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Issue 3

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Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X

Volume

Issue number
3
Publication month
September

Windrow Composting of Waste Sludge and Effects Composts On Plant Growth and Soil Characteristics

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Sayiter Yildiz et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

Sludge is the ultimate by product of all traditional and conventional wastewater treatment processes. Conversion of the treatment sludge into new products is a significant disposal alternative for these wastes. In this study, branches, leaves and the organic and inorganic trash coming out from the...

Waste sludge composting +3 more

Enrichment of sediments in urban rivers by heavy metals

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Carlos Roberto Juchen et al. View all

Water Quality

The heavy metals contained in sediments may be responsible for constant degradation of rivers’ water quality, which circulate in an urban environment. Therefore, this study shows the pollution index and enrichment factor for each of these elements in river sediments. It was used the optical emission...

Hydro sedimentology metals in urban rivers +1 more

Deliberation of Hilly Areas for Water Harvesting Application in Western Crete, Greece.

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Mohamed Elhag et al. View all

Water Resources Management

The meteorological, physical and hydrological conditions prevailing in a hilly area, namely the region around Malaxa (Western Crete), are analyzed and investigated in relation to water harvesting applications. The literature relating to water harvesting techniques and applications is reviewed and...

Hydrology Meteorological Elements +4 more

Performance, yield and characteristics of bioflocculants (UPMBF13) produced by Bacillus subtilis UPMB13 during submerged and solid-state fermentation

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Dimitrios Komilis et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

This study compares the distinctive performance, yield and characteristics of bioflocculants (UPMBF13) derived from submerged (SmF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) of Bacillus subtilis UPMB13. The bioflocculants were subjected to morphological characterization, functional groups determination...

Bacillus subtilis Bioflocculants +2 more

Vulnerability of the Indus River Delta of the North Arabian Sea, Pakistan

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Noor Ahmed Kalhoro et al. View all

Hydrology and water resources

Seawater intrusion has been a serious problem in the Indus River Estuary (IRE) for decades. The literature reviews, hydrological and meteorological observations were analyzed to examine and discuss the causes and consequences of seawater intrusion in the IRE. Both sea water intrusion and coastal...

Indus Delta Sea water intrusion +3 more

Satellite based detection of Volcanic SO2 over Pakistan

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Irfan Mahmood et al. View all

Air Quality

The present study is carried out to explain the presence of large concentrations of SO 2 in atmosphere of Pakistan during June, 2011. Large volcanic eruptions are a major source of greenhouse and trace gases. The eruption of Mount Nabro in June, 2011 injected large amount of SO 2 into stratosphere...

Mount Nabro Volcanic SO2 +4 more

An Experimental Study of Recoverable Products from Waste Tire Pyrolysis

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H. Kurtulus OZCAN et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

ºCIn this study, potential of useful products recovery was investigated from waste tires that completed the physical life by virtue of pyrolysis process. Disposal of waste tires, which is one of the global environmental problems, continues the presence thereof as a serious problem, especially in...

waste to energy WDF +2 more

Degree of Wastewater Treatment versus Types of Reuses: Case Study, Saudi Arabia

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Gohar Ali Mahar et al. View all

Water Resources Management

The Council of Ministers issued a Royal decree number M/6 1421 H, corresponding to 2000 AD. The decree stated that, in Saudi Arabia, all wastewater should be treated at the tertiary level, without any discrimination (in terms of the type of reuse and discharge locations). The aim of this article is...

Wastewater Tertiary Treatment +3 more

The majestic Hadrianic Aqueduct of the city of Athens

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Christaki Maria et al. View all

Water Resources Management

Athens in antiquity as well today, included all the settlements in the wider Attica region. That is why its official name was “the Athens” (plural). Since prehistoric times, the city of Athens and the wider region of Attica did not contain many natural water sources so aquatic reserves were never...

