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Adolescents’ psychological functioning and unintentional injuries: motor vehicles and sports accidents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Adolescence represents a crucial period for psychological development. Adolescents have been shown more prone to injuries than adults have and they are frequently involved in motor vehicle and sports accident.
Ballarotto, Giulia   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Medicinal herbs and multiple sclerosis: Overview on the hard balance between new therapeutic strategy and occupational health risk

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by demyelination and axonal loss of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite its spread throughout the world, the mechanisms that determine its onset are still to be defined.
Erica Costantini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
wiley   +1 more source

Gender disparities in Hong Kong emergency medicine: Experiences of discrimination, harassment and career impact

open access: yesHong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Women remain under‐represented in emergency medicine in Hong Kong, but the role of gender‐based discrimination and harassment in this disparity is unexplored.
Shuen Yi Leung   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fuel R&D Needs and Strategy towards a Revision of Acceptance Criteria

open access: yesScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2010
The study of fuel behaviour under accidental conditions is a major concern in the safety analysis of the Pressurised Water Reactors. The consequences of Design Basis Accidents, such as Loss of Coolant Accident and Reactivity Initiated Accident, have to ...
François Barré   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure to bisphenol A and gender differences: from rodents to humans evidences and hypothesis about the health effects

open access: yesJournal of Xenobiotics, 2015
Bisphenol A (BPA) interacts with the endocrine system and seems to produce different effects in relation to gender. The objective of the study was to clarify the possible health effects of exposure to BPA in relation to gender.
Lidia Caporossi, Bruno Papaleo
doaj   +1 more source

Correlated Accidents [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This paper investigates cases in which harms are statistically correlated. When parties are risk averse, correlation plays an important role in the choice between liability rules. Specifically, positively correlated harms favor a liability rule that spreads the risk over a multitude of parties, as in the negligence rule.
openaire   +4 more sources

Prognostic Implications of Sleep Architecture for Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Status Epilepticus

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significant mortality. Sleep architecture may reflect normal brain function. Impaired sleep architecture is associated with poorer outcomes in numerous conditions. Here we investigate the association of sleep architecture in continuous EEG (cEEG) with survival in SE.
Ran R. Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female Reproductive Health and Exposure to Phthalates and Bisphenol A: A Cross Sectional Study

open access: yesToxics, 2021
The xenoestrogenicity of some plasticisers (phthalates and bisphenol A) is documented in the literature and may pose a risk to female reproductive health. The aim of this study was to assess exposure to six phthalates.
Lidia Caporossi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Road Traffic RFID Pedestrians Detecting System for Vehicles [PDF]

open access: yesEAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities, 2020
Safe road traffic, clean environment, environmentally friendly vehicles and eco-buildings are components of the world’s vision of immediate future supported by scientists and statesmen.
Michal Balog   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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