Research Papers

 

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Conceptual Modeling for Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management in the Barycz Valley, Lower Silesia, Poland. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 194-203. 

Piotr Magnuszewski¹*, Jan Sendzimir², Jakub Kronenberg³

 

¹Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

²International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria

³Dept of International Economic Relations, University of Lodz, POW 3/5, 90-255 Lodz, Poland

*Correspondence to Dr. Piotr Magnuszewski. E-mail: [email protected]

 

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Assessment of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater and Health Problems in Bangladesh. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 204-213.

 

Md. Khalequzzaman^1*, Fazlay S. Faruque², Amal K. Mitra³

 

¹Department of Geology & Physics, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA 17745, USA

²Office of Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216,USA

³Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5122, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA

*Correspondence to Dr. Md. Khalequzzaman. Email [email protected]

 

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Toxic Aluminium and Heavy Metals in Groundwater of Middle Russia: Health Risk Assessment. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 214-218.

 

Olga Momot^1*, Boris Synzynys¹

 

¹Obninsk State Technical University of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk

*Correspondence to Dr. Olga Momot.  E-mail: [email protected]

 

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Evidence for Alteration in Chemical and Physical Properties of Water and Modulation of it’s Biological Functions by Sunlight Transmitted Through Color Ranges of the Visible Spectrum-A Novel Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 219-227.

 

Hari H. P. Cohly^1*, Asit Panja², William L. Reno III¹, Don Obenhuber³, Margot S. Koelle⁴, Suman K. Das¹, Michael F. Angel¹, M. Rajeswara Rao⁵

 

¹Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505, USA

²Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, UMDJ-NJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA

³Materials and Processes Laboratory, NASA-Marshall Flight Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 35812, USA

⁴State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Microbiology, Buffalo, New York, 14214-3000, USA

⁵Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517 502, India

* Correspondence to Dr. Hari H. P. Cohly. Email: [email protected]

 

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Lead Accumulation by Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) Grown on a Lead-Contaminated Soil. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 228-233.

M. T. Begonia¹*, G. B. Begonia¹, M. Ighoavodha¹, D. Gilliard¹

¹Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch St., P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, USA

*Correspondence to Dr. Maria T. Begonia.  E-mail: [email protected]

 

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GIS Applications in Land Management: The Loss of High Quality Land to Development in Central Mississippi from 1987-2002. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 234-244.

 

Yaw A. Twumasi¹ and Edmund C. Merem^2*

¹Center for Hydrology, Soil Climatology, and Remote Sensing, Department of Plant and Soil Science. P.O. Box 1208, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762 USA.

²Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39211, USA.

*Correspondence to Dr. Edmund C. Merem.  E-mail: [email protected]

 

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Contribution of Man – Made Activities to the Pollution of the Tigris within Mosul Area/IRAQ. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 245-250.

 

S. M. Al – Rawi^1*

 

¹Head of Pollution Control Section & Assistant Professor of Environmental, Engineering Environment Research Center (ERR), Mosul University, Mosul,, IRAQ.

*Correspondence to Dr. S. M. Al-Rawi. Email: [email protected]

 

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Bioremediation of Contaminated Lake Sediments and Evaluation of Maturity Indicies as Indicators of Compost Stability. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 251-262.

 

P. Rekha ¹, D. S. Suman Raj¹, C. Aparna¹, V. Hima Bindu¹ and Y. Anjaneyulu^1*

    

¹Center for Environment, IST, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, India.

*Correspondence to Prof. Y. Anjaneyulu.  E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

 

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Trace Elements Analysis in Forage Samples from a US Navy Bombing Range (Vieques, Puerto Rico). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 263-266.

 

Arturo Massol-Deyá^1*, Dustin Pérez¹, Ernie Pérez¹, Manuel Berrios¹, and Elba Díaz¹

 

¹Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR  00681-9012, Puerto Rico

*Correspondence to Dr. Arturo Massol-Deyá. Email: [email protected]

 

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Bacillus subtilis is a Potential Degrader of Pyrene and Benzo[a]pyrene. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 267-271.

 

Rochelle D. Hunter^1,3,4 , Stephen I. N. Ekunwe^1,2,3,*, Daniel E. Dodor^2,3, Huey-Min Hwang^2,3 and Lynette Ekunwe²

 

¹ Microbial Molecular Genetics, Cancer and Phytonutriceuticals Research Laboratory

²NIH–Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology

³Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 1400 J. R. Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, MS 39217, USA.

⁴Pharmaceutical Products Development, Inc. (PPD), 980 Harvest Dr., Suite 130, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA.

*Correspondence to: Dr. Stephen I. N. Ekunwe, Email:  [email protected]   

 

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Degradation of Metalaxyl and Mefenoxam and Effects on the Microbiological Properties of Tropical and Temperate Soils. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 272-285.

 

Adolphe Monkiedje^1*, and Michael Spiteller²

     

¹Laboratory of General Biology, Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Cameroon;

²Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), University of Dortmund Otto-Hahn-Str. 6 D-44227, Dortmund, Germany.

*Correspondence to Dr. Adolphe Monkiedje.  E-mail: [email protected]

 

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Dietary Exposure of Fathead Minnows to the Explosives TNT and RDX and to the Pesticide DDT Using Contaminated Invertebrates. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 286-292.

