Ultrafine particles (UFP; diameter less than 100 nm) are ubiquitous in urban air, and an acknowledged risk to human health. At the same time, little is known about immission situation at typical sites such as high-traffic roads, residential areas with a high amount of solid fuels for home heating or commercial industrial due missing legal requirements measurements UFP. Therefore, UFP were measu...

the complex-step derivative approximation is applied to compute numerical derivatives. in this study, we propose a new formula of fractional complex-step method utilizing jumarie definition. based on this method, we illustrated an approximate analytic solution for the fractional cauchy-euler equations. application in image denoising is imposed by introducing a new fractional mask depending on s...

Keywords: fractal geometry, fractional derivative, fractional Fourier transform, fractional power of a matrix, self similarity, complex partial differential equation, broadband ultrasound, frequency-dependent attenuation, time domain. 1. Backgrounds The rational behind this model is schematically illustrated below: Fractal geometry (irregular soft tissues) → Fractional Fourier transform (freque...

Proximity to road traffic involves higher health risks because of atmospheric pollutants. In addition to outdoor air, indoor air quality contributes to overall exposure. In the framework of the BREATHE study, indoor and outdoor air pollution was assessed in 39 schools in Barcelona. The study quantifies indoor and outdoor air quality during school hours of the BREATHE schools. High levels of fin...

Central administration of nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) produces bradycardia, hypotension, diuresis, and antinatriuresis in rats. Because N/OFQ peptide (NOP) receptors exist in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus, we hypothesized that N/OFQ acts in the PVN to alter cardiovascular and renal function. To test this premise, N/OFQ (10 and 100 pmol) or artificial cerebrospinal flu...

BACKGROUND Elevated cardiovascular disease risk has been reported with proximity to highways or busy roadways, but proximity measures can be challenging to interpret given potential confounders and exposure error. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional analysis of plasma levels of C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha receptor II (TNF-RII) and fibrinoge...

BACKGROUND Mechanisms underlying previously reported air pollution and cardiovascular (CV) morbidity associations remain poorly understood. OBJECTIVES We examined associations between markers of pathways thought to underlie these air pollution and CV associations and ambient particle concentrations in postinfarction patients. METHODS We studied 76 patients, from June 2006 to November 2009, ...