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Catalytic destruction of aromatic VOCs on SCR-DeNOx commercial catalyst
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 1 AbstractAromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) proved to have enhanced polluting behavior upon the atmosphere and human health. Their catalytic destruction is an alternative for environmental pollution reduction in the case of gaseous emissions with low contents of VOC.In this paper, an experimental study is presented, concerning the conversion of benzene and its mono-halogenated derivatives on SCR-DeNOx (V2O5-WO3/TiO2) commercial catalyst, specific for the reduction process of nitrogen oxid... Autori: Florin Bandrabur, Heinz Koser, Ion Balasanian, Liliana Lazar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25105
Determination of water quality deterioration at pilgrimage centre along river netravathi, mangalore using WQI approach
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 2 An attempt has been made to develop Water Quality Index (WQI), using six water quality parameters at riverside stations located in the vicinity of temples of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, South India. Rating curves were drawn based on the tolerance limits of inland waters and health point of view. Bhargava WQI method and Harmonic Mean WQI method were used to find overall WQI along the stretch of the river basin. Five point rating scale was used to classify water quality in each of the st... Autori: Santosh M. Avvannavar, Surathkal Shrihari ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25119
Methyl tert- butyl ether occurrence and degradation in water
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 2 The use of gasoline oxygenated with MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) reduced significantly air pollution (16 - 23% lower emissions of CO and 18% lower emissions of unburned hydrocarbons) but increased water pollution. There is no European or national regulations for MTBE in drinking water except for Denmark, which has set a limit value of 30 µg/ L for MTBE. USEPA proposed a maximum concentration of 20- 40 µg/L. This paper is a review with 70 references on the MTBE production, use, properties and... Autori: Camelia Beţianu, Florina Ungureanu, Loredana Branza, Lucian Vasile Pavel, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25122
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 6 No.4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 4 Iinclude urmatoarele articole:â€? Process water of papermaking: model building and characterizationâ€? Landfill inventory in the Republic of Moldova: problems and solutionsâ€? Floodplain revegetation and river basin restorationâ€? Environmental problems of copper complex in Bor areaâ€? Researches on air micro flora determination from public indoor spaces and hospital wards in an urban areaâ€? Current practice of solid waste management in Malaysia and its disposalâ€? An assessment of potential he... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25199
Environmental problems of copper complex in Bor area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe paper discusses some environmental problems caused by the presence of the copper mining and processing complex in the Bor area (Eastern Serbia). The Bor area is a serious hot spot in Serbia. Unsupervised operation of the mining company RTB Bor, without any protective measures, has led to extreme pollution of the Bor River, the Danube and underground waters, soil pollution with heavy metals, air-pollution with sulfur-dioxide etc. Recommendations are suggested as follows: a sustainable... Autori: Slavka Zeković ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25137
An assessment of potential health threats to international travelers to varying global standards in packaged drinking water
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 4 AbstractSafe water is fundamental for positive health and well-being. Much of the ill-health in society, especially in the developing countries, can be attributed to lack of harmless water. Each country elaborates its own drinking water standards based on healthbased targets.To ensure reliable consistent water-treatment and supply, drinking water standards have been prescribed both for drinking water supply and packaged/bottled water. Different countries prescribe standards that vary significant... Autori: B. S. Nanda Kumar, D. Venkatakrishnappa, Monto Mani, Santosh M. Avvannavar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25141
Quantification of lead pollution in bucharest area and potential risks for human health
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 AbstractLead is unique among the toxic air contaminants that the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified it in several ways. Lead concentration is increasing rapidly in the environment due to increased use in anthropic activity. Lead is released into the atmosphere from metallurgy and siderurgy industry, during coal burning, oil or wastes, from power plants which use solid fuel, from traffic and the building sites. Regardless the exposure mode, the presence of lead in urban air, even in r... Autori: Alina Murariu, Aurelia Meghea, Aurelian Stanescu, Ioana Lacatusu, Mihaela Mihai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25205
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 1 Nr. 1
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 1 › Nr. 1 Contain all the articles from this issue Risk assessment and management - tools for sustainable developmentMaria GavrilescuSustainable alternatives for petrochemical wastewater managementCarmen Teodosiu, Lidy E. Fratila-ApachiteiThe role and the place of oxidant reagents in wastewater treatmentIoan RoscaEnvironmental Psychology, a new direction in the psychological fieldCarmen Catalina IoanChanging concepts of high performance to socially sustainable organizationCostache Rusu, Nerida DavisU... Autori: Abdelnaser Omran ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25166
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 1 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 1 › Nr. 2 Contain all the articles from this issueICEEM /01 PLENARY CONFERENCETen years of Environmental Engineering and Management education and research at the Technical University of IasiMatei Macoveanu, Carmen Teodosiu ICEEM/01 - Environmental Engineering SectionRemoval of nitrogen oxides from Diesel exhaust: Laboratory studies for development of an SCR-catalyst-system using solid urea as reducing agentWerner Weisweiler High temperature desulphurization of hydrogen sulphide containing ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25167
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 1 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 1 › Nr. 4 Contain all the articles from this issue:ICEEM/01 -- Environmental Management Section Corporate environmental competence: A concept for characterising and assessing the environmental practice in companies and product chainsMichael S?¸gaard J?¸rgensen, Marianne Forman Life cycle assessment of some alternatives for the supply of thermal energy in the municipality of Iasi (Romania).Nicolae Peiu Management options for the industrial and municipal wastes in the city of Iasi Carmen Teod... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25169
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 2 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 2 › Nr. 3 Plants as biomarkers, biosensors and biomonitorsModelling of wastewater treatment of a pulp and paper mill for monitoringCatalysts for heterogeneous photocatalysts. Part I. Possibilities to improve photoefficiency through catalysts modificationThe global assessment method of the water qualityAspects regarding the wood certification in RomaniaDecolorizing of pulping effluents by ammonium lignosulphonate oxidationPowder coatings-based organic filmsOn environmental effects of the pulp and paper mil... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25172
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 2 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 2 › Nr. 4 Contain all the articles from this issueDestruction of Volatile Organic Compounds by catalytic oxidationAlice Oana Rusu, Emil DumitriuRisk assessment for a shipyard from Romanian Black Sea CoastAnca Florentina Caliman, Ion Balasanian Monitoring the behavior of the restoration interventions of the Probota Monastery’s indoor frescoes under the influence of the environmental factors. II. Modifications of the physical-structural and chemical characteristicsIon Sandu, Adrian Dima, Ioan Gabriel Sand... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25173
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 3 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 3 › Nr. 4 Contain all the articles from this issueICEEM /02 PLENARY SESSION:"Environmental Engineering and Management in the Context of Sustainable Development"Design for sustainability (D4S): towards advanced product conceptsHan Brezet, Sacha SilvesterICEEM/02 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SECTION"Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies"Complex approach to the problem of persistent organic pollutants degradation in water environmentVictor Covaliov, Olga Covaliova, Angela Cincilei, Gilles Mailhot, Pasca... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25176
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 3 Nr. 3 (I)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 3 › Nr. 3 Contain all the articles from this issueICEEM /02 PLENARY SESSION:"Environmental Engineering and Management in the Context of Sustainable Development"Green technology foresight of high technology: Hype of potentials - The challenges from nanotechnology, Biotechnology and ICTMichael S?¸gaard J?¸rgensenIntrinsic properties of noble metals in catalytic selective reduction of NO by propene in lean burn conditionsAnne Giroir-Fendler, Helleh Saadallah, Adela HaletaICEEM/02 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25178
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 4 Nr.4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 4 › Nr. 4 Contain all the articles from this issueNitrous oxide decomposition over Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts prepared by different methodsMircea Teodor Nechita, Ioan Rosca, Daniel Sutiman, Gabriela Apostolescu, Ioan Iordache Geometrical correlation method for global estimation of the ecosystem stateCamelia Popa, Cornel Cojocaru, Matei MacoveanuImmobilized lipases as biocatalysts for organic synthesis 1. Transesterification of ethyl acetate with alcohols in the presence of free Candida antarctica lipase BBrindusa... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25181
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 6 Nr. 5
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Keynote Lectures Energy from municipal solid waste: large-scale incineration or small-scale pyrolysis?â€? Electrical properties of SnO2-Pt/Al2O3 in reduction atmosphereâ€? Corporate management tools to address sustainability Challenges. A reflection on the progress and difficulties experienced during the last decadeâ€? Emerging academic responsibilities and opportunities for promoting regional sustainabilityâ€? Challenges for integrated water resources management... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25200
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 6 Nr. 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 6 Iinclude urmatoarele articole:â€? Phenol degradation in water through a heterogeneous photo-fenton processâ€? Study concerning the influence of oxidizing agents on heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutantsâ€? Nonmarket valuation of acequias: Stakeholder analysisâ€? Metals concentration in soils adjacent to waste depositsâ€? Polyelectrolyte - surfactant complexesâ€? Modelling of sorption equilibrium of Cr(vi) on isomorphic substituted Mg/Zn-Al - type hydrotalcitesâ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25206
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Synthesis of Ferrierite/ZSM-35 type zeolite with ethylenediamine as templateâ€? Recovery of p-hydroxybenzoic acid from wastewaters by reactive extraction 1. Extraction mechanism and influencing factorsâ€? Relationships between metals extent and cytological characteristics at Prunus persica L. pollenâ€? Smoke Emissions From Diesel Vehicles: A Case Studyâ€? Carbon dioxide generation - implications for romanian pulp and paper industry â€? Enhanced decolorization of ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25208
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Cost sensitivity analysis by Monte Carlo simulationâ€? Mathematical modeling of gas drying by adsorptionâ€? Methyl isobutyl ketone combustion over Pt/Al2O3 catalystâ€? Distribution of oxygen transfer rate in stirred bioreactors with simulated brothsâ€? Unsteady heat transfer inside an elliptic cylinderâ€? Triphasic external-loop airlift reactors. Hydrodynamic and dispersion studiesâ€? Sustainable combined utilization of renewable forest resources and coal in Roma... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25209
Environmental pollution with VOCs and possibilities for emission treatment
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 6 AbstractVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) constitutes an important class of environmental pollutants, which, together with other contaminants as NOx, SOx, CO, NH3, CO2 etc. participate in degradation of atmosphere and exhibit a potential risk for human health. VOC emissions may be generated in more than 25 percentages through the use of solvents in different industrial or house holding activities. For applying a certain plan concerning the pollution reduction, any user of organic solvents contai... Autori: Florin Bandrabur, Ion Balasanian, Liliana Lazar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25218
Methods and procedures for environmental risk assessment
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 6 AbstractThis work presents the state of the art of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methodologies in a variety of fields. Because risk exists in all ranges of human activity, both private and professional, risk assessment is an attempt to analyze precipitating causes of risk in order to more efficiently reduce its probability and effects. Numerous methodological guidelines within the field of environmental science exist to provide guidance for a risk assessment program, although the ... Autori: , , Florentina Anca Căliman, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25226
Impact of dust emission on plant vegetation in the vicinity of cement plant
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 1 AbstractEnvironment is a major issue which confronts industry and business in today's world on daily basis. Different industrial activities are degrading various environmental components like water, air, soil and plant vegetation. Cement industry is one of the 17 most polluting industries listed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The Jaypee Rewa Cement Cement industry, Rewa, Madhaya Pradesh is located between 24o 33' North longitude and 81o 10' east latitude and is situated at Jay Pr... Autori: Baby Sunisha, Nagpure Ajay Singh, Shrivastava Preeti, Shukla Ravindra Nath, Shukla Sudheer Kumar, Singh Deepali, Vivek Kumar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25233
Evaluation of lead pollution in Bucharest. Part II: Theoretical aspects of risk management strategy for impact of lead on human health
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 AbstractDespite its well known toxic effects, lead continues to be a part of modern life. Lead concentrations in the environment have increased steadily throughout history, with a huge increase when lead became a common additive to paint and gasoline. Although the use of lead in gasoline and most paint has been banned in many countries, there are still many ways for lead to be released on the environment. The effects of lead on human health have been the subject of significant international exam... Autori: Alina Murariu, Aurelia Meghea, Ioana Lacatusu, Mihaela Mihai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25244
Studies on air pollution with air-floated powders and lead in Tg. Jiu city, Gorj County
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 AbstractThe health effects caused by air pollutants may range from slight biochemical and physiological changes to difficulty breathing, wheezing, coughing and aggravation of existing respiratory and cardiac conditions. This paper presents an experimental study of air quality in the city of Tg. Jiu, Gorj County, by evaluating the air-floated powders of the PM10 fraction and lead from air. The analysis was performed by measurements in sampling points using the method presented in the European Nor... Autori: Camelia Capatana, Claudia Maria Simonescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25247
Quantification of impact and risk induced in surface water by heavy metals: Case study - Bahlui River Iasi
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe purpose of this paper was to quantify the environmental impact and risk applying a new integrated method designed as a soft SAB. The evaluation of impact and risk induced in environment was performed for surface waters (Bahlui River, IaÂ?i), considering the presence of some minerals and heavy metals in surface water in high concentrations. The new method for integrated environmental impact and risk assessment that considers the pollutants concentration levels in surface water w... Autori: Brindusa Robu, Dumitru Bulgariu, Laura Bulgariu, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25262
Municipal solid waste management in developing countries: A perspective on Vietnam
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 AbstractEnvironmental pollution has posed and continues to cause specific to and complicated problems. The unsustainable production and consumption patterns result in waste that can harm health and the environment. Because of rapid population growth and urbanization, industrialization process and rural to urban migration, solid waste management is becoming more and more critical now, being a problem in rapidly growing urban centers in developing countries. All these threaten the health and well-... Autori: Abdelnaser Omran, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25275
Methods for analisys and evaluation of occupational accidents and diseases risks
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe evaluation of the occupational risk represents an operation whose purpose is to assess the risk for accidents and occupational diseases which can occur during the development of some hazards produced by human activities inside the working system, with the view to giving a qualitative and a quantitative size of this element.In the study, mathematical patterns are developed to be used for laying foundations of modern methods for the analysis and assessment of occupational risks. The sc... Autori: Angelica Nicoleta Draghici, Constantin Baciu, Gabriel Dragoş Vasilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25280
Sustainable development and environmental assessment in the Bor basin
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 AbstractIn Serbia, the more recent sustainable development policy faces a number of serious problems, which are emphasized by the slow pace at which post-socialist r,eforms have been performed. Environmental aspects of transition reforms have hardly been tackled so far, the copper complex in the area of Bor (Eastern Serbia) being a notable example of such a delay. In effect, the practice of a more rigorous and systematic ex ante evaluation of possible future development scenarios is at its very ... Autori: Miodrag Vujosevic, ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25282
Remediation techniques for contaminated soils
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 AbstractSoil pollution causes significant damage to the environment and human health as a result of their mobilities and solubilities.Significant progress has been made in regulating soil pollution, with a parallel development of methodologies for soil assessmentand remediation. The selection of the most appropriate soil and sediment remediation method depend on site characteristics, concentration, type of pollutants to be removed, and the end use of the contaminated medium. The approach include... Autori: Attar Singh Sheoran, Poonia Poonam, Vimla Sheoran ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25291
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Removal of nickel from aqueous solution by Nordmann FIR (ABIES Nordmanniana (STEV.) SPACH SUBSP. Nordmanniana) conesâ€? Determination of heavy metals in extracts and macerates from garden flowersâ€? Biological phosphorus removal in a high performance single reactor â€? Advanced Cd2+ removal on dispersed TioO2-fly ash â€? Remediation techniques for contaminated soilsâ€? Separation of uranium(vi) from soils by extraction in aqueous PEG (1550) - Na2SO4 - Na2CO3 two-... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25296
Valorification of herbs in phytotherapy - an alternative of chemical treatments in agriculture
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 5 AbstractIn agricultural culture there are numerous weeds diminishing the production which are controlled by several methods. The most common and efficient method with the modern agriculture is the chemical method of controlling weeds, using a large range of herbicides. A great part of these herbicides have long lasting remanence, even over three years. A great part of the active substances of the herbicides pollute the soil and subsequently the waters, sometimes with disastrous action for the en... Autori: Brindusa Robu, Sabina Robu, Teodor Robu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25303
Determination of major and minor elements in milk through ICP-AES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractMilk products are a very important human nutrient since their consumption has increased in recent years. Good quality measurements are essential to control and maintain milk products and processes quality, both in manufacturing, trade and in research. The presence of toxic elements in powdered and liquid milk may create significant health problems for people. The aim of this paper was to determine the content of major and minor elements in different milk samples, sold in major supermarke... Autori: Alina Soceanu, Gabriela Stanciu, , Simona Dobrinas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25320
Quantification of environmental impact and risk induced by industrial activities on ground water quality: Case study Cordun - Roman area, Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe question of whether environmental assessment has achieved its goal of helping to reach better decisions has continually engaged the attention of academics, policy makers and environmental impact assessment practitioners. Answering this question requires several different groups working together and/or in sequence, and examining the effectiveness of environmental impact and risk assessment. EIA has tended to focus on the identification of impacts associated with planned activities or ... Autori: Brindusa Robu, Elena Doinita Carlig, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25321
Establishing the acceptable risk level in occupational accidents and diseases based on a formal analysis
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe occupational safety is that state of the working system where there is no possibility that occupational accidentsand diseases should occur. Considering the specific features of the component elements there are no such full safe working systems for men because there is always a hazard of occupational accidents and diseases.Generally speaking, all the component parts of the system, together with the relations built among them have beenconceived, designed and produced so that there is n... Autori: Constantin Baciu, Gabriel Dragoş Vasilescu, Valeriu Plesea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25322
The Gorgon method as a tool in sustainable behavior and development
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe paper proposes a solution for life quality improvement by changing the individual’s mentality and creating a sustainable behavior. The solution consists of the development of a psycho-behavioral pattern starting from the Gorgon experiences. The latter are hurtful experiences in the individual’s life the effect of which is a complete or partial emotional components blockage. The hindrance of these components performance affects the individual’s behavior, placing him or her in a ... Autori: Brindusa Robu, , Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25323
Identification, communication and management of risks relating to drinking water pollution in Bihor county
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractAt global level, the microbiological quality of water is a matter of concern, since diarrhoea represents the second cause of mortality. In addition, nitrates represent a significant problem and their high concentration - above the accepted limits - in drinking water is frequently encountered in Romania. Water samples have been analyzed in accordance with the methodology recommended by The Public Health Institute Bucharest. 78.15% of the water samples evaluated during the interval 2004-20... Autori: Claudia Sarmasan, Lucia Daina, Sonia Draghici ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25325
Modelling chlorine decay in drinking water mains
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractDrinking water treatment plays an important role in maintaining public health. Chlorine is the most often disinfectant used for microbiological protection of water. Required residual chlorine concentration must be in treated water when it leaves treatment plant, to comply with the regulations. The chlorine residual must be 0.5 mg/L at the entrance into the distribution system and 0.25 mg/l at consumers, according to the law. Any less and there is no guarantee that the water has adequate ... Autori: Dan Robescu, Diana Robescu, Nicolae Jivan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25328
Management of waste in rural areas of Gorj county, Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractOn the top of the ecological priority list in Romania, waste management is on the third place following the problems regarding the surface and underground water pollution, as well as that of the atmosphere. The clean-up of the landscape represents an issue largely discussed in Romania. The paper presents the advantages of waste management for the landscape, which includes: waste gathering and transfer, waste selection, waste biological treatment and the storage.Some analyses of the const... Autori: Camelia Capatana, Claudia Maria Simonescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25331
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 2 - Artificial intelligence applications in the atmospheric environment: status and future trends- Kernel methods and neural networks for water resources management- Environmental decision support systems based on models and model-based reasoning- Towards an intelligent tutoring system for environmental decision makers- SBC-MEDIU: A multi-expert system for environmental diagnosis- Fast and accurate residential fire detection using wireless sensor networks- Validation of a knowledge-based risk mode... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25377
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Composite membranes with cross-linked matrimid selective layer for gas separationâ€? Determination of organic compounds from different types of coffee by Hplc and Gc-Ecd analysisâ€? An integrated assessment of the suitability of domestic solar still as a viable safe water technology for Indiaâ€? Investigations on the possibility of natural hemp fibers use for Zn(II) ions removal from wastewatersâ€? Removal of acid red 398 dye from aqueous solutions by coagulation... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25340
Research in the engineering of complex systems safety
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractAn efficient design and development of the occupational health and safety managing system in a working system involves a suitable tailoring of occupational health and safety state in relation to the risk level associated to the conditions for the occurrence of general and specific hazards all through its length of operation.This paper presents a methodological approach for the analysis and for a likelihood estimate of industrial risks identified inside complex structures of the working s... Autori: Constantin Baciu, Gabriel Dragoş Vasilescu, Tiberiu Attila Csaszar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25347
Survey on the dynamic of urban air pollution in the municipality of Craiova, Dolj county
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractUrban air pollution is responsible for the highest burden of environmentally related diseases in Europe. Air pollutants with strongly indicated respiratory health effects are particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. The retrospective ecological survey has taken into account the urban air pollution with sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM10). The analyzed data show that after applying the European regulations regarding the ... Autori: Catalin Adrian Petrisor, Dorin Petrişor, Lucreţiu Radu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25348
Socio-environmental impact of idol immersion: dimensions and directions
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractIndia possesses a diverse and rich cultural heritage and is renowned as a 'land of festivals'. These festivals attract massive community involvement paving way to new materials such as 'Plaster of Paris' being used for 'modernizing' the representation of idols with very little thought given to the issues of toxicity and environmental impacts. Another dimension to the whole issue is the plight of the artisans and the workers involved in the trade. Owing to the unorganized nature of the in... Autori: Nanda B. S. Kumar, Raghunath Babu Are, Santosh M. Avvannavar, Shrihari Surathal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25349
Monitoring of PAHs in refinery effluents
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractA study was fulfilled concerning the source and the distribution of PAHs in the effluent proceeding from an oil refinery. The monitoring of the PAHs concentration in the refinery’s effluent also was performed during a year long. The practical goal of the work was to observe the complying with the limits imposed by the current legislation and to identify the potential risks of exceeding these limits in the future. For this study, gas chromatographic and HPLC methods were used. The metho... Autori: Anca Iuliana Birladeanu, Claudia Irina Koncsag, Mariana Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25357
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Include urmatoarele articole:â€? Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 2â€? Bioengineering aspects of tissues culture bioreactors for medicine and environmental applicationsâ€? Removal of bis (1-chloro-2-propyl) ether from wastewater using sonodegradation and biodegradationâ€? A novel plasma reactor for toluene decomposition in contaminated air flowâ€? Study of the copper (II) removal from aqueous solutions by chelating resin Purolite S930 â€? Analysis of some metal levels... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25371
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 â€? Bioremediation of contaminated air using a bioscrubberâ€? Quality risk evaluation of the groundwater resources on the moldavian areaâ€? Electrochemical characterization of some dental materials in accelerated environmental testingâ€? Preliminary study of simple and Fenton oxidation with hydrogen peroxide applied on final effluents from a zootechnical farmâ€? The environmental impact assessment caused by the dykes failureâ€? Revaluation of beer industry byproducts – medical implicationsâ€? ... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25372
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 â€? Photocatalytic properties of titania - fly ash thin filmsâ€? Study of the viscosity of some biodiesel – diesel oil blendsâ€? Aspects refering to technical and leaching properties of the secondary aluminium slags - cement compositesâ€? Studies regarding phenol and 4-chlorophenol sorption by surfactant modified zeolitesâ€? Cu-Ni nanostructured electrocatalysts obtained by electrocodepositionâ€? Molecularly imprinted poly (vinyl alcohol) films for the selective absorption of glycyrrhizinic ac... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25373
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 5
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 â€? Photocatalytic properties of titania - fly ash thin filmsâ€? Study of the viscosity of some biodiesel – diesel oil blendsâ€? Aspects refering to technical and leaching properties of the secondary aluminium slags - cement compositesâ€? Studies regarding phenol and 4-chlorophenol sorption by surfactant modified zeolitesâ€? Cu-Ni nanostructured electrocatalysts obtained by electrocodepositionâ€? Molecularly imprinted poly (vinyl alcohol) films for the selective absorption of glycyrrhizinic ac... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25374
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 â€? Physiological changes in seedling germination and growth plant under chemical stress conditionsâ€? Studies on sorption and transport processes of cadmium in soilsâ€? Assessment of the anthropogenic impact on water systems by fluorescence spectroscopyâ€? Research on the effects of soil improvement by fertilization on the quality of winter wheatâ€? Halotherapy: From ethnoscience to scientific explanationsâ€? Study regarding the sorption of erythrosine from aqueous solution onto soilâ€? Hydroxy... Autori: ISSN: 1582 - 9596 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25375
Optimization of a gas chromatographic method for acrylamide analysis applications for risk management
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 AbstractThe paper proposes a simple and less expensive gas chromatographic method for analyzing acrylamide in food and reveals comparative results regarding the acrylamide content in commercial and home toasted bread. Validation of the method has been achieved by establishing parameters linearity, limit of detection (LOD = 0.1 mg/L), limit of quantization (LOQ = 0.5 mg/L), precision, stability. Run-to-run precision was determined by carrying out five replicate determinations for three acrylamide... Autori: Anca Irina Burlacu, Rodica Cuciureanu, Patricia Fitterman, Michel Larroque ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25385
Application of natural materials as sorbents for persistent organic pollutants
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 AbstractPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment around. This group of priority pollutants consists of pesticides, industrial chemicals and unintentional by-products of industrial processes. Natural materials, waste from industry and agriculture and bioadsorbents can be employed as inexpensive adsorbents to remove POPs from environmental components by sorption processes. The paper presents various natural sorbents and some ou... Autori: Laura Carmen Apostol, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25395
Heavy metals contamination of commercial fish foodstuff - potential health risks on human consumers
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Abstract
Human exposure to heavy metals requires special surveillance measures on these elements in human body in order to detect a relation between heavy metal exposure and adverse health effects. The aim of this paper is focused on biomonitoring contamination with heavy metals in fish foodstuffs and in blood, and corroboration of contaminant levels with immunotoxicological effects on target groups of consumers. The final goal is to establish some recommendations on human diet with fish food... Autori: Aurelia Meghea, Alina Murariu, Cristina Tanase, Eleonora Codorean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25398
Bioengineering aspects of tissues culture bioreactors for medicine and environmental applications
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Abstract
Development of industrial cell culture processes needs a good engineering practice and system expertise in achieving a successful integrated process using disposable components. The bioreactors for 3D tissues systems could be an advantageous alternative in terms of low contamination risk, easiness of handling and scaling-up. A careful and strategic design of these equipments provides a better process control and a safe and reproducible production of tissue construct. They can offer t... Autori: Anca-Irina Galaction, Dan Caşcaval, Dan Zaharia, Radu Ciorap ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25404
Plant protection products and their sustainable and environmentally friendly use
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Protection of plants from diseases, pests and weeds plays a decisive role in agricultural development, as an essential part in planning and policy of numerous countries. Since the plant protection products are mainly chemicals and may be not only poisonous for humans and fauna, but they may also pollute water bodies, ground water and soil with hazardous pollutants, their use have to be environmentally friendly and sustainable. The paper discuss some aspects of benefits and risks con... Autori: Manuela Olga Pogăcean, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25405
Study on the multi-annnual variability of particulate matter PM10 in Suceava City
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone are now generally recognized as the most significant in terms of health impacts. This study shows that concentrations of particulate matter up to 10 microns in diameter (PM10) in Suceava city exceeded EU limits set to protect human health during 2004-2007. In order to design effective PM10 air quality management programmes, it is essential to identify the sources affecting PM10 background levels. For this, PM10 data series were analyzed ... Autori: Lacramioara Gina Ursul, , Doina Carmen Manciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25409
Evolution of emissions of heavy metals in Vaslui County
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Elaboration of the inventory of the pollutants emissions in atmosphere constitutes the basis for elaboration of the strategies and reglementations, assessment of the trends in evolutions of emissions, modeling of the pollutants dispersions, analysis of new sources, establishment of emission taxes, compliance with legislation, as well as review of existing reglementation and standards regarding the air quality.
The current paper describes both the evolution of the emissions of the he... Autori: Mihaela Budianu, Mihai Nicu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25422
From the risks evaluation to the health and safety preservation at work
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
As the prevention of the risks is one of the major stakes of any industrial activity, a priori, the evaluation of these risks constitutes one of the principal progress levers of the risks prevention step at a company. It is an opportunity to engage a prevention step in order to preserve health and to improve the employees' safety at work. However, as the companies are increasingly concerned of hygiene and quality, health at the work should be taken into account with the same interest... Autori: Ghania Chaib, Rachid Chaib, Ion Verzea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25423
The environmental impact assessment caused by the dykes failure
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
The paper presents a risk analysis and assessment of the defence linear systems failure (dykes) in case of accidental flood. Also, breach scenarios and hydrographs computation for the corresponding accidental high waters are provided. The impact assessment is highlighted through a global matrix model for costs quantification.
It is also presented the flooding computation model for different versions of the linear defence systems and in a correspondent way the Inundation Accidental D... Autori: Codruta Badaluta-Minda, Gheorghe Creţu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25433
Quality risk evaluation of the groundwater resources on the moldavian area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
The analysis over the underground water monitoring system and the collected data from survey drilling show that the underground water has an unsatisfactory quality due to some physical and chemical characteristics. Along with these, factors like the surface water pollution, the hydrodynamic exchange between surface and underground waters and the reintroduction in the agricultural activities of nitrates and phosphorus based fertilizers lowers, as well, the quality that it has been tal... Autori: Ioan Crăciun, Catrinel-Raluca Giurma-Handley, Ion Giurma ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25436
Environmental friendly welding - An evolution from 3D (Dirty, Dusty, Dangerous) to 3C (Cool, Clever and Clean)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The paper approaches the environment issue in the context of welding fabrication processes. The introduction presents, synthetically, the place and dimension of welding in the manufacturing industry. Negative aspects regarding the image of weldingdue to the impact on the environment are identified. The driving factors and the main development trends of environmentalfriendly welding processes are analyzed. An action program to change the image of welding from the present "3 D - Dirty,... Autori: Dorin Dehelean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25445
Residues of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from refinery spent catalysts
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Spent hydroprocessing catalysts from petroleum refining industries have been classified as hazardous wastes due to their content in heavy metal and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The aim of our paper determine the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) residues contents in spent catalysts samples from four different units of the Romanian refinery Rompetrol Rafinare,Constanta: Hydrogen (H), Gas Desulfurization Sulfur Recovery (GDSR), Hydrofining Turbojet Kerosene (HTK) and Pet... Autori: Camelia Draghici, , , Gabriela Stanciu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25449
Case studies regarding the remediation of polluted soils from inactive industrial sites
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The methods generally used for developing these studies are the assessment and investigation. Assessment – all methods used for measuring, reckoning, modeling, forecasting or estimating the presence of a pollutant in the environment. Investigation - the process of identifying the presence of pollutants in the environment, the spatial dispersion of these pollutants, the level of their concentration, as well as the analysis of the environment’s structure. The steps that were follow... Autori: , Gheorghe - Viorel Cosara, Calin Baciu, Ileana - Codruta Stezar, Augusta - Diana Crisan, Camelia Costan, Cristina Modoi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25451
Land degradation and desertification risk in Dobrogea region
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
It's well known the degradation of many Romanian (including Dobrogea) soils, both in hill and in plain environments, due to the increasing anthropic pressure on natural resources. Soil erosion and organic matter loss are recognized as the main processes responsible of such degradation and of the rising risk of desertification, to which land use changes and politics for agriculture not suitable for land specificities often contribute. The knowledge of land use impact on soil quality i... Autori: Marioara Nicolaescu, Naliana Lupascu, ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25453
Sludge recycling in ceramic matrix
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
In the new millennium to sustain a healthy life in harmony with nature, it will be extremely important to develop various materials and processes that minimize any harmful influence on the environment. The feasibility of sludge recycling in the brick manufacture was evaluated through laboratory testing. Several ceramic masses with clay, sand and various proportion of sludge have been synthesized and than characterized by their physical-mechanical properties. Sludge fineness also has ... Autori: Ana - Maria Szoke, Marcela Muntean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25454
Noise pollution and health impact in urban Arges area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Economical development in the Arges district, in the recent years, presents some aspects regarding the compliance with noise environmental regulations. The noise and its impact on human health is one of the most important objectives of the health assurance policy. In this paper a comparative study of urban noise in the principal cities of the Arges district is performed. The data monitoring of noise polution were carried out by using of specific standard methods with a Sonometer Delt... Autori: Ion Iosub, Silvia Iosub, Victor Grigorie, Aurelia Meghea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25463
Surface water pollution generated by mining activities. Case study: Aries river middle catchment basin, Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The Aries River, due to its geographic position and its significance in the Mures - Tisza Basin, has a major impact on environmental media, influencing their quality. In the Middle Catchment Basin the main industrial activity is mining, since the Roman times, when the first mines were opened. The mining operations in the region generated a severe pollution of all the environmental media.
