Based upon an increasing academic and business interest in greening the industrial supply chains, this paper establishes the need for a state-of-the-art decision support system (DSS) for carbon emissions accounting and management, mainly across the product supply chains by identifying methodological shortcomings in existing tools, and proposing a supply chain (SC) framework which provide businesses with a ...

We present foundational work on the use of niche modeling to predict continuous surfaces of acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) and base cation weathering (BCw) within the southern Appalachian Mountain Region of the United States. Predicted ANC and BCw surfaces are subsequently used to estimate steady-state critical loads (CLs) of atmospheric sulfur deposition. We then present a logic-based model ...

In this study we analysed the environmental and economic profile of current agricultural practices for greenhouse crops, in cold and warm climates in Europe, using four scenarios as reference systems: tomato crop in a plastic greenhouse in Spain, and in glasshouses in Hungary and the Netherlands, and rose crop in a glasshouse in the Netherlands. This study is in the ...

The paper presents an eco-design methodology, dedicated to semiconductor components manufacturers. This method aims to increase the designers' environmental consciousness and drive them systematically to explore innovative opportunities that can positively impact the environment during the early stages of design phase. The method relies on an original LCA-based tool for the environmental analysis of integrated circuits. It is ...

UV-filter compounds, which are mostly formulated in cosmetic and hygienic products, are known as an emerging group of environmental pollutants. Solid phase extraction using silica based sorbents followed by high performance liquid chromatography, has been the most frequently used technique for extraction and analysis of these analytes in the products formulations as well as environmental samples. In this work, ...

The subject of this paper is an environmental analysis of processes needed to construct (material production, pavement construction, transport) and maintain (pavement deconstruction, recycling, material production, pavement construction, transport) representative Swiss asphalt, concrete and composite pavements (including subbase layers). The analysed environmental indicators are the IPCC Global Warming Potential indicator, the Ecological Scarcity Indicator and the Non-renewable Cumulative Energy ...

Located at high elevation sites in the Southern Appalachians, the Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) has suffered visible decline in recent years. This study has involved the measurement of concentration levels of aluminum, calcium, and magnesium by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry to determine the contribution of acidic deposition to this decline. Calcium and magnesium are nutrients, and hence one ...

Unsustainable private consumption causes energy and environmental problems. This occurs directly (resource depletion and emissions through using cars for transport) or indirectly (purchase of consumer goods and services for which the production uses energy and emits damaging gases). A hybrid energy analysis proved that indoor energy consumption, mobility, and vacations are the main consumer categories from an energy point of ...

The use of pervaporation technology as a green drying process for the recovery and reuse of the solvent, tetrahyrdofuran, in a pharmaceutical synthesis has been evaluated. A case study has been performed on a step in the synthesis of a new oncology drug. Pervaporation has been integrated with a constant-volume distillation process to produce a hybrid system that allows ...

An historical account of the Bernard Field Station and its present uses. Examining the rhetoric of Land Planning within the Claremont Consortium using archival documents and previous historical documentations. Examining the problems of the land's management and contentious history as well as the future intentions of the space.

During the last decade, immunochromatographic techniques, in particular fluorescence labeled immunochromatography, have become more popular for the determination of low concentrations of analytes. It offers several potential advantages including highly sensitive detection and wide applications in clinical chemistry, bioanalysis, and environmental analysis. Currently, fluorescence labeled immunochromatography is not the exclusive preserve for a few specialists who are well experienced with ...

Published in 2012]]>http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Publication/58032639Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:32 GMT58032639Ade Oyedijoview publication

This study examined the organizational and environmental antecedents and performance outcomes of strategic planning practices in 46 federal and state owned universities in Nigeria. We used a multiple – informant survey research method to obtain information on the extent to which the strategic planning practices of the respondent universities conform with established normative criteria of vision and mission development, external environmental ...

Sampling errors are generally believed to dominate the errors of analytical measurement during the entire environmental data acquisition process. Unfortunately, environmental sampling errors are hardly quantified and documented even though analytical errors are frequently yet improperly reported to the third decimal point in environmental analysis. There is a significant discrepancy in directly applying traditional sampling theories (such as those developed ...

