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Improving community environmental literacy regarding the impact of mercury use in the artisanal small-scale gold mining sector (A study in Sumalata Timur District, North Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo Province)

Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, 2022
This research focuses on villages where the community mostly works in the small-scale gold mining sector (ASGM), namely Hulawa Village and Buladu Village, North Gorontalo Regency.
Sri Maryati, Fitryane Lihawa, Daud Yusuf, Muhammad Iqbal Liayong Pratama, Muh Kasim, Noviar Akase, Nurmuhniyanti M. Hubaib   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Cocoa Landuse Change and Exposure to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Using Satellite Imagery

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Cocoa and gold are economically vital commodities that continue to drive the expansion of agricultural and mining frontiers. However, integrated assessments that jointly examine landuse patterns, cocoa exposure, and associated environmental and economic ...
Stella Ofori-Ampofo, Antony Zappacosta, Ridvan Salih Kuzu, Peter Schauer, Martin Willberg, Xiao Xiang Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecotoxicological Assessment of Mercury in Fish From a Gold‐Mining‐Impacted Amazonian River: Biomonitoring and Human Health Risk

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Peixoto de Azevedo River, located in northern Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, has a long history of artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM). This study evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish tissues to assess biomagnification and potential risks.
Augusto Cesar da Costa Castilho, Kleber Solera, Vinícius José Santos Lopes, Gleyce Alves Machado, Ricardo Lopes Tortorela de Andrade, Leandro Dênis Battirola   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data for 2020 Survey on Health and Safety in ASGM in Zimbabwe”

, 2022
The data reveals numerous hazards in ASGM, vulnerable and missing control measures, and the adverse impacts on miners, miners families, and ASGM communitiesTHIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE.
singo, J (via Mendeley Data)
core   +1 more source

Spatial expansion of artisanal and small-scale gold mining nearby the Nile River, Sudan and its potential environmental impacts: Insights from Planetscope data and machine learning

Environmental Challenges
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has dramatically expanded along the Nile River, North Sudan; however, the rates and environmental impacts were not sufficiently assessed.
Abdelmajeed A. Elrasheed, Yousif Y. Obaid, Szilárd Szabó   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hazards and Control Measures among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in Zimbabwe

Annals of Global Health, 2022
Background: In 2017 around 14–19 million miners were exposed to multiple hazards in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). ASGM is characterized by basic and compromised mining methods with either very limited control of hazards or none at all ...
Josephine Singo, John Bosco Isunju, Dingani Moyo, Nadine Steckling-Muschack, Stephan Bose-O’Reilly, Antony Mamuse   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses' Experiences of Pain Management for Patients With Diagnosed Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise the available evidence related to nurses' pain assessment and management practices for patients with diagnosed mental health conditions. Design Mixed‐methods systematic review. Data Sources Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus and Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection.
Aaron Lapuz Alejandro, Yvonne Middlewick, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Rosemary Saunders, Irene Ngune   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of automatic depth correction versus manual depth correction in the calculation of glomerular filtration rate in gates renal processing of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid renogram in prospective renal donors

Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2019
Aim: The aim of the study was to compare the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) obtained by gates method of renal processing using automated system generated method (ASGM) of depth correction with manual depth correction method (MDCM), in prospective renal
Ranadheer Mantri, Priyanka Kosana, Ramya Priya Rallapeta, Ravi Parthasaradhi, Sailaja Aka, Tekchand Kalawat, Siva Kumar Vishnubotla   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plasmodium falciparum Parasites With Histidine‐Rich Protein 2 (pfhrp2) and pfhrp3 Gene Deletions in Frontier Endemic Regions of Brazilian Amazon

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studies reporting deletions of the pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 genes in P. falciparum populations in various malaria‐endemic countries, including countries bordering Brazil, are increasing. Individuals infected with P. falciparum carrying deletions of the pfhrp2/3 genes may yield false‐negative results in Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) based on the ...
Jéssica de Oliveira Bonsanto Gonçalves, Simone da Silva Santos, Rodrigo Medeiros Martorano, Jaime Louzada, Victoria Martins Roque Almeida, Lucas Rego Viana, Josely Oliveira Ferreira, Anielle Pina Costa, André Siqueira, Martha Cecília Suárez‐Mutis   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Informal and Rural Labour Markets on Poverty Reduction: A Mixed Methods Study of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Northwest Tanzania [PDF]

, 2022
This thesis explores labour markets, their importance to rural non-farming income-generating activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the ways in which they affect poverty outcomes of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).
Goetz, Julian Manuel
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