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Ecological footprint of Rawalpindi; Pakistan's first footprint analysis from urbanization perspective
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The Co-Culture of Staphylococcal Biofilm and Fibroblast Cell Line: The Correlation of Biological Phenomena with Metabolic NMR1 Footprint
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Comparative Analysis of Carbon, Ecological, and Water Footprints of Polypropylene-Based Composites Filled with Cotton, Jute and Kenaf Fibers
PublicationComposites containing natural fibers are considered environmentally friendly materials which is related to the reduced use of fossil fuels and the emission of carbon dioxide compared to petroleum-based polymers. Nevertheless, a complete evaluation of their environmental impact requires a broader view. This paper presents a carbon, ecological, and water footprints assessment of polypropylene-based composites filled with cotton,...
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Comparison of the water footprint in Poland and Ukraine
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Potential application of ionic liquids in aluminium production - economical and ecological assessment
PublicationTechnologia wytwarzania aluminium stosowana na skale przemysłową oparta jest na elektrodepozycji w ciekłym kriolicie i nosi nazwę procesu Hall-Heroult'a. Technologia ta wymaga wysokich nakładów energii elektrycznej, charakteryzuje się ponadto, szeroko udokumentowanym, negatywnym wpływem na środowisko naturalne. Produkcja aluminium możliwa jest również metodą alternatywną poprzez elektrodepozycję a mieszaniny cieczy jonowych w temperaturze...
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Analysis of the Water Footprint of Central and Eastern Europe Countries
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A Broadband Circularly Polarized Wide-Slot Antenna with a Miniaturized Footprint
PublicationThis letter presents a novel and simple feeding technique for exciting orthogonal components in a wide-slot antenna. In this technique, a rectangular bracket-shape parasitic strip is placed at the open end of the straight microstrip line to excite the fundamental horizontal and vertical components of the circular polarization (CP). The proposed technique—when employed in conjunction with the asymmetrical geometry of coplanar waveguide...
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Energy Neutrality Versus Carbon Footprint Minimization In Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
PublicationThe study presents analysis of the carbon footprint (CF) in six medium and large-size municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located across Poland. The novelty of the presented study is searching the relationship between level of energy neutrality and CF in the case studies. Although energy and CF go hand-in-hand to some degree but moving towards energy neutrality in WWTPs might also lead to an increase in the total CF of...
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Energy neutrality versus carbon footprint minimization in municipal wastewater treatment plants
PublicationThis work aimed to compare the carbon footprint (CF) of six full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The CF was estimated in the range of 23–100 kg CO2e per population equivalent. In the total CF, the direct emissions held the highest share (62–74%) for the plants with energy recovery from biogas. In the plants depending entirely on the power grid, the indirect emissions due to energy consumption dominated the total CF (69–72%)....
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Resource productivity and environmental degradation in EU-27 countries: context of material footprint
PublicationThis study explores the relationship between the resource productivity and environmental degradation in European Union-27 countries. This study tests this relationship in context of high, moderate, and low material footprint sub-samples; these samples are formed utilizing the expectation–maximization machine learning algorithm. Using the panel data set of EU-27 countries from 2000 to 2020, linear and non-linear autoregressive distributed...
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Water Footprint Index (WFTP) for Poznań as a Tool for Assessing Water Management in Urban Areas
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Reducing Carbon Footprint of Agriculture—Can Organic Farming Help to Mitigate Climate Change?
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Water Footprint Assessment of Selected Polymers, Polymer Blends, Composites, and Biocomposites for Industrial Application
PublicationThis paper presents a water footprint assessment of polymers, polymer blends, composites, and biocomposites based on a standardized EUR-pallet case study. The water footprint analysis is based on life cycle assessment (LCA). The study investigates six variants of EUR-pallet production depending on the materials used. The system boundary included the production of each material and the injection molding to obtain a standardized...
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Comprehensive evaluation of the carbon footprint components of wastewater treatment plants located in the Baltic Sea region
PublicationFinland and Poland share similar environmental interests with regard to their wastewater effluents eventually being discharged to the Baltic Sea. However, differences in the influent wastewater characteristics, treatment processes, operational conditions, and carbon intensities of energy mixes in both countries make these two countries interesting for carbon footprint (CF) comparison. This study aimed at proposing a functional...
