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The effect of waste logistics on the environmental impact of road transport [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Nowadays we should consider the wastes in a much wider sense as an expedient raw material source. From a logistic point of view the fact that the flows of the second raw materials are not constant in the waste logistics systems is a challenge.
Kosztyó, Á., Nagy, Z., Török, Ádám
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A Computer Vision System to Localize and Classify Wastes on the Streets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Littering quantification is an important step for improving cleanliness of cities. When human interpretation is too cumbersome or in some cases impossible, an objective index of cleanliness could reduce the littering by awareness actions.
Droux, Andre   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Systemic dysregulation of apolipoproteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis serum

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that damages motor neurons. This study found that people with ALS show significant changes in blood fats and the proteins that carry them. Several apolipoproteins were higher, lipid balances were altered, and normal protein–lipid relationships were disrupted.
Finula I. Isik   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plain Meaning, Precedent, and Metaphysics: Interpreting the “Pollutant” Element of the Federal Water Pollution Offense [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This Article, the second in a series of five, examines the meaning of “pollutant” under the Clean Water Act. Congress and EPA have defined “pollutant” to mean a list of specific substances and broad categories of materials and wastes discharged into ...
Miller, Jeffrey G.
core   +1 more source

Effects of pharmaceutical wastes on growth of microalgae [PDF]

open access: yes, 1970
The purpose of this work was to assay samples of waste material from Puerto Rican pharmaceutical industries for inhibition of growth of algae. Two samples (noted as I and II) supplied to us were tested for toxicity to six microalgae.
Batterton, John   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Intercompartmental communication in senescence

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Senescent cells experience structural changes in the plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, lysosomes, nucleus, and cytoskeleton. These alterations disrupt crosstalk among cellular compartments, impairing vesicular trafficking, contact sites, and molecular flow.
Krystyna Mazan‐Mamczarz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovative technologies for industrial wastes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This article is intended to provide several case studies of successful waste management of a few selected industries in their attempts to become “environmental-conscious” firms.
Chik, Abdul Razak, Jusoh, Juzhar
core  

Long‐term hippocampal alterations and cognitive impairment in a murine model of surgical sepsis

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Using a mouse model of surgical sepsis, we tested long‐term memory and analyzed the transcriptome of single cells isolated from the hippocampus. Survivor mice showed worse memory, loss of certain brain cell subpopulations, and abnormal immune cell activity—suggesting that post‐sepsis brain alterations may be linked to cognitive deficits.
Dong Seong Cho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defense and Protection of the Marine Coastal Areas and Human Health: A Case Study of Asbestos Cement Contamination (Italy)

open access: yesGeosciences
Pivotal environmental geology research was carried out in the protected area of Cape Peloro (Messina, NE Sicily, Italy). The main aims were the ascertainment of the presence of Asbestos Cement Materials (ACMs), their mapping, and, consequently, an ...
Roberta Somma   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF COMPOSITIONS FROM HYDROLYTIC RESIDUES ON CHERNOSEM SOLONETS FERTILITY [PDF]

open access: yesChemistry Journal of Moldova: General, Industrial and Ecological Chemistry, 2012
The results of different experimental modalities of residues from biochemical plants which function on the basis of hydrolysis (hydrolytic lignin, hydrolytic slime) as black soil solonets fertilizer and amendment are presented in the given paper.
Andrei Siuris
doaj  

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