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Monitoring of environmental components, in relation to changes in global biochemical cycles and the presence of their deposition, is one of the world`s most attractive areas of research. This area plays an important role in the sphere of crisis management. One of the dominant components of the environment is water, in all states, especially in forms of snow and ice. Monitoring of weight and height of snow deposition concentrations is the main task of research projects of envi ronmental, geographical and technical ...

In the new context of European urban and environmental politics, Romania’s small towns must go directly toward sustainability in order to ensure high life quality for their communities on the long term. The smallest urban settlements of Romania are confronted with diverse issues due to the former communist regime, the adaptation to the market economy, the planning policy of the sate and historical environment state. As many urban sustainability assessment methods were developed in lite rature, the present study is...

Centuries-long exploitation of rock salt from Tuzla salt deposit has produced significant deformation of the ground surface and buildings in the town of Tuzla. The southern edge of the deposit dips beneath the northern part of the town. Although relatively small size, the deposit represents an extremely complex geological body The slow, natural processes of dissolution of the deposit's eastern part were accelerated by industrial exploitation of saline water (bri ne) that lasted over 100 years. Exploitation of the ...

Apart form main product output, the side products having the second raw materials and industry wastes status are being created in metallurgy plant technological process. Dust outlets, waste gases, technological liquids and particularly slags represent main metallurgy industry wastes. Metallurgy plant with closed production cycle and annual capacity of 5 millions tons of steel yearly produces about 1 million tons of blast furnace slag, 0.5 million tons of steelmaking slag and 0.05 million ton of secondary metallurg...

Purpose of the scientific research – Table of contents Research into the chemical parameters for the quality of vegetables. Qualitative and technological evaluation of plant raw materials (vegetables), improvement and optimization of technologi cal processes and systems for controlling the existing qualities to produce protected and high quality food items. In order to conduct an analysis of vegetables in the region of Mitrovica for Pb, Zn, Cu, and Cd metal content, the ripe samples will be taken from at least thr...

In the context of this study, 19 Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), 17 Total Organic Ca rbon(TOC) and Rock Eval Pyrolysis, 8 Thin Layer Chromatography, Extraction and Column Chromatography, 16 Gas Chromatography (GC),15 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS), 8 Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis(GC-IRMS) were performed with solid samples of Hydrocarbon Seepage from 7 provinces (Adiyaman, Batman, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Mardin, Siirt, Şirnak) in Southeastern Region of Anatolia of Turkey...

Concentration of chlorophyll is a parameter that is considered adequate for assessing the trophic state of lagoon ecosystems . Application of a selected system of bioindicators to provide a good qualitative evaluation of th e trophic state of the lagoons and their dynamics; evaluation of seasonal water quality variability and comparison between lagoons; design of respective measures of reha bilitation, with regards to modification of hydrodynamic conditions of the lagoons throu gh regulation of tide currents. This...

As is shown in the paper, Russia and its Far Eastern region (RFE) possess large amounts of mineral wealth, comparable to th at of China, USA, Australia, Canada and other major mineral producing countries. The same can be said with respect to the production of mineral commodities, including highly valuable ones. Unfortunately, country's and region's mineral potentials are insufficiently geologically explored and are not used to their full capacity. Presumably, the situation can be s ubstantially corrected in positi...

Selection of optimum support system for tunnels and underground opening is a multi criteria decision making pr oblem. In this paper, first, st ability analysis of access tunnel in gooshfill mine is done, then selection of support system for these tunnels by considering of economical cr iteria and technical criteri a by using ELECTRE method is presented. Criteria that are involved in d ecision making process are: displacement at roof, bottom and side of the tunnel, safe ty factor, cost, labor requirements and appli...

This paper presents a new approach to evaluation of coal with implementation microwave extraction. It is know from literature that coal is a chemically and physically extremely complex and heterogeneous material, consisting of organic (carbon) and inorganic (minerals) constituents. Our attention was intent on the study of influence of Soxhlet and microwave-assisted extraction in the open-vessel and closed-vessel system, respectively. The microwave extraction (MAE) was realised in microwave furnace with using diffe...

