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76,111 | Factors affecting the effects of EDU on growth and yield of field-grown bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L), with varying degrees of sensitivity to ozone | Elagoz, V; Manning, WJ | 2,005 | The effects of foliar applications of ethylenediurea (EDU) on responses to ozone by field-grown bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines ?S156? (O3-sensitive) and ?R123? (O3-tolerant), and cultivars ?BBL 290? (O3-sensitive) and ?BBL 274? (O3-tolerant) were investigated during the 2001 and 2002 growing seasons. EDU was a... | 0 |
81,002 | Responses of sensitive and tolerant bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L) to ozone in open-top chambers are influenced by phenotypic differences, morphological characteristics, and the chamber environment | Elagoz, V; Manning, W | 2,005 | Responses of bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines ?S156? (O3-sensitive) and ?R123? (O3-tolerant), and cultivars ?BBL 290? (O3-sensitive) and ?BBL 274? (O3-tolerant) to ambient ozone (O3) were investigated during the 2001 and 2002 growing seasons. Seedlings were grown in pots inside open-top chambers (OTCs), with cha... | 0 |
76,112 | Response patterns in adult forest trees to chronic ozone stress: identification of variations and consistencies | Nunn, AJ; Reiter, IM; Haberle, KH; Langebartels, C; Bahnweg, G; Pretzsch, H; Sandermann, H; Matyssek, R | 2,005 | #The responsiveness of adult beech and spruce trees to chronic O3 stress was studied at a free-air O3 exposure experiment in Freising/Germany. Over three growing seasons, gas exchange characteristics, biochemical parameters, macroscopic O3 injury and the phenology of leaf organs were investigated, along with assessment... | 0 |
87,483 | Particulate air pollution and the rate of hospitalization for congestive heart failure among medicare beneficiaries in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Wellenius, GA; Bateson, TF; Mittleman, MA; Schwartz, J | 2,005 | The authors used a case-crossover approach to evaluate the association between ambient air pollution and the rate of hospitalization for congestive heart failure among Medicare recipients (aged > or =65 years) residing in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh area), Pennsylvania, during 1987-1999. They also explored effect modi... | 1 |
199,792 | On-line field measurements of monoterpene emissions from Scots pine by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry | Ruuskanen, TM; Kolari, P; Back, J; Kulmala, M; Rinne, J; Hakola, H; Taipale, R; Raivonen, M; Altimir, N; Hari, P | 2,005 | We measured the daily patterns of monoterpene emissions from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees in a boreal coniferous forest in August and September 2004, using an on-line chamber method combined with a proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) analyzer. The on-line measurements were made in two chambers wi... | 0 |
191,382 | Estimation of biogenic emissions with satellite-derived land use and land cover data for air quality modeling of Houston-Galveston ozone nonattainment area | Byun, DW; Kim, S; Czader, B; Nowak, D; Stetson, S; Estes, M | 2,005 | The Houston-Galveston Area (HGA) is one of the most severe ozone non-attainment regions in the US. To study the effectiveness of controlling anthropogenic emissions to mitigate regional ozone nonattainment problems, it is necessary to utilize adequate datasets describing the environmental conditions that influence the ... | 0 |
103,901 | In vivo effects of ozone exposure on protein adduct formation by 1-nitronaphthalene in rat lung | Wheelock, AM; Boland, BC; Isbell, M; Morin, D; Wegesser, TC; Plopper, CG; Buckpitt, AR | 2,005 | The incidence of serious photochemical smog events is steadily growing in urban environments around the world. The electrophilic metabolites of 1-nitronaphthalene (1-NN), a common air pollutant in urban areas, have been shown to bind covalently to proteins. 1-NN specifically targets the airway epithelium, and the toxic... | 0 |
77,170 | Validation of the human ozone challenge model as a tool for assessing anti-inflammatory drugs in early development | Holz, O; Tal-Singer, R; Kanniess, F; Simpson, KJ; Gibson, A; Vessey, RSJ; Janicki, S; Magnussen, H; Jorres, RA; Richter, K | 2,005 | This study aimed to test the utility of the ozone challenge model for profiling novel compounds designed to reduce airway inflammation. The authors used a randomized, double-dummy, double-blind, placebo-controlled 3-period crossover design alternating single orally inhaled doses of fluticasone propionate (inhaled corti... | 1 |
191,666 | Secondary organic compounds in atmospheric aerosols: Speciation and formation mechanisms | Alves, CA; Pio, CA | 2,005 | Taking into account their atmospheric characteristics, generally under photochemical conditions, forested areas of Mediterranean countries constitute an appropriate environment to investigate the secondary organic aerosols. The objective of this study was to study in situ the aerosol composition, particularly in the ph... | 0 |
89,227 | An operational evaluation of the 2005 release of Models-3 CMAQ version 4.5 | Appel, KW; Gilliland, A; Eder, B | 2,005 | null | 1 |
81,074 | Immune function biomarkers in children exposed to lead and organochlorine compounds: A cross-sectional study | Karmaus, W; Brooks, KR; Nebe, T; Witten, J; Obi-Osius, N; Kruse, H | 2,005 | Background: Different organochlorines and lead (Pb) have been shown to have immunomodulating properties. Children are at greater risk for exposure to these environmental toxicants, but very little data exist on simultaneous exposures to these substances. Methods: We investigated whether the organochlorine compounds (OC... | 0 |
