THE BUNCEFIELD ACCIDENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES FOR FUEL STORAGE SITES AND OTHER SITES IN THE UK, REGULATED UNDER THE SEVESO DIRECTIVE

The Buncefield Accident and the Environmental Consequences for Fuel Storage Sites and other Sites in the UK, Regulated under the Seveso Directive

In December 2005 there was a major explosion and fire at the Buncefield fuel storage depot, located about 25 kms north of London.Fortunately nobody was killed but over 40 people were injured and there was extensive damage to property.Some of the tank bunds failed during the fire leading to the release of Beach Towel fuel and fire-fighting foam whic

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on senior dental students in Korea: Examining stress, burnout, and depression

Background/purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and enduring impact on various aspects of society, including medical education and the training of dental students.The field of Bronzing Primer dentistry, given its nature, is particularly susceptible to the challenges posed by a pandemic.Prolonged exposure to the pandemic is believed to

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Systemic regulation of retinal medium-chain fatty acid oxidation repletes TCA cycle flux in oxygen-induced retinopathy

Abstract Activation of anaplerosis takes away glutamine from the biosynthetic pathways to the energy-producing TCA cycle.Especially, induction of hyperoxia driven anaplerosis in neurovascular tissues such as the retina during early stages of development could deplete biosynthetic precursors from newly proliferating endothelial cells Hybrid Piano im

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Effects of Temporal Characteristics on Pilots Perceiving Audiovisual Warning Signals Under Different Perceptual Loads

Our Hybrid Piano research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of auditory, visual, and audiovisual warning signals for capturing the attention of the pilot, and how stimulus onset asynchronies (SOA) in audiovisual stimuli affect pilots perceiving the bimodal warning signals under different perceptual load conditions.In experiment 1 of the low pe

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