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The paper deals with an examination of possible application of biodegradation in the decontamination of soil samples from international airport in Ostrava. The laboratory biodegradation tests were carried out with a pure bacterial culture of Pseudomonas putida, a pure laboratory culture of Rhodococcus sp, their mixture and a mixture prepared combining their media free of bacteria. The results of the paper imply that for biodegradation of airport pollutants is most suitable to apply a mixed bacterial culture of Pse...

This paper presents the results obtained by utilization of pulverized coal fly ash both as raw mix component for Portland cement clinker and as admixture to cement type CEM II/B-V, too. The fly ash was analyzed from point of view of chemical, mineralogical and of radioactivity content. Two samples of raw mixes were prepared, one with raw materials as a reference sample consisting from limestone, clay, sand and pyrite cinder, and another with 10.14\% fly ash instead of clay. Raw mixes were ground at a fineness expr...

All materials which are rich in carbon content could be used after activation or adsorption. These materials include coal, lignite, wood, Boone, coconut shells, nut shells, rice husks, and various fruits seeds. Activated carbons obtained from these materials are usually hard and dense. Therefore they could be used in water treatment for long time without deterioration. Activated carbons used in controlling environmental pollution should have high surface area and porosity. Activated carbon is obtained by the proce...

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) introduced revolutionary changes in the positioning and navigation, but it is well known that the precision, reliability, availability and integrity of the results obtained by this technology, largely depend on the number and geometric distribution of the satellites being tracked. This is especially problem in areas with limited sky visibility, such as urban canyons, dam monitoring in valleys, deep open-pit mines, larges construction sites. Furthermore, indoors or undergr...

Chlorine disinfection is a generally used process for eradication pathogenic microorganisms from drinking water to prevent water-born diseases. It has been demonstrated that natural organic matter (NOM) in raw water may react with chlorine to form disinfection by-products (DBPs) which are carcinogenic or mutagenic. The occurrence of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water has been an issue of major concem during the last years due to their adverse health effects. The development and optimization of analy...

The aim of this study is to investigate ultrasonics use for colemanite flotation. The samples used in the study were provided from Eti Mines Inc.’s Emet Boron Works. The samples were 0-3 mm concentrates which could have not been increased to desirable B2O3 \% grades. At first, determination of moisture and grinding experiments were carried out. The liberation size of the ore was determined as minus 250 $\mu$m and minus 38 $\mu$m was removed because of the negative effect of slime coatings in flotation. Then, it wa...

Barite occurrences east of Istanbul (NW Turkey) are compared major mineralogical and geochemical properties, and identified depositional origins. Sile barite occurrence, which is near Blacksea, north east of Istanbul, is alternated with Triassic sandstone. Petrographic observations reveal that barite grains are found out in the sand stones. Chemical analyses are conducted on eighteen samples via AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy) equipment for detection of Cu, Zn, Pb, Sr, Cd and Ni concentrations. Because of a v...

GPS (Local Positioning System) technique is still the most applied positioning system in practical applications and engineering projects in our country and in the world. Since GPS measuring is commonly used in every kind of geodesic study, heights used in practice can be obtained easily in demanded accuracy from GPS. However it is necessary to determine geoid which had enough precision in working place. Because geoid is a natural relation between the ellipsoidal height (h) determined by satellite and orthometric h...

The public-private partnerships are a very common form, which is used to realize the various types of public projects in case the public sector does not have enough financial means or knowledge to realize such projects without the presence of private sector. The proper legislative background is required to apply these long-term contractual relationships between public and private partner. In Slovak Republic the situation is moving forward together with first extensive PPP projects, which were realized in Slovakia ...

Form time to time real estate owners have problems from each other because of demanding access right from neighbouring real estate which has no bordering to cadastre or reconstruction road. Neighbouring real estate owner doesn’t want to allow the others who want to go their fields, lands or gardens with their vehicles and equipments. According to the Turkish Civil Code Article 747, landlord who doesn’t have enough way from his land to the general road may pay in consideration of demanding an access right from neig...

In last years education and literacy of health becomes important in our country and in the world. The flu of H1N1 which appears in 2009 is known that it is contagius and causes sensations around the world. This brings out different perceptions in the society even in the heralthcare services. Determinate the percieve of H1N1 and the level of health literacy for people in the society is an important fact. This study is for to inform undergraduate students about this disease and also determine their level of health l...

The processes of weathering and dissolution of the impoundment sediments have a significant impact on mobility and availability of trace elements such as arsenic and zinc. They can become dangerous sources of contamination for the surrounding ecosystem. The focus of this study is coal ash impoundment near the village Po\vsa, the drainage water contaminating surface waters and sediments of the Kyjov Brook and Ondava River. Results of chemical analysis show significant contamination by arsenic and zinc. Maximum conc...

