At present the urban rainwater runoff is considered as one of the main sources of water pollution. The basic load of the contaminants comes from transport infrastructure and some of them have a strong toxic effect on ...

Field studies have become a permanent feature of the environmental documentation system, which in turn has become a standard part of the investment process. The scope and depth of environmental impact assessment field ...

On the basis of hourly values of air temperature, relative humidity of air, wind speed and cloudiness, the dimensionless index of heal load (HL) was determined for two stations in Szczecin representing the very city ...

Microbiological contamination of waters used for recreational purposes may constitute a serious danger to the health of users. Only a few reservoirs in Lesser Poland are subjects of constant control and meet the ...

Although the extension of canalization and the building of numerous sewage treatment plants in southern Poland significantly affected the water quality by eliminating the constant and uncontrolled inflow of pollutants ...

A post-extraction gravel pit was subjected to technical reclamation where by the pit was filled with fly ash and covered by a 37–150 cm thick soil layer. Subsequently, biological remediation was applied: the area was ...

About 70% of all materials used in the packaging industry are multicomponent and multilayer foils. Packaging foils are produced with using polymers and aluminum thin foils. Favorable physical and mechanical properties ...

The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics has become a global problem. Among 12 most alarming bacteria, the WHO recognized carbapaneme-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa as resistant to carbapenems as a critical ...

Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) is a major enzyme responsible for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This enzyme regulates the nerve impulse conduction by hydrolyzing the excess of acetylcholine in the ...

The aim of this study was to in vitro determine the antimicrobial activity of essential oil obtained from wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) against three test microorganisms representing species: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus ...