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Air pollution is one of the most important problems of the contemporary society. One of the vital reasons for bad air quality are particulate matters and gases, generated by municipal and household sector, coming from coal-fired boiler houses and heating stoves used in houses. This source of pollution is named as low-stack emission. The situation is especially difficult in the regions of high population density, such as South Poland. In this region air belongs to the most polluted in the European Union. The concen...

Nonwoven geotextiles have been used as filter and drainage materials in geotechnical works in the past 40 years. Geotextiles are easy to install and they help to minimize clogging effect of drainage systems, however sometimes geotextiles may not drain water as effectively as was expected. Drainage and filter layers have to cope with more severe clogging mechanism (chemical, biological and physical). Clogging, which involves the accumulation of material within the void space of drainage medium, is a problem in drai...

The article discusses financial literacy-FL, the history of its development, and the current research conducted in this sphere. The author carried out a survey that studied the level of FL of the target audience and developed guidelines for the improvement of FL among the population. The surveys were aimed at finding out how aware the target audience is of the information that constitutes FL. The survey results have shown that students were poorly informed about the pension system and banking products and services...

Goal. To consider the main environmental problems of the region, the directions of their solution and the financial and economic indicators envisaged under the federal law В«Environmental ProtectionВ» and the corresponding regional program on the example of the Leningrad Region. Object of research is the methodology of the analysis and management of financing of actions at the state and regional level in the sphere of ecology for the purpose of identification of financial priorities in the field of environmental p...

The aim of the article is to map the possibilities of investment activities financing for the development of technical infrastructure in the municipality. Generally this is one of the most frequent investment activities in municipalities. The article introduces the insight in the sewerage system and wastewater treatment plant construction. These investments are most often carried out due to the need of development the services for the municipality residents and changes in the legislation in the field of waste wate...

As the initial data, we used the results of recording the Earth's magnetic field at the Geophysical observatory "Mikhnevo" of the Institute of Geospheres Dynamics (54.959?N, 37.766?E), carried out in the period 2010-2015. On the basis of the results of instrumental observations, it is shown that in the spectra of geomagnetic variations the quasiharmonic component is clearly distinguished, the frequency of which is close to the basic spheroidal mode of the Earth 0S2. In periods of 15 days after three major earthqua...

Deformation analysis represents an actual and important theme, therefore methods for improving the tracking and analysis process of deformations, both for constructions and for lands, as well as diminishing the necessary time for deformation analysis, are the main concerns for the specialists and not only. When it comes to major constructions or constructions of particular importance, deformation analysis proves to be an extremely important tool. The results of the analysis can be used in decision-making systems f...

The parking platforms required for the operation of different industrial, service, goods storing and manipulating companies, inside boarding houses, hotels, stores, gas stations, etc., are continuously and quickly developing, in close line with the development of economic activities and the construction field. The technical solutions applied to realize the resistance structures for these surfaces are very diverse and, in several cases, do not include a proper resistance calculation according to the traffic intensi...

The article presents project implementation within Slovak Hungarian cooperation SKHU/1601/4.1/187. It includes flood modelling to predict the size and location of the flooded area. The target area is the catchment area of Hern?d/Horn?d river. Due to the cross-border nature of disasters, the objectives could be achieved more efficiently by the framework of a Hungarian-Slovakian joint cooperation. The results will ensure prompt data and information to support the decision making of disaster management authorities, a...

This study shows how material and immaterial flows can be analysed. The basis for the analysis is the equality principle and its mathematical expression the EUROPE model (the model for Efficient Use of Resources for Optimal Production Economy) which creates economic incentives to improve nature, advance the technological standard and increase profits. Particularly, the flows of cargo transportation, mega city supplies, long distance water transportation and various substance flows are described. The theoretical fi...

