Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Hazardous Drinking, Tobacco and Drug use in urban Tanzania, and Their associated Risk Factors. [PDF]
Evidence suggests substance abuse in Tanzania is a growing public health problem. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15-59 in two urban sites of differing levels of poverty surveyed alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use.
Joseph Mbatia +47 more
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Water-use characteristics of Syzygium antisepticum and Adinandra integerrima in a secondary forest of Khao Yai National Park in Thailand with implications for environmental management [PDF]
Background Southeast Asia has experienced widespread deforestation and change in land use. Consequently, many reforestation projects have been initiated in this region.
Ratchanon Ampornpitak +2 more
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This research investigated pyrolysis as a potential method to manage plastic waste in Sichang Island, Thailand. Pyrolysis was chosen to convert waste plastic into fuel oil using Al–Si catalysts derived from cogon grass.
Tapanee Sangpatch +3 more
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Heavy Metals in the Soils of Placer Small-Scale Gold Mining Sites in Myanmar [PDF]
Background. Artisanal and small-scale mining activities are widely practiced globally. Concentrations of heavy metals associated with gold, such as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) can increase in the ...
Aung Zaw Tun +2 more
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Identifying Arsenic Pathway Using Electrical Resistivity Survey with GIS based Flow Modeling
Arsenic contamination in the area around gold mine has been of very much concern for researching and attempting to solve the problem. This research methodology employed arsenic content in soil, soil profiles from electrical resistivity survey and flow ...
Thanes Weerasiri +2 more
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There is presently overwhelming scientific consensus that global climate change is indeed occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. An increasingly resource and carbon constrained world will continue to pose formidable challenges to ...
Kittipongvises Suthirat
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Commercial Availability, Safety, and Hazards [PDF]
The importance of being able to obtain chemicals commercially, being aware of necessary laboratory precautions, and having access to hazardous-property information is essential for students and researchers.
Roth, Dana L.
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Full Disclosure: Financial Statement Disclosures Under CERCLA [PDF]
This paper presents a comprehensive mathematical framework for depletion rate analysis and ties it to the physics of depletion. Theory was compared with empirical data from 1036 fields and a number of regions. Strong agreement between theory and practice
Frankel, Stuart B.
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Alcohol in the life narratives of women: Commonalities and differences by sexual orientation [PDF]
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore social representations of alcohol use among women, with a focus on possible differences between sexual minority and heterosexual women.
Drabble, Laurie A, Trocki, K.
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Hazards, Risk and the Press: A Comparative Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Sites [PDF]
The authors present a comparative analysis of newspaper coverage for four hazardous substance containment facilities located in different parts of the ...
Greenberg, Michael +2 more
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