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Issue 2

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Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X

Volume

Issue number
2
Publication month
May

Assessment of the physical demands of waste collection tasks

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Erman Çakıt et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

This study features an analysis of the influences and effects of different postures performed within tasks of waste collection. Four men, ages 30, 46, 60 and 65, and two women, ages 38 and 48, took part in this study. The assessment makes use of a 3D Static Strength Prediction Program (3DSSPP™) to...

Ergonomics assessment waste collection +2 more

The use of Potentiometric Mass Titration (PMT) technique for determining the acid-base behavior of activated sludge

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Dr. Vakros John et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Activated sludge is a biological floc composed of microorganisms, organics, and inorganics and plays an important role in wastewater treatment. The pH of an activated sludge suspension determines the acid – base behaviour and the charge of the microorganisms in water. In the present study, the...

Activated sludge wastewater treatment +4 more

Cost analysis of seawater desalination using an integrated reverse osmosis system on a cruise ship

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GULEDA ONKAL ENGIN et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

The best method to treat seawater is known to be the use of reverse osmosis (RO) systems. The cost factor becomes the most important issue when using RO systems. Although quite costly, RO systems are essential systems for ships. As known very well, water is a critical resource on ships, especially...

Reverse Osmosis Seawater +2 more

Influence of mining and agricultural activities on the quality of groundwater from some rural areas of South-eastern Nigeria

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Itumoh E. J. et al. View all

Water Quality

This study examined the trends in anthropogenic chemical contaminants in groundwater samples in rural areas of Ebonyi State, South-eastern Nigeria. Groundwater samples were collected from Ezza North (a quarry mining area) and Ezza South (an agricultural/commercial area) and were analysed using...

Keywords: groundwater arsenic +3 more

Modeling of nitrate removal from aqueous solution by Fe-doped TiO2 under UV and solar irradiation using response surface methodology

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Marjan Safarpour et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Nitrate is a common groundwater pollutant all over the world. In some regions of Iran, its levels are high enough to cause serious problems to human health and the environment . The objectives of this work were to evaluate the efficiency of Fe-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles at removing nitrate from...

Box–Behnken design nitrate +3 more

Impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an Eastern Himalayan river basin

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Sarkar A. et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

The present study has been carried out for the trans-boundary Subansiri sub-basin of Brahmaputra river basin. Subansiri is the largest tributary of Brahmaputra within India and the river system has its practical importance as it holds a high water resources as well as hydropower potential for the...

Snowmelt runoff modelling MODIS snowcover +2 more

Total dissolved inorganic carbon and physicochemical characteristics of surface microlayer and upper mixed layer water from Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria

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Nsikak U. Benson et al. View all

Water Quality

The carbonate and physicochemical characteristics of the surface microlayer and upper mixed layer of a tropical coastal lagoon were investigated. Data on the physicochemical parameters generally indicated a moderately polluted ecosystem. The influence of the ocean environment over the Lagoon system...

Carbonate quantities physicochemical properties +3 more

Healthcare Waste Management Planning of Hospitals in the Prefectures of Aetoloakarnania and the Island of Lesbos, Greece.

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Ioannis K.Kalavrouziotis et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

Proper Hospital healthcare Waste Management (HCWM) is imperative for ensuring public health and environmental protection. In this context, three Prefectural hospitals of Mytilene, Agrinio, and Messolonghi, were studied with respect to planning and management of infectious wastes, cost, training of...

Waste Hospitals health and environmental protection

Assessment of wind energy potential in East Azarbaijan province of Iran (Case Stady: Sahand station)

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Seyed Hossein Mirmousavi et al. View all

Sustainable Energy

Today's world requires a change in how the use of different types of energy. With declining reserves of fossil fuels for renewable energies is of course the best alternative. Among the renewable energy from the wind can be considered one of the best forms of energy can be introduced. Accordingly...