The paper identifies the risk areas in the middle Aries River in terms of surface water pollutio... Autori: , Lucrina Stefanescu, Camelia Costan, Mirela Miclean, Cristina Modoi, Serban - Nicolae Vlad ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25470
Anti-inflammatory constituents from different plant species
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Herbs have been used as food and for medicinal purposes for centuries. In recent years, natural compounds such as phenolic acids, phenolic diterpenes and triterpenes, present in various plants, have been the subject of intense research due to their potential benefits for human health. It has been demonstrated that the antioxidant and radical scavenge activities are the main properties of these compounds.
The main difficulties in using natural products as a source for pharmaceutical ... Autori: Ruxanda Bodirlau, Iuliana Spiridon, Carmen Alice Teaca, Narcis Anghel, Maria Ichim, Svetlana Colceru , Alice Armatu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25474
Issues on costs and investment for environmental protection
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The concept of sustainable development has emerged in order to correlate the need to continue increasing the level of human and increasingly fragile �health?? level of environment. At the industrial level, things have moved more quickly. Thus, many companies use waste as fuel, and in some localities they are trying to implement systems for heating cottage on the combustion of waste. They are first to have acknowledged the eco-economical importance of recovery and reuse waste.... Autori: Dan Duran, Irina Duran, Adrian Diaconu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25488
Emerging processes for soil and groundwater cleanup - potential benefits and risks
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
The cleanup of environmental pollution involves a variety of techniques, ranging from simple biological processes to advanced engineering technologies. Cleanup activities may also address a wide range of contaminants. Technologies to remediate contaminated soil fall into two principal clean-up approaches: in-situ (which is always done onsite), or ex-situ (which can be done on- or off-site). In-situ treatment deals with contamination without removing material from the ground, while ex... Autori: Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25501
The carbohydrates synthesis in Calendula Officinalis l. Leaves influenced by some mutagene substances
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
It is known that carbonhydrates are precursors of all bioactive substances we tried in thes paper work to do some investigation on these substances in the environmental area of Iasi. To observe the influence of some chemical mutagens substances on carbohydrates biosynthesis we conducted investigations on plant material (leaves) taken from the Calendula officinalis L species. We used this assay to examine the effects of the herbicide 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), etidium br... Autori: Constantin Leonte, Roxana Vatavu, Teodor Robu, Irina Volf ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25502
Monitoring of environmental low frequency magnetic fields
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 AbstractWith a view to make a long term survey of the magnetic fields generated by the power line sources, appliances or, generally, by the low frequency magnetic field sources, a tri-axis magnetic field meter was proposed. Referring to the magnetic field sensor, both the characteristic proportional of the field strength and proportional to the time derivate of the field strength were considered. Thus, two active magnetic field meters working in 40 Hz ? 200 kHz frequency range were designed. In ... Autori: Alexandru Salceanu, Ionut Nica, Liviu Breniuc, Valeriu David ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25507
Bioavailability processes for contaminants in soils and their use in risk assessment
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
The individual physical, chemical, and biological interactions that determine the exposure of plants and animals to chemicals associated with soils are of great importance in the assessment of contaminants bioavailability. Understanding of bioavailability processes is at last needed to improve the scientific basis of risk assessment and is the purpose of the present research.
Since bioavailability processes are embedded within existing human health and ecological risk frameworks, so... Autori: Brindusa Mihaela Robu, Camelia Smaranda, Florentina Anca Căliman, Laura Carmen Apostol, Lucian Vasile Pavel, Maria Gavrilescu, Raluca Maria Hlihor ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25516
Risk assessment and measurement of hazards in estonian enterprises
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
The paper focuses on occupational hazards and the determination of risk levels. Indoor climate, lighting, noise, chemicals and dust are examined. A simple/flexible risk assessment method is provided. The results of measurements of occupational hazards in six industries (mechanical, printing, wood, plastic, clothing and water purification plants) in Estonia are presented. The overall purpose of the paper is to draw the attention to the importance of measurements of occupational hazard... Autori: Piia Tint, Marina Jarvis, Karin Reinhold, Onnela Paas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25521
Impact of landfill leachate on soil quality in Iasi county
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
Waste management hierarchy has as priorities waste recycling and energy recovery. Unfortunately, Romania is in the situation so as the waste landfilling is still considered as a suitable solution for waste management. European Union imposed a number of regulations and programs in the field of waste treatment and management that Romania must comply.
The paper describes some aspects regarding characterization of the leachate originating from the Tomesti landfill (situated in Iasi County... Autori: Ana-Maria Schiopu, Brindusa Mihaela Robu, Ion Apostol, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25523
Behaviour of persistent pollutants and risks associated with their presence in the environment - Integrated studies
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The paper describes the complex research developed within a national research project. The proposed studies and researches are according to the thematic frame of the program cooperation-environment of FP7, whose fundamental objective is related to the natural and anthropogenic environmental problems and resources. Under this context, the project proposes a coherent, conceptual framework for integrated environmental risk assessment and management, generated by the presence of persiste... Autori: Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25548
Modeling and simulation of quality indicators of surface water
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The efficient understanding and application of mathematical models in the study of environmental phenomena keep up with the latest results in the mathematical domain which could provide solutions for controlling, analyzing, predicting and study of risk phenomena. This paper presents a browsing through some mathematical categories of interpreting statistical data, examples and their analysis in connection with the degree of polluting the water down the Danube River with the help of qu... Autori: Valerian Antohe, Constantin Stanciu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25562
Particulate matter pollution in university area: Traffic flow analysis
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
University campuses can be seen as �small cities’ due to their high population (students, professors, employees) and corresponding high traffic flow, which may have a significant impact on both environment and people health.
The objective of this work was to analyze particulate matter seasonal trends in the university area of Cosenza (University of Calabria). The relationship between sources emission, meteorological parameters and particle properties was defined. Sampling was co... Autori: Monica Filice, Pierantonio De Luca, Giuseppe Piero Guido ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25564
Assessment of the anthropogenic impact on water systems by fluorescence spectroscopy
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Organic matter is ubiquitous in every type of aquatic system and due to the influence that it has on their ecological health, can be used as a useful water quality indicator. Fluorescence spectroscopy has been efficiently used in the past decades to determine and characterize organic matter, and its link to function and chemical water quality.
In this paper, fluorescence fingerprints are presented in order to evidence the anthropogenic influence on different aquatic systems. Using f... Autori: Elfrida M. Carstea, Luminita Ghervase, Gabriela Pavelescu, Dan Savastru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25576
A case study of industrial water polluted with chromium (VI) and its impact to river recipient in western Serbia
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 1 Abstract
In this work the method for the treatment of industrial waste waters effluents containing hexavalent chromium in three companies during process of treating metal surface with chromic acid is described. Industrial water polluted with hexavalent chromium is collected in separate sewage system. Polluted water is collected in precipitation tanks which are directly connected with neutralization reservoirs. The treatment process includes pre-neutralization by lime-milk, sedimentation, floc... Autori: Igor Creţescu, Mirjana Cvijovic, Predrag Djurdjevic, Slavica Cvetkovi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25596
Validation of a knowledge-based risk model for biological foaming in anaerobic digestion simulation
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 2 Abstract
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a complex biological system which can be affected by several operational problems. Among them, biological foaming is one of the most difficult to deal with. It has many effects, such as causing gas pipe clogging and probe failures, and it can affect mixing devices, etc. Since the mechanisms involved in biological foaming development are not fully understood, it is not included in standard anaerobic digestion models. For this reason, a knowledge-based risk ... Autori: Eric Latrille, Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda, Jean-Philippe Steyer, Joaquim Comas, Jordi Dalmau ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25610
SBC-MEDIU: A multi-expert system for environmental diagnosis
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 2 Abstract
An efficient environmental management system needs some air, water and soil pollution analysis software tools. The paper presents a multi-expert system, SBC-MEDIU, developed for environmental diagnosis. The system has three modules: SBC-AIR, the module for air pollution analysis and dispersion assessments, SBC-WATER, the module for surface water pollution analysis, and SBC-SOIL, the module for soil erosion risk assessments. The experimental results obtained so far are also discussed.... Autori: Daniel Dunea, Mihaela Oprea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25612
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 4 ? POLLUTION PREVENTION, A KEY TO ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
? A COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF ROMANIAN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TREATMENT BEFORE LANDFILLING
? A STUDY ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN ROMANIA
? ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON STRESSED METALLIC SURFACES
? ASPECTS OF HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER IN DIFFUSED AERATION SYSTEMS
? THE STATUS OF SOME SELECTED HEAVY METALS IN ROADSIDE SOILS OF BURSA PROVINCE, TURKEY
? PREPARATION AND CHARACTERI... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25656
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 6 ? RESEARCH ON NaCl SALINE AEROSOLS I. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL SOURCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
? DECISION SUPPORT MODELS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ? AN OVERVIEW
? POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
? APPLICATION
OF SHALLOW POND SYSTEM USING WATER HYACINTH FOR DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
TREATMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS) AND HEAVY
METAL SALTS
? TRENDS OF THE COMMUNITARIAN COHESION POLICIES AND ADVERTISING FOR EC... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25658
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 7
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 7 ? MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLING AND TREATMENT OF RESULTING LIQUID EFFLUENTS
? ROMANIA: ENTREPRENEURIAL VALUES AND SUSTAINABILITY
? THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF WOODEN BRIQUETTES USED AS RENEWABLE FUEL
? ECO-FRIENDLY EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION METHODS OF CAPSAICINES
? ADDRESSING ISSUES OF GEOENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN DOBRUJA, ROMANIA/BULGARIA
? ADSORPTION OF 2,4-DINITROPHENOL AND 2,6-DINITROPHENOL ONTO ORGANOCLAYS AND INORGANIC-ORGANIC PILLARED CLAYS
? APPLICATION
O... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25659
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 11
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 11 ? COMPARATIVE CONSIDERATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF SOME MOLYBDENUM/NIOBIUM DOUBLE PEROVSKITES OXIDES
? THE INFLUENCE OF THE STORAGE TIME ON THE STABILITY OF BUTTER
? CaCO3 CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS BY DOUBLE EXCHANGE METHOD USING CaCl2 RESIDUAL SOLUTIONS
? OPTIMIZATION OF COAGULATION-FLOCCULATION IN THE TREATMENT OF CANAL WATER
? ANODIC DETERMINATION OF PENTACHLOROPHENOL FROM WATER USING CARBON NANOFIBER-BASED COMPOSITE ELECTRODE
? STUDY OF PRECIPITATES GROWTH IN COAGULATION ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25663
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 12
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 12 ? POST-DARCY FILTRATION THROUGH RIGID PERMEABLE MEDIA
? BIOSORPTION OF Cr(VI) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS ONTO Hydrilla verticillata WEED: EQUILIBRIUM, KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES
? IMPACT OF BUILDING A TIDAL GATE ON THE YONGJIANG RIVER IN CHINA
? MONITORING OF THE HYDROTECHNICAL TORRENT CONTROL STRUCTURES: A STATISTICAL APPROACH
? RESEARCH ON SOIL PROPERTIES CONSERVATION DURING THE PREPARATION OF GERMINATION BEDS IN GREENHOUSES
? MANAGEMENT OF THE POTATO CROPS FOR MIN... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25664
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 10 Nr. 1
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 1 ? COMPACT MICROPULSE BACKSCATTER LIDAR: AIRBORNE AND GROUND-BASED APPLICATIONS
? STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES
? A STUDY OF THE AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES AT TWO AERONET STATIONS FROM ROMANIA
? COMPLEMENTARY ATMOSPHERIC URBAN POLLUTION STUDIES IN THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA, IASI COUNTY
? ?NGSTR?M TURBIDITY IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE TROPOSPHERE
? LIDAR MONITORING OF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION AND NATURAL PHENOMENA
... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25665
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 10 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 3 ? ADSORPTION OF DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING SILVER WOOD SAWDUST CARBON
? TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE HEAVY METALS LOADED WASTEWATERS RESULTED FROM CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING PROCESS
? WATER QUALITY CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PRUT RIVER
? ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS - BETWEEN REALITY AND HOPE
? INTERACTIONS AMONG CLIMATE, VEGETATION AND SOILS IN RADUCANENI ? IASI AREA
? DISTRIBUTION OF MIXING INTENSITY OF OXYGEN-VECTOR DISPERSIONS IN AERATED... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25669
A GIS METHOD FOR ASSESSING ROOF-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL: A CASE STUDY IN JIANGSU, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 6 The abundant and inexhaustible solar energy has been widely considered a viable solution to the energy-shortage problem as well as the pollution of the environment. Therefore, it is an urgent need to perform detailed and reliable estimation of available solar resource in order to shift from traditional fossil fuels to the rich solar energy. However, such a scientific action has been often taken simply from the theoretical reserves, with few regards for the specific using scenarios. This paper in... Autori: Guangxu Liu, Wenxiang Wu, Quansheng Ge, Erfu Dai, Zhiwei Wan, Yang Zhouhttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25690
QUANTIFYING THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES ON AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 7 The beneficial effect of urban plants in improving air quality is often mentioned in literature but is seldom quantified and valuated. Quantification and valuation of the benefits provided by urban plants allow direct comparison between plant species and help make more informed urban planning decisions. Based on fieldwork study and data processing, carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration, oxygen (O2) generation, transpiration cooling, sulfur dioxide (SO2) removal and dust interception are quantified ... Autori: Qijiao Xie, Zhixiang Zhou, Fang Chenhttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25710
ALGORITHM FOR LIFETIME ESTIMATION OF BATTERIES BASED ON VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SHAPE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 8 Abstract:In spite of the large use of batteries throughout the years, both in photovoltaic systems and in other uses, there are still nocomprehensive analyses in ageing studies and, when they exist, statistics turn out to be limited. In this sense, this macro-grid is aunique experience, since the experiment is already composed of 1600 identical stand-alone photovoltaic systems and almost 10years of data taking on 10 minute interval for the main magnitudes.In this paper, it is proposed a method f... Autori: Angeles López Agüera, Daniel Rey Rey, Iago Rodriguez Cabo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25718
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MINING INDUSTRY APPLIED FOR GORJ COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 8 Abstract:The national legal framework harmonization, including in areas concerning environmental protection, with the Europeanstandards in the field, is a goal of paramount importance with regard to Romania's accession to the EU structures. From thisperspective, all the organizations, agencies and individuals operating in this field must be acquainted with the European Union'sprograms of environmental action.In this context, the paper aims to provide an overview of the relevant trends and develo... Autori: Constanţa Enea, Constantin Enea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25742
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT - COMPLEXITY AND RISKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 9 Abstract:Hydropower exploitation has become a multifaceted task due to continuously increasing interest in all parts of the world but alsodue to inhomogeneity of framework conditions in the social, the political, the regulatory and the economic view. The final successof a plant is not only ensured by a good technical concept or design but additionally by a suitably model of financing, by selectingthe most reliable partners, by evaluating the environmental restrictions or the political stability ... Autori: Bernhard Pelikan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25761
RISK OF EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS IN CASE OF THE MECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF SOME ASBOCEMENT COMPOSITES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 11 Abstract:The hereby article presents a part of the results of the research made by the author during his PhD degree preparation with respect to asbestos and plastics wastes recycling in the form of composite with polymeric matrix, respectively the toxicological tests performed on the new product. In this respect, three categories of tests were made based on complex and modern analysis methodologies, with high results accuracy: spectral analysis of the wear wastes, morphological analysis of the w... Autori: Cristina Corpodean, Silvian Ionescu, Valeriu Deac ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25812
SUSTAINABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 12 Abstract:The concept of sustainable development has become an important objective for policy makers, since the key principle ofsustainable development understands the interdependence between economy, environment and society concerns.The objective of this study is to analyze the supports for sustainable environmental remediation, considering sustainabilityindicators and sustainable remediation practices, based on both methods that are known for a long time as well as emergentprocesses and technol... Autori: Isabela Maria Simion, Maria Emiliana Fortuna, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25837
INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ESTONIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 The indoor climate of educational institutions (kindergartens, secondary schools and universities) in Estonia is investigated. The main hazards for students’ health are: the high concentration (over 800 ppm) of carbon dioxide in the classrooms that refers to the inappropriate ventilation; the non-ergonomic computer workplaces where the direction of the natural light (without blinds for the windows) is causing glare on the monitors; the low humidity of the air in winter; the low air temperature... Autori: Ada Traumann, Piia Tint, Viiu Tuulik ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25873
MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF HERBICIDES REMOVAL BY INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 Herbicides industry is a large consumer of water, as well as a major wastewater generator, its effluents contain priority organic pollutants in very high concentrations which have severe effects on human health and on the environment due to their toxicity and bio-recalcitrant nature, persistence in the environment and bioaccumulation. A vast number of herbicides and other priority organic pollutants have been found in wastewater effluents, surface water, and drinking water around the world. The ... Autori: Bianca Weinberg, ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25874
MEASUREMENTS OF RADIUM CONTENT IN SOME SPRING WATERS FROM ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Measurements of radium concentrations in water are important from the health protection point of view, so simple and reliable analytical methods must be available. In this paper we have determined the radium activity concentration in 24 spring waters which are used as potable water reservoirs. For this purpose we used radon emanation technique and also alpha spectrometry method. This work gives details of sample processing, Lucas cell and the methodology used in the emanation method. In the meas... Autori: Alida Timar Gabor, Constantin Cosma, Oana Alexandra Rusu, Robert Csaba Begy, Simina Dreve ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25878
ASSESSING IMPACTS OF TRIAZINE PESTICIDES USE IN AGRICULTURE OVER THE WELL WATER QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 The herbicide use can be seen as an auxiliary path for new farming methods, providing more advantageous farming and land use capabilities and increasing crop yields. Some of them are quickly degraded but others persist in the environmental compartments being toxic for human health and the environment.The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of some triazine herbicides from agricultural sources on quality of well and surface water, in two regions of Romania with different agricultural act... Autori: Andreea Dragus, Mihail Simion Beldean-Galea, Radu Mihaiescu, Tania Mihaiescu, Dumitru Ristoiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25889
ASSESSING THE HUMAN EXPOSURE DUE TO WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS IN OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Wireless local area networks (WLAN) are an increasingly used communication technology employing energy of radiofrequency (RF). Although the power emitted by WLAN systems is relatively small (in Europe, a maximum of 100 mW is permitted in the classic 2.4 GHz frequency band), concerns about possible health effects risks from exposure to radiofrequency (RF) fields originating on WLAN are sometimes expressed by the general public. In such a context, this paper presents results of a survey conducted ... Autori: Alexandra Salceanu, Eduard Lunca, Igor Creţescu, Valeriu David ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25896
OCPS AND PAHS DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF TOMATO GROWING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 The presence of pollutants in food raises some serious questions concerning their potential impact on consumers health, being necessary to monitor their distribution in the environment. The present work provides data regarding levels of organochlorine pesticides (lindane, p,p’- DDT, p,p’- DDE, p,p’- DDD, HCB, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin and hepthaclor) and PAHs: acenaphthene (Ace), acenaphthylene (Acy), fluorene (F), naphthalene (Np), anthracene (An), fluoranthene (Fl), phenanthrene (Ph), ben... Autori: Alina Soceanu, Danut Tiberius Epure, Gabriela Stanciu, Simona Dobrinas, Viorica Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25905
WHOLE CELL BIOREPORTER FOR THE ESTIMATION OF OIL CONTAMINATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 Abstract Oil contamination has been one of the most common environmental pollution due to its threat to both human health andecosystems. It is difficult for the application of conventional chemical analysis to detect oil contamination in-situ, estimatebioavailability and rapidly assess the environmental risk. In this study, two bioreporters were employed for the rapid and directdetection of oil content and genotoxicity in a cutting oil contaminated site in China. Acinetobacter baylyi ADPWH_... Autori: Bo Jiang, Chuan Li, Dayi Zhang, Guanghe Li, Wei E. Huang, Yizhi Song ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25944
FUNCTIONALIZATION AND IMMOBILIZATION OF WHOLE CELL BIOREPORTERS FOR THE DETECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe detection of environmental pollutants has challenged conventional chemical analysis for the rapid estimation of thebioavailability and toxicity of the contamination impact on human health and ecosystems. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)functionalization as bioreporters can enhance the ability for biosensing in complex contaminated samples such as soils, and theimmobilization of bioreporters will promote the detection of gas and online monitoring. In this study, Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1... Autori: Aizhong Ding, Cheng Chen, Dayi Zhang, Musen Duan, Steven F. Thornton, Wei E. Huang, Yanjun Luo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25952
OCCURRENCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF ESTROGENS AND ANTIINFLAMMATORIES IN BAIYANGDIAN LAKE, NORTH CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractEstrogens and anti-inflammatories can pose adverse effects on human health and wildlife. This paper investigated four estrogens(estrone, E1; 17β-estradiol, E2; estriol, E3; 17α-ethynylestradiol, EE2) and three anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen, ketoprofen andnaproxen) by solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in BaiyangdianLake during the dry (April) and wet seasons (September). These compounds were mostly detected at low levels ... Autori: Jianghong Shi, Jinling Cao, Ting Bo, Xiaowei Liu, Yingxia Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25955
APPLICATION OF GIS IN REGIONAL ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe regional ecological risk assessment of water resources has spatial, nonlinear and stochastic characteristics. GIS technologycan handle large volumes of spatial information, conduct spatial analysis and spatial data management operations. It visuallydisplays the distribution trend of environmental factors and the relationship between topology and regional water ecological riskpattern. This paper presents the five stages of the application of GIS in the regional ecological assessment o... Autori: Lin Gang Wang, Ning Lian Wang, Xiao BoWu, Ya Qian Zhao, Yin Ge Liu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25958
CHINA’S WATER MANAGEMENT – CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractChina has experienced enormously rapid development since the open door policy introduced in 1979. Population has increasedby 30% to 1.3 billion, and the annual GDP growth rate was 9.8 % in the last few years. However, frequent water disasters inrecent years have caused significant damages to China’s regional growth and societies. There are huge contemporary challengesfor Chinese water resource management. In this paper, we examine three major challenges for China’s water resourcemanageme... Autori: Dabo Guan, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Joseph Holden, Yanan Jiang, Yaqian Zhao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25966
EDITORIAL A SPECIAL ISSUE ON PROGRESS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE FRAME OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 8 “The Exploratory Workshop „Progress inEnvironmental Engineering, Biotechnology andManagement in The Frame of Knowledge-BasedSustainable Economy” took place in the contextwhen worldwide research shows that the currentindustrial system supports a population that useresources and generates waste, consuming the Earth'ssupply, but who’s biocapacity is far outweighed bythe increased demand of products for a developmentsystem that often works on unsustainable bases.Today’s challenge is the integration ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25969
STREET LITTER REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN THE NETHERLANDS: REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTCH LITTER REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR 2007 – 2009. LESSONS FROM A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 8 AbstractOn a daily basis one is confronted with litter. Most forms of litter are, however, of no concern to people. Nonetheless, litteraccounts for serious economic costs, and causes negative effects to health, safety and biodiversity. Most countries implementlitter reduction policy programs, often in the form of litter collection and penalties for littering. Litter reduction does notnecessarily have to be a government initiative as grassroots and business initiatives have shown; for instance, c... Autori: , Laura Franco - Garcia, Theo de Bruijn, Thomas Hoppe ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25983
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF EFFLUENTS RESULTING FROM THEIR LANDFILLING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 8 AbstractEU policy on waste management stresses the importance of an integrated approach to waste management, which includesconstruction of waste disposal facilities with prevention of waste generation and recycling, in line with management hierarchy:prevention of waste and its negative impacts; recovery of waste through recycling, reuse, safe final disposal of waste where thereis no possibility of recovery.This paper address the issue of municipal waste management and the impacts generated into ... Autori: Ana-Maria Şchiopu, Cristina Ghinea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25987
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO - ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY AND ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 This special issue of EnvironmentalEngineering and Management Journal is dedicated tointerdisciplinary research and discusses multipleresults addressing environmental issues inElectromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) andEngineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) areas.Some of the most significant researchdirections considered in this issue entail theelectromagnetic pollution together with a survey ofelectromagnetic environment in order to analyze andquantify the biological and health effects ofelectro... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25990
WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS HAVING CARDIAC PACEMAKERS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DETECTORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractThis paper describes an integrated system of wireless temporary pacemakers for remote monitoring of patients suffering fromcardiac arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation. The system is built around a low power cardiac pacemaker with wireless datatransmission capability, used for patient monitoring into a limited area. The proposed system is designed to be used in emergencysituations, in healthcare institutes, helping to keep the patient’s heartbeat stable. Each wireless pacemaker at... Autori: Cristian Rotariu, Hariton Costin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26004
ANALYSIS OF BRAIN ACTIVITY IN THE CASE OF MAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractThis paper presents some results of the brain electrical activity’s analysis in case of the magnetic stimulation. It was recorded andanalyzed the electroencephalography (EEG) signal during magnetotherapy procedures in abdominal region, considering this factlike as a possible exposure of subject at magnetic field. The recordings of EEG signals are performed on 13 healthy volunteers inthree conditions (before, during and after magnetic stimulation), using three types of sinusoidal pulses. ... Autori: Călin Corciovă, Doru Andriţoi, Mariana Ciorap, Radu Ciorap, Valeriu David ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26005
IDENTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS BY ANALYZING ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SIGNAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractIt is already demonstrated that mental or psychological stress can affect human health, since it is a major risk factors for numerouscurrent diseases such as: high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, coronary diseases, stroke, causing often sudden death.These diseases are particularly dangerous in the case of car drivers, since they have to make accurate and fast decisions evenunder stress condition. Frequently, the stress can be detected by different methods with various degrees o... Autori: Alexandru Păsărică, Cristian Rotariu, Hariton Costin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26008
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DYSPHONIA IN PROFESSIONAL VOICE USERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractGastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) seems to be frequently associated with laryngeal lesions and the occurrence ofdisphonia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the environmental factors associated with dysphonia in professional voice users.We prospective studied 50 intense voice users’ subjects (actors, singers, teachers, priests) with dysphonia in order to identify theenvironmental factors which may be involved in the alteration of voice. We demonstrated the importance of the risk... Autori: Anca Ciubotaru, Bogdan Mihail Cobzeanu, Mihail Dan Cobzeanu, Monica Voineag, Octavian Dragos Palade, Vasile Liviu Drug ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26009
LUNG CANCER RISK INDUCED BY RESIDENTIAL RADON IN CLUJ AND ALBA COUNTIES, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractA case-control study was conducted in two Romanian counties (Alba and Cluj) in order to investigate lung cancer risk due toresidential radon exposure. Two hundred and forty-one subjects were included, of which 104 cases and 137 controls. Residentialradon concentrations were monitored using CR-39 track detectors, exposed over a period of at least 6 months. The odds ratioswere estimated by using multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, education and family h... Autori: Alexandra Cucoş Dinu, Constantin Cosma, Dan Rădulescu, Doina Todea, Dorin Iancu, Ionel Papuc, Loredana Roşca, Mircea Rişteiu, Tiberius Dicu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26011
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal - Vol 12, No 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 • STUDIES ON HEAT RECOVERY FROM CELLULOSIC TEXTILES FINISHING WASTEWATER • ASSESSMENT OF SYNERGIC REGULATORY ACTIONS OF SPRUCE BARK EXTRACT AND DEUTERIUM DEPLETED WATER ON MAIZE (Zea mays L.) CROPS • LUNG CANCER RISK INDUCED BY RESIDENTIAL RADON IN CLUJ AND ALBA COUNTIES, ROMANIA • A CLEAR SKY IRRADIATION ASSESSMENT USING THE ESRA MODEL AND SRTM DATABASE • ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DYSPHONIA IN PROFESSIONAL VOICE USERS ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26014
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ECOIMPULS 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, October 25-26, Timisoara, Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 The first edition of the International Conference„ECOIMPULS 2012- Environmental Research andTechnology” plans to open a conference seriesdedicated exclusively environmental issues. Thescientific topics are devoted to the on-going research onenvironmental topics regarding: „Environment – apolitical, economic and social responsibility”,„Water in a changing world”, „ZERO – waste cities”and „ Energy – beyond the conventional”.This scientific event aims to bring togetherprofessionals, academics, scie... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26015
ON THE INFLUENCE OF BED FORMS ON FLOOD LEVELS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractFlood inundation modelling and flood risk mapping are primary cornerstones of flood risk assessment and management.Modelling activities generally assume that the morphology of the conveyance does not change, which certainly is not true foralluvial rivers. River bed elevations can quickly change during flood events. Flood water can induce different bed-forms (ripples,dunes, plain bed, etc.), which affects the flow resistance and as a result the flood water level. As a result integrating t... Autori: Biswa Bhattacharya, Ioana Popescu, MdShamim Shams ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26016
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA: CURRENT AND FUTURE ISSUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractWaste management includes all activities of collection, transport, treatment, recovery and disposal of waste, includingsupervising of such operations. The framework law that regulates waste management activities in Romania is Law no. 27/2007,approving Government Emergency Ordinance no. 61/2006, amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no.78/2000 on waste regime. This legislation sets the responsibilities for waste management from generation to disposal, thepriorities in ... Autori: Constantin Mircea Orlescu, Ioana Alina Costescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26020
KINETIC STUDY OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATERS BY ION EXCHANGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractIn spite of the fact that concern on water quality protection raised in the last decades heavy metals pollution still represents agreat threat for both human health and environment quality. Ion exchange proved to be an effective technique for industrialwastewaters treatment, as long as it ensures an effective recovery of valuable compounds. The main purpose of this work is toassess the performances of a commercial ion resin sort (a strong basic anionic resin – VIONIT AT 21), to remove ch... Autori: Alexandra Raluca Miron, Cristina Costache, Cristina Modrogan, Dumitru Giani Apostol, Oanamari Daniela Butucea, Redha Kouachi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26025
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SUCEAVA COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractMaking tourism more sustainable, means not only to control and manage the negative environmental impacts of this sector.Tourism is unique in the sense that it can provide both economic and social benefits for local communities and it can alsostrengthen the awareness and support for environmental conservation. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework formore sustainable tourism development policies, but also a set of instruments to implement these policies. We used in this stud... Autori: Carmen Teodosiu, Elena Elisabeta Pomeanu, Eric Boutin, Simona-Andreea Ene Popa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26031
HUMAN HEALTH RELATED TO IODINE ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE AND ITS DEFICIENCY IN WATER AND FOOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractIodine is essential for the synthesis of thyroid hormones which are extremely important in the process of growth and developmentof human body. The effects of iodine deficiency implies thyroid enlargement (goiter) and others disturbances so called iodinedeficiency disorders (IDD). The iodine deficiency is an ancient but still existing problem with medical and environmentalconnotation. Soil and water from various regions worldwide are iodine deficient. This problem is aggravated by defores... Autori: Carmen Vulpoi, Cristina Cristea, Cristina Preda, Letitia Leustean, Maria Christina Ungureanu, Maria Gavrilescu, Voichita Mogos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26038
