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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Indoor Household Dust in Urban and Rural Areas of Chiang Mai and Lamphun Provinces, Thailand

Toxics, 2023
Indoor exposure to heavy metals poses human health risks worldwide, but study reports from Thailand are still limited, particularly in rural and urban areas. We measured the heavy metals in a hundred indoor household dust samples collected from urban and
Kawinwut Somsunun, Tippawan Prapamontol, Todsabhorn Kuanpan, Teetawat Santijitpakdee, Kanyapak Kohsuwan, Natwasan Jeytawan, Nathaporn Thongjan   +6 more
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Hybrid Deep Learning and Sensitivity Operator-Based Algorithm for Identification of Localized Emission Sources

Mathematics, 2023
Hybrid approaches combining machine learning with traditional inverse problem solution methods represent a promising direction for the further development of inverse modeling algorithms.
Alexey Penenko, Mikhail Emelyanov, Evgeny Rusin, Erjena Tsybenova, Vasily Shablyko   +4 more
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Source identification and quantification of particulate matter emitted from livestock houses [PDF]

, 2010
There is need to identify and quantify the contribution of different sources to airborne particulate matter (PM) emissions from animal houses. To this end, we compared the chemical and morphological characteristics of fine and coarse PM from known ...
Aarnink, A.J.A., Cambra-López, M., Hermosilla, T., Lai, T.L.H., Montero, M., Ogink, N.W.M.   +5 more
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Rainwater Chemistry Reveals Air Pollution in a Karst Forest: Temporal Variations, Source Apportionment, and Implications for the Forest

Atmosphere, 2020
Temporal rainwater chemistry was used to reveal air pollution in the Maolan National Karst Forest Park (MNKFP), which is representative of the typical karst forest region of southwest China (SW China). The rainwater ions’ sources, variations, trends, and
Jie Zeng, Guilin Han
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Association between PM2.5-bound metals and pediatric respiratory health in Guangzhou: An ecological study investigating source, health risk, and effect

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe adverse effects of 2.5-μm particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on public health have become an increasing concern worldwide. However, epidemiological findings on the effects of PM2.5-bound metals on children's respiratory health are limited ...
Yi Zheng, Sili Chen, Yuyang Chen, Jingye Li, Binhe Xu, Tongxing Shi, Tongxing Shi, Qiaoyuan Yang, Qiaoyuan Yang   +8 more
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Chemical and Lead Isotope characterisation of First World War shrapnel balls and bullets used on the Alpine Austrian–Italian Front

Scientia Militaria, 2018
Chemical and lead isotope characterisation was carried out on shrapnel balls and bullets dating back to the First World War (WWI). These ammunitions were widely utilised in the Alpine Austrian–Italian front located in the Italian Alps.
Latterza, Vittoria , Ros, Veronica , Turetta, Clara , Gabrieli, Jacopo , Cairns, Warren R. L. , Balliana, Eleonora , Baroni, Carlo , Salvatore, Maria Cristina , Bondesan, Aldino , Brabante, Carlo   +9 more
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Spatial–Temporal Variations, Ecological Risk Assessment, and Source Identification of Heavy Metals in the Sediments of a Shallow Eutrophic Lake, China

Toxics, 2022
The contamination of heavy metals (Pb, Cr, Hg, Cd, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, and Sb) in the sediments were investigated in Lake Yangcheng, a eutrophic lake in China.
Xiaomei Su, Hong Ling, Dan Wu, Qingju Xue, Liqiang Xie   +4 more
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CNN-based fast source device identification

, 2020
Source identification is an important topic in image forensics, since it allows to trace back the origin of an image. This represents a precious information to claim intellectual property but also to reveal the authors of illicit materials. In this paper
Bestagini, Paolo, Cozzolino, Davide, Mandelli, Sara, Tubaro, Stefano, Verdoliva, Luisa   +4 more
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PAHs Source Identification in Sediments and Surrounding Soils of Poyang Lake in China Using Non-Negative Matrix Factorization Analysis

Land, 2022
Identifying sources of soil and sediment PAHs and apportioning their contributions are key in building effective pollution abatement strategies, especially for Poyang Lake—the largest freshwater lake in China. PAHs were detected in all the monitored soil
Chunli Chen, Huiqing Zeng, Xiaofeng Gong, Jing Li, Lingqing Wang   +4 more
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Application of a metatranscriptomics technology, CSI-Dx, for the detection of pathogens associated with prosthetic joint infections

Scientific Reports
Preoperative identification of causal organism(s) is crucial for effective prosthetic joint infection treatment. Herein, we explore the clinical application of a novel metatranscriptomic (MT) workflow, CSI-Dx, to detect pathogens associated with ...
Justin R. Wright, Jeremy R. Chen See, Truc T. Ly, Vasily Tokarev, Jordan Pellegrino, Logan Peachey, Samantha L. C. Anderson, Christine Y. Walls, Maxwell Hosler, Alexander J. Shope, Simmi Gulati, Krista O. Toler, Regina Lamendella   +12 more
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