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Saline soils do not play a leading role in human economic activity. At the same time, they occupy large areas in the world and perform important ecological functions ? maintaining the biodiversity and sustainability of natural ecosystems. By the end of 2018, the road and rail bridge between Taman and Crimea will be built. The construction of the bridge, the operation of the road, and the development of the related infrastructure will strengthen the human impact on soil cover in the region. One of the negative effe...

Nowadays we often encounter situations which cannot be explained rationally. However, we always try to find the reason of an ensuing situation. On the example of a selected town, the author presents the range of illogical business decisions pertaining to commercial real estate market. A situation in which somebody spends millions of dollars and even though, according to an expert, the business is doomed to failure anyway, requires an in-depth research. Through his meticulous research, the author uncovers that the ...

Disposal of increasing waste production in mining is currently a serious problem of civilization. The most common way to dispose of mining waste is storing them on impoundments. The hydraulic transport is advantageous from the standpoint of service and perhaps economy too, but the geotechnical properties of the resulting sediment are poor especially when saturated. For the design and construction of safe dumps with minimum impact on the environment the knowledge of the geotechnical properties of sedimented mining ...

Among different methods of oil-crop biomass processing two main reactions are allocated ? oil transesterification with methanol and fatty acid deoxygenation. Last decades there is a growing researcher?s interest to the production of fatty alcohols with carbon number 10-18 by selective hydrogenation of carboxylic group of fatty acids. These alcohols can be used in various fields, e.g. pharmaceutical, cosmetic, fine organic synthesis as well as in biofuel industries. In this work, we propose to use polymeric catalys...

At uranium ore deposits surface waters and local streams are important for the environment. Because these are affected by uranium-bearing acid mine drainage and dissolved uranium is moderated by dilution and sorption uptake by stream sediments. Depend on the mineral alteration and in the case of the iron existence, acid drainage forms in the streams. In this case surface waters and streams become a significant mechanism for mobilization of suspended uranium particles. The aim of this study is to assess the acid mi...

Industrial and social development of mountain regions in the south part of Siberia requires reliable estimation of the river flow. The runoff is mostly formed by rainfalls and melting. Scarce network of hydrometeorological stations and their location in valleys make interpretation of precipitation spreading in high mountains disputable. Therefore, mathematic modeling of runoff volume is of prime importance. Complex approach to mountain small catchments runoff estimation is suggested. River flow modeling is based o...

The Permian sedimentary succession exposed in Sirinia Basin (South Carpathians, Romania) provides a record of mixed siliciclastic-volcanic rocks. The siliciclastic rocks are represented by conglomerate, sandstone and claystone, which are grouped into nine lithofacies (Gmm/mg, St, Sh, Sm, Sr, Fl, Fr, P) occur in a predictable order as repeated fining-upward cycles. Groups of associated facies are arranged into five distinct architectural elements (gravel channels, ribbon-channel, sandy channels, laminated sand shee...

The Step Pyramid complex of Djoser in Saqqara visible today is a reconstruction performed by the main excavator, a French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer, who reconstructed key portions of the complex in the area of 15 ha. However, reconstructed walls, columns and other structures substantially differ in contrast from the Step pyramid itself, its architecture and system of underground tunnels. The existing structure is also not indicating the necessity of numerous attempts to rebuild the pyramid and most likely repr...

The main objectives of each of cities from Romania are sustainable development, energy efficiency, use of renewable energy and ensuring a clean and healthy environment for citizens in a modern city, attractive, prosperous and a high standard of living. The climate changes, increasingly present every day in the realities of city, mainly caused by human factor, obliges us to a new approach and orientation responsible for the future of our decisions in order to rational and efficient use of resources, especially in o...

In this work are highlighted a few basic features of the smart clothes. This concept is extremely useful, it represents the future and this time, technology will be used to monitor out body to not only make life easier for us. The smart clothes purpose is that to monitor the human body behavior throughout the day without discomforting the persons somehow. In case if it detects an abnormal reading of the data received from various sensors, using the fuzzy logic the system will issue a warning on a certain level dep...

