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The article deals with numerical analysis of vertical normal contact stress in subsoil of foundation slab of 16-storey monolithic reinforced concrete frame building situated in Kiev, Ukraine. The foundation gap is located 11.65 m below the level of surrounding terrain. Numerical calculations are verified with real measured values of contact stress (published in Lazebnik, 1998) in four different cross sections of foundation slab. The problem is solved as spatial (3D) with complex interaction of ?upper structure ? f...

At the heart of many modern environmental problems lie a variety of chemical processes. Therefore, unfortunately, often in chemistry see only the cause of the violation of ecological balance in nature, which gives rise to the desire to declare it as the culprit of all environmental ills. However, without chemistry, mankind can't comfortably exist and, most importantly, solve the accumulated environmental problems. This article is aimed at consideration of some authors' developments, which are the result of their m...

The construction of some large industrial units and their endowment with oversized and heavy technological equipments, as well as their regular repair or replacement, led to the necessity of transporting some parts that exceeded both the gauge and the tonnage admitted on public roads. The choice of the route and the transport scheme (on one or more trailers) was made in such a way that requests would be as few as possible in order not to exceed the carrying capacity of the roads and bridges. However, in many cases...

The set complex of methods for effectuation of the ecological monitoring of the anthropogenic impact areas as well as undisturbed was worked out by the authors. This method has been tested from 1997 to 2016 in Kostomukshsky State Nature Reserve. The typical part of northern forests of the European part of Russia and Rangifer tarandus fennicus is being protected. The reserve is part of the Finnish-Russian Friendship nature reserve. The Kostomuksha Mining and Processing Plant, the city of Kostomuksha, transboundary ...

Study case is situated in Caras Severin County. Every sediment transport model application is different both in terms of time and space scale, study objectives, required accuracy, allocated resources, background of the study team etc. For sediment transport modelling, it is necessary to know the characteristics of the sediment in the river bed. Therefore it is recommended to collect a number of bed sediment grap samples. These samples should be analyzed in terms of grain size distribution.To solve theoretical prob...

Starting from the great potential of renewable resources existing in Romania, in order to harness and use these renewable resources, the current paper presents some research conducted at the Institute INOE 2000-IHP aiming at creating combined/hybrid systems for generating electrical and heat energy, and also targeting the development of energy storage technologies so that they can be used in any conditions regardless of their fluctuation, especially in isolated places. To do this, on the basis of extensive documen...

It is known that the medium-grade and low-grade iron ores before the direct use in metallurgical furnaces are almost always concentrated. For ore-grain release all run-of-mine ore is crushed and milled. The result of such operations is a finely ground concentrates, which are then subjected to clotting. Among the known methods of clotting of the wide-spread high-temperature methods - sintering and pelletizing followed by baking raw pellets. During these processes, there is a partial removal of detrimental impuritie...

Industrialization and urbanization have led to environmental contamination with heavy metals worldwide. In urban environment, the large inputs of anthropogenic contaminants in atmosphere are arising from mobile sources and stationary sources.Taking samples from all depth of snow, data can be obtained from persistent snow cover to the sampling time. Snow samples were collected in each sampling plot taking from 1.0 to 1.5 kg of snow. The average depth of snow was between 6 and 10 cm. The aim of study was to determin...

Pigmentary retinopathy or Retinis pigmentosa (RP) is a hereditary degenerative disease of the visual cells responsible for capturing light (cones and rods). Although it is a condition rarely encountered, the number of people suffering from this disease has risen to over 1 million in the last few years. Starting from the encouraging literature, this paper aims to present the etiology and classification of RP and one original plant extract, obtained from sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), a product with major pot...

The article deals with the structural design of the test equipment for analysis of coatings for hose conveyor belt conveyors. Processed list of existing test facilities in the world. Currently, there are various devices for testing materials using a bi-axial tension. The measuring device of its own production to measure axial forces in the conveyor belt, pipe conveyor is also the Technical University of Kosice. On it is possible to perform various tests conveyor belts by means of which the various measurements and...

