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Association of multi-criteria derived air toxics hazard score with lung cancer incidence in a major metropolitan area

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundLung cancer remains a major health problem world-wide. Environmental exposure to lung cancer carcinogens can affect lung cancer incidence.
Angela Y. Zhu   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Copper‐based Materials for Photo and Electrocatalytic Process: Advancing Renewable Energy and Environmental Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cu‐based catalysts as a cornerstone in advancing sustainable energy technologies are fully reviewed in this manuscript, highlighting their potential in photo‐ and electrocatalysis. It includes metallic copper, copper oxides, copper sulfides, copper halide perovskites, copper‐based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs),
Jéssica C. de Almeida   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Solvent Enabled Perovskite Ink for Ambient‐Air‐Processed Efficient Inkjet‐Printed Perovskite Solar Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores an eco‐friendly solvent with 1,3‐dimethyl‐2‐imidazolidinone for developing perovskite ink, enhancing grain size and formation of purer phase perovskite. The inkjet‐printed perovskite solar cells demonstrated a remarkable improvement in device power conversion efficiency from 14.6% to almost 17.8%, highlighting sustainable innovation
Vinayak Vitthal Satale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Normative Nature of Risk Assessment: Features and Possibilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Dr. Cranor argues that appreciating risk assessment to be permeated with normative presuppositions, in contrast with being primarily objective, opens up unforeseen possibilities for risk ...
Cranor, Carl F.
core   +1 more source

Geochemistry and risk assessment of street dust in Luanda, Angola, a tropical urban environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A total of 92 samples of street dust were collected in Luanda, Angola, were sieved below 100 μm, and analysed by ICP-MS for 35 elements after an aqua-regia digestion.
Ferreira Baptista, Lopes   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Recent Applications of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Gene Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The review summarizes the synthesis of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with modifiable surface properties, functionalization strategies, mechanism of therapeutic payload release, and current applications in gene therapy, focusing on their capabilities in the targeted delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids, CRISPR‐Cas systems, and other genetic ...
Tamanna Binte Huq   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptome Analysis in Peripheral Blood of Humans Exposed to Environmental Carcinogens: A Promising New Biomarker in Environmental Health Studies

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2008
Background Human carcinogenesis is known to be initiated and/or promoted by exposure to chemicals that occur in the environment. Molecular cancer epidemiology is used to identify human environmental cancer risks by applying a range of effect biomarkers ...
D. V. van Leeuwen   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Arsenic, asbestos and radon: emerging players in lung tumorigenesis

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2012
The cause of lung cancer is generally attributed to tobacco smoking. However lung cancer in never smokers accounts for 10 to 25% of all lung cancer cases.
Hubaux Roland   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Squamous Cancer of the Esophagus in Africa: A Causal Pathway Established

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology, 2022
Squamous cancer of the esophagus has been endemic in much of East, Central and Southern Africa since the 1940s. Much research has concentrated on attempts to identify major carcinogenic influences, and failure to do so has made it clear that the problem ...
Alastair M Sammon
doaj   +1 more source

Direct Surface Modification of the Epidermis Using Mussel‐Inspired Polydopamine with Multiple Anti‐Biofouling Functions

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Surface modification using mussel‐derived polydopamine (PDA) is a versatile and robust biocompatible strategy that enables direct application to various epidermal surfaces, regardless of their morphological complexity or surface characteristics. The PDA‐coated epidermis exhibits multiple anti‐biofouling functionalities, including antibacterial and anti‐
Su Eon Lee   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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