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Ecological floating dock
PublicationZaprezentowano efekt końcowy projektu europejskiego grupy EUREKA pn. ''Przyjazne środowiskowo doki pływające''. Przedstawiono konsorcjum realizacyjne projektu, scharakteryzowano zagrożenia ekologiczne, wskazano najważniejsze uregulowania prawne oraz scharakteryzowano projekt proekologicznego doku pływającego SINE 212CD i koncepcję przebudowy doku istniejącego SINE 126 CD. Artykuł zawiera też kompletną bibliografię prac wykonanych...
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The effect of agro-waste co-digestion and sludge disposal on carbon footprint in municipal wastewater treatment plants
PublicationThe study presents analysis of the carbon footprint (CF) in 6 wastewater treatment plants in northern Poland with a special focus on the effect of co digestion of sewage sludge and food waste. Although co-digestion increases the on-site energy production, but it has a negative effect on the total CF. To overcome the negative effect, several sludge disposal scenarios were analysed and their effect on the CF reduction was determined....
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Integrated plant-wide modelling for evaluation of the energy balance and greenhouse gas footprint in large wastewater treatment plants
PublicationModern wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) should maintain a balance between three combined sustainability criteria, including effluent quality, energy performance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. All of these criteria were considered in the integrated plant-wide model developed in this study. The proposed model incorporates new features, including: (i) the addition of associated facilities to the overall energy balance and...
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THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL LUBRICANTS
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Evaluating the effect of different operational strategies on the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment plants – case studies from northern Poland
PublicationNowadays, low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is expected at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, emission quantification and evaluation still faces difficulties related to data availability and uncertainty. The objective of this study was to perform carbon footprint (CF) analysis for two municipal WWTPs located in northern Poland. Slupsk WWTP is a large biological nutrient removal (BNR) facility (250,000 PE) which benefits...
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Mercury in the Diatoms of Various Ecological Formations
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Atomistic Surrogate-Based Optimization for Simulation-Driven Design of Computationally Expensive Microwave Circuits with Compact Footprints
PublicationA robust simulation-driven design methodology for computationally expensive microwave circuits with compact footprints has been presented. The general method introduced in this chapter is suitable for a wide class of N-port un-conventional microwave circuits constructed as a deviation from classic design solutions. Conventional electromagnetic (EM) simulation-driven design routines are generally prohibitive when applied to numerically...
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Strategies for mitigating nitrous oxide production and decreasing the carbon footprint of a full-scale combined nitrogen and phosphorus removal activated sludge system
PublicationNitrous oxide (N2O) emitted from biological nutrient removal activated sludge systems contributes significantly to the total carbon footprint of modern wastewater treatment plants. In the present study, N2O production and emissions were experimentally determined in a large-scale plant (220,000 PE) employing combined nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) removal. As a modelling tool, the Activated Sludge Model 2d (ASM2d) was extended...
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Improvement of the resistance to oxidation of the ecological greases by the additives
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Greenwashing sins - the indicators of ecological marketing immaturity
PublicationThe paper presents the main features of so called "green washing". Unethical aspects of that new phenomena are presented and some corrective actions are proposed by the authors.
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Environmental impact of construction. Methods of conscious shaping architecture in terms of ecological solutions
PublicationShaping an ecologically conscious society is a process that also affects architecture. Currently, designers are eagerly looking for solutions that are beneficial in terms of carbon footprint. For the proper multi-criteria assessment and selection of adequate solutions, it is necessary to use appropriate tools such as, for example, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method or the rules of ecological certification (BREEAM and LEED)....
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Ecological and Health Effects of Lubricant Oils Emitted into the Environment
PublicationLubricating oils used in machines with an open cutting system, such as a saw or harvester, are applied in forest areas, gardening, in the household, and in urban greenery. During the operation of the device with an open cutting system, the lubricating oil is emitted into the environment. Therefore, the use of an oil base and refining additives of petroleum origin in the content of lubricants is associated with a negative impact...
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Scuffing resistance of DLC-coated gears lubricated with ecological oil
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Ecological trends in machining as a key factor in sustainable production – A review
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Ecological correlates of the popularity of birds and butterflies in Internet information resources
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Sources of inspiration in designing ecological buildings. If not Pinterest than what?
PublicationEfficiency of ecological measures for sustainable architecture depends greatly upon the moment in which it is defined as essential, and how early it can be applied during the design concept stage. The following article refers to inspiration, the initial stage of the design and means to combine it with substantial knowledge regarding ecological architecture. Means, such as computer programs...
