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Enhancing Soil Quality and Maize Yield with the Combination of Acacia-Biochar, NPK Fertilizer and Compost

by Murtaza G. Usman M. Iqbal J. Yasin G. Akram M.I. Binobead M.A. Ali M.A. Mammadov A. Iqbal R.

Circular economy

Pakistan's agricultural soils exhibit a high tendency for leaching, low quantities of organic matter, and minimal microbial activity. The situation is aggravated by human activities such as bush burning, mining, sand extraction, and ongoing conventional methods of farming. These methods, together...

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Water quality prediction and classification using Attention based Deep Differential RecurFlowNet with Logistic Giant Armadillo Optimization

by Venkatraman M. Surendran R. Senduru S. Vijayakumar K.

Water Quality

Water quality prediction and classification plays a crucial role in ecosystem sustainability, agriculture, aquaculture and environmental monitoring. The nonlinearity and nonstationarity of water quality are challenging for traditional prediction techniques to adequately capture. The rapid...

water quality Index Feature selection +5 more
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Sustainable Development in Reservoir Sedimentation Load Estimation from Statistical Analysis of Datasets to Deep Learning Algorithms

by Subramaniyan U. Rengasamy I. Chellappa R.S.R.

Environmental data analysis and modelling

The process of sedimentation in reservoirs is an important issue that must be addressed for effective water resource management. Traditional methods for predicting sedimentation are complex and require extensive data inputs. In this study, we innovate by integrating four distinct neural network...

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Investigation of antibiotic clarithromycin adsorption potential on microplastics

by Sedeeq Z.I.S. Beduk F.

Chemicals in the environment

A In this study, it was aimed to investigate the potential of microplastics (MPs) to adsorb antibiotic clarithromycin (CLAR) in the water media. For this purpose, two of the most common used plastics; polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene (PE) were selected. Batch adsorption experiments...

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Study on the Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Waste Circuit Boards Using a Supercritical Fluid Method: Methodology, Influencing Factors, and Optimal Fluid Type

by Qin Y. Zhang J. Tian X. Tu Y. Chen C.

Innovative environmental solutions

The supercritical fluid (SCF) method is recognized as an environmentally friendly and efficient technology for the degradation of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in waste circuit boards (WCBs). This study provides a detailed exploration of the SCF definition, the principles of debromination, and...

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Degradation of polystyrene plastics by alkane monooxygenase and alcohol dehydrogenase

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Corresponding author: Liang Kong et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

The consumption of plastic products has led to the generation of large amounts of plastic waste, which is persistent and difficult to degrade. Polystyrene (PS) is one of the six most important plastics in the world and is difficult to degrade in the environment owing to its high stability. To...

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Heavy Metals Distribution in Mangrove Leaves in Various Sudanese Coastal Zones at The Red Sea

by Mohammad Khalil R.K. Solangi K.A. Bala Alhassan A. Razzaq Khan W. Othman Aljahdali M.

Issue 10

Marine environment and coastal management

Mangrove ecosystem contamination, especially in the Red Sea region, has caused major concerns on a worldwide scale. The heavy metal accumulation typical of a mangrove species, Avicenna marina L. ( A. marina ) leaves and soluble salts in sediments have not been studied on the Red Sea coast of Sudan...

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The effect of artificial metakaolin coarse aggregate on the mechanical and durability properties of lightweight geopolymer concrete

by Paramasivam E. Subramani R. Cherupillil Govindan D.

Issue 9

Solid Waste Management

This study presents a unique methodology for investigating the properties of Metakaolin Coarse Aggregates (MCA). The NaOH ratios were varied as 8M, 10M, 12M, and 14M, while the NaOH to Na 2SiO 3 ratio was maintained at 0.5 entire study. The liquid-to-binder ( L/B) ratios set at 0.3, 0.35, and 0.4...

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Development of a new high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection (HPLC-FL) method for the determination of biogenic amines in frozen fish sold in markets

by Ceylan B. Çayci M.

Issue 9

Environmental Toxicology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems

It is now possible to measure the biogenic amines histamine, tryptamine, putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine, spermine, and tyramine in an easy, accurate, and selective manner. Dansyl chloride was used to purify the analytes, and high-performance liquid chromatography with detection of fluorescence...

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Research Progress on the Characteristics and Recovery of Phosphorus from Sludge

by Wang K. Y W. C Z. Y W. Si X. C F.

Issue 9

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Phosphorus is a non-metallic element essential for all forms of life, and the issue of phosphorus resource scarcity is increasingly gaining attention. Understanding the content and forms of phosphorus in sludge, as well as the technologies for phosphorus recovery from sludge, is of great importance...

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Neural‑network‑driven approach in optimization of municipal solid waste collection integrated with geo-spatial techniques

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Vishnuvardhan K, Rajkumar R , Navin Ganesh V, Sakthiprasanth K

Issue 9

Solid Waste Management

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is the most important as well as difficult tasking the present context of rapid urbanization. In this study, a comparison has been done using Geographical information system(GIS) and artificial neural network(ANN) to determine optimum route and time for the...

