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Dump size and distance from the nest define the investment in waste management in Sericomyrmex mayri (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)

Ecología Austral, 2020
The farming system practiced by non-leaf-cutting ants Sericomyrmex mayri (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) involves a mutualistic interaction with symbiotic fungi.
Marília R. Bitar, Yasmine Antonini, Vitor L. Lopes, Maykon P. Cristiano, Aline U. N. Lima, Fernanda V. Costa   +5 more
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
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Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Operational Performance in Wa Municipality, Ghana

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2019
Background. The generation and management of solid waste pose potential adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Objective. The present study examines the operational performance of municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal in the Wa Municipality,
Patrick Aaniamenga Bowan, Sam Kayaga, Andrew Cotton, Julie Fisher   +3 more
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Supporting sustainable development goals and the challenge of reusing of the single use instruments in interventional radiology

Українська Інтервенційна Нейрорадіологія та Хірургія, 2022
Interventional radiology has traditionally been at the forefront of the modern medicine, offering minimally invasive alternatives to surgical treatment with reducing of the length of hospital stay.
M.B. Vyval, D.V. Shchehlov, S.V. Chebanyuk   +2 more
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City refuse and its disposal [PDF]

Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1908
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openaire   +3 more sources

The feasibility of compost manufacture in metropolitan Christchurch [PDF]

, 1971
This report has been prepared by a committee of citizens of Greater Christchurch who are concerned with the human environment. The committee feels that a considerable improvement in the quality of this environment could be achieved now and in the future,
Johnson, R. W. M., Mulcock, A. P.
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Learning through the waste: olfactory cues from the colony refuse influence plant preferences in foraging leaf-cutting ants [PDF]

, 2016
Leaf-cutting ants learn to avoid plants initially harvested if they proved to be harmful for their symbiotic fungus once incorporated into the nest.
Arenas, Andres, Roces, Flavio
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Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Costs of Disposal and Recycling. An Application to Italian Municipal Solid Waste Services [PDF]

The paper investigates the costs of waste disposal and recycling services by using a well-behaved Composite cost function model. Our estimates on a unique sample of more than 500 Italian municipalities highlight that the refuse collection technology ...
Davide Vannoni, Fabrizio Erbetta, Giovanni Fraquelli, Graziano Abrate   +3 more
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Municipal Solid Waste Regulation: An Ineffective Solution to a National Problem [PDF]

, 1982
The volume of solid waste, particularly in urban areas, is increasing, and both public heath and the environment are in jeopardy because disposal methods have not kept pace.
Lanza, Donna R.
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