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Sci Total Environ ; 706: 135731, 2020 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31818592

RESUMO

The comprehension of atmospheric pollution levels worldwide is a crucial issue for assessing the health consequences from human exposure to polluted air, and for identifying emission reductions that will be effective for minimizing the potential risks. Advanced interconnected sensors are required that could monitor on real-time toxic gaseous concentration. The success of these instruments depends on the reliability of these devices to quantify and disseminate the pollution levels to nearby citizens. Metal-oxide semiconductors are widely used as functional materials for gas sensing because of their chemo-resistive effect when interacting with gases. Mixed oxides are usually considered for the superior performances shown with respect to the single oxides. In this work, tungsten-tin mixed oxides with different Sn molar fraction (0.0018, 0.12, 0.33 and 0.89 named WS-1, WS-2, WS-3 and WS-4) were synthesized by sol-gel co-precipitation. The powders were characterized by ICP-OES analysis, specific surface area measurements, electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis-NIR and FT-IR spectroscopies. The powders were also deposited through screen-printing technology, obtaining thick film gas sensors, on which measurements of conductance as a function of temperature, surface potential barrier and dynamical responses in the presence of oxidizing or reducing gases were carried out. Based on the studied properties, the mixed oxides can be divided into two groups: the WO3-like samples (WS-1, WS-2, WS-3) and the SnO2-like sample (WS-4). All samples present pure crystalline structures: this is a new result for the WO3-like samples. There is no literature data reporting about the introduction of so high Sn content in a WO3 structure. The combination of spectroscopic and electrical characterizations allowed the definition of an interpretative model that correlates the deepness of defect levels in the band gap of these materials to the values of the surface potential barrier in air and, as a consequence, to the electrical responses to oxidizing and reducing gases.

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Sci Total Environ ; 560-561: 150-9, 2016 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27101450

RESUMO

Household air pollution is ranked the 9(th) largest Global Burden of Disease risk (Forouzanfar et al., The Lancet 2015). People, particularly urban dwellers, typically spend over 90% of their daily time indoors, where levels of air pollution often surpass those of outdoor environments. Indoor air quality (IAQ) standards and approaches for assessment and control of indoor air require measurements of pollutant concentrations and thermal comfort using conventional instruments. However, the outcomes of such measurements are usually averages over long integrated time periods, which become available after the exposure has already occurred. Moreover, conventional monitoring is generally incapable of addressing temporal and spatial heterogeneity of indoor air pollution, or providing information on peak exposures that occur when specific indoor sources are in operation. This article provides a review of new air pollution sensing methods to determine IAQ and discusses how real-time sensing could bring a paradigm shift in controlling the concentration of key air pollutants in billions of urban houses worldwide. We also show that besides the opportunities, challenges still remain in terms of maturing technologies, or data mining and their interpretation. Moreover, we discuss further research and essential development needed to close gaps between what is available today and needed tomorrow. In particular, we demonstrate that awareness of IAQ risks and availability of appropriate regulation are lagging behind the technologies.


Assuntos
Poluentes Atmosféricos/análise , Poluição do Ar em Ambientes Fechados/análise , Poluição do Ar/estatística & dados numéricos , Monitoramento Ambiental/instrumentação
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Diab Vasc Dis Res ; 6(4): 244-8, 2009 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20368218

