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Inter and intraexaminer reliability of a new method of infrared thermography ...
Thermography is an imaging technique that records the infrared radiation of the skin with a potential to detect asymmetries in body temperature and relating them to pathologies... -
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Occupation-based practice involves the inclusion of meaningful occupations in the therapeutic process and is promoted within hospital-based general rehabilitation contexts for... -
Multiple regression model averaging and the focused information criterion wit...
We consider multiple regression (MR) model averaging using the Focused Informati on Criterion (FIC). Our approach is motivated by the problem of implementing a mean-variance... -
Assessing causes of quality deterioration of groundwater in Puttalam, Sri Lan...
Extensive extraction of groundwater has resulted in deterioration of the groundwater quality in the Puttalam area in the northwestern coastal zone of Sri Lanka. This situation... -
Measuring subnational democracy: toward improved regime typologies and theori...
ABSTRACTSocial scientists have been limited in their work by the paucity of global time series data about subnational institutions and practices. Such data could help scholars... -
E-waste legislation in the US: An analysis of the disparate design and result...
Electronic waste management in the US has been characterized as ‘inconsistent’, ‘disparate’, and a ‘patchwork’. While there is currently no federal leadership on the regulation... -
Evaluation of catalytic and adsorption activity of iron nanoparticles greenly...
Box–Behnken design methodology was used to study the effect of iron nanoparticles (FeNP) synthesis conditions on its oxidative catalytic degradation and adsorption of methyl... -
Advanced oxidation processes for waste water treatment: from laboratory-scale...
A process combining three steps has been developed as a tertiary treatment for waste water in order to remove micropollutants not eliminated by a conventional waste water... -
Optimal timing of the second trimester fetal ultrasound in the obese gravida
Obesity is increasingly prevalent in the obstetric patient population, becoming one of the most commonly occurring risk factors in obstetric practice. Obesity has implications... -
Vehicle safety characteristics in vulnerable driver populations
National data suggest drivers who are younger, older, and have lower socioeconomic status (SES) have heightened crash-related injury rates. Ensuring vulnerable drivers are in... -
Measuring electoral integrity: using practitioner knowledge to assess elections
The integrity of the electoral process is vitally important for the delivery of democracy. However, there is an ongoing debate about how the integrity of elections can be... -
A property rights framework for analyzing management options for wildlife: a ...
Although property rights have been used to understand numerous wildlife issues, such as extinctions, they have rarely been used to provide insights into specific management... -
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An extractant forced-circulation three-phase extraction (EC-TPE) device based on extraction-stripping coupling was developed for the preconcentration of Cd2+ in environmental... -
Impact of select PPE design elements and repeated laundering in firefighter p...
As the Fire Service becomes more aware of the potential health effects from occupational exposure to hazardous contaminants, personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers,... -
The influence of driving anger on truck drivers’ speeding behavior in Serbia:...
OBJECTIVE Speeding behavior is recognized as one of the three main causes of risk on the roads and the most frequent ordinary violation among truck drivers. The study reported... -
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In 2015 and 2016, groundwater samples were collected in Hanoi to analyse the isotopic composition (δ2H, δ18O and 3H) and elucidate the relationship between groundwater and... -
Verification of the hemolysis index measurement: imprecision, accuracy, measu...
Automated spectrophotometric measurement of hemolysis index (HI) allows rapid and cost-effective assessment of hemolysis interference. We evaluated the analytical performance of... -
Wastewater infrastructure for sustainable cities: assessment based on UN sust...
Among the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG #11 aims to make future cities resilient and sustainable while, SDG #6 aims to ensure availability and... -
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The importance of bioaerosols to human and ecosystem health is evident as we tackle the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Understanding the airborne migration of pathogens and the... -
Web-based system for visualisation of water quality index
Data visualisation is an essential tool for effective communication and interpretation of information. Visualisation of information using images is easier compared to numerical...
