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Mar 6, 2022 13 tweets 5 min read Read on X
1/ I always go in for my asymptomatic PCR testing @ucdavis on Sunday mornings & take the time to walk around campus before & after. It is such a gift to work at a great university w/ such a wonderful campus. A few images taken on those walks today & previously .....
2/ Our beautiful arboretum - Such a nice play to walk away from the office to clear one's mind and get some exercise.
3/ Lots of non-human animals all around campus.
4/ The @UCDavisCOE Coffee Center. First of a kind for fundamental research on coffee.
5/ As a dog lover, this one always pulls at my heart strings ...

Faithful Partner statue in the middle of the #1 ranked School of Veterinary Medicine in the world.
6/ Sciences Lab Building
7/ Just a nice place along a walkway behind the athletic complex.
8/ A student dining commons w/ a lot of outdoor seating around 2nd floor and ground level.
9/ One of several student dorm complexes on campus (w/ windows that open). The interior courtyards of this complex are beautiful - like a place I might want to retire someday!
10/ Kemper Hall - One of three major engineering buildings and home to the @UCDavisCOE dean's office (my home away from home).
11/ The future Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center - an expansion from current 9,000 to 23,000 sq ft and place where students & student teams can design, build prototypes, engage in start-up companies and more. Excited about grand opening in 9 mos or so.
12/ A couple of evening photos:

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
13/ Eggheads

It's been a very difficult two years. Let's all try to get along.

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nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27341/…
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(1) Ambient air (wide range of sources): penetration of fine PM from outdoor to indoor air

(2) Combustion processes: natural gas, propane, wood, oil, coal, candles, incense

Tobacco considered only for comparative purposes as much is already known/reported.
(3) Non-combustion heating processes: cooking, essential oil vaporizers, laser printers, e-cigarettes

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nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27341/…
Sources considered:

(1) Ambient air (wide range of sources):
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(2) Combustion processes:
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Tobacco considered only for comparative purposes as much is already known/reported.
(3) Non-combustion heating processes:
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(2) Most fine particulate matter (particles with diameters of 2.5 microns or less) are inhaled indoors. This is true for fine particles of both indoor as well as outdoor origin. (more on sources of fine PM in a future tweet).
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(3) Technological advancements yield great potential for quantifying & reducing exposures
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(5) A lack of centralized responsibility for indoor PM2.5 policy is hindering reductions in population exposure and health benefits at scale
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1/ This CR Box (the one on the right!) has now totaled operational time equivalent to an entire in-classroom school year. Both it and its cohort of three other CR Boxes continue to perform with a high level of effectiveness across a wide range of particle sizes. Image
2/ Four CR Boxes were placed in different indoor settings on the UC Davis campus, from a relatively clean 4-person office suite w/ VCT flooring to a particle-challenged soils lab.
3/ Each CR Box consists of four 20" x 20" x 2" MERV-13 filters (3 boxes w/ filters from the same manufacturer and the 4th from a different manufacturer). A 20" x 20" box fan was used to draw air through each CR Box.
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