Cross-cutting principles for planetary health education

Since the 2015 launch of the Rockefeller Foundation Lancet Commission on planetary health,1 an enormous groundswell of interest in planetary health education has emerged across many disciplines, institutions, and geographical regions. Advancing these global efforts in planetary health education will equip the next generation of scholars to address crucial questions in this emerging field and support the development of a community of practice. To provide a foundation for the growing interest and efforts in this field, the Planetary Health Alliance has facilitated the first attempt to create a set of principles for planetary health education that intersect education at all levels, across all scales, and in all regions of the world—ie, a set of cross-cutting principles

Anaesthetic management of a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension for renal transplantation

We describe a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension scheduled to undergo live-related renal transplantation. We emphasise on meticulous anaesthetic management and early renal transplantation to prevent the progression of disease which would become refractory to treatment, leading to right ventricular failure. Regional (continuous epidural) anaesthesia has been used as technique of choice, where the selective advantages of this technique have been put to good use

The future of tropical forests under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

<p>In September 2015, member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a set of 17 ambitions for the post-2015 global development agenda. The goals do not offer a prescriptive plan but establish levers of policy action that seek to improve the three pillars of sustainable development: society, environment, and the economy. To facilitate achieving the SDGs, it will be critical to identify context-specific opportunities and challenges for implementation. Tropical regions of the world currently host not only the highest levels of biodiversity but also some of the highest rates of urbanization and development globally. Moreover, tropical forest deforestation is a globally significant issue; it has adverse impacts on biodiversity, climate systems, and socioeconomic equality. Here, we provide a rapid overview and qualitative assessment of the academic and policy literature on development and tropical forests, using the framework of the SDGs to examine issues broadly relevant to both tropical forests and sustainable development. Our assessment gathers existing knowledge and reveals critical knowledge gaps. In doing so, we identify key synergies between SDGs and tropical forests. We also suggest potential pathways of influence to improve social, environmental, and economic conditions in these rapidly developing regions of the world.</p

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Not AvailableNitrogen is one of the important elements for rice production. Nitrogen utilization was rapidly increased from the time of green revolution, which resulted in environmental hazards. Increasing rice yield with optimized usage of fertilizers has become important for sustainable agriculture. A field study was conducted to study the effects of nitrogen limitation on antioxidant enzymes, chlorophyll content and yield of four rice genotypes. Nitrogen limitation has increased the antioxidant activity and membrane lipid peroxidation of the studied genotypes and reduced leaf chlorophyll, yield components and nitrogen uptake. Grain yield and total dry matter were positively associated with plant nitrogen uptake under both the nitrogen levels. Among the studied genotypes, narendradhan 359 showed relatively higher antioxidant activities, leaf thickness, higher grain yield, while pooja showed low yields under due to limited N conditions with lower grain yields efficiency. Among the studied genotypes narendradhan 359 could be chosen for further yield increment under limited nitrogen conditions.Not Availabl