Hadrianic aqueducts +4 more

Experimental investigation of biogas production from cytrus waste: Co-digestion with cattle manure

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Sonia Rincón et al. View all

Sustainable Energy

Biogas production through anaerobic co-digestion of a mixture of cattle manure and citrus waste using an experimental facility for testing the biochemical methane potential (BMP) was investigated. No buffer solution is added to the mixture in order to use the buffer capacity from cattle manure...

Anaerobic digestion Biodegradability +4 more

Water Solution Polishing of Nitrate Using Potassium permanganate Modified Zeolite: Parametric experiments, kinetics and equilibrium analysis

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A.A. Alinejad et al. View all

Water Quality

In the present study, adsorption potential of potassium permanganate (Hypermangan) modified zeolite was investigated for the removal of nitrate from synthetic wastewater. Effects of the most significant parameters (pH, adsorbent dose, nitrate concentration and contact time) were initially evaluated...

Hypermangan nitrate +3 more

Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

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Nikos Lydakis-Simantiris et al. View all

Pollution Control Technology

The growing number of polluted land areas makes the question of rehabilitation and safe/effective use of these areas increasingly imperative. For land polluted by heavy metals, the possibility of transferring the toxic pollutants to humans through the food chain further increases the importance of...

Soil contamination Heavy metals +3 more

Assessment of Seasonal Variations in Surface Water Quality of Cooum River in Chennai, India – A Statistical Approach

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Shanthakumar S. et al. View all

Water Quality

Rapid development in industrial sectors and population expansion has adverse impact on the Cooum river basin, especially Chennai region. The present study focuses on the assessment of seasonal variation in surface water quality of Cooum river basin. The samples were collected seasonally and are...

Seasonal variation Physicochemical characteristics +2 more

Changes in antioxidative systems and membrane stability index of canola in response to saline soil and fertilizer treatment application

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Babak motesharezadeh et al. View all

Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management

The ability of fertilizer treatments (O (Optimum level), OP (Optimum level + twice amount of K +), OZ (Optimum level + twice amount of Zn 2+) and OZP (Optimum level + twice amount of K + + twice amount of Zn 2+)) to ameliorate salinity stress was studied in canola plants. In addition, fertilizer...

zinc chelate ameliorate +3 more

Time Series Models of Monthly Rainfall and Temperature to Detect Climate Change for Jorhat (Assam), India

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Dabral, P. P. et al. View all

Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent

In the present study, monthly rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum time series models were developed for Jorhat (Assam) situated in northeast India using monthly rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum temperature data from the year 1965 to 2000. A trend free time series of rainfall and...

Time series rainfall +3 more

Tourism Climate Comfort Index (TCCI) – An attempt to evaluate the climate comfort for tourism purposes: the example of Serbia

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Marija Belij et al. View all

Global Environmental Change

This paper proposes one new attempt to formulate a mathematical approach to climate parameters in the context of their complex implications for tourist activities through the tourism climate comfort index (TCCI). This paper also aims to formulate an original and optimal mathematical correlation...

climate index meteorological stations +3 more

Modeling Dryness Severity Using Artificial Neural Network at the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Jimmy Byakatonda et al. View all

Hydrology and water resources

Water balance studies in the Okavango Delta indicate that more than 90% of inflow into the Delta is lost through evaporation. This coupled with high climatic variability threatens the ecohydrology of the Delta. Trends indicate decreasing rainfall amounts and increasing temperature at the area of the...

Artificial Neural Network Ecohydrology +3 more

Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) applied to the chemical characterization of Diesel soot

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ARACELI TAPIA et al. View all

E2KW 2013

In this work, diesel soot has been characterized chemically using a diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) technique. Diesel soot samples were generated under combustion conditions reproducing the typical urban operating mode of a diesel engine. Initial experiments...

DRIFTS chemical characterization +3 more

Is the integrated water resources management implemented in Jiu river waters in the context of sustainable development? The modelling of the evolution of the concentration of heavy metals

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Cristina Mihaela BARBU et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Once the human technology develops, the study of its influence over the environment, the soil, the water, the flora and the fauna is becoming increasingly important. In communism, due to the lack of integrated management of water resources, the quality of the waters in Romania has constantly...

Environment Integrated Water Resources Management +3 more