Year 2023

• Insights into Seawater Biodegradation of Sustainable Mater-Bi/Poly(ε-caprolactone)-Based Biocomposites Filled with Diisocyanate-Modified Cellulose Particles

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  • A. Hejna
  • P. Kosmela
  • O. Mysiukiewicz
  • M. Barczewski

  - Environments - Year 2023

  : Due to rapid economic growth, the use of plastics in almost all areas of human life has significantly increased over recent decades, leading to massive pollution. Therefore, works dealing with sustainable and biodegradable polymer materials are vital now. Herein, sustainable MaterBi/poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)-based biocomposites, filled with diisocyanate-modified cellulose particles, were prepared and subjected to 12-week seawater...

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Year 2020

• Structural Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Beams Incorporating Waste Plastic Straws

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  • J. M. Khatib
  • A. Jahami
  • A. Elkordi
  • H. Abdelgader
  • M. Sanebi

  - Environments - Year 2020

  The behavior of reinforced concrete beams containing fibers made of waste plastic straws (WPSs) under the three point bending test is examined. The effect of WPS fiber addition on the compressive and split tensile strength is reported. Four concrete mixes were prepared. The control mix PS-0 had a proportion of 1 cement: 1 sand: 2 coarse aggregate and a water cement ratio of 0.4. In the other three mixes PS-0.5, PS-1.5 and PS-3,...

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Year 2019

• Paving the Way for A Sustainable and Efficient SiO2/TiO2 Photocatalytic Composite

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  • M. Pierpaoli
  • X. Zheng
  • V. Bondarenko
  • G. Fava
  • M. Ruello

  - Environments - Year 2019

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Year 2018

• Threats to Rural Landscape and Its Protection in Poland

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  • A. Górka

  - Environments - Year 2018

  The article describes the premises and conditions for the implementation of a pro-landscape spatial policy in rural areas in Poland. It presents the erosion of spatial order in a large part of the country’s territory. Firstly, the state of protection of the rural landscape and the legal aspects of shaping the space of rural areas are described. Secondly, the location is depicted, and the main physiognomic and environmental threats...

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Year 2017

• Currently Commercially Available Chemical Sensors Employed for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds in Outdoor and Indoor Air

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  • B. Szulczyński
  • J. Gębicki

  - Environments - Year 2017

  The paper presents principle of operation and design of the most popular chemical sensors for measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in outdoor and indoor air. It describes the sensors for evaluation of explosion risk including pellistors and IR-absorption sensors as well as the sensors for detection of toxic compounds such as electrochemical (amperometric), photoionization and semiconductor with solid electrolyte ones....

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• Investigation of Air Quality beside a Municipal Landfill: The Fate of Malodour Compounds as a Model VOC

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  • J. Gębicki
  • T. Dymerski
  • J. Namieśnik

  - Environments - Year 2017

  This paper presents the results of an investigation on ambient air odour quality in the vicinity of a municipal landfill. The investigations were carried out during the spring–winter and the spring seasons using two types of the electronic nose instrument. The field olfactometers were employed to determine the mean odour concentration, which was from 2.1 to 32.2 ou/m3 depending on the measurement site and season of the year. In...

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