This paper introduces the krypton sampling and extraction facilities currently developed at the Centre for Science and Peace Research to collect and extract the krypton content from small air samples. The extraction unit able to isolate the krypton in small ambient air samples with high speed and high efficiency using a combination of cryogenic distillation and gas chromatography. Air samples a...

Background and Aims: Nosocomial infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality and pose high financial burden on healthcare systems. Although surface contact, surgical incisions, wounds and catheters are responsible for a high percentage of nosocomial infections, bacterial and fungal air contaminations in hospitals have an important role in development of hospital infections. The purpose...

In this issue of the journal, Choukri et al [1] state that their study provides the first quantitative data on the spread of Pneumocystis jirovecii in exhaled air from infected patients. There are additional data in prior studies using air samples collected in rooms of patients diagnosed as having P. jirovecii showing that not only could the organisms be detected but also their types correlated...

The study assess some herbal agents used for fumigations as listed in Ayurvedic literature for various applications. Here coarse powder of 19 freshly collected and dried herbal agents were used for fumigating a room of about 594 cu .ft. volume. Air samples were collected using Nutrient Agar plates just before , 15 minutes and 45 minutes after fumigation from both ground and top. Assessment of t...

We describe a continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry (CF-IRMS) technique for high-precision δD and δ13C measurements of atmospheric methane on 40 mL air samples. CH4 is separated from other air components by utilizing purely physical processes based on temperature, time and mechanical valve switching. Chemical agents are avoided. Trace amounts of interfering compounds can be separated ...

174 Reduction in Allergic Rhinitis Index by Decreasing AeroAllergens and Malodor Causing Volatile Organic Compounds by Luna Air Purifiers Using Photo-Catalytic Oxidation (PCO) Technology Nabarun Ghosh, PhD, Cristina Aguaiza, Alicia Guzman, BS, Jay Chudasama, BS, Jeff Bennert, PhD, CTN, and A. B. Das, DSc. Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A & M University, Canyon, TX; Research ...

174 Reduction in Allergic Rhinitis Index by Decreasing AeroAllergens and Malodor Causing Volatile Organic Compounds by Luna Air Purifiers Using Photo-Catalytic Oxidation (PCO) Technology Nabarun Ghosh, PhD, Cristina Aguaiza, Alicia Guzman, BS, Jay Chudasama, BS, Jeff Bennert, PhD, CTN, and A. B. Das, DSc. Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A & M University, Canyon, TX; Research ...

bananas of long cavendish variety constituted the experimental samples in this research work. following the slicing of bananas, the samples were treated with three pretreatments of: 1% sodium bisulphate (t1), a combination of blanching and 1% sodium bisulphate treatment (t2), combined blanching and treatment with 1% ascorbic plus citric acid (1:1) mixture (t3) as well as an untreated sample, co...