Groundwater arsenic contamination in Nepal

Shrestha, Roshan Raj; Shrestha, Marina Vaidya; Upadhyay, Narayan P; Pradhan, Riddhi; Khadka, Rosha; Maskey, Arinita; Tuladhar, Sabita; Dahal, Binod M.; Shrestha, Suraj; Shrestha, Kabita

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“…[7] 2.3 Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unprecedented challenges for college students, exacerbating stress and mental health concerns. Shrestha et al [8] investigated gaming disorder among medical college students during the pandemic lockdown, highlighting the impact of prolonged isolation and disruption of daily routines on students' well-being. Lee et al [9] described stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms among undergraduate students during the early phase of the pandemic, emphasizing the importance of mental health services and support networks.…”

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Assessing Stress Levels and Coping Mechanisms among Vocational and Technical College Students：A Case of XXX College, China

Wan

2024

PIJ

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Stress is a prevalent issue among college students, exacerbated by academic demands, workload, time pressure, and future career concerns. Vocational and technical college students face additional stressors related to specialized programs, including technical skills training and industry expectations. This study focuses on stress levels and coping mechanisms among students at the XXX College in Guangdong, China, using a qualitative approach. In-depth interviews were conducted with 35 participants, revealing academic pressure, financial concerns, and personal/social challenges as significant stressors. Coping mechanisms included seeking social support, engaging in recreational activities, practicing mindfulness, and seeking professional help. The findings underscore the importance of targeted interventions and support systems to enhance student well-being and academic success in vocational and technical education.

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Assessing Stress Levels and Coping Mechanisms among Vocational and Technical College Students：A Case of XXX College, China

Wan

2024

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“…It usually combines multiple energy sources, including gas, water, solar, biomass, tidal, and geothermal. The renewable types of energy sources often make use of storage systems that are usually incorporated (e.g., batteries, flywheels, and capacitors) to guard against intermittent energy supply associated with renewable energy sources (RES) and also aid the reliable supply of electricity (Pedersen and Nygaard, 2018;Bhattacharyya, 2018;Shrestha et al, 2020). Mini-grid systems can stand alone to supply electricity to rural dwellers or be integrated into national grid systems to serve either as an additional generating unit (hybrid mode of operation) to supply electric power to the national grids or as distribution franchise reselling electric power from national grids to the rural dwellers due to the increase in their load demand.…”

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A review of renewable off-grid mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to 75% of the world’s unelectrified population, and approximately 500 million of these live in rural areas. Off-grid mini-grids are being deployed on a large scale to address the region’s electrification inequalities. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of the research on the off-grid renewable mini-grids in SSA. The study covers the current status of the level of deployment of off-grid mini-grids. It also reviews multi-criteria decision-making models for optimizing engineering, economics, and management interests in mini-grid siting and design in SSA. The statuses of financing, policy, and tariffs for mini-grids in SSA are also studied. Finally, the current status of energy justice research in respect of mini-grids in SSA is reviewed. The study shows the important role of decentralized renewable technologies in the electrification of SSA’s rural population. Within a decade since 2010, the rural electrification rate of SSA has increased from 17% to 28%, and 11 million mini-grid connections are currently operational. Despite these gains, the literature points to several injustices related to the present model by which SSA’s renewable mini-grids are funded, deployed, and operated. Hence, several recommendations are provided for the effective application of the energy justice framework (EJF) for just and equitable mini-grids in SSA.

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2008

Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment

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Arsenic is a naturally occurring element, found in soil, some groundwaters, and food. Throughout the world, including Taiwan, India, Mongolia, and Bangladesh, human populations are exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water. Short‐term exposures to large doses of arsenic can cause health effects such as encephalopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and death. Long‐term human exposure to high levels of arsenic causes a variety of noncancer health effects (including pigmentation changes, hyperkeratosis, and vascular effects) and also cancer (including skin, bladder, and lung cancer). However, consistent health effects have been observed only in populations outside the United States exposed to relatively high concentrations of arsenic in drinking water, often in populations suffering from nutritional deficiencies that may increase susceptibility. To standardize quantitative risk assessments for arsenic, US regulatory agencies have developed arsenic‐specific toxicity factors (reference doses for noncancer effects, and cancer slope factors for cancer), based primarily on Taiwanese populations exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water. These analyses contain conservative elements; what is particularly important is that there is convincing human and mechanistic data to support a nonlinear dose–response relationship for arsenic. Overall, the arsenic cancer slope factor is likely to overestimate cancer risk at low levels of exposure.

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Groundwater arsenic contamination in Nepal

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Assessing Stress Levels and Coping Mechanisms among Vocational and Technical College Students：A Case of XXX College, China

Assessing Stress Levels and Coping Mechanisms among Vocational and Technical College Students：A Case of XXX College, China

A review of renewable off-grid mini-grids in Sub-Saharan Africa

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