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Efficiency of Removing Xylene Vapor from Air Utilizing Nano Graphene and Nano Graphene Oxide [PDF]

بهداشت و ایمنی کار
Introduction: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are hazardous toxic pollutants in the air, which are released from various industrial sources. Due to the adverse effects of xylene on health, the effective removal of VOCs from the air by nano sorbents is ...
Akram Tabrizi, Mostafa Jafarizaveh, Hamid Shirkhanloo, Farideh Golbabaeie   +3 more
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Influence of different urine preservation methods and addition of preservatives on quantitative detection of 24-h urinary protein [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectiveThis study aimed to elucidate the effect of adding xylene as a preservative on 24-h urine protein quantification under different storage temperatures.MethodsFrom January 2020 to August 2020, our hospital selected a total of 80 samples with ...
Xinxin Bao, Xiaoye Sun, Haiying Geng, Xiaohua Yuan   +3 more
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Fluorescence and photophysical properties of xylene isomers in water: with experimental and theoretical approaches [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
A thorough analysis of the photophysical properties involved in electronic transitions in excitation–emission spectra of xylene isomers has been carried out using the time-dependent density functional theory (PBEPBE/6-31 + G(d,p)) method.
Muhammad Farooq Saleem Khan, Jing Wu, Bo Liu, Cheng Cheng, Mona Akbar, Yidi Chai, Aisha Memon   +6 more
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Detection of Xylene Using Ni(OH)₂-Enhanced Co₃O₄ Nanoplate via p–n Junctions

Chemosensors, 2023
This study reports a novel Ni(OH)2/Co3O4 heterostructured nanomaterial synthesized through a simple two-step hydrothermal method combined with subsequent heat treatment.
Mengran Ran, Zhenyu Yuan, Hongmin Zhu, Hongliang Gao, Fanli Meng   +4 more
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Treatment of benzene, toluene, and xylene by deep oxidation on CuO catalytic materials synthesised from red mud and rice husk ash

Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering, 2022
In this study, CuO-doped material fabricated from rice husk ash and red mud was modified by CeO2 promoter and urea using the impregnation method. The obtained samples were investigated for catalytic degradation of aromatic derivatives (benzene, toluene,
Thanh Tinh Nguyen, Phung Anh Nguyen, Thi Thuy Van Nguyen, Tri Nguyen, Ky Phuong Ha Huynh   +4 more
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Assessment of the contribution of TEX air pollutants from Nigeria’s petroleum refineries to the ambient air quality: Part II

Cogent Engineering, 2021
Environmental hazards associated with release of emission from petroleum refineries have caused serious concerns for the host communities. The study focused on the assessment of the contribution of Nigerian refineries to the ambient air quality.
Ebenezer Leke Odekanle, Chinchong Blessing Bakut, Abiodun Paul Olalekan, Roseline Oluwaseun Ogundokun, Charity O. Aremu, Jacob Ademola Sonibare, Oreoluwa Tabitha Akande, Adeniyi Tajudeen Olayanju, Bamidele Sunday Fakinle   +8 more
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Traffic-Related Airborne VOC Profiles Variation on Road Sites and Residential Area within a Microscale in Urban Area in Southern Taiwan

Atmosphere, 2020
The sampling sites, including roadsides and residential areas, were set up to collect ambient air and determine the volatile organic species it contained.
Jiun-Horng Tsai, Yen-Ting Lu, I-I Chung, Hung-Lung Chiang   +3 more
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Assessing the effect of BTEX on blood and spirometry parameters staff in a petroleum refinery

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the impact of BTEX compound on blood and spirometry parameters of staff in the Abadan petroleum refinery (Iran). In 80 staff was examined in terms of BTEX exposure (40 exposed and 40 non-exposed).
Samad Jalilian, Sima Sabzalipour, Maryam Mohammadi Rouzbahani, Ebrahim Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Ebrahim Rajabzadeh Ghatrami, Leila Ibrahimy Ghavamabadi   +5 more
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Cost and pollution by the use of xylene in cervical cytology in four Peruvian hospitals [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2022
Background: Cytological samples are cleared with xylene in two or three baths during a Pap test, however, this solvent has a high degree of toxicity, and being a controlled reagent infers high costs for its purchase and implications for environmental ...
Gloria Cruz-Gonzales, Victor Rojas-Zumaran, Richard Salazar-Hernández, Jeel Moya-Salazar, Hans Contreras-Pulache   +4 more
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Occupational exposure to BTEX and styrene in West Asian countries: a brief review of current state and limits

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju, 2022
The aim of introducing occupational exposure limits (OELs) is to use them as a risk management tool in order to protect workers’ health and well-being against harmful agents at the workplace.
Rahimpoor Razzagh, Sarvi Fatemeh, Rahimnejad Samira, Ebrahimi Seyed Mohammad   +3 more
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