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Minutes of the Meeting of the University Senate, January 18, 2024

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1. Informational items: Graduate Program Submissions (Graduate Certificate in Industrial Hygiene, Graduate Certificate in Human Factors and Ergonomics, Graduate Certificate in Environmental Protection); Undergraduate Program Submissions (Recreation ...
Oakland University. Senate
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Influence and convergence to higher standards: The dual examination of pharmaceutical patents in Brazil

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Between 2001 and 2021, pharmaceutical patent applications filed in Brazil were examined by the patent office (INPI) and the national health regulator (Anvisa). This paper investigates how health regulators can contribute to patent examination by shifting the set of criteria cited as grounds for 2589 negative decisions from both entities ...
Eduardo Mercadante
wiley   +1 more source

The Material Technosystem of Cattle Farming

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We interpret the architecture of the dairy barn as an interplay of zootechnical knowledge, hygiene practices, and metabolic and thermodynamic processes, as well as a stage where animal and human labor is subsumed by capital.
Sofia Nannini, Víctor Muñoz Sanz
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Abrasive blasting operations; engineering control and work practices manual [PDF]

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"This publication, intended for use by plant safety and industrial hygiene engineers, describes in detail typical abrasive blast cleaning practices and equipment; potential health and safety hazards involved; methods to identify hazards, and measures ...

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Carework as resistance: How incarcerated women care for each other to survive carcerality amid a global pandemic

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic was a crisis in prisons and jails, with some of the largest outbreaks in the United States happening inside carceral facilities. In the absence of structural interventions to protect them, people inside prisons engaged in various forms of carework to support one another and to draw attention to the horrific conditions. We
Esther Melton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plastics and labor: The case of disposable medical plastics

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Plastics are ubiquitous in the contemporary practice of medicine, where they are tied to notions of hygiene and quality of care. However, when plastics first infiltrated global medical practice, they did so because of considerations related to patient comfort and durability.
Gauri Pathak
wiley   +1 more source

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