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA: ISSUES, EXPECTATIONS AND ACTUAL INVOLVEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractWater and its sustainable use is closely connected to developments in other fields, such as industry, agriculture and services,energy, nature conservation and health. The pressures imposed by the higher water demands, quality of discharges and climatechange raise new water challenges which can be overcome only by coordinated efforts of multiple stakeholders throughcooperation and participatory processes.This study presents how public participation – within the context of integrated water... Autori: Carmen Teodosiu, George Bârjoveanu, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26039
WEB-BASED FLOOD INFORMATION SYSTEM: CASE STUDY OF SOMESUL MARE, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractThis paper presents research into conceptualisation, design and implementation of an innovative web-based virtual environmentfor flood information sharing and dissemination. A system intended to be used by flood management authorities and potentiallyaffectedcitizens is demonstrated. Latest technological advances for collection, archiving and sharing of environmental data usingweb-based Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) are used for system implementation. Flood-related data and models are... Autori: Adrian Almoradie, Andreja Jonoski, Dimitri Solomatine, Florin Stoica, Ioana Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26045
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS IN HYDROTECHNICAL, GEODESY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 In 2012, the Faculty of Hydrotechnics,Geodesy and Environmental Engineering of The"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi,Romania celebrated 50 years of education in the fieldof hydraulic engineering at the Polytechnic Instituteof Iasi.In 1948, in the same time with the EducationReform in Romania, in Galati, the Faculty ofHidrology was founded. At the same time, studentswho were attending the Rural EngineeringSpecialization in Bucharest were also transferred tothe new established Faculty.... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26048
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF RIVERBED DESIGN ON WATER QUALITY – THE CASE STUDY OF BAHLUI RIVER, IAŞI, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractIn 2010 in the area of Iasi city, Romania started the “Water-course regulation of Bahlui River, County of Iaşi” a project which inits first phase of development. It has as the main purpose to improve stream flow capacity and to guarantee the defending againstflood. Also, the project aim at developing a section of approximately 2.5 km located between the Stone Bridge (km 14+073) andTudor Vladimirescu Bridge (km 11+615) for recreational purposes. In order to obtain water storage, it i... Autori: Catrinel-Raluca Giurma-Handley, Costel Boariu, , Tomi-Alexăndrel Hrăniciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26050
ASSESSMENT OF FIRM REPUTATION CAPITAL AND SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe concept of firm reputation is tightly connected to the concept of corporate social responsibility and implicitly to that ofsustainable development. Reputation is the achieved result of the company out of factors such as economic viability, socialinvolvement and ecological health. The strength of a firm`s reputation is the ability to empower with core competences and usethem efficiently for both creating economic value and meeting the legal interests of the stakeholders. The main assu... Autori: Manoela Popescu, Roxana Arabela Dumitraşcu, Vadim Dumitraşcu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26071
MAPPING NITRATE LEVELS IN GROUNDWATER USING GIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractThis paper is an analysis of a case study which entails the assessment of pollution degree with nitrate in the Prut river basin, byanalysing 23 wells. The novelty of this work is the use of modeling done by GIS techniques, namely the Digital Terrain Model(DTM) interpolation technique, to obtain further information starting from discrete information.In the present paper, we emphasized the increasing tendency of nitrates and nitrites content in the underground waters, in directcorrelation ... Autori: Florian Statescu, Gabriela Biali, Lucian Vasile Pavel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26073
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN FOOD INDUSTRY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractOne of the main objectives of S.C. AVI-TOP S.A. Războieni – Iasi management is the implementation and continuousimprovement of a functional environmental management system in accordance with European standards and their integration intothe unit’s management systems. Environmental management strategy at S.C. AVI-TOP S.A. Războieni – Iasi aims to achieve abalance between economic and environmental protection outcomes, directing all activities towards eliminating pollution. Thepap... Autori: Aurel Chiran, Benedicta Drobotă, Elena Gindu, Monica-Ionela Pandelea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26076
WATER MANAGEMENT AT THE FORMER COPPER MINING SITE MEDET (BULGARIA)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe scope of the present paper is water management dimensioning closed to the copper mining area in the Medet region(Bulgaria). The mining works left an open pit and several waste rock dumps within the catchment area of Medetska River. Atpresent although the flooding of open pit is going on, it will be finished approximately in 2018. Water treatment is necessary dueto the high concentrations of pollutants (sulphate and copper) in the waters influenced by mining. The objective of the stud... Autori: Gabriela Biali, Petra Schneider, Ralf Löser ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26077
STUDIES ON THE TOXICITY OF COMPOSITE TANNERY EFFLUENT USING GUPPY (Poecilia reticulata) AS A FISH MODEL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 3 AbstractEast Calcutta Wetland ecosystem is a Ramsar Site in India covering almost 51 km2 and is one of the largest of its type. Thiswetland receives a massive load of almost untreated industrial and domestic effluents every day, throughout the year, that hasbeen effectively utilized in pisciculture for having a better yield (2.85 metric tons of fish per 0.01 km2 of water body per annum).The present investigation was carried out to study the toxicity of the untreated effluents discharged from tan... Autori: Utpal Singha Roy ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26094
SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS AND BIOMASS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 3 Mother Earth Investments AG, is actively working onthe development 2nd generation bioenergy feedstocks.In this book, Mr. Jansen generously shares hisknowledge in the field, in particular, regarding thechallenges and opportunities in development ofbiomass-derived fuels. This essential guide toinvesting in bioenergy commodities details secondgeneration biofuels from a scientific, technical andeconomic perspective, and discusses their globalenvironmental, political and financial impact.The book is ... Autori: Roland A. Jansen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26100
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, SAFETY ENGINEERING AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
The ELSEDIMA International Conference on
“Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and
Disaster Management” held its 9th edition in 2012. This
edition was organized by the “Babeş-Bolyai” University
of Cluj-Napoca - Faculty of Environmental Science and
Engineering, together with the Ministry of
Administration and Interior - General Inspectorate for
Emergency Situations, the Disaster Preparedness and
Prevention Initiative for South – Eastern Europe and
S.C. I... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26102
REDUCED UPTAKE OF Cd AND Pb BY Miscanthus sinensis x giganteus CULTIVATED ON POLLUTED SOIL AND ITS USE AS BIOFUEL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
The cultivation of Miscanthus sinensis x giganteus on a polluted soil near Copsa Mica – Romania has started in 2008. Since then
every March and August the roots and stems have been analyzed, showing a very low amount of heavy metals in the aerial parts
in February, when the harvesting takes place. The combustion properties of the material are similar to those of lignite, but
without sulphur and with low ash amount. Because cultivation of edible plants poses the risk of hea... Autori: Constantin Horia Barbu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26106
EFFECT OF BATCH TIME ON THE PARETO OPTIMAL OPERATING SOLUTIONS FOR A CHEMICAL REACTOR BASED ON FAILURE PROBABILITY INDICES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Recently, a new failure probability index was introduced that characterizes the operation of highly sensitive chemical reactors
(i.e. when highly exothermic / hazardous reactions are conducted). Based on this, the current paper exemplifies the application of
the risk analysis methodology proposed to generate the Pareto optimal operating solutions accounting for reactor productivity
maximization (product yield) and probabilistic risk minimization. The multi-objective optimi... Autori: Anca Dan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26108
FAST CHARACTERIZATION OF PYRIDINE USING ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY AND PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Being involved in the synthesis of precursors for amphetamine and amphetamine-like drugs, pyridine (Py) may be also regarded
as a by-product found when these drugs are obtained via the Leuckart method. Also, pyridine is well known as a biomarker of
microorganisms, when those are subjected to pyrolysis before analysis by various instrumental techniques. Consequently, since
Py is not commonly found in the air, its presence as a contaminant at trace levels in a room could ind... Autori: George-Bogdan Ghira ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26109
TRIHALOMETHANES VARIATION IN URINE UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF HUMAN EXPOSURE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Known as the most important byproducts of water disinfection with chlorigen chemicals, trihalomethanes (THMs) are
incriminated in causing severe effects upon human health. The exposure pathways that can lead to potentially significant uptake
of THMs include for adults ingestion of tap water and inhalation of THMs in vapor phase resulting from bathing, showering and
washing. The purpose of this paper is the exposure assessment to THMs through ingestion, inhalation and derma... Autori: Anca Elena Gurzău ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26110
STUDY OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION AND BIOACCUMULATION IN THE BLACK SEA LIVING ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
The Black Sea is seriously affected by a large range of pollutants, despite severe laws regarding the protection of sea ecosystems.
Heavy metals are among the most important xenobiotics from the environment, presenting also toxicity for humans.
The studies upon heavy metals have proven that the sediments have the highest concentrations and they can release metals back
to water and this fact represents a risk for the humans and aquatic ecosystem life.
The use of aquatic ... Autori: Oana Jitar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26112
ROMANIAN SURFACE WATER QUALITY: TARNAVA MARE RIVER BETWEEN MEDIAS AND COPSA MICA CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
A set of 500 water samples collected from various sites of Tarnava Mare River, between Medias and Copsa Mica were analyzed,
during three years (2010-2012). The physicochemical parameters like: temperature, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total
dissolved solids (TDS), salinity, calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), sodium (Na+), lead (Pb2+), chloride (Cl-), sulfate (SO4
2-),
ammonium (NH4
+), nitrite (NO2
-) and nitrate (NO3
-) were determined. The results were co... Autori: Ioana Piştea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26114
RISK-BASED ANALYSIS OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROMANIAN SITE HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED WITH HEAVY METALS AND TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Contaminated land is a major problem and its remediation costs in Europe and the USA exceed €550 billion; however,
rehabilitation proceeds only at a slow pace. The normally high cost of remediation, along with the inefficient use of the available
funds, gives rise to a need for a method of effectively allocating remediation funds. Risk assessment based techniques sustain the
decision-making process regarding contaminated sites rehabilitation, along with cost/benefit analys... Autori: Ileana-Codruţa Stezar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26115
AQUATIC PHYTOTOXICITY OF HEAVY METALS: Cu, Cd AND Zn ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS WITH DUCKWEED PLANTS (Lemna minor)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Heavy metals are common contaminants of freshwaters and they can produce toxic effects on aquatic fauna and flora. The ions of
heavy metals existing in freshwaters are well known as toxicants for the aquatic organisms. Duckweed is an aquatic plant of
small size that floats on fresh water surface of lakes and marshes. The small plants are highly exposed to aquatic pollutants and as
a result they are very sensitive to the toxic effects. As consequence the duckweed plants are... Autori: Vasile Oros ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26122
MONITORING THE QUALITY OF THE SLUDGE RESULTED FROM DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF RISK FACTORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Monitoring the quantity of the sludge resulted from domestic wastewater treatment is a current concern in Romania due to the
necessity to reduce any risk. This paper discusses the results of monitoring and examination of sludge deposited temporarily in a
domestic wastewater treatment plant (5000 people equivalent) from qualitative point of view, following the analysis of the
physical-chemical parameters: pH, total solids, specific resistance to filtration, humidity and den... Autori: Casen Panaitescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26123
GREEN MARKETING - FACTOR OF COMPETITIVENESS IN RETAILING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Over the last years an increasing number of retailers have undertaken green marketing-specific actions with the purpose of not
only bolstering their reputation but also of improving their awareness, increasing their trust or enhancing the target groups’
appeal for the company. These actions/measures will eventually exert a positive effect on how customers perceive retailers. Once
a proper, positive and proactive image has been developed in consumers’ mind, the chance of ga... Autori: Dan-Cristian Dabija ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26129
REMEDIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE PRODUCED ON A SITE BY CONTAMINATION WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Environmental degradation is today one of the great problems of mankind. Not only the need to exploit, but also the necessity to
protect and preserve the natural environment have led to the adoption of specific rules for the prevention and remediation of
environmental damages, according to EU standards.
Taking into account that any human intervention on the natural and anthropogenic environment can lead to ecological risk
diversification, occurrence of accidental pollut... Autori: Aurica Grec ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26130
IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF RISKS AND NATURAL DISASTERS BY REGIONAL GIS DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide a framework for the improvement of the processes involving risks evaluation and management
evaluation in Central East Moldavian Region, considering the occurrence of natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, forest
fires and landslides. Consequently, a GIS application has been developed in order to graphically reflect and analyze these risks.
The studies on the targeted region would be a starting point to further extensions to othe... Autori: Iulian Furdu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26133
ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO MITIGATE VRANCEA STRONG EARTHQUAKES EFFECTS ON MOLDAVIAN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
In a world of uncertainty, the only constant is change and rapid change produces a multitude of diverse facts. Risk is an integral
part of life. While no country in the world is entirely safe, the lack of capacity to limit the impact of hazards remains a major
burden for all countries and while the world has witnessed an exponential increase in human and material losses due to natural
disasters, there is a need to reverse trends in vulnerability to earthquakes. Available d... Autori: Gheorghe Mărmureanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26140
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF WASTEWATER SLUDGE DISPOSAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
Using sludge with dangerous substances content as an agricultural fertilizer can provide risks for humans and all environmental
components. An important risk factor that had to be taken into account is the combination of sludge used as a fertilizer and
agriculture activities that has its own consequences.
In this paper, a risk evaluation for sludge disposal was elaborated. The most important risk factors in the studied case, wastewater
sludge used as an agricultural fer... Autori: Elena Manea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26141
NEW EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS FOR MONITORING ENERGY SPECTRA OF GAMMA-RAY RADIATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
Large amount of radioactive sources generate gamma rays of various energies and intensities. Gamma-ray spectroscopy is applied
for the quantitative study of the energy spectra of gamma-ray sources. In the present paper, a statistical analysis of the energy
spectra of gamma-ray spectroscopy monitored during 4 years at the “Dosimetry and Radioprotection” Laboratory from ”Vasile
Alecsandri” University of Bacău is provided. Several new mathematical parameters were calcula... Autori: Marius Stamate ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26144
APPLICATION OF A NEURO-GENETIC TECHNIQUE IN THE OPTIMIZATION OF HEAVY METALS REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK REDUCTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
The reason for carrying out this research is related to the significant risk of heavy metals present in wastewater on the
environment and human health. The removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions was performed in a batch system, using
peat (from Poiana Stampei, Romania) as adsorbent. The efficiency of the process was predicted with high accuracy (correlation
with experimental data more than 0.99) based on a feed-forward neural network with two hidden layers. The... Autori: Gabriel Dan Suditu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26150
SURVEY ON TYPICAL ORGANIC POLLUTANTS AND HEALTH RISKS OF MAIN WATER SOURCES IN YELLOW RIVER BASIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 9 AbstractTo understand the typical organic pollutant contamination status of the main source water in Yellow River basin, samples werecollected from fifty source water points (including reservoir and river) in Yellow River basin. The samples were analyzed for therepresentative organic pollutants, including benzene homologous, chlorobenzene compounds, organophosphorous pesticides, and nitrobenzene compounds, total of 17 compounds. It was observed that all concentrations of the 17 compounds in the ... Autori: Jijun Gao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26155
RISK ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 9 AbstractAny hydraulic engineering construction project is a complex open system with large investment, long construction period,complex internal structure and numerous participants, subject to restrictions of time, resource, environment and other conditions.In this paper, the analytic hierarchy process principle and method were used to establish three-layer structure system ofagricultural hydraulic engineering construction, while risks of some agricultural hydraulic engineering construction were... Autori: Shi-Bao Lu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26159
RISK ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION FOR DETENTION BASINS BASED ON PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION - SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (PSO-SVR) IN HUAIHE RIVER BASIN, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 9 AbstractWith global climate change, flood disasters occur frequently and detention basins are facing greater flooding risk. The flood riskassessment of detention basins becomes an important content for the management of detention basins.In this study, the index system of flood risk assessment of detention basins in Huaihe River Basin is established according to thenatural and social properties of detention basins flood disasters. The flood risk assessment methods are proposed based on support ve... Autori: Junfei Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26172
APPLICATION OF A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO THE TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.10 AbstractThe transport of hazardous substances is an essential economic activity because it represents a quite relevant percentage of thetotal goods transportation. The risk associated to such an activity is fundamentally related to the possibility of an accidenttriggering that may cause negative environmental and public health consequences. A recent example is the Viareggio accident(2009), which involved the blast of tank wagons containing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and caused more than thirt... Autori: Vincenzo Torretta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26200
LOW-COST TECHNOLOGIES FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION TO THE NORTH OF VIETNAM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractIn spite of the ambition of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), water supply and sanitation are still worryingly deficientin South-East Asia (SEA). Due to the rapid increase in population, increased urbanization and industrial activities, and absence ofa strong regulatory framework, water quality in this region is impaired due to the high levels of contamination. Because of thechallenge of providing safe drinking water from poor quality water sources, development of low-cost drinkin... Autori: Pham Thi Thuy ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26202
INDICATORS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO GEOMORPHOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractThe recrudescence and diversification of natural and anthropic hazards over the past decades are mainly attributed to an increasein the vulnerability of human communities. Understanding this vulnerability, as central predictive variable within the riskequation, proves to be a highly useful tool in land planning, namely in the development of various strategies. The current paperaims at proposing and integrating certain indicators into the methodology used in the evaluation of exposure to ... Autori: Adrian Grozavu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26218
WATER QUALITY IN THE GHESHLAGH RESERVOIR (IRAN) AND DOWNSTREAM THE DAM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractIn 1979, the Gheshlagh river continuum was affected by the construction of Gheshlagh dam. More than three decades afterpresence and operation of this dam, there is a necessity to evaluate water quality in Gheshlagh reservoir. Therefore, water quality data was determined monthly from October 2008 to September 2009, to evaluate the impact of Gheshlagh dam presence and operation on the reservoir’s water quality. Eight parameters were analyzed (dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen demand,chem... Autori: Fariba Rezaei ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26225
AN ECO SUSTAINABLE TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE CADMIUM AVAILABILITY TO AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS GROWN UNDER AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND FERTILISER AMENDED SOIL: GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractPresent study deals with a technology that reduces the cadmium(Cd) availability to the leafy vegetable Amaranthus caudatusfrom Cd contaminated soil (6 μg Cd g-1soil), amended with farmyard manure FYM, FYM+NPK and agricultural wastes (ricehusk; RH and saw dust; SD) at different doses (0.5 %, 2 %, 5 % and 10 %). Among all the doses 5 % was found to the best foreach amendment showing maximum reduction in phytoavailability of Cd hence better vegetable yield. At this dose the reductionin... Autori: Anita Singh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26228
MODELING IMPACT OF LAND USE CHANGE TRAJECTORIES ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractWorld will face a major fresh water crisis in the coming decades due to high contaminants in surface and subsurface water.Groundwater is ultimate and most suitable fresh water resource for human consumption in both urban as well as rural areas. Thegroundwater quality reflects the information about the natural and anthropogenic source of pollution. This study aims todetermine the water quality status of the area and to deduce its relation to seasonal variations in land use/land cover (LUL... Autori: Prashant K. Srivastava ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26233
EFFECTS OF CANNED FOOD INDUSTRY SLUDGE AMENDMENT ON ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN SOIL WITH EARTHWORMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractWastewater sludges are organic and nutrient-rich materials that could be used to improve soil tilth. However, the land applicationof sludge needs to be properly managed to avoid the detrimental effects on micro and macroorganisms in the soil. Earthwormsare one of the most important soil macroorganisms. Addition of sludge to the soil environment may impact earthworm activity,and in turn, soil productivity and health. In this study, sludge from the canned food industry was added to soil mi... Autori: Efsun Dindar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26238
SOURCES AND OCCURRENCE OF NON-PESTICIDE PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs). THE CASE STUDY OF TAIWAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractNon-pesticide persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers(PBDEs), polybromobiphenyls (PBBs) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), which are industrial chemicals and/orunintentional byproducts that remain in the environment, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue through the food chain, andhave adverse effects ... Autori: Wen-Tien Tsai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26239
ROUTING SYSTEM FOR INFECTIOUS HEALTHCARE-WASTE TRANSPORTATION IN TUNISIA: A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractHealthcare waste management is one of the most important environmental problems in the world and particularly in Tunisia,because of the potential environmental hazards and public health risks. The collection of infectious healthcare waste is a highlyvisible and important service that involves large expenditures. This study discusses the off-site transport problem of infectioushealthcare waste from the 12 hospitals in the governorate of Sfax (Tunisia) to a planned steam sterilization disp... Autori: Wafik Hachicha ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26252
COMPUTER-AIDED IMAGE ANALYSIS AND EPR CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSFORMED ASBESTOS CONTAINING WASTES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractInvestigations on thermochemical transformation of asbestos fibers followed by computer aided image analysis are presented.Asbestos Containing Wastes (ACW), notably asbestos-cement, were characterized before and after microwave heating withadditives aimed at reacting with and transforming asbestos fibers. Microprobe analysis helped determine the chemicalcompositions. X ray diffraction (XRD) was used to confirm decomposition of asbestos fibers during microwave heating. Electronparamagneti... Autori: Yan Yvon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26256
EVALUATING TRENDS OF WATER QUALITY INDEX OF SELECTED KELANG RIVER TRIBUTARIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractConcerns for the river environment in Malaysia were highlighted. There had been occurrences of inadequate supply of water incertain cities and unexpected floods over the last few years. This paper discusses the results and efforts to clean the Gombak Riverwhich passes through several industrial areas and the City of Kuala Lumpur and the Penchala River which has an extra burden ofpassing through a highly densely populated Kuala Lumpur satellite city. Both rivers were considered polluted w... Autori: Zubaidah Ismail ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26257
POLLUTION WITH METALS (As, Sb, Hg, Zn) IN AGRICULTURAL SOIL LOCATED CLOSE TO ZARSHURAN GOLD MINE, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractZarshuran As-Au deposit is the major ore deposit in northwest of Iran. Having been exposed to weathering, the accumulatedmining waste is consumed to deteriorate regional soil and water quality. Accordingly, 11 composite surface soil samples werecollected to evaluate the metallic pollution. Mean concentration of elements As, Sb, Hg and Zn were measured to be 234.9, 19.6,24.2 and 476.7 ppm, respectively. In comparison with mean earth crust and local guidelines for agricultural soil, the sa... Autori: Abdolreza Karbassi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26262
RESEARCH ON WATER QUALITY OF LAKE BAFA IN TURKEY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe Lake Bafa is an alluvial bar lake located in the Aegean Region in the Big Meander river basin in Aydın and Muğlaprovinces. However, the lake is currently threatened by severe pollution, being under the risk of serious degradation because of(i) uncontrolled urbanization; (ii) point and non-point source pollution; (iii) algae bloom; (iv) sediment transportation andpollution via influent creeks to the lake; and (v) severe degradation of the natural wetlands within its drainage... Autori: Ebru Yilmaz ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26267
REMOVAL OF FLUORIDE IONS BY ION EXCHANGE RESIN: KINETIC AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe extent of the problem of the excessive fluoride in drinking water remains an important health issue. In the present work,strong-base anion resins were investigated to assess their sorptive removal capacity of fluoride from water. It was found that theremoval of fluoride was high at natural pH (7) and was improved for increasing contact time and adsorbent dosage. Themaximum sorption of the resin was 13.7 mg/g according to the Langmuir model, namely higher than the values reported in t... Autori: Mohammad Taghi Samadi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26273
CHINA’S WETLANDS CONSERVATION: ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ELEVENTH 5-YEAR PLAN (2006-2010) AND CHALLENGES IN THE TWELFTH 5-YEAR PLAN (2011-2015)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractChina’s natural wetlands occupy 3.77% of the land and provide 54.9% of China’s ecosystem services. Healthy natural wetland ecosystems play an important role in the sustainable development of China, which was realized by the Chinese government in the early 1970s. In the past 5 years, China has made great efforts in wetlands conservation, which is signified by the funding of billions of dollars to restore degraded wetlands, the policy to return reclaimed croplands to wetlands, the specific... Autori: Hongli Song, Huanhuan Jiang, Linus Zhang, Wanlong Sun, Wenguang Sun, Xiaojie Mou, Zhigao Sun ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26291
MINIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL RISK BY USING RECOVERED ALUMINIUM FROM METALLURGICAL SLAG AS COAGULANT IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractSecondary aluminium production inherently generates significant amounts of slag of variate composition and including dangerous compounds. Consequently, a care treatment of the resulted slag is imperatively necessary for preventing the environment pollution and for recovering valuable materials even if present in low amounts. The aluminium recovering procedure is based on a chemical and hydrometallurgical slag treatment, leading to the technical grade aluminium sulphate (AS), possible to ... Autori: Carmen Tociu, Cristina Maria, Elena Diacu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26295
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE AREA OF “PATA RÂT” LANDFILL SITE, CLUJ–NAPOCA, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractThis study aims to investigate the environmental impacts of the municipal waste disposal facility of Pata Rat, Cluj-Napoca, Romania during dry periods of the year. The environmental impact assessment on the landfill site was carried out on the basis of the measurements of environmental quality indicators. Environmental indicators were measured in the surface water, soil and air. For the assessment of the environmental impacts generated by landfill on surface water measurements were carri... Autori: Ákos Rédey, Anca Gurzau, Antoanela Popovici, Constantin Măruţoiu, Fazekas Bence, , Ildiko Varga, Raluca Mariana Haţegan, Tatiana Yuzhakova ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26296
SURVEY OF DWELLING BUILDINGS FOR SEISMIC LOSS ASSESSMENT AT URBAN SCALE: THE CASE STUDY OF 18 VILLAGES IN VAL D’AGRI, ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractThis paper offers a case study of the seismic vulnerability assessment of existing buildings in 18 villages located in the Val d’Agri area (Basilicata region, Southern Italy). A building-by-building inventory was carried out within the urban areas of the villages by trained technicians in two periods collecting typological data for a total of about 17,500 buildings. In the first period (2001-2003), a purposely drawn up inspection form (VSP-2001) based on the usability form adopted in Ita... Autori: Angelo Masi, Carmelinda Samela, Leonardo Chiauzzi, Luigi Tosco, Marco Vona ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26299
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PERFORMANCE REGARDING NITRATE POLLUTION IN NITRATE-POLLUTED AREA OF TEHRAN, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe main aim of this study is to evaluate the residents public awareness from water-polluted areas in Tehran city, in terms ofwater quality (in particular nitrate pollution), and to measure their different performance and approaches to this environmentalproblem. For this purpose, district 18 (Yaft Abad, southwest of Tehran) was selected as a case study. A questionnaire wasprepared and distributed randomly among residents of the selected area in May 2011. The data were analyzed statistica... Autori: Mohammad Mahdi Azadegan, , Reza Maknoon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26314
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD LEVELS NEAR OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractAccording to the contemporary research, there are some indications that extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields, such asthose originating from electric power transmission lines, can have some influence on human health. This work involved thecomputation of the magnetic field generated by one typical 110 kV power transmission line in Serbia by applying artificialintelligence techniques that, as previous investigations confirmed, allow accurate assessment. At first, the investigation... Autori: Jasmina Skerlić, Jasna Radulović, Milorad Bojić, Vesna Ranković ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26316
ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTAMINATION WITH HEAVY METALS IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF LAKE CHAOHU, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe distribution and fractionation of nine heavy metals (Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd, Zn, V, Pb and As) in the sediments of Lake Chaohu,a shallow eutrophic lake, were investigated using the BCR sequential extraction procedure. The level of pollution attributed tothese nine heavy metals was evaluated employing the potential ecological risk index (RI) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo). Metalconcentrations in sediments ranged from 65.00~104.00 for Cr, 14.50~21.70 for Co, 28.50~50.90 for Ni, 25.40~51.... Autori: Beidou Xi, Fengyu Zan, Guangchao Zhao, Jing Su, Kevin M. Yeager, Shouliang Huo, Xiujuan Yu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26321
INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS ON ENDEMIC FLORA IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe optimal development and survival of certain animal and plant species has sometimes been used as a sustainability indicatorregarding environmental health or quality in a given territory. In this sense, the number of endemic species is an importantindicator of proper environmental conservation. In this paper we study the relationship between the number of endemic plantsand certain environmental variables related to human and economic development in various European countries. A statist... Autori: Esteban Navarrete-Álvarez, José-Manuel Quesada-Rubio, María-Dolores Huete-Morales, , ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26330
MICROCYSTINS REMOVAL BY COAGULATION AND CHLORINATION UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 4 AbstractToxic cyanobacteria are an emerging and increasing threat to public water supplies across the world. As a result,it is essential tominimize the risk from toxic cyanobacteria and their metabolites, and the key is to be vigilant and monitor for cyanobacteria andcyanotoxins throughout the source water and the treatment plant. The present study aims to verify the validity of the traditionalprocess of coagulation and chlorination to remove microcystins (MCs) in the Xinxiang water plant in Chi... Autori: Bang-Jun Zhang, Qiong-Qiong Ding, Wei-Hong Zhang, Xiao-Yu Li, You-Hai Xie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26345
ECOLOGICAL RISK CAUSED IN SOIL BY HEAVY METALS IN THE WATER-LEVEL-FLUCTUATING ZONE OF A YANGTZE RIVER TRIBUTARY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 4 AbstractThis paper discussed the potential ecological risk, homologous relativity and spatial distribution of heavy metals in the waterlevel-fluctuating zone (WLFZ) of the Xiao River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. The Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn contents in the WLFZsoil were analyzed via atomic absorption spectroscopy. The potential ecological hazards of the heavy metals were also evaluatedusing the classical Lars Hakanson potential ecological risk index method. The average Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn contents ... Autori: Chuan Fu, Dan Liu, Junjie Lin, Zhiguo Yu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26346
HOW TO ACHIEVE A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY IN CHINA: FROM INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES TO ACTUAL CONSUMPTION BEHAVIORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 5 AbstractBased on an analysis of the attitude formation process, a theoretical model of the realization of low-carbon (LC) consumptionwas constructed. An empirical study of China was then carried out to identify the reasons for differences between attitudes andactual behavior to investigate ways of realizing an LC economy. The results indicate that environmental cognition has a positiveinfluence on social consciousness consumption behavior and a negative influence on individual consciousness cons... Autori: Dandan Zhu, Hong Chen, Jia Wei, Qun Fen, Wenjing Niu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26369
AIRBORN SOILS POLLUTION RISK ASESSMENT NEAR OPEN - CAST IRON ORE MINES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractAccording to the study results, the level of soil pollution with heavy metals in the northern part of Kryvyy Rih iron ore basin(Kryvyy Rih district, Ukraine) reach to “moderately threating”. In the southern part of Kryvyy Rih basin (Shyroke district,Ukraine) the level of soil pollution was between two assessments: “moderately threating” and “permissible”. The results of thestudy on buffer capacity of usual black soils show that the tested elements can be arranged in the following descend... Autori: Mykola Kharytonov ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26389
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL RISK RELATED TO MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES OF WORK EQUIPMENT IN COMPANIES BY USING SOFTWARE TOOLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractMaintenance activities are among activities at work that can affect the safety and health of workers, both operators and thoseinvolved in maintenance operations of work equipment in use. Lack of maintenance can lead to a temporary or total stop of theproduction process, which means loss of production, as well as a high risk for the workers involved. Employers who do notmaintain or use, at a high safety level, the work equipment may produce major accidents at work.Taking into account the ... Autori: Anca Elena Antonov ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26394
