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Environments, Volume 4, Issue 3

September 2017 - 23 articles

Cover Story: Waste activated sludge is a complex mixture of biodegradable organics and recalcitrant compounds from bacterial cells. Treatments of sludge are becoming increasingly common to improve the hydrolysis of waste activated sludge, but why not apply the treatment to the truly recalcitrant fraction? This research investigates the feasibility of applying post-treatment to sludge and paves the way for advanced environmental engineering of sludge management. View the paper here.
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Articles (23)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,250 Views
12 Pages

Geopolymerization Ability of Natural and Secondary Raw Materials by Solubility Test in Alkaline Media

  • Barbara Liguori,
  • Ilaria Capasso,
  • Marco De Pertis,
  • Claudio Ferone and
  • Raffaele Cioffi

The extent of the dissolution of aluminosilicate compounds is crucial, since the amount of Si and Al initially dissolved is essential for the following polycondensation and can strongly influence physical and mechanical performances of the final prod...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
4,412 Views
2 Pages

Water system management has a direct impact on natural and urban environments, covering a wide spectrum of field applications, ranging from watershed and groundwater management to natural and anthropic systems for water supply and wastewater harvesti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
9,369 Views
12 Pages

Which Ballast Water Management System Will You Put Aboard? Remnant Anxieties: A Mini-Review

  • William R. Batista,
  • Flavio C. Fernandes,
  • Claudio C. Lopes,
  • Rosangela S. C. Lopes,
  • Whitman Miller and
  • Gregory Ruiz

An accepted solution to the environmental problems related to a ship’s ballast water has been the adoption and proper utilization of approved onboard ballast water plans and management systems (BWMS). On 8 September 2017, the International Maritime O...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,877 Views
10 Pages

Commuters’ Personal Exposure to Ambient and Indoor Ozone in Athens, Greece

  • Krystallia K. Kalimeri,
  • John G. Bartzis and
  • Dikaia E. Saraga

This pilot study aimed to monitor the residential/office indoor, outdoor, and personal levels of ozone for people living, working, and commuting in Athens, Greece. Participants (16 persons) of this study worked at the same place. Passive sampling ana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,042 Views
16 Pages

Despite a large number of publications covering various aspects of the influence of climatic factors on runoff, this direction in hydrological research acquires a new meaning in connection with global climate change and the increase in anthropogenic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
13,217 Views
13 Pages

Life Cycle Assessment of a Three-Bedroom House in Saudi Arabia

  • Muhammad Asif,
  • Ammar Hamoud Ahmad Dehwah,
  • Farhan Ashraf,
  • Hassan Saeed Khan,
  • Mian Mobeen Shaukat and
  • Muhammad Tahir Hassan

The building sector is one of the crucial stakeholders in the global energy and environmental scenario. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool widely used to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings, materials and activities. Saudi Arabia h...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
256 Citations
30,300 Views
13 Pages

Blockchain: The Evolutionary Next Step for ICT E-Agriculture

  • Yu-Pin Lin,
  • Joy R. Petway,
  • Johnathen Anthony,
  • Hussnain Mukhtar,
  • Shih-Wei Liao,
  • Cheng-Fu Chou and
  • Yi-Fong Ho

Blockchain technology, while still challenged with key limitations, is a transformative Information and Communications Technology (ICT) that has changed our notion of trust. Improved efficiencies for agricultural sustainable development has been demo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,004 Views
12 Pages

Sludge production in wastewater treatment plants is increasing worldwide due to the increasing population. This work investigated the effects of ultrasonic (ULS), ultrasonic-ozone (ULS-Ozone) and ultrasonic + alkaline (ULS+ALK) post-treatments on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,905 Views
18 Pages

Adsorption of Extracellular Polymeric Substances Derived from S. cerevisiae to Ceria Nanoparticles and the Effects on Their Colloidal Stability

  • Shota Masaki,
  • Yuriko Nakano,
  • Kenta Ichiyoshi,
  • Keisuke Kawamoto,
  • Ayaka Takeda,
  • Toshihiko Ohnuki,
  • Michael F. Hochella, Jr. and
  • Satoshi Utsunomiya

In order to understand the adsorption preferences of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) components derived from fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae on sparingly soluble CeO2 nanoparticles (CeNPs), the adsorption experiments of the EPS including org...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,326 Views
13 Pages

Development of ICT for Leaching Monitoring in Taiwan Agricultural LTER Stations

  • Yankuang Chan,
  • Jhenghong Hu,
  • Chiaoying Chou,
  • Chongyi Liao and
  • Chiling Chen

In order to study the groundwater subsidy from different cropping systems, leaching monitoring in Taiwan started in 2008 and implemented agricultural long-term ecological research (LTER) stations. Initially, leaching data was received by lysimeters,...

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Environments - ISSN 2076-3298