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Assessing the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for community-based drug checking in Los Angeles [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalBackground The veterinary sedative xylazine is increasingly found in illicit fentanyl and has been associated with numerous health harms. Xylazine test strips (XTS) are an emerging technology that can theoretically assist consumers in avoiding xylazine ...
Caitlin A. Molina +11 more
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Disparities in access to COVID-19 testing in Los Angeles County
Preventive Medicine ReportsCOVID-19 has disparately impacted low-income persons and racial and ethnic minorities–primarily Black and Hispanic populations. Our objective is to quantify disparities in access to COVID-19 testing and identify barriers to testing during the winter 2020–
Zain Khalifeh +3 more
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Association between neighborhood-level overall social vulnerability and cumulative incidence of reported hepatitis C virus infection in Los Angeles County from 2018 to 2023 [PDF]
BMC Global and Public HealthBackground Hepatitis C is a serious public health problem in Los Angeles County. Only 30% of diagnosed persons are treated, and transmission is increasing.
Cassidy Hernandez-Tamayo +8 more
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Investigation of riprap stability of a dam: risk assessment by InSAR method and rock mechanical test
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2022 Riprap resistance is a widely used solution for protecting earth dams from erosion but riprap can be displaced on the dam surface. This study examines the stability of riprap in the Taleqan Dam, Iran using rock mechanical tests and InSAR technology ...
Mehrnoosh Ghadimi
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A Study of the Rockfill Material Behavior in Large-Scale Tests [PDF]
Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 2013 Inspecting the behavior of the rockfill materials is of significant importance in analysis of rockfill dams. Since the dimensions of grains in such materials are greater than the conventional sizes suitable for soil mechanics tests, it is necessary to ...
Ali Ghanbari +2 more
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Data in Brief, 2021 The dataset deals with the mechanical characterization of sedimentary rocks collected along the banks of Longyear river in proximity of Longyearbyen (Svalbard) at the junction of Bolterdalen and Adventdalen valleys.
Diego Maria Barbieri +6 more
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A Modified Method for Los Angeles Abrasion Test [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering, 2019 Infrastructure development projects in Oman are at a peak which results in a huge requirement for the construction materials. Aggregates are one of the most common materials naturally available and used in both cement and asphalt concrete apart from being used as under laying material.
Tariq Umar +2 more
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Granular Subbase Improvement with Recycled Concrete Aggregates in Tropical Areas
International Islamic University Malaysia Engineering Journal, 2022 Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) for Granular Subbase (GSB) in the tropical area is evaluated in this work. Among the materials widely studied as replacements in granular and surface layers is RCA.
Daniela L. Vega A. +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 During the routing of coarse particles in sedimentary environments, the particles are subjected to abrasion, leading to mass loss and changes in the particles’ morphology. The particles become more spherical, rounded, and smooth.
Tamara Kuzmanić +2 more
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A Climate Stress Test of Los Angeles' Water Quality Plans [PDF]
Climatic Change, 2017 Climate change can significantly affect water quality, in addition contributing non-stationarity and deep uncertainty that complicates water quality management. But most of the total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans crafted to meet water quality standards in the USA are developed assuming stationary climate and at best a small number of ...
Neil Berg +4 more
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