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Investigation of the tropospheric ozone pollution in Johannesburg, South Africa through monitoring data, exceedances, diurnal cycles, seasonality, Ox chemistry and O3 production rates



This paper studied ground-level ozone and its precursors in Johannesburg to better understand O3 pollution and proposes further recommendations to enhance air quality management.





Keywords: Emissions, ozone (O3), air pollution, monitoring, precursors, atmosphere

The use of facile catalytic abatement to reduce domestic fuel burning emissions

This paper investigated the emissions that are likely to arise from domestic fuel burning and the available abatement technologies for the reduction of particulate emissions reported in the literature study. Keywords: Emissions, particulate matter, abatement, catalytic reduction, domestic fuel burn…

Association between household air pollution and pneumonia among children under five years of age, hospitalized in Kabul, Afghanistan.



This paper seeks to determine the influence of Household Air Pollution (HAP) factors on under 5 children’s Pneumonia in Afghanistan.





Keywords: Household air pollution, pneumonia, respiratory disease, environment, health

Monitoring and mapping noise levels at an university campus in India



This paper aimed to monitor and map the noise pollution in an educational institute and find out the sources of noise followed by identification of hot spots.





Keywords: Noise, noise mapping, noise sources, hot spot, Inverse distance weighted, control

Impact of brick kiln air pollution emissions on the pulmonary health of workers

This paper seeks to determine the concentration of workplace brick kiln air pollution, to assess the signs ad symptoms of respiratory problems under kiln workers, and to evaluate pulmonary function variables. Keywords: Brick kilns, emissions, pulmonary health, respiratory problems, Pakistan, lung f…

Epidemiology: Cholera



Cholera is an ancient communicable disease that still has relevance today in many impoverished communities around the world.





Keywords: Cholera ,Vibrio cholerae; Pandemics; Transmission; Epidemiology

A case study during the Diwali festival of the variations of black carbon and fine particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10) during firecrackers bursting episodes and biomass burning

This paper measured the Black Carbon (BC) and Particulate Matter (PM) during the Diwali festival in India during 3-7 November 2021 to determine the impact and the variations in Carbon Black and Particulate Matter emissions. Keywords: Black Carbon, Particulate Matter, Low-cost sensor, Human health, …

Reviewing sick building syndrome conditions through design and construction certification

This paper aimed at describing sources of indoor pollutant exposure and pollution movement that causes sick building syndrome and indoor depollution measures needed to be carried out during building design and construction. Keywords: Indoor air quality, pollution sources, health impacts, prevention…

The use of dirty fuels by low-income households on the Mpumalanga Highveld



This paper aimed at reviewing available information on the use of dirty fuels by low-income households on the Highveld





Keywords: Domestic fuel use, dirty fuels, Highveld Priority Area, energy use patterns, particulate matter