Epidemiological studies suggest that chronic exposure to air pollution increases susceptibility to respiratory infections, including tuberculosis in humans. A possible link between particulate air pollutant exposure and antimycobacterial immunity has not been explored in human primary immune cells. We hypothesized that exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP), a major component of urban fine ...

Waste from tea, a beverage globally consumed is a common menace discarded to the environment thereby contributing to environmental pollution. The textile and paper industries have also been major culprits in the pollution of the environment through their indiscriminate discharge of dye solutions. These dyes are carcinogenic, mutagenic, and generally harmful to the entire eco-system; this has po...

ir students in iran do not find themselves strong enough in ir theories. furthermore the published and unpublished work suggests that the relationship between theory and research is not appropriately established. this article is based on a research done to examine some hypotheses that can explain this partial weakness. three sets of factors (teaching ir theories, ir theory sources available in ...

In developing countries, solar cooking technology is considered one of the key measures in dealing with deforestation and environmental pollution. However, their adoption utilization have been insignificant due to social, cultural, technical challenges, among others. For parabolic dish direct cookers, critical most important components system a receiver since its performance greatly affects ent...

Abstract To realize the integrated remediation of SW/GW and soil in rural river network area, area project (IR-RRNA), funded by Ministry Science Technology People’s Republic China, has been launched. In eastern (RRNA) is an anthropic active characterized its rapid economic development high gross national product. However, water environmental pollution these areas increasingly severe, which grea...

the harmful effects of the long-term ocular exposure to cumulative levels of infrared radiation (ir) in glassblowing and foundries have been recognized since the late 19th century. these effects include cataracts, keratitis, and chronic dry eye problems. therefore, infrared radiation measurements are critical and need to be assessed regularly in the industries and workplaces where there are hig...