The goal of the presented study was to investigate and outline potential benefits of an integrated scientific analysis, encompassing modern automated mineralogy and largearea SEM-imaging data for the needs of multiscale geomechanical and hydrodynamical problem solving. A research was conducted on a set rock samples of a Russian promising tight gas-bearing formation, featuring nanometers-to-millimeters pore space elements, wide spectrum of mineral composition, and a complex multiscale pore-space topology. In the cu...

Neuroleptic drugs (gr. neuro lepsis + mounting tranquilizer synonyms staff, antipsychotic, neuroplegic) are a class of medicines from pharmacology, used in the treatment of the various forms of psychoses, for example schizophrenia, the paranoia or other behavioral deviations. The effect of the neuroplegics itself through the 3 types of actions: 1 psycho-physiological actions, 2 antipsychotic actions, 3 neurological actions. Development of an analytical methods for quantitative analysis of risperidon of feed for th...

Ethanol is the most common alternative transport fuel. The current standard market product bioethanol is criticised for limited environmental sustainability as it is largely based on utilisation of food crops. Cellulosic ethanol, derived from lignocellulosic biomass including organic wastes and residues, as well as biomass grown on marginal land, is considered clearly more sustainable under environmental criteria compared to first generation ethanol, and it makes use of highly abundant, low cost organic material. ...

Assessment of soil dynamic parameters via wave propagation method utilizing results of elastic or viscos?elastic wave analysis. In this paper is only outlining the basic of the theoretical subject which is necessary for experimental applications via impulse?seismic methods (ISM) or the phase velocity method. The ISM experimental study of ground stress?wave propagation permits the ground to be modelled as a damped, viscoelastic half space. The viscoelastic model of soil simulation using the complex modulus concepti...

The basic stage of the modern approach to calculation of a wind wave climate (long-term probability) includes the database formation using numerical hydrodynamic models. The input to such models is atmospheric pressure or wind velocity at some height over sea surface. This information extracted from the reanalysis data. Initially reanalysis intended for research of global processes without description of the extreme phenomena. For this reason, for calculations of a wave climate the reanalysis data have to be corre...

Genesis of the Uralian oxide-silicate supergene nickel deposits remains disputable. There are supergene and polygenic hypogenous model of their origin. The second model usually involves supergene and hydrothermal-hypogenous stages of formation. To solve this problem isotope ratio 87Sr / 86Sr was determined for the first time for the Ufalei and Sakhara supergene nickel deposits. The obtained data on the 87Sr / 86Sr isotopic ratio in samples from ore zones are divided into two groups, which indicate two sources of s...

The need to improve the quality of water in the metropolitan area Galati-Braila is the direct result of Romania?s engagement to comply with the European legislation regarding the continuous monitoring of water quality through the permanent control of the bacterial and physical-chemical parameters, not only in the water destined for human consumption, but also in the water drained in the rivers of the region. The water needed for the urban area Galati-Braila comes from the Danube, and in this geographical segment, ...

Landfilling, composting and incineration represent the most common processes used for the disposal of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). One of the methods that allow to limit the amount of stored biodegradable wastes is their biological transformation. In the European Union, composting is one of the most widely promoted methods of the biological processing of biodegradable waste. Composting of wastes consists on applying microbiological processes of transformation of the matter to obtain decomposi...

Energy efficiency and renewable energy are considered to be the twin pillars of sustainable energy policy and are high priorities in the sustainable energy hierarchy. In this context of continuous improve of energy efficiency in buildings; each state has developed different national politics on this direction. The obligation of the EU Member States to assimilate the strategy proposed by Energy Performance of Building Directive (Directive 2010/31/EU) determined the local communities to find financial resources and ...

