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Development and current state of the regulation of the natural exposure of the public of the Russian Federation (To commemorate the 90^th birthday of Professor Krisiyk E.M.). Part 1

Радиационная гигиена, 2021
In April 2020 we commemorate the 90th birthday of the major scientist, doctor of technical sciences, Professor Eduard Mechislavovich Krisiyk. A new field of research on radiation-hygienic assessment of the natural sources of ionizing exposure and ...
V. V. Omelchuk
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Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human milk from Ireland: temporal trends and implications for nursing infant exposure

, 2021
Aim: The elucidation of temporal trends in human exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 17 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) since the previous Irish human milk surveys and to evaluate the impacts of legislative bans and ...
Harrad, Stuart, Keogh, Myra, Cellarius, Claire, Cleere, Kathy, Morrison, John J., Tierney, Julie, Wemken, Nina, Coggins, Marie Ann, Tlustos, Christina, Houlihan, Margarete, O’Riordain, Colman, Noone, Conor, Daly, Sean   +12 more
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Study of natural radioactivity in Lake Miri in South West of Sudan

Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2017
The focus of this study is to investigate the suitability of Lake Miri, a lake with high natural radioactivity in the southwest of Sudan, as a water source for nearby villages.
Magdi Hassan Saad
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Ngland: Exposure Festival [PDF]

, 2020
This short film is a companion work to A Profound Difference and presents a visual meditation on the political events and social environment that arose due to the UK Referendum on EU Membership.
Harris, Philip
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Assessment of naturally occurring 40K, 232Th and 238U and their associated radiological hazard indices in soils used for building in Ondo West Local Government Area, Southwestern, Nigeria

EQA, 2020
The naturally occurring 40K, 232Th and 238U radionuclide contents in the soil used as building materials in Ondo West Local Government, Southwest Nigeria were determined using gamma spectrometric technique.
Lasun T. Ogundele, Patrick O. Ayeku, Samuel O. Inuyomi, Oluwakunle M. Ogunsakin, Olubusayo F. Oladejo, Isaiah A. Adejoro   +5 more
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The influence of natural disasters on violence, mental health, food insecurity, and stunting in the Philippines: Findings from a nationally representative cohort

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Background: Climate change is leading to an increased number of natural disasters. Children from low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected.
Ben Edwards, Matthew Gray, Judith Borja
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Social‐Environmental Extremes: Rethinking Extraordinary Events as Outcomes of Interacting Biophysical and Social Systems

Earth's Future, 2020
Extreme droughts, heat waves, fires, hurricanes, floods, and landslides cause the largest losses in the United States, and globally, from natural hazards linked to weather and climate.
Jennifer K. Balch, Virginia Iglesias, Anna E. Braswell, Matthew W. Rossi, Maxwell B. Joseph, Adam L. Mahood, Trisha R. Shrum, Caitlin T. White, Victoria M. Scholl, Bryce McGuire, Claire Karban, Mollie Buckland, William R. Travis   +12 more
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Consideration of the contribution of the natural background component during individual control of radiation doses to personnel

Радиационная гигиена, 2021
When ensuring radiation safety in the Russian Federation, there is a principle of separate independent assessment of doses from natural, medical, emergency and technogenic exposure.
S. Yu. Bazhin, G. N. Kaidanovsky
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Physiological, hematological and biochemical profile of growing Murrah buffaloes exposed to heat stress in control climatic chamber

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020
Six growing buffaloes were exposed under natural ambient conditions (23±0.54°C) and in a climatic chamber at 42±1°C (exposure-I) and 44±1°C (exposure-II) with a relative humidity of 40±2% 4 h for daily for a period of three days continuously.
S V SINGH, CHANDRA BHAN
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The nature of impulsivity: visual exposure to natural environments decreases impulsive decision-making in a delay discounting task. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The benefits of visual exposure to natural environments for human well-being in areas of stress reduction, mood improvement, and attention restoration are well documented, but the effects of natural environments on impulsive decision-making remain ...
Meredith S Berry, Mary M Sweeney, Justice Morath, Amy L Odum, Kerry E Jordan   +4 more
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