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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleGroundwater Nitrate Contamination Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Parametric Systems and Simulation ModellingDario Sacco, Marco Offi, Marina De Maio, Carlo GrignaniGroundwater nitrate contamination is a source of rising concern that has been faced through the introduction of several regulations in different countries. However the methodologies used in the definition of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones are not included in the regulations. The aim of this work was to compare different methodologies, used to asses groundwater nitrate contamination risks, based on parametric systems … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 7,122 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEstimating Soil Contamination with Kriging Interpolation MethodFatima Zohra Benmostefa LarguecheThe main objective of this study was to investigate whether Kriging is a useful tool to estimate the spatial distribution of ground pollutants in contaminated land. The second objective of this work was a more practical one. It consists on the identification of areas that should be subjected to remedial actions and also on deciding which contaminant needs to be … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2006 · 8,287 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleImpact of Lighting Durations on Production, Quality, and Fungal Contamination in Green FodderSuci Wulandari, Adib Norma Respati, Satria Budi Kusuma et al.This study aimed to identify hydroponic fodder seeds with optimal production and chemical quality and to determine the fungal species contaminating the green fodder produced. This study used a 2´5 Factorial Completely Randomized Design pattern, with 2 replications. Factor I consisted of two lighting treatments: (1) 12 hours of natural sunlight and (2)24 h of light (natural sunlight followed by … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 25, Issue 2 · 3 Jun 2025 · 4,792 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleStudy of Mastitis Incidence in Cows of Dairy Farms in East Kazakhstan: Impacts of Nutrition, Endometritis and Mycotoxin ContaminationNurzhamal Mukhamadieva, Dinara Zainettinova, Mardan Julanov et al.This research aimed to investigate the prevalence, etiological factors, and diagnosis of mastitis in dairy farms located in East Kazakhstan. The study was conducted on two dairy farms, “Balke” and “Madi-R,” and examined a total of 490 cows. The findings indicate that the incidence of clinical and subclinical mastitis varied among the years studied. In 2016, the average incidence was … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 4 · 7 Nov 2023 · 5,427 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleReduction of Microbial Contamination of Outlet Waste in Urban Wastewater Treatment PlantsSona Pazdar, Saeid Eslamian, Hossein Gholami, Kaveh Ostad-Ali-AskariThe available research was managed to monitor the physicochemical and microbiological features of treatment plants. The wastewater treatment herb sewage is a straight pollution input source for anthropogenic pollution. The sediment information ideas to an urban drainage trench as a secondary point pollution source while the organotins information highlights the presence of other spread sources, special to this material. wastewater … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 18 Sep 2019 · 7,607 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleContamination of Nitrate in Groundwater and Evaluation of Health Risk in Bachok, Kelantan: A Cross-Sectional StudyAida Soraya Shamsuddin, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Emilia Zainal Abidin et al.High concentrations of nitrate through drinking water have been associated with health problems. This cross sectional study sought to determine the level of nitrate concentrations in private well water and the association to the disease caused by nitrate among population of Bachok, Kelantan. The concentrations of nitrate in 256 wells were sampled from September to October 2015. About 126 respondents … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 23 Jan 2016 · 9,471 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleImpact Assessment of Soil Contamination with Antibiotics (for Example, an Ordinary Chernozem)Yuliya Viktorovna Akimenko, Kamil Shagidullovich Kazeev, Sergey Ilyich KolesnikovThe environmental behavior of antibiotics is not well known and the precise environmental risk assessment is not practical. We studied the impact antibiotics (benzylpenicillin, pharmasin and nystatin) at different concentrations (100 and 600 mg kg-1) on population densities of microorganisms and enzymatic activity of ordinary chernozems in model experiments. The applied doses of antibiotics had definite suppressing effects on population … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 29 Apr 2015 · 7,852 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAir Quality Measurement at the Solid Waste Disposal of Matuail Landfill Site at Dhaka, BangladeshMd. Faruque Hossain, ASM Maksud Kamal, Abdul Halim Farhad Sikder, Zakia ParveenAn investigation was conducted to assess the air quality impact and possible health risk of solid waste disposal on surrounding environment of Matuail landfill site in Dhaka city. Three different locations were selected for soil and plant samples. Leachate samples were collected from active dumping area and fish samples from treated leachate pond. Seven different locations were selected for air … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 5 · 31 Oct 2019 · 8,348 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsLong Term Ageing Effect on Physical and Shear Strength Characteristics of Oil Contaminated Sandy Soils of Al-Ahmadi Field in KuwaitHumoud Melfi Aldaihani, Fahad A. Al-OtaibiSerious environmental damage was caused to Kuwait when more than 600 oil wells were set alight following the 1991 Gulf War, leading to hydrocarbon contamination and a series of ‘oil lakes’ being created in the desert. The effects of these highly damaging actions are still detectable today, 27 years later. The main contribution of this paper is that the effects … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 1 Apr 2019 · 8,060 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsModeling the Evolution of Nitrate Pollution of Groundwater in the Plain of Western Middle CheliffNessrine Belmiloud, Naïma BettaharGroundwater constitute a potential source of drinking water supply and should, consequently, benefit from the necessary protection against the various forms of pollutions, particularly those diffuse of agricultural origin. The plain of Western Middle Cheliff which contains an important resource in groundwater supplying the whole population of the province of Chlef and contributing to the satisfaction of the need for … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 12 Jan 2016 · 7,141 accessesView PDFCite