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The paper investigates the removing of cations praseodymium (III) in the form of dodecyl sulfates from nitrates solution with cations of the REE by calculation the separation coefficients by ion flotation process. The dependences of the distribution coefficients and the degree of recovery dodecyl sulfate praseodymium (III) on the pH of the equilibrium aqueous phase are received. Experimental results, obtained in the above process, the possible applications results in technological processes and conclusions about t...

The monolithic pattern of rocks from two large intrusive massifs in the Fennoscandian Shield is assessed by analyzing their macro- and microfracturing. Macro- and microfracturing was analyzed on rapakivi granites from the Neoproterozoic Salmi multi-phase massif and gabbrodolerite from the Paleoproterozoic Ropruchei sill. Macrofracturing was studied on bedrock exposures in the field. Macrofracturing is understood as a fracture which is visible within the rock exposure and which varies in size from 10 cm to 100 m. M...

The volume of generated municipal waste increases proportionally with the rise in population and higher personal consumption by individuals. Municipal waste management requires considerable financial resources and, because all of us generate waste, we all have to contribute our share. In the Slovak Republic, the fees for municipal waste are laid down by Act No. 582/2004 Coll. on local taxes and local fees for municipal waste and minor construction waste. Pursuant to this Act, municipalities issue their generally b...

In all industrial branches, the last period is under the sign of economic progress, but with the lowest energy consumption and the lowest possible release of pollutants. Technologically, therefore, the removal of polluting technologies and the introduction of new "environmentally friendly" technologies are being sought. Thus, the new industrial trend is to reduce the use of molded or forged semi finished products and the introduction of cold rolled semi finished products or other processes. This transformation can...

A classification of the levels of convergence of geoinformation resources in economic systems is proposed, which puts information technology solutions, services, platforms, infrastructure and categories that the subjects of the economy solve in the process of forming value chains of tasks. The use of convergence of information, financial and material flows is considered, mechanisms of the received synergetic effect are established. A technique for numerical estimation of such an effect is proposed, as well as a mo...

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

In Romania, most of the construction and demolition wastes are stored together with other categories of waste or industrial by-products. Landfilling takes large areas of valuable land, but also causes air, water, and soil pollution, increasing the importance of any valorization or recycling technology for these types of materials. The European strategy regarding recycling concerns prevention, reuse and recycling of waste. The main materials that can be recovered from construction and demolition waste are: excavate...

Faculty of Exact and Engineering Sciences was founded in 2015, being one of the main pillars of the ?1 Decembrie 1918? University of Alba Iulia. The main objective of the managerial plan of the faculty leadership was to create a clear and unmistakable identity of their specializations, from didactic point of view and research activity carried out within the study programs. The main objective that has been stated in the Faculty's development strategy is the promotion of the faculty as a leader in the human resource...

The article considers the main elements of integration logistics, the functions implemented with its help in the field of material and technical support and supply, the characteristic of innovative stability is given and a universal logical model is constructed. Logistics, organized for the timely and purposeful receipt of inventory at the right time and in the right place with economic benefits at the lowest cost, is considered as the most important sphere of economic activity at the macro level and as a field of...

Maritime Differential GPS systems (283.5-325 kHz) are today the basic method for determining the position of vessels in coastal navigation, entering into seaports as well as pilotage around the world. Today, the position accuracy of these systems reaches about 1 m (p = 0.95) and its availability is higher than 99%. In the last decade, many countries, including Poland, have created a number of national and commercial GNSS geodetic networks. Their range often also includes marine waters, hence the use of methods of ...

For the development of the aviation industry companies more and more important becomes the issue of sustainable development. It was found that the technology creativity can play an important role in minimizing the negative impact of aviation companies on the environment, for example by initiating and realization of innovative projects related to environmental protection. Technology creativity gives rise to a new perspective on the development of contemporary enterprises, in particular for high-tech enterprises tha...

The article is devoted to the consideration of one of the most pressing problems of Russian reality - ensuring the environmental security of the country. This problem is investigated by the authors in the context of their awareness of the fact that Russia's environmental problems are part of the global environmental problem and, accordingly, require for their solution not only domestic measures, but also broad coordination of environmental actions of the Russian Federation with the actions of other countries and i...

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

Throughout the last few years, there has been a global trend to preserve protected green areas. Each nation is responsible for ensuring that such areas are not potentially destroyed by faulty social management and development. Therefore, a sustainable future can only be built with sufficient care for green infrastructure, which once destroyed is almost impossible to restore. Communities should thus actively participate towards protecting their local biodiversity and natural habitats, thereby improving their collec...

