Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -BIOPROCESSING.- Synthesis of Poly(L(+) Lactic Acid) by Polycondensation Method in Solution.- The Feasibility of Using Cattails from Constructed Wetlands to Produce Bioethanol.- Significance of Bile Salt Tolerant Lactobacillus reuteri.- The Effect of Insulin from Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) Extract on Growth and Viability of Lactobacillus salivarius in Fermented Milk.- Lactic Acid Production from Apple Skin Waste by Immobilized Cells of Lactobacillus reuteri.- BIOREMEDIATION.- Cu and Zn Uptake Inhibition by PAHs as Primary Toxicity in Plants.- Metagenomic Environmental Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems.- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ETHICS.- Water Quality in an Environmental Justice Community in Durham, NC.- The Impact of Social Capital on Environmental Risk Reduction in Moncure.- Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population.- Environmental Pollution, Race and Place: Research and Policy Implications.- Financial Reporting of Environmental Risks and Liabilities.- Oak Biodiesel: State Building and Fire Codes Affecting Biodiesel Manufacturing.- The Ecological Effects of Salt Water Intrusion on the Agriculture Industry After Hurricane Katrina.- Municipal Wastewater Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Xeno-Estrogens: Wildlife and Human Health Implications.- Challenges in the Devolution of Environmental Health Service Delivery in South Africa.- A Review of Health and Hygiene Promotion as Part of Sanitation Delivery Programmes to Informal Settlements in the City of Cape Town (South Africa).- Pollution, Environmental Justice, and the North Carolina Pork Industry.- Reducing Community Exposure to Toxics: A Critical Component in Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities.- Environmental Ethics of Health Mission To Enugu Nigeria.- FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS.- Useof Kalman Filter and Particle Filter in a One Dimensional Leachate Transport Model.- Organic Pollutant Transport in Groundwater Using Particle Filter.- Modeling the Sorption Behavior of Aromatic Amine Onto Sediment Under Acidic Conditions.- Radioactive Contaminanant Transport in Subsurface Porous Environment.- Transport and Degradation of a Trichloroethylene Plume Within a Stream Hyporheic Zone.- GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE.- Using a Spoken Diary and Heart Rate Monitor in Modeling Human Exposure to Airborne Pollutants for EPA'S Consolidated Human Activity Database.- Proposal for Focus Shift in Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Assesment.- Sensor Webs in Digital Earth: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts.- Thermal Characterization of Biodegradable Poly (Lactic Acid)/Clay Nanocomposites.- Tools for Carbon Management: Potential Carbon Footprint Reduction Through Fuel Switching.- Coral Disease and Global Climate Change.- Climate Change, Drought, and Wetland Vegetation.- Dynamics of Soil Organic Nitrogen and its Functions in Soil Carbon Stabilization Processes.- Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Corn Ethanol: Accounting for Corn Acreage Expansion.- Comparative Effects of Sea Level Rise Versus Hurricane Event on Coastal Erosion.- Global Warming in Asheville, North Carolina.- INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS.- Tuckaseegee Watershed Observatory: A Collaborative Environmental Research Tool.- Encapsulation of Potassium Permanganate Oxidant in Polymers.- C. Elegans Chemotaxis and Reproduction Following Environmental Exposure.- Storing Weather Data and Dissemination Via the Web.- Rapid and Simple Method for the Encapsulation of Lactobacillus reuteri in the Production of Lactic Acid.- POLLUTION PREVENTION/SOLVENTS AND PROCESSES.- Analysis of PartitionCoefficients and Ternary Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Highly Non-Ideal Systems.- Application of Chitosan in Remediation of Dyes.- An Apparatus for Density and VLE Measurements for Gas-Liquid Systems.- MSE Walls in Solid Waste Applications.- Study of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Glass Transition Temperature for Amorphous Poly(L-Lacti.…