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Environments, Volume 6, Issue 11

2019 November - 7 articles

Cover Story: Workers with an active implantable medical device, such as a pacemaker, must be protected against the interference of electromagnetic fields. In many cases, a specific risk assessment is needed in order to guarantee their safety. The international standards of the EN50527 family provide the general methodologies that shall be adopted for such an evaluation. This study presents an example of how the specific risk assessment can be performed, using the in vitro testing/measurements methodology. View this paper.
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Articles (7)

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,465 Views
14 Pages

Arpa Piemonte has been carrying out, for a long time, controls on clearable materials from nuclear power plants to verify compliance with clearance levels set by ISIN (Ispettorato Nazionale per la Sicurezza Nucleare e la Radioprotezione - National In...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Agents: Measurement Methods, Modelling and Mitigations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,404 Views
13 Pages

Workers with Active Implantable Medical Devices Exposed to EMF: In Vitro Test for the Risk Assessment

  • Eugenio Mattei,
  • Giovanni Calcagnini,
  • Federica Censi,
  • Iole Pinto,
  • Andrea Bogi and
  • Rosaria Falsaperla

The occupational health and safety framework identifies workers with an active implantable medical device (AIMD), such as a pacemaker (PM) or an implantable defibrillator (ICD), as a particularly sensitive risk group that must be protected against th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Agents: Measurement Methods, Modelling and Mitigations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,635 Views
11 Pages

Rainfall Variability across the Agro-Climatic Zones of a Tropical Highland: The Case of the Jema Watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia

  • Mintesinot Taye,
  • Belay Simane,
  • Benjamin F. Zaitchik,
  • Yihenew G. Selassie and
  • Shimelis Setegn

The objective of the study was to analyze the variability of various climate indicators across the agro-climatic zones (ACZs) of the Jema watershed. The variability was analyzed considering mean annual rainfall (MARF, mm), mean daily minimum temperat...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,651 Views
4 Pages

Preface: New Solutions Mitigating Environmental Noise Pollution

  • Gaetano Licitra and
  • Konstantinos Vogiatzis

The increasing attention of the public towards the effects of noise pollution on health pushed the EU to issue the Environmental Noise 49/2002/CE Directive [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Solutions Mitigating Environmental Noise Pollution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,069 Views
16 Pages

Groundwater Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in A Karst Aquifer of Greece Using EPIK Method

  • Anastasia Vogelbacher,
  • Nerantzis Kazakis,
  • Konstantinos Voudouris and
  • Steffen Bold

The aim of this study was the assessment of groundwater vulnerability and pollution risk of the Perivleptos karst aquifer in the northwestern part of Greece. Hence, the EPIK method has been applied within the study area. Additionally, a detailed lite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Groundwater Quality and Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,374 Views
2 Pages

The definition of green technologies should be any process, product or service that reduces negative environmental impacts while protecting human health and ecosystem quality [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deployment of Green Technologies for Sustainable Environment)
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