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      Poincianella pluviosa as biomonitor of heavy metals in the municipality of Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil Translated title: Poincianella pluviosa como biomonitora de metais pesados no município de Volta Redonda, RJ, Brasil

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          ABSTRACT The present study aimed to determine heavy metal concentrations in the tree bark of the species Poincianella pluviosa in Volta Redonda municipality, Rio de Janeiro. Four sets of barks of eight trees with three replicates each from sectors 1 (W), 2 (S), 3 (E), and 4 (N) of the Volta Redonda center corresponding to the cardinal points were collected. The samples were digested in a nitroperchloric mixture and the lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) contents were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The cluster analysis (CA) formed 12 groups; among them, group 3 (G3) showed the presence of all seven elements in sector 1 and group 8 (G8) showed the presence of Pb, Zn, Fe, Ni, and Mn in sector 2. Kruskal-Wallis and Bonferroni tests showed that all elements presented statistically different values among the four sectors when compared with each other (p > 0.05). Sectors 1, 2, and 3 had the highest concentrations of heavy metals, which are directly associated with vehicle and railroad flow and iron and steel activities that are concentrated in these sectors. Bark can be used as an effective method for the monitoring of air pollution in urban areas.

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          RESUMO Objetivou-se com o presente estudo determinar a concentração de metais pesados em cascas de árvores da espécie Poincianella pluviosa no município Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro. Foram coletadas cascas de oito árvores, com três repetições de cada, nos setores 1 (W), 2 (S), 3 (E) e 4 (N) do centro de Volta Redonda correspondente aos pontos cardeais. A digestão das amostras foi realizada em mistura nitro-perclórica e a determinação dos teores de Pb, Cd, Ni, Cu, Zn, Fe e Mn por espectrofotometria de absorção atômica. A análise de agrupamento (AA) formou 12 grupos, entre eles o grupo 3 (G3) demonstrou a concentração dos sete elementos analisados no setor 1 e o grupo 8 (G8) agrupou os elementos Pb, Zn, Fe, Ni e Mn no setor 2. Os testes de Kruskal-Wallis e Bonferroni demonstraram que todos os elementos apresentaram valores estatisticamente diferentes entre os quatro setores comparados (p > 0,05). Os setores 1, 2 e 3 apresentaram as maiores concentrações de metais pesados, que estar diretamente associados ao fluxo de veículos, linha férrea e as atividades da siderurgia que se concentram nesses setores. O uso da casca de árvore pode ser utilizado com um método eficaz para o monitoramento da poluição atmosférica em áreas urbanas.

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            A Survey of Wireless Sensor Network Based Air Pollution Monitoring Systems

            The air quality in urban areas is a major concern in modern cities due to significant impacts of air pollution on public health, global environment, and worldwide economy. Recent studies reveal the importance of micro-level pollution information, including human personal exposure and acute exposure to air pollutants. A real-time system with high spatio-temporal resolution is essential because of the limited data availability and non-scalability of conventional air pollution monitoring systems. Currently, researchers focus on the concept of The Next Generation Air Pollution Monitoring System (TNGAPMS) and have achieved significant breakthroughs by utilizing the advance sensing technologies, MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). However, there exist potential problems of these newly proposed systems, namely the lack of 3D data acquisition ability and the flexibility of the sensor network. In this paper, we classify the existing works into three categories as Static Sensor Network (SSN), Community Sensor Network (CSN) and Vehicle Sensor Network (VSN) based on the carriers of the sensors. Comprehensive reviews and comparisons among these three types of sensor networks were also performed. Last but not least, we discuss the limitations of the existing works and conclude the objectives that we want to achieve in future systems.
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              Current air quality analytics and monitoring: A review

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                Journal
                rbeaa
                Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
                Rev. bras. eng. agríc. ambient.
                Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola - UFCG (Campina Grande, PB, Brazil )
                1415-4366
                1807-1929
                January 2019
                : 23
                : 1
                : 71-76
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                [1] Manaus Amazonas orgnameInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia orgdiv1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências de Florestas Tropicais Brazil marcellespedro.as@ 123456gmail.com
                [3] Seropédica Rio de Janeiro orgnameUniversidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Departamento de Ciências Ambientais orgdiv2Instituto de Florestas Brazil l.mauro@ 123456terra.com.br
                [4] Maceió orgnameUniversidade Federal de Alagoas orgdiv1Instituto de Ciências Atmosféricas orgdiv2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Meteorologia Brazil jose.junior@ 123456icat.ufal.br
                [2] Volta Redonda Rio de Janeiro orgnameUniversidade Federal Fluminense orgdiv1Escola de Engenharia Industrial Metalúrgica de Volta Redonda orgdiv2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia Brazil fabianasoares@ 123456id.uff.br
                Article
                S1415-43662019000100071
                10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v23n1p71-76
                54901669-2478-454b-bb7f-9fd0f4b76843

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 20 January 2018
                : 23 September 2018
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                ecologia urbana,poluição atmosférica,urban ecology,atmospheric pollution,sibipiruna

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