Samples of water and sediment from a conventional drinking-water-treatment (DWT) plant were analyzed for 113 organic compounds (OCs) that included pharmaceuticals, detergent degradates, flame retardants and plasticizers, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fragrances and flavorants, pesticides and an insect repellent, and plant and animal steroids. 45 of these compounds were detected in sa...

This paper aims to enhance the credibility of applying the sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy as an innovative "fingerprint" for characterizing environmental samples. The sensitivities of sulfur K-edge XANES spectra of ten sulfur compound standards detected by two different detectors, namely, Lytle detector (LyD) and Germanium detector (GeD), were studied and compared. Further investigation on "s...

A fixed-wing aircraft that is capable of low airspeed, high angle of attack flight can serve an expanded range of mission goals. A typical propeller-driven small unmanned aircraft can be equipped with an engine that provides greater thrust than airplane weight; in post-stall states, the aircraft then depends on propeller backwash over the tail for control moment generation. Due to this dependen...

Bhola, the largest island of Bangladesh located at estuarine mouth bar Bay Bengal is very dynamic and unique in nature due to its physiographical configurations experienced severe morphological i.e. erosion- accretion changes. Of late, monitoring coastal morphology changes shoreline trend analysis has conveniently been done through integration remote sensing satellite imageries GIS techniques. ...

Economic imbalances and social disparities are a common feature of developmenteconomies, particularly those which have historical antecedents of colonial rule. The study ofregional imbalances is given focus especially to Southeast Asian countries owing to its renewedimportance in the global order. Post independent India had to tackle with several problems at theoutset, regional imbalance and ec...