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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Environmental health and safety"”.
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Development of environmental health and safety database for small communities
The National Environmental Services Center (NESC) is a group of programs, national in scope, that provide a variety of environmental services directly to small community officials, engineers, technicians, regulatory officials, and private citizens.;The primary mission of each of the NESC programs …
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Factors Affecting the Viability of Environmental Health and Safety Programs in Institutions of Higher Education
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Characterizing Engineered Nanomaterials: From Environmental, Health and Safety Research to the Development of Shaped Nanosphere Lithography for Metamaterials
… prior to their examination in toxicology and environmental studies. The second is the development of a method to produce nanostructure arrays over large areas and for low cost. A major challenge when assessing nanomaterial’s risks is the robust characterization of their physicochemical …
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Integrating environmental and health and safety management system in the oil and gas sectors: a case study of Nigeria
Oil and gas industries around the world are often linked to poor environmental management. As a result, they raise concerns about potential negative environmental, health and safety impacts. Oil spills are considered to have caused a wide range of environmental damage. About 7 to 700 tonnes per …
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Improvements in the Performance and Understanding of Switchable-Hydrophilicity Solvents
… solvents (SHSs) are amine and amidine solvents that can be reversibly switched between two forms: one that forms a biphasic mixture with water and another that forms a monophasic mixture with water. The addition or removal of CO2 from SHS-based systems acts as the trigger to …
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Investigating Atmospheric River Precipitation and Associated Snowpack Characteristics Under a Future Warmer Climate Scenario: Case Studies from the Eastern Sierra Nevada near Donner Summit, California
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) making landfall along the California coast have been warming since the 1980's, resulting in changing AR precipitation and temperature characteristics in the Sierra Nevada of California, increasing flood risk, hydrologic resource stress, and impacting winter recreation and …
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Invisible value : how peripheral functions display their worth using narrative action
… operate from positions of low authority and status, struggling to achieve their mandates and to build relationships that enable them to deliver optimal value to organizations. I argue that the peripheral status of these functions stems from a biased valuation process, in which compliance …
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Proactive Environmental Strategies: Managing a Corporate Culture Shift toward Sustainability
<p>The roles and responsibilities of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) professionals have expanded over the last several decades. Initially focused solely on reducing a firm's ecological impact, many EHS professionals are now tasked with managing a firm's cultural shift towards sustainability. …
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Thermodynamical, structural, and dynamical characterization of solvent mixtures of technological interest: experimental and computational studies
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP) and ionic liquids(ILs)are solvents with “green” characteristics, such as low volatility and low toxicity. They can be used as a valid alternative to the common organic solvents with a high environmental, health and safety impact. The aim of my research was to investigate …
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An investigation into the mechanism of toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles.
… present study was aimed to assess the in vitro and in vivo interactions of ZnO NPs in the mammalian system and to elucidate the possible mechanism of their toxicity. Our in vitro results using human epidermal cells (A431), primary human epidermal keratinocytes and human liver cells (HepG2) …
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ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN THE UK HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR: THE MODERATING ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
… The UK HE sector has grown after World War Two, and the university competition has been boosted. In this competitive world, the importance of Environmental Innovation (EI) is considered a fascinating factor for any industry or sector, which has not only improved the opportunities but also …
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Ergonomic product and process design
… combining force, motion repetition, posture, and duration. Because these injuries accrue over time, it is often difficult to determine their causes. Lacking a clear causal link, it is difficult to justify investments that are intended to prevent ergonomic injuries. A large computer …
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Predicting and Preventing Unsafe Events at an Enterprise
… undesirable incidents. Corporate workers trip and fall. Contractors get cuts that require first aid. Shop floor operators can be injured by automated equipment, and so on. Seeking to become a leader in environmental health and safety, more so than avoiding painful costs related to work-related …
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A versatile design platform for multi-heterocyclic ionic liquid synthesis
… combination of available `IL-forming' cations and anions provides retention of properties inherent to ILs such as low melting points, good thermal stability and negligible vapor pressure. Additionally, the dual-functional nature of ILs, whereby the design of functionalized ions is …
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Essays on job search, unemployment, and regulatory compliance
… show that networks limit the geographical and occupational diversity of jobs pursued. In the second essay, using a mixed methods approach I examine how the negative emotional toll of long-term unemployment (LTU) is shaped by the interaction of gender and marital status. The interviews …
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Aggregation Behavior of Chiral Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and their Transport in Landfill Conditions
… of chiral single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and their transport in landfill conditions. This study involves four key tasks: functionalization of chirally separated SWNTs, aggregation kinetics of covalently and non-covalently functionalized SWNTs, aggregate structure determination, and …
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Developing an Event Safety Risk Typology: A Qualitative Study of Risk Perception amongst Event Planners and Venue Managers in Malaysia
This study explored the significance of risk and safety and the need for proper operating procedures in identifying the link between the types and categories of event safety related risks from the perception of event planners and venue managers within the event management industry in Malaysia. …
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Development of a sustainable framework to manage flare gas in an oil and gas environment: a case study of Nigeria
… as a by-product from crude oil exploration and production. When perceived as a non-desirable product, it is wasted during gas flaring. Globally, about 100 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM) of gas is flared annually, leading to release of about 300 million tons of carbon dioxide yearly into the …
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Multiple perspective of public-private partnership project success : the case of Kuwaiti public housing initiative
… must be paid to the stakeholders of each project and their political-institutional rules. It is equally important to assess how the stakeholders perceive success and failure, which is an important critical success factor (CSF) in the measurement of the success of these projects. Thus, the aim of …
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Relationships Between Environmental Factors and Fungi on Occupants' Perceptions of Indoor Air Quality
<p>In recent decades, concerns about potential health effects resulting from exposure to contaminants that cause indoor air pollution have dramatically increased. The purpose of this study was to assess the indoor air quality of three buildings at Western Kentucky University and to examine and …
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