Journal articles: 'Environmental rehabilitation and restoration'

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Hagiou, Eleonora, and Garyfalia Konstantopoulou. "ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING OF ABANDONED QUARRIES REHABILITATION – A METHODOLOGY." Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 43, no. 3 (January 24, 2017): 1157. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.11290.

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Restoration of abandoned quarry sites has been for quite a few years practiced in various places in Greece, mainly in the broader district of Athens, a wide range of rehabilitation solutions has been used by the local authorities in order to cover basic needs of the population (cultural and athletic centres, municipal storage and parking facilities for heavy vehicles, open theatres, municipal waste facilities, cemeteries etc.). Still restoration of abandoned quarries (aggregate material, marble, industrial minerals etc) remains a major problem for almost every prefecture and has to be solved gradually due to lack of the necessary funds, solving the most acute environmental problems and covering basic needs of the population for municipal facilities. In this paper the development of a methodology is presented for the elaboration of a priority list for the restoration/rehabilitation of numerous abandoned quarries comprised in a geographical or administrative entity. Using multi-criteria analysis and geographical information system we have concluded in a quick and cost effective method for the hierarchical classification of restoration sites. The establishment of an adequate set of criteria for the priority list is of main importance for the successful application of the method.

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Holloway, L. "Ecosystem Restoration and Rehabilitation in Madagascar." Ecological Restoration 22, no. 2 (June 1, 2004): 113–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/er.22.2.113.

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Robertus, Y. V., A. V. Puzanov, A. V. Kivatskaya, and R. V. Lyubimov. "ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF LAKE MANZHEROK REHABILITATION (ALTAI REPUBLIC)." Water and Ecology 26, no. 1 (April 20, 2021): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.23968/2305-3488.2021.26.1.41-49.

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Introduction. Manzherok Lake is the only habitat of the Red Book endemic water chestnut (Trapa pectinata) in the Altai Republic. In the second half of the 20th century, its catchment area underwent significant anthropogenic transformations, increasing the degradation of the lake ecosystem. To stabilize the state of the reservoir, in 2017–2018, its central part was cleared of the bottom silt (sapropels). Methods. In 2019–2020, as part of monitoring the state of the lake’s water area, 11 rounds of water testing were conducted at six points on two profiles. In total, we collected 72 water samples and studied their chemical composition and, partially, microbiological parameters. The suspended matter content, turbidity and oxidability of water were determined on an ongoing basis. Results. We identified a trend for a consistent decrease in the content of suspended particles and other indicators of the ecological state of water. The forecast for 2020 to improve the quality of lake water was confirmed. We also revealed other positive changes in the ecological state of Manzherok Lake after its clearing. Conclusion. We determined features of lake ecosystem self-restoration after rehabilitation and made a forecast regarding the preservation of positive trends in the restoration of water quality for the next 1–2 years. It is shown that the lake clearing of the bottom silt did not solve the problem of its rehabilitation to the full.

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Denneman, W. D., A. de Pree, G. A. O. Reininga, and J. van der Braak. "Environmental aspects of the restoration of river ecosystems in The Netherlands." Water Science and Technology 31, no. 8 (April 1, 1995): 147–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1995.0283.

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In The Netherlands, an integrated policy concerning the restoration of river ecosystems has been developed by the National Government. For these rehabilitation projects, TNO was asked by the Dutch government to investigate the environmental problems these project will face during realization. To reach this goal, a PC meta-information system called MIMIKRI has been developed. An example for the nature rehabilitation project “Gelderse Poort”, one of the priority projects along the Dutch rivers Rhine and Waal (Walloon) will be given.

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Mander, Ülo, and William J. Mitsch. "Biogeochemical aspects of ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation." Ecological Engineering 37, no. 7 (July 2011): 1003–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.022.

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Guimarães, João Carlos Costa, Dalmo Arantes de Barros, José Aldo Alves Pereira, Rossi Allan Silva, Antonio Donizette de Oliveira, and Luís Antônio Coimbra Borges. "Cost analysis and ecological benefits of environmental recovery methodologies in bauxite mining." CERNE 19, no. 1 (March 2013): 9–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-77602013000100002.

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This work analyzed and compared three methods of environmental recovery in bauxite mining commonly used in Poços de Caldas Plateau, MG, by means of recovery costs and ecological benefits. Earnings and costs data of environmental recovery activities were obtained for the areas that belonged to the Companhia Geral de Minas - CGM, on properties sited in the city of Poços de Caldas, MG. The amount of costs of these activities was used to compare the recovery methods by updating them monetarily to a reference date, in other words, the present moment. It is concluded that the difference between the present value of costs for simple restoration and rehabilitation activities are less than 1% and that between the complete restoration and rehabilitation is about 15.12%, suggesting that the choice of the methods to be used must be based on the ecological earnings proportional to each of them. The methodology of environmental restoration of the mining areas emphasizes the ecological variables in the process of establishment of the community, to the detriment of complex ecological aspects, which show difficulties in measuring the actual moment of the development of the ecosystem considered.

