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Organic compounds in PM2.5 emitted from fireplace and woodstove combustion of t...

The aim of this study is the further characterisation of PM2.5 emissions from the residential wood combustion of common woods grown in Portugal. This new research extends to eight the number of biomass fuels studied and tries to understand the differences that the burning appliance (fireplace versus woodstove) and the combustion temperature (cold and hot start) have on emissions. Pinus pinaster (Maritime pine),...

Indoor air quality in primary schools

Indoor Air Quality in Primary Schools

Clean air is a basic requirement of life (World Health Organization, 2010). The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has been the object of several studies due to an increasing concern within the scientific community on the effects of indoor air quality upon health, especially as people tend to spend more time indoors than outdoors (Franck et al., 2011; Canha et al., 2010; WHO, 2010; Environmental Protection Agency, 2010; ...

Assessment of fungal contamination in a group of Lisbon's gymnasiums with a swi...

The study’s main purpose was the assessment of the environmental fungal contamination, the exploration of possible associations between related environmental variables and the study of the relationship between fungal contamination of air and surfaces. A descriptive study was developed based upon air and surfaces monitoring for fungal contamination in ten indoor gymnasiums with a swimming pool located in Lisbon’...

Indoor air quality in primary schools

Clean air is a basic requirement of life. The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has been the object of several studies due to an increasing concern within the scientific community on the effects of indoor air quality upon health, especially as people tend to spend more time indoors than outdoors. The quality of air inside homes, offices, schools or other private and public buildings is an essential determinant of health...

Outdoor/indoor air quality in primary schools in Lisbon: a preliminary study

Simultaneous measurements of outdoor and indoor pollution were performed at three schools in Lisbon. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde and NO2 were passively monitored over a two-week period. Bacterial and fungal colony-forming units and comfort parameters were also monitored at classrooms and playgrounds. The highest indoor levels of CO2 (2666 μg/m³), NO2 (40.3 μg/m³), VOCs (10.3 μ...

Air pollution and emergency admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases in Lisbon...

Daily records of hospital admissions due to cardiorespiratory diseases and levels of PM10, SO2, CO, NO, NO2, and O3 were collected from 1999-2004 to evaluate the relationship between air pollution and morbidity in Lisbon. Generalised additive Poisson regression models were adopted, controlling for temperature, humidity, and both short and long-term seasonality. Significant positive associations, lagged by 1 or ...

O insucesso escolar em língua portuguesa

O ensino da Língua Portuguesa continua a estar na ordem do dia, com níveis elevados de insucesso por parte dos alunos, tanto na avaliação interna das escolas, como nos exames, e reflectidos também nos estudos internacionais, situação que nos motivou a aprofundar o quadro teórico sobre as estratégias de aprendizagem da língua materna. Perante a nossa realidade profissional, elaborámos este estudo, de natureza qu...

Aerosol particle size distributions at a traffic exposed site and an urban back...

Aerosol size distributions from 6 to 700 nm were measured simultaneously at an urban background site and a roadside station in Oporto. The particle number concentration was higher at the traffic exposed site, where up to 90% of the size spectrum was dominated by the nucleation mode. Larger aerosol mode diameters were observed in the urban background site possibly due to the coagulation processes or uptake of ga...

Prevalência de fungos nas superfícies: o caso dos ginásios com piscina

Introdução - Os ginásios com piscina poderão constituir um ambiente potenciador da disseminação fúngica, devido não só às variáveis ambientais, como a temperatura e humidade do ar, mas também devido ao crescente número de frequentadores desses espaços e às medidas higio-sanitárias aplicadas. Objectivos - Descrever os fenómenos ambientais da contaminação fúngica no pavimento dos ginásios com piscina e explorar e...