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Nanoparticle exposure and hazard in the ceramic industry: an overview of potent...
Bessa, M.J.; Brandão, Fátima; Viana, Mar; Gomes, João; Monfort, Eliseo; Cassee, Flemming R.; Fraga, Sónia; Teixeira, JoaoThe ceramic industry is an industrial sector of great impact in the global economy that has been benefiting from advances in materials and processing technologies. Ceramic manufacturing has a strong potential for airborne particle formation and emission, namely of ultrafine particles (UFP) and nanoparticles (NP), meaning that workers of those industries are at risk of potential exposure to these particles. At p...
A methodology to evaluate the performance and consumption of vehicles in compar...
Ghodsirad, Mohammadhossein; Teixeira, Joao; Breda, Paulo; Campos, Cristina; Serrano, Luis; Silva, Manuel Gameiro daThe main objective of the reported work was to develop a methodology to assess the fuel consumption and the efficiency of the propulsion system of passenger cars equipped with internal combustion engines in road tests carried out to compare the performance of fuels with different formulations. The examination has been done out in highway travels. A Peugeot 407 HDI station wagon, with a 2,0 liter engine, has bee...