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... is inserted into the headspace above the blood sample and the VOCs bind to the phase on the outside of the fiber shaft This fiber is then inserted into the GC inlet, the VOCs are thermally desorbed, ... following the introduction of dry-cleaned clothes into the home (The study also indicated that indoor air levels decrease when the clothes are removed from the home and increase when they are ... supporting the notion that “airing out” the clothes on a balcony or patio before introducing them into the home can be effective in reducing exposure.) The same study showed that wearing the clothes...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:21

... per billion in their blood The effect of xylene exposure on the general population at current levels of exposure is not known The health effects of xylenes at the levels found among the Churchill ... billion in their blood The effect of styrene exposure on the general population at current levels of exposure is not known The health effects of styrene at the levels found among the Churchill ... large U.S study, 95% of the participants in the study had an ethylbenzene concentration up to 0.25 parts per billion in their blood The effect of ethylbenzene exposure on the general population...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 03:20

... within four principal or other aquifers in the Northeast the New England part of the New York and New England crystalline rock aquifer, the glacial deposit aquifers, the Northern Atlantic Coastal ... drinking water (51) The UCM list is revised every 5 years by the USEPA and is based primarily on the CCL Five VOCs monitored by NAWQA are currently listed on the second CCL published by the USEPA (52) ... also is enhanced by the movement of recharge.(23) The movement of solutes by the bulk motion of flowing ground water is known as advection The rate of advective transport varies by many orders...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 19:20

... place the valve onto the tapered adaptor 4.2.3 Pressurize the air cylinder to actuate the sample container valve onto the tapered adaptor Note the pressure of the sample container 4.2.4 Open the ... between the results of Method 310 and the supplied formulation data, then the results of Method 310 shall take precedence over the supplied formulation data The results of Method 310 shall then ... supplied by the manufacturer or responsible party shows that the product does not meet the applicable requirements, then the Executive Officer will take appropriate enforcement action 5.6.3 If the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... generated by motor vehicles (highway 225 is just to the north and highway 146 to the east and southeast of the sampling site) This can be another cause of the shape of the wind directional plot There ... corresponds to the wind direction plot for this source The red × at the center of the blue area is the sampling site FIGURE 14 Location of propene The circles denote the propene emitters The blue area ... corresponds to the wind direction plot for this source The red × at the center of the blue area is the sampling site of the reasons why isoprene and M87 occur in the same source The KD value of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... combined the "individual calibration" and the "one response factor" approaches They defined the TVOC value as the sum of the identified VOCs plus the amount obtained by applying to the non-identified ... explained by the formation in some of the indoor environments studied of compounds other than the VOCs typically measured, but experimental evidence for this theory is still lacking There are also theories ... cases the quality of the indicators depends on the degree of association between the indicator and either the exposure or the target response variable This association between the indicator and the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

... for the T0 and T1 sites, the G1 during the transect, and the C130 during the plume interception that occurred at the furthest point from the city O3 production efficiency during these events These ... emissions at T0 and the air is more processed (aged) at T1 Despite the fact that the NMHCs provide the majority of the overall VOC reactivity at these sites, the two individual VOCs with the highest ... compounds (lower panel) shows the averaged mixing ratios for the top 20 VOCs obtained on the C130 during the over-flights and the pie chart to the right of the bar chart gives the breakdown in terms...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... values, as they are highly dependent on the prevalence of the condition being examined in the population at hands Owing to the low prevalence of NSCLC even in selected groups at high risk, the positive ... 82.5% of the subjects were correctly classified There were no significant differences between the level of most of the VOCs in the exhaled air of the control nonsmokers and those in the ambient ... because the samples of all of the study subjects were collected in the same place The NSCLC and COPD patients and the control smokers had generally higher levels of all of the exhaled VOCs than the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... dung dịch natri thioasenat xảy sau : H2S + Na4As2S5O2 = Na4As2S5O + H2O -Tiếp theo , natri thioasenat hoàn nguyên theo phản ứng : 2Na4As2S6O + O2 = 2Na4As2S5O2 + 2S -Hai phản ứng xảy nhanh phản ... lại chu trình để kết hợp với CO2 H2O có khí thải tạo thành amin cacbonat phản ứng tiếp tục xảy theo sơ đồ hệ thống xử lí khí H2S amoni cacbonat Sơ đồ hệ thống xử lý H2S amoni cacbonat Trong ... thùng rửa máy lọc li tâm b Công nghệ xử lí H2S NaOH -Cơ sở phương pháp khí H2S kết hợp với NaOH theo phản ứng sau đây: H2S + NaOH = Na2S + 2H2O Na2S + H2S = 2NaHS Na2S + H2O = NaHS + NaOH -Song...