 

Jerre G. Houston¹ and Guilherme R. Lotufo^1*

 

¹U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA.

*Correspondence to Dr. Guilherme Lotufo. Email: [email protected]

 

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Heavy Metal Uptake, Translocation, and Bioaccumulation Studies of Triticum aestivum Cultivated in Contaminated Dredged Materials. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 293-298.

 

Ketia L. Shumaker^1* and Gregorio Begonia²

 

¹College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of West Alabama, UWA Station 7, Livingston, AL  35470-2099, USA

²Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch St., P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, USA

*Correspondence to Dr. Ketia Shumaker. Email: [email protected]

 

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Morphological and Physiological Responses of Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa L.) Grown in a Lead- and Chelate-Amended Soil. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 299-303.

 

Murty S. Kambhampati^1*, Gregorio B. Begonia², Maria F. T. Begonia², Yolanda Bufford²

 

¹Department of Biology, Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70126, USA

²Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

*Correspondence to Dr. Murty Kambhampati. Email: [email protected]

 

Cytotoxicity of Dinitrotoluenes (2,4-DNT,  2,6-DNT ) to MCF-7 and MRC-5 Cells. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 304-307.

 

Ali B. Ishaque¹, Christine Timmons¹, Frederick V. Ballard¹, Carine Hupke¹, Kalpana Dulal¹, Linda R. Johnson¹, Tonya M. Gerald¹, Dwayne Boucaud¹, Paul B. Tchounwou²

 

¹Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853, USA

²Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA.

*Correspondence to Dr.  Ali B. Ishaque. Email: [email protected]

 

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Changes of Multiple Metal Accumulation (MMA) in New Orleans Soil: Preliminary Evaluation of Differences between Survey I (1992) and Survey II (2000). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 308-313.

 

Howard W. Mielke ^1*, Christopher Gonzales ¹, Eric Powell ¹, and Paul W. Mielke Jr².

 

¹College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA

²Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.   

^*Correspondence to Dr. Howard W. Mielke.  Email: [email protected]

 

Impact of Animal Waste Application on Runoff Water Quality in Field Experimental Plots. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 314-321.

 

Dagne D. Hill¹, William E. Owens² and Paul B. Tchounwou^1*

 

¹Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.   

²Louisiana State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Hill Farm Research Station,11959 Highway 9, Homer, Louisiana, USA.

^*Correspondence to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou.  Email:  [email protected]

 

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Design and Development of Low Cost, Simple, Rapid and Safe, Modified Field Kits for the Visual Detection and Determination of Arsenic in Drinking Water Samples. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 324-327.

 

Jyotsna Cherukuri¹ and Y. Anjaneyulu^1*

     

¹Centre for Environment, Institute of Science &Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad-500072. India

*Correspondence to Dr. Y. Anjaneyulu.  E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]  

 

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Assessing Interactions of Multiple Agrichemicals by Using Bacterial Assemblages in a Wetland Mesocosm System. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 328-334.

 

Huey-Min Hwang^1*, Neisee McArthur¹, Clifford Ochs², Bruce Libman³

     

¹Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

²Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA

³Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA

*Correspondence to Dr. Huey-Min Hwang.  E-mail: [email protected]

 

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Comparison Assessment of Water Use and Damage between Modern and Traditional Rice Irrigation Schemes: Case of Usangu Basin, Tanzania. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 335-342.

 

Magayane Machibya¹ and Makarius Mdemu²

     

¹Water resources and GIS Specialist, ITECO Consult (T) Limited, P.O.Box 67371, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

²Researcher and Consultant in Water resources, P.O.Box 12375, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

*Correspondence to Dr. Magayane Machibya.  E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

 

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Use of Multi-Objective Air Pollution Monitoring Sites and Online Air Pollution Monitoring System for Total Health Risk Assessment in Hyderabad, India. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 343-354.

 

Y. Anjaneyulu¹*, I. Jayakumar², V. Hima Bindu², G. Sagareswar², P.V. Mukunda Rao², N. Rambabu², K. V. Ramani³

     

¹Institute of Science and Technology, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500 072, Andhra Pradesh, India

²Center for Environment, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500 0072, Andhra Pradesh, India

³Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, A3, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad – 500 018, Andhra Pradesh, India

*Correspondence to Prof Y. Anjaneyulu. E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

 

Cytotoxicity and Expression of c-fos, HSP70, and GADD45/153 Proteins in Human Liver Carcinoma (HepG₂) Cells Exposed to Dinitrotoluenes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 355-361.

 

Konsuela Y. Glass¹, Cecilia R. Newsome¹, and Paul B. Tchounwou¹

     

¹Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental Health, School of Science and Technology, Jackson State University, 140 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, MS 39217, USA.

*Correspondence to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou. E-mail: [email protected]

 

The Seasonality of Fecal Coliform Bacteria Pollution and its Influence on Closures of Shellfish Harvesting Areas in Mississippi Sound. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2005, 2(2), 362-373.

 

Paulinus Chigbu^1*, Scott Gordon² and Paul B. Tchounwou³     

 

¹Department of Biology, Marine Science Program, Box 18540, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA. ²Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Bayview Avenue., Biloxi, MS  39530, USA. 

³Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH – Center for Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Box 18540, Jackson, MS 39217, USA. 

*Correspondence to Dr. Paulinus Chigbu. E-mail: [email protected]