Background: Laboratory leaching tests on treated wood were performed during a European robustness study in the framework of the validation of a tank leaching test procedure that has been proposed for construction products in order to determine the potential release of dangerous substances which can be transferred to soil and groundwater. The release of substances has to be determined also for m...

BACKGROUND Little research has examined attitudes towards people who use substances in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Therefore, the present study examined the attributions made by the general South African population about people who use substances and whether these attributions differ by the type of substance being used, the gender of the person using the substance, or the characteri...

this study was conducted to identify emission characteristics of certain hazardous substancescontained in the plastic of used home electrical and electronic appliances keeping in view compliance with therestriction of hazardous substances (rohs) directive and to estimate the possibility of safe recyclingpractices. according to the results, the concentration of cadmium, lead, mercury and chromiu...

BACKGROUND Hospital mortality rates are one of the most frequently selected indicators for measuring the performance of NHS Trusts. A recent article in a national newspaper named the hospital with the highest or lowest mortality in the 2005/6 financial year; a report by the organization Dr Foster Intelligence provided information with regard to the performance of all NHS Trusts in England. ME...

Such watches are known as “PDS” watches. PDS tornado (TOR) watches are issued when the forecaster has high confidence that multiple strong (F2-F3 on the Fujita Scale) or violent tornadoes (F4-F5 on the Fujita Scale) will occur in the watch area, while PDS severe thunderstorm (SEV) watches are issued when there is a threat of a high end “derecho” (e.g. Johns and Hirt 1987, Coniglio et al. 2004) ...

Currently, one of the topical areas application artificial intelligence methods in ensuring environmental monitoring water resources is analysis Earth remote sensing images order to control and prevent potentially dangerous changes environment. In future, algorithms with elements form basis forecasting decision-making systems. Systems for high-quality can be improved using methods, particular, ...

The most significant thing after the surgery in angle and leg, incision part should be immobilize state shielding it from optional injury of thrashing around. That’s why individuals enthusiastically suggested this leg elevator. elevator paper made sugarcane bagasse. bagasse is a crude material which biodegradable. By using molding process into solid It minimal effort sound contrasted with curre...

During the construction of buildings and interior decoration, even in manufacture home furniture kitchen appliances, dangerous chemicals such as benzene, formaldehyde, others are used, which accumulate indoors during operation building. Scientists have found that when high concentrations reached, these substances can harm human health. In this article, we analyzed possible impact green walls on...

conclusions the prevalence of high-risk behaviors among street children in southeast iran is almost high. in this regard, street vendors and children who their parents are illiterate or have been separated are more at risk. generally, principal organizing these children and family education could decline their problems. however, these actions need intersectoral collaboration in society. backgro...