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Ice gouging is destructive mechanical impact of ice on the underlying ground surface associated with ice cover dynamics, ice hummocking (ridging) and formation of grounded hummocks (stamukhas) under the influence of hydrometeorological factors and coastal topography. Climate change and anthropogenic influence can cause changes in conditions of ice scour formation. Shallow freezing seas and big lakes are most vulnerable to such changes. Studying of the ice scours? parameters has a great economic and fundamental imp...

The basic rationale for the research was the lack of landscape planning approaches within the spatial planning process in Croatia. The most important deficiency addressed in this research was an integral inclusion of the public opinion and their values into the planning process. Dealing with the conflicts which may arise from it represents one of the activities that are taken into account within landscape planning. Shortage of an integrated approach to landscape planning in Croatia causes conflicts between differe...

The action of touristic development and valorisation of a territory and implicitly of ?ureanu Massif is influenced by the values of morphometric indicators such as hypsometry, gravity or exhibition. Tracking the territorial distribution of their values provides a first overview of the massive in functional aspect, outlining the personality and individuality of neighboring units. The climate and the component elements, influenced by the position of the area studied in Romania, which impose the main temperate and co...

Cernush? map case is located between Mitrovica and Vushtrri (Kosovo). The southwestern part belongs to the northwestern edge of the Kosovo Basin, whereas the remainder of the map-case is characterized with hill-type reliefs. Part of the mountainous relief are the peaks of Stremenica (1064m), ?uka (1036m), and Cernusha (1009m). Cernusha map-case is subject to average continental climate, hot summers and cold winters. In the Cernusha map-case, quaternary deposits hold around 15% of the surface and are made of Holoce...

The analysis of the correlations between the specified characters (29 characters) along with the analysis of the variety classification for different characters involved in drought tolerance can provide information on the possibility of using varieties noted for a certain character in improving the tolerance to drought of another variety, where that determination was detected as a selection indicator. The correlation between the stem length ratio to 20% PEG versus the control stem length after 15 days and the loss...

Open-pit mining exploitation of useful mineral deposits involves occupancy and affectation of large areas of land, with negative effects on medium and long term. Although the impact of mining operations can not be avoided during the exploitation, it can be reduced and, after the cessation of the mining activities, it can be offset. The impact of open-pit mining exploitation occurs primarily on the land by radically changes on the morphology and geomorphology of the land, by modification of the geotechnical charact...

Bread products industry is one of the main branches of food industry. Taking into account the final products and their great diversity, they are divided from the scientific point of view in three categories such as: bread and bread products, pastry and specialty products (biscuits, donuts etc.), these constituting products categories that are consumed daily in quantities that depend on the consumption preferences of the population. In Romania, are consumed as a medium value 95 kg of bread per consumer per year, co...

In the present study, an image porcessing analysis of porosity in some iron-based powder materials was proposed. The specimens analyzed were produced from atomised iron powders of different sizes (< 45, 45-63, 63-100, 100-150, >150 ?m). The analyzed powders were compressed in a mold using uniaxial pressing and the applied pressure was 600 MPa with the disc dimensions of ? 8 ? 6 mm. The compacts were sintered at a temperature of 1.150 В°C with the sintering time of 60 and 90 minutes. The sintered specimens obtained...

The magnetically recoverable biocatalyst was developed. The catalyst support is based on magnetite particles (MPs) composed of magnetite particles and coated with the amino terminated silica layer to facilitate further functionalization. This functionalization involves the attachment of the glutaraldehyde linker followed by the covalent attachment of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) via its amino groups. The catalyst was tested in the reaction of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol (TMP) oxidation to 2,3,5-trimethylhydrochinone (TM...

The magnetically recoverable biocatalyst was developed. The catalyst support is based on magnetite particles (MPs) composed of magnetite particles and coated with the amino terminated silica layer to facilitate further functionalization. This functionalization involves the attachment of the glutaraldehyde linker followed by the covalent attachment of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) via its amino groups. The catalyst was tested in the reaction of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol (TMP) oxidation to 2,3,5-trimethylhydrochinone (TM...

