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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Soil pollution"”.
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Ashes to Ashes: Identifying archaeological fuels
… based upon previous archaeological, biofuel, and soil pollution research. The methodologies were refined with the analysis of ash from fuels including peat, seaweed, driftwood, willow, hazel, heather, grasses, cow dung, sheep dung, and bone. Modern analogue fuels at increasing temperatures showed …
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Map-based cloning of the NIP gene in model legume Medicago truncatula.
… consumed by plants; consequently, this leads to soil pollution and negative effects on aquatic systems. An alternative to industrial fertilizers can be found in legume plants that provide a nitrogen source that is not harmful for the environment. Legume plants, through their symbiosis with soil …
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Optimising characterization and remediation techniques for potentially toxic elements in polluted soils
… de un nuevo indicador de contaminación (Ing.: Soil Pollution Index, SPI) y la adaptación de la teoría de datos composicionales para introducir el nuevo concepto de Enriquecimiento Relativo del Contaminante (Ing.: Relative Enrichment of the Pollutant, RE). Todo ello teniendo considerando las …
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Sustainable sorting; a human-centric approach to second-hand clothing decisions
… leading to greenhouse gas emissions and soil pollution. This study aims to improve the system of clothing use and reuse, enhancing the efficiency of the second-hand clothing market by supporting post-donation decisions. It seeks to describe and improve efficiency by identifying the …
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Trace element pollution of soils by abandoned gold mine tailings near Potchefstroom, South Africa
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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The Racialization of Relationships Between Higher Education Institutions and Cities: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Changing North Denver
… faced housing discrimination; air, water, and soil pollution; environmental racism; highway construction and expansion; school dilapidation; and social, political, and economic neglect for over five decades (Doeppers, 1967; Cram, 2013; EPA, 2019). As the City of Denver turns its attention to …
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An investigation of the durability of UK grown softwood distribution poles CCA-treated by sap-displacement
… increase in copper and chromium levels in soil adjacent to poles of each species, indicated that leaching of the CCA components had occurred from the poles to surrounding soil. This small leaching effect is not expected to have a significant adverse effect on protection of the poles or to …
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Transport of copiotrophic bacteria in oligotrophic coarse soils: a Monte Carlo analysis
… systems placed in coarse-grained, oligotrophic soils such as those typically found in the mountainous regions of the West are designed and installed with the assumption that most pathogenic microorganisms will not pass unaltered through an unsaturated zone located in the soil below each system. …
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An autonomous decision support system for smart farming to increase crop productivity
… reduced irrigation water, increased soil pollution, plant diseases, and heat waves, causing many agricultural problems. Issues such as plant diseases, heat waves, floods, and water salinity all cause many agricultural problems. The farming industry needs to invest in new technologies …
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TNT-contaminated soils remediation for volunteer Army ammunitions plant
… with the remediation of residual explosives in soil, groundwater and process wastewater. This requirement has become particularly prevalent with the closing of many military installations across the country. The Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant (V AAP) is a 6,681 acre Government owned and …
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Оценка и снижение экологической опасности отвалов горного производства в Новороссийской промышленной агломерации
… air and subsequently precipitates on the topsoil. Soil and plant sampling and chemical analysis (> 200 specimens) revealed the geochemical anomalies of Pb, Zn, Cu, Ba and Sr. Land zoning based on accumulated environmental damage indicators and the debris-flow technical risk was performed to …
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Soil microbial community structure and function of agriculturally used Mollisols in the periurban area around Buenos Aires, Argentina, with emphasis on pesticide and heavy metal contamination
… agriculture and the maintenance of sustainable soil fertility are of essential importance. However, the population is increasingly concerned about an environmental contamination because of an enhanced application of pesticides and heavy metal containing fertilisers in the course of which organic …
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Pemanfaatan minyak biji jarak pagar (Jatropha curcas L.) sebagai insektisida nabati terhadap mortalitas larva Spodoptera litura F. (ulat grayak)
… resurjensi, the emergence of secondary pests, soil pollution, poisoned user, and poison the host. Jatropha seed oil (J. curcas) contains chemical compounds such as kursin, forbol esters, triglycerides, alkaloid compounds. This research was carried out aimed to, (1) know the effect of various …
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Determining the spatial and temporal distribution of macro- and microplastics in soil and their impact on soil function.
… or the impact of these interactions on soil function. It was the overarching aim of this project to determine the extent of macro- and microplastics in Scottish surface soils, both spatially and temporally, and evaluate the impact of microplastics on soil function and ecosystem services. …
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Prediction of indoor environmental parameters for naturally ventilated building using artificial neural network: a reflection of outdoor parameters
This research investigates the environment condition within two types of buildings, naturally ventilated and air-conditioned to gain better understanding of the indoor environment condition of the selected buildings. The main purpose of this study is to develop predictive model to forecast indoor …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Effects of indoor air quality on the occupant's health and productivity in an office building
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is an important parameter in deciding the status of Sick Bulding Syndrome (SBS). Poor IAQ which leads to SBS can result in adverse effect on the health of the occupant which causing lower productivity. This study was conducted to establish correlation between IAQ and …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Prediction of indoor environmental parameters for naturally ventilated building using artificial neural network: a reflection of outdoor parameters
This research investigates the environment condition within two types of buildings, naturally ventilated and air-conditioned to gain better understanding of the indoor environment condition of the selected buildings. The main purpose of this study is to develop predictive model to forecast indoor …
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Air polution index (API) real time monitoring system
This project is to develop a low cost, mobile Air Pollutant Index (API) Monitoring System, which consists of Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F optical dust detector as a sensor for dust, Arduino Uno and LCD Keypad Shield. A signal conditioner has been used to amplify and extend the range of the sensor reading for …
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