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{"title":"Environmental Journalists Perspective on the Coverage of Environmental Issues in Media of Pakistan","authors":"Masroor Ahmed, Dr. Shahid Minhas, Dr. Tasaduq Hussain","doi":"10.36968/jpdc-v04-i02-22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36968/jpdc-v04-i02-22","url":null,"abstract":"Pakistan is facing serious environmental issues which is becoming a risk for the citizens of the country. This study is designed to focus on the Environmental journalist’s perspective on the coverage of environmental issues in the Media of Pakistan. Survey research method was used and a structured questionnaire was distributed to collect data from environmental journalists in Pakistan. A non-probability sampling method, snow ball sampling was applied to collect data from the journalists on the specified issues. The questionnaire was sent to 20 journalists covering environmental beats, in which 18 responded. All major issues prevailing in the context of environment (globally/locally) were incorporated in the questionnaire.\u0000The results showed that, according to the environmental journalists, the coverage of environmental issues in the media of Pakistan is not satisfactory, even considerable low, print and electronic media were the only major channel of communications that covered environmental issues, while these issues have significance and also audiences have some sort of interest in these issues, but journalists noted that there is no such options to highlight in the media due to some major reasons except a little coverage in the media.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91348791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Turkish Television Drama in Pakistan: \u0000Effects on University Students","authors":"Muhammad Basharat Hameed, Babrak Niaz, M. Adnan","doi":"10.36968/jpdc-v04-i02-21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36968/jpdc-v04-i02-21","url":null,"abstract":"This study attempts to investigate the effects of Turkish drama on University students. Drama plays influential role in changing life style of its audience. Through drama viewers come to know the diverse values of different cultures and it has a different effect on different audience. University level students are more expose to media especially with television drama and current study is an attempt to gauge the effects of Turkish drama on youth. The students of Punjab University Lahore, GC University Faisalabad, University of Gujrat and The Islamia University of Bahawalpur are selected as respondents. The study is qualitative and quantitative in nature and non-probability sampling technique is used for data collection. Questionnaires were distributed in 400 respondents and hypotheses were also constituted to envisage the general perception. The data collected through questionnaire accepted two hypothesis while on of the hypothesis was rejected. The study finding states that Turkish dramas are good source of entertainment but these dramas are not challenging basic teachings of Islam and it has made no effects on our norms. On the basis of findings, suitable recommendations are suggested.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89942557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Methanol Related Deaths in Jordan","authors":"Etab AL-Kassasbeh","doi":"10.48103/jjeci182018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48103/jjeci182018","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to examine methanol poisoning cases from the medico-legal point of view. The records of the National\u0000Institute of Forensic Medicine (NIFM)-Jordan were reviewed retrospectively for all methanol poisoning from January 2007 to\u0000January 2008. It was found that methanol poisoning comprise 0.92% of all forensic autopsies (n: 16), 87.5% of the cases were\u0000males, the mean age of victims was 35, range 14-56 years, the largest age group was 30-39 years accounted for (31.25%, 5\u0000cases) followed by the age group 40-49 years (25%, 4 cases). The methanol blood concentrations ranged widely from 56 to 400\u0000mg/dL. There were 12 cases (75%) with the methanol blood concentrations over 100mg/dL. Fifteen cases were found dead and\u0000one was admitted to hospital before death. The main cause of death in all cases was due to methanol intoxication as underlining\u0000cause of deat","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85666740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of Calcined Gypsum in Water and Wastewater Treatment:\u0000Removal of Ibuprofen","authors":"A. Al-Rawajfeh","doi":"10.48103/jjeci1102018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48103/jjeci1102018","url":null,"abstract":"Adsorption is a widely used technique for the removal of pharmaceutical organic micro-pollutants. In this article, calcined gypsum\u0000(CaSO4.0.5H2O) was utilized for the removal of ibuprofen medicine from polluted water. Several factors including the\u0000adsorbent dose, contact time, and temperature were studied. The influence of the ions in the solution on the\u0000precipitation of gypsum and its setting time was investigated because it significantly affects the percentage removal.\u0000The fast the setting time gypsum, the lower the percentage removal precipitate. From thermodynamic parameters, the\u0000negative values of ΔGo indicated a spontaneous and physisorption of ibuprofen onto the calcined gypsum surface.