Assessing Lung and Skin Cancer Risks for Steel and Iron Manufacturing Industry Workers Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Ying-Fang Wang, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Ming-Yeng Lin, Perng-Jy Tsai

“…Results show that the inhalatory gas-phase PAH exposure levels (2.17 × 104–1.52 × 105 ng m−3) were consistently higher than that of particle-phase (2.73 × 103–6.76 × 103 ng m−3) in all selected exposure groups. …”
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Comparison of drilling and helical milling process for holes in titanium alloy by D. S. Makashin, D. A. Blokhin

“…Holes created with helical milling have a high surface quality at lower axial feed, while the drilling process is accompanied by a higher axial feed, which leads to vibration of the cutting tool. …”
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Applying a quantitative fire risk assessment method in hospital settings: Case study. by Marzieh Beljikangarlou, Ali Ghazvinloo, Alireza Dehdashti, Mohammad Reza MirLavasani

“…Factors contributing to higher risk levels included building design, occupancy density, and the presence of flammable materials. …”
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Investigation of the Law of Natural Gas Phase Behavior during the Migration and Reservoir Formation by Longlong Li, Jiaren Ye, Minqi Li, Lin Pan

“…However, the existing methane solubility models are not suitable for the higher temperature and pressure range required under current geological conditions. …”
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Infectious Risk of the Hospital Environment in the Center of Morocco: A Case of Care Unit Surfaces by Samira Jaouhar, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami, Khadija Ouarrak, Jawad Bouzid, Mohammed Maoulouaa, Khadija Bekhti

“…Background. Equipment and hospital surfaces constitute a microbial reservoir that can contaminate hospital users and thus create an infectious risk. …”
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The analysis of factors influencing patient choice of healthcare providers between tertiary hospitals and community clinics by Silin Wu, Silin Wu, Zhaoxia Lei, Tinglian Liu, Lan Chen, Yang Qin

“…Positive factors for choosing community healthcare included better equipment and medication availability (46.9%), lower costs with higher reimbursement (45.0%), and convenient transport (41.2%). …”
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Comprehensive investigation of ergonomic challenges and predictors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among intensive care unit nurses of Western India through convergent mi... by Sonali Detroja, Rajkumar Mahajan, Ankit Sheth

“…Logistic regression identified key risk factors for WRMSDs, including longer ICU tenure [OR = 1.4 (1.13–1.66)], high shift frequency [OR = 2.7 (1.27–5.95)], higher physical factor score [OR = 1.2 (1.05–1.42)], higher physical workload score [OR = 1.2 (1.09–1.49)], higher risk perception [OR = 1.3 (1.10–1.78)], and lack of exercise [OR = 0.5 (0.27–0.93)]. …”
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Isolation, identification, and quantification of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens in subgingival plaque samples of periodontally healthy and chronic periodontitis pa... by Vijayalakshmi Sharadindu Kotrashetti, Kishore Gajanan Bhat, Vijay Mahadev Kumbar, Sachita Shrikant Naik

“…Results: The number of positive cases for PI was higher in CP (54%) compared to healthy (46%), whereas in PN, the number of positive cases was higher in healthy (66%) compared to CP (54%). …”
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<i>Salmonella</i> bacteria in farm animal feeds. Review by N. B. Shadrova, O. V. Pruntova, G. S. Skitovich, О. А. Akulich

“…The Salmonella prevalence in samples taken from environmental objects and surfaces of feed mill production equipment was 0.08. The risk of Salmonella detection at feed mills in the pre-heat treatment zone was 1.5 times higher than the risk of detection in the post-heat treatment zone. …”
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A Dual-Polarized Dual-Band Patch Antenna Based on Orthogonal Modes Manipulation by Run Liu, Xiaoqing Tian, Boyu Sima, Zhiwei Sun, Yantao Yu, Hailin Cao

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Research on torque feedback equivalent structures in the multi‐layer and multi‐axis synchronisation control model by Jie Xu, Sizhou Sun, Huacai Lu

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Association of high organochlorine pesticide serum levels with oxidative stress in intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer by Gholamreza Asadikaram, Mohammad Reza Ashrafi, Sodaif Darvish Moghaddam, Moslem Abolhassani, Fatemeh Bagheri

“…The antioxidant and acetylcholine esterase enzyme activities were significantly higher in the control group than in other groups. …”
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Power-Generating Units of New Generation for Peak Mini-Power Complexes by S. V. Konstantinova

“…The paper considers a load diagram leveling as of one of the means for higher operational efficiency of a power system and power saving. …”
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Reducing medical cannabis use risk among Veterans: A descriptive study by Laura M. Harris-Lane, Mitchell Sheehy, Courtney A. Loveless, Joshua A. Rash, David P. Storey, Gregory K. Tippin, Vikas Parihar, Nick Harris

“…The Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines (LRCUG) were developed to equip individuals who use cannabis recreationally with safer-use strategies. …”
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Spatiotemporal Traffic Density Estimation Based on ADAS Probe Data by Donghyun Lim, Younghoon Seo, Eunjeong Ko, Jaehyun(Jason) So, Hyungjoo Kim

“…Estimation accuracy of 90% or higher was observed in all scenarios when the sampling rate was 50% or higher. …”
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Different Metabolites in the Roots, Seeds, and Leaves of Acanthopanax senticosus and Their Role in Alleviating Oxidative Stress by Jie Su, Qi Wang, Zhifeng Li, Yan Feng, Yan Li, Shinlin Yang, Yulin Feng

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Damage evolution and toughening mechanism in brick-and-mortar structure: Essential role of interface thickness ratio by Tian Qiu, Chengyu Guan, Lihong Liang

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Digital platforms’ use in SMEs – A critical analysis of entrepreneurs’ behaviour by Madhukara Nayak, Pushparaj M. Nayak, Harisha G. Joshi

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Spherical Simplex-Radial Cubature Quadrature Kalman Filter by Zhaoming Li, Wenge Yang

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Ultra high density imaging arrays in diffuse optical tomography for human brain mapping improve image quality and decoding performance by Zachary E. Markow, Jason W. Trobaugh, Edward J. Richter, Kalyan Tripathy, Sean M. Rafferty, Alexandra M. Svoboda, Mariel L. Schroeder, Tracy M. Burns-Yocum, Karla M. Bergonzi, Mark A. Chevillet, Emily M. Mugler, Adam T. Eggebrecht, Joseph P. Culver

“…HD-DOT grids have smaller inter-optode spacing (~ 13 mm) than sparse fNIRS (~ 30 mm) and therefore provide higher image quality, with spatial resolution ~ 1/2 that of fMRI, when using the several source-detector distances (13–40 mm) afforded by the HD-DOT grid. …”
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