As a growing trend in the world, internet-based research occupies our daily life of people. The usage of the internet of students has increased dramatically in recent years. Internet usage has become an important part of student life. As it is well-known, internet usage includes emailing, receiving information, searching a specific topic, gaming, watching pornographic pictures, shopping, downloading, communicating, and having new friends and so on. The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between pe...

Methane emissions released into the atmosphere during coal mining, exerts a double environmental impact, namely they participate to the ozone layer depletion process and, simultaneously, they have a significant contribution to the enforcement of the greenhouse effect. On the other hand, this methane can be used by the mining operators, as main or ancillary fuel resource for energetic purposes. Until now, in Romania an overall energetic potential study was not systematically carried out, regarding the hard coal bas...

Association Quercetum trojanae dukagjini in Kosovo as relict and refugial phytocoenosis is preserved only in some specific localities: near Pashtrik, Koritnik, Oshlak and some individuals in complex of Carralevas Mountains near Theranda. The altitude of these grounds is from 300 to 900 m (1000 m). Geological composition is made of limestone rocks. The pedological cover is red earth (terra rosa). The phytocenosis is under the Mediterranean climate, which comes through the valley of the Drini i Bardh\"e River. Phyto...

Fluorine as one of the most abundant trace elements in coals is released into the air by combustion and pyrolysis of coal. The produced fluorine gaseous compounds, particularly hydrogen fluoride, are harmful due to their toxicity to living organisms and as a source of corrosion of metallic and ceramic materials. Reliable determination of generally very low concentrations of fluorine in coal (ten to hundred ppm level) is difficult. Standard analytical methods require tedious procedures for sample decomposition and ...

The paper presents study of hydrologic drought in the period of low flows for the region of Toplica river in the central South of Serbia. Seven gauge stations from the Republic of Serbia Hydro-Meteorological Service (RHMZS) Surface Water Observation Network serve the studied region. These gauge stations represent river basins with the area range 180-2083 km2. Gauge stations are functional for 47 to 56 years. A review of available drought analysis is given, with focus on the studied region. Temporal and spatial var...

The increasing amount of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste is a worldwide problem which has induced requirements for its recycling and reusing. PET fibres have been used as a dispersed micro-reinforcement in a cementitious matrix. The microreinforcement in the fibre reinforced concrete absorbs tensile strain and prevents formation of microcracks originating from concrete shrinkage. The present work has been aimed at studying the effects of aging PET fibres by alkali hydrolysis and temperature cycles on the ...

Kosova is a country rich in coal, mainly lignite type and regarding to the reserves, it is ranked in the fifth place in the world. Estimated resources of lignite are average 12.7miliard tones, which are distributed in three main basins (Kosova, Dukagjin and Drenica). Approximately 50\% of entire country natural resources constitutes this type of coal. Thermo energetically installed power is 1478 MW , and lignite supply is from open pits, Mirash and Bardhosh with the use of lignite capacity of 16 million tones per ...

The accumulation Mihoiesti was to ensure, primarily, the water in the area of mines Apuseni Mountains - Rosia Poieni use fall created to produce electricity and other uses of the river basin Aries. Waiving further develop water requirements for the operation of copper Rosia Poieni, imposed, as in the current situation, accumulation conducted to act as temporary accumulation over a period of time greater, with some implications for the function. Currently, the dam does not meet the conditions of safety in operation...

Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are very useful tools for managing, checking, and organizing spatial information from many sources and of many types in thematic layers. One of the most important applications of geographical information system (GIS) is the site selection for various problems. The main purpose of this research is the selection of the best place for establishes the processing plant next to the one mineral deposit, which is located in Howe Hill in United Kingdom (UK), using of IDRISI software. T...

There are lots of institutions active in Turkey to carry out institutional services in urban areas each of which have different purposes and work rules. Each of these institutions was founded to have different functions according to their own special institutional regulations and rules. Every institution in cities works just by collecting its required information and only in the area of its responsibility. There are big negations in satisfying the requirements of its related institution as well as difficulties are...

The great reserves and also convenient conditions for the use of coal represent very strong arguments for the justification of private capital investment in the energy sector of the Republic of Kosovo. The trend of living standard increase, development of industry and market demands within the South-East Europe pose the need for the construction of new power generation capacities. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is the introduction of possibilities for the coal supply of generation capacities up to 2000 MW in...

A detailed investigation of physical and chemical properties of pyrite cinders from sulfuric acid production has been carried out by employing variety of analytical methods and techniques, including ICP-MS, XRL, XRD, M\"ossbauer Spectroscopy, SEM-EDX, SQUID, TGA, etc. The study is focused on the investigation of the content and distribution of about 50 micro- and trace elements in magnetically separated fractions, and among/within individual particles. It has been found that many heavy metals exist in easily avail...

