Sentences with phrase «air quality measures»

Candidate with extensive problem solving abilities regarding testing procedures and air quality measures seeks to work for an organization where my skills will be recognized for further career growth.

Problems in Pregnancy Researchers from the Faculdade de Medicina compared hospital birth records to air quality measures in a particularly polluted district in Rio de Janeiro between January 2003 to December 2006.

We always thought that — apart of course from soot [15 % of climate warming]-- such aerosol pollution creates cooling — as in the case of Chinese sulfur pollution and the Asian (Indian) brown cloud — and that air quality measures over recent decades in North America and Europe are now actually a major cause of increased warming speeds there — as the actual temperature catches up on the «CO2 baseline».

The researchers found that as certain air quality measures worsened, asthma visits to the emergency room went up.

We carry out research, testing and development of air quality measuring methods and equipment, emission inventories, dispersion models and the chemical analyses of air quality.

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The system processes 500,000,000 data points each day on indoor environmental quality, including comfort measures of temperature, humidity, noise, and light, and air pollutants like carbon dioxide and particulate matter.

«The contaminants were well below national standards,» said David Kwasiborski, an air quality specialist from ECS Midwest who pointed out there could be benzene in the air but the amount was not enough to be measured by their instruments.

«Mayor Boris Johnson must improve air quality by prioritising funding for measures that will get Londoners driving less and walking, cycling and using public transport more - and scrap traffic generating schemes like new road crossings over the river Thames.»

The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectivAir Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objeQuality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectivair quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objequality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectivair quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objequality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.

A project to protect Californians who live near the Salton Sea from deteriorating air quality could sink or swim based on the outcome of a June ballot measure.

The low emission zone was thus a meaningful and successful measure of the city administration of Leipzig to protection of the health of their citizens,» summarized the air quality expert Gunter Löschau from the LfULG.

The study also examined variations in quality measure rates by service branch — Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy — and TRICARE region (North, South, West, and Overseas) as well as across service member characteristics.

«We looked at several measures of air quality» explains Adam Boies, the lead author on the paper.

«We have found that the measures to reduce methane and other ozone precursors would significantly improve the ozone air quality, especially over northern continents.

«Does it make sense to measure the quality of air we breathe via many tiny, distant satellite sensors at the elevation of a skyscraper, or by using one or several sensors in close proximity to the nose?

The federal government should begin a major effort to measure greenhouse gas emissions tied to the nation's booming natural gas industry, a Department of Energy advisory panel said today in a series of proposals on air and water quality issues.

Using mobile monitoring equipment, the researchers measured the air quality, including particulate matter concentration and hydrogen sulfide, of neighborhoods adjacent to hog CAFOs in North Carolina.

In the months leading up to and during the 2008 Beijing Olympics (August 8 - 24) and Paralympics (September 6 - 16), the Chinese government launched a series of aggressive measures to improve the city's chronic and notoriously poor air quality.

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have used UAH's Rocket - city Ozone (O3) Quality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3QET) Lidar to measure ozone that was chemically produced by summertime lightning over the United States, research that could be important to air quality prediction and assessment once it is developed fQuality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3QET) Lidar to measure ozone that was chemically produced by summertime lightning over the United States, research that could be important to air quality prediction and assessment once it is developed fquality prediction and assessment once it is developed further.

Cota immediately signed up for the study and learned how to use a particle counter, which measures particulates and toxins in the air, to take samples of ambient air quality surrounding her home.

In August, a team of chemists will measure the indoor air quality in 60 selected homes, while a team of anthropologists will conduct research into the chemists» communication with the local population.

The authorities were pressurized into it by the general public after the US Embassy measured the air quality in Beijing and published its figures.

Air pollutant emission inventories are essential in measuring the impact of pollution on air quality and the climate, as they are fed into atmospheric and climate models to make projections for the futuAir pollutant emission inventories are essential in measuring the impact of pollution on air quality and the climate, as they are fed into atmospheric and climate models to make projections for the futuair quality and the climate, as they are fed into atmospheric and climate models to make projections for the future.

EPA, together with the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services, today announced a nationwide competition to develop new, highly portable sensors that can measure air quality while monitoring a person's physiological response to air pollution.

