... sampling and analytical methodologies for measuring air toxics, and investigations of atmospheric chemistry processes — chemical transformation andchemicaland physical removal in indoor and outdoor ... database of information on HAP chemicaland physical properties as they relate to their presence in ambient air, as well as information on their lifetimes and transformations in ambient air and the ... Agency and Drs Larry Cupitt, William McClenny, and Robert Lewis for support and advice We also wish to acknowledge the Atmospheric Science and Applied Technology Department of Battelle for providing...
... number with no available data for each of the chemical categories established in Chapter (Table 2.2) As expected, for categories such as hydrocarbons, aromatic compounds, and their halogenated analogs, ... oven emissions and hydrazine, for which no ambient data exist, and ethylene oxide and quinoline, for which only a few ambient measurements were found Data are also relatively scarce for 1,3-dichloropropene, ... Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Part 1, Chemical, Environmental, and Experimental Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, 1983 Rosenbaum, A.S., Stiefer, P.S and Iwamiya,...
... Reported for Removal Process, Lifetime and Transformation Products No Product Data No Transformation Anticipated No Data Hydrocarbons Halogenated HydrocarbonsAromatic Compounds Halogenated Aromatics ... transformation Yes No transformation Yes No transformation No transformation (in troposphere) Yes No transformation (a) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No information Yes No transformation Yes No transformation ... in understanding the complexities and uncertainties in the available information for the 188 HAPs 5.2 EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES FOR THE STUDY OF HAP TRANSFORMATIONS The photochemistry and reaction...
... develop a successful experimental and analytical protocol for both batch and continuous disinfection systems Therefore, three standard bacteria namely E.coli, B.substilis and Microbacterium sp were ... curtains, and other bathroom fixtures, wallpaper, water and scale in humidifiers, and soil and surfaces of containers for potted plants HVAC systems can also serve as amplification and dissemination ... Dr Raja and Mr Qin Zhen for their extended assistance during the course of project I am also thankful to the staff in Civil Engineering, Tan Fea Mein and Dr Liu Wen-Tso for their support and encouragement...
... chapters on nanocomposites for engineering hard materials for high performance aircraft, rocket and automobile use, using laser pulses to form metal coatings on glass and quartz, and also tungsten carbide-cobalt ... points: i) points Ai and Bi, located just before the change of behaviour; and ii) points Ai+1 and Bi+1, located at the next increment for mesh A and mesh B respectively At points Ai and Bi, the criterion ... the global failure of the specimens For specimens “Ø300”, the damage mechanisms responsible for this plateau and, therefore, for the global failure, appear for the same stress value In order to...
... Pratt and Whitney, El Al, airworthiness authorities from Israel, the Netherlands and USA, accident investigation boards from the UK and USA, the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and the ... in the format required for the International Conference "Engineering Against Fatigue", to be held in Sheffield, England, in March 1997 It is published with the permission of the Netherlands Department ... concept has not worked, neither for El A1 Flight 1862 nor for two other aircraft: a China Air 747 cargo which also lost the #3 and #4 engines, in December 1991, and an Evergreen Airlines 747 cargo...
... express mRNA for all TLR and that several known TLR ligands activate epithelial cells to express chemokines, cytokines, and host defense molecules, including acute phase proteins and complement ... necessary and sufficient for DC activation in the lung andfor priming of Th2 responses to HDM [43] TLR4 triggering on SCs induced the activation of airway WT DCs as read out by CD86 and CD40 ... essential for the LPS-induced acute pulmonary inflammation response, TRL4 signalling via TRIF is dispensable [9] MyD88 and TIRAP are involved in early activation of NF-B and MAPK, whereas TRIF and...
... recombinant BF virus and CRF_12 This analysis was performed comparing the sample with subtype C (consensus of ETH2220, 92BR025 and IN21068), subtype B (consensus of WR27, MN and RL42) and subtype F ... was performed comparing sample AR160677 to subtype C (consensus of ETH2220, 92BR025 and IN21068), subtype B (consensus of WR27, MN and RL42) and subtype F (consensus of VI850, FIN9363 and BR020) ... structure and phylogenetic confirmation of the HIV-1 triple recombinant of subtypes B, C and F Subtype structure and phylogenetic confirmation of the HIV-1 triple recombinant of subtypes B, C and F...
