• Ship Emissions and Their Externalities at the Container Terminal of Piraeus – Greece 

  Kilic, A.؛ Tzannatos, E. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Ship exhaust emission inventories and their associated externalities constitute valuableinformation resources towards policy making and management of the influence exerted by shipping on airquality. To this ...

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• Determinants of Public Forest Management Decisions:The Calares Delmundo and Sima Natural Park (SPAIN) 

  Bernabéu, R.؛ Samos, A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Public authorities should assess what recreational services can be offered citizens visitingaprotected natural area. Therefore, the characterisation of visitors as well as the economic valuation of apark'srecreational ...

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• Impact of the Anthropogenisation on the Metal Bioaccumulation and Distribution in the Spiny-Cheek Crayfish (Orconectes limosus Raf.) from Lake Gop³o, Poland 

  Stanek, M.؛ Dąbrowski, J.؛ D³ugosz, J.؛ Janicki, B. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  This study was undertaken to determine the concentrations of metals in the muscle and exoskeletonof the crayfish Orconectes limosus in order to compare them with other species of crayfish and crustaceans.In ...

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• Enhanced Bioremediation of Field Agricultural Soils Contaminated with PAHs and OCPs 

  Wang, C.P.؛ Li, J.؛ Jiang, Y.؛ Zhang, Z.Y. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Effect of different concentrations of ammonium chloride (NCL) and ammonium nitrate (NN)and surfactants such as Tween-80, HPCD and rhamnolipids on the bioremediation of PAHs and OCPs wasinvestigated. The results ...

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• Public Participation Role in Sustainable Urban Management by Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) 

  Shiehbeiki, Sh.؛ Abbaspour, M.؛ Monavari, S.M.؛ Arjmandi, R.؛ Lahijanian, A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Public participation is counted as one of the main indexes in sustainable urban management.Based on their nature, metropolitan cities has several and complex problems. For this purpose Tehranmetropolitan area ...

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• Use of the Cactus Cladodes Mucilage (Opuntia Ficus Indica) As an Eco-Friendly Flocculants: Process Development and Optimization using Stastical Analysis 

  Bouatay, F.؛ Mhenni, F. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  The Opuntia ficus indica mucilage was an abundant and a low cost product. In the presentpaper, it was tested as an eco-friendly flocculants for textile waste water treatment. Its performance asflocculants in ...

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• Biodegradation of Petroleum Oil by a Novel Bacillus cereus Strain DRDU1 from an Automobile Engine 

  Borah, D.؛ Yadav, R.N.S. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Contamination of soil and air due to hydrocarbon is a global issue and bioremediation providesprobably the best way to remediate the contaminants. The current study shows the biodegradation of crudeoil, diesel ...

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• Analysis, Assesment and Principal Component Analysis of Heavy Metals in Drinking Waters of Industrialized Region of Turkey 

  Poyraz, B.؛ Taspinar, F. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Since they may expose to inorganic pollutants, drinking waters should be investigated andmonitored in industrialized regions. In this study, drinking water samples taken from eight different locationsin heavily ...

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• Estimating Sediment-water P exchange in Lake Rio Verde (Paraná State, Brazil) 

  Carneiro, C.؛ Kelderman, P.؛ Kondageski, J.H.؛ Irvine, K. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Monthly and annual water and phosphorus mass budgets were set up over the year 2010 for theLake Rio Verde, Brazil. Limited data for the water budget was compensated using an interpolation methodwith data water ...

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• New Strategy for a good Management and Control of Pollution Caused by urban Traffic 

  Gómez, M.؛ Hidalgo, D. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Pollution control is based on correctly measuring pollutant concentrations but, at the moment,the principal European cities only monitor pollution levels by means of a few fixed stations co-located inselected ...

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• A new Version of Integrated Assessment Model MERGE 

  Digas, B.V.؛ Rozenberg, V.L.؛ Kuklin, A.A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  The optimization Model for Evaluating Regional and Global Effects of greenhouse gases reductionpolicies named MERGE is an actively usable tool for studying some aspects of the problem of climate change.It is ...

