TENORM are found in a wide variety of waste materials, some raw mineral ores and in some consumer products (in trace amounts) where molecules of radionuclides may be bound to specific minerals used in the manufacturing process and can result in increases in radiation exposures to workers and the public. The aim of this paper is to understand this problem and to develop effective ways to protect...

Research into the development of visual functions, especially during the last three decades, has produced strong evidence in favour of early treatment of visual disorders (Lyle and Foley, 1957, Sauberli, I962). The most important and most damaging of these disorders are amblyopia, eccentric fixation, and anomalous retinal correspondence. The aim of the present investigation was to design a test...

The fraction of unattached (fun) nanosized 222Rn short-lived decay products in indoor air has been measured in different environments and the following ranges obtained: 0.03-0.25 in kindergartens, 0.03-0.18 in schools, 0.08-0.20 in wineries, and 0.12-0.68 in a karst cave. The dependence of fun on the environmental conditions (air temperature, relative humidity and pressure), as well as on the w...

The Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission encouraged a binational collaboration to evaluate pediatric lead poisoning in Russia. The study evaluated children in three Russian cities: Krasnouralsk, a small city with minimal traffic centered around a copper smelter; and Ekaterinburg and Volgograd, both of which are large cities with multiple factories and heavy vehicular traffic. This project was the first...

Creative drama has great potential and its implementation in education from pre-school requires research, as evidenced by the number of scientific studies that have been registered international research databases over last ten years. The aim was to examine use creative methods within kindergartens Slovakia perspective kindergarten teaching staff (teachers assistants). A quantitative design use...

Vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly are focus of emergency medical rescue during urban pluvial floods. Taking Erqi District Zhengzhou City an example, SCS-CN model Chicago rainfall used to simulate flooding based on comprehensive consideration rainfall, runoff, topography, drainage. Additionally, accessibility aid for kindergartens nursing homes is evaluated in under different sc...

Inclusive kindergarten provision remains relatively rare in Indonesia. This article indicates factors that contribute to this situation (stigmatisation, lack of resources and training) reports on an approach begin address it. Sign Supported Big Books were evaluated mainstream kindergartens (i.e. classes without children with special educational needs) as a way enhancing their inclusive affordan...

The ability to initiate and engage in relationships is a critical landmark predictor of children’s development well-being. In kindergarten, children exhibit greater social participation outdoors rather than indoors. Indeed, the physical environment influences preschoolers’ proximity. this study, we examine relationship between quality kindergartens’ outdoor functioning. Two kindergartens Gondom...

This article draws on materials from ethnographic and participatory research on everyday eating practices in Berlin kindergartens. It argues that agency is not always a-priori located in the human subject. Agency can be translated and distributed over relational networks that include people and things; it can even be left over to things depending on the constellation in question. A material-sem...