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Analysis on Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Ratios of Residents’ Hair from Different Cities [PDF]
Zhipu Xuebao, 2021 Stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen act as “nature’s recorder”. As a carrier for individual human information, human hair can be measured by isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) to translate into information about people’s ...
YU Zi-yang +10 more
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Reinforcement of polypropylene with natural fibers: Mitigation of environmental pollution
Environmental Challenges, 2023 : Recently, natural fibers have gained research attention in reinforcing polymers due to their availability and unique properties in polymer applications. Preliminary studies indicate indiscriminate disposal of human hair (HH) and the burning of cow hair
R.U. Arinze +7 more
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Levels of Metals in Hair in Childhood: Preliminary Associations with Neuropsychological Behaviors
Toxics, 2013 For more than 100 years, an electrochemical plant has been operating in Flix (Catalonia, Spain) by the Ebro River. Its activities have originated a severe accumulation of environmental contaminants (metals, organochlorinated pesticides and radionuclides)
Margarita Torrente +6 more
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Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2016 Introduction: Lately, a new idea has caught the attention of young people of both genders, being debated in consultation rooms, during classes, and especially on social media: is using horse shampoo for human hair wrong or not?
Chiriac Anca +4 more
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ETHYL GLUCURONIDE IN HUMAN HAIR [PDF]
Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2000 Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is considered to be a promising candidate marker of alcohol consumption, but exhibits a short window of detection in blood or urine. Keratinized tissues are known to retain foreign substances and to provide a greater retrospective window of detection than body fluids.
G, Skopp +5 more
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Prednisone Concentrations in Human Hair [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2002 In 1999, France passed a law against doping, the so-called Loi Buffet. This law was designated to protect athletes against doping consequences, particularly after long-term abuse. In 2001, this law was implemented with its practical aspects. Among them, hair sampling to document chronic exposure was considered as a valid procedure.
Vincent, Cirimele +3 more
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Retained intracorneal human hair fragment: An unusual case of occupational trauma
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 A 32-year old male hairdresser presented with redness and irritation of the left eye for past 15 days. A fragment of hair was found embedded in deep corneal stroma with minimal scarring.
Varshini Shanker +2 more
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Frontiers in EducationIntroductionChildren increasingly engage with online content from an early age, but often lack the competencies to critically evaluate it. To foster these skills, suitable assessment instruments are required, yet none currently exist for the elementary ...
Tina Jocham, Sanna Pohlmann-Rother
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Valorization of human hair as methylene blue dye adsorbents
Green Processing and Synthesis, 2018 The present study was aimed at evaluating the performance of human hair as adsorbents for methylene blue (MB) dye removal. Human hair was treated using 0.1 m potassium hydroxide (KOH) and 0.1 m nitric acid, and the adsorbents were characterized for ...
Ahmad Zaini Muhammad Abbas +1 more
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Biology of Human Hair: Know Your Hair to Control It [PDF]
, 2010 Hair can be engineered at different levels--its structure and surface--through modification of its constituent molecules, in particular proteins, but also the hair follicle (HF) can be genetically altered, in particular with the advent of siRNA-based applications. General aspects of hair biology are reviewed, as well as the most recent contributions to
Araújo, Rita +3 more
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