Semi-quantitative chemical expert tool for occupational safety and health (use and standards of exposure of chemicals hazardous to health) regulations 2000 by Mohamed, Mohd Marzuki, Abdul Aziz, Hanida, Abdul Manaf, Norhuda, Tan, Lian See

“…The increasing number of occupational diseases and poisonings reported is worrying as it reflects improper chemical safety management and non-compliance with relevant legislations. The lack of systematic techniques that could be easily adopted for self-assessment has hindered many organizations from complying with this regulation. …”
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Piling up reactive nitrogen and declining nitrogen use efficiency in Pakistan: a challenge not challenged (1961–2013) by Sajjad Raza, Jianbin Zhou, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Rahil Afzal, Muneer Ahmed, Shahbaz Javaid, Zhujun Chen

“…There is a dire need to devise/adapt strategies and consistent policies for improving NUE, using proper management approaches at the grass root level and applying appropriate legislative measures for judicious N use as per crops requirements. …”
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Sub-23 nm Particle Emissions from China-6 GDI Vehicle: Impacts of Drive Cycle and Ambient Temperature by Dongdong Guo, Yunshan Ge, Xin Wang, Haixu Liu, Sheng Su, Chunbo Li, Tinghong Tao

“…Both the EU and China are evaluating the feasibility of lowering the detection limit of particle number (PN) measurement to 10 nm in future legislations, making it necessary to better understand the sub-23 nm particle emission characteristics from state-of-the-art vehicles. …”
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Evaluation of Waste Blends with Sewage Sludge as a Potential Material Input for Pyrolysis by Lenka Kubonova, Iva Janakova, Petra Malikova, Silvie Drabinova, Milan Dej, Roman Smelik, Pavel Skalny, Silvie Heviankova

“…In line with the requirements of the circular economy, the European Union’s waste management legislative changes also concern the treatment of sewage sludge. …”
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Emergency Medical Teams Interventions due to Cardiovascular Diseases in 2018: Polish Regional Observational Study by Klaudiusz Nadolny, Magdalena Wierzbik-Strońska, Jerzy R. Ładny, Beniamin O. Grabarek, Oliwia Warmusz, Dariusz Boroń, Aleksander Ostenda

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> It can be observed that the Medical Emergency System in Katowice operates accordingly with the intentions of the legislator. The obtained data also indicates that there is a high societal awareness of the residents about the purpose of the Medical Emergency Team.…”
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Low energy demand scenario for feasible deep decarbonisation: Whole energy systems modelling for Ireland by Ankita Gaur, Olexandr Balyk, James Glynn, John Curtis, Hannah Daly

“…Ireland, the subject of this paper, has legislated one of the most ambitious decarbonisation targets in the world: the need to understand the role of demand shift is paramount. …”
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The Impact of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Conditions on Cardiovascular Health and Acute Cardiovascular Diseases by Antonio De Vita, Antonietta Belmusto, Federico Di Perna, Saverio Tremamunno, Giuseppe De Matteis, Francesco Franceschi, Marcello Covino

“…Future programs aimed at reducing CV and environmental burdens should require cross-disciplinary collaboration involving physicians, researchers, public health workers, political scientists, legislators, and national leaders to mitigate the effects of climate change.…”
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Examining the Challenges and Removing the Conflict of Electronic Procedure Rules in Iranian Legal System with a Comparative View to French Law by mehdi vahdati, Hossein Taherkhani, Parviz Savrai, jamshid nourshargh

“…Therefore, the encounter of the judiciary with electronic communications and the need to prepare the executive arrangements for this process of cooperation with the cooperation of e-service providers, both public and private, seems to be inevitable and essential. The Legislator, by enacting Article 175 and Section 9 of 2013 Criminal Procedure Code, prescribed the Electronic Procedure for the first time. …”
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Application of an In Vitro Digestion Model for Wheat and Red Beetroot Bread to Assess the Bioaccessibility of Aflatoxin B₁, Ochratoxin A and Zearalenone and Betalains by Paula Llorens Castelló, Ana Juan-García, Juan Carlos Moltó Cortés, Jordi Mañes Vinuesa, Cristina Juan García

“…In this study the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of three legislated mycotoxins (AFB₁, OTA and ZEN), individual and combined, in two breads, one with wheat flour and the other with wheat flour enriched with 20% <i>Beta vulgaris</i>, were evaluated. …”
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Why scale is vital to plan optimal Nature-Based Solutions for resilient cities by MG Hutchins, D Fletcher, A Hagen-Zanker, H Jia, L Jones, H Li, S Loiselle, J Miller, S Reis, I Seifert-Dähnn, V Wilde, C-Y Xu, D Yang, J Yu, S Yu

“…Methodologically, concepts for a tool are presented which include quantifying the demand and potential for NBS to enhance ecosystem service (ES) provision, and linking ESs to readily quantifiable and legislatively-relevant environmental quality indicators (EQIs). …”
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Topical issues of the provision of the radiation safety for dental X-ray examinations by T. B. Baltrukova, S. V. Voronkova, A. V. Vodovatov

“…It is necessary to further improve the legislative base regulating the dental care: harmonization of the acting requirements on the equipment of the dental rooms, orders and standards of dental care, training of staff. …”
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Systematic study on key factors influencing establish automobile electronics industry clustering: From talent program perspective by Nai-Chieh Wei, Hsiang-Chen Hsu, I-Ming Chao, Ai-Ling Yang