Nowadays we see an increase in traffic intensity all around the world. The traffic infrastructure is extremely loaded by the traffic, which causes deformation of its parts. In addition to traffic load, significant is the effect of the weather conditions (wind, sunshine, temperature changes). All the mentioned effects cause changes in the spatial position and in the shape of the bridge structures. Due to these facts, geodetic monitoring is an integral part of bridge structures diagnosis and gives important informat...

Assessment of mining impact on natural environment is relevant, since open mining, the storage of mining and processing waste, the metallurgical processing of the concentrates produced are accompanied by aerosol mining-induced pollution of the atmosphere and natural environments as a result of the release of fine mineral particles. According to satellite observations for 17 years, aerosol mining-induced pollution and the state of the vegetation cover in the Kola mining complex (Russia, Murmansk region) have been s...

In the modern literature, various methods of qualitative and quantitative assessment of maxillofacial anomalies are described. They are reduced to determining the location of violations, describing the causes of their occurrence, considering the functional state of the dentoalveolar system, as well as quantitative expression of the degree of violations of face aesthetics, occlusion, morphology and function in various dentofacial and facial abnormalities. The method developed by us makes it possible to objectively ...

Air pollution became a real public concern for countries all over the world. Increasing anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) can cause a substantial increase in ground-level ozone, which is a secondary air pollutant produced by photochemical interaction of NOx and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), through a complex set of reactions under the influence of solar radiation. Ploiesti is one of the main cities in Romania, which is facing with anthropogenic atmospheric emissions that result especially from ...

The problem of stress state evaluation is really actual for the underground structures been exploited for a long time. Stress and deformation monitoring give opportunity for hazard prevention and planning operation mode of the underground facility. One of the most common methods of deformation control is convergence measurement, but transformation of measured data into stress state of underground structures is quite difficult. A technique for stress state evaluation of underground structures on the base of the ana...

Sulphur is one of the major constituents of lignite. In addition, it is used to measure the negative environmental impacts of this raw material. The presented study included field work and laboratory work. Field work was aimed at collecting coal samples, which were subjected to a series of laboratory tests. In total, about 150 coal samples were collected and used for proximate analysis. In addition, a large database of archival results from mines and scientific literature was collected. Overall, more than 4000 coa...

Recent years have brought rapid development of GNSS and supplementary SBAS and GBAS systems. Depending on the needs of a given real-time positioning domain, users can obtain several meters (GNSS + SBAS) or several centimeters (GNSS + GBAS) accuracies. Active (local) geodetic networks belonging to GBAS, through the permanent nature of the work and constant satellite observations recording, allow achieving even greater accuracies through post-processing elaboration. The paper presents in a uniform manner the charact...

The present paper analyses the use of resources and municipal waste generation in western Romania. In this territory the waste generation continues to grow but there are considerable differences between urban and rural area, regarding the resource use and waste generation per person, generated mainly by different social and economic conditions, and different levels of awareness towards the environmental issues. While resource extraction has been stabilized in the last decade, dependence on imports is increasing. I...

The exchange of glaciers and climate change has gained considerable importance; therefore, many researches have conducted studies related to the subject in the world. The reduction of glacial mass changes is vital issue since it causes a significant climate change and carries certain risks. Therefore, the causes of the reduction should be investigated and the necessary precautions should be taken for this situation. As in the rest of the world, there are glacier variations in Turkey. There are mountains with perma...

Holmium (III) removal from nitrate solutions in a form of dodecyl sulfates using ion flotation and extraction methods was studied. Distribution and removal ratios as a function of equilibrium aqueous phase ?? value were received. Comparison of experimental results was conducted and conclusions on the effectiveness of each method depending on the assigned task were drawn. Comparative analysis of extraction and flotation methods for holmium (III) cations removal from individual water-salt solutions and in the compre...

Water erosion is not only agricultural but also environmental problem. Water erosion washes off the finest particles that bind nutrients and other substances. These nutrients are piled up in the accumulation part of the slope. In the worst case, they are completely washed off the farmland, i.e. into water reservoirs and water courses. Additionally, damage to soil and its depletion of nutrients is reflected in lower yields. The aim of our study is to determine the effect of water erosion on total nitrogen content a...

