The right to water requires that governments ensure water is available, accessible, safe, affordable and acceptable for human consumption. At this point in time, however, there is little consensus on how to measure and verify a country’s compliance with that right.
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Social Science Perspectives on Drivers of and Responses to Global Climate Change
The research reviewed from these social science disciplines highlights that among the key human factors contributing to climate change are the roles of and connections among economic conditions and development; demographic growth and changes; power, social stratification and inequality; technology; infrastructure; and land-use change.
Synthesis and Degradation of RNAs: A Fundamental Aspect of Gene Regulation
Organisms have acquired sophisticated regulatory networks that control gene expression in response to cellular perturbations. Understanding of the mechanisms underlying the coordinated changes in gene expression in response to external and internal stimuli is a fundamental issue in biology.
Disassembling Solvation Free Energies into Local Contributions
Solvation free energies contribute to the driving force of molecular processes in solution and play a significant role for the relative stability of biomolecular conformations or the formation of complexes. Changes in solvation free energy are the origin of solvent‐mediated interactions such as the hydrophobic effect in water.
Environmental Influences On RNA Processing: Regulators Of Cellular Response
RNA processing has emerged as a key mechanistic step in the regulation of the cellular response to environmental perturbation.
Risk Assessment of Induced Seismicity in Subsurface Energy Operations
Issues relating to public perception, and strategies that could be implemented to help prevent and mitigate future occurrences, are highlighted.
Governance‐related Values as Dimensions of Good Water Governance
an empirical study on the various values that matter to members of the general public on water governance.
Infrastructure Disarray in the Clean Ganga and Clean India Campaigns
Infrastructure disarray as a more appropriate metaphor for the sanitation challenges in India today.
Electrical Power Grids of the Future
A comprehensive study of current dynamics, control and automation challenges of electrical power systems in response to the integration of distributed renewable energy resources is presented.
“Mushrooms”: Underrepresented, Yet Important Members Of The Body’s Microbial Garden
Mammalian barrier surfaces are densely populated by symbiont fungi in much the same way the former are colonized by symbiont bacteria. The fungal microbiota, otherwise known as the mycobiota, is increasingly recognized as a critical player in the maintenance of health and homeostasis of the host.