Effects of Investigational Moisturizers on the Skin Barrier and Microbiome following Exposure to Environmental Aggressors: A Randomized Clinical Trial and Ex Vivo Analysis by Dan-Qi Wang, Xi Li, Ru-Yi Zhang, Chao Yuan, Bo Yan, Philippe Humbert, Zhe-Xue Quan

“…Moreover, Moisturizer K-treated ex vivo skin explants had higher levels of caspase 14 (a marker of skin barrier function), collagen I, and elastin (structure components), and lower levels of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR; activated by air pollutants) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) than those in explants treated with other moisturizers and in the untreated areas of the skin. …”
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Differential Susceptibility to Benzo[a]pyrene Exposure during Gestation and Lactation in Mice with Genetic Variations in the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and <i>Cyp1</i> Genes by Mackenzie Feltner, Patrick M. Hare, Asia Good, Emma G. Foster, Katelyn Clough, Jade Perry, Amanda Honaker, Angela Kyntchev, Mickayla Kowalski, Christine Perdan Curran

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are ubiquitous air pollutants, with additional widespread exposure in the diet. …”
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Analysis of air quality changes and causes in the Liaoning region from 2017 to 2022 by Jinhu Wang, Jinhu Wang, Jinhu Wang, Jinhu Wang, Jinhu Wang, Kejin Ren, Kejin Ren, Hang Su, Chunxiao Zhou, Xiaolan Li, Yuhao Wang, Yuhao Wang

“…Using the air quality monitoring data from the Department of Ecology and Environment of Liaoning Province for the period from 2017 to 2022, the temporal and spatial changes in the concentrations of various air pollutants in the Liaoning region for the periods from 2017 to 2019 and 2020 to 2022 were analyzed by using the Evaluation on the meteorological condition index of PM2.5 pollution (EMI) and the ArcGIS Kriging Interpolation Method, and the contributions of pollution reduction to the changes in the air quality of the Liaoning region were assessed. …”
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Comprehensive comparison of various machine learning algorithms for short-term ozone concentration prediction by Ayman Yafouz, Nouar AlDahoul, Ahmed H. Birima, Ali Najah Ahmed, Mohsen Sherif, Ahmed Sefelnasr, Mohammed Falah Allawi, Ahmed Elshafie

“…Ozone (O3) is one of the common air pollutants. An increase in the ozone concentration can adversely affect public health and the environment such as vegetation and crops. …”
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Fine-Grained Individual Air Quality Index (IAQI) Prediction Based on Spatial-Temporal Causal Convolution Network: A Case Study of Shanghai by Xiliang Liu, Junjie Zhao, Shaofu Lin, Jianqiang Li, Shaohua Wang, Yumin Zhang, Yuyao Gao, Jinchuan Chai

“…Both the spatial effects of multi-source air pollutants and meteorological factors were considered via spatial attention mechanism. …”
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Opportunities of waste heat recovery from various sources: Review of technologies and implementation by C. Ononogbo, E.C. Nwosu, N.R. Nwakuba, G.N. Nwaji, O.C. Nwufo, O.C. Chukwuezie, M.M. Chukwu, E.E. Anyanwu

“…Some of the benefits derivable from the application of WHR in the industries may include a reduction in energy, capital, and operating costs, which translate to reduced cost of finished products, and the mitigation of environmental degradation through the reduction of the emission of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Future perspectives on the development and implementation of WHR technologies are presented in the conclusions section.…”
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Mixing state and sources of submicron regional background aerosols in the northern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and the influence of biomass burning by W. J. Li, S. R. Chen, Y. S. Xu, X. C. Guo, Y. L. Sun, X. Y. Yang, Z. F. Wang, X. D. Zhao, J. M. Chen, W. X. Wang

“…A large number fraction of the fly-ash-containing particles (21.73 %) suggests that coal combustion emissions in the QTP significantly contributed to air pollutants at the medium pollution level (PM_2.5: 10–30 μg m^&minus;3). …”
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Rapidly Translocate from the Nasopharynx through the Cribriform Plate to Invade the Outer Meninges by Teerawit Audshasai, Jonathan A. Coles, Stavros Panagiotou, Shadia Khandaker, Hannah E. Scales, Morten Kjos, Murielle Baltazar, Julie Vignau, James M. Brewer, Aras Kadioglu, Marie Yang

“…Our study provides a completely new insight into the key initial events that occur during the translocation of pneumococci directly from the nasal cavity to the meninges, with relevance to the development of intranasal drug delivery systems and the investigations of brain damage caused by inhaled air pollutants.…”
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Effects of long-term PM 2.5 exposure on metabolic syndrome among adults and elderly in Guangdong, China by Xue-yan Zheng, Si-li Tang, Tao Liu, Ye Wang, Xiao-jun Xu, Ni Xiao, Chuan Li, Yan-jun Xu, Zhao-xuan He, Shu-li Ma, Yu-liang Chen, Rui-lin Meng, Li-feng Lin

“…We used the spatiotemporal land-use regression (LUR) model to estimate the two-year average exposure of ambient air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and O3) at individual levels. …”
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Differential role of MAX2 and strigolactones in pathogen, ozone, and stomatal responses by Maria Kalliola, Liina Jakobson, Pär Davidsson, Ville Pennanen, Cezary Waszczak, Dmitry Yarmolinsky, Olena Zamora, E. Tapio Palva, Tarja Kariola, Hannes Kollist, Mikael Brosché