Modern remote sensing techniques ? passive and active - undergo considerable development in terms of spectral, temporal and geometric resolution of observations. The more and more sophisticated satellite observing systems are involved first in defence and geospatial intelligence tasks. Nevertheless apart from strictly military applications they can be exploited as ?dual-use? systems for civilian applications as well. The idea of this paper is to demonstrate, based on the literature review, how far high resolution ...

Mining rail transport is one of the main transport systems within intra-plant logistics of mining enterprises. Its main task is the transportation of raw materials from mining sites for further processing. For efficient operation it is necessary to apply planning and optimization tools. Within the optimization processes as a one of the key tools in engineering practice appears to be a computer simulation method. For proper applying it is, however, necessary to handle modelling of some particularities which are rel...

Nowadays, there are plenty of High Tatras maps interested in the problematic of toponym. They contain more or less detailed nomenclature of High Tatras, but lots of this maps are incomplete or they lack Polish or Slovak part of High Tatras. One of the biggest problems in each toponymal map is incomplicity and missing complexity of data. The second biggest problem is the huge amount of data in relatively small area. The paper aims with the creation of compact toponymal map of High Tatras, not only for the area of S...

Due to the growing importance of forest changes and water management as factors influencing hydro-sedimentary dynamics and hydrological services, the analysis of the forest ? water links may prove to be relevant for creating joint and adequate management schemes for these ecosystems. The main goal of this paper is to investigate the possible influences upon the hydro-sedimentary dynamics in the upper basin of Jiu River (2540 km2), induced by the changes in forest cover between 2000 and 2012. The relationship betwe...

Wildlife crossings are structures that allow animals to cross human-made barriers safely. Wildlife overpasses are the reverse of most conventional bridges in terms of structural engineering, and this has implications for how they are designed. The Environmental Protection concerns mainly the fauna, because the development of communication and the construction of new transport routes has been increasingly fragmenting the natural environment. To fix the errors, arising from the fragmentation of the natural environme...

In Polish underground copper ore mines belt conveyors are the most common transport facilities. In KGHM Polish Copper SA there are over 100 km of belt conveyors. To increase reliability of the transportation system there are built numerous ore bunkers ensuring continuity of the excavation during 5 working days of the week and on weekends, during which ore bunkers feed processing plants. In addition, some conveyors were built as reverse ones what in cases of emergency can provide alternative routes to supply ore to...

Green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium. Sedum species are low-growing succulent plants that can grow rapidly when water is available yet also survive long periods without water. Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in many countries, but in Kosovo the use of green roofs is a new practice. The aim of this study is to determine Sedum vegetation characteristics on extensive green roof in Kosovo urban areas, influenced by ...

Industry, pollute environments (air, water, soil), and bring damage to the health, both to the people and all living beings. In areas where oil and gas development is prevalent, air, water and soil resources can become contaminated with oil and gas wastes and by products. The pollutants emitted by the oil and gas industry, may bring damage immediate or long-term, to the environment. Mining industry and the oil processing, affects the environment through gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons. All products resulting from ...

Sludge from sewage formats municipal byproducts are considered "undesirable" that focuses remove pollutants from wastewater and can be a danger to the environment.Lupeni dump was born by storing the waste material resulting from the preparation of coal.The material deposited on the two branches of the heap consists of sandstone rocks clay, marl, carbonaceous shales and sandstones.From the analysis it is observed that: the reaction is slightly alkaline soil (pH = 7.4); humus content: medium to good; containing coar...

The main reason for applying microclimate control in greenhouses is to achieve optimal growing environment. Because of its complexity, excessive control in greenhouses can adversely affect the cultivation of crops. Moreover, we have optimum control to achieve these challenging goals, including lower emissions and reduced production costs. The most important stage in the research of algorithms of management of technological objects is to develop a model of the object, which reflects the processes occurring in the o...

