Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is increasingly popular in the field of micro-environmental monitoring due to its promising capability. However, most systems using WSN for environmental monitoring reported in the literature are developed for specific applications without functions for exploiting user's data processing methods. In this paper, a new system is designed in detail to perform micro-env...

Environmental micro-organisms include a large number of taxa and some species that are generally considered nonpathogenic, but can represent a risk in certain conditions, especially for elderly people and immunocompromised individuals. Chemotaxonomic identification techniques are powerful tools for environmental micro-organisms, and cellular fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) content is a powerful...

BACKGROUND Cardiometabolic risk factors such as obesity, excess percent body fat, high blood pressure, elevated resting heart rate and sedentary behavior have increased in recent decades due to changes in the environment and lifestyle. Neighborhood micro-environmental, street scale elements may contribute to health above and beyond individual characteristics of residents. PURPOSE To investiga...

We conducted an in-depth characterization of the range of micro-environments (1 m) in which four Carex species (C. backii, C. communis, C. plantaginea, and C. platyphylla) grow in the understory of an old-growth, deciduous forest in southern Québec, Canada. All four species occurred in significantly different micro-environments. Carex plantaginea was found at the wet end of a moisture gradient,...

1. History of buildings and health 1.1 Environmental issues 2. Health effects 2.1 Developing countries 2.2 Developed countries 2.2.1 Cancer 2.2.2 Allergy 2.2.3 Other hypersensitivity reactions 2.2.4 Airways infections 3. Indoor exposures associated with health effects 3.1 Air quality 3.2 Odor 3.3 Chemical compounds 3.4 Particles 3.5 Micro-organisms 3.6 The “Lamp-Post Effect” 3.7 Temperature, an...

Recent research into the commercial exploitation of genetically engineered micro-organisms (GEMs) in the environment, for bioremediation and improvement of plant growth and protection, has raised concerns regarding associated potential risks. This in turn has led to legislation regarding environmental release of GEMs such that detailed information on their ecology and environmental impact must ...

BACKGROUND Micro-organisms transmitted from vertebrate animals - including livestock - to humans account for an estimated 60% of human pathogens. Micro-organisms can be transmitted through inhalation, ingestion, via conjunctiva or physical contact. Close contact with animals is crucial for transmission. The role of intensity and type of contact patterns between livestock and humans for disease ...

Inspired by the worldwide debate on the issue, the present paper is a humble attempt to test the nexus between poverty and environmental degradation in rural India based on secondary sources of data. Though the study does not reveal any definite pattern of linkage in the context of rural India it examines the probable causes of failure in the link, highlights the status of poverty and environme...

This paper deals with the impact of micro and macro environment components on trade companies in Romania. Trade companies organize and operate under specific environmental conditions impact or both. In the activity of any companies the environment plays a key role in defining its strategies in seizing and using opportunities of development, being practically the support in achieving the objecti...