156,695 | Atmospheric fate of OH initiated oxidation of terpenes. Reaction mechanism of alpha-pinene degradation and secondary organic aerosol formation | Librando, V; Tringali, G | 2,005 | This paper studies the reaction products of ?-pinene, ?-pinene, sabinene, 3-carene and limonene with OH radicals and of ?-pinene with ozone using FT-IR spectroscopy for measuring gas phase products and HPLC-MS-MS to measure products in the aerosol phase. These techniques were used to investigate the secondary organic a... | 0 |
199,428 | Biomonitoring using tobacco Bel W3 provides supplemental information for risk assessment of vegetation injury due to ozone | Kostka-Rick, R; Hahn, HU | 2,005 | Current air quality goals for ozone for the protection of vegetation are based on cumulative dose values above a cut-off concentration (AOT40), although in the recent scientific discussion concepts based on doses of ozone absorbed through the plants' stomates or flux-oriented approaches are clearly favoured. Uncertaint... | 1 |
87,531 | Ambient gas concentrations and personal particulate matter exposures: Implications for studying the health effects of particles | Sarnat, JA; Brown, KW; Schwartz, J; Coull, BA; Koutrakis, P | 2,005 | BACKGROUND: Data from a previous study conducted in Baltimore, MD, showed that ambient fine particulate matter less than 2.5 mum in diameter (PM2.5) concentrations were strongly correlated with corresponding personal PM2.5 exposures, whereas ambient O3, NO2, and SO2 concentrations were weakly correlated with their pers... | 1 |
199,423 | Monitoring tropospheric ozone impact on plants in natural and urban areas with a Mediterranean climate | Manes, F; Vitale, M; Di Traglia, M | 2,005 | To investigate the real linkage and effectiveness of using the AOT40 index and ozone stomatal flux (FO3) in the assessment of physiological alteration/leaf injury on clover clones sensitive to ozone and Quercus ilex plants, two statistical techniques Partial Least Squares (PLS) and Neural Net Analysis (NNA)-were applie... | 0 |
110,640 | Changes in Nordic surface ozone episodes due to European emission reductions in the 1990s | Solberg, S; Bergstrom, R; Langner, J; Laurila, T; Lindskog, A | 2,005 | Based on analyses of model calculations with a regional
scale CTM for two different years and measurement data from background locations in northern
Europe, we have found several indications that peak ozone value, in the Nordic countries have
been reduced during the 1990s as a result of reduced emissions of precu... | 0 |
87,395 | Meta-analysis of the Italian studies of short-term effects of air pollution (MISA), 1990-1999 | Biggeri, A; Baccini, M; Bellini, P; Terracini, B | 2,005 | A meta-analysis of short-term effects of air pollution on health in eight Italian cities from 1990 to 1999 is presented. Death certificates and hospital admission data as well as daily concentrations of pollutants were collected. The same generalized linear model adjusted for age, day of the week, holidays, influenza... | 1 |
66,088 | Protein nitration by polluted air | Franze, T; Weller, MG; Niessner, R; Poschl, U | 2,005 | The effects of air pollution on allergic diseases are not yet well-understood. Here, we show that proteins, in particular birch pollen proteins including the allergen Bet v 1, are efficiently nitrated by polluted air. This posttranslational modification of proteins is likely to trigger immune reactions and provides a m... | 1 |
89,229 | A performance evaluation of the 2004 release of Models-3 CMAQ | Eder, B; Yu, S | 2,005 | This performance evaluation compares a full annual simulation (2001) of Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) (Version 4.4) covering the contiguous United States against monitoring data from four nationwide networks. This effort, which represents one of the most spatially and temporally comprehensive performance eva... | 1 |
694,504 | UVB exposure promotes Tc2 and regulatory T cell phenotypes that correlate with the loss of tumor protection | Winters, ML; Haque, S; Flood, PM | 2,005 | null | 0 |
651,869 | Ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer: Molecular mechanisms | Hussein, MR | 2,005 | Every living organism on the surface of the earth is exposed to the ultraviolet (UV) fraction of the sunlight. This electromagnetic energy has both life-giving and life-endangering effects. UV radiation can damage DNA and thus mutagenize several genes involved in the development of the skin cancer. The presence of typi... | 0 |
80,091 | An empirical Bayes approach to combining and comparing estimates of the value of a statistical life for environmental policy analysis | Kochi, I; Hubbell, B; Kramer, R | 2,005 | An empirical Bayes pooling method is used to combine and compare estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). The data come from 40 selected studies published between 1974 and 2002, containing 197 VSL estimates. The estimated composite distribution of empirical Bayes adjusted VSL has a mean of $5.4 million and a... | 0 |
191,687 | Structural characteristics and chemical composition of birch (Betula pendula) leaves are modified by increasing CO2 and ozone | Oksanen, E; Riikonen, J; Kaakinen, S; Holopainen, T; Vapaavuori, E | 2,005 | Impacts of ozone and CO2 enrichment, alone and in combination, on leaf anatomical and ultrastructural characteristics, nutrient status and cell wall chemistry in two European silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) clones were studied. The young soil-growing trees were exposed in open-top chambers over three growing seasons... | 0 |
92,516 | Influence of ppb levels of SO2 on the atmospheric corrosion of aluminum in the presence of NaCl | Blucher, DB; Svensson, JE; Johansson, LG | 2,005 | The effect of part per billion (ppb) levels of SO2 on the atmospheric corrosion on Al (99.999%) was investigated in the laboratory at 22 degrees C. Exposure time was 20 and 672 h. The effect of SO2 concentration (46-1300 ppb), relative humidity (70- 99% RH), and the amount of NaCl applied prior to exposure (0- 250 mu g... | 0 |
