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Records 51 to 75 of 3226 Journals published between 08/21/2013 and 08/21/2018

2018
Application of passive sorbent tube and canister samplers for volatile organic compounds at refinery fenceline locations in Whiting, Indiana
(JOURNAL) [Published : Feb 01, 2018]
Select volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air were measured at four fenceline sites at a petroleum refinery in Whiting, Indiana, USA using modified EPA Method 325 A/B with passive tubes and EPA Compendium Method TO-15 with canister samplers. One-week, time-integrated s...
Application of the Human Well-Being Index to Sensitive Population Divisions: A Children's Well-Being Index Development
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 01, 2018]
The assessment of community well-being is critical as an end-point measure that will facilitate decision support and assist in the identification of sustainable solutions to address persistent problems. While the overall measure is important, it is equally vital to distinguish va...
Applications of low-cost sensing technologies for air quality monitoring and exposure assessment: How far have they gone?
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
Over the past decade, a range of sensor technologies became available on the market, enabling a revolutionary shift in air pollution monitoring and assessment. With their cost of up to three orders of magnitude lower than standard/reference instruments, many avenues for applicati...
Applying fingerprint Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics to assess soil ecosystem disturbance and recovery
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
The assessment and monitoring of soil disturbance and its effect on soil quality (i.e., ability to support a range of ecosystem services) has been hindered due to the shortcomings of many traditional analytical techniques, including high cost, long-term time investment and diffic...
Applying the principles of isotope analysis in plant and animal ecology to forensic science in the Americas
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 01, 2018]
The heart of forensic science is application of the scientific method and analytical approaches to answer questions central to solving a crime: Who, What, When, Where, and How. Forensic practitioners use fundamentals of chemistry and physics to examine evidence and infer its orig...
Aquatic plants: Test species sensitivity and minimum data requirement evaluations for chemical risk assessments and aquatic life criteria development for the USA
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
Phytotoxicity results from the publicly-available ECOTOX database were summarized for 20 chemicals and 188 aquatic plants to determine species sensitivities and the ability of a species-limited toxicity data set to serve as a surrogate for a larger data set. The lowest effect con...
Arsenic Speciation of Contaminated Soils/Solid Wastes and Relative Oral Bioavailability in Swine and Mice
(JOURNAL) [Published : May 01, 2018]
Arsenic (As) is one of the most widespread, toxic elements in the environment, and human activities have resulted in a large number of contaminated areas. However abundant, the potential of As toxicity from exposure to contaminated soils is limited to the fraction that will disso...
Arsenic/Iron Removal from Groundwater with Elevated Ammonia and Natural Organic Matter
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 09, 2018]
Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Arsenic Demonstration Program, an iron removal (IR) process consisting of permanganate oxidation followed by GreensandPlus™ filtration was shown to be effective in removing soluble As(III) (24.1 μg/L on average) from Waynesville, IL ...
Assessing Land Use, Sedimentation and Water Quality Stressors as Predictors of Coral Reef Condition in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
(JOURNAL) [Published : Apr 01, 2018]
Coral reef condition on the south shore of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was assessed at various distances from Charlotte Amalie, the most densely populated city on the island. Human influence in the area includes industrial activity, wastewater discharge, cruise ship docks, a...
Assessing background levels of specific conductivity using weight of evidence
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
Abstract Background levels of a regional attribute, such as aquatic specific conductivity (SC), may be assessed using the basic assessment approach of planning, analysis, and synthesis. We demonstrate the approach by assessing whether the background SC is sufficiently similar ...
Assessing natural infection with Zika virus in the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, during 2016 in Puerto Rico
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jun 01, 2018]
The epidemic of Zika in the Western hemisphere has led to intense investigations of all species important in the transmission of Zika virus (ZikV), including putative mosquito vectors. Although evidence points to Stegomyia (= Aedes) (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes as the primary ...
Assessing the Impact of Removing Select Materials from Coal Mine Overburden, Central Appalachia Region, USA
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 31, 2018]
The exposure of readily soluble components of overburden materials from surface coal mining to air and water results in mineral oxidation and carbonate mineral dissolution, thus increasing coal mine water conductivity. A conductivity benchmark of 300 µS/cm for mine water dischar...
