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The technological progress naturally leads to a transition from Agriculture 4.0 to Agriculture 5.0, which includes key technologies as Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Cloud age, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning accompanying agronomic activities. These technologies allow collection of information, analyzing and drawing meaningful insights from it in a more accurate, timely and reliable manner. IoT in this context refers to the use of IoT devices to convert data from surrounding elements a...

To date, certain experience in paleolandscape research has been accumulated in various regions of the country. The research is based on the central principles of classical paleogeography. Large-scale paleolandscape mapping was carried out by the authors on the basis of combined landscape and archaeological studies in the key areas of the forest zone of the European territory of Russia. Paleolandscape mapping is based on the combined use of the results of paleolandscape reconstructions, detailed palynological analy...

The dust cloud is the main form of existence of combustible dust in the production area and together with the existence of effective ignition sources are the main causes of dust explosions in production processes. Dust explosions are mainly characterized by the minimum ignition temperature, explosion limits, the minimum ignition energy, maximum explosion pressure and the rate of pressure rise. The explosive behavior which is represented by a mixture of air and flammable substance is influenced by many factors of w...

Rice production is highly important for economy of Brazil. The residual husk of rice production is usually burned and causes a worthless ash for agriculture. Rice husk ash has high silica content. As silica is one of the most used pozzolanas in construction industry, rice husk ash is expected to develop pozzolanic activity in concrete. Considering the specific case of Montes Claros region in Brazil, an exploratory study with the goal to check the effect in the concrete properties when cement is partially replaced ...

Taking into account the Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors, which establishes harmonized rules concerning the making available, introduction, possession and use of substances or mixtures that could be misused for the illicit manufacture of explosives, with a view to limiting their availability to the general public, and ensuring the appropriate reporting of suspicious transactions throughout the supply chain,...

Lean manufacturing is an innovative approach to business process management that allows organizations to increase their competitiveness by producing goods or providing services in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost with the quality required by the consumer. In the paper, the authors provide an analysis of foreign and Russian requirements in the field of lean manufacturing. The authors studied the experience of implementing the lean production methodology in a dairy production company, identified fac...

The most common method of wastewater treatment employs biological treatment. This publication focuses on aerobic biological wastewater treatment. There are two basic events - nitrification and denitrification, which most often take place in one or more activation reactors. These processes decompose organic matter in wastewater. All processes mainly take place thanks to the presence of micro-organisms, which are undoubtedly susceptible to a number of external influences. The paper describes, for example, the effect...

Sheep farming is one of the agricultural industries that makes a significant contribution to the economies of many countries around the world. The scientific literature gives various perspectives on the importance of sheep farming, as this industry plays a very important role in providing income, nutrition and paid employment for rural households, and it also supplies a diverse range of products and contributes to employment in rural areas. Sheep farming is an environmentally friendly industry because it consumes ...

Estimation of the Remaining Oil Saturation (ROS, the fraction of pore volume occupied by oil at a given location and time) in a reservoir is one of the key processes in oil field monitoring and exploitation. Because of the various geological, structural, and chemical heterogeneities that exist within the formations composing an oil field, the evolution of ROS as the reservoir gets drained will be heterogeneous as well. Such discrepancies can occur at different scales, from the microscopic (pore size) to the macros...

Along with creating modern infrastructure facilities in Moscow, 9-storey building with a multi-level underground unit is being constructed in the central part of the city. Partial preservation of the structures of existing historical facades of buildings is provided during construction. Buildings, structures of the surrounding development and dense network of underground utilities fall into the zone of construction influence. Taking into account the construction in conditions of dense urban development, near exist...

In the last quarter of the 20th century, noticeable climate changes (warming) were recorded, which affected both the atmosphere and the ocean. The modern climate changes are most clearly observed in the Arctic Ocean. Sea ice, which also is an important component of the polar climate system, through its high albedo and insulating effect, reduces the heat exchange from the ocean to the atmosphere (Hanssen-Bauer et al., 2019). The analysis of the features of the interannual and seasonal variability of the sea ice ext...

The modern geomorphological appearance of the northern coast of the Sea of Azov was formed during the last 2 thousand years under the conditions of modern neotectonics, intensive hydrodynamic regime, and abrasion and accumulative processes. At the same time, most of the accumulative forms of the North Pryazovia region – sea spits – were formed. In geomorphological terms, the spits of the northern coast of the Sea of Azov are lowlands, in the form of sandy and shell peninsulas, which wedge deeply into the water are...

The main features of the measurement of the trace amount of 90Sr using ICP-MS inecology and nuclear forensics were established. Among them are sample-specific matrixeffects which may enhance or suppress the analyte signal, spectroscopic interferences,poly-ions formation, isobaric interferences, and reagent contaminations. Proposedsolutions to these problems: external and internal calibration of mass-spectrometer, precleaning and pre-treatment of the adsorbents and reagents, as well as selective removingisobar inte...

