The physical environment of a neighborhood, such as its road networks and land-use distribution, appears to be closely related to its ambient population density, but this relationship is difficult to measure quantitatively. A previous study based on...
In addition to bubble number density, bubble size distribution is an important population parameter governing the activity of acoustic cavitation bubbles. In the present paper, an iterative numerical method for equilibrium size distribution is propos...
24 July 2020
This study analyzed the spread and decay durations of the COVID-19 pandemic in different prefectures of Japan. During the pandemic, affordable healthcare was widely available in Japan and the medical system did not suffer a collapse, making accurate...
Studies conducted in the early COVID-19 pandemic stages showed positive associations between chronic exposure to ambient air pollution and COVID-19 morbidity. Here, we examined the associations between populations’ chronic exposure to air pollu...
12 April 2021
The current understanding of ambient temperature and its link to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is unclear. The objective of this study was to explore the environmental and climatic risk factors for SARS-...
Norwegian spring-spawning herring are a critical economic resource for multiple nations in the North Atlantic and a keystone species of the Nordic Seas ecosystem. Given the wide areas that the herring occupy, it is difficult to accurately measure the...
Utah’s low-smoking population and high population density concentrated in mountain valleys, with intermittent industrial activity and frequent temperature inversions, have yielded unique opportunities to study air pollution. These studies have...
The fish parasite, Neoergasilus japonicus (Harada, 1930), native to Eastern Siberia and the Amur River catchment area, invaded European water bodies in the middle of the last century, possibly due to the human-mediated distribution of fish in the Amu...
Children are sensitive to air pollution and spend long hours in and around their schools, so the school day has an important impact on their overall exposure. This study of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and its surroundings assesses exposure to PM2.5 and NO...
Understanding influential factors for fecal contamination in groundwater is critical for ensuring water safety and public health. The objective of this study is to identify key factors for fecal contamination of shallow tubewells using machine learni...
This study investigates the seismic ambient noise within the Campi Flegrei caldera (Naples, Italy) to improve the detection capability and reliability of the earthquake monitoring system managed by the INGV, Osservatorio Vesuviano. It focuses on the...
The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is a major arthropod pest that causes substantial economic losses in strawberry and other crops worldwide. Its management often relies on intensive acaricide applications, which may negatively af...
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) results in adverse health outcomes. Although this is a global concern, residents of China may be particularly vulnerable due to frequent severe air pollution episodes associated with economic growth, industria...
Ambient exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in eastern China, a densely populated region with very high-level PM2.5 pollution, has attracted great concern from the public, government, and scientific community. By taking advantage of advanced...
Verbascum dingleri Mattf and Stef. is a Greek endemic plant species belonging to the family of Scrophulariaceae that only occurs in northeastern Greece, east of the city of Kavala. Knowledge of species distribution, habitat requirements, reproduction...
1 June 2019
Emission of pollutants from shipping contributes to ambient air pollution. Our aim was to estimate exposure to particulate air pollution (PM2.5) and health effects from shipping in countries around the Baltic Sea, as well as effects of the sulfur reg...
Recent evidence suggests that many densely populated areas of the world will be uninhabitable in the coming century due to the depletion of resources, climate change, and increasing urbanization. This poses serious questions regarding the actions tha...
In tropical countries, broiler chickens are exposed to elevated ambient temperatures and humidity, which are sometimes exacerbated by high stocking densities and poor litter quality, thereby predisposing birds to severe stress, weakening immune funct...
Rapid urbanization and anthropogenic activities have led to a significant deterioration of air quality, adversely affecting human health and ecosystems. The study of transboundary river basins, where air pollution is exacerbated by political and soci...
There are some environmental factors, such as ambient temperature, dust, etc., which cause a reduction in the efficiency of Photovoltaic (PV) systems. Installation of PV panels on the water surface, commonly known as Floating Photovoltaic (FPV) syste...
The emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) decreased under China’s air quality control policies. However, concern remains regarding the response of ozone (O3) in the metropolitan areas. The characteristics and trends of ambient O3 and NOx in Shenzh...
The accurate estimation of ammonia emission is essential for quantifying secondary inorganic aerosol formation and reactive nitrogen deposition. During the last decades, both fertilizer type and the total amount of nitrogen fertilizer in China have c...
How can the interaction between the seismological community and society contribute to the exploitation and usage of renewable energy resources? We try to provide an answer by describing the seismic experiment realized in March–April 2025 in the...