A salt stratified Lake Shira has been the subject of extensive research because of its central role in the existence of the Khakassia resort area. The previous research was mainly aimed at water quality issues. The studies of the physical dynamics of Lake Shira relevant to the present work include the general observation of currents on the basis of the field experiments in 2011-2014. Velocity measurements were carried out using Doppler Current Profilers with frequency 600 kHz and 1200 kHz in the bottom track mode ...

Conceptual model of laboratory settling tank with cross current multiflux packet is presented in this article. Geometrical parameters of the sedimentation tank were obtained during numerical analysis of flow condition in the settling tank. Additionally effects of different kinds of modifications in the sedimentation chamber in settling tank were also presented. The results of the analysis made it possible to obtain even flow of the fluid in the working space of the tank. The simulations, which were carried out usi...

Under the current conditions of the functioning of agribusiness entities, forecasting of agribusiness development is of great importance. First of all, it is related to the fact that the Republic of Mari El belongs to the agroindustrial region. In addition, the enhancement of the integration processes is observed at the present time in the Republic of Mari El and new forms of integration of the economic entities of agribusiness are formed due to these processes. The formation and development of the competitiveness...

The research investigates the relation between the magnetic field deviations and the forest stand volume. The object of the experiment for the study of wood stock and related quantities was selected on the basis of the magnetic field deviations map. The Ogre Magnetic Field Anomaly Region has been selected for the research. The magnetic anomalies (magnetic field deviations) data were created digitally: a full polygon layer with values, vectorial data were obtained by adding the measurement data of the magnetic fiel...

The article considers a formal and functional description of international timber transportation logistical system as a distributing system. The formal representation of the international timber transportation process requires the consideration of a big number of factors affecting transportation. In addition, the transportation process takes place on the territory of several states and depends on the transport network significantly. In this regard, the use of the system analysis method will be most effective. A se...

Environmental Citizenship is a key factor in EU's growth strategy (Europe 2020) and its vision for Sustainable Development and Green and Circular economy. Significant behavior change amongst both individuals and organizations is required in order to meet Europe?s sustainability objectives and climate change targets. At a general level, policies aimed at changing behavior have tended to rely on two aspects: the introduction of fiscal measures and statutory legislation or market-based measures. Unfortunately, relati...

The solution of the problem of formalization of document flow processes with the help of the proposed model of multilevel graphs of information processing has considered in the article. Despite the significant development of machine data processing technologies, the theoretical basis for their application and adaptation to the architecture of electronic document management systems is poorly developed. The model of multilevel graphs of information processing which is formalize a structure of document flow of the or...

Environmental problems show their relevance at the present stage of gradual depletion of resources and increasing demands on product quality and the state of the environment, which in turn entails a change in the requirements for management systems that currently need to include quality management systems, environmental management systems environment, occupational safety and health management systems, social responsibility requirements, which are reflected in international standards ISO 9000, ISO 14 000, OHSAS 180...

Skin cancer is a disease with an increasing incidence due to its complex etiology and various forms of manifestation. The topical treatment can be a successful therapeutic approach in early diagnosed cutaneous neoplasm. The main drawback of the drugs currently in use is the low bioavailability caused by many pathophysiological and pharmaceutical factors. The aim of the present study was to develop new modifiedrelease topical products by encapsulating bexarotene into biocompatible silica matrices and by formulating...

Salt water intrusions of marine origin are a major cause of contamination for coastal fresh water aquifers. They are generated mainly by the uncontrolled exploitation of fresh water in pumping stations from coastal areas. In Romania, such marine intrusions have occurred in the southern part of Black Sea's coastline, in the area of Vama Veche and Costine?ti resorts, contaminating the main aquifers which are hosted within Sarmatian (late Middle Miocene) lumachelic and oolitic limestones. Fresh water exploitation man...

Renewable-energy sources are considered to be the energy that is collected from sources that may be regenerated in a lifetime. The renewable-energy sources branch out in five types: wind power, hydropower, solar energy, geothermal energy and bio energy. However, in this paper, we are analyzing the water, solar and wind, since those three are the most exploited in Romania. Wind power refers to produce electric power, by mechanical powered generators when air flows through wind turbines. Alternatively, to fossil fue...

