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Instrumental techniques used for assessment of food quality
PublicationW artykule scharakteryzowano dwie techniki instrumentalne stosowane w ocenie jakości produktów spożywczych, tj. chromatografię gazową w połączeniu z detekcją olfaktometryczną oraz nos elektroniczny. Opisano zasady działania obu technik oraz typowe procedury analityczne stosowane w ocenie zapachu. Ponadto, podano przykłady praktycznego zastosowania obu technik, włącznie z tymi, które wykorzystano w pracowni autorów.
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Aromagrams - aromatic profiles in the appreciation of food quality
PublicationW ostatnich latach obserwuje się coraz powszechniejsze stosowanie analizy instrumentalnej do oceny jakości organoleptycznej produktów spożywczych. Nowe podejście polega na tworzeniu profili zapachowych, swego rodzaju "aromagramów" charakterystycznych dla danego produktu. Do najczęściej stosowanych technik pozwalających na tworzenie i rozpoznawanie "aromagramów" należą techniki chromatograficzne, w szczególności chromatografia gazowa...
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Analysis of a high-quality photonic crystal resonator
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia kompleksową analizę rezonatora 2D o wysokiej dobroci uzyskanego dzięki zastosowaniu fotonicznych kryształów. Struktura rezonatora została zoptymalizowana w celu osiągnięcia maksymalnej dobroci. Analiza została wykonana przy pomocy metody FDTD z zaimplementowanymi makromodelami, a wyniki poddano następnie obróbce cyfrowej w oparciu o technikę GPOF. Taka kombinacja zastosowanych metod okazała się bardzo efektywna...
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Advancing Knowledge Quality and Quantity in Knowledge Markets
PublicationZaproponowano modelowe podejscie do oceny jakosci i ilosci wiedzy na powstajacych rynkach wiedzy. Przedstawiony model oparty jest na systemach wieloagentowych.
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Quality testing methods of foil-based capacitors
PublicationKondensatory foliowe są powszechnie stosowanymi elementami pasywnymi w ukłądach zasilania. Dotychczasowe metody oceny ich jakości są długotrwałe oraz zużywają energię. W pracy przedstawiono propozycje szeregu nowych, bardziej efektywnych metod, które mogą być z sukcesem stosowane podczas ich produkcji.
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Potential Methods of Electrochromic Materials Quality Assessment
PublicationPublikacja zawiera potencjalne metody oceny jakości prototypowych maateriałów wykonanych z warstw elektrochromowych. Warstwy te mogą zostać ocenione za pomocą anlizy sygnałów elektrycznych jak również metodami przetwarzania obrazów.
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Paterns of employment quality upgrading in the European Union
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia zmiany jakościowe w strukturze zatrudnienia krajów UE w latach 1970-2005 (goapodarki UE15) oraz 1995-2005 (Nowe Kraje Członkowskie). Analizę oparto o klasyfikację sektorów ze względu na ich poziom technologiczny oraz intensywność wykorzystania umiejętności siły roboczej.
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Innovative Solutions in Surface Water Quality Monitoring
PublicationIn 2010 a project entitled "Integrated Support System for Management and Protection of Water Dam Reservoir (ZiZOZap)” was initiated, to aid solving water management problems on a river and dam reservoir formed on it. An innovative system of continuous monitoring was created, that encompassed selected physical and chemical parameters of river and lake waters in three chosen sites. This article presents a selection of results, that...
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Kaizen concept in the process of a quality improvement in the company
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy tematyki doskonalenia jakości, które może być realizowane w przedsiębiorstwie za pomocą koncepcji ciągłego doskonalenia Kaizen. Główny cel artykułu koncentruje się na analizie praktycznego zastosowania koncepcji Kaizen w celu eliminacji marnotrawstwa i ciągłego doskonalenia obszarów działalności przedsiębiorstwa. Rozdział został podzielony na dwie części: teoretyczną i poznawczą. W pierwszej, teoretycznej części,...
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Process [Intellectual Output 2] Guidelines for a design process leading to a high-quality Baukultur in the digital age
PublicationThe main aim of the intellectual output “Process” is to identify, explore and evaluate new design processes for shaping the built environment, which are informed, collaborative, and adaptable, allow customization and are generally enabled by the application of digital tools. Further, it aims at creating methodological guidelines for future-oriented design processes leading to a high-quality Baukultur in the digital age. The guidelines...
