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2. Cost-effectiveness analysis to assess the protection of workers from exposure to radon at work: A first application to Italian retail shops
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Trevisi, Rosabianca, Antignani, Sara, Botti, Teresa, Buresti, Giuliana, Carpentieri, Carmela, Leonardi, Federica, and Bochicchio, Francesco
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- 2022
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3. An investigation on the vibration transmissibility of the human elbow subjected to hand-transmitted vibration
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Marchetti, Enrico, Sisto, Renata, Lunghi, Alessandro, Sacco, Floriana, Sanjust, Filippo, Di Giovanni, Raoul, Botti, Teresa, Morgia, Federica, and Tirabasso, Angelo
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- 2017
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4. Synergistic effects of noise and hand-arm vibration on distortion product otoacoustic emissions in healthy subjects
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Sisto, Renata, Botti, Teresa, Cerini, Luigi, Di Giovanni, Raoul, Marchetti, Enrico, Lunghi, Alessandro, Sacco, Floriana, Sanjust, Filippo, Tirabasso, Angelo, and Moleti, Arturo
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- 2017
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5. Factors Affecting Indoor Radon Levels in Buildings Located in a Karst Area: A Statistical Analysis.
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Botti, Teresa, Buresti, Giuliana, Caricato, Anna Paola, Chezzi, Alberto, Leonardi, Federica, Luzzi, Laura, and Trevisi, Rosabianca
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RADON , *KARST , *CONSTRUCTION materials , *SEDIMENTARY rocks , *ARITHMETIC mean - Abstract
In this paper, the averages annual radon concentrations in buildings placed in a karst area are analyzed in order to understand which factors may affect the occurrence of high levels of radon indoor. Statistical analysis on the radon dataset is performed using analytical factors described by two or three levels according to the characteristic of the measured buildings. The factors that determine higher radon levels in terms of arithmetic mean (AM) at ground floor (GF) are mainly the presence of sedimentary calcareous rock (SCR) in walls and the direct attack or crawl space as type of foundation. At first floors (FF), the presence of walls of only SCR showed radon levels higher (in terms of AM) than the one found for walls of mixed typology. These outcomes suggest that in karstic area buildings with SCR as the main construction material and direct attack or crawl space as the type of foundation, can be considered as radon-prone buildings. Moreover, this study confirms the need to measure radon levels not only at below ground floor and at GF, but also at FF and above for buildings in karst areas with construction materials including SCR blocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. Eardrum reflectance in healthy subjects exposed to noise and/or hand-arm vibration
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Botti, Teresa, Cerini, Luigi, Moleti, Arturo, Sanjust, Filippo, Di Giovanni, Raoul, Tirabasso, Angelo, Marchetti, Enrico, and Sisto, Renata
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- 2022
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7. Delay differential equations in a nonlinear cochlear model
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Botti, Teresa
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MAT/08 ANALISI NUMERICA ,delayed stiffness ,finite differences ,method of steps ,state space ,cochlear model ,Constant delay differential equations, cochlear model, delayed stiffness, state space, finite differences, method of steps ,Constant delay differential equations - Published
- 2015
8. High Altitude Performance of Loudspeakers and Potential Impact on Audiometric Findings.
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Lucertini, Marco, Botti, Teresa, Sanjust, Filippo, Cerini, Luigi, Autore, Alberto, Lucertini, Lorenzo, and Sisto, Renata
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BACKGROUND: The evaluation of how air rarefaction can affect a loudspeaker performance at altitude implies the need for characterization of earphones during hypobaric conditions. The aim of this study was phonometric analysis at different altitudes of the acoustic output of a widely used earphone model, along with its consequences on audiological investigations conducted under such environmental conditions. METHODS: The transfer function of a TDH-39P earphone was analyzed with an artificial ear under nine different altitude levels, from sea level up to 35,000 ft, inside a hypobaric chamber. A specific phonometric system not sensitive to environmental pressure changes was used. Other potentially confounding factors, such as environmental temperature and humidity, were continuously monitored. RESULTS: No relevant temperature or humidity changes were detected. The sound pressure level generated by the earphone under hypobaric conditions was found considerably affected by air density changes. These data produced a correction table aiming at recalibrating the earphone's output at each audiometric octave test frequency within the 250-8000 Hz range. Quite different characteristics of response were observed at different audiometric frequencies. Such findings were particularly evident for altitudes exceeding 12,000 ft. DISCUSSION: The development of a frequency-selective and altitude-related correction factor for acoustic stimuli is an essential aspect when hearing threshold measurements in hypobaric environments are performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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9. DPOAE Generation Dependence on Primary Frequencies Ratio.
