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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characterisation of High Voltage Dividers for X-ray Measurements
Invasive high voltage dividers are usually used for the measurements of high voltage x-ray tube and x-ray generators. Because of the diversity of the pulses it is usually difficult to establish a measurement s...
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Article
Open AccessIntegrating genomic alterations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identifies new relevant pathways and potential therapeutic targets
Genome studies of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) have revealed a large number of somatic mutations and structural alterations. However, the clinical significance of these alterations is still not well d...
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Chapter
Tracking Global Flows of E-Waste Additives by Using Substance Flow Analysis, with a Case Study in China
The ongoing process of globalization and global trade of products have been an important topic in media as well as in social and economic science. Overlaid by the well-known global trade pathways for feedstock...
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A Revision of Current Models for Environmental and Human Health Impact and Risk Assessment for Application to Emerging Chemicals
Nowadays, we are living in the global circular economy, where products are produced, used, and finally disposed in different parts of the world. These products have a huge amount of additives, that in many cas...
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Environmental Fate Models
The environmental fate of chemicals describes the processes by which chemicals move and are transformed into the environment. Environmental fate processes that should be addressed include: persistence in air, ...
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Human and Environmental Impact Produced by E-Waste Releases at Guiyu Region (China)
Over the last decades, the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) has increased rapidly in the world. It has become one of the emerging problems of the twenty-first century. About 50–80% of e-waste from industri...
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Additives in the Textile Industry
Many different additives are used in the textile industry and each of them has its specific function: protection from ultraviolet light, oil, water repellency, etc. Clothing and textile products are produced, ...
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Article
Baily’s Beads Atlas in 2005 – 2008 Eclipses
In the annular or total eclipses of 3 October 2005, 29 March 2006, 22 September 2006, and 1 August 2008, observational campaigns were organized to record the phenomenon of Baily’s beads. These campaigns were i...
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Article
The pricing of pharmaceuticals in low-income countries
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The role of prices in drug expenditure analysis
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Article
Heavy metals pollution of aquatic ecosystems in the vicinity of a recently closed underground lead-zinc mine (Basque Country, Spain)
A presentation is made of the study of an underground polymetallic sulphide mine and the pollution caused by this in the adjoining aquatic ecosystems. Troya Mine is in the Basque Cantabrian region (northern Sp...
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Article
Pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement in Spain
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Article
A simulation model of the cost of the incidence of IDDM in Spain
This study estimates the direct health care costs of the incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Spain. A discrete event simulation model was developed to approximate the natural history of...
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Chapter
Incentives for Healthy Consumer Behaviour and Intersectorial Measures for Health Targets
The two concepts included in the title of this paper, intersectorial measures and individual incentives for healthy behaviour, do not form a logical unity; they are rather intended to embrace part of the field...
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Article
Balloon dilatation of the lobar bronchi for symptomatic lobar bronchial stenosis
Two cases of bronchial stenosis secondary to inflammatory processes with the clinical picture of chronic respiratory disease resistant to medical treatment were treated successfully by selective balloon dilata...
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Chapter
Economic Aspects of AIDS
This paper tries to set up a conceptual framework which would allow us to place the different possible economic approaches to AIDS and HIV infection into a broad perspective and to discuss the potential useful...
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Article
Solvent extraction and spectrophotometric determination of titanium (IV) with 3-phenyl-3-methyl-2-mercaptopropenoic acid by use of the synergistic effect of pyridine
The distribution equilibria of 3-phenyl-3-methyl-2-mercaptopropenoic acid (PhMMP), pyridine and the titanium (IV)-PhMMP complex in the presence of pyridine have been studied in the chloroform-water system. An ...
