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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Asbestos"”.
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Asbestos : operating system security for mobile devices
… the design and implementation of a port of the Asbestos operating system to the ARM processor. The port to the ARM allows Asbestos to run on mobile devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants. These mobile, wireless-enabled devices are at risk for data attacks because they store …
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Problems associated with the quantitative estimation of asbestos.
… Cancer (U.I.C.C.) standard reference samples of asbestos, (1) The experimental techniques adopted are based upon methods employed by Crable (2) and Crable and Knott (3). However, in the present work the samples examined have consisted of fibres in the respirable range (i.e. of lengths from 0.2mum …
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Acetone : a system call interface for Asbestos labels
… that uses a shared address space and supports Asbestos labels. Acetone uses Asbestos labels to enable a wide variety of security policies including ones that prevent untrusted applications from being able to disclose private data. All threads run in the same address space, but have different …
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Mandatory security and performance of services in Asbestos
… storage, on a new operating system design, Asbestos. Using the security mechanism provided by Asbestos, Asbestos labels, these services are used to support the construction of secure Web applications. The network and database services serve as the foundation for a Web server that supports …
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Mesothelioma in South Africa 3 decades post peak of asbestos production an analysis of a claims database of asbestos ex-miners
The peak in production of the three forms of asbestos that were commercially mined in South Africa occurred in the years between 1970 and 1977. Given the latency period of 20-40 years, we should expect to observe a rise in the incidence of mesothelioma throughout this decade. However, all we may …
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Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind
… of Philadelphia, was formerly known as the asbestos capital of the world. After production ceased, large amounts of waste were left behind. Once portion of that waste, now known as the BoRit site, wasn't named as an EPA Superfund site until 2009. What follows is an examination of how the …
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THE ROLE OF THE MACROPHAGE IN ASBESTOS INDUCED AUTOANTIBODY PRODUCTION
… to silicate compounds such as silica and asbestos has been associated with increased autoimmune responses and the development of autoimmune disease in humans. Residents of Libby, MT have experienced significant asbestos exposure due to an asbestos contaminated vermiculite mine near the …
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THE ROLE OF THE MACROPHAGE IN ASBESTOS INDUCED AUTOANTIBODY PRODUCTION
… to silicate compounds such as silica and asbestos has been associated with increased autoimmune responses and the development of autoimmune disease in humans. Residents of Libby, MT have experienced significant asbestos exposure due to an asbestos contaminated vermiculite mine near the …
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Functional and pathological responses of selected aquatic organisms to chrysotile asbestos
… Japanese Medaka (Oryzias latipes) to chrysotile asbestos were investigated in 96-hour to 91-day tests. Chrysotile significantly reduced siphoning activity and shell growth of adult clams and siphoning, shell growth, and weight gain of juveniles at 10⁵ fibers/liter during 30-day tests. Larval …
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ON THE USE OF ASBESTOS IN CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES: FINDINGS IN POSTMORTEM LUNG SAMPLES, CHARACTERIZATION OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE. CASE STUDIES IN KYRGYZSTAN.
Asbestos is classified as a human carcinogen and banned across Europe and many parts of the world, including Italy. However, this is not the case in Central Asia. In Kyrgyzstan, asbestos-containing products are still manufactured by two companies in three locations, producing over 5 million units …
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Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy And Events In The Asbestos-valcourt Region, Southeastern Quebec
The stratigraphic record of the Asbestos-Valcourt region indicates that glacial sediment deposite during at least two regional glacial advances underlie Late Wisconsinan ice-contact and glaciolacustrine sediments. Glaciolacustrine sediments (unit B), which underlie surface till (drift unit C), were …
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The Influence of SPARC on Collagen Deposition in Asbestos-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
… of cure for fibrotic diseases. In this study, asbestos was used to induce pulmonary fibrosis in a mouse model and gene expression studies were then performed to identify potential candidate genes involved in asbestos response. One gene with the potential to regulate the fibrotic response is …
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The Influence of SPARC on Collagen Deposition in Asbestos-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
… of cure for fibrotic diseases. In this study, asbestos was used to induce pulmonary fibrosis in a mouse model and gene expression studies were then performed to identify potential candidate genes involved in asbestos response. One gene with the potential to regulate the fibrotic response is …
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Leached chrysotile asbestos : characterization, leaching mechanism and use in the synthesis of zeolites
… is concerned with the transformation of the raw asbestos mineral to an intermediate material which is used for the synthesis of zeolites which are health safe and have wide applications in industry. First, a complete indexation of the X-ray diffraction pattern of chrysotile was proposed. This was …
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The genesis of the blue amphibole asbestos of the Union of South Africa.
The blue amphibole asbestos, crocidolite, which occurs as interbedded seams in banded ironstones of the Lower Griquatown stage of the Transvaal System in the Northern Cape Province, is the finely fibrous form of the soda-amphibole riebeckite. Despite the widespread occurrence of the Precambrian …
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To evaluate the role of miRNAs as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for Asbestos-related interstitial lung diseases (ILD), Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)
Asbestos is still the leading cause of occupational cancer mortality worldwide. Asbestos-related lung cancer (LC) and malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) prognosis is still poor especially at advanced stage, which highlights the need for early diagnosis and effective biomarkers capable of …
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