Part I Bioprocessing |
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Synthesis of Poly(L(+) Lactic Acid) by Polycondensation Method in Solution |
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3 | |
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Jian Zhang, Parakalan Krishnamachari, Jianzhong Lou, and Abolghasem Shahbazi |
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The Feasibility of Using Cattails from Constructed Wetlands to Produce Bioethanol |
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Katherine Suda, Abolghasem Shahbazi, and Yebo Li |
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Significance of Bile Salt Tolerant Lactobacillus reuteri |
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Siham A. Ahmed, Salam A. Ibrahim, Chyer Kim, and Abolghasem Shahbazi |
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The Effect of Insulin from Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) Extract on Growth and Viability of Lactobacillus salivarius in Fermented Milk |
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Souod R. Alani, Angela M. Fraser, Mustafa A. Alsharafani, Farouk F. Al-Nouri, and Salam A. Ibrahim |
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Lactic Acid Production from Apple Skin Waste by Immobilized Cells of Lactobacillus reuteri |
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Moussa M.E. Salem, Salam A. Ibrahim, Chyer Kim, Chung W. Seo, Abolghasem Shahbazi, and Amer AbuGhazaleh |
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Part II Bioremediation |
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Cu and Zn Uptake Inhibition by PAHs as Primary Toxicity in Plants |
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Zarhelia Carlo-Rojas and Wen-Yee Lee |
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Metagenomic Environmental Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems |
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Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, and Michael M. Marshall |
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Part III Environmental Justice and Ethics |
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Water Quality in an Environmental Justice Community in Durham, NC |
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Blakely Adair, John J. Bang, Yolanda B. Anderson, Saundra F. DeLauder, Marcia Bradshaw, Marion Lamberth, Faustina Meheux, Rakesh Malhotra, Roy Fortmann, Peter Egeghy, Ronald Williams, and Donald Whitaker |
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The Impact of Social Capital on Environmental Risk Reduction in Moncure |
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John J. Bang, Yolanda B. Anderson, Saundra F. DeLauder, Marcia Bradshaw, Faustina Meheux, Rakesh Malhotra, Roy Fortmann, Peter Egeghy, Ronald Williams, and Donald Whitaker |
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Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population |
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67 | |
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Richard V. Crume, Kathleen E. Sykes, and Yoko S. Crume |
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Environmental Pollution, Race and Place: Research and Policy Implications |
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Financial Reporting of Environmental Risks and Liabilities |
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Gwendolyn McFadden-Wade, Jean T. Wells, and Diana R. Robinson |
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Oak Biodiesel: State Building and Fire Codes Affecting Biodiesel Manufacturing |
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91 | |
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Myra M. Shird and Regina M. Williams |
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The Ecological Effects of Salt Water Intrusion on the Agriculture Industry After Hurricane Katrina |
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97 | |
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Municipal Wastewater Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Xeno-Estrogens: Wildlife and Human Health Implications |
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103 | |
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Maxine Wright-Walters and Conrad Volz |
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Challenges in the Devolution of Environmental Health Service Delivery in South Africa |
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115 | |
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A Review of Health and Hygiene Promotion as Part of Sanitation Delivery Programmes to Informal Settlements in the City of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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121 | |
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Pollution, Environmental Justice, and the North Carolina Pork Industry |
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127 | |
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Osei Yeboah, Terrence Thomas, Timothy Foster, and Edward Fosu |
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Reducing Community Exposure to Toxics: A Critical Component in Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities |
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139 | |
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Environmental Ethics of Health Mission To Enugu Nigeria |
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149 | |
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Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Mary E. Uzochukwu, and Ethelbert Odo |
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Part IV Fate and Transport of Contaminants |
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Use of Kalman Filter and Particle Filter in a One Dimensional Leachate Transport Model |
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157 | |
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Shoou-Yuh Chang and Sikdar M.I. Latif |
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Organic Pollutant Transport in Groundwater Using Particle Filter |
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165 | |
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Shoou-Yuh Chang and Xiaopeng Li |
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Modeling the Sorption Behavior of Aromatic Amine Onto Sediment Under Acidic Conditions |
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173 | |
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Shihua Chen and Marianne C. Nyman |
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Radioactive Contaminanant Transport in Subsurface Porous Environment |
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181 | |
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An Jin and Shoou-Yuh Chang |
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Transport and Degradation of a Trichloroethylene Plume Within a Stream Hyporheic Zone |
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189 | |
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John B. Williams, Gary Mills, Daniel Barnhurst, Sherry Southern, and Noelle Garvin |