• Ambient and occupational air quality should be measured at active drilling sites and be compared with baseline measurements in adjacent areas without drilling operations.

To monitor urban air quality, environmental agencies typically measure pollutant concentrations in samples collected at centralized outdoor locations and extrapolate individuals» average exposures from those measurements.

A design value is the three - year average of pollution concentrations measured at each monitoring location and is used to determine whether a county is in attainment with federal air quality standards.

The quality of the data set is enhanced by the possibility to combine the information from two different detectors: the particle density at the ground is measured with a surface array of water Cherenkov detectors whereas the longitudinal development of the air showers is observed with fluorescence telescopes during dark clear nights.

We could have a long (and probably pointless) debate over just how that's measured, but one of their claims is that «our general air quality has increased», as «evidence» of which they present their Figure 3 - 3, showing a (slight!)

In total, the study examined 19 environmental factors, including dew point, cloud cover, rainfall, wind chill, wind speed, barometric pressure, temperature, lunar day, and several measures of air quality.

Researchers are at work creating devices that monitor glucose levels in patients with diabetes, devices that monitor the air quality to help patients with asthma, and devices that measure the levels of substances, such as lactate, in the body.

Measures of outdoor air quality through such well - publicized formulas as the SMOG index and allergy alerts have served as near - constant reminders in raising awareness of how the outdoor environment could be impacting your health.

The school boasts a solar electricity system in addition to ample natural light, water - saving features, and indoor air - quality measures.

The hearing's panel of experts — including New Mexico's Secretary of Education - designate Hanna Skandera; Miami - Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho; and Bel Air, Md., elementary school principal Blaine Hawley — decried NCLB's one - size - fits - all approach and urged the committee to consider multiple measures of student achievement and school quality.

For example, the U.S. EPA's Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools resource, along with other EPA resources, highlight cost - effective measures for maintaining healthy schools.

The forum will report on options for managing fuel - quality standards, new measurement - reporting standards for air pollutants and new measures to achieve Australia's 2030 climate - change targets.

It provides data on 14 key transportation and health indicators that measure transportation system performance based on safety, active transportation, air quality, connectivity, and equity to destinations at the State, metropolitan statistical area, and urbanized area geographies, providing users with information on how their community or state compares to their peers.

The project is financed with a grant from the Federal Transit Administration, local Measure A transportation sales tax revenue for capital projects and a Bay Area Air Quality Management District grant for heavy duty zero - emission vehicles.

Only genuine Toyota engine air filters meet the strict specifications and quality measures of an original Toyota factory part, so why trust your Toyota's engine to anything but an authentic OEM Toyota product?

An Air Quality sensor will also be available on the new Quattroporte that measures external levels of pollution.

Cities earn up to two additional points for air quality, as measured by the amount of ground - level ozone and particulate matter its residents are forced to breathe.

One, we know that a better measure of human activity is not climate change, but air quality.

(III) What are the major mitigation measures that have improved air quality in Western countries?

Today, API released a new report on investments in greenhouse gas - mitigating measures that illustrates the oil and natural gas industry's leadership in innovating the technologies and efficiencies to keep improving air quality.

The testing assessed thermal insulation quality by infrared imaging, building envelope and air distribution system air - tightness by fan pressurization and tracer gas, pressure effects inside the house due to interactions of the air distribution system, calculated versus measured building load coefficients by co-heating, and building thermal decay by cool - down.

[21] In 2008, measured ambient concentrations near drilling sites in Sublette County, Wyoming were frequently above the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 75ppb and have been recorded as high as 125 ppb.

Guidelines for the National Grid DER Program were established to provide robust performance and to ensure, as far as possible, that measures would support durability and air quality.

Despite the ongoing increase in air's CO2 content, various measures of public health and welfare — life - expectancy, heat - related mortality, weather - related mortality, air quality, agricultural productivity — continue to improve.

The Suomi NPP measurements in particular show that the aerosol index — a measure of air quality — hit 19, a mark that denotes very dense smoke.

The newly proposed rules would, among other actions, prohibit venting (intentional emitting), require quarterly leak inspections of new and existing facilities, and include measures to prevent worsening local air quality caused by oil and gas activity.