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Evaluation of human vulnerability and toxic effects of chronic and acute occupational exposure to ammonia: A case study in an ice factory

Author(s): Soltanzadeh A; Mahdinia M; Nikbakht N; Hosseinzadeh K; Sadeghi-Yarandi M;

Background: The hazardous material release has frequently occurred worldwide. As a respiratory stimulant and a toxic substance, ammonia has numerous adverse effects on human health. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the human vulnerabili ...

Article GUID: 38143407


Trabecular Bone Score Preceding and during a 2-Year Follow-Up after Sleeve Gastrectomy: Pitfalls and New Insights

Author(s): Joshua Stokar

Bariatric surgery (BS) can have negative effects on bone health. Bone microarchitecture quality evaluation using the trabecular bone score (TBS) has not been described in patients after sleeve gastrectomy (SG). To test the hypothesis that the TBS is clinica ...

Article GUID: 37571418


Oligonucleotides Containing C5-Propynyl Modified Arabinonucleic Acids: Synthesis, Biophysical and Antisense Properties

Author(s): Pontarelli A; Wilds CJ;

The introduction of chemical modifications on the nucleic acid scaffold has allowed for the progress of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) in the clinic for the treatment of a variety of disorders. In contribution to the repertoire of gene-silencing nucleic ...

Article GUID: 36857293


Outdoor heat stress assessment using an integrated multi-scale numerical weather prediction system: A case study of a heatwave in Montreal

Author(s): Katal A; Leroyer S; Zou J; Nikiema O; Albettar M; Belair S; Wang L;

More frequent and severe extreme weather events such as heatwaves are among the most serious challenges to society in coping with the changing climate. To evaluate the impacts of the heatwave on large-scale urban areas, a multi-scale weather forecasting sys ...

Article GUID: 36587678


We're building it up to burn it down: fire occurrence and fire-related climatic patterns in Brazilian biomes

Author(s): Diele Viegas LM; Sales L; Hipólito J; Amorim C; Johnson de Pereira E; Ferreira P; Folta C; Ferrante L; Fearnside P; Mendes Malhado AC; Frede ...

Background: Terrestrial biomes in South America are likely to experience a persistent increase in environmental temperature, possibly combined with moisture reduction due to climat ...

Article GUID: 36312759


Arabinonucleic Acids Containing C5-Propynyl Modifications Form Stable Hybrid Duplexes with RNA that are Efficiently Degraded by E. coli RNase H

Author(s): Pontarelli A; Wilds CJ;

The promise of the antisense approach to treat a variety of diseases with oligonucleotides and solutions to challenges that have been encountered in their development is attributable to chemical modification of the nucleic acid scaffold. Herein, we describe ...

Article GUID: 35452799


An analysis of security vulnerabilities in container images for scientific data analysis

Author(s): Kaur B; Dugré M; Hanna A; Glatard T;

Background: Software containers greatly facilitate the deployment and reproducibility of scientific data analyses in various platforms. However, container images often contain outdated or unnecessary software packages, which increases the number of security ...

Article GUID: 34080631


On the Impact of Biceps Muscle Fatigue in Human Activity Recognition.

Author(s): Elshafei M, Costa DE, Shihab E

Nowadays, Human Activity Recognition (HAR) systems, which use wearables and smart systems, are a part of our daily life. Despite the abundance of literature in the area, little is known about the impact of muscle fatigue on these systems' performance. I ...

Article GUID: 33557239


Towards Detecting Biceps Muscle Fatigue in Gym Activity Using Wearables.

Author(s): Elshafei M, Shihab E

Fatigue is a naturally occurring phenomenon during human activities, but it poses a bigger risk for injuries during physically demanding activities, such as gym activities and athletics. Several studies show that bicep muscle fatigue can lead to various inj ...

Article GUID: 33498702


PASS: A Multimodal Database of Physical Activity and Stress for Mobile Passive Body/ Brain-Computer Interface Research

Author(s): Parent M; Albuquerque I; Tiwari A; Cassani R; Gagnon JF; Lafond D; Tremblay S; Falk TH;

With the burgeoning of wearable devices and passive body/brain-computer interfaces (B/BCIs), automated stress monitoring in everyday settings has gained significant attention recently, with applications ranging from serious games to clinical monitoring. Wit ...

Article GUID: 33363449


WAUC: A Multi-Modal Database for Mental Workload Assessment Under Physical Activity

Author(s): Albuquerque I; Tiwari A; Parent M; Cassani R; Gagnon JF; Lafond D; Tremblay S; Falk TH;

Assessment of mental workload is crucial for applications that require sustained attention and where conditions such as mental fatigue and drowsiness must be avoided. Previous work that attempted to devise objective methods to model mental workload were mai ...

Article GUID: 33335465


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