Proceedings of the 2013 National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Watershed Hydrology....Pages 3-11
Trend of Climate Variability in North Carolina During the Past Decades....Pages 13-19
Arctic Storm and Its Impact on the Surface Winds over the Chukchi-Beaufort Seas....Pages 21-34
Designing a Remote In Situ Soil Moisture Sensor Network for Small Satellite Data Retrieval....Pages 35-46
Alaskan Regional Climate Changes in Dynamically Downscaled CMIP5 Simulations....Pages 47-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Application of Kalman Filter Embedded with Neural Network in 3-Dimensional Subsurface Contaminant Transport Modeling....Pages 63-73
Application of Adaptive Extended Kalman Filtering Scheme to Improve the Efficiency of a Groundwater Contaminant Transport Model....Pages 75-85
Application of Ensemble Square Root Kalman Filter in a Three-Dimensional Subsurface Contaminant Transport Model....Pages 87-95
Application of 3D VAR Kalman Filter in a Three-Dimensional Subsurface Contaminant Transport Model for a Continuous Pollutant Source....Pages 97-104
Groundwater Flow Modeling in the Shallow Aquifer of Buffalo Creek, Greensboro....Pages 105-115
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Inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 on Rocket Leaves by Eucalyptus and Wild-Thyme Essential Oils....Pages 119-130
Decontamination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Leafy Green Vegetables Using Ascorbic Acid and Copper Alone or in Combination with Organic Acids....Pages 131-135
Enzymatic Activity of Lactobacillus Grown in a Sweet Potato Base Medium....Pages 137-143
Effect of Metal Ions on the Enzymatic Activity of Lactobacillus reuteri Growing in a Sweet Potato Medium....Pages 145-155
Using Sweet Potatoes as a Basic Component to Develop a Medium for the Cultivation of Lactobacilli....Pages 157-164
Impact of Gums on the Growth of Probiotic Microorganisms....Pages 165-170
Interaction Between Bifidobacterium and Medical Drugs....Pages 171-178
Functional Food Product Development from Fish Processing By-products Using Isoelectric Solubilization/Precipitation....Pages 179-183
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Optimizing the Design of Chilled Water Plants in Large Commercial Buildings....Pages 187-194
Optimizing Ice Thermal Storage to Reduce Energy Cost....Pages 195-202
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Optimization of HVAC Systems Using Genetic Algorithm....Pages 203-209
Artificial Intelligent Approaches for Modeling and Optimizing HVAC Systems....Pages 211-220
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Experimental Study of MSW Pyrolysis in a Fixed Bed Reactor....Pages 223-231
Separate Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Untreated and Pretreated Alfalfa Cake to Produce Ethanol....Pages 233-240
Tax Policy’s Role in Promoting Sustainability....Pages 241-247
Scrap Tires Air Emissions in North Carolina....Pages 249-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-266