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Flight Skill Proficiency Issues In Instrument Approach Accidents [PDF]

, 2013
Despite procedural modifications and advanced technology instrumentation, instrument approach phase accidents continue to be an issue in general aviation.
Keller, Julius C.
core   +1 more source

Natural substances as biocides in the fungi treatment on artistic products to protect the environment and health of restoration workers

Italian Journal of Mycology, 2023
Cultural heritage artefacts, such as stone works, books, manuscripts, and parchments, are subjected to severe biodeterioration processes over time caused by fungi, algae, lichens, and complex communities of microbial biofilms.
Laura Casorri, Eva Masciarelli, Barbara Ficociello, Federica Ietto, Federica Incoronato, Marco Di Luigi, Claudio Beni, Giovanni Pacioni   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risks for adverse pregnancy outcomes and infections in daycare workers: an overview of current epidemiological evidence and implications for primary prevention

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020
Childcare providers are overwhelmingly women of childbearing age. Occupational risks in this sector include exposure to biological (infectious) or physical (standing, carrying loads) hazards, many of which are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes ...
Anca Radauceanu, Myriam Bouslama
doaj   +1 more source

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

Frontiers 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, Eva Masciarelli, Laura Casorri, Marco Di Luigi, Marcella Reale   +4 more
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Female Reproductive Health and Exposure to Phthalates and Bisphenol A: A Cross Sectional Study

Toxics, 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, Paola Viganò, Enrico Paci, Silvia Capanna, Alessandra Alteri, Giovanni Campo, Daniela Pigini, Mariangela De Rosa, Giovanna Tranfo, Bruno Papaleo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Science 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, Claude Grandjean, Marc Petit, Jean-Claude Micaelli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

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

Hong 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, Yiu Cheung Chan, Po Yin Kwong   +2 more
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Journal 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