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• Evaluating the Performance of Artificial Neural Network Model in Downscaling Daily Temperature, Precipitation and Wind Speed Parameters 

  Gupta, A.؛ Vijay, R.؛ Kushwaha, V.K.؛ Wate, S.R.؛ Shiehbeigi, A.؛ Abbaspour, M.؛ Soltaniyeh, M.؛ Hosseinzadeh, F.؛ Abedi, Z. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Numerous studies yet have been carried out on downscaling of the large-scale climate data usingboth dynamical and statistical methods to investigate the hydrological and meteorological impacts of climatechange ...

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• Assessment Method for Agricultural Landscapes through the Objective Quantification of Aesthetic Attributes 

  Zubelzu, S.؛ del Campo, C. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  This paper presents a new approach for assessing agricultural landscapes based on mixturemethods and the study and definition of aesthetic attributes as lines, forms, texture, spatial composition, scaleand color ...

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• Introducing an Integrated Monitoring System for Natural Ecosystems: The Example of Strofilia Wetlands in Western Peloponnese, Greece 

  Georgiadis, G.؛ Spanou, S.؛ Kokkoris, I.؛ Tiniakou, A.؛ Georgiadis, Th. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Nowadays the science of remote sensing and satellite data, constitute modern scientific tools,as they provide important information and make research easier in many scientific fields. This research articlepresents ...

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• Environmental good Practices, Quality Certifications and Productivity in the Andalusian Hotel Sector 

  Garcia-Pozo, A.؛ Sanchez-Ollero, J.L.؛ Marchante-Mera, A. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Recent studies have shown that firms that have adopted environmental standards and thosethat have obtained official quality certifications achieve higher labour productivity than firms that have notdone so. ...

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• Investigation on Possible Contamination of Port Sediments by Means of ATRFTIR Spectroscopy and Thermal Analysis 

  Oudghiri, F.؛ García-Morales, J.L.؛ Allali, N.؛ Rodríguez-Barroso, M.R. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  This study proposes a method employing thermogravimetric analysis (TG) to predict pollutionlevels by heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cd and Hg) in port sediments close to urban and industrial sitesfrom bay ...

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• Comparative Studies on the Bioremediation of Hexavalent and Trivalent Chromium using Citrobacter freundii: Part I-Effect of parameters controlling Biosorption 

  Divyasree, P.؛ Braun, J.J.؛ Subramanian, S. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  The potential of Citrobacter freundii, a Gram negative bacteria for the remediation of hexavalentchromium (Cr(VI)) and trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) from aqueous solutions was investigated. Bioremediationof ...

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• Evaluation of Pollution Intensity in Different Districts of Tehran Based on Measuring Chlorophyll, Plumb and Cadmium Heavy Metal Contents in Trees 

  Ali Ahmad Korori, S.؛ Matinizadeh, M.؛ Shirvany, A.؛ Madani Mashaei, E.؛ Talebi Khorabadi, T.؛ Monemian, S.M.؛ Abdi, E. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Plane and Mulberry trees play a crucial role in purifying the polluted air in Tehran as a majorcity. In this research, 13 main districts of Tehran city were chosen as study area. 20 completely healthy Planeand ...

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• A Land-use Spatial Allocation Model Based on Modified Ant Colony Optimization 

  Liu, Y.L.؛ Tang, D.W.؛ Kong, X.S.؛ Liu, Y.F.؛ Ai, T.H. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  Land-use spatial allocation is a multi-objective collaborative spatial optimization methodfor rational use of the land use. Based on global search capabilities and the information feedbackmechanism of ant colony ...

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• Investigation on Dracaena Sanderiana PhytoremeDiation Ability for Hg and Cd using Multivariate Optimized Task Specific Ionic liquid-based Dispersive liquid-liquid Microextraction 

  Sereshti, H.؛ Eskandarpour, N.؛ Samadi, S.؛ Aliakbarzadeh, Gh. (University of Tehran/Springer, 2014-10-01)

  The task specific ionic liquid (TSIL), tricaprylmethylammonium thiosalicylate ([A336][TS]),was synthesized, characterized and subsequently used as extraction solvent in dispersive liquid-liquidmicroextraction ...

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