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Nanomaterials (Basel)
September 2024
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sez. di Perugia, Via Pascoli s.n.c., 06123 Perugia, Italy.
This paper presents a comprehensive study of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si)-based detectors, utilizing electrical characterization, Raman spectroscopy, photoemission, and inverse photoemission techniques. The unique properties of a-Si have sparked interest in its application for radiation detection in both physics and medicine. Although amorphous silicon (a-Si) is inherently a highly defective material, hydrogenation significantly reduces defect density, enabling its use in radiation detector devices.
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May 2024
Alina B. Baciu and Rose Marie Martinez are with the Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC.
Two public health reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published in 1988 and 2003 by the Institute of Medicine continue to resonate. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for a robust and adequately funded public health system that has political and public support as well as strong connections to health care and other sectors. However, a spate of recent assessments of the nation's public health infrastructure shows continuing gaps in funding, workforce, capacity, and other dimensions.
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May 2024
Angela K. McGowan, Rya Griffis, and Susan L. Polan are with the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Stephen Greeley is with Shared Cause, Alexandria, VA.
Am J Public Health
May 2024
C. William Keck is professor emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown. Ron Bialek is president and CEO of the Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC.
Am J Public Health
May 2024
Edward L. Baker is with the Schools of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and at Harvard University, Boston, MA.
The landmark 1988 Institute of Medicine report served the public health community well by pointing to what needed to be done, fostering a sense of urgency, and offering concrete directions to be pursued. In this article, the impact of the 1988 report, and of the subsequent 2003 report on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is considered by tracing the course of the ideas that influenced the consciousness of the public health community and subsequently catalyzed concrete action. Among these ideas was that "public health is in disarray.
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