background: carbaryl (1-naphthyl-n-methyl carbamate) is a chemical in the carbamate family used chiefly as an insecticide. it is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is toxic to humans and classified as a likely human carcinogen. in the present study, the degradation of the carbaryl pesticide was investigated in the laboratory synthetic samples of tap water, in the effect of sonolysis and photolysis ...

background: benzene is one of the most widely used volatile organic compounds showing severely adverse effects on human health. removing benzene from the airflow or controlling its amounts, is one of the issues put to discussion in the field of environmental engineering. the objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of the ultraviolet-c (uv-c) radiations on removing benzene from the a...

A few aspects of skin protection against ultraviolet (UV) light and methods of assessing efficacy of UV-protecting cream or gels have been discussed. UV-protection in cream and gels is not only a strategy of the cosmetic industry but a necessity because of human occupational activity and daily habits.

Sun protecting clothing is clothing designed for sun protection and is producted from the fabric rated for its level ultraviolet (UV) protection. Some textiles and fabrics emloyed in the use of sun protective clothing may be pre-treated with UV inhibiting ingredients during manufacture to enhance their UV blocking capacitiy.

The ultraviolet radiation present in sunlight is immune suppressive. Recently we showed that solar-simulated ultraviolet radiation (ultraviolet A + B; 295-400 nm), applied after immunization, suppressed immunologic memory and the elicitation of delayed-type hypersensitivity to the common opportunistic pathogen, Candida albicans. Further, we found that wavelengths in the ultraviolet A region of ...

This study investigated the effects of ultraviolet-A (UV-A) and ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light on the mechanical properties in oyster mushrooms during the growth. Experiments were carried out with irradiation of the mushrooms with UV-A (365 nm) and UV-C (254 nm) light during growth. The exposure time ranged from 10 minutes to 60 minutes at intervals of 10 minutes and irradiation was done for three ...

We report the generation of ultraviolet (253.7-nm) sub-Poisson light from Hg vapor excited by inelastic collisions with a space-charge-limited (quiet) electron beam. This first stationary sub-Poisson light source is only weakly so, with a Fano factor that is between two and three standard deviations below that for Poisson light. This is principally because of optical losses in the experimental ...