Problems, Challenges, and Removing Methods of Micro Plastics from Water

Over the past few years, several studies have reported the presence of micro plastics in treated tap and bottled water, raising questions and concerns about the impact that micro plastics in drinking-water might have on human health. Microplastics are ubiquitous within the environment and are detected in marine water, wastewater, water, food, air and drinking-water, both bottled and water. Microplastics enter freshwater environments in a number of ways: primarily from surface run-off and both treated and untreated wastewater effluent, but also from combined sewer overflows, industrial effluent degraded plastic waste and atmospheric deposition. Further, the limited evidence indicates that some microplastics found in drinking-water may come from treatment and distribution systems for water and/or bottling of drinking water. Keywords: Fresh water, health, process.

International business travelers' job exhaustion: effects of travel days spent in short-haul and long-haul destinations and the moderating role of leader-member exchange

PurposeThe purpose of the present study is to examine the general and travel-specific job exhaustion of international business travelers (IBTs). The study employs a JD-R model to explain general and travel-specific job exhaustion (IBTExh) through international business travel as demand and leadership (LMX) as a resource buffering the demands of international business travel.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted among Finnish service company employees who had taken at least one international business trip during the previous year. The data (N = 569), collected in 2015, were analyzed with path models.FindingsThe results suggest that a higher number of international business travel days is related to a higher level of job exhaustion, especially the exhaustion related to international business travel. Moreover, a high-quality LMX was found to be linked to lower levels of both types of exhaustion. Interestingly, for those IBTs' with a low-quality LMX, even a high number of long-haul international business travel days was not connected with IBTExhOriginality/valueThe contribution of our study is threefold. First, this study contributes to JD-R theory and the ill-health process by focusing on a job-specific well-being indicator, IBTExh, in addition to general exhaustion. Second, specific job demands related to international business travel, particularly the duration of business travel spent in short-haul and long-haul destinations, contributes to the literature on global mobility. This study sheds light on the potential effects on IBTs of different types of business travel. Third, our study contributes to the leadership literature and the importance of acknowledging the context in which LMX occurs.

Eine psychophysiologische Lektüre der Vorreden von 1886/87. Genese und Bedeutung von „Krankheit“ und „Gesundheit“ in Nietzsches Spätphilosophie

The 1886/87 prefaces for the new editions of The Birth of Tragedy, the first volume of Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and The Gay Science, as well the preface for the first edition of the second volume of Human, All Too Human, are Nietzsche’s starting point for elaborating and developing his late conception of illness and health. To arrive at a more detailed interpretation of the health process that Nietzsche describes, it is necessary to establish an intertextual reading of the prefaces and the aphorism GS 370 from the perspective of a psychophysiological analysis. Nietzsche classifies his interpretation of illness under the term “romanticism,” which he sees embodied by the figures of Schopenhauer and Wagner and which he considers to be the most extreme case of illness – while his conception of health is classified under the term “tragic pessimism.” Nietzsche applies the meaning of romanticism and tragic pessimism until the end of his work, transforming both concepts into categories from which he defines the nature of the human being.

O cuidado familiar e da Estratégia Saúde da Família na perspectiva do usuário com processo crônico de saúde / Family care and the Family Health Strategy from the perspective of the user with chronic health process

Objetivo: Conhecer como o usuário dependente de cuidados e que possui um processo crônico de saúde acometido por uma doença crônica não transmissível vem sendo cuidado pela família e pelos profissionais da Estratégia Saúde Família. Métodos: Estudo descritivo, qualitativo, realizado em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde e no domicílio dos usuários que possuem um processo crônico de saúde, na cidade de Belo Horizonte. Foram participantes da pesquisa oito usuários com 18 anos ou mais, que possuíam alguma doença crônica, dependentes de cuidados em grau leve. A coleta de dados ocorreu em 2018 por meio de entrevistas gravadas com roteiro semi-estruturado. A análise se deu por meio da análise de conteúdo resultando em três categorias empíricas. Resultados: O dependente reconhece as atividades realizadas bem como compreende o papel do familiar como referência para seu cuidado. Apareceram nessa relação sentimentos positivos e negativos sobre o ato de cuidar. Com relação à equipe de saúde o estudo confirmou o vínculo com os agentes comunitários de saúde. Conclusão: Esse estudo oferece subsídios para que os cuidadores familiares bem como os profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família compreendam os modos próprios de cuidado de um usuário dependente de cuidados em grau leve e as expectativas desse usuário em uma relação de cuidado no domicílio.

An exploration of the Wearable Internet of Things (WIoT) Users‟ Privacy Concerns in healthcare domain

Internet of things (IoT) is earning a significant role in the health care domain. Though the growing benefits to improve the health process and services and the large use of the Wearable Internet of Things (WIoT) devices, the patient’s privacy issue remains a big concern. While IoT devices and its applications are more exposed to privacy risks, there is a need for a stick and strict guidelines and solutions to assist and solve this issue and minimize these risks. The aim of this paper is to survey the end-user concerns of the privacy issues related to WIoT then we review conducted on current solutions that are worked toward preserving privacy in the healthcare domain, and finally, we state our solution. This paper aims to survey end users’ privacy and security concerns and issues related to WIoT.