Endotoxin is one of the most powerful inflammatory mediators known. This explains the high prevalence of respiratory disorders among smokers.In this study, GC-MSMS Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is used to analyze the presence of endotoxin in smoke from active smoking and in environmental tobacco smoke.
This paper describes characteristics of statistical distributions for concentrations of 17 VOCs and 11 aldehydes in homes in Japan. First a probability model was applied to the occupant's simultaneous exposure to the mixtures in homes, then joint probability distributions of 28 organic compounds were generated from the best-fitted distributions of individual compounds.
That research is based on the assumption that there are differences among normal subjects as to their vulnerability to stress-related symptoms to health/illnessThe study aims at increasing the understanding of SBS complaints in relation to personality factors.A relationship between personality characteristics and health-related behaviors, and between personality characteristics and perceived health is demonstrated.
For that study, 24 healthy non-sensitive persons were tested to analyse the respiratory effects caused by exposures to office dust. The results of the study suggest that most of the tradiitional risk factors can be rejected as single responsible risk factor.
This paper is a clear presentation of the different available systems to ensure a good thermal comfort : the author starts with passive systems that maintain comfort without an extra energy consumption, carries on with the low-energy consumption systems that allow air refreshment ,
then refreshing floors and cool ceilings and low-speed ventilation are described , he ends with
air-handling devices to be installed in residential or collective housings.
This paper presents the latest edition of the standard 62.1. It combines the 62.2001 version with 17 approved addenda, all of them have been approved by both Ashrae and ANSI. The most significant changes involved the ventilation rate procedure, minimum ventilation rate table and outdoor air treatment requirements.
That document is easy to use for designers, code officials and others users .
That standard is continuously reviewed and revised through addenda to keep up with new research findings and experience from the field.
This paper describes a pilot study conducted in an occupied family house in Ohio to determine if a script-based protocol could be used to obtain data useful for the identification of the key factors affecting air-exchange rate (AER) and the relationship between indoor and outdoor concentrations of selected traffic-related air pollutants.
The author asserts that to maintain a good indoor air quality, both ventilation and reduction of the pollutants sources are necessary. Standard 62.2 defines the minimum requirements about ventilation for an acceptable indoor air quality, but does not deal directly with the sources of pollutants. So the author gives an inventory of the main indoor air pollutants and how to cope with them. He maintains that the treatment of the pollutants at their source is very often the best way to keep a good indoor air quality.
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) systems are used to disinfect air, they consist in mounting shielded UVGI lamps at high level in an upper room zone, and the natural convection currents that occur in a room space carry airborne microorganisms through the UV field. This study demonstrates that the effectiveness of those systems is dependant on both the ventilation regime and the in-room air mixing.
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