\u0000Kinetic study results showed that the adsorption of ibuprofen on gypsum follows pseudo-first-order kinetics.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89424433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Avoiding Being Trapped in False Analogical Modeling of\u0000Composite Wall Thermal Resistance","authors":"Mohammed Aliedeh*","doi":"10.48103/jjeci192018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48103/jjeci192018","url":null,"abstract":"Because Analogy is considered as a double-edged sword, thermal engineers should be cautious in analogical maneuvering between\u0000electrical and thermal domains in order not to be slipped into building misconceptions about thermal resistance concept. Composite\u0000wall thermal resistance (CWTR) modeling is one of the practical examples that illustrates the probability of misusing analogy. Heat\u0000transfer undergraduate textbooks coverage of CWTR suffers a lean towards “cookbook” coverage that reports concise statements\u0000that lack deep clarification and illustration. Transparent Thinking Approach (TTA) is employed to present a detailed calculation and\u0000illustration of a typical CWTR modeling based on isothermal and adiabatic assumptions. The calculation of a typical CWTR for\u0000different values of wall thermal conductivities shows that the difference in parallel walls thermal conductivity is creating a large\u0000discrepancy that may reach 80% between heat flows calculated based on isothermal and adiabatic assumptions. It is found that for\u0000a series-parallel arrangement of composite walls with high difference in parallel wall thermal conductivity values, the true value of\u0000heat flow is bracketed between the isothermal and adiabatic heat flow values. The transparent way of presenting CWTR modeling\u0000can be readily included in any standard heat transfer textbook and result in greatly enhancing CWTR modeling coverage.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76329471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Different Polyoxometalate Structures Obtained from the\u0000Na11H[H(2-x)Bi2W20O70(HWO3)x]·46H2O(x=1.4).","authors":"S. Atta","doi":"10.48103/jjeci162018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48103/jjeci162018","url":null,"abstract":"In the supramolecular chemistry world, Polyoxometalates (POMs) are considered as a new family of inorganic\u0000molecular containers, construct itself by self-assembly reaction from very small units, to form a cluster with unique\u0000structural and properties. three structures reported in this paper - differ in their unit cell parameters and also differ from\u0000the well-known - as the result of reaction of the Na11H[H(2- x)Bi2W20O70(HWO3)x]·46H2O (x=1.4) with Ca ion at different\u0000pH conditions. These structures are [Ca(H2O)7]2[Na(H2O)2]2[HBi2W20O70(HWO3)].14H2O(1),\u0000H2[NH4]10[HBi2W20O70(HWO3)] (2), and [NH4]6[Na(H2O)4]2[Ca(H2O)4]2[W12O42].2H2O (3). The last one is bismuth-free\u0000and it is formed through reassembly of the precursor. Full structural characterization was made by multiple testing\u0000techniques such as single-crystal X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectroscopy, FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA),\u0000scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The single-crystal X-ray\u0000diffraction results for the three compounds are as follows:(1), Triclinic, space group P-1, while (2) and (3) crystallize in\u0000monoclinic space groups C2/m and P21/n respectively.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87061758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Groundwater Quality Suitability for Drinking\u0000Purpose Using Water Quality Index Approach in Yarmouk\u0000Basin, Jordan","authors":"Mohamad Ibrahim *","doi":"10.48103/jjeci172018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48103/jjeci172018","url":null,"abstract":"Groundwater quality is an issue of national concern in Jordan since it is the main water source for drinking, agriculture and\u0000industrial purposes. In this context, an attempt has been made to determine the suitability of groundwater in the Yarmouk Basin in\u0000Jordan for drinking purposes using the weighted arithmetic water quality index approach with the respect to the Jordanian\u0000standards for drinking water. Groundwater quality records from 15 sampling stations spread across Yarmouk Basin during 2008-\u00002015 are used. Seven physical and chemical parameters are selected to calculate the water quality index. These parameters are\u0000pH, total dissolved solids, total hardness, sulfates (SO4\u0000−2\u0000), chlorides (Cl−\u0000), nitrates (NO3\u0000−\u0000), and sodium (Na+\u0000). The relationship\u0000between the selected groundwater quality parameters is evaluated using the correlation coefficient. A strong relationship is found\u0000between several parameters such as Cl− with Na+\u0000, total dissolved solids with Na+\u0000, Cl−\u0000, TH and SO4\u0000−2 and total hardness with SO4\u0000−2.\u0000A moderate relationship is found between SO4\u0000−2 with Na+\u0000, TH with Cl− and Na+\u0000, SO4\u0000−2 with Cl−\u0000, Cl− with NO3\u0000− and NO3\u0000− with Na+\u0000.