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2/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe results of this study by NIOSH have served to provide performance data in support of the procedures described in the international standard methods, for which such results were previously unavailable in the peer-reviewed literature.
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12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes the in-mine evaluation of a smart mine fire sensor system and discusses recommendations for improving the system.
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6/1/2008 - Conference papersThis paper describes a portable device developed by NIOSH for measuring levels of elemental carbon in real time.
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2/1/2008 - Information CircularsThis report summarizes a field study by NIOSH that documented the reactions of 30 miners at 4 underground coal mines concerning the use of personal dust monitors (PDMs) and how they make use of the information it provides.
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9/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis NIOSH paper documents coal miners’ reactions to the new Personal Dust Monitor (PDM), and how they make use of the information th PDM provides.
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4/1/2006 - Conference papers, Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper serves as an overview to remind and/or instruct readers about gas-sampling methodologies and gas analyses to assist in determining the status of underground atmospheres.
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5/1/2004 - Conference papersDiscusses implementation of a real-time neural network which can discriminate mine fires from nuisance diesel emissions as part of an atmospheric mine monitoring system in NIOSH's Safety Research Coal Mine.
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10/1/2002 - Conference papersResults of experiments to train a neural network to detect coal and styrene-butadiene-rubber conveyor belting fires. Six of the seven experiments were conducted in the presence of diesel exhaust.
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4/1/1999 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn evaluation of strategies for monitoring methane levels during roof bolting in an extended cut entry.
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12/1/1980 - Contract reports, Open File ReportsThe objective of this program was to design and build a self-contained system for remote monitoring of the atmosphere in mines. The system developed uses the mine pager phone line as the primary communication channel and also has the capability of using...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program