PREVENTING WORKING ACCIDENTS BY SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENTS IN ISOLATED NEUTRAL SYSTEMS OVER 1 KV
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThirty two per cent of all injury risks identified at work are risks arising from work equipment. In this sense, the use of protectiveequipment, respectively earthing devices during interventions / works in electrical installations are the main protective measureagainst these risks. Short-circuit current calculation is necessary to determine the stress on both switching devices and protectionequipment in substations, and for choosing protective equipment for workers. This paper aims to m... Autori: Constantin Beiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26393
VARIATION OF ANNUAL, SEASONAL, NOCTURNAL AND DIURNAL CONCENTRATIONS OF GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS IN SIX AREAS OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe importance of air pollution for health results from the major role the air plays in preserving life. The air pollution is one ofthe most serious problems of the current society, both temporally and spatially. The air pollution of the environment is stronglyinfluenced by meteorological factors because of a complex combination of emission processes, transport, chemicaltransformations and the removal of pollutants through wet and dry processes. This study established a database on ozone... Autori: Gilda Rusu-Zagar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26391
PREVENTING RISK OF NOISE EXPOSURE IN WORKING ENVIRONMENT USING NOISE MAPPING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractIn the developed countries, excessive exposure to noise represents at least half of the reasons for which workers lose hearing.Noise inducing hearing loss is among the most common causes of occupational illness. In this paper, the noise is considered themost expensive risk factor in terms of the occupational diseases costs. Noise maps are treated essentially as a tool for both urbanor industrial noise monitoring and control. The maps we analyzed enable the real-time monitoring of the cur... Autori: Silviu Nicolae Platon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26392
RATIONALE AND CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT FOR RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL SELECTION IN WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractWork accidents prevention is one of the strongest paradigms of safety management. When developing its own mental accidentcausation model, the occupational health and safety professional should acknowledge the benefits and drawbacks of the variousavailable models, to be able to critically assess the most fitted risk assessment tools for practical applications. Nevertheless, heshould be skilled enough to make the difference between "what is happening?" and what "should happen?" in the work... Autori: Roland Iosif Moraru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26396
CORRELATION OF EXPLOSION PARAMETERS AND EXPLOSION-TYPE EVENTS FOR PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe naturally or industrially occurring flammable mixtures containing combustible gases or/and dusts represent a potential risk ofexplosion with major consequences on the environment and human personnel. Methane and coal dust are among the best knowncomponents able of leading to the formation of such mixtures either in coal mining activities or in different industries using coaldust as fuel. In order to assess the risk of explosion and the explosion evolution in such composite mixtures, ... Autori: Maria Prodan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26402
APPLICATION OF THERMO-VISION SYSTEMS DURING INTERVENTION AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES IN TOXIC, FLAMMABLE AND EXPLOSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe success of rescue in toxic, flammable and explosive environments can accurately be quantified by the number of injuredcaught at the event that occurs, identified, reanimated and transported safely to the nearest hospital or point of granting the firstaid. Unfortunately, in most cases, the area where these activities are developed, research is more or less accessible due to thepresence of smoke, toxic or explosive gases or lack of visibility. For this reason, most often we are witness... Autori: Artur Găman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26403
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES APPLIED TO PREVENT AND REDUCE CONCENTRATIONS OF DUST AND GASES RELEASED FROM POWER PLANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractEmployers notified about working places under special conditions are required to develop Preventive and Protective RevisedPlan, in order to ensure the improvement of workers safety and health protection, including specific measures and actions, so thatthose working places comply with the norms and operate under normal conditions by the late 31 December 2013.This paper considers some outcomes of the Nucleu Program PN 07450226 funded by Romanian National Authority for Research(ANCS) and de... Autori: Marius Kovacs ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26404
RISK ASSESSMENT OF WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS GENERATED BY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThis paper describes the model for forecasting the exposure risk of workers to global occupational vibrations. The research hasbeen achieved within the PN 07 45 01 18 Project in the framework of the NUCLEU/2012-2013 Program. This project has anational and European interest, entailing the increase of occupational health and safety level and ensuring sustainableenvironmental quality and comfort at workplaces.The scientific novelty is given by the complex and interdisciplinary aspect of the... Autori: Gabriel Dragoş Vasilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26409
SAFETY AND HEALTH ANALYSIS OF WORKPLACES EXPOSED TO STYRENE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe objective of this work was to analyse safety and health at work regarding the exposure of workers to styrene, and to establishthe basis for an exposure control system over the entire Republic of Slovenia. The main goals were to determine the number ofexposed workers, the levels of exposure at workplaces, and the effects to workers health. The measurements of the airbornestyrene concentrations and the biological monitoring of the exposed workers were performed. One thousand four hundr... Autori: Lidija Korat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26415
ENSURING SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AT BLASTING WORKPLACES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractUsing the blasting machines in explosive atmosphere involves the fulfillment of certain basic safety requirementst in Europe.Testing blasting machines to assess compliance with specific requirements is particularly important given the existing risk ofexplosion that has to be minimized so as to ensure safety of life, health and environment and to prevent damage to property andthe environment. This paper addresses the analysis of the essential health and safety requirements for blasting ma... Autori: Leonard Lupu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26416
APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC MODELS AND SOFTWARE FOR IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS IN THE ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThis paper describes the application of a specific model and software designated as EVASAN to identify, assess and prevent theoccupational health and safety risks in the Romanian health care sector, developed in the POSDRU/81/3.2/S/48872 projectCOMPEFSAN by the "Alexandru Darabont" National Research and Development Institute on Occupational Safety Bucharest,in partnership with the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, the Romanian Institute on Economical -Social R... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26419
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR AMMONIA TANK FAILURE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe rapid technical and economic development in the last few years has brought significant advantages to the human society, butit has also generated very serious threats, such as: pollution, technological accidents, and some other forms of environmentaldegradation. Human actions, either intentional or accidental, imposed by the economic and social development, have had, insome cases, a major impact on the environment, turning into potential hazards and causing environmental damage.This p... Autori: Daniel-Cătălin Felegeanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26426
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF GEO-MATERIALS EXPLOITATION IN THE CITY OF KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe supply of building materials in the city of Kinshasa is one of the major challenges for sustainable development andespecially at this time when the authorities are committed to rebuild the country and to rehabilitate the basic infrastructure,mobilization and knowledge of these materials appears to be of paramount importance. In this context, the Kinshasa morphologywill change day by day because of the operations of construction materials extraction, to meet the needs of the populatio... Autori: Holenu Holy Mangenda ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26428
APPLICATION OF DIGITAL MAPPING (GIS) TO DELINEATE FLOODPLAINS IN LOWER GUINEA, REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractEvery year during the winter season, several regions of Guinea (Conakry) are damaged, and losses due to flooding are recorded.This problem is the result of an increase of the sea waters level firstly, and the flooding of coastal rivers on the other hand. So themeasure of water levels and the mapping of flood areas using geographical information systems became essential for civilprotection. The present article investigates the alternatives to delineate those areas, on the basis of the res... Autori: Diaka Sidibe ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26439
A NEW METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF RADON CONCENTRATION WITHIN A DEDICATED VESSEL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractEvaluation of radon concentration is a very difficult task and a very important issue, in relation to the protection of human health.This is especially the case when there is an increase in concentration of radon on a deterministic basis, as is the case of nearbyphosphogypsum residues or geological characteristics. Radon gaseous that can be found in the environment occurs mainly fromnatural radioactive decay chains. The gamma ray spectroscopy is a powerful tool in order to monitor the en... Autori: Marius Stamate ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26441
SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC MONITORING AND WARNING IN CASE OF ECOLOGICAL RISK FOR SURFACE WATERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe dynamic monitoring system continuously performs the monitoring of physicochemical quality indicators of water quality ininvestigated areas. In case of ecological risk due to accidental pollution situations, the system alarms in real time the decisionfactors for the diminution of the environmental impacts and other negative effects. The distributed networks of the system arecomposed of floatable structures of Buoys Monitoring (BM) type, autonomous and adaptable to the environmental co... Autori: Constantin Vîlcu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26445
STUDIES ON DUCTILE - BRITTLE TRANSITION FOR CARBON DIOXIDE PIPELINES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractIn order to diminish the climat changes due to greenhouse gases, the capture from the source, transport and storage of carbondioxide is one of the environmental priorities of the EU until 2050. Transportation of this gas through pipelines (one of thesolutions with most advantages in transport) can be done at ambient temperature only at high pressures, so the carbon dioxide toremain in the supercritical state. In case of underground pipelines, there is a risk of cracking at the wall of th... Autori: Valentin Zichil ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26447
METHOD FOR INVENTORYING CO EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRAFFIC IN URBAN AREAS THROUGH TRANSPORT MODELING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractCarbon monoxide (CO) is a gas obtained both from natural sources (bush fires, volcanic emissions and electric discharges) andby anthropogenic processes (incomplete combustion of fossil fuels). Together with particulate matter, nitrogen oxides andhydrocarbons, it is part of the air pollutants associated with the transport sector, which have a negative impact on human health,animals and vegetation. In this paper the authors propose a methodology for assessing CO emissions from road traffic... Autori: Gabriela Mitran ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26466
THE ROŞIA MONTANĂ - GOLD CORPORATION PROJECT IN THE OPINION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS – CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractThe present study is an exploratory one representing the first endeavor to test the opinion of a small group of EnvironmentalEngineering students from the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, Romania in terms of environmental issues. Thepurpose of the research presented in this paper is to determine the opinion of the students who are likely to become professionalsin the field of Environmental Engineering, on the consequences of the Roşia Montană - Gold Corporat... Autori: Carmen Cătălina Ioan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26459
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND NATECH RISK FOR TWO PETROLEUM PRODUCT TANKS LOCATED IN SEISMIC AREA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractThe failure of process equipment due to the impact of natural hazards, the so-called Natech events, have generated severalindustrial accidents, such as Fukushima, Japan - 2011, Ichihara, Japan - 2011, Tupras, Turkey - 1999, Northridge, US - 1994 etc.,causing the release of large quantities of hazardous materials in the environment. Earthquakes occupy a leading position in thelist of natural hazards with Natech potential, causing serious damage and the loss of containment in process equip... Autori: Augusta Diana Gheorghiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26460
APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES IN DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractPathogenic bacteria are fetal to human health, requiring cost-effective and safe approaches to be removed from drinking watersource. With poly-allylamine-hydrochloride (PAAH) stabilization, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were introduced in this studyto remove pathogenic bacteria by electrostatic interaction and magnet capture. High removal efficiency was achieved for fourmain pathogenic species, as Escherichia, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas and Bacillus, and over 99.5% of the pathogens can b... Autori: Yunfeng Xu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26475
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLED PAPER SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractMunicipal solid waste management is a matter experienced by the entire world, mostly encountered in urban areas as a result ofpopulation growth and increased income per capita. This issue always posed threats to environmental quality and human health,and continues to be one of the major environmental problems people continues to face. In the last few decades, the systemsanalysis techniques have been applied to manage the municipal solid waste (MSW) streams through a range of integrativem... Autori: Cristina Ghinea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26481
WATER FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT OF THE ETHYL ALCOHOL PRODUCTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractWater is essential for development and its use for the industrial and agricultural sector has grown to exceed natural supplies inmany parts of the world. Businesses have became more aware of the water-related risks of their products, facilities and/or supplychain and started to consider the water accounting tools useful for identifying the “hotspots” related to water use and its socialand environmental impacts, improving operational efficiency and communication with stakeholders.The main... Autori: Simona-Andreea Ene Popa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26482
FAULT AND EVENT-TREE TECHNIQUES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-SAFETY SYSTEMS – PART I: INTEGRATED RISK-EVALUATION SCHEME
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractFault-Trees (FT) and Event-Trees (ET) are well recognized techniques worldwide, which have been used by reliability experts infailure analysis of complex technical systems. In risk assessment (RA) of Occupational Health-Safety Systems (OHSS), thesituation is absolutely different, since their application is not quite expanded and has not been extensively incorporated in themain risk assessment methodologies of OHSSs, despite their significance. In this article, we review and classify FT/E... Autori: Panagiotis Marhavilas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26483
RESEARCH ON DESIGNING FOR FLOOD RISK BASED ON ADVANCED CHECKING-POINT (JC) METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractDesigning for flood risk is an important reference for hydroelectric project planning and design. In this paper, advancedchecking-point method (JC method), which is usually used to calculate structure reliability is introduced and used to analyze thedownstream design for flood risk, considering upper reservoirs’ influence; besides, the design for flood hydrograph is deducedfrom the typical flood hydrograph. So, JC method not only can consider the influence of upper reservoirs, but also c... Autori: Lingzhi Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26485
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH OF DUST AND CHEMICALS FROM MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe paper concentrates on the risks of modern technologies (in wood processing and metal industry, spray-painting processes andcar washing technologies) in the industrial and office environments on human health. The problems discussed are the following:fine dust (PM2.5and PM1.0) penetrating deeply into the lungs; high concentration of carbon dioxide in the air of cities and officeareas that are situated close to the transport junctions. The health damages can be described as follows: all... Autori: Ada Traumann ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26501
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR RED MUD DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe environmental impact assessment has gained a very important role in decision making processes regarding different projects,investments, actions and proposals. The environmental impact assessment is a systematic process which deals with theconsequences of the future developments in advance. The methodology of the assessment includes several techniques. Thequantitative methods focus on the evaluation of the impacts by assigning importance values to the environmental parameters andquali... Autori: Anett Utasi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26508
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN VEGETABLES GROWN IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractVegetables are an important part of a healthy diet because of their nutritional value. Contamination in vegetable may provehazardous for population. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds widespread in the environment, many ofthem showing carcinogenic effects. These compounds can reach the food chain by different ways and, therefore, the analysis ofPAHs in food is a matter of concern.The present work provides data regarding levels of PAHs: acenaphthene (Ace), acenaphthylen... Autori: Alina Soceanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26510
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS DUE TO HEAVY METAL POLLUTION OF WATER RESULTED FROM MINING WASTES IN NW ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe mining waste facilities in the Baia Mare region, Romania, resulted from the extraction of poly-metallic ores (including Au,Ag). Metal sulphide minerals from the mining waste facilities have a potential to produce acid rock drainage (ARD) and togenerate risk for the environment, including for the water resources. Some of the mining waste deposits from the region arelocated near the town of Baia Mare, close to the residential areas, the agricultural lands and the surface water. The sho... Autori: Oana-Cristina Modoi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26512
FAULT AND EVENT-TREE TECHNIQUES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-SAFETY SYSTEMS – PART II: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractFault-Trees (FT) and Event-Trees (ET) are useful analytic tools for the assessment of reliability and safety of complex technicalsystems, and occupational health-safety systems (OHSS), as well. In this work we broaden and expand our previous studyregarding the features of FT/ET methods. To clarify this further, in the present article we statistically analyzed the results of aliterature survey, concentrated on FT/ET techniques applied in risk assessment (RA) of OHSSs, in order to (i) depi... Autori: Panagiotis Marhavilas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26518
A THEORETICAL APPROACH OF A NEW INDEX-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF PIPELINES (I)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractEnvironmental and territorial compatibility of industrial activities can be evaluated by considering several criteria, usuallyformalized in the contest of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); the pipelines sector, however, is not as wellstandardized as others. In this paper, a new methodology to evaluate territorial compatibility of proposed pipelines is presented.This approach can be useful to assess proper development compatibility of oil and gas pipeline networks, and it could ... Autori: Vincenzo Torretta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26561
GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IN SPAIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractThe problem of noise levels in the home is of increasing interest for reasons of health and psychological well-being, amongothers. This study analyses in detail the meta-data compiled in the Spanish Census of Population and Housing, which provideddata on a large number of environmental variables, including noise pollution in the home. A geostatistical study is conductedfrom the data provided by the latter survey, in which spatial autocorrelation is measured by analytical techniques by us... Autori: María-Dolores Huete-Morales ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26575
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SAFETY OF CO2 GEOLOGICAL STORAGE IN DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Carbon capture and storage is one of the critical technologies that can enable the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of
large industrial sites worldwide. The injection of CO2 into saline water formations is related with many factors and processes that
control the safety of its long-term storage. This paper analyzes the leakage risks and the factors that influence the integrity of the
cap rock in deep saline aquifer formation. Several pathways have leakage potential risks d... Autori: Xiaojuan Qiao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26585
AN EVALUATION OF THE DETERMINABILITY OF LOW LEVEL DIOXIN CONCENTRATIONS BY HRGC/LRMS-NCI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
High resolution gas chromatography coupled with high resolution mass spectrometry systems are often used for the analyses of
dioxins at low concentrations in environmental sample matrices such as soil, vegetation, sediment, air and food. Since the
construction and operation costs of these systems are so expensive, the most of the laboratories in the developing countries
haven’t the systems with high resolution mass spectrometry. Thus, cheaper systems with similar sensitivity s... Autori: Mahmut Kemal Korucu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26601
AGRICULTURAL GREEN GAS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN THE NETHERLANDS. A STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
In the Netherlands green gas is seen as a sustainable alternative to natural gas. However, green gas is still not competitive to
natural gas in terms of pricing, and production volumes are remarkably low. Currently, there is a lot of attention to green gas
which stems from upgraded biogas, which is produced by manure-based anaerobic co-digestion by livestock farmers. In this
article the central question is to understand green gas demonstration projects from stakeholders’ persp... Autori: Thomas Hoppe ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26603
IMPACT AND RISK OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ENVIRONMENTS ON THE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIV-POSITIVE YOUTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
The purpose of the research is to highlight the impact of two aspects defining personal identity: the HIV/AIDS status and family
background, on the individual self esteem of young people having grown up in a family or an orphanage environment.
We evaluated 93 young people from families and placement centers, both HIV-positive and HIV-negative, for a period of 12
months, from January to December 2013. We used the Self Esteem Inventory to evaluate their overall self esteem, as well as... Autori: Carmen Manciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26607
PLANNED AND AUTONOMOUS ACTIONS: BELGRADE WATERFRONT ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 Abstract
There is broad consensus that adaptation to climate change is necessary and urgent. Numerous documents and guidelines are
available that provide advice on how to incorporate climate hazards and risks into spatial policies on the global, European and
national scale. The experiences of less developed countries have shown that, rather than simply cascading uniform procedures,
methods and techniques of adaptation down from higher to lower levels of governance, a realistic approach calls... Autori: Nada Lazarevic Bajec ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26612
DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF WATER BASED PAINT FORMULA IN ORDER TO REDUCE VOCs EMISSIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The interest in waterborne paints amelioration increased lately due to the toxicological effect of certain ingredients on human
health, the restrictive environmental legislation and the depletion and escalation in price of raw materials. Research efforts in
formulating waterborne paints are directed to insure low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission while maintaining and
even improving their properties.
This paper presents a waterborne paint formulation process. The required ... Autori: Andrei Ionut Simion ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26639
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE MAIN POLLUTION SOURCES FROM THE ROMANIAN BLACK SEA COAST
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a compulsory evaluation instrument for environmental management and decision
making processes and applies to different phases of activities (plans, programmes, projects and /or existing production or
services), because it measures the natural and anthropogenic activities effects upon the environment. These impacts may affect
the cultural richness, biodiversity, social-economic conditions and human health as well as the ecosystem equilibri... Autori: Brindusa Robu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26645
HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL AT COKE OVEN GAS PLANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 2 Abstract
Sites contaminated with hazardous materials pose serious risks to human health and ecological environments. Quantitative health
risk assessment is a site-specific complex procedure requiring evaluation of all possible pathways. Several studies have focused
on the evaluation of heavy metals or organic pollutants; however, only few studies focused on the evaluation of diverse pollutants
such as heavy metals and organics. In this study, the health risk of heavy metals and organic pollu... Autori: Hou Wei ISSN: 1 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26663
GRIDDED POPULATION DISTRIBUTION MAP FOR THE HEBEI PROVINCE OF CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Mapping the distribution of populations has become an important issue in geographical and relative researchers. Combining
population and spatial data allows for socio-graphic information to be visualized, in order to evaluate the total numbers of people
at risk of environmental health hazards, who have died in natural disasters etc. Therefore, spatial distribution of population data is
an effective way to integrate statistical and spatial data. This paper presents a multi-factor dat... Autori: Yu Zhang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26686
NON-POLLUTING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND PATIENT USED IN INFLAMMATORY DISEASES MONITORING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 Abstract
This paper presents a medical diagnosis method, based on the interaction of the infrared laser beam and the human body, in a
hospital environment, for inflammatory diseases, avoiding infected wastes. The main advantage of the laser bio-photometry is a
rapid localization of the inflammation source, deep under the skin up to 5 cm, in emergency cases, when there is not enough time
for classical medical procedures. Other advantages consist in the pollution absence for environment and pa... Autori: Ala Bondarciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26696
RISK FACTORS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: THE ROLE OF GENETIC, EPIGENETIC, IMMUNE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect an individual’s ability
to communicate and socialize, often associated with repetitive movements or behaviors. Frequently patients associate intellectual
disability or digestive problems. Autism is more common in males and affects 1 in 88 children in USA. The mechanism that
leads to ASD is very complex, involving genetic, epigenetic, immune and environmental factors that could... Autori: Cristina Rusu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26712
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – A REVIEW
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 Abstract
The Organizations of the 21st century had evidenced that Management Systems and Standards have become a key aspect for their
sustainable development and a prerequisite for their existence. In this recent decade, the Systems for Quality (ISO 9001:2008),
Environment (ISO 14001:2004), Occupational Health and Safety (OHSAS 18001:2007), Corporate Social Responsibility (SA
8000:2008 and ISO 26000:2010) and Risk Management (ISO 31000:2009) form the core pillars of the Organization,
supple... Autori: Gopalakrishnan Muthu Samy ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26720
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF WASTE THERMAL WATER DISPOSAL: LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THERMAL WATER SEEPAGE ON DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 Abstract
In Hungary, 0.5 million m3 of thermal water is exploited every day for diverse purposes. After utilization, this enormous amount
of thermal water becomes sewage water with a high concentration of salts, heavy metals, ammonia, nitrate, an unfavorable ion
composition and high temperature. A common treatment is to dispose of waste water into a surface recipient through uninsulated
channels surrounded by arable land. By infiltration, sewage water can cause potential salinization/sodific... Autori: Andrea Farsang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26742
GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL HEALTH. CONCEPTUAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The link between the spread of diseases and the geographical environment has been made by scientists since a long time. Every
element has an entire spectrum of possible effects on a community. One of the main reasons of studying the environment is the
understanding of the way the environment conditions influence the human health and the identification of the modalities through
which the negative effects of some external factors on this universal good of the society can be reduced. T... Autori: Călin-Cornel Pop ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26760
EXTREME RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY (ERAM) IN AVIATION SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The research is focused on the relationship between aviation systems and extreme terrorist events, the impacts of such events, and
the solutions to manage the associated risks on medium and long term. The development of predictive models for extremeasymmetric
events in aviation (EAEA) still represents an emerging direction of interdisciplinary research because not all
mechanisms and interactions are understood. The testing of models is difficult due to lack of data and interpretatio... Autori: Catalin Cioaca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26762
STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTIONS REGARDING EVALUATION CRITERIA OF FOREST ROAD OPTIONS IN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Transparent and participatory decision making in solving complex forest management problems are fostered by numerous forest
policies. Thus, all relevant stakeholders should be involved in the process of evaluating forest road options from the early stages
of planning. However, participatory tools are not yet used as a matter of course in the Romanian forest sector. This study aimed
to stress the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in decision making in the forest sec... Autori: Adrian Enache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26763
GEARBOXES NOISE REDUCTION BY APPLYING A FLUOROPOLYMER COATING PROCEDURE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Every day, millions of people are exposed to noise at work and to all the associated risks. It is a clear fact that the noise is an
important problem in the industrial areas and moreover it becomes a significant issue in a wide range of other non-industrial
environments as well.
The current trend in the construction of gearboxes, regarding the speed increasing, favors the increase of the dynamic loads,
which are accompanying the operation of equipments. The dynamic contact phenomen... Autori: Zoltan Iosif Korka ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26765
CHARACTERIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL DROUGHTS USING STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI) AND BHALME-MOOLEY DROUGHT INDEX (BDMI)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
In order to verify the possibility of agricultural drought forecasting and prediction of agricultural yields in a given region, two
climatic indices were used to monitor drought: Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Bhalme - Mooley Drought Index
(BMDI). For the case study were taken into account conditions in Oradea, from Crişurilor Plain, which is located in the Western
Romania. Evolution of dry periods determined by the two indices is similar but there are differences i... Autori: Nicu Cornel Sabău ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26766
DEVELOPING UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS RESOURCES IN CHINA: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 8 Abstract
Chinese political winds encourage unconventional resource exploitation. However, replication of “shale gas miracle” outside
North America seems impossible because of things like problematical accumulation in geological conditions. There are many
obstacles and difficulties China faced in this context. The accuracy of resource assessment and technology progress are key
aspect to lower investment risk. Based on these, this paper provides integrate ways to make resource esti... Autori: Shubin Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26800
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY ARSENIC (III) DETECTION KIT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 8 Abstract
Drinking of arsenic contaminated waters has been reported adversely affect our health even at a concentration level as low as 10
g/L, therefore the availability of a reliable and cheap, and an environmentally arsenic detection kit is really indispensable.
Although simple field test kits have been developed, most of them use toxic mercuric salt as a color-generating reagent for arsenic
detection. Hence this study was conducted to develop a simple, cost effective, and environm... Autori: Keat Khim Ong ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26819
EFFICIENT LIGHTNING PROTECTION: OPTIMIZATION OF ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY ASPECTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 8 Abstract
It has been shown that the scale of damage in buildings with steel reinforcement, due to direct lightning strikes, is insignificantly
small compared to lightning effects on buildings with no such steel reinforcement. Observed small-scale damages are also confined
to points of strike; hence the only risk for occupants and properties is injury or damage caused by falling materials. A large number
of such cases have been observed in Sri Lanka and Malaysia. All damaged structures, obser... Autori: Chandima Gomes ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26821
CITIZEN OBSERVATORIES AS FACILITATORS OF CHANGE IN WATER GOVERNANCE? EXPERIENCES FROM THREE EUROPEAN CASES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
In citizen observatories, the observations, insights and involvement of 'ordinary' citizens - alongside those of scientists and
professionals - can be included in earth observation, environmental conservation as well as decision making. Facilitated by
information and communication technologies (ICTs), such ICT-enabled citizen observatories have the potential to generate
fundamental changes to existing governance structures. Based on an action research approach in three Europ... Autori: Uta Wehn ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26831
DATA SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN SMART CITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
Urban environments present unique opportunities for developing new system architectures and applications aligned with the
“Internet of things” paradigm. The data sources are still largely provided by physical sensors and technical devices, albeit a
significant role is already played (e.g. in environmental monitoring networks) by virtual or soft sensors provided by simulation
models, while a growing role is being played by human data generated thru participatory platforms... Autori: Francesco Archetti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26833
RESEARCHES ABOUT THE CHARACTERIZATION OF METALLURGICAL SLAGS FOR LANDFILLED WASTES MINIMIZATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
The aim of this paper is to assess the chemical and mineralogical composition and the leaching behavior of the electric arc
furnace slags (EAFS) in order to improve their management by identifying suitable reuse options in different fields. The chemical
and mineralogical composition of slag varies from one type of steel to another, from one technological stage to another and from
one steel plant to another. In order to minimize the slag quantities disposed in the slag dumps one has ... Autori: Dana-Adriana Iluţiu-Varvara ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26835
RISK ASSESSMENT OF WORK ACCIDENTS DURING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
Work accidents are a major issue in occupational safety and health. Employees of companies that offer telecommunications
services are exposed to work accidents, especially during installation and operation of radio networks, operations that involve, in
most cases, working at height (e.g. telecom towers or pylons). The exploiting of risk assessment tools by the ones involved in this
business could cut both human and financial losses caused by workplace hazards. Starting from this pre... Autori: Sebastian Marius Roşu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26840
QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE BÂRLAD BASIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
Landslides constitute an abrupt and short-lived geomorphic risk phenomena, which may cause significant damages to human
made infrastructures or even claim human lives. The present study aims to assess landslide susceptibility, at regional scale, in the
Bârlad Basin, situated in eastern Romania. The subject is approached by means of logistic regression analysis, which is one of the
main methods employed for this purpose worldwide. A landslide inventory was carried out by digiti... Autori: Cristian Valeriu Patriche ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26846
EVALUATION OF SOURCE AND TRANSPORT OF PATHOGENIC MICROBES IN GROUNDWATER USING MICROBIOLOGICAL AND ISOTOPIC TECHNIQUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Isotopic composition and electrical conductivity (EC) of groundwater were analyzed to trace the source and transport of
pathogenic microbes in shallow and deep groundwater wells over a depth range from 9 m to 75 m below land surface (bls).
