Prevalence of Alcohol and Nicotine Dependence among Coffee Plantation Workers, Coorg, Karnataka, India

Surwade, Shruti; Keith, BT; Jose, Joe; Swaroop, N; Naveen, R; Surwade, Vidya M

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“…[46,47], oxygen plasma [25], photocatalysts [48], MnO 2 etching [49], metal nanoparticles assisted catalysis [50,51], and so on. Though various methods have been proposed to synthesize NPGs efficiently, it is still a challenge to find out the pathways for low-cast, high throughput production of NPGs with critical dimensions down to subnanometer and are compatible with wafer-scale applications.…”

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“…NPG is also superior in the applications of single-molecule sequencing because of its excellent mechanical stability, and electrical sensitivity [19,20]. Moreover, owing to the single-atom thickness of graphene itself, the transport rates of molecules through the NPG membranes are expected to be extremely high, which proves that NPG could achieve high permeability and selectivity for gas separations and water purification [21][22][23][24][25]. Furthermore, processing graphene into NPG could improve the performances of graphenebased electrochemical capacitors by providing much larger specific double layer capacitance [26].…”

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Synthesis and potential applications of nanoporous graphene: A review

Wu¹,

Mu²,

Zhao³

2018

Proc. Nat. Res. Soc.

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Nanoporous structures exhibit great application potential in the biosensing, energy storage and other nanoelectronics. As a newly discovered 2D material with extraordinary properties, graphene presents the ability to hold a nanoporous structure which could overcome the inherent shortages for most of the existing nanoporous materials. While how to efficiently synthesize the nanoporous structures in graphene and how to further expand the applications of nanoporous graphene (NPG) are still big challenges. In this paper, we reviewed the recent advancements related to the synthesis and potential applications of NPGs. By analyzing the different approaches to fabricate the NPGs, and the research trends for the application realization of NPG, we aim at stimulating further research on this subject. N anopore originally refers to a vital biological feature which is generally existed in cellular membranes for recognition and transport of ions and molecules between compartments within the cell and between the cell interior and outside environment [1]. After being successfully created in biological and solid-state materials, nanoporous structures have the potentials to be used in biosensing [2][3][4], diagnostics [5,6], separation [7][8][9][10] and so on. In general, the nanopore is broadly divided into two categories: biological nanopore and solid-state nanopore. Though it was proved that most of the reported biological and solid-state nanoporous structures can offer the alternative approaches for many applications, they are still limited by some inherent shortages. For example, the biological nanopores have short life time, intrinsic instability and strict requirement, which are not favored for longterm operations. The solid-state nanopores usually have robust chemical and thermal characteristics, while it is hard for them to discriminate molecules with similar sizes but different biological characteristics [11]. What's more, the thickness of these nanopores is usually far larger than the length of nucleotide, which makes them hard to read single nucleotide information from a long chain of DNA. The sensitivity of the nanopore technology used in biosensing also needs to be further improved. Graphene, as a newly discovered material made up of single layer carbon atoms, holds a subnanometer thickness as 0.34 nm, which is comparable to the spatial interval between neighboring DNA nucleotide. So a nanoporous structure created in graphene could offer the possibility of gene sequencing at a single-base resolution. Besides, graphene was demonstrated to exhibit amazing mechanical [12][13][14], electrical properties [15][16][17], and the nanoporous graphene (NPG) could inherit most of the unique properties and even further improve them, which could promise NPG to be outstanding among the nanoporous materials for many applications. For example, the nanomesh structure created in graphene sheet could open its zero bandgap, which can be used to synthesize field effect transistors (FETs). The NPG-based FETs are able to provide saturated ...

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Synthesis and potential applications of nanoporous graphene: A review

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2018

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“…They are mostly migrants from isolated villages and are not vigilant about health care measures besides poor language skills. In addition, poor literacy and low socioeconomic status have resulted in the practice of tobacco usage in them [12] [13]. As there has been no such studies conducted on the construction site workers regarding the effects of sleep disorders and work-related stress.…”

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Sleep disorders and work-related stress with oral hygiene among Indian shift workers

Kumaresan¹

2023

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Construction workers are mostly migrants from isolated villages and are not vigilant about health care measures besides poor language skills. Majority of the population works in shifts across the globe. As a result of poor sleep architecture, excessive sleepiness or insomnia, the construction labourers working in shifts have approximately twice the risk of OSA when compared with those working in the daytime. Likewise, the performance and the productivity of employees in construction sites are impeded by added stress. Therefore, it is of interest to investigate the sleep disorders, work-related stress and its impact on oral hygiene among the construction workers in Chennai. A cross sectional study was conducted among 518 workers in various construction sites at Chennai, South India. The study incorporated Berlin Questionnaire to evaluate disordered breathing during sleep, the Work Ability Index that contains questions concerning work, working ability and health and the Oral Hygiene Index Simplified (Greene and Vermillion, 1964) that was used for recording the oral hygiene status. Pearson correlation between education and OHI-S was statistically significant (r=-0.108). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that mean WAI score had a positive significant association with work experience (B=0.059, SE=0.030, p=0.05), habits (B=0.032, SE=0.017, p=0.05) and marital status (B=0.135, SE=0.54, p=0.01). In contrast, education (B=-0.0.052, SE=0.023, p=0.02) and work schedule (B=0.022, SE=0.037, p=0.54) were inversely associated with the mean score. Based on the current findings, it is imperative to restore work ability for those with poor work ability thereby enhancing productivity in the migrant workers. As shift work may be extremely detrimental to poor sleep quality, the employers should arrange shift schedules in accordance with sleep physiology. Additionally, dental awareness and interventions are required to improve oral hygiene among migrant workers.

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Prevalence and health risk score of tobacco and alcohol use by using the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test among construction workers in Puducherry, India

Kumar

Saya²,

Kanungo

2021

Industrial Psychiatry Journal

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Background: Construction workers are one of the important neglected occupation groups. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and health risk score of tobacco and alcohol use and its association with sociodemographic factors and self-reported morbidities among construction workers. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 male construction workers in a tertiary care medical institution in Puducherry, India. A semi-structured questionnaire based on the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) guidelines for assessment and health risk score of alcohol and tobacco use was used. The association of current tobacco and alcohol use with associated factors was analyzed by univariate analysis. Results: About 371 male construction workers participated. The mean (standard deviation) age of construction workers was 28.28 (9.04) years. The prevalence of current tobacco and alcohol use was 60.1% (223/371) and 47.7% (177/371), respectively. Out of 133 smokers, 60.9% (81) were used only bidi, 27.1% (36) only cigarette, and 12% (16) both bidi and cigarette. Most of the workers (126/151 [83.4%]) used khaini among smokeless tobacco users. The majority (204/241 [84.6%]) of ever smokers and nearly half of alcohol users (103 [49.8%]) had moderate risk based on ASSIST score. Higher current tobacco consumption is associated with higher age group, married, lower education status, unskilled occupation, contractual workers, migrants from other states, more duration of work in construction field, and the presence of self-reported health problems (P < 0.05). Current alcohol consumption is associated with more duration of work in construction field and the presence of self-reported health problems (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Tobacco and alcohol use is high, and health risk due to substance use is also more in construction workers.

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Prevalence of Alcohol and Nicotine Dependence among Coffee Plantation Workers, Coorg, Karnataka, India

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Synthesis and potential applications of nanoporous graphene: A review

Synthesis and potential applications of nanoporous graphene: A review

Sleep disorders and work-related stress with oral hygiene among Indian shift workers

Prevalence and health risk score of tobacco and alcohol use by using the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test among construction workers in Puducherry, India

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