Harmful pathogens in drinking water.

Water is one of the most essential resources for human. Drinking water should be maintained under a certain level of quality standard to prevent health hazards because there are potentially harmful pathogens in drinking water. Natural water resources can be contaminated with human or animal waste which is consisting with lot of pathogenic microorganisms. Additionally … Read more

Issues of waste management in the construction industry

Introduction In this dissertation, I will try to explain the issues of waste management in the construction industry as a whole.  The research highlights the obvious dangers the construction industry faces from the excess of material waste,  construction goes hand in hand with materials.  That is you require materials in order to build, but the … Read more

The Present ecologically position of Cerithium caerulum at Rangbai Coast, Porbandar

Abstract The existing study revealed that the present status of Cerithium caerulum along the Rangbai coast of Gujarat. Cerithium caerulum is a dominate mollusc species that are found mostly in the intertidal zone. During study period August 2014 to January 2015, it was observed regularly all seasons. During study Clypeomrus bifasciata and Rhinoclayis sinesis also … Read more

Environmental and social impact of construction of the SRFI (Radlett)

Radlett is a relatively large village with a population of around 8,108 (ONS, 2011). Radlett is located north west of London in Hertfordshire, under the Hertsmere council’s authority. Due to the size of the population and the land that is incorporated in the village of Radlett, there have been several disputes between the local council … Read more

Why should we use an integrated planning approach for the management of land resources?

The FAO Guidelines defined land use planning as: “Land-use planning is the systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternatives for land use and economic and social conditions in order to select and adopt the best land-use options. Its purpose is to select and put into practice those land uses that will best meet the … Read more

Contaminated water is a main source of Salmonella

Salmonella is a bacterium that can be contracted from several different areas. The area that will be focused on in this paper is about how Salmonella can be contracted from contaminated water. CDC estimates that approximately 1.2 million illnesses and around 450 deaths occur due to Salmonella in the United States (Centers for Disease Control … Read more

Morphological differences in darkling beetles

Morphological differences in darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) along environmental gradients Methods: The standard protocol was followed (Brown, 2016). Additional GLMs were run to examine possible relationships between both the mean and total size, climate zone, habitat type, altitude, precipitation, and temperature values from the data. Descriptive statistics of these various relationships were also generated. Results: … Read more

Smart grids are the answer to many problems

Source:http://www.hitachi.com/environment/showcase/solution/energy/images/img_smartgrid/smartgrid_02.jpg Introduction Smart grid is used to make sure if an area is affected by a situation that makes the area loose power, the electricity will automatically be redirected via an alternate route to make sure that there the customer is not affected. So this self-healing power that the smart grid has ensures rapid fixes … Read more

North Dakota Pipeline

The beginning of August 2016, a national issue occurred in a remote corner of North Dakota over the construction of a new 1,200-mile pipeline across Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. It is a great fear to the tribe in the Standing Rock Reservation that if the pipeline is to be built in this location near Missouri … Read more

New mechanism of β-lactamase production in Gram negative bacteria identified

β-lactams are a class of most widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics1, which inhibit bacteria cell growth by targeting transpeptidase, therefore, inhibiting the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan, the main component of bacterial cell wall. Bacteria can develop the ability of resisting β-lactam antibiotics by producing β-lactamase2, the enzyme that cleaves the peptide bonds in β-lactam rings and thereby … Read more

Assess potential of pest repellent plant species for managing insect pests in Chinese cabbage

Pest is the major threat for Brassica group. Brassica rapa var. chinensis which is cultivated for commercialization is commonly treated with synthetic chemical pesticides for better crop production. This may due to the low cost and high efficiency of pesticide to keep the insect pest and disease at bay. However, over-dependence and excess use of … Read more

Is it true that Experimentalist techniques have benefitted energy sector governance?

The energy sector has long-remained at the heart of world market economies, where it has consistently exhibited crucial strategic and economic importance. Sufficient and effective management of the energy sector is also pivotal in the development of human society, assisting us to adapt to environmental changes, whilst also controlling such changes. Within the energy sector, … Read more

Functional foods – honey and other bee products

During recent years, functional foods have attracted growing attention because of consumer’s increasing concerns about their health, which has stimulated research effort into such foods [6]. An example which emphasizes the importance of diet to health is the French paradox, first observed in French population and found later also in other Mediterranean populations. Epidemiological studies … Read more