Food habits are specific to each nationality. One common point is represented by the dairy products due to their specific properties. Starting from the raw material used (milk) which could ensure all the nutrients needed for supporting life, the dairy conserves most of the milk components but with a high preservation degree and digestibility. The present study focuses on establishing the nutritional and toxicological characteristics of some local traditionally made cheese. The motivation of the samples taken is de...

Food habits are specific to each nationality. One common point is represented by the dairy products due to their specific properties. Starting from the raw material used (milk) which could ensure all the nutrients needed for supporting life, the dairy conserves most of the milk components but with a high preservation degree and digestibility. The present study focuses on establishing the nutritional and toxicological characteristics of some local traditionally made cheese. The motivation of the samples taken is de...

Climate change is one of the most important issues of the 21st century. Climate change affects states ecological, economic and social aspects of sustainable development. Consequences of the climate change also depends on geographical location of countries. In this respect, the most characteristic feature of Kazakhstan is its intra-continental location in the western part of Central Asia. According to scenarios of climatologists, absence of tangible changes in amount of precipitation as well as increase in average ...

Pyrometallurgy being a field of metallurgy where metals are produced using high temperatures a focus on slag quality to improve the recovery of the targeted metal. Amongst different properties required of the slag is its composition. Different sources of heat and reductants are used. Coal has been used either as a source of heat or a reductant. Depending on the place of origin of coal, its composition varies thus having an impact on the quality of slag produced, therefore on the metal. In the present paper, a comp...

Synergic effect of the individual components of the indoor environment is considered to be a significant determinant of the quality of the indoor environment. The quality of the indoor environment affects not only the user's comfort but also the health of the users of the buildings. The main objective of the paper is to confirm or exclude a statistically significant impact of hygro-thermal conditions on the indoor air quality (IAQ). Hygrothermal conditions and indoor air quality are the essential components of the...

The land subsidence caused by underground mining results in the transformation of water relations in the catchment. The purpose of the research is to determine the impact of the subsidence basin on changes in the water cycle. Detailed research was carried out in the city of Bytom, in the Karb district where one of the most spectacular subsidence basins on the Silesian Upland (southern Poland) emerged. As part of the study, the geological structure of the area was examined and a detailed geomorphological and hydrol...

The methane hazard is one of the main natural hazards occurring in underground hard coal mining. This hazard is related to the potential ignition and/or explosion of methane when mixed with air. The underlying cause of this problem is methane release from the body of coal, the goaves with caving and the excavated coal area. The region most vulnerable to this hazard in coal exploitation during longwall ventilation using the U-type system from the exploitation field borders is the intersection of the longwall and th...

The felling of trees on small plots, using the method of varying intensity is used in areas where widespread small-leaved Linden or she prevails.. This tree species is very closely related to beekeeping and a valuable timber.. Therefore, the proposed felling allow to organize complex mixed forests. In the spatial location they will be placed is uneven with a dominance of small-leaved Linden. Thus, in the generated uneven-age, i.e. the mosaic of forest tiers, will increase the production of nectar. This occurs due ...

This paper is about how to build a cheap modern temperature control system on an existing manufacturing system. The authors designed and implemented the control system to a tunnel type furnace for burning bricks used in constructions at SICERAM S.A. Company, Sighisoara, Romania. The bricks manufacturing phases are described in order to help the reader to understand the process complexity and the graph of the entire loading/unloading process is shown together with the tunnel furnace schematics. Then, the graphical ...

The paper presents the results of the research on contemporary permafrost dynamics associated with climate changes in Eastern Chukotka region (Chukotsky peninsula) and its impact on indigenous peoples? communities. The studies are based on the field monitoring works and geodetic measurements within several settlements as well as remote sensing data analysis and statistical results processing. The reasons of permafrost exogenous processes dynamics were indicated. The research was shown that the main threats for the...