A novel method based on cataluminescence (CTL) generated on the surface of nanosized Bi4MnO8 was proposed for direct determination of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes) in air. The method showed high selectivity for BTEX at wavelength of 620 nm, satisfying activity at reaction temperature of 355 and good stability at �� air carrier flow rate of 125 ml/min. The ...

The objective of the work reported here is to assist BER/ERDA in program planning with respect to a regional assessment study program for energy environmental analysis. The focus of the work was to examine the use of operational gaming fof regional assessment studies. Specific concerns were gaming applications (1) in regional assessment or management and direction of regional assessments; (...

An ornamented artefact made of antler, found in the environs of Świdwin (Pomerania, NW Poland), was subject to structural and environmental analysis. Radiocarbon dating (10 700±60 BP or 10 910–10 680 cal. BC) places it in the Final Palaeolithic, at the end of Weichselian (boundary of the Allerød and Younger Dryas). The surface of the artefact bears a complex ornament of zigzag ...

Effect-directed analysis has been applied to a river sediment sample of concern to identify the compounds responsible for the observed effects in an in vitro (anti-)androgenicity assay. For identification after non-target analysis performed on a high-resolution LTQ-Orbitrap, we developed a de novo identification strategy including physico-chemical parameters derived from the effect-directed analysis approach. ...

Autodesk Ecotect™ is an environmental analysis software which according to the U.S. Department of Energy, has not been validated yet. Therefore, the objectives of this research were to validate accuracy of Ecotect™ for thermal and daylighting simulations of buildings and provide recommendations to the Architecture, Engineering and Construction community on application of Ecotect™. Analysis of thermal performance of an ...

Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among Pseudomonas aeruginosa acquisition on the intensive care unit (ICU), environmental contamination and antibiotic selective pressure against P. aeruginosa. Methods An open, prospective cohort study was carried out in a 16-bed medical ICU where P. aeruginosa was endemic. Over a six-month period, all patients without P. aeruginosa on admission ...

Determination of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) is very important because of their potential hazards to the environment and human health. In present work, 1,8-bis (tetramethylguanidino)-naphthalene (TMGN), a superbasic proton sponge, was firstly employed as the matrix for quantitative detection of acidic PFCs in environmental water samples by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-...

A single particle mass spectrometer LAMPAS 2 (Laser Mass Analyzer for Particles in the Airborne State) was combined with an ultrasonic anemometer to provide a measurement system for monitoring environmental substance exchange as caused by emission/deposition of aerosol particles. For this study, 681 mass spectra of detected particles were sorted into groups of similarity by a clustering algorithm leading ...

This study investigated the use of NIR feed quality equations, developed from a multi-cereal calibration set, including barley, on barley breeding lines and commercial cultivars. The resultant predictions were then analysed to ascertain genetic and or environmental affects. The calibrations were developed by a third party, using a NIRSystems 6500 (master) instrument. The barley spectra we used were also ...

Bioremediation has proven successful in numerous applications to petroleum hydrocarbons or chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated soils. There is increasing interest in application of biotoxicity tests for ecological assessment and for supporting management decisions for remediation. Luminescent assays, light-emitting bacteria in particular, can be a suitable tool for environmental analysis, and in vivo luminescence is a rapid and precise indicator ...

Journal: Remote Sensing, vol. 3, pp. 2110-2127, 2011]]>http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Publication/57671115Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:04 GMT57671115Yi-Hsiu Jen, Chung-Shin Yuan, Yuan-Chung Lin, Chang-Gai Lee, Chung-Hsuang Hung, Cheng-Mou Tsai, Hsieh-Hung Tsai, Iau-Ren Ieview publication

This study investigated the seasonal variation and spatial distribution of gaseous and particulate mercury at a unique mercury-contaminated remediation site located at the near-coastal region of Tainan City, Taiwan. Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), particulate mercury (PTM), and dustfall mercury (DFM) were measured at six nearby sites from November 2009 to September 2010. A newly issued Method for Sampling ...

This paper investigates the use of smartphone technology as a tool to implement building energy audit programmes to increase energy conservation measure (ECM) uptake and concomitant environmental and economic benefits. The smartphone audit analysed provides an energy audit platform with: (i) quasi-real time analysis, (ii) continuous user engagement, (iii) geospatial customization, (iv) additional ECMs, (v) ECM ranking and user ...

