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Snapshot Survey of the Presence of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Products, Articles, and the Environment in Ecuador

Engineering
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a legally binding instrument for 186 Parties (status: April 2023). Accordingly, among other responsibilities, countries are obliged to report the production, import, or export of the ...
Heidelore Fiedler, Luis Vega-Bustillos, Jenny Arias-Pastrano, Lander Vinicio Pérez-Aldás, Jose Castro-Díaz   +4 more
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Future directions for monitoring and human health research for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

Global Health Action, 2018
For the last two and a half decades, a network of human health experts under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) has produced several human health assessment reports.
B. Adlard, S. G. Donaldson, J.O. Odland, P. Weihe, J. Berner, A. Carlsen, E. C. Bonefeld-Jorgensen, A. A. Dudarev, J.C. Gibson, E.M. Krümmel, K. Olafsdottir, K. Abass, A. Rautio, I.A. Bergdahl, G. Mulvad   +14 more
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How Enhancing Atmospheric Monitoring and Modelling can be Effective for the Stockholm Convention on POPs

Atmosphere, 2013
The presence of toxic substances such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment, and in organisms including humans, is a serious public health and environmental problem, even at low levels and poses a challenging scientific problem.
Ramon Guardans, Javier Castro-Jiménez
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Reserves, Injury Severity, and Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A CENTER‐TBI Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Reserve refers to the brain's ability to maintain function after an injury and strongly relates to traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes. This study examined (1) whether associations between pre‐injury reserve proxies and outcomes differed across injury severity categories, and (2) whether the impact of injury severity varied across ...
Natascha Ekdahl, Marika C. Möller, Lindsay Wilson, Anne Vik, Toril Skandsen, Jonas Stenberg, CENTER‐TBI participants and investigators   +6 more
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Assessment of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances analysis under the Stockholm Convention – 2018/2019

Chemosphere, 2023
The comparability of laboratories for the analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was assessed in the fourth round (2018/2019) of a series of interlaboratory assessments coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in support of the Stockholm Convention quality assurance activities as to persistent organic pollutants ...
van der Veen, Ike, Fiedler, Heidelore, de Boer, Jacob   +2 more
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Neurological, Neurodevelopmental and Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to characterize intellectual and motor function, neurological features including epilepsy, treatment response, and adaptive behavior in patients with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency (PDCD) in Sweden.
Antri Savvidou, Colin Reilly, Kalliopi Sofou, Sofia Ygberg, Erik A. Eklund, Karin Naess, Niklas Darin   +6 more
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Kinetic and sequence-structure-function analysis of LinB enzyme variants with β- and δ-hexachlorocyclohexane. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Organochlorine insecticide hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) has recently been classified as a 'Persistent Organic pollutant' by the Stockholm Convention. The LinB haloalkane dehalogenase is a key upstream enzyme in the recently evolved Lin pathway for the ...
Rinku Pandey, Del Lucent, Kirti Kumari, Pooja Sharma, Rup Lal, John G Oakeshott, Gunjan Pandey   +6 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease defined by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Despite advances in care, major complications such as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and myocardial involvement remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
Cristiana Sieiro Santos, José Miguel Sequí‐Sabater, Diego Benavent   +2 more
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Assessment of synergistic dioxin control system technologies in iron and steel industries to promote international convention implementation and ultra-low emissions

工程科学学报
The iron and steel industries stand as cornerstones of the Chinese national economy, underpinning infrastructure development and manufacturing sectors. However, their huge production scale—accounting for over half of global steel output—has resulted in ...
Zhiyuan REN, Rongrong LEI, Yang ZHENG, Rao ZUO, Yi XING, Wei SU, Jian HU   +6 more
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Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) contamination in the Arctic environment: A review

Emerging Contaminants, 2019
Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) is a halogenated hydrocarbon that is primarily produced as an unintentional byproduct in the manufacture of chlorinated solvents.
Jennifer E. Balmer, Hayley Hung, Katrin Vorkamp, Robert J. Letcher, Derek C.G. Muir   +4 more
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