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Botti, Teresa, Sisto, Renata, Moleti, Arturo, D'Amato, Luisa, and Sanjust, Filippo
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ELECTRIC distortion , *LATENCY-associated nuclear antigen , *COMPUTER simulation , *OPTICAL reflection , *HEARING disorders - Abstract
Two different mechanisms are responsible for the DPOAE generation. The nonlinear distortion wave-fixed mechanism generates the DPOAE Zero-Latency (ZL) component, as a backward traveling wave from the "overlap" region. Linear reflection of the forward DP wave (IDP) generates the DPOAE Long-Latency (LL) component through a place-fixed mechanism. ZL and LL components add up vectorially to generate the DPOAE recorded in the ear canal. The 2 f1- f2 and 2f2- f1 DPOAE intensity depends on the stimulus level and on the primary frequency ratio r = f2/ f1, where f1 and f2 are the primary stimuli frequencies. Here we study the behavior of the ZL and LL DPOAE components as a function of r by both numerical and laboratory experiments, measuring DPAOEs with an equal primary levels (L1 = L2) paradigm in the range [35, 75] dB SPL, with r ranging in [1.1, 1.45]. Numerical simulations of a nonlocal nonlinear model have been performed without cochlear roughness, to suppress the linear reflection mechanism. In this way the model solution at the base represents the DPOAE ZL component, and the solution at the corresponding DPOAE tonotopic place corresponds to the IDP. This technique has been not effectual to study the 2f2-f1 DPOAE, as a consequence of its generation mechanism. While the 2f2-f1 generation place is known to be the tonotopic place x(f2), the 2f2-f1 DPOAE one has to be assumed basal to its corresponding reflection place. That is because ZL components generated in x(f2) cannot significantly pass through their resonant place. Moreover increasing the ratio r, 2f2-f1 ZL and LL generation place approach each other, because the overlap region of primary tones decreases. Consequently, the distinction between the two places becomes complicated. DPOAEs have been measured in six young normal-hearing subjects. DPOAE ZL and LL components have been separated by a time-frequency filtering method based on the wavelet transform [1] due to their different phase gradient delay. Amplitude/phase vs ratio and ratio-frequency maps have been analyzed both in numerical and laboratory data. As already observed in animal studies [4], the generation of 2f2-f1 DPOAE is around the f2 tonotopic place with a maximum around r = 1.2 for the ZL component, while the LL component shows a decreasing trend with r. Instead, 2 f2 - f1 DPOAEs show a decreasing trend with r for both ZL and LL components. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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10. DPOAE Generation Dependence on Primary Frequencies Ratio.
