Does Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis Survival in the Environment Confound Bovine Tuberculosis Control and Eradication? A Literature Review by Adrian R. Allen, Tom Ford, Robin A. Skuce

“…Recent evidence from GPS-collared cattle and badgers in Britain and Ireland suggests that direct transmission by infectious droplets or aerosols may not be the main mechanism for interspecies transmission, raising the possibility of indirect transmission involving a contaminated, shared environment. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Physiotherapists in COVID-19 ICUs: A National Survey by Nikitha Suresh Babu, Vijay Pratap Singh, K. Shyam Krishnan, Dattatray Prabhu

“…COVID-19 belongs to the beta-corona cluster that spreads enormously via aerosols. Physiotherapists must be knowledgeable about the symptoms, mode of transmission, risk mitigation strategies, and practice guidelines for COVID-19. …”
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Systemic and Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Associated With Behavioral Changes Induced by Inhaled Paraquat Are Ameliorated by Carvacrol by Arghavan Memarzia, Fatemeh Amin, Amin Mokhtari-Zaer, Zohre Arab, Saeideh Saadat, Mahrokh Heydari, Zahra Ghasemi, Farzaneh Naghdi, Mahmoud Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Boskabady

“…In this study, animals were exposed to saline (control [Ctrl]) or PQ (PQ groups) aerosols. PQ-exposed animals were treated with 0.03 mg/kg/day dexamethasone (Dexa), 20 and 80 mg/kg/day carvacrol (C-L and C-H), 5 mg/kg/day Pio, and Pio+C-L for 16 days. …”
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Characteristics and Meteorological Factors of Severe Haze Pollution in China by Chao He, Song Hong, Hang Mu, Peiyue Tu, Lu Yang, Biqin Ke, Jiayi Huang

“…The concentration of PM2.5 was closely related to the combustion of fossil fuels and other organic compounds, indicating the large contribution of secondary aerosols to PM2.5 concentrations. The analysis of meteorological conditions showed that low temperature, low wind speed, and high relative humidity could aggravate the accumulation of regional pollutants in winter. …”
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Comparison between Satellite Water Vapour Observations and Atmospheric Models’ Predictions of the Upper Tropospheric Thermal Radiation by J. R. Dim, T. Y. Nakajima, T. Takamura, N. Kikuchi

“…Atmospheric profiles (temperature, pressure, and humidity) are commonly used parameters for aerosols and cloud properties retrievals. In preparation of the launch of the Global Change Observation Mission-Climate/Second-Generation GLobal Imager (GCOM-C/SGLI) satellite, an evaluation study on the sensitivity of atmospheric models to variations of atmospheric conditions is conducted. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Thymoquinone and Carob Powder versus Dexamethasone in the Model of Asthma in Pregnant Rats: New Insights into their Therapeutic Effects by Ameerah Fadhil Ahmed, Şule Coşkun Cevher, Emine Gülceri Güleç Peker, Barbaros Balabanlı, Meral Ebegil

“…Methods: In this study, it was tried to improve the asthmatic pregnant rat and to determine the direction of oxidant-antioxidant balance with a holistic antioxidant complex Female rats were divided into 3 groups: asthmatic pregnant group (1) sensitized via an intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin (OVA) with alum on days 0 and 14 and exposed to aerosolized OVA 3 days over the subsequent 1 week then coupled with male rats to get pregnant; asthmatic pregnant with TQ and carob (CS) group (2) sensitized as above then administered each of TQ and CS on the last 5 days of pregnancy; and asthmatic pregnant with dexamethasone group (3) sensitized as above then received dexamethasone by intraperitoneal injection on last 5 days of pregnancy. …”
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Estudio de calidad del aire en canteras a cielo abierto en General Roca, Argentina. by Paula Andrea Paez, Marisa Gloria Cogliati, Raúl Alberto Giacosa

“…Los resultados de la modelación (valores de concentración máxima horaria) se compararon con datos de concentración de  aerosoles, obtenidos mediante sensores remotos; resultando un ajuste con coeficiente de determinación R 2 ~ 0,7. …”
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Era of COVID-19 by Khizar Hamid, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Touba Naim, Muhammad Hamza, Mirza Omer Mahmood Baig, Emad Abu Sitta