Together with clay and rocks, wood represents the oldest building material, used for developing the overall infrastructure, namely civil structures, road and bridge elements. Its use as critical building material is still wide spread worldwide, due to intrinsic qualities of wood as building material and also due to its availability, being generously offered by nature. Romania, despite of huge lacks of legislation and practical protection of forests and wood as strategic resource, still has important, high quality,...

The wind energy is a modern and efficient solution that uses the air flow through wind turbines to mechanically power generators for electric power production, being an alternative to burning fossil fuels. Wind power is renewable, widely distributed, produces no greenhouse gas emissions, consumes no water and uses small land areas. A wind turbine converts the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. The electrical power generator and the steel upper structure of a wind turbine are equipments where were i...

The Motru-Rovinari coal basin is placed in South-West Development Region on an area of about 522.54 km2 and is part of Oltenia mining region. Since the 50-60?s (1955- 1960) it was opened here the open cast mining from which was extracted lignite, a quality charcoal. There followed the years of communism when were opened many fronts of exploitation and now has over 50 quarries, micro quarries, dumps and mining extraction. Opening and exploiting the high capacity of coal in this extractions unit, needed to find solu...

Task of advancing geonavigation becomes an actual topic when constructing a horizontal trunk of oil and gas reservoir of geophysical studies of horizontal wells. Advancing geonavigation allows to predict intersection of trunk with boundaries of oil-gas reservoir. Mathematical model of unsteady electromagnetic field of a horizontal conductive plate is approximated by the known plane ???? and excited by a horizontal magnetic dipole; Plane ???? is transformed into a vertical half-plane ???? by dynamic method of mirro...

Geoportals has become more significant and more common communication platform, used between institutions, companies and clients. The most important feature of mapping portals is sharing of spatial data to a wide audience quickly and easily. However, despite of all benefits accrued through their use, the popularity of geoportals is still too small. Probably the reason for that is the conviction of the high cost of implementation, or the lack of knowledge about the possibilities of presenting spatial data in this fo...

Waste management is an important element of environmental protection in each country. Vegetable and fruit waste are produced in every place in the world, hence it is necessity to manage it. Legal regulations in Poland forbid the storage of this waste which were selectively collected. Therefore, it is necessary to looking for other methods of their management. Agricultural biogas plants are an important source of renewable energy. In last years, in Europe, the most important substrate used for biogas production was...

The Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is one of the suitable experimental tools for analysis of urinary calculi constituents. However, interpretation of infrared spectra for quantifying urinary calculus constituents in mixtures is difficult, requiring expert knowledge by trained technicians. The development of automated methods for determining the composition of uroconcrements is very important since it can facilitate the determination of the factors which influence the occurrence of calculi in urina...

The combination of polyester polyhydroxybutyrate with polysaccharide chitosan allow to increase the terms of biodegradation and improve the mechanical characteristics of biomaterial. The investigation of compatibility of the polymers in the composition demonstrates that the content of polyhydroxybutyrate in the composition should not exceed 60% weight. Also the increase in content polyhydroxybutyrate reduces the mechanical properties of the composition. To provide the porosity of biomaterial crosslinking agent can...

This study describes the amino-functionalization of the MCM-41 mesoporous matrix by post-synthesis grafting using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and the characterization of amino-functionalized mesoporous silica MCM-41 loaded with magnolol (MGN) in order to achieve modified drug delivery systems. The aminofunctionalization of silica MCM-41 with three different levels in the number of the amino groups introduced was carried out by grafting in a field of ultrasound. MCM-41 shows a one-dimensional system of the...