Energy conservation and efficiency is an essential area of focus in contemporary building design. The perception that the designers of buildings during the Modernist period of architecture ignored these principles is a false one. The present study, an examination of Paul Rudolph’s Milam Residence, a masterpiece of American residential architecture, is part of a larger project endeavoring to create a ...

U.S. Forest Service managers are required to incorporate social and biophysical science information in planning and environmental analysis. The use of science is mandated by the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act, and U.S. Forest Service planning rules. Despite the agency’s emphasis on ‘science-based’ decision-making, little is known about how science is actually ...

The detection of illegally transported explosives ma- terials has become important for assuring safety at airports and air travel. Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is also one of the most commonly used nitroaromatic explosives for landmines of military and terrorist ac- tivities. As a result, there is an urgent need for rapid and reliable methods for the detection of trace amount of TNT ...

In Mexico shrimp pond aquaculture is the main activity and contributes with 45.9% of the total fisheries volume and 74.3% of gross profit generated by the national products, being Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit in the east coast of the Gulf of California the states generating around 70% of region gross profit. The main species cultivated is the white ...

The wine industry has developed greatly over recent years, and it could be stated that what was once a traditional industry has become a very productive and technical sector. One aspect that has not been studied until now is the cork stopper, despite the fact that most wine bottles are sealed with this product, and practically all corks are produced ...

A novel on-site sample preparation approach for the organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) using functional polymer-coated fibers with a portable agitation device has been developed and demonstrated. In this approach, a handheld battery-operated electric toothbrush was used to provide agitation of the sample solution at the sampling site to facilitate extraction. A functional conjugated polymer (2-(9,9-bis(...

The successful implementation of the industrialization plan in Malaysia in 1985 has led to change this country from an agricultural economy into industrial based economy. The industrial sector represents the highest consuming sector across all other sectors and accounts for about 48% of all total energy demand. This study is concerned with an energy saving, economic and environmental analysis of ...

The general principles and the technical implementations of traditional time-of-flight ion mobility spectrometers and analyzers with field dependent mobilities were reviewed in our last article in this journal. Recent advances in instrumentation and new applications since 2006 are highlighted in this review. In addition to traditional applications as military chemical-agent detector, ion mobility techniques became more and ...

Multivariate science based calibration (SBC) has been applied to the resolution of overlapped peaks in liquid chromatography with diode array detection (LC-DAD). Complex river water samples spiked with 11 pharmaceutical substances resulted in poorly resolved chromatograms containing additional peaks from interfering matrix compounds and a change in the background absorbance due to the mobile phase gradient. Applying the present ...

PM2.5 daily samples were collected at the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis of the National Research Council of Italy (IMAA-CNR) located in Southern Italy (Tito Scalo — Potenza) from 26 June to 11 July 2006. During this period, PM2.5 daily mass concentrations ranged between 2μgm−3 and 46μgm−3 with a mean value of 16μgm−3 and in two cases ...

The extraction of six fluoroquinolones from agricultural soils with different physicochemical characteristics (pH, texture and organic carbon content) has been investigated. Different solvents, consisting of hydroorganic mixtures, have been tested, and basic buffer solutions, with either acetonitrile or acetone, have proved to be suitable extraction solvents. Conventional mechanical shaking and microwave-assisted extraction techniques have been evaluated, and mechanical shaking ...

Centrifugally-driven microfluidic compact discs (μ-CDs) have attracted significant interest within the analytical science community in the past decade, with the primary focus on the potential of such platforms for performing parallel and/or multiplex biological assays and further application in biomedical diagnostics. More recently, μ-CD-based devices were also applied to environmental analysis as platforms for multi-...

Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) has emerged as a viable option for many applications dealing with polar and hydrophilic analytes. The application of HILIC for the analysis of environmental samples has increased in the last years. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) coupled with HILIC-UV or MS (MS/MS) or ICP/MS has been utilized to pretreat, separate, and detect the residuals ...

An overview of potentiometric sensors that are capable of detecting toxic heavy metal ions in environmental samples is presented and discussed. Notwithstanding the tremendous work performed so far, it is obvious that still several limitations do exist in terms of selectivity, limits of detection, dynamic ranges, applicability to specific problems, and reversibility. A survey on important advances in potentiometric sensors ...

