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The oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface. There is a constant material andenergetic interaction of the ocean with the environment. This process determines themodification of the basic properties of its waters, which, in turn, determines the climatechange on Earth. Climate change remains today one of the most discussed issues in bothacademia and the public. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ofUNESCO responsible for supporting global ocean science and services pays greatattention to the imp...

Proposed within the framework of the conducted study were options for producing the titanium trichloride, a precursor for the synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles to produce dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). Optimal concentrations of the initial titanium tetrachloride solution were identified, which have a major effect on the reduction process and the stability of resulting titanium trichloride solutions. Possible synthesis and destruction mechanisms of the titanium trichloride under the influence of vario...

Modern professional geographic information systems (GIS) include a wide range of well-tuned powerful algorithms for processing and analyzing spatial data, but their use is hampered by the specifics of the information environment in which the GIS data operate. At the same time, web technologies can provide an information environment that will allow users to access GIS software from anywhere in the world. The integration of GIS and web technologies provides greater opportunities for collecting, accumulating and proc...

Increasing the number of cars in urban areas and the development of a variety of production technologies involving the use of fossil fuels in the urban environment are leading to a significant increase in air pollution. As air pollution with heavy metals and other chemical elements increases, air quality is deteriorating. Poor air quality, in turn, causes a number of different problems for human health, causes poor feeling and reduces life quality in total. The method of analysis of snow samples is one of the meth...

In absence of core samples and open-hole well-log data, the broken bits of rock removed from the borehole during the drilling process represent in many cases the only lithological data that is recovered from a well. The main objective of this study was to build up a lithological profile and to use the data in order to improve the knowledge about the local geology (Quaternary deposits). Lithological information at shallow depth is generally used to better understand the local site effects, known to play an importan...

A comprehensive study of composites using traditional methods of testing mechanical properties in combination with methods of digital optical and scanning atomic force microscopy made it possible to establish stable correlations between the content of chromium diboride CrB2 additive with an average grain size WC, microstructure parameters, hardness, fracture toughness, ultimate strength at bending and compression. The optimal ratios of the components of the WC–Co-CrB2 system have been established, at which a finel...

Peptide-drug conjugates are therapeutic agents that combine one or more drug molecules with a peptide through a biodegradable linker. Even if the peptides used in synthesis of such conjugates have a smaller pharmacological action than the small molecule of organic drug, they easily penetrate the membranes and then bind to receptors. Peptide-drug conjugates are used in various fields, such as: (i) anticancer therapy; (ii) antimicrobial application; (iii) anti-inflammatory application. In the last decades, researche...

Surface mining method enormously affects the environment in terms of fugitive dust emission than underground mining method. High mechanization in mining operations leads to add heavy load of dust to the surrounding area. Dust not only deteriorates the environmental air quality in and around the mining site but also creates serious health hazards. During coal mining activities, large quantities of coal dust, ashes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metals are released into the environment, forming a compl...

Landsliding is among the most massive and active exogenous processes. Now they increasingly manifest in permafrost zones due to climate change and require close attention and careful study. Analysis of the territory most prone to these processes, one of the largest islands in Northern Canada, Banks, confirmed earlier studies of landslide processes in this zone, which indicate a relationship between increased activation of landslides and abnormally warm summers. The study and assessment of the landslide focus param...

The article presents the current situation of the largest mining regions in the EuropeanUnion, which is the Silesia region in Poland.The current legal conditions regarding the adopted ambitious climate goals in the 2030and 2050 horizon and the resulting obligations of the Member States to reducegreenhouse gas emissions will result in significant changes in the economic profile, inparticular in the Silesia region. The energy transformation is a very complex and longterm process, which includes both technological ch...

Climatic changes are recorded across the globe. Within the cryolitic zone, in the area of insular permafrost and permanent snow patches, the relevance of soil temperature measuring lies in recording changes of perennially frozen rocks and dynamics of seasonal soil freezing. These indicators are important for understanding changes in environmental parameters, landscape changes in the boreal zone, and the impact of changes on human economic activities, including the oil and gas industry. The present studies of the s...

The article considers the problem of predictive estimation of deformation processes of geotechnical control objects. It is noted that the main task of geotechnical monitoring is the rapid identification and geodynamic forecasting of geological processes that may affect the safe state of life-supporting and man-made objects, in order to timely develop and take measures to prevent and eliminate emergency situations. One of the most effective ways to timely predict the beginning and activation of deformation processe...

Records of the magnetometers responding to the effects of big earthquakes were noticed more than a hundred years ago. Even then began to dispute what caused these effects: mechanical vibrations of instruments or electric or magnetic oscillations generated by the earthquakes. In Panagjurishte (PAG) observatory we have great opportunity to shed light on this issue because we have four important instruments installed on the site - three different types of magnetometers and one seismometer. Three large earthquakes wit...