199,196 | Regulation of ascorbate contents by jasmonate-mediated signaling pathway in Arabidopsis during ozone exposure | Aono, M; Kanna, M; Ogawa, D; Murata, Y; Rakwal, R; Agrawal, GK; Tamogami, S; Iwahashi, H; Kubo, A; Tamaoki, M; Nakajima, N; Saji, H | 2,005 | Jasmonates, composed of jasmonic acid (JA) and methyl jasmonate (MeJA), are widely distributed signaling compounds in plants. Jasmonate-mediated signaling suppresses ozone-induced ethylene biosynthesis as well as cellular injury since an ozone-sensitive Arabidopsis mutant, ojil, showed increased ozone-induced ethylene ... | 0 |
156,843 | Highly Time-Resolved Organic and Elemental Carbon Measurements at the Baltimore Supersite in 2002 | Park, SS; Harrison, D; Pancras, JP; Ondov, JM | 2,005 | Organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in fine particles (PM2.5) were measured at the Baltimore Supersite at Ponca Street for 9.5 months in 2002 using a Sunset Laboratory carbon analyzer with 1-hour time resolution. Monthly EC and CO diurnal averages were characterized by pronounced peaks in the early morning co... | 0 |
80,714 | The relation between daily maximum ozone and daily maximum temperature [memorandum to Dr Joseph Pinto] | Piety, CA | 2,005 | null | 0 |
655,502 | UVB-induced conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 (calcitriol) in cultured keratinocytes is upregulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha | Abraham, S; Lehmann, B; Knuschke, P; Meurer, M | 2,005 | UVB irradiation of cultured human keratinocytes induces both the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) to calcitriol (1a,25(OH)2D3) and the release of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) in these cells. Calcitriol synthesis in human keratinocytes was reduced in the presence of a neutralizing polyclonal antibody direct... | 0 |
76,114 | Structural changes in the vascular bundles of light-exposed and shaded spruce needles suffering from Mg deficiency and ozone pollution | Boxler-Baldoma, C; Lutz, C; Heumann, HG; Siefermann-Harms, D | 2,005 | The correlation between structural changes of the vascular bundles and needle yellowing was examined for needles of damaged spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) growing at a Mg-deficient and ozone polluted mountain site in the Central Black Forest (840 m a.s.l.). In the previous year's sun-exposed needles, the following se... | 0 |
106,013 | Simulation of ozone during the August 2003 heat wave and emission control scenarios | Vautard, R; Honore, C; Beekmann, M; Rouil, L | 2,005 | During August 2003, western European countries witnessed an unpreceeded 15-day long heat wave with record temperatures and unusually persistent high-ozone concentrations. In France, about 15 000 extra deaths occurred during this period. The study of photochemical smog during this episode is of primary interest since we... | 0 |
89,451 | Lightning-generated NOx and its impact on tropospheric ozone production: A three-dimensional modeling study of a stratosphere-troposphere experiment: Radiation, aerosols and ozone (STERAO-A) thunderstorm | Decaria, AJ; Pickering, KE; Stenchikov, GL; Ott, LE | 2,005 | A three-dimensional cloud-scale chemical transport model has been used to simulate trace gas transport, lightning NO production, and photochemical ozone production in the 12 July 1996 storm observed during the Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols and Ozone (STERAO-A) field experiment. The model is d... | 0 |
86,324 | Cardiopulmonary health effects of air pollution: is a mechanism emerging? | Cascio, WE | 2,005 | null | 0 |
88,752 | Relationship of basic military trainee emergency department visits for asthma and San Antonio air quality | Letz, AG; Quinn, JM | 2,005 | The U.S. Air Force conducts basic military training (BMT) in San Antonio, TX, an area with occasionally adverse air quality. Many individuals from the BMT population are evaluated for asthma symptoms. The relationship of air quality with these symptoms has not been studied in this population. This study examines the co... | 0 |
651,837 | Arctic stratospheric ozone depletion and increased UVB radiation: Potential impacts to human health | De Fabo, EC | 2,005 | Contrary to popular belief, stratospheric ozone depletion, and the resultant increase in solar UV-B (280-320 nm), are unlikely to fully recover soon. Notwithstanding the success of the Montreal Protocol in reducing the amount of ozone destroying chemicals into the stratosphere, the life-times of these compounds are suc... | 0 |
694,516 | Optochemical sensor for determining ozone based on novel soluble indigo dyes immobilised in a highly permeable polymeric film | Alexy, M; Voss, G; Heinze, J | 2,005 | An optochemical ozone sensor is described that has been manufactured by immobilisation of novel soluble indigo derivatives in permeable transparent polymeric films of polydimethylsiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer. From a number of investigated indigo derivatives, 4,4',7,7'-tetraalkoxyindigo 9 has been selected for optim... | 0 |
88,676 | Synoptic weather patterns and modification of the association between air pollution and human mortality | Rainham, DG; Smoyer-Tomic, KE; Sheridan, SC; Burnett, RT | 2,005 | To assess whether meteorological conditions modify the relationship between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality, an examination of air pollution and human mortality associations (ecologic) using hybrid spatial synoptic classification procedures was conducted. Concentrations of air pollutants and ... | 0 |
191,409 | Foliar phenolics in sugar maple (Acer saccharum) as a potential indicator of tropospheric ozone pollution | Sager EPS; Hutchinson TC; Croley TR | 2,005 | null | 0 |