RESUMO

Alterations of elastic properties may contribute to the accelerated atherosclerosis in patients with T2D. Little is known, however, about radial artery distensibility in this patient group. A total of 19 patients with T2D and 19 controls were investigated.An echotracking system coupled to a plethysmograph was used to assess the morphologic and elastic properties of radial artery. Distensibility and compliance were evaluated using Langewouters' equations. Distensibility and compliance did not differ significantly in patients with diabetes compared with controls. In contrast, radial IMT and WCSA were significantly higher in patients with T2D than in controls. Multiple regression analyses revealed a significant association between SBP and IMT (r(2) = 0.40, p<0.001) as well as WCSA (r = 0.54; r(2) = 0.30; p<0.001 ) in individuals with diabetes. In conclusion, distensibility and compliance of the radial artery are not reduced in patients with T2D. In contrast, radial IMT and WCSA are significantly higher in patients with T2D than in controls.These modifications are chiefly and positively related to SBP.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/patologia , Angiopatias Diabéticas/patologia , Artéria Radial/patologia , Túnica Íntima/patologia , Túnica Média/patologia , Idoso , Pressão Sanguínea , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Complacência (Medida de Distensibilidade) , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/diagnóstico por imagem , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Angiopatias Diabéticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Angiopatias Diabéticas/fisiopatologia , Elasticidade , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pletismografia , Artéria Radial/diagnóstico por imagem , Artéria Radial/fisiopatologia , Análise de Regressão , Estudos Retrospectivos , Esfigmomanômetros , Sístole , Túnica Íntima/diagnóstico por imagem , Túnica Média/diagnóstico por imagem , Ultrassonografia
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J Hum Hypertens ; 12(2): 83-9, 1998 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9504350

RESUMO

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is considered an important risk factor for coronary disease, cerebrovascular pathology and re-stenosis of coronary bypass. Few studies have been conducted on this lipoprotein in essential arterial hypertensive patients. The purpose of our study was to measure the serum concentrations of Lp(a) and the main parameters of the lipid profile in a group of essential hypertensive patients not receiving pharmacological treatment and with no clinical signs of associated pathologies or organ damage. A total of 123 Caucasian essential arterial hypertensive patients (47 men and 76 women) were studied and compared with 89 controls (36 men and 53 women) matched in terms of age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and smoking habits. It was found that the hypertensive patients had higher plasma concentrations of Lp(a), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL-C) than controls (P < 0.01), with no differences in the plasma concentrations of Lp(a) between the two sexes. Only 10 hypertension patients and seven controls had plasma concentrations of Lp(a) of over 30 mg/dl. Lp(a) does not correlate with the main parameters of the lipid profile. We can confirm that hypertension and dyslipidaemia, which are two of the main risk factors for vascular diseases on an atherosclerotic basis, are often associated. However, higher plasma concentrations of Lp(a), albeit within the normal range, could be an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, and could contribute towards increasing the incidence of cardiovascular disease in people with essential arterial hypertension.


Assuntos
Hipertensão/sangue , Lipoproteína(a)/sangue , Adulto , Idoso , Arteriosclerose/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Hipertensão/complicações , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco
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Vasc Med ; 2(4): 302-5, 1997 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9575603

RESUMO

Vascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity, disability and death in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Abnormalities in endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) have been demonstrated to be involved in the pathogenesis of vascular disease. By measuring hemodynamic responses to a NO synthase agonist or antagonist, previous studies have shown the presence of NO deficiency in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, a method of assessing bioactive NO formation. However, direct biochemical evidence that this is the case, has not been produced. In vivo NO is metabolized into nitrate, an end breakdown product of NO, which can be used as an index of endogenous NO formation. To investigate further whether decreased basal synthesis of NO may be a major cause of endothelium-mediated vascular dysfunction in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the plasma nitrite/nitrate levels of 15 patients were examined and compared with 13 normal controls. The results showed that in basal conditions plasma nitrite/nitrate levels were not reduced in diabetic patients compared with normal controls (37.3 +/- 14.7 versus 29.4 +/- 8.6 mumol/l). It was concluded that in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients, endothelium-derived basal NO formation is not impaired. This study, taken with previous observations, suggests that factors other than diminished basal NO production, such as reduced bioavailability of NO probably due to the augmented production of superoxide anion with subsequently increased inactivation of NO, contribute to the high incidence of vascular disease in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico/biossíntese , Idoso , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Angiopatias Diabéticas/etiologia , Angiopatias Diabéticas/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nitratos/sangue , Nitritos/sangue , Superóxidos/metabolismo
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