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In the current global food and environmental context, the cultivation of legumes crops is of particular interest, because of the high protein content of the grains for feed, as well as of the ability of these valuable species to fix a high amount of natural nitrogen in the soil. Due to its many agricultural advantages, soybean continues to be one of the most valuable crops cultivated in the world and one of the most important sources of plant protein both for human and animal feed. In Romania, soybean is cultivate...

On January 15, 2023 (at 21:37 GMT), a moderate Ms4.8 earthquake occurred 4km southwest of the Klosi area and 24km north of Tirana. It was felt over a larger area of northern and central Albania. The earthquake sequence extended along the Nderfushas-Petralb-Gurre e Vogel tectonic fault zone, which is exposed on the ground for a length of about 25 km. The region affected by the January 2023 sequence, along with the seismogenic region of the August 11, 2018, moderate Ms5.2 earthquake, forms a roughly northeast to sou...

Ultrasound diagnostics is a key tool in the investigation of renal diseases in pediatric patients due to its non-invasiveness and accessibility. Although it offers many advantages. Its accuracy in detecting functional pathological changes is investigated in this article. This pilot study included 17 children aged 1 to 18 years who underwent renal ultrasound examination followed by scintigraphy examination in a nuclear medicine clinic. Renal ultrasound images were analyzed using the digital B-MODE Assist system. wh...

Governments worldwide, the EU, and the UN are proposing new initiatives to manage digital technologies. One of these initiatives is termed the пїЅtwin transition,пїЅ which refers to aligning digitalisation and sustainability (circular economy) goals and processes to create a synergy in which both initiatives mutually reinforce and complement one another, enabling the achievement of maximum positive impact on social, economic, and environmental balance. There is no single definition of the пїЅtwin transitionпїЅ in ...

This work explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence as a strategic and reflective Green AI, understood not as an energy-efficient technology, but as a high-analog processing environment capable of analyzing, critically evaluating, and reformulating sustainability strategies. Through a proof-of-concept on the case of Taranto, a city that symbolizes the contradictions between industrial development and environmental degradation, the ability of large-scale linguistic models (LLMs) to generate-when ...

Hydrothermal processes, particularly hydrothermal eruptions, play a key role in forming epithermal gold-silver deposits. Such deposits, first described by White [1] and Lloyd [2], are found in both active and ancient hydrothermal systems [3]. These processes are linked to geothermal systems, volcanic activity, and fluid circulation, but their exact mechanisms and influence on metal concentration remain debated. This study examines the role of hydrothermal eruptions and key factors (temperature, boiling, chemical c...

The transition toward a green economy and sustainable development has become a priority for countries aiming to mitigate environmental degradation and promote economic resilience. In Kosovo, the integration of System for Information Management (SIM) into institutional and sectoral frameworks remains a critical component for enabling informed decision-making, resource efficiency, and environmental accountability. This paper explores the role of SIM in strengthening institutional and operational capacities to suppor...

This research explores whether multilingual education can boost understanding and involvement in environmental and earth sciences. The central question is whether having different languages in schools helps students grasp different scientific ideas better. A mixed-methods approach was used, gathering qualitative data from interviews and focus groups with teachers and students. Academic performance and how engaged students were in multilingual classrooms were also measured quantitatively. It turns out that students...

Biomass-produced biocarbon has low surface functionality and a reduced pore volume, these properties reduce the performance of the biocarbon and limit its applications. Among the various surface engineering strategies, oxidation leads to both an increase in pore volume and surface functionality, by introducing oxygen-containing chemical groups. This study presents a short review of the oxidation pathways in surface engineering of biocarbon materials, evaluates the controlling factors, such as key parameters, that ...

Mediterranean cities are characterized by an intense culture of outdoor living, yet empirical research on urban heat island (UHI) dynamics within these environments remains limited. This study investigates the cooling performance of urban vegetation during a typical summer day across three newly redesigned coastal promenades in Albania. Employing a mixed-methods approach combining experimental, semi-experimental, and comparative analyses the research integrates urban morphology assessments, climatic datasets, in-s...