191,440 | Growth of adult Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) under free-air ozone fumigation | Wipfler, P; Seifert, T; Heerdt, C; Werner, H; Pretzsch, H | 2,005 | This study attempted to detect the impact of ozone on adult trees of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in an experimental mixed stand in Southern Bavaria, Germany. The aim was to examine whether there is a decrease in growth when trees are exposed to higher than atmospheric... | 0 |
75,865 | Ozone slows stomatal response to light and leaf wounding in a Mediterranean evergreen broadleaf, Arbutus unedo | Paoletti, E | 2,005 | #The effect of a 90-d ozone exposure (charcoal-filtered air or 110 nmol mol-1 O3) on stomatal conductance (gs) was investigated in the Mediterranean evergreen broadleaf Arbutus unedo L. Ozone did not significantly reduce midday steady-state gs compared to controls. However, it slowed stomatal response to abrupt reducti... | 0 |
89,215 | Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment: formation, occurrences and analysis | Perrini, G; Tomasello, M; Librando, V; Minniti, Z | 2,005 | #A review is presented on the formation and occurrence in the atmosphere of nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Some analytical methodologies (covering various matrices) are also considered. | 0 |
596,395 | Ozone enhances diesel exhaust particles (DEP)-induced interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene expression in human airway epithelial cells through activation of nuclear factors- kappaB (NF-kappaB) and IL-6 (NF-IL6) | Kafoury, RM; Kelley, J | 2,005 | Ozone, a highly reactive oxidant gas is a major component of photochemical smog. As an inhaled toxicant, ozone induces its adverse effects mainly on the lung. Inhalation of particulate matter has been reported to cause airway inflammation in humans and animals. Furthermore, epidemiological evidence has indicated that e... | 0 |
596,370 | Effect of nutritional status and ozone exposure on Na+/K+ ATPpase and lipid peroxidation in rat brain | Calderon Guzman, D; Hernandez Islas, JL; Mejia, GB; Santamaria del Angel, D; Hernandez Garcia, E; Juarez Olguin, H | 2,005 | The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of nutritional status and exposure to ozone on the activity of Na+/K+ ATPase and lipid peroxidation in rat brain. Male Wistar rats were fed 7% and 23% protein diets. Two groups were formed for each nutritional status: one group was exposed for 15 successive days to 0.75 p... | 0 |
193,241 | Response of climate to regional emissions of ozone precursors: Sensitivities and warming potentials | Berntsen, T; Fuglestvedt, JS; Joshi, M; Shine, KP; Stuber, N; Sausen, R; Li, L; Hauglustaine, DA; Ponater, M | 2,005 | The response of climate to ozone perturbations caused by regional emissions of NOx or CO has been studied through a sequence of model simulations. Changes in O3 and OH concentrations due to emission perturbations in Europe and southeast Asia have been calculated with two global 3-D chemical tracer models(CTMs; LMDzINCA... | 0 |
86,249 | Random effect models for repeated measures of zero-inflated count data | Min, Y; Agresti, A | 2,005 | For count responses, the situation of excess zeros (relative to what standard models allow) often occurs in biomedical and sociological applications. Modeling repeated measures of zero-inflated count data presents special challenges. This is because in addition to the problem of extra zeros, the correlation between mea... | 0 |
80,693 | Warming of the world ocean, 1955-2003 | Levitus, S; Antonov, J; Boyer, T | 2,005 | We present new estimates of the variability of ocean heat content based on: a) additional data that extends the record to more recent years; b) additional historical data for earlier years. During 1955-1998 world ocean heat content (0-3000 m) increased 14.5 - 1022 J corresponding to a mean temperature increase of 0.037... | 0 |
669,175 | Ultraviolet radiation exposure and risk of malignant lymphomas | Smedby, KE; Hjalgrim, H; Melbye, M; Torrang, A; Rostgaard, K; Munksgaard, L; Adami, J; Hansen, M; Porwit-MacDonald, A; Jensen, BA; Roos, G; pedersen, BB; Sundstrom, C; Glimelius, B; Adami, HO | 2,005 | null | 0 |
191,475 | Influences of recovery from clear-cut, climate variability, and thinning on the carbon balance of a young ponderosa pine plantation | Misson, L; Tang, JW; Xu, M; Mckay, M; Goldstein, A | 2,005 | From 1999 to 2002, the variations in carbon flux due to management practices (shrub removal, thinning) and climate variability were observed in a young ponderosa pine forest originated from clear-cutting and plantation in 1990. These measurements were done at the Blodgett Forest Ameriflux site located in the Sierra Nev... | 0 |
89,809 | Use of multi-objective air pollution monitoring sites and online air pollution monitoring system for total health risk assessment in Hyderabad, India | Anjaneyulu, Y; Jayakumar, I; Hima Bindu, V; Sagareswar, G; Mukunda Rao, PV; Rambabu, N; Ramani, KV | 2,005 | A consensus has been emerging among public health experts in developing countries that air pollution, even at current ambient levels, aggravates respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and leads to premature mortality. Recent studies have also presented well-founded theories concerning the biological mechanisms involve... | 0 |
76,098 | Consequences of elevated CO2 and O3 on birch canopy structure: implementation of a canopy growth model | Kull, O; Tulva, I; Vapaavuori, E | 2,005 | We used a canopy growth model as a scaling tool to make canopy level predictions on leaf area index (LAI) and leaf area distribution from short-term measurements of 8-year-old Betula pendula Roth trees of two clones in an open-top chamber experiment with elevated CO2 and ozone treatments. The model approximates the can... | 0 |
