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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"PPE"”.

  1. PPE Effectiveness in Agricultural Settings

    Sutphen, Abigail2013

    … of Washington Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is usually required for pesticide applications, but how effective it actually is against exposure to chlorpyrifos, solvents and oils is unknown. Therefore, a pilot study has been created to get a more accurate estimate of whether or not there …

    washington Repository record

  2. Supply Chain Resilience for Healthcare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the Federal Government

    Jones, LuwandaTemple University. Libraries2024

    … the federal government, specifically healthcare PPE supply chain resilience. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the fragility of global supply chains. Before COVID-19, low-cost medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), which typically requires less skilled …

    temple Repository record

  3. An exploratory study to identify risk factors for the development of capecitabine-induced Palmar Plantar Erythrodysesthesia (PPE)

    Law, AnnieDe Montfort University2013

    … Palmar Plantar Erythrodysesthesia (PPE). While there is evidence to suggest that dose and schedule of the drugs play a large role, the fact that many still go on to develop severe PPE following dose reduction would indicate that there are other factors involved. Since the incidence …

    de-montfort Repository record

  4. Influence of risk perceptions and social context on working for water herbicide sprayers' Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) compliance in the Western Cape of South Africa

    Rivas, Federico AndradeDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2013

    … or lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use. In addition, underlying factors such as poor nutrition and immune system status might increase the risk to develop acute or chronic illness related to herbicide exposure. The Working for Water (WfW) programme was launched in 1995 to …

    cape-town Repository record

  5. PROFILING EFFUSION CELLS BY QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGY AND DIFFRACTION IMAGING PATTERNS

    Al-Qaysi, SafaaEast Carolina University2019

    … cells in human pleural and peritoneal effusion (PPE) samples is an essential task for cytological diagnosis of cancers and patient management. Conventional PPE cytology of a PPE sample is labor intensive and its efficacy depends heavily on the experience of trained specialists in addition to low …

    ecu Repository record

  6. Increasing Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment S election and Use for Isolation Precautions Among RNs & NAs on a Med-Surg Unit

    Alsmeyer, Megan R2017

    … type of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the use in technique when putting on (donning) and removing (doffing) PPE based on the level of isolation precautions required for the patient being cared for.</p> <p><strong>Project Purpose:</strong> The purpose of this project is to …

    usfca Repository record

  7. Pressure Poisson Method for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations Using Galerkin Finite Elements

    Cornthwaite, John2013

    … replaced by a pressure Poisson equation (PPE). Appropriate boundary conditions are developed for the PPE, which allow for a fully decoupled numerical scheme to recover the pressure. The variational form of the NSE with PPE is derived and used in the Galerkin Finite Element discretization. …

    gsu Repository record

  8. What airway and vascular access skills can be performed whilst wearing the NHS issued chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear personal protective equipment?

    Castle, NicholasCity University London2014

    … and nuclear personal protective equipment (CBRN-PPE) across the National Health Service (NHS), in 2007, represented an increase in the capacity to treat patients following a CBRN incident. However, little was known on what impact the NHS CBRN-PPE would have on skill performance. To date a number …

    city-london Repository record

  9. Equity at the Starting Line: Pre-Primary Education, Parenting, and Child Development in China

    Liu, RonghuaUniversity of Cambridge2024

    … demonstrates that pre-primary education (PPE) and in-home nurturing (termed “parenting” for brevity) are vital in bolstering child development, suggesting that interventions to improve PPE participation and parenting practices for disadvantaged children can play a potentially critical …

    cambridge Repository record

  10. Simulating COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Use in Acute Care Hospitals

    McGuigan, Molly K.Massachusetts Institute of Technology2022

    … shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-2021. In response to these recent shortages, policy makers, emergency responders, public health agencies and private healthcare facilities are investing significant time and money to ensure America is …

    mit Repository record

  11. Grafted poly(phenylene-ethynylene) : optical and optoelectronic applications

    Breen, Craig AMassachusetts Institute of Technology2005

    Poly(phenylene-ethynylene) (PPE), a fully conjugated polymer system, exhibits high solution state quantum yields, narrow emission profiles, and wide band gaps allowing for blue emission, making them ideal candidates for display applications. Unfortunately, PPEs have received little attention in …

