Effectiveness of the 1989 environmental protection regulations in reducing concentrations and biological effects of tributyltin (an organotin) a marine antifoulant, in Victorian coastal water-bodies.

Groundwater contamination is a serious threat to water supply. Risk assessment of groundwater contamination is an effective way to protect the safety of groundwater resource. Groundwater is a complex and fuzzy system with many uncertainties, which is impacted by different geological and hydrological factors. In order to deal with the uncertainty in the risk assessment of groundwater contaminati...

Background Proper feeding practices during early childhood is fundamental for optimal child growth and development. However, scientific evidences on the determinants of dietary diversity are scanty. Particularly, the impact of fasting on children`s dietary diversity is not explored in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to assess dietary diversity and associated factors among children aged 6-23...

Swipe assays are routinely performed in laboratories and other facilities that use or handle radioactive materials. These assays, often referred to as smear or wipe tests, are performed to comply with radioactive material license requirements, assure laboratory safety, and provide information that proper handling procedures are being followed. Typically, swipes are performed to monitor for the ...

Swipe assays are routinely performed in laboratories and other facilities that use or handle radioactive materials. These assays, often referred to as smear or wipe tests, are performed to comply with radioactive material license requirements, assure laboratory safety, and provide information that proper handling procedures are being followed. Typically, swipes are performed to monitor for the ...

This paper uses discrete choice models, supported by GIS data, to analyse the National LandUseDatabase, a register ofmore than 21,000 English brownfields—previously used sites with orwithout contamination that are currently unused or underused. Using spatial discrete choice models, including the first application of a spatial probit latent class model with class-specific neighbourhood effects, ...

The effects of radioactive contamination on ecosystem processes such as litter decomposition remain largely unknown. Because radionuclides accumulated in soil and plant biomass can be harmful for organisms, the functioning of ecosystems may be altered by radioactive contamination. Here, we tested the hypothesis that decomposition is impaired by increasing levels of radioactivity in the environm...

In relation to the efforts to reconstruct the radiation dose in Dolon village, which was affected by the first USSR atomic bomb test in 1949 at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, the width and the center-axis location of the radioactive plume were investigated based on the soil contamination data around Dolon and the nearby villages. Assuming that the radioactive plume passed over along a str...