Correction to: Radical scavenging and antiproliferative effect of novel phenolic derivatives isolated from Nerium indicum against human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7)—an in silico and in vitro approach

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The correct presentation of the Author names are shown in this paper.     

Multi-component sorption isotherms of basic dyes onto peat

The adsorption of basic dyes onto peat from single component and multi-component solution is reported. The adsorption is presented in the form of the equilibrium isotherms. The Freundlich, Langmuir and Redlich-Peterson isotherm equations are fitted to the results and the isotherm constants obtained.     

Applying TRIZ principles in crowd management

Overcrowding that happens in places like concerts, stadiums or pilgrimage locations might sometimes cause injury or loss of life. Maintaining the safety of crowd in these places is therefore very important. In addition, increasing the performance of the buildings and structures has always been an important concern. Most of the previous work focused on using new devices and methods for monitoring and management of the crowd but they rarely focus on a comprehensive and structured approach with the purpose of increasing efficiency and safety. In this paper, we explore a Russian “Theory of Inventive Problem Solving”, TRIZ, to see whether its principles can help us to solve or improve overcrowding issues. More specifically we find the contradictions that arise in the context of crowd management and we observe which of the categorical solutions suggested by TRIZ might possibly be useful for our problem. Increasing the crowd capacity in a relatively small area, which leads to overcrowding, is one of the common contradictions in crowd management. TRIZ has been suggested as a good method for solving problems which involve contradiction and thus, chosen for this purpose.     

Benthic foraminifera from polluted marine environment of Sulaibikhat Bay (Kuwait)

Quantitative analyses of recent benthic foraminiferal assemblages (living and dead) were carried out on the surface sediments of Sulaibikhat Bay. Marked contrast in foraminiferal assemblages between the shallow tidal mudflats and the deep tidal channel and their relation to the extent of pollution were observed. Cluster analysis of quantitative data on the distribution of foraminiferal tests revealed three assemblages that depend mainly on the intensity of pollution; (1) a highly polluted tidal flat assemblage, (2) normal (or less polluted) mud flat assemblage and, (3) tidal channel and subtidal assemblage. The highly polluted assemblage characterized by a drop in species densities (< 100 tests/20 cm(3) sediment) but with high average diversity (5.8 Yule-Simpson Index). The microfauna of the less polluted flat displays relatively lower diversity (4.6) but high density of tests (47.2% of the total picked tests). The most abundant species of this assemblage is Ammonia tepida, displays its maximum density in this assemblage. Ammonia tepida drops in density from 17.12% to 3.07% in the polluted assemblage. Tidal channel foraminiferal assemblages should normally display lower diversities than those of tidal flats, because tidal current in the channels tend to wash away most nutrient materials. However, this is not the case of the present study area which could be due to environmental setting of the Sulaibikhat Bay in which tidal currents bring in exceptionally high amounts of nutrients from Shatt Al-Arab Estuary and in which the tidal flats are strongly and adversely polluted.     

垂向环流作用下湖泊沉积物磷迁移行为

以巢湖十五里河入湖河口原位底泥为研究对象,通过室内模型实验,模拟了垂向环流的动水条件下,溶解态无机磷（DIP）在泥水界面的释放-吸附过程,探讨了不同强度环流对河口底泥DIP迁移的影响行为.结果表明：垂向环流扰动会引起上覆水中溶解氧（DO）和悬浮颗粒物（SPM）含量明显上升,且其平衡浓度与扰动强度均呈正相关,但悬浮物中值粒径（D₅₀）则随扰动强度的增大而降低;垂向环流作用下沉积物DIP的释放量随时间呈“Λ”型分布,显著区别于其他动水扰动情形,释放峰值与环流强度成显著正相关（P=0.047<0.05）,但平衡值则与之呈显著负相关（P=0.034<0.05）;环流扰动的增强促进了DIP在沉积物上的吸附,并构建了耦合天然水动力效应的沉积物DIP Freundlich等温吸附经验公式：lgQ_e=2.7074e^1.3487τ+0.9463e^-1.4830τlgC_e.     

Measuring technical efficiency associated with environmental investment: does market competition and risk matters in banking sector

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This paper investigates the impact of several comprehensive risks such as credit risk, capital risk, liquidity risk, and insolvency risks on Pakistani...     

Intraparticle diffusion of a basic dye during adsorption onto sphagnum peat

The adsorption of a basic dye from aqueous solutions onto peat has been examined. Intraparticle diffusion in the peat pore structure is proposed as a mass transfer mechanism. The results indicate a diffusion process in occurring by a macropore and micropore controlled process. A diffusion rate parameter, k, is proposed and is correlated with possible system variables.     

Radical scavenging and antiproliferative effect of novel phenolic derivatives isolated from Nerium indicum against human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7)—an in silico and in vitro approach

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Multiple drug resistance and increased side effects due to allopathic drugs has warned scientific community with a global alarm to identify molecules...