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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Impact of PM2.5, relative humidity, and temperature on sleep quality: a cross-sectional study in Taipei by Nguyen Thanh Tung, Yueh-Lun Lee, Wen-Te Liu, Yuan-Chien Lin, Jer-Hwa Chang, Huynh Nguyen Xuan Thao, Hoang Ba Dung, Lam Viet Trung, Tran Phan Chung Thuy, Nguyen Thi Hien, Cheng-Yu Tsai, Chen-Chen Lo, Kang Lo, Kin Fai Ho, Kai-Jen Chuang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…Introduction TWe investigated impacts of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5), relative humidity (RH), and temperature on sleep stages and arousal.Materials and Methods A cross-sectional analysis involving 8,611 participants was conducted at a sleep center in Taipei. …”
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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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Transient spray combustion characteristics in a gas–liquid pintle rocket engine under acoustic excitation by Xuan Jin, Chao Zhu, Dejiang Chen, Zhongpei Zhang

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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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The Circle Pure Rolling Method for Point Cloud Boundary Extraction by Quanou Yang, Zhihui Li, Zhihui Liu, Xinyu Jiang, Xinglong Gao

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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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