A solid bar microextraction (SBME) method containing sorbent materials 2 mg in the lumen of a porous hollow fiber membrane 2.5 cm for the extraction of carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen from river water samples is described. The desorbed analytes were analyzed using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. In order to achieve optimum performance, several extraction parameters were ...

This chapter deals with types, purposes, contents and perspectives of geomorphological mapping, from the widely applied, ‘traditional’ symbol-based maps to the modern geographical information system (GIS)-based, object-oriented geomorphological mapping models, capable of providing reliable multiscale cartographic support to environmental analysis and land planning projects. In the last decades, the availability of new tools such as satellite imagery, ...

Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence (TXRF) is a well-established technique for chemical analysis, but it is mainly employed for quality control in the electronics semiconductor industry. The capability to analyze liquid and uniformly thin solid samples makes this technique suitable for other applications, and especially in the very critical field of environmental analysis. Comparison with standard methods like inductively ...

This paper describes a data acquisition system mounted on helmet for displaying environmental data and images in critical environments, particularly areas at risk of accident or in which an accident has occurred that enable sensors data fusion, in a networked integrated solution. The proposed solution exploits a distributed multi-sensor architecture for providing valuable information to human operators such as ...

The use of pervaporation technology as a green drying process for the recovery and reuse of the solvent, tetrahyrdofuran, in a pharmaceutical synthesis has been evaluated. A case study has been performed on a step in the synthesis of a new oncology drug. Pervaporation has been integrated with a constant-volume distillation process to produce a hybrid system that allows ...

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is an increasingly common method of sample isolation and enhancement. SPME is a convenient and simple sample preparation technique for chromatographic analysis and a useful alternative to liquid–liquid extraction and solid phase extraction. SPME is speed and simply method, which has been widely used in environmental analysis because it is a rather safe method when ...

A sensitive colorimetric detection for biomolecules based on aptamer was described. Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)–gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) composite film was used as a platform for immobilizing anti-target aptamer. PDMS–AuNPs composite film only covered with aptamer showed high inhibiting ability towards silver reduction, after target molecules were conjugated on the modified surface, the catalytic efficiency of AuNPs for silver ...

A method for the analysis of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (Cl-/Br-PAHs) congeners in environmental samples, such as a soil extract, by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to a high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC–HRTOF-MS) is described. The GC×GC–HRTOF-MS method allowed highly selective group type analysis in the two-dimensional (...

Metropolitan areas concentrate the main share of population, production and consumption in OECD countries. They are likely to be one of the most important units for economic, social and environmental analysis as well as for the development of policy strategies. However, one of the main problems that occur when adopting metropolitan areas as units of analysis and policy in European ...

Environmental analysis tools as LCA and GIS have been combined to provide an integrated methodology able to determine suitable areas for cultivating Brassica spp. (B. carinata and B. napus) and Populus spp and for proposing local and decentralised energy production and consumption scenario. The methodology is applied and verified in a Catalonia (southern Europe) case study area but it can ...

This paper reports the environmental results, integrated with those arising from mass and energy balances, of a research project on the comparative analysis of strategies for material and energy recovery from waste, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. The project, involving the cooperation of five University research groups, was devoted to the optimisation of material and ...

In this paper, an investigation is made on large-scale operations of 95 MW per day hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) as a grid power generation consisting of solar and wind energy. A comparison is drawn between a grid-connected HRES and a standard grid operation focusing on environmental and economic impacts. Emissions and the renewable energy generation fraction (RF) ...

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar y cuantificar los efectos económicos y el impacto medioambiental en emisiones atmosféricas de las distintas ramas que componen el sector eléctrico en España. Para ello, no sólo se consideran los efectos directos sino también los efectos indirectos que genera cada rama del sector eléctrico en la producción de su demanda final. C...

This presentation introduces a chemical analyzer (The ERACHECK) which is based on quantum cascade laser technology for measuring oil-in-water. Using these mid-IR lasers, it was possible to develop a portable, robust and highly precise analyzer for the measurement of oil-in-water, a parameter which is vital in the petrochemical industry for process control and environmental analysis. ...

Advances and changes in practical aspects of ion-mobility spectrometry (IMS) have led to its widespread use for applications of environmental concern due to its unique characteristics, which include portability, ruggedness, relatively low acquisition costs and speed of analysis. However, limitations regarding the complexity of environmental samples and strict requirements on limits of detection have to be overcome.This article ...

