Roads have an important role in plants dispersal on different scales. Various plant species settle on roadsides, but some of them can enter the natural environments and threaten their biodiversity. Worldwide knowledge of roadside flora is necessary for local and global management of natural areas. Accordingly, the roadside flora of Northern Khorasan rangelands was studied along the 600 km ...

Abstract Urban greenspace has many health benefits, including cleaner air than the surrounding streets. In this study, a detailed exercise been conducted to measure concentrations of NO/NO 2 /NO x and O 3 within an urban greenspace, University Birmingham campus, using continuous analysers, as well transects NO measured with diffusion tubes. Concentrations have simulated ADMS-Roads model which o...

With increasing urbanization in China, the traffic-induced urban environmental noise pollution problem is becoming more and serious, it has become a common malady that cannot be ignored. Traffic green belts are an important part of ecosystem play role traffic reduction, simultaneously provide services, such as creating natural landscape retaining dust. Therefore, they category Nature-based Solu...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether drivers contacted at the roadside can be screened for alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Secondarily, to produce preliminary estimates of AUDs among drivers and estimate the relationship between AUD status and BAC measured at the roadside. METHODS A two-phase survey program was undertaken. In phase 1, 206 motorists were interviewed at the roadside using a 15-item AUD...

 Abstract Background: Soil dust has been debated about its effects on public health and the challenge is brought about tuberculosis (TB). The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of soil dust on pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) prevalence and its control indices. Methods: The medical files of patients in Khuzestan Health Center were reviewed. The control group included the PTB...

Spatial variations in the bioaccessibility and health risks induced by chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As) lead (Pb) roadside dust from different land-use areas, i.e., commercial areas (CA), planned residential (PRA), spontaneous (SRA) urban green (UGA) Dhaka city, Bangladesh, were investigated. An vitro simple extraction test (SBET) met...

as surfactants enhance the membrane transport of organic compounds, it has to be assumed that they decisively influence the absorption of pollutants from house dust. sampling sites for the surfactant analysis include housing areas, each location of which has different surroundings such as rural, urban, construction, and industrial area. three stations had been selected for each housing area and...

one of the factors and tools necessary in managing roadside is rules and regulations without which, the area will face serious challenges in terms of the environment. recognizing rules of roadside was investigated in the current research, since some perturbations and irregularities related to the ecosystem of roadside are the results of rules and regulations and also complex damages appeared in...