191,306 | Differences in the kinetics and scale of signalling molecule production modulate the ozone sensitivity of hybrid poplar clones: the roles of H2O2, ethylene and salicylic acid | Diara, C; Castagna, A; Baldan, B; Sodi, AM; Sahr, T; Langebartels, C; Sebastiani, L; Ranieri, A | 2,005 | Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), ethylene, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and salicylic acid (SA) concentrations and ACC synthase (ACS) gene expression were measured to establish whether the high sensitivity of the Populus deltoides x maximowiczii clone Eridano to ozone (O-3) exposure, compared with the O-3-resis... | 0 |
90,284 | Air-quality bioindication in the greater central valley of California, with epiphytic macrolichen communities | Jovan, S; McCune, B | 2,005 | Air-quality monitoring in the United States is typically focused on urban areas even though the detrimental effects of pollution often extend into surrounding ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to construct a model, based upon epiphytic macrolichen community data, to indicate air-quality and climate in forested ... | 0 |
595,142 | A comparison of night-time GOMOS and MIPAS ozone profiles in the stratosphere and mesosphere | Verronen, PT; Kyrola, E; Tamminen, J; Funke, B; Gil-Lopez, S; Kaufmann, M; Lopez-Puertas, M; Clarmann, TV; Stiller, G; Grabowski, U; Hopfner, M | 2,005 | With the successful launch of the European Space Agency?s Envisat satellite new possibilities for global night-time measurements of middle atmospheric ozone have emerged. The GOMOS and MIPAS instruments on board Envisat are able to measure ozone in both day and night conditions, which is especially important in the mes... | 0 |
80,392 | Analysis of ozone (O3) data for the O3 NAAQS review | FitzSimons, T; McCluney, L; Rizzo, M | 2,005 | November 10, 2005 memo to Ozone NAAQS Review Docket, with attached data. | 0 |
195,284 | Reduction of ozone fading of copper phthalocyanine dyes by non-traditional antiozonants | Hasan, FB | 2,005 | Ozone fading of printed images has been an important concern in digital imaging industries. Copper phthalocyanine dyes, widely used in imaging products, have excellent light fastness, but they are highly susceptible to ozone fading. Although the detrimental effects of ozone on other industrial products, such as rubber ... | 0 |
121,487 | Ozone dry deposition above a tropical forest in the dry season in northern Thailand | Matsuda, K; Watanabe, I; Wingpud, V; Theramongkol, P; Khummongkol, P; Wangwongwatana, S; Totsuka, T | 2,005 | In order to investigate the ozone dry deposition above a tropical forest in Southeast Asia, the field experiments were performed in a flat deciduous (teak) forest in Mea Moh located in northern Thailand, in the dry season, from January to April 2002. The experimental period included both the leafless period and transit... | 0 |
89,057 | Methodology of laboratory measurements in prospective studies on gene-environment interactions: The experience of GenAir | Peluso M Hainaut, P; Airoldi, L; Autrup, H; Dunning, A; Garte, S; Gormally, E; Malaveille, C; Matullo, G; Munniaa, A; Riboli, E; Vineis P EPIC investigators | 2,005 | #Several large prospective investigations are under way or are planned in different parts of the world, aiming at the investigation of geneuenvironment interactions for chronic diseases. Technical, practical and ethical issues are raised by such large investigations. Here we describe how such issues were approached wit... | 0 |
74,035 | NOx emissions from large point sources: variability in ozone production, resulting health damages and economic costs | Mauzerall, DL; Sultan, B; Kim, N; Bradford, DF | 2,005 | We present a proof-of-concept analysis of the measurement of the health damage of ozone (O3) produced from nitrogen oxides (NOx=NO+NO2) emitted by individual large point sources in the eastern United States. We use a regional atmospheric model of the eastern United States, the Comprehensive Air quality Model with Exten... | 0 |
669,135 | Deriving an effective aerosol single scattering albedo from spectral surface UV irradiance measurements | Bais, AF; Kazantzidis, A; Kazadzis, S; Balis, DS; Zerefos, CS; Meleti, C | 2,005 | The modification of clear-sky global and diffuse irradiances and the direct-to-diffuse irradiance ratio by the aerosol single scattering albedo, ?, as a function of aerosol optical depth, ?a, and solar zenith angle (SZA) is investigated using radiative-transfer model calculations. The model-derived relations are combin... | 0 |
195,620 | Antioxidant and inflammatory responses of healthy horses and horses affected by recurrent airway obstruction to inhaled ozone | Deaton, CM; Marlin, DJ; Smith, NC; Roberts, CA; Harris, PA; Schroter, RC; Kelly, FJ | 2,005 | Reasons for performing study: Inhaled ozone can induce oxidative injury and airway inflammation. Horses affected by recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) have a decreased pulmonary antioxidant capacity, which may render them more susceptible to oxidative challenge. It is currently unknown whether RAO-affected horses are m... | 0 |
93,283 | Lung function and long-term exposure to air pollutants in middle-aged American adults | Qian, Z; Liao, D; Lin, HM; Whitsel, EA; Rose, KM; Duan, Y | 2,005 | #The authors examined the association of long-term exposure to ozone (O3) and ambient particulate matter < 10 ??m in diameter (PM10) with pulmonary function by using cross-sectional data of 10,240 middle-aged adults who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Air-pollution data came from the US E... | 1 |