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A design concept of fire protection system for an ecological floating dock
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono możliwe do wystąpienia na doku pływającym zagrożenie pożarowe oraz projekt koncepcyjny systemu zabezpieczenia przeciwpożarowego. Projekt ten obejmuje: istalację gaśniczą wodno-hydrantową i pianową do ochrony pokładu głównego oraz instalację CO2 do ochrony siłowni, rozdzielni elektrycznej i tunelu kablowego, a także instalację wykrywania i sygnalizacji pożaru.
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Pro-ecological technology of wood sawing with circular saw blades
PublicationW niniejszym artykule opisano możliwości materiało- i energooszczędnego przecinania piłami tarczowymi. Przedstawiono również przykłady efektów zastosowania proekologicznych technologii przecinania w przemyśle.
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Determination of molybdenum in biological materials
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Noise in biological Raman spectroscopy
PublicationRaman spectroscopy is a widely used method to investigate chemical molecules by analyzing their vibrational transitions. It utilizes inelastic scattering of the laser light irradiating the investigated object. The scattered light requires appropriate filtering to reduce dominant laser light and expose much weaker components having shifted wavelengths of a characteristic spectral pattern. These components are measured by dispersing...
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The influence of base oil type on the rheological properties of ecological lubricating greases
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Urban Farming – The Ecological, Spatial and Social Factors of Urban Landscape Transformation
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Application of Chemical Sensors and Olfactometry Method in Ecological Audits of Degraded Areas
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The Role of Crypto Trading in the Economy, Renewable Energy Consumption and Ecological Degradation
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Adaptability of a socio-ecological system. The case of a polish municipality at risk of flood
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Pro-Ecological Activities in Polish Financial Institutions on the Example of Selected Banks
PublicationThe character of the role that banks play in the economy provides them with an opportunity to positively affect the environment on multiple levels. The article aimed at characterizing and evaluating pro-ecological activities occurring in financial institutions in Poland. It compares pro-ecological activities undertaken by three different banks operating on the Polish market: BOŚ Bank SA, BNP Paribas Bank Polska SA and PKO Bank...
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Biological Therapies in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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A nanoscaled contactless thermometer for biological systems
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Chemical and biological stability of polyene macrolides
PublicationThe polyene macrolide antibiotics have been used in an-tifungal therapy since first o f them were discovered in 1950's. Up to now, four polyene macrolides are being used in medical practice, namely amphotericin B, nystatin, candi-cidin and pimaricin.The antifungal activity and mode of ac-tion of polyene macrolides is determined by their structure, chemical and physical properties.The main fragment of polyene...
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Anthracenedione analogues - synthesis and biological activity
PublicationW artykule opisano syntezę i aktywność biologiczną analogów antracenedionowych.
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Muramyl peptides - synthesis and biological activity
PublicationArtykuł przeglądowy opisujący syntezę i aktywność biologiczną muramylopeptydów.
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The biological reactions on the implant-organism border
PublicationMateriał przeznaczony do implantacji w tkanki żywego organizmu powinien być biozgodny i biofunkcjonalny. Jeśli tak nie jest, ciało reaguje stanem zapalnym. Reakcje zapalne mogą się objawiać np. odrywaniem się cząstek materiału z powierzchni implantu na skutek tarcia lub nacisku, lub wytworzeniem biofilmu na jego powierzchni.
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Recent developmentsinthesynthesisand biological activityofacridine/acridoneanalogues
PublicationMany people in the world struggle with cancer or bacterial, parasitic, viral, Alzheimer's and other diseases. Therefore, many scientists seek new, more effective, more selective and less toxic drugs. Acridine/acridone derivatives constitute a class of compounds with a broad spectrum of biological activity and are of great interest to scientists. Todate, many acridine/acridone analogues have been obtained,which, inter alia, exhibit...
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN POLYURETHANE FOAMS CONTAINING LOW-COST AND PRO-ECOLOGICAL MODIFIERS
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Factors Forming the Consumers’ Willingness to Pay a Price Premium for Ecological Goods in Ukraine
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Influence of Pumped-Storage Power Plant on Physical and Ecological State of Lake Żarnowiec
PublicationOd 1983 roku istnieje elektrownia szczytowo-pompowa w Żarnowcu. Od 1973 roku do chwili obecnej prowadzono badania stanu ekologicznegi, chemicznego i fizicznego wód jeziora Żarnowieckiego. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki tych badań i na ich podstawie oceniono wpływ pracy elektrowni na stan jeziora.