General topic of this paper is numerical modelling of pollution dispersion in streams and use of some modelling approaches for the inverse task. Inverse task means a modelling technique, which is focused on the localisation of unknown pollution source. Such task is called ?inverse ?, because typical common models or equations are rather focused on the pollution spreading simulation, whereas the pollution source location is known. To solve such inverse problem various approaches can be used, but in all cases a prer...

The work has been carried out during 2016 ? 2017 period, in a vineyard located in Valea Calugareasca viticultural center, aiming to developing a "smart" and "automated" irrigation system for vine, which allows the use of both rain and irrigation water with maximum efficiency, when the pluviometric water can not satisfy the water needs of the grapevine. The researches were carried out within a demonstration polygon with the T?m?ioasa rom?neasc? variety and aimed to determine the influence of two irrigation systems ...

The work has been carried out during 2016 ? 2017 period, in a vineyard located in Valea Calugareasca viticultural center, aiming to developing a "smart" and "automated" irrigation system for vine, which allows the use of both rain and irrigation water with maximum efficiency, when the pluviometric water can not satisfy the water needs of the grapevine. The researches were carried out within a demonstration polygon with the T?m?ioasa rom?neasc? variety and aimed to determine the influence of two irrigation systems ...

The purpose of the article was to draw attention to various aspects of sustainable development of the construction and durability of building materials. A special emphasis was put to concrete, which is one of the most used building materials in the present. Elaborated was not only the issue of emissions released by the production of components necessary for fabrication of concrete mixtures, but also a number of environmental, economic and social advantages the use of concrete offers. At the same time, attention wa...

The obvious solution of the problem is to provide rhenium production in Russia. Natural environment is an advantage of the Russian Federation in this field. However, metal introduction to the world market can cause losing national jurisdiction control as its main consumer is the USA industry. Therefore, formation of the Russian national reserves has to be the main objective of the rhenium production system. Considering dynamics of its consumption, demand and prices will grow eventually. Rhenium accumulation for fu...

The geometric models of wireless sensor networks are analysed. The selection conditions of an optimal network model are proposed. To improve information security measures, the visualization method of changing the signals parameters with consideration of the number of information nodes and their location in space is developed. The development and advanced use of wireless sensor networks require constant improvement of their reliability, durability, and performance as well as a high level of information security. Th...

The widespread use of fertilizers and pesticides impairs the state of the environment. Identifying the nature of the influence of fertilizers and pesticides on natural waters and identifying the extent of this influence is relevant today. The article discusses the influence of mineral and organic fertilizers on the qualitative characteristics of groundwater (waters of the first aquifer from the surface) in the Predvolzhsky region of the Republic of Tatarstan. Hydrogeochemical and agrochemical data help assess this...

Nowadays, after periods of time without precipitation, more and more frequent rains are coming in with very high flows in very short time. In case of extreme precipitation phenomena, sewer networks can no longer take rainwater flows, which often occur with large damages, often with loss of life. Drinking water is not renewable. That is why it is important to protect drinking water sources by using rainwater more efficiently. By recovering, storing and using rainwater, costs are reduced by treating and transporting...

Dielectric barrier discharge is low-temperature plasma generated in cases with an dielectric material between the electrodes. The demanding applied task of water treatment is the removal of heavy metal ions, including iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni), ions, from aqueous solutions. The authors of the paper designed a plasma reactor that allows the dielectric-barrier discharge treatment of a solution near the surface of the liquid in the flow-through mode, so that this method can be used for technological purposes. The inf...

The researches carried out aimed at assessing foliar fertilization bio stimulating effect by increasing fertilizers nutrient use efficiency and their absorption into plants. Foliar fertilizing variants NPK were formulated during the research activities on a PK type matrix base with secondary nutrients and trace elements. The nitrogen source consisted of urea and ammonium nitrate in which 6% of the total nitrogen content was added as 15N isotope to the basic PK type matrix. Agrochemical testing were carried out on ...