“…We propose that the impaired defense responses of max2 are related to higher stomatal conductance that allows increased entry of bacteria or air pollutants like ozone. Furthermore, as MAX2 appears to act in a specific branch of guard cell signaling (related to CO2 signaling), this protein could be one of the components that allow guard cells to distinguish between different environmental conditions.…”
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Acetone Prospect as an Additive to Allow the Use of Castor and Sunflower Oils as Drop-In Biofuels in Diesel/Acetone/Vegetable Oil Triple Blends for Application in Diesel Engines by Laura Aguado-Deblas, Jesus Hidalgo-Carrillo, Felipa M. Bautista, Diego Luna, Carlos Luna, Juan Calero, Alejandro Posadillo, Antonio A. Romero, Rafael Estevez

“…Considerable reductions in emissions of air pollutants, as well as excellent cold flow properties are also obtained with these triple blends. …”
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Technical alternatives for coke oven gas utilization in China: A comparative analysis of environment-economic-strategic perspectives by Zichen Di, Feixia Lei, Jiankai Jing, Hao Peng, Xi Lu, Fangqin Cheng

“…There is a pressing need to address the high emissions of air pollutants and carbon dioxide associated with traditional coking production. …”
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Influence of titanium dioxide activated under visible light on survival of mold fungi by Daria Kądziołka, Paulina Rokicka, Agata Markowska-Szczupak, Antoni W. Morawski

“…In recent years, photocatalysis based on titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) has been proposed as an effective method for air pollutants removal. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of TiO 2 activated under artificial sun light (UV-VIS – ultraviolet – visible spectroscopy) on survival of fungi Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus niger. …”
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Ambient temperature NO2 removal by adsorption on transition metal ion-exchanged chabazite zeolites by Mingzhe Sun, Calvin Ku, Zeyu Tao, Tianqi Wang, Chengyan Wen, Aamir Hanif, Chenguang Wang, Qinfen Gu, Patrick Sit, Jin Shang

“…NO2 as a toxic air pollutant causes serious health problems and contributes to environmental damages, which needs to be abated to a harmless level urgently. …”
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Maternal residential greenness and congenital heart defects in infants: A large case-control study in Southern China by Zhiqiang Nie, Boyi Yang, Yanqiu Ou, Michael S. Bloom, Fengzhen Han, Yanji Qu, Philip Nasca, Rosemary Matale, Jinzhuang Mai, Yong Wu, Xiangmin Gao, Yuming Guo, Iana Markevych, Yuxuan Zou, Shao Lin, Guanghui Dong, Xiaoqing Liu

“…Results: Interquartile range NDVI increases within 500 m or 1000 m were associated with odds ratios (OR) of 0.95 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.92, 0.98) and 0.94 (95%CI: 0.91, 0.97) for total CHDs respectively. Air pollutants mediated 52.1% of the association. We also identified a protective threshold at 0.21 NDVI on CHD. …”
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Ambient ozone pollution and years of life lost: Association, effect modification, and additional life gain from a nationwide analysis in China by Jie Li, Peng Yin, Lijun Wang, Xiao Zhang, Jiangmei Liu, Yunning Liu, Maigeng Zhou

“…Background: Ozone is one of the dominant air pollutants due to its impact on disease burden and increasing trend in concentration. …”
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Characteristics and Potential Inhalation Exposure Risks of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Atmospheric Particulate Matter and Solid Fuel Combustion Particles in High Lu... by Kai Xiao, Yichun Lin, Qingyue Wang, Senlin Lu, Weiqian Wang, Tanzin Chowdhury, Christian Ebere Enyoh, Mominul Haque Rabin

“…Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) were previously considered an unrecognized composition of air pollutants and might help explain the long-standing medical mystery of why non-smokers develop tobacco-related diseases such as lung cancer. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Air Stagnation and its Relation to Summertime Ozone in the Yangtze River Delta of China by Min Xie, Chenchao Zhan, Yangzhihao Zhan, Jie Shi, Yi Luo, Ming Zhang, Ming Zhang, Qian Liu, Fanhui Shen

“…O3 is the typical air pollutant in hot seasons in the YRD. It is generally at a high pollution level in summer, and has a positive trend from 2013 to 2017. …”
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Effects of OH radical and SO₂ concentrations on photochemical reactions of mixed anthropogenic organic gases by J. Li, K. Li, K. Li, H. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Ji, W. Chu, Y. Kong, Y. Chu, Y. Ren, Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, R. Gao, Z. Wu, F. Bi, X. Chen, X. Wang, W. Wang, H. Li, M. Ge

“…<p>Vehicle exhaust, as a major source of air pollutants in urban areas, contains a complex mixture of organic vapours including long-chain alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons. …”
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Trace Elements Concentrations in Urban Air in Helsinki, Finland during a 44-Year Period by Eleftheria Ioannidou, Stefanos Papagiannis, Manousos Ioannis Manousakas, Chrysoula Betsou, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Jussi Paatero, Lambrini Papadopoulou, Alexandra Ioannidou

“…Most of the elements (Fe, Si, Ti, K, Ca, Zn, Br, Pb, V, Ni, S, Cr, Na, Al, and Cl) present higher values during spring and winter season, while in summer the elements (Ti, Ca, S, and Na) are found in higher concentrationsdue to the weather conditions across seasons and the sources and emissions of air pollutants. There is a strong correlation between the elements (V-Ni, Si-Pb, Fe-Ca, V-Cr, Si-K, K-Ca, Fe-Ti, K-Na, Si-Ca, and V-S), indicating their common source. …”
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