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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"risk characterization"”.
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Improving Public-Private Partnership Contracts through Risk Characterization, Contract Mechanisms, and Flexibility
… engaged in more project tasks and accepts more risks. However, due to their long-term and complex nature, PPP contracts face many issues. Consequently, each project's contract becomes vital to project success because it: allocates risks, governs project relationships, and can align parties' …
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A Re-Evaluation of the US EPA Radon Risk Categorization for Unicoi County, Tennessee.
<p>Effective risk communication is based on appropriate risk characterization. A reevaluation of the 1987 US EPA radon risk categorization of Unicoi County Tennessee was conducted using in-home radon concentrations, determined in a long-term monitoring study. Radon concentrations were measured in …
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Anti Prion Mediated Neurotoxicity In Vivo
… the second part of this thesis, I focused on the risk characterization of neurotoxic antiprion antibodies. Despite reports about the neurotoxic side effects of antiprion antibodies, passive immunotherapy with these ligands is still a therapeutic strategy under investigation in the treatment of …
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Defining farm-safety research priorities and adjusting farm insurance premiums by a risk analysis approach
A risk analysis approach for farm work-related injuries was proposed. For this study, risk is defined as the Expected Injury Cost (EIC) index per farm worker per year. Four steps are involved in the risk assessment analysis of farm injuries: (1) determination of risk factors, (2) injury severity …
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Environmental risk assessment for an informal e-waste recycling site in Lagos State, Nigeria
… that the informal E-waste recycling may pose a risk to human health and the environment, this study aims to evaluate the e-waste contamination and the environmental and human health impact of informal e-waste recycling on the exposed population using the risk assessment framework. The …
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Exposition des travailleurs aux résidus de pesticides sur les fleurs coupées et sur les produits horticoles
… aim of the thesis is to evaluate the exposure risks of two categories of workers indirectly exposed to pesticide residues (parent compounds and metabolites): Belgian florists and Tunisian market gardeners. As a first step, the exposure of Belgian florists to pesticide residues present on cut …
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From Source to Surveillance: An Assessment of Liquid Elemental Mercury Mobilization in Soil, Downstream Reactivity, and Biomarkers of Exposure
… (EFPC) in Oak Ridge, TN (USA). A combination of characterization techniques were used including scanning electron microscopy, X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, and transmission electron spectroscopy. Altogether the data demonstrated the predominance of nanoparticulate HgS with crystal …