Climate change, airborne allergens, and three translational mitigation approaches

PJ Beggs, B Clot, M Sofiev, FH Johnston - EBioMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
One of the important adverse impacts of climate change on human health is increases in
allergic respiratory diseases such as allergic rhinitis and asthma. This impact is via the …

[HTML][HTML] Isolating the species element in grass pollen allergy: A review

CA Frisk, B Adams-Groom, M Smith - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Grass pollen is a leading cause of allergy in many countries, particularly Europe. Although
many elements of grass pollen production and dispersal are quite well researched, gaps still …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of climate change on allergic diseases in Germany

KC Bergmann, R Brehler, C Endler… - Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Allergic diseases, especially inhalation allergies, have reached epidemic levels
and environmental factors play an important role in their development. Climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Outdoor airborne allergens: Characterization, behavior and monitoring in Europe

Ł Grewling, H Ribeiro, C Antunes, GP Apangu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aeroallergens or inhalant allergens, are proteins dispersed through the air and have the
potential to induce allergic conditions such as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and asthma. Outdoor …

[HTML][HTML] Constructing a pollen proxy from low-cost Optical Particle Counter (OPC) data processed with Neural Networks and Random Forests

SA Mills, D Bousiotis, JM Maya-Manzano… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pollen allergies affect a significant proportion of the global population, and this is expected
to worsen in years to come. There is demand for the development of automated pollen …

A modified spectroscopic approach for the real-time detection of pollen and fungal spores at a semi-urban site using the WIBS-4+, Part I

E Markey, J Hourihane Clancy, M Martínez-Bracero… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The real-time monitoring of primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP) such as pollen and
fungal spores has received much attention in recent years as a result of their health and …

Integration of reference data from different Rapid-E devices supports automatic pollen detection in more locations

P Matavulj, A Cristofori, F Cristofolini… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pollen is the most common cause of seasonal allergies, affecting over 33% of the European
population, even when considering only grasses. Informing the population and clinicians in …

Airborne pollen grain detection from partially labelled data utilising semi-supervised learning

B Jin, M Milling, MP Plaza, JO Brunner… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Airborne pollen monitoring has been conducted for more than a century now, as knowledge
of the quantity and periodicity of airborne pollen has diverse use cases, like reconstructing …

Machine learning methods for low-cost pollen monitoring–Model optimisation and interpretability

SA Mills, JM Maya-Manzano, F Tummon… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pollen is a major issue globally, causing as much as 40% of the population to suffer from
hay fever and other allergic conditions. Current techniques for monitoring pollen are either …

Advanced CNN architectures for pollen classification: Design and comprehensive evaluation

P Matavulj, M Panić, B Šikoparija… - Applied Artificial …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Allergenic pollen affects the quality of life for over 30% of the European population. Since
the treatment efficacy is highly related to the actual exposure to pollen, information about the …