, 2011 Soil contamination occurs when substances are added to soil, resulting in increases in concentrations above background or reference levels. Pollution may follow from contamination when contaminants are present in amounts that are detrimental to soil ...
Bacon, J. +7 more
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Monitoring insulator contamination level under dry condition with a microwave reflectometer [PDF]
, 2015 —Build-up of surface contamination on high voltage insulators can lead to an increase in leakage current and partial discharge, which may eventually develop into flashover. Conventional contamination level monitoring systems based on leakage current,
Jiang, Yan +5 more
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Total mercury concentrations in an industrialized catchment, the Thur River basin (north-eastern France): geochemical background level and contamination factors [PDF]
, 2003 River bottom sediments and soils were collected from the industrialized Thur River basin (north-eastern France) to assess mercury contamination. The regional geochemical background level of total mercury was evaluated to calculate mercury contamination ...
Hissler, Christophe +4 more
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Quantifying bacterial transfer from patients to staff during burns dressing and bed changes : implications for infection control [PDF]
, 2013 Routine nursing activities such as dressing/bed changes increase bacterial dispersal from burns patients, potentially contaminating healthcare workers (HCW) carrying out these tasks.
Anderson, John +5 more
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Contamination in complex healthcare trials:the falls in care homes (FinCH) study experience [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Trials are at risk of contamination bias which can occur when participants in the control group are inadvertently exposed to the intervention.
Allen, F +8 more
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Feasibility study on application of microwave radiometry to monitor contamination level on insulator materials [PDF]
, 2016 This paper introduces a novel method for monitoring contamination levels on high voltage insulators based on microwave radiometry. Present contamination monitoring solutions for high voltage insulators are only effective in predicting flashover risk when
Jiang, Y. +5 more
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The cross-contamination potential of mobile telephones [PDF]
, 2012 The use of mobile devices for professional, business, educational, personal and social purposes has accelerated exponentially over the last decade.
Humphreys, Paul +4 more
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Bacterial contamination of table eggs and the influence of housing systems [PDF]
, 2008 With the introduction of alternative housing systems for laying hens in the EU, recent research has focussed on the bacterial contamination of table eggs, e.g. eggshell and egg content contamination.
Herman, L. +5 more
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Use of ultraviolet-fluorescence-based simulation in evaluation of personal protective equipment worn for first assessment and care of a patient with suspected high-consequence infectious disease [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Variations currently exist across the UK in the choice of personal protective equipment (PPE) used by healthcare workers when caring for patients with suspected high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs).
Bailey, C. +9 more
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Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla +9 more
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