The massive production of microphones for consumer electronics, and the shift from
dedicated processing hardware to PC-based systems, opens the way to build affordable …

DYNAMAP, a European Life project, aims at giving a real image of the noise generated by
vehicular traffic in urban areas developing a dynamic acoustic map based on a limited …

Long-term exposure to traffic noise has been suggested to increase the risk of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, few studies have been performed in the general …

Noise produced by construction activities has become the second most serious acoustic
polluting element in China. To provide industry practitioners with a better understanding of …

Background Low-frequency noise may cause changes in cognitive function. However, there
is no established consensus on the effect of low-frequency noise on cognitive function …

This is an exposure effect research carried out in Bhubaneswar with 363 motor cycle riders
(equal exposure hours) who go to and from work every day on a specific path. The acoustic …

Background Primary and synthetic research on road traffic noise (RTN) and blood pressure
(BP) is more common for adults than it is for children and adolescents. Given the conflicting …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Stress dependent alterations of the salivary biomarkers
alpha-amylase (sAA), salivary chromogranin A (sCgA) and salivary cortisol (sC) have been …

The paper describes the pilot project on the establishment of National Ambient Noise
Monitoring Network (NANMN) across seven major cities in India for continuous noise …

Exposure to traffic noise may result in stress and sleep disturbances. Studies on self‐
reported sleep duration and breast cancer risk have found inconsistent results. In a …