Assessing the Release of Copper from Nanocopper-treated and Conventional Copper-treated Lumber into Marine Waters I: Concentrations and Rates
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
Little is known about the release of metal engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) from consumer goods, including lumber treated with micronized copper. Micronized copper is a recent form of antifouling wood preservative containing nanosized copper particles for use in pressure‐tre...
Assessing the Release of Copper from Nanocopper-treated and Conventional Copper-treated Lumber into Marine Waters II: Forms and Bioavailability
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
One application of nanocopper is as a wood‐preserving pesticide in pressure‐treated lumber. Recent research has shown that pressure‐treated lumber amended with micronized copper azole (MCA), which contains nanosized copper, releases copper under estuarine and ma...
Assessing threats of non-native species to native freshwater biodiversity: Conservation priorities for the United States
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 01, 2018]
Non-native species pose one of the greatest threats to native biodiversity, and can have severe negative impacts in freshwater ecosystems. Identifying regions of spatial overlap between high freshwater biodiversity and high invasion pressure may thus better inform the prioritizat...
Assessment and economic valuation of air pollution impacts on human health over Europe and the United States as calculated by a multi-model ensemble in the framework of AQMEII3
(JOURNAL) [Published : Apr 27, 2018]
The impact of air pollution on human health and the associated external costs in Europe and the United States (US) for the year 2010 are modeled by a multi-model ensemble of regional models in the frame of the third phase of the Air Quality Modelling Evaluation International Init...
Assessment and valuation of recreational ecosystem services of landscapes
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jun 04, 2018]
Recreational ecosystem services (RES), understood as the numerous benefits people obtain from landscapes and the natural environment, are a topical area of policy, research and society. This Editorial introduces the current state of RES research, provides an overview of the 21 co...
Assessment of Health Effects of Exogenous Urea: Summary and Key Findings
(JOURNAL) [Published : May 01, 2018]
Purpose of Review:  Urea has been utilized as a reductant in diesel fuels to lower emission of nitrogen oxides, igniting interest in probable human health hazards associated with exposure to exogenous urea. Here, we summarize and update key findings on potential health ...
Associations Between Residential Proximity to Traffic and Vascular Disease in a Cardiac Catheterization Cohort
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jan 01, 2018]
Objective: Exposure to mobile source emissions is nearly ubiquitous in developed nations, and is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes. There is an ongoing need to understand the specificity of traffic exposure associations with vascular outcomes, particularly in indi...
Asymptomatic norovirus infection associated with swimming at a tropical beach: A prospective cohort study
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 28, 2018]
Background Swimming in fecally-contaminated waterbodies can result in gastrointestinal infections. However, the pathogenic microorganisms responsible are not well understood because sporadic cases of illness are not reported completely, exposure information is often not collecte...
Bamboo vs. crops: An integrated emergy and economic evaluation of using bamboo to replace crops in south Sichuan Province, China
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 10, 2018]
Based on long-term monitoring conducted in Chang-ning county, a pilot site of the ‘Grain for Green Program’ (GFGP), an integrated emergy and economic method was applied to evaluate the dynamic ecological-economic performance of 3 kinds of bamboo systems planted on slo...
Benchmarking a 2016 Honda Civic 1.5-Liter L15B7 Turbocharged Engine and Evaluating the Future Efficiency Potential of Turbocharged Engines
(JOURNAL) [Published : Feb 16, 2018]
As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s continuing assessment of advanced light-duty automotive technologies to support the setting of appropriate national greenhouse gas standards, and to evaluate the impact of new technologies on in-use emissions, a 2016 Honda Civ...
Benefit transfer challenges: Perspectives from U.S. Practitioners
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 19, 2018]
In the field of environmental economics, the use of benefit estimates reported in existing nonmarket valuation studies to calculate willingness to pay for new policy cases has come to be known as “benefit transfer.” To make quantitative statements about the likely effects of pub...
Beyond propagule pressure: importance of selection during the transport stage of biological invasions
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 01, 2018]
Biological invasions are largely considered to be a ‘numbers game’, wherein the larger the introduction effort, the greater the probability that a population will become established. However, transport conditions can be particularly harsh, thereby drastically reducing...
Book Review: Dynamic Systems for Everyone
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 01, 2018]
Asish Ghosh starts the epilogue of the second edition of Dynamic Systems for Everyone with this quote: “We are now witnessing major technological advancements in areas, like artificial intelligence, robotics and self driven cars. …The pace of change is accelerating, ...