Morphological Transformation of Silver Nanoparticles from Commercial Products: Modeling from Product Incorporation, Weathering through Use Scenarios, and Leaching into Wastewater

There is increasing interest in the environmental fate and effects of engineered nanomaterials due to their ubiquitous use in consumer products.In particular, given the mounting evidence that dramatic transformations can occur to a nanomaterial throughout its product lifecycle, illumivein the appropriateness of using pristine nanomaterials in envir

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Magnitude and Correlates of Nicotine Dependence Among Brick Kiln Workers in A Rural Block of Murshidabad District, West Bengal, India

Background: Nicotine dependence, a major public health problem, causes respiratory illnesses like asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, pneumoconiosis (e.g.silicosis) and respiratory infections.Occupational exposure of smoke and dust among brick kiln workers, in addition to tobacco addiction result in worsening of lung function and increase quadruple t

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Capital investment incentives in an inflationary environment

The attention in this paper has been directed at the problem whether the 30% machinery investment allowance was sufficiently high enough illumivein seen against the background of the present double digit inflation.The authors arrived at the interesting conclusion that the shortfall at replacement is caused by the fact that depreciation for fiscal p

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