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Source apportionment, ecological and human health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in Tumet River, Ethiopia [PDF]

Toxicology Reports
Mining activities are known sources of water pollution by Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs), and threatening the health of humans and water ecosystem.
Lemessa B. Merga, Birhanu Mekassa, Bayissa Leta Danno, Lemma Mekonen Shumi   +3 more
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Indoor Quality of Residential Homes and Schools of an Industrial Area in Asansol: Characterization, Bioaccessibility and Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements [PDF]

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2021
Bioaccessibility of eight potentially toxic elements (PTEs), their human exposure and health risk assessments were determined in the indoor dust of residence and schools from the Asansol Industrial area, India. The PTEs concentrations were maximum during
M. Pal, M. Gope, A. Basu, T. Laha, R. E. Masto, R. Labar, T. K. Kundu, R. R. Hoque, P. S. Khillare and S. Balachandran
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Contamination level, source identification and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in drinking water sources of mining and non-mining areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Journal of Water and Health, 2022
Accelerated mining activities have increased water contamination with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and their associated human health risk in developing countries.
Zahid Imran Bhatti, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Said Akbar Khan, Javed Nawab, Junaid Ghani, Zahid Ullah, Sardar Khan, Shams Ali Baig, Ihsan Muhammad, Zia Ud Din, Asad Khan   +10 more
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Earthworms as candidates for remediation of potentially toxic elements contaminated soils and mitigating the environmental and human health risks: A review

Environment International, 2022
Global concerns towards potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are steadily increasing due to the significant threats that PTEs pose to human health and environmental quality. This calls for immediate, effective and efficient remediation solutions. Earthworms,
Ran Xiao, Amjad Ali, Yaqiong Xu, Hamada Abdelrahman, Ronghua Li, Yanbing Lin, Nanthi Bolan, Sabry M. Shaheen, Jörg Rinklebe, Zengqiang Zhang   +9 more
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The Impact of Soil Erosion on the Spatial Distribution of Soil Characteristics and Potentially Toxic Element Contents in a Sloping Vineyard in Tállya, Ne Hungary

Journal of Environmental Geography, 2021
Soil erosion is a main problem in sloping vineyards, which can dramatically affect soil quality and fertility. The present study aimed to evaluate the spatial patterns of selected physico-chemical soil characteristics and the soil’s potentially toxic ...
Manaljav Samdandorj, Farsang Andrea, Barta Károly, Tobak Zalán, Juhász Szabolcs, Balling Péter, Babcsányi Izabella   +6 more
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Potentially toxic elements status and distribution in Usangu agroecosystem-Tanzania

Environmental Challenges, 2021
This study was conducted to highlight status and distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in Usangu agroecosystem-Tanzania. The study involved 198 soil samples from 10 irrigation schemes including three land use.
Marco Mng'ong'o, Sean Comber, Linus K. Munishi, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, William Blake, Thomas H. Hutchinson   +5 more
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Measurement of the cosmic microwave background polarization lensing power spectrum from two years of POLARBEAR data [PDF]

, 2020
We present a measurement of the gravitational lensing deflection power spectrum reconstructed with two seasons of cosmic microwave background polarization data from the POLARBEAR experiment.
Aguilar Faúndez, M.A.O., Arnold, K., Baccigalupi, C., Barron, D., Beck, D., Beckman, S., Bianchini, F., Bouhargani, H.E., Carron, J., Cheung, K., Chinone, Y., Elleflot, T., Errard, J., Fabbian, G., Feng, C., Fujino, T., Goeckner-Wald, N., Hamada, T., Hasegawa, M., Hazumi, M., Hill, C.A., Hirose, H., Jeong, O., Katayama, N., Keating, B., Kikuchi, S., Kusaka, A., Lee, A.T., Leon, D., Linder, E., Lowry, L.N., Matsuda, F., Matsumura, T., Minami, Y., Navaroli, M., Nishino, H., Pham, A.T.P., Poletti, D., Puglisi, G., Reichardt, C.L., Segawa, Y., Sherwin, B.D., Silva-Feaver, M., Siritanasak, P., Stompor, R., Suzuki, A., Tajima, O., Takatori, S., Tanabe, D., Teply, G.P., Tsai, C.   +50 more
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Victimisation and PTSD in a Greenlandic youth sample [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2012
Background. Despite a growing number of studies and reports indicating a very high and increasing prevalence of trauma exposure in Greenlandic adolescents, the knowledge on this subject is still very limited. The purpose of the present study was twofold:
Sidsel H. Karsberg, Mathias Lasgaard, Ask Elklit   +2 more
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Rankine Carnot Batteries with the Integration of Thermal Energy Sources: A Review

Energies, 2020
This paper provides an overview of a novel electric energy storage technology. The Thermally Integrated Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (TI-PTES) stores electric energy as thermal exergy.
Guido Francesco Frate, Lorenzo Ferrari, Umberto Desideri   +2 more
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Large-Scale Pumped Thermal Electricity Storages—Converting Energy Using Shallow Lined Rock Caverns, Carbon Dioxide and Underground Pumped-Hydro

Applied Sciences, 2019
A fast-paced energy transition needs a higher penetration of renewables, of heating and cooling in the worldwide energy mix. With three novelties 1-of using shallow high-pressure LRC (Lined Rock Cavern) excavated close to storage needs, 2-of using a slow-
Pascal Lalanne, Paul Byrne
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