Background and aims The popularity of electronic cigarette devices is growing worldwide.
The health impact of e-cigarette use, however, remains unclear. E-cigarettes are marketed as …

We have increased organic field-effect transistor (OFET) NH 3 response using tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane
(TPFB) as a receptor. OFETs with this additive could detect concentrations …

Background: Use of antimicrobials in industrial food-animal production is associated with the
presence of antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) among animals and …

… , we project that the addition of a limited number of semiconductor molecules functionalized
to influence mobility and threshold voltage in ways that are contrary to the usual rules of …

The spectrum of pulmonary disease caused by e-cigarette use is currently emerging and
appears to be multifaceted [1]. We describe a patient who developed pathologically …

At gas stations, fuel vapors are released into the atmosphere from storage tanks through
vent pipes. Little is known about when releases occur, their magnitude, and their potential …

… Ana María Rule has … Rule has proposed ways of safely reusing limited personal protective
equipment, and questioned the results of studies gauging the safety of textile facemasks. Rule …

Following the latest warming phenomenon registered worldwide, cities became the place for
the development of urban heat islands, defined as the temperature difference between the …

The ability to measure the concentration of airborne bacteria accurately and reliably is of
growing public health importance. The present document contains two studies that evaluate the …

Crude oil spill incidents occur frequently, leaving seawater bodies with a verity of occupational,
ecological and environmental issues from the local to global scale. Application of sub-…