Introduction: Design of an effective dust mitigation system to support NASA’s new initiative to return to the surface of the Moon must be a high priority [1,2]. A number of strategies have been proposed based on brushing, magnetic susceptibility or magnetic attraction, variable EMF or other surfaces, and particle guns for charging or repelling dust [2]. Brushing was demonstrated to be effective...

introduction: recently, air pollution due to the occurrence of dust storms is one of the worst environmental problems in western and southwestern iran, especially the khuzestan province (12, 13). according to the reports of the meteorological organization of iran the average number of dusty days in the cities of ahvaz and abadan in the khuzestan province reaches 68 and 76 days each year, respec...

 Background: The phenomenon of dust is a serious environmental problem in dry and semi dry regions. It has a destructive effect for the residents of such regions. Over two-thirds of Iran is in areas of dry and semi-dry climate conditions. Methods: In this research, dust fall measurements were taken in 41 stations across Yazd city using a marble dust collector (MDCO) located in diffe...

We have mapped the barred spiral NGC 5383 using the BIMA millimeter-wave array for observations of CO (J=1–0), the Palomar 1.5m for Hα and optical broadband, and the Kitt Peak 1.3m for near-IR broadband. We compare the observed central gas and dust morphology to the predictions of recent hydrodynamic simulations calculated using the Piner, Stone, and Teuben code. In the nuclear region, our obse...

Several chronic inhalation bioassays of poorly soluble, nonfibrous particles have resulted in an increased incidence of lung tumors in rats, no increase in lung tumors in Syrian hamsters, and inconsistent results in mice. These results have raised concerns that rats may be more prone than other species to develop persistent pulmonary epithelial hyperplasia, metaplasia, and tumors in response to...

Much uncertainty in the value of the imaginary part of the refractive index of mineral dust contributes to uncertainty in the radiative effect of mineral dust in the atmosphere. A synthesis of optical, chemical and physical in-situ aircraft measurements from the DODO experiments during February and August 2006 are used to calculate the refractive index mineral dust encountered over West Africa....

abstract: the dust is one of the weather phenomena that have negative environmental effects and consequences. the central city of ahvaz in khuzestan province is one of cities that in every year witnessed the dust in its environment. in this study, after determining that the dust phenomena data are abnormal, using the sen's nonparametric model been proceed to modeling of changes and survey ...