Advances in environmental research Volume 18 / Justin A. Daniels, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daniels, Justin A.

Series:

Advances in environmental research, 2158-5717 ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This series covers leading-edge research in a cross-section of fields focusing on the environment, including current research data on the impacts of antibiotics on the natural environment; the potential of biogas in the zero-waste mode in cold-climate environment; environmental considerations in construction projects; removal of cationic dyes from aqueous solution by adsorption; impact of spinosad and harvest time residues of oryzalin and benthiocarb.

Contents:

Intro

ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. VOLUME 18

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

IMPACTS OF ANTIBIOTICS AND THEIR FATE INTO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION

3. SOURCES OF ANTIBIOTICS AND THEIR VARIOUS PATHWAYS

4. STATUS OF THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS

5. BIODEGRADABILITY OF ANTIBIOTICS

6. NATURAL ANTIBIOTICS

7. DISCUSSIONS

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

THE POTENTIAL OF BIOGAS IN THE ZERO-WASTE MODE IN THE COLD-CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT

2. BIOGAS FERMENTATION

3. FACTORS INVOLVED IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

4. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE

5. DIGESTER IN COLD COUNTRIES

6. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND PROCEDURES

7. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PERSISTENCE AND METABOLISM OF ENDOSULFAN (WDG) IN/ON BLACK GRAM UNDER EAST INDIAN AGRO CLIMATIC CONDITION

2. MATERIALS AND METHODS

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

HARVEST TIME RESIDUES OF ORYZALIN IN/ON SOYBEAN UNDER EASTERN INDIAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

2. MATERIAL AND METHODS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

HARVEST TIME RESIDUES OF BENTHIOCARB IN/ON RICE ECOSYSTEM UNDER EAST-INDIAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

AIR QUALITY IMPACT DUE TO AL-JUBAIL MULTI-STAGE FLASH (MSF) DESALINATION PLANT IN SAUDI ARABIA

INTRODUCTION

STUDY AREA

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

MODEL SELECTION AND DATA GENERATION

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

REFERENCES.

PREDICTION OF CO AND NOX ABATEMENT IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER OF A COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS VEHICLE (CNGV) COLD-START ENGINE

NOMENCLATURES

2. TWCC MODELLING

3. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

APPENDIX A

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

2. A GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

4. CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGEMENT

5. WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING OF MATERIALS

6. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR IMPACTS AND CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT

7. ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REMOVAL OF CATIONIC DYES FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY ADSORPTION ON PISTACHIO HULL

1. MATERIALS AND METHODS

2. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

COST BENEFIT IN CABBAGE CULTIVATION BY WEED CONTROL USING ORYZALIN HERBICIDE AND HOEING TECHNOLOGY

IMPACT OF SPINOSAD: A MACROCYCLIC INSECTICIDE ON THE INCIDENCE OF STEM BORERS IN SCENTED RICE UNDER EAST-INDIAN CLIMATIC CONDITION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

EVALUATION OF SPATIAL, TEMPORAL AND DEPTH VARIATION PATTERNS OF MAJOR NUTRIENTS AND CHLOROPHYLL IN A WETLAND RECEIVING AGRICULTURAL AND MUNICIPAL RUNOFF

2. STUDY AREA

3. MATERIALS AND METHODS

4. RESULTS

5. DISCUSSION

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEAD, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, NICKEL, ZINC AND IRON CONCENTRATIONS IN HAIR AND URINE AMONG THE URBAN AND NON-URBAN INDUSTRIAL WORKERS AND NON-PROFESSIONAL PERSONS

PAVEMENT MATERIALS EVALUATION THROUGH A TWO-STAGE LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS APPROACH

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDIX 1.DETAILED PHYSICAL MEANINGS OF THE SYMBOLS USED IN EQUATIONS

APPENDIX 2. STRUCTURAL COURSES

APPENDIX 3. COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS OF THE ALTERNATIVE PAVEMENT STRUCTURES

APPENDIX 4. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OUTPUT IN PHASE I

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-471-5

OCLC:

923668855