In this work application of seven synthetic polymers as adsorbents for the removal of Hg(II) from aqueous solution was studied. The equilibrium studies are systematically carried out in a batch process, covering various process parameters that include agitation time, adsorbent dosage, and pH of the aqueous solution. Variations of Hg(II) concentration in solution have been studied through measur...

Salt stress is one of the major factors limiting crop productivity worldwide. Grain amaranth is new crop with high yield potential and good nutrition value which can be a good substitute for salt-sensitive crops in saline areas. This research was conducted to evaluate different level of salinity and applied salinity stress at several growth stages on some morphological and physiological traits ...

The effect of pre-gamma irradiation on track density, bulk etch rate and light absorbance in CR-39 was investigated. CR-39 detectors were irradiated with gamma doses over a range of 0 to 280 kGy (0 to 28 Mrad). The detectors were overlaid with 0.77 mm of polyethylene and exposed to a known fluence of 252Cf spontaneous fission neutrons. All detectors were then etched in 6.25N sodium hydroxide so...

in this work application of seven synthetic polymers as adsorbents for the removal of hg(ii) from aqueous solution was studied. the equilibrium studies are systematically carried out in a batch process, covering various process parameters that include agitation time, adsorbent dosage, and ph of the aqueous solution. variations of hg(ii) concentration in solution have been studied through measur...

information of heavy metal toxicity about physiological aspect of lettuce is limited. therefore an experiment was conducted in crd designed with 7 replications on lettuce (lactuca sativa l.). treatments were cadmium in 3 concentration (0, 2 and 4 mg/l) added to hoagland solution. results were shown that increasing in cadmium of nutrient solution caused increasing in sod, pod antioxidant and pro...

Plant growth regulators (PGRs) play a key role in regulating physiological and morphological development of plant species. Application of these PGRs can improve preand post-harvest quality and quantity of ornamental flowers and lessen the harmful effects of injury incurred at harvesting time. The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate spraying solution for improving preand pos...

The non-convex behavior presented by nonlinear systems limits the application of classical optimization techniques to solve optimal control problems for these kinds of systems. This paper proposes a hybrid algorithm, namely BA-SD, by combining Bee algorithm (BA) with steepest descent (SD) method for numerically solving nonlinear optimal control (NOC) problems. The proposed algorithm includes th...