Children are more sensitive to pollutants than adults and yet they spend large amounts of time in school environments where they are exposed to unknown levels of indoor pollutants. This study investigated the concentrations of the most abundant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in eight naturally ventilated school buildings in Italy. The schools were chosen to include areas with different urban...

The radio continuum spectra of 74 galaxies were used to separate thermal and non-thermal radio emission. The thermal fraction f1GHz th at 1 GHz and the non-thermal spectral index αnth of the radio continuum emission were determined. The mean values are 〈f1GHz th 〉 = 0.08± 0.01 and 〈αnth〉 = 0.83± 0.02. Even at 10 GHz the radio continuum emission ofmost of the galaxies is dominated by the synchro...

Thermal imaging is a potential tool for estimating plant temperature, which can be used as an indicator of stomatal closure and water deficit stress. In this study, a new method for processing and analysing thermal images was developed. By using remote sensing software, the information from thermal and visible images was combined, the images were classified to identify leaf area and sunlit and ...

OBJECTIVE The adoption of pro-environmental behaviours reduces anthropogenic environmental impacts and subsequent human health effects. This study developed composite indices measuring adoption of pro-environmental behaviours at the household level in Canada. METHODS The 2007 Households and the Environment Survey conducted by Statistics Canada collected data on Canadian environmental behaviou...