The research consisted in obtaining Ni-P and Ni-P-Al2O3 coatings followed by heat treatment and characterization of heat treated and untreated layers. The layers were deposited on the steel strip, by electroless method to certain process parameters. To obtain the Ni-P-Al2O3 nanocomposite layers, 5 g/L Al2O3 particles of 20 nm were introduced into the nickel bath, and it has been worked with the same parameters as to obtain the Ni-P layer. The samples were heat treated at 300 0C, 400 0C and 5000C for one hour in a ...

Drilling fluid significantly affects all technological operations in the process of deposit drilling and completion. The main task done by the drilling fluid is providing proper drilling and cleaning of the hole bottom from cuttings as well equilibration of the rock mass pressure, cooling and cleaning the drill bits. Moreover the drilling fluid should minimize the damage to the permeability of productive deposits in the near-well zone and maintain stability of the wellbore walls. For providing the correct protecti...

The geographical location of Lech Walesa Airport was described in relation to the country and the nearest city. Its most important elements as well as, main users have been characterized. The approach systems have been analyzed in terms of the manner of operation and the constraints associated with meteorological conditions for landing operations at the selected airport. Based on the collected climatic data from 2000-2016, using the graphs, atmospheric analysis of the selected airport was made. The METAR (METeorol...

The post-mining excavation "Piaseczno" is located in the south-eastern part of Poland, on the left bank of the Vistula River. After the extraction of sulfur and later sands in 1981, the pit remains in an unliquidated state. Its area is 167 ha, and the depth reaches 46.0 m. During the process of self-flooding of the excavation with water flowing in from the Neogene and Quaternary aquiferous, water level reached an ordinate of 138.0 m. This state has been maintained since 2012 by draining water from the created rese...

The authors present the results of the research on the variability of selected physicochemical properties and discharge of medicinal waters in Ladek-Zdroj. The medicinal waters are exploited by five natural springs and one deep L-2 well. Based on previous studies, it was found that there are strong hydraulic bonds between particular intakes of thermal waters. The nature of these correlations indicates that medicinal thermal waters are recharged from one fissure deposit of deep circulation system. The main factors ...

Simulation of biological processes with the aid of computing techniques helps to model physiological processes, to create mathematical models with the computer support. Starting from experimental data difficult to be obtained, we can do calculation algorithms to identify the variation functions of the processes that are to be simulated, then to interpolate in order to fill them in the missing data collection. Having the variation parameters (input data): time, temperature, dry substance, a software product (output...

Utilization of methods of building information modelling in the area of sustainable regional development becomes increasingly the topical issue with time. In many countries of Europe, this has even become part of their legislation. This article deals in particular with advantages and disadvantages related to utilization of the method of building information modelling in the process of decision-making on further exploitation of the region including monitoring its current state. At present time, there is sufficient ...

We present the results of the of innovative information technologies within the geographic information management of spatially distributed systems to improve natural risk management in Venezuela. We used the basic provisions of the system analysis, as well as the authors developed a method of complexing geo-data and thematic information. In the article we describe the platform in the form of a distributed application proposed for the organization of the structure and integration of not only the volume of geospatia...

Many European regeneration projects in large urban distressed areas arise as the result of industrial dismissal sites, ensuing unemployment, poverty, environmental damage and social exclusion. In order to contribute to the development of innovative policies for integrated regeneration and renewal of depressed urban areas, the paper addresses the experience of the London?s South Bank project. Several integrated and complex projects have converted this area (formerly home to factories and working-class houses) into ...

Decommissioned historical military property is extensively used for civilian activities. Renovated historical army barracks have been turned into residential buildings, administrative and educational facilities, museums, even churches. Depots, garages and warehouses facilitate entrepreneurs and freight forwarders. Airports serve the needs of civilian and leisure aviation. While these functions have all been successfully introduced into historical post-military architecture, saving it from demolition and vacancy, t...