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Elliott, Brittany B., Andrew D. Olds, Christopher J. Henderson, Ashley J. Rummell, and Ben L. Gilby. "Optimising restoration and rehabilitation using environmental and spatial drivers of plant assemblages." Landscape and Urban Planning 226 (October 2022): 104484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104484.

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Newson, Malcolm. "‘Fluvial geomorphology and environmental design’: Restitution for damage, rehabilitation, restoration or rewilding?" Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47, no. 2 (November 3, 2021): 409–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.5256.

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Kutuzova, N. D., and G. S. Kust. "International Perspectives in Ecological Restoration and Their Implications for Environmental Forensics Practice." Theory and Practice of Forensic Science 13, no. 2 (July 11, 2018): 105–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2018-13-2-105-109.

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The paper examines the issues of developing relevant and adequate methods to address the practical challenges of supporting the justice system with objective scientific evidence. Special emphasis is placed on the problem of ambiguity of the concept of «original» state of the environment prior to the investigated event and the choice of practical approaches to rehabilitation of damaged ecosystems.

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Couic, Ewan, Vanessa Alphonse, Alexandre Livet, Stéphanie Giusti-Miller, and Noureddine Bousserrhine. "Influence of Ecological Restoration on Mercury Mobility and Microbial Activities on Former Guyanese Mining Sites." Applied Sciences 11, no. 5 (March 3, 2021): 2231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11052231.

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As rehabilitation efforts in Guyana are recent, there is little information on the effect of different ecological rehabilitation protocols for Guyana’s mining sites on biogeochemical cycles and mercury mobility. This study was conducted to assess the impact of different ecological restoration protocols on soil quality with the use of soil microbial indicators and by estimating the mercury mobility. We sampled soil from six rehabilitated mining sites in French Guyana with different ecological restoration procedures. We carried out measurements of enzymatic activities and an analysis of mercury environmental speciation to assess its potential toxicity according to a mobility gradient. The results obtained in this study show that the rehabilitation of mining sites has been carried out in a heterogeneous manner and soil quality is very variable, even in nearby sites. Sites that have been rehabilitated with fabaceous species have positive soil quality indicators. In addition, the results highlight a change in mercury mobility that is 82.1% correlated after co-inertia analysis with soil texture properties, which also confirms a direct effect of rehabilitation on mercury mobility. The non-restored sites had a much higher potential of mercury mobility and toxicity than the sites where ecological restoration was successful. These results highlight the positive effect of controlled rehabilitation and ecological restoration on microbiological activities and the potential toxicity of mercury.

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Pérez-Gimeno, Ana, José Navarro-Pedreño, María Belén Almendro-Candel, Ignacio Gómez, and Antonis A. Zorpas. "The use of wastes (organic and inorganic) in land restoration in relation to their characteristics and cost." Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 37, no. 5 (February 22, 2019): 502–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x19828171.

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The great extent of degraded soils in southeast Spain makes it necessary to carry out restoration and rehabilitation strategies. In addition, the great amount of wastes produced need to be properly managed. Several types of wastes and amendments (organic and inorganic) can be applied for soil rehabilitation and land restoration. When large areas must be restored several aspects should be considered, such as availability of the waste, its characteristics, and transport. This research focuses on the characterization and the cost of 12 waste types and amendments (such as sewage sludge compost, brown peat, black peat, fertilized peat, earthworm humus, straw hay, palm tree leaves, pine bark, exfoliated vermiculite, expanded perlite, limestone outcrops, and volcanic crushed stones) obtained from four different sources. All of them were characterized following the UNE standards for soil amendments and the cost was obtained as a mean value of four different sources. The results indicate a great variability of properties between organic and inorganic materials, as was expected. Depending on the type of restoration, the characteristics, and the cost, the materials can be selected for an adequate purpose. Sewage sludge compost is a good alternative for application in large areas related to its characteristics (organic matter content and nutrient availability) and low cost. For inorganic amendments, natural limestone outcrops were the low-cost alternative. The use of both wastes (composted sewage sludge and limestone raw materials) for soil rehabilitation can facilitate the reduction of landfill disposal and add value for these wastes. Moreover, the results are very useful for scientists and engineers who deal with the development of rehabilitation and restoration strategies.

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Cho, Eunhan, Younghoo Lee, Seoung-Jin Hong, Janghyun Paek, Ahran Pae, Hyeong-Seob Kim, Kung-Rock Kwon, and Kwantae Noh. "Full-mouth rehabilitation using digital method to transfer provisional restoration to final fixed implant restoration." Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics 60, no. 4 (2022): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.4047/jkap.2022.60.4.362.

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Jessup, David A., and Jonna A. K. Mazet. "Rehabilitation of Oiled Wildlife: Why Do It?" International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 1999, no. 1 (March 1, 1999): 573–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1999-1-573.