The contribution is focused on asphalt mixtures in wearing courses of pavements from the point of view of their performance based, road user properties and traffic noise emissions. In the article there are described the options and examples of objectification of pavement surfaces influence on traffic noise. The author's inform about the condition of pavement with wearing course from SMA 11 (Stone Mastic Asphalt) asphalt mixture which was constructed on expressway R1 from grade-separated junction of Zvolen in the d...

Waste products of plant origin are valuable secondary raw materials in the process of agricultural wastes utilization into products with high added value. The application of secondary raw materials is complicated due to the high fibrecontent. The aim of this study was to identify strains of microorganisms capable to produce a wide range of exocellulolases in order to reduce the crude fibrein mild conditions without applying expensive commercial cellulases. The following strains were chosen for this experiment: Tri...

Waste products of plant origin are valuable secondary raw materials in the process of agricultural wastes utilization into products with high added value. The application of secondary raw materials is complicated due to the high fibrecontent. The aim of this study was to identify strains of microorganisms capable to produce a wide range of exocellulolases in order to reduce the crude fibrein mild conditions without applying expensive commercial cellulases. The following strains were chosen for this experiment: Tri...

One of the parts of sustainable mobility is surely the quality public transport service. It includes the suitable vehicles, as well as the stations, bus stops and various other integrated transfer points of the public transportation system. For the optimization of using these transfer points, as well as overall optimization of public transport services, it is necessary for us to obtain a traffic data in a real time. Nowadays it is not enough to know just the exact position of the vehicle on the map via GPS, with i...

The energy sector, among others, is one of the strategic sectors for any country regardless the degree of development. Being one of the most dynamic sectors due to the exponential need for energy, in most cases is unfriendly for the environment due to the conventional methods of extraction that are more affordable than those unconventional. The Romanian energy sector is no exception. In these conditions, the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the renewable energy potential of the Romania territory, namely...

The fast development in chromatography occurred in the middle of twentieth century when gas chromatography came to light. It was invented by James and Martin. Presently, gas chromatography coupled with universal or selective detectors including mass selective detector is an effective, powerful and versatile analytical tool for special cases. It can be applied in numerous fields for example in drugs and pharmaceuticals, clinical chemistry, foods, environmental analysis or petroleum industry. Gas chromatography can ...

The fast development in chromatography occurred in the middle of twentieth century when gas chromatography came to light. It was invented by James and Martin. Presently, gas chromatography coupled with universal or selective detectors including mass selective detector is an effective, powerful and versatile analytical tool for special cases. It can be applied in numerous fields for example in drugs and pharmaceuticals, clinical chemistry, foods, environmental analysis or petroleum industry. Gas chromatography can ...

The paper discusses the comparative analysis of crude oil extracted from the core material and bituminous oil using the method of gas-liquid chromatography. The method involves partition of hydrocarbon mixtures in the columns under the dynamic conditions. The output is recorded as a series of peaks - each one representing a compound in the mixture passing through the detector. Gas-liquid chromatography is a powerful tool in analyzing complex petroleum mixture components very close in their composition even when th...

Environmental legislation and the one ruling the mining industry require the ecological rehabilitation of areas affected by mining activities, which are currently under way, with the cessation of productive activities. From this point of view, one of the most active areas of exploitation, especially of construction and ornamental rocks, is located in Tulcea County (more precisely, there are 50 quarries occupying a total area of approximately 792 ha). We also have to bear in mind that the largest one, Turcoaia (130...

We present the results of the use of geo-information management of geographically distributed systems for the comparative assessment of environmental criteria for alternative routes of the Russian section of the Nord Stream ? 2 marine gas pipeline. For the planned anthropogenic impact, we consider the complex of biotic and abiotic parameters of ecosystems allocated in the zones of influence (ZI), using the system analysis as a theoretical basis. In the land part of ZI, we allocate water protection zones and coasta...