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Botti, Teresa, Sisto, Renata, Moleti, Arturo, D'Amato, Luisa, and Sanjust, Filippo
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OTOACOUSTIC emissions , *AUDITORY perception , *NONLINEAR waves , *MICROMECHANICS , *TIME-frequency analysis - Abstract
Two different mechanisms are responsible for the DPOAE generation. The nonlinear distortion wave-fixed mechanism generates the DPOAE Zero-Latency (ZL) component, as a backward traveling wave from the "overlap" region. Linear reflection of the forward DP wave (IDP) generates the DPOAE Long-Latency (LL) component through a place-fixed mechanism. ZL and LL components add up vectorially to generate the DPOAE recorded in the ear canal. The 2 f1- f2 and 2 f2- f1 DPOAE intensity depends on the stimulus level and on the primary frequency ratio r = f2/ f1, where f1 and f2 are the primary stimuli frequencies. Here we study the behavior of the ZL and LL DPOAE components as a function of r by both numerical and laboratory experiments, measuring DPAOEs with an equal primary levels (L1 = L2) paradigm in the range [35, 75] dB SPL, with r ranging in [1.1, 1.45]. Numerical simulations of a nonlocal nonlinear model have been performed without cochlear roughness, to suppress the linear reflection mechanism. In this way the model solution at the base represents the DPOAE ZL component, and the solution at the corresponding DPOAE tonotopic place corresponds to the IDP. This technique has been not effectual to study the 2 f2 - f1 DPOAE, as a consequence of its generation mechanism. While the 2 f1 - f2 generation place is known to be the tonotopic place x(f2), the 2 f2 - f1 DPOAE one has to be assumed basal to its corresponding reflection place. That is because ZL components generated in x(f2) cannot significantly pass through their resonant place. Moreover increasing the ratio r, 2f2 - f1 ZL and LL generation place approach each other, because the overlap region of primary tones decreases. Consequently, the distinction between the two places becomes complicated. DPOAEs have been measured in six young normal-hearing subjects. DPOAE ZL and LL components have been separated by a time-frequency filtering method based on the wavelet transform [1] due to their different phase gradient delay. Amplitude/phase vs ratio and ratio-frequency maps have been analyzed both in numerical and laboratory data. As already observed in animal studies [4], the generation of 2 f1 - f2 DPOAE is around the f2 tonotopic place with a maximum around r = 1.2 for the ZL component, while the LL component shows a decreasing trend with r. Instead, 2 f2 - f1 DPOAEs show a decreasing trend with r for both ZL and LL components. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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11. Distortion product otoacoustic emission generation mechanisms and their dependence on stimulus level and primary frequency ratio.
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Botti, Teresa, Sisto, Renata, Sanjust, Filippo, Moleti, Arturo, and D'Amato, Luisa
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OTOACOUSTIC emissions , *STIMULUS intensity , *COCHLEA , *TIME-frequency analysis , *NONLINEAR statistical models , *COMPUTER simulation , *ACOUSTIC localization - Abstract
In this study, a systematic analysis of the dependence on stimulus level and primary frequency ratio r of the different components of human distortion product otoacoustic emissions has been performed, to check the validity of theoretical models of their generation, as regards the localization of the sources and the relative weight of distortion and reflection generation mechanisms. 2f1 - f2 and 2f2 - f1 distortion product otoacoustic emissions of 12 normal hearing ears from six human subjects have been measured at four different levels, in the range [35, 65] dB sound pressure level, at eight different ratios, in the range [1.1, 1.45]. Time-frequency filtering was used to separate distortion and reflection components. Numerical simulations have also been performed using an active nonlinear cochlear model. Both in the experiment and in the simulations, the behavior of the 2f1 - f2 distortion and reflection components was in agreement with previous measurements and with the predictions of the two-source model. The 2f2 - f1 response showed a rotating-phase component only, whose behavior was in general agreement with that predicted for a component generated and reflected within a region basal to the characteristic place of frequency 2f2 - f1, although alternative interpretations, which are also discussed, cannot be ruled out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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12. Forward- and Reverse-Traveling Waves in DP Phenomenology: Does Inverted Direction of Wave Propagation Occur in Classical Models?
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Sisto, Renata, Shera, Christopher A., Moleti, Arturo, and Botti, Teresa
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BASILAR membrane ,OTOACOUSTIC emissions ,LOGICAL prediction ,BIOLOGY experiments ,RADIO lines ,MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
Recent basilar-membrane (BM) vibration experiments show that the phase slope of the distortion product (DP) in the cochlear region in which a backward-traveling wave is expected is negative, which is typical of a forward-traveling wave, according to the predictions of quasi-linear approximate solutions of classical 1-D transmission-line cochlear models. This phase behavior has been interpreted as suggesting a strong deviation from the 'classical' models of the otoacoustic emission (OAE) generation and transmission. In this paper, the DP phase inversion phenomenon is approached from a conservative point of view. The DP phase is calculated in a classical cochlear model. The main conclusion is that deviations from the classical model are not necessary to account for the observed phase behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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13. Numerical Simulations of Otoacoustic Emissions from a Non-linear Non-local Cochlear Model.
