• Morphological study and comparison of western and eastern goitered gazelle(Gazella subgutturosa:Gueldenstaedt, 1780) Populations in Iran 

  Hayatgheib, D.؛ Karami, M.؛ Farahmand, H.؛ Mehrabani-yeganeh, H.؛ Farhadinia, M.S. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Western and eastern populations of goitered gazelles are separated by Zagors Mountains as a barrier. Bordering Iraq, western population has suffered from drastic decline during and after Iran-Iraq war. Presently, there are ...

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• Molybdenum pollution and speciation in Nver River sediments impacted with Mo mining activities in western Liaoning, northeast China 

  Yu, Ch.؛ Xu, Sh.؛ Gang, M.؛ Zhou, L.؛ Chen, G. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  The concentrations and speciation of Mo, together with Fe, Cu, and Zn, in Nver River sediments impacted with Mo mining activities in western Liaoning, northeast China, were investigated withgeochemical method. Using the ...

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• Aqueous Phase Thiosulfate Removal Using Photo catalysis 

  Vohra, M.S.؛ Selimuzzaman, S.M.؛ Al-Suwaiyan, M.S. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Removal of thiosulfate (S2O32-, 200 mg/L) from simulated wastewater samples was investigated under varying co-pollutants and pH conditions employing the titanium dioxide (TiO2) mediated photocatalysis. For thiosulfate only ...

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• Noise Pollution Evaluation Method for Identification of the Critical Zones in Tehran 

  Mehravaran, H.؛ Zabani, S.؛ Nabi Bidhendi, Gh.R.؛ Ghousi, R.؛ Keshavarzi Shirazi, H. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  The equivalent noise level in large cities has been growing due to the population growth, uncontrolled production of cars, and the existence of worn out cars. On the other hand, heavy traffic has increased the amount of ...

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• Cancer Risk in Pakistan Due to Natural Environmental Pollutants 

  Akhtar, N.؛ Tufail, M. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Wheat is a staple food in Pakistan. Production of wheat is increased with extensive use of phosphate based fertilizers in agricultural fields. Activity mass concentration of primordial radionuclides due to use of phosphate ...

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• Phytoplankton Community and the Relationship with the Environment in Nansi Lake, China 

  Pei, H.؛ Liu, Q.؛ Hu, W.؛ Xie, j. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  This study was carried out from June to October 2008 in Nansi Lake. Based on the data collected from five sampling stations, phytoplankton taxonomic composition, abundance, temporal variations and spatial distribution were ...

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• Sectoral Evaluation of EIA Practice in the Sudan 

  Ahmed, M.I.؛ Abdella Elturabi, L.D. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports of projects in different development sectors in Sudan (Agriculture, Roads and highways, Power generation, Oil production, River engineering projects) were analyzed to investigate ...

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• Drought Risk Assessment in Western Inner-Mongolia 

  Lin, M.L.؛ Chu, Ch.M.؛ Tsai, B.W. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  The objective of this study is to develop a novel methodology integrating remote sensing, geographic information system technology and local spatial autocorrelation geo-computation for quick drought assessment. One group ...

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• The Effect of Hydraulic Loading Rates on Nitrogen Removal by Using a Biological Filter Proposed for Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines 

  Coetzee, M.A.A.؛ Roux-Van, M.M.P.؛ Badenhorst, J. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  No on-site sanitation system treats both urine and faecal matter in one process. A laboratory scale biological filter was fed with high concentration of urea (4 g N/L) and 17.1 g COD/L to determine if it will be possible ...

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• Appraisal of Alternative Building Materials for Reduction of CO2 Emissions by Case Modeling 

  Sham, F.C.؛ Lo, T.Y.؛ Lum, H.T. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Global Warming is one of the major concerns in environmental issues. Its effects are being exposed faster than anticipated recently. It causes adverse ecological and socioeconomical effects. The 4th Assessment Report issued ...

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• Variations in Ecosystem Service Value in Response to Land use Changes in the Loess Plateau in Northern Shaanxi Province, China 

  Jing, L.؛ Zhiyuan, R. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  In this paper, we report an investigation of changes in land use and ecosystem services on Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province from 1978 to 2004. We used three LANDSAT TM and/or ETM data sets to estimate changes in ...

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• Breakthrough Column Studies for Iron(II) Removal from Water by Wooden Charcoal and Sand: A low cost approach 

  Ahamad, K.U.؛ Jawed, M. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Ground water is the major source of drinking water in rural and semi-urban areas of Assam. It contains an excessive amount of iron (1 to 10 mg/L). People living in rural and semi-urban areas of Assam uses indigenous household ...

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• Benchmarking Sustainable Development via Data envelopment Analysis:an Italian case study 

  Bruni, M.E.؛ Guerriero, F.؛ Patitucci, V. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  The need for monitoring the overall performance of countries in Sustainable Development (SD) is widely recognized, but scant attention has been devoted to methods for aggregating and analyzing vast amounts of empirical ...

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• Eco-Friendly Attitudes: What European Citizens Say and What They Do 

  Pirani, E.؛ Secondi, L. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Environment, environmental protection and sustainability policies play a key role in social development and in the economic competitiveness of industrialized countries. Most European citizens are aware of the importance ...

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• Combined electrochemical and biological treatment for pesticide degradation – Application to phosmet 

  Assassi, M.؛ Fourcade, F.؛ Geneste, F.؛ Floner, D.؛ Maachi, R.؛ Amrane, A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of coupling an electrochemical process with a biological treatment in order to degrade phosmet, an organophosphorous pesticide. The absence of biodegradability of ...

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• Sensitivity of Listed European Hotels with the Sustainable Tourism 

  Pérez-Calderón, E.؛ Milanés-Montero, P.؛ Ortega-Rossell, F.J. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  This study examines the responsible energy consumption of listed European hotels. Hotel efficiency is estimated using a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) production function, with supplies costs as the input and total ...

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• Partial Nitrification in an Airlift Activated Sludge Reactor with Experimental and Theoretical Assessments of the pH Gradient inside the Sponge Support Medium 

  Uemura, S.؛ Suzuki, S.؛ Abe, K.؛ Ohashi, A.؛ Harada, H.؛ Ito, M.؛ Imachi, H.؛ Tokutomi, T. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  An airlift-type activated sludge reactor using a sponge support medium was fed with wastewater containing 500 mg-N/L of NH4 +-N. In order to establish partial nitrification, the reactor was kept at 35°C. Moreover, the ...

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• Environmental Behavior and Water Saving in Spanish Housing 

  Mondéjar-Jiménez, J.A.؛ Cordente-Rodríguez, M.؛ Meseguer-Santamaría, M.L.؛ Gázquez-Abad, J.C. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  Environmental matters are becoming a question of great importance and the increased attention to such matters has helped to make businesses, politicians and society in general consider the environment a matter of priority ...

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• Applying a Hedonic Model to the Analysis of Campsite Pricing in Spain 

  García-Pozo, A.؛ Sánchez-Ollero, J.L.؛ Marchante-Lara, D.M. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-01-01)

  In Spain, camping accommodation accounted for 6.32% of total tourism accommodation and 8.2% of overnight stays in 2007. There were 1,152 registered campsites which provided lodging for almost 6.4 million users. Although ...

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