The Thar Desert is a part of the arid zone of north-western India and one of the major deserts in the subtropical belt, encompassing a total geographical area of 196 000 km2. Ongoing desertification with intense erosional actions removing unconsolidated surface cover to form desert pavement on one side, and co-acting mass sediment transfer with sand dunes formations on another side, as well as ground salinisation due to progressing regional aridification (mean annual precipitation 150?500 mm) pose major threats to...

The East Carpathians Bend region includes a multitude of natural discharges of saline groundwater. Some of these outflows - such as the mud volcanoes at Beciu and a couple of springs at Lep?a - have previously been shown to be sensitive to the intense seismic activity which developed in that area. Yet no attempts have so far been made for exploring relationships that possibly existed between those brines chemical characteristics, and the local geo-structural setting: the latter consists of a stack of successively ...

This study examined the spatial relations of the selected metals in stream sediments tributary of the Oltet River in longitudinal profile, along the entire length (185 km) in relation to geology, lithology and anthropogenic activities. Differences in regional geology from the northern to the southern of the Oltet River Basin are reflected in stream sediment geochemistry. The Olte? River crossing crystalline formations belonging to the Danubian Domain represented by metamorphic rocks (schist, gneisses, mica-schiste...

The data on the geological position, the features of the mineral and material granitoids composition of the Borschovochny massif, which is localized in the northeastern part of the Eastern Transbaikalia, are given. According to geotectonic zoning, granitoids of the massif are collision formations that arose as a result of the collision of the Siberian craton and the Argun microcontinent in the Late Jurassic time. The granites of the Borschovochny massif correspond to rocks of normal alkalinity with potassium (and ...

Considering the substantial increase in the number of buildings needed in the continuous development of human activities, no matter their destination (civil, industrial, social, cultural, hydrotechnical, communication etc.) and their environmental impact, it is required to increase attention to the activity of land and building monitoring, according to present laws. There is often needed a quick and precise answer concerning the monitored objective (land or building) behavior, which may help preventing any negativ...

The Holy Cross Mountains are one of the oldest mountain ranges in Europe. The south-eastern part of the Holy Cross Mountains (the south-central part of Poland) is characterized by high geodiversity. Sediments from Proterozoic to Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian and Cambrian) are discovered on the surface. The younger sediments (from Permian to Cretaceous) occur in the west, north and northwest part. The whole area is covered by Quaternary sediments. Selected objects, deposits and high valuable geotouristi...

Geophysical surveys are used frequently in the early stages of the landslide study, associated with the traditional drilling. But for monitoring the slide are used only the bore holes equipped with various sensors and expensive devices for movement measuring, which cannot be recovered and are destroyed once the slippery mass moves again. To continue the monitoring of the next stage of the landslide involves new drillings and a new set of devices. Finally the cost of monitoring will be very high. Initially, the Bre...

There have occurred significant changes in the world political stage over the last more than 20 years. Events of the recent decades have changed territory, economic, social, natural resource and environmental situation in Russia. Nowadays up to 70% of territory of the Russian Federation, nearly half of northern land areas of the globe are regarded as territory of the nordic region and the Arctic region. The notion ?Arctic region? (?Arctic zone?) has no distinct definition, it is frequently equated with the notion ...

The paper gives an overview of the geographical scope of petroleum reserves, mentioned in article titles from seven journals over the recent five years 2013-2018: (1) Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering; (2) Marine and Petroleum Geology; (3) Petroleum Geoscience; (4) Journal of Petroleum Geology; (5) Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources; (6) Petroleum Exploration and Development; (7) Petroleum Science. The samples included 100 titles from each journal (700 in total). According to the gained res...

This paper presents a position of geography and geosciences in educational system of primary school teachers in Croatia. There are only a few information about the extent of geography and geosciences as a part of curriculum for primary school teachers on Faculties of Education in Croatia. On six Universities in ten different cities primary school teachers can study for their degrees. We compared all syllabuses and curricula on these Faculties regarding to courses that are lecturing geography and geosciences. From ...