Essays about: "POISONING"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 76 essays containing the word POISONING.

  1. 6. Modelling of Fluid Flow and Contaminant Transport in Fractured Rock : Case Study

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Ebba Pegestam; [2022]
    Keywords : Contaminant transport; Discrete Fracture Network; Geology; Geohydrology; Groundwater transport; Fracture; Drinking water; Contamination; Föroreningar; flödestransport; spricknätverk; geologi; geohydrologi; grundvattentransport; sprickor; dricksvatten;

    Abstract : Drinking water contamination is a big concern in Sweden and is commonly traced back to being waste from former manufacturing industrial sites. Pollutants in the topsoil can be remediated by several techniques, such as decontamination or excavation but the toxins already enclosed in the bedrock cannot be treated the same and is harder to track possible contaminant pathways. READ MORE

  3. 7. Ökar risken att drabbas av matförgiftning vid konsumtion av animaliska livsmedel?

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Madeleine Liefke; [2022]
    Keywords : Matförgiftning; livsmedelsburen sjukdom; smitta; mikroorganism; livsmedelshygien; allätare; vegan; animaliska livsmedel; vegetabiliska livsmedel; blandade rätter; kosthållning;

    Abstract : Förekomsten av matförgiftningar är ett omfattade problem världen över. Förutom att det innebär ett lidande för den som insjuknat och i värsta fall kan leda till döden, orsakar matförgiftningar även samhällsförluster i form av sjukfrånvaro, sjukersättningar, belastning på sjukvården och produktionsbortfall. READ MORE

  4. 8. The importance of the two- and three component systems WalRK and VraTSR for antibiotic resistance and phage susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk mikrobiologi

    Author : Jack Abrahamsson; [2022]
    Keywords : MRSA; Vancomycin; VISA; phage; bacteriophage; Staphylococcus aureus; antibiotic resistance; chemical engineering; Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Staphylococcus aureus is a human commensal bacterium, living primarily on the skin and in the nose. It is also a pathogen able to cause a wide range of diseases, including food poisoning, infection of wounds but also more serious infections such as bacteremia and endocarditis. READ MORE

  5. 9. Enamelled steel

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Steneby - Institutionen för Konsthantverk och Design

    Author : Johannes Postlmayr; [2021-01-05]
    Keywords : Enamelled Steel; Glass on metal; Enamel; Emaille; Emalj; Enamelware; Kitchenware; Householdware; Hollowware; Public health; Lead-poisoning; Industrial Revolution; Design; Functionalism; Gestaltung; Gestaltning; Contemporary Sculpture; Applied craft; Object art; CAD; CNC water-jet cutting; Augmented reality;

    Abstract : This exam project is about a material that developed with the rise of the industrial revolution, became almost obsolete in recent decades, and that I now use in the field of applied art, craft, and design. Enamelled steel is a material mostly known for its use in domestic kitchenware and colourful road and advertising signs. READ MORE

  6. 10. Food Safety Risk Perceptions in the Dumpster Diving Community and Analysis of Bacterial Burden in Discarded Foods

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Corneus Allyson; [2021]
    Keywords : Dumpster diving; totting; skipping; biomedicine; global health; public health; life sciences; microbiology of the food;

    Abstract : The main topic of this study was dumpster diving (the act of retrieving discarded goods, in this case especially food, from waste containers) and the exploration of this activity from the infection biology viewpoint. Dumpster diving is a common way of accessing goods without spending economic resources, as well as an expression of anti-consumerism or civil disobedience. READ MORE