191,528 | Mycorrhizosphere responsiveness to atmospheric ozone and inoculation with Phytophthora citricola in a phytotron experiment with spruce/beech mixed cultures | Pritsch, K; Luedemann, G; Matyssek, R; Hartmann, A; Schloter, M; Scherb, H; Grams, TEE | 2,005 | The aim was to analyze functional changes in the mycorrhizosphere (MR) of juvenile spruce and beech grown in a mixture under ambient and twice ambient ozone and inoculated with the root pathogen Phytophthora citricola. The phytotron experiment was performed over two vegetation periods, adding the pathogen at the end of... | 0 |
651,880 | Environmental UV-A and UV-B threshold doses for apoptosis and necrosis in human fibroblasts | Matta, JL; Ramos, JM; Armstrong, RA; D'Antoni, H | 2,005 | Apoptosis involves a highly organized and programmed series of events aimed at maintaining genomic stability by eliminating defective host cells. The purpose of this study was to determine the threshold doses and environmental UV-A and UV-B exposure times necessary to produce apoptosis and necrosis in the normal cells ... | 0 |
195,750 | Oxidative stabilization of PAN/SWNT composite fiber | Min, BG; Sreekumar, TV; Uchida, T; Kumar, S | 2,005 | PAN/SWNT composite fibers have been spun with 0, 5, and 10wt% single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Tensile fracture surfaces of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers exhibited extensive fibrillation, while for PAN/SWNT composite fibers, tendency to fibrillate decreased with increasing SWNT content. The reinforcing effect of ... | 0 |
86,250 | Modelling skewed data with many zeroes: a simple approach combining ordinary and logistic regression | Fletcher, D; MacKenzie, D; Villouta, E | 2,005 | null | 0 |
88,633 | Sensitivity of the estimated air pollution-respiratory admissions relationship to statistical model choice | Erbas, B; Hyndman, RJ | 2,005 | The objective of this study was to demonstrate the methodological shortcomings of currently available analytical methods for single-city time series data. We analyzed daily Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and daily asthma hospital admissions in Melbourne, Australia from July 1989 to December 1992. Air poll... | 0 |
191,522 | Modification of ozone effects on photosynthetic capacity of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Perlo) at different levels of water availability | Khan, S | 2,005 | Attached leaves were used for the determination of the photochemical capacity by means of a portable fluorimeter. Repeated fluorescence measurements showed the negative effects of ozone on photochemical capacity and these negative effects increased with increasing ozone doses. But impairments of photochemical capacity ... | 0 |
195,257 | Ozone concentration effects on the dark fade of ink jet photographic prints | Bugner, D; Van Hanehem, R; Oakland, M; Artz, P; Zaccour, D; Levesque, R | 2,005 | Ambient levels of ozone have been reported to be a factor in the dark stability of ink jet photographic prints. Current practical tests utilize a relatively high concentration (5-10 ppmv) of ozone for short periods of time at ambient temperatures to predict what might occur for longer exposures at lower concentrations.... | 0 |
80,129 | An emissions-based view of climate forcing by methane and tropospheric ozone | Shindell, DT; Faluvegi, G; Bell, N; Schmidt, GA | 2,005 | We simulate atmospheric composition changes in response to increased methane and tropospheric ozone precursor emissions from the preindustrial to present-day in a coupled chemistry-aerosol-climate model. The global annual average composition response to all emission changes is within 10% of the sum of the responses to ... | 0 |
191,233 | Assessing the future global impacts of ozone on vegetation | Ashmore, MR | 2,005 | Ozone is a major secondary air pollutant, the current concentrations of which have been shown to have significant adverse effects on crop yields, forest growth and species composition. In North America and Europe, emissions of ozone precursors are decreasing but in other regions of the world, especially Asia, where muc... | 0 |
195,333 | Studies on the cure and mechanical properties of blends of natural rubber with dichlorocarbene modified styrene-butadiene rubber and chloroprene rubber | Ramesan, MT; Alex, R; Khanh, NV | 2,005 | This paper focused on the comparative evaluation of cure characteristics and mechanical properties of blends of natural rubber with dichlorocarbene modified styrene-butadiene rubber and chloroprene rubber with different blend composition. It was found that the Mooney scorch time and cure index shows a negative deviatio... | 0 |
199,429 | Ozone induced emissions of biogenic VOC from tobacco: Relationships between ozone uptake and emission of LOX products | Beauchamp, J; Wisthaler, A; Hansel, A; Kleist, E; Miebach, M; Niinemets, U; Schurr, U; Wildt, J | 2,005 | Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. var. Bel W3) plants exposed to ozone (O-3) were investigated using proton-transfer-reaction mass-spectrometry (PTR-MS) and gas chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS) to find a quantitative reference for plants' responses to O-3 stress. O-3 e... | 0 |
196,441 | Effects of temperature and ozone on daily mortality during the August 2003 heat wave in France | Dear, K; Ranmuthugala, G; Kjellstrom, T; Skinner, C; Hanigan, I | 2,005 | During the summer of 2003, Europe experienced a heat wave that lasted almost 2 weeks in which high temperatures were accompanied by exceptionally high ozone levels. Unfortunately, few studies have examined the effects of temperature and ozone simultaneously. The authors use constrained distributed lag models to estimat... | 0 |
199,285 | Emission of volatile organic compounds from two silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) clones grown under ambient and elevated CO2 and different O3 concentrations | Vuorinen, T; Nerg, AM; Vapaavuori, E; Holopainen, JK | 2,005 | We analysed the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from two clones (4 and 80) of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) trees exposed to doubled ambient CO2 and O-3 singly and in combination, in open-top chambers. VOCs were collected in July and in August from detached twigs. The effect of twig detachment as suc... | 0 |
