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Health Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure in Rural Populations of Santa Fe, Argentina: Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to quantify pesticide residues in environmental matrices and plasma and to evaluate their potential effects on oxidative stress and DNA damage in rural populations of Santa Fe province. Soil and rainwater samples were collected, and biological samples and semistructured surveys were obtained from volunteers in three ...
María Priscila Dechiara, Carlina Leila Colussi, Lucía Magdalena Odetti, Damián Marino, María Fernanda Simoniello   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

GNSS Threat Simulator for Urban Air Mobility Scenarios

Aerospace
The safety-critical functions of autonomous drones heavily rely on Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) information provided by Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSSs).
Gianluca Corraro, Ivan Iudice, Giovanni Cuciniello, Umberto Ciniglio, Domenico Pascarella   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ground Control System for UAS Safe Landing Area Determination (SLAD) in Urban Air Mobility Operations. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2022
Ariante G, Ponte S, Papa U, Greco A, Del Core G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Human Health Risk Assessment From Exposure to Toxic Metals in Soils and Leafy Vegetables in Smallholder Farms of Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assessed human health risks associated with exposure to potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in soils and leafy vegetables cultivated in smallholder agricultural systems in Northeastern Brazil. Soil and vegetable samples were collected from 18 agricultural areas and analyzed for cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel
Fernando Ferreira da Cunha Filho, Alex Souza Moraes, João Paulo Siqueira da Silva, Edvane Borges da Silva, Ademir Amaral, André Maciel Netto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China [PDF]

This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban China, paying careful attention to the potential biases induced by income fluctuations and life cycle effects.
Meng, Xin, Leigh, Andrew, Gong, Cathy Honge   +2 more
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Analyzing Carbon Monoxide Emissions and Urban Mobility Patterns Using Google Earth Engine; Case Study: Casablanca [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
This study examines the relationship between carbon monoxide (CO) emissions and urban mobility patterns in Casablanca, largest city and economic hub, using Google Earth Engine's (GEE) cloud-based geospatial processing capabilities (Gorelick et al., 2017).
H. El Alami El Kamouri, R. Essamoud, M. Hakdaoui   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Business model options for passenger urban air mobility. [PDF]

CEAS Aeronaut J, 2021
Straubinger A, Michelmann J, Biehle T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Urban Air Mobility Research Challenges and Opportunities

Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems
This article reviews the literature on urban air mobility (UAM), examining both the research challenges it presents and the transformative opportunities that make these challenges worth addressing. While UAM has historical precedents, the current iteration is born of novel aircraft technology, primarily electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and
Raja Sengupta 0002, Vishwanath Bulusu, Chams Eddine Mballo, Emin Burak Onat, Shangqing (Albert) Cao   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Nanoplastics: Methods, Exposure and Effects on Domestic, Farm and Wild Animals

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nanoplastics (NPs) are synthetic polymer particles ranging in size from 1 nm to 1 μm that have been identified as a major concern for ecosystems and organisms due to their plethora of negative effects. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the knowledge relating to exposure and effects of NPs in domestic (i.e., farm ...
B. De Felice, M. Bertazzo, A. F. Tabaran, M. Parolini, R. P. Popa, A. Pintea, L. J. Spicer, A‐L. Nagy, F. Caloni   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobility of the Chinese Urban Poor - A Case Study of Hefei City [PDF]

In a rapid economic development environment with rising income, escalating motorization, and growing urbanization, it is natural for government policies to focus on solving congestion related problems caused by the increased car ownership and usage.
Zhong-Ren Peng, Yi Zhu, Shunfeng Song
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