Ngày tải lên: 12/04/2015, 14:24

... diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) These compounds were measured in maternal tissues, and the phenomenon of transplacental transfer of these xenobiotics from mothers to their progeny was investigated The potential ... analysis Therefore, the following chapter reviews the available literature on the physico-chemical characteristics of POPs, their environmental behavior, the up-to-date findings on human exposure, the ... for the nursing mothers to eliminate lipophilic toxins Depuration of POPs via breast milk could confer the baby with approximately 20% of the mother’s lifelong burden of pesticides over the first...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:06

... change in the optical characteristics of the dye will alter the transmission of the light [22] The sensitivity depends on several parameters, mainly both the chemical properties of the dye and the ... guaranteed that the optical power is modulated twice: first, when the light passes through the sensing area to the end, and then, when the signal travels back from the mirror to the detector, passing ... order to obtain the maximum reflected power, the end of the pig tail has to be as perpendicular as possible The sensitivity depends a lot on the chemical dye as well There are other sensing mechanisms...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... of about 4° C then transported to the laboratory and either directly analysed or frozen to -20°C Urine sampling was done twice a week; at the end of the week and at the end of the work station ... on the 1st floor and in the three conditioning stations on the ground floor), the levels of hexane surpassing both the air and biological limit values were noted, mainly at the station of the ... been lower than the TLVs in this workshop This can be explained by the fact that these workers are sometimes called to help their colleagues in the solvented adhesive workshop at the conditioning...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... refuse, Lo, depends on the type of refuse present in the landfill For example, the higher the cellulose contents of the refuse, the higher the value of Lo The values of the theoretical and field ... such as the average total NMOC concentration and emission in the landfill The higher the deviation from the default value, the greater the need for site specific measurements (ii) quantify the variability ... put into the landfill Any gases generated tend to rise through the landfill and reach the air above [6], although the rate at which this occurs is affected by landfill content and by weather [2,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11

... trained; these are the most timeconsuming and expensive studies as the vast majority of baby boys 27 in the study will not have the disorders Finally, the larger the number of boys studied, the more ... or other factors in the mother – in other words, it is the lifestyle that is causal but this lifestyle also happens to increase phthalate exposure of the mother (for example, by heavy use of personal ... limitations on the scope of this review Two overviews are used to set the scene for the review First, an assessment of the latest evidence on the prevalence of human TDS disorders and whether this...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... independent of Ce and the isotherm plot approaches the horizontal level; the value of qe then is essentially constant, and the isotherm is termed irreversible If the value of 1/n is large, the adsorption ... and thus the time for this step, is determined by the flow rate past the particle The higher the flow rate, the shorter the distance Internal (pore) transport After passing through the hydrodynamic ... accompanied by a chemical reaction that changes the nature of the molecule, the chemical reaction may be slower than the diffusion step and thereby control the rate of compound removal The transport...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 03:20

... in the Southern Appalachians and the Pinelands of the southeastern coastal plain (Pines tend to emit monoterpenes) Between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, there were systematic increases in the ... Repeating the calculations presented in Table A1 for the same five states at the level of the grid cell, with the standard error term within each grid cell increased by pffiffiffi the factor n, where n is the ... was calculated as the difference between the emissions at the first survey time, calculated from model B2 with the observed data from the first survey time, and the emissions at the second survey...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 08:20

... contain the structure: OH Ethers Functional Group: O General formula: ROR Naming of ethers Ethers are commonly named by naming each group attached to the oxygen followed by the word ether If ... that the -OH group is attached to the carbon atom with the lowest possible number Name the parent compound by using the alkane name and replacing the -e ending with an -ol ending Indicate the ... Hydrocarbons - The Alkanes The names of the alkanes are derived from the Greek prefix for the particular number of carbon atoms in the compound with an -ane ending The names of the first ten alkanes...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 08:20

... is the seal between the stem and housing Place the probe at the interface where the stem exits the packing gland and sample the stem circumference Also, place the probe at the interface of the ... with the reference VOC specified in the applicable regulation, the available instrument may be calibrated with one of the VOC to be measured, or any other VOC, so long as the instrument then ... at the outer surface of the pump or compressor shaft and seal interface If the source is a rotating shaft, position the probe inlet within cm of the shaft-seal interface for the survey If the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 08:20

... meter (W.m-2)), the weighted components are added for all the wavelengths included in the interval considered The specifications of the relative erythemal effectiveness are defined by the parameters ... selection biases at the inception of the cohort Taken together, the four case–control studies selected and the prospective study offer the conclusion that the increased melanoma risk was associated ... ability and on the amount of UVB present in the UV spectrum of the lamps The permanent tan conferred by "UVA-tanning" has a uniform and less deep brown appearance than the tan acquired in the sun IPD...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20