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The Victims of NIMBY [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Not In My Back Yard, or NIMBY, in its various forms, has three principal types of targets. The first is waste disposal facilities, primarily landfills and incinerators. The second is low-income housing.
Gerrar, Michael B.
core   +2 more sources

Identification of production challenges and benefits using value chain mapping of egg food systems in Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Commercial layer and indigenous chicken farming in Nairobi and associated activities in the egg value chains are a source of livelihood for urban families.
Alarcon   +32 more
core   +2 more sources

Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pattern of medical waste management: existing scenario in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2008
Background Medical waste is infectious and hazardous. It poses serious threats to environmental health and requires specific treatment and management prior to its final disposal. The problem is growing with an ever-increasing number of hospitals, clinics,
Rahman K Anisur   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical Wastes Management a Policy Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
  Since so many mishandling of medical waste in various places in Indonesia that has endangered our environment by the potential disease that easily can spread to our society , it is very important for all of us to address it on how to improve the ...
Ganis, A. (Ahmad)
core   +2 more sources

Glymphatic Dysfunction Reflects Post‐Concussion Symptoms: Changes Within 1 Month and After 3 Months

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may alter glymphatic function; however, its progression and variability remain obscure. This study examined glymphatic function following mTBI within 1 month and after 3 months post‐injury to determine whether variations in glymphatic function are associated with post‐traumatic symptom severity ...
Eunkyung Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomedical waste segregation and their management in urban area of Gorakhpur: A survey for long term approach

open access: yesG-Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020
Biomedical waste (BMW) generated from medical centers have become a serious health threat worldwide including India. Unsegregated and insensitive disposal of BMW can become a source of spreading serious diseases not only for hepatitis, tuberculosis, HIV ...
Sushil Kumar   +5 more
doaj  

Guidelines for the Provision of Garbage Reception Facilities at Ports Under MARPOL Annex V [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
This report offers guidelines for the provision of adequate port reception facilities for vessel-generated garbage under the requirements of Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL 73/78 ...
Coe, James M., Wallace, Barbara
core   +1 more source

Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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