Medcave Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Volume 1  Issue 1
   Research Article         Month : 08 (2019)

Strategic Monitoring - A Proposal for the Institutional Surveillance of Complex and Long-Term Nuclear Waste Disposal Programmes

  Thomas Flüeler

Deep geological repositories for nuclear waste objectively are a long-term issue (regarding long-term safety) and require long-term institutional involvement of the techno-scientific community, the waste producers, the public administration, non-governmental organizations and the general public. The demonstration of their long-term safety is avowedly very challenging and monitoring techniques may contribute to substantiate evidence, support decision making and legitimate the programme [1]. What, where and when to monitor is determined by its goal setting. Therefore monitoring may be operational, confirmatory (in the near field) or environmental (in the far field). Strategic Monitoring, as proposed in this paper, may contribute to process, implementation or policy and institutional surveillance. The “preservation of records, knowledge and memory across generations” as labelled by the corresponding Nuclear Energy Agency, NEA initiative should encompass the tailored transfer of knowledge [2], concept and system understanding, insights, experience and documentation to specific audiences such as above. Strategic Monitoring is devised to be an integrative tool of targeted yet adaptive management. It is applicable to other long-term sociotechnical energy-resources-environmental fields such as Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS or (conventional) special toxic waste. The proposal is based on extensive empirical work in all three fields of application - as documented - but meant to be a conceptual framework for further/new empirical studies in precisely “strategic monitoring”.
   Research Article         Month : 08 (2019)

Selective Removal of Naphthalene by Means of Anionic Clays Different Composition

  Butenko E

Methods for obtaining selective sorbents of naphthalene and its derivatives have been created. The technology of naphthalene removal from gas emissions has been developed. The technological parameters of the reactors are calculated. The final concentration of naphthalene in 12 mg/m3 was obtained that is lower than the maximum allowable concentration. Naphthalene is one of the products of “INCORE” Company. The process of its manufacturing is accompanied with emission of gaseous naphthalene into the premises’ air and then into the atmosphere, thus polluting it. This work is based on the order for designing an installation for removal of naphthalene from ventilation emissions at enterprise, belonging to “INCORE” Company, which is a subsidiary of “Metinvest Holding”.
   Research Article         Month : 08 (2019)

Fungal profile of soil bacterial flora powder (Brown Bio) made from okara and rice bran fermentation

  Shaw Watanabe

Special fertilizer, the BrownBio powder was elaborated by mixinga special complex of soil fungi and okara and rice bran. Mixture of fungi contained proteolytic bacteria count; 6 × 105 ~ 2.4 × 107 cells /g dry weight, starch-degrading bacteria count; 1 × 105 ~ 4.6 × 106 cells /g dry weight, and oil-degrading bacteria count; 2 × 104 ~ 3.7 × 106 cells /g dry weight. The number of cellulolytic bacteria was 1.4 × 10 4 to 2.3 × 10 6 cells /g dry weight. Bacterial profile was determined in relation to the resolution of substrates. It was effective when the humus was mixed at work. The humus soil is a soil-like material made up of organic plant matter such as dead leaves and branches of hardwoods. Itworksto increase the overall strength of the soil, such as drainage, breathability, and fertilizer, and regenerates thin soil.
Volume 2  Issue 1
   Research Article         Month : 03 (2020)

Tallium and Other Heavy Metals Occurences in Acid Mine Drenage, Baccatoio Creek, Apuane Alps, Italy

  Franceschini F

In this paper we present the geochemical data related to mine Acid Drainage (AMD) contamination along the Baccatoio Creek (Apuan Alps, Tuscany) with focus to some many toxic heavy metals as Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic and Thallium. The formation of AMD and the contaminants associated with it has been described by some as the largest environmental problem facing the world mining industry [1,2]. In the Baccatoio basin, more than 20 kilometers of streams are affected by acid drainage from two abandoned mine sites named Mt.Arsiccio and Valdicastello. These mines were development on some small Ba-Fe deposit which was operated prior to 1989. The main ore bodies are an almost conformable lens characterized by a distinct zoning, with pyrite+baryte at the bottom and iron oxides (magnetite and hematite) + baryte at the top, with various accessory sulfides and sulphosalts bearing heavy metals. The mineralization are hosted into and at the contact between phyllites, related to the paleozoic basement of Apuan Alps, and Triassic dolomitic limestones of the Grezzoni formation. The AMD are generated essentially into underground workings (tunnels) and are scattered along the watercourse from the mine culverts. In the study area the conceptual model related to groundwater, freshwater and stream sediments distribution shows that Tl has a different behavior than other heavy metals present in AMD. Indeed this very high toxic element is missing or present in very low concentrations in sediments while persists in relatively high concentrations in the aqueous matrix. Occurrence of heavy metals in groundwater used for drinking water is confirmed only for Tl
   Commentary         Month : 03 (2020)

Commentary: Salivary N1-Methyl-2-Pyridone-5-Carboxamide, a Biomarker for Uranium Uptake, in Kuwaiti Children Exhibiting Exceptional Weight Gain

  Uddin S

A recent longitudinal study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology has conducted salivary metabolomics analyses in 94 Kuwaiti children, out of which 51 became obese and metabolic syndrome positive after the first 2 years, i.e. 2011-2012 [1]. In the second phase of this study (2013-2014), the authors selected Kuwaiti children 10 years of age and probably using the same cohort. The authors have very appropriately stated that lifestyle disorders such as obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes are prevalent in Kuwait. Previously, these disorders were suggested to be linked to diet, lack of physical activity, and sleep behavior [2]. Alqaderi et al. developed a linear regression [2], mixedeffect model with waist circumference
   Research Article         Month : 03 (2020)

On Similarity of Seismo Magentic Power Density and Capillary Pressure Fractal Dimension for Characterizing Shajara Reservoirs of the Permo-Carboniferous Shajara Formation, Saudi Arabia

  Khalid Elyas Mohamed Elameen Alkhidir

The quality and assessment of a reservoir can be documented in details by the application of seismo magentic power density. This research aims to calculate fractal dimension from the relationship among seismo magentic power density, maximum seismo magentic power density and wetting phase saturation and to approve it by the fractal dimension derived from the relationship among capillary pressure and wetting phase saturation. Two equations for calculating the fractal dimensions have been employed. The first one describes the functional relationship between wetting phase saturation, seismo magentic power density, maximum seismo magentic power density and fractal dimension. The second equation implies to the wetting phase saturation as a function of capillary pressure and the fractal dimension. Two procedures for obtaining the fractal dimension have been utilized. The first procedure was done by plotting the logarithm of the ratio between seismo magentic power density and maximum seismo magentic power density versus logarithm wetting phase saturation. The slope of the first procedure = 3- Df (fractal dimension). The second procedure for obtaining the fractal dimension was determined by plotting the logarithm of capillary pressure versus the logarithm of wetting phase saturation. The slope of the second procedure = Df -3. On the basis of the obtained results of the fabricated stratigraphic column and the attained values of the fractal dimension, the sandstones of the Shajara reservoirs of the Shajara Formation were divided here into three units
  

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