Stable isotopic composition was used for the identification of the source of water while environmental tritium contents were used
to estimate the time elapsed since the recharge of the groundwater. The results revealed that drain water contaminate... Autori: Anju Pant ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26851
GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS TECHNIQUES IN NANOPARTICLES STUDIES – NEW APPROACH IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Environmental research has been significantly enriched by genomic and proteomic methodologies. Particularly in the
atmospheric pollution studies, where a variety of environmental hazards act simultaneously and frequently in close
interrelationship, only such integrative methods can provide a comprehensive analysis. Nanoparticles are a heterogeneous class
of particles, but their health effects have also common aspects. The scope of the article is to present the contribution of genomi... Autori: Marina Otelea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26852
URBAN FOREST CANOPY EXTRACTION USING LIDAR DATA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) is an important asset in the urban ecological system by reducing the heat, runoff and improving air
quality. Estimating the available urban tree canopy is important for decision makers for better understanding of urban ecosystems
and helps to improve environmental quality and human health in urban areas and plan conservation activities. This paper reports
on an object-oriented tree extraction method developed by using spectral and textural information of High... Autori: Muneeswaran Mariappan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26858
SOCIAL COST OF FOSSIL-BASED ELECTRICITY GENERATION PLANTS IN IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Energy costs not included in consumer utility invoices include human health problems triggered by air pollution from burning
fossil fuels, and environmental degradation caused by global warming, acid rain, and water pollution. Such costs, peripheral to
energy pricing, are called externalities because electricity producers and users do not pay for them directly. Society as a whole
must pay. This pricing system masks the true costs of fossil-based electricity generation plants, result... Autori: Hasan Karimzadegan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26862
ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE: BUCOVINA REGION CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that occurs due to a progressive degeneration of dopaminergic (DA)
neurons. Brain area affected by progressive destruction of neurons controls movements, and patients with PD reveal rigid and
uncontrollable gestures, postural instability, small handwriting and tremor. There are some risk factors that have been proven to
trigger PD with a certain probability (for example insecticides exposure, and genetic and environmental ... Autori: Oana Geman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26868
AN ISOTOPIC SURVEY OF SOME MINERAL WATER RESOURCES IN THE CARPATHIAN CHAIN (ROMANIA)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Popular since ancient times, the mineral waters from Carpathian Chain (Romania) have gained a well-deserved reputation due to
their quality and health benefits. This study provides a description of the chemical and isotopic composition (δ2H, δ18O) of
mineral waters (CO2 - rich and CO2 - free water) located in six of the most popular areas, in order to improve the overall
knowledge about their genesis and recharge mechanisms. The hydro-chemical facies of groundwater vary ... Autori: Roxana Elena Ionete ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26869
ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN COWS MILK IN RODNEI MOUNTAINS AREA, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the content of the main essential trace (Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Se and Zn) and toxic (As, Cd, Hg
and Pb) elements in milk by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and cold vapor atomic fluorescence
spectrometer (CV-AFS) following priory microwave-assisted digestion with HNO3-H2O2. The milk samples were collected from
local small-scale producers of different parts of Rodnei Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Mean concentrations in... Autori: Oana Cadar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26876
INFLUENCE OF FIREBALL COUPLED WITH A TOXIC PUFF RELEASE ACCIDENT CONDITION ON CONSEQUENCES AND POSSIBLE DOMINO EFFECT OCCURRENCE FOR TWO RISKY NEIGHBORING CHEMICAL PLANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
A study of a classical BLEVE fireball model associated with a toxic Puff release one was made in order to evaluate the influence
of accident conjugate conditions on its consequences in two neighbouring industrial plants. The possible occurrence of the Domino
effect is also exemplified for the approached chemical complex including two sensitive neighbouring chemical plants including
tubular reactors for catalytic oxidation of butane to maleic anhydride and catalytic hydrogenation of ... Autori: Hasan Hadi Salman Khwayyir ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26880
CRITICAL VARIETY UNDER PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY IN AN INDUSTRIAL REACTOR FOR BENZENE CATALYTIC OXIDATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
Safe operation of highly thermally sensitive industrial reactors is still considered a major issue in chemical engineering practice.
The problem becomes even more stringent when highly exothermic reactions are conducted under randomly fluctuating operating
variables, and especially when the set-point is located in a close vicinity of the runaway boundaries for increasing the reactor
productivity. This study is aiming to derive the runaway boundaries and their associated region of co... Autori: Constantin Muscalu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26884
MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY THROUGH ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. CONTRIBUTION OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
The general goal of the research was to integrate organic food consumer behavior into the topic of the management of
environmental security. The detailed objectives were to determine Romanian consumers’ beliefs about organic food and its role
for environmental security, to identify consumers’ judgement of environmental problems, to establish the influence that
demographic and social variables have on consumers’ beliefs and to emphasize the relationship between thes... Autori: Dacinia Crina Petrescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26886
USING GIS AS A SUPPORT TOOL FOR ASSESSING THE REMEDIATION METHODS APPLIED IN ACCIDENTAL OIL SPILLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
Accidental oil spills represent one of the environmental threats affecting the surface water in Romania, where their number has
an increasing trend during the last decade, this type of events being registered mostly on the inner rivers, and not on the Black
Sea. Because the inland rivers are used as drinking water sources for populated areas and raw water for industry, the response to
accidental oil spills has to be rapid and tailored to their particular dynamic conditions. The cont... Autori: Delia Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26889
HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES OF AMMONIUM NITRATE AND MODELING OF EXPLOSIONS USING TNT EQUIVALENCY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
The paper presents a study on the hazards associated with solid ammonium nitrate (AN) storage and handling, in particular the
hazard of explosion. Due to its flammable and explosive characteristics, AN is largely used as an explosive material in the
mining industry. Some specific problems encountered in the risk estimation are related to the determination of the explosive
power of the AN, which depends on several characteristics. The simulation results of AN explosion using differen... Autori: Zoltán Török ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26891
SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES IN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
Romania has recorded a dramatic number of road traffic accidents in the last five years. The latest European documents and
statistics indicate that the country has the highest number of traffic fatalities across the Member States of the European Union.
The aim of the paper is twofold. First, the authors aim to analyze the spatial characteristics of traffic accidents for the period
2010-2014: spatial distribution of accidents at county level, number of vehicles involved, socio-spatia... Autori: Silviu Marian Ciobanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26893
STUDY OF THE ADSORPTION OF Cu2+, Cd2+ AND Pb2+ ON AMORPHOUS Al(OH)3 IN DRINKING WATER SUPPLY NETWORKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Trace metal elements commonly exist in drinking water. Excessive exposing on them may result in lots of health problems. This
paper mainly focuses on the accumulations of Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ in drinking water supply networks with amorphous Al(OH)3
formation. The effects of pH, water flow rate, and metal element contents were investigated at laboratory bench scale. It was
found that chemical adsorption mainly occurred at pH > 7.0. Suspended Al(OH)3 showed a strong adsorption capa... Autori: Wendong Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26906
AN OVERVIEW OF MUD TECHNOLOGY AND CHALLENGES TOWARD GREENING OF DRILLING FLUID
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
The current industrial trend is toward the development of sustainable technologies, and environmentally-friendly chemicals that
might be used to enhance the drilling activities. This is due to the fact that petroleum industry is regarded as one of the hazardous
and risky industries. Unfortunately, the majority of the toxic materials that are used in the formulation of drilling mud are
employed to improve the quality and functions of drilling fluid. Oil based muds (OBMs) from hydroca... Autori: M. Enamul Hossain ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26907
EFFECT OF BENZENE ON FORMALDEHYDE REMOVAL BY SHOOTS OF THREE INDOOR PLANT SPECIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Much attention is paid to removing formaldehyde from indoor air to decrease the health risk for urban inhabitants since
formaldehyde is a main indoor pollutant causing various symptoms. In this study, formaldehyde removal by the shoots of potted
Chlorphytum comosum (spider plant), Epipremnum aureum (golden pothos) and Aloe vera (aloe) was investigated with a
dynamic chamber technique. The results indicated that the order of formaldehyde removal capacities for the plant shoots was C.... Autori: Haiping Hou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26908
GIS-BASED DRINKING WATER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE GALYAN WATERSHED IN TURKEY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Water is one of the most important resources for sustainable development and human life. To meet future water needs, water
resources and drinking water watersheds (DWWs) should be placed under protection using efficient methods. The spatial
planning and spatial data has an important role in sustainable DWW management. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is
extensively used for spatial data production effectively based on spatial planning. The use of large-extended data, the analy... Autori: Recep Nisanci ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26917
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING OF LANDSLIDES IN NATURAL PARKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 2 This work establishes a mapping procedure to determine the risk of susceptibility to hillside movements (landslides) that can be
applied to any territory by means of algebraic mapping of the passive or determining factors that influence risk. On the one hand,
derivative morphometric mappings obtained from a Digital Terrain Model that notably influence the genesis of active processes
have been generated; these mappings include gradient mapping, aspect mapping and type of curvature mapping. On ... Autori: Antonio Miguel Martínez-Grańa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26954
THE IMPACT OF SLOPE ON FIRE SPREAD SIMULATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 Every year a lot of hectares of forest are burn in Europe, especially in the south part of Europe, where the climate is hot and dry
during the summer. Last decades, with climate change, this part of the Europe becomes dryer and increase of the field fires is
observed. The same problems arise in northern America, Australia and other dry regions. A model field fire spread can have
several applications. The prevision of the fire front can help the fireman to optimize their work, and to reduce th... Autori: Stefka Fidanova ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26973
ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN SOIL AND EDIBLE VEGETABLE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 Intensive vegetable crops are stressed by the influence of a large number of chemicals, applied to stimulate fructification,
ripening, fertilization, pathogen, pest and weed control. The purpose of this study was to highlight the impact and risk on soil and
vegetable plants and products during treatments application with organochlorine pesticides, on three cultivation systems:
conventional, organic and in-conversion. The objective of this study was to monitor the content of organochlorine pes... Autori: Vasile Stoleru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26976
A COMBINED METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF RISKS AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 Risk can be defined as the probability that an existing hazard could turn into an accident. It can be evaluated through the potential
losses in the manufacturing process or the harmful level of accidents with an impact on human health, caused by unpredictable
technical events. Romanian authorities have not found yet a nationwide method for evaluating the risks in the establishments that
fall under the scope of the SEVESO Directive. Starting from the potential risk that an accident might occur... Autori: Daniel-Cătălin Felegeanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26979
SEASONAL INFLUENCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER, ARJAAT VILLAGE, MOROCCO
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 The application of chemical fertilizers and fungicides is an important source of heavy metals into the agricultural soil. Leaching
and weathering can facilitate the transport of the contaminants through soil to the groundwater. In most rural areas, groundwater
is used for drinking and irrigation purposes, without any treatment, population being exposed to direct contamination. The study
area in this paper, Arjaat Village from Rabat Salé Zemour Zaer Region of Morocco, matches into this ... Autori: François Xavier Nshimiyimana ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26980
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC FACTORS ON THE POLLUTION WITH NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) IN BACAU CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 Air pollution has a significant impact on human health and natural ecosystems. The principal gaseous pollutants compounds
result from different types of combustion processes. In this category there are included carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide
(CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), dust and hydrocarbons. Nitrogen oxides are a group of highly reactive gases, which contain
nitrogen and oxygen in varying amounts. Most of the nitrogen oxides are colorless and odorless gas. This paper highlights the
c... Autori: Doina Capşa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26988
OCCURRENCE OF PLASTIC WASTE IN THE ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGICAL AND HEALTH RISKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 Environmental threats posed in the environment by plastic production and plastic wastes continue to be a major problem today,
closely connected with the increase of plastics consumption by the population. Moreover, little efforts are involved in some parts
of the world associated to plastic waste collection, recycling and reuse. Considering all these prerequisites, the identification and
discussion of risks generated by plastic production and waste in the environment are performed in this pap... Autori: Elena - Diana Comăniță ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26990
URBAN VERSUS RURAL: DOES THE ENVIRONMENT COUNT IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 This study is motivated by current debate about the importance of the environment as a determinant of later disease risk. Children
in urban areas are considered to be more advantaged than those from rural areas due to higher standards of health, protection,
education and sanitation. Our study aims to assess the differences between children from urban and rural environments with
focus on auxologic parameters, comorbidities and the onset of puberty. An observational study was conducted on a ran... Autori: Ionela Pascanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26993
GEOCHEMISTRY AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WATER IN AN ACTIVE COAL WASHING PLANT OF NORTHERN IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Drainage water and tailings impoundments water geochemistry (pH, EC, alkalinity, trace element concentrations, major ions) were
studied at the Anjir Tangeh coal washing plant. The drainage water with neutral to alkaline pH values, high SO42- concentration
and low metal content represented typical neutral alkaline mine drainage (NAMD). According to the Stiff and Piper diagrams, the
majority of water samples classified into Ca-Mg-HCO3- type except drainage and processing water which were placed... Autori: Majid Shahhosseini ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26997
SPATIAL MAPPING OF URANIUM IN GROUNDWATER AND RISK ASSESSMENT AROUND AN ATOMIC POWER STATION IN INDIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 This paper reports the distribution of natural uranium in different underground water sources and health risk evaluation around
Narora Atomic Power Station, Narora, India. The uranium concentration at studied locations ranged from BDL (<0.2 μg/L) to
32.37 μg/L with geometric mean (GM) of 6.4 μg/L and geometric standard deviation of 7.85. The life time average daily dose of
uranium in drinking water was 0.64 μg kg-1 day-1. The cancer morbidity and mortality risk were also calcul... Autori: Manbir Singh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27001
MONITORING OF FUNGAL AEROSOLS IN SOME EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS FROM IAŞI, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 The densities and distributions of airborne fungal spores known to cause respiratory tract disorders were monitored in three
educational buildings located in different boroughs in Iaşi. Air samples from all locations were collected monthly over a period
of 3 months (March-May 2011), using the Petri plate gravitational settling (passive) method. Petri plates containing nutrient
media were exposed to room air for a 15-minute period, face upwards, to collect particles settling by gravity. A... Autori: Florin Daniel Lipşa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27003
ASSESSMENT OF MINE VENTILATION SYSTEM RELIABILITY USING RANDOM SIMULATION METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 A mine ventilation system provides a fresh air flow to the underground workings in a coal mine. Such sufficient air volume can
dilute and remove noxious gases (typically NOx, SO2, CH4, CO2 and CO) and maintain a suitable working environment for coal
miners. On the other hand, a poor ventilation system often leads to serious consequences such as mine gas explosions, production
loss or higher operational costs. Hence, the functions of mine ventilation system are very important for an undergroun... Autori: Jianwei Cheng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27008
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION IN WATERSHEDS BASED ON WATER SAFETY PLAN APPROACH: CASE STUDY OF CALI-COLOMBIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Within the framework of the Water Safety Plan (WSP), it is necessary to assess and to manage risks in the catchment area,
considered the first protection barrier of water supply systems. The Cauca River is one of the major water resources of Colombia
and the principal source of drinking water supply for the city of Cali (approx. 2,300,000 people). Taking into account, usually in
developing countries, available information and specialized technical resources are limited, in this study were eva... Autori: Andrea Pérez-Vidal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27010
SELENIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT: ESSENTIAL OR TOXIC TO HUMAN HEALTH?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Selenium (Se) is a mineral of fundamental importance for human health. Se status in general population is very important due to
its remarkable benefits to the human body: antioxidant, hormonal regulator, anti-carcinogen. At the same time Se can be toxic
leaving a narrow optimal range for optimal intake. Both excess and deficit are known to cause a wide range of clinical
manifestations. Even though a large body of evidence provides vast information about Se, the exact molecular mechanisms of i... Autori: Cristina Preda ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27016
REVIEW ON RECENT ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RELATED TOXICITY OF ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Production and utilization of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), which are smart materials with ability of sensing and destroying
chemical contaminants, is growing rapidly. However, these materials seem to have some ecological and health adverse effects.
Hence, the main goal of this review study is to give a brief description about the recent developments of the commercial available
engineered nano particles in the environmental remediation and also to note the current state of findings about t... Autori: Mohammadreza Kamali ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27017
MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVITY LEVEL IN AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE PRODUCED IN ROMANIA AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 This paper presents the results of measurements related to the activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in autoclaved
aerated concrete (AAC) used as building materials for various constructions in Romania. Radiation index (I) and the hazard index
(HI) were estimated to assess the risk arising from the usage of AAC materials. Our study considered various AAC samples
produced by different companies, in 2015. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were measured using by a gam... Autori: Dorina Nicolina Isopescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27018
EDITORIAL ADVANCED ECO-TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH APPLICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5
EVALUATION OF POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON PERFORMANCE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT CONTAINING ORGANIC (C6H6 AND C6H5-CH3) AND INORGANIC (Pb+2 AND Zn+2) POLLUTANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 The removal of toxic heavy metal ions such as lead and zinc from industrial and mining wastewaters has been widely studied
because their existence in surface and underground water is responsible for several types of health problems caused to animals
and human beings. Also, there are some organic compounds, which must be prevented from reaching in drinking water from
various sources of pollution. For these reasons in this paper the experiments were conducted to study the ability of activated
... Autori: Cristina Ileana Covaliu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27027
PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION OF A HAZARDOUS PHENOLIC COMPOUND OVER TiO2 IN A BATCH SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 Recently, environmental scientists have been focused their attention on the occurrence and the elimination of specific organic
compounds in water. Among them, chlorophenols are considered to be a public health problem due to their carcinogenic
properties. Thus, there is an important need to find new strategies to efficiently transform these compounds to no toxic or inactive
by-products. In this work the photocatalytic removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol in water solution was investigated at laborat... Autori: Lidia Favier ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27034
COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE USE OF NEW STURGEON MIGRATION MONITORING SYSTEMS ON THE LOWER DANUBE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 The hydrotechnical works (bottom sills, banks protections, and guiding wall) performed during 2011 -2017 period on the Danube
river, between Calarasi and Braila (km 375-175), aimed to improve the fluvial navigation, and have imposed a continuous
monitoring of biotic and abiotic environmental factors. The aim of these hydraulic works is to identify the possible negative
effects which might appear and find the alternative solutions to eliminate the risks. The sturgeons, which are migratory spec... Autori: Marius Constantin Raischi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27037
A FRAMEWORK FOR FUZZY EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSES TO CHEMICAL LEAKAGE ACCIDENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 A quick and efficient response to an emergency incident is critical to avoiding further damage, so its evaluation is important before
taking real action. In this study, a framework for response strategy evaluation is proposed based on a whole-process risk analysis
of historical accidents, which provides a method to compare the efficiency of different response strategies in a hypothetical scenario.
The framework is a multi-step procedure consisting of three major steps: system definition, inde... Autori: Lei Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27041
AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO EVALUATE THE HEALTH STATUS FOR CONCRETE DAMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 6 Dam’s behavior monitoring is highly influenced by the existence of an appropriate instrumentation system installed in structure’s
body, its foundation and in the neighboring area as well as by the periodical acquisition, collection, processing and interpretation
of data. Existing monitoring systems may be enhanced with mobile labs that can perform regular or special measurements.
Hybrid models appear to be an attractive option for the evaluation of the static and/or the dynamic be... Autori: Altan Abdulamit ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27065
HOW DO COUNTRY RISK RATINGS AFFECT TOURISM ACTIVITY? AN INDIRECT MEASURE OF THE ENVIRON
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 7 Since the link between tourism and economic growth is not automatic, a country must meet certain characteristics in order for
this link to occur and make it sustainable through time. Among these characteristics, environmental and sustainable policies, the
existence of hard and soft infrastructure, a regulated labour market and economic and financial indicators play a key role.
Therefore, Country Risk Score (CRS) can represent a good indicator of the sustainability of countries. Using Country ... Autori: Roberto Cervelló-Royo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27074
AN INTERVAL-PARAMETER QUEUING MODEL FOR PLANNING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH COST-EFFECTIVE OBJECTIVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 In this study, an interval-parameter queuing model (IPQM) for planning a municipal solid waste (MSW) management system
with cost-effective objective is developed through introducing the queuing model with limited capacity into an interval-parameter
linear programming (ILP) framework. IPQM can examine the effects of limited queue capacity on waste-flow allocation pattern
and system cost under uncertainty. Random vehicles have to wait in queue due to limited capacities for disposing MSW, leadin... Autori: Yongping Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27094
INFLUENCE OF PRINTING MICROCLIMATE PARAMETERS ON ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL EMISSION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 The concentrations of isopropyl alcohol were monitored during the working time (8 hours) in three different printing plants (two
sheet-fed offset and one digital) in Novi Sad, Serbia, using portable gas chromatograph. The concentration levels were below the
recommended limits by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Unequal presence of isopropyl alcohol in
printing plants involved a multiple linear regression analysis of microclimate parameters using program ORIGIN 5... Autori: Jelena Kiurski ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27096
ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE USING THE INTELLIGENT DECISION SYSTEM (IDS) METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 About 1800 tons of daily solid waste disposal is one of the consequences of the speedy industrial expansion in the province of
Khuzestan in the south west of Iran. There are more often than not diverse criteria for assessing the resulted pollution loads from
solid waste disposal. In this paper, a new application for the Intelligent Decision System (IDS) is demonstrated for industrial
solid waste assessment. IDS software is a Windows-based package for handling Multiple Criteria Decision Making... Autori: Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27105
A FRACTIONAL FUZZY SIMULATION METHOD FOR PREDICTING DISSOLVED TOLUENE AND OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN AQUIFERS UNDER MICROBIAL ATTENUATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 This study proposes a modified fractional fuzzy simulation (MFFS) method to predict the toluene and oxygen concentrations in
aquifers under microbial attenuation conditions. The method integrates the modeling of groundwater flow contaminant transport
and fuzzy parameters analysis within a general framework. Compared to conventional fractional fuzzy simulation (FFS),
decreased interior points of fuzzy parameters need to be used, thus reducing the simulation time. The method is applied to an
a... Autori: Li He ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27106
p-COUMARIC ACID CONTENT IN SWEET PEPPER UNDER FARMING METHODS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 Intensive agriculture has become an indispensable practice because it has to meet the needs of increasingly large yields to feed
the population of the planet. In recent years, tough challenges to increase the efficiency of bioconversion were performed, since
the conventional system has negative impacts on the environment, especially on health products by low intake in nutrients.
In this context, the aim of this study is to show the effects of fertilization measures, which improve the quality ... Autori: Daniela Cristina Dimitriu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27110
CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ODOR ACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EMITTED FROM PERFUMES BY GC/MS-O
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 The selection of proper compounds to include in perfumes’ formulation is of particular interest for the perfume industry.
Essential oils and perfumes are subject to quality control as well as to chemical characterization; therefore, GC/MS-O
methodology can be considered a useful tool for research purposes and/or for improving industrial manufacturing processes. In
this study, GC/MS-O methodology was applied to a commercial brand perfume and a natural-derived one, both characterized by
... Autori: Antonella Amenduni ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27125
SANITATION RESPONSE IN EMERGENCIES: LESSONS LEARNT FROM PRACTITIONERS IN POST-EARTHQUAKE HAITI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 The January 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused catastrophic damage, and the displacement of about 1.5 million people in urban and
peri-urban areas of Port-au-Prince. A web-based questionnaire was developed and sent to international organizations working in
Haiti through the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster in order to assess how humanitarian actors responded to the
sanitation needs for Internally Displaced People (IDP). The findings showed different sanitation systems being implement... Autori: Daniela Giardina ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27133
EXTRACTION OF BIOCHEMICALS FROM THE WINE INDUSTRY BY-PRODUCTS AND THEIR VALORIZATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 The production process of wine and distilled generates several by-products (20-30% of total production). Currently, most of the
solid by-products (pomace, stalks, lees and seeds) obtained as downstream of the vinery industry, are conferred to the distillery
or, less frequently, used in agriculture and for energy production. As a consequence, much of the antioxidant compounds
contained in the grape is unused in the products of processing and is lost. These substances (among which the most impo... Autori: Paola Zitella ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27135
INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL RISK DURING CONTROLLED DEMOLITION WITH EXPLOSIVES OF CIVIL USE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 This paper presents an analytical approach to the evaluation concept of professional risk specific to activities of controlled
demolition with civil use explosives of industrial/civil objectives, ensuring the appropriate level of safety to the effects generated
by performing blasting to these types of constructions. The scientific research highlighted in this article was performed within the
Project PN 7:45 1:28 in the frame of The National Programme for Research and Development CORE/2014. Th... Autori: Gabriel Dragoş Vasilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27141
DEPRESSION OF SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION, AMMONIFICATION AND CELLULOSE DEGRADATION UNDER THE STRESS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 10 Antibiotic pollution has become one of the most important emerging soil contamination types, and has received great attentions
in recent years. Understanding the microbial functional processes of soil ecosystems under antibiotic contamination is of critical
importance for ecological risk assessment and pollution control. In this study, the responses of soil microbial respiratory activity
and ammonification were studied under different concentrations of tetracycline, chlortetracycline, and nor... Autori: Liangyin Yi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27151
A SMART ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 10 Nowadays environmental protection has become a valuable asset for the entire society. The information based society can
provide more efficient solutions in its risks mitigation. There are already in place complex infrastructures used to monitor and
control the natural environment, but most of them have lower or no interdependency. A solution to gain this integration level is
represented by the “smart cities” concept. This study will present an approach used to integrate almost eve... Autori: Mihai Horia Zaharia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27164
CONVERGENCE OF HUMAN POPULATIONS IN CHINA: IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 11 Convergence, that is the concentration of human populations into small areas, has been common throughout history. However, convergence has now reached historically unprecedented levels. Historically, convergence has tended to increase the long-term risk to humanity caused by many factors, including the associated environmental damage. Large cities appear to be at greater risk of unforeseen disasters, and may even collapse when some maximum sustainable size is exceeded. Based on a review of publi... Autori: Xin Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27173
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OLDER ADULTS IN A “GREEN” ENVIRONMENT USING ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 In this paper, we propose to present real solutions for close self-monitoring of older adults, given the permanent assistance and rapid intervention needed in emergency medical situations. The recent medical devices integrate existing or in development technologies that are easy to use, affordable, accessible and sustainable solutions that address a range of needs because the ultimate goal is the ensuring of a “living actively and independently at home” environment for older adults. ... Autori: Iuliana Chiuchisan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27200
PARTIAL DIRECTED COHERENCE OF CARDIOTOCOGRAPHIC SIGNALS FOR ANALYSIS OF PRETERM BIRTH RISK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 Traditional methods of fetal monitoring are used mainly during labor, leaving the only course of action − the caesarean intervention − in cases with high risk of fetal distress. We used another approach and set up a database that consists of cardiotocographic (CTG) recordings acquired ante partum during the 25th-28th week of pregnancy, by means of a Monica Healthcare AN24 fetal monitoring system. The analyzed signals are the maternal heart rate (MHR), the fetal heart rate (FHR) and t... Autori: Alexandru Păsărică ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27201
MEASURING INDUCED FOOT CURRENTS CAUSED BY RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS EXPOSURE OF MANPACK RADIO TRANSCEIVERS USERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 In order to limit personnel exposure to electromagnetic fields, safety standards provide among others, limitations in terms of induced currents in limbs, which is the measurable quantity allowing the evaluation of thermal load in limbs in the real conditions of electromagnetic radiofrequency exposure. Using a clamp-on current meter, eleven subjects were measured for current passing through their feet during the use of backpacked radio equipment, configured in various operating modes while using ... Autori: Annamaria Paljanos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27204
APPLICATION OF FLY ASH AS AMENDMENT IN AGRICULTURAL FIELD OF Avena sativa
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 Intensive cereal crops planted on soils from the Western part of Romania determine, annually, significant losses of essential microelements and macronutrients for plant development from the agricultural soil, which lead to the depletion of such lands. Fly ash (FA) resulted from coal combustion at the CET Timisoara power plant, can be used as supplement to an organic fertilizer, such as manure (M) to restore the balance of micro- and macronutrients, important to obtain healthy cereal crops and hi... Autori: Smaranda Masu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27208
ASSESSMENT OF RADIOFREQUENCY EXPOSURE LEVELS GENERATED BY WIMAX BASE STATIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 12 The radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields represent one of the most common and fast growing environmental influences, raising concerns about possible effects on human health. The fact that there is a continuous change and an emergence of RF communication technologies on the market also leads to a change of daily RF exposure levels for the general public. In such a context, the main objective of our study is to assess the RF exposure originating from the emerging Worldwide Interoperability f... Autori: Eduard Lunca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27215
RELIABILITY STUDY OF LABORATORY SCALE WATER TREATMENT BY ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) emerged as an interesting topic during the last decade. Many studies have been devoted to the complexity of phenomena imposed by AOPs, and a lot of effort was made to justify the application of AOPs. However, the reliability of AOPs has not been an issue of any extensive work. In this work, failure analysis and comparative reliability study were performed for the chosen AOP system, i.e. a laboratory scale photo- and sonoreactor, during the p... Autori: Ivana Grčić ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27220
AN EVOLUTIONARY PATH FOR CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM ROAD TRANSPORT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The important factor for health hazards in major cities in India is air pollution. Due to the sudden increase in vehicular population in the city of Chennai, South India, there is a high increase in vehicular emission caused by the vehicular effluents like Carbon monoxide, oxides of Nitrogen, oxides of Sulfur and other Particulate Matter. This study proposes an advanced state of the art technology (On Board Diagnostics) to acquire and process data from the vehicular emissions through online data... Autori: Gunaselvi Manohar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27221
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURAL SOUNDNESS AND RELIABILITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is both a technical and administrative procedure with (mandatory) extensive application throughout Europe, holding a primary role in sustainable territorial development. Objectives of the SEA process are to: provide a high level of protection for the environment, and promote sustainability of development by contributing to the integration of appropriate environmental considerations in the adoption and implementation of specific plans and programs. In ... Autori: Vincenzo Torretta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27231
THE FORESTS OF ROMANIA IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND IN GEOGRAPHY. TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND ACTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The aims of this research are (1) to analyze the topic of forests in Romania as presented in scientific literature and (2) to identify the Romanian Geography teachers’ perceptions of and opinions about (a) the consequences of human actions on the situation of forests in Romania, (b) their own actions that lead to diminishing vulnerability and risks for forest clearances, (c) factors that influenced their attitude and behavior towards forests, and (d) suggestions for actions of forest prote... Autori: Maria Eliza Dulamă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27238
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN PUSHING FORWARD MANUFACTURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODE IN DEVELOPING REGIONS: A CASE OF MAINLAND CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The sustainable development (SD) mode is a way by which enterprise behaviors are harmoniously compatible with human health and the environment. The implementation of SD mode amongst manufacturers is better for socially sustainable development. However, the motivation for manufacturers to apply the SD mode is limited in most developing regions. The remedial measures for this problem are studied in this paper. By applying evolutionary game theory mainly as well as empirical analysis, how to promot... Autori: Jian Cao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27241
HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF ARSENIC IN AIR, SOIL AND WATER IN AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN KOREA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Many industrial complexes in Korea have produced a variety of potential toxic chemicals during manufacturing processes and activities by air emissions, effluents, or solid wastes over the past few decades. In this study, arsenic levels in air, soil, and water near an industrial complex were determined. Human health risk assessment for arsenic was conducted based on the levels and potential exposure pathways in a multimedia environment (air, soil, and water). The point estimate of incremental can... Autori: Yong-Chul Jang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27249
AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MODELLING SYSTEM (FEMMS): PART I – DEVELOPMENT AND MODEL VERIFICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Public awareness and concern with impacts of pollution on multimedia environment have been greatly increased in the last few decades. There are growing needs for creating remediation strategy and setting effective standard and regulations to reduce pollutant levels in the environment. To satisfy such need, tools that can provide comprehensive understanding and characterize the behavior of chemical in the environment are required for environmental risk assessment and management. A new integrated ... Autori: Zhi Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27251
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK IN THE URBAN–RURAL TRANSITION ZONE OF TAIYUAN CITY, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Soil in industrial cities and their surrounding regions sustains high levels of contamination due to the intense industrialization and urbanization. Taiyuan, a city in northern China, and its surrounding regions are a hotspot for the development of heavy industry. To assess the environmental quality, we collected surface soil samples from Taiyuan’s urban–rural transition zone. We determined concentrations of Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Cd, and Hg. The primary inputs of Cr and As were pedogen... Autori: Jinchang Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27260
WATER POLLUTION STATUS OF SIRET RIVER IN PASCANI TOWN AREA DUE TO DIFFERENT DOMESTIC AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACTIVITIES (WINTER SEASON)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 The paper discusses the pollution status in the case of an important NE Romanian watercourse (Siret River) in Pascani town area based on the analysis of some water quality indicators (pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, organics (COD and BOD5), conductivity, fixed residues, nitrogen-based nutrients (N-NH4+, N-NO3-, N-NO2-), phosphates, total phosphorus (P), total calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), iron (Fe2+, Fe3+), turbidity and suspended solids content) measured at three local strategic control ... Autori: Carmen Zaharia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27281
ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION BY LANDFILL LEACHATE: A CASE STUDY IN NEAMT COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 The aim of this study was to determine the actual impact of the uncontrolled landfill site in Roman town, Romania on the water resource quality. The surface water and groundwater samples were collected quarterly in two time periods: January 2012 - June 2013, when the landfill was operational and July 2013 - December 2014, after the landfill was closed. The parameters analyzed in this study include: pH, biological oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH4+ Cl-, NO2-, NO3-, SO42-, he... Autori: Lacramioara Rusu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27283
IMPACTS OF PRODUCTION AND STORING OF ORGANIC MANURE OVER THE QUALITY OF GROUNDWATER IN THE BASIN OF GERU RIVER FROM GALATY COUNTY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Water is the source of life and a high water quality leads to a harmonious development of the surrounding environment (biotic and abiotic) and of humans. When water is loaded with various chemicals due to erosion, corrosion and human activities, the pollution phenomenon appears, causing harmfull effects over plant and animal organisms. The presence in water of substances derived from agriculture or mismanagement of manure organic obtained from various species of domestic animals affects the envi... Autori: Alina Simionică Bădilă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27285
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Analyzing and reducing the possible effects of air pollution on human health became important issues for improving the quality of life in urban areas. Particulate matters (PM) are air pollutants with a potential important impact on human health of vulnerable people (e.g., children, elderly) and non-vulnerable people as well. The level of PM air pollution is mainly influenced by the PM concentration and parameters such as meteorological conditions and synergic effects of other air pollutants. The... Autori: Mihaela Oprea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27286
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS OF A NEARLY ZERO ENERGY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING - A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Environmental issues have received ascending attention in recent years due to the increase of their negative effects. Greenhouse gas emission levels have experienced an exponential increase in the last decades mainly on account of the development of the building sector. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings is a proper tool to analyse the full environmental impact during their designed lifespan. Inventory databases have a shortage of local parameters in some countries and need to be developed... Autori: Iosif Boros ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27289
ECO-FRIENDLY CORRUGATED BOARD AND SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING MANUFACTURING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 The paper is focused on the sustainability of packages manufactured from corrugated board. The arguments proving that corrugated board is an eco-friendly material intended for goods packaging are discussed considering carbon footprint, water footprint, Life Cycle data released as a result of comprehensive analyses elaborated by specialized bodies and scientists. A “cradle-to-cradle” approach is promoted since corrugated board is fully recyclable, it is reusable and easy disposable. M... Autori: Teofil Câmpean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27290
TRACE ELEMENTS IN FISH TISSUE WITH COMMERCIAL VALUE OF THE DANUBE DELTA BIOSPHERE RESERVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Researches and analysis of heavy metals concentrations in the fish species exploited as a food source are of great interest due to long term toxic effects on human health even at very low concentrations. Therefore, we have conducted this study in an area of great interest in terms of aquatic biodiversity, but also of tourism and trade. Depending on the degree of toxicity in delta aquatic ichtyofauna, five heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb) and a metalloid (As) concentrations were measured in the ... Autori: Adrian Burada ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27293
INFLUENCE OF SOME PROPERTIES CONCERNING WATER STABLE AGGREGATES OF SALINE SOILS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 According to literature, aggregate stability of soils is influenced by: particle size and soil texture, soil structure, content of Ca2+ and Mg2+, mineral clay type, soil content of organic matter, soil processing degree. This paper aims to investigate the influence of some physical, microbiological and chemical properties of saline soil concerning water-stable aggregate. The hydro system stability of the aggregates appears in the specialized studies as having a positive correlation with microorg... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27300
EFFECT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE APPLICATION ON WHEAT CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AND WHEAT GRAIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 The present work illustrates the results of a long-term field experiment with sewage sludge used on agricultural land in order to assess the influence of sewage sludge on wheat crop productivity. The experimental research was conducted for three years as following: the evaluation of the agricultural use of sewage sludge in the year of application and its residual effect in grain and in soil for the next two years. The sewage sludge considered in the framework of the study was from Sfantu Gheorgh... Autori: Diana Mariana Cocarta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27303
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN GENESIS OF RETROMOLAR - OROPHARYNX JUNCTION CANCER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 The retromolar-oropharynx junction cancer is a rare malignancy situated at the border between the oral cavity and the oropharynx. There is an important number of factors involved in the ethiology, pathogenesis and evolution of patients with this kind of lesions. We performed a prospective study involving 50 patients with this type of cancer, hospitalized between 2013- 2015 in the Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Departments of the “Sf. Spiridon” Emergency Hospital, Iasi, Romania... Autori: Bogdan Mihail Cobzeanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27304
DOSE REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF CRANIO-FACIAL TRAUMA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 In emergency departments computed tomography (CT) has became the most important diagnostic tool because it is a very fast and accurate method, but the main drawback of the increased number of the CT examination is the high radiation dose and the potentially increased risk of developing cancer. That why, lowering the radiation dose at a level as reasonable achievable is the most important strategy in modern medical practice. This article has two parts: first part is a review of the physics of rad... Autori: Bogdan Dobrovăț ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27313
PREDICTION OF THE CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS WAVE IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT USING ROUGH SET THEORY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 A possible prediction methodology for the concentration of pollutants wave in aquatic environment using Rough Set Theory is presented. The issue is of increasingly importance especially for early pollution risk warning. The hydro-morphologic complex characteristics of surface water bodies should be taken into account when pollution dispersion models are designed. However, when more characteristics/multi-criteria are taken into account, including pollutants physical-chemical ones and their enviro... Autori: Georgeta Mădălina Aramă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27319
EXPERIMENTAL ASSESMENT OF NANOFILTRATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF CHLOROPHENOLS FROM AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Chlorophenols, commonly found in industrial effluents, are considered as priority pollutants because they may cause severe environmental impacts and human health related problems. Nanofiltration (NF) represents an important option for the removal of chlorophenols present in aqueous effluents. This study presents some results on the performance of nanofiltration for the removal of 4-chlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol from synthetic wastewaters considering the selection of adequate operating and ... Autori: Corina-Petronela Musteret ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27324
ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF FLUOXETINE IN WATER USING A SILVER MODIFIED ZEOLITE-CARBON NANOFIBER ELECTRODE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Pharmaceuticals contaminants in waters exhibit a significant threat on the human health and the ecosystem quality. This research demonstrates the utility of a silver-doped zeolite-modified carbon nanofiber-epoxy (AgZ-CNF) prepared by two-roll mill method in development of the fast methodology for the detection of fluoxetine (FXT) in the aqueous solution. The results showed the role of zeolite that improved the sensitivity and the limit of detection of FXT resulted to the possibility to propose a... Autori: Magdalena Ardelean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27328
GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN AN ABANDONED WASTE MINE DUMP FROM GIUMALĂU MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Mining activity implies a series of environmental issues that can have short or long term consequences: deterioration of natural landscape, air, water and soil pollution, negative impact on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and on human health.
