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The problem of negative anthropogenic impact on formation, distribution and usage of groundwater within the platform denudation plains of the arid zone of Central Kazakhstan is quite relevant. This region faces an extreme environmental pressure, and at the moment is undergoing a strong anthropogenic effect. High rates of exploration of mineral, energy and agricultural resources resulted in creation of towns and large industrial agglomera-tions (Karaganda, Zhezkazgan, Balkhash) and a big number of villages (Aksuat,...

In this study, the antibacterial properties of pharmaceutical grade kaolin modified with copper were tested to determine its suitability to be used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. Both kaolin?s and copper?s antimicrobial activity have been highlighted by multiple researches. The sample was prepared by submerging the kaolin into saturated CuCl2 solution in order to load the nanoparticles with copper, utilizing the cation exchange capacity (CEC). Mineralogical analysis was conducted by X-ray diffraction...

Nowadays, the movement of pedestrians in the parterre of settlements is a very important and topical issue in the area of landscape planning. Through planning Smart Cities, walking peoples are an indispensable service to the environment, because without them the inner urbanized area misses its basic use. Pedestrian movement in the settlements is the basic and evolutionary oldest type of human movement. It has many advantages - it minimizes the burden on the environment, is beneficial to health, builds social and c...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of plant biostimulants Agriful and Trichomil on selected quantitative and qualitative parameters of pepper fruits. To the small plot experiment were included 2 hybrid varieties: Kapirex F1 and Esperansa F1. The experiment was carried out in the unheated plastic tunnel in the Botanical Garden of the SUA in Nitra (Slovakia) in 2016 and 2017. We observed three variants: control (without application of biostimulants); Agriful variant (5 times application of Agriful at ...

In Bulgaria, a promising method for creating underground gas storage is the use of aquifers. The main prerequisites are: the presence of reservoir systems with a favorable combination of permeable and shielding rocks; hydrogeological and thermobaric conditions marking the chemistry and dynamics of water, the phase state and the quantities of stored gas; the structural-tectonic conditions defining the type of the perspective traps and their architecture; Neo-Seismotectonic activity, determining the degree of seismi...

Biophilia should be understood as a love for nature. Although the term is not new and appeared in the 70s, it is only now gaining popularity. This happens when humanity noticed that progressing technologization and urbanization leads to the breakdown of direct contact with nature, which may result in problems with good psychophysical condition of a human being. Considering biophilia in the context of architecture is therefore extremely important. In this approach, it is understood as the dependence of man on natur...

Large arctic projects, both on land and at sea or in coastal zones, have to include the management of natural risks using the tools of geo- information support of decision-making, as part of geo-information management for territorially distributed systems. We consider the development of a system for monitoring the versions of data within geo-information support for Arctic projects. Data can come from different sources, including satellites. Then obtained data are combined into a single network (cluster) to create ...

Integrating conventional well log interpretation with high-resolution borehole electrical image analysis enables a complex understanding of the geological formations intercepted by exploration wells. Whereas conventional geophysical well logs allow the determination of the main reservoir parameters and the fluids distribution, borehole imaging serves as a valuable tool in sedimentary features identification and interpretation, regional dip determination, structural and tectonic elements identification, as well as ...

In general, there is a long-term emphasis on the support of educational facilities at universities, according to the latest trends. Above all, it is about using progressive learning forms, proven methods and also linking higher education with practice. New teaching methods are being used more and more frequently as part of education at technical universities. Many modern and more efficient methods are used. It offers students new teaching methods to make their learning more attractive and better. At this case, it ...

Over the past years the evolution of geodetic instruments is taking the way of minimalization and mobility. Remarkable technological progress can be recognized on a field of mobile scanning. Wide variety of usage of handheld laser scanners and its accuracy of measurement in comparison to other geodetical methods was settled as the main objective of this contribution. The introduction of article is concerning about the problematic of documentation of historic landmarks. Following pages are describing the methodolog...

