Intensifying the proportion of urban green infrastructure has been considered as one of the
remedies for air pollution levels in cities, yet the impact of numerous vegetation types …

Dust storms are an important environmental problem worldwide. The main sources of dust
storms include the Sahara, the Middle East, and central and northeastern Asia. Dust …

Air pollutants impact public health, socioeconomics, politics, agriculture, and the
environment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of an artificial neural …

We investigated temporal variations of ambient air pollutants and the influences of
meteorological parameters on their concentrations using a robust method; convergent cross …

At present, both tropospheric ozone (O 3) and particulate matters (PM) are among the most
threatening air pollutants for human health in cities. The air pollution effects over public …

The main objective of the present study was to predict the associated health endpoint of PM
2.5 using an artificial neural network (ANN). The neural network used in this work contains a …

Background Low-cost face masks made from different cloth materials are very common in
developing countries. The cloth masks (CM) are usually double layered with stretchable ear …

Iranian western cities, including Hamadan, have been experiencing Middle East Dust
Storms (MEDS) phenomenon problems in recent years, so the air quality is getting worse …

Spatial modelling of storm dust provenance is essential to mitigate its on-site and off-site
effects in the arid and semi-arid environments of the world. Therefore, the main aim of this …

Economic sanctions have been actively used against Iran in the last four decades. In
response to sanctions, Iran has adopted a range of survivalist policies with notable …