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Eco-friendly soil stabilization: a combined approach using lime and waste eggshell powder

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Kulanthaivel P. et al. View all

Issue 7

Innovative environmental solutions

In recent years, geotechnical engineers preferred environmentally friendly and sustainable techniques to improve the engineering characteristics of expansive soil. This paper focuses on the comparative study of the enhancement in engineering properties of expansive soil using lime and waste eggshell...

Lime Waste Eggshell Powder +2 more
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Evaluation of three pollutant dispersion models for the environmental assessment of a district in Kocaeli, Turkey

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Kazım Onur Demirarslan et al. View all

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Air pollution and health

Air Quality Modeling is a method used to manage urban air quality. Various pollutant dispersion models are available, and each of these models is characterized by its own advantages and disadvantages. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the models and to determine their...

AERMOD ● CALPUFF ● ISCST-3 ● Körfez district ● Pollutant dispersion modeling
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The California biomonitoring program: persistent organic pollutants in archived and contemporary serum

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Petreas M., Park J.S., Wang M., Wang Y., Guo W., Tarrant A., Rhee A. and Harwani S.

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General

In 2006, California passed legislation establishing the first State Biomonitoring Program in the USA. The main goals are to: 1) Determine levels of environmental chemical contaminants in a representative sample of Californians; 2) Establish trends in the levels of these chemicals over time; 3)...

Biomonitoring California +6 more
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Temporal and salinity impacts on the microbial diversity at the Eilat, Israel Solar Salt Plant

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C.D. Litchfield, Oren A., Irby A., Sikaroodi M. and Gillevet P.M.

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General

A major solar salt works in Israel is located just north of the town of Eilat and close to the airport. This solar salt works has been in operation since 1977 and produces about 170,000 tons a year. A three-year study was initiated to examine the temporal and salinity impacts on the microbial...

Bacteria fingerprinting +4 more
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