“…It combined with the legislations that progressive safety driving leads to increase automobile electronic (AE) facilities and enlarges the proportion of the electronic control for vehicles. …”
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Determinants of UK companies’ dividend policy by Munther Momany, Khaled Bataineh, Omar Al-Bataineh

“…Ultimately, this study emphasizes how important dividend catering components are in guiding UK companies' dividend policies, arguing that CEOs and legislators should pay more attention to this.…”
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The Study of Substructures of Addiction Phenomena in High School Students Using Problem Finding Workshops by Manzumeh Shamsi Meymandi, Hossein Safizadeh, Kouros Divsalar, Ramin Rastegariyanzadeh, Gioia Heravi, Majid Mahmoodi, Ali Kheradmand

“…Rules infirmity or non-implementation of the current rules enforcement, geographical status and addiction as a conspiracy were also observed in students’ statements.Conclusion: The positive attitudes and historical roots of addiction along with the process of changing the values caused the growth of drug addiction in young population which could neutralize the security measures, legislations policy and even the knowledge. Therefore, intensification of personal protective factors and culturalization addressed for improving inner layers of values are recommended.Keywords: Addiction, Qualitative study, Students, Etiology.…”
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Systematization of effective population-based preventive measures under uncertainty: an ontological approach by E. I. Suvorova, A. V. Kontsevaya, A. P. Ryzhov, A. O. Myrzamatova, D. K. Mukaneeva, M. B. Khudyakov, O. M. Drapkina

“…The following population-based preventive measures were considered: economic measures, taxes, subsidies; information campaigns in the media and public education; changing the environment, infrastructure; labeling, information for the consumer, prohibition, and other legislative measures.Results. An ontological model in the form of a graph was created. …”
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Radio-Frequency-Based NH3-Selective Catalytic Reduction Catalyst Control: Studies on Temperature Dependency and Humidity Influences by Markus Dietrich, Gunter Hagen, Willibald Reitmeier, Katharina Burger, Markus Hien, Philippe Grass, David Kubinski, Jaco Visser, Ralf Moos

“…The upcoming more stringent automotive emission legislations and current developments have promoted new technologies for more precise and reliable catalyst control. …”
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Sharing Biomedical Data: Strengthening AI Development in Healthcare by Tania Pereira, Joana Morgado, Francisco Silva, Michele M. Pelter, Vasco Rosa Dias, Rita Barros, Cláudia Freitas, Eduardo Negrão, Beatriz Flor de Lima, Miguel Correia da Silva, António J. Madureira, Isabel Ramos, Venceslau Hespanhol, José Luis Costa, António Cunha, Hélder P. Oliveira

“…The need to build large datasets that can be used to develop healthcare solutions deserves special attention from the scientific community, clinicians, all the healthcare players, engineers, ethicists, legislators, and society in general. This paper offers an overview of the data limitation in medical predictive models; its impact on the development of healthcare solutions; benefits and barriers of sharing data; and finally, suggests future directions to overcome data limitations in the medical field and enable AI to enhance healthcare. …”
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Access to Breast Reconstruction in Kuwait: Assessing Surgeon-related Factors as a Barrier to Referral by Waleed Burhamah, MB BCh, BAO (NUI RCSI) (Hons), Solaiman M. Alshawaf, BMSc, MD, Sarah Al Safi, MD, Abdullah Alabduljalail, BMSc, MD, Sarah AlYouha, MD, PhD, FRCSC

“…There is a pressing need to generate legislations and a streamlined protocol for referral that facilitate access to breast reconstructive services.…”
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Hospital pharmacy management in a tertiary care charitable hospital: Compliance study with quality standards by Sharad Chand, CS Shastry, Shivakumar Hiremath, Juno J. Joel, Ch Krishnabhat

“…Objective: To perform a qualitative and quantitative comparison of the practice and infrastructure with applicable legislations governing hospital pharmacy while the secondary objective was to calculate the average dispensing time of a prescription in the hospital pharmacy. …”
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A Multi-Site Assessment of Anesthetic Overdose, Hypothermic Shock, and Electrical Stunning as Methods of Euthanasia for Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) Embryos and Larvae by Jean-Philippe Mocho, Florian Lang, Guillaume Valentin, Sébastien Bedu, Robin McKimm, Juan Ramos, Yolanda Saavedra Torres, Sarah E. Wheatley, Joseph Higgins, Mollie E. Millington, Pia Rengtved Lundegaard, Rubén Chamorro Valverde, Vlasta Jenčič, Kristine von Krogh

“…Euthanasia in zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) younger than 5 days post fertilization (dpf) is poorly described in the literature, and standardized protocols are lacking, most likely because larvae not capable of independent feeding are often not protected under national legislations. We assessed the euthanasia efficacy in laboratories in different countries of a one hour anesthetic overdose immersion with buffered lidocaine hydrochloride (1 g/L, with or without 50 mL/L of ethanol), buffered tricaine (1 g/L), clove oil (0.1%), benzocaine (1 g/L), or 2-phenoxyethanol (3 mL/L), as well as the efficacy of hypothermic shock (one hour immersion) and electrical stunning (for one minute), on zebrafish at <12 h post fertilization (hpf), 24 hpf, and 4 dpf. …”
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