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The Drop-in-Drop Encapsulation in Chitosan and Sodium Alginate as a Method of Prolonging the Quality of Linseed Oil
PublicationNowadays, the encapsulation of sensitive products by various techniques has become popular as a promising preservation method. In particular, this applies to oils with a high content of unsaturated fatty acids and a high susceptibility to deterioration. This work presents the possibility of using a chitosan and sodium alginate in the form of a hydrogel membrane to protect food ingredients such as linseed oil, which is stored in...
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Changes of microbiological quality of water in distribution system. Zmiany mikrobiologicznej jakości wody w sieci dystrybucyjnej.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono mikrobiologiczną jakość wody podziemnej uzdatnianej w dwóch stacjach oczyszczania wody (WTP I i WTP II), w sieci dystrybucyjnej. Obie stacje uzdatniania stosują dezynfekcję za pomocą dwutlenku chloru. Badania wykazały wzrost ogólnej liczby bakterii w miarę zwiększania się odległości od stacji uzdatniania.In the paper microbiological quality of water in distribution system produced in two ground water treatment...
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Complementary Use of Multi-dimensional Gas Chromatography and Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Rapeseed Oil Quality Indicators
PublicationThe change of concentration of various volatiles generated during frying may be an indicator of oil quality. Chemical compounds such as aldehydes, ketones, alcohols and carboxyl acids are the products of oxidation during thermal degradation of edible oils. Shown in this work is a complementary use of GC×GC-TOFMS and PTR-MS for the detection and determination of quality indicators of rapeseed oil. The former technique was used for...
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Subjective Quality Evaluation of Speech Signals Transmitted via BPL-PLC Wired System
PublicationThe broadband over power line – power line communication (BPL-PLC) cable is resistant to electricity stoppage and partial damage of phase conductors. It maintains continuity of transmission in case of an emergency. These features make it an ideal solution for delivering data, e.g. in an underground mine environment, especially clear and easily understandable voice messages. This paper describes a subjective quality evaluation of...
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Mathematical Modeling of the Impact Range of Sewage Discharge on the Vistula Water Quality in the Region of Włocławek
PublicationThe paper presents results of analysis of the industrial sewage discharge influence at km 688 + 250 of the Vistula River on water quality. During the analysis, two-dimensional models of flow, impurities and temperature transport were used. Hydrological conditions of the analyzed section of the river, characteristic flows and bathymetry of the riverbed in the first instance were defined. Calculations of velocity distribution at...
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Performance and Security Testing for Improving Quality of Distributed Applications Working in Public/Private Network Environments
PublicationThe goal of this dissertation is to create an integrated testing approach to distributed applications, combining both security and performance testing methodologies, allowing computer scientist to achieve appropriate balance between security and performance charakterstics from application requirements point of view. The constructed method: Multidimensional Approach to Quality Analysis (MA2QA) allows researcher to represent software...
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Evaluation of Ambient Air Odour Quality in Vicinity of Municipal Landfill Using Electronic Nose Technique
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on ambient air quality evaluation with respect to concentration of odorants in a vicinity of municipal landfill. The investigation was carried out with a prototype of electronic nose and a team of panelists utilizing the Nasal Ranger field olfactometers. The prototype was equipped with a set of six semiconductor sensors by FIGARO Co. and one PID-type sensor. Performed measurements...
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High-quality Experiment Dedicated to microGravity Exploration, Heat Flow and Oscillation Measurement from Gdańsk
PublicationIn this paper we propose HEDGEHOG (High-quality Experiment Dedicated to microGravity Exploration, Heat flow and Oscillation measurement from Gdańsk) REXUS experiment to investigate vibrational and heat flow phenomena during the whole (ascent, microgravity phase, descent and recovery) flight of a sounding rocket. First, a proposed system of cantilever beams is discussed to study dynamic behaviour of dummy payload. Dimensioning has...