The studied area is located in the vicinity of Rashid branch, part of the Nile Delta. This region is part of one of the most important aquifers in the world. The review of published information indicates that the existing zone of interaction between groundwater and sea salt water is complicated by the variable lithological composition in vertical and horizontal directions and by the relationship with the River Nile waters. Object of study are the upper parts of the aquifer where favorable conditions for natural sa...

The paper begins with the idea that in a large energy enterprise, formed by merging several energy companies with a mining company, the organizational culture is the key to success. The paper underlines the close connection between the organizational culture and the enterprise efficiency. The organizational culture supports the economic and social efficiency, the adaptability in the competitive context and the company which has a strong organizational culture may be saved from the consequences of unfavorable econo...

Brief introduction on the use of GNSS technology in various fields of activity (surveying, agriculture, environmental protection, etc.) and the use of the Romanian Position Determination System (ROMPOS) in determining the various types.Next we present the use of GNSS technology and ROMPOS, in general, and their usefulness in identifying parcels, especially in the acquisition of data necessary for positioning and delimiting them.The enhanced precision identification process leads to correct decisions in making paym...

Topographic and topoisostatic reductions of gravity field measurements are important in geodesy and geophysics. Reductions filter high frequencies from gravity which are then used in geoid modelling or investigations of the Earth?s structure. Practical computations of reductions are performed using digital elevation/bathymetric models as input data and some approximation scheme of the Earth?s structure. The main parameters describing the Earth?s structure are crustal, mantle and water density, density contrast, an...

The tree height, as the vertical distance between the base of the tree and the tip of the highest branch of the tree, represents a key element of forest inventories. In stands where the number of trees is high, the traditional in-situ methods can be time-consuming and can have difficulties in measuring accurately. In this study we present the potential of a low-cost commercial drone-based method of tree height measurement that could be implemented in the sustainable management of forests. Aerial images were acquir...

When determining height differences by using trigonometric levelling method, some affecting values are present. Besides measuring imperfection due to instrumental imperfection and surveyor?s errors, quality of the trigonometric levelling results also depends on following external affecting values: height difference between observed points, distance between observed points and temperature gradient (change of temperature with height) between observed points. Therefore, if the height difference is bigger, the influen...

The aim of this work was to determine, comparatively, the content of vitamin C (by iodometric method), polyphenols (by Folin Cioc?lteu assay), chlorophyll pigments, carotenes, xanthophylls (by spectrophotometric method) and the antioxidant activity (by CUPRAC method) for some frozen vegetables on the Romanian market: okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)- Serengeti variety and green peas (Pisum sativum) ? Alaska variety. Frozen peas was the most rich in ascorbic acid (9.32 mg/100g) and fr...

The article presents the analysis results of the physical environment of the data transmission between the technological equipment of automated dispatch control systems via interface RS-485. One of the ways of energy supply and life support systems improving in the part of energy efficiency increasing is distributed facilities automated dispatch control systems (ADCS) application. Because of control centralization of distributed heterogeneous engineering systems of buildings with multivendor devices and different ...

CTC (Communication Train Control) system it is known as integrated intelligent control systems for rail systems including mainline railways, light rails and underground lines in cities. With the development of modern data communication, computer and control techniques, CTC represents the future direction of rail control systems. At present, CTC has been used in one Kosovo railway line. Train control system in the Kosovo railway network, in the main line is installed which enables direction and control of train?s m...

The article shows features of a soil, illustrated with cracks. These cracks are natural detail of a soil, which more humified and less dense, than the rest part of the soil. Author highlights frequency and depth of these cracks in a soil profile, which essentially affects on the functions of the soil at the disclosure. On the mastered for an agriculture soil, cracks come from surface, in spite of that top horizons of the soil were homogenized in processing. Cracks go through the most humified part of the soil, whi...

