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A DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO ASSESS HOW DECENTRALISATION POLICIES MAY REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FROM MINES IN ZAMBIA

The economics of pollution in general and pollution control in particular is a relatively new branch of economic science. This has brought about economic and social interest due to the fact that most of the pollution is caused by economic activity such as mining. Pollution from mining has become a world-wide problem. While environmental problems vary in detail, it is a fact that mining emits damaging pollutants, a reason this study was undertaken. As a result of this, threats to the environment and human health continue to escalate. This research aimed at investigating how a Dynamic Performance Management approach, through System Dynamics, may support policy-makers and public managers in im…

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS ACTIVATED IN SEA URCHIN EMBRYOS EXPOSED TO GADOLINIUM, EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT

Magnetometry in Environmental Sciences : Studying Environmental Structure Changes and Environmental Pollution

2018

3D MICROSIZED PROTEIN AMYLOID PARTICULATES AS EFFECTIVE BIOADSORBERS FOR Pb2+ IONS

The production of new cost-effective biocompatible sorbent sustainable materials, with natural origins, able to remove heavy metals from water resources is nowadays highly desirable in order to reduce pollution and increase clean water availability. In this context, self-assembled protein materials with highly ordered amyloid structures, stabilised by H-bonds, seems to have a great potential as natural platform for a broader development of highly-tunable structures. By suitably varying solution conditions it is possible to tune aggregate size, surface area and morphologies as well as their physicochemical (hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, swelling/deswelling properties) and mechanical proper…

Particulate Matter Exposure and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies

2019

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common cognitive and behavioural disorder affecting children, with a worldwide-pooled prevalence of around 5%. Exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution is suspected to be associated with autism spectrum disorders and recent studies have investigated the relationship between PM exposure and ADHD. In the absence of any synthesis of the relevant literature on this topic, this systematic review of epidemiological studies aimed to investigate the relationship between the exposure of children to PM and ADHD and identify gaps in our current knowledge. In December 2018, we searched the PubMed and EMBASE databases. We only included…