Eight selected heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Mn, Fe and Al) in surface and sub-surfacesediments in the northern coast of Sfax (Tunisia) were studied in order to assess the sediment quality and tohighlight ...

This work studies the biosurfactants production which enables the diesel biodegradation byusing mixed microbial consortia from polluted sites. It was carried out by culturing three microbial consortia(named ...

Breeding biology of the Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis is assessed in thesouthern coasts of the Caspian Sea, Iran during the years 2008-2010. About 84 nests located on 63 trees wereexamined. Nests ...

Lichen species (Hypogymnia physodes and Evernia prunastri) were used for biomonitoring thepossible air pollution with heavy metals in the vicinity of copper mine in the eastern part of the Republic ofMacedonia. ...

This study is aimed to identify sources of particulate matter with mean aerodynamic diameterbelow 10 μm (PM10) present in the atmosphere of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City (MAMC), usingsamples obtained ...

Recently, the production of biosurfactants in bioreactors and their use in various pharmaceutical,chemical and food industries have been developed. Optimum production is directly related to the physicochemical

Medical environments such as hospital waiting rooms can affect a client's anxiety level as wellas psychological and physiological responses to his or her situation. The aim of this research was to evaluatethe ...

One of the difficulties in using absolute altitudes is the separation between the mean open sealevel and geoid. Theoretically, geoid is the base level in absolute altitudes, but practically, the mean open sea

Given the critical role played by urban green spaces and the emergence of remote sensing as avaluable natural resource management tool, this study sought to identify trends in green spaces within thecontext ...

A field study was conducted around Pb slag contaminated sites in Ibadan, Nigeria to assess theintake of trace metals by cows reared around the contaminated sites as indication of heavy metals contamination.

This study investigated different concepts for natural-gas-fired power plants with the CO2capture, and compared them based on the net plant efficiency and emission of CO2. The cycles were based ona six ...

Using a geographic information system and statistics, we evaluated spatial distributions ofnitrate and chloride concentrations in groundwater in an area of north-central Texas with agricultural activity,in ...

A chelating resin is prepared by condensation polymerization of aniline with formaldehyde andcharacterized by FT-IR, elemental analysis and studied for the preconcentration and determination of tracePlatinum ...

The objective of this paper is to develop an artificial neural network (ANN) model which can beused to predict temperature rise due to climate change in regional scale. In the present work data recorded over

The biosorption of hexavelent chromium from saline solutions by Posidonia oceanica, a marinebiomass, was studied as a function of pH, initial chromium (VI) and salt (NaCl) concentrations in batchsystem. The ...

This paper seeks to make an empirical analysis of the degree to which the research effort andfunctional integration into the design of environmental activity account for a company's environmental actionbased

A newly developed natural rubber deproteinization process produces deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) wastewater as an intermediate product containing a high concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and rubber. ...

Effect of zinc cyanide on protein and certain metabolites content and some enzymes activitieswas evaluated in liver, muscle and gill tissues of the freshwater fish, Cirrhinus mrigala, during exposure and