Carbon monoxide is a component of motor vehicle exhaust fumes, provided a functional catalytic converter is not present. This gas binds avidly to the hemoglobin molecule in red blood cells preventing its oxygen transport function, effectively poisoning the body by starving it of oxygen. In binding to hemoglobin, carbon monoxide forms carboxyhemoglobin, which has a characteristic bright pink col...

Fingernail clippings collected from 97 consenting females, who admitted amphetamines and/or opiates use and are currently under treatment, were quantitatively analyzed for the presence of methamphetamine and amphetamine. Sixty-two subjects were found positive for methamphetamine/amphetamine. Paired nail-hair specimens were collected from 6 of these subjects for a 12-week period and analyzed to ...

Abstract We design, fabricate, optically and mechanically characterize wearable ultrathin coatings on various substrates, including sapphire, glass silicon wafer. Extremely hard ceramic materials titanium nitride (TiN), aluminium (AlN), (TiAlN) are employed as reflective, isolated absorptive coating layer, respectively. Two types of have been demonstrated. First, we deposit TiAlN after TiN subs...

In this study, swab and stool samples were obtained from employees (n=47) working in five dairy processing plants located Burdur province (Turkey) the district of Bucak to determine prevalence norovirus (NoV), rotavirus (RoV) astrovirus (AsV) antigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. Swab both hands (palm, upper part, sides fingers fingernail tips) employees. a questionna...