Obtaining reliable data on the ongoing risky geo-processes and obtaining adequate and reliable information about them on the current state of the Earth's surface is a key factor in tracking the origin and dynamics of landslide processes as well as assessing the resulting threats to the population and infrastructure. According to information provided by the national authority responsible for the monitoring and keeping track of the landslides over the past two years their number has almost doubled. This is the main ...

Nowadays new technologies influence higher education very much. They affect students? worldview and encourage the quality of the education to grow. Recently one of the educational characteristics is online resources application during the study. It makes access to knowledge much easier. This theme is very actual regarding to the digitalization of the economy. In this paper the models of online courses application in higher education are explored. They are influenced with the requirements of educational organizatio...

Transport and environment rank among current global problems as the transport and the environment are closely interconnected. The environmental impact of all types of transport is manifested in various forms, such as noise, environmental pollution by harmful substances, soil demand, etc. These issues are rather complex, and the solution thereof is even more complicated. The current situation in the transport of materials is characterised by increased performance of means of transport and the reduction of their neg...

The fundamental political right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Slovak Republic is the freedom of expression and the right to information, without this right the existence of a genuine democratic establishment is not possible. Democracy and its basic principles, expressed in the Constitution and in the laws of every democratic state, represent a legal institution in terms of the theory of law. As it follows from Article Number 26, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic, freedom of expression ...

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system build to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage and display all kinds of spatial or geographical data. GIS can also be used in the mining sector, to manage various mineral resources or to manage the exploitation of different minerals. This enables us to have in disposition all data, to all ore deposits and exploitation places, at one location and at the same time, enabling viewing, reading and printing those data that interest us. Having the data of dif...

The studies for Recent Crustal Movements by the aid of space geodesy techniques are integrated into the researches on the Earth?s crust dynamics, as a reflection of the complex geodynamic phenomena that occur in the crust and in the subcrustal lithosphere. In addition to the fundamental nature, the research in this field presents a practical characteristic, competing alongside geology and geophysics to the shaping of new energy sources or solid mineral substances, to the determination of the soil stability degree ...

Portable Gauss meters or Tesla meters are popular, simple and non-expensive magnetometers, capable of measuring the strength and direction of magnetic field, expressed by magnetic flux density and magnetic vector. Gauss meters work on base of cable connected solenoid gauss probe and registered difference of electric potential (Hall effect). Instruments are able to measure both the intensity and direction of magnetic field, usually being applied in the electronical industry or mechanics. Due to the increasing techn...

Ensuring safety in a territory is one of the basics tasks public administration is engaged in. Safety for the residents living in a neighbourhood is an integral part of safety planning. Safety plans include measures for selected areas associated with risks that may appear in that area. The most significant documents for safety planning are emergency plans, crisis plans and all other related plans. Preparing a safety plan is very closely linked to area planning, which is generally separated into analytical planning...

In the present study, the mechanical properties of some iron-based sintered alloys prepared by powder metallurgy route were predicted using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are important tools used to predict the complex processes with many variables and interactions. In order to prepare the sintered compacts, the powders prepared from pre-alloyed iron base powders produced by atomization (< 45, 45-63, 63-100, 100-150, >150 ?m) were the materials analyzed in this paper. T...

Equipment designed for use in potentially explosive atmospheres must meet the requirements of ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU (be designed so as to avoid the ignition of the surrounding explosive atmosphere in which are intended to operate). In order to meet the requirements of the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, electrical equipment is usually associated to one (or more) type (s) of protection, according the EN 60079 series of standards. In case of electrical equipment that produce arcs or sparks in normal operation, the us...

Nearly a third of Prague residential fund is represented by prefab houses built in the second half of 20th century. Indoor environment quality in those houses does not meet current standards in many cases. Refurbishments in the past were mainly focused on reducing thermal losses in winter with insufficient attention to air ventilation or summer overheating. The article deals with a significant problem of high indoor temperatures during summer period present in G40 prefab houses. It evaluates an influence of severa...

