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Chemosphere ; 307(Pt 2): 135756, 2022 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35917977

ABSTRACT

The continual discharge of emerging inorganic pollutants into natural aquatic systems and their negative effects on the environment have motivated the researchers to explore and develop clean and efficient water treatment strategies. Electrocoagulation (EC) is a rapid and promising pollutant removal approach that does not require any chemical additives or complicated process management. Therefore, inorganic pollutant treatment via the EC process is considered one of the most feasible processes. The potential developments of EC process may make the process a wise choice for water treatment in the future. Thus, the present study mainly focuses on the use of EC technology to remove nutrients and other emerging inorganic pollutants from water medium. The operating factors that influence EC process efficiency are explained. The major advancement of the EC technique as well as field-implemented units are also discussed. Overall, this study mainly focuses on emerging issues, present advancements, and techno-economic considerations in EC process.


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Water Pollutants, Chemical , Water Purification , Electrocoagulation/methods , Electrodes , Nutrients , Waste Disposal, Fluid/methods , Wastewater , Water Purification/methods
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 28(6): 1292-1294, 2022 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35608954

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In July 2021, a PCR-confirmed case of locally acquired Babesia microti infection was reported in Atlantic Canada. Clinical features were consistent with babesiosis and resolved after treatment. In a region where Lyme disease and anaplasmosis are endemic, the occurrence of babesiosis emphasizes the need to enhance surveillance of tickborne infections.


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Anaplasma phagocytophilum , Anaplasmosis , Babesia microti , Babesiosis , Borrelia burgdorferi , Ixodes , Lyme Disease , Anaplasmosis/diagnosis , Anaplasmosis/drug therapy , Anaplasmosis/epidemiology , Animals , Babesiosis/diagnosis , Babesiosis/drug therapy , Babesiosis/epidemiology , Canada/epidemiology , Lyme Disease/diagnosis , Lyme Disease/epidemiology
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South Med J ; 103(7): 607-15, 2010 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20531049

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the degree of burnout among resident physicians enrolled in seven postgraduate training programs at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, as it related to residents' age, gender, marital status, number of hours worked per week, primary language, race/ethnicity, and cultural background. METHOD: : The Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Service Survey (MBI) was administered to measure the level of burnout according to the prevalence of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and reduced personal accomplishment (PA). RESULTS: : Eighty-one percent of the residents at TTUHSC participated in the study. Residents raised in the United States or Canada comprised 28% and 35% of the study, and all reported English as their primary language. The EE scale was significant for obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) residents (prevalence odds ratio [POR] = 13.55, P = 0.02) and psychiatry (PSY) residents (POR = 6.50, P = 0.03). Emergency medicine (EM) residents (POR = 23.35, P = 0.002), OB/GYN (POR = 10.89, P = 0.02), and general surgery (GS) (POR = 6.24, P = 0.03) residents had high DP. Internal medicine (IM) residents (primarily Spanish-speaking) reported significantly low EE (POR = 0.22, P = 0.03) and PA (POR = 0.09, P = 0.001) scores. Residents from the United States or Canada who reported English as their primary language and noted their race as white, had high EE (POR = 3.06, P = 0.03; POR = 5.61, P = 0.0001; POR = 2.91, P = 0.004), DP (POR = 3.19, P = 0.02; POR = 8.34, P < or = 0.0001; POR = 4.70, P < or = 0.0001) and PA (POR = 2.61, P = 0.02; POR = 2.35, P = 0.05, POR 0.29, P = 0.3) scores. CONCLUSION: Using valid measures, this pilot study identified a statistically significant relationship between burnout and residents' race/ethnicity, primary language, and cultural background. Larger studies with similar focus would be necessary to generalize these findings. At-risk residents in bilingual locations should be provided with cultural awareness workshops, language assistance programs, as well as senior resident and faculty mentors.


Subject(s)
Burnout, Professional/ethnology , Culture , Internship and Residency , Multilingualism , Adult , Burnout, Professional/etiology , Burnout, Professional/psychology , Cities/ethnology , Emergency Medicine/education , Ethnicity/psychology , Female , General Surgery/education , Gynecology/education , Hospitals, University , Humans , Internal Medicine/education , Male , Obstetrics/education , Odds Ratio , Psychiatry/education , Texas , Workforce
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