8 articles in this issue
Antonio Nesticò and Gianluigi De Mare
A city plays a central role in the processes of economic, social, and environmental development, becoming the core of policy makers’ strategies. Thus, it is essential to optimize the use of monetary resources available by means of integrated decisio... see more
Gabrielle E. Roesch-McNally
The Regional Approaches to Climate Change for the Pacific Northwest Agriculture (REACCH PNA) project was a USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funded effort aimed at taking a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to understanding... see more
Narayan Kumar Shrestha, Chrismar Punzal, Olkeba Tolessa Leta and Willy Bauwens
Modelling trace metal dynamics is essential in an integrated modelling framework as trace metals have the potential to be fatal, even when present at low concentrations. Since the degree of bioavailability of a metal depends on its presence in the dissolv... see more
Leonel Ernesto Amabilis-Sosa, Monserrat Vázquez-López, Juan L. García Rojas, Adriana Roé-Sosa and Gabriela E. Moeller-Chávez
The reuse of treated wastewaters could contribute to reducing water stress. In this research, ultrasound application on bacterial inactivation in municipal wastewater (MWW) was evaluated. Total and fecal coliforms were used as standard fecal indicators; v... see more
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, Rodrigo X. Armijos, M. Margaret Weigel, Gabriel Filippelli and M. Aaron Sayegh
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate hepatobiliary-related clinical markers in Unites States adults (aged = 20) exposed to lead using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 datasets. C... see more
Milan Gomboš, Andrej Tall, Branislav Kandra, Lucia Balejcíková and Dana Pavelková
During simulation of a water regime of heavy soils, it is necessary to know the isotropy parameters of any volume changes. Volume changes appear in both vertical and horizontal directions. In vertical directions, they appear as a topsoil movement, and in ... see more
Yoshiharu Soeta and Yoshisada Sakamoto
Sound environments in cars are becoming quieter and receiving attention because of the prevalence of low-noise engines such as hybrid and electric engines and the manifestation of automated driving. Although the car cabin has potential as a listening spac... see more
Vaughan S. Langford, Murray J. McEwan, Mary Askey, Helena A. Barnes and James G. Olerenshaw
Instrumental analysis of odor is challenging due to the chemical diversity of many important odorants, the high sensitivity required to achieve human odor thresholds, and the dynamic nature of the odor itself. Conventional sensor-based and chromatographic... see more