The present study was performed on a mine dump from the Giumalau Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. A number of 28 samples were collected and analysed by ICP-MS for 9 minor elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) and also by XRD for the m... Autori: Madalina Paiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27330
HEAVY METALS AND GAMMA RADIOACTIVITY BIOACCUMULATIONIN Artemisia absinthium L. GROWN ON A WASTE DUMP
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 In the current context of industrialization, chemical and radioactive pollution is a concern for environmental protection and
interference with human health. Care for environmental protection also includes vegetation that grows spontaneously in
potentially contaminated places, thus avoiding illness among the population if consumed. The study area is located at 4.5km SSE from downtown Bacău City, Romania and is the result of the manufacture of H3PO4 through the wet method. In this study, t... Autori: Mioara Săndulache Rachieru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27331
DIVERSITY OF SOIL BACTERIA AS INDICATOR OF SOIL POLLUTION IN MOLDAVIA REGION, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 To evaluate the effects of seasonal fluctuations, soil types, land use and management inputs on the abundance and composition of soil bacteria, twenty soils types from Moldavia region located in north-eastern Romania were compared. Changes in soil microbiota are an early and sensitive indicator of soil pollution and can be used to predict long-term trends in soil quality. The use of microbial properties as indicator of soil pollution is easily measured and can also be measured accurately across ... Autori: Eugen Ulea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27333
BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT IN PAV3M
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Risk management forecasts those situations that can damage the proposed goals or jeopardize the completion of projects in time. The aim of this paper is to highlight risk management tailored practices for pavement roads maintenance projects. All presented practices and risk management analysis are consistent with international standards, processes and assets. Present work also describes a particular analysis and prioritization of risk factors for their implementation in a web application. For ri... Autori: Dan Benta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27340
POSTCLOSURE INFLUENCE OF EMISSIONS RESULTED FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE DUMP SITES: A CASE STUDY OF THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 The Strategy of Waste Management, Horizon 2014-2020, states 8 major objectives with the role of establishing new priorities for Waste Management. Thus, one of the proposed measures for the next 5 years is encouraging the wastes exploitation for energy recovery. In this context, the main goal of our study was to evaluate the level of pollution considering 5 closed municipal waste dump sites from the North-East region of Romania over the period 2013-2015, having in mind at a first glance, the poss... Autori: Brînduşa Mihaela Slușer ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27347
ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS BY MONITORING GAS CONCENTRATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Analysis of main environmental components must be appropriate and useful for establishing decision-making elements regarding environment quality, the need for intervention and remediation in major cases, or improvements and development forecasting for local specific situations or subsequent climatic behaviour and composition transformation processes. In this respect, the usefulness of the information gathered from environmental analysis largely depends on how monitoring actions and environmental... Autori: Angelica-Nicoleta Călămar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27349
GREENHOUSE EFFECT REDUCTION THROUGH MINE METHANE VALORIZATION: OVERVIEW AND FEASIBILITY STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Although the main reason for the extraction of methane from coal beds continues to address ensuring the safety of workers, an important driver is the need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. In order to identify potential technical problems specific for available technologies implementation, we performed a comparative critical analysis, based on which the technically feasible systems resulted, their further selection being based on detailed analysis in financial and investment terms. The re... Autori: Lucian-Ionel Cioca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27350
NEW ASPECTS REGARDING IGNITION SENSITIVITY OF AIR-METHANE MIXTURES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 In the economic activities related to combustible substances, it may occur possible emissions and explosive atmospheres. Some typical examples include industrial activities in general, firedamp mines and power generation in particular. The aim of this paper is to accentuate hidden aspects regarding ignition sensitivity of moisturized air methane mixtures. Therefore, the first objective of
the paper is to emphasize the air humidity as an extra factor needed to be considered in relation to igniti... Autori: Marius Darie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27351
RESEARCH ON MINES RESCUE BRIGADESMEN’S TRAINING IN A NEW TRAINING FACILITY DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR CONFINED SPACES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Working in confined (limited) spaces represents a risk factor generating unwanted accidents or events, having an impact on human health. The success of intervention and rescue operations in toxic or chemical aggressive environments lies in optimal and efficient design of the training process for rescue personnel, which also includes rescue operations in confined spaces.
The paper presents the scientific research behind designing and building a complex training facility with different training t... Autori: George Artur Găman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27353
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION WITH COMBUSTION GASES AFTER THE OCCURRENCE OF EXPLOSIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 This paper aims to study the behavior of air-gas explosion systems, in terms of propagation speed of pressure wave and flame front, based on experimental measurements in a shock tube, in order to prevent accidental pollution with the combustion gases. The characteristic parameters of the explosion process determined using the shock tube, the velocity of propagation of the flame
front, the speed of propagation of the wave of pressure, explosion pressure at various distances from the source of in... Autori: Emilian Ghicioi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27355
IMPROVEMENT OF SECURITY MEASURES DURING THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES IN FIREDAMP HAZARDOUS MINES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 This paper displays the results of the studies obtained according to the tests performed within INSEMEX explosives testing facilities, which concerns the establishing, on scientific grounds, of a procedure system of assessing the safety parameters for explosive charges used in fire-damp hazard mines, with a view to observe labour safety and health requirements while resorting
to the safe and efficient rock blasting with explosives. As important results, it should be underlined the fact that the... Autori: Attila Kovacs ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27356
NEW METHODOLOGY FOR ESTABLISHING THE OPTIMAL REUSE ALTERNATIVE OF DEGRADED LANDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Ecological restoration and reuse of degraded lands must contribute to the region's sustainable development. Therefore, in order to determine the post degradation land destination, a number of opportunities and restrictions should be taken into account. For this reason, it is necessary to develop a methodology for establishing the optimal reuse alternative, which should be based on
scientific principles, without neglecting economic issues and those related to population requirements. For thi... Autori: Maria Lazăr ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27357
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION RISK ANALYSIS IN SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS: CARBON MONOXIDE DATA PROCESSING TOOL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Early detection of spontaneous combustion processes through dedicated tools aimed at processing significant measurement data, can provide major improvement of safety levels in underground working environments. As an index of self-heating event occurrence, the increase in carbon monoxide content in hard coal collieries atmosphere became significant since the early stages of this severe phenomenon. To highlight the changes in carbon monoxide average levels, this paper synthesizes the results of re... Autori: Roland Iosif Moraru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27359
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT USED IN HAZARDOUS ATMOSPHERES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Areas within which could arise explosive atmospheres having high concentrations, therefore requiring special precautions so as to guard the health and safety of concerned employees, are considered to be dangerous. If the electrical equipment used in these hazardous locations is not properly selected and installed for operating in explosive atmospheres, they are likely to generate an
ignition and to result in explosion type events with significant environmental and material damages and, moreover... Autori: Vlad Mihai Păsculescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27360
METHODS FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF HEARING LOSS IN POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE WORKPLACES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Noise causes masking effect of the safety signals and alarms, covers the warning acoustic messages of danger and reduces attention and concentration capacity. To these may be added the degradation of communication between workers equipped with hearing protective equipment and it creates difficulties to locate the direction of danger signals.
This article presents two researches regarding noise exposure level of the workers on a marine platform and a gas compressing station and establishes techn... Autori: Silviu-Nicolae Platon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27362
MICROELEMENTS INFLUENCE ON COAL OXIDATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IMPLICATIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 The spontaneous combustion of coal or self-oxidation is a phenomenon encountered both in underground mines and coal deposits on the surface, which results from heating the carbonaceous materials by slow oxidation that may occur only through the passage of air (created by air depression). Coal oxidation process generates oxidation products which are also an environmental problem. If we consider the CO2 or CO, their composition depends on the coal properties and other factors from the process.
Th... Autori: Maria Prodan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27363
MONITORING THE WORK ENVIRONMENT USING THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SELF-IGNITION OF COAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 The occurrence of spontaneous combustion phenomena in coal mines is generated by the reaction of mineral substance with atmospheric oxygen and favoured by the oxidation (self-ignition tendency) of coal, an oxidant environment and by the conditions in which heat exchange with the environment takes place.
Preventing / Fighting against this phenomenon is regulated in the specific OHS requirements and in the General mining plan, comprising the technical and organisational measures for prevention an... Autori: Cristian Tomescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27369
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE METHOD FOR SELF ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY AT WORK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Application of the occupational safety self-assessment starts with a document containing dashboard, description of the company (name, location, object activity, organization etc.), description of the work detailing with its components and a brief description of the method of self-evaluation. It continues with a Microsoft Excel document, that is the actual application method and a second document presenting conclusions and prioritizing proposals that may lead to the execution of the protection an... Autori: Costica Bejinariu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27370
TOOLS FOR PREVENTING OCCUPATIONAL RISKS FOR SMEs - A PREREQUISITE FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 The paper is focused on a research project aiming to provide conditions for market competitiveness of producers and to guarantee the free movement of Romanian products on the EU. This is done by guaranteeing essential health and safety requirements applicable to work equipment in order to implement policies set out in the strategy EUROPE 2020. This strategy takes into account the priority of: favourable growth of inclusion-promoting an economy with a high rate of employment, ensuring social and ... Autori: Anca Elena Antonov ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27371
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF AIRBONE MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN SOLID RECOVERED FUEL PLANTS: A CASE STUDY IN ISTANBUL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 In this pilot study, exposure to airborne microorganisms in solid recovered fuel (SRF) plants has been measured. Different steps in SRF production processes such as separation and size reduction can cause generation of airborne microorganisms. Exposure to these biological agents can cause some health problems, so their levels should be measured to assess the potential risks.
Therefore, exposure to airborne total bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi were measured in the runn... Autori: Şenol Yildiz ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27373
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF DRILLING WASTE MANAGEMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 Drilling waste management for oil and gas industry involves collection, transportation, processing, recycling, disposal, and monitoring of waste materials in order to reduce their effects on health and environment. In the Exploration and Production industry, environmental concerns have made effective management of drilling waste at well sites a great priority. Effective waste management is thus a key element in a successful drilling project. The industry therefore relies on effective expertise a... Autori: M. Enamul Hossain ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27375
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF TOXICITY POTENTIAL OF METALLIC ELEMENTS AND PROCESS STAGES IN ELECTRONICS: A CASE STUDY OF ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR LEADS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 The electronic waste (e-waste) is increasingly flooding Asia, especially in developing countries. E-waste could precipitate a growing volume of toxic input to the local environment if it was not handled properly. This brings the evaluation of environmental impact from electronics an essentially important task for the life cycle assessment (LCA) and the end-of-life management of electronic products. This case study presented a quantitative investigation on the environmental impact analysis on ele... Autori: Srivalli Chellvarajoo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27384
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-INDEX ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ASSESSMENT MODEL USING BACK-PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH: A CASE STUDY OF THE YANGTZE ESTUARY, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 The objective of this study is to develop a back-propagation neural network (BPNN) to assess the health status of estuarine ecosystems. The BPNN objectively reflected ecosystem health due to the weight and bias values obtained by the network training, owing to its adaptive learning, self-organization and fault tolerance. Correlation analysis is used to avoid double counting of the input variables. Particularly, 11 ecosystem health indices were used as assessment parameters to establish a set of ... Autori: Chao Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27387
A DECISION MAKING MODEL FOR SELECTING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS) PROJECT CONTRACTOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 Because of increased environmental consciousness, pollution emissions reduction has been stressed by more and more governments these days, and the environmental management system (EMS) has become one approach for many firms to comply with environmental regulations. However, with rapidly changing technologies along with increasingly complicated environments,
how to select a suitable EMS project has become an important issue that has never been discussed comprehensively. First, tolerating vague a... Autori: Hsing Hung Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27391
ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 Anthropogenic activities negatively affect the ecosystems by introducing high amounts of metals in the environment. The study
assessed the contamination and ecological risk caused by As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in urban soils situated near a metallurgical
complex, based on geochemical load (Igeo), contamination factor (Cfi), degree of contamination (Cd), potential ecological risk
factor (Eri) and potential ecological risk index (Ri). The results showed concentrations above the geochemical backg... Autori: Maria-Alexandra Hoaghia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27394
IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 Continuously increasing energy prices, as well as the increasing number of legal stipulations, bring to the attention of scientists
the necessity of finding solutions for energy saving by using different heat sources. According to the EU Action Plan, the highest
potential of energy savings (27-30% until 2020) will be applied to the existing buildings. Under the circumstances of
environmental issues, research on the use of secondary energy resources is of great interest, being a concern in the... Autori: Timea Gabor ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27395
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 7
› › Nr. 4 • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
• CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND NICKEL IN TWO CONSUMED FISH SPECIES OF PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
• IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
• ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
• FINANCIAL DE... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27398
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 7
› › Nr. 4 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
• CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND NICKEL IN TWO CONSUMED FISH SPECIES OF PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
• IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
• ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
• FINANCIAL DEVELOPME... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27399
CRITICAL ISSUES CONCERNING DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT IN VILANCULOS (MOZAMBIQUE)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 8 The research work aimed at analysing the drinking water quality in Vilanculos (Mozambique) and at investigating the influence of poor sanitation management on drinking water quality. The purpose was to understand the reasons of water source contamination and re-contamination in the water supply chain, in order to define strategies to control source contamination and to suggest practical ways for reducing the risk of recontamination.
A first phase of microbiological drinking water quality monito... Autori: Silvia Gibellini ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27406
ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE AND ADVANTAGES RELATED TO THE USE OF A NATURAL COAGULANT IN THE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 8 The paper deals with the demonstration of the technical and environmental advantages related to the use of a tannin based
coagulant in textile wastewater treatments. The natural coagulant was tested to evaluate its performance in the
coagulation/flocculation process, the level of biodegradability in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions and the eco-toxicological
risks for aquatic systems. Results were compared with a common inorganic metal based coagulant. The findings at lab scale
showed th... Autori: Antonio Giuliano ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27407
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LAND-USE TYPES WITH RESPECT TO MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 A significant part of each risk informed land-use planning methodology, applied in the surroundings of Seveso installations, is
the assessment of the vulnerability of all possible potential human and environmental targets. This paper focuses on the
enhancement of the transparency of these methodologies, through the application of ELECTRE TRI, which is a well known and
structured multi-criteria methodology. A broad set of multiple and conflicting criteria is considered, ranging from population... Autori: Ioannis D. Mitsopoulos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27428
ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF ALGINATE COMPOUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF CERIUM IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 Removal of the heavy metal ions from water disposals remains a widespread problem due to their adverse influence on public
health. The most harmful materials are the products of nuclear fission called radioisotopes such as cerium ions. Cerium barely
interacts with adsorbent materials, therefore the new substances capable to bind cerium are of great interest. Ca and Na alginate
samples were incubated in Ce3+ solutions; adsorption capacity was measured and the results were evaluated using Langm... Autori: Maxim Khotimchenko ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27435
VARIATION AND ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENTS AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY METALS ALONG CASCADE DAMS IN THE MEKONG RIVER, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 Cascade dams alter the movement and accumulation of heavy metals in sediments along the river continuum. 27 sample crosssections
were taken in July 2011 from the Xiaowan, Manwan, and Dachaoshan dams in the middle reach of the Mekong River in
southern China and analyzed for content of heavy metal (Zn, Cr, Pb, As, Cu, Ni, and Cd) concentrations in the dammed river
reach. There were evident spatial variations of the heavy metal concentrations downstream and upstream of the three cascade
dams; t... Autori: Li Deng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27436
OVERVIEW OF URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) PHENOMENON TOWARDS HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 Urban Heat Island (UHI) is expected to be a disastrous challenge to human in the following decade as a result of continuous urbanization without appropriate planning and design. The impacts of UHI are even getting worse due to large population density with improper building design especially in dense metropolitan cities. A lot of research has been carried out for UHI phenomenon both in tropical and seasonal climates. There are many factors contributing to the formation of UHI phenomenon that inc... Autori: Yee Yong Lee ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27438
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION IN IASI CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 Despite the industrial decline, air pollution continues to be a major issue in Romanian cities. As in many other urban areas, in Iasi
city the traffic is one of the main sources of air pollution which has a high environmental impact, also exposing population’s
health to a high risk. The study focuses on the small scale examining the spatial and temporal variability of air pollution in a very
important and frequently circulated crossroad, Podu de Piatra. Using various data from air pollu... Autori: Alexandru Banica ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27443
LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF GROUND SKIDDING ON STANDING TREES: ASSESSMENT OF DECAY USING STRESS WAVES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 10 Timber harvesting and log extraction with conventional ground-based skidding systems in steep, mountainous terrain often results in severe damage to residual stands and forest sites. In this study, the impact of rubber-tired skidders on standing trees along sides of the trails was investigated 5 to 20 years post-harvest in terms of frequency and development of decay at the points of wounding. The study was located in the Hyrcanian mountainous forests of Iran. All standing beech trees (healthy or... Autori: Davoud Kartoolinejad ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27457
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE USING RAPID IMPACT ASSESSMENT MATRIX (RIAM) ANALYSIS IN MASHHAD CITY, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 10 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal is currently one of the major environmental issues in big cities. Several tools and techniques
have been developed for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of MSW disposal options, including scoping, checklists,
matrices, qualitative and quantitative models and decision-support systems. Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) is a partially
new method which is particularly advantageous over others as it provides a transparent and permanent record of analysi... Autori: Zohreh Aliakbari-Beidokhti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27465
MEASUREMENTS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERED FIELDS OF SOME RF AND MICROWAVE EQUIPMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 10 In many laboratories, offices and home rooms exists devices and equipment working in the radio frequency (RF) and microwave
(MW) bands. People working with these equipments may be exposed to electromagnetic fields of high density that can produce
adverse effects on human health. It is suitable to perform measurements on the scattered fields, especially in the near-field
regions (Fresnel’ radiating and reactive regions), where the incident power density can reach dangerous levels for occ... Autori: Sorin-Bogdan Balmus ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27466
ANTIFUNGAL EFFECT OF NATURAL EXTRACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL BIODETERIOGENS AFFECTING THE ARTIFACTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 The artifacts, as part of our cultural heritage, are exposed to fungal attack. Fungi can cause irreversible damage to the artifacts,
resulting in economic, aesthetic and historical loss. The use of chemicals for the elimination of fungal biodeteriogens is currently
a controversial subject, due to the potential toxic effect on human health and environment. The aim of this paper is to study the
potential antifungal effect (on “environmental moulds”) of a series of extracts from nati... Autori: Radu Claudiu Fierăscu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27472
MONITORING OF MOBILIZATION AND UPTAKE OF NUTRIENTS IN RESPONSE TO EDTA ADDITIONS TO A CONTAMINATED AGRICULTURAL SOIL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 Mobilization of micro- and macronutrients and their uptake by Zea mays L. and Triticum aestivum L. in response to EDTA additions to risk metal contaminated agricultural soil was monitored over a three year period on the field scale. EDTA addition effectively increased the mobility of total water-soluble micronutrients (Cu, Fe, Mn) and macronutrients (Ca, Mg, P) in soil extracts. Mobilization was highest in the first year and decreased strongly over time. Elements with a high affinity for EDTA (C... Autori: Reinhard Rauch ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27477
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INTERNAL MICROCLIMATE INSIDE A LIVESTOCK BUILDING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 In the current work, a numerical model for the prediction of temperature, air velocity, relative humidity and ammonia distribution released by sheep and goats manure inside a naturally ventilated livestock building is presented. Given that noteworthy amount of gaseous pollutants are emitted by the agricultural and animal husbandry activities, the study of the indoor microclimate is essential to be investigated for the healthy growth of the breeding livestock. The developed numerical model is sat... Autori: Catherine Baxevanou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27482
APPLICATION OF FEAHP METHOD IN NOISE PROTECTION PROJECTS SELECTION: THE CASE OF SERBIAN PUBLIC ROADS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 Noise is one of the most significant contemporary environmental pollutants. Sources of noise are numerous, but traffic is
undoubtedly one of the most prominent. In practice, there is a growing interest in traffic noise protection, but the selection of an
adequate solution represents quite a challenge. The purpose of this paper is to suggest an innovative approach to selecting the
optimal road noise protection solutions. The theoretical approach for public roads noise protection has been teste... Autori: Vladimir Lj. Obradovic ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27508
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF FOREST ROADS AT THE SUBURBAN FOREST OF THESSALONIKI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 Thessaloniki’s suburban forest is environmentally protected by law and also characterized as a high-fire-risk forest. It has a high road density due to its proximity to a city of 1.3 million. Following the disastrous fire of 1997, a number of rehabilitation works were conducted in the 2005- 2009 period along existing road routes. The existing environmental protection laws are not sufficient to assess the environmental impacts of these works within the forest environment. A method has been ... Autori: Thomas Psilovikos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27510
EFFECT OF ROCK PHOSPHATE AND SUPERPHOSPHATE APPLICATION ON MOBILITY OF ELEMENTS (Cd, Zn, Pb, As, Fe, Mn) IN CONTAMINATED SOILS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 Weakly acidic Litavka and alkaline Malín soils are some of the most contaminated soils by multiple risk elements in the Czech Republic. The aim of this paper was to determine the effect of P sources (rock phosphate, superphosphate), each applied at three rates on the mobility of risk elements (Cd, Zn, Pb, As) and micronutrients (Fe, Mn) in soils and to compare their effectiveness with lime and dolomite tested in our previous study. In 7, 14, 28, and 42 days, we determined CaCl2-extractabl... Autori: Stanislava Vondráčková ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27521
MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PARTICLE MOTION APPLIED ON A MANURE SPREADING APPARATUS USED IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 1 It is acknowledged that organic fertilizers and wastes, such as animal slurries/manure from intensive farm enterprise, sewage sludge, poultry litter are and will continue to be spread on agricultural land and provide beneficial nutrients to crops. However, many of these materials which are also potentially polluting if not properly managed can pose a risk to groundwater and surface
water quality. Generally, their distribution on the soil is performed with specialized machines to reduce the risk... Autori: Vasilica Ştefan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27545
OPTIMIZATION OF INCENTIVE CONTRACTS LEADING ENTERPRISES TO PARTICIPATE IN LOW-CARBON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 1 Based on principal-agent model, this paper tries to solve the asymmetric information problem between the investor and agriculture leading enterprises. A mathematical model of the incentive contract is designed, on the basis of which it is investigated the design of the incentive contract under different risk preference, the change of the income when implementing the
incentive contract and the changing trends of the contractors’ costs when an observable variable is included in the incentiv... Autori: Xitai Sheng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27547
EVALUATION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS CONTENT IN GRAPE SEEDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 There is an increasing interest in the food industry and in protective health care for the expansion of natural antioxidants from plant materials. The solid wastes generated by the winemaking industry represent about 30% of the material used and it consists mainly of grape pomace (containing seeds, pulp, stem and skin). It is well known that high quantities of valuable compounds like dietary fibre, oils from the seeds, anthocyanins and phenolic compounds still remain within the grape marc. The p... Autori: Valeriu V. Cotea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27553
AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MODELLING SYSTEM (FEMMS): PART II – USER INTERFACE AND FIELD VALIDATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 Environmental quantitative risk assessment requires the development of multimedia modeling tools to address dynamic site conditions at field scale. This work is the second part in a two-part series. A new fuzzy-set enhanced environmental multimedia modeling system (FEMMS) has been presented in Part I. Environmental multimedia modeling often involves a sizeable amount of parameters and data. The challenges have been the difficulties to quantify the uncertainties and to manage the data and main mo... Autori: Zhi Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27573
ECO-EFFICIENT DECISION SUPPORT MODEL OF SOLID WASTE RECYCLING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 This paper describes an eco-efficiency decision support model for of end-of-life solid waste recycling. A holistic approach in balancing environmental pollution concern and waste recycling is required. A system dynamic model is based on mathematical model of the supply chain, and decision-making analysis is supported with the online spreadsheets. A criterion function-based modelling is used as a core model for simulation that uses net present value-based metrics of the supply chain activities. T... Autori: Stanislav Avsec ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27591
SELECTION AND USE OF EMAS III INDICATORS AND AHP METHODOLOGY IN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 The paper presents a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methodology to analyze environmental performance indicators of an organization designed according to Eco-Management and Audit Scheme III - Regulation (EMAS III). The newly proposed indicators are intended to achieve Best Environmental Management Practice (BEMP) to facilitate and harmonize the way the environmental performance is reported and analyzed periodically within the Environmental Management System (EMS) of the organization. Dur... Autori: Georgeta Madalina Arama ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27598
APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) IN EVALUATING MEASURES FOR MITIGATION OF EMISSION IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES NEAR LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANT AT MAE MOH, THAILAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 A coal-fired steam power plant, located near an open pit coal mine in Mae Moh, Lampang, a province in the north of Thailand, has been in operation since 1978, with a generating capacity of 2,400 megawatts, and lignite consumption of 40,000 tons/day. A maximum hourly concentration of SO2 of 3,418 μg/m3 was measured and an emission of 150 tons/hour of SO2 from the power plant was estimated. In order to mitigate the impacts of the emission on human health, crops and livestock, several measures h... Autori: Athikom Bangviwat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27621
EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION ON HUMAN HEALTH - A CASE STUDY OF A METROPOLITAN CITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 The present study aims to examine and model the adverse effects of vehicular emission on urban air quality and consequently on human health. It will facilitate the town planners to quantify the ill effects of vehicle generated air pollutants on human health to enable them to decide due weightage to be given to this attribute at planning level. Allahabad, a metropolitan city of India has been selected as the study area. Monitoring was conducted at various locations in the study area to evaluate t... Autori: Binay K. Singh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27638
REMOVAL OF AQUEOUS Cu(II) WITH NATURAL KAOLIN: KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 Copper pollution is common across the world and has caused serious public health problems recently. Among the conventional methods, adsorption has proved effective, economic, versatile and simple for the removal of aqueous Cu(II) contaminants. Deposits of natural Kaolin are abundant around the world, and are regarded as valueless due to its limited usage in industry. In this study, the adsorption behavior of natural Kaolin towards Cu(II) was evaluated. According to the results, the isothermal ad... Autori: Qiang Tang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27651
THE (DOMINANCE BASED) ROUGH SET APPROACH APPLIED TO AIR POLLUTION IN A HIGH RISK RATE INDUSTRIAL AREA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 This study presents a Rough Set Analysis (RSA) application, partially based on dominance in relation to air micro-pollution
management in an industrial place with a high environmental risk rate, such as the industrial area of Siracusa, located in the South
of Italy. This new data analysis instrument has been applied to different decisional problems in various fields with considerable
success. Therefore, it is believed that it could also be used for the environmental issue related to multi-att... Autori: Agata Matarazzo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27663
TOXIC COMPOUNDS GENERATED BY METALWORKING FLUIDS AND ALUMINUM SLAG LANDFILL AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 This paper presents an assessment of the toxic compounds released from metalworking fluids (MWFs) used in aluminum solid
waste processing and from aluminum slag landfills, and their impact on environmental quality and human health. The mean
concentrations of dust, oil mist, aldehydes, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from metalworking fluids were determined
in machine shops. The exposure in machine shops was quantitatively dominated by VOCs, whose concentrations varied in the
range... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27677
RISKS OF LEPTOSPIROSIS LINKED TO LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 Although considered a rare disease, endemic to low-income regions and unsanitary environments,
leptospirosis is still encountered
in some parts of Romania, in both rural and urban environments. Its specific pathways of
transmission caused it to be a threat to people working with animals, pest control, farmers or
those whose jobs place them in the presence of waters, sewers or in flooded areas. This paper
investigates the occurrence and effects of leptospirosis by analyzing 17 cases of infec... Autori: Doina Carmen Manciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27678
THE “INSURANCE EFFECT”: HOW TO INCREASE THE INVESTMENT AMOUNT IN GREEN BUILDINGS –A MODEL-BASED APPROACH TO REDUCE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GAP
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 Real estate is an industry sector with high potential to increase energy efficiency. However, many of the existing green building investment opportunities (GBIO) are not utilized because economic valuation tools are complex and oftentimes difficult to understand. For this reason, we develop a formal, but comprehensible bottom-up model to determine the optimal investment amount from an economic perspective, placing particular emphasis on the descriptive valuation of risk, and point out the applic... Autori: Hans Ulrich Buhl ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27687
ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE BOTTLED WATER IN POLAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 Bottled water (commonly called mineral) makes an important source of minerals for humans. Its consumption has been systematically rising in the highly industrialized countries, even though not every water type has appropriate health properties. As a result, drinking bottled water ought to be supported with understanding its qualities and physicochemical content.
