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The article is devoted to the consideration of environmental and social factors in the management of territories and enterprises. Such consideration is crucial for the sustainable development of the territories. The authors use cognitive modeling as a tool. Building a model of the system in the form of a weighted oriented graph allows to take into account factors of different nature in complex interaction. Information for building a model can be obtained from a baseline environmental assessment or an economic and ...

The basic idea of conjugate physics-mathematical modeling is a direct transition from the PC to the industrial realization. This promise can be partially implemented by pairing of qualitative and quantitative assessments of the physical and mathematical images. Article systematized and summarized the main provisions and results of our works on this subject. Quality modelling allows to use the law of conservation, de facto directly for microsystems, as well as for macrosystems, being, its type, construction scaffol...

In the zones of boreholes drilled to explore and extract hydrocarbons uncontrolled migration of gas to soil environment and therefore to atmosphere may occur. Such phenomena may be related to insufficient tightness of the rock mass or poor technical condition of the borehole. Due to the occurrence of potential risks to the environment and human health and life, a set of constant monitoring probes was designed and tested. Location of six permanent monitoring probes were based on the results of surface geochemical s...

Changing the shoreline is an element of great interest for the coastal communities. The multitude of social, economic and environmental activities that take place in the Romanian coastal area requires a strategic approach. In the present paper, we are discussing strategic options for human intervention in the Romanian coastal zone. Engineering works to protect coasts from coastal erosion must be closely linked to human activities that take place in the coastal area, even though we are talking about tourism, transp...

One of the most common problems reported in the mature oil-producing regions of the world, i.e. related to the fields that are in a state of declining production or reaching the end of their productive lives, is associated with organic deposits forming both in and around the wellbore. Paraffin, resin and asphaltene deposit (ARPD) has been a problem for operators in many areas since the beginning of petroleum production from wells. There is a variety of techniques and means to control these deposits, and the most p...

This study presents the investigations above the massive masonry elements in order to analyze the long term behavior for the patrimony buildings subjected to the environmental factors and the strong seismic movements occurring during their lifetime. Although the patrimony buildings was structural rehabilitated after the major earthquakes occurred during its lifetime, the cracks in foundations were neglected. One of the causes of degradation is the capillarity of the soil water through these cracks. Excess water ac...

The article considers modern operating systems for increasing energy efficiency at the municipal and regional levels. Present successfully applied practices in other regions are given. The essential distinctive features of the proposed system for the Belgorod region are revealed. Described, developed methods and algorithms for managing energy con-servation in the budget sector. The structure of complex interaction of the developed modules used in the created software component is offered. The regional and municipa...

Cement is a silicone-based hydraulic binder, obtained by fine grinding of its components: clinker, limestone, gypsum, blast furnace slag, possibly grinding additives, but also other components such as kiln dust (CKD). The clinker is the most important component of cement, which is a granular material obtained by burning a powdery mixture of limestone and clay, with possible correction additives, in a furnace at 1450oC. The milling of clinker and other cement components is accomplished by means of ball mills with t...

Evaluation of explosion-proof protected electrical equipment in scope of certification is extremely important considering the risk of explosion that has to be minimized in order to ensure life safety and health of workers and to prevent damaging of property and the environment, as well as free movement of goods when they meet the essential safety requirements at European level. The purpose of this paper is to present aspects regarding the importance of thermal endurance tests performed on the electrical equipment ...

This paper presents the first year of the field experiment to evaluate the possibility of growing corn (Zea mays ssp. mays) in mixed culture (MC) with selected leguminous species. The main objective was to monitor the influence of MC agrotechnology on the yield of maize, individual leguminous crops and evaluation of biological yields through using the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) for each variant of experiment. The selected legumes plant and corn were grown separately like sole crop (SC) or in MC (legumes and plant...