Mr. de Jong worked at Oxford University to extend solid-state solar cells’ photoresponse by taking advantage of a favorable energy-transfer mechanism.

Analyzing the future fuel economy of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) requires detailed knowledge of the vehicle technologies available to improve LDV fuel economy. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been relying on technology data from a 2001 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study (NAS 2001) on corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, but the technology parameters were updated ...

A high efficiency HPLC method was developed by coupling three sub-2μm columns in series and operating them at high temperature for the separation of selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and veterinary antibiotics in environmental samples. The separation was performed at 80°C to reduce the solvent viscosity, thus reducing the column backpressure. The chromatographic performance of high temperature-extended ...

A GC-μECD and a GC×GC-μECD method were developed for the analysis of pesticides in sediments. For 1D-GC, instrumental LOD and LOQ were found in the range from 0.60 to 2.31μgL−1 and 1.83 to 5.62μgL−1, respectively. For GC×GC method development two sets of columns were tested (DB-5/DB-17ms, and HP-50+/DB-...

Efficiency in HPLC can be enhanced by increasing the column length and/or decreasing the particle size. The use of high temperature in HPLC has emerged as a valuable tool to overcome the increase in column backpressure when using small packing particles, as it allows for reduction in mobile phase viscosity. In this study, high plate count was obtained by ...

The interest in micro systems integrating own power conversion units using energy from the surrounding environment is steadily growing. Main application fields can be found in industry because of the chance to save significant maintenance costs due to extended system lifetime without the need to change batteries on a regular basis. Moreover, reduction of battery use in wireless application is ...

The applications of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) have grown exponentially beyond its uses for explosive, illicit drug and chemical warfare agent monitoring in recent years. Instrumental developments including new drift tube materials and ionization sources have enabled the manufacturing of more sophisticated and affordable IMS equipment for the advantageous analysis of samples with no pretreatment. The most recent applications of ...

The integration of the environmental problem in the design of industrial products leads us to incorporate vegetal fibres and recycled polymers into composite materials. The aim of this work is to study the behaviour and the environmental interest of a recycled PP/hemp fibre after several injection cycles. The mechanical and rheological behaviour of recycled PP/hemp composite was first ...

Journal: Analyst, vol. 136, 2011]]>http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Publication/49584202Mon, 20 May 2013 11:27:24 GMT49584202Z. A. AL-Othman, Mu. Naushad, Inamuddinview publication

Organic–inorganic type composite cation-exchanger poly-o-toluidine Zr(IV) tungstate was chemically prepared. The physico-chemical properties of the material were studied using FTIR, TGA, X-ray, SEM and EDX studies. The material was also characterized for its ion exchange properties to study its cation exchange behavior. It was observed that the material is thermally stable and possessed ...

Synthetic surfactants are economically important chemicals, as they are widely used in household cleaning detergents, textiles, paints, polymers and personal care products. In this work we have developed a method capable of the isolation and analysis of the most widely used surfactants (linear alkylbenzene sulfonates, LAS, nonylphenol ethoxylates, NPEO, and alcohol ethoxylates, AEO) and their main degradation products (sulfophenyl carboxylic ...

In recent years, research on Construction Information System for building the U-City has been actively carried out, and it is required to secure technologies to acquire, enable and apply spatial information in a construction site in order to enhance the effective deployment of construction information. In this study was performed construction-related spatial information technologies to extract, service model ...

This work reviews different types of substrates used for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) that have been developed in the last 10 years. The different techniques of self-assembly to immobilize metallic nanoparticles on solid support are covered. An overview of SERS platforms developed using nanolithography methods, including electron-beam (e-beam) lithography and focused ion beam (FIB) milling are ...

Remote sensing image have been known to be an important part for environmental analysis. Drought early warning system is one of the few example of remote sensing image applications. One of the oldest tool in remote sensing studies, NDVI is often used for drought detection. Although very essential, remote sensing image requires large storage requirement. A large image data may ...

