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Towards a new framework for air quality management in Nigeria Section 1: Air pollution modelling Impact of urban planning alternatives on air quality: URBAIR model application Air quality model for Barcelona A comparison study between near roadway measurements and air pollutant dispersion simulations using an improved line source model Regional on-line air pollution modelling system in highly complex terrain Identification of potential sources and transport pathways of atmospheric PM10 using HYSPLIT and hybrid receptor modelling in Lanzhou, China Performance evaluation of the ADMS-Urban model in predicting PM10 concentrations at the roadside in Chennai, India and Newcastle, UK Coastal influences on pollution transport Non-parametric nature of ground-level ozone and its dependence on nitrogen oxides (NOx): a view point of vehicular emissions Prediction of TSP concentration in a metallurgical city of Brazil using neural networks Section 2: Monitoring and measuring The use of mineral magnetic measurements as a particulate matter (PM) proxy for road deposited sediments (RDS): Marylebone Road, London Elemental carbon as an indicator to monitor the effectiveness of traffic related measures on local air quality AMEC multigas passive sampler: a green product for cost-effectively monitoring air pollution indoors and outdoors Influence of natural and anthropogenic sources on PM10 air concentrations in Spain Infrared imaging Fourier-transform spectrometer used for standoff gas detection POPs in ambient air from MONET network: global and regional trends The EC QA/QC programmes for inorganic gas pollutants testing GIS for data management of environmental surveys, carried out in Biancavilla (CT) superfund experience BTEX concentrations in the atmosphere of the metropolitan area of Campinas (Sao Paulo, Brazil) The development of an ESEM based counting method for fine dust particles and a philosophy behind the background of particle adsorption on leaves Synthesis of metal oxide nanostructure and its characterization as gas pollutant monitoring Buildings as sources of mercury to the atmosphere Occupational exposure to perchloroethylene in Portuguese dry-cleaning stores Section 3: Air quality management Health impact assessment of PM10 and EC in 1985 - 2008 in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands Assessing air pollution risk potential: case study of the Tohoku district, Japan Assessing the potential for local action to achieve EU limit values A procedure for the evaluation of the historical trend of atmospheric pollution in an urban area Section 4: Aerosols and particles Correlation between the mass of PM2,5 and the chemical composition of acid aerosols in the northwest of the metropolitan zone of Mexico City Characteristics of aerosol particle size distributions in urban Lanzhou, north-western China Particulates in the atmosphere of Makkah and Mina valley during theRamadan and Hajj seasons of 2004 and 2005 Section 5: Emissions studies Effect of biodiesel and alkyl ether on diesel engine emissions and performances Emissions of selected gas pollutants in the application of the additive EnviroxTM Non-thermal plasma abatement of trichloroethylene with DC corona discharges Monitoring of atmospheric dust deposition by using a magnetic method Improving car environmental and operational characteristics using a multifunctional fuel additive Section 6: Global and regional Application of methanotrophic biofilters to reduce GHG generated by landfill in Quebec City (Canada) A study of the atmospheric dispersion of an elevated release with plume rise in a rural environment: comparison between field SF6 measurements and computations of Gaussian models (Briggs, Doury and ADMS 4.1) Ozone pollution during stratosphere-troposphere exchange events over equatorial Africa Section 7: Economics of air pollution control Environmental tools of atmospheric protection in the Czech Republic Environmentally related impacts on financial reporting: the case of pollution permits in Czech legislative conditions Section 8: Health effects Analysis of lung cancer incidence relating to air pollution levels adjusting for cigarette smoking: a case-control study Comparison of fungal contamination between hospitals and companies food units