Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

2. Synthesis of Poly(L(+) Lactic Acid) by Polycondensation Method in Solution
Jian Zhang, Parakalan Krishnamachari, Jianzhong Lou, Abolghasem Shahbazi

3. The Feasibility of Using Cattails from Constructed Wetlands to Produce Bioethanol
Katherine Suda, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Yebo Li

4. Significance of Bile Salt Tolerant Lactobacillus reuteri

Siham A. Ahmed, Salam A. Ibrahim, Chyer Kim, Abolghasem Shahbazi

5. The Effect of Insulin from Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) Extract on Growth and Viability of Lactobacillus salivarius in Fermented Milk
Souod R. Alani, Angela M. Fraser, Mustafa A. Alsharafani, Farouk F. Al-Nouri, Salam A. Ibrahim

6. Lactic Acid Production from Apple Skin Waste by Immobilized Cells of Lactobacillus reuteri

Moussa M.E. Salem, Salam A. Ibrahim, Chyer Kim, Chung W. Seo, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Amer AbuGhazaleh

7. Cu and Zn Uptake Inhibition by PAHs as Primary Toxicity in Plants
Zarhelia Carlo-Rojas, Wen-Yee Lee

8. Metagenomic Environmental Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems
Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, Michael M. Marshall

9. Water Quality in an Environmental Justice Community in Durham, NC
Blakely Adair, John J. Bang, Yolanda B. Anderson, Saundra F. DeLauder, Marcia Bradshaw, Marion Lamberth, Faustina Meheux, Rakesh Malhotra, Roy Fortmann, Peter Egeghy, Ronald Williams, Donald Whitaker

10. The Impact of Social Capital on Environmental Risk Reduction in Moncure
John J. Bang, Yolanda B. Anderson, Saundra F. DeLauder, Marcia Bradshaw, Faustina Meheux, Rakesh Malhotra, Roy Fortmann, Peter Egeghy, Ronald Williams, Donald Whitaker

11. Air Quality Issues for an Aging Population
Richard V. Crume, Kathleen E. Sykes, Yoko S. Crume

12. Environmental Pollution, Race and Place: Research and Policy Implications
Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo

13. Financial Reporting of Environmental Risks and Liabilities
Gwendolyn McFadden-Wade, Jean T. Wells, Diana R. Robinson

14. Oak Biodiesel: State Building and Fire Codes Affecting Biodiesel Manufacturing
Myra M. Shird, Regina M. Williams

15. The Ecological Effects of Salt Water Intrusion on the Agriculture Industry After Hurricane Katrina
Vereda Johnson Williams

16. Municipal Wastewater Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Xeno-Estrogens: Wildlife and Human Health Implications
Maxine Wright-Walters, Conrad Volz

17. Challenges in the Devolution of Environmental Health Service Delivery in South Africa
Renay Wyk

18. A Review of Health and Hygiene Promotion as Part of Sanitation Delivery Programmes to Informal Settlements in the City of Cape Town (South Africa)
Renay Wyk

19. Pollution, Environmental Justice, and the North Carolina Pork Industry
Osei Yeboah, Terrence Thomas, Timothy Foster, Edward Fosu

20. Reducing Community Exposure to Toxics: A Critical Component in Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities
Robert C. Wingfield

21. Environmental Ethics of Health Mission To Enugu Nigeria
Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, Mary E. Uzochukwu, Ethelbert Odo

22. Use of Kalman Filter and Particle Filter in a One Dimensional Leachate Transport Model
Shoou-Yuh Chang, Sikdar M.I. Latif

23. Organic Pollutant Transport in Groundwater Using Particle Filter
Shoou-Yuh Chang, Xiaopeng Li

24. Modeling the Sorption Behavior of Aromatic Amine Onto Sediment Under Acidic Conditions
Shihua Chen, Marianne C. Nyman