Research presented in this paper is a part of our ongoing work on GeoNis framework. GeoNis is framework for interoperability of GIS applications in local community environment. In this paper we introduce an approach for automatic generation of objectoriented model for handling ontology instances stored in relational databases. Central part of this approach is an algorithm that transforms application ontologies into appropriate object-oriented model. Using this approach we have developed a Data Access Layer Generat...

Specific statistical methods can be used when monitor the degree of water pollution in a target zone. The purpose of usage of time series properties is to understand the driving forces and structures that produce the observed data and to fit the data into a model and proceeds them to forecasting, monitoring or even feed back and feed forward control. The essential difference between modelling data via time series methods and using the process monitoring methods is that in time series analysis the data points taken...

The goal of the work was verification of floatabilty of bituminous coal from mine Staszicz with different collectors (Flotalex and Montanol), which are generally used in coal cleaning plants in Czech Republic and Poland. From the flotation and petrological results follows that floatability of given coal is approximately equal at Flotalex and Montanol application.

With contemporary development of computer techniques has been enabled execution of work by GPS satellite system in mining operations which GPS system serves for collection of data related with mining operations and explosive storage facilities. Today, these computers are part of standard equipments in the most part of mining operations. These systems offer a possibility of connection with tachograph, readers interested in the data of mining operations, measurement of coordinates by handheld GPS, transfer of data i...

Organic matter of lignites from five Tertiary deposits in the Czech Republic was studied and the general goal was to characterize a series of different coal lithotypes in relation to depositional environment from the viewpoint of organic petrology and geochemistry. Coal samples were chosen to cover various lithotypes: xylite rich coals, matrix coals, liptobioliths, and sapropelic coals. The samples differ in ash, sulphur, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and volatile matter contents, and calorific values. Xylite rich and ...

The paper deals with specific issues concerning the introduction of cadastre development in Romania in terms of market economy and integration in the European community. The paper addresses the historical stages of different land works, the present situation and future courses of action. Achieving accuracy in conditions of adequate infrastructure in Romania is influenced by specialized methods and apparatuses used in making observations, their processing and implementation of related documentation.

Ambient particulate matter contains numerous organic species, including several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that are known or suspected carcinogens. Atmospheric particles were collected using low-volume sampler on glass fiber filters among August 2007-June 2008. The study area is under the influence of heavy traffic. Filter samples were extracted with petroleum ether /n-hexane by ultrasonic agitation, concentrated, and measured at trace levels using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The method was ...

The authors were the first to carry out the investigation of thermal properties of serpentinous dunites (olivine rock) at Mount Soloviev, Nizhny Tagil duniteclinopyroxenite massif. The collection studied includes 12 dunite samples varying in the degree of serpentinization in the range of values from near 0 to practically 100\%. The samples of serpentinous dunites from the Urals were investigated for thermoconductivity and thermal diffusivity by the apparatus applying the method of periodic heating in the system of...

As it is well-known, students’ vocational choice and students’ personally types are very important regarding of the effectiveness of academic programs. This research aims at clarifying the relation between students’ personality types and their choices by using students’ perceptions. The research has been conducted on 352 students attending at School of Vocational Studies. According to the research findings, there are strong relationships between students’ personality types and their choices. Based on The Five Fact...

Optimized site selections for urban facilities and services could be mentioned as one of the most important factor in urban management. In this context, several factors influence on decision making for site selection that by considering each of them, management could optimize the usage of equipments by employing the standard criteria. In this study, with regard to different criteria in selecting appropriate waste storage locations, which reaches both economic-technical and environmental considerations, and by empl...

The metal content of a number of white wines was determinated by inductively coupled plasma optical emission: Cu and Fe. The metal content of white wine samples ranged from 13.6-39.4 $\mu$g/L for copper and 1.6-11.7 $\mu$g/L for iron.

The result of these fast and impressive develoments of information (IT) and communication technologies electronic trade becomes more prevalent. All these developments on e-trade influence good on industry and macroeconomic policies and performance. The top conutries on international competition are mostly the users of IT technologies.This study purposes the profile of informatics literacy on e-trade in Turkey. In summary of economic indicators are Industrial and occupational changes, globalism, economic dynamism, ...

The groundwater quality survey can be made by using monitoring and analysis tools that are able to manipulate time-series large datasets showing a spatial reference. Data correlation with the spatial distribution of the hydrogeological structures is compulsory. Within the urban environment the problem show a larger complexity because of the infrastructure interaction. Within the collaboration framework between several Spanish and Romanian institutions a management, analysis, and modeling hydrogeological platform f...

Five honey samples were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The concentrations of analytes in the digests (seventeen minerals), obtained via optimized dry decomposition of honey samples, were quantified for each honey.

