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1 HOMEWORK WITH THE PAIR READ THE SELECTED TEXTS AND PREPARE PRESENTATIONS (POWER POINT SLIDES, 8-10 MIN PER TASK). PRESENTATIONS WILL BE 10 th JANUARY 2018 (during the lecture at 13:15-16:45). IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE A SHORT (15 MIN) TEST IN THE END OF THE LECTURE. THE TEST BASED ON THE BOOK AND ARTICLE TEXTS (1 and 2, see below), INTRODUCTION LECTURE AND PRESENTATIONS. Presentations should be upload to the My Course by 9 th January (both pdf and pptx-files)! 1) BOOK: Environmental Sciences» "Chemistry, Emission Control, Radioactive Pollution and Indoor Air Quality", book edited by Nicolas Mazzeo, ISBN , Published: July 27, 2011 under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. The Author(s). Chapter 17. Indoor Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. By Marios P. Tsakas, Apostolos P Siskos and Panayotis Siskos. DOI: / Available online at: 2) ARTICLE: Nevalainen A, Täubel M, Hyvärinen A. Indoor fungi: companions and contaminants. Invited review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Available online at: TASK 1. BASED ON THE BOOK (CHAPTER 17): Pair 1 and 2: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; Radon Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 2.1.1; Pair 3 and 4: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; Radon Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 2.1.3; 2.1.4; Pair 5 and 6: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; NOX, HONO and HNO 3

2 Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 2.2.1; Pair 7 and 8: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; CO and SO 3 Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: Pair 9 and 10: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; VOCS Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: Pair 11 and 12: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; Ozone Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: Pair 13 and 14: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; Particles Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: Pair 15 and 16: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; Microbial pollutants Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: Pair 17 and 18: Title of presentation: INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS AND THEIR SOURCES; Asbestos and manmade mineral fibres

3 Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: Pair 19 and 20: Title of presentation: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; General Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 3.1 Pair 21 and 22: Title of presentation: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; Site characteristics Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 3.2 Pair 23 and 24: Title of presentation: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; Occupancy Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 3.3 Pair 25 and 26: Title of presentation: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; Design Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 3.4 Pair 27 and 28: Title of presentation: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; Operations Air Pollutants and the Impact on Human Health. Chapter 17: 3.5 TASK 2 BASED ON THE REVIEW ARTICLE: Pair 1 and Pair 2:

4 Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI- INTRODUCTION (background, fungi are universal) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 3 and Pair 4: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI INTRODUCTION CONTINUE (A short history of research on indoor fungi) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 5 and Pair 6: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI INTRODUCTION CONTINUE (Particle sizes of airborne fungal material, Fungal submicron-sized fragments) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 7 and Pair 8: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI INTRODUCTION CONTINUE (Sampling of fungi and fungal components) review. Indoor air 2015,25 (2), p Pair 9 and Pair 10: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI INTRODUCTION CONTINUE (Methods to analyze fungi, DNAbased methods to analyze indoor fungi) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 12 and Pair 13: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Sources of indoor fungi, Fungi, carpets, and house dust) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p

5 Pair 14 and Pair 15: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Fungal growth due to building dampness and moisture) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 16 and Pair 17: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Dispersal, resuspension, and removal of fungal material) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 18 and Pair 19: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Role of ventilation) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 20 and Pair 21: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Cleaning and removal of fungal material, Other determinants of fungal loads in indoor environments) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 22 and Pair 23: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Number concentrations of culturable fungi in indoor air, Factors that cause variation in indoor air concentrations of fungi) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 24 and Pair 25:

6 Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Sampling aspects and concentrations of airborne fungi in various regions and buildings) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 26 and Pair 27: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (ERMI as a tool for evaluating indoor fungi) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 28 and Pair 29: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (Indoor fungal occurrence observed with sequencing studies) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 30 and Pair 31: Title of presentation: FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT (MVOCs and mycotoxins in the indoor environment) review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 31 and Pair 32: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI AND HEALTH, Complexity of fungal exposures review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 33 and Pair 34: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI AND HEALTH, Fungal infections and allergies, Occupational diseases associated with fungal exposures, Health effects associated with dampness and mold review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p

7 Pair 35 and Pair 36: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI AND HEALTH, The paradox of protective and adverse health effects, Do fungal concentrations in indoor air associate with health effects? review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p Pair 37 and Pair 38: Title of presentation: INDOOR FUNGI, Conclusions and future vision review. Indoor air 2015, 25 (2), p

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