Essays about: "Air pollution exposure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Air pollution exposure.

1. 1. Refining the particulate matter airway deposition arising from indoor cooking-related biomass combustion for children in the Haramaya district in Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

   Author : Kasper Malmborn; [2023]
   Keywords : Air pollution exposure; charcoal; wood; animal dung; low-income setting epidemiology; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Background: Air pollution, a global issue affecting millions of individuals, is linked to adverse health effects on the respiratory system, but also to e.g., cancer and cardiovascular ailments. In low-income countries, cooking is often conducted by biomass-combustion, causing women and children to be exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution. READ MORE

3. 2. Something in the Air: Fetal air pollution exposure and long-run labour outcomes: Evidence from Germany.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Lidman; [2023]
   Keywords : Fetal origins hypothesis; Air pollution; Avoidance behavior; Human capital; Sibling comparisons; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study examines the long-run impact of air pollution exposure at the month of birth and during pregnancy on labour outcomes in Germany. I match air pollution levels on a federal-state level to a longitudinal survey sample on individuals born in Germany. READ MORE

4. 3. Investigating the Impact of Air Pollution, Meteorology, and Human Mobility on Excess Deaths during COVID-19 in Quito : A Correlation, Regression, Machine Learning, and Granger Causality Analysis

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

   Author : Waleed Tariq; Sehrish Naqvi; [2023]
   Keywords : Granger Causality; Gradient Boosting Machine; Lasso Regression; Excess Deaths; Correlation Analysis; Stationarity;

   Abstract : Air pollution and meteorological conditions impact COVID-19 mortality rates. This research studied Quito, Ecuador, using Granger causality tests and regression models to investigate the relationship between pollutants, meteorological variables, human mobility, and excess deaths. READ MORE

5. 4. Quantity and quality of oaks (Quercus) as suitable habitats for the longhorn beetle species Plagionotus detritus : An inventory study in Stockholm and Uppsala County, Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Ida Widegren; [2023]
   Keywords : Plagionotus detritus; P. detritus; Cerambycidae; Cerambycinae; longhorn beetle; insects; habitat; oak; Quercus; conservation; ecology; endangered; threatened;

   Abstract : The longhorn beetle Plagionotus detritus is associated with newly dead oak wood and is declining throughout its distribution range. In Sweden, P.detritus has displayed one of the most dramatic reductions in distribution recorded for insect species and is near regional extinction. READ MORE

6. 5. The Effect of Air Pollution, Meteorology and HumanMobility on the Mortality of COVID-19 in Ecuador

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

   Author : Oscar Xavier Gómez Manotoa; [2022]
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   Abstract : COVID-19 have caused a global pandemic that has taken the lives of millions. This studyexamines factors that contribute or inhibit its contagious nature. It is considered for the analysisfeatures of three groups: air pollutants, meteorological measurements and human mobilityindices. READ MORE