Inclusion of seasonal variation in river system microbial communities and phototroph activity increases environmental relevance of laboratory chemical persistence tests [PDF]
Regulatory tests assess crop protection product environmental fate and toxicity before approval for commercial use. Although globally applied laboratory tests can assess biodegradation, they lack environmental complexity.
Bending, G. D. +4 more
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Psychological Consequences of Environmental Degradation [PDF]
Psychological aspects of environmental degradation in Burkina Faso are studied among two groups of Sahel dwellers, namely the Mossi (agriculturalists, n = 402) and the Fulani (pastoralists, n = 160). Compared to pastoralists, agriculturalists were more stressed and marginalized, the psychological consequences of degradation studied here.
van Haaften, E.H., van de Vijver, F.J.
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Improved photocatalytic properties of doped titanium-based nanometric oxides [PDF]
Photocatalysis is considered one of the most promising technologies for applications in the environmental field especially in the abatement of water-soluble organic pollutants.
Bracciale, Maria P. +6 more
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Impact of Environmental Degradation on Human Health [PDF]
Degradation of environment is one of the most serious challenges before the mankind in today's world. Mankind has been facing a wide range of problem arising out of the degradation of environment.
Archana, A. (Archana) +2 more
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Development of reliability prediction technique for semiconductor diodes [PDF]
New fundamental technique of reliability prediction for semiconductor diodes based on realistic mathematical models can be applied to component failure rate prediction including mechanical degradation, electrical degradation, environmental stress factors,
Ryerson, C. M.
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Environmental Impacts of Mountain Biking: Science Review and Best Practices [PDF]
Mountain biking is still a relatively new activity whose environmental impact and contribution to trail degradation is poorly understood. As with all recreational pursuits, it is clear that mountain biking contributes some degree of environmental ...
Jeff Marion, Jeremy Wimpey
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Wealth Heterogeneity and Escape from the Poverty-Environment Trap [PDF]
A mutual link between poverty and environmental degradation is examined in an overlapping generations model with environmental externality, human capital, and credit constraints.
Masako Ikefuji, Ryo Horii
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Borrowed From the Future: Challenges and Guidelines for Community-Based Natural Resource Management [PDF]
Identifies some of the obstacles that thwart the success of community-based programs, in a search for feasible solutions to the combined problems of environmental degradation and increasing human poverty and ...
Jason Clay
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Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation [PDF]
Economists, ecologists, private industries and government decision-makers have long been interested in the relationships between economic growth and environmental quality. These relationships are often the subject of intense public policy debates such as
Burnett, J. Wesley
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Individualism, Environmentalism and Social Change [PDF]
Market logic encourages the idea everything can be bought and sold, and in effect creates an individualized society. This individualization affects consumption habits, environmental action, and social change.
Chelstowski, Alex
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