In the present study, five Quantitative Structure-Toxicity Relationship (QSTR) models were generated. Three QSTR models were developed for the cytotoxcity (pEC50) of diverse chemicals to Poeciliopsis lucida hepatocarcinoma ...

The mosquito Aedes aegypti is known as the main vector that transmits the viruses cause dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya epidemic arthritis, and Zika. Control of the vector is an important strategy to avoid disease ...

Higher education is a key area in the sustainable development debate today. More and more universities and colleges around the world are implementing plans and policies to become both environmentally more sustainable on ...

Microorganisms especially fungi are utilized in biological pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass. In this particular study, Trametes versicolor were entrapped in Ca-alginate beads in order to use them in the pre-treatment ...

In this study, the genetic diversity of Turkish gray wolf (Canis lupus) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) from two locations in Turkey (Sarıkamış and Yenice), and their phylogeographic relationships with the rest of the world ...

Petroleum is the most common raw energy source which causes soil and groundwater pollution during the exploration, refining, transport and storage. Since the physical and chemical treatment methods have some disadvantages ...

The destructive removal of humic acids in natural waters has gained increased attention, because these substances are known to be major precursors of carcinogenic disinfection byproducts which are produced during chlorination. ...

A number of phenolic compounds (PCs) and their environmental contamination problems as consequences of olive oil production process in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea propel the need for extraction of ...

This thesis analyzes the pollution control failure in the Ergene Basin as a specific example of environmental conservation failure. Taking the political ecology literature as a starting point, the power and politics ...

Existing buildings are responsible for a considerable amount of global carbon emissions and energy consumptions. Improvement of existing building stock in terms of energy efficiency is needed to achieve energy and carbon ...