Praid salt deposit is one of the largest in Europe: the salt body has an elliptic shape, with diameters of 1.2 km and 1.4 km, the depth being extended until 2,700 m. The mining methods employed in time are various: be ll-shaped rooms, trapezoidal rooms. Nowadays, the small rooms and square pillars is employed, the method being described in the paper. At 120 m depth, the cure and treatment facility is located. The underground atmosphere is highly ionized and very eff ective in treating respiratory diseases. The Pra...

The main aim of this work is to study the recovery of copper sulfate from mine waters at the Mining Company Bor. For the copper sulfate recovery was treated 91 m 3 Underground mine water, containing 0.3 g/l copper, 2.2 g/l iron at pH 3.2 and 37 m 3 Cerovo mine water, containing 0.5 g/l copper, 0.61 g/l iron at pH 4.5. The mine waters were mixed and prepared 128 m 3 mine solution (copper content 0.35 g/l, iron 1.74 g/l, pH 3.8), then are pre-treated chemically a nd physically for recovery pregnant solution. The fir...

Hydrological parameters have major impact to water, energy, civil engineering, industry and other commercial and non-economic branches. For the determination of the hydrological processes are: observed, measured and recorded data on hydrological phenomena. Our knowledge of these phenomena modes is the basis for good planning and management of water resources. As a source of information for defining the characteristics we used measured data. The effectiveness of water systems depends on the measurement and hydrolog...

Contribution notifies of the variant solutions of the recovery of consequences of chemical uranium mining in the Czech Republic in the Straz pod Ralskem region. Remediation is realized by a state company DIAMO. In the chemical extraction period over four million tons of sulf uric acid and other chemical s were injected into the ground, whereas approximately 370 million cubic meters of groundwater were contaminated. Currently, the contaminated water is pumped from the underground to the surface and it leads to liqu...

The engineering behavior of rock materials depends not only on stress state and stress history but also on the physical and chemical change of the rock materials due to weathering. Changes in index properties such as dry density void ratio, clay content and seismic velocity caused by weathering processes is representing strength and elastic properties of rock materials. The changes caused by weathering processes in rock material may be mainly considered under th e two topics; the mineralogical change and the physi...

In the present paper theme of estimation of forest susceptibility take on degradation was taken. Until this time this problem wa sn’t identified enough in literature (see Kowalkowska i in., 1995). That is the reason why author concentrates on presentation of new proposal of system of estimate forest state. Forests has been analyzed as elements of natural environments (system). In such captivation it is possible to follow co-dependences and interactions individual components between them. The investigative area was...

The submitted paper describes th e issues of interdeposit sa nd collector in the central part of the Most Basin in the area of J. Sverma and Vrsany open pit mines. Interdeposit sands are hydrogeologically significant collector and both mines come into contact with this collector during the coal mining. Collector of interdeposit sands is deposited between the upper bench and the main bench of coal seam. Sands create large and powerful complex of irregular layers. There are frequent changes of thickness and permeabi...

The technogenic deposit “Slag Depot 1“ was formed by many decades dumping with content of significant amounts of copper, gold, silver and other useful components. As the copper percentage in the ore, whic h is now mined at the open pits within RTB Bor Group, is significantly lower than in the technogenic deposit, its mining and reprocessing have started in 2002. Considering that it is a technogenic deposit, a specific technology of its excavation was previously used, and the same is described in this paper, with t...

Basic results of many-years complex geomechanic research experiments carried out in Far Eastern Russian mines and aimed at a problem of rock – burst are given in the paper. Methods and approaches to rock – burst assessment are reported, some regularities of an ultimate - strained rock massif behavior and prognostic criteria of sorting of massif sections to a category of hazard regarding dynamical rock pressure appearances are considered. The paper includes four figures and 13 references.