Mapping, assessment, protection and their introduction in thematic circuits are steps which, once completed, will turn the geomorphosites near Topli?a resort into benefits for tourism. Methodology consists in field research, inventorying and evaluating various geomorphosites, based on scientific and cultural values. Topli?a resort developed in the volcanic area of the Eastern Carpathians, at the entrance in Topli?a?Deda defile, underneath the volcanic calderas of the C?liman Mountains and the Northern Gurghiu Moun...

Lichens are widely used in studies of identification of various types of natural and anthropogenic pollution. As for mosses, they accumulate heavy metals and rare-earth elements. It makes them applicable for studies of a territory with long-term man-made pollution of the atmosphere. To evaluate the atmospheric air pollution in Tomsk and Prokopyevsk (Russia, Siberian region), the following two comparative analyzes were made in this work. Firstly, the elemental compositions of ash residues of epiphytic mosses and li...

In Romania, most agricultural farms are subsistence farms and have to face two major problems: lack of capital and impossibility to sell their own production on the market. In the farm production costs, a significant share is represented by the fuel costs (Diesel oil); that is why the authors of this paper evaluated the possibility to lower the costs on the agricultural farms by producing biofuels for the farm own needs. The research work took place at the Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary M...

Ecological state of the Lower Section of the Dnieper River was estimated by method of calculation of integrated index on the basis of monitoring over the years 2013?2016. Self-purification potential and capability of restoration in time and space (along the river stream) of the aquatic ecosystem of the lower section of the Dnieper River was established. The method for assessing the quality of surface water by hydrochemical parameters in accordance with the fishery standards as the most sensitive to changes of the ...

Background: In Poland, there has long been a statutory obligation for economic entities to report minimum information on the natural environment, usually of a non-financial nature. After the implementation of Directive 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information to the Polish regulations (Accounting Act), there were changes in the scope of environmental disclosures and the group of enterprises covered by this reporting obligation increased. The implementation of the new directive into P...

The issue of minimizing the negative impacts of industrial enterprises on the different components of the environment is becoming an increasingly discussed topic in many expert and scientific forums. Despite the fact, that large industrial enterprises are trying to comply with applicable legal standards, using of modern technologies and preventative measures to prevent the occurrence of emergency events, it is not possible to completely exclude the occurrence of these emergency events and their negative consequenc...

In the modern economy competitiveness is put forward as one of the conditions for economic recovery. In order a sector to be competitive and viable in the long term, and to significantly succeed in its activity over time, it has to be ensured with financial stability. The aim of the research is to assess the financial stability in the Latvian fisheries sector. On the ground of the assessment methodology offered by the author and guiding by the available data and their quality, the author analyzes the financial sta...

Infrastructure development of mineral fields, mining and processing of raw minerals usually cause substantial degradation of the environment. Therefore, projected construction of mining enterprises (MEs) envisages a detailed study of geoecological state of the mineral field territories at all stages of ME?s life time. Intensive growth of the mining industry, significant technogenic loads on the environment and the need for addressing industry-specific environmental protection issues stipulate the relevance of such...

Nowadays are developed the global ambition to increase the environmental awareness of European countries. The result is the creation of new environmental directives and acts. Several tools have been developed to assess environmental impacts, some of them are mandatory as Environmental Impact Assessment or Environmental Risk Management (are set in Act no.24/2006 Coll.) and some of them are optionally. The best known optional tools are Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), Green Public Procurement (GPP) or Life Cy...

Currently one of the most worldwide significant tendencies is global warming. The greenhouse effect connected with increasing emissions of technogenic gases into the atmosphere is considered to be the main reason of global warming. Greenhouse effect has negative impact on environmental footprint. At the present time the mankind is obliged to take into consideration an ecological factor and make decisions to reduce ??2 emissions into the atmosphere. Up to date there is enough world experience of implementing projec...

The analysis of the system principles of stability of the coastal infrastructure in the point of view of marine spatial planning and development of marine facilities of coastal and marine territorial systems of the Russian Arctic showed that at present there is no unified approach to determining the assessment of the stability of coastal infrastructure and environmental impacts caused by several factors. To account for medium- and long-term climate, environmental, economic, legal and geopolitical changes in the Ar...