The following article presents the results of the research into pH levels, electrical conductivity, selected inorganic anions (F-, Cl-... Autori: Rajmund Michalski ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27693
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS OF PM10 AND PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 Atmospheric concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 were measured in Beirut, Lebanon, for a period of 12 months. The daily average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 were found to be 51.3 ± 33.1 and 30.3 ± 9.4 μg.m−3, respectively, with corresponding maximum values of 359.7 and 208.6 μg.m−3. The annual average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 exceeded the World Health Organization’s standards by 150% and 200%, respectively. The mean concentration of coarse particles ... Autori: Wehbeh Farah ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27696
HEAVY METALS CONTENT IN THE SPROUTS OF Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb. AND IN RIVER SEDIMENTS (NORTHERN POLAND)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 The aim of this study was to evaluate the content of Zn, Mn, Cu and Ni in the aboveground and underground shouts of Glyceria maxima and in the bottom sediments of the Słupia River. These studies allow for assessment of the existing and potential hazards resulting from toxic influence of heavy metals on water environment and human health. The concentration of research elements was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Results indicate that the concentration of heavy metals in t... Autori: Agnieszka Parzych ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27701
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 8
› Vol. 1 › Nr. 8 • INFLUENCING FACTORS OF THE ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION OF FARMERS FOR CONTROLLING FERTILIZER-INDUCED WATER POLLUTION
• DETERMINATION OF THE RARE EARTH METALS IN THE RED MUD FOR POSSIBLE UTILIZATION
• Fe(II) AND Mn(II) REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER BY ADSORPTION: A COMPARISON OF ACTIVATED CARBON AND PINE BARK
• RESPONSE OF UPLAND COTTON GENOTYPES TO SALINITY AT EARLY GROWTH STAGES
• KINETICS AND ISOTH... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27782
INFLUENCING FACTORS OF THE ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION OF FARMERS FOR CONTROLLING FERTILIZER-INDUCED WATER POLLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 This paper aims to identify the influencing factors of the acceptable amount of compensation (AAC) of farmers for controlling fertilizer-induced water pollution, and build a valid ecological compensation mechanism to curb the water impact. To this end, the ecological compensation for farmers is viewed as a good way to reduce fertilizer-induced pollution at drinking water sources, and the opportunity cost is introduced into the discussion of farmers’ AAC. To avoid the gaps of previous studi... Autori: Jie Lin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27781
AN ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS POLLUTION POTENTIAL OF ROAD SEDIMENT DERIVED FROM A SUBURBAN ROAD NETWORK UNDER DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 The quantification of heavy metals in dry and wet weather derived (runoff and snowfall) sediment from roads, under three different environmental conditions, has indeed the potential to allow improved understanding on urban diffuse pollution. With that aim, the reported study determined the concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cr and Zn in road sediment, which are reported to be found in elevated level in the road-traffic environment, and associated pollution levels at four different sites, represen... Autori: Sudip K. Pal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27776
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY OF SAND SAMPLES FROM TRANSYLVANIA AREA AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ON CIVIL AND LIVESTOCK HOUSING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 The present paper focuses upon the analysis of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K radionuclides, making use of high-resolution HPGe γ-spectrometry devices. By means of this technique, the radiological risk is investigated in the case of various sand samples. The natural concentrations for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K, from sand samples, ranged from (9.3-20.0 Bqkg-1), (9.1-23.7 Bqkg-1) and (203.5-403.3 Bqkg-1), respectively. The radium equivalent activity of sands under investigation was also analyzed and ranged... Autori: Dorin Vasile Moldovan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27775
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 8
› Vol. 1 › Nr. 4 • INFLUENCING FACTORS OF THE ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION OF FARMERS FOR CONTROLLING FERTILIZER-INDUCED WATER POLLUTION
• DETERMINATION OF THE RARE EARTH METALS IN THE RED MUD FOR POSSIBLE UTILIZATION
• Fe(II) AND Mn(II) REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER BY ADSORPTION: A COMPARISON OF ACTIVATED CARBON AND PINE BARK
• RESPONSE OF UPLAND COTTON GENOTYPES TO SALINITY AT EARLY GROWTH STAGES
• KINETICS AND ISOTH... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27729
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 8
› Vol. 1 › Nr. 4 • INFLUENCING FACTORS OF THE ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION OF FARMERS FOR CONTROLLING FERTILIZER-INDUCED WATER POLLUTION
• DETERMINATION OF THE RARE EARTH METALS IN THE RED MUD FOR POSSIBLE UTILIZATION
• Fe(II) AND Mn(II) REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER BY ADSORPTION: A COMPARISON OF ACTIVATED CARBON AND PINE BARK
• RESPONSE OF UPLAND COTTON GENOTYPES TO SALINITY AT EARLY GROWTH STAGES
• KINETICS AND ISOTH... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27730
APPLYING THE TOPSIS-F METHOD TO ASSESS AIR POLLUTION IN VILNIUS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 These days many works analyse air pollution, sources of air pollution, the impact of air pollution on human health, and ways to reduce air pollution. Since air pollution is affected by many factors, this paper presents a multi-attribute decision-making approach to assess air pollution. The proposed approach comprises four steps: selecting the attributes for the assessment, applying the TOPSIS-F method (the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution with fuzzy sets) in the ... Autori: Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27733
HEALTH DAMAGES FROM INDOOR AIR POLLUTION QUANTIFIED USING A NOVEL OFFICE BUILDING DIAGNOSIS METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 This study applied a novel receptor design to the development of an indoor air quality diagnosis (IAQD) system. Indoor air pollutants were converted into simple air quality and health damage indices to evaluate the health risks associated with renovated and unrenovated offices. The outcomes of the IAQD methodology presented R2 values of 0.705 and 0.700 for renovated and unrenovated offices, respectively. These values indicate moderate level of prediction accuracy. IAQD results related to typical... Autori: Huang-Chin Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27735
SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION POTENTIAL FROM AN URBAN ROAD NETWORK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 This study investigated the spatial variability of heavy metal emission patterns and associated measures of contamination on Riccarton Campus at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Road deposited sediments were collected from 12-different sites representing typical urban/sub-urban road layout over a 10 month period covering seasonal variations. The heavy metal concentrations of the road sediments collected from different sites of a road were determined by strong nitric acid digestion ... Autori: Sudip K. Pal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27738
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF EO DATA AND GIS FOR ECOSYSTEM HEALTH MODELING IN RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY IN CENTRAL GREECE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 In this study, the development of a suitable methodology for establishing and monitoring indicators of Ecosystem Health (EH) and its responses to wildfire using Earth Observation (EO) data synergistically with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is investigated. The proposed methodology combined GIS and Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data to assess ecosystem characteristics, including its vigor, organization and resilience, for a case study in Central Gr... Autori: Aaron Evans ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27745
ECOLOGICAL RISK PREDICTION IN RELATION TO THE POTENTIAL DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES AT DISPOSAL OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 The ecological risk related to the wastes disposal is that attached to functioning, closure and the post-closure phases of an ecological landfill lyfe cycle. The prediction of ecological risk in each of those three phases - i.e. the manifestation and evolution of possible negative consequences of different severities for different environmental targets - is an endeavor that organizations that possess and operate those ecological landfills should consider in order to ensure the maximum protection... Autori: Lidia Kim ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27748
A STUDY OF POLLUTION IN SEDIMENTS FROM ANZALI WETLAND WITH GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 The Anzali Wetland, is located in south west of the Caspian Sea, is one of the most important aquatic ecosystems in Iran. In recent decades much domestic and industrial untreated wastewater has been deposited in the wetland. This study was done to obtain a preliminary assessment of heavy metals contamination in the wetland sediments. Tests were done to determine levels and distribution of the heavy metals Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn in surface sediment of the wetland. Results showed that averages of ... Autori: Maryam Panahandeh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27753
EVALUATION OF HUMAN HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PESTICIDE DIETARY INTAKE - AN OVERVIEW ON QUANTITATIVE UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 The probabilistic estimation and the risk analysis of the exposure to pesticides through the ingestion of plants and food products is an important task for ensuring informed decision making and appropriate consumer protection. Monte Carlo-based methods are powerful tools in this regard, allowing for the empirical estimation of the distribution of exposure values, as well as for carrying out a corresponding uncertainty analysis. Such findings are important for assessing the exposure risk for mult... Autori: Petronela Cozma ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27754
COMPOSITION OF TRACE METALS IN INDOOR DUST DURING AND AFTER BUILDING RENOVATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 A study was conducted to determine the composition and concentration of trace metals in suspended particulate matter (PM10) and indoor dust in two academic buildings of Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia. One building was in the final phases of renovation (UR) and the other building had just finished renovation (AR). PM10 sampling of air was performed using a low volume sampler (LVS), and samples of indoor dust were obtained using a brush and a small plastic bag. The compositions of trace metals in b... Autori: Mohd Talib Latif ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27758
MEASURING METABOLIC RATE TO IMPROVE COMFORT MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 Indoor environment significantly affects occupants’ health and productivity. However, in smart buildings and cities, it can be improved thanks to the implementation of innovative ICT systems and services. Thermal comfort is one of the most complex aspects to be considered to enhance occupants’ well-being, because of the relevant role played by subjective parameters (physiological, psychological and cultural) in its evaluation. This challenge can be tackled by integrating wearable dev... Autori: Andrea Calvaresi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27783
FROM THE APPLICATION OF WATER SAFETY PLAN TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ISO 22000:2005 STANDARD: A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 The Water Safety Plan (WSP) model provides a completely new, cross-cutting and multidisciplinary approach for the risk assessment of drinking water pollution. The concept of “control” of the drinking water supply system (DWSS) is replaced by the concept of “under control”, in order to protect human health. The key factor of the WSP approach is the identification and mitigation or, if possible, the elimination of all factors that may cause a chemical, physical, microbial a... Autori: Maria Cristina Collivignarelli ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27790
AN INTEGRATED HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION APPROACH TO MONITOR VOCs CONCENTRATIONS AND ODOUR ANNOYANCE NEAR A PETROLEUM PLANT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 This study aims to monitor Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and odour annoyance perceived by the exposed population living nearby a petroleum plant through an integrated high temporal resolution methodological approach. The area under investigation is considered one of the most critical industrial areas of the South of Italy (Basilicata) because of presence of the largest Italian petroleum plant, called the "Center Olio Val d'Agri" (COVA). In fact, VOCs and odours emitted from ext... Autori: Alessia Di Gilio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27791
CONTROL MEASURES FOR Cyanobacteria AND Cyanotoxins IN DRINKING WATER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 Algal bloom can represent a serious consequence of the eutrophication of surface water. Some of these algae, called cyanobacteria, are of particular interest for their effect on human health due to their capacity to produce cyanotoxins. In many countries, in fact, there are important problems of poisoning attributed to toxic cyanobacteria and contamination of water sources (specially lakes) resulting in increased cyanobacterial growth. Cyanobacteria can become particularly harmful for humans whe... Autori: Sabrina Sorlini ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27800
INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR INNOVATIVE MONITORING STRATEGIES OF RESERVOIRS AND LAKES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 An innovative strategy significantly increasing data density by introducing a flexible, problem-orientated, and cost-effective water quality monitoring approach is presented. Most current monitoring strategies produce water quality data based on fixed stations conducted on fixed dates throughout a defined period of time and, thus, often give a biased and insufficient picture of the water quality. Establishing a refined picture of water quality while not increasing monitoring costs clearly needs ... Autori: Wiebke Warner ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27805
A FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING APPROACH FOR EVALUATING THE HEALTH-CARE WASTE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 Hierarchical distance-based fuzzy multi-criteria group decision making (DBF–MCDM) was applied to evaluate the health-care waste (HCW) treatment alternatives for Qom hospitals. A list of aspects consisting of 6 criteria and 21 sub-criteria were evaluated based on a linguistic term set by five decision-makers. Also, four HCW treatment alternatives including “incineration”, “steam sterilization”, “chemical disinfection” and “controlled landfill”... Autori: Ramin Nabizadeh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27865
BIOSORPTION BEHAVIOR OF IMMOBILIZED Phanerochaete chrysosporium FOR HEAVY METALS REMOVAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 Heavy metals are inorganic persistent pollutants with adverse health and environmental effects. In our study, self-synthesized iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles were encapsulated in the Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium) hyphae. The prepared biosorbents possessed high efficiency for Pb(II) biosorption from single and binary metal systems. The maximum biosorption capacity was found to be 50.05 mg g–1 at pH 5.0. Environmental scanning electron microscope accompanied with energy d... Autori: Danlian Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27864
BIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RISKS FOR OVER 35-YEAR-OLD PATIENTS AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTS WITH HEPATITIS A VIRUS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is well known as a major public health problem, with a high index of occurrence especially in regions and environments with poor sanitation and water quality. From a biochemical viewpoint, acute hepatitis A virus infection is revealed by the considerably elevated serum transaminase levels and by bilirubin metabolism disorders, since it may often be clinically asymptomatic. Our paper is aimed at analyzing the evolution and significance of biochemistry tests for this type o... Autori: Andrei Vâță ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27860
INVESTIGATIONS ON AIR QUALITY IN THE HISTORIC WOODEN CHURCH IN ORADEA CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 The present study describes the results of air quality analysis and surfaces inside the Orthodox Church in Oradea City, Romania, a wooden monument (BH-II-m-B-20958), originally built in the village Letca from Sălaj County and displaced in 1991 to the campus of the University of Oradea. The paper focuses on the degree of microbial and fungal contamination of surfaces and air inside the wooden church. It also identifies various microbial species with potential risk on the health of parishione... Autori: Dorina Camelia Ilieș ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27858
CONSIDERATIONS ON IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE IN COMPANIES USING ISO 45001 STANDARD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 Occupational health and safety (OHS) is one of the most important problem of a company because each manager should consider the workers as the most valuable resource of the enterprise. This issue is all the more important as in the last decades, the types of OHS risks have changed due to technological, social and economic advances, and companies should use new approaches and instruments to control and manage these risks.
The paper focuses on the application of OHS management system as an import... Autori: Doru Costin Darabont ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27856
STUDY ON INTERFACE ENVIRONMENT - FOOD WITH CHANGE OF PARADIGM TOWARDS HEALTH GENERATING GASTRONOMY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 The study performs an approach to the "environment - life quality - biotechnological molecular gastronomy" direction, an axis with
consistent theoretic and practical potential in offering attractive and pleasant culinary products for the consumers, with the same
effect on health as supplementary under pharmaceutics format. The paper proposes a change of paradigm, in order to develop
certain excellence gastronomic preparations, based on incorporating functional and/or nutraceutic foo... Autori: Romulus Gruia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27855
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL: CASE STUDY OF AN AUTOMOBILE AXLE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN INDIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 According to “polluter pays” principle, there is huge burden on the industries to remediate contaminated sites. Mergers and
acquisitions of industrial sites is a preferred mode of growth for corporations. The management of the acquiring company should
be mindful of potential environmental risks which they may inherit as part of the acquisition and take appropriate risk management
actions. If not, they may face financial, reputation and other liabilities due to the “polluter ... Autori: Shweta Gaur ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27854
SARDINELLE BY-PRODUCT HYDROLYZATES AS NITROGEN SOURCE FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH AND PROTEASE PRODUCTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 Tunisian fish-processing industries generates large amounts of by-products. Their disposal is an increasing environmental and health problem. For an economic utilization, these by-products may be used in producing higher value-added products such as protein hydrolyzates. In this study, protein hydrolyzates with different degrees of hydrolysis (12%, 20% and 26%) were prepared from heads and viscera of Sardinella aurita using crude protease of Bacillus licheniformis NH1. The obtained hydrolyzates ... Autori: Nabil Souissi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27852
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF FLOOD RISK IN URBAN PLANNING: A CASE STUDY IN LAS QUEMADILLAS, CÓRDOBA, SPAIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 This paper presents a mapping procedure for determining the environmental impact of flooding in spatial planning. This procedure is applied to a section of the Guadalquivir River in the Quemadillas sector of Córdoba, southern Spain, where flood risks are of great importance because of improper riverside planning and the absence of prevention measures. We performed a comprehensive environmental analysis in conjunction with hydrological and hydraulic modelling using GIS techniques, allowing... Autori: Antonio Miguel Martínez-Grańa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27837
COMPARISON OF SOURCES AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY METALS AT TWO PERI-URBAN AREAS IN SOUTHWEST SHENYANG, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 To investigate the sources and spatial distribution of heavy metals in soil, samples were collected at two scales from the alluvial
plains of Shenyang, China. Statistical analysis at small scale showed average concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Cr and As of 36.76,
33.33, 100.06, 37.98, 91.26, and 7.99 mg/kg, respectively. Corresponding large-scale concentrations were 34.11, 46.38, 82.44, 32.51,
83.77, and 24.06 mg/kg. At both scales, Ni and Cr were mainly controlled by parent materials and Pb ... Autori: Jin Wu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27877
A MULTI -AGENT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ANALYZING THE AIR QUALITY INDEX
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 There has been an increasingly awareness over the environmental impact of human activities, along with the exponential industrial
growth, over the last decades. One of the negative important issues is the air pollution and its impact over the human health in
recent years. Therefore, there have been initiated several laws and projects in order to monitor, analyze and forecast the evolution
of the most important air pollutants. In this paper, it have been designed a multi agent system based mod... Autori: Elia Georgiana Dragomir ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27888
SAND TREATMENT PROCEDURES FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND BEACH SAND QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 Sand contamination is an important factor when assessing the health hazard potential of public beaches. The goals of this study are
to assess the performance of four sand washing procedures on the removal of surface adsorbed chemical species, and to identify
which chemical components are best suited for monitoring the health quality of beach sand. Four washing treatments were
investigated: contact, stirring, sonication, and boiling. Sand samples were collected from three Portuguese beaches an... Autori: Mário Dias Almeida ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27890
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS ON Cu, Ni, Zn AND Fe COMPLEXATION BY HUMIC SUBSTANCES DURING SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 The aim of this study was to determine how temperature conditions (max. 72oC, 81oC and 43.5oC) during sewage sludge composting
affect the distribution of organically bound heavy metals in humic substances (HS). To accomplish this, the content of Cu, Ni, Zn
and Fe was measured in the two main fractions of HS, humic acids (HAs) and the fulvic fraction (FF). In the feedstock, the FF was
mainly responsible for binding all metals except Ni. During composting in the two series with thermophilic con... Autori: Dorota Kulikowska ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27894
AN OVERVIEW ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 The water supply system is very important for the development of the country. Furthermore, a wastewater treatment with more
than two levels of treatment decreases the risk of environmental pollution with heavy metals and better cleans the water that will
be reused. According to Eurostat, in 2011 more than 40% of the Romanian population was not connected to the public water supply
and even more to the wastewater system. In the present study raw data were analyzed and plotted to show the evolut... Autori: Stefan-Adrian Strungaru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27911
CHARGED AIRBORNE PARTICLES AS INDICATORS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND THEIR RELATION WITH LOCAL POPULATION HEALTH IN THREE ROMANIAN CITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 Electrically charged particles of air pollutants show the degree of atmospheric pollution they being consistent with some chemical
indicators of air pollution. This study analyses these indicators of atmospheric pollution (EIAP) present in various zones around
the cities of Iasi, Bacau and Piatra Neamt and correlate them with the incidence of some diseases amongst the population. The
results show that certain values of electrical indicators of atmospheric pollution point to a higher incidence... Autori: Liliana Sachelarie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27916
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT: A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT PERSPECTIVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 Drinking water treatment aims to avoid or minimize some risks to human health and to provide adequate water quality by removing
physical, chemical and biological contaminants. However, treatment processes require increasing efforts in terms of technology,
chemicals and energy inputs, which generate increased secondary environmental impacts and added water production costs. The
objective of this study is to evaluate the drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) in Iasi City (Romania) by life cycle... Autori: George Barjoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27922
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS IN SMALL MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES OF IRON FURNITURE MANUFACTURING UNITS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 This study was planned to identify factors which affect workers health and their safe working in unregistered and partially registered
small iron units preparing 90- 95 % iron furniture under sheds. Focused group discussions (FGD) were conducted among workers
of iron furniture manufacturing units (IFMU) employing a cross sectional, descriptive, analytic and time limited study. Personal
interviews methodology was adopted to assess workers for their exposure to occupational risks, protective eq... Autori: Saima Aslam Bharwana ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27925
METHODOLOGIES FOR INVESTIGATING OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS AND THEIR USE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RESEARCH. LITERATURE REVIEW
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 The objective of this paper is to review the main studies published on occupational accidents to recognize, classify and describe
the scientific methodologies used.
To achieve the objective set we used a method that has already been implemented and validated, consisting of an extensive review
of international scientific literature related to the methodologies for investigating accidents in occupational health and safety. Then,
to assess the importance of these methodologies, we analyzed the ... Autori: Francisco Salguero-Caparros ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27935
ADSORPTION OF PHENOL ON ADSORBENTS PRODUCED FROM COCONUT TREE WASTE: KINETIC AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 Agro-industrial waste are seen as potential precursors in the development of adsorbents for the removal of phenolic compounds,
which exhibit a harmful effect to human health due to their high toxicity. This work evaluated the use of coal prepared from coconut
tree agro-industrial waste, for the adsorption of phenol in aqueous solutions. Three coal samples were prepared as follows:
carbonized only (Cb), activated with synthetic air (Cair) and activated with CO2 (CCO2). Based on the results of ... Autori: Marta Duarte ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27937
ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 Noise is considered as an ”unpleasant sound”. Since ancient times noise was perceived like a disruptive element. In the last three
centuries, particularly in industrialized countries, the noise became a major public health issue, especially for the hearing system.
The harmful effects of noise are felt not only by the hearing system, but also by other systems (cardiovascular, central nervous
system by affecting sleep and cognition) and it was recently pinpointed that the immune sys... Autori: Bogdan Cobzeanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27942
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 3
› Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA A TRIGGER FACTOR FOR LYME DISEASE
• HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN GEOTHERMAL GROUNDWATER IN YIZHANG, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
• CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOGAS HEAT STORAGE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM LIVESTOCK BREEDING
• ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW &nb... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27946
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 3
› Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA A TRIGGER FACTOR FOR LYME DISEASE
• HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN GEOTHERMAL GROUNDWATER IN YIZHANG, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
• CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOGAS HEAT STORAGE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM LIVESTOCK BREEDING
• ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW &nb... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27947
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR DETERMINATION OF AIR VELOCITY AT THE LEVEL OF MAIN VENTILATION STATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Proper functioning of the main ventilation station depends on the mining network’s degree of ventilation. Also, knowledge of
changes in instantaneous aerodynamic parameters offers the possibility of taking operational measures necessary to maintain
optimal health and safety in the underground. The objective of the present paper is to identify a new method of monitoring the
aerodynamic parameters at the main ventilation station.
... Autori: Emeric Chiuzan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27949
SEPARATION FAULT SCENARIOS IN INTRINSIC SAFETY CIRCUITS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 The intrinsic safety type of protection significantly increased in complexity during the last decades. Thus, it even provides the
opportunity to use highly complex electronic circuits without involving a significant explosion risk within the oil industry or in
power plants, but not limited to those two. In order to achieve this performance, the type of protection is based on three pillars:
limiting of energy, heat and also fault tolerance. The potential failure of components, connections, and... Autori: Marius Darie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27950
PARTICULATE MATTERS GENERATED BY CAPRISOARA TAILING POND AND THEIR IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Analyzing and reducing the possible effects of air pollution on human health became important issues for improving the quality of
life in urban areas. Particulate matters (PM) are air pollutants with a potential important impact on the health of vulnerable people
(e.g., children, elderly) and non-vulnerable people as well. The level of PM air pollution is mainly influenced by the PM
concentration and by parameters such as the meteorological conditions and the synergic effects of other air pol... Autori: Adrian Florea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27951
ASSESSMENT OF THE GROUND VIBRATION GENERATED BY BLASTING IN QUARRIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 In order to have a proper image of the seismic effect generated by blasting works performed in quarries, the assessment methods
applied before starting the blasting activity using explosives for civil use have to take into account as many information as possible
with regard to blasting conditions, type of explosive, blasting technique, characteristics of the environment in which the explosive
is detonated and in which the seismic waves are generated. Given the complex mode of propagation of s... Autori: Edward Gheorghiosu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27953
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF USEFUL TOOLS FOR MANAGING CHEMICAL RISKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Databases on the exposure of workers to dangerous chemical agents are an important tool for assessing and managing chemical risk
but also for recognizing occupational diseases caused by exposure to hazardous chemicals. Both the European Union (EU)
authorities and European trade unions have recognized the need for some databases containing as much information as possible on
the type and timing of exposure of workers to dangerous chemical agents. In Europe there are only a few databases for che... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27954
USING DRONES IN SUPPORT OF RESCUE INTERVENTIONS TEAMS IN TOXIC/FLAMMABLE/EXPLOSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Intervention and rescue activities require knowledge of the real situation in the affected area as accurately as possible. Therefore,
the physical exploration of this area is at the same time necessary and risky.
The use of drones from a safe distance can protect the intervention team from exposure to unknown hazards. Endowment of the
drone with a suite of sensors such as high resolution cameras, thermal imaging, infrared, and gas detection equipment permits vital
data to be transmitted to t... Autori: Alin Irimia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27955
MODERNIZATION OF THE TEST METHOD FOR NON-SPARKING MATERIALS INTENDED FOR USE IN EXPLOSIVE AREAS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 For assessing the intrinsic safety to mechanical sparks, two dedicated methods are implemented in testing laboratories and further
used for the conformity assessment of products with regard to explosive atmospheres ignition, namely: impact test and friction test.
The purpose of the article is to present the results obtained by using the first method mentioned, results which shall be applied in
further research for comparison with the ones resulting from the friction test. The article presents... Autori: Adrian Marius Jurca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27957
ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF SHOCK WAVES PRODUCED BY EXPLOSIONS IN ENCLOSED SPACES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Explosion-type accidents can cause significant human losses and material damages; therefore, special attention has to be granted to
explosion risk assessments and to the development of appropriate explosion-protection measures. Such measures of protection aim
to reduce the explosion risk to acceptable levels, in compliance with regulations and standards in force, so as to provide the proper
safety level for humans as well as to prevent damage to the surrounding goods and environment. The flas... Autori: Marin Silviu Nan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27961
ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EVACUATION IN BUILDING FIRES USING COMPUTER EVACUATION MODELS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Human behavior in critical situations is at the core of all concerns about the fire safety of buildings, regardless of their destination.
The way in which the human caught in the fire reacts to the risk factor to which he is exposed, his behavioral response to the direct
action of the fire, or his psychological response to the effect of the fire (temperature, smoke opacity, reduced visibility, exposure to
toxic combustion gases), are all factors that can drastically influence the required saf... Autori: Marius Cornel Şuvar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27965
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 3
› Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA A TRIGGER FACTOR FOR LYME DISEASE
• HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN GEOTHERMAL GROUNDWATER IN YIZHANG, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
• CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOGAS HEAT STORAGE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM LIVESTOCK BREEDING
• ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW &nb... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27968
HEAVY METALS AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE BLOOD AND BREAST MILK FROM TWO DIFFERENT ROMANIAN AREAS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 In order to highlight the impact of environmental pollution for Romanian nursing mothers we evaluated the concentration of heavy metals and trace elements in their blood and breast milk. The evaluation was done taking into account the pollution level of mother’s residence: Bucharest (an industrial and heavy transited town, identified as the highly polluted area) and a small town (without industrial plants, identified as less polluted area). The determination of heavy metals and trace eleme... Autori: Larisa Prioteasa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27973
CHANGES IN GLUCOSE LEVELS – A PREDICTIVE MARKER FOR AN ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENT AIMED AT Mycobacterium tuberculosis GROWTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 In the context of large interest of World Health Organization to progress in prevention of tuberculosis (TB) by avoidance of transferring pathogens from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) complex, and ensuring diagnosis and treatment of this disease at global, regional and country levels, it was found that most people who develop TB disease can be cured if well-timed diagnosis and correct treatment are performed.
