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Recent Advances in Electrospun Nanofibers for Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Performance Enhancement Strategies and Emerging Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in electrospun nanofiber‐based triboelectric nanogenerators, emphasizing how material design, fiber architecture, and interface engineering collectively enhance output performance and mechanical durability. Key developments in porous, aligned, core‐shell, and hierarchical nanofibers are discussed alongside ...
MD Fajla Rabbi, Jee Hwan Ahn, Duy Linh Vu, Kyoung Kwan Ahn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane, Lyn I. Jones, Richard M. Martin, Helen Winter, Faezeh Arab Hassani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facilitators and barriers of infectious waste management practice in public and private health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative phenomenological study

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundManagement of infectious waste is essential to address health risks to healthcare workers, patients, and the public. Healthcare facilities, especially in resource-poor settings, however, face significant challenges in effectively and safely ...
Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Alemu Kibiret Feleke, Getabalew Endazinaw Bekele, Ephriam Mamo Gebrihiwot, Yimer Hussien Ali, Getachew Woldeyohaness Tedila   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk perception towards healthcare waste among community people in Kathmandu, Nepal.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundHealthcare waste management is a serious issue in context of developing countries. Better assessment of both risks and effects of exposure would permit improvements in the management of healthcare waste.
Sulata Karki, Surya Raj Niraula, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Avaniendra Chakravartty, Sabita Karki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Management of Healthcare Waste in Developing Countries: Applying a System Dynamics Approach [PDF]

International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences
This study aims to develop a system dynamics model to predict healthcare waste generation and associated costs, focusing on hazardous healthcare waste. Systems dynamics approach is utilized to analyze the complex dynamics of healthcare waste management ...
Mohammad A. Shbool, Yara Altarawneh, Raghad Bani Hamad, Rand Alqa'aydeh, Mohammad D. Al-Tahat, Thahabia Abedeljawad, Sahar ALMashaqbeh   +6 more
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Applying Toyota production systemprinciples and tools at the Ghent University hospital [PDF]

, 2012
For the last decades many organizations started using Lean as their major business strategy for organizing and improving their operational activities. Results in manufacturing have been very good, but nowadays also service and office environments start ...
Lambert, Jo, Van Goubergen, Dirk
core   +1 more source

Theorizing Collective Green Actions [PDF]

, 2011
The notion of “green” has gained increasing attention over the years. Many major companies have made significant attempt to better fit into the green concept.
Chen, Wenshin
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Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin, Koosje van der Stoel, Vera Popovich, Paul Breedveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of household-like waste discarded by health institutions in Chile: A descriptive study

The Journal of Climate Change and Health
Background: Healthcare institutions generate significant amounts of household-like waste, with international evidence suggesting that up to 60 % is potentially recyclable.
Fernanda Olive, M.Bernardita Sanhueza, Andres Giglio, Andres Ferre   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source