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Sisto, Renata, Botti, Teresa, Moleti, Arturo, and Bertaccini, Daniele
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COMPUTER simulation , *MATHEMATICAL models , *OTOACOUSTIC emissions , *BIOACOUSTICS , *NUMERICAL analysis , *MATHEMATICAL analysis - Abstract
Otoacoustic emissions are numerically simulated from a nonlinear nonlocal cochlear model solved in time domain by means of the space-state matrix technique. The feedback mechanism localized in the outer hair cells system is modeled as a nonlinear active force proportional to the total pressure acting on the basilar membrane or as an anti-damping nonlinear term proportional to the velocity of the membrane itself. The model seems to be a very good tool for simulating cochlear dynamics in different regimes of the cochlear parameters and in particular when strong nonlinearities are put into the model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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14. Generation place of the long- and short-latency components of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions in a nonlinear cochlear model.
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Moleti, Arturo, Mohsin Al-Maamury, Adnan, Bertaccini, Daniele, Botti, Teresa, and Sisto, Renata
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COCHLEA ,ACOUSTIC emission ,WAVELETS (Mathematics) ,NONLINEAR systems ,OTOACOUSTIC emissions - Abstract
Time-domain numerical solutions of a nonlinear active cochlear model forced by click stimuli are analyzed with a time-frequency wavelet technique to identify the components of the otoacoustic response associated with different generation mechanisms/places. Previous experimental studies have shown evidence for the presence of at least two components in the transient otoacoustic response: A long-latency response, growing compressively with increasing stimulus level, and a shorter-latency response, characterized by faster growth. The possible mechanisms for the generation of the two components are discussed using the results of the numerical simulations. The model is a one-dimensional (1-D) transmission line model with nonlinear and nonlocal active terms representing the anti-damping action of the 'cochlear amplifier.' The dependence on the stimulus level of latency and level was measured for the different components of the response. The generation mechanisms/places of the different components were identified by varying the stimulus level and by turning off the cochlear roughness in well-defined cochlear regions. The results suggest that reflections from roughness coming from basal regions of the cochlea may give a relevant contribution to the early otoacoustic response, whereas nonlinear mechanisms seem to produce a much smaller additional contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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15. Transient-evoked otoacoustic emission generators in a nonlinear cochlea.
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Moleti, Arturo, Botti, Teresa, and Sisto, Renata
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BIOACOUSTICS , *OTOACOUSTIC emissions , *COCHLEA , *MEDICAL ultrasonics , *LINEAR statistical models - Abstract
This study focuses on the theoretical prediction and experimental evaluation of the latency of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions. Response components with different delay have been identified in several studies. The main generator of the transient response is assumed to be coherent reflection from cochlear roughness near the resonant place. Additional components of different latency can be generated by different mechanisms. Experimental data are re-analyzed in this study to evaluate the dependence of the latency on stimulus level, for each component of the response, showing that previous estimates of the otoacoustic emission latency were affected by systematic errors. The latency of the emission from each generator changes very little with stimulus level, whereas their different growth rate causes sharp changes of the single-valued latency, estimated as the time of the absolute maximum of the bandpass filtered response. Results of passive linear models, in which gain and bandwidth of the cochlear amplifier are strictly related, are incompatible with the observations. Although active linear models including delayed stiffness terms do predict much slower dependence of latency on the stimulus level, a suitable nonlinear model should be designed, capable of decoupling more effectively the dependence on stimulus level of amplitude and phase of the otoacoustic response. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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16. Distortion products and backward-traveling waves in nonlinear active models of the cochlea.
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Sisto, Renata, Moleti, Arturo, Botti, Teresa, Bertaccini, Daniele, and Shera, Christopher A.
