Cultural heritage includes everything that mankind has created in the past and has impacted
the development of culture. These objects can be subject to biodeterioration, including the …

In this review, topic modeling—an unsupervised machine learning tool—is employed to
analyze research on pigments in cultural heritage published from 1999–2023. The review …

This study aims to assess the deterioration aspects of a historical manuscript dating back to
the 14th century that was deposited in the Library of the Arabic Language Academy, Cairo …

The main challenge in controlling the microbiological contamination of historical paper is
finding an adequate method that includes the use of cost-effective, harmless, and non-toxic …

In this study, TiO2 nanoparticle (TiO2NP)-coated film was produced to protect manuscripts
against microorganisms using ecofriendly benign materials. As a result, a simple method …

Herein, twelve fungal strains were isolated from a deteriorated historical manuscript dated
back to the 18th century. The obtained fungal strains were identified, using the traditional …

Since the very first steps of space exploration, fungi have been recorded as contaminants,
hitchhikers, or as part of missions' crews and payloads. Because fungi can cause human …

This study has as objectives to determine the concentration and diversity of the air-and
dustborne mycobiota in seven National Archive of the Republic of Cuba repositories, and to …

This study reports on the concentrations of airborne fungi in a waste paper and cardboard
recycling factory (WPCRF) in Tehran, Iran. Sampling occurred every six days during winter …

High concentrations of environmental fungi in the archives repositories are dangerous for
the documents preserved in those places and for the workers' health. The aims of this work …