All decisions made would always rely on good, timely, and correct data. Usage of BIM models in terms of Building Information Management can support all decision through data gathering, sharing, and using across all disciplines and all Life Cycle steps. It particularly significantly improves possibilities and level of life cycle costing. Experience and knowledge stored in data models of BIM, describing user requirements, best practices derived from other projects and/or research outputs will help to understand sust...

The conversion of forest to pastoral and agricultural management has important implications for carbon storage in soils. The stationary conditions of Neamtu catchment is characterized by an altitudinal difference between 270 - 1523 meters, 418 sq. km surface area, with notable differences of morpho-lithological, climatic, hydrological and biogeographical conditions reflected in both soil diversity and carbon content differences. This study aimed at calculating and comparing the estimated soil carbon stocks in diff...

Erythromycin (E), a hydrophobic macrolide antibiotic, is prescribed for the treatment of acute bacterial infections, such as respiratory, urine, skin, and mouth infections. The main disadvantage of ER is its poor water solubility (2 mg/mL) that limits both formulation using hydrophilic bases and skin permeability. Cyclodextrins (CDs) are biocompatible cyclic oligomers of glucose, with a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic exterior. CDs are used to improve the bioavailability of drugs by increasing their solubility ...

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) describes the physical and topographic information of earth?s surface. Today, DEM produced by different methods is successfully utilized in many geospatial applications such as gravimetric geoid determination in geodesy, morphology analysis in geology, topographic map production in cartography etc. As known, every year, the new satellites are launched to space and provide the most current information about the earth?s surface with different working principles and different image takin...

With clastic sedimentary rocks associated deposits of ore, oil-and-gas, coal and non-metallic minerals. They are located in a variety of different age strata structural-tectonic stages. Sedimentary rocks composing these fields are often framework rocks or minerals themselves are economic minerals. Depending on the age and affinity to specific structural and tectonic tier breeds are in various stages of the penecontemporaneous transformation. By the degree of transformation of organic matter in the clastic rocks ca...

The most important problems with a negative impact for Romanian coast, the erosion phenomen, are given by the numerous conflicts between the development of various economic activities and it is necessary to implement a system for preventing the further deterioration of shoreline. Coastal protection systems can be represented by linear structures perpendicular to the shore, called groynes. The groynes trapping sand on the upstream side and in this way, protect the coast behind the sand filet. The protection depends...

Due to rapid population growth and migration of expatriate workers seeking better employment opportunities, cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has seen massive expansions over the past several decades. While such growth is a sign of economic prosperity of the country, they have significant impacts on the environmental, social, and economic conditions of an urban area. They also deplete the natural urban resources and in agricultural cities, reduces the lands available for farming. In this study, the changes in ...

This paper presents a basic description of the geological and tectonic setting of the areas of placement of four seismological observatories located in the eastern part of Romania. The four seismological observatories are MLR ? Red Mountain Seismologic Observatory, NEHR ? Nehoiu Mountain Seismological Observatory, ODBI ? Odobesti Seismological Observatory and VRI ? Vrancioaia Seismological Observatory. This observatories were chose because of their importance and proximity to the seismic active Vrancea region. Man...

The microclimate of buildings forms an integral part of everyone?s life, because each of us spends a part of the day, sometimes more, sometimes less, in the closed premises of buildings. It is a specific part of climate that has a dynamic development and mainly comprises temperature, humidity and concentration of harmful substances in the premises. And one of these is CO2. This paper follows the author's previous publications which also deal with the issue of CO2 concentration in building premises, including the v...

The studies on the effects of winter wheat cultivation technology and spring barley varying degrees of intensity on productivity, carried out in All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture and Soil Protection, allowed a detailed analysis of the positive and negative aspects of these technologies usage, and also they let us define that when the intensification indicators increase the productivity of studied crops increases as well, together with simultaneously reducing of productivity varying on years....