This paper shows the correlation among Moho discontinuity and geophysical parameters of the Earth's crust: Bouguers anomaly, relief height and velocity of neotectonic uplifting. The research is using data from the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. According the neotectonic regiona lization, the territory is modeled into three zones. Analyses of the correlation dependence of Moho discontinuity and geophysical parameters showed that th e Western Macedonian zone is the most homogenous, and the Eastern Macedonia...

Well organized ventilation systems and air distributions of the school buildings in many countries still appear to be a t opical issue. A lot of various investigations indicated that IAQ problems appear not only because of low ventilation ra tes, but also in cases when the location of exhausted and mainly supply jets is not appropriate. The main motivation is the select of most efficiency air ve ntilation systems and di stribution schemes to improve IAQ for school buildings. The model of university classroom for p...

University accreditation is also an important mechanism for protecting the consumers of higher education, as well as an accountability factor to higher education providers. In Romania, the quality assura nce system has exercise d pressures towards the homogenization of hi gher education. By the nature of standards and quality indicators used, but also by his philosophy, quality a ssurance has encouraged higher education institutions to comply, both in content an d in the processes of relatively rigid institutional...

The dynamic tests of reinforced concrete road bridge on the modern highway E-75 at the Kumanovo-Veles section has been carried out. The bridge is a prefabricated system of pre-stressed simple beams connected by the road deck cast in situ. The foundations were bedded in the stratum of shale. Under six of the columns the footings, that is, foundations, are the ordinary cascade ones, while three columns are founded on caissons, that is boxes in the very Pčinja riverbed, nearby Katlanovo village . For the purpose of p...

Rubbers used in conveyor belt transport undergo an aging caused by the aggressive character of external environment during their operation. The main changes of conveyor belts due to the aging process appear firs tly on their surface being in an immediate contact with the cargo transported and/or with an ambient air. Chemical changes caused by the aging are reflected in changes of physical properties of belt components such as network density, glass transition temperature Tg and other. Determination of physical pro...

Regularities of molybdate acid leaching process in sodium carbonate solutions depending on temperature and concentration of reagents are identified. Also current intensity influence on electromembrane process parameters and influence of mass transfer of molybdenum ions on electrolysis of sodium molybdate solutions are revealed.

The paper presents research of the structure of the geomagnetic field in correlation with the neotectonic regionalization. The territo ry of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the neotectonic processes, is divided in three zones: Western - Macedonian zone which include Alpine orogeny and Pelagonian massif, Vardar zone and Eastern - Macedonian zone which is part of the old Paleozioc rock mass on the Balkan Peninsula. Anomalous geomagnetic field on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia is presented with re...

The paper describes results from 18 months data collection and analogue modeling of “rain water – calcrete” interaction. The expe riment is based on leaching by natural rain and snow-melting water of material from diff erent soil and undersoil layers, containing various amounts of carbonates. It confirme d that rain and snow-melting water, circulating through the soil, undersoil and the underlying rocks, dissolves calcium rich minerals. Under dry weather and relativel y high temperature the hydrogen carbonate thus...

One of the most characteristic features of the processes in the area of mining and processing of earth resources is their comple xity. The modern methods of investigation, monitoring and control of these processes utilize approaches ba sed upon modeling of the processes. In this paper we will focu s only on the dynamical processes, where the mathematical models are diffe rential equations. As it results from the last research works, majority of the real objects in ge neral are fractional-order systems. Fractional-...

This paper aims to highlight the concerns about the waste management and at the same time highlighting its regional peculiarities. Municipal waste management methods in use today are related both to the waste that are being generated and collected, as well as waste that are generated and then collected . Collected waste are waste that are being generated and then collected by the sanita tion services. Waste uncollected is waste generated but not collected by sanitation services. The methods that are used, such as ...