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Algerian vine canes as a good source of phenolic compounds for several in vitro biological activities

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Fatima Kamah, Abdelkader Basli, Tristan Richard, Chawki Bensouici and Jihane Bounaas

Issue 9

Food waste

One of the most widely cultivated crops in the world is grapevine knowing that about 77.8 million tons of grapes are produced worldwide each year . Both of vine growing, pruning, and winemaking generate a vast quantity of wastes and byproducts such as skin, seed, and canes. Grape canes include a...

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Enhancing seafood processing wastewater treatment efficiency of an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) system: a comparison of post-treatment methods

by Tran L. Ho N. Tran T. Phan N. Bui X. Nguyen V. Tran H. Chu X.

Issue 9

Water and Wastewater Treatment

An Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was applied for treating wastewater of a seafood processing factory in Vietnam. However, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Phosphorus (TP), and Total Nitrogen (TN) values of the AnMBR effluent were 250.43 mg/l, 19.96 mg/l, and 62.65 mg/l, respectively, and...

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Carbon emission intensity measurement and spatial effect of high energy consuming industries: evidence from China

by Zeng G. Liu D. Nie S. Guan T. Luo Y. Chen J. Gan H. Zheng H.

Issue 9

Air Quality

High energy consumption industry is an important source of carbon dioxide emissions, and reducing pollution and carbon is an important measure for China to achieve the goal of "2030 carbon peak 2060 carbon neutral". Based on the improvement of the traditional calculation method of IPCC carbon...

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A critical review on hydrothermal liquefaction screening using Microalgae as a two-way approach to sewage water treatment and biofuel production

by Tiwari A.K. Sharma R. Lamba B.Y. Bora J. Talukdar N. Jain S. Shah S.V. Choudhary P. Rustagi S. Singh D. Ramniwas S. Malik S.

Issue 9

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is involved in concurrently treating both sewage water and generating biofuels. It involves the analysis of various operating parameters, such as pressure, catalyst temperature, and reaction time, to determine the productivity and physiochemical properties of the...

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An Empirical Study on the Impact of Digital Economy Development Level on the Efficiency of Green and Low Carbon Transition in Chinese Cities

by Zeng J. Zhang W. Sun T.

Issue 7

Environmental Management and Policies

As China's economic and social development enters a new growth stage, urban green transformation has gradually become an important means to promote high-quality development. In order to explore the effective methods of the impact of China's digital economy development level on the efficiency of...

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Research on Carbon Emission Peaks in Large Energy Production Region in China —Based on the Open STIRPAT Model

by Wang Z. Wu Q. Ma S.

Issue 5

Environmental Management and Policies

The interdependence between different regions within a country has an important impact on the prediction of regional carbon emission peaks. In this paper, taking Shanxi Province, a large energy producing region in China, as an example, we select the driving factors to construct an open STIRPAT model...

open STIRPAT model，carbon peaking，forecasting， scenario analysis approach
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Evaluation of Electro-Fenton Process for Removal of Amoxicillin from Simulated Wastewater

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Ghazi Faisal Naser et al. View all

Issue 5

Water and Wastewater Treatment

The purpose of this work is to examine the efficiency of the Electro-Fenton process (Fenton oxidation) for the elimination of amoxicillin from simulated wastewater through response surface methodology (RSM). The effect three operating parameters that were selected for this evaluation were...

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Hydrological study and assessment of water budget for Erbil basin, Kurdistan region, Iraq

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jwan sabah mustafa et al. View all

Issue 5

Environmental data analysis and modelling

This research is conducted on Erbil basin, it is located in northern part of Iraq, the basin is composed of three main sub-basins which are: Northern part (Kapran), Central sub-basin and Southern part (Bashtepa) respectively. The total area of three sub-basins are approximately (3,200 km2). The main...

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Study on the coupled and coordinated development of tourism, urbanization and ecological environment in Shanxi Province

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Liqin Wen et al. View all

Issue 4

Urban environment and health

This paper selects Shanxi Province as the study area and constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system of tourism, urbanization and ecological environment in Shanxi Province. Measurement methods such as polar deviation standardization, entropy value method and coupling coordination degree are...

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Enhancing sunflower resilience: Zinc-solubilizing bacteria mitigate cadmium uptake and translocation

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Azhar Hussain and Rashid Iqbal et al. View all

Issue 4

Ecology, environmental change and management

Cadmium (Cd) is a highly hazardous metal known for its easy absorption and accumulation in plants, particularly in edible vegetable oils. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) holds global significance as an oil crop. This study aims to assess the potential of zinc-solubilizing bacterial strains in...

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Insights into polybrominated diphenyl ethers: occurrence, sources, and exposure health risk in selected solid waste impacted soils

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Onoriode O. Emoyan et al. View all

Issue 4

Solid Waste Management

The Coordinated management of solid waste dumps from different anthropogenic environments is important for pollution management of immediate and adjacent ecosystems. This study took three soil profile samples from three functional zones: the rural, the suburban, and the urban solid waste dumps. The...

PBDEs occurrence soil pollution +3 more
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Research on high performance green concrete using nano particles and organic materials: an eco-friendly approach

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Abiraami. R et al. View all

Issue 4

General

Since concrete is a fundamental component of all types of construction, many researchers are concentrating on developing High Performance Concrete (HPC) using efficient manufacturing processes. Nano silica is a quartz and silica dust this can be replaced instead of cement to achieve great strength...

Green Concrete Nano particles-Nano-silica and Delonixregia Pods +3 more
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