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Solid Waste Management
The primary issue related to applications of smart cities is Solid Waste Management (SWM), which may be harmful to public health and the environment. Management of waste includes the disposal of trash through recycling and landfilling. SWM is a significant and challenging issue for ecosystems...
Circular economy
Based on micro-panel data from Sichuan Province and Jiangsu Province collected in 2022 and 2023, multiple linear regression models are used to explore the impact of different industrial organization models on the green transformation of pig farming. The study found that the participation of pig...
Ecology, environmental change and management
Heavy metals like Pb, Cd, As, and Ni are becoming major environmental pollutants affecting crop productivity. The current study focused on the integration of biochar, compost, and Pb-tolerant Bacillus sp. (N18) to mitigate the hazardous impacts of Pb and improve maize growth under normal and Pb...
Solid Waste Management
Efficient biomedical waste management is essential for hospital hygiene and public health, particularly within the context of smart city infrastructures. This study proposes an innovative hybrid model combining a Genetic Algorithm (GA) with a Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) to enhance waste...
Water and wastewater reuse
In papermaking industry, large water consumption and hazardous wastes generation, particularly paper sludge, present environmental challenges. This study focuses on the valorization of the paper sludge by optimizing the extraction of total sugars through chemical treatment under various operating...
Sustainable Energy
The oil that comes out of the transformer is to violate the environment after the completion of its durability. Disposal of these wastes in to an open land leads to environmental hazards. This research work intends to capitalize the feasibility of converting waste paraffin oil from electrical...
General
Fly ash, a pivotal byproduct of coal combustion in thermal power plants, has yet to be fully harnessed as an abundant resource for metallic elements resources. A comprehensive understanding of its composition is essential for the exploitation of potentially valuable metals. We research the...
Biowaste
This study investigates the effect of teak wood dust (TWD) particles on the mechanical properties and erosion wear characteristics of Luffa acutangula fiber (LAF) reinforced phenol formaldehyde (PF) composites. Test samples were prepared with 20% LAF and varying TWD content (5%, 15%, and 25%). The...
Sustainable Energy
This study investigates the oxidative stability of Jatropha biodiesel and its blends with diesel over 180 days of storage. Jatropha oil was extracted using mechanical and chemical methods and then converted into biodiesel through transesterification. The biodiesel, both pure (B100) and blended at 5%...
Biodiversity conservation
In this study, we investigated the antibacterial and antifungal activities of hydro-methanolic (MeOH), ethyl acetate (EtOAc), and butanolic (n-BuOH) extracts from the leaves of Dianthus sylvestris subsp. aristidis (Batt) Greuter & Burdet against 78 clinical and 6 reference bacterial and fungal...
Solid Waste Management
The study examines replacement of natural aggregates (NA) with Recycled Aggregate (RA) in Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) M40 grade (M1) with 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% RA replacing NA in M2, M3. , M4 and M5 mixes. The compressive strength decreases with higher RA, but all mixes reach the target...
Environmental Management and Policies
A major factor in the development of modern environmental engineering is the necessity of treating water pollutants. The effective removal of metallic ions of wastewater systems, using adsorption techniques, different adsorbents have been widely utilized; among these adsorbents, polymer-based...
Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis
Hydroponic experiment was conducted to evaluate the single and combine effect of different concentration of Cd ( 80 µM, 100 µM ) and Cr (120 µM, 140 µM) on the seedlings of two wheat cultivars viz. FA-08 and SH-13 commonly grown in Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa- Pakistan. High dose...
Water Quality
Monitoring water quality parameters in rivers is of critical importance for decision makers and researchers. However, difficulties such as missing data, test values exceeding certain limits and parameters that are not measured but need to be monitored are among the main problems in monitoring water...
Environmental data analysis and modelling
The incidents occurring within the marine environment are supported by various Decision Support Systems (DSS), both in simulation and intervention. Accurate and real-time data inputs into these systems greatly contribute to the effective and prompt decision-making process. However, the absence of...
Nanomaterials in the environment: applications and effects
Fibrous plants are renewable resources that are abundant in nature. Economically and ecologically, it is especially advantageous to create high-performance composites using inexpensive natural fibres like water hyacinth (Eichhornea crassipes). As a composite matrix, remarkable thermosetting resins...
Microplastics in the marine environment
This study aims to review the effects of microplastics (MPs) with and without adsorbed organic pollutants or heavy metals on marine animals and the associated risks. First, the sources, composition, migration, and distribution of MPs in the marine environment is presented. Second, the effects of the...
Environmental Management and Policies
This paper investigates the impact of artificial intelligence technology on energy consumption carbon emission intensity and its spatial effect in Chinese provinces. By analyzing the 2012-2021 data of 30 provinces and cities in China, this paper constructs a spatial Durbin panel model to test the...
Air Quality
Currently, most of the global population resides in metropolitan areas, where air quality standards are not properly monitored. As a result, people are constantly exposed to air contaminants that exceed the thresholds set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Air quality monitoring system is often...
Biowaste
The gasification of biomass waste, such as Prosopis Juliflora wood( karuvellam wood), holds significant potential for reducing environmental impact and promoting sustainability. This study focused on investigating the gasification process of Prosopis Juliflora wood using an two stage air-preheated...
Air Quality
Pakistan, in recent years, has been at the forefront of the heavily striking havoc of smog. In light of the growing number of smog episodes, it is crucial to gain insight into the community's perception and to observe the decision-making phenomenon of the community's preventive behavior. This study...
Air Quality
Air pollution is one of the serious environmental problem that has an impact on ecosystems and human health worldwide. The prediction of air pollution can provide significant information that will permit all parties to take right initiatives. Predicting air quality is considered as a popular...
Air Quality
The increasing air pollution has become a serious concern as it links with health issues. Worldwide, it has caused premature deaths. The intense research is the need of time. One of the main causes of air pollution is the existence of particulate matter, i.e. the air contains a mixture of solid...
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
This study examined the varying levels of thyroxine hormone impact (at doses of 2, 10, and 50 µg g -1 BW ) as an environmentally responsive hormone on the fatty acid and sexual steroid profiles in male Labeo rohita fish. Each treatment group comprised six male fish with an average weight of 5.4 ± 0...