THE (DOMINANCE BASED) ROUGH SET APPROACH APPLIED TO AIR POLLUTION IN A HIGH RISK RATE INDUSTRIAL AREA

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Matarazzo ◽  
Maria Teresa Clasadonte ◽  
Carlo Ingrao
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Rough Set ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Risk Rate

scholarly journals The role of thiocyanate in the etiology of goiter in an industrial metropolitan area

2006 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
V F H Brauer ◽  
H Below ◽  
A Kramer ◽  
D Führer ◽  
R Paschke
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Urinary Iodine ◽  
Thyroid Volume ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Epidemiological Survey ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Spot Urine ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Goiter Prevalence ◽  
High Resolution Ultrasonography

Objective: Thiocyanate (SCN−) has concentration dependent antithyroid properties and a role in the etiology of goiter has been suggested in several studies. In 1991 an epidemiological survey conducted in the region of Halle/Leipzig (Saxony), an area with significant air pollution, suggested an inverse relationship between urinary iodine (I−)/SCN− excretion and goiter prevalence. 10 years later, we reinvestigated the same industrial area to clarify if the situation has changed after the elimination of most industrial waste products and moreover, if SCN− excretion levels alone or in combination with air pollution or smoking as a SCN− source are critical for thyroid function. Design and methods: We investigated a cohort of 708 probands for I−, SCN− and creatinine excretion in spot urine samples and determined the prevalence of goiter and thyroid nodules by high resolution ultrasonography. Results: Probands with goiter (n = 79, 11%) had significantly higher urinary SCN− excretions than probands without (3.9 ± 2.8 vs 3.1 ± 3.4 mg SCN−/g creatinine) and significantly lower urinary I−/SCN− ratios than patients without thyroid disorders (41 ± 38 vs 61 ± 71 μg I−/mg SCN−/l). Mean urinary I− excretions were not different between probands with or without goiter. Smokers showed significantly elevated urinary SCN−/creatinine ratios in comparison to non-smokers (4.3 ± 4.3 vs 2.4 ± 2.1 mg SCN−/g creatinine). ANOVA revealed a prediction of thyroid volume through age (P < 0.001), gender (P < 0.001), body weight (P < 0.05) and smoking (P < 0.05). Conclusions: In our investigation, age, gender and smoking (raising SCN− levels by CN− inhalation) were predictive for thyroid volume and the urinary I−/SCN− ratios were able to detect probands with an increased risk of developing goiter in contrast to urinary I− excretion levels alone. These data suggest, that in an era and area of decreased cyanide pollution, SCN− may remain a cofactor in the multifactorial aetiology of goiter.

scholarly journals A Bayesian kriging model for estimating residential exposure to air pollution of children living in a high-risk area in Italy

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera ◽  
Annibale Biggeri ◽  
Laura Grisotto ◽  
Fabio Barbone ◽  
Dolores Catelan
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Kriging Model ◽  
Risk Area ◽  
Residential Exposure ◽  
High Risk Area ◽  
Bayesian Kriging

scholarly journals IMPACT OF REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND AIR POLLUTION ON INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF MELIA AZEDARACH L. LEAVES

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1326-1333
Author(s):  
V. Abozaid ◽  
H. Arif Abdulrahman ◽  
D. Ayoub Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Regional Distribution ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Control Area ◽  
Melia Azedarach ◽  
Layer Width ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
The Impact

This study was performed to investigate the impact of air pollution on leaf area and anatomical features of Melia azedarach L. trees, in urban areas with three demographical classes: location (I) industrial area, location (II) roadside area and free parts (control area) as a location (III) of Duhok city/Kurdistan Region-Iraq, during July 2021. The results demonstrated that the leaf area of selected plants' leaves in location I had reduced with no noticeable change in the average stomata density in the three locations I, II and Ⅲ. Meanwhile, the results of the most anatomical features of the blade (blade, lower cuticle, epidermis (both upper and lower) thickness, palisade layer height and spongy parenchyma width) in addition to midrib parameters (epidermis thickness (upper and lower), collenchyma and parenchyma layer width, phloem and xylem width and pith diameter) were decreased in both locations I, II, and with well-developed anatomical features in location III.

