Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Synthesis of Poly(L(+) Lactic Acid) by Polycondensation Method in Solution....Pages 3-8
The Feasibility of Using Cattails from Constructed Wetlands to Produce Bioethanol....Pages 9-15
Significance of Bile Salt Tolerant Lactobacillus reuteri ....Pages 17-23
The Effect of Insulin from Jerusalem Artichoke ( Helianthus tuberosus ) Extract on Growth and Viability of Lactobacillus salivarius in Fermented Milk....Pages 25-29
Lactic Acid Production from Apple Skin Waste by Immobilized Cells of Lactobacillus reuteri ....Pages 31-37
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Cu and Zn Uptake Inhibition by PAHs as Primary Toxicity in Plants....Pages 41-46
Metagenomic Environmental Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 47-51
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Water Quality in an Environmental Justice Community in Durham, NC....Pages 55-60
The Impact of Social Capital on Environmental Risk Reduction in Moncure....Pages 61-66
Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population....Pages 67-76
Environmental Pollution, Race and Place: Research and Policy Implications....Pages 77-84
Financial Reporting of Environmental Risks and Liabilities....Pages 85-90
Oak Biodiesel: State Building and Fire Codes Affecting Biodiesel Manufacturing....Pages 91-96
The Ecological Effects of Salt Water Intrusion on the Agriculture Industry After Hurricane Katrina....Pages 97-102
Municipal Wastewater Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Xeno-Estrogens: Wildlife and Human Health Implications....Pages 103-113
Challenges in the Devolution of Environmental Health Service Delivery in South Africa....Pages 115-120
A Review of Health and Hygiene Promotion as Part of Sanitation Delivery Programmes to Informal Settlements in the City of Cape Town (South Africa)....Pages 121-126
Pollution, Environmental Justice, and the North Carolina Pork Industry....Pages 127-137
Reducing Community Exposure to Toxics: A Critical Component in Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities....Pages 139-147
Environmental Ethics of Health Mission To Enugu Nigeria....Pages 149-153
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Use of Kalman Filter and Particle Filter in a One Dimensional Leachate Transport Model....Pages 157-163
Organic Pollutant Transport in Groundwater Using Particle Filter....Pages 165-171
Modeling the Sorption Behavior of Aromatic Amine Onto Sediment Under Acidic Conditions....Pages 173-179
Radioactive Contaminanant Transport in Subsurface Porous Environment....Pages 181-188
Transport and Degradation of a Trichloroethylene Plume Within a Stream Hyporheic Zone....Pages 189-194
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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....Pages 197-203
Proposal for Focus Shift in Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Assesment....Pages 205-210
Sensor Webs in Digital Earth: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts....Pages 211-217
Thermal Characterization of Biodegradable Poly (Lactic Acid)/Clay Nanocomposites....Pages 219-225
Tools for Carbon Management: Potential Carbon Footprint Reduction Through Fuel Switching....Pages 227-231
Coral Disease and Global Climate Change....Pages 233-237
Climate Change, Drought, and Wetland Vegetation....Pages 239-244
Dynamics of Soil Organic Nitrogen and its Functions in Soil Carbon Stabilization Processes....Pages 245-250
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Corn Ethanol: Accounting for Corn Acreage Expansion....Pages 251-257
Comparative Effects of Sea Level Rise Versus Hurricane Event on Coastal Erosion....Pages 259-263
Global Warming in Asheville, North Carolina....Pages 265-268
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Tuckaseegee Watershed Observatory: A Collaborative Environmental Research Tool....Pages 271-277
Encapsulation of Potassium Permanganate Oxidant in Polymers....Pages 279-284
 C. Elegans Chemotaxis and Reproduction Following Environmental Exposure....Pages 285-291
Storing Weather Data and Dissemination Via the Web....Pages 293-299
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Rapid and Simple Method for the Encapsulation of Lactobacillus reuteri in the Production of Lactic Acid....Pages 301-307
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Analysis of Partition Coefficients and Ternary Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Highly Non-Ideal Systems....Pages 311-317
Application of Chitosan in Remediation of Dyes....Pages 319-324
An Apparatus for Density and VLE Measurements for Gas-Liquid Systems....Pages 325-330
MSE Walls in Solid Waste Applications....Pages 331-337
Study of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Glass Transition Temperature for Amorphous Poly(L-Lactide) by Molecular Dynamics Simulation....Pages 339-344
Channel Catfish Estrogenicity and Sewer Overflows; Implications for Xenoestrogen Exposure....Pages 345-352
Sorption and Desorption of Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Zeolite and Shale....Pages 353-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-381