Iran Wind power +2 more

Study of Daily Extreme Temperature Indices over Sutlej Basin, N-W Himalayan Region, India

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Gupta R.D. et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

A detailed analysis of extreme temperature indices for the period of 1970-2005 is conducted over Sutlej river basin located in North-West Himalayan region. For this purpose, daily records of maximum and minimum temperature data were procured from Bhakara Beas Management Board, India for four...

Linear regression Trend +2 more

The Potential of Wastewater Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation in Libya: Tobruk as a case study

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Abdelkader Abdulla et al. View all

Water Resources Management

The aim of this paper is to highlight the way towards the exploitation of treated wastewater for food crops production in order to cope with the acute water scarcity and its hazardous consequences. Reclaimed water reuse has not been practiced in Tobruk, and hence, lack of relevant data and...

wastewater reuse Water scarcity +4 more

Chemical oxygen demand reduction from coffee processing waste water – A comparative study on usage of biosorbents prepared from agricultural wastes

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Venkata Nadh R et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

The utilization of three novel and distinct agricultural waste materials, namely casuarina fruit powder (CFP), sorghum stem powder (SSP) and banana stem powder (BSP) as low cost adsorbents for reducing chemical oxygen demand (COD) levels of coffee industry wastewater has been examined. Prepared...

Coffee industry waste water COD +4 more

Evaluating Environmental Efficiency of Turkish Cities by Data Envelopment Analysis

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Abdullah Korkut Üstün et al. View all

Environmental Management and Policies

Turkey is a developing country and has achieved impressive economic development in recent years. But this rapid growth has brought in many environmental problems in Turkish cities, such as air pollution, water pollution etc. In order to eliminate these problems, environmental performances of the...

Data Envelopment Analysis mathematical modelling +5 more

Landcover change modeling through visualization and classification enhancement of multi-temporal imagery

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Panagiotis Partsinevelos et al. View all

General

The natural environment endures natural and human-induced changes. Remote sensing has been providing monitoring oriented solutions by a series of methodologies which contribute to prudent environmental management. Analysis of multi-temporal satellite images for the observation of the land changes...

classification land use/land change +2 more

Measurement and prediction of karstic spring flow rates

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K.L. Katsifarakis et al. View all

Water Resources Management

This paper deals with prediction of the response of karstic springs by means of artificial neural networks (ANNs). A feed-forward back propagation ANN with three layers has been developed, to predict flow rates of two karstic springs, located at Rouvas area, Crete, Greece, using rainfall data as...

karstic aquifer karstic spring +2 more

Evaluation of the optimal operation conditions using response surface methodology for the treatment of DMP by electrocoagulation

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Tünay O. et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Phthalic acid esters, commonly called as phthalates, are of a common use in the industrial activities and are known with their hazardous impact on the environment and on humans such as endocrine disrupting agents, carcinogenic and toxic effects. These adverse effects have led to increasing interest...

Dimethyl phthalate endocrine disrupter +3 more

Limestone particle attrition and size distribution in a bench scale bubbling fluidized bed

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Zhong-qing Yang et al. View all

General

Attrition of limestone particles in bubbling fluidized bed has significant influence on cyclic CO 2 capture ability of sorbents. The limestone particle attrition and size distribution characteristics were investigated experimentally in a bench scale fluidized bed. The effects of initial particle...

limestone attrition particle size distribution +2 more

Area-differentiated modeling of water balance in Pinios Basin, central Greece

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Evangelos Tziritis et al. View all

Water Resources Management

GROWA is a modular grid based empirical hydrological model that is being used to address practical water resources management related issues. It has been successfully applied in typical hydrological and hydrogeological setups of northern European basins ranging typically between meso-scale river...

water balance water resources management +4 more

Analysing Pressures and Threats on the Southern Wetlands of Iran with the Application of RAPPAM Methodology (Case study: Khuzestan Province)

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Monavari, S.M. et al. View all

Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management

Wetlands are sensitive ecosystems. They provide various services to man, but have been degraded to a large extent. Wetlands are of great importance, therefore they should be evaluated and monitored periodically in a planned way. Undoubtedly, identifying threatening factors for wetlands properly and...

Wetland Pressure +5 more