*Correspondence: Gulnihal Ozbay, The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, USA e-mail: [email protected] The world’s population continues to increase at record rates along with corresponding nutritional needs and related agricultural consequences. In the United States, food was...

• We have developed a facility that enables scientists to investigate a wide range of sound-processing schemes for human subjects with cochlear implants. This digital signal processing (DSP) facility-named the Programmable Interactive System for Cochlear Implant Electrode Stimulation (PISCES)-was designed, built, and tested at Lincoln Laboratory and then installed at the Cochlear Implant Resear...

Pathology, microbiology, blood bank and other diagnostic laboratories generate sizable amount of biomedical waste (BMW). The audit of the BMW is required for planning proper strategies. The audit in our laboratory revealed 8 kgs anatomical waste, 600 kgs microbiology waste, 220 kgs waste sharps, 15 kgs soiled waste, 111 kgs solid waste, 480 litres liquid waste along with 33,000 litres per month...

Industrial and commercial wastes must be classified at least two times on the way from the owner of the waste to the waste disposal facility in order to ensure that waste handling is in conformity with the law. Wastes classification as dangerous goods is very difficult because they consist of many components with diverse dangerous properties. This paper presents a Web-based expert system we dev...

This study provides data on the optimal staff, materials, space, and time resources required to operate a regional hub reception center, a “short-term facility with the goal to process and transport displaced survivors (evacuees) to temporary or permanent shelters following a catastrophic incident” (Regional Catastrophic Planning Team, 2012). The facility will process approximately 20,000 evacu...

Cleaning up and disposing of approximately 50 years of nuclear waste is the main mission at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation, located in the southeastern part of the state of Washington. A major element of the total cleanup effort involves retrieving, processing, and disposing of radioactive and hazardous waste stored in 177 underground storage tanks. referred to as t...

Solid Waste Management (SWM) system in Bhopal has deteriorated recently to the point that only limited waste collection is undertaken in certain urban areas and disposal is largely to uncontrolled dump sites. In this study, the technical, economical, and environmental aspects of three SWM scenarios were investigated aiming to compare the scenarios and select the most appropriate one for impleme...

BACKGROUND Healthcare wastes are hazardous organic and inorganic wastes. The waste disposal management in Addis Ababa city is seen unscientific manner. The waste management practice in the health facilities are poor and need improvement. This study will help different organizations, stakeholders and policy makers to correct and improve the existing situation of healthcare waste legislation and ...