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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Air Contaminants"”.
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Selective microorganism concentration using a dielectrophoresis-based microfabricated device
… of separating bacterial spores from typical air contaminants such as sand or soot by means of dielectrophoresis. Spores of B. subtilis as well as model airborne interferents are characterized electrically; based on their properties, schemes of their electrical separation are proposed. The …
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Modeling Diffusion-Controlled Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds From Layered Building Materials
Building materials are a major source of indoor air contaminants. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are an important class of contaminants prevalent in indoor air. Attempts have been made to model the emission of VOCs from building materials. Diffusion has been shown to control the rate of mass …
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Exposure to hazardous air pollutants in homes
… have found that human exposure to hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) occurs in homes; however, the depth of these assessments was limited by the extent of the analyzed data. The present Ph.D. dissertation focused on air contaminants of concern in residential buildings, the possible sources of …
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The effect and management of air quality in Prince George
Air pollution comprised of particulate matter 10μm (PM10), particulate matter 2.5μm (PM2.5), ground level ozone (O3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) has documented impacts on public health, which led governments to establish standards and regulate the emission of these airborne contaminants. In Northern …
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Characterisation of Treated Timber Sources of Pesticide Contaminants using Source Modelling Techniques
Exposure to indoor air contaminants is recognised as a major contributor to human health risk. Level of contaminants are generally higher indoors than outdoors. As people spend 80 to 90% of their time indoors, these elevated contaminant levels cause high exposures which may increase the risk of …
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Development of molecular tools for rapid detection and quantification of indoor airborne molds to assess their impact on public health
… link is still limited. The monitoring of indoor airborne fungal contamination is a common tool to help understanding the link between fungi in houses and respiratory problems. Classical monitoring methods, based on cultivation and microscopic identification, have some limitations. For example, …
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Differential proteome analysis of human lung epithelial cells following exposure to aromatic volatile organic compounds
… used. This cell line, cultured in a two-phase (air/liquid) model allows the most direct exposure and had been successfully applied for the analysis of inflammatory effects in response to VOCs. Mass spectrometric identification of 266 protein spots provided the first proteomic map of A549 cell …
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THE EFFECT OF INDOOR TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES (TSP) ON THE HUMAN UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: FROM THE MICROBIOME TO HERV METHYLATION
Air pollution is well known for its adverse effects on human health. Among all air contaminants, particulate matter is one of the most studied because of its effect on the cardiovascular and respiratory system. Almost the entire global population is exposed daily to an unhealthy level of these …