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Laboratory research on the influence of swelling clay on the quality of borehole cementing and evaluation of clay-cutting wellbore tool prototype
PublicationSwelling clay phenomenon is frequently observed during oil and gas drilling operations and has a significant impact on the quality of cementing procedure. Certain types of clayey minerals increase their volume in contact with water-based drilling fluids. After drilling is completed, borehole remains unsupported and filled with waterbased drilling fluids for several hours, before a casing string is inserted and secured with cement....
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NUMERICAL MODEL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PublicationAs a structure degrades some changes in its dynamical behavior can be observed, and inversely, observation and evaluation of these dynamical changes of the structure can provide information of structural state of the object. Testing of the real structure, besides of being costly, can cover only limited working states. It is particularly considerable in case of hardly accessible, and randomly/severely dynamically loaded offshore...
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Employment of passive sampling in monitoring indoor air quality in selected residences in a Tri-city area in Poland
PublicationTime-weighted average concentrations of selected volatile compounds were measured in chosen residences in a Tri-City area of Poland by means of passive sampling. The results were compared to those obtained by dynamic technique – sorption tubes filled with Tenax TA sorbent. Results obtained by employing the two techniques were similar. Total volatile organic compound (TVOC) parameters were also determined. An attempt was also...
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Potentiometric sensor containing set of ion selective electrodes with lipid modified membranes for quality assessment of tested non-alcoholic beverages
PublicationPotentiometric sensors may be a good tool for fast quality control of commercial drinks. In this work, such a sensor, containing a set of ion-selective electrodes with lipid-modified membranes (benzylhexadecyldimethylammonium chloride monohydrate, hexadecylamine, 1-dodecanol, elaidic acid, cholesterol) was used for discrimination and quality control of non-alcoholic beverages, mainly composed of sugar and citric acid. It was found...
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A biochemical multi-species quality model of a drinking water distribution system for simulation and design
PublicationDrinking Water Distribution Systems (DWDSs) play a key role in sustainable development of modern society. They are classified as critical infrastructure systems. This imposes a large set of highly demanding requirements on the DWDS operation and requires dedicated algorithms for on-line monitoring and control to tackle related problems. Requirements on DWDS availability restrict the usability of the real plant in the design phase....
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Application of Electronic Nose to Ambient Air Quality Evaluation With Respect to Odour Nuisance in Vicinity of Municipal Landfills and Sewage Treatment
PublicationThis chapter contains information about application of the electronic nose type instruments to evaluation of ambient air odour quality connected with such sectors of human activity as municipal landfills or sewage treatment plants. The authors present potential sources of emission from these sectors, characterize the chemical compounds responsible for presence of unpleasant odours, describe the influence of those compounds on human...
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A framework for Air Quality Management Zones - Useful GIS-based tool for urban planning: Case studies in Antwerp and Gdańsk
PublicationThere is a growing recognition of the importance of proper urban design in the improvement of air flow and pollution dispersion and in reducing human exposure to air pollution. However, a limited number of studies have been published so far focusing on the development of standard procedures which could be applied by urban planners to effectively evaluate urban conditions with respect to air quality. To fill this gap, a new approach...
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Investigation of Air Quality beside a Municipal Landfill: The Fate of Malodour Compounds as a Model VOC
PublicationThis paper presents the results of an investigation on ambient air odour quality in the vicinity of a municipal landfill. The investigations were carried out during the spring–winter and the spring seasons using two types of the electronic nose instrument. The field olfactometers were employed to determine the mean odour concentration, which was from 2.1 to 32.2 ou/m3 depending on the measurement site and season of the year. In...
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Spatial aspects of urban air quality management: Estimating the impact of micro-scale urban form on pollution dispersion
PublicationUrban planning and design solutions affect urban ventilation conditions, thus mitigating the effects of atmospheric pollution. However, these findings are not being implemented in the planning practice to a sufficient extent, partly due to the lack of specific guidelines. Moreover, many urban air quality monitoring (AQM) sites have low represnentativeness and thus do not provide comprehensive data for effective urban air pollution control...
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Analytical procedures for quality control of pharmaceuticals in terms of residual solvents content: Challenges and recent developments
PublicationResidual solvents play an important role in the synthesis of drugs and in product formulations. In addition, they pose a serious problem, that is toxicity, as many of them exhibit toxic or environmentally hazardous properties. Therefore, constant monitoring of quality control is needed. In this study, we present an overview of regulatory and general methods described by various pharmacopoeias. Then, the most commonly used methodologies...
