ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY FACILITIES IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BY METHOD OF BUILDING COMPOSITE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS by M. A. Mehdizadeh

“…The paper demonstrates the method of building composite 3D-models applied for assessment of presumable incidents with radioactivity discharge at the nuclear power plant in Halileh, 20 km from the city of Bushehr. …”
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Crystal structure of rac-1,8-bis(2-carbamoylethyl)-5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, C22H46N6O2 by Paul Pradip, Yasmin Sabina, Rabi Saswata, Rahman Ismail M. M., Tiekink Edward R. T., Roy Tapashi Ghosh

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Enhanced formula-based method to estimate burnup, initial enrichment, and cooling time using limited gamma-ray source data of reference PWR spent nuclear fuel assemblies by Sang Hyeok Lee, Jae Hak Cheong

“…The concept of Product of Powers of Radioactivity (PPR) was suggested, and PPRs for modeling were selected through evaluation of all possible PPRs. …”
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Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings by Metin Çeliker, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker, Arzu Turan, Mehmet Beyazal, Hatice Beyazal Polat

“…On thyroid scintigraphy with Tc-99m pertechnetate, thyroid tissue activity uptake showing massive radioactivity was observed in the normal localization of the thyroid gland and in the submandibular localization. …”
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The Effect of Various Parameters on Measuring Alpha and Beta Particles from Soil Sample; An Environmental Dosimetry by Ahmad Esmaili Torshabi, Sepideh Mohammadzadeh

“… Purpose: The measurement of natural radioactive decay in environmental samples such as soil has received increasing importance in recent years. …”
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Phospholipase A2 Mediates Apolipoprotein-Independent Uptake of Chylomicron Remnant-Like Particles by Human Macrophages by Mariarosaria Napolitano, Howard S. Kruth, Elena Bravo

“…The role of lipases, including lipoprotein lipase, cholesteryl ester hydrolase, and secretory (sPLA2) and cytosolic phospholipase A2, was studied using [3H]TG-labelled CRLPw/o. Total cell radioactivity after incubation with [3H]TG CRLPw/o was reduced by 15–30% by inhibitors of lipoprotein lipase and cholesteryl ester hydrolase and by about 45% by inhibitors of sPLA2 and cytosolic PLA2 . …”
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Gamma spectrometric analysis of lower Danube samples from Romania by Pojar Vintila Iulian, Ujeniuc Sorin, Catianis Irina, Alexandrescu Bogdan, Scrieciu Albert M., Vasilca Silvana, Suvaila Rares

“…This paper focuses on the natural and anthropogenic radioactivity of sediment samples from key spots located in the Lower Danube area and the Danube Delta region. …”
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Logging Response Mechanism and Content Evaluation of Laumontite-Bearing Glutenite Reservoir: A Case Study of Lower Urho Formation of Permian of the Junggar Basin by Jia Jun, Xue Kunlin, Ni Liping, Luo Yang, Liu Yuchao

“…The presence of zeolite minerals in various states of occurrence and uneven distribution in glutenite reservoirs makes it indeterminate to interpret the well logging response characteristics such as acoustic, resistivity, radioactivity, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). …”
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LE « SICKNESS COUNTRY » (PARC DE KAKADU, AUSTRALIE): ENTRE MYTHE, RÉALITÉ ET MISE EN VALEUR TOURISTIQUE by ERIC FOUACHE, CÉCILE FOUACHE, CHRISTINE SYREN

“…The question is, whether the aboriginal population, ignorant about the radioactivity concept, may somehow be aware of the risks posed by the region, an awareness they have translated to the Bula myth. …”
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Thermodynamic study on the separation of strontium and barium from LWR spent fuel by Jin-Mok Hur, Jungho Hur, Yung-Zun Cho, Chang Hwa Lee

“…Thermodynamic calculations indicate that strontium and barium recovered by MgCl2 chlorination, Li2CO3 precipitation, and distillation will contain 0.18 %, 1.06 %, and 0.32 % impurities in terms of mass, radioactivity, and decay heat, respectively.…”
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Adsorption Behaviors of Cobalt on the Graphite and SiC Surface: A First-Principles Study by Wenyi Wang, Chuan Li, Jianzhu Cao, Chao Fang

“…Graphite and silicon carbide (SiC) are important materials of fuel elements in High Temperature Reactor-Pebble-bed Modules (HTR-PM) and it is essential to analyze the source term about the radioactive products adsorbed on graphite and SiC surface in HTR-PM. …”
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Development of simplified treatment methods for removal of Ra-226 and Ra-228 from sludge waste produced in natural gas processing plants by Ayman M. Sharaf, M.A. El-Nahal, Islam M. Nabil, I.H. Saleh, Mohamed Elsafi

