Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta‐analyses

J de Bont, S Jaganathan, M Dahlquist… - Journal of internal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The available evidence on the effects of ambient air pollution on cardiovascular diseases
(CVDs) has increased substantially. In this umbrella review, we summarized the current …

Challenges and opportunities of lignocellulosic biomass gasification in the path of circular bioeconomy

A Akbarian, A Andooz, E Kowsari, S Ramakrishna… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy deficiency issues and intense environmental pollution have exacted the
production of biofuels which are both renewable and sustainable and can be used to …

Toxic gas molecules adsorbed on intrinsic and defective WS2: gas sensing and detection

Z Cui, K Yang, Y Shen, Z Yuan, Y Dong, P Yuan… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The magnetic and electronic behaviors of four toxic gas molecules (CO, NH 3, NO, and NO
2) adsorbed on intrinsic and defective (VW/WS 2 or VS/WS 2) WS 2 are systematically …

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

M Lenzen, A Malik, M Li, J Fry, H Weisz… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human
wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related …

Factors determining the diffusion of COVID-19 and suggested strategy to prevent future accelerated viral infectivity similar to COVID

M Coccia - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This study has two goals. The first is to explain the geo-environmental determinants of the
accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 that is generating a high level of deaths. The second is to …

Role of the chronic air pollution levels in the Covid-19 outbreak risk in Italy

D Fattorini, F Regoli - Environmental pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
After the initial outbreak in China, the diffusion in Italy of SARS-CoV-2 is exhibiting a clear
regional trend with more elevated frequency and severity of cases in Northern areas. Among …

Air pollution and COVID-19: the role of particulate matter in the spread and increase of COVID-19's morbidity and mortality

S Comunian, D Dongo, C Milani… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sars-Cov-2 virus (COVID-19) is a member of the coronavirus family and is responsible for
the pandemic recently declared by the World Health Organization. A positive correlation has …

How does economic growth target affect corporate environmental investment? Evidence from heavy-polluting industries in China

Q Zhong, H Wen, CC Lee - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2022 - Elsevier
Economic growth targets management is the driving force behind China's phenomenal
economic achievement over the past decades. However, how it affects corporate …

Economic footprint of California wildfires in 2018

D Wang, D Guan, S Zhu, MM Kinnon, G Geng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent increases in the frequency and scale of wildfires worldwide have raised concerns
about the influence of climate change and associated socioeconomic costs. In the western …

Surface Functionalization of Ti3C2Tx MXene with Highly Reliable Superhydrophobic Protection for Volatile Organic Compounds Sensing

WY Chen, SN Lai, CC Yen, X Jiang, D Peroulis… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal carbides (Ti3C2T x MXene) have received a great
deal of attention for potential use in gas sensing showing the highest sensitivity among 2D …