Impact of Secondary Prevention on Mortality in the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program: Effectiveness of Occupational High-Risk Management. [PDF]
Am J Ind MedABSTRACT Background Since 1997 the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) has offered medical exams to construction workers employed in US nuclear weapons facilities. The process consists of two steps: (1) a detailed work history interview; and (2) a medical exam.
Ringen K +11 more
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Do Snow-Adapted Prey Facilitate Coexistence of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox With Sympatric Carnivores? [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Specialist species in alpine ecosystems may be increasingly threatened by climate‐driven habitat loss and encroachment by generalist competitors. Ecological theory predicts that niche differentiation through dietary specialisation can facilitate coexistence with generalist competitors.
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Branching Out: Rabbit Models Provide Evidence for the Use of a Willow Cultivar (Salix miyabeana) as a Suitable Forage Material for Monogastric Herbivores in Zoos. [PDF]
J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl)ABSTRACT We assessed the suitability of a willow cultivar for monogastric herbivores in zoos using a rabbit model. Thirty‐six male New Zealand White × Californian rabbits at 5 weeks of age were provided with bark and leaf material from a willow cultivar, Salix miyabeana (SX61), in one of four treatments for 6 weeks: UC (unrestricted control of pelleted
Martin B, Shoveller AK, Kosmal PAL.
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The interplay among space, environment, and gene flow drives genetic differentiation in endemic Baja California Agave sobria subspecies. [PDF]
Am J BotAbstract Premise Research on neutral and adaptive processes that lead to the divergence of species and populations is a crucial component in evolutionary and conservation genetics. Agave sobria is an endemic group of subspecies scattered on canyons along a latitudinal gradient and distinct environments of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
Klimova A +4 more
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THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT DRIFT SCALE TEST [PDF]
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 1998 The Yucca Mountain Project is currently evaluating the coupled thermal-mechanical-hydrological-chemical (TMHC) response of the potential repository host rock through an in situ thermal testing program. A drift scale test (DST) was constructed during 1997 and heaters were turned on in December 1997.
Finley, Ray E. +13 more
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, 2005 This report describes the experimental work performed at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) during fiscal year 2004 (FY 04) under the Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC (BSC) Memorandum Purchase Order (MPO), contract number B004210CM3X. Important results related to the technical bases, uncertainties, validation, and conservatism in current source term models are
Ebert, W. L. +4 more
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Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project technical data catalog; Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project [PDF]
, 1992 The June 1, 1985, Department of Energy (DOE)/Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Site-Specific Procedural Agreement for Geologic Repository Site Investigation and Characterization Program requires the DOE to develop and maintain a catalog of data which will be updated and provided to the NRC at least quarterly.
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Morphological changes in American kestrels (Falco sparverius) at continental migration sites
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018 Many American kestrel (Falco sparverius) populations are declining across North America. Potential causes include mortality from reduction in food availability, a changing climate, habitat degradation, an increase in avian predators, disease, and toxins.
Teresa E. Ely +8 more
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Characterization of site-specific GPS errors using a short-baseline network of braced monuments at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada [PDF]
, 2009 We use a short-baseline network of braced monuments to investigate site-specific GPS effects. The network has baseline lengths of ∼10, 100, and 1000 m. Baseline time series have root mean square (RMS) residuals, about a model for the seasonal cycle, of 0.
Davis, James L. +5 more
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Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project [PDF]
, 1995 The purpose of this surveillance was to determine traceability of various pieces of the study to one another and to any standards that may be used; as well as record keeping quality and the use of good laboratory practices. The specific goals of the surveillance were to assure that the scientific work be documented sufficiently that it could be ...
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