The paper proposes an analytical and simulation model of a sensory distributed wireless traffic control system on the roads of urban and rural settlements. The results of an analytical review of neurophysiological studies of the visual behavior of drivers, depending on the boundaries of the outdoor advertising area in the roadside, are presented. The technologies for collecting and transmitting data from the wireless monitoring of the road traffic situation were analyzed. A method is proposed for determining the p...

This article is devoted to the assessment of cultural landscapes of the Cheboksary urban district. At present, with active urbanization, the problem of preserving landscapes and culture and the social space of the local community arises. In the course of writing the article, descriptive, analytical, mathematical and cartographic methods of research were used. The results in the article analyzed the existing theoretical and methodological issues in the field of cultural landscapes of their assessment. Classes of cu...

When designing a passive house, the emphasis is not only on passive measures consisting mainly of thermal protection and stability of the buildings, but also on the price demand of each of the proposed structures. At present, new construction solutions are often encountered in construction practice [1]. These solutions are not yet tested. The paper deals with energy-efficient buildings in terms of reducing building heat loss. One such solution is to use thermal insulation above wooden rafters. Using the thermal in...

The capacity of macroalgae for bioaccumulation of harmful elements is beneficial from the point of view of water treatment processes. Nevertheless, it is a threat to marine biocenoses, particularly to organisms on the individual levels of the trophic chain. Since algae have a great potential to bind trace elements, these organisms are often used as indicators of marine environment pollution. The aim of this study was to assess the content of Pb, Cd, B and Ba in water and algae collected in the region of Makarska R...

For energy-efficient houses, it is necessary to design a suitable thermal insulation of the building envelope. One of the most problematic areas of the single-layer masonry walls is the plinth. It is the first layer of masonry wall on the foundation structure. The requirements of architects and structural engineers for plinth solutions are often in contradiction. Passive houses belong to the category of buildings that have very low energy consumption for heating of buildings [1]. However, their overall energy perf...

From contaminated mining areas, contaminants can migrate to different components of the environment, being favored by physicochemical transfer mechanisms such as their transfer into water. The dispersion of metallic contaminants from closed mining sites in surface waters is favored by the topography, climate and lithology of the area. In the Brad mining area, activity has ceased for about 15 years. Properly unnamed tailings and coastal galleries are a diffuse source of surface water pollution. The paper aims to as...

The article deals with the evaluation of the extent and causes of damage of three selected buildings in Spolana Neratovice a.s. The buildings were affected by the flood in June 2013. Specifically, it is a reservoir, a base under the production line and an ammonium sulphate storage. The reservoir is used to catch any drips and chemical containers. The ground dimension of the reservoir is approx. 26 x 40 m. Due to the flood, the reinforced layer of the coating was damaged and thus the leakage was lost, which depreci...

In model laboratory studies, the effect of veterinary antibiotic tylosin (concentrations of 1, 10, 100, 1000 mg/kg of soil) on the ecological state of dark brown soil under conditions of contamination with antibiotics and the degree of change of microbiological and biochemical parameters was studied. To assess the ecological state, the following biological indicators were studied: from microbiological - the total number of bacteria, the abundances of bacteria of the genus Azotobacter, from biochemical - the activi...

The paper deals with the flat roof of low-energy buildings. The building sector is currently focusing on the maximum energy efficiency of buildings and related energy savings. At present, the building sector holds more than 40% of energy consumption and 36% production of greenhouse gas emissions. The whole sector of buildings uses more than 50% of the Earth's raw materials and produces approximately 50% of world waste. Roofs occupy about 20?25% of urban surfaces. The green construction practice expands and complem...

