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Submarine Atmospheres
Atmosphere control in submarines has developed to meet the operational requirements. Until the end of WWII submarines were primarily...
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Synthetic Musks in Ambient and Indoor Air
For the first time, the presence of synthetic musks is confirmed and investigated in air samples. New analytical methods are described developed for...
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Climate Change Adaptation in Myanmar
Myanmar is exposed to multiple natural hazards including cyclones, earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, tsunamis, and fires. The western coast...
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Automobile, Bus, and Rail Passenger Air Quality
Concentrations of pollutants emitted in the exhaust of gasoline and diesel engines and from evaporation of fuels -- (e.g. CO, CO2, NO...
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Strategies for Healthy Indoor Environments – a Chinese View
The characteristics of indoor air pollution are reviewed. Three sources of indoor air pollution are of great importance for the health of people...
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The Suitability of Electrode Measurements for Assessment of Benthic Organic Impact and Their use in a Management System for Marine Fish Farms
A management system for marine fish farms in Norway has recommended the use of simple electrode measurements of redox potentials (E...
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Mediterranean Sea
Information on levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the different biotic (e.g. bivalves, fish, marine mammals and sea birds) and abiotic...
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Worldwide Occurrence of Organotins from Antifouling Paints and Effects in the Aquatic Environment
Organotins belong to the most toxic pollutants for aquatic life known so far. Widespread contamination of harbors and areas with high ship**...
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Landfill After-Care Management Plan
Management of a landfill is a continuous process that proceeds long after the active landfill period, which is called landfill...
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Determination of Xenobiotic Imidacloprid Content in Surface Waters
Surface water is contaminated by various xenobiotics. Using standardized methods, the content of organochlorine pesticides that are environmentally...
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Antibiotic Resistance and Sanitation in India: Current Situation and Future Perspectives
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat as the existing health care may become ineffective. Antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria...
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EEP and EEP2 – Energy efficiency at the Siemens Industrial Park in Karlsruhe and Siemens' Rastatt plant
The efficient use of resources and the reduction of environmental pollution, e.g. CO2 emissions, are among the greatest challenges of our time....
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Control of Trace Amounts of Selenium in Drinking Waters Using the Pulse Inverse Chronopotentiometry Method
A technique for measuring the selenium microconcentrations in different drinking waters using the pulse inverse chronopotentiometry method with...
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The Outward Expansion of China As a Result of Its Victorious Modernization
The author considers the People’s Republic of China of the mid-2010s as a country of accomplished modernization, emphasizing the reorientation of the...
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Socio-Humanistic Support for Technological Development: What Should It Be Like?
Prospects for the humanities and social sciences under the conditions of the so-called technoscientific stage of the development of science,...
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Demonstrate Performance, Learn from Failure
It is easy to forget how young contemporary green building is. Many green methods are as old as vernacular construction, dating back millennia. But...
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Erfolgskontrolle einer Wanderhilfe für Fische
Mit der Wanderhilfe aquaLEB-Pass wird Technik für die Fische mit den Ansprüchen der Wirbellosen kombiniert, um den Bedürfnissen aller Wasserbewohner...
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Sanierung des Dümmer Sees und seines Umlandes
Der Dümmer See (Dümmer) im Südwesten Niedersachsens gehört zu den typischen Flachseen der Norddeutschen Tiefebene. Sein Einzugsgebiet wird intensiv...
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Combining Sensors and Ethnography to Evaluate Latrine Use in India
This chapter presents recent research in latrine use measurements—a challenging element of sanitation service delivery. The research used...