The estimated magnitude of visual impairment and blindness was much higher than our expectations. Further investigation of the pattern of vision loss in women and children, particularly as a result of trachoma and amblyopia, is warranted. Implementation of measures to treat curable cases of the study population can improve the situation in the region dramatically.
Nanotechnology can help to address the existing efficiency hurdles and greatly increase the generation and storage of solar energy. A variety of physical processes have been established at the nanoscale that can improve the processing and transmission of solar energy. The application of nanotechnology in solar cells has opened the path to the development of a new generation of high-performance products. When competition for clean energy options is growing, a variety of potential approaches have been discussed in order to expand the prospects. New principles have been explored in the area of solar cell generation, multi-generation, spectrum modulation, thermo-photoelectric cells, hot carrier, the middle band, and many other techniques. Nanoparticles and nanostructures have been shown to enhance the absorption of light, increase the conversion of light to energy, and have improved thermal storage and transport.
Both solar energy and nuclear energy face significant economic challenges. Sustainable energy costs have traditionally been greater than any of those associated with the growth of fossil fuel power generation, although the costs of renewable energy technologies (especially photovoltaic) have dropped. Furthermore, capital costs remain a big challenge in the nuclear generation. In many nations, the cost of building small nuclear power plants is quite large due to time, technology, and environmental and safety challenges for consumers. Such problems might not be as big for state-owned corporations or controlled industries for which utilities have quick access to cheap resources, and this partially explains why the interest for nuclear reactors in Asia is far greater than in the United States or Europe. Learning could help decrease costs for both types of technologies, but the track record for learning-by-doing in the nuclear sector is not good.
Solar energy is the main source of all sorts of energy present in nature, i.e. all energy produced from it. So the direct use of solar energy as a useful energy is very important. There are numerous solar thermal projects in which the concentrated type collector heats up to 100 to 400 degrees Celsius. It is used in a wide range of applications, including power generation, industrial steam generation and hot water supply. Parabolic trough collector is chosen for steam production, since high temperatures can be achieved. The temperature of the inlet and outlet water, the mass flow rate, the usable heat gain and also the thermal efficiency of the collector are calculated. Theoretical values for heat loss of vacuum as the annulus gas is measured and compared with other values for heat loss of air as the annulus gas. In order to help preserve the vacuum within the annulus gap, a substitute glass-metal seal was created. The seal helped increased the heat loss and thereby improve the overall efficiency of the collector. It can be deduced from the band structure and density of the states of Al2O3 and is an outstanding insulator content. In addition, the assessment of the absorption coefficient showed a low energy range of 5.34 eV to 11.88 eV, with a median value of 11.50 eV and 11.88 eV respectively for parallel and perpendicular polarizations.
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