1,631 results for “General Electric”, page 30 of 82
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · April 24, 2019
Rowland v. Union Carbide Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2019)
…Worksites: home renovation projects; Plastolite; General Motors homeowner assisting with home renovation clean-up home renovation projects 1972-1976; launderer of her husband's work clothing Plastolite; launderer of her father's work clothing General Motors
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 27, 2015
Storey v. Morse Diesel (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2015)
The court denied general contractor Morse Diesel's motion for summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law § 200 and negligence claims of plaintiffs John and Candace Storey. A general contractor seeking summary judgment on Labor Law § 200…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · April 9, 2014
Houston v. AO Smith Corp. (2014)
The court granted general contractor Morse Diesel's motion for summary judgment and dismissed all claims and cross-claims against it; the action continued against the remaining defendants. A general contractor is not liable under Labor…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Meeting report: mode(s) of action of asbestos and related mineral fibers
Although asbestos in general is well known to cause a range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic human health effects, not all asbestos fiber types have the same disease-causing potential, and the mode of action (MOA…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Identifying patients with suspected lung cancer in primary care: derivation and validation of an algorithm
…derive and validate an algorithm incorporating information on symptoms, to estimate the absolute risk of having lung cancer Cohort study of 375 UK QResearch® general practices for development, and 189 for validation. Selected patients were aged…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Impact of induction therapy on postoperative outcome after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: does induction-accelerated hemithoracic radiation increase the surgical risk?
This retrospective study from Toronto General Hospital, Canada, reviewed patients who had extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma between January 2001 and December 2014. In this operation the lung, outer chest lining, diaphragm and heart sac…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Glypican-1 immunohistochemistry does not separate mesothelioma from pulmonary adenocarcinoma
This laboratory study from Vancouver General Hospital in Canada tested whether a tissue stain for a protein called glypican-1 could help pathologists tell pleural mesothelioma apart from pulmonary (lung) adenocarcinoma. These two cancers can look…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Stent Implantation for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome of Malignant Cause
…If those were incomplete, secondary research was conducted using the cancer registry of the General Hospital Nuremberg, the cancer registry of the tumor center at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) or information given by physicians…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Chemicals: friends and foes
This two-page article was a general commentary, not a research study. The author, described as a former professor of chemistry, wrote about the benefits and dangers of chemicals used in homes, workplaces and the environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Administration of cisplatin in three patients with carboplatin hypersensitivity: is skin testing useful?
This case report from Sotiria General Hospital in Athens, Greece, described three patients who had allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions to the chemotherapy drug carboplatin. It is not a study of asbestos. Asbestos appears only because the first…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
This case report from Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, described one patient with diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, a cancer of the abdominal lining. The patient was a 54-year-old male construction worker admitted with two…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · June 13, 2012
Casey v. Perini Corporation (2012)
The Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for general contractor Perini Corporation against plaintiffs Patricia and John Casey, holding the trial court properly excluded plaintiffs' expert declaration and that plaintiffs offered only speculation about exposure. An…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 8, 2019
Craft v. Ports America Gulfport, Inc. (2019)
The appeals court affirmed the $1,600,000 general damages award and the denial of JNOV on negligence against Crowley Marine Services and James J. Flanagan Shipping, but reversed the JNOV that had struck the jury…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Free-floating intra-peritoneal mesothelial cyst with histologic properties of amniotic epithelium in term pregnancy: Report of two cases
This case report described two women at Kuang Tien General Hospital in Taiwan in whom a loose, free-floating cyst was found unexpectedly in the abdomen during planned caesarean deliveries at full term. The first woman…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Are current or future mesothelioma epidemics in Hong Kong the tragic legacy of uncontrolled use of asbestos in the past?
This ecologic study examined mesothelioma in Hong Kong's general population. It used Hong Kong Cancer Registry records and asbestos trade figures (all fiber types combined, per person per year, 1960–2006). From 1976 to 2006…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
The utility of electron microscopy in cytopathology
…utility of electron microscopy (EM) in cytopathology. 149,006 non-gynecologic cytology cases at the Massachusetts General Hospital between the years 1993 and 2006 were searched to identify those in which material had been submitted for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Assessment of occupational exposure to asbestos fibers: Contribution of analytical transmission electron microscopy analysis and comparison with phase-contrast microscopy
…to October 2010, the French general directorate for labor organized a large field-study using analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM) to characterize occupational exposure to asbestos fibers during work on asbestos containing materials (ACM). The primary…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Malignant mesothelioma of tunica vaginalis testis: Report of a very rare case with review of the literature
This article was a case report from the Department of Urology of the General Hospital of Bolzano, Italy, followed by a discussion of earlier published reports. It described a 40-year-old patient admitted for routine…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
A feasibility study evaluating Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Therapy: the "SMART" approach for resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma
This phase I/II feasibility study came from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General Hospital, Canada. It tested a treatment, SMART, for surgically removable malignant pleural mesothelioma. It did not study asbestos exposure. From November…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Malignant pleural mesothelioma and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database: an analysis of surgical morbidity and mortality
…vs 12.5%; P = .05). Extrapleural pneumonectomy is associated with greater morbidity and mortality compared with pleurectomy/decortication when performed by participating surgeons of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons-General Thoracic Database. Effects of center…