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Bayesian Networks in Environmental Risk Assessment: A Review [PDF]

, 2020
Human activities both depend upon and have consequences on the environment. Environmental risk assessment (ERA) is a process of estimating the probability and consequences of the adverse effects of human activities and other stressors on the environment.
Laura Kaikkonen, Lehikoinen, Annukka, Uusitalo, Laura, Laura Uusitalo, Rahikainen, Mika, Parviainen, Tuuli, Annukka Lehikoinen, Tuuli Parviainen, Mika Rahikainen, Kaikkonen, Laura   +9 more
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Inhibition of Estrogenic Response of Yeast Screen Assay by Exposure to Non-Lethal Levels of Metallic Nanoparticles

Applied Sciences, 2020
In order to investigate the effects of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) on the performance of in vitro bioassay, zinc oxide NP (ZnO NP), aluminum oxide NP (Al2O3 NP), bare silver NP (Ag NP), and Ag NP capped with citrate (Agcit NP) were evaluated with yeast (
Byoung-cheun Lee, Cuong N. Duong, Jungkon Kim, Suejin Kim, Ig-chun Eom, Pilje Kim   +5 more
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eDNA metabarcoding as a promising conservation tool to monitor fish diversity in Beijing water systems compared with ground cages

Scientific Reports, 2022
Fish diversity, an important indicator of the health of aquatic ecosystems, is declining sharply due to water pollution, overfishing, climate change, and species invasion.
Mei Shen, Nengwen Xiao, Ziyi Zhao, Ningning Guo, Zunlan Luo, Guang Sun, Junsheng Li   +6 more
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Does overweight before pregnancy reduce the occurrence of gastroschisis?: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective For several observational studies that have reported the factors related to gastroschisis, the target population in these studies was mainly residents of Europe or the US, and there is little data on the Asian population.
Takehiro Michikawa, Shin Yamazaki, Eiko Suda, Tatsuo Kuroda, Shoji F. Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, Yayoi Kobayashi, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Makiko Sekiyama, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hiroshi Nitta, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group   +11 more
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Assessment of occupational risks from human health and environmental perspectives: a new integrated approach and its application using fuzzy BWM and fuzzy MAIRCA

, 2020
improving their operations with a view to human health and environmental awareness. Many methods with different rationales have been existed in the literature to prioritize hazards according to their risk levels and to mitigate their consequences.
Ak, M. Fatih, Gül, Muhammet, Ak, Muhammet Fatih   +2 more
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Modelling the Current and Future Pollutant Emission from Non-Road Machinery: A Case Study in Shanghai

Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2023
With the effective control of air pollutants from industrial sources and motor vehicles, non-road machinery has become the major pollutant source with a total emission accounting for more than 65% of non-road mobile sources in China. However, few efforts
Rui Chen, Xuerui Yang, Lei Xi, Huajun Zhen, Guangli Xiu   +4 more
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Environmental Performance, Environmental Risk and Risk Management

Business Strategy and the Environment, 2012
ABSTRACTEnvironmental performance, environmental risk and risk management are of contemporary interest, but to date there is limited evidence on their relationships. This paper is the first to provide detailed insights by adopting a content analysis approach and disaggregating firm‐level environmental risk into types related to regulations, operations ...
Dobler, Michael, Lajili, Kaouthar, Zéghal, Daniel   +2 more
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Enhanced phenol removal by permanganate with biogas residue biochar: catalytic role of in-situ formation of manganese dioxide and activation of biochar

Biochar, 2023
Increased biogas residue related to the rapid development of anaerobic fermentation has become an urgent environmental problem. The pyrolysis of biogas residue into biochar is one of the most promising treatments.
Dongyang Li, Yi Xiao, Beidou Xi, Tiancheng Gong, Ting Zhang, Nannan Huang, Wenxuan Li, Tianxue Yang   +7 more
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Identification by TCGA database search of five genes that are aberrantly expressed and involved in hepatocellular carcinoma potentially via DNA methylation changes

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background Various treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are utilized in clinical practice; however, the prognosis is still poor on account of high recurrence rates.
Junya Matsushita, Takehiro Suzuki, Kazuyuki Okamura, Gaku Ichihara, Keiko Nohara   +4 more
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Influence of NOM on the Stability of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Ecotoxicity Tests

Applied Sciences, 2020
Nanomaterials are known to aggregate in the presence of ions. Similarly, the aggregation of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) exposed to various ions such as sodium chloride and calcium chloride in water systems increases with the ionic strength ...
Byoung-cheun Lee, Gilsang Hong, Hyejin Lee, Pyeongsoon Kim, Do-Yeon Seo, Gukhwa Hwang, Geunbae Kim, Pilje Kim   +7 more
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