One tenth of the European population lives in distressed areas where physical and economic plight is aggravated by social problems. In urban renewal, two emerging problems require attention: a) the inclusion of the local communities in making choices for land administration; b) the complex nature of the interventions due to the multiplicity, diversity and conflict of the elements involved. With the aim of providing an evaluation procedure able to aid public choice, to involve the community and to reach a shared ch...

The stream bed of alpine tarns is heterogeneous. Forms and whole character of lake basins relief depend primarily on the level of their reformation by mountain glacier during the glacial stage and development of geomorphological processes in the surrounding of postglacial stage. Bathymetric survey creates the basis for the construction of bathymetric maps and DTM of lake basins. They complete the whole picture about the local geomorphological development of valleys and variety of their bases. They have the biggest...

One of the main problems industries in general are facing is the prediction of errors or failures of the most sensitive or critical assets of their equipment. For this reason, techniques based on predictive maintenance are emerging, searching for the early detection of possible cracks, imperfections or defects that are likely to cause an accident or the partial or complete shutdown of a plant. The main objective is to anticipate breakages in order to improve the planning and scheduling of control and maintenance o...

The largest amounts of air pollutants are produced by the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, lignite, petroleum, natural gas etc.). This results in an emission of huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (carbon oxides (CO, CO2), sulfur oxides (SO2, SO3), nitro gen oxides (NOx), dust, ashes and soot and others. Significant share of the air pollution is communication, mainly wheeled transportation. Aviation contributes to the pollution of the stratosphere, which adversely affects the state of ozonsphere ...

Long-term research on the ownership structure of individual farms in rural areas has shown that these areas are characterized by a defective patchwork of private land ownership. The sizes of the patchwork may limit, and often even prevent, the programming of works on agricultural land. The development of an algorithm for identifying areas characterized by a strong concentration of a defective patchwork of land ownership allows the selection of these areas (groups of villages) where land replacement works should be...

Using multilayer forest cover dynamics map, which was developed based on GIS, remote sensing data, forest inventory and field data post-fire and post-logging forest regeneration trajectories were revealed in a range of forest growth conditions. A legend of the map was built based on dynamic classification of forest cover and contained information about forest regeneration series and their age stages in different forest growth conditions types. Based on this map a spatial distribution of the most common forest succ...

Work safety in hard coal mines is implemented based on Geological and Mining Law. It imposes an obligation on the entrepreneur to identify hazards related to activities of the mine and to undertake actions aimed at preventing and removing these threats and hazards. The owner is required to assess the risk and propose solutions necessary to minimize it. These activities must cover all activities performed during the production process and the operation of all types of equipment, including mining machines. The most ...

Tanks have been presently used for storage of various materials and products. It can be either a loose material, or various liquid and gaseous substances. Tanks have been often used to store the drinking water or various technical liquids, for purposes of waste water treatment, etc. Rectangular tanks are rarely used compared to cylindrical ones, but still they offer several benefits, e.g. higher resistance to unilateral loading and better use of space. The rectangular tank filled by water has been analyzed in this...

There is a close relationship between the soil characteristics and the parent material. Especially in arid and semi-arid regions where climate and vegetation cover are limited, soil properties are controlled by the parent material. Rock units which have different mineralogical, petrographical and geochemical features representing different parts of the ophiolitic sequence are widely seen in the vicinity of Kahramanmara? province. The ophiolite in the north of Kahramanmara? is generally represented by oceanic crust...

In the modern economy competitiveness is put forward as one of the conditions for economic recovery. In order a sector to be competitive and viable in the long term, and to significantly succeed in its activity over time, it has to be ensured with financial stability. The aim of the research is to assess the financial stability in the Latvian fisheries sector. On the ground of the assessment methodology offered by the author and guiding by the available data and their quality, the author analyzes the financial sta...

Global demand of rare-earth metals production in the last 20 years has the increasing trend. At the same time, according to modern demands of innovative industry, the intensive growth of consumption and production of rare-earth materials is observed. The analysis of publications and the Internet of sources shows that the world levels of consumption of rare-earth production reflects growth rate of economic development and national security for industrialized countries. Export of rare-earth products as a part of hig...

Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic, photosynthetic organisms with long evolution, cosmopolitan distribution and great biodiversity. Many cyanobacteria produce secondary metabolites with hepatotoxic, neurotoxic or dermatotoxic effects, called cyanotoxins. Bloom-forming cyanobacteria can reach high concentrations in water basins and cause death of fish, birds and domestic animals, which determines them as ecological and health risk factors. Their simple morphology and high degree of variability make their taxonomic class...