In recent years Gda?sk had sustained economic and social losses due to severe flash floods coming down from moraine hills. The first flood occurred in July 2001 and the second in July 2016. Both events were caused by intense and long rainfall characterized by different from each other rain intensity in time. Among other Gdansk?s streams the Oliwski Stream has the most extended flood protection system consist of 15 small retention reservoirs. Due to its extensive flood protection system and lack of severe flood eve...

The paper presents the results from studies carried out in the farming conditions. It has been found that with the application of rational norms of mineral and organic fertilizers used for growing various crops (barley, rape, flax, soybean), soil fertility could be stabilized and their effectiveness enhanced. The content of mineral nitrogen under rape crops was at the level of the control variant. Its content in the variant using liquid manure (biofertilizer) was somewhat lower than that of in the rotted manure - ...

The article is a review of numerous studies devoted to the problem of identifying the main sources of pollution of the Ilek River and the underground water of its valley. The main sources of pollution are: the old sludge collector; new sludge collector; industrial site, soils polluted by the Alga Chemical Factory and dust from the dried surface of the sludge accumulators and the slag pipelines emergency leakage. It is established that in the sludge accumulators area the river drains heavily underground water conta...

Investigation of the paramagnetic properties of core samples from the section of the reference well was performed on the basis of a representative sample (97 samples) by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) for mineral associations of the Evlan horizon of the Upper Devonian deposits of the Volga-Ural region of the Republic of Tatarstan. Within the Volga-Ural region, reef formation dates back to the late Frasnian and has developed to the maximum extent in the Voronezh, Evlan and Liven times. The deposition of the ...

The article presents data on the spatial distribution, concentrations and forms of the location and migration of iron in surface waters within the Russian territory of the Eastern Donbass. A map of the distribution of dissolved iron in the investigated territory is constructed. The areas with the highest levels of contamination with this metal have been identified. The tendency to decrease the level of total iron in the water in the direction of: small rivers of coal mining and processing areas, as well as storage...

One of the newest trends in tourism are constantly expanding offers in special forms of tourism. These offers include industrial tourism, which is in boom not only in Czech Republic, but also in Europe. Industrial tourism represents new phenomenon, which appears related with industrial heritage and can be used for purpose of tourism. The main purpose and idea of industrial tourism is to mediate customer integrated look into industrial development of the region. What is for local resident ordinary, can be for visit...

The paper considers main factors of oil hydrocarbons transformation and migration in underground medium. Influence of oil products on changes in redox and acid-alkaline conditions of underground space, as well as on intensification of various forms of microorganisms is shown. Composition and physical-mechanical properties transformation of disperse soils with different water saturation levels are experimentally studied. Failure causes of residual fuel oil storage are analysed. Role of microbial activity in formati...

Mobility, besides housing and food/drinks, is considered one of the main consumption clusters with high impact on environment that includes pollution (i.e. noise), energy consumption and climate changes. Sustainable mobility therefore should be the task high on the agenda for the municipal development governance and, especially, environmental governance, particularly, keeping sustainability principle - to have the ability of people to travel and supply goods in a way that balances environmental and socio-economic ...

The paper presents research conducted in the city of Tyumen as a large Siberian industrial center to understand the factors of quality of the social space development. The development of Russian cities is carried out, chaotically, but not systematically. The main tools for the development of urban spaces are territorial planning, urban policy, where the social factor plays a non-primary role. It was shown that urban space should meet the needs of residents, not only from the point of view of infrastructure and hou...

Acid mine drainage waters around the Buchim Mine were challenge for researchers and Buchim company itself, but of highest interest it was for the environmentalists. In several phases Buchim Mine was solving the problem of pollution around the mine, whhen definitely this environmental problem was solved with the construction of the copper leaching facility. Large quantity of material deposited at the Buchim Mine waste dump of around 130 Mt today represents source of drainage copper solutions that are captured by pi...

