This paper introduces a comparative theoretical investigation of the conventional cathodic protection (CP) and the pulse cathodic protection (PCP) systems to show how both of them behave under different operating conditions. The effectiveness of the PCP system has been analyzed in the light of getting better protection-current distribution along the protected well casing at reduced anode curren...

Fungi (Rhizopus stolonifer, Trichoderma viride, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, Cunninghamella echinulata, and several species of Aspergillus and Penicillium) tolerated higher concentrations of cadmium (Cd) when grown in soil than when grown on laboratory media, indicating that soil mitigated the toxic effects of Cd. In soil amended with clay minerals, montmorillonite provided partial o...

New and emerging policies that aim to set standards for protection and sustainable use of soil 10 are likely to require identification of geographical risk/ priority areas. Soil degradation can be 11 seen as the change or disturbance in soil quality and it is therefore crucial that soil and soil 12 quality are well understood to protect soils and to meet legislative requirements. To increase 13...

Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Soil Science and Ecology Department 34473 Bahcekoy/Istanbul/Turkey. 2 Istanbul Aydin University, Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Architecture Department, Inonu Cad. No:40, Kucukcekmece/Istanbul, Turkey. Forest Entomology and Protection Department, Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Protection 34473 Bahcekoy/Istanbul/Tu...

Wojciech PUSZ, Elzbieta PLĄSKOWSKA, İsmet YILDIRIM*, Ryszard WEBER Department of Plant Protection, Plant Pathology and Mycology Division, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, National Research Institute, W...

UNLABELLED Although Escherichia coli is generally considered to be predominantly a commensal of the gastrointestinal tract, a number of recent studies suggest that it is also capable of long-term survival and growth in environments outside the host. As the extraintestinal physical and chemical conditions are often different from those within the host, it is possible that distinct genetic adapta...

Various methods were utilized for assessment of soil consumption patterns and trends in the cities of Central Europe within Urban Soil Management Strategy (URBAN-SMS) project. They included ex-post assessment of soil loss based on land use change data, modeling of future soil loss and participatory impact assessment. The major data inputs for ex-post and ex-ante assessments were satellite image...

Soil is a basic natural resource for food production, the vast majority of food we consume is either directly or indirectly derived from soil. Soil quality determines the quantity (calories) and quality (nutritional value and safety) of the foods grown. Protecting the soil's physical, chemical and biological integrity is therefore of vital importance in safeguarding global food security. Soil s...

Soil erosion continues to be a threat to agricultural productivity worldwide, with soil losses in the United States exceeding 3 billion tons annually. Wind and water erosion have caused dramatic declines in soil productivity. Erosion protection and associated conservation of nutrients, organic matter, soil water holding capacity and biota are significant concerns. Pimentel et al. (1995) estimat...

Food safety is a major concern for the Chinese public. This study collected 465 published papers on heavy metal pollution rates (the ratio of the samples exceeding the Grade II limits for Chinese soils, the Soil Environmental Quality Standard-1995) in farmland soil throughout China. The results showed that Cd had the highest pollution rate of 7.75%, followed by Hg, Cu, Ni and Zn, Pb and Cr had ...