OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a physician based surveillance system of occupational respiratory diseases (PROPULSE) in Québec with regard to physician participation rate, characteristics of reported cases, and comparison with official statistics from the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB). METHODS All chest physicians and allergists in Québec were asked to report suspec...

Geopolymer binders that combine aluminosilicate materials (i.e., precursors) with alkali activators are a viable and environmentally friendly alternative to ordinary Portland cement. While fly ash, slag, silica fume, metakaolin the most extensively investigated precursor materials, recent studies demonstrate feasibility of using low amorphous aluminosilicates (LAA) for geopolymer synthesis. Was...

The spoken accent of children is strongly influenced by those their peers but how rapidly do they adapt to sound changes in progress? We addressed this issue an acoustic analysis child and adult vowels West Central Bavarian (WCB) that may be subject increasing influence the Standard German (SG) variety. study was a combination longitudinal apparent-time analyses: re-recordings from 20 WCB first...

Purpose: Sport is an important tool in improving the quality of life individuals with disabilities. The study aim to examine physical disabilities different functionality levels relation sports.
 Methods: A total 36 participated study. participants included without any regular exercise (non-sportive, NS), those who played Boccia (B), and persons Wheelchair basketball (WCB) could not provid...

Prosopis tamarugo Phil. is a strict phreatophyte tree species endemic to the "Pampa del Tamarugal", Atacama Desert. The extraction of water for various uses has increased the depth of the water table in the Pampa aquifers threatening its conservation. This study aimed to determine the effect of the groundwater table depth on the water relations of P. tamarugo and to present thresholds of ground...