OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS UNDER A WARMER PLANET: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL DERMATITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, AND HEAT STRAIN SCORE INDEX AMONG CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AT KOTTAYAM, KERALA

Occupational hazards under a warmer planet: A cross-sectional study on occupational dermatitis, musculoskeletal disorders, and heat strain score index among construction workers at Kottayam, Kerala

Background: Global climate change has a major impact on occupational health.Construction workers are the most vulnerable group to work under a warmer planet.Potential health consequences to them include occupational skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, respiratory problems, cancers, mental health disorders, and infectious diseases.The incidence

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A new combination for a neglected member of Linaria subsect. Versicolores (Plantaginaceae, Antirrhineae) endemic to the Algarve, Portugal

Linaria bimaculata comb.et stat.nov., from the overlooked Central Algarve plant endemism centre, is here lectotypified and redescribed as a full species based on Linaria 2003 toyota corolla exhaust system viscosa var.bimaculata, which was historically misidentified under allopatric L.spartea and L.viscosa.Traditional herbarium taxonomy and citizen

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Further Results on Stability of Sampled-Data Systems Considering Time-Delay and Its Application to Electric Power Markets

This paper concentrates on analyzing the stability problems of aperiodic sampled-data systems with time delay.Based on Lyapunov theory, a new time-square-dependent two-side looped-functional (TTLF) is proposed, which can take full advantage of the second ryse disposable order terms with respect to time.And by using the intrinsic relationships of st

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