Region of West Carpathians Mountains is the territory, where app. 5.25% of total area of coverage are landslides. Therefore our re search team has started implementation of TDR technology (Time Domain Reflectometry) for measurement of slope underground movements. However this technology offers implementation for a variety of uses. Continuing development of monitoring usin g this method of measurement has been implemented in one selected locality where new national road was built across the existing landslide. In t...

This paper represents results of measuring of sedimentary dust at two locations. One location is at SM where installed is old fa shioned technology for limestone processing. The other location is „Kota“ near Vareš, where installed is contemporary technology for limestone and spilite processing with application of BAT (the best available technique), and is a property of company „BBM Vareš“ d.o.o. from Vareš. Measurements confirmed that during limestone processing wh ere old fashioned technology is installed primary...

Water vapor monitoring represents a vital pr ocess in understanding the global climate and predicting the weather, especially rainfall events. Knowledge of the total amount of water vapor and its distribution, both spatial and in time, is considered also to be the key to a more accurate description of the state of the atmosphere that can lead to improved numerical weather prediction models. GNSS Meteorology refers to the mapping of integrated water vapor throughout GPS networks and their corresponding tomography, ...

The present paper is devoted to the results of long-term field observations of oil pollution transformation in sma ll watercourses of the Lower Don River basin (Russia), on the Atlantic coast of France and in the Strait of Kerch polluted by spilled oil. The investigations included visual assessment and sampling of oil slicks, water and sediment cores. The analysis of samples were carried out with the use of th in layer and column chromatography, optical and gravimetri c methods making possible to determine separat...

The paper deals with the verification of the possibility of using the froth separation to separate highly concentrated coarse-grained black coal slurry. For laboratory research samples of raw coal with a grain size fraction of 0,2 - 2 mm from the Paskov Mine were used. The achieved se paration results confirmed the ability of froth separation to separate coarse-grained highly concentrated sl urry. The coal slurry in concentrations of 332 kg.m -3, 400 kg.m-3, 500 kg.m -3, 600 kg m -3, 668 kg m-3 was successfully se...

The Romanian coasts can be divided in two categories: erosion coasts (cliff shores) and accumulative coasts (barrier beaches). The activ e behavior of the cliffs is due to the action of marine abrasion and slope processes, landslides and gravitational collapses. Cliff shores between Cape Midia and Vama Veche has a complex lithological profile. Silt and clay particles are carried seaward by the rip cu rrents system, while sand and gravel particles are conveyed along the coast. Textural and mineralogical study of th...

English for Academic Purposes is a necess ity in quite a large number of companies. Compared to General English, English for Academic Purposes has its own characteristics which are taken into consid eration when developing the syllabus. This paper focuses on academic use of English which is required in certain companies as a part of professional development program.

The inadequate comprehension of specific haza rds, mainly related to their nature and magnitude, have lead in the past to the occurrence of several catastrophic events in the Romanian mining industry. The mining industry, like other major global industries, must consider and manage risks to business objectives, to remain successful. Management of risks requires a proactive, systematic approach, applied when key decisions are being made across the life cycle of the industry, from exploration to mine closure. Presen...

In this study, nickel extraction from Karaçam (Eskisehir) region laterites by hydrochloric acid leaching is ai med. The mineralogical analysis showed that the ore sample contains goethite, hema tite, wustite, retgers ite, gaspeite and clay type minerals together with quartz. The effects of various parameters such as leaching time, stirring speed, acid concentration and leaching temperature on nickel recovery were determined. The shrinking core model was applied to the results of experime nts investigating the effe...

This paperwork makes an assessment of risk failure in defense works against flood located along and perpendicular on rivers , including natural riparian wetlands. Highlighting these areas allow us to ma ke complex studies about the different possibilities of flood mitigation, considering the surfaces and lowering the flood risk. Explanations about the “hazard - risk” scheme are made, with flood analyses in many case studies to propose a computation mode l for risk and management assessment accordingly with the ris...

