Volume 4, Issue 6 (2008) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

The Integration of Network-Based Models for Spill Response and Homeland Security

David E. Amstutz — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.544.550

The integration of three hydraulic GIS (Geographic Information System) applications is presented which represent the water infrastructures of cities and urban areas and US streams and rivers. The wate...

Effects of Fertilization and Clipping of Phlomis fruticosa L. on a Phryganic Ecosystem: The Case of Thesprotia, Northwest Greece

Ch. Roukos — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.551.557

This study examined the effectiveness of various shrub control treatments (N+P fertilization, clipping of Phlomis fruticosa and clipping combined with N+P fertilization), to reduce shrub cover and enc...

Impact of Emissions from Power Stations on the Ambient Air Quality of Selected Urban Areas in Kuwait

Bader N. Al-Azmi — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.558.568

In Kuwait, two main power stations, one comprising of seven-300MW steam generators at Doha and other with eight-300MW steam generators at Subyia cover the major power requirement of Kuwait city. These...

Alteration of the Aquifer Water in Hyperarid Climate, by Wastewater: Cases of Groundwater from Ouargla (Northern Sahara, Algeria)

Djidel Mohamed — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.569.575

The present study is registered, on the area of Ouargla (the Sahara septentrional, Algeria) reports of the aquifer contamination by the anarchistic urban rejections. By its geomorphology (basin), its ...

Accumulation and Movement of Four Potentially Toxic Elements in Soils Throughout Five Years, During and After Biosolid Application

Marta Susana Zubillaga — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.576.582

In this research, we have studied the accumulation of four PTEs (Cadmium, copper, lead and zinc) during and after biosolid application, in two soils with different clay content and their eventual move...

Histogram of Intensity Feature Extraction for Automatic Plastic Bottle Recycling System Using Machine Vision

Suzaimah Ramli — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.583.588

Currently, many recycling activities adopt manual sorting for plastic recycling that relies on plant personnel who visually identify and pick plastic bottles as they travel along the conveyor belt. Th...

Prospects of Wind Farm Development in Algeria

Y. Himri — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.589.594

This study utilized wind speed data over a period of almost 10 years between 1977 and 1988 from three stations, namely Adrar, Timimoun and Tindouf in order to assess the energy output for a 30 MW in...

A Putative Serine protease from Larval Midgut of Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Partial Purification and Biochemical Characterization

Ahmed Al Jabr — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.595.601

A putative serine protease was isolated and partially purified from larval midgut of red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) using anion exchange chromatography, DE-52. Sodium dodec...

Degradation of Corn Oil Wastes by Fenton Reaction and Under Mildly Basic Media in the Presence of Oxidants Assisted with Sun Light

Josefina Vergara Sánchez — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.602.607

The degradation of water soluble corn oil wastes was carried out by Fenton reaction and also under mildly basic media in the presence of oxidants, such as hydrogen peroxide and persulfate, assisted wi...

Review of Malaysian Agricultural Policies with Regards to Sustainability

Md. Wahid Murad — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.608.614

The new scientific knowledge coupled with concerns for the environmental, economic and social aspects of agriculture brought Malaysian agriculture into a state of transition. The need for reviewing Ma...

Public Perception of Local Communities towards the Sustainable Management of Laguna Lake, Philippines

Glenn L. Sia Su — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.615.619

Common failures in resolving multiple use conflicts are attributed to the inability of institutions to recognize and incorporate people's perceptions towards the resource. This study aims to determine...

Heavy Metal Mobility in Polluted Soils: Effect of Different Treatments

Marta Susana Zubillaga — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.620.624

The effects of biosolid compost and phytoremediation applied on the leaching of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc, through the different horizons of a superficially polluted soil were determined. The soi...

Vase Life Extension and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Yield of Bougainvillea Flower as Influenced by Ethanol to Attain Maximum Environmental Beautification as Ornamental Components

A.B.M. Sharif Hossain — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.625.630

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of ethanol at different concentrations (ET) on bougainvillea flower longevity and delay senescence in storage condition. The treatments were water con...

