Are passive smoking, air pollution and obesity a greater mortality risk than major radiation incidents? [PDF]
Background Following a nuclear incident, the communication and perception of radiation risk becomes a (perhaps the) major public health issue. In response to such incidents it is therefore crucial to communicate radiation health risks in the context of ...
Smith, Jim +3 more
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LCA and MFA are used to optimize treatment strategies of medical waste management in Dhaka city. The results reveal that waste‐to‐energy recovery, plastic recycling, and improved segregation methods followed by advanced flue gas treatment, optimized incineration conditions, and residue management systems can meaningfully improve current baseline ...
Mahmudul Hasan Sajid +6 more
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Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas: Uses of Radioactive Material
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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Asthma: From Phenotypes to Endotypes—Beyond Type 2 Inflammation
ABSTRACT Asthma is a heterogeneous syndrome featuring variable pathophysiology, clinical presentation and treatment response. This review examines a comprehensive endotype‐phenotype framework for asthma assessment with an emphasis on characteristics beyond T2 inflammatory status alone.
Mario Fernando, Gregory G. King
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Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas
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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The role of iron in normal and impaired testicular function
Abstract Iron plays a critical role in testicular physiology, impacting spermatogenesis, testosterone production, and overall testicular function. Iron homeostasis is maintained through systemic and cellular regulatory mechanisms, including hepcidin‐mediated systemic iron control and the iron‐responsive element/iron regulatory protein (IRE/IRP) system ...
Aileen Harrer +2 more
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Radioactive pollution of the Chernobyl cooling pond bottom sediments. I. Water-physical properties, chemical compound and radioactive pollution of pore water [PDF]
First results of complex research of the Chernobyl cooling pond bottom sediments are presented. The general problematic is considered. Information about vertical distribution of bottom sediments water-physical properties, and also ionic compound and ...
L. S. Pirnach
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Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas: Transportation and Packaging
Brochure describes the "methods followed during the [packing and transportation] phase of the [low-level radioactive waste] disposal program" (p. [2])
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
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Crime as Pollution? Theoretical, Definitional and Policy Concerns with Conceptualizing Crime as Pollution [PDF]
Criminologists have advocated understanding ‘crime as pollution’ to argue for market based crime control policy initiatives that mirror pollution control policy initiatives.
Stretesky, Paul +5 more
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Brain strain: Blood flow and metabolism in environmental extremes
Abstract This narrative review compares and contrasts the most commonly encountered environmental stressors on human cerebrovascular functioning. From high altitude and space, extreme apnoea, heat and cold stress, the impact of these stressors on the regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and oxygen metabolism (CMRO2${\mathrm{CM}}{{\mathrm{R}}_ ...
Dario Vrdoljak +3 more
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