ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO BANCA DATI: 13/09/2024 13:00:57
The use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture is a common practice in Southeast Asia; however, concerns remain about the potential public health risks of this practice. We undertook a scoping review to examine the extent, range, and nature of literature, as well as synthesize the evidence for associations ...
This study examines the groundwater quality in wells situated near agricultural fields in Saudi Arabia. Fruits (e.g., tomato and green pepper) irrigated with groundwater were also assessed for the occurrence of opportunistic pathogens to determine if food safety was compromised by the groundwater. The ...
Objective The bacterium Oceanimonas sp. (O. sp.) GK1 is a member of the Aeromonadaceae family and its genome represents several virulence genes involved in fish and human pathogenicity. In this original research study we aimed to identify and characterize the putative virulence factors and pathogenicity ...
Bleaching episodes caused by increasing seawater temperatures may induce mass coral mortality and are regarded as one of the biggest threats to coral reef ecosystems worldwide. The current consensus is that this phenomenon results from enhanced production of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS) that ...
The Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem I and II (C-IMAGE I and II) are two of fourteen centers funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) investigating the shortand long-term impacts of submarine oil spills on the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem. C-IMAGE researchers ...
This paper presents a methodology for localizing an autonomous tethered underwater robotic vehicle deployed for aquaculture inspection operations. The developed methodology is based on an Asynchronous Unscented Kalman Filer (UKF) to fuse information from onboard sensors along with a'priori knowledge ...
The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) is a global research and technology development platform headquartered at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. OTN uses electronic telemetry to document the local-to-global movements and survival of aquatic animals, and to link them to environmental correlates. ...
This paper will report on the strengths and weaknesses of each method and suggest methods for blending the results of these multiple methods to produce more nuanced attribute-rich spatial data on human uses and valuation of the estuarine environment.
Farming of Atlantic salmon in exposed areas poses unique challenges to operations, structures and equipment due to severe and irregular wind, wave and current conditions, and sheer remoteness. Many of the operational challenges seen at present sheltered sites are likely to be amplified when moving production ...
Pelagic Sargassum macroalgae entrained in the Gulf Stream serves as habitat for commercially and recreationally important fish and protected sea turtles, among other organisms. It also plays an important role in the sourcing of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus to the otherwise deficient oligotrophic ...
Increased use of autonomy is considered crucial for continued growth in maritime industries like oil- and gas, waterborne transport, and fisheries- and aquaculture. This article presents a method called Autonomous Job Analysis (AJA), which purpose is to guide the design of autonomous marine operations. ...
The SEATONOMY methodology provides a structured approach for design, development and validation of mobile autonomous maritime operations and systems. The goal is to achieve this by providing system developers of autonomous systems with suitable guidelines, principles, best practices and tools. The methodology ...
Temperature control is a variable of interest in healthy growth of aquatic plants, since the absorption of carbon dioxide during photosynthesis depends on this variable. In this work, a temperature control system is exposed and divided into the temperature measurement by a digital temperature sensor ...
Submarine video surveillance technology is one of the most important technologies in the field of submarine investigation and exploration. This technology has been developed for many years but the previous submarine video surveillance systems typically use analog camera and video server architecture. ...
As a promising application in WSN, there is an anomaly detection using the sensor information. In the anomaly detection, to the acquired sensor information based on the abnormality of the water quality in rivers, detects weather anomalies as familiar, it is to report to the user. Further, in the WSN, ...
An alternative to ease market barriers related to the accelerated technological growth is to make organizations accompany technological advancement through the dissemination of technology and information. The information survey of a technological nature may occur through technological surveillance. ...
This panel will establish an automated monitoring system of wireless sensor networks for a fish farm Environment Simulation. This system allows a user with a mobile device to monitor the fish farm Environmental Data with Instant mastery and control over the various environmental data. Temperature, dissolved ...
Aquaculture is a major driver of economic growth in rural Southeast Asia where many families rely on small-scale fish ponds to supplement their livelihoods. However, due to lack of aeration and other advanced aquaculture technologies, yields in those rural ponds have been low. Aeration systems are typically ...
This paper describes a microgrid for electrification of an isolated rural village in Nepal. Photovoltaic and various storage systems were modeled to find the optimal design. The economic and environmental impacts are also studied.