Tropospheric Ozone Effects on the Productivity of Some Crops in Central Saudi Arabia

Akram Ali — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.631.637

This study was conducted to evaluate damaging degree of ambient ozone (O3) levels in certain economically important crops in typical areas of the central KSA (Riyadh). Daily mean ozone concentrations ...

Environmental Characterisation of a Nuclear Site Saluggia (VC) (Italy)

Marina De Maio — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.638.648

This study, carried out in collaboration with SOGIN (Società Gestione Impianti Nucleari - Nuclear Treatment Plant Management Company), is an integral part of environmental characterisation activity i...

Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Fish Samples from Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria

David Adeyemi — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.649.653

The organochlorine pesticide (OCPs) residues were measured in three species of fish Tilapia zilli (Red belly Tilapia), Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bonga Shad) and Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Catfish). These...

Geochemical Distribution of Trace Metals and Assessment of Anthropogenic Pollution in Sediments of Old Nakagawa River, Tokyo, Japan

H.M. Zakir — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.654.665

The geochemical distributions of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) were examined in sediments collected from Old Nakagawa River (NR), Tokyo, Japan. A widely used 5-step...

Synthesis of Zeolite from Aluminium Etching By-Product: the Effect of Reaction Temperature on Crystallinity and Its CO₂ Adsorption Property

Kanokorn Hussaro — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.666.674

The synthesis of zeolite from the by-product of aluminium etching process was investigated. The starting by-product reactant had high aluminium content, 92.17% wt. as Al2O3. Si and Na compositions wer...

Application of Moving Bed Biofilm Process for Biological Organics and Nutrients Removal from Municipal Wastewater

M. Kermani — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.675.682

In this study, experiments have been conducted to evaluate the organics and nutrients removal from synthetic wastewater by a laboratory scale moving bed biofilm process. For nutrients removal, moving ...

Calibration and Simultaneous Monitoring of Soil Water Content and Salinity with Capacitance and Four-electrode Probes

Tadaomi Saito — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.683.692

Non-destructive monitoring of soil water content (W) and the electrical conductivity of the soil solution (ECw) has been desired for environmental evaluation and sustainable agriculture. Dielectric pr...

Using Thermal Infrared Imagery (TIR) for Illustrating the Submarine Groundwater Discharge into the Eastern Shoreline of the Dead Sea-Jordan

Emad Akawwi — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.693.700

Many of thermal anomalies that are indicator of discharge zones of warmer water were observed along the Dead Sea shoreline at the areas of Zarka Ma’in, Zara and Al-Mujeb. The groundwater discharge l...

Contribution to the Study of the Origin of Salinity in Alluvial Aquifer System in the Ain chabro-Hammamet (North-East ALGERIA)

K. Seghir — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.701.709

Tebessa is located in the Algerian North East. It is characterized by a semi-arid continental climate with an average interannual precipitation of less than 400 mm. It belongs to the Eastern Saharian ...

Remediation of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Contaminated Water by Using In situ Catalytic and Biological Combined Techniques

A. Nikpay — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.710.715

The hydrolysis reaction of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) into biodegradable products was studied on as-synthesized and commercial H-MFI zeolites. The effect of synthesis procedure and SiO2/Al2O3 rati...

Bentonite used as Adsorbent Agent of the Coupling Adsorption Ultrafiltration of the Secondary Effluents for their Reuse

D. Abdessemed — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.716.720

This present study has for principal objective to treat secondary effluents of the Staoueli purification plant (Algeria) with the average characteristics in the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) is 76 mg L...

Solute or Heat Transport in a Flat Duct

Elijah Johnson — 2008-12-31

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2008.721.726

Steady state solute and heat transfer for laminar flow in a flat duct has been widely studied[1-4]. The same problem in a circular tube is called the Graetz Problem[5,6]. The transfer rate of solute ...