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Review on friction stir welding of dissimilar magnesium and aluminum alloys: Scientometric analysis and strategies for achieving high-quality joints
PublicationMagnesium and aluminum alloys continually attract interest as lightweight structural materials for transport applications. However, joining these dissimilar alloys is very challenging. The main obstacle that hinders progress in dissimilar Mg-Al joining is the formation of brittle intermetallic compounds (IMCs). As a solid-state joining technique, FSW is an excellent candidate to attenuate the deleterious IMC effects in dissimilar...
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Effective Air Quality Prediction Using Reinforced Swarm Optimization and Bi-Directional Gated Recurrent Unit
PublicationIn the present scenario, air quality prediction (AQP) is a complex task due to high variability, volatility, and dynamic nature in space and time of particulates and pollutants. Recently, several nations have had poor air quality due to the high emission of particulate matter (PM2.5) that affects human health conditions, especially in urban areas. In this research, a new optimization-based regression model was implemented for effective...
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Nontoxic Goiter (NTG) and Radioiodine: What Do Patients Think About It? Quality of Life in Patients with NTG Before and After 131-I Therapy
PublicationObjective Despite numerous publications regarding nontoxic goiter (NTG) treatment and an increasing interest in patients’ quality of life, few studies present the outcome of 131-I treatment from the patients’ perspective. Our study’s main aim was to verify whether there is any improvement in life quality following 131-I treatment. Materials and methods Thirty-five patients with NTG qualified to participate in the study. All patients...
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Methods for quality improvement of multibeam and LiDAR point cloud data in the context of 3D surface reconstruction
PublicationPoint cloud dataset is the transitional data model used in several marine and land remote-sensing applications. During further steps of processing, the transformation of point cloud spatial data to more complex models containing higher order geometric structures like edges and facets may be possible, if an appropriate quality level of input data is provided. Point cloud datasets usually contain a considerable amount of undesirable...
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Application of passive sampling technique in monitoring research on quality of atmospheric air in the area of Tczew, Poland.
PublicationThis paper presents the results of atmospheric air quality research in Tczew (adjacent to the Vistula River) on the content of BTEX compounds. Analytical procedure applied during the sampling of the analytes from the air used the passive sampling technique (diffusive passive sampler, Radiello®). For determination of BTEX compounds in atmospheric air, two-stage thermal desorption technique combined with gas chromatography (TD-GC-FID)...
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Improving the Quality of Magnetic Signature Reproduction by Increasing Flexibility of Multi-Dipole Model Structure and Enriching Measurement Information
PublicationThe paper presents the construction of a multi-dipole model that allows reproducing magneticsignatures of ferromagnetic objects. The virtual object used in the paper is an ellipsoid, which is the sourceof synthetic data. To make the situation more realistic, noise is added to the synthetic data. Two significantimprovements compared to previous work are presented. Three-axial magnetometers are introduced insteadof uniaxial magnetometers....
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Human Development and Quality of Institutions in Highly Developed Countries
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Methodology of semiconductor devices classification into groups of differentiated quality
PublicationZaproponowano klasyfikację przyrządów półprzewodnikowych do grup o zróżnicowanej jakości na podstawie ich szumów własnych z zakresu małych częstotliwości. Przedstawiono metodologię umożliwiającą stwierdzenie, czy zaproponowany parametr szumowy X dla danego typu przyrządu półprzewodnikowego może być stosowany do określenia jakości. Sprecyzowano przebieg badań wstępnych bazujących na ocenie wyników pomiarów szumów własnych z zakresu...
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Integrating quality criteria and methods of evaluation for software models
PublicationRozdział podejmuje zagadnienia jakości modeli w inżynierii oprogramowania. Zawiera on przegląd i systematyzację kryteriów jakości modeli oraz metod oceny jakości modeli. Podaje metodologię tworzenia metod oceny jakości modeli w zależności od kryteriów jakości oraz innych parametrów oceny. Zawiera również studia przypadków zastosowania tej metodologii.
