Source attribution, health risk analysis, and policy implications of PAHs and NPAHs in PM $$_{10}$$ in Northern Mexico by Lucy T. González, Ilse María Hernández-Romero, Alberto Mendoza, Aldo I. Ramirez, Yasmany Mancilla, Boris Kharissov, Michael Pérez-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Alfaro Barbosa, Daniel López Serna, Oxana Kharissova, Andrea Nucamendi, Jesús Abraham Díaz Paéz, Francisco E. Longoria

“…Abstract This research investigates the concentrations, sources, and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrated PAHs (NPAHs) in particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 $$\mu$$ m or less (PM $$_{10}$$ ) from critical urban centers in northern Mexico: Metropolitan Monterrey Area (MMA), Chihuahua (CHI), and Ciudad Juárez (CDJ). Advanced gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS and GC-NCI-MS) revealed significant PAHs concentrations, with levels in MMA reaching 108.89 ± 99.90 ng/m $$^3$$ , CHI at 100.69 ± 122.60 ng/m $$^3$$ and CDJ at 73.26 ± 90.85 ng/m $$^3$$ . …”
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A customizable multiplex protein microarray for antibody testing and its application for tick-borne and other infectious diseases by Hari Krishnan Krishnamurthy, Vasanth Jayaraman, Karthik Krishna, Tianhao Wang, Kang Bei, Chithra Changalath, Shiny Matilda, Alex J. Rai, Renata Welc-Falęciak, Agnieszka Pawełczyk, Lucas S. Blanton, Aleš Chrdle, Andrea Fořtová, Daniel Růžek, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Laith J. Abu-Raddadi, Duaa W. Al-Sadeq, Marah Abed Alhakim Abdallah, Daniele Lilleri, Chiara Fornara, Piera D’Angelo, Milena Furione, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Klaus Hedman, Dimosthenis Chochlakis, Eirini Makridaki, Artemis Ntoula, Anna Psaroulaki, Angélica Escárcega-Ávila, John J. Rajasekaran

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