, its management remains challenging. On one hand, diagnostic and therapeutic advances are not equally applied to all patients across the world, particularly in several high-prevalence eastern regions. On the other, healthcare systems in low-prevalence western countries that have recently received large numbers of migrant thalassemia patients, were not ready to address patients’ special needs. Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF), a global patient-driven umbrella federation with 232 member-associations in 62 countries, strives for equal access to quality care for all patients suffering from thalassemia or other hemoglobinopathies in every part of the world by promoting education, research, awareness, and advocacy. One of TIF’s main actions is the development and dissemination of clinical practice guidelines for the management of these patients. In 2021, the fourth edition of TIF’s guidelines for the management of TDT was published. The full text provides detailed information on the management of TDT patients and the clinical presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, and treatment of disease complications or other clinical entities that may occur in these patients, while also covering relevant psychosocial and organizational issues. The present document is a summary of the 2021 TIF guidelines for TDT that focuses mainly on clinical practice issues and recommendations