the aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the association of crystalline silica aerosols exposure with malondialdehyde in blood serum and urinary neopterin and explore their potential as biomarkers of their external exposure. nonsmoking and healthy male glass sandblasters and control population were randomly selected for this study. all groups were monitored for their personal exposu...

The REPRO-TDE test was performed at a depth of about 400 m in the ONKALO underground research facility Finland. Synthetic groundwater containing radionuclide tracers [tritiated water tracer (HTO), 36Cl, 22Na, 133Ba, and 134Cs] circulated for 4 years packed-off interval injection borehole. Tracer activities were additionally monitored two observation boreholes. subject modeling exercise by SKB G...

Abstract. The continuum of behavior that emerges during fracture network development in crystalline rock may be categorized into three end-member modes: nucleation, isolated propagation, and coalescence. These different modes growth produce networks with distinctive geometric attributes, such as clustering connectivity, exert important controls on permeability the extent fluid–rock interactions...

Sugars and other sweeteners are often the main components of a confection. Besides making them sweet, they also provide bulk to the candy. However, the physico-chemical properties of the sweeteners do more than just provide bulk. The physical characteristics of a candy, which include consistency, chewy or stretchy characteristics, melt-in-the-mouth behavior, flavor release, and many other prope...

The Chicxulub structure in Yucatan, Mexico, has recently been recognized as a >200-kmdiameter multi-ring impact crater of K-T boundary age. Crystalline impact melt rocks and breccias from within the crater, which have compositions similar to those of normal continental crustal rocks and which show shock metamorphic effects, have been studied for trace element and Re-0s isotope compositions. Re-...

Sugars and other sweeteners are often the main components of a confection. Besides making them sweet, they also provide bulk to the candy. However, the physico-chemical properties of the sweeteners do more than just provide bulk. The physical characteristics of a candy, which include consistency, chewy or stretchy characteristics, melt-in-the-mouth behavior, flavor release, and many other prope...