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Hidden Dangers to Researcher Safety While Sampling Freshwater Benthic Macroinvertebrates [PDF]
, 2020 This paper reviews hidden dangers that threaten the safety of freshwater (FW) researchers of benthic macroinvertebrates (BMIs). Six refereed journals containing 2,075 papers were reviewed for field research resulting in 505 FW BMI articles.
Stoaks, Ralph D.
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Do Water Safety Lessons Improve Water Safety Knowledge?
International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 2022 A person, usually a child or young adult, dies by drowning every 90 seconds around the planet. Most drowning prevention initiatives do not assess the efficacy of the intervention. In this study, thirteen- to fourteen-year-olds had their level of water safety knowledge (covering cold shock, rips and tides) assessed before, just after, and 3-6 months ...
Michael Tipton +3 more
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The Influence of Equipment and Environment on Children and Young Adults Learning Aquatic Skills
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Learning aquatic skills is an important component of developing physical literacy in children. Aquatic skills such as floating, swimming and safe entry/exit promote engagement in different water environments and may help preserve lives in an emergency ...
Tina van Duijn +6 more
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Engineering hydrology technologies to reduce threats from ice phenomena
Magazine of Civil Engineering, 2023 Introduction. The floods caused by ice phenomena are among the "three leaders" of dangerous hydrological phenomena that damage the economy and the environment in Russia. Methods. The methodological basis of the study was: passive experiment, analysis and
Kozlov Dmitry, Dzhumagulova Nazira
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Applying the water safety plan to water reuse: towards a conceptual risk management framework [PDF]
, 2015 The Water Safety Plan (WSP) is receiving increasing attention as a recommended risk management approach for water reuse through a range of research programmes, guidelines and standards.
Goodwin, Daniel +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Understanding the distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen (OC(N)) content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and specific surface area (SSA) in different soil particle sizes is crucial for studying soil fertility and properties.
Xiaoqian Bi +8 more
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Quantification and health risk assessment of nitrate in southern districts of Tehran, Iran
Water Reuse, 2022 Nitrate is a common contaminant of drinking water. Due to its adverse health effects, this study aimed to determine nitrate levels in six southern districts of Tehran. A total of 148 samples were taken from tap waters. In 84.46% (n = 125) of the samples,
Safa Kalteh +6 more
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Extrapolation of regionalization equations for long-term average flow [PDF]
Engenharia Agrícola, 2016 Knowledge about long-term average flow is essential for planning and managing water resources because it represents the potential water availability. One technique used to determine streamflow is regionalization, but because most gauge stations normally ...
Fernando F. Pruski +4 more
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Lab-on-a-Chip Pathogen Sensors for Food Safety
Sensors, 2012 There have been a number of cases of foodborne illness among humans that are caused by pathogens such as <em>Escherichia coli </em>O157:H7, <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em>, <em>etc</em>. The current practices to detect
Bumsang Kim, Jeong-Yeol Yoon
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One-Year Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Natural and Drinking Water
Pathogens, 2022 Although the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in wastewater from several countries, monitoring its presence in other water matrices is still limited. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of this virus in natural and drinking water over one year of
Daniel Salvador +3 more
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