The effects of climate change are affecting agriculture in many areas through changing weather, such as unexpected temperature swings and changes in rainfall that threaten food supplies and rural life. Western Romania has its own weather problems, such as long droughts mixed with unpredictable rains, and generally these conditions are starting to slow down agricultural production, which means farmers need to rethink the way they farm. When rains stop being reliable, groundwater can act as a buffer; it helps to kee...

Sea level change and global sea level rise are slow but persistent changes. They should be evaluated as a sign of ongoing climate changes. The Black Sea is a semi-enclosed sea, with the only connection to the world's oceans being the narrow Bosphorus Strait. The influence of climate changes in such an environment will be grater. Sea level observations on the Bulgarian part of the Black Sea are carried out by numerous tide gauge stations. The most indicative of them, with the most complete set of measurements, is t...

Aquaculture sector holds significant potential for ensuring food security, supporting economic growth, and contributing to the sustainable use of marine resources within the European Union (EU), aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 Life Below Water . However, the potential of aquaculture is constrained by multilevel challenges, including environmental externalities, regulatory complexities, and social acceptance. These challenges are exacerbated by underlying tensions between goals for growing the ...

This research confronts the linguistic hegemony within geoscience education, which systematically marginalizes non-native English speakers and constrains global capacity building. Moving beyond merely identifying this barrier, the research proposes and evaluates concrete multilingual strategies to foster a more equitable and effective discipline. Through qualitative investigations, including interviews with educators, students, and professionals, and a systematic review of existing resources, we identify both best...

In today-s world, increasing urbanization poses challenges to the environment and quality of life in cities. This article examines the importance of urban ecology for sustainable urban planning and the transformation of urban landscapes. By integrating ecological principles into planning, cities can become more resilient and adaptable to climate change. Sustainable urban planning focuses on reducing negative environmental impacts, improving quality of life, and creating socially just spaces. Green infrastructure r...

Figs (Ficus carica) are renowned for their high antioxidant content and rich nutritional profile. They are an excellent source of vitamins (particularly vitamins A, C, K, and B-complex), essential minerals (such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, and iron), fiber, and bioactive compounds that offer numerous health benefits. Due to these properties, figs contribute to improved digestion, better blood sugar regulation, and enhanced cardiovascular health. Sausages are a widely enjoyed food, which inspired us to reimag...

This paper presents two AI-based case studies aimed at enhancing data-driven approaches to urban planning in relation to diverse topographical conditions towards sustainable development strategies and new urban typologies. The first case study employed a genetic algorithm to identify optimal spatial arrangements for agriculture, photovoltaic energy generation, and urban structure development. The analysis was conducted across three distinct Slovak topographies: riverlands, mountainous areas, and the existing urban...

The development of UAV-based (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) diagnostic methods has created new opportunities for evaluating high-rise and industrial structures. While traditional multirotor drones are commonly used for visual and thermal inspections, their limited authority control reduces precision when operating close to complex surfaces. This review paper examines the capabilities of omnidirectional UAVs (omnicopters), which offer full control across six degrees of freedom by decoupling translation from rotation. S...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become essential platforms in domains such as logistics, environmental monitoring, surveillance, agriculture, and disaster management. The growing complexity of missions and the increasing demand for autonomy highlight the critical role of trajectory optimization, which ensures safe, efficient, and adaptive navigation in dynamic environments. Path-planning algorithms form the core of this capability, enabling UAVs to avoid obstacles, minimize energy consumption, and accomplish ...

Human activities on a global scale are increasingly generating substantial quantities of solid waste. Consequently, in recent years, there has been a significant worldwide initiative to reduce waste production and reuse existing waste, including non-recyclable plastics, industrial waste, sewage sludge, hazardous waste, municipal waste, among others. To ensure environmental quality, further treatment of waste is essential to prevent its accumulation in landfills. For waste materials that cannot be recycled or for w...

