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Environmental and wider economic implications of modifications to environmental tax reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The most common definition of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. However, the PETRAS project has shown that there are a number of social and political impediments to ...
Clinch, J. Peter, Dunne, Louise
core   +1 more source

Microextraction Techniques Used in the Procedures for Determining Organomercury and Organotin Compounds in Environmental Samples

open access: yesMolecules, 2014
Due to human activities, the concentrations of organometallic compounds in all parts of the environment have increased in recent decades. The toxicity and some biochemical properties of mercury and tin present in the environment depend on the ...
Małgorzata Rutkowska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automatic On-Line Purge-and-Trap Sequential Injection Analysis for Trace Ammonium Determination in Untreated Estuarine and Seawater Samples

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
An innovative automatic purge-and-trap (P&T) system coupled with fluorimetric sequential injection (SI), for the on-line separation and preconcentration of volatile compounds, is presented.
Athina Dimitriadou, Aristidis Anthemidis
doaj   +1 more source

Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in beef retail markets from Argentina

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2013
Shiga toxing-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are foodborne pathogens that cause mild or serious diseases and can lead to people death. This study reports the prevalence and characteristics of STEC O157 and non-O157 in commercial ground beef and ...
Victoria eBrusa   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing lipid accumulation in Chlamydomonas by serial knocking out of DYRKP1 kinase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

open access: yesMicrobial Cell Factories
Microalgae are promising sustainable feedstocks for biodiesel production. Among the primary carbon reservoirs in microalgae, starch and lipids are the main targets for metabolic engineering aimed at enhancing productivity.
Minjae Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strontium tungstate-modified disposable strip for electrochemical detection of sulfadiazine in environmental samples.

open access: yesEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020
Rapid-monitoring of drugs has attracted tremendous consideration owing to robust global demand for cost-effective and high effectiveness. Binary metal oxides with various morphology have been reported as electrodes for electrochemical sensor to ...
T. Kokulnathan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecotoxicological characterization of the estrogenic mycotoxin zearalenone and environmental samples : effects on zebrafish development and reproduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Endocrine disruption occurs when specific chemicals interact with internal endocrine signalling pathways in organisms and appears to be particularly widespread in freshwater fish throughout the world.
Schwartz, Patrick
core   +1 more source

Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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