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Airborne radioactive contamination monitoring

open access: yes, 1996
Current technologies for the detection of airborne radioactive contamination do not provide real-time capability. Most of these techniques are based on the capture of particulate matter in air onto filters which are then processed in the laboratory; thus,
Adams, J. R.   +3 more
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Subjects and Countermeasures against the Radioactive Contamination after the Great East Japan Earthquake [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper summarizes the desirable future direction of the measures against reputational damages based on evaluating the current status of reputational damage, radioactive contamination and efforts to overcome the disaster which occurred with the Great ...
Monma, Toshiyuki
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Integrated Alpha–Gamma Radiation Exposure From Natural Radionuclides in Cement and Gypsum Production: Implications for Occupational Lung Cancer Risk

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural radionuclides in cement and gypsum production materials pose significant risks of occupational radiation exposure that are not well documented in Iraqi Kurdistan. This study quantifies alpha and gamma radiation levels from naturally occurring radioactive materials, specifically 222Rn, 238U, 232Th, and 40K, in cement and gypsum samples ...
Adil M. Hussien   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas: Uses of Radioactive Material

open access: yes, 1985
Brochure examines "the major uses of radioactive materials, and provide[s] a better understanding of their impact in our daily lives" (p. [2])
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
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Papillary Thyroid Cancer With Cutaneous Metastasis: A Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesWorld Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cutaneous metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is rare, which may present as slowly growing nodules, erythematous papules, or ulcerative nodules. The pathophysiological mechanisms of skin metastasis in thyroid cancer remain unclear.
Yi‐Qing Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Radioactive contamination in Iraq and its impact on birth defects for the period (2004-2013)

open access: yesمجلة كلية التربية للبنات, 2019
In the present time, radioactive contamination is considered one of the most dangerous types of environmental pollution. It usually takes place because of a leakage of radioactive materials to one of the environment natural components, such as, water ...
زينب يعقوب مجيد
doaj  

Rylands v Fletcher Redux: Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell is the most significant development in the law of Rylands v Fletcher for decades. Rejecting the view that the rule is merely a sub‐species of private nuisance, the Committee reconstructed it as an independent rule of strict liability governing harm caused by ...
Marco Cappelletti
wiley   +1 more source

Simulation of Radioactive Contamination of the Area by Random Additions

open access: yesСовременные информационные технологии и IT-образование, 2019
To date, nuclear energy occupies a significant place in the fuel and energy balance of the world. Despite the significant improvement in the state of nuclear and radiation safety at radiation facilities in recent years, it is impossible to completely ...
Ekaterina Moiseeva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Changes and Their Effect on the Airway Microbiome: Implications for Airway Diseases

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstructive airway diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), represent the two major chronic airway inflammatory diseases. In both conditions, the airways are exposed to a variety of microbial and environmental stimuli.
Georgios Rentzos   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas

open access: yes, 1984
Brochure "contains information about what radiation is, and where it comes from, what radioactive waste is, how it will be disposed, and what safety procedures will be used" (p. [3])
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
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