The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect on temperature dynamics across various locations within the city of -ilina during the year 2024. The results reveal significant differences in temperature gradients between urban and rural areas, with urban zones such as Nemocnicna Street and the Vlcince housing estate exhibiting up to 16.6 % slower cooling rates on summer evenings compared to the rural locality of -ilinska Lehota. This phenomenon is attributed to the increased he...

Remote sensing techniques are increasingly used in land surface monitoring processes. The development of satellite systems has led to increasingly complex research in terms of analysis and monitoring of large land areas, with reduced costs and high efficiency. In this research, a satellite scene from 03.07.2024 taken over by the Landsat 9 remote sensing system was used, the scene identifier being LC09_L2SP_186028_20240730_20240731_02_T1, WRS_PATH 186 and WRS_ROW 28, UTM projection system, Datum WGS84, Ellipsoid WG...

The use of remote sensing images in territorial analyses is increasingly used with the development of remote sensing systems. Due to the fact that there are numerous remote sensing systems, both open source and paid, these instruments are widely used in monitoring large areas in order to analyze the dynamics of land use changes. In the present study, an analysis of the ATU Moravita, Timis County, Romania, was carried out based on remote sensing images taken from the Landsat 8 satellite system. Based on the 11 spec...

The relevance of this research stems from the critical importance of protecting environmental rights under conditions of martial law. Violations of these rights can lead to long-term environmental degradation and adverse impacts on public health. As of the 1000th day of the war, environmental damage to Ukraine caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation has reached an estimated USD 70 billion. Approximately 3 million hectares of forests have been destroyed, over 6,500 environmental violations recorded, and ...

The study examined the sorption properties of beech, chestnut, and pine sawdust, as well as pine pellets, focusing on their ability to remove heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions. The kinetics of sorption were analyzed using CuSO4-5H2O and FeSO4-7H2O solutions (10?5-10?- M) over 1, 2, 4, 24, and 48 hours. Sorbents were modified with HCl and NaCl, and their efficiency was evaluated by measuring pH and electrical conductivity before and after sorption. Chestnut sawdust demonstrated the highest sorption capacity, ...

The present study examines working capital as a key indicator of financial sustainability. The focus is placed on its role in ensuring the resilience of enterprises operating within the chemical industry in Bulgaria. Given the sector's cyclical volatility, the research emphasizes the necessity of effective working capital management as a prerequisite for maintaining corporate liquidity and solvency. From a theoretical perspective, the study explores the nature and scope of working capital, its structural component...

Microbial immobilization is a promising strategy for various applications, including environmental remediation and bioprocess engineering. However, the efficacy of immobilization largely depends on the characteristics of the carriers. Biomass wastes are renewable and abundant resources that can be subjected to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) for hydrochar production, a resulting carbonaceous material with a porous structure. This porous architecture offers extensive surface area and facilitates the colonization a...

This study aimed to investigate carbon storage dynamics in pure pine, oak, and mixed forests within a one-hectare area. Tree samples were collected to measure their weight, size, and density. Each type of forest was estimated how much carbon is hold per hectare. The findings revealed significant differences in carbon storage capacities among them. Pure oak forests emerged as the top carbon reservoirs, with 57% of their trees' mass comprising carbon. Pure pine forests followed closely with 51% carbon storage. Inter...

One of the priorities in professional education, including the training of future geography teachers, is related to ensuring a quality and innovative educational process based on the competence approach and modern innovative educational technologies. In this regard, the present study aims to investigate the pedagogical effectiveness and educational potential of design thinking in the professional training of future geography teachers. The main goal is to enhance the academic performance of students by providing a ...

Carbon emission has increasingly become a topic of the day. Carbothermic reduction processes and energy generating units have for years used generic carbonaceous materials contributing to high carbon pollution. Ongoing investigations are showing good prospects. This paper corroborates a comprehensive review on the potential of biochar as an innovative and sustainable alternative to traditional carbon sources in pyrometallurgical processes, addressing the environmental ithreats caused by fossil fuel use, such as gr...

