(Corresponding) Shalaby M., Abdallah H., Alanezi A., shaban A.
Topic:
Water treatment
Nanofiltration membranes (NF) are considered and used extensively in seawater softening, food, textile, and mining industries for the removal of di-and multi-valents to increase RO lifetime by decreasing fouling rates, and chemical cleaning intervals. In this work, blend membranes of...Read more
Mixed Nanostructures/PES/ RO Membrane for Water Desalination
(Corresponding) Shalaby M., Abdallah H., Shaban A., Chetty R., Kumar M.
Topic:
Desalination
Different nanomaterials graphene, zinc nanorode and zinc nanosephere were used in membrane preparation. Polyethersulphone as a main polymer was blended with nanosoultions of these nanomaterials, then coated by composite coating layer consists of polyvinylacohol and titanium dioxide nanotubes to...Read more
Managing the risk of cyanobacteria through water quality characteristics analysis: A case study of two warm Mediterranean reservoirs
(Corresponding) Antoniou M., Kagalou I., Hadjiouraniou G., Daskalakis E., Tsiarta N., Chamoglou M., Polykarpou P.
Topic:
Lakes, rivers, estuaries and ecosystem health
This study correlated the trophic condition of two Mediterranean water bodies with different typology with their water quality characteristics. The two studied cases included Polemidia Dam, a reservoir enriched with tertiary treated wastewater in Cyprus and Lake Karla, a re-established reservoir in...Read more
Keywords:
eutrophication, cyanobacteria, PCA, multiple linear regression, cyanotoxins
Monitoring and treatment of cyanobacterial contaminated surface waters in France and Cyprus
(Corresponding) Antoniou M., Brient L., Tsiarta N., Keliri E., Christofi M., Sukenik A.
Topic:
Water policy, management and society
Over the past few decades eutrophication of surface water has increased worldwide because of different anthropological activities including land fertilization and sewage run-offs; in combination with climate change. Excessive amount of nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen), is now detected in...Read more
IMPROVING INNOVATION CAPACITIES OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ACTORS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE RECYCLING OF LIVESTOCK WASTE
(Corresponding) Antoniou M., Kallikazarou N., Koutsokeras L., Constantinides G., Constantinide E.
Topic:
Water and wastewater reuse
The Mediterranean region is known for its intensive livestock farming, especially for the breeding of pigs and cattle. These activities result in vast amounts of waste that necessitate proper treatment. Inadequate manure treatment can cause eutrophication of surface waters, enrichment of nitrates...Read more
Monitoring and treatment of St. George lake to mitigate Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (cyano-HABs)
(Corresponding) Antoniou M., Keliri E., Paraskeva C., Sofokleous A., Brient L., Chernova E., Dziga D., Sukenik A.
Topic:
Water treatment
This study aimed to monitor St. George Lake, located in the Athalassa National Forest Park of Cyprus, in order to correlate its trophic condition with its water quality characteristics and identify the key environmental variables driving cyanobacteria blooming and their cyanotoxicity. The...Read more
Methane Production and Waste Stabilization in Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste, Biosolids and Used Cooking Oil
Ematong E., (Corresponding) Rollon A.
Topic:
Food waste
Restaurants, food processing industries and café kitchen generate significant amounts of food waste (FW) and waste cooking oil. Septage treatment also generates large amount of biosolids. This study explores the application of anaerobic process, which generates methane, a renewable energy resource...Read more
Antibiotic resistance of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus Georgian isolates
(Corresponding) Sadunishvili T., Amashukeli N., Gaganidze D., Sturua N., Burbutashvili T., Khatradze S.
Topic:
Antibiotic resistanse
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Cms) is a causative pathogen of potato bacterial ring rot. This devastative pathogen poses a constant threat to potato growers worldwide. It was regarded as a disease of cool northen regions but is currently spreading within Europe, including some...Read more
Keywords:
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, potato ring rot, antibiotic resistance
Antagonists of Erwinia amylovora isolates from fire blight diseased fruit trees in Georgia
(Corresponding) Sadunishvili T., Aznarashvili M., Gaganidze D., Gurielidze M., Amashukeli N., Sturua N.
Topic:
Antibiotic resistanse
Fire blight, a devastating disease of pomaceous plants after its appearance in Kartli in 2016 has spread in some other regions of Georgia. A causative agent of the disease, Erwinia amylovora was detected by PCR using specific primers pair in different organs of symptomatic apple, quince and pear...Read more
Keywords:
Erwinia amylovora, fire blight, antagonistic actinobacteria
PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSE OF SPRING OILSEED RAPE TO HEAT, DROUGHT, NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY AND COMBINED STRESS
(Corresponding) Dikšaitytė A., Viršilė A., Januškaitienė I., Žaltauskaitė J.
Topic:
Agroforestry, forest and agricultural sustainability
This study was aimed to determine the photosynthetic response of spring oilseed rape to heatwave (HW), drought, nutrient deficiency (N-D) and combined stress. HW and drought acted in a different manner. Under both adequate and deprived soil nutrient conditions, in the presence of adequate water...Read more