This paper proposes an evaluation of data acquired with various sensors and used in coastal water segmentation applications. Correct monitoring of coastal changes in dynamic coastal environments strongly depends on accurate and frequent detection of shoreline position. Automatic shoreline delineation methods are preferable, especially in terms of time, cost, labor intensiveness and difficulties of in-situ measurements. Two main issues have been encountered within this application field, the quality of data and the...

Diabetes type I is one of the most important medical and social problem of health in all countries of the world. Treatment of diabetes type I diabetes is based on insulin therapy. Introduction ?-2? interferon in addition to insulin therapy for patients with diabetes type I at the beginning of the disease can slow the progression of the disease and even achieve remission. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to develop a method of producing nanoparticles loaded with interferon for oral delivery systems of drugs....

Many low grade iron ore deposits which were previously ignored are being treated due to depletion of high grade iron ore deposits. Haematite flotation concentrate from a reverse flotation of fluorspar tailings was characterised and agglomerated using bentonite and coke. The effect of bentonite and coke concentrations on mechanical strength and metallurgical characteristics of the wet and baked pellets was investigated. It was found that the concentrate contained 60.5% Fe, 4.24% silica and other minor elements. Maj...

Concrete production has high adverse effect on the quality of environment, and its sustainability is open question for material researchers and producers. In addressing the environmental concerns of concrete manufacturing and problems relating to the disposal of wastes and industrial by-product and also economic advantages, application of secondary raw materials in composition of concrete mix is of the particular importance both from the environmental and financial point of view. A substantial growth in the consum...

The exploration of shale oil is still the actual problem in the Western Siberia. The Upper Jurassic Bazhenov bituminous strata are widespread here. The Bazhenov strata is perspective shale formation because it has the high quantity of organic carbon and considerable thickness. This region is the most interesting for exploration of shale oil. The object of research are located within the Koltogor-Urengoy paleorift and its fraiming structure. The reconstruction of the tectonic and thermal history of Bazhenov formati...

A concept of Geographical Information System (GIS) refers to a special system developed to collect, store, analyse and visualise geographical spatial data and related attribute data. GIS is not only a software which enables the system, but it also comprises collected data and specific organisational procedures. The most important advantages of GIS include the possibility of connecting spatial data and described attributes derived from different sources, and above all ? the ability to perform geospatial analyses. O...

The annual extraction of aggregates in the Czech Republic is between 45 - 50 mega tones. [5]. Many studies for better results of quarries are undertaken. In this paper is solved the question of optimizing. It is solved the optimizing of cost on coal quarries also. The situation on stone and coal quarries is different. There are requirements for stone production, but the production of coal is in decrement. Comparison and solving both situations seems to be useful. The relationships between different production proc...

The article summarised course of activities in trachyandezit (Latit) quarry (tephrite) in Bra?any location starting from mining working permit phase until termination of activities and subsequent redevelopment and reclamation of quarry residual pit. Redevelopment and reclamation of territory after mining is one of the main activities of Severo?esk? doly a.s.The paper provides data on the Bra?any opencast mine, namely the geography, environmental situation, climatic, hydrologic, geological and hydro-geological cond...

Following mining and processing activity, results a significant amount of mining wastes, in the form of sterile mineral. These wastes are stored largely in mining tailing ponds or heaps. The chemical composition of the sterile material depends from one mining site to another. For long time worldwide, tailing deposits were considered waste deposits, without the possibility of future use. A few of the negative effects on the environment my constructing and exploiting mining tailing ponds, heaps, landfills, are the d...

This study aims to highlight the relations established between the vegetal organisms and the soil (the edaphic factor). Most terrestrial plants use the soil both as their support, where they can settle themselves, and to obtain the water and the mineral salts needed in the process sinthesizing the organic substance. The roots system has a characteristic shape, depending on the species, on the substratum and on the plant?s dimensions. After having studied the specialized bibliography and after having completed the ...