Data fusion has been important field of expl oration, brought to light under the influence of new technologies and the emerging need for information integration and knowledge extraction from heter ogeneous data sources. The main focus of this paper will be set particularly on sensor data fusion. Our cu rrent focus is on designing and developing an intelligent data fusion component for a Sens or Web based architecture that will enable combining different environmental data into coherent information. For addressing ...

The Triassic sediments in the Moesian Platform are very well explored. The study area is in the Bulgarian territory and covers ce ntral part of the South Moesian Platform Margin and adjoining zone to the north. The Triassic rocks there are characterized by considerable diversity, thickness and burial depths. Among them Mitrovo Fm. (T 2lad- T3crn) contains mostly silty-argillacious car bonates with a fair to good organic matter content. The Pre-Jurassic erosion reached different le vels up to Middle Triassic, Lower...

The theme that will be considered in this paper derives from the cultural debates in many areas of the South Italy because it is necessary and urgent to establish new protected areas. The context of the analysis is expanded compared to the issues of the parks’ planning, structured on a prelimin ary economic analysis about the nature’s protection that without the financial support and activism of the involved people risk to transform parks into natural containers not in line with the current standards and with the ...

Burning and thermal degradation of wood are the sources of contamination of environment by carbonyl compounds. Many com pounds from this group are toxic and have negative influence on human and environment. The paper presents results of research of carbonyl compounds arising at thermal loading of various wood species at various conditions of thermal loading. The samples of beech, fir, spruce and birch wood were thermal loaded at temperatures 135, 170, 205, 240, 270, 450 and 600 °C. The carbonyl compounds were anal...

In recent years, the intern ational community has witne ssed incidence of climate variability and human ac tivities. In this study, will be treated water resources and environmental protection is the catchments area of Lake Badovc. The catchments area of the Lake Badovc has a size of 109 km² and the active storage volume of the lake is assessed to 26.4 Mill.m3. Around 28% of the total population of Municipality of Prishtina supply with drinking water from Lake Badovc. The knowledge of flows reaching the Lake Badov...

This bachelor thesis is focused on speech synthesis of Czech language in frequency domain. The resulting software solution consis ts of the analyzer and synthesizer of selected elementary speech units. Speech synthesis is based on the LPC model. The analyzer analyzes an input phoneme unit in WAV format, divides it into microsegmens of length 20 ms and keeps the LPC coefficients, flag (voiced / unvoiced) and the residual prediction error signal. These data are then stored in the XML file. Further, this thesis deals...

At present paper the results of chemical and radiochemical analysis of the environmental samples collected from the Shu river valley, are shown. The samples were collected along the Shu river from Tokmak town to Shu town during the field expedition, conducted in October, 2008, and in July, 2009. The main ions and uranium decay radionuclides in water increase up to maximum concentration in Tasotkel reservoir. The biogenic elements analysis showed their typical concentration for arid zone. The water contaminations w...

Eroded soils improvement issues are a prior ity, but it is better to solve such problems using easily recoverable natural compounds as the residual marine biomass. This possibility is insufficiently studied but can solve multiple envir onment problems. The study of marine organisms’ communities that are broth to the Romanian Black Sea shore by the waves, is aimed at qualitative an d quantitative analysis of macroalgal and invertebrate communities, seasonal dynamics of these communities, analysis of macrobiological...

Increasing population, urban development, i ndustrial and agricultural needs, gradually warming the Earth and increasing droughts have been caused of reduction of consumable water and the need for rich resources of underground water has been more than before. Arak as a fourth pole of the industry in the Iran country has especial dependence on Aman Abad region underground water resources, so the study in this area for underground water exploitation and control of resources have great importance , that most of these...

The cement as a building material significan tly affects the environment throughout the whole life cycle. The environmental assessm ent of products should be a factor of importance in term of protection of the e nvironment and human safety. Environmental assessment of type I which determines the criteria for materials and products is the most used evaluation process in Slovak Republic. Cements environmental criteri a within the Slovak eco-lab elling process include the energy consumption limitation for production ...