There are various reasons why people suffer hearing loss. In the case of so-called sensoneural hearing loss (SNHL), congenital changes in the genetic material usually play a role. It is one of the most common genetic disorders of the sensory organs and affects more than 430 million people worldwide.
About three million people in the European Union are affected by cancer. For 1.34 million of them, the disease is fatal. However, around 40 percent of cancer cases could be prevented through effective prevention strategies such as a healthier lifestyle and early detection.
The general urbanization and the younger generations’ move to the larger university cities have made it necessary for the coastal and rural areas to come up with new ideas to maintain preexisting town communities and to continue being attractive for settlement and business.
An integrated cross-sectoral approach to identify, eliminate, and reduce riverine waste is expected to make an important contribution to solving the plastic problem.
David Abson is very excited about the funding commitment, which launches a new phase of his academic research, “I believe that the concept of sufficiency, what it means to have ‘enough,’ is an extremely important and so far under-researched idea in the sustainability discussion.
The North Sea marine space is an intensively used area shared by many countries and stakeholders with different interests, while at the same time new uses and challenges are emerging. Meanwhile, the North Sea is also an important ecological system.