In this study, investigation of the composition, structure and catalytic activity of the catalyst support based on Ni-Al mixed oxides was carried out. The possibility of controlling structural and acid-base properties of the layered double hydroxides (LDH) by varying the ratio of M2+/M3+ metal cations determines its use as catalyst support. Besides varying of anions in the interlayer space allows to regulate catalytic system activity in the reaction medium. The Ni-Al LDH support was prepared by coprecipitation met...

In 1791 the French Academy of Sciences decided to have the size of the Earth measured once more, to a superior accuracy, hoping that perhaps the size of the Earth could be determined to some 10 metre accuracy. This would translate to the error of one metre etalon to be about 1 micrometer. The task of determining the size of the Earth was entrusted to a pair of geodesists/astronomers, P.F.A. M?chain and J.-B.J. Delambre, both highly regarded members of the Academy. Their task was to measure as accurately as possibl...

The polluting substances are of industrial or agricultural origin, at the level of the different ecosystems. These are the effects of synthetic products on the fauna and flora we are interested in. So our use of biopesticides based on plant extracts, namely essential oils as a natural insecticide is our concern. These bioactive substances or molecules are of great ecological interest because they are very harmful to the ecosystem. The objective of this study is the use of the essential oil of Mentha peperita harve...

The drip feed reactor system for continuous biosynthesis of bacterial cellulose with desired microfibril orientation is proposed. Native bacterial cellulose is obtained on the glucose media using symbiotic complex of yeast and bacteria A.xylinum. Micromorphological characteristics of the bacterial cellulose structure are visualized using SEM Sigma VP ZEISS scanning electron microscopy. The crystallinity degree of the specimens is calculated by new method using X-ray diffractometry (XRD-7000S diffractometer). The 2...

An algorithm for extracting information on the types and subtypes of soils for each pixel of big data sets of remote sensing on agricultural lands is proposed. For this, a mathematical apparatus for constructing a multi-temporal (empirical) soil line is used. The classical soil line (SL) is defined in the RED-NIR spectral space by two coefficients "a" and "b" [2, 6, 9]. In this form, SL does not characterize soil types and subtypes. A multi-temporal soil line (MSL) is the major axis of an ellipse that describes al...

Conversion of vegetable oils and fats are of the great attention in the last decades. The main processes used in the triglyceride processing are transesterification, hydrolysis, hydrodeoxygenation, and hydrogenation. The last two reactions can be concerned with hydrotreatment processes, allowing the formation of hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, and fatty aldehydes. These compounds can be used as fuel components, intermediated for the synthesis of surfactants, fragrances, pharmaceutical etc. In the current work, the s...

The present paper brings to medical, agriculture and ecology specialists?attention a possibility of multivalent investigation of vegetable plants (leaves and fruits) and health of human body, in changed environment factors, due to the pollutants. Scientific studies have shown that human and plants emit electromagnetic fields. ?The aura? or corona?s image reveals information about their energetic state. Today we know that living organisms regulate all their biological processes through electromagnetic phenomena and...

Campsis radicans is part of the Bignoniaceae family and has the appearance of a deciduous vine almost always green. It can reach up to 12 m in length, its leaves are a shiny, dark green and its flowers display a yellow ? orange colour, sometimes tending towards red, with a tubular form, 8 cm long and approximately 4 cm wide. During the experiment, we monitored the influence of cutting length on the cutting rooting rate, the main purpose being the analysis of the influence of the three experimental factors (sublaye...

The article presents a combination of modern methods regarding the problem of sedimentation processes. Suspensions are widely present starting from exploiting processes, through processing of natural resources, metal casting and processing, chemical engineering, problems of supplying drinkable water, and to sanitary engineering and technological processes of water preservation. Processing of suspensions using sedimentation is commonly used in previously mentioned disciplines. It is usually made by clarification, d...

Due to economic and social benefits it provides, transport is a key sector on which development is based. However, adverse effects of transport in terms of the environment, economy, and society ought to be minimised. The European Commission has developed standard indicators to evaluate negative effects of transport and its sustainable development in Union countries. This paper presents these indicators and provides their synthetic analysis. The indicators reveal that several countries (e.g. the Netherlands) develo...

The paper is focused on the assessment of the public interest in the case of carrying out of investment projects on waterways. The realization of projects on waterways has very wide spectra of whole societal impacts, which include technical, economic, environmental and in some cases also historical aspects of investing. The objective of the paper is to introduce methodological steps for the evaluation of partial variants of investment project on the waterway from the point of view of the predominant public interes...

The amount of oil reserves considered difficult to recover is constantly increasing and this has become a major current feature of oil production associated with the development of heavy and high-viscous oil fields. The efficiency of their development requires considering the thermodynamic and rheological characteristics of the crude oil to be extracted. The knowledge of rheological parameters, such as viscosity, shear rate and shear stress of crude oil is vital to most areas of the petroleum industry and is espec...

