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A Case Study about Joining Databases for the Assessment of Exposures to Noise and Ototoxic Substances in Occupational Settings

open access: yes, 2022
Evaluating risks associated with multiple occupational exposures is no easy task, especially when chemical and physical nuisances are combined. In most countries, public institutions have created databases, which gather extensive information on ...
Frédéric Clerc   +3 more
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Who Is Structurally Able to Participate in the Sustainable Protein Transition and Through What Mechanisms?

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Participation in transitions toward more sustainable protein consumption is driven primarily by sustainability motivation, whereas behavioural capability determines whether intentions translate into action. Despite high awareness among Chinese consumers, gaps persist, indicating that policies must jointly address motivational and practical barriers to ...
Zhihan Li, Toritseju Begho
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Occupational Brake Dust Exposures at a Hydroelectric Dam [PDF]

open access: yes
The Health Hazard Evaluation Program received a request from a safety manager at a hydroelectric dam. The manager was concerned about employee exposures to elements (metals and minerals) in brake dust when cleaning the brake and brush housings of ...

core   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

High risk for occupational exposure to HIV and utilization of post-exposure prophylaxis in a teaching hospital in Pune, India

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2008
Background The risk for occupational exposure to HIV has been well characterized in the developed world, but limited information is available about this transmission risk in resource-constrained settings facing the largest burden of HIV infection.
Gupte Nikhil   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Assessment of the Effects of Increased Regulatory Enforcement on Occupational Hearing Loss Workers' Compensation gon 1984-1998 [PDF]

open access: yes
Hearing loss from occupational exposures has been found to be a common and serious problem affecting workers. This paper examines the effect that increasing legislative enforcement of existing regulations has on improving worker safety.
Irwin B. Horwitz, Brian McCall
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Evaluation of Occupational Exposures to Illicit Drugs at Forensic Sciences Laboratories [PDF]

open access: yes
The NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program received a request from managers at a state police forensic sciences division concerned about potential occupational exposure to illicit drugs among employees working in their eight controlled substances ...

core   +1 more source

Skin‐Conformal Myography for Real‐Time Hand Tracking Using a Laser‐Induced Graphene Strain Sensor Array

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A skin‐conformal wearable device based on laser‐induced graphene is developed for continuous strain measurement across the circumference of the forearm for gesture recognition and hand‐tracking applications. Post material optimization, the strain sensor array is integrated with a wearable wireless readout circuit for real‐time control of a robotic arm,
Vinay Kammarchedu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Hazards among Healthcare Workers in Africa: A Systematic Review

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2019
Background: While all healthcare workers are exposed to occupational hazards, workers in sub-Saharan Africa have higher rates of occupational exposure to infectious diseases than workers in developed countries.
Sarah Mossburg   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Printed Wearable Sweat Rate Sensor for Continuous In Situ Perspiration Measurement

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A wireless wearable sweat rate sensor system is presented, featuring digital 3D direct‐write printing on a flexible substrate with microfluidic layers for continuous, real‐time monitoring. Printed encapsulated metal electrodes are used for capacitance measurements, achieving high sensitivity (0.01 μL min−1) while maintaining a compact and lightweight ...
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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