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COCHLEA ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,BASILAR membrane ,VIBRATION (Mechanics) ,SIMULATION methods & models ,INNER ear ,SOUND - Abstract
This study explores the phenomenology of distortion products in nonlinear cochlear models, predicting their amplitude and phase along the basilar membrane. The existence of a backward-traveling wave at the distortion-product frequency, which has been recently questioned by experiments measuring the phase of basilar-membrane vibration, is discussed. The effect of different modeling choices is analyzed, including feed-forward asymmetry, micromechanical roughness, and breaking of scaling symmetry. The experimentally observed negative slope of basilar-membrane phase is predicted by numerical simulations of nonlinear cochlear models under a wide range of parameters and modeling choices. In active models, positive phase slopes are predicted by the quasi-linear analytical computations and by the fully nonlinear numerical simulations only if the distortion-product sources are localized apical to the observation point and if the stapes reflectivity is unrealistically small. The results of this study predict a negative phase slope whenever the source is distributed over a reasonably wide cochlear region and/or a reasonably high stapes reflectivity is assumed. Therefore, the above-mentioned experiments do not contradict 'classical' models of cochlear mechanics and of distortion-product generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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17. Different models of the active cochlea, and how to implement them in the state-space formalism.
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Sisto, Renata, Moleti, Arturo, Paternoster, Nicolo, Botti, Teresa, and Bertaccini, Daniele
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COCHLEA ,BASILAR membrane ,HAIR cells ,VAN der Pol oscillators (Physics) ,COMPUTER simulation - Abstract
The state-space formalism [Elliott S. J., et al. (2007). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 2759–2771] allows one to discretize cochlear models in a straightforward matrix form and to modify the main physical properties of the cochlear model by changing the position and functional form of a few matrix elements. Feed-forward and feed-backward properties can be obtained by simply introducing off-diagonal terms in the matrixes expressing the coupling between the dynamical variables and the additional active pressure on the basilar membrane. Some theoretical issues related to different cochlear modeling choices, their implementation in a state-space scheme, and their physical consequences on the cochlear phenomenology, as predicted by numerical simulations, are discussed. Different schematizations of the active term describing the behavior of the outer hair cell’s feedback mechanism, including nonlinear and nonlocal dependences on either pressure or basilar membrane displacement, are also discussed, showing their effect on some measurable cochlear properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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18. Radon Spatial Variations in University's Buildings Located in an Italian Karst Region.
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Leonardi, Federica, Botti, Teresa, Buresti, Giuliana, Caricato, Anna Paola, Chezzi, Alberto, Pepe, Carlo, Spagnolo, Sabina, Tonnarini, Sabrina, Veschetti, Miriam, and Trevisi, Rosabianca
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RADON , *SPATIAL variation , *MARL , *COLLEGE buildings , *KARST , *SOIL air , *CONSTRUCTION materials , *RADON transforms - Abstract
In the framework of a collaboration between INAIL and University of Salento, an indoor radon survey in 54 buildings belonging to the UniSalento University (Southeast Italy) was carried out. The monitored buildings differ by type, construction period, materials, etc., and are located in an area with a morphology characterized mainly by marls, calcareous marls, and calcarenites (karst area). The sample of the survey includes 963 rooms at different floors: it consists in rooms mainly located at ground floor (67%), first floor (12%), and below ground (12%). SSNTD passive dosimeters measured the average radon activity concentration for two consecutive semesters (spring/summer and autumn/winter) from which annual radon averages were estimated for each room. The spatial variability within buildings was investigated in terms of variation between floors and among rooms at the same floor. Data analysis provides evidence that the distributions (in terms of arithmetic mean, standard deviation, median, and geometric mean) of indoor radon annual averages at ground floor and at first floor within building are very similar. This highlights that the karstic characteristics of soil and building materials affect radon levels not only below ground and at ground floor, but also at first floor. Moreover, to evaluate the spatial variability of radon among buildings or floors, the analysis of the distribution of coefficient of variation (CV) was carried out: the results show a low spatial variability with median and average values of CVs ≤ 30% both for the whole building and at different floor levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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