Global seismic risk and vulnerability to earthquakes are increasing steadily as urbanization and development occupy more areas that a prone to effects of strong earthquakes. The assessment of seismic hazard and generation of earthquake scenarios is the first link in the prevention chain and the first step in the evaluation of the seismic risk. The territory of Bulgaria represents a typical example of high seismic risk area in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. Over the centuries, Bulgaria has experienced st...

Ecoethics and its various forms are an important phenomenon today. The bad ecological situation and the threat of the ecological collapse of the planet have been the subject of reflection by many theorists. These include multidisciplinary scientists, philosophers and ethicists. In our paper, we focus on the parallel presentation of different approaches by theorists from different industries. We present the biologization of economics, Heidegger's reflection of man's predatory relationship to the present, Ehrlich's ...

In Eastern Europe, Batumi is one of the dynamically increasing touristic center, development of recreational economy where creates some particular ecological issues. The urgency of the matter is also increased by the fact that ecological condition of recreational zone of city sea coast is developed with worsening tendency due to increased touristic flow and anthropogenic load. The main aim of research is to study the mechanism worsening the ecological condition of sea coast`s recreational zone, find out the geogra...

Zaporizhzhia oblast is located in the steppe zone of Ukraine with a characteristic flat landscape dominated by chernozem soils (70% of the area), 10% of the area – chestnut and dark chestnut soils (south and southwest), which are characterized by some salinity, especially in the coastal part. This area is characterized by significant diversity of soil conditions. Excessive plowing of the territory (about 85%) worsens the ecological conditions and opportunities for self-regulation of the agro-landscape, reduces the...

The article actualizes environmental issues, which are significantly influenced by the process of informatization of man and society, which unfolds not only as an increase and accumulation of information, but as a search for new ways to organize activities and determine the means of its implementation. It is determined that the construction of innovative models of creation of philosophical and ecological knowledge is not properly reflected in the global information network. To develop new information and humanitar...

With this article, the author will try to outline the relationship between environmental urbanism, the urban economy and policies to build sustainable cities of the future. Given that worldwide attention is being paid to the problems of climate change, which go hand in hand with the creation of sustainable architecture, which uses green technologies to build a modern city, where the application of the environmental approach is seen as a means of healing and planning the modern city of the future. The emerging tren...

The problem of the environment is becoming more and more pressing. The economic evolution of the world has led on the one hand to wellbeing, but on the other hand, has not taken into account Natural Resources. Sustainable development is on the agenda of all countries and represents a challenge for a return to green values. The European Union has sustainable development as one of its priorities. However, all this is not possible without proper education. The EU and national governments have set clear targets to gui...

Soil and groundwater resources are natural resources of high ecological value, their protection against chemical degradation and pollution being of major interest and requesting a new methodology based on risk instruments. The need to implement methods for qualitative and quantitative assessment of ecotoxicological risk resides in objective assessment of effects pollutants have on ecosystems, to limit the transfer of xenobiotics to lower and upper levels of the food chain. In this sense, the team of the Environmen...

The carbon fiber composite plate is finding their increasing importance as structural material in civil building, construction equipment, aviation and marine applications. Most often, reinforced concrete structures are strengthened due to internal reinforcement corrosion, freeze-thaw action or weak original design. The carbon fibers composite plate is used in strengthen and to improve the structure's load-bearing capacity, stiffness, and service life. But despite the good reinforcing properties of composite materi...

The presented paper deals with the issue of enhancing soil erosion resistance in the cultivation of crops prone to soil erosion. In the period before growing maize (Zea mays L.) as a main crop, a system of cultivating intermediate crops was tested with the use of clovers. The main criterion in the classification of soil resistance to erosion was the soil aggregates stability (SAS). In 2017, the experimental plot was divided after the harvest of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) into the following four variants: a...

The main goal of research was to assess whether the growing of intermediate crops prone to frost kill could contribute to increase the capacity of arable land for the retention of N-substances. In 2018, a field experiment was established, in which the following intermediate crops were grown in the period between the main crops (wheat - corn): (i) Trifolium vesiculosum Savi., (ii) Trifolium pannonicum Jacq., (iii) Trifolium subterraneum L., and a control variant with no inter crop. The intermediate crops were sown ...

Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), a cheap carbon-based material with large surface-to-volume ratio, are currently broadly investigated as a promising reinforcement for composite materials in building industry to enhance particularly their mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. However, the uniform dispersion of GNPs in composite material is a crucial factor to fully manifest their superior properties. This study is aimed at the design of environmentally friendly composite material based on magnesium oxychlor...

