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Mapping ambient urban air pollution at the small area scale : a GIS approach [PDF]

Air pollution is an emotive and complex issue, affecting materials, vegetation growth and human health. Given that over half the world's population live within urban areas and that those areas are often highly polluted, the ability to understand the ...
Smallbone, Kirsty Louise
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SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF RADON GAS CONCENTRATION DISTRBUTED AT BAGHDAD CITY USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNIQUESD

The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural science, 2020
Spatial analysis (spatial statistics) contain systematic techniques, that study actually geographic data have geographic properties such as topological and geometric, spatial analysis involve difference types of technique.
F. K. M. Al- Ramahi
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the translational gap in clinical nanomedicine: From rational design to clinical reality

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Nanotechnology offers a multi‐faceted approach to modern healthcare, encompassing high‐sensitivity diagnostic imaging, innovative vaccine delivery, and targeted therapeutics. This review explores how these nanomedicine applications address critical challenges in cancer recurrence and the treatment of neurologic and respiratory diseases to combat rising
Ahmed H. Ghonaim, Marwa Ahmed El‐Naka, Wedad M. Nageeb, Atta Ullah Khan, Noura M. Seleem, Aliaa Abdelghafar, Doaa Zamel, Yang Liu, Qigai He, Wentao Li   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent exposure to particle radioactivity and biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation: The Framingham Heart Study

Environment International, 2018
Background: Decay products of radioactive materials may attach to ambient fine particles and form radioactive aerosol. Internal ionizing radiation source from inhaled radioactive aerosol may contribute to the fine particulate matter (PM2.5)-inflammation ...
Wenyuan Li, Marguerite M. Nyhan, Elissa H. Wilker, Carolina L.Z. Vieira, Honghuang Lin, Joel D. Schwartz, Diane R. Gold, Brent A. Coull, Abdulaziz Mansour Aba, Emelia J. Benjamin, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Petros Koutrakis, Murray A. Mittleman   +12 more
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Regulatory Convergence and Divergence in ESG Reporting in the Indo‐Pacific Region

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting has evolved significantly globally over the past few decades. Many countries are now signatories to international agreements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, with increasing commitments to emissions reduction targets and the
Michele John, Anulipt Chandan, Shaji Joseph, S. Vijayakumar Bharathi, Kazuyo Matsubae, Zhao Chuan, Pradthana Jaipong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“You just want to re‐open our biggest wounds, don't you?”: Homeplace ethnography as (polluted) environmental method

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
wiley   +1 more source

The Problems of Establishing Signs of the Objective Side of the Offense Under Article 251 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Air Pollution”, due to the Reference of the Criminal Law

Сибирское юридическое обозрение, 2020
The Author sets the task to help the law enforcer understand the complex array of environmental and sanitary legislation and, based on the analysis of regulatory acts, reveal the concepts used in Art.
I. V. Popov
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The Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms on Genotoxicity (DNA Damage) Among Children Exposed to Environmental Mutagens: A Systematic Review

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children, as a particularly vulnerable group, are more susceptible to these mutagens due to their developing immune systems, higher physiological vulnerability, and increased exposure through behaviors like outdoor play and hand‐to‐mouth activities. This review aims to investigate the relationship between these environmental exposures, genetic
Thiago Guedes Pinto, Daniel Vitor de Souza, Gabriel Carvalhal de Aguiar, Ana Claudia Muniz Renno, Patricia Ramos Cury, Jean Nunes dos Santos, Rogerio Aparecido Dedivitis, Daniel Araki Ribeiro   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does air pollution cause respiratory illness? A new look at Canadian cities [PDF]

, 2007
It is routinely asserted that urban air pollution is a major cause of acute respiratory conditions, leading to thousands of hospitalizations each year.
Tole, L.A., Koop, G.M., McKitrick, Ross
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