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Pesticide residues in foods and water in Qatar and their impact on food exposure risk assessment
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Emerald
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to analyze fruits, vegetables, water and soil for organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues and to assess the food exposure of these pesticides in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach: ...
A global systematic review of the concentrations of Malathion in water matrices: Meta-analysis, and probabilistic risk assessment
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article)
Pesticide applications and the proximity of land use to water matrices have resulted in discharges of pollutants including Malathion ?one of the most widely used organophosphorus pesticides? to water resources such as ...
A risk mitigation approach for autonomous cloud intrusion response system
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Springer-Verlag Wien
, 2016 , Article)
Cloud computing delivers on-demand resources over the Internet on a pay-for-use basis, intruders may exploit clouds for their advantage. This paper presents Autonomous Cloud Intrusion Response System (ACIRS), a proper ...
Risk assessment of accidental spills of toxic and flammable liquids on land
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Emerald Publishing
, 2004 , Master Thesis)
The main objective of this paper is the assessment of the environmental impact due to accidental spills of toxic and flammable liquids on land. Different case studies of possible accidents in the State of Qatar were ...
Health risk assessment of methyl mercury from fish consumption in a sample of adult Qatari residents
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2023 , Article)
Fish constitutes an essential source of high-quality protein and is, at the same time, the source of exposure to many hazardous contaminants, namely mercury and methyl mercury (MeHg). This study aims at assessing the risk ...
DEMATEL-ANP risk assessment in oil and gas construction projects
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MDPI AG
, 2017 , Article)
Oil and gas construction projects are complex and risky because of their dynamic environment. Furthermore, rising global energy demand has increased the need for trustworthy risk assessment models for such projects that ...
Application of a property-based inherently safety quantification framework for integrating risk assessment into process safety life cycle
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AIChE
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Process plant involves different types of risks which need to be managed appropriately to avoid dangerous incidents. Some risks are associated with design decisions such as choice of unit, chemicals or design layout etc. ...
Environmental impact of fuel spills on land
(2006 , Conference Paper)
This study considers the toxicity and flammability of emitted fuel vapor from un-ignited pools of spilled chemicals on land. It also estimates the thermal radiation levels emitted from such pools in case they catch fire. ...
Assessment of preconstruction factors in sustainable project management performance
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: The construction sector has a global reach, and construction professionals worldwide often encounter challenges in delivering a project on time and within the assigned budget. Hence, this paper aims to investigate ...
Measuring construction materials price fluctuation risk
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Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Construction projects costs are believed to be highly susceptible to a combination of internal and external factors. One of these factors is the prices of construction materials and the risk of their fluctuation. This paper ...