Currently, for the development of industry, it is very important and relevant to create materials with improved properties and parameters. The creation of composite materials based on polymers is promising. YBa2Cu3O6+x (YBCO) particles, according to the Le Chatelier principle, absorb oxygen atoms from the surrounding macromolecules of the matrix, causing a decrease in the volume of the polymer. The effect of nanodisperse fillers from YBa2Cu3O6+x in polyimide composite films on the interactions between macromolecul...

Chemical compounds of natural origin have high biological activity, complex effects on the human body, and safety for health. Preparations based on natural plant raw materials affect the body's adaptive capabilities, acting as factors of nonspecific defense and cofactors of the immune system. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of phenolic constituents of plant origin on the phagocytic activity of peripheral blood cells in vitro. Materials and methods. In vitro study of the effect of phenolic constituen...

Bread is a staple food all over the world and is the main source of sodium in the human diet which may increase the risks of diseases associated with a sodium-rich diet. Potassium chloride (KCl) is known as the most used ingredient for the food industry as sodium chloride replacer, with an intrinsic salty taste at low levels addition. The use of potassium chloride in the bread making process as a sodium chloride replacer may lead to bakery products of a very good quality from the technological point of view. The a...

Environmental protection has taken priority among the amendment proposals to theagricultural support scheme of the European Union, the Common Agricultural Policyplanned as of 2020, one of the specified means of which is precision agriculturalproduction. The case of pig farms using digital technology, it is also possible to collectand analyze production results in the field of pig fattening, which can be used todevelop theoretical models for economical pig fattening, for being better the food chainsafety and reduct...

The current investigation is focused on the preparation and characterization of cerium and manganese oxides by two different but easy to implement procedures and their application as catalysts for ethyl acetate total oxidation, as one of the most difficult to completely oxidize VOC pollutant. The elucidation of the relation between the preparation procedure used and the structure, texture, morphology, surface and catalytic properties of the obtained materials was the main challenge in the study. For the purpose, t...

Birch (Betula spp.) has a notable financial value and is less affected by most significant biotic factors than common coniferous tree species, however, still prone to wind and freezing rain damages. Main storms affect Northern Europe during winter (when trees are at leaf-less state), however it might change as the climate is warming and length of the vegetation period is increasing. Therefore information on wind damages in birch stands during this period is important. Aim of our study was to assess the damages cau...

To better investigate the effect of additives on the hydrate phase behavior and to enrich the hydrate phase equilibrium data in the presence of metal compounds. Hydrate experiments were carried out in the existence of a pure quartz porous medium impregnated with a metallic powder made of 200 g FeSi3, Inconel 718 and CuSn12 alloy, respectively. Results were obtained the entire process of methane and carbon dioxide hydrate formation and decomposition in all cases. In this 949 cm3 lab-scale reactor, metallic powders ...

The instrumental accuracy of modern electronic tacheometers allows to measure the elevation difference with the accuracy of geometric leveling. Meanwhile EDM leveling is less time-consuming. The measurement accuracy comparable to the instrumental one is unattainable in real atmosphere due to the vertical refraction. At a distance of 1 km, the vertical refraction effect can reach several tens of centimeters. The decrease in the accuracy of trigonometric leveling due to the influence of vertical refraction limits th...

Modern industry is characterized by the intensive use of INDUSTRY 4.0 technologies and digitalization, which provide tools to increase efficiency, to reduce costs and achieve goals for the sustainable development of enterprises. This is also relevant for mining production as one of the areas of the general industry. INDUSTRY 4.0 technologies and digitalization increase the deposit development efficiency, optimize technological and production chains, improve mining safety, simplify internal and external logistics (...

Acrylamide (AA) is a chemical contaminant that is formed in bakery products during baking in especially for those obtained from flour with a high extraction rate. There are several ways to reduce the level of AA in bakery products, one of them being the use of antioxidants in bread making. The present study aims to analyze the effects antioxidant addition, respectively a rosemary extract one, in various levels (0.02%, 0.1% and 0.5% on wheat flour of a high extraction rate of 1250 type) to obtain bread products, in...

A high level of professionally determined morbidity conditiones the need to identify marker indicators of health status, immune adaptation mechanisms and markers of sensitization under conditions of exposure to harmful production factors. We examined 70 employees of the sylvinite processing plant, workers in unfavorable conditions of chemical exposure to dust of potassium chloride, saturated hydrocarbons (hexane), formaldehyde. The comparison group consisted of employees of the administrative apparatus. The formal...

Inspite the fact of high invasive activity of hogweed plants (Heracleum Sosnowskyi Manden.) and that nowadays this species already poses a serious threat to human health in most Russian regions, the photosensitizing properties of its secondary metabolites allow to suggest the possibility of their use in agriculture and medicine. ?o confirm this assumption, we studied effects of hogweed biologically active substances on green crops cultivated by agricultural enterprises in the Murmansk region (Russia). It was found...