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Part V Global Climate Change |
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Using a Spoken Diary and Heart Rate Monitor in Modeling Human Exposure to Airborne Pollutants for EPA'S Consolidated Human Activity Database |
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197 | |
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Curry I. Guinn and Daniel J. Rayburn Reeves |
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Proposal for Focus Shift in Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Assesment |
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205 | |
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Sensor Webs in Digital Earth: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts |
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211 | |
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Matt Heavner, Rob Fatland, Eran Hood, Cathy Connor, Tracy Lee Hansen, Mary Sue Schultz, Tom LeFebvre, and Albert Esterline |
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Thermal Characterization of Biodegradable Poly (Lactic Acid)/Clay Nanocomposites |
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219 | |
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Parakalan Krishnamachari, Jian Zhang, Jizhong Yan, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Leonard Uitenham, and Jianzhong Lou |
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Tools for Carbon Management: Potential Carbon Footprint Reduction Through Fuel Switching |
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227 | |
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Parikhit Sinha and David M. Cass |
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Coral Disease and Global Climate Change |
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233 | |
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Garriet W. Smith and Marie-Ange Smith |
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Climate Change, Drought, and Wetland Vegetation |
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239 | |
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Brant W. Touchette and Sara E. Steudler |
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Dynamics of Soil Organic Nitrogen and its Functions in Soil Carbon Stabilization Processes |
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245 | |
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Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Corn Ethanol: Accounting for Corn Acreage Expansion |
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251 | |
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Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, and Phillip W. Gassman |
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Comparative Effects of Sea Level Rise Versus Hurricane Event on Coastal Erosion |
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259 | |
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Global Warming in Asheville, North Carolina |
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265 | |
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George Ford, William McDaniel, and Aaron Ball |
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Part VI Innovative Environmental Technology and Sensors |
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Tuckaseegee Watershed Observatory: A Collaborative Environmental Research Tool |
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271 | |
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Brian P. Howell, Roger Clapp, Jeff Marston, Chris Donaldson, and Brent McCoy |
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Encapsulation of Potassium Permanganate Oxidant in Polymers |
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279 | |
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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, David Price, and Dereje Worku |
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C. Elegaus Chemotaxis and Reproduction Following Environmental Exposure |
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285 | |
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Mulumebet Worku and Carresse Gerald |
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Storing Weather Data and Dissemination Via the Web |
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293 | |
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Kawana O. Fuller and Austin Frazier |
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Rapid and Simple Method for the Encapsulation of Lactobacillus reuteri in the Production of Lactic Acid |
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301 | |
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Salam A. Ibrahim, Somphavanh Phetsomphou, Chyer Kim, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Chung W. Seo, Amer AbuGhazaleh, and Moussa M.E. Salem |
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Part VII Pollution Prevention/Solvents and Processes |
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Analysis of Partition Coefficients and Ternary Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Highly Non-Ideal Systems |
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311 | |
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Wahid Islam and Vinayak Kabadi |
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Application of Chitosan in Remediation of Dyes |
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319 | |
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Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Olatunde Animashaun, and Ivie Okpere |
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An Apparatus for Density and VLE Measurements for Gas-Liquid Systems |
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325 | |
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Rashawn K. Washignton and Vinayak N. Kabadi |
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MSE Walls in Solid Waste Applications |
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331 | |
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Study of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Glass Transition Temperature for Amorphous Poly(L-Lactide) by Molecular Dynamics Simulation |
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339 | |
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Jian Zhang, Jizhong Yan, Leonard Uitenham, and Jianzhong Lou |
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Channel Catfish Estrogenicity and Sewer Overflows; Implications for Xenoestrogen Exposure |
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345 | |
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Conrad Daniel Volz, Frank Houghton, Nancy Sussman, Diana Lenzner, Devra Davis, Maryann Donovan, Talal El Hefnawy, and Patricia Eagon |
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Sorption and Desorption of Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Zeolite and Shale |
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353 | |
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Johnsely S. Cyrus and G.B. Reddy |
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Index |
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