Covering the energy demand by using environmentally friendly resources is a major challenge of the present. Gas turbines take a central role in accomplishing this objective, as they allow for bridging periods of a deficit in available renewable energy sources. The application of…
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Marine ports are the largest single business complex in the maritime sector impacting the coastal, marine, and atmospheric environment. The environmental effects of port operations mostly originate from the vessel and cargo handling operations, and maintenance. Port operations g…
Organic contaminants from industrial and/or domestic effluents may be harmful to humans directly or indirectly by degrading the quality of the aquatic environment. Consequently these contaminants must be reduced to levels that are not harmful to humans and the environment before…
Nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs) are ligand-activated transcriptions factors which transduce the effects of various hormones as well as nutritional and other environmental signals. They thus function to maintain physiological homeostasis by integrating the tissue expression of s…
Sol-gel method was used to synthesize pure and metal-doped TiO2 nanoparticles. The optimum experimental conditions for synthesis of pure nanocrystalline TiO2 were found by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). These experimental parameters include the amount of water, type of acid, acid…
Estimating the relative contribution of heavy metals and nutrients loads from diffuse and point sources and various hydrological pathways is a major research challenge in catchment hydrology. Understanding of the transfer, loads and concentration of these loads in basins is usef…
This thesis describes the legislative history of California’s changing relationship with the environment in the twentieth century. This thesis demonstrates that the initial policy changes facilitated future policy changes and ultimately led to new legislative protocols that emph…
The dissertation studies three seemly independent topics on environmental economics, but they share the same theme: the reactions of local governments and firms on promotional incentives and environmental regulations in China. The first chapter examines whether China’s Two Contr…
Our environment is contaminated by hundreds of thousands of chemicals. While regulations have been established to control production and release of some of these chemicals, thousands of new chemicals are introduced to the market on an annual basis. Traditional toxicity tests hav…
Araştırmanın amacı “Geri Dönüşüm" konusunun temel kavramlarına yönelik ortaokul 5. Sınıf öğrencilerinin bilişsel yapılarının cinsiyetlerine göre karşılaştırılarak incelenmesidir. Yapılan bu araştırma betimsel araştırma olarak tasarlanmıştır. Çalışma grubunu Bursa ili Yıldırım il…