“…The suggested method is designed to be simple, applicable, economically beneficial, and environmentally safe, by using internal available resources like emitted hydrogen sulfide and sodium hydroxide, also reduction of chemicals that used in radioactivity treatment to be sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide instead of multiple different chemicals that used in other treatment procedures. …”
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Radioiodine Labeled Anti-MIF McAb: A Potential Agent for Inflammation Imaging by Chao Zhang, Gui-hua Hou, Jian-kui Han, Jing Song, Ting Liang

“…The relationship between inflammatory lesions and anti-MIF McAb binding was investigated using the percent of injected dose per gram tissue (% ID/g) of tissue samples and whole-body autoradiography. The radioactivity of I125-anti-MIF McAb in the inflammatory tissue increased gradually for three inflammation models. …”
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Preparation of Bioactive Titanium Surfaces via Fluoride and Fibronectin Retention by Carlos Nelson Elias, Patricia Abdo Gravina, Costa e Silva Filho, Pedro Augusto de Paula Nascente

“…The association indexes of osteoblastic cells in FN-treated samples were significantly higher than those in samples without FN. The radioactivity values associated with the same samples, expressed as counts per minute (cpm), suggested that FN incorporation is an important determinant of the in vitro cytocompatibility of the surfaces. …”
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Pharmacokinetics of PEGylated Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Rats by Xiaohan Cao, Zhiyong Chen, Zhuoran Yu, Yonghong Ge, Xianyin Zeng

“…In in vivo half-life time measured after 125I-PEG-rHuEPO administration at the doses of 1, 2, and 3 μg/kg, t1/2α was 1.90, 1.19, and 2.50 hours, respectively, whereas t1/2β was 22.37, 26.21, and 20.92 hours, respectively; at 8, 24, and 48 hours after intramuscular administration, PEG-rHuEPO was distributed to all of the examined tissues, however, with high concentrations of radioactivity, only in plasma, blood, muscle at the administration site, and bone marrow. …”
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Characterization of Waste Generated from Nuclide Management Process in Waste Burden Minimization Technology for Spent Nuclear Fuel by Jung-Hoon Choi, Byeonggwan Lee, Ki-Rak Lee, Hyun Woo Kang, Hyeon Jin Eom, Seong-Sik Shin, Ga-Yeong Kim, Hwan-Seo Park

“…For I nuclide, analysis was performed based on the available waste form, and for TRU/RE and Tc/Se nuclides, analysis was performed by considering chlorination and mid-temperature heat treatment. The radioactivity and heat generation rate of each waste and waste form were evaluated over a period of 1,000 years. …”
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Environmental Estimation of Radiation Equivalent Dose Rates in Soils and Waters of Northern Calabria (Italy) by Ilaria Guagliardi, Tommaso Caloiero, Ernesto Infusino, Giovanni Callegari, Nicola Ricca

“…A Pearson correlation coefficient analysis was applied to identify and clarify the relationships between water physical-chemical properties and soil and water radioactivity. Results show that the mean HT for spring waters is 97.07 μSv/h. …”
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Detection of Dose Response in Chronic Doxorubicin-Mediated Cell Death with Cardiac Technetium 99m Annexin V Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography by Kathleen L. Gabrielson, Greta S.P. Mok, Srihdar Nimmagadda, Djahida Bedja, Scott Pin, Allison Tsao, Yuchuan Wang, Dhrtti Sooryakumar, S. Jianhua Yu, Martin G. Pomper, Benjamin M.W. Tsui

“…Myocardium and blood were harvested for radioactivity measurements or TUNEL assay. Biodistribution of 99m Tc-HYNIC-annexin V uptake, CUR from SPECT/CT fused cardiac images, and TUNEL of myocardium demonstrated a dose-dependent toxicity response, with the cumulative 15 mg/kg DOX treatment showing the greatest degree of cell death. …”
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Development of a Novel Fluorescence Assay Based on the Use of the Thrombin-Binding Aptamer for the Detection of O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase Activity by Maria Tintoré, Anna Aviñó, Federico M. Ruiz, Ramón Eritja, Carme Fàbrega

“…Here, we developed a new method to quantify the hAGT without using radioactivity. This new fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay has been designed to detect the conformational change of TBA that is induced by the removal of the O6-methyl group.…”
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Determination of Activity Concentration of Natural Radionuclides and Radiation Hazards’ Assessment of Building Materials in High Background Radiation Areas of Homa and Ruri, Kenya... by Willis Otieno Gor Odongo, Margaret Chege, Nadir Hashim, Shinji Tokonami, Kranrod Chutima, Charles Rotich

“…The measured values of radioactivity concentrations are used to estimate the associated radiological risk. …”
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