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Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-reported health status and noise annoyance in rural and non-rural Canada

Scientific Reports, 2022
The Canadian Perspectives on Environmental Noise Survey (CPENS), conducted between April 12th, 2021 and May 25th, 2021 coincided with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadians 18 years of age and older (n = 6647) reported the degree to which the
David S. Michaud, Leonora Marro, Allison Denning, Shelley Shackleton, Nicolas Toutant, Emily Cameron-Blake, James P. McNamee   +6 more
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Electromagnetic Fields of Mobile Phone Jammer Exposure on Blood Factors in Rats

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2018
Background: The increasing demand for using mobile phones has led to increasing mobile phone jammers as well. On the other hand, reports show that exposure to electromagnetic field causes an increase in the incidence of diseases such as leukemia, cancer,
M B Shojaeifard, S Jarideh, M Owjfard, S Nematollahii, T Talaei-Khozani, S Malekzadeh   +5 more
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A Sensitive and Label-Free Pb(II) Fluorescence Sensor Based on a DNAzyme Controlled G-Quadruplex/Thioflavin T Conformation

Sensors, 2016
Pb(II) can cause serious damaging effects to human health, and thus, the study of Pb2+ detection methods to sensitively and selectively monitor Pb(II) pollution has significant importance. In this work, we have developed a label-free fluorescence sensing
Yanli Wen, Lele Wang, Lanying Li, Li Xu, Gang Liu   +4 more
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Assessment of the SARS-CoV-2 basic reproduction number, R0, based on the early phase of COVID-19 outbreak in Italy

Biosafety and Health, 2020
As of March 12th Italy has the largest number of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Europe as well as outside China. The infections, first limited in Northern Italy, have eventually spread to all other regions.
Marco D'Arienzo, Angela Coniglio
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Assessment of new composites containing polyamide-6 and lead monoxide as shields against ionizing photonic radiation based on computational and experimental methods

Scientific Reports, 2022
This study aimed to introduce new composites, containing polyamide-6 (PA6) and lead monoxide (PbO), to protect against ionizing photon sources used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Shahryar Malekie, Hassan Shooli, Mohammad Amin Hosseini   +2 more
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Does Occupational Exposure of Shahid Dastghieb International Airport Workers to Radiofrequency Radiation Affect Their Short Term Memory and Reaction Time?

Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2015
Background: Airport workers are continuously exposed to different levels of radiofrequency microwave (RF/MW) radiation emitted by radar equipments. Radars are extensively used in military and aviation industries.
Jarideh S., Taeb S., Pishva S. M., Haghani M., Sina S., Mortazavi S. A. R., Hosseini M. A., Nematollahi S., Shokrpour N., Hassan Shahi M., Mortazavi S. M. J.   +10 more
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Uncertainty evaluation of absorbed dose measurement based on temperature rise using a water calorimeter for 60Co gamma rays

Nuclear Engineering and Technology
A water calorimeter has been used to establish the measurement standard of absorbed dose to water for 60Co gamma-ray beams. While heat defect and heat conduction have been thoroughly investigated in previous studies, the uncertainty in temperature rise ...
In Jung Kim, Chul-Young Yi, Jong In Park, Yun Ho Kim, Young Min Seong, Seongmoon Jung, Rukundo Solomon, Byung-Gun Park   +7 more
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A Review of Outstanding Retinoblastoma Researches on RB1 Genes: Focus on Treatment by Non-ionizing and Ionizing Radiation [PDF]

, 2021
Kayvan Nedaei, Zaker Salehi, Behnam Alipoor, Mehrzad Jafarzadeh, Mohammad Aljamal, Mohammad Zoladl   +5 more
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Graphene-based biosensors for the detection of prostate cancer protein biomarkers: a review

BMC Chemistry, 2019
Prostate cancer (PC) is the sixth most common cancer type in the world, which causes approximately 10% of total cancer fatalities. The detection of protein biomarkers in body fluids is the key topic for the diagnosis and prognosis of PC. Highly sensitive
Li Xu, Yanli Wen, Santosh Pandit, Venkata R. S. S. Mokkapati, Ivan Mijakovic, Yan Li, Min Ding, Shuzhen Ren, Wen Li, Gang Liu   +9 more
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Fast detection method for radionuclides based on Sequential Bayesian approach

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BackgroundAppropriate fast detection method for radionuclides is necessary for customs radioactive security inspection with high flow rates and low counting rate levels.
WAN Linjian, ZHANG Xuan, ZHANG Chunlei, HUANG Jianwei, LIU Jiacheng, ZHANG Xiaole, LI Dehong, YANG Zhijun   +7 more
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