AIS LIFE
Aerobiological Information Systems and allergic respiratory disease management
AIS Life LIFE 13 ENV/IT/001 107
European Project
Focus area
In the field of environment and health, with particular attention to allergic respiratory health ...
Pollen allergies
Pollen is one of the most common triggers of seasonal allergies. Many people know pollen allergy as “hay fever,” but health experts usually refer to it as “seasonal allergic rhinitis.”Each spring, summer, and fall, plants release tiny pollen grains to fertilize other plants of the same species. Most of the pollens that cause allergic reactions come from trees, weeds, and grasses. These plants make small, light, and dry pollen grains that are carried by the wind. Certain species of trees, including birch, cedar, and oak, also produce highly allergenic pollen. People with pollen allergy only have symptoms for the period or season when the pollen grains to which they are allergic are in the air.
Biology
The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, anddistribution.
Environmental chemistry
Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical processes occurring in the environment which are impacted by humankind's activities. The focus in our courses and research activities is upon developing a fundamental understanding of the nature of these chemical processes, so that humankind's activities can be accurately evaluated. Environmental chemistry involves first understanding how the uncontaminated environment works, which chemicals in what concentrations are present naturally, and with what effects. Without this it would be impossible to accurately study the effects humans have on the environment through the release of chemicals.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed.
Like the clinical findings and pathology, the epidemiology of a disease is an integral part of its basic description. The subject has its special techniques of data collection and interpretation, and its necessary jargon for technical terms.
Computer information systems
An information system (IS) is any organized system for the collection, organization, storage and communication of information. More specifically, it is the study of complementary networks that people and organizations use tocollect, filter, process, create and distribute data.
A computer information system is a system composed of people and computers that processes or interprets information.[1][2][3][4] The term is also sometimes used in more restricted senses to refer to only the software used to run a computerized database or to refer to only a computer system.