Monitoring ambient air quality is essential for assessing environmental conditions and examining relationships among pollution indicators. This study presents a cross-sectional comparative analysis of key air quality indicators (PM2.5, O3, NO2, SO2,...
Since the human population is growing beyond the earth’s ability to sustain it, more people are being brought into contact with wildlife, leading to increasing human–wildlife conflict. The Asian elephant, a wide-ranging megaherbivore, is...
The therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSC) for treating cardiac ischemia strongly depends on their paracrine-mediated effects and their engraftment capacity in a hostile environment such as the infarcted myocardium. Adipose tis...
The exceptionally strong geomagnetic storm of 10–11 May 2024 injected new energetic protons and electrons into the terrestrial radiation belts, creating extraordinary conditions to study the loss mechanisms scattering these particles into the a...
21 February 2023
Dengue fever is a tropical viral disease mostly spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito across the globe. Each year, millions of people have dengue fever, and many die as a result. Since 2002, the severity of dengue in Bangladesh has increased, and in 2...
30 September 2019
Spatial variability in temperature exists within metropolitan areas but very few studies have investigated intra-urban differentiation in the temperature-mortality effects. We investigated whether local characteristics of 42 Municipalities within the...
19 October 2017
The environmental burden of disease is the mortality and morbidity attributable to exposures of air pollution and other stressors. The inequality metrics used in cumulative impact and environmental justice studies can be incorporated into environment...
Pressurized high-temperature water attracts attention as a promising medium for chemical synthesis, biomass processing or destruction of hazardous waste. Adjustment to the desired solvent properties requires knowledge on the behavior of populations o...
In Latin American cities, violence against women (VAW) remains critical for public health, well-being, and safety. This phenomenon is influenced by social, political, and environmental drivers. VAW is not randomly distributed; built environments&mdas...
The study investigated the effect of storage conditions on the stability of electrolyzed seawater (ESW)’s physicochemical properties (pH, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), and free chlorine (FC) concentration), and bactericidal efficiency on...
Previous (biofilm) inactivation studies using Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) focused on helium (with or without the addition of oxygen) as feeding gas since this proved to result in a stable and uniform plasma. In industry, the use of helium gas is ex...
The limestone islands of Malta face high levels of water stress due to low rainfall over a small land area and a high population density. We investigate an innovative, cost-effective approach to groundwater monitoring in an island environment by comp...
Rapid urbanization in China has led to an increasing problem of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution, which negatively impacts urban ecology and public health. Nitrogen dioxide is an important atmospheric pollutant, and quantitative spatio-te...
This study aims to scientifically justify the identification of suitable urban properties for urban green infrastructure (UGI) interventions to optimize its natural regulating functions for long-term pollution mitigation and secondary dust reduction....
Emerging African countries are characterized by explosive population growth and urbanization, which threaten environmental sustainability. This study comparatively characterized ambient aerosols and assessed cytotoxicity to facilitate improving healt...
Emerging African countries are characterized by explosive population growth and urbanization, which threaten environmental sustainability. This study comparatively characterized ambient aerosols and assessed cytotoxicity to facilitate improving healt...
Urban forest policies are increasingly used as nature-based solutions, but their large-scale effects on ambient air quality remain uncertain. This study evaluates China’s National Forest City Construction Policy (NFCC) using a panel of 2076 cou...
The biological and nutritional value of kefir makes it imperative to widen its customer reach by extending its shelf life, enabling its storage and transport at ambient temperatures, and reducing its packaging cost requirements. A well-documented and...
The research on semiconductor electrocatalysts has developed into an active field of study in the past decade. By constructing heterojunctions, one may efficiently overcome the limitations of semiconductors’ broad band gaps and low conductivity...
To better inform the public about ambient air quality and associated health risks and prevent cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases in Macau, the local government authorities apply the Air Quality Index (AQI) for air quality management with...
Substantial boosts in the low-energy nano-oxygenation of incoming process water were achieved at a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upstream of activated sludge (AS) aeration lanes on a single-pass basis by means of an electric field nanob...
The unwavering spread of COVID-19 has taken the world by storm. Preventive measures like social distancing and mask usage have been taken all around the globe but still, as of September 2020, the number of cases continues to rise in many countries. E...
Digital technologies have recently become more advanced, allowing for the development of social networking sites and applications. Despite these advancements, phone calls and text messages still make up the largest proportion of mobile data usage. It...