The solid waste generated in food industry was considered as a low cost raw material for the extraction of natural antioxidants. Unfortunately, some of these wastes are not dealt with properly and are causing considerable damage to the environment. Agricultural wastes in Romania amount range from 7600 thousand tons a year of which only 1400 thousand tons as animal feed and 1100 thousand tons as organic manure are being utilized. These crop waste results after harvesting in the farm of leaves stem which are charact...

Au mineralizations of Jales and Gralheira, located in Tras-os-Montes, near Vila Pouca de Aguiar (northern Portugal), belong to the Jales Mining District, the main historic producer of gold in Portugal. Mineralizations are hosted by syn- to late-tectonic Variscan granites and by Palaeozoic metasediments ranging in age from Ediacaran to Devonian. The studies carried out consisted of the analysis of samples from drill cores (provided by the Consortium AM- Almada Mining, S.A. and EDM, Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineir...

The most challenging question is protection the authentication process in the cybersecurity. Since a lot of companies decide to store their data in the cloud services, it is crucial to secure the authentication process here. The authentication is the most vulnerable process because of its simple identifying weaknesses. It is used by all attackers that make their attacks destroying and more accurate. The hackers use it for the identity thefts or other cybercrimes. First, I need to research all current threats to th...

Waste application, beneficial in terms of soil abundance in nutrients, cannot lead to soil contamination. The incubation experiment aimed at assessing the effect of applying sulfur pulp (waste material containing elemental sulfur) and ground phosphate rock on the availability of heavy metals in soils. The experiment was conducted on two soils with different soil category: medium and heavy, both of acid reaction and not contaminated with heavy metals. Doses of sulfur pulp and phosphate rock were set based on soil a...

The paper examines the environmental threats associated with the burning of household waste in open piles across rural communities with a focus on Neamt County (Romania) as a case study of uncontrolled waste disposal practice. This option derived from the lack of efficient municipal waste collection schemes, and on the other hand, it is a traditional disposal route for agricultural wastes besides open dumping on the surroundings. This study estimates the potential amounts of household waste uncollected by formal w...

Sinorhizobium meliloti species are saprophytic soil bacteria able to fix atmospheric nitrogen in symbiosis with host-plants from alfalfa cross inoculated group. These biotechnologically important species of rhizobia are commonly present in various soil environments, while little is known about their phages. The main objective of the research was to isolate and characterize phages (rhizobiophages) of S. meliloti from soil samples collected at the NE Caucasian origin of alfalfa diversity (NEC). Under our particular ...

Baltic sprats, being one of the primary fishing objects of the Baltic Sea, are primarily used for canned and spiced fish production. Given the ability of sprats to ripen in salt, the current study looks to obtain sprat-based products implementing the technological scheme similar to the production scheme of anchovies in oil and anchovy pastes popular on the European market. As part of the preliminary work, the technochemical composition of the Baltic sprat and that of the European anchovy (Engraulis engasicholus) w...

This article is focused on the alkali activation of aluminosilicates prepared from industrial waste obtained from the final grinding of bricks during their production. The ceramic waste powder as a precursor with water glass-sodium hydroxide mixture as activator are utilized for the production of alkali-activated aluminosilicates, which represent a promising way for design of cement-free environmentally friendly binders. Usage of such materials in building industry for development of new materials have a very good...

The paper deals with the chlorine in sintering process overview. Chlorine penetrates to iron making process from raw charge already in the coke making from coal and sintering process. Beside it can causes corrosion problems in blast furnace facilities, it causes environmental problems too. It is know that sintering of iron ores is a industrial source of polychlorinated dibenzo ? p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs). The paper gives overview of how the municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash effects on t...

In the European context, storage and recycling of sludge from sewage treatment plants is a highly discussed and sometime a controversial subject. On the other hand, sludge production at the European level it can not to be neglected, being around 13.25 Mt/year. Even if for sewage sludge management there are many alternatives (including incineration or landfilling), its use in agriculture remains a preferred option in many countries due to the results obtained by farmers in terms of productivity levels achieved for ...

