A COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL VS. HYPOTHETICALLY POOLED MERCURY BIOMONITORING DATA FROM THE MATERNAL ORGANICS MONITORING STUDY (MOMS), ALASKA, 1999-2012

Biomonitoring for heavy metals is important to assess health risks, especially in Arctic communities where rural residents rely on locally harvested foods.However, laboratory testing for blood contaminants is expensive and might not be sustainable for long-term monitoring.We assessed whether pooled specimen biomonitoring could be a part of a plan f

This paper deals with the analysis and design of a sliding mode-based controller to obtain high power factor (HPF) in the bridgeless isolated version of the single ended primary inductor converter (SEPIC) operating as a single-phase rectifier.In the work reported here, the converter is used as a unidirectional isolated interface between an AC sourc

The Roman Catholic Church has received a remarkable amount of press attention regarding clerical perpetrated sexual abuse with child victims as well as other clerical behavioral scandals in recent years.Much has been reported in both the popular and professional press about the various aspects and elements of priestly formation and ministry that mi

Background: UML class diagrams can be automatically validated Microphone if they are compliant with a domain knowledge specified in a selected OWL 2 domain ontology.The method requires translation of the diagrams into their OWL 2 representation.Aim: The aim of this paper is to present transformation and verification rules of UML class diagrams to t