In recent years, the demand for the use of sustainable and eco-friendly environmental processes is rapidly growing subjected to economic, public, and legislation pressure. Biotechnology provides a plethora of opportunities for effectively addressing issues pertaining to the monitoring, assessment, modeling, and treatment of contaminated water, air, and solid waste streams. In this context, sour...

The impact of oil pollutions on coastal environment, concerns both the economy and the quality of life. The increasing importance of petroleum products and its maritime transportation raised the concern on navigation safety and environmental protection, leading to a major interest in frameworks for remotely detecting oil spill at sea. While many of the approaches have been focused on large oil ...

Recent research has shown that gaseous induction in adults with sevoflurane is an acceptable technique. This study was undertaken to assess if gaseous induction using sevoflurane carried in both oxygen alone, and in nitrous oxide and oxygen combined, would provide acceptable pollution levels. As an occupational exposure standard has not been set for sevoflurane, we used the target level of 20 p...

This paper provides a brief overview of the wireless sensor networks technology for environmental monitoring applications. The paper discusses a number of open research issues in designing such applications. Emphasis is given to issues relating to data analysis specifically handling the potentially huge volume of sensor measurements. Furthermore, we address the problem of area coverage to minim...

Long-term research and environmental monitoring are essential for the improved management of ecosystems and natural resources. However, to reuse this data for new experiments, decision-making processes, and integrate these data with other long-term initiatives, scientists need more information related to data creation and its evolution, intellectual property rights, and technical information in...