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QUALITY OF SWEET POTATO AS A RAW MATERIAL FOR FOOD PROCESSING
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Reliability of quality forecast for hybrid metal-working machinery
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Lubricity-based estimation of the changes in the brake fluid quality
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono, na podstawie wyników badań laboratoryjnych, możliwość określenia wartości smarności łączącej własności fizykochemiczne i reologiczne płynów. Smarność, która została określona dla trzech płynów hamulcowych (oznaczenia zastrzeżone przez firmę zlecającą porównanie ich własności), umożliwiła wybór najlepszego, który pewnie zostanie zastosowany w instalacjach hamulcowych samochodów.
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Implementation of the requirements driven quality method in a small IT company
PublicationPraca przedstawia proces i rezulaty wdrożenia metody RDQC - sterowanej wymaganiami kontroli jakości w rzeczywistej, niedużej firmie informatycznej. Pokazano specyfike firmy i wybranych projektów, omówiono podstawy metody RDQC, plan jej wdrożenia oraz najważniejsze osiągnięte rezultaty.
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Membrane processes used for potable water quality improvement
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Quality assessment of mobile host services in IP networks
PublicationW pracy opisano podstawowe protokoły wspierające komunikację stacji ruchomych w sieciach IP. Przedmiotem zainteresowania były w szczególności rozwiązania MIP oraz Calkular IP i HAWAII - wspierające mobilność w skali makro bądź mikro. Przeprowadzono badania symulacyjne wskazujące na przydatność powyższych protokołów w przypadku różnych konfiguracji sieci.
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Monitoring and diagnosis of quality and quantity in drinking water systems.
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia nowe podejście do inteligentnego monitorowania oraz diagnostyki Systemu Wodnego (WS) jako problem statusu, warunków operacyjnych oraz rozpoznawania zdarzeń. Oprogramowanie komputerowego systemu monitorowania i diagnostyki zawiera narzędzia dla identyfikacji modeli dyskretnych statusów oraz określenia parametrów ilości i jakości wody dla każdego statusu. Dla każdego stanu decyzje podejmowane są przy użyciu metody...
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Anthropogenic changes of groundwater quality on the "Czarny Dwór" intake.
PublicationW wyniku intensywnej i trwającej 40 lat eksploatacji oraz sposobu zagospodarowania terenu nastąpiła niekorzystna zmiana jakości wód czwartorzędowego piętra wodonośnego na ujęciu "Czarny Dwór". Pojawiły się wysokie stężenia chlorków, siarczanów, azotu amonowego oraz podwyższona twardość ogólna. Badania geofizyczne wykonane w ramach współpracy Polsko - Szwedzkiej wykluczyły istnienie obecnie intruzji wód morskich.
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Distinctive facades of commercial buildings and the quality of public space,
PublicationMutual relations between the retail center and public spaces of the city are varied. They depend on the type and size of the commercial structure. Other ones are for multifunctional shopping centers and other for high streets. In megastores and shopping malls the essential for their functioning is their interior and entrance, which is sometimes the only place of interpenetration of the commercial structure with the surrounding...
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An assessment of teeth quality of the mini gang saw blade
PublicationIn this work, the assessment of the effect of the operating time (90 min.) of the mini gang saw blades during sawing Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) samples upon changes of the saw blade teeth sharpness (bluntness), which was defined as an effective radius of the nose ρ , has been described. The research activities have been carried out on the Nikon Ti-S optical microscope equipped with the Nikon DS-30W camera allowing high-speed...
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The Quality of the Outflow from Conventional WWTPs and Treatment Wetlands
PublicationUntil recently the humic substances were considered to have no negative impact on human health. Therefore elimination of these substances from potable water was only performed due to aesthetic reasons. In the recent years, however, it was found out that humic substances may cause unacceptable smell of water or cumulate toxic substances by complexing metal ions and adsorption of persistent organic pollutants such as pesticides,...
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The critical factors of landfill fire impact on air quality
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Toward the next generation of air quality monitoring: Mercury
PublicationMercury is a global pollutant that is ubiquitous in the environment. Enrichment of mercury in the biosphere as the result of human activities and subsequent production of methylmercury (MeHg) has resulted in elevated concentrations in fish, wildlife and marine mammals globally. Elemental mercury (Hg0) is the most common form of mercury in the atmosphere, and the form that is most readily transported long distances from its emission...