The project will actively contribute to the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report (AR5) due in 2013-14 and realize a policy-relevant guidance to hamper Ambrosia invasion and air pollutant interactions with aeroallergens.
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Atopica aims at a better understanding and the identification of the effects of environmental changes on Ambrosia pollen-induced allergic disease in Europe, using a highly interdisciplinary and integrated approach.
Cross Canadian Ragweed | ragweed | Ragweed | Cross Canadian Ragweed (album) |
In common with similar livestock, others include: acorns, African rue, agave, amaryllis, autumn crocus, bear grass, broom snakeweed, buckwheat, ragweed, buttercups, calla lily, orange tree foliage, carnations, castor beans, and many others.
It has also been called Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Roman Wormwood, Stammerwort, Stickweed, Tassel Weed, and American Wormwood.
It has been argued to have originated from the Greek goddess Artemis (Diana, in the Roman version) or that it refers to the name of Ragweed in Spanish, Artemisia (Ambrosia artemisifolia), abundant at the time.
Common associates in the flora of the plant's basin and desert habitat include saltbush, winterfat, creosote bush, ragweed, greasewood, hopsage, and boxthorn.
Some newer vacuum cleaners have high-efficiency particulate air filtration (HEPA) filters attached, which, when combined with the special bags, are effective in trapping almost 100% of allergens, including ragweed, dust mites, and grass pollen.
Two of the major allergens in the pollen of short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) are Amb aI and Amb aII.