scholarly journals BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF ROADSIDE PLANT (MANGIFERA INDICA,L)EXPOSED TO VEHICULAR POLLUTION IN INDORE CITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO M .L. B. COLLEGE , KILABHAVAN INDORE (M.P.) INDIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (9SE) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Saroj Mahajan
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Urban Air Pollution ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Vehicular Emissions ◽  
Vehicular Pollution ◽  
The Many

The present study gives an idea of changes taking place in plants morphology. Under the influence of urban air pollution. By the many activities of man, the composition and complex nature of environment gets changed. These activities include industrialization, population explosion construction, and transportation. In cities vehicles are major contributors of air pollution. The vehicular emissions have a very harmful effect on the ecology.The important parameters like pH, chlorophyll, Biomass, Leaf area which help study of vehicular pollution in Industrial area.

scholarly journals Analyzing the basic meteorological aspects of a particulate air pollution episode over the industrial area of Northwestern Greece during the November of 2009

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-253 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Lower Troposphere ◽  
Airborne Particulate Matter ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Lower Atmosphere ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Pollution Episode

The complex terrain basin of Amyntaio – Ptolemais – Kozani in Western Macedonia of Greece is an area characterized by increased industrial activity and therefore it demands continuous and assiduous environmental monitoring. A prolonged particulate matter air pollution episode was recorded in the area during November 2009. Basic meteorological aspects are analyzed, during the episode period. Daily and hourly PM10 and PM2.5 concentration measurements were used along with surface and lower atmosphere hourly meteorological parameters from 13 measuring stations. The observational data were supported by data produced by the meteorological component of an air pollution model. The overall analysis showed that the episode was primarily the result of the synoptic setting of the middle and lower troposphere. An Omega blocking pattern which gradually transformed to a high-over-low pattern prevailed over central and southern Europe during the episode’s period. The examination of the vertical wind field in the lower troposphere and appropriate stability indices, revealed a continuous absence of significant convection. The weak horizontal wind field near the surface and the reduced mixing height combined with the lack of synoptic forcing resulted in the trapping of the pollutants in the lower troposphere and the recording of increased airborne particulate matter concentrations. The radical change of the synoptic setting in the first days of December marked the end of the episode.

scholarly journals Air Pollution in High-Risk Sites–Risk Analysis and Health Impact

10.5772/60345 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ferrante ◽  
M. Fiore ◽  
C. Copat ◽  
S. Morina ◽  
C. Ledda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Health Impact

Apolipoprotein E4, Gender, Body Mass Index, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and Air Pollution Interactions: Recipe for Alzheimer’s Disease Development in Mexico City Young Females

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas ◽  
Suzanne M. de la Monte
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Central Nervous System Involvement ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Given the epidemiological trends of increasing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and growing evidence that exposure and lifestyle factors contribute to AD risk and pathogenesis, attention should be paid to variables such as air pollution, in order to reduce rates of cognitive decline and dementia. Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) above the US EPA standards is associated with AD risk. Mexico City children experienced pre- and postnatal high exposures to PM2.5, O3, combustion-derived iron-rich nanoparticles, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and endotoxins. Exposures are associated with early brain gene imbalance in oxidative stress, inflammation, innate and adaptive immune responses, along with epigenetic changes, accumulation of misfolded proteins, cognitive deficits, and brain structural and metabolic changes. The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) 4 allele, the most prevalent genetic risk for AD, plays a key role in the response to air pollution in young girls. APOE 4 heterozygous females with >75% to <94% BMI percentiles are at the highest risk of severe cognitive deficits (1.5–2 SD from average IQ). This review focused on the relationships between gender, BMI, systemic and neural inflammation, insulin resistance, hyperleptinemia, dyslipidemia, vascular risk factors, and central nervous system involvement in APOE4 urbanites exposed to PM2.5 and magnetite combustion-derived iron-rich nanoparticles that can reach the brain. APOE4 young female heterozygous carriers constitute a high-risk group for a fatal disease: AD. Multidisciplinary intervention strategies could be critical for prevention or amelioration of cognitive deficits and long-term AD progression in young individuals at high risk.

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