The production of the agglomerate is always related to the consumption of energy, occurrence of solid polluting substances and emissions, which are the main source of air pollution. The submitted work contains the analysis of knowledge obtained from the literature, but mainly analysis of the results gained from the laboratory sintering pan. This laboratory sintering pan sufficiently simulates conditions present on the sinter belt in relation to the production of CO, CO2, NOx, SOx and solid polluting substances in ...

The submitted paper describes general data about geology, hydrology and hydrogeology of Radovesice dump. There are eleven hydrogeological monitoring objects in the area of interest. Monitoring of the water level in these objects is proceeding every month. Hydrogeological objects are situated to the aquifers inside the dump body and close to the dump floor. Between January 2009 was realized the new monitoring object with six pore pressure sensors. The submitted paper shows particularly our experiences with the eval...

The main goal of core analysis is to reduce uncertainty in reservoir evaluation by providing data representative of the reservoir at in-situ conditions. Core analysis has to be integrated with field and production data to minimize reservoir uncertainties that cannot be addressed with other data sources such as well logging, well testing or seismic. These requirements define the coring objectives, core handling and core analysis scheme. These objectives cannot be achieved by coring a single well. Coring program is ...

The authors while examining the real estate market for estimating the market value of real estate have defined the areas directly affecting the state of the ecosystem. Using a very simple and inexpensive test, they identified anomalies at the fiscal level of state and estimated negative effects of legislation on the ecosystem. The main research tool was a comparative approach in estimating the value of the property.

The possibility to obtain new eco-compatible building materials by milling, pressing and direct sintering of secondary raw materials (SRM) derived from a physical/mechanical treatment of municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) bottom ashes is discussed. The chemical compositions and particle size distribution of used SRM press powders were evaluated using XRF analysis and by laser granulometer, respectively. The thermal and densification behaviours were studied by non-isothermal DTA-TG and dilatometric techniques...

Drought is the most important and one of the leading natural disasters in the world. The fossil fuel burn, forests annihilation, industrial activities and the other human activities not only take together to rise carbon dioxide, methane, ozone and dinitrogen monoxide that called “greenhouse gasses” but also these factors cause greenhouse and finally the world warming. All these events that called as “Global Warming” occasion to climate changes, inside Turkey and especially the region of South Europe. Those areas w...

Water is the basis of life and is the driving force for economic and social development and for poverty eradication. Agricultural, domestic, industrial, and ecological processes within communities all rely on its quality and availability. Urban green spaces are key ingredients in the cities’ sustainability and contribute to the quality of life in many ways by providing ecological performance, psychological, physical well-being and recreational services. However existence and establishment of green spaces in the ci...

In this study our object is management of obsolete pharmaceutical products, vaccines and other medical waste as: syringes, needles and vials after vaccination. A right way of waste management in generally is very important for one health environment and health life. It is responsibility of everyone to take care of environment. Our focus must be on reducing the hazardous nature and the volume of our waste, and separate more of their waste, and increasing our participation in work on waste management according EU le...

The case of Rosia Montana Mining Museum underlines the importance of promoting tourism in mining on a national basis, to ensure where possible those new employment opportunities are created in tourism in mining and that municipalities are aware of the possibilities for tourism in mining and that these are integrated into their tourism promotional activities. This paper emphasizes that our country’s tourism attractiveness lay in its diversity, including tourism in mining. It is important to perceive the opportuniti...

Balan perimeter is one of the most representative mining zones of the Eastern Carpathians, well known for its copper ores, represented mainly by massive and/or disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite concordantly interlayered with low grade Cambrian metamorphites of the Tulghes Group. The chemical study of these accumulations highlighted the presence of elements (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Mn) which, by geochemical characteristics and behaviour, can be included in the category of heavy metals and which, by build-up and/or m...

Concentration of Na, K, Ca and Mg in selected vegetable cultures: spinach (Spinacia oleracea), lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and parsley (Pertoselinum crispum) were analyzed. Only edible parts of the above plants were used. Metal content was determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Thermo Scientific with Echelle optical design and Charge Injection Device (CID) solid statedetector was used. Determined concentrations were within intervals: 18.44 – 85.04, 16.4 – 25.1, 2.97 – 5.12 a...

Bauxite mineralizations of Seydisehir reside in western Taurides, in Konya region. Mesozoic limestones form the base of local stratigraphy. On top of these Eocene aged limestones and flysch units have precipitated. Allochthonous Paleozoic aged limestones of Hadim nappe units have moved on top of all these units. Formations of the region have undergone extensive tectonic activity. Bauxite mineralizations in the region are associated with Mesozoic limestones. They are located in karst spaces of limestones. These spa...