April 2013
Housing and Health: The relationship between housing conditions and the health of council tenants
April 2013
An insight into environmental laws in Canada
Concern for the environment has been increasing around the world since the early 1980s. In the year 1987, the Brundtland report heightened awareness of the need for significant legislative and other changes. People in Canada are gradually becoming more aware of the urgent need to protect the environment. Canadians are involved with many projects to protect fragile ecosystems and stop further environmental destruction....
April 2013
“Mapping the regional variation in potential vulnerability in Indian Agriculture to climate changeâ€- An exercise through constructing vulnerability index
India is potentially vulnerable to adverse impacts in agriculture on account of climate change. The Anticipated changes in water availability (surface, freshwater and ground water), temperature rise, soil degradation and the suggested increase in extreme events such as the drought, floods and cyclones will affect agricultural severely. The present paper aims to develop the vulnerability profile of agricultural systems...
April 2013
Optimising a fall out dust monitoring sampling programme at a cement manufacturing plant in South Africa
The aim of this study at the specific cement manufacturing plant and open cast mine was to develop a positioning guideline for monitoring equipment and to optimise the fall out dust sampling programme. A baseline study was conducted on existing practices and legal requirements relating to fall out dust monitoring. The different methods and techniques for the identification of particulate emission sources and the...
April 2013
Effect of essential oils extracted from Satureja calamintha, Mentha pulegium and Juniperus phoenicea on in vitro methanogenesis and fermentation traits of vetch-oat hay
The impact of inclusion of essential oils (EO) extracted from Juniperus phoenicea, Satureja calamintha and Mentha pulegium at three levels: 0, 1.66, 3.33 and 6.66 μl/ml of incubation medium, on methane production and rumen fermentation traits of vetch-oat hay was studied in in vitro gas production test, using 200 mg of substrate in a 60 ml graduated syringes. Gas production was recorded at 3, 6, 9, 24, 48, 72 and 96...
April 2013
Effect of polyaluminium chloride water treatment sludge on effluent quality of domestic wastewater treatment
Water resources degeneration is accelerated by the discharge of untreated wastewater and its byproducts, hence, reuse of these wastes is a major contributor to sustaining fresh water for the coming decades. In this study, the reuse of polyaluminium water treatment sludge (PA-WTS) as a flocculant aid to improve the effluent quality of wastewater during primary sedimentation is evaluated and presented. PA-WTS was...
April 2013
Geo-environmental/ecological management study and audit scheme of Alakiri Field, Niger Delta
Ten (10) water boreholes for water level monitoring and sub-soil analysis were carried out in the Alakiri Field, Niger Delta, Nigeria. The positions of the boreholes were chosen on the basis of grid sampling to reflect a good representation of the entire Alakiri field. Boring of the drill holes to 20 m each was carried out with the use of a light cable percussion rig. Stratigraphic synopses of the boreholes display...
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