“…Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) can occur after infection with Hantavirus which can occur by inhaling aerosolized rodent urine, feces, and saliva contaminated with the virus. …”
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ALGUNAS APLICACIONES RECIENTES DE LA TÉCNICA DE RADIO OCULTAMIENTO SATELITAL EN EL ESTUDIO DE PROCESOS ATMOSFÉRICOS by Alejandro de la Torre, Pedro Alexander, Pablo Llamedo, Rodrigo Hierro, Horacio Pessano, Andrés Odiard

“…From atmospheric profiles of refractivity and an atmospheric model, several parameters are obtained: from temperature (T), pressure, geopotential height and water vapor to minor species as aerosols, cloud liquid water and ionospheric electron density. …”
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Enhancing the filtration performance of common substrates used in the Covid-19 respiratory protection equipment with nanofiber coatings by Mobina Khezrian, Adel Jafari, Majid Habibi Mohraz

“…However, many of these RPEs, despite their widespread use, do not provide adequate protection against aerosols and bioaerosols. Recent studies have demonstrated that nanofiber coatings possess properties that can enhance the protective capabilities of RPEs.The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of applying nanofiber coatings on the filtration properties of common substrates used in RPEs. …”
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Negative Association of Gulf War Illness Symptomatology with Predicted Binding Affinity of Anthrax Vaccine Antigen to Human Leukocyte (HLA) Class II Molecules by Lisa M. James, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

“…Background: Anthrax is a serious disease caused by <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> (<i>B. anthracis</i>) with a very high mortality when the spores of <i>B. anthracis</i> are inhaled (inhalational anthrax). Aerosolized <i>B. anthracis</i> spores can be used as a deadly bioweapon. …”
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Quantifying uncertainties in satellite NO₂ superobservations for data assimilation and model evaluation by P. Rijsdijk, P. Rijsdijk, P. Rijsdijk, H. Eskes, A. Dingemans, A. Dingemans, K. F. Boersma, K. F. Boersma, T. Sekiya, K. Miyazaki, S. Houweling, S. Houweling

“…<p>Satellite observations of tropospheric trace gases and aerosols are evolving rapidly. Recently launched instruments provide increasingly higher spatial resolutions, with footprint diameters in the range of 2–8 km and with daily global coverage for polar orbiting satellites or hourly observations from geostationary orbits. …”
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Algunas aplicaciones recientes de la técnica de radio ocultamiento satelital en el estudio de procesos atmosféricos by Alejandro de la Torre, Pedro Alexander, Pablo Llamedo, Rodrigo Hierro, Horacio Pessano, Andres Odiard

“…A partir de perfiles atmosféricos verticales de refractividad y de un modelo atmosférico, se obtienen diversos parámetros indirectamente: desde temperatura (T), presión, altura geopotencial y vapor de agua, hasta especies minoritarias como aerosoles, agua líquida de las nubes y densidad electrónica ionosférica. …”
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Towards a high-quality in situ observation network for oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in Europe: transferring metrological traceability to the field by M. Iturrate-Garcia, T. Salameh, P. Schlauri, A. Baldan, M. K. Vollmer, E. Stratigou, S. Dusanter, J. Li, S. Persijn, A. Claude, R. Holzinger, C. Sutour, T. Macé, Y. Elshorbany, A. Ackermann, C. Pascale, S. Reimann

“…<p>Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have a large impact on the oxidising capacity of the troposphere and are major precursors of tropospheric ozone and secondary atmospheric aerosols. Accurate measurements and data comparability of VOCs among monitoring networks are essential to assessing the trends of these secondary air pollutants. …”
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Retrieving the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane from the European Copernicus CO2M satellite mission using artificial neural networks by M. Reuter, M. Hilker, S. Noël, A. Di Noia, M. Weimer, O. Schneising, M. Buchwitz, H. Bovensmann, J. P. Burrows, H. Bösch, R. Lang

“…Since CO2M will not be launched until 2026, our study exploits simulated measurements over land surfaces from a comprehensive observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) that includes realistic meteorology, aerosols, surface bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF), solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), and CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> and CH<span class="inline-formula">₄</span> concentrations. …”
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