Physician Training Related to Environmental Hazards Near Ash Superfund Sites

: Manuscript discussed about the role of polysaccharides and their derivatives in the removal of metal ions from industrial waste water. Quick modernization and industrialization increases the amount of various heavy metal ions in the environment. They can possess various disease in humans and also causes drastic environmental hazards. In this review the recent advancement for the adsorption of heavy metal ions from waste water by using different methods has been studied. Various natural polymers and their derivatives are act as effective adsorbents for the removal of heavy metal ions from the waste water released from the industries and the treated water released into the environment can decreases the chances of diseases in humans and environmental hazards. From the literature surveys it was concluded that the removal of heavy metal ions from the industrial waste water was important to decrease the environmental pollution and also diseases caused by the heavy metal ions. Graft copolymers were acts as most efficient adsorbent for the removal of heavy metal ions and most of these followed the pseudo first order and pseudo second order model of kinetics.

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ASSESSING POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH MINERALIZED AREAS IN WESTERN INDIA USING AVIRIS-NG HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING DATA

10.1130/abs/2019am-339640 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

William H. Farrand ◽

Keyword(s):

Hyperspectral Imaging ◽

Environmental Hazards ◽

Western India ◽

Imaging Data

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Death education for doctors: Introducing the perspective of death and life studies into primary care physician training

Journal of General and Family Medicine ◽

10.1002/jgf2.444 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Daisuke Son ◽

Makiko Iguchi ◽

Shin‐ichi Taniguchi

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Primary Care Physician ◽

Care Physician ◽

Physician Training ◽

Death Education

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Online dental teaching practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional online survey from China

BMC Oral Health ◽

10.1186/s12903-021-01547-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Zhiwei Jiang ◽

Danji Zhu ◽

Jialu Li ◽

Lingfei Ren ◽

Rui Pu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Teaching Methods ◽

Teaching Practices ◽

Online Survey ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Dental Education ◽

Dental Students ◽

Resident Physician ◽

Physician Training ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Case Based Learning

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic hindered dental education, as school buildings were closed. Online dental teaching provided an alternative teaching tool for dental education. However, the efficiency of online dental teaching and student preferences for online dental teaching are unclear. Aim To investigate the satisfaction with online dental teaching practices among undergraduate dental students and standardized resident physician training students during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Methods A total of 104 undergraduate dental students and 57 standardized resident physician training students from Zhejiang University participated in the study. A 12-item survey was conducted. This investigation included the teaching methods received, frequency of classes, degree of satisfaction, preferred teaching method, whether to participate in a course regarding COVID-19 prevention, and the effects of teaching. The percentages were then calculated and evaluated for each item. Results A total of 161 students (104 undergraduate dental students and 57 standardized resident physician training students) participated in this survey. All students had online dental classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lecture-based learning (LBL), case-based learning (CBL), problem-based learning (PBL), team-based learning (TBL), and research-based learning (RBL) were selected as teaching methods. Students were more satisfied with LBL and CBL than PBL, RBL, and TBL. The majority of students had more than four classes per week. The most selected protective measures were hand washing, wearing masks, and wearing gloves. A total of 46.6% of students participated in courses on COVID-19. After training, the students consciously chose to wear face shields and protective clothing. Conclusions Dental students accepted online dental learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students preferred LBL and CBL and were satisfied with the classes. Courses on COVID-19 helped students understand how to prevent COVID-19 transmission in the dental clinic.

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A survey of physician training and credentialing in endoscopic submucosal dissection in the United States

Surgical Endoscopy ◽

10.1007/s00464-021-08565-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sohi Mistry ◽

Omar Alaber ◽

Apoorva Krishna Chandar ◽

Lady Katherine Mejia Perez ◽

John Dumot ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection ◽

The United States ◽

Physician Training ◽

Submucosal Dissection

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Geoinformation Technologies in Support of Environmental Hazards Monitoring under Climate Change: An Extensive Review

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ◽

10.3390/ijgi10020094 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 94

Author(s):

Andreas Tsatsaris ◽

Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos ◽

Nikolaos Stathopoulos ◽

Panagiota Louka ◽

Konstantinos Tsanakas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Environmental Monitoring ◽

Environmental Hazards ◽

Geographic Information ◽

Added Value ◽

Spatial Data Analysis ◽

Anthropogenic Factors ◽

Geospatial Technologies ◽

Main Challenge ◽

The Impact

Human activities and climate change constitute the contemporary catalyst for natural processes and their impacts, i.e., geo-environmental hazards. Globally, natural catastrophic phenomena and hazards, such as drought, soil erosion, quantitative and qualitative degradation of groundwater, frost, flooding, sea level rise, etc., are intensified by anthropogenic factors. Thus, they present rapid increase in intensity, frequency of occurrence, spatial density, and significant spread of the areas of occurrence. The impact of these phenomena is devastating to human life and to global economies, private holdings, infrastructure, etc., while in a wider context it has a very negative effect on the social, environmental, and economic status of the affected region. Geospatial technologies including Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing—Earth Observation as well as related spatial data analysis tools, models, databases, contribute nowadays significantly in predicting, preventing, researching, addressing, rehabilitating, and managing these phenomena and their effects. This review attempts to mark the most devastating geo-hazards from the view of environmental monitoring, covering the state of the art in the use of geospatial technologies in that respect. It also defines the main challenge of this new era which is nothing more than the fictitious exploitation of the information produced by the environmental monitoring so that the necessary policies are taken in the direction of a sustainable future. The review highlights the potential and increasing added value of geographic information as a means to support environmental monitoring in the face of climate change. The growth in geographic information seems to be rapidly accelerated due to the technological and scientific developments that will continue with exponential progress in the years to come. Nonetheless, as it is also highlighted in this review continuous monitoring of the environment is subject to an interdisciplinary approach and contains an amount of actions that cover both the development of natural phenomena and their catastrophic effects mostly due to climate change.

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