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\item We have detected CS toward 18 sources  \item Using Herschel/HiGal survey data, we calculated CS abundances for these sources to be $\sim$10$^{-7}$ and range between 0.16-9.36 $\times$10$^{-7}$  \item Three sources show non-gaussian line-profiles with strong emission on the blue-shifted side. We interpret this profile as caused by gas infall onto a protostar.  \item Two of the infall candidates (N62 1 (N62-1  and N90 2) N90-2)  are embedded in infrared dark clouds along the edge of their expanding bubbles. The combination of photometry-based YSO identification, CS-based infall, location inside an IRDC and on the edge of an expanding bubble is strongly suggestive of triggered star-formation. \item Using a two-component model, we estimate that one infall candidate, N117 3, N117-3,  has an average infall speed of 0.31 km/s and a mass infall rate of 2.9 $\times$ 10$^{-5}$ M$_\odot$/yr. These numerical results  are consistent with intermediate to massive star-formation. \end{itemize}  The three infall candidates are promising sources for further study to better determine the mechanisms involved in triggered star-formation. The two candidates near embedded in IRDCs are especially promising and are being mapped in a follow-up study (Devine et al., in prep.).