In this work, experiments have been carried out to study the impact of various stress factors present in the culture medium on the growth and bio-compound production for the microalgae species Porphyridium purpureum. Samples of microalgae have been grown under various stress conditions in a thermostated incubator under mixing and artificial light. Biomass production was determined by removing the cells through centrifugation followed by lyophilization. For exopolysaccharides isolation, the precipitation method wit...

Significant amount of crops yield are lost in the world constantly due to fungal pathogens that inhibit plants in the process of growth or affect harvested products. Rhamnolipids that are detergents produced by bacteria may be efficient environmental friendly alternative of chemical fungicides conventionally used to suppress pathogens. In the present study, the influence of treatment of Fusarium infected cherry tomatoes (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) plants and fruits by a rhamnolipid produced by Pseudomonas fluoresc...

Investigation object: The paper describes the influence of the use of highly effective superplasticizer on the conductivity of cement paste. The paper shows the possibility of improvement the electrical and technological properties of electrically conductive concrete by modifying them with polycarboxylate superplasticizers. Electrically conductive concretes can be used to obtain resistive heaters for snow and ice melting, which are more ecological, then the use of chemical reagents, traditionally used for deicing....

The article deals with new possibilities of electronic documentation eHealth (a global concept of electronic health care) and examines the use of information technologies in health care. It describes the issue of keeping medical records in electronic form and then analyzes the method of implementation of these technologies. The electronic form of this information will greatly simplify and make available the transfer of information. Currently, this form is required mainly from workers in the medical and biomedical ...

The key indicators that have an impact on the success of any organization are employees. When employees have a good relationship with the employer and work together, the tendency is to complete their jobs and tasks faster. Referring to this, this research aims to analyze the components of the employee relationship management (ERM) model and their impact on employee performance. To achieve the objective of the study and to answer the research question, the quantitative method was used, where the population of this ...

Modern space complexes are designed to solve a wide range of tasks, including remote sensing of the Earth in order to assess the geoecological state of territories. The transmission of super-resolution images obtained as a result of sensing to ground-based control systems is traditionally carried out by space telecommunications systems, the requirements for technical characteristics and parameters of which in terms of the speed of information exchange and the reliability of communication are constantly being tight...

The article focuses on the development of an industrial policy towards modernization ofthe resource-intensive sectors of Russian economy based on the principles of BestAvailable Techniques (BATs) and secondary resource recycling (recovery). BATs areregarded as benchmarks for the regulators as they draw up mandatory requirements forthe industry. This way industries would be motivated to introduce innovations andimplement modernization programs, while the regulators should set targets for such atransformation. The m...

The work is aimed at creating methodological provisions to substantiate the safe parameters of the thermal regime in permafrost rocks when constructing underground mine excavations in the Arctic region. An idea is to control the thermal regime by creating mathematical models, taking into account the main technological operations during excavations driving. The paper presents the results of experimental studies and evaluates the thermal impact of various technological processes during the construction of mine excav...

Consideration of the issues of interaction of hydrogeological and geomechanical processes in mining development at water objects in difficult geological conditions is proposed. It is argued that the prediction of the interaction of these processes can be carried out on the basis of complementary deformation approach and the approach based on the theory of cracks. The issues in relation between the mining development and the negative impact on surface and underground waters as well on the safety and technology of p...

Based on the analysis of literary and cartographic material, zonal-landscape characteristics of the development of a producing economy and the emergence of the first environmental challenges in the territory of Russia are assessed. The first environmental problems were caused by a change in the climatic conditions of the life of the earliest settlers and by the peculiarities of the emergence and development of their producing economy. The emergence of the first centers of producing economy in the territory of Russ...

For sustainable development of urban territories there is required a comprehensive analysis of a variety of both favorable and unfavorable factors. It is necessary to take into account not only economic and geographical position of the city in the settlement system, the place in the country's economy for planning and building cities, carrying out reconstruction in urban areas, but also natural conditions and environmental factors limiting the development of urban territory. The first group of environmental constra...

The main objective of the Natura 2000 network set up at European Union level is to improve or restore the conservation status of species and habitats of Community interest, taking into account the economic, social and cultural characteristics of each Member State. The selection of the study area was determined by the anthropogenic and natural pressures exerted on the protected natural area ROSCI0434 Siretul Mijlociu, one of eleven Natura 2000 sites have been declared along the Siret River, Romania and the need to ...

Article discusses the problem associated with the aquifer intensive exploitation, using the example of a region located on the territory of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (South Federal District of Russia). Over the past decades, the mineral waters extraction volume has more than doubled. This was reflected in the distribution of natural vertical hydraulic gradients in the upper part of the hydrolithosphere. And, also, to the intensification of the descending flows and the influx of aquifers polluted by municipal wa...