25. Radioactive Contaminanant Transport in Subsurface Porous Environment
An Jin, Shoou-Yuh Chang

26. Transport and Degradation of a Trichloroethylene Plume Within a Stream Hyporheic Zone
John B. Williams, Gary Mills, Daniel Barnhurst, Sherry Southern, Noelle Garvin

27. Using a Spoken Diary and Heart Rate Monitor in Modeling Human Exposure to Airborne Pollutants for EPA’S Consolidated Human Activity Database
Curry I. Guinn, Daniel J. Rayburn Reeves

28. Proposal for Focus Shift in Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Assesment
Gennadyi Gurman

29. Sensor Webs in Digital Earth: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts
Matt Heavner, Rob Fatland, Eran Hood, Cathy Connor, Tracy Lee Hansen, Mary Sue Schultz, Tom LeFebvre, Albert Esterline

30. Thermal Characterization of Biodegradable Poly (Lactic Acid)/Clay Nanocomposites
Parakalan Krishnamachari, Jian Zhang, Jizhong Yan, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Leonard Uitenham, Jianzhong Lou

31. Tools for Carbon Management: Potential Carbon Footprint Reduction Through Fuel Switching
Parikhit Sinha, David M. Cass

32. Coral Disease and Global Climate Change
Garriet W. Smith, Marie-Ange Smith

33. Climate Change, Drought, and Wetland Vegetation
Brant W. Touchette, Sara E. Steudler

34. Dynamics of Soil Organic Nitrogen and its Functions in Soil Carbon Stabilization Processes
Xianzhi Song

35. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Corn Ethanol: Accounting for Corn Acreage Expansion
Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Silvia Secchi, Phillip W. Gassman

36. Comparative Effects of Sea Level Rise Versus Hurricane Event on Coastal Erosion
John B. Williams

37. Global Warming in Asheville, North Carolina
George Ford, William McDaniel, Aaron Ball

38. Tuckaseegee Watershed Observatory: A Collaborative Environmental Research Tool
Brian P. Howell, Roger Clapp, Jeff Marston, Chris Donaldson, Brent McCoy

39. Encapsulation of Potassium Permanganate Oxidant in Polymers
Stephanie Luster-Teasley, David Price, Dereje Worku

40.
C. Elegans Chemotaxis and Reproduction Following Environmental Exposure
Mulumebet Worku, Carresse Gerald

41. Storing Weather Data and Dissemination Via the Web
Kawana O. Fuller, Austin Frazier

42. Rapid and Simple Method for the Encapsulation of Lactobacillus reuteri in the Production of Lactic Acid
Salam A. Ibrahim, Somphavanh Phetsomphou, Chyer Kim, Abolghasem Shahbazi, Chung W. Seo, Amer AbuGhazaleh, Moussa M.E. Salem

43. Analysis of Partition Coefficients and Ternary Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Highly Non-Ideal Systems
Wahid Islam, Vinayak Kabadi

44. Application of Chitosan in Remediation of Dyes
Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Olatunde Animashaun, Ivie Okpere

45. An Apparatus for Density and VLE Measurements for Gas-Liquid Systems
Rashawn K. Washignton, Vinayak N. Kabadi

46. MSE Walls in Solid Waste Applications
Thomas M. Yanoschak

47. Study of the Molecular Weight Dependence of Glass Transition Temperature for Amorphous Poly(L-Lactide) by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Jian Zhang, Jizhong Yan, Leonard Uitenham, Jianzhong Lou

48. Channel Catfish Estrogenicity and Sewer Overflows; Implications for Xenoestrogen Exposure
Conrad Daniel Volz, Frank Houghton, Nancy Sussman, Diana Lenzner, Devra Davis, Maryann Donovan, Talal El Hefnawy, Patricia Eagon

49. Sorption and Desorption of Nitrogen and Phosphorus by Zeolite and Shale
Johnsely S. Cyrus, G.B. Reddy

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Climate Change, Pollution, general, Waste Management/Waste Technology