Lava tubes are natural underground structures formed by volcanoes during magmatic eruption events. Their exploration has aroused undeniable interest in the scientific community because of their potential as future habitats capable of hosting human missions in the Solar System. Indeed, there are significant topographic features that indicate the existence of lava tubes on the Moon and Mars, offering natural shelter and environmental insulation for permanent planetary settlements. The article summarizes the geologic...

This paper presents the monitoring of an eroding phenomenon (gully) near Ciurila, Cluj County, Romania, using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technologies. In this sense, the monitoring results through sustainable and non-invasive technologies are presented, following four cycles of observations, carried out between June 2019 and April 2021. The paper aims to present the advantages and limitations of such a study, as well as the importance of monitoring erosion phenomena...

Since early times the civilization used to record and store their information about accumulated knowledge, everyday life necessities and other important things. Starting with clay tablets, stones and paper as a more advanced technology followed. Since that moment this trend made its way through centuries until nowadays, with new technological capabilities resulting in the form of digitalization. The paper discusses nuances of the terms, such as digitization, digitalization and digital transformation in scientific ...

The research uses monthly water flow in river watersheds within Danube-s river basin - Ogosta, Iskar, Yantra and Rusenski Lom rivers, as pilot basins. The water flow indicators describe river flow regime and hydrological streamflow characteristics. Our article describes the determination of environmental flow limits on surface water abstractions in Bulgaria. Monthly river flow is characterized by annual variability due to climate factors and anthropogenic impacts. Furthermore information from hydrometric stations ...

Kazakhstan is on leading position in the world in terms of reserves and mining of copper ores. There are 30 deposits with approved reservest. Nowadays, the copper industry of the Rrepublic is provided with a raw material base. Among them, the Zhezkazgan deposit remains unique in terms of reserves and a set of components. The main geological and industrial types of copper deposits (in terms of mining) are deposits of copper sandstones (58%), copper pyrite (17.1%), copper porphyry (8.2%), scarn (4.2%), etc. In the t...

In Kazakhstan, the main porphyry copper deposits are located in the Northern Balkhash region. The Konyrat, Aktogay, Aidarly, and Borly copper-porphyry deposits have been explored and exploited in this area. The main reserves of the country's copper raw materials are associated with these deposits. The Eastern Balkhash region is part of the North Balkhash ore zone. Previous studies on the Eastern Balkhash region focused on the Aktogay region and did not pay due attention to the southern part of the East Balkhash re...

Nature-based Solutions represent a set of powerful tools that are intended to reconcile often conflicting economic and nature conservation goals. Rapid infrastructure development threatens biodiversity globally. In this context application of Biodiversity Net Gain strategies start to gain traction. One possible approach to achieve the Net Gain outcomes is to apply Nature-based Solutions. It is, however, important to understand that application of the solutions does not guarantee biodiversity outcomes that could co...

Hydrogen is gaining popularity as a fuel source for more and more fields around the globe. The use of hydrogen for transport represents one of the important applications of this chemical substance, in this sense the development of infrastructures, but especially the safety of hydrogen filling stations representing an important element. Using hydrogen to power transportation can reduce harmful ozone-depleting emissions while improving air quality. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles can help improve air quality and solve c...

If a few years ago climate change was a new and fanciful concept and not everyone was aware of its entire action range, today we are witnessing increasingly pronounced climate change. At the European Union level are many political initiatives in order to mitigate the climate change so the next generations to have the same changes to a good environment. All the efforts must be put into shifting the development to a more sustainable one. There are different drivers that interfere with the climate. Among energy, tran...

The paper presents a medium-temperature modular pyrolysis plant generating electricity from syngas (SG) produced by air conversion of pyrolysis liquid and fed into the electrochemical generator (ECG) battery. Electric output of the plant and district water heater is 100 kW and 126 kW, respectively. The main power characteristics of the plant are determined by physicochemical modeling and energy budgeting methods. Specific consumption of pyrolysis liquid to produce electricity and heat is shown as 108 g/kW-h (169 g...