The article discusses photovoltaics in Poland in 2016-2017 and the legal situation of the PV market, as well as its impact on the development of the Polish economy. In addition, the photovoltaic market in Poland was compared against other European Union countries. The article compares and discusses the results of the annual detailed photovoltaic market research in Poland, including such aspects as: production and sale of photovoltaic modules, import and export of photovoltaic modules and prices of photovoltaic sys...

The importance of developing educational activities in a clean environment is a major requirement and necessity from the perspective of providing optimal conditions for stimulating creativity and personal development. Thus, the need for a clean area in terms of urban pollution requires a profound understanding of environmental factors (soil, noise) with significant impact on both the population and the environment. As such, we have proposed to carry out specific pollution analyzes that could be found in the ?tiin?...

The industrial objectives in which petroleum products are extracted (oil drillings, separating parks, compressor stations, deposits, transport pipelines) are sources of pollution for the soil and groundwater in the area. The specific pollutants in drilling, exploitation and separation of oil and gas for soil, subsoil and aquifer are: petroleum, pond water, detritus and drilling mud. [1] Starting from the fact that the activity in the area of ?icleni - Romania is an activity of exploiting petroleum products, which ...

In the last decades, transport and handling equipment sites have became progressively pronounced in areas that were recently lacking transport services. In many cases, transport services are not provided in mountain areas and in areas that have not been significantly affected by anthropogenic impacts yet. Local natural materials and asphalt mixtures are used for road construction, in which it causes road movement. Used asphalt mixtures are made up of mixtures of various organic substances, usually aromatic nature,...

The paper deals with general aspects concerning the assessment of the roads technical condition based on the calculation of individual, combined and general performance indicators. Besides general aspects, the paper also presents a case study concerning the assessment of the technical condition on the national road section DN 18 Baia Mare ? Sighetu Marma?iei, Section E, km 52+000?km 62+000. The assessment of the technical condition on the analyzed road section was realized according to the COST 354 action of the E...

There is environmental quality as a one of the factors determining the quality of life in EU countries. EU countries use a combination of different tools of economic policy to ensure environmental (as well as economic) quality. However, environmental protection cannot be implemented without financial support. The most important tools of economic policy, already traditional used, are economic tools, which could improve the quality of the environment and quality of life. Environmental protection has become a part of...

The paper examines the exposure of mountain creeks towards illegal waste disposal practices related to the lack of waste collection services in rural areas of Romania prior to EU accession and the low waste collection efficiency following the closure of rural wild dumps in 2009-2010. The paper estimates the amounts of household waste uncollected and disposed in selected small Carpathian rivers in the North-East development region. The expansion of built-up areas along the water courses leads to waste dumping pract...

The worlwide ascending demographic development automatically determined a growing demand of meat and other derived products from animals raised in livestock farms. Therefore, taking into consideration the fact that, every year, the need for animals food has increased, every compound feed factory (CFF) aims to obtain diversified formulas of final products, depending on the breed and the age of the animals that will be fed. To resist on the competitive market with this profile of production, all compound feeds facto...

In the understanding of the world economy, production factors are natural resources, capital, labour, undertaking and information. Availability and quality of the production factors in time is limited in proportion to the needs, consequently rational and efficient use of production factors play a significant role. The aim of the research is to reflect the availability and quality of the production factors in the Latvian fisheries sector. On the grounds of the methodology offered by the author and guiding by the av...

The collapse of the USSR has become a great opportunity for Azerbaijan to initiate and develop energy cooperation with the West because it is a country with large oil and gas reserves. After signing of "deal of the century" in 1994 first inflow of foreign capital allowed the development of new fields (Azerri-Czirag-Guneszli), building independent transmission network of energy resources to Europe (pipelines Baku-SUPSA, BTC and BTE), improving the condition of the Azerbaijani economy and the strengthening of Azerba...