Currently, the degradation of the structure of chernozems in agricultural activities is taking place. At the same time, there is a natural diversity of chernozems that are located in different environmental conditions, so the degree of degradation can vary significantly. From these positions, the comparison of the structural-aggregate composition and waterproofness of the structure of arable chernozems, widespread in the Belgorod oblast and the Krasnodar territory, was carried out. The low quality of the structure...

In Latvia, the pygmy water lily Nymphaea tetragona Georgii was first reported 70 years ago in Lake Dunezers by Emilija Ozolina (1951). As no herbarium was collected, this finding was challenged. In 2017, during surveys of Saxifraga hirculus in the transitional mire Jaunciems in the Ances bog and forest reserve, N. tetragona was identified (based on morphological characteristics), found in shallow, elongated cavities with a solid base as an accompanying species. However, its presence in Latvia has not yet been abso...

Romanian seismicity, is characterized by a moderate rate of tectonic origin earthquakes, with an increase in density and higher magnitudes, within the Vrancea region, located at the South-Eastern Carpathians bend, at the conjunction of three major tectonic units: East European Plate, Intra-Alpine Plate and Moesian Plate. First-motion focal mechanism solutions are a good proxy for the initial rupture and they provide important additional information on the source mechanism. The data compiled in the present paper pr...

The devastating impact of floods in the past years triggered the awareness and interest regarding the need of effective flood risk management and improved strategies. The spatial distribution of the elements at risk, which are represented by land use inventories, is an important factor that influence the cost associated with floods, the rapid urbanization leading to an increased flood exposure and vulnerability. The land use planning can be a useful tool for flood damage mitigation and must be taken into account i...

Modern intelligent transport systems are software complexes that continuously perform analytical and predictive tasks, the main purpose of which is the dynamic management of traffic flows to reduce the likelihood of traffic jams, solve environmental problems, and so on. In turn, the technologies known to the authors that underlie intelligent transport systems are closed to specific infrastructural objects and often solve the problems of some sections, without considering the potential impact of the decisions made ...

Dumping during open-pit mining is one of the important processes on which the area of disturbed lands and the environmental friendliness of the technology as a whole depend. In permafrost conditions, the issue of dumping requires a comprehensive study of the technology, dumping processes and taking into account the strength, thermophysical properties of frozen rocks. In most cases, when developing small coal deposits in the North-East of Russia, favorable mining and geological conditions of bedding are used for in...

Conceptual models of the decision-making theory under conditions of deep uncertainty formed the basis for an empirical analysis of practical reality deviations from theoretical developments and justification of the need for the formation of appropriate competencies and behavioral patterns among the students of technical universities. The analysis of annual companies' reports in the section of risk assessment and management was carried out. The analysis is based on a text analysis methodology implemented in an open...

The existence and development of geography as a science, as well as the geography training are inconceivable without a geographical map. Geographic maps serve as models of the studied territories, processes and phenomena, which makes them an indispensable tool for exploring and studying the surrounding world. The development of cartography today reaches such a level that geographical maps can depict not only the spatial relationships between objects and phenomena located on the earth's surface, but also their most...

Chemical and construction materials industries are the resource intensive sectors regulated by both the legislation based on Best Available Techniques (BAT) and carbon-related legislation. In Russia, BAT concept regarded as an instrument for the industrial resource efficiency enhancement. Environmental Performance Indicators are included in BAT Reference Documents (BREFs) forming a basis for the assessment of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. To optimise two interrelated regulatory systems (BAT and GHG), BATs prov...

The article presents a new view on minimizing and overcoming the consequences of the violation of coevolutionary "equilibrium" in the system "nature-society". The analysis shows that there are no differences in the system of eco-values, neither in the European integration nor in a certain state context. The modern movement of environmental consciousness reveals certain contradictions between the perception of environmental ethics and real actions and environmental practices. It is proved that the time factor (dela...

The NW part of the Black Sea is under the strong influence of the Danube River that discharges into the basin. Danube, through the input of sediment and water, has a double function in controlling the gas presence in NW Black Sea shallow sediments. The first function is to deliver into the sea the terrestrial organic matter that it is added to the marine in origin one. The second function is to provide a sustained sedimentation rate, needed to bury older organic matter, conducting to biogenic generation of methane...

In accordance with the principles of sustainable development, people have the right to live in a healthy, comfortable, and pleasant environment that is adapted to their needs. Not only urban planners, urban engineers, or developers, but the whole society are starting to deal with the issue of public space in cities more intensively. However, most of the discussions mainly concern the height and density of buildings within the city and do less about the resulting changes in urban space, which will affect the entire...