651,821 | UVB irradiation increases the release of SCF from human epidermal cells | Baba, H; Uchiwa, H; Watanabe, S | 2,005 | null | 0 |
191,416 | Forests as protection against airborne immissions | Gravenhorst, G; Oltchev, A; Sogachev, A; Ibrom, A; Kreilein, H | 2,005 | The effect of a spruce forest in the Solling-hills (Germany) on the concentration of airborne trace compounds in the atmospheric boundary layer is discussed. The discussion is based on field measurements of vertical concentration profiles and vertical fluxes of reactive trace gases and particles in and above a spruce f... | 0 |
694,721 | Effect of weed pollen on children's hospital admissions for asthma during the fall season | Im, W; Schneider, D | 2,005 | The authors analyzed temporal variations in asthma hospital admissions for New Jersey children (0-14 years of age) over a 3-year period. Significant spikes in children's asthma hospital admissions occurred during late September and early October of each of the 3 years of the study. The authors report on an in-depth ana... | 0 |
645,767 | Signal crosstalk and induced resistance: Straddling the line between cost and benefit | Bostock, RM | 2,005 | This review discusses recent progress in our understanding of signaling in induced plant resistance and susceptibility to pathogens and insect herbivores, with a focus on the connections and crosstalk among phytohormone signaling networks that regulate responses to these and other stresses. Multiple stresses, often sim... | 0 |
128,850 | Study on an ozone episode in hot season in Hong Kong and transboundary air pollution over Pearl River Delta region of China | Lam, KS; Wang, TJ; Wu, CL; Li, YS | 2,005 | An ozone (O-3)episode that occurred in Hong Kong during 18-22 August 1999 was investigated. This episode lasted nearly 2 days with Typhoon Sam located at 500 km away from Hong Kong in the southeast. The maximum ground-level concentration of O-3 reached 334 mu g m(-3), which violated the Hong Kong Air Quality Objective ... | 0 |
694,495 | Melanin does not protect against ultraviolet B-induced photodamage in Caucasian skin | Robinson, S; Dixon, S; Gough, C; Wakamatsu, K; Healy, E | 2,005 | null | 0 |
667,864 | Who is sensitive to extremes of temperature? A case-only analysis | Schwartz, J | 2,005 | BACKGROUND: Extremes of temperature are well known to be associated with excess mortality. Less is known about the characteristics of persons that put them at higher risk, particularly the role of medical conditions. METHODS: To investigate these effects, I used a case-only approach to analyze 160,062 deaths in Wayne C... | 0 |
199,202 | Effect of ozone exposure on the photosynthetic activity at cellular level: Chlorophyll fluorescence microscopic imaging analysis | Endo, R; Konishi, A; Omasa, K | 2,005 | Ozone is one of the most major global air pollutants, inducing various forms of damage to plants. The concentration of surface ozone is increasing in many industrial countries. In this study, microscopic images of fluorescence parameter Phi(PSII) from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) leaves were used to assess the effe... | 0 |
105,331 | Aspects of ozone transport, mixing, and chemistry in the greater Maryland area | Vukovich, FM; Scarborough, J | 2,005 | This study examined the role of ozone transported and the
subsequent mixing of the transported ozone on the ozone concentration and chemistry in the
surface layer at locations in central Maryland. Surface data from the United States Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) Acrometric Information Retrieval System (... | 0 |
655,492 | Determination of eumelanin and pheomelanin concentrations in human epidermis before and after irradiation with UVB | Hennessy, A; Oh, C; Diffey, B; Wakamatsu, K; Rees, JL | 2,005 | null | 0 |
90,134 | Analysis of atmospheric sesquiterpenes: sampling losses and mitigation of ozone interferences | Pollmann, J; Ortega, J; Helmig, D | 2,005 | #Atmospheric standards containing parts-per-billion levels of 14 semivolatile hydrocarbon compounds, including eight sesquiterpenes (SQTs) (longipinene, -copaene, isolongifolene, -cedrene, trans-caryophyllene, aromadendrene, -humulene, -cadinene), two oxidized sesquiterpenoids (cis-nerolidol, trans-nerolidol), one biog... | 0 |
79,181 | Smaller than predicted increase in aboveground net primary production and yield of field-grown soybean under fully open-air [CO2] elevation | Morgan, PB; Bollero, GA; Nelson, RL; Dohleman, FG; Long, SP | 2,005 | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that atmospheric [CO2] will reach 550ppm by 2050. Numerous assessments of plant response to elevated [CO2] have been conducted in chambers and enclosures, with only a few studies reporting responses in fully open-air, field conditions. Reported yields for the world... | 0 |
515,275 | External factors in the development of cataract | Robman, L; Taylor, H | 2,005 | Aims To provide an update on the risk factors for cataract development. Methods Review of the literature. Results Age and heredity are the most important risk factors associated with the different types of cataract. While the hereditary component is self-explanatory, increasing age serves as a surrogate for a number of... | 0 |
454,797 | Seasonal variation in the occurrence of cutaneous melanoma in Europe: influence of latitude. An analysis using the EUROCARE group of registries | Boniol, M; De Vries, E; Coebergh, JW; Dore, JF; Grp, EW | 2,005 | The aim of our study was to analyse seasonal variations in melanoma incidence in Europe. Data from 28 117 cutaneous melanoma cases reported during 1978-1993 to the EUROCARE group of registries were analysed. There is a clear summer peak in incidence in Western countries (summer-winter ratio: 1.31 P < 0.0001; Nam's test... | 0 |
