Conference on River Pollution

The 52nd Annual Wind River Conference On Prokaryotic Biology--2008.

The 52nd Annual Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology, which was held at the secluded Aspen Lodge only minutes from Estes Park, CO, concluded on 15 June 2008. The Conference, which was first held more than 50 years ago as the Transformation Meeting, was renamed the Wind River Conference on Genetic Exchange (1, 6). Its current name reflects the broader array of topics now represented at t...

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

Although widely detected in marine ecosystems, microplastic pollution has only recently been documented in freshwater environments, almost exclusively in surface waters. Here, we report microplastics (polyethylene microbeads, 0.40– 2.16 mm diameter) in the sediments of the St. Lawrence River. We sampled 10 freshwater sites along a 320 km section from Lake St. Francis to Québec City by passing s...

Seventh Annual Red River Valley Statistical Conference

Limnological and pollution study of Shahdadroud River, Kerman province

Abstract Shahdadroud River is one of the most important rivers in Kerman province that during previous years has been threatened by drought and anthropogenic pollution. This river supplies some parts of drinking water of Kerman city and some vicinity villages. The main objective of the present study is consideration of pollution situation of the river; for this purpose, limnological and biolo...

International Conference on Islamic Awakening

Recent developments in the middle-east have been differently explained by different figures and dignitaries from different countries of the world. Calling these developments as "Islamic awakening", "Human awakening", "Arab Spring" and "Purple Revolution" indicates there are different theories in this regard definitely leading to different measures in the political arena. Among supreme leader's ...