BACKGROUND Little is known about the extent of human isocyanate skin exposure in auto body shops and the effectiveness of personal protective equipment. Animal studies have suggested that skin exposure to isocyanates may be an important risk factor for respiratory sensitization leading to asthma. This study provides initial data on hexamethylene diisocyanate skin exposure in three auto body sho...

Prior work has provided incremental phases to a microdosimetry modeling program to describe the dose response behavior of the radio-protective adaptive response effect. We have here consolidated these prior works (Leonard 2000, 2005, 2007a, 2007b, 2007c) to provide a composite, comprehensive Microdose Model that is also herein modified to include the bystander effect. The nomenclature for the m...

In 2009, dairy goat farms in the Netherlands were implicated in >2,300 cases of Q fever; in response, 51,820 small ruminants were culled. Among 517 culling workers, despite use of personal protective equipment, 17.5% seroconverted for antibodies to Coxiella burnetii. Vaccination of culling workers could be considered.

Originally, trehalose was believed to function only as a reserve carbohydrate similar to glycogen. It is now known that the degradation of trehalose yields little energy and whilst it can serve as a source of carbon skeletons for biosynthesis, it mainly functions as a membrane stabiliser and protectant for yeast cells under stress. (O'Connor-Cox et al, 1996). The significance of trehalose as an...

Currently, there is discrepancy regarding alcohol's impact on Alzheimer's disease (AD). Consequently, the purpose of this systematic review was to determine whether alcohol serves as a protective agent against the development of AD, as well as whether protective effects are influenced by quantity and/or frequency of drinking. Adapted versions of the Matrix Method and PRISMA guidelines were used...

Software Definable Radio Networks (SDRN) is proposed to realize a universal platform for various types of wireless services under the multi air interferences coexistence in ubiquitous networks. The SDRN is configured with universal radio base stations, radio on fiber networks, and software definable radio gateway that connects to global IP networks. This paper describes the concept of the SDRN,...

Software radio has emerged as a focus of both academic research and commercial development for future wireless systems. This paper briefly reviews the foundation concepts of the software radio. It then characterizes the tradeoffs among core software-radio technologies. Object-oriented analysis leads to the definition of the radio reference platform and the related layered object-oriented archit...

1.1 Dyeing auxiliaries Auxiliaries are compounds which are not an integral part of the dyeing process but by adding them to the dye bath the dyeing can be improved. The main functions of auxiliaries are to prepare or improve the substrate in readiness for colorants (by wetting, providing sorption sites, improving or resisting the migration of dyes), to stabilize the application media (by improv...

BACKGROUND In Germany, the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 occurred among wild birds on the island of Ruegen between February and April 2006. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of recommended protective measures and to measure H5N1-seroprevalence among personnel tasked with bird collection. METHODS Inclusion criteria of our study were participation in ...

The knowledge, attitude and practice on using personal protective equipment (PPE) of rattan craftsmen to protect themselves from health effect related to sulfur dioxide exposure in Thuong Hien trade village at Kienxuong district, Thaibinh province, Vietnam was conducted using cross-sectional analytic study. The rattan craftsmen (n=403) were interviewed by face to face questionnaire. The results...