BACKGROUND Short-term exposures to fine (<2.5 μm aerodynamic diameter) ambient particulate-matter (PM) have been related with increased blood pressure (BP) in controlled-human exposure and community-based studies. However, whether coarse (2.5 to 10 μm) PM exposure increases BP is uncertain. Recent observational studies have linked PM exposures with blood DNA hypomethylation, an epigenetic alter...

OBJECTIVE It has been proposed that the redox activity of particles may represent a major determinant of their toxicity. We measured the in vitro ability of ambient fine particles [particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters<or=2.5 microm (PM2.5)] to form hydroxyl radicals (.OH) in an oxidant environment, as well as to deplete physiologic antioxidants (ascorbic acid, glutathione) in the natur...

Addressing the functionality of genomes is one of the most important and challenging tasks of today‟s biology. In particular the ability to link genotypes to corresponding phenotypes is of interest in the reconstruction and biotechnological manipulation of metabolic pathways. Over the last years, the OmniLogTM Phenotype Microarray (PM) technology has been used to address many specific issues re...

OBJECTIVE The management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with intrapulmonary metastases (PM) is controversial. In TNM classification, PM are designed as T4 when in the same lobe of the primary tumour (PM1) and M1 when in a different lobe(s) (PM2). Some authors have questioned the negative prognostic impact of PM. The present study assessed prevalence, correlation with clinic...

Particulate air pollution at commonly occurring concentrations is associated with daily deaths. Recent attention has focused on the shape of the concentration-response curve, particularly at low doses. Several recent articles have reported that particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < or = 10 microm (PM(10)) was associated with daily deaths with no evidence of a threshold. These reports h...

background: carbon dioxide (co 2 ) is one of the most commonly used indicators of indoor air quality (iaq) in industrial area. the higher concentration level of co 2 and particulate matter (pm 10 ) in day care centre could affect children’s health. the objective of this study was to assess children’s health symptom, and measure the co 2 and pm 10 concentration level as iaq parameters in differe...

This study used downward longwave (LW) radiation measurements, air temperature (T), particulate matter (PM) concentrations of fine (PM 2.5) and coarse (PM10) particles, aerosol optical depth (AOD), wind speed (WS), precipitable water vapor (PWV) data from Riyadh, an arid site in central Saudi Arabia, between 2014 2019 to characterize their variations investigate the influence these variables on...

It is still unknown whether the associations between particulate matter (PM) and heart rate variability (HRV) differ by particle sizes with aerodynamic diameters between 0.3 microm and 1.0 microm (PM(0.3-1.0)), between 1.0 microm and 2.5 microm (PM(1.0-2.5)), and between 2.5 microm and 10 microm (PM(2.5-10)). We measured electrocardiographics and PM exposures in 10 patients with coronary heart ...

Based on association analysis , an improved algorithm of Apriori is presented in the paper. The main idea of the algorithm are: (1) Count the probability of each attribute item(A1 , A2,...Am) of a DB by scanning the DB first time; (2)The probability of any two items Ak and Am appeared synchronously in one record is Pkm. min( Pk , Pm )≤Pkm ≤Pk *Pm , if Ak and Am is total correlation, then the Pk...

Optimal management of indoor air quality in an enclosed swine house, especially in winter, is indispensable for preventing the transmission of infectious respiratory disease to workers and animals. Studies are needed to elucidate the correlation of aerial contaminants and climate factors. It was observed that indoor air contamination in an enclosed pig building was the highest at 2:00--5:00 PM,...