To clarify the mechanism of radon transport from soil to surface, long term continuous measurements of radon exhalation were conducted at one site in combination with measurements of radon concentration in soil gas, soil temperature, pressure difference, soil moisture and meteorological parameters. Based on the results of measurements over a two year period, the influence of meteorological and ...

Results from closed-can radon exhalation experiments must be interpreted bearing the time-dependent radon diffusion theory in mind. A rapid change from the free to final steady-state exhalation rate will take place for all samples that are thin compared with the radon diffusion length. The radon gas accumulating in a closed can corresponds to a free exhalation rate only if the outer volume of a...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to observe the duration of inhaling and exhaling as well as the inhalation to exhalation conversion in patients with lung cancer and experimental dogs. MATERIALS AND METHODS We recorded lung and tumor respiratory motion with X-ray camera, in five patients with lung cancer as well as in five experimental dogs. We made random observation of breathing cycle inhalation dura...

BACKGROUND Bubble CPAP is frequently used in spontaneously breathing infants with lung disease. Often bubble CPAP systems lack pressure alarms and pressure-release valves. We observed a large volume of condensate in the exhalation limb of a patient circuit and conducted a series of experiments to test the hypothesis that accumulated condensate could affect delivered pressures. METHODS An anat...

Introduction: Natural radioactivity in the soil is considered a major indicator of radiological contamination. Primordial radionuclides are the main source of natural radioactivity. Natural radioactivity transfers radionuclides into the environment and poses radiation hazards to people's health. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the radon concentration an...

Endogenous production of nitric oxide (NO) in the human lungs has many important pathophysiological roles and can be detected in the exhaled breath. An understanding of the factors that dictate the shape of the NO exhalation profile is fundamental to our understanding of normal and diseased lung function. We collected single-exhalation profiles of NO and CO2 from normal human subjects after inh...