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Volume 18

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Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X

Volume

Volume number
18
Publication year
2016

Exploratory study to assess the impact of chitosan /bentonite ratio on the metal removal capacity of chitosan modified bentonite clay

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Moetaz Elsergany et al. View all

Wastewater treatment

Adsorption is one of the methods that can be used for metal removal. In this study five metals were used cadmium, chromium, lead, copper and Nickel (Cd, Cr, Pb, Cu, and Ni) over a concentration range from 0.8 to about 7 mg l -1 for each metal. Adsorbents were prepared with increasing chitosan to...

Chitosan modified bentonite metal removal +2 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