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Publishing research and reports on the biotechnology and biomaterials fields, the Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials provides trustworthy insights in an open-access, peer-reviewed format. Launched in 2011, the journal now has more than 40 issues. The Current Issue, Archive, and Special Issues tabs at the top of the page allow for easy browsing of all content. Articles span various subjects,...

Composed of stakeholders from several continents, the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) supports "inclusive international development and humanitarian action with a special focus on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights by all people with disabilities." Before delving into the website's resources readers should note the icons in the upper-right-hand side of the...

Launched in 2014, the UN-Habitat's Global Urban Lectures series provides open-access discussions on "cities and urbanization," for academics and the general public. Ana Falu leads this talk, "Gender perspectives in urban planning," which focuses on "gender omission" in traditional planning processes. Falu is an architect, professor, and researcher at the National University of Cordoba and the...

What is the relationship between racism and real estate? The association is shaped, in part, by redlining, "the practice of denying loans in certain neighborhoods because of socioeconomic characteristics rather than physical, design, or structural characteristics." Inspired by his time as an urban planning graduate student at the University of Louisville, Joshua Poe created this story map to...

Urban Planning provides those with an academic interest in the field open-access to peer-reviewed research. Relatively new to the academic publishing scene, the journal is committed to "advancing understandings and ideas of humankind's habitats," and hopes "to promote progress and quality of life." Under the Archives tab readers can browse the more than 25 issues released from 2016 to the present....