This paper presents and discusses a case study, when a patient was rapidly diagn... Autori: Stefania Alice Cislariu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27982
EFFECTS OF CHLORTETRACYCLINE AND COOPER ON SWINE MANURE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 Chlortetracycline (CTC) and copper (Cu) are simultaneously used as feed additives to improve the growth performance and to prevent infection in pig farming. After ingestion by animals, most of these compounds are excreted and coexist in swine manure. They might have an influence on anaerobic digestion when the swine manure is used as substrate in a biogas plant. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of both CTC and Cu on batch swine manure anaerobic digestion in order to bette... Autori: Rui Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27983
DEVELOPING FLOOD INDEX FROM PAST FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS AND USING IT AS A TOOL TO CHARACTERIZE FLOOD SEVERITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 The paper presents the development of a Flood Index (FI) based on the flood hydrograph characteristics, namely flood magnitude
ratio, rising curve gradient and time to peak. These characteristic values are normalized to their respective values corresponding to
a 100-year flood. The methodology developed to compute FI is applied to three case studies; Kentucky in USA, Oc-gok in the
Republic of Korea and Haor in Bangladesh. The obtained results show advantages of the presented methodology over ... Autori: Biswa Bhattacharya ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27992
OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (MSW) COMPANIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 The objective of this research was to analyze the factors present in occupational accidents occurred at work among Municipal Solid
Waste (MSW) workers. Garbage, and rubbish from household waste were considered as MSW. The study was based on a total of
11,935 accidents occurring and reported in the MSW sector during the period 2009-2012 in Andalusia (Spain), as well as a survey
of 572 workers in the above mentioned sector conducted in 2009. All the variables included in the accident reports we... Autori: Antonio López-Arquillos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27993
LAB SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR CRITICAL SITUATIONS OBSERVED WITH THERMOVISION EQUIPMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 The paper presents an experimental system enabling a laboratory simulation of several types of critical situations and aggravating
circumstances (sources of smoke, fog, rain, heat) using a thermovision equipment. The critical situations taken into consideration
are those caused by human negligence or natural disasters such as earthquakes. Aggravating circumstances are those considered as
being limit. The proposed thermovision equipment with appropriate accessories must highlight and determine... Autori: Catalin Spulber ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27997
DETERIORATION OF WATER QUALITY BY STAGNATION IN STORAGE TANKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 This study presents the influence of the storage recipients’ material and of the use and the type of stirring on the drinking water
quality. The kinetics of drinkable water quality alteration under stationary conditions and under magnetic and sonical stirring have
been monitored for a two weeks period. The microbiological parameters (total number of germs developed at 37°C and 22°C,
lactose-positive and lactose-negative bacteria, coliform bacteria and Echerichia coli), as well a... Autori: Laura Damian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27999
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE BIOMASS OF BENTHIC DIATOM IN RIVERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 This paper aims to disclose the quantitative relationship between benthic diatom biomass in natural rivers and environmental factors.
For this purpose, the author selected seven natural rivers in the basin of Minjiang River as the objects. First, the samples of benthic
diatoms and the environmental factors were collected from 14 different sampling sites of five rivers and the diatom density and
Chlorophyll a (Chl a) content were selected to characterize the diatom biomass. Then, the number of... Autori: Baichuan Zhang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28001
ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RECYCLING: SYSTEM DYNAMICS GAME BASED ANALYSIS FOR THE INFLUENCING FACTORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 With the rapid development of electric vehicles (EV), more and more EV batteries will intensively face the retirement. If they are
treated improperly, EV batteries might pose a serious threat to human health and environment. Therefore, recycling spent EV battery
is full of significance. However, the recycling system and specific policies have not be well established in China. This paper aims
to evaluate several recycling subsidy policies being considered and tested in China for their influenc... Autori: Xin Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28002
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MYASTHENIA GRAVIS – IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING LINK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 Ambient temperature can modulate neurotransmission in the peripheral nervous system. Transmission at the neuromuscular
junction is also influenced by ambient temperature. Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular
junction characterized by impaired transmission of the nerve impulses to the muscle fibers. The aim of the study was to determine
if there is in fact a statistically significant correlation between environmental fluctuations and MG exacerbations among myast... Autori: Dan Iulian Cuciureanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28004
DISTRIBUTION OF METALS IN WATER, SEDIMENTS, AQUATIC PLANTS AND FISH FROM SNAGOV LAKE, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 6 This paper discussed the results of studies regarding metal ions distribution in water, sediments, aquatic plants and different tissues
of fish from Snagov Lake, Romania, a natural lake situated 25-30 kilometers north from Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The
concentration of several metal ions (Li, Ba, Al, Pb, As, Se) was measured in three points of the lake, namely receiving-input, middle
and discharging-output ponds. The samples were collected during spring time from water, sediments, Ce... Autori: Daniela Simina Ștefan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28010
ASSESSMENT MODEL OF STRATA PERMEABILITY CHANGE DUE TO UNDERGROUND LONGWALL MINING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 6 The coal gas is a potential risk for the safety production in coalmines. The practical experiences in coalmine show that the gas may
suffer massive desorption and migration after coal seam mining and deformation of overlying strata. Therefore, gas extraction in
mines focuses on mining ground pressure relief gas extraction. In this paper, the study is carried out on gas permeability and
migration pathway based on movements of overlying strata over the working face and the spatial location of t... Autori: Jianwei Cheng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28019
TRACE ELEMENTS EXTRACTION FROM METAL CONTAMINATED SOILS - IMPLICATION FOR RECLAMATION OF GOLD MINE AREAS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 9 Trace elements (TEs) in contaminated soils are considered as primary jeopardy issues in developing countries which can cause major concerns for this industry and also menace the surrounding ecosystems, human health and wildlife, so urgent reclamation methods are required. The present research aims to evaluate potential phytoremediation capability of selected plant species Tamarix Spp., Haloxylon Spp. and Malcolmia Africana to grow in TE contaminated soils. Muteh Gold mine, a widespread mountaino... Autori: Ali Daryabeigi Zand ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28056
INTEGRATION OF GIS TECHNOLOGY IN THE URBAN PLANNING TO EXTEND THE CITY OF ZAMORA, SPAIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 The present study has established a methodology to determine the most environmentally sustainable area for the expansion of a city
center using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. This technology permits the graphical information associated with
a municipality to be manipulated, integrated, analyzed and represented in a simple way that is cost effective during the early decision
making steps, which analyze the various options regarding the urbanistic planning prior to taking final... Autori: Marco Criado ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28028
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ECO-EFFICIENCY: THE CASE OF A FILLING-STATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 Assessment of eco-efficiency for environmental costs is specific in that majority of the costs provide social rather financial benefit,
and only some of the costs could be viewed from both social and financial perspectives. The model for assessment of environmental
costs of a filling-station and the methodology for its application developed, with the methodology verified by analysis of analytical
data of an actual enterprise is presented in this research. Application of the model to filling-s... Autori: Neringa Stončiuvienė ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28029
IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF NATURALLY VENTILATED CLASSROOMS IN THE NORTHEAST OF PORTUGAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 This article addresses CO2 dynamics in school classrooms and analyses the improvement of ventilation and indoor air quality
resulting from the simple window-opening ventilation strategies. CO2, temperature and relative humidity were measured in four
different naturally ventilated classrooms of a Northeastern Portuguese education institution for a wide range of environmental
conditions. Indoor CO2 levels were also simulated with a numerical model to help manage the indoor air quality of these ... Autori: Filipe Rodrigues ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28030
APPROACH FOR COMPREHENSIVE SUPERVISION OF THE WORKPLACE EXPOSURE TO LEAD AND ITS COMPOUNDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 This paper presents an interdisciplinary methodology for handling the exposure of workers to lead and its compounds in a systematic
way by connecting different disciplines, and thus enabling the comprehensive supervision of the workplace exposure.
The exposure of workers to lead and its compounds was studied in the Republic of Slovenia. The research comprised 1079 employers
being exposed to the lead concentrations between 0.01 and 0.9 mg/m3, which exceeded the limit value by 9 times. Workers ... Autori: Lidija Korat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28032
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BIO-BASED THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS FORMED BY DIFFERENT METHODS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 Inorganic thermal insulators are commonly used to improve energy efficiency. However, environmental and health aspects of their
production until the end of life have been increasingly concerned. Agricultural wastes including rice straw, rice husk and corn cobs
are abundant in Thailand and converted into value-added products such as thermal insulation materials offers a viable recycling
opportunity as the ecological burden of a product has now become a widely-discussed issue. In this paper, gl... Autori: Phairat Usubharatana ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28033
STUDENT’S ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS: ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND RISK TAKEN ABILITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 After the recent global financial and economic crises, unemployment, especially among young people have become a particularly
serious problem. Fostering young entrepreneurship represent not only a tool to combat young unemployment and social exclusion
but also a way to encourage innovation and a country’s economic growth. Education and training can contribute in building an
entrepreneurial society and may shape individuals attitudes versus risk-taking. Risk taken ability is an important... Autori: Ana Iolanda Vodă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28038
A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC WATER QUALITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEAST NIGERIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 9 This study is a comparative assessment of domestic water quality collected from 35 sampling points in seven typical rural communities in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria. Physicochemical parameters such as pH, conductivity, turbidity and bacteriological parameters such as plate count and total coliform were analysed in the laboratory using standard World Health Organization (WHO) methodology. Results indicate that there are significant variations (p<0.05) in the physicochemical parameters of the... Autori: Oliver O. Odikamnoro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28054
A CASE STUDY OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN A CLASSROOM BY COMPARING PASSIVE AND CONTINUOUS MONITORING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Most people is aware that outdoor air pollution can impact human health, including indoor air pollution. Human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be two to five times, and occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels. These levels of indoor air pollutants are of particular concern because most people spend about 90 percent of their time indoors. In this manuscript we monitored indoor pollutants in a school building with two different methodol... Autori: Patrizia Aversa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28072
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF TWO DIGESTATE TREATMENTS: A COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Digestate derived from the anaerobic digestion of biowaste is a nutrient-rich substance whose direct use on land is not permitted by the Italian Legislation. The possibility of recovering its nutrients can be given by the processes of stabilisation and sanitation required by the Italian Legislation. Among these processes, composting and calcium hydrolysis with neutralization (CHN) permit to obtain useful soil improvers like compost and defecation gypsum (DG). In this paper a gate-to-gate Life Cy... Autori: Sofia Spagnolo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28080
TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CONTROL OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 In recent years, so-called emerging contaminants (ECs) have attracted growing interest as they have been detected in reservoirs and even in drinking water. The new proposal Drinking Water Directive (2018) provides for the introduction of new parameters relevant to the ECs category. As these contaminants today tend to be present in a growing number of water sources, provide treatment systems that ensure compliance with regulatory limits and the protection of public health has become essential. Th... Autori: Sabrina Sorlini ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28081
COMBINED ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL DATA FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED MARINE SEDIMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Sediments in coastal areas can accumulate a variety of contaminants, acting as both carriers and long-term secondary sources of contamination for aquatic ecosystems. Nowadays, there is a growing interest on developing new assessment criteria of sediment ecological quality for setting priorities and management strategies of contaminated materials. According to the literature, the weight of evidence (WOE) approach has been developed to provide a multidisciplinary characterization which combines di... Autori: Francesco Todaro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28089
NANOMATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 11 Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials in the construction industry has grown prominently. Nanomaterials can considerably modify the properties of construction materials and even improve their performance. Despite their merits, considerable research has reported that nanomaterials pose a potential risk to human health. For this reason, it is important to fully comprehend
the effects of nanomaterials on human health and the environment throughout all phases of their life cycle, includ... Autori: Saeed Kamali ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28091
SYNERGIC EFFECTS OF SUNFLOWER STALKS AND SODIUM SILICATE IN DEVELOPING AN ECOLOGICAL CONCRETE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 1 Building industry is a very large domain in the global economy and it has a lot of consequences over the environment through many and different aspects. These consequences are various, from the more and more extended area of construction up to gas emissions released during materials manufacture and transportation, construction process, exploitation of buildings and, finally,
their deconstruction. The concrete, the most used material in construction industry all over the world, must become green... Autori: Catalina Mihaela Gradinaru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28138
STUDY ON SOLID/LIQUID RATIO AND MICROSTRUCTURE PROPERTIES OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED METAKAOLIN-BASED GEOPOLYMER CONTAINED IN LCD WASTE GLASS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 1 There are considerable environmental and health and safety concerns regarding liquid crystal display (LCD) waste glass because of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) that is deposited in landfills. In current study, the effect of variation in LCD waste glass on the deconvoluted fractions of silicon centers of metakaolin geopolymers has been comprehensively investigated to discover the underlying mechanisms governing the performance. Solid/liquid ratio affects the kinetics of ... Autori: Kang-Wei Lo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28146
TURKISH ARCHITECTS’ VIEWS ON CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE REDUCTION IN THE DESIGN STAGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 Waste is one of the main environmental problems of the twenty-first century. The construction industry plays a critical role in this problem. Reducing construction and demolition (C&D) waste to a minimum is crucial considering its negative impacts on nature, human health and economies. Determining designers’ awareness levels about the fact that the majority of waste generated in all life stages of buildings are largely based on design-related decisions and this waste can be reduced in ... Autori: Burcu Salgın ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28172
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLINICAL CONTEXT IN MENINGOCOCCEMIA: BIOCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF STIEHM-DAMROSCH/NIKLASSON SEVERITY SCORE – PROGNOSTIC FACTOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 The study considers meningococcemia which is one of the most severe form of meningococcal disease and represents a significant worldwide health problem. The occurrence of meningococcemia was investigated based on a case study developed in a Romanian hospital using data taken from the medical records of patients with the diagnosis of meningococcemia. The pathogen can produce a fulminant form of the disease that can lead to death within a few hours of onset. The signs and symptoms of meningococcem... Autori: Carmen Manciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28179
STATISTICAL APPROACH OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING AT LOCAL LEVEL: CASE STUDY IAĹžI CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 Environmental quality is directly influenced by the level of pollution generated by economic, industrial or anthropogenic activities and directly affect the citizens’ life quality and wellbeing, and ensuring a good status of environment it is a stringent topic that must become the major interest for the local public authorities. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the environmental quality in Iasi city, how the overall quality is influenced by the level of pollution and what are the... Autori: Silviu Petru Grecu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28180
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS DISCRETE PHASE MODELLING IN STORM SEWERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 4 A Computational Fluid Dynamics (ANSYS Fluent CFD) software was applied for the examination of a critical combined sewer
section of Budapest (Hungary) sewer network. The critical part of the main branch is located at a combined sewer overflow (CSO)
which is implying environmental risk for the receiving water body. The CFD simulations proved the anticipated disadvantageous
hydrodynamic effects of the lateral inflow. A discrete phase model (DPM) was also applied to analyse the sediment transport... Autori: Marcell Knolmar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28183
THE 1991 SEISMIC CRISIS IN THE WEST OF ROMANIA AND ITS IMPACT ON SEISMIC RISK AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 4 The paper represents a multidisciplinary investigation of the relation between seismicity, active stress field and geological structure
for the West of Romania. The study is based on revised and updated catalogues of earthquakes (3572 events) and focal mechanisms
(89 solutions). The large spatio-temporal variations of the stress tensor parameters, b-value (b=0.74-0.81) and fractal dimensions of
seismicity (D=1.05-2.34) highlight both clustering patterns along active fault systems and scattere... Autori: Eugen Oros ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28188
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD USING SPATIAL POINT SOURCE ACCUMULATION TECHNIQUE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 4 In this study, we discuss a risk assessment method for spatial point source accumulation that is suitable for regional comprehensive
prevention and control of environmental risks. The distribution types of spatial risk sources and other related data are collected and
analyzed by adopting Fengtai District, Beijing as an example. On the basis of the spatial analysis algorithm, the environmental risk
of region is comprehensively assessed from the perspective of risk-inducing factors, risk substa... Autori: Tianxin Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28194
A SURVEY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING SPREADSHEET RISK AWARENESS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 5 Motivated both by reports on devastating financial and reputation-related consequences of spreadsheet errors and the results of previous studies suggesting a significant lack of users’ awareness of spreadsheet risks, this paper provides insight into factors that
influence users’ perception of risks associated with creating and using spreadsheets. The survey was conducted on a sample of 161 spreadsheet users, whose attitudes were analyzed in accordance with 17 attributes. Statistical... Autori: Lazar Raković ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28202
ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE SOURCES IN STANDARDIZED ENVIRONMENT-RELATED FIELDS USING ORIGINAL SOFTWARE APPLICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 5 Within the International Classification of Standards (ICS), the field of Environment, Health Protection and Safety is classified as ICS1 = 13, i.e. ranking 13th among 40 fields at the 1st classification level. The field includes 21 subfields at the second classification level (ICS2). This research aimed to analyze the intensity of innovations in 5 of those second-level subfields (environmental protection, wastes, air quality, water quality and soil quality). The chosen fields cover the broadest ... Autori: Marija Blagojević ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28214
REMOVAL OF FLAME RETARDANTS FROM THE NON-METAL FRACTION OF THE PROCESSED WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS USING ORGANIC SOLVENTS AND PYROLYSIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 Printed circuit boards are the most important component of any electrical and electronic device. The average metal content in waste printed circuit boards is ~30-35% whereas the rest of the material is a non-metal fraction (NMF). Metals in the waste printed circuit boards are recycled for their value whereas the NMF is mostly sent to landfills or incinerators for disposal. The circuit board laminates contain flame retardant chemicals that pose potential hazards to the environment and to public h... Autori: Amit Dhir ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28216
THERMAL COMFORT AND VENTILATION CONDITIONS IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - PART 1: AN ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (IEQ)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 Healthcare facilities provide a cure from the ailment while maintaining a clean environment. A high indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can improve the recovery process and create a pleasant working environment, while a poor IEQ causes nosocomial diseases that are harmful to the patients as well as the hospital staff. To assess the state of IEQ in selected local hospitals, the current study
investigates critical IEQ parameters. Based on a detailed literature synthesis, three parameters are selec... Autori: Mawara Khan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28217
MICROBIAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF GREYWATER SOURCES TO REUSE FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 Water shortage is one of the most worrisome issues around the globe, especially with the increase in the human population. Nowadays, attention has been drawn towards the reuse of greywater because of its large volume and low contaminants. In the present research, greywater samples were collected from different sources including; households, restaurants, mosques, laundries, guest houses and sport clubs in Mansoura city, Egypt. The counts of total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus sp.,
Ps... Autori: Samir Radwanhttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28221
ADDITION OF ADAPTED MICROORGANISMS FOR LEAF COMPOSTING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 Techniques such as composting, a controlled process of decomposition of organic materials, have become fundamental to minimize the problems associated with the organic fraction of urban solid waste, as the potential to cause damage to public health, the environment and, consequently, to economic and administrative aspects can be related to this kind of waste. Microbial activity is
also highlighted as a relevant factor since the microorganisms are fundamental in the degradation of organic matter... Autori: Priscila da Costa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28222
FAST REMOVAL OF MALACHITE GREEN FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING HIGHLY HYDROPHOBIC WATER‒DISPERSIBLE MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 Release of dyes without performing adequate treatment into the water can lead to environmental risk and serious health problems. The development of effective and economic adsorbent materials for the removal of dyes from industrial wastewaters has gained great consideration in recent years. In the present study, a novel bio-based nanocomposite has been developed for ultrasoundassisted
adsorption of malachite green (MG) from aqueous solutions. The synthesized adsorbent consisting of both hydropho... Autori: Mohsen Nekoeinia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28232
QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF HEALTHCARE WASTES GENERATED BY BRAZILIAN HOSPITALS: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 Poor management of health care waste (HCW) is still recurrent in developing countries, as HCW control thought legislation is recent in many of these countries. One challenging factor that contributes to this is the lack of representative quantification of HCW generation. This kind of indicator is important, principally for hospitals as significant HCW generator, in order to obtain a better waste management. In this context, the aim of this study is proposing a quantitative estimation of HCW gene... Autori: PatrĂcia Albernáz Melo Ribeiro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28238
CONTAMINATED FLUORIDE IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES FROM MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN THAILAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 The aims of the paper were to determine the contamination of fluoride in edible plants, meat and poultry products in contaminated areas. The urine samples from 373 village health volunteers living in 21 villages in Ma Khuea Chae sub-district, Lamphun province, Thailand, were collected and the fluoride concentration was measured by Ion Selective Electrode. Their village health volunteers
were selected for further surveys regarding the consumption of edible plants, meat and poultry products which... Autori: Sanhawat Chaiwong ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28247
COVID-19 AND AIR CONDITIONING - IS THERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LINK?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 As it spread globally, the new SARS-CoV-2 virus was first confirmed in Romania in February 2020, and since then over 40000 cases were diagnosed with COVID-19. Considering climate charges that showed a continuously increasing temperature and also the fact that nowadays air conditioning devices are used on daily bases not only in personal homes but also in healthcare facilities
we raised the question if cooling air devices could contribute to the spread of SARS CoV-2 virus. For that, we searched ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28248
EFFECTS OF CARBENDAZIM ON DNA DAMAGE AND RETROTRANSPOSON POLYMORPHISM IN Zea mays
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 Carbendazim (CBZ, methyl 2-benzimidazolecarbamate) is used widely in agriculture against fungal diseases. We aimed to determine the effects of CBZ (0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 mM) on long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon polymorphism and genomic template stability (GTS), DNA damage using ınter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphisms (IRAP) marker techniques. Our results showed that all doses of CBZ compose retrotransposition polymorphism. In
additional, ou... Autori: Nalan Yildirim ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28250
ASSOCIATION OF NEPHROLITHIASIS WITH DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND DIET IN PAKISTAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 Bad water quality has serious implications for human health, which may include gastrointestinal, liver, respiratory diseases and even cancer. In view of drinking water hardness in the study area, it was hypothesized that bad water quality has some association with the renal disorders. The possible association between nephrolithiasis, drinking water quality and diet in human subjects in district Abbottabad, Pakistan was investigated. Drinking water samples were collected from different areas (tot... Autori: Suneela Jadoon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28252
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF WATER TREATMENT PROCESS WITH CHLORINE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 The quality of drinking water can be kept under control through the protection of raw water sources and the permanent monitoring and control of the processes of treatment and distribution of drinking water. The dangers and risks faced by drinking water supply systems may arise from inside or outside the system. Water disinfection is the key element behind obtaining and maintaining quality. Chlorine is the most widely used disinfectant, due to its high efficiency. However, it has a major disadvan... Autori: Alice Iordache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28254
ESTIMATING HEALTH IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO PM2.5, NO2 AND O3 USING AIRQ+ MODEL IN KERMAN, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 Air pollutants have harmful effects on the human health and exacerbate morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the short-and long-term effects of the suspended particulate matter with the diameter of smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) on the mortality cases in city of Kerman in 2016 and 2017. In this study, AirQ+ software presented by European Center for Environment and Health and World Health Organization (WHO) was employed. Daily mean con... Autori: Mohammad Malakootian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28255
PHARMACEUTICALS IN WATER CYCLE: A REVIEW ON RISK ASSESSMENT AND WASTEWATER AND SLUDGE TREATMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 Pharmaceuticals in the environment are considered as emerging contaminants which are particularly persistent and which could represent a threat both for animals and humans following long-term exposure. Pharmaceuticals include, among others, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, steroid hormones, antidepressants, β-blockers and lipid regulators. Excretion from humans is considered
the main source of release of such compounds in the environment. The excreted compounds reach wastewater treatm... Autori: Cristiana Morosini ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28257
IMPACTS OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON CARBON EMISSIONS BASED ON THE STIRPAT MODEL AND THE PLS METHOD: A CASE STUDY OF SHANGHAI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 The heavy dependence on fossil-based energy and inefficient use of energy add to the relentless growth of carbon emissions in China, and also lead to an array of serious environmental pollution issues, such as haze and smog. This situation threatens the health of residents and the sustainable development of society. China has to face the huge pressure of carbon emissions from international
and domestic societies. This study aims to investigate the demographic driving factors of carbon emission ... Autori: Yan Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28265
LANDSCAPE PATTERN AND DESIGN FOR THE ECOSYSTEM IN CONSTRUCTED WETLAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 9 The urban eco-environment is greatly affected by the ecosystem and landscape pattern of the wetlands nearby. Based on geological information system (GIS), this paper explores the landscape, plant distribution and animal distribution in a constructed wetland of the Yellow River Basin through field survey, identifies the landscape pattern of the ecosystem in the study area through correlation
analysis, and thoroughly evaluates the health of the wetland ecosystem based on statistical results. The ... Autori: XueLing Zhang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28266
DROUGHT LEVEL PREDICTION BASED ON LOG-LINEAR MODEL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 9 Drought prediction is fundamental to the management of drought risks. This paper collects the monthly precipitation data in 1957~2009 from 19 meteorological stations in the Yellow River Basin, and sets up a log-linear model to predict the drought level in the study period using the standardized precipitation index (SPI). Based on the SPI drought classification criterion, the drought level sequences were established, the frequency of drought level conversion was determined, and the dominance and ... Autori: Chunyan Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28267
ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP: A NETWORK OF SUSTAINABLE WATER STEWARDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Overexploitation and competitiveness over shared fresh water resources are some of the growing problems that affect numerous countries world-wide, in particular those characterized by high water-related risks linked to water scarcity, droughts and baseline
water stress. Private and public sectors are driven to find alternative or best-practice strategies to conserve and optimize the water resource and guarantee a future use to all. The affiliate of Philip Morris Manufacturing and Technology Bol... Autori: Matteo Magagni ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28287
PROXY EXPOSURE INDICATORS FOR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, HEALTH IMPACT AND DEPRIVATION IN THE MARCHE REGION, ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Literature supports the correlation between worse indoor air quality, lower socio-economic status and disease, such as asthma, Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis (EAA) and Carbon Monoxide Intoxication (COI). In order to determine the extent of the phenomenon
in the Marche Region, hospitalization risk for asthma, EAA and CO intoxication was assessed in association with Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) air concentration and socio-economic Deprivation Index (DI). Hospital discharge records of residents o... Autori: Katiuscia Di Biagio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28294
BIOWYSE: A SOLUTION FOR REAL-TIME, AUTOMATED AND INTEGRATED BIOCONTAMINATION CONTROL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Space exploration requires reliable, rapid, significant and safe methods for preventing, monitoring and controlling biocontamination risk in water loops and humid areas in manned Space habitats. Water is one of the most important resources of our everyday life.
Its microbiological control in houses, public water dispensers and special conditions (e.g.: epidemics, catastrophes, isolation) is crucial. The presented solution is automated, compact and portable, and above all “integrated&rdquo... Autori: Vincenzo Guarnieri ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28298
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WATER SAFETY PLAN FOR THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF FLORENCE, ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 The adoption of the Water Safety Plan (WSP) approach, as recommended by the World Health Organization, represents the most effective means to guarantee public health protection and improve drinking water safety. WSP is a risk assessment and management
approach applied to all phases of the water supply chain. This study presents the development and implementation of the WSP for the municipality of Florence. The Florence drinking water supply system (DWSS) has two drinking water treatment plants ... Autori: Roberta Muoio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28303
CITRUS AS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CROP TO PROMOTE NEW BIO-PRODUCTS AND VALORIZE THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Citrus is one of the most important fruit tree crops worldwide, with respect to both total production and economic value. About 80% of the world production is destined to the fresh market, the remaining is processed to obtain various products (juices, jams, etc.). Citrus processing residues account for about 50-60% of processed fruits; their huge amounts and peculiar characteristics need a correct management that imply cost for producers and processors. If not well managed, they can represent an... Autori: Paola Sangiorgio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28309
DESIGNING A LOGISTIC NETWORK FOR HOSPITAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: A BENDERS DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 Healthcare wastes are produced from all medical and therapeutic activities in hospitals and healthcare centres. Around 15-20% of these wastes are classified as infectious wastes that could be hazardous. Therefore, an effective approach is required for handling costs and environmental issues. In this paper, a bi-objective Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model is presented for logistics of infectious and non-infectious wastes. The proposed bi-objective model aims to minimize network costs ... Autori: Mohammad Nikzamir ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28314
IMPACT OF HEAVY METALS ON SAFETY OF CATTLE MEAT SOLD IN OWERRI METROPOLIS, IMO STATE, NIGERIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 The concentrations of Copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd), manganese (Mn) and lead (Pb) in liver, kidneys and red meat of cattle slaughtered in selected abattoirs in Owerri metropolis, Nigeria were studied using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). This was performed in relation to their concentrations in a forage grass, Panicum maximum randomly harvested from roadsides of Owerri- Onitsha and Owerri-Aba expressways. Results obtained showed that cattle meat samples contained all heavy metals studied. Thei... Autori: Henry Uzoma Anuforo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28320
THERMAL COMFORT AND VENTILATION CONDITIONS IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - PART 2: IMPROVING INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY (IEQ) THROUGH VENTILATION RETROFITTING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 The basic purpose of a hospital is to provide a cure to the ailing patients. Since the patients are already suffering from ailments, the hospital must be a place for comfort and mental peace. Indoor Environmental Quality plays a vital role in maintaining that comfort.
The hospital building must be designed on the standards to provide the required thermal comfort. If the building is already built and operational, retrofitting techniques are used to maintain the standard values of indoor environm... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28325
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTENDED-SPECTRUM-BETALACTAMASE- PRODUCING Enterobacteriaceae ISOLATED FROM VARIOUS CLINICAL SAMPLES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 12 The spread of antibiotic resistant organisms and those producing extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) has become a health care problem worldwide in communities and hospitals, as it leads to more complicated infections, longer duration of treatment, and
increases in patient mortality. In the present study, we analyzed 226 clinical samples in order to assess the spread of ESBLproducing Enterobacteriaceae. 196 Enterobacteriaceae were identified and classified as members of the genera Pantoea... Autori: Abdelbasset Mechai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28331
APPRAISAL OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN ROAD DUST AND HUMAN HEALTH RISK IN A MUNICIPALITY OF BANGLADESH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 12 Road dust from atmospheric deposition is considered as one of the significant environmental pollutants for containing toxic heavy metals. In this connection, to explore the present scenario of urban contamination and potential health risk of heavy metals present in road dust; this study was carried out in Tangail Municipality Area of Bangladesh. Road dust samples were collected seasonally from five different sampling sites encompassing different traffic homogeneity. Collected samples were proces... Autori: Mir Talas Mahammad Diganta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28334
OPTIMIZATION OF THE EVACUATION ROUTE IN CHEMICAL PLANTS BASED ON THE DEPTH-FIRST SEARCH ALGORITHM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 12 Optimal evacuation routes are crucial to protect workers’ safety when accidental leakage of toxic gas occurs in chemical plants. However, the majority of route optimization focuses on the transport field and few on the evacuation routing optimization in chemical plants. This paper proposes a dynamic evacuation routing optimization method for chemical plants under toxic gas release scenarios. From the complete accident scenario set (CASS) built with wind fields and leakage sources, the leak... Autori: Ying Liu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28336 |