Published in 2011]]>http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Publication/49013655Mon, 20 May 2013 11:27:18 GMT49013655J. Raich-Montiu, M. D. Prat, M. Granadosview publication

A method for the analysis of avermectines (abamectine, doramectine and ivermectine) in soils has been developed. The analytes are extracted with acetonitrile/water (90:10) by using microwave assisted extraction. The extract is cleaned-up through solid phase extraction with Oasis HLB cartridges and analyzed by ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS/MS). Separation ...

This review details the contribution of ion chromatography (IC) to environmental analysis. With reference to the problems usually encountered in environmental analysis (low concentrations to be detected and matrix interference), applications of IC in the analysis of inorganic cations in water and in the analysis of the platinum group elements (PGEs) in air particulate matter, and the advantages of this ...

Tandem mass spectral libraries are gaining more and more importance for the identification of unknowns in different fields of research, including metabolomics, forensics, toxicology, and environmental analysis. Particularly, the recent invention of reliable, robust, and transferable libraries has increased the general acceptance of these tools. Herein, we report on results obtained from thorough evaluation of the match reliabilities of two ...

During the last decade the immunochromatographic techniques, mainly fluorescence labeled immunochromatography have become more popular for the determination of low concentration of analytes. It offers several potential advantages including highly sensitive detection and wide applications in clinical chemistry, bio-analysis and environmental analysis. Nowadays, fluorescence labeled immunochromatography is not the exclusive preserve for a few specialists who are well experienced ...

In this paper, heavy metal biosensor based on immobilization of metallothionein (MT) to the surface of carbon paste electrode (CPE) via anti-MT-antibodies is reported. First, the evaluation of MT electroactivity was done. The attention was focused on the capturing of MT to the CPE surface. Antibodies incorporated and mixed into carbon paste were stable; even after two weeks ...

The formation of stable and potentially hazardous compounds as a result of photochemical transformation of pharmaceutical substances in the aquatic environment implies a demand for standard compounds within environmental analysis. The major phototransformation products of diclofenac are comprised of substituted diphenylamines and carbazoles. Substituted diphenylamines were synthesized by Ullmann condensation reactions between anilines and halobenzenes. Monochlorocarbazoles were obtained from palladium-...

The concept of competing for the customer, like many concepts, appears deceptively simple. A problem with some restaurants' analyses of customers and competitors is that they are often viewed as isolated events, decreasing the effectiveness with which information is incorporated in the firm's research, planning, and implementation efforts. The concept of relative perceived product quality not only synthesizes the ...

Environmentally conscious construction has received a significant amount of research attention during the last decades. Even though construction literature is rich in studies that emphasize the importance of environmental impact during the construction phase, most of the previous studies failed to combine environmental analysis with other project performance criteria in construction. This is mainly because most of the studies have ...

Environmentally conscious construction has received a significant amount of research attention during the last decades. Even though construction literature is rich in studies that emphasize the importance of environmental impact during the construction phase, most of the previous studies failed to combine environmental analysis with other project performance criteria in construction. This is mainly because most of the studies have ...

A critical review of the literature of the analysis of steroid hormone drugs is presented based on 213 publications published between 2004 and 2010. The state of the art of the assay and purity check of bulk drug materials is characterized on the basis of the principal pharmacopoeias supplemented by the literature dealing with their impurity profiling and solid state ...

With SWOT method, advantage and disadvantage, chance and threaten of developing productive service in Shenyang will be analyzed by this paper, indicating that developing productive service industry on the basis of High- Tech is significant for upgrading of industrial structure in old industrial bases. On that basis, this paper continues to bring forward strategic mode selections of economic condition applicable ...

This paper presents the results of a data collection effort, allowing to assess the overall environmental impact of the air bending process using the CO2PE!-Methodology. First the different modes of the air bending process are investigated, including both productive and non-productive modes. In particular consumption of electric power is recorded for the different modes. Subsequently, time studies allow ...

The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) use an instrument called country environmental analysis (CEA) to help identify a client country's key environment-development issues and their likely relevance to future lending and technical assistance. This research examines the issue of climate change in the context of international development and then reviews existing practice on addressing climate change ...

Sampling errors are generally believed to dominate the errors of analytical measurement during the entire environmental data acquisition process. Unfortunately, environmental sampling errors are hardly quantified and documented even though analytical errors are frequently yet improperly reported to the third decimal point in environmental analysis. There is a significant discrepancy in directly applying traditional sampling theories (such as those developed ...