The article describes the results of geochemical studies of formation water in the Romashkinskoe oil field of the Republic of Tatarstan. Geochemical monitoring is a good indicator of the origin of natural waters, the method can be used to mark formation waters. The study of an extensive collection of produced water made it possible to trace the change in its geochemical composition depending on the age of formation of the reservoir in the Volga-Ural region. Geochemical studies were carried out in the produced form...

Tasks involved in controlling and managing ambient air quality on urbanized territories require actual and authentic data on emission sources and their structure, as well as on how pollution is spatially distributed under various meteorological conditions, capacity of industrial objects taken into account. It is difficult to regulate dust pollution of ambient air due to its certain peculiarities. Dust components in emissions from various productions tend to have poly-disperse and multi-component structure. This st...

The article considers the estimation and prevention problem of ecologically dangerous influence of technogenic noises generated by moving transport, such as heavy tracked and wheeled transport, railway transport. The influence on the people and the environment of a low-frequency controlled CV-40 seismic vibrator [1] used for seismological research is considered separately. The influence of vibrations located in the area of low and infra-low frequencies is estimated. The results of field records of technogenic nois...

The Moldavian Platform represents the south-west margin of the East European Platform. To the south, the Moldavian Platform is bordered by the Scythian Platform and to the west by the Carpathians. The Moldavian Platform encloses many geological and paleontological sites of high scientific value, being well known for the Middle Miocene wide exposures, represented by the Paratethys stage Sarmatian. In this study, we present the geological and paleontological heritage of 6 natural reserves from the Moldavian Platform...

Geomagnetic disturbances and their associated phenomena can be an important parameter as data input in climatology studies and climate change. This paper is a preamble to a deliverable "Development of a catalog on the typology of geomagnetic variations based on records from the Surlari Geomagnetic Observatory" within the Space Weather project which is part of the complex multidisciplinary project „Institutional capacities and services for research, monitoring and forecasting of risks in extra-atmospheric space” wh...

Debris flows are considered as flows of highly liquefied sediments in mountain areas, usually triggered by intensive rainfall or snowmelt. They move rapidly through the transport channel or a gully and accumulate the debris material on a less slopping or flat areas, forming a debris fan. Often debris flows occur suddenly and could affect infrastructure as well as to influence human activity and life. This determines the growing need to deepen the research of the debris flows and to take into account the peculiarit...

UNESCO’s Global Geopark Network reflects the importance of geo-heritage for society. The wide range of characteristics and the varied connections to the local ecology and culture are significant for their individual management. The aim of this article is to use comparisons between Geoparks as a step toward a generic, conceptual model that can be adapted and used to understand the crucial, functional relationships between system variables and how these variables can be optimized for stainable management. A general ...

The seismic surveys, carried out in various stages, highlighted two domes, placed on the eastern flank of the outpost of the Eastern Carpathians, in the Pralea - Focsani Depression. According to the Bouguer and filtered gravimetric images, the two domes (Fitionesti - Trotusanu and Movilita) are placed approximately 12 km east of the axis of the outpost, on a single major gravimetric maximum. But, while the south-eastern dome (Movilita) determines an important local gravimetric maximum (+6 mgal. On the residual gra...

Acid tar lagoons (ATLs) are a common source of groundwater pollution in industrialized countries worldwide. Even after recultivation, the spatial extent of the residual environmental pollution from such lagoons is often unknown, as the monitoring of groundwater is mostly done in discrete locations ? monitoring wells. Shallow surface geophysical methods, such as ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) are often used in monitoring groundwater and soil contamination. The greatest va...

The study area is located in northern Bulgaria in the northwestern part of the town of Kozloduy, Vratsa province. From an engineering geological point of view, the region falls within the Lom Engineering Geological Area, which is characterized by the presence of loess sediments (silty clay sands and sandy clays), which are with high porosity, non compacted and susceptible to collaps?. Other dangerous engineering geological processes are landslides and river erosion. The Kozloduy lowland is one of the Danube lowlan...

The article deals with the geotechnical design and assessment of the foundation of a statically difficult bridge structure founded in complicated engineering geological conditions. Bridge structure No. 223 is part of the D3 motorway situated above the Hricov reservoir near the town of Zilina (Slovakia). The realized engineering geological survey showed that the geological composition of the subsoil is nonhomogeneous and complicated (occurrence of Quaternary soils and Mesozoic rocks). The physical and mechanical pr...

The issue of suitability the territory for agricultural use has always been an important for rational land use organization. One of the factors in this assessment is the slope of the territory as an indicator of its suitability for growing crops. For instance, in Ukraine, the law prohibits plowing slopes steeper than 7 degrees. Traditionally, the method of assessing the suitability of the territory for agricultural use includes several stages: 1) identification of zones with different slope steepness and degree of...