191,359 | The effects of ozone on growth and stomatal response in the F-2 generation of hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x Populus deltoides) | Woo, SY; Hinckley, TM | 2,005 | Thirty-six F-2 hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x P deltoides) clones were fumigated with ozone to record its effects on growth, correlate them with stomatal response and screen for ozone sensitivity. Fumigation was applied for 6 to 9 h each day for approximately 3 months at ozone concentrations of 85 to 128 mu g g(-... | 0 |
75,855 | Ozone-induced changes in the chloroplast structure of conifer needles, and their use in ozone diagnostics | Kivimaenpaa, M; Sellden, G; Sutinen, S | 2,005 | Ozone induces characteristic symptoms in the chloroplasts of the needles of several coniferous species. Chloroplasts are (1) reduced in size and (2) the stroma is electron dense. Moreover, (3) these chloroplast alterations are more pronounced in the outer mesophyll cell layers and in the upper side of the needle compar... | 0 |
191,249 | Biogenic emissions from Pinus halepensis: A typical species of the Mediterranean area | Simon, V; Dumergues, L; Solignac, G; Torres, L | 2,005 | Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions by vegetation present in the Mediterranean area are not well known. They may contribute with anthropogenic VOC emissions to the tropospheric ozone formation that reaches important level in the European Mediterranean region. The present work, carried out as part of the Europea... | 0 |
595,143 | Direct measurements of the OH and NO2 evolutions in pulsed photo-oxidation studies of hydrocarbons: A method to quantify detailed and integral oxidation mechanisms in NOx containing air | Hoffmann, A; Grossmann, J; Zellner, R | 2,005 | A novel method has been developed to study the OH and NO2 evolution in the laser pulse initiated photo-oxidation of hydrocarbons in NOx containing gas mixtures. In this method, long-path laser absorption (LPLA) for the time resolved detection of OH radicals in the (A2?+ ? X2?) system at 308.417 nm is combined with cw-L... | 0 |
88,755 | Do new health conditions support mortality-air pollution effects? | Evans, MF; Smith, VK | 2,005 | null | 0 |
595,148 | Ozone detection in air using SmFeO3 gas sensor | Hosoya, Y; Itagaki, Y; Aono, H; Sadaoka, Y | 2,005 | The conductance changes of SmFeO3 based p-type gas sensor with ozone in air with and without VOCs were examined. The conductance for this sensor was responsible in sub-ppm levels ozone at the temperatures above 240 degrees C and the sensitivity decreased with an increase in the working temperature. It is expected that ... | 0 |
87,660 | iHAPSS internet-based health & air pollution surveillance system: city-specific descriptive statistics | null | 2,005 | null | 0 |
88,979 | Does nitrogen dioxide affect inflammatory markers after nasal allergen challenge? | Barck, C; Lundahl, J; Holmstrom, M; Bylin, G | 2,005 | Background: Exposure to high ambient levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) enhances the bronchial inflammatory reaction to allergen in humans. We tested whether this NO2 effect occurs also in the upper airways.
Methods: Sixteen allergic subjects with rhinitis and mild asthma were exposed at rest to either purified air or 5... | 0 |
191,246 | The bi-directional exchange of oxygenated VOCs between a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation and the atmosphere | Karl, T; Harley, P; Guenther, A; Rasmussen, R; Baker, B; Jardine, K; Nemitz, E | 2,005 | Using new in-situ field observations of the most abundant oxygenated VOCs (methanol, acetaldehyde, acetone, C-3/C-4 carbonyls, MVK+MAC and acetic acid) we were able to constrain emission and deposition patterns above and within a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation with a sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) understor... | 0 |
191,582 | Ozone impacts on competition between tomato and yellow nutsedge: Above- and below-ground effects | Shrestha, A; Grantz, DA | 2,005 | Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) production in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California is challenged by air pollution and weeds. Differential ozone (O-3) tolerance of tomato cultivars and weed species may alter crop-weed competition. A study was conducted in open top chambers (OTCs) at the Kearney Research and Ex... | 0 |
191,268 | Changes of the redox status of glutathione and ascorbate in leaves and apoplast of Phaseolus vulgaris cultivars under ozone stress | Brauning, H; Pahlich, E; Muller, C; Jager, HJ | 2,005 | The bean cultivars 'Tenderette' and 'Oregon' were treated in open top chambers with 30 or 50 ppb ozone which was added to ambient air during daylight. The development of apoplastic radicals and of the antioxidative capacity was determined in the leaves with the main interest in the development of the redox status of as... | 0 |
87,795 | A bad air day in Houston | Banta, RM; Senff, CJ; Nielsen-Gammon, J; Darby, LS; Ryerson, TB; Alvarez, RJ; Sandberg, SP; Williams, EJ; Trainer, M | 2,005 | null | 0 |
191,284 | Components of apoplastic ascorbate use in Betula pendula leaves exposed to CO2 and O-3 enrichment | Padu, E; Kollist, H; Tulva, I; Oksanen, E; Moldau, H | 2,005 | Here, the aim was to estimate loads imposed on the apoplastic ascorbate (ASC) pool by enzymatic and nonenzymatic reactions in Betula pendula exposed to doubled CO2 and O-3 concentrations in open-top chambers. Leaf apoplastic extracts were analysed for peroxidase and oxidase activities in vitro, using different substrat... | 0 |
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