... Hydrocyanua HCN hour 10 13 Manganese and compounds (as MnO2) Mn/MnO2 hour 10 24 hour Year 0,15 14 Nickel (metals and compounds, as Ni) Ni 24 hour 15 Mercury (metals and compounds, as Hg) Hg 24 hour ... detected DETERMINING METHOD The method for determination of air quality parameters shall comply with guidance of national standards or corresponding analytical standards of international organizations ... 2006 issued by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment In case the national or internaltional standards referred in this Regulation amended and supplemented or superseded shall be applied...
... essential to the development and optimization of fuel cells, improve long-term performance, the introduction of cheaper materials and fabrication techniques, and the design and development of ISSN ... right hand side, accounts for the heat exchange to and from the solid matrix of the GDL β is a modified heat transfer coefficient that accounts for the convective heat transfer in [W/m2] and the ... the cell and the deformation shape of the cell are also shown in figure and respectively Because of the different thermal expansion and swelling coefficients between gas diffusion layers and membrane...
... and deformation shape (scale enlarged 200 times) for MEA Because of the different thermal expansion and swelling coefficients between gas diffusion layers and membrane materials with non-uniform ... right hand side, accounts for the heat exchange to and from the solid matrix of the GDL β is a modified heat transfer coefficient that accounts for the convective heat transfer in [W/m2] and the ... essential to the development and optimization of fuel cells, improve longterm performance, the introduction of cheaper materials and fabrication techniques, and the design and development of novel...
... PM10 and NO2: 48.3 mg/m3 and 46.6 μg/m3 b Exposure decline (average) of PM10 and NO2: 20 μg/m3 and 10 μg/m3 c FEV1 /FVC < 0.7 d FEV1 /FVC < 0.7 and FEV1 < 80% reference value a Estimated and observed ... ratio < 0.7 and the moderate form (stage 2) as FEV /FVC ratio
... through the USDA Forest Service's RPA Assessment Staff, and State and Private Forestry's, Urban and Community Forestry Program We thank D Baldocchi, M Ibarra, E.L Maxwell, and M.H Noble for assistance ... ranging from 0.44 to 0.29 cm s-' for NO', 0.40 to 0.71 cms-' for , and 0.38 to 0.69 cm s-' for SO2 Deposition velocities did not vary for CO and PMloas deposition rates for these pollutants were not ... set at 8000sm-' for SOz, 10,000 sm-' for , and 20,000 s m-' for NO2 to account for the typical variation in r, exhibited among the pollutants (Lovett, 1994) As removal of CO and particulate matter...
... standards in keeping with current scientific and medical evidence Support for the change of the advisory reporting standard for PM 2.5 to a compliance standard in the AAQ NEPM Support for ... size and the introduction of compliance standards for PM2.5 Current monitoring and reporting practices for air quality appear inadequate to fully protect public health Outside of large cities and ... guidelines, andfor many pollutants, it is unclear whether a safe threshold exists Susceptibility to the effects of air pollution differs The young and old and those with existing cardiac and respiratory...
... the MCPIP mRNA level for both forms (Fig 5A, lanes and 6, upper bands) Moreover, in a co-transfection study with the IL-1b-expressing vector, the level of mRNA for the mutant form of MCPIP was higher ... Real-time PCR was performed using SYBR Green PCR master mix (DyNAmoÔ HS SYBR Green qPCR; Finnzymes, Espoo, Finland), ll cDNA and 20 ng suitable forward and reverse primers For FEBS Journal 276 ... lanes 2,3 and 4, lower band) The levels of mutant and wild-type MCPIP mRNAs were higher when these vectors were co-transfected with a vector overexpressing IL-1b (Fig 5, lanes and 4, upper bands)...
... Nguyen Anh Tuan, Vu Thanh Mai… Fig 2a and 2b show the temperature dependences of magnetization for x=0.46 and 0.50, respectively, in both field cooled (FC) and zero-field cooled (ZFC) modes under ... field cooled (FC) and zero–field cooled (ZFC) curves show a phase transition from the paramagnetic to ferromagnetic state at Curie temperature TC=273 K for x=0.46 and TC=275 K for x=0.50 These ... temperature of 156 K and 150 K for x=0.46 and 0.50, respectively, that should also relate to a charge ordering transition Our result is fairly consistent with the value of 160 K for La0.50Ca0.50MnO3-δ...