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The monitoring of indoor air pollutants in a spatio-temporal basis is challenging. A key element is the access to local (i.e., indoor residential, workplace, or public building) exposure measurements. Unfortunately, the high cost and complexity of most current air pollutant monitors result in a lack of detailed spatial and temporal resolution. As a result, individuals in vulnerable groups (children, pregnant, elderly, and sick people) have little insight into their personal exposure levels. This becomes significant in cases of hyper-local variations and short-term pollution events such as instant indoor activity (e.g., cooking, smoking, and dust resuspension). Advances in sensor miniaturization have encouraged the development of small, inexpensive devices capable of estimating pollutant concentrations. This new class of sensors presents new possibilities for indoor exposure monitoring. This Special Issue invites research in the areas of the triptych: indoor air pollution monitoring, indoor air modeling, and exposure to indoor air pollution. Topics of interest for the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: low-cost sensors for indoor air monitoring; indoor particulate matter and volatile organic compounds; ozone-terpene chemistry; biological agents indoors; source apportionment; exposure assessment; health effects of indoor air pollutants; occupant perception; climate change impacts on indoor air quality.

perceived indoor air quality --- building research --- indoor air questionnaires --- psychosocial work environment --- categorisation --- ventilation --- mould --- moisture --- man-made mineral fibres --- IAQ --- enhanced living environments --- IEQ --- IoT --- smart cities --- LEC --- passive space design --- tubular space --- physical building environment --- fieldwork test --- subway station building complex --- thermal comfort --- arousal level --- physiological indices --- electroencephalography --- electrocardiography --- airborne microorganisms --- bacteria --- fungi --- gyms --- indoor air quality --- libraries --- offices --- contactless measurements --- skin sensitivity index --- subtleness magnification --- deep learning --- piecewise stationary time series --- PM2.5 --- sensor --- correction --- pan frying --- secondhand smoke --- urban traffic --- allergens --- endotoxin --- biological agents --- laboratory animal allergy --- environmental monitoring --- occupational exposure --- perceived comfort --- sick building syndrome --- health effects --- internet of things --- e-nose --- smart home --- ESP32 --- teenagers --- children --- bedroom --- CO2 --- particulate matter --- perception --- response behavior --- psychological attribute --- indoor environment quality --- PPD --- TVOC --- BREEAM assessment --- occupant satisfaction --- children’s house --- industrial city --- window opening --- cooking --- STAMP --- STPA --- physical process --- indoor environment safety --- smart home systems --- IAQ improvement --- photo-paint --- NO --- Toluene degradation  --- n/a --- children's house

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The monitoring of indoor air pollutants in a spatio-temporal basis is challenging. A key element is the access to local (i.e., indoor residential, workplace, or public building) exposure measurements. Unfortunately, the high cost and complexity of most current air pollutant monitors result in a lack of detailed spatial and temporal resolution. As a result, individuals in vulnerable groups (children, pregnant, elderly, and sick people) have little insight into their personal exposure levels. This becomes significant in cases of hyper-local variations and short-term pollution events such as instant indoor activity (e.g., cooking, smoking, and dust resuspension). Advances in sensor miniaturization have encouraged the development of small, inexpensive devices capable of estimating pollutant concentrations. This new class of sensors presents new possibilities for indoor exposure monitoring. This Special Issue invites research in the areas of the triptych: indoor air pollution monitoring, indoor air modeling, and exposure to indoor air pollution. Topics of interest for the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following: low-cost sensors for indoor air monitoring; indoor particulate matter and volatile organic compounds; ozone-terpene chemistry; biological agents indoors; source apportionment; exposure assessment; health effects of indoor air pollutants; occupant perception; climate change impacts on indoor air quality.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- perceived indoor air quality --- building research --- indoor air questionnaires --- psychosocial work environment --- categorisation --- ventilation --- mould --- moisture --- man-made mineral fibres --- IAQ --- enhanced living environments --- IEQ --- IoT --- smart cities --- LEC --- passive space design --- tubular space --- physical building environment --- fieldwork test --- subway station building complex --- thermal comfort --- arousal level --- physiological indices --- electroencephalography --- electrocardiography --- airborne microorganisms --- bacteria --- fungi --- gyms --- indoor air quality --- libraries --- offices --- contactless measurements --- skin sensitivity index --- subtleness magnification --- deep learning --- piecewise stationary time series --- PM2.5 --- sensor --- correction --- pan frying --- secondhand smoke --- urban traffic --- allergens --- endotoxin --- biological agents --- laboratory animal allergy --- environmental monitoring --- occupational exposure --- perceived comfort --- sick building syndrome --- health effects --- internet of things --- e-nose --- smart home --- ESP32 --- teenagers --- children --- bedroom --- CO2 --- particulate matter --- perception --- response behavior --- psychological attribute --- indoor environment quality --- PPD --- TVOC --- BREEAM assessment --- occupant satisfaction --- children’s house --- industrial city --- window opening --- cooking --- STAMP --- STPA --- physical process --- indoor environment safety --- smart home systems --- IAQ improvement --- photo-paint --- NO --- Toluene degradation  --- n/a --- children's house

