• Treatment of Oily Wastewater From Port Waste Reception Facilities by Electrocoagulation 

  Sekman, E.؛ Top, S.؛ Uslu, E.؛ Varank, G.؛ Bilgili, M.S. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The present study investigated oil/water demulsification and treatment of oily wastewater originated from port waste reception facilities by electro coagulation using aluminum electrodes in a batch reactor. The efficiency ...

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• Development of Water Quality Index (WQI) for Gorganrood River 

  Karbassi, A.R.؛ Mir Mohammad Hosseini, F.؛ Baghvand, A.؛ Nazariha, M. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  There are several factors influencing the water quality based on its usage. The quality of drinking water is of the vital concern for human health and life. An essential attempt has to be done to develop a water quality ...

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• Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Flux Densities Measured Near Hospital in Tehran 

  Nassiri, P.؛ Monazzam, M.R.؛ Yunesian, M.؛ Sowlat, M.H.؛ Safari, M.H.؛ Momen Bellah Fard, S.؛ Hosseini, S.A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The ever increasing rate of power consumption has led to an increase in public exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) and brought severe concerns about their health effects. Considering previous ...

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• Integrated Hydrogeological Study of Surface & Ground Water Resources in the Southeastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 

  Romanelli, A.؛ Massone, H.E.؛ Qutrozl, O.M. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  This paper gives an account of the implementation of geomorphological, hydrogeological, hydrochemical and isotopic techniques to understand groundwater-surface water interactions in a multiple use area, Los Padres-La Brava ...

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• Photocatalytic Degradation of Acetaminophen 

  Aguilar, C.A.؛ Montalvo, C.؛ Ceron, J.G.؛ Moctezuma, E. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The photocatalytic degradation of a common analgesic (acetaminophen) with titanium dioxide irradiated with low energy ultraviolet light (365 nm) was studied in order to determine the effect of several parameters such as ...

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• Assessment of Feather Hydrolysate From Thermophilic Actinomycetes for Soil Amendment and Biological Control Application 

  Gousterova, A.؛ Nustorova, M.؛ Paskaleva, D.؛ Naydenov, M.؛ Neshev, G.؛ Vasileva-Tonkova, E. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  Protein-rich hydrolysate from feather waste was obtained using a mixed culture of selected thermophilic actinomycete strains, and was tested for possible application as soil amendment and biological control agent. For ...

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• Macro-invertebrates in the Wetlands of the Zarrineh estuary at the south of Urmia Lake (Iran) 

  Ahmadi, R.؛ Mohebbi, F.؛ Hagigi, P.؛ Esmailly, L.؛ Salmanzadeh, R. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  This research summarizes the data on benthic macro invertebrates collected from 25 points in the urmia Lake wetlands during November 2008 to February 2009. The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of elevated ...

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• The Analysis of Biotechnology Foresight Application in Iranian Organizations 

  Molanezhad, M. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  Technology Foresight is a methodology for making the complexity and advanced nature of new technologies of future more comprehensible and transparent. The objective of this survey is to analyze and interpret weakness and ...

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• Qualitative Revision of the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Scale for children 

  Kopnina, H. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  One of the most popular measures of ecological worldview, predicting environmental attitudes and behaviors is the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) Scale developed by Dunlap and Van Liere has been applied to measure children's ...

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• Empirical Comparison of Seven two-parameter Sigmoid Equations for the Evaluation of the Concentration-response Curves from Standard Acute Ecotoxicity Assays 

  Trögl, J.؛ Benediktová, K. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The acute ecotoxicity of a set of mixture samples (washing powders, wastes, fuel extracts etc.) was assessed using four acute ecotoxicity assays with aquatic organisms (Daphnia magna, Poecilia reticulata, Artemia salina ...

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• Excess Sludge Minimization in Conventional Activated Sludge Pilot Plant by Three Chemical Matters 

  Hassani, A.H.؛ Nejaei, A.؛ Torabian, A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The excess sludge treatment and sludge disposal are major factors to the over-all economy of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). The ideal solution to the problem of sludge disposal is to combine sludge minimization with ...

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• Legal Criteria and Executive Standards of Solid Waste Disposal Subjected to Solid Waste Management Act 

  Nouri, N.؛ Poorhashemi, S.A.؛ Monavari, S.M.؛ Dabiri, F.؛ Hassani, A.H. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  This research work attempts to compare the legal and technical criteria of locating household and municipal landfills and discuss them along with legal and technical principles. For this purpose, it was attempted to discuss ...

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• Determination of Retardation Effect of SOM on Aqueous Leaching of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope 

  Zhang, Y.؛ Li, F.؛ Wang, J. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  Influence of soil organic matter (SOM) on the adsorption, desorption and transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has already been given full investigation in soils. In this paper, confocal laser scanning ...

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• Prediction of the Aquatic Toxicity of Phenols to Tetrahymena Pyriformis from Molecular Descriptors 

  Jiang, D.X.؛ Li, Y.؛ Li, J.؛ Wang, G.X. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The purpose of this work is to develop robust and interpretable quantitative structure"activity relationship (QSAR) models for assessing the aquatic toxicity of phenols using a combined set of descriptors encompassing the ...

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• Ecotoxicity of Chloramphenicol and Hg Acting on the Root Elongation of Crops in North China 

  Chen, Q.Y.؛ Wu, Z.H.؛ Liu, J.L. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  Single and joint toxicity of chloramphenicol and Hg acting on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L.) and corn (Zea mays L.) were investigated. The results showed positive correlations between ...

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• Public Participation in Environmental Education Centers 

  Lahijanian, A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  This paper presents participation of faculties and Heads of Department (HODs) in environmental education. For this purpose 60 HODs/faculties from polytechnic colleges of Tamilnadu, India and 100 HODs/ faculties from ...

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• Modeling Seasonal Rainfall Erosivity on a Regional scale: A case Study from Northeastern Iran 

  Kavian, A.؛ Fathollah Nejad, Y.؛ Habibnejad, M.؛ Soleimani, K. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  There is a need to analyze and map rainfall erosivity to assess soil erosion at the regional scale. The objectives of this study were to develop a regional model to estimate seasonal erosivity from seasonal rainfall data ...

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• Phytoremediation Potential of Populus Alba and Morus alba for Cadmium, Chromuim and Nickel Absorption from Polluted Soil 

  Rafati, M.؛ Khorasani, N.؛ Moattar, F.؛ Shirvany, A.؛ Moraghebi, F.؛ Hosseinzadeh, S. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  Metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems resulting from human activity. Phytoremediation utilizes plants to uptake contaminants and can potentially be used to remediate metal-contaminated ...

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• Potential Hazards of Wind Energy For Rare, Tereatened, and Endangered Birds and Batsin Texas 

  Graham, T.L.؛ Hudak, P.F. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The purpose of this study was to estimate relative potential hazards to birds and bats from wind developments in Texas. We compiled lists of rare, threatened, or endangered species, along with their respective ranges in ...

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• Palaeovolcanos, Solar activity and pine tree-rings from the Kola Peninsula (northwestern Russia) over the last 560 years 

  Shumilov, O.I.؛ Kasatkina, E.A.؛ Mielikainen, K.؛ Timonen, M.؛ Kanatjev, A.G. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2011-09-01)

  The paper deals with the analysis of the external factor (solar activity, volcanic eruptions) influence on tree growth at the Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia. Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine) tree-ring chronologies ...

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