HEPA/Vaccine Plan for Indoor Anthrax Remediation

HEPA/Vaccine Plan for Indoor Anthrax Remediation

We developed a mathematical model to compare 2 indoor remediation strategies in the aftermath of an outdoor release of 1.5 kg of anthrax spores in lower Manhattan. The 2 strategies are the fumigation approach used after the 2001 postal anthrax attack and a HEPA/vaccine plan, which relies on HEPA vacuuming, HEPA air cleaners, and vaccination of reoccupants. The HEPA/vaccine approach leads to few...

Remediation of ozone pollution by ornamental plants in indoor environment

The indoor air quality is much more matter of concern as relative to ambient or outdoor air quality, especially in the context of human health.  However, very few studies have been reported for remediation of indoor ozone by plant species. The main objective of this study is to evaluate ozone deposition velocities and ozone removal effectiveness of three indoor ornamental plant species (Dra...

Construction of indoor floor plan and localization

Indoor positioning and tracking services are garnering more attention. Recently, several state-of-the-art localization techniques have been proposed that use radio maps or the sensors readily available on smartphones. This paper presents a localization system called Construction of indoor floor plan And LocaLization (CALL), which is based on a floor plan, access points (APs), and smartphone sen...

Remediation of Indoor Airborne Mercury Released from Broken Fluorescent Lamps

Ground Plan Based Exploration with a Mobile Indoor Robot

In order to navigate efficiently in its working space a mobile robot has to use some kind of map. To be completely autonomous the robot has to generate such a representation automatically by exploring all reachable area of the a priori unknown environment. Thus an exploration strategy for generating a complete and accurate map within minimal time is a key feature. This paper presents an integra...