American Journal of Environmental Protection

Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2019

  • Rainfall Estimation Using Commercial Microwave Links (CMLs) Attenuations: Analyse of Extreme Event of 1st September 2009 in Ouagadougou

    Ali Doumounia, Moumouni Sawadogo, Serge Roland Sanou, François Zougmoré

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2019
    Pages: 1-4
    Received: 16 October 2017
    Accepted: 03 January 2019
    Published: 24 January 2019
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    Abstract: With the exponential increasing of mobile phone users, the CML network in West Africa is growing, and thus providing a high potential for CML-derived precipitation measurements. In this work we use the performances data of the CMLs to determine the rainfall quantities of the rainy event which marked the memory of the inhabitants of the capital Ouag... Show More
  • The Significance of Restrictions on Waste Import in Promoting Green Development in China

    Chunlin Li, Jianqing Chen

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2019
    Pages: 5-16
    Received: 04 December 2018
    Accepted: 02 January 2019
    Published: 28 January 2019
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    Abstract: Since its reform and opening up, China's economy has been developing rapidly, but at the same time, China’s resources and environment have been increasingly seriously exhausted and damaged. There have been many world-famous public nuisance incidents in developed countries however, pollution caused by solid waste (i.e., garbage) is no less harmful t... Show More
  • Estimate of the Providing of Iron in Adolescents Consuming Tap Water with Increased Iron Content

    Victor Kalinovich Koval’chuk

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2019
    Pages: 17-21
    Received: 25 December 2018
    Accepted: 22 January 2019
    Published: 21 February 2019
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    Abstract: Iron contamination of drinking water in municipal water supply systems is recognized as a risk factor for impairment of public health. Tap water in the city of Vladivostok has increased iron content (more 0.8 mg /l). The aim of this study was the medical assessment of the actual average daily dose (AADD) of iron consumed by Vladivostok residents wi... Show More
  • Valorization Capacity of Slaughterhouse Waste in Biogas by a Tarpaulin Digester in Dakar, Senegal

    Haroun Ali Adannou, Saka Goni, Etoungh Dimitri Manga, Mamadou Simina Drame, Lamine Ndiaye, Kharouna Talla, Aboubakar Chedikh Beye

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2019
    Pages: 22-30
    Received: 11 February 2019
    Accepted: 15 March 2019
    Published: 03 April 2019
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    Abstract: The recycling of waste into biogas inevitably occurs in hermetically sealed enclosures called bio-digester. Our study focuses on the recovery capacity of slaughterhouse waste by a tarpaulin bio-digester installed at the Dakar abattoir with a capacity of 4000m3 including a digester of 2500m3 and a gas meter of 1500m3. During our work, we have tried ... Show More
  • Contribution of the Satellite Observation on the Analysis and the Forecast of the State of Air Pollution in TOGO

    Mignanou Yawovi Amouzouvi, Koffi Sagna, Milohum Mikesokpo Dzagli, Sidéra Kodjovi Edjame, Agbéko Messanh Mohou

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2019
    Pages: 31-38
    Received: 14 February 2019
    Accepted: 18 March 2019
    Published: 03 April 2019
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    Abstract: Nowadays, there is a crucial question about the quality of the air that people breathes in Togo and many problems that its pollution would cause on the human health (respiratory, pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, increase of infections) and on the environment (destruction of the ozone layer, global warming, climatic catastrophes). The lack of ... Show More