Constructions extending over large areas or distances raise problems regarding their setting out, because these elements are determined in the official projection of Romania, namely the 1970 Stereographic map projection. For the territory of our country, this produces distortions from -25 cm/km to approximately +64 cm/km in terms of distances and between -5 sq. m/ha and +12.76 sq. m/ha in terms of areas, depending on the distance from the projection pole and, implicitly, from the circle of zero distortions. For th...

As part of the experimental studies carried out in the Department of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Architecture of the University of Cagliari, to identify the best techniques for recovering of combustible materials, contained in the waste resulting from the dismantling of the anodes of spent electrolytic cells used in the production of primary aluminium, to be concentrated by flotation, work was first carried out to reduce the size of the waste, in order to give it a particle size that would allow it to be ...

Food waste contributes significantly to climate and environmental degradation. According to recent estimates, food loss and waste account for 8-10% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. A number of studies have investigated individuals- willingness to pay (WTP) in relation to voluntary certification schemes pertaining to various ethical attributes, including locally grown, fair trade, organic, and so forth. The impact of a voluntary certification scheme about reducing food waste-and the higher price peopl...

The Growing concern about climate change and the actions that need to be taken to protect environment have begun to occupy the top places on global agenda in recent years. Transport of the future will look different: ecological, economic and maximum efficiency. But it's not only car manufacturers who are making efforts to reduce as much as possible the climate impact of vehicles. One of solutions is and the major interest of using hydrogen as a viable answer for decarbonizing industrial processes and economic sect...

The process of burning alternative materials such as refused derived fuels is an important topic in current scientific research and industry. Emissions and particulate matters are formatted during the combustion of refused derived fuels (RDF) and it is important to identify the ways of their reduction. This manuscript analyses the influence of factors such as fuel fraction and fuel moisture on particulate matter (PM) concentrations. The findings can assist to better understand the impact of individual factors on a...

The climate crisis due to global warming is intensifying, and international cooperation to curb temperature rise is underway. South Korea has set GHG reduction targets, along with systems for implementation and assessment to achieve these goals. South Korea currently applies the IPCC-Tier2 method based on fuel consumption to estimate GHG emissions at the national level. Additionally, starting in 2024, it has begun estimating GHG emissions at the level of 17 local cities. However, applying the fuel consumption-base...

Through the complex analysis of the geomagnetic database of the Surlari Geomagnetic Observatory for over 80 years, corroborated with the data of other planetary observatories from the INTERMAGNET network, we have extracted the geomagnetic information that is correlated with the specific physical parameters of space weather domain. Space weather refers to the conditions and phenomena occurring in outer space that can influence the near-Earth space environment. This concept includes a variety of events and condition...

The continued development of human society, from the technical and economic point of view, has led to the need for the increasingly widespread use in the various existing industrial branches of chemical substances and compounds in the form of combustible dust and dust. The processing, handling and storage of these pulverized substances often leads to the emergence of complex explosive mixtures whose explosiveness characteristics cannot be assimilated with the data available in the literature. In places where the p...

The evolution of the view of the economic growth paradigm, the development of consumer awareness and the development of legal regulations affect the continuous formation of the conditions for sustainable development. The formation of the form, the definition of unambiguous standards and the continuous formation of the provisions of directives obliging an increasingly wide range of companies obliged to report sustainable development, in the short term, is a challenge for many companies operating in the Polish marke...

The objective of this study is to conduct an in-depth analysis of the mineral resource base in Kazakhstan, specifically focusing on copper, zinc, lead, and gold, with the aim of identifying key determinants crucial for ensuring its sustainable development. The mineral resource sector serves as a cornerstone of Kazakhstan's economy and industrial landscape. This article seeks to elucidate the critical parameters defining its current state, placing particular emphasis on the presence and quality of mineral deposits....