4 research outputs found
Factors associated with anxiety, depression, and stress in Peruvian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, university students have adopted measures that completely transformed their educational environment, and this has generated an increase in psychological stress. The present study aimed to identify the factors associated with anxiety, depression, and stress in students at a university in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study in students in Lima, Peru. The DASS-21 scale was used to measure levels of depression, anxiety, and stress and associate it with socio-educational and COVID-19-related variables using generalized linear models with Poisson distribution, log link, and robust variance. Of 400 students surveyed, 19.2%, 23.2% and 17.2% of students presented depression, anxiety, and stress, respectively. The frequency of depression (PR = 0.91, 95%CI: 0.84–0.99), anxiety (PR = 0.90, 95%CI: 0.83–0.99) and stress (PR = 0.92, 95%CI: 0.86–0.99) was lower in women. The students of the engineering and business faculty presented a higher frequency of anxiety (PR = 1.11, 95%CI: 1.00–1.22). There was a greater frequency of presenting anxiety, depression and stress in students who worked in a different area of health or did not work. Our results suggest the importance of promoting mental health awareness campaigns in university students due to the constant academic load they have.Campus Lima Centr
Observation of VHE Gamma Radiation from HESS J1834-087/W41 with the MAGIC Telescope
Recently, the HESS array has reported the detection of gamma-ray emission
above a few hundred GeV from eight new sources located close to the Galactic
Plane. The source HESS J1834-087 is spatially coincident with SNR G23.3-0.3
(W41). Here we present MAGIC observations of this source, resulting in the
detection of a differential gamma-ray flux consistent with a power law,
described as dN/(dA dt dE) = (3.7 +/- 0.6)*10^(-12) (E/TeV)^(-2.5 +/- 0.2) \
cm^(-2)s^(-1)TeV^(-1). We confirm the extended character of this flux. We
briefly discuss the observational technique used, the procedure implemented for
the data analysis, and put this detection in the perspective of the molecular
environment found in the region of W41. We present 13CO and 12CO emission maps
showing the existence of a massive molecular cloud in spatial superposition
with the MAGIC detection.Comment: Accepted by ApJ Letter
Variable Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Microquasar LS I +61 303
Microquasars are binary star systems with relativistic radio-emitting jets.
They are potential sources of cosmic rays and laboratories for elucidating the
physics of relativistic jets. Here we report the detection of variable
gamma-ray emission above 100 gigaelectron volts from the microquasar LS I +61
303. Six orbital cycles were recorded. Several detections occur at a similar
orbital phase, suggesting the emission is periodic. The strongest gamma-ray
emission is not observed when the two stars are closest to one another,
implying a strong orbital modulation of the emission or the absorption
processes.Comment: 11 pages with 4 figure
Variable Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Microquasar LS I +61 303
Microquasars are binary star systems with relativistic radio-emitting jets.
They are potential sources of cosmic rays and laboratories for elucidating the
physics of relativistic jets. Here we report the detection of variable
gamma-ray emission above 100 gigaelectron volts from the microquasar LS I +61
303. Six orbital cycles were recorded. Several detections occur at a similar
orbital phase, suggesting the emission is periodic. The strongest gamma-ray
emission is not observed when the two stars are closest to one another,
implying a strong orbital modulation of the emission or the absorption
processes.Comment: 11 pages with 4 figure