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  2. Mold control and prevention (library and archive) - Wikipedia

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    Mold is a dangerous library pest because of the damage it causes to the collections. Mold thrives off of paper and books; these objects provide the fungi a source of nutrition, namely the sugar and starches present in the cellulose materials. [6] Mold feeds on cloth, leather, glues, adhesives, cellulose starch and starches in the sizing.

  3. Indoor mold - Wikipedia

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    Exposure to mold may heighten sensitivity, depending on the time and nature of exposure. People with chronic lung diseases are at higher risk for mold allergies, and will experience more severe reactions when exposed to mold. Damp indoor environments correlate with upper-respiratory-tract symptoms, such as coughing and wheezing in people with ...

  4. Pattern (casting) - Wikipedia

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    Cores to accommodate holes can be seen in the bottom half of the mould, which is called the drag. The top half of the mould is called the cope. In casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to form the sand mould cavity into which molten metal is poured during the casting process. Once the pattern has been used to form the ...

  5. Mold health issues - Wikipedia

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    Prevention of mold exposure from food is generally to consume food that has no mold growths on it. [48] Also, mold growth in the first place can be prevented by the same concept of mold growth, assessment, and remediation that prevents air exposure. Also, it is especially useful to clean the inside of the refrigerator and to ensure dishcloths ...

  6. Aspergillus - Wikipedia

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    Aspergillus niger is a prime example of this; it can be found growing on damp walls, as a major component of mildew. [citation needed] Several species of Aspergillus, including A. niger and A. fumigatus, will readily colonise buildings, [7] favouring warm and damp or humid areas such as bathrooms and around window frames. [8]

  7. Sick building syndrome - Wikipedia

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    An air quality monitor. Human exposure to aerosols has a variety of adverse health effects. [7] Building occupants complain of symptoms such as sensory irritation of the eyes, nose, or throat; neurotoxic or general health problems; skin irritation; nonspecific hypersensitivity reactions; infectious diseases; [8] and odor and taste sensations. [9]

  8. Leaflet (software) - Wikipedia

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    Leaflet supports Web Map Service (WMS) layers, GeoJSON layers, Vector layers and Tile layers natively. Many other types of layers are supported via plugins.. Like other web map libraries, the basic display model implemented by Leaflet is one basemap, plus zero or more translucent overlays, with zero or more vector objects displayed on top.

  9. Hood mould - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, a hood mould, hood, label mould (from Latin labia, lip), drip mould or dripstone [1] is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater, historically often in form of a pediment. This moulding can be terminated at the side by ornamentation called a label stop.