Barium phlogopite is found as rock-forming mineral of groundmass in kimberlites, composing the Manchary and Aprelskaya pipes of the Khompu-May kimberlite field (Central Yakutia) and in glimmerite xenoliths, occurring in the Manchary pipe. Glimmerite xenoliths are composed of differently oriented phlogopite plates (up to 0,5 cm). Reversed zoning is typical for the most mica grains regarding BaO content. BaO content reaches 14,6% in central zone, and 4,8% in marginal zone. Mesostasis of kimberlites has phlogopite-se...

Trends in waste generation show an increase in the volumes of waste produced worldwide. Currently, municipal solid waste management is one of the primary tasks for environmental authorities in Poland due to industrialization and economic growth, growing income, and an increase in quantity and variation in the types of waste generated. Conventional treatments of municipal solid waste using landfilling have become more difficult and expensive in Poland due to land deficiency and new environmental policies. The objec...

Nomenclature and chemistry of mafic minerals such as pyroxene, amphibole, and mica within the felsic and mafic igneous components have important role in the identification of the nature of the magma. The different compositions with the different proportions of the mineral chemistry reflects their, thermobarometry, emplacement depth and tectonic setting with the relation to their Fe, Mg, Al and Ti contents. Pyroxene, amphibole and mica behavior are selected from the shoshonotic, silica saturated alkaline and silica...

In Russia, new Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) legislation obliging larger industries to demonstrate compliance with Best Available Techniques (BATs) and to obtain Integrated Environmental Permits (IEPs), introduces also stricter requirements to environmental self-monitoring practices. Environmental self-monitoring is implemented by regulatees subject to environmental permitting, in order to ensure their compliance with regulatory requirements. The key issue for IPPC installations is compliance ...

Building Information Modeling, in the broader concept of Building Information Management, is becoming a potentially important technology for maintaining and unlocking knowledge, as well as for promoting collaboration between participants in both investment and communication processes throughout the building's life cycle. Building Information Modeling can never really be just technology, software, or 3D object modeling. It requires knowledge and understanding of a number of abstract modeling concepts. Additionally,...

Bioavailable heavy metals have been extensively studied in recent years because of their toxicity to natural ecosystems. Even though there is a large number of studies, relatively little is known about the biologically available metal fraction. The current study analyses seasonal concentrations of heavy metals associated with reactive fractions (solvable in HCl) in the soil of three areas on West Jiu river. Concentrations of heavy metals identified in indigenous ichthyofauna (Salmo trutta fario) collected from eac...

Due to the rapid increase in the global energy consumption of fossil fuels there has been an urgent demand for the development of alternative energy sources, one of them is a hybrid asymmetric supercapacitor. Electrode materials play a significant role in providing high performance for them. It was proposed as a cheap and environmentally friendly material to use activated carbon derived from plant raw materials. The properties of activated carbon derived from birch wood, corn trunks and leaves and beet pulp as ele...

The aim of this article is assessment biochar bioremediation potential in the benzo[a]pyrene artificially contaminated Haplic Chernozem with various doses of benzo[a]pyrene (200, 400 and 800 ?g/kg) equivalent to 10, 20 and 40 levels of maximal permissible concentrations (MPC) and 1-5% biochar amendment. The main subject of this study is to research the most effective dose of biochar amendment in benzo[a]pyrene contaminated soil in a model experiment with chernozem. The content of benzo[a]pyrene in soil was determi...

In the recent years, growing interest to biochar as a means of improving soil quality is observed. Biochar is a product of pyrolysis of biomass such as plant residues or organic wastes. Biochars made of manures are special because they can solve two environmental problems simultaneously ? waste reduction and soil fertilization, but they are less studied. In our research, we suggest to improve the properties of biochars derived from manures by means of immobilizing beneficial microbes on them. In this study, the ch...