Steganography can be used for illegal activities. It is very important to be prepared. To detect steganography images we have counter-technique known as steganalysis. There are different types of steganalysis, depending on if the original artifact (cover) is known or not. In terms of practical use, most important are methods of ?blind steganalysis?, that can be applied to image files and because we do not have the original cover for comparison. This article deals with the application of neural networks on the issu...

For a long time, coal mining in the Eastern Donbass was the most powerful factor affecting the natural environment. The most significant were the natural underground and surface waters. Their pollution was due to mixing with highly mineralized man-made mine waters, which seeped through the rock mass, polluting the underground hydrosphere, and at the same time, as a result of pumping out of mines, fell into rivers. As a result of the closure of most coal mines in the region in the 1990s, the processes of hydrospher...

The paper deals with the theoretical and practical analysis of the influence that the cutting direction of the bucket wheel excavator has on the digging forces acting on the wheel. Usually, when the terrace cut technology is applied, the bucket wheel of the excavator cuts vertical chips where mainly the perpendicular to stratification digging method is predominant. All the laboratory trials - done on the test rig - were conducted mainly for this type of vertical chip cutting. In cases when the drop cut method is a...

The rapid increase of the population, misuse of natural resources, contradictions about potential land use are the most important problems on the agenda of many developed and developing countries around the world. In the last century, the migrations from urban areas to rural areas due to labor force employment and living conditions led to the growth and urban expansion in the cities. This situation reveals the necessary changes in land use in order to provide people with the fundamental needs such as food, accommo...

One of the commonly present gas hazard in hard coal mines methane hazard. The most endangered region by this hazard, during ventilation of longwall in ?U from boundaries? system is the crossing with ventilation roadway (so called ?upper corner of longwall?). Accumulation of methane in this place results from its release from goaf. Therefore, in order to decrease methane concentration in this region, auxiliary ventilation devices are used. They are aimed to supply to this place such an amount of fresh air, as to di...

Carbonic materials are considered to be one of the most promising materials for hydrogen adsorption and storage; they have different applications and fuel cells technology may be considered the most important of them. By using metals for doping them, the adsorption capacity increases, thus approaching ?the target? of 6.5% weight ratio of H2 adsorbed in a substrate. A comparative research related to hydrogen adsorption capacity of poly-aniline (PANI) doped with Platinum (Pt), Ruthenium (Ru) and Iridium (Ir) was car...

Ensuring the stability of liquid rate represents a major requirement imposed for sprinkling machinery. This important objective can be materialized only by equipping sprayers with advanced automatic adjustment systems, in order to correlate the two work parameters: displacement velocity and liquid flow. An effective correlation of these parameters can be achieved using adjustment systems of the electronic type. A such adjustment system can not operate efficiently without an adequate comparator circuit. It is also ...

One of the major problems with exploitation of air heat pumps (ASHP) in the cold season, is frosting of outdoor heat exchanger?s surface. A layer of frost accumulated on its surface, leads to decreased heating performance and energetic inefficiency. To restore the ASHP?s nominal capacity, a defrosting process needs to be conducted periodically. The necessity of this procedure causes penalty energy usage, decreasing already low COP in result. Analyzing commonly used ASHP systems, some possibilities of energy effici...

In this study, the Springbok coalfields coal samples were collected and subjected to different temperatures ranging between 700-900 °C under nitrogen atmosphere in order to investigate the effect of combustion on the mineral changes. The proximate analysis, calorific value of both raw samples and combusted were carried out. Characterisation and mineralogy of samples (1426, 1427, 1428 and 1429) carried out by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, FTIR and SEM incorporated with EDS. Calorific value (CV) ranging fro...

Urban green space has different functions in cities, at several levels, such as the environmental, ecological, social, economic, cultural and aesthetic, promoting the image and character of an urban area. In crease the number of residents in urban areas of Kosovo, has directly affected in growth rate of environmental pollution. Air quality is a major problem in many urban areas in the Republic of Kosovo and therefore has a great impact on human health. The objective of this study is to describe the use of urban gr...