Quantification of the biological effectiveness of environmental UV radiation

G Horneck - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 1995 - Elsevier
… The need for a biological weighting of solar UV irradiance … The degree to which the biological
effectiveness of solar UVUV components of sunlight in relation to the effectiveness of the …

Biological effectiveness of solar UV radiation in humans

W Ambach, M Blumthaler - Experientia, 1993 - Springer
… This irradiation has no effect on the weather, but measuring the dosage is important as
various biological reactions are induced by UV radiation. The ultraviolet range of the spectrum is …

Preventing UV-light damage of light sensitive materials using a highly protective UV-absorbing coating

M Zayat, P Garcia-Parejo, D Levy - Chemical Society Reviews, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
… The degradation of these materials can be described as follows: The free radicals produced
by the effect of UV light react with other molecules of the polymer to form oxy and peroxy …

Application of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) for water disinfection: A review

K Song, M Mohseni, F Taghipour - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
… The unique aspects of UV-LEDs improve inactivation effectiveness by applying LED special
features, such as multiple wavelengths and pulsed illumination; however, more studies are …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of an ultraviolet-C disinfection system for reduction of healthcare-associated pathogens

JH Yang, UI Wu, HM Tai, WH Sheng - Journal of Microbiology, Immunology …, 2019 - Elsevier
… to be effective in reducing several bacteria by pulsed UV-C irradiation including methicillin-…
UV-C irradiation (254 nm). The primary objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness

Development of a molecular method for testing the effectiveness of UV systems on-site

L Nizri, D Vaizel-Ohayon, H Ben-Amram, Y Sharaby… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
ultraviolet (UV) disinfection efficacy using total bacterial DNA in a water sample. To evaluate
UV … cultivation-independent approach that reveals UV-exposure efficiency by applying a …

The effectiveness of UV irradiation on vegetative bacteria and fungi surface contamination

MY Menetrez, KK Foarde, TR Dean… - Chemical Engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has been used for the disinfection of air streams for many years
[1… of UV wavelengths found to be most effective was 220–300 nm, and the peak effectiveness

Effectiveness of germicidal UV radiation for reducing fungal contamination within air-handling units

E Levetin, R Shaughnessy, CA Rogers… - Applied and …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
… As a result, we cannot say that the UV-C radiation had a direct effect on spores in the air
stream. In addition, the effectiveness of UV lamps seemed to be localized, because visual …

Sensitivity of microorganisms to different wavelengths of UV light: implications on modeling of medium pressure UV systems

N Giese, J Darby - Water research, 2000 - Elsevier
… The germicidal effect of UV light on bacteria and viruses is primarily due to the formation of
pyrimidine (thymine and cytosine) dimers. The three possible dimers that can be formed from …

Bactericidal effectiveness of modulated UV light

HL Bank, J John, MK Schmehl… - Applied and …, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
… roughly equivalent to published effectiveness values for conventional UV-C light. The high
bactericidal effectiveness coupled with the lower energy output in the UV-A and UV-B range …