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Prashant Kumar

Bio: Prashant Kumar is an academic researcher from University of Surrey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air quality index & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 363 publications receiving 11561 citations. Previous affiliations of Prashant Kumar include Southeast University & Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar.


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TL;DR: It is concluded that urban vegetation can facilitate broad health benefits, but there is little empirical evidence linking these benefits to air pollution reduction by urban vegetation, and appreciable efforts are needed to establish the underlying policies, design and engineering guidelines governing its deployment.

209 citations

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TL;DR: Investigating impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on ambient air quality in five Indian cities using in-situ measurements from 2015 to 2020 indicated improvements in air quality may be considered a temporary lockdown benefit as revitalising the economy could reverse this trend.

190 citations

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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of published results from the last 30 years regarding the sources and atmospheric characteristics of particles and ozone in the Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo (MASP) is presented in this paper.

168 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes current findings on the effect of measured environmental parameters on indoor air quality, individual thermal comfort and living behavior in smart homes with focus on central Europe.
Abstract: Global climate change, demographic change and advancing mechanization of everyday life will go along with new ways of living. Temperature extremes, an ageing society and higher demands on a comfortable life will lead to the implementation of sensor based networks in order to create acceptable and improved living conditions. Originally, the idea of the smart home served primarily the efficient use of energy and the optimization of ventilation technology connected with new ways of constructing buildings (low-energy and passive houses, respectively). Today the term 'smart home' is also linked with the networking of home automation systems, home appliances and communications and entertainment electronics. Living in a smart home often makes also significant demands on the occupants who are required to drastically change some of their living habits. This review summarizes current findings on the effect of measured environmental parameters on indoor air quality, individual thermal comfort and living behavior in smart homes with focus on central Europe. A critical evaluation of available sensor technologies, their application in homes and data security aspects as well as limits and possibilities of current technologies to control particles and gaseous pollutants indoors is included. The review also considers the acceptance of smart technologies by occupants in terms of living habits, perceived indoor air quality and data security.

158 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review brings together a collective of methods that have demonstrated an ability to influence air flow patterns to reduce personal exposure in the built environment, including trees and vegetation, noise barriers, low boundary walls and parked cars.

153 citations


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4,293 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a document, redatto, voted and pubblicato by the Ipcc -Comitato intergovernativo sui cambiamenti climatici - illustra la sintesi delle ricerche svolte su questo tema rilevante.
Abstract: Cause, conseguenze e strategie di mitigazione Proponiamo il primo di una serie di articoli in cui affronteremo l’attuale problema dei mutamenti climatici. Presentiamo il documento redatto, votato e pubblicato dall’Ipcc - Comitato intergovernativo sui cambiamenti climatici - che illustra la sintesi delle ricerche svolte su questo tema rilevante.

4,187 citations

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François Mach, Colin Baigent, Alberico L. Catapano, Konstantinos C. Koskinas1, Manuela Casula, Lina Badimon1, M. John Chapman, Guy De Backer, Victoria Delgado, Brian A. Ference, Ian D. Graham, Alison Halliday, Ulf Landmesser, Borislava Mihaylova, Terje R. Pedersen, Gabriele Riccardi, Dimitrios J. Richter, Marc S. Sabatine, Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Lale Tokgozoglu, Olov Wiklund, Christian Mueller, Heinz Drexel, Victor Aboyans, Alberto Corsini, Wolfram Doehner, Michel Farnier, Bruna Gigante, Meral Kayıkçıoğlu, Goran Krstacic, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Basil S. Lewis, Josep Masip, Philippe Moulin, Steffen E. Petersen, Anna Sonia Petronio, Massimo F Piepoli, Xavier Pintó, Lorenz Räber, Kausik K. Ray, Željko Reiner, Walter F Riesen, Marco Roffi, Jean-Paul Schmid, Evgeny Shlyakhto, Iain A. Simpson, Erik S.G. Stroes, Isabella Sudano, Alexandros D Tselepis, Margus Viigimaa, Cecile Vindis, Alexander Vonbank, Michal Vrablik, Mislav Vrsalovic, José Luis Zamorano, Jean-Philippe Collet, Stephan Windecker, Veronica Dean, Donna Fitzsimons, Chris P Gale, Diederick E. Grobbee, Sigrun Halvorsen, Gerhard Hindricks, Bernard Iung, Peter Jüni, Hugo A. Katus, Christophe Leclercq, Maddalena Lettino, Béla Merkely, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Rhian M. Touyz, Djamaleddine Nibouche, Parounak H. Zelveian, Peter Siostrzonek, Ruslan Najafov, Philippe van de Borne, Belma Pojskic, Arman Postadzhiyan, Lambros Kypris, Jindřich Špinar, Mogens Lytken Larsen, Hesham Salah Eldin, Timo E. Strandberg, Jean Ferrières, Rusudan Agladze, Ulrich Laufs, Loukianos S. Rallidis, Laszlo Bajnok, Thorbjorn Gudjonsson, Vincent Maher, Yaakov Henkin, Michele Massimo Gulizia, Aisulu Mussagaliyeva, Gani Bajraktari, Alina Kerimkulova, Gustavs Latkovskis, Omar Hamoui, Rimvydas Šlapikas, Laurent Visser, P. Dingli, Victoria Ivanov, Aneta Boskovic, Mbarek Nazzi, Frank L.J. Visseren, Irena Mitevska, Kjetil Retterstøl, Piotr Jankowski, Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho, Dan Gaita, Marat V. Ezhov, Marina Foscoli, Vojislav Giga, Daniel Pella, Zlatko Fras, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, Emil Hagström, Roger Lehmann, Leila Abid, Oner Ozdogan, Olena Mitchenko, Riyaz S. Patel 

4,069 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present guidelines for the management of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a pathological process characterized by atherosclerotic plaque accumulation in the epicardial arteries.
Abstract: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a pathological process characterized by atherosclerotic plaque accumulation in the epicardial arteries, whether obstructive or non-obstructive. This process can be modified by lifestyle adjustments, pharmacological therapies, and invasive interventions designed to achieve disease stabilization or regression. The disease can have long, stable periods but can also become unstable at any time, typically due to an acute atherothrombotic event caused by plaque rupture or erosion. However, the disease is chronic, most often progressive, and hence serious, even in clinically apparently silent periods. The dynamic nature of the CAD process results in various clinical presentations, which can be conveniently categorized as either acute coronary syndromes (ACS) or chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). The Guidelines presented here refer to the management of patients with CCS. The natural history of CCS is illustrated in Figure 1.

3,448 citations

01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The work of the IPCC Working Group III 5th Assessment report as mentioned in this paper is a comprehensive, objective and policy neutral assessment of the current scientific knowledge on mitigating climate change, which has been extensively reviewed by experts and governments to ensure quality and comprehensiveness.
Abstract: The talk with present the key results of the IPCC Working Group III 5th assessment report. Concluding four years of intense scientific collaboration by hundreds of authors from around the world, the report responds to the request of the world's governments for a comprehensive, objective and policy neutral assessment of the current scientific knowledge on mitigating climate change. The report has been extensively reviewed by experts and governments to ensure quality and comprehensiveness.

3,224 citations