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Book Review: The Demography of Health and Health Care. By Louis G. Pol and Richard K. Thomas. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001. 374 pp. $95 (hardbound), $42.50 (paperback)
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The field of digital watermarking has recently seen numerous articles covering novel techniques, theoretical studies, attacks, and analysis. In this paper, we focus on an emerging application to highlight prac...
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Latinos' Health Care Access: Financial and Cultural Barriers
This study aimed at investigating how income, culture, and language affect health care access. Data from a structured questionnaire administered to a random sample of 206 Latinos was analyzed using multivariat...
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Open AccessExploring the role of GIS during community health assessment problem solving: experiences of public health professionals
A Community health assessment (CHA) involves the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in conjunction with other software to analyze health and population data and perform numerical-spatial problem solvi...
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PM10 air pollution exposure during pregnancy and term low birth weight in Allegheny County, PA, 1994–2000
Low birth weight has been associated with increased risks of mortality and/or morbidity in childhood and adulthood. Epidemiological studies suggest that maternal exposure to air pollution, especially particula...
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Open AccessAir toxics and the risk of autism spectrum disorder: the results of a population based case–control study in southwestern Pennsylvania
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) constitute a major public health problem affecting one in 68 children. There is little understanding of the causes of ASD despite its serious social impact. Air pollution contai...
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FDC:TFH Interactions within Cervical Lymph Nodes of SIV-Infected Rhesus Macaques
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drains via the lymphatic drainage pathway. This lymphatic pathway connects the central nervous system (CNS) to the cervical lymph node (CLN). As the CSF drains to CLN via the dural an...
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Effect of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Metakaolin on Geotechnical Properties of Clayey Soil
Utilization of industrial by-products such as ground granulated blast furnace slag and metakaolin in the ground enhancement and soil stabilization causes the economic and environmental benefits. Ground granula...
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The accumulation of waste plastic worldwide creates serious environmental concerns. In the present study, efforts were made to utilize shredded plastic bags as concrete additive materials. Therefore, the worka...
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Utilization of shredded waste plastic bags to improve impact and abrasion resistance of concrete
Plastic bags (PB) have become a requisite part of human beings in the present time. Hundreds of varieties of plastic bags are used for packing and protecting general things. The disposal of PB is a prime envir...
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Valorization of granite production dust in development of rich and lean cement mortar
Granite mining, cutting and processing generates huge amount of waste which is dumped in open landfills. The objective of this research is to fabricate mortar incorporating granite production dust which would ...
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Investigating mechanical properties and durability of concrete containing recycled rubber ash and fibers
This article investigates the suitability of utilizing end of life rubber tyre particles in concrete as fine aggregate. Rubber ash and rubber fibers were used to develop two series of rubber ash concrete (seri...
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Potential of dolomite industrial waste as construction material: a review
Construction industries consume a large part of the natural resources in the production of concrete. Utilization of the waste in concrete has gained interest due to the development in the construction structur...
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Influence of granite waste on mechanical and durability properties of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete
Momentous issues like interminable manufacturing of cement, liberating colossal quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere, and enormous discarding of granite waste by various industries disturbing the ecological syst...
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Open AccessBiased TCR gene usage in citrullinated Tenascin C specific T-cells in rheumatoid arthritis
We aimed to search for common features in the autoreactive T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), focusing on the newly identified candidate antigen citrullinated Tenascin...
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Development of Eco-Friendly Pervious Concrete Utilizing Granite Cutting Sludge Waste
Solid industrial waste by-products increased with rapid industrial growth in recent years. Using these wastes in the construction sector, a huge contribution would be made towards sustainable and cleaner produ...
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Strength and durability assessment of concrete containing dolomite quarry waste as fine aggregate
The present study focuses on utilizing stockpiled dolomite quarry waste for sustainable and cleaner production of concrete. Natural river sand is substituted with dolomite quarry waste at 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50...
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This research investigation has mainly focused on the development of cementless concrete, i.e., geopolymer concrete, along with the reutilization of industrial fine granite waste powder (FGWP). FGWP was re-uti...