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- Marchal, J, et al.
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Active pixel detector for ion beam profiling
- 2002
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In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 487:1-2, s. 224-231
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- Milton, AH, et al.
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Chronic arsenic poisoning and respiratory effects in Bangladesh
- 2001
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In: Journal of Occupational Health. - 1341-9145 .- 1348-9585. ; 43:3, s. 136-140
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A large population in Bangladesh have been exposed to naturally occurring inorganic arsenic through their drinking water. A prevalence comparison study of respiratory disorders among subjects with and without arsenic exposure through drinking water was conducted in Bangladesh. Characteristic skin lesions, keratoses and pigmentation alteration, and the water arsenic level confirmed the arsenic exposure. Three villages were selected from health awareness campaign programs. Participants in these courtyard meetings who had suspected skin lesions, i.e., keratosis, hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation, were examined by a well-trained medical officer to confirm the diagnosis. Unexposed subjects were randomly selected from another village, where tubewells were not contaminated with arsenic. We interviewed and examined 218 individuals irrespective of age and sex from these villages. The arsenic level in their drinking water was measured and the mean arsenic level was 614 ╡g/l (ranging from 136 ╡g/l to 1,000 ╡g/l). Information regarding respiratory system signs and symptoms was also collected. There were few smokers, and analyses were therefore confined to nonsmokers. The overall crude prevalence (or risk) among the exposed subjects for chronic cough, and chronic bronchitis, was three times the prevalence in the control population. Age was a slightly negative confounding factor. The crude prevalence ratios were noticeably increased for female participants compared to male participants. A possible explanation for this noticeably increased occurrence of respiratory signs and symptoms in women is related to the presence of weakness. These results add to the evidence that longterm ingestion of arsenic can cause respiratory problems especially among females.
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- Scherer, SW, et al.
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Human chromosome 7: DNA sequence and biology
- 2003
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In: Science (New York, N.Y.). - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 1095-9203 .- 0036-8075. ; 300:5620, s. 767-772
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- DNA sequence and annotation of the entire human chromosome 7, encompassing nearly 158 million nucleotides of DNA and 1917 gene structures, are presented. To generate a higher order description, additional structural features such as imprinted genes, fragile sites, and segmental duplications were integrated at the level of the DNA sequence with medical genetic data, including 440 chromosome rearrangement breakpoints associated with disease. This approach enabled the discovery of candidate genes for developmental diseases including autism.
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- Rokni, Masoud, et al.
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An explicit WET-type model for the turbulent scalar fluxes
- 2002
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In: Advances in Fluid Mechanics. AFM 2002. Fourth International Conference. - 1853129100 ; , s. 55-64
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A new explicit WET model for the turbulent heat fluxes is derived and developed from the transport equation of the scalar passive flux. In order to study the performance of the model itself, all other turbulent quantities are taken from a DNS channel flow data-base and thus the error source has been minimized. This anisotropic eddy diffusivity model can be solved with a two-equation model for the temperature field based on the temperature variance and its dissipation rate. The model can theoretically be used for a range of Prandtl numbers or a range of different fluids. The results are compared with the DNS channel flow and fairly good agreement is achieved
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