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Pro-environmental behavior has a significant role to play in environmental sustainability. There has been little research done on environmental higher education-renewable energy consumption nexus. This study examines the impact of environmental higher education on renewable energy consumption in China from 1997 to 2021. The ARDL results show that higher environmental education enhances renewable energy consumption in long run. Findings also show that internet usage and economic development encourage renewable energy consumption in the long run. However, financial development and internet usage have a short-term impact on renewable energy consumption in China. The QARDL estimates are robust, and the finding shows that environmental higher education has a positive impact on renewable energy consumption in short and long run at higher quantiles. The empirical findings have environmental implications for China in terms of achieving long-term environmental sustainability by embracing patterns of pro-environmental behavior.
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Economic Development , Social Conditions , China , Carbon , Renewable Energy , Carbon DioxideABSTRACT
Objective@#To investigate the correlation between takeaway food consumption and poor sleep status of college students in Jiangxi Province, to provide a theoretical basis for poor sleep prevention and intervention among college students.@*Methods@#A total of 2 610 college students were selected from a university in Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province by cluster stratified random sampling in May of 2018. The frequency and type of takeaway food consumption, sleep quality and drowsiness were investigated.@*Results@#The detection rate of takeaway food consumption behavior(≥4 times in a week) for college students was 74.8%. The detection rates of poor sleep quality and drowsiness were 17.0% and 18.3%, respectively. The difference of sleep quality was statistically significant with sex, college, different self rated family conditions, study burden, physical activity level, depression and daily smoking ( χ 2=4.33，8.67，23.14，39.03，12.89，313.37，15.23， P <0.05). There were statistically significant differences between drowsiness and college, grade, learning burden, physical activity and depression ( χ 2=12.81，6.57，20.61，8.42，228.06， P <0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that takeaway consumption (≥4 times in a week) had statistical significance with poor sleep quality and drowsiness ( P <0.05).@*Conclusion@#College students takeaway consumption (≥4 times in a week) of rice noodles, malatang, fragrant pot hot pot increase the risk of poor sleep. It is suggested that schools should strengthen nutrition and health education for college students.
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Objective To assess the effectiveness and safety of dexmedetomidine (Dex) in anesthesia for end-stage renal disease (ESRD)recipients in living related renal transplantation.Methods Forty ESRD patients undergoing living related renal transplantation in the Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University from October 201 3 to December 201 4 were randomized into the Dex group and the control group,20 patients in each group.In the Dex group,the patients were pumped with the loading dose of Dex at 0.6 μg/kg before anesthesia induction and the procedure was completed within 20 min.Then,the patients were pumped at 0.2 μg/(kg·h)for 1 h and underwent general anesthesia induction.In the control group,the patients were pumped with equivalent normal saline.The anesthesia induction and the maintenance drug of the two groups were the same.The mean arterial pressure (MAP),heart rate (HR)and bispectral index (BIS) before administration (T0 ),20 min after administration (T1 ),before laryngeal mask placement (T2 )and after laryngeal mask placement (T3 )of the two groups were observed and recorded.Delayed recovery and emergence delirium were also observed.Urine output during transplantation,4,8,1 2,24 h after transplantation,as well as endogenous creatinine clearance rate (Ccr)before transplantation and 1 2,24 h after transplantation were recorded.Results Compared with T0 ,the MAP,HR and BIS of the two groups at T2 decreased significantly (all in P <0.05).As for the comparison between two groups,the HR and BIS of the Dex group decreased significantly (both in P <0.05 ),but the MAP didn't decrease significantly (P >0.05 ).The emergence delirium in the Dex group was all mild with the incidence of 1 5% (3 /20),which significantly deceased in comparison with that in the control group (30%,6 /20)(P <0.05).The urine outputs of Dex group during transplantation,and 4 h and 8 h after transplantation were significantly higher than those of the control group (all in P <0.05).The Ccr of the two groups at 1 2 h and 24 h after transplantation significantly increased, compared with that before transplantation (all in P <0.01 ).Conclusions Dex may reduce the incidence of emergence delirium of recipient in living related renal transplantation,increase urine output after transplantation and cause no delayed recovery,which may be used in ESRD patients safely.