Search Results - "Koshland, Catherine P"

Perceived built environment and health-related quality of life in four types of neighborhoods in Xi’an, China by Gao, Meiling, Ahern, Jennifer, Koshland, Catherine P.

“…Development in Chinese cities is resulting in a diversity of urban environments that may influence health. In a cross-sectional study of 1608 adults in 20…”
Get full text

Carbon-Centered Free Radicals in Particulate Matter Emissions from Wood and Coal Combustion by Tian, Linwei, Koshland, Catherine P, Yano, Junko, Yachandra, Vittal K, Yu, Ignatius T. S, Lee, S. C, Lucas, Donald

“…Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was used to measure the free radicals in the particulate matter (PM) emissions from wood and coal…”
Get full text

Nanoquartz in Late Permian C1 coal and the high incidence of female lung cancer in the Pearl River Origin area: a retrospective cohort study by Tian, Linwei, Dai, Shifeng, Wang, Jianfang, Huang, Yunchao, Ho, Suzanne C, Zhou, Yiping, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P

“…The Pearl River Origin area, Qujing District of Yunnan Province, has one of the highest female lung cancer mortality rates in China. Smoking was excluded as a…”
Get full text

Particle and Gas Emissions from a Simulated Coal-Burning Household Fire Pit by Tian, Linwei, Lucas, Donald, Fischer, Susan L, Lee, S. C, Hammond, S. Katharine, Koshland, Catherine P

“…An open fire was assembled with firebricks to simulate the household fire pit used in rural China, and 15 different coals from this area were burned to measure…”
Get full text

Particle-Induced Artifacts in the MTT and LDH Viability Assays by Holder, Amara L, Goth-Goldstein, Regine, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P

“…In vitro testing is a common first step in assessing combustion-generated and engineered nanoparticle-related health hazards. Commercially available viability…”
Get full text

Gold Nanoparticle Films As Sensitive and Reusable Elemental Mercury Sensors by James, Jay Z, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P

“…We demonstrate the utility of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as the basis of a stand-alone, inexpensive, and sensitive mercury monitor. Gold nanoparticles absorb…”
Get full text

Halogenated flame retardants: do the fire safety benefits justify the risks? by Shaw, Susan D, Blum, Arlene, Weber, Roland, Kannan, Kurunthachalam, Rich, David, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P, Dobraca, Dina, Hanson, Sarah, Birnbaum, Linda S

“…Since the 1970s, an increasing number of regulations have expanded the use of brominated and chlorinated flame retardants. Many of these chemicals are now…”
Get more information

Fiber optic based evanescent wave sensor for the detection of elemental mercury utilizing gold nanorods by Crosby, Jeffrey S., Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P.

“…We developed a fiber optic based sensor using gold nanorods as the sensing medium for the detection of atmospheric elemental mercury. Mercury readily adsorbs…”
Get full text

Elemental mercury vapor interaction with individual gold nanorods by James, Jay Z, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P

“…We show that single gold nanorods can act as highly sensitive mercury vapor sensors with attogram resolution. We exposed assorted gold nanorods, with aspect…”
Get more information

Daily and Peak 1 h Indoor Air Pollution and Driving Factors in a Rural Chinese Village by Fischer, Susan L, Koshland, Catherine P

“…We investigate wintertime indoor air quality and personal exposures to carbon monoxide (CO) in a rural village in Jilin province, where relatively homogeneous…”
Get full text

Cellular Response to Diesel Exhaust Particles Strongly Depends on the Exposure Method by Holder, Amara L., Lucas, Donald, Goth-Goldstein, Regine, Koshland, Catherine P.

“…In vitro exposure to aerosols at the air–liquid interface (ALI) preserves the physical and chemical characteristics of aerosol particles. Although frequently…”
Get full text

Inflammatory response of lung cells exposed to whole, filtered, and hydrocarbon denuded diesel exhaust by Holder, Amara L., Lucas, Donald, Goth-Goldstein, Regine, Koshland, Catherine P.

“…In vitro studies with the organic extracts of diesel particles have suggested that hydrocarbons such as PAH may play a role in an inflammatory response, but…”
Get full text

Increased cytotoxicity of oxidized flame soot by Holder, Amara L., Carter, Brietta J., Goth–Goldstein, Regine, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P.

“…Combustion–generated particles released into the atmosphere undergo reactions with oxidants, which can change the particles’ physiochemical characteristics. In…”
Get full text

Field performance of a nephelometer in rural kitchens: effects of high humidity excursions and correlations to gravimetric analyses by Fischer, Susan L, Koshland, Catherine P

“…Rural kitchens of solid-fuel burning households constitute the microenvironment responsible for the majority of human exposures to health-damaging air…”
Get full text

Soot particle disintegration and detection by two-laser excimer laser fragmentation fluorescence spectroscopy by Stipe, Christopher B, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P, Sawyer, Robert F

“…A two-laser technique is used to study laser-particle interactions and the disintegration of soot by high-power UV light. Two separate 20 ns laser pulses…”
Get more information

Nanoparticle production by UV irradiation of combustion generated soot particles by Stipe, Christopher B., Choi, Jong Hyun, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P., Sawyer, Robert F.

“…Laser ablation of surfaces normally produce high temperature plasmas that are difficult to control. By irradiating small particles in the gas phase, we can…”
Get full text

Producer gas projects in Jilin province, China: technical hurdles and the need for project assessment by Fischer, Susan L., Young, John A., Koshland, Catherine P.

Get full text

Clearing the Air:  Using Scientific Information to Regulate Reformulated Fuels by Franklin, Pamela M, Koshland, Catherine P, Lucas, Donald, Sawyer, Robert F

“…The gasoline oxygenate MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) was widely adopted across the United States in the 1990s as a key component of federally mandated…”
Get full text

Photochemical Interaction of Polystyrene Nanospheres with 193 nm Pulsed Laser Light by Choi, Jong Hyun, Lucas, Donald, Koshland, Catherine P, Sawyer, Robert F

“…The photochemical interaction of 193 nm light with polystyrene nanospheres is used to produce particles with a controlled size and morphology. Laser fluences…”
Get full text

Social, economic, and environmental impacts assessment of a village-scale modern biomass energy project in Jilin province, China: local outcomes and lessons learned by Fischer, Susan L., Koshland, Catherine P., Young, John A.

“…We describe social, economic, and environmental impacts of a demonstration rural energy project in northeast China. Our ethnographic approach illuminates local…”
Get full text