This study aimed to reduce the holistic environmental impacts of insulation materials proposed for accommodation a marine cargo ship, and suggest optimal option cleaner ship production, using life cycle assessment. With commercial bulk carrier as case three major insulations were assessed, which wool-based material (mineral wool or glass wool), expanded polystyrene, polyurethane foam. The analy...

Previous Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies of biomass briquetting have shown wide variations in the LCA outcomes as a result methodological parameters and technological parameters. An model was therefore developed to enable transparent comparison life cycle environmental impacts with individual or blends feeds variety options. The according standard procedure ISO14044. A comparative approach ...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) was performed in dairy buffalo farms representative of Southern Italian farming systems, similar due to several characteristics, with the exception wheat production. This work evaluated impacts derived from this management choice, comparing crop (WWC) or not (NWC). In agreement literature, economic allocation chosen as a useful strategy attribute equivalents by-produ...

The maternal diet is an important determinant of glutathione-related metabolism in rats. Glutathione (GSH) may play a major role in the detoxification of sulfur dioxide (SO2) within the lungs. The effects of fetal exposure to a low protein maternal diet upon later susceptibility to pulmonary injury induced by chronic SO2 exposure were evaluated in young adult rats. Pregnant rats were fed purifi...

Irrigation systems increase fruit yield of water shortage orchards in semiarid and arid lands, but their environmental impacts remain unclear. This study carries out a comparative cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) the furrow drip irrigated pear production Loess Plateau China based on 2009–2018 inventory data from integrated experimental stations. The depletion (WD), footprint (WF), glo...

Mineral fertilizers are highly impactful in the agricultural sector, and animal manure can be an alternative to mitigate its impacts. The goal of this research was estimate potential environmental impacts on production soybean, maize, wheat at Lagoa do Sino Farm School from Federal University Sao Carlos, contemplating 2016/2017 cropping season testing replacement 100%, 50%, 30% chemical fertili...

Diverse opportunities and environmental impacts could occur from a potential move towards waste-to-energy (WtE) systems for electricity generation municipal solid waste (MSW) in Lagos Abuja, Nigeria. Given this, the purpose of this study is to use life cycle assessment (LCA) as primary analytical approach order undertake comparative analysis an impact perspective different WtE scenarios, along ...

Background The need for liquid fuels in the transportation sector is increasing, and it is essential to develop industrially sustainable processes that simultaneously address the tri-fold sustainability metrics of technological feasibility, economic viability, and environmental impacts. Biorefineries based on lignocellulosic feedstocks could yield high-value products such as ethyl acetate, dode...

In this study, 54 five-year-old farmed female beluga at stage II of sexual maturation were treated with 0 (control), 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 and 1.6 g of dietary soy equol (EQ) and genistein (GE) per each kilogram (kg) of diet during a year. Blood samples were collected and ovarian biopsy was performed quarterly. Results showed that 64.4% of the Huso huso sexually matured at EQ 0.4 g/kg and reached stage...

in this study, 54 five-year-old farmed female beluga at stage ii of sexual maturation were treated with 0 (control), 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 and 1.6 g of dietary soy equol (eq) and genistein (ge) per each kilogram (kg) of diet during a year. blood samples were collected and ovarian biopsy was performed quarterly. results showed that 64.4% of the huso huso sexually matured at eq 0.4 g/kg and reached stage...