Direct Red 80 is a commercially produced azo dye commonly used in textile industry. It belongs to a significant group of textile dyes with high chemical stability and resistance to biodegradation. Microscopic fibrous fungi of the genus Aspergillus, as they were isolated from the sludge lagoon (a place significantly polluted by industrial organics), were utilized for biodegradation of the dye. Experiments on static cultivation took place for 10 and/or 20 days, and the results obtained showed the ability of all appl...

The present paper brings to medical, agriculture and ecology specialists?attention a possibility of multivalent investigation of vegetable plants (leaves and fruits) and health of human body, in changed environment factors, due to the pollutants. Scientific studies have shown that human and plants emit electromagnetic fields. ?The aura? or corona?s image reveals information about their energetic state. Today we know that living organisms regulate all their biological processes through electromagnetic phenomena and...

Transesterification does not allow to make full conversion of oil to biodiesel because the glycerol as a by-product cannot be included in the composition of biofuel. The development of methods for full conversion of raw material to biofuel with higher yield remains entirely relevant. Interesterification, a reaction of vegetable oil with methyl acetate, constitutes a full conversion process which has not been investigated sufficiently. Instead of glycerol, the interesterification reaction gives triacetin (TA) which...

The composition of micromycetes of rocks and deposits of the caves Kinderlinskaya and Oktyabrskaya, located in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, have been studied. The caves are formed in the upper Devonian Famennian limestones. These caves differ significantly in anthropogenic load due to their different accessibility to humans. Kinderlinskaya is a horizontal cave with a large entrance often visited by tourists. It needs special climbing equipment to enter to the October cave as it is situated on the height ...

Metal-complex dyes form complex compounds with metal ions. In practice, these dyes shows very good level dyeing, have better penetration properties, can cover up for the irregularities in the substrates, are more resistant to washing processes, and are more stable to light. In molecules of metal complex dyes, pigments and inks, metals are bound that pose a serious risk to the environment in wastewater from textile and leather production. Despite the fact that today most EU countries have strict limits on the conte...

Special orientation during logging is a very important task, and it is essential in almost all borehole tools. For this purpose, various orientation sensors (such as accelerometers, magnetometers, and others) are usually used. During logging, the task is being complicated with increasing temperature range and device vibrations due to the movement along the borehole. Thus, this paper describes experimental results in the downhole logging of the developed digital spatial orientation module, which was integrated into...

The oil production in Russia will be gained due to the field development in the Northwestern Federal District, Siberian Federal District, and Far Eastern Federal District. The remoteness of natural gas consumers from these Districts stimulates the development of pipeline transportation. A long range of pipelines and climatic and geological conditions result in toughening up the requirements for their reliability and lifetime improvement. Giant oil-gas condensate fields that have been discovered for the past few ye...

Sustainable development of the state or the city as a whole is conditioned mainly by the sustainable development of its individual parts which also include water management infrastructure containing the sewer system. The article deals with the evaluation of the technical condition of the sewer network in the municipality Zaben in the Czech Republic. The first part of the paper describes the basic information about the sewer network in the municipality, its location, condition, age, etc. This part is followed by th...

In the context of sustainable development, special emphasis is assigned on the use of renewable and non-polluting energy sources. An important potential is due to the solar energy. There are several ways to convert solar radiant energy into useful energy forms, the most direct of which is to obtain electricity by using photovoltaic cells grouped into photovoltaic panels. Considering all the factors that contribute to the performances of a solar cell, as there are: solar radiation, generated power, energy productio...

Recently, hydrothermal catalytic process in reservoir conditions (in-situ upgrading) has got remarkable attentions. In this study, the feasibility of the in-situ upgrading of Ashal?cha crude oil (Tatarstan region, Russia) using steam and catalyst co-injection was investigated at the temperature of 350 В°C under high pressure for 24h using a stainless-steel 500-ml batch reactor. The changes in the density/API gravity, viscosity, chemical composition (SARA fractions, the composition of saturates), and elemental comp...