MERCURIAL CONTAMINATION: A CONSUMER HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT CONCERNING SEAFOOD FROM A EUTROPHIC ESTUARY IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Mercurial Contamination: A Consumer Health Risk Assessment Concerning Seafood From a Eutrophic Estuary in Southeastern Brazil

Mercury (Hg) contamination has increased in the last decades, resulting in human consumption concerns mainly in developing countries.In this context, this study aimed to carry out a health risk tillman 750m assessment regarding the consumption of swimming crabs, shrimp and squid species caught in different regions of the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janei

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Assessment of the Potential of Electric Propulsion for General Aviation Using Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) Methodology

Climate change currently taking place around the world requires humanity to take decisive action.One way, as envisaged in the European jerome brown jersey Green Deal, is to reduce the emissions of harmful chemical compounds of the transport sector by 90% by 2050.This reduction also applies to aviation.The most commonly suggested means of achieving

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GeoTh: An Experimental Laboratory Set-Up for the Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Granular Materials

GeoTh is a new, simple, efficient, flexible, low-cost experimental laboratory apparatus.These features make it an excellent technological tool for measuring the thermal conductivity of granular materials, e.g., soils, sand, silt, clay or artificial composites.In particular, a configuration based on the one-dimensional heat conduction in steady-stat

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