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Reducing carbon footprint of metered-dose inhalers

, 2022
Fluorinated propellants used in asthma inhalers have global warming potential in excess of 1400 kg CO2 equivalent. Hence, these propellants must be replaced with low-global warming potential alternatives for environmental and economic reasons.
Swetha Chowdary Vutlapalli (13108260)
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Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Mariane Gama Nabiça, Luciana Pinheiro Santos, Thiago de Melo e Silva, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Heronides Adonias Dantas Filho, Charles Miller de Souza Borges, Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas, Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Ivan Carlos da Costa Barbosa, Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chaúque, Rosinelson da Silva Pena, Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araújo, Alessandra Santos Lopes   +13 more
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Comparing the effects of face-to-face and video-based education on inhaler use: A randomized, two-group pretest/posttest study

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2018
Background: The quality of inhaler use can significantly affect the effectiveness of inhalation medications. This study was done to compare the effects of face-to-face and video-based education methods on inhaler use.
Mohsen Adib-Hajbaghery, Zeynab Karimi
doaj   +1 more source

Microplastics and the Endocrine–Metabolic Interface: Novel Diagnostic Tools Targeting Thyroid–Adipose Axis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as major environmental contaminants that can affect organisms directly and act as carriers of particles and chemical additives, thereby aggravating endocrine networks that coordinate metabolic homeostasis.
Sunday Amos Onikanni, Babasola Aiyeku, Marjorie Dardis Murucci, Temitope Aribigbola, Kenia Bispo, Oluwatosin Stella Olayinka, Rômulo Sperduto Dezonne, Sara Gemini Piperni, Paula Soares, Denise Pires de Carvalho, Leandro Miranda‐Alves   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Respimat® Soft Mist™ Inhaler and its clinical utility in respiratory disorders

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 2011
Richard N Dalby1, Joachim Eicher2, Bernd Zierenberg21Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; 2Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, GermanyAbstract: The Respimat® Soft Mist™ Inhaler (SMI ...
Dalby RN, Eicher J, Zierenberg B
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Quantitative Dual‐Energy CT Perfusion Versus SPECT/CT V/Q Scintigraphy for Preoperative Lung Function Assessment: A Prospective Cohort Study

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Accurate preoperative physiological assessment is critical for high‐risk patients undergoing lung resection to predict postoperative lung function. This study compared quantitative dual‐energy CT (DECT) perfusion with SPECT/CT for lobar perfusion mapping in an at‐risk oncological cohort.
Jack Edward Liu, Kane Nicholls, Audree So, Siddharth M. Kulkarni, Anthony Tu Tran, Stephen A. Barnett, Amy Baker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avanços na inaloterapia em pediatria Advances in inhalation therapy in pediatrics

Jornal de Pediatria, 2010
OBJETIVOS: Revisar os artigos mais relevantes a respeito dos aspectos técnicos da terapêutica inalatória, dos inaladores disponíveis e principalmente dos principais avanços obtidos na inaloterapia em pediatria.
Fábio Pereira Muchão, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva Filho   +1 more
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Cautionary Tales for Science‐Based Policy in Deep‐Sea Mining Governance

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how low‐certainty scientific claims permeate high‐stakes policy debates before rigorous validation. Using deep‐sea mining governance as a focal domain, the study traces high‐visibility narratives, including the “dark oxygen” hypothesis, radioactive risks of polymetallic nodules, projected impacts of sediment plume ...
Lucía Villar‐Muñoz
wiley   +1 more source

QUALITY RISK MANAGEMENT FOR SALBUTAMOL PRESSURIZED METERED DOSE INHALERS

Разработка и регистрация лекарственных средств, 2019
The risks for the functional characteristics of Salbutamol pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI), such as the uniformity of delivered dose, the distribution of salbutamol particles at the stages of the Andersen impactor (apparatus D), and the ...
N. A. Lyapunov, E. P. Bezuglaya, V. A. Bovtenko, Yu. M. Stolper, V. N. Baumer, E. Yu. Bryleva   +5 more
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Beyond abstinence: Redefining success in cannabis use disorder treatment

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Over two decades of pharmacotherapy research has yet to yield a consistently effective medication for cannabis use disorder (CUD), in part because clinical trials have frequently prioritized abstinence as a primary or key endpoint.
Tobias B. Atkin, Frances R. Levin, John Mariani, Christina A. Brezing   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source