Introduction  Dyes and heavy metals are hazardous pollutants often found together in wastewaters of textile industries; these pollutants have a significant ecological impact on the ecosystem and can modify the physical and chemical properties of water affecting the aquatic flora and fauna. Methods  This fundamental-applied study was done on lab scale. Effects of various facto...

Background and Objectives: Soil pollution by oil compounds is a serious environmental and ground water problem throughout the world. Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) are a combination of many distinctive compounds. Some of these compounds in exposure with human and animal can cause cancer, disorder central nervous system, liver and lungs affects. The objective of this research was to investig...

Background and purpose: Phthalate esters (PEs) are a large family of industrial chemicals widely used as plasticizers. Phthalates can cause endocrine disruption and cancers. Nowadays, phthalate esters are commonly used in cosmetics, adhesives and toy industries and simply get into the surface water and groundwater. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of UV / Na2S2O8 / Fe2+ in ...

Background and Objective: Nowadays, the increasing use of antibiotics to control diseases and mismanagement and inappropriate disposal of medicinal wastes cause environmental problems and threatens human health. The present study was conducted to determine removal of antibiotic Metronidazole as one of the most used drugs during the process of composting. Materials and Methods: In this experime...

according to coates’s (2004, as cited in zhang, 2010) definition of "conversational dominance" (p.111), it refers to the phenomenon of a speaker dominating others in interaction. specifically, it means how a speaker makes use of certain strategies to get the floor and maintain the floor. thus, the amount of talk is the main measurement for the dominance of the conversation. whether a speaker do...