Our paper describes a case study, on a 27 km-long section of the Moldova River in Romania, on which floods often occur. Floods are some of the most disastrous phenomena caused by combined factors: atmospheric and hydrological with significant repercussions on the environment, with great material damage and loss of life. According to this application, GIS technology is a remarkable solution that can solve rationally, intelligently and efficiently the increasingly difficult problems related to these phenomena, to th...

We have proposed an approach to establish spatial patterns on the application of graphs theory. Traditionally, the theory of graphs is used in spatial studies to quantify the geographical position and its various aspects. Graph theory is a section of qualitative geometry, the differences of which are that it operates with dimensionless quantities, does not use the concepts of angle, and line length. It operates with spatial elements - points, lines, surfaces, volumes, and relations (connections) between them. Diff...

The modern world is on the verge of change - the models of economic development that have existed for more than one decade are being replaced by new systems that will provide humanity with not only a bright present, but also the future. We are talking about a green economy, with equal attention not only to people, but also to the world around them. The green economy and its competitiveness is a global and European opportunity to overcome international economic problems, accompanied by a more lenient attitude towar...

Ground level ozone (O3) is a photochemical pollutant with harmful effects on human health, vegetation and ecosystems. The focus of this work are ozone data measured at the synoptic station Ahtopol, a rural site at the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The surrounding area is without big anthropogenic sources of air pollution, rich in biodiversity and protected zones by NATURA2000. From our summer campaigns data collected during the last years, we have selected for analysis July 2018 – a summer month with well-ex...

Sacidava archeological site is located in the Dobruja region, Romania, on a hill on the right bank of the Danube - the Musait point, located at about 5 km northeast from Dunareni village. The Roman Sacidava was part of the province of Scythia Minor, at its southern limit, and belonged to the military complex (limes) built along the Danube since the 1st century AD. The fortress has had an uninterrupted evolution from the beginning of the 2nd century AD until the first quarter of the 7th century AD, being one of the...

This report is a case study on use of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) alongside other methods to have a better understanding of surface depressions and their formation in gypsum karst region of Latvia. Study territory is well known gypsum karst region. It is a relatively flat area with up to 5m thick Quaternary cover overlaying Upper Devonian Salaspils Formation gypsum sediments. Previous studies have identified several sinkhole formations in the area. Remote sensing methods like analysis of Digital Elevat...

Transitional (brackish) water bodies host extremely vulnerable ecosystems. They are highly sensitive to pollution, changes in the water currents, nutrient levels, etc. Over the course of the 20th century in Bulgaria, many of them were purposely drained or strongly altered. Today, these fragile ecosystems account for just 0.1% of Bulgaria’s area, and hence they are listed among the country’s top priority nature conservation sites. The long-term preservation and survival of numerous rare or threatened hydrobionts de...

Health risk should be considered a key component in the environmental safety,especially in urbanized territories with developed industries.The research aim was to assess health risks in a city with developed metallurgic andpulp and paper industries in order to substantiate future activities aimed at protectinghuman health and the environment.Bratsk was chosen as a research object since it is a large industrials center located in theEastern Siberia in the Russian Federation; the city population is more than 200 tho...

Oilseed processing technologies include a sequence of intensive multiple heat treatments of seeds, oil and intermediate products. The optimization of these processes largely determines not only the price, but also the quality of the final products. Heat and mass transfer in multiphase multicomponent media are very complex. It is not yet possible to build adequate models of all processes theoretically. The thermophysical properties of the media under study change significantly with heating and changing pressure. Ne...

Air pollution is a problem today, and it is essential to know how high it is. By increasingpeople's standard of living, increasing the number of factories, cars and citizens, it ishelpful to know how much pollution is distributed and whether it does not exceed thestandards allowed for pollution. It is necessary to investigate air pollution with heavymetals in Jelgava by identifying data from areas. In preparing the analysis, it is possibleto assess whether air quality is adequate and does not exceed pollution stan...

Heavy mineral concentrations formed in fluvial deposits present the signature of the mineral provenance and of the hydraulic sorting during transport and accumulation. The sedimentary discharge of the Danube River has been preferentially deposited due to the mineral physico-chemical properties, such as size, morphology and density, as well as local hydrodynamic factors. Besides these natural aspects, the recent modifications of the Danube and its deltaic branches are associated with a significant remodelling of th...

The lack of direct measurements (the most accurate way to determine characteristic high flows) has posed the need to look for other hydrological methods that are sufficiently reliable. The regionalization is an indirect hydrological approach for specific high flow determination used at ungauged river stretches. Usually the hydro-technical constructions or other important economic activities connected to the water use are the main reason necessitating the study of characteristic high water on rivers. For the purpos...