Browsing by Author "Mochalski, Paweł"
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Application of ion mobility spectrometry for the detection of human urine
Rudnicka, J.; Mochalski, Paweł; Agapiou, Agapios; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Amann, Anton; Buszewski, B. (2010)The aim of the present study was to evaluate the suitability of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) for the detection of human urine as an indication of human presence during urban search and rescue operations in collapsed ...
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A compendium of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by human cell lines
Filipiak, W.; Mochalski, Paweł; Filipiak, A.; Ager, C.; Cumeras, R.; Davis, C. E.; Agapiou, Agapios; Unterkofler, K.; Troppmair, J. (2016)Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) offer unique insights into ongoing biochemical processes in healthy and diseased humans. Yet, their diagnostic use is hampered by the limited understanding of their biochemical or cellular ...
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Monitoring of selected skin- and breath-borne volatile organic compounds emitted from the human body using gas chromatography ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS)
Mochalski, Paweł; Wiesenhofer, Helmut; Allers, Maria; Zimmermann, Stefan; Güntner, Andreas T.; Pineau, Nicolay J.; Lederer, Wolfgang; Agapiou, Agapios; Mayhew, Christopher A.; Ruzsanyi, Veronika (2018)Human smuggling and associated cross-border crimes have evolved as a major challenge for the European Union in recent years. Of particular concern is the increasing trend of smuggling migrants hidden inside shipping ...
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Near real-time VOCs analysis using an aspiration ion mobility spectrometer
Mochalski, Paweł; Rudnicka, J.; Agapiou, Agapios; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Amann, Anton; Buszewski, B. (2013)The ChemPro 100i chemical detector (aspiration-type ion mobility spectrometer) was used for the detection of selected volatile organic compounds known to be potential indicators of human presence. The targeted group of ...
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Permeation profiles of potential urine-borne biomarkers of human presence over brick and concrete
Mochalski, Paweł; Agapiou, Agapios; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Amann, Anton (2012)Headspace solid phase micro-extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS) analysis was performed over an in-house made filling chamber loaded with brick or concrete, mimicking a potential entrapment scene ...
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Book Chapter
Potential Applications of Volatile Organic Compounds in Safety and Security
Agapiou, Agapios; Mochalski, Paweł; Schmid, A.; Amann, Anton (Elsevier B.V., 2013)
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Prediction of blood:air and fat:Air partition coefficients of volatile organic compounds for the interpretation of data in breath gas analysis
Kramer, C.; Mochalski, Paweł; Unterkofler, K.; Agapiou, Agapios; Ruzsanyi, V.; Liedl, K. R. (2016)In this article, a database of blood:air and fat:air partition coefficients (λ b:a and λ f:a) is reported for estimating 1678 volatile organic compounds recently reported to appear in the volatilome of the healthy human. ...
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Preliminary investigation of permeation profiles of selected head-space urine volatiles (2-Heptanone, n-Octanal) using IMS
Mochalski, Paweł; Buszewska, M.; Agapiou, Agapios; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Buszewski, B.; Amann, Anton (2012)The late location of entrapped victims in collapsed buildings is the main reason of high mortality during urban search and rescue (USaR) operations after natural or man-made disasters. Consequently, an effort is currently ...
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Sniffing Entrapped Humans with Sensor Arrays
Güntner, Andreas T.; Pineau, Nicolay J.; Mochalski, Paweł; Wiesenhofer, Helmut; Agapiou, Agapios; Mayhew, Christopher A.; Pratsinis, Sotiris E. (2018)Earthquakes are lethal natural disasters frequently burying people alive under collapsed buildings. Tracking entrapped humans from their unique volatile chemical signature with hand-held devices would accelerate urban ...
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Spatial characteristics of urinary BTEX concentrations in the general population
Tsangari, Xanthi; Andrianou, Xanthi D.; Agapiou, Agapios; Mochalski, Paweł; Makris, Konstantinos C. (2017)Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-, m-, and p-xylenes (BTEX) are ubiquitous outdoor and indoor air pollutants associated with both environmental and health effects. The objective of this exploratory study was to determine ...
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Temporal profiling of human urine VOCs and its potential role under the ruins of collapsed buildings
Mochalski, Paweł; Krapf, K.; Ager, C.; Wiesenhofer, H.; Agapiou, Agapios; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Fuchs, D.; Ellmerer, E.; Buszewski, B.; Amann, Anton (2012)Context: The scent profile of human urine was investigated as potential source of chemical markers of human presence in collapsed buildings after natural or man-made disasters. Objective: The main goals of this study were ...
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Trace detection of endogenous human volatile organic compounds for search, rescue and emergency applications
Agapiou, Agapios; Amann, Anton; Mochalski, Paweł; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2015)Since Pauling's paper in the 1970s, interest has increased in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from different bio-fluids, such as blood and urine. A number of VOCs reflect internal biochemical pathways occurring ...