Search Results - "Amato, F."

Particle number size distributions and concentrations in transportation environments: a review by Ridolfo, S., Amato, F., Querol, X.

“…•PNC and PNSD in transportation environments were studied.•Highest urban PNC are found close to road traffic, regardless of the commuting mode.•Lack of studies…”
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Monitoring the impact of desert dust outbreaks for air quality for health studies by Querol, X., Tobías, A., Pérez, N., Karanasiou, A., Amato, F., Stafoggia, M., Pérez García-Pando, C., Ginoux, P., Forastiere, F., Gumy, S., Mudu, P., Alastuey, A.

“…We review the major features of desert dust outbreaks that are relevant to the assessment of dust impacts upon human health. Our ultimate goal is to provide…”
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Chemical profiling of PM10 from urban road dust by Alves, C.A., Evtyugina, M., Vicente, A.M.P., Vicente, E.D., Nunes, T.V., Silva, P.M.A., Duarte, M.A.C., Pio, C.A., Amato, F., Querol, X.

“…Road dust resuspension is one of the main sources of particulate matter with impacts on air quality, health and climate. With the aim of characterising the…”
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for finite-time stability of impulsive dynamical linear systems by Amato, F., De Tommasi, G., Pironti, A.

“…Sufficient conditions for the finite-time stability (FTS) of impulsive dynamical linear systems (IDLSs) have been provided in  Amato, Ambrosino, Cosentino, and…”
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Child exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants in schools in Barcelona, Spain by Rivas, I., Viana, M., Moreno, T., Pandolfi, M., Amato, F., Reche, C., Bouso, L., Àlvarez-Pedrerol, M., Alastuey, A., Sunyer, J., Querol, X.

“…Proximity to road traffic involves higher health risks because of atmospheric pollutants. In addition to outdoor air, indoor air quality contributes to overall…”
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Effect of ventilation strategies and air purifiers on the children's exposure to airborne particles and gaseous pollutants in school gyms by Pacitto, A., Amato, F., Moreno, T., Pandolfi, M., Fonseca, A., Mazaheri, M., Stabile, L., Buonanno, G., Querol, X.

“…Indoor school gyms are environments characterized by high concentrations of different airborne particulate and gaseous pollutants. In particular, like other…”
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Classifying the type of delivery from cardiotocographic signals: A machine learning approach by Ricciardi, C., Improta, G., Amato, F., Cesarelli, G., Romano, M.

“…•A dataset of 370 CTG signals has been collected in clinical environment.•A custom-made automatic software was used to extract 17 features from the CTGs.•J48,…”
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Sources of indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations in primary schools by Amato, F., Rivas, I., Viana, M., Moreno, T., Bouso, L., Reche, C., Àlvarez-Pedrerol, M., Alastuey, A., Sunyer, J., Querol, X.

“…Children spend a third of their day in the classroom, where air pollution levels may differ substantially from those outdoors due to specific indoor sources…”
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Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities by Amato, F., Pandolfi, M., Moreno, T., Furger, M., Pey, J., Alastuey, A., Bukowiecki, N., Prevot, A.S.H., Baltensperger, U., Querol, X.

“…Despite their importance, current scientific knowledge on non-exhaust emissions by road traffic is scarce, severely hampering a reliable description of these…”
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Hourly elemental concentrations in PM2.5 aerosols sampled simultaneously at urban background and road site during SAPUSS - diurnal variations and PMF receptor modelling by Dall'Osto, M, Querol, X, Amato, F, Karanasiou, A, Lucarelli, F, Nava, S, Calzolai, G, Chiari, M

“…Hourly-resolved aerosol chemical speciation data can be a highly powerful tool to determine the source origin of atmospheric pollutants in urban environments…”
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New Insights from Zinc and Copper Isotopic Compositions into the Sources of Atmospheric Particulate Matter from Two Major European Cities by Gonzalez, R. Ochoa, Strekopytov, S, Amato, F, Querol, X, Reche, C, Weiss, D

“…This study reports spatial and temporal variability of Zn and Cu isotopes in atmospheric particulate matter (PM) collected in two major European cities with…”
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A review on the effectiveness of street sweeping, washing and dust suppressants as urban PM control methods by Amato, F., Querol, X., Johansson, C., Nagl, C., Alastuey, A.

“…Given the absence of a definitive threshold for atmospheric particulate matter (PM)-induced adverse health effects and the evidence of road traffic as a main…”
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Effectiveness of commercial face masks to reduce personal PM exposure by Pacitto, A., Amato, F., Salmatonidis, A., Moreno, T., Alastuey, A., Reche, C., Buonanno, G., Benito, C., Querol, X.

“…Cycling and walking are promoted as means of transportation which can contribute to the reduction of traffic pollution in urban areas. However, cyclists and…”
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Spatial and chemical patterns of PM10 in road dust deposited in urban environment by AMATO, F, PANDOLFI, M, VIANA, M, QUEROL, X, ALASTUEY, A, MORENO, T

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Finite-time control of discrete-time linear systems by Amato, F., Ariola, M.

“…In this note, we consider the finite-time stabilization of discrete-time linear systems subject to disturbances generated by an exosystem. Finite-time…”
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Trends of road dust emissions contributions on ambient air particulate levels at rural, urban and industrial sites in southern Spain by Amato, F, Alastuey, A, de la Rosa, J, Gonzalez Castanedo, Y, Sánchez de la Campa, A. M, Pandolfi, M, Lozano, A, Contreras González, J, Querol, X

“…The impact of road dust emissions on PM10 and PM2.5 (atmospheric particulate matter with diameteer < 10 μm and 2.5 μm mass concentrations recorded from 2003 to…”
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Quantifying road dust resuspension in urban environment by Multilinear Engine: A comparison with PMF2 by Amato, F., Pandolfi, M., Escrig, A., Querol, X., Alastuey, A., Pey, J., Perez, N., Hopke, P.K.

“…Atmospheric PM pollution from traffic comprises not only direct emissions but also non-exhaust emissions because resuspension of road dust that can produce…”
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Annular finite-time stability analysis and synthesis of stochastic linear time-varying systems by Tartaglione, G., Ariola, M., Cosentino, C., De Tommasi, G., Pironti, A., Amato, F.

“…In this paper, we investigate some finite-time control problems for stochastic linear time-varying systems, described by an Itô type differential equation. In…”
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Input–output finite time stabilization of linear systems by Amato, F., Ambrosino, R., Cosentino, C., De Tommasi, G.

“…Bounded Input Bounded Output (BIBO) stability is usually studied when only the input–output behavior of a dynamical system is of concern. The present paper…”
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Impact of wood combustion on indoor air quality by Vicente, E.D., Vicente, A.M., Evtyugina, M., Oduber, F.I., Amato, F., Querol, X., Alves, C.

“…The incomplete wood combustion in appliances operated in batch mode is a recognised source of both in- and outdoor airborne pollutants, especially particulate…”
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