\u0000Also, the mean concentration values of the physical and chemical parameters are almost below the maximum allowable level\u0000based on Jordanian standards for drinking except for two sampling locations. According to water quality index scale classification,\u0000the groundwater quality of the studied locations is in the excellent to poor water range with computed mean water quality index\u0000values range from 26.3 to 107.93. Out of 15 studied locations, ten locations are classified in the ‘Excellent water’ class, four\u0000locations as a “Good water” class, one as a “Poor water” class. None of the studied locations are classified in the “Very poor water”\u0000class and “Water unsuitable for drinking purpose” class. Temporal variations and spatial distribution of groundwater quality in\u0000Yarmouk Basin based on WQI are also evaluated. The WQI spatial distribution map clearly showed the best locations for drinking\u0000water in the Yarmouk Basin. Water quality indices are used to provide theoretical support to water managers and policymakers for\u0000proper actions on groundwater quality management","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85846385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bioremediation of actual soil samples with high levels of crude oil using a bacterial consortium isolated from two polluted sites: investigation of the survival of the bacteria","authors":"R. SamarghandiM.","doi":"10.30955/gnj.002681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.002681","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, actual soil samples, taken from Kharg Island, Iran, with high levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) were bioremediated by a bacterial consortium. The strains were: Pseudomonas sp., Stenotrophomonas sp., Achromobacter sp., Brevibacillus sp. and Staphylococcus sp., which were isolated from two highly polluted sites: Kharg Island and Kermanshah Oil Refinery. The bacteria were identified and confirmed by biochemical tests and the PCR assay. In order to isolate the bacteria, the enrichment method, in which crude oil (2%) was utilized as the sole source of carbon and energy, was used. The results showed that the adapted bacterial consortium could degrade nearly 60% of the pollution. Also, it was found that after 100 days of bioremediation only Brevibacillus sp. could survive in the environment.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78317377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nano Zero-Valent Iron Supported on Activated Carbon: Effect of AC/nZVI Ratio on Removal of Nickel Ion from Water","authors":"S. Gungor","doi":"10.30955/gnj.002718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.002718","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated the possible effect of contact time, initial nickel concentration, and adsorbent concentration on removing Ni (II) ion, which is toxic to living organisms, from the aqueous media using nano zero valent iron (nZVI) and nano zero valent iron coated powdered activated carbon. A large portion of the nickel removal was achieved in a contact time of five minutes. A removal efficiency of barely 24% was able to be achieved only using activated carbon, while the nickel removal was achieved by approximately 80% using 200 mg/L nZVI. On the other hand, the efficiency was observed to increase up to 99% even with the particle containing the lowest nZVI in the experimental studies using the AC-nZVI nanoparticles containing AC at a rate of 25%, 50% and 75%. Adsorption capacity was increased from 125 mg/g and 820 mg/g for activated carbon and nZVI, respectively to 1190 mg/g for 50% AC-nZVI. Based on our study results, the effect of nZVI is promoted when nZVI is synthesized together with activated carbon. The Freundlich model was also found the best to represent the isotherm modeling made for nZVI.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"304 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91552190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Lead and Cadmium in Groundwater Sources Used for Drinking puposes in Jijel (northeastern Algeria).","authors":"N. Balli","doi":"10.30955/gnj.002747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.002747","url":null,"abstract":"Groundwater is one of the important sources of drinking water In Jijel (northeastern Algeria). Various analyses have shown critical concentrations of lead and cadmium in several groundwater sources used for drinking. The aim of this study is to evaluate the contamination by lead and cadmium of boreholes and hand-dug wells located in the catchment of the Nile River. Therefore, chemical analysis was performed on drinking water samples from eight boreholes; tow hand dug wells and one spring supplying Jijel city in drinking water. The water samples were examined for the presence of cadmium and lead using the SAA- 6200 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu Corporation). The results of this study show high concentrations of lead (ranged from 72.84±0.26 to 458.95±0.55 μg.L-1) and cadmium (ranged from 12.41±0.88 to 33±0.38 μg.L-1) in all water samples. These concentrations far exceeded permissible values according to the WHO are drinking water posing a potential health risk for the public. The water quality in the studied area of Nile River basin must be considered very low.","PeriodicalId":14606,"journal":{"name":"issue 2","volume":"150 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77427363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}