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Ten years have passed since the nuclear accident occurred in Fukushima, Japan, following the Great East Japan earthquake. Thereafter, many people around the world have been concerned about the risks posed by radiation. They still believe that even a small amount of radiation exposure will affect human health. In reality, however, there are many natural radionuclides in the environment, which emit a variety of types of radiation. Although it is well known that there is a positively linear relationship between acute radiation exposure and cancer risk in atomic bomb survivors, the risk of chronic radiation exposure due to natural radionuclides cannot be well explained to people who have lived in high-background radiation areas for many generations. Therefore, more studies in this research field are required to obtain new scientific findings. In order to promote further scientific activities, it will be the best for us to understand the current status of this field by summarizing what we have apprehended so far. This Special Issue will highlight measurement data, methodologies, radiation biology, and risk assessment related to radiation.

Biography & True Stories --- air dose rate --- difficult-to-return zone --- evacuation order-lifted areas --- effective dose rate --- external exposure risk --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident --- living space --- radiocesium --- surface soil --- Tomioka town --- tritium monitoring --- fusion test facility --- deuterium plasma experiment --- monthly precipitation --- chemical composition --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant --- strontium-90 --- cesium-137 --- seawater monitoring --- contaminated water --- dose assessment --- Japan --- bottled water --- guidance level --- WHO --- natural radionuclides --- artificial radionuclides --- effective dose --- ingestion --- passive radon monitor --- development --- sensitivity --- detection limit --- air-exchange rate --- total diet study --- radioactive cesium --- potassium-40 --- dietary intake --- Fukushima accident --- 222Rn progeny --- 220Rn progeny --- CR-39 --- equilibrium equivalent concentration --- deposition velocity --- thoron --- thoron progeny --- indoor environment --- measurement technique --- radioactivity --- residential exposure --- dose --- gamma radiation --- health risk --- radon mapping --- 226Ra --- 228Ra --- 238U --- well water --- radiological hazards --- REE and uranium mines --- northern Vietnam --- radon --- hot spring --- public health --- Namie Town --- cesium-134 --- external exposure dose evaluation --- radon concentration --- groundwater --- residence time --- limestone aquifer --- Okinawa Island --- indoor --- environment --- nationwide survey --- SSNTD --- radon potential map --- geography information systems --- geology --- risk --- exhalation rate --- long-term measurement --- seasonal variation --- Fukushima --- free-roaming cat --- reproductive organ --- internal contamination --- air dose rate --- difficult-to-return zone --- evacuation order-lifted areas --- effective dose rate --- external exposure risk --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident --- living space --- radiocesium --- surface soil --- Tomioka town --- tritium monitoring --- fusion test facility --- deuterium plasma experiment --- monthly precipitation --- chemical composition --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant --- strontium-90 --- cesium-137 --- seawater monitoring --- contaminated water --- dose assessment --- Japan --- bottled water --- guidance level --- WHO --- natural radionuclides --- artificial radionuclides --- effective dose --- ingestion --- passive radon monitor --- development --- sensitivity --- detection limit --- air-exchange rate --- total diet study --- radioactive cesium --- potassium-40 --- dietary intake --- Fukushima accident --- 222Rn progeny --- 220Rn progeny --- CR-39 --- equilibrium equivalent concentration --- deposition velocity --- thoron --- thoron progeny --- indoor environment --- measurement technique --- radioactivity --- residential exposure --- dose --- gamma radiation --- health risk --- radon mapping --- 226Ra --- 228Ra --- 238U --- well water --- radiological hazards --- REE and uranium mines --- northern Vietnam --- radon --- hot spring --- public health --- Namie Town --- cesium-134 --- external exposure dose evaluation --- radon concentration --- groundwater --- residence time --- limestone aquifer --- Okinawa Island --- indoor --- environment --- nationwide survey --- SSNTD --- radon potential map --- geography information systems --- geology --- risk --- exhalation rate --- long-term measurement --- seasonal variation --- Fukushima --- free-roaming cat --- reproductive organ --- internal contamination

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

Public health & preventive medicine --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

Public health & preventive medicine --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- n/a