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O. Brian Oyegbile and Mi G. Chorzepa
An efficient prioritization of bridge actions such as preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, or replacement (MRR) that accounts for inter-element interactions will optimize a long-term return on investments (ROI) in terms of service life extension. What...
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Richard Ansong Omari, Elsie Sarkodee-Addo, Yoshiharu Fujii, Yosei Oikawa and Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura
The decline in soil productivity amidst efforts to increase crop yield in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) has made it imperative to assess the current fertilization management approaches. This study was conducted in two agroecological zones (i.e., Guinea Savann...
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Seyed Amirhossein Hosseini, Ahmad Alhasan and Omar Smadi
This paper describes the process and outcome of deterioration modeling for three different pavement types (asphalt, concrete, and composite) in the state of Iowa. Pavement condition data is collected by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) and sto...
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Sasan Adibi
This paper presents the mHealth Predictive Outbreak for COVID-19 (mPOC) framework, an autonomous platform based on wearable Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices for outbreak prediction and monitoring. It utilizes real-time physiological and environm...
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Carlos Melo Junior, Helena Carasek
In order to evaluate the behavior of facades in relation to driving rain, as well as the influence of the architectural elements in front of the deterioration, were calculated in this work the monthly directional driving rain index (dDRI-m) and the amoun...
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Muhammad Umer Masood, Muhammad Rashid, Saif Haider, Iram Naz, Chaitanya B. Pande, Salim Heddam, Fahad Alshehri, Ismail Elkhrachy, Amimul Ahsan and Saad Sh. Sammen
Groundwater is an important source of freshwater. At the same time, anthropogenic activities, in particular, industrialization, urbanization, population growth, and excessive application of fertilizers, are some of the major reasons for groundwater quali...
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Jiafeng Pang, Kairong Lin, Wenhui Gan, Sike Hu and Wei Luo
Contamination assessment and source analysis of urban waterways are important for the environmental management of water resources. This study applied an improved water quality index (WQI), which was called WQI-DET (water quality index deterioration) to a...
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Tongye Guo, Yang Zhao, Jiahao Yang, Zhengnan Zhong, Kefu Ji, Ziyu Zhong and Xinyi Luo
Hot-humid areas have long, hot summers and poor outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). The urban heat island (UHI) effect exacerbates the deterioration of OTC in hot-humid areas, seriously affecting the thermal safety of children?s outdoor activities. In this st...
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Iswandi - Umar,Indang Dewata,Eri Barlian
Pág. 276 - 287
In Indonesia the implementation of the spatial plan is only a small part of the plan. The impact of incompatibility with spatial planning is the deterioration of environmental quality. Tanah Datar District has a growth rate of settlements ...
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Dan Xu, Jing Wang, Dan Ren and Xiyu Wu
To explore the influences of chitosan coating structure and structure changes during storage on egg preservation, eggs coated by chitosan solution for single time (CS1), two times (CS2), and three times (CS3) were prepared separately and stored with untr...
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Simone Bonamano, Alice Madonia, Daniele Piazzolla, Francesco Paladini de Mendoza, Viviana Piermattei, Sergio Scanu and Marco Marcelli
According to the Water Framework Directive, harbours that are classified as heavily modified water bodies must either reach or maintain good ecological potential. Moreover, following the marine spatial planning principles, the effects of port structure c...
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Andri Jaya Laksana, Jong-Hoon Kim, Jae-Hwan Ahn and Ji-Young Kim
Fresh-cut apples are commonly known as minimally processed agricultural products because of their convenience and ease of consumption. However, during storage, the quality of the apple rapidly changes after cutting due to enzymatic and non-enzymatic proc...
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Imene Kerbouai, Dorra Sfayhi, Khaled Sassi, Hatem Cheikh M?hamed, Houda Jenfaoui, Jouhaina Riahi, Slim Arfaoui, Moncef Chouaibi and Hanen Ben Ismail
There is a growing interest in the Mediterranean regions to switch to conservation agriculture (CA) to address climate change and soil deterioration issues. The novelty of this study lies in the quality of the supply chain, from the raw material (durum w...
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Peng Zhang, Siying Wu, Menghan Xu, Xiaojun Luo, Xi Peng, Chaoxing Ren and Jibiao Zhang
Land-source inputs into coastal water have increased remarkably in recent years, resulting in the deterioration of water quality, eutrophication, and algae blooms. However, we have limited understanding of spatiotemporal nutrient patterns, stoichiometry,...
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Changjiang Liu, Fei Zhang, Xiangyu Ge, Xianlong Zhang, Ngai weng Chan and Yaxiao Qi
Nitrogen overload is one of the main reasons for the deterioration of surface water quality. Hence, monitoring nitrogen loadings is vital in maintaining good surface water quality. Increasingly, the use of spectral reflectance to monitor nitrogen concent...
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Peiru Kong, Xian Cheng, Ranhao Sun and Liding Chen
Aquatic environmental deterioration is becoming a serious problem due to rapid urbanization and economic development, particularly in developing countries. As two important components of the aquatic environment, water quality and sediment pollution are w...
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Yulita Wulandari,Musdholifah Musdholifah,Suhal Kusairi
Pág. 429 - 436
The bank is a financial institution that collects funds from the surplus, distributing them to those in deficit as credit, as well as providing other banking services. The bank cannot be separated from external and internal factors which can cause bankin...
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Michal Cwiakala, Beata Gajewska, Cezary Kraszewski, Leszek Rafalski
Pág. 3476 - 3484
In order to ensure the bearing capacity and durability of road pavements in cold climate areas, it is necessary to use materials which are resistant to harmful frost impact, known as frost heaving. Frost heave cause adverse volume changes, the upwards sw...
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P V Suryawanshi,B S Rajaram,A D Bhanarkar,C V Chalapati Rao
Pág. 221 - 234
Air pollution has been considered one of the major environmental challenges because of its effect on ecosystems and human health. The concentration levels and sources of heavy metals contamination were studied in road dust samples collected from various ...
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Christo Boshoff,Alwyn P. Du Plessis
AbstractThe high level of human involvement in marketing ensures that it is, and always will be, a dynamic business function. When the impact of accelerating technological developments is added, the dynamism often turns to volatility. The rapidly changin...
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