LoginDescribes a study carried out to investigate the possibility of suppressing microbial contamination of circulating water in humidifiers by using the oligodynamic potential of silver ions.
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The study collected water samples from 33 of 54 HVAC humidification system water reservoir pans in a large office building.
A study examined by chemical analysis (without prior culture) bacterial levels in dust collected from hospital air conditioning filters. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry methods were used to analyse the dust.
Study aimed to assess the effectiveness of domestic air duct sanitation services in reducing indoor aeroallergens.
Describes a study of 424 homes in USA to analyse the presence of dust mite allergens. Seasonal fluctuations were identified. Air conditioning was found to reduce allergens.
The study was undertaken to find out the effect of changing the supply of outdoor air in four office buildings on the sick building syndrome symptoms reported by workers.
Suggests dust sample analysis as a rapid technique for detecting the presence of mycotoxins in the dust of ventilation systems.
Th is paper exmined whether US military personnel during Operation Desert Shield were adversely affected by respiratory disease due to crowded living conditions and high levels of suspended and blowing sand.
This was a study of the possible causes of an outbreak of encephalitis on Saipan in October 1990.
An epidemiological study was instigated by reports from a Denver office building of cases of building-related asthma and hyper-sensitivity pneumonitis.
There had been complaints of Sick Building Syndrome symptoms by employees in a large sealed office complex in Ottowa, Canada ever since it had opened.
A study was made of the time dependence of the emission of organic compounds from a polyamide floor covering with styrene-butadiene-rubber backing in three climate chambers at 23 deg. C and 45% relative humidity.
Describes and investigation of house-dust mites in 96 Danish homes with one or more members with asthma. All the homes were measured for air exchange rates, humidity and temperature.
Starting from the basic governing equations for fluid flows, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code is described.
We present the SYMBOL project which is based on a modular approach of modeling.