The Best Available Techniques (BAT) concept first emerged in the 1960s. It primarily serves as a tool for preventing industrial pollution and setting conditions for Integrated Environmental Permits for larger industrial installations. BAT include technological, technical and managerial solutions aimed to prevent or control pollution and provide for high resource and energy efficiency (EE) of production processes and minimisation of waste. Lessons learnt by various countries prove that the BAT concept has potential...

We consider the model of a prototype for a measuring platform for black carbon control in the Arctic within the framework of the geo-information management of difficult-to-access complex territorially distributed systems, taking into account the promising technologies of the Internet of Things and the associated Big Data challenge. Data can come from different sources. Then obtained data are combined into a single network based on Big Data technology. Geo-information support of decision-making in black carbon cont...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a group of pathologies that mainly affect neurons of the human brain. Particularly, Alzheimer disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, being manifested by neuronal and synaptic loss. One of the main pathological aspects of AD is aggregation of amyloid-? (A?) peptide. However, there are some neuropeptides that play an important role in immunity and neuroprotection. In addition, the presence of metal ions and their abnormal accumulation play a key role in this pathology. The inter...

To improve the fuel characteristics, bio-oil is preceded to modernization which mainly includes hydrotreatment. This work is devoted to the study of the conversion of anisole, as one of the lignin monomers, in the presence of catalysts synthesized by the hydrothermal method. Platinum and palladium catalyst deposited on the polymer matrix of hypercrosslinked polystyrene allowed achieving about 90% of anisole conversion. It was shown that during the conversion of anisole, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, and phenol a...

The use of environmentally friendly and biodegradable fertilizers is an area of great interest throughout the world. One such fertilizer is biochar, obtained by the method of biomass pyrolysis (manures, green mass, and mushrooms). Biochar obtained from chicken manure is discussed relatively rarely in the literature; however, it seems to be a good fertilizer because of its significant nutrient content. Moreover, preparation of biochar from chicken manure solves another serious environmental problem: its utilization...

The waste resulted from tanning industry represent more than 55% from raw material (raw hide or skin), (Stefan D.S. et all, 2018). The new concept of European Union (EU) referring to ?circular economy? aims to maintain the value of products, materials and resources for as long as possible by returning them into the product cycle at the end of their use, while minimising the generation of waste. The circular model proposes closing the loop of products lifecycles by increasing recycling and reuse, the target for was...

In view of increasing demand for more efficient use of water resources, technological processes are innovated in textile industry and result in lower environmental impact. One possible option is to clean textile waste water containing industrial dye residues by microbial consortia and biodegradation process. This method of removing potentially toxic substances by microbial biomass is appropriate because other chemicals are not brought into the environment and residual biomass can be easily removed when the biodegr...

Plant diseases are one of the central reasons causing serious problems of food security in the world, affecting the quality and quantity of crops. Recently more and more attention is paid to alternative eco-friendly methods of plant disease control. One of such methods is the use of special microorganisms (so called biological control agents, BCA) that exhibit antagonistic activity towards phytopathogens. Since many microbes, which are suppressive towards plant pathogens are present in the nature, it is important ...

The biomass of living microorganisms determined from the phospholipid content was studied in the exposed surface soils and soils of archaeological site in the dry-steppe zone of the Northern part of the Ergeninsky Upland (Russian Federation). The studied soils were represented by Kastanozems and Solonetzes. In the exposed surface soils living microbial biomass was in average 383±47 ?g C/g in the upper horizon and consistently decreased to 32% of this level down the profile. The proportion of living microbial bioma...

Many works are devoted to the problem of obtaining healthy drinks. The paper discusses various aspects of obtaining the probiotic drink from grain raw materials and concentrate for its preparation. Wheat malt was used as the raw material. The following strains of the lactic acid bacteria were used to manufacture a probiotic beverage: Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus fermenti, Lactobacillus brevis and acid-resistant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae TUM 175. The most good organoleptic and physico-chemical indica...