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Uncovering high rates of unsafe injection equipment reuse in rural Cameroon: validation of a survey instrument that probes for specific misconceptions

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2011
Background Unsafe reuse of injection equipment in hospitals is an on-going threat to patient safety in many parts of Africa. The extent of this problem is difficult to measure.
Reid Savanna R   +5 more
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Spatiotemporal distributions of surface ozone levels in China from 2005 to 2017: A machine learning approach

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2020
In recent years, ground-level ozone has become a severe ambient pollutant in major urban areas of China, which has adverse impacts on population health. However, in-situ measurements of the ozone concentration before 2013 in China are quite scarce, which
Riyang Liu   +5 more
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Análise dos custos do reprocessamento de pinças de uso único utilizadas em cirurgia vídeo-assistida Análisis de los costos del reprocesamiento de pinzas de único uso, utilizadas en cirugía video-asistida Cost analysis of reprocessing disposable forceps used in video-assisted surgery

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2006
O trabalho objetivou analisar os custos do reprocessamento de pinças de uso único, utilizadas em cirurgia vídeo-assistida. O reuso freqüente desses artigos é justificado pelo alto custo, entretanto, poucos estudos foram desenvolvidos sob esse enfoque ...
Eliane Molina Psaltikidis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantification and evaluation of atmospheric pollutant emissions from open biomass burning with multiple methods: a case study for the Yangtze River Delta region, China [PDF]

open access: yesAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019
Air pollutant emissions from open biomass burning (OBB) in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) were estimated for 2005–2015 using three (traditional bottom-up, fire radiative power (FRP), and constraining) approaches, and the differences among those methods ...
Y. Yang, Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao
doaj   +1 more source

EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF SATELLITE OBSERVATION ON INVERSING NOX EMISSION AT REGIONAL SCALE [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019
In order to explore the influence of satellite observation data on the top-down NOx estimates at regional scale, the top-down NOx emissions for Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region at 9 km spatial resolution were developed with Peking University Ozone
Y. Yang, Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao, L. Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

SOFIA : software and control flow integrity architecture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Microprocessors used in safety-critical systems are extremely sensitive to software vulnerabilities, as their failure can lead to injury, damage to equipment, or environmental catastrophe.
Coppens, Bart   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing barriers to reuse of electrical and electronic equipment, a UK perspective

open access: yesResources, Conservation & Recycling: X, 2019
This paper reports on research undertaken to identify generic and specific barriers to reuse of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts from across the value chain including product ...
Christine Cole   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling of Failure Probability for Reliability and Component Reuse of Electric and Electronic Equipment

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
Recently, the concept of “circular economy”, the design for end-of-life, the problem of reduction of waste of electronic and electrical equipment are becoming more and more important.
Massimo Conti, Simone Orcioni
doaj   +1 more source

Study of resonances in 1 x 25 kV AC traction systems with external balancing equipment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
© 20xx IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new ...
Mesbahi, Nadhir   +2 more
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Coming clean on reuse of endoscopic equipment [PDF]

open access: yesGut, 1998
See article on page304 Over the past decade, endoscopic accessories have evolved from reusable to disposable in many parts of the world. The impetus for this has been multifactorial and includes concerns of cross-contamination between patients because of inability to assure proper cleaning and the inevitable equipment deterioration that occurs with ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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