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The 1831 eruption of Babuyan Claro that never happened: has the source of one of the largest volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century been misattributed?

Journal of Applied Volcanology, 2018
The 1831 eruption of Babuyan Claro in the Philippines is regarded as one of the most significant volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century. Modern databases have assigned the eruption a VEI of 4? and Magnitude of 4.7.
Christopher S. Garrison, Christopher R. J. Kilburn, Stephen J. Edwards   +2 more
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Stability Analysis of “Support-Surrounding Rock” System for Fully Mechanized Longwall Mining in Steeply Dipping Coal Seams

Shock and Vibration, 2022
The key to safe and efficient longwall mining of steeply dipping seams lies in the stability control of the “support-surrounding rock” system. This study analyzes the difficulties encountered when controlling the stability of the support during the ...
Shenghu Luo, Tong Wang, Yongping Wu, Jingyu Huangfu   +3 more
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Hydrologic sensitivity of flood runoff and inundation: 2011 Thailand floods in the Chao Phraya River basin [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2015
The Thailand floods in 2011 caused unprecedented economic damage in the Chao Phraya River basin. To diagnose the flood hazard characteristics, this study analyses the hydrologic sensitivity of flood runoff and inundation to rainfall. The motivation is to
T. Sayama, Y. Tatebe, Y. Iwami, S. Tanaka   +3 more
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Breastfeeding Benefits and Resources: Benefits for Babies and Mothers

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You may have heard “breast is best,” but do you know why breastmilk is the best diet for babies? Did you know that breastfeeding benefits moms, too?
Diana Hazard Taft
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“Green grabbing,” pastoralism and environmental dynamics in Northern Kenya. An assessment of conservation models and practices in Marsabit County

Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est, 2015
In Northern Kenya, the history of protected areas reflects the debates that have shaped the world of conservation and environmental concerns. For a long time colonial assumptions about pastoralist uses of natural resources have been part of environmental
Benoit Hazard, Christine Adongo
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A Heuristic Approach for Determining Efficient Vaccination Plans under a SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic Model

Mathematics, 2023
In this work, we propose a local search-based strategy to determine high-quality allocation of vaccines under restricted budgets and time periods. For this, disease spread is modeled as a SEAIR pandemic model.
Claudia Hazard-Valdés, Elizabeth Montero   +1 more
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Breastfeeding Benefits and Resources: Breastmilk feeds more than just babies!

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This publication explains the importance of breastmilk to the infant gut microbiome. First, the gut microbiome is defined, then the source of infant microbes is introduced, and finally the role of breastfeeding in infant gut microbiome and infant health.
Diana Hazard Taft
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Carcinogenicity of vinyl acetate: evidence from multiple data streams

Environmental Health
Background Vinyl acetate (VA) is a synthetic chemical that can be metabolized to form the carcinogen acetaldehyde (AA). This paper summarizes the key evidence relevant to the evaluation of VA’s carcinogenicity.
Kate Li, Karin Ricker, Feng C Tsai, Vanessa Cheng, Gwendolyn Osborne, Neela Guha, Sarah Elmore, Isabel Alvarado-Cruz, Martha S Sandy, Meng Sun   +9 more
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A Statewide Evaluation of the California Medical Supervision Program Using Cholinesterase Electronic Laboratory Reporting Data

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2017
The California Medical Supervision program is designed to protect workers who regularly mix, load, or apply the highly toxic Category I and II organophosphates and carbamates from overexposure by monitoring cholinesterase (ChE) inhibition in plasma and ...
Ouahiba Laribi PhD, Brian Malig MS, Katherine Sutherland-Ashley PhD, Rachel Broadwin MS, Walker Wieland BS, Charles Salocks PhD   +5 more
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Microfluidic active pressure and flow stabiliser

Scientific Reports, 2021
In microfluidics, a well-known challenge is to obtain reproducible results, often constrained by unstable pressures or flow rates. Today, there are existing stabilisers made for low-pressure microfluidics or high-pressure macrofluidics, often consisting ...
Simon Södergren, Karolina Svensson, Klas Hjort   +2 more
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