Assessment of the chemical-physical variables affecting the evaporation of organic compounds from aqueous solutions in a sampling wind tunnel.

The aim of this work is the evaluation and the analysis of the different chemical-physical variables that affect the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and odours from passive liquid area sources inside a wind tunnel, which is typically used for emission sampling. Three different compounds (acetone, butanol and ethanol), having different volatilization properties (e.g.

Application and Uses of Electronic Noses for Clinical Diagnosis on Urine Samples: A Review.

The electronic nose is able to provide useful information through the analysis of the volatile organic compounds in body fluids, such as exhaled breath, urine and blood. This paper focuses on the review of electronic nose studies and applications in the specific field of medical diagnostics based on the analysis of the gaseous headspace of human urine, in order to provide a broad overview of the state of the art and thus enhance future developments in this field. The research in this field is rather recent and still in progress, and there are several aspects that need to be investigated more into depth, not only to develop and improve specific electronic noses for different diseases, but also with the aim to discover and analyse the connections between specific diseases and the body fluids odour.