This paper handles the sustainable development tools used to support the development in bi centric Hradec Kr?lov? ? Pardubice agglomeration. Because the agglomeration is unique in its type ? a conurbation forming the agglomeration core ? the adjustment of mutual relations in the cooperation towards sustainable development of the agglomeration is important. One of the tools is ITI strategy which is aimed to set up and deepen the cooperation of not only the core cities but also other municipalities situated in the a...

The paper proposes a new strategy against the global warming, which if applied on large scale is able to turn our cities into green oasis, decreasing their actual carbon foot-print and increasing their carbon offset. Our approach is to replace conventional roofs with integrated rooftop greenhouses IRTG, which are connected with the interior of the building by controlled flows of energy, oxygen, carbon dioxide and water. The main IRTG feature is the tight human-plant symbiosis ensured by a two flows ventilation sys...

The paper resumes the previously published series of studies on the efficacy of a dry fractioning operation in centrifugal field of forces on the complex lipid mixture of pork lard, by multivariate analysis in general and the principal component analysis (PCA). Particularly, the correlation between the operating parameters (time-temperature-centrifugal rotor speed) and the physic-chemical parameters was determinate. Changes induced to the lipid mixture by repeated fractional crystallization, to separate (olein / s...

The paper resumes the previously published series of studies on the efficacy of a dry fractioning operation in centrifugal field of forces on the complex lipid mixture of pork lard, by multivariate analysis in general and the principal component analysis (PCA). Particularly, the correlation between the operating parameters (time-temperature-centrifugal rotor speed) and the physic-chemical parameters was determinate. Changes induced to the lipid mixture by repeated fractional crystallization, to separate (olein / s...

The article describes the results of the integration of the geochemical and seismic data on one of the oilfields of Tatarstan Republic in Russian Federation. The complex geological structure of the oil bearing formations of Carboniferous age results in misinterpretation of the geophysical data and drilling of the dry wells. Some potential structural oil traps find from the seismic data interpretation are water bearing. To avoid nonproductive drilling authors studied seismic faults and their connection with the geo...

This research belongs to one of characteristic traits of human livelihood, which connected to mass traumatism in consequence of catastrophes caused by nature or technological activity. Data and knowledge bases of proposed system consist of precedent information, accumulated for wide range of geoinformational conditions of emergency situations, different symptoms and features that affect human organism, extent of influence and positive experiences of giving urgent help to sufferers. Optimal routes and required mean...

The paper gives comparative analysis of the method of vacuum extraction of Chaga carried out by the authors. The process supposed that the ground Chaga was pre-vacuumed for 10 minutes in order to release the holes from air and moisture vapor and conduce efficient time pregnation of the extractant; further, the author saddled still dewatering the ratio 1:10 and kept at the temperature of 70В°C.In the process of extraction, the pressure was hourly lowered to 0.3 atm, which promoted the boiling of the extractant in a...

Modern education is a special type of mastering knowledge, a purposefully designed process of cognition based on the use of innovative technologies. In the traditionally instrumented pedagogical process it is possible to really organize interactive training only for the trained part of the students. The use of interactive methods and forms of instruction greatly activates the creative activity of students, contributes to the development of a whole complex of qualities of the creative personality: mental activity; ...

Succesful planning nowadays involves broad spectrum of stakeholders including general public. Data needed might not be easily available and cannot be combined together within a single tool accessible by various stakeholders. This article will introduce interactive visualization tool InVito which enable to combine various data layers into comprehensive visual representation of mutual impacts based on defined mathematical equations. This tool was prepared by support from project Implementation of Sustainable Land Us...

The theory of Eco-Economy (Ecological Economy) as a concept proposed by Lester R. Brown emphasizes the importance of ecology and environmental protection in supporting the sustainable development of humanity as a warning signal for the limited earth resources. This concept refers to a long-term economy without affecting its own support system (environment). Another paradigm, Eco-Bio-Economy, appears as a scientific, economic and psychological endeavor that brings the vision of sustainable development of human welf...