    mit Repository record

  12. Discouraging Truth: Pre-Performance Examinations and Collegiate Student- Athlete Mental Health

    Ballowe, Hannah MarieVirginia Tech2024

    … how yearly pre-performance examinations (PPEs) for collegiate student-athletes support holistic student-athlete health. Specifically, the study evaluates PPE documents within the ambient environment of intercollegiate athletics and uses ambient rhetoric to demonstrate how PPE documents …

    vt Repository record

  13. An organisational typology of public private engagement for health in Southern Africa: A systematic review

    Whyle, Eleanor BethDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2015

    … Africa, as elsewhere, public-private engagement (PPE) for the provision and financing of healthcare is considered a pervasive and valuable mechanism for meeting the health needs of the population. A wide range of mechanisms for engagement are available, each with organisational models that make …

    cape-town Repository record

  14. Ansiedad social y procesamiento posterior al evento en estudiantes universitarios

    Garcia Jordan, MarianaUniversidad de Lima2026

    … y Wells, el procesamiento posterior al evento (PPE) es un proceso cognitivo que se presenta con frecuencia en personas con ansiedad social. En este contexto el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la relación entre la ansiedad social y el PPE en estudiantes universitarios. Para ello, se …

    lima Repository record

  15. Study of poly(phenylene ethynylene)s, dendritic quenchers, and molecular beacons towards the application of a poly(phenylene ethynylene)-based biosensor

    Bailey, Ghislaine CarolineMassachusetts Institute of Technology2007

    Poly(para-phenylene ethynylene)s (PPE)s are highly emissive conjugated polymers that are easily quenched by target analytes. As a result, they have been increasingly incorporated into sensing platforms, both as chemosensors and as biosensors. This thesis describes the three components necessary for …

    mit Repository record

  16. A mixed methods approach to modeling personal protective equipment supply chains for infectious disease outbreak response

    Gooding, Emily J. (Emily Joanne)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2016

    Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical to the protection of healthcare workers responding to infectious disease outbreaks. The ability of the PPE supply chain to provide adequate and consistent supply when there is a large spike in demand has not been well-considered. Humanitarian …

    mit Repository record

  17. Avaliação de impacto da política de gestão por resultados do Pacto pela Educação do Governo do Estado de Pernambuco

    Germano, Bruna da NóbregaUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco2015

    … gestão por resultados do Pacto pela educação – PPE gerou impacto nas escolas da rede pública estadual de Pernambuco que oferecem o ensino médio, no período de 2008 a 2013 (sendo 2011 o ano de implementação da política avaliada), considerando como indicadores de sucesso escolar os índices de …

    brazil-ufpe Repository record

  18. Computation Methods for Parametric Analysis of Gravitational Wave Data

    Patel, Heta AjayVirginia Tech2019

    … approach called parameterized post-Einsteinian (ppE) theory that uses negligible assumptions and promises to identify any deviation on the parameters through post-processing tests. This thesis project proposes to develop a method for the parametric detection and testing of gravitational waves by …

    vt Repository record

  19. Immunogenicity and Quantitation of Soluble Anaplasma Marginale Antigens From Cell Cultures and Blood

    Moteane, MohlalefiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    … lower percentage of parasitized erythrocytes (PPE) than those at higher PPE. Mineral supplementation (KCl and or MgSO(,4)) did not improve the ability of medium to support anaplasmal growth and appeared to be deleterious.

    uiuc Repository record

  20. Protected at work but not at home: para-occupational ‘take-home’ herbicide residue exposure risks amongst forestry workers families in South Africa

    Pududu, BonoloDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine2018

    … to safety practices (e.g., not adhering to PPE requirements) at worksites, and this was identified as the main risk factor for 'take-home’ exposure amongst worker’s families. It was noted that the transient nature of forestry work impacted on worker’s ability to carry out hygiene practices …

    cape-town Repository record

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