The paper presents a neural network based methodology for prediction and optimization of internal combustion engine vehicles' fuel consumption, as a way to reduce air pollution. As it is well demonstrated lately, the engine fuel burning is one of the main factors that generate air pollution. Its impact on environment is rapidly increasing, following the increase of vehicles numbers. The best solution to reduce the air pollution is to use electric motor driven vehicles but these are still very expensive, with a low...

The purpose of this study is to compare different classification techniques which are Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Random Forest (RF) for lithological classifications in the western part of Antalya province. During the study, main data source was used as Terra/ASTER image data. The study area (Western Antalya) contains eight different lithological units (i.e. limestone, travertine, peridotite, m?lange, sandstone, chert, clastic, and alluvium) which are identified in 1:2...

The quality of water sources used for drinking water production is highly varied. Many problems arise in groundwater due to the content of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. Thei presence of its in water affects the organoleptic properties, in disosolved form the hydrogen sulphide confering undesirable taste and irritating rotten egg smell which make it unpalatable. Ingestion of sulphides through drinking water can result in stomach discomfort, nausea and vomiting. Ammonia in concentration above 1.5 mg/L can cause odou...

The article presents risk assessment during the surveyor's work. Threats occurring during geodetic measurements in the field were determined. These are various types of measurements carried out for investment purposes, topographic and property boundaries survey, determination of displacements and deformations of structures and engineering structures, etc. It is worth, therefore, that each surveyor should be aware of the dangers that may threaten him during work. Hazards related to geodetic measurements have been i...

Approximation of multi-extremum functions problems arise in a wide range of fields including deterministic and stochastic technics, multi-parameter optimization. The main focus of this thesis is to consider the different principle of approximation problem. Experimental definition of external impacts on complex technogenic systems is related to technical difficulties. This area of research arises from the fact that many problems of multi-extremum optimization are known to be computationally difficult (NP-hard). We ...

Dill (Anethum graveolens), a condimentary and aromatic plant belonging to the Apiaceae family is widely used in the food industry due to its preservative and functional properties. Current study aimed to obtain ethanolic extracts of Anethum graveolens (seeds and fresh leaves) and to investigate these plant parts for their antioxidant activity (AA), total phenolics content (TPC) and profile of individual polyphenols, including: caffeic, ferulic, coumaric, rosmarinic, gallic, protocatechuic acids, rutin, resveratrol...

It is important to analyze the current state of a person during respiration in individual breathing apparatus. For that reason, you need to register cardiorespiratory parameters of a human. Reusable simulators of breathing apparatus with specific hardware and software are used for these purposes. They allow simulating the conditions of the breathing, equivalent to primary breathing apparatus with chemically bound oxygen. During the development of the mine insulating self-rescuer simulator for the personnel of mini...

Flooding caused by storm surges, tropical storms and hurricanes causes severe damages in Haiti every year. When these inundations occur, the affected areas become inaccessible, preventing field work to register the flood water height and extent. Highresolution satellite imagery and aerial photography, on the other hand, are too expensive for a developing country like Haiti. The lack of this data results in a lack of adequate flood maps and models, making it impossible to predict the cost of the damages and take th...

The paper presents the results of the experiments conducted to study the effect of stimulating maturation and ovulation with different types of hormones on the main parameters characterizing the artificial reproduction process of Silurus glanis L. European catfish used in artificial breeding experiments (body weight = 4.0 - 10.0 kg / ex., age 5-8 years) were raised in ponds within the experimental base of the Fish Culture Research and Development Station Nucet, Romania. For induction of maturation and ovulation, c...

The following article is devoted to greening education in Russia. Moreover the following article describes ecological problems in education and culture. We try to underline the role of ecological culture in people life and greening education in higher education. The education system is a sphere of society which forms a man adapted to life in the society and prepared to a certain field of activity. The conditions of higher ecological education is formed general ecology, social ecology, applied ecology. Mass media a...

The construction sector is one of the largest consumers of energy and non-renewable natural resources, but also an important increasing factor of global warming by producing greenhouse gases, especially CO2. In Europe, about 30% of CO2 emissions and 36% of all greenhouse gases emissions are a direct or indirect environmental consequences of the construction sector. In the sustainable development contex, the possibility of recycling, reuse and reintegration in nature, environmental protection and efficient manageme...

Copernicus is a European Union programme designed to provide a service in delivering free, openly accessible data about the Earth?s surface through satellite and in-situ observations. On the other hand, Landsat represents the world?s longest standing continuously acquired collection of space-based, moderate-resolution, land remote sensing data for those working in agriculture, geology, forestry, regional planning, education, mapping, and global change research. Although the images of these satellite systems are ch...