Three-Dimensional Aeroelastic Investigation of a Novel Convex Bladed H-Darrieus Wind Turbine Based on a Two-Way Coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Analysis App... by Tarek Elbeji, Wael Ben Amira, Khaled Souaissa, Moncef Ghiss, Hatem Bentaher, Nabil Ben Fredj

“…As a result, the blades operate under erratic and intricate aerodynamic loads, which cause them to bend. The performance of the H-Darrieus rotor will therefore be impacted by the blade’s deflection. …”
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Health and economic cost estimates of short-term total and wildfire PM2.5 exposure on work loss: using the consecutive California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data 2015–2018 by Michael Jerrett, Yu Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Diane Garcia-Gonzales, Mohammad Z Al-Hamdan, Miriam E Marlier, Joseph L Wilkins, Ninez Ponce

“…Instruction To help determine the health protectiveness of government regulations and policies for air pollutant control for Americans, our study aimed to investigate the health and economic impacts of work loss due to sickness associated with daily all-source and wildfire-specific PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 μm) exposures in California.Methods We linked the 2015–2018 California Health Interview Survey respondents’ geocoded home addresses to daily PM2.5 estimated by satellites and atmospheric modelling simulations and wildfire-related PM2.5 from Community Multiscale Air Quality models. …”
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Associations of PM2.5 with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Shipyard Workers: A Cohort Study by Nguyen Thanh Tung, Ching-Huang Lai, Chih-Hong Pan, Wei-Liang Chen, Chung-Ching Wang, Che-Wei Liang, Chi-Yu Chien, Kai-Jen Chuang, Huynh Nguyen Xuan Thao, Hoang Ba Dung, Tran Phan Chung Thuy, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…Abstract The association between lung deposition of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) from welding fumes and lung function is unclear. …”
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Associations of meteorological factors and ambient air pollutants with mumps incidence in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: boosted regression tree model analysis by Xianglong LIU, Linlin CHEN, Jiayu YU, Rui GONG, Yaogeng CHEN, Yu ZHAO

“…MethodsData on the daily number of mumps cases in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from 2015 to 2019 were obtained from the Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System of the region, and data on meteorological factors (daily mean temperature/relative humidity/atmospheric pressure/wind speed) and air pollutants (daily concentrations of ozone, [O3], sulfur dioxide [SO2], carbon monoxide [CO], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < 2.5/10 mum [PM2.5/PM10]) for the same period were obtained from the National Meteorological Science Data Center. …”
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Joint effects of temperature and humidity with PM2.5 on COPD by Huan Minh Tran, Feng-Jen Tsai, Yuan-Hung Wang, Kang-Yun Lee, Jer-Hwa Chang, Chi-Li Chung, Chien-Hua Tseng, Chien-Ling Su, Yuan-Chien Lin, Tzu-Tao Chen, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Shu-Chuan Ho, Feng-Ming Yang, Sheng-Ming Wu, Kian Fan Chung, Kin-Fai Ho, Kai-Jen Chuang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…Abstract Background Particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) is a significant air pollutant known to adversely affect respiratory health and increase the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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Physicochemical Properties and Bioreactivity of Sub‐10 μm Geogenic Particles: Comparison of Volcanic Ash and Desert Dust by Ines Tomašek, Julia Eychenne, David E. Damby, Adrian J. Hornby, Manolis N. Romanias, Severine Moune, Gaëlle Uzu, Federica Schiavi, Maeva Dole, Emmanuel Gardès, Mickael Laumonier, Clara Gorce, Régine Minet‐Quinard, Julie Durif, Corinne Belville, Ousmane Traoré, Loïc Blanchon, Vincent Sapin

“…Abstract Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter of <10 μm (PM10) is a well‐established health hazard. …”
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Neurotrophin-3 as a mediator in the link between PM2.5 exposure and psychiatric disorders: A Mendelian randomization study by Yuan Zhang, Wei Wang, Xuening Zhang, Ran Jing, Xin Wen, Peng Xiao, Xinjie Liu, Zengle Zhao, Tongmin Chang, Yufei Li, Wen Liu, Chenxi Sun, Xiaorong Yang, Lejin Yang, Ming Lu

“…Background: The causal relationship between PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm) and common mental disorders, along with its neuropathological mechanisms, remains unclear. …”
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Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and associated health risk in community-dwelling elderly residents in Fuzhou city, 2021: a cross-sectional study by Shuling KANG, Xin LIN, Kan LIN, Baoying LIU, Chuancheng WU, Jianjun XIANG, Jingwen CHEN, Quan ZHOU

“…ObjectiveTo investigate personal total, indoor, outdoor exposure to particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) and health risks associated with the exposure among community-dwelling elderly in Fuzhou city. …”
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Performance evaluation of four cascade impactors for airborne ultrafine-particle (UFP) collection: the influence of particle type, concentration, mass, and chemical nature by E. Eckenberger, A. Mittereder, N. Gawlitta, N. Gawlitta, J. Schnelle-Kreis, J. Schnelle-Kreis, M. Sklorz, D. Brüggemann, R. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann, A. C. Nölscher

“…<p>Ultrafine particles (UFPs) have aerodynamic diameters of 100 nm or less. As UFPs potentially impact human and environmental health, their chemical composition is of interest. …”
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Image Denoising Using Nonlocal Means with Shape-Adaptive Patches and New Weights by Chenglin Zuo, Jun Ma, Hao Xiong, Lin Ran

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A Vortex Identification Method Based on Extreme Learning Machine by Jun Wang, Lei Guo, Yueqing Wang, Liang Deng, Fang Wang, Tong Li

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Study on the Simulation Method of the Ground Test in the Arc-Heated Wind Tunnel by Wanqing Luo, Yuanjian Yang, Jianhan Liang, Songhe Zhang, Yilei Shi

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Numerical Simulations of Vertical Discrete Gusts Driven by Trailing Edge Blowing by Yang Shi, Bo Lu, Peng Guo, Binbin Lv, Hongtao Guo, Li Yu

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Characteristics of an Internal Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma-induced Blowing Device by Y. Zhang, B. Dong, D. Yang, X. Yan, Y. Li

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Reduced Chemical Kinetic Model for Titan Entries by Romain Savajano, Raffaello Sobbia, Michele Gaffuri, Pénélope Leyland

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High-Order Hybrid WCNS-CPR Scheme for Shock Capturing of Conservation Laws by Jia Guo, Huajun Zhu, Zhen-Guo Yan, Lingyan Tang, Songhe Song

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Numerical Study of Disturbance Resistance of Oblique Detonation Waves by Yu Liu, Baoguo Xiao, Lan Wang, Chao Wang

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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Surge Extension on a Centrifugal Compressor with Vaned Diffuser Using Steam Injection by Chuang Gao, Weiguang Huang, Tianhua Zheng, Kang Yang, Haosen Yang, Yun Cao

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Wear Behavior Analysis and Gated Recurrent Unit Neural Network Prediction of Coefficient of Friction in Al10Cu-B₄C Composites by Mihail Kolev, Ludmil Drenchev, Veselin Petkov, Rositza Dimitrova, Krasimir Kolev, Boris Yanachkov

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Wave Propagation in L-Shape Beams with Piezoelectric Shunting Arrays by Shengbing Chen, Yubao Song, Hao Zhang

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