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Civilian Occupational Exposure to Vapors, Gas, Dust, or Fumes and Respiratory Health Among United States Military Veterans

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We investigated associations of self‐reported and job exposure matrix (JEM) assigned civilian occupational exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes (VGDF) with respiratory symptoms among previously deployed US Veterans. Methods An interviewer‐administered questionnaire ascertained self‐reported civilian occupational VGDF exposure.
Sahra Mohazzab‐Hosseinian, Carrie A. Redlich, Anna M. Korpak, Andrew K. I. Timmons, Nicholas L. Smith, Karen S. Nakayama, Farrah Kheradmand, Vincent S. Fan, Michael Jerrett, Philippe R. Montgrain, Christine H. Wendt, Ware G. Kuschner, Emily S. Wan, Eric Garshick, Paul D. Blanc   +14 more
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How have women been empowered by gender-focussed development projects in post-Taliban Afghanistan? : reviewing the literature which incorporates the critical consideration of two gender focussed development projects : a research report presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of International Development in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2014
This research report examines the empowerment approach within the Gender and Development (GAD) discussion, providing an emphasis on women’s empowerment as an instrument of post-conflict reconstruction in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
McMillan, Robert Melville
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Optimized Selenium‐Doped Nanocomposites for Enhanced Polymer Gel Performance in Permeability Reduction

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Excessive water production in mature oil fields necessitates robust shut‐off treatments, yet conventional polymer gels often fail under high‐temperature and high‐salinity conditions. This study aims to enhance gel thermal stability and mechanical strength by incorporating selenium‐doped Ag/AgO–ZnO nanocomposites synthesized via a novel green ...
Fadhil F. Sead, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, M. Sudhakara Reddy, Badri Narayan Sahu, Sridharan Sundharam, Sanjeev Kumar, Atreyi Pramanik, Aseel Smerat, Fatimah Pashtun   +8 more
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Risk Factors for Kidney Stone Disease in Nimroz, Afghanistan: A Retrospective Case–Control Study, 2021

Health Science Reports
Background Kidney stone disease affects many people annually, impairing the quality of their life and health. Several risk factors such as family history, chronic diseases and diet have been reported to cause kidney stones.
Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed, Mir Salamuddin Hakim, Ajmal Zahed, Khatera Safi, Fatema Hasanzada, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly, Sayed Attaullah Saeedzai   +6 more
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Enhanced Rheological and Filtration Performance of Drilling Fluids Using Fe3O4/Saponin/Cu(II) Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drilling fluids used in high‐performance well operations often struggle to maintain rheological stability, colloidal dispersion, and filtration control under harsh downhole conditions. This study engineered a multifunctional Fe3O4@Saponin/Cu(II) nanocomposite to address these challenges.
Kassem Al Attabi, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Hana Ihsan Hassan, Ahmed Salih Sahib, Zahraa Saad Abdulali, Mariem Alwan, Mahmood Jawad, Hiba Mushtaq, Aseel Smerat, Fatimah Pashtun   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unaccompanied Afghan children: on the move again?

Forced Migration Review, 2014
Findings of a collaborative research project provide an insight into why some returned Afghan minors are keen to set out again, despite numerous challenges.
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
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Minerals in Afghanistan : gemstones of Afghanistan [PDF]

, 2007
Afghanistan and gemstones have been inextricably linked for 6500 years and the country remains rich in precious and semiprecious gemstone deposits (Figure 1). Lapis lazuli, mined in the Hindu Kush since the Neolithic Period, was transported along the
Benham, Antony John, McIntosh, Robert
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Impact of Cattaneo–Christov Heat and Mass Flux on MHD Hybrid Nanofluid Flow Over an Extending Surface With Convective and Mass Flux Effects

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the flow of a magnetized hybrid nanofluid over a permeable stretching surface. The mass and thermal transport within the system is regulated using the Cattaneo–Christov flux theory. The fluid is additionally subjected to thermophoresis, chemical reaction, Brownian motion, and activation energy effects.
Ebrahem A. Algehyne, Abdul Bariq, Mounirah Areshi, Fahad Maqbul Alamrani, Zehba Raizah, Izharul Haq, Anwar Saeed   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Afghan EFL instructors’ perceptions of English textbooks

Heliyon, 2021
The study examined EFL instructors' perceptions of English textbooks. It also investigated whether the instructors' gender and the type of textbooks they used had a significant impact on their responses.
Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan, Abdul Qawi Noori, Sayeed Asif Akramy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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