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ABSTRACT Although the public's interest in oil spills and similar environmental disasters often focus on the plight of injured animals, animal issues are only a very small part of an oil spill response. The dichotomy between the public's and the media's perception of what is important and what many wildlife biologists feel is important for long-term species conservation has led to conflicts and heated exchanges between proponents and opponents of oiled wildlife care. Additionally, some critics believe that there is a competition for funds between wildlife care and wildlife restoration, and that oiled wildlife care is offered up as a solution to pollution's damage to wildlife populations, or as an alternative to prevention. In California the collection, medical care, and rehabilitation of oiled wildlife is part of a comprehensive program for pollution response and provides data needed for planning, prevention and restoration. It is conducted for specific legal, social, political, and biological reasons. Under these circumstances, oiled wildlife care supports species conservation programs, as well as helping to document injury.

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Sheng, Zheliang, Wanze Zhu, Huaiying Yao, Shumiao Shu, Xia Li, Shenglan Ma, Yaying Li, and Jinbo Xiong. "Niche Selection by Soil Bacterial Community of Disturbed Subalpine Forests in Western Sichuan." Forests 12, no. 4 (April 17, 2021): 505. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12040505.

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Soil bacterial microbial communities are important in the ecosystem function and succession of forests. Using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing and relative importance for linear regression, we explored how the structures of soil bacterial community were influenced by the environmental factors and restoration succession of secondary forests in the Miyaluo Mountains of western Sichuan, China. Using a space-for-time approach, field measurements and sampling were conducted in four stands at different stages of natural restoration. Results of distance-based multivariate analysis showed that soil pH, organic carbon, available phosphorus, and C/N ratio were the predominant environmental factors that collectively explained a 46.9% variation in the bacterial community structures. The community compositions were jointly controlled by the direct and indirect effects of the rehabilitation stages. The changes in soil environmental factors coincided with restoration succession could lead to the shifts in the relative abundance of different soil bacterial taxa. We screened 13 successional discriminant taxa that could quantitatively indicate the secondary succession subalpine stage. Collectively, our findings show that soil bacteria in different taxa are governed by different local soil variables and rehabilitation ages, which can lead to shifts in the relative abundance of different taxa in successional stages, ultimately changing the entire soil bacterial community with the succession of secondary forest.

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Derevenskaya, O. Y. "Changes in zooplankton communities of the Lebyazhye system restored lakes." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 937, no. 2 (December 1, 2021): 022069. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/937/2/022069.

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Abstract Ponds rehabilitation projects for the purpose of eco - rehabilitation following significant anthropogenic impacts or degradation are becoming more frequent but not always successful. Therefore, the experience of the restoration of the Lebyazhye system lakes in Kazan city (Russia) is interesting. Previously, the lake system used to consist of four ponds, but due to water catchment area reduction, the area of the lake system also decreased, and only one lake remained. The restoration of the Lebyazhye system lakes was carried out in 2017 and included the deepening of the basin of the Bolshoe and Svetloe Lebyazhye lakes to 4 m, the sealing of the bed of future ponds with bentonite mats, supplying water from Izumrudnoye lake through a pressure water conduit and filling the basin of the lakes with water. The research is devoted to the study of the restoration of zooplankton communities in the Lebyazhye system lakes. For this purpose, the indicators of zooplankton communities before and after eco-rehabilitation measures were compared. After the implementation of eco-rehabilitation measures, significant changes in environmental parameters were observed: the salinity of water decreased, the oxygen content in the water, pH increased. In zooplankton communities, the species richness and diversity increased, new species appeared, as well as those that lived in the lake system earlier before eco-rehabilitation measures were taken.

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Herdiyanti, Herdiyanti, Putra Pratama Saputra, Citra Asmara Indra, and Bustami Rahman. "Strengthening community social capital for post-mining land restoration efforts: Study at PT RBT in Penyamun Village, Bangka Belitung Province, Indonesia." Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik 35, no. 2 (June 17, 2022): 219–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/mkp.v35i22022.219-230.

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Indonesia is still facing various environmental problems due to increasingly massive and inappropriate mining activities. Therefore, land restoration is a basic practice in the rehabilitation of mining damage. This study aims to examine empirically the reality of the relationship between the community and PT RBT and strengthen social capital in carrying out post-mining land restoration activities. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and a literature study. The results showed that social relations became the main indicator in supporting the formation of trust, cooperation, and networks. Elements of social capital are packaged in the form of community participation in various post-mining land restoration activities. This is done to minimize the level of environmental damage that has increased massively, marked by the ex-mining pit that occurred in Bangka Belitung. The relationships formed are certainly expected to provide feedback for villages that run post-mining land restoration programs. This study concludes that the existence of bonding and bridging social capital that works well will facilitate the continuity of the post-mining land restoration programs.

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Muñoz‐Rojas, Miriam, Paloma Hueso‐Gonzalez, Cristina Branquinho, and Thomas Baumgartl. "Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded land in arid and semiarid environments: Editorial." Land Degradation & Development 32, no. 1 (September 3, 2020): 3–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3640.

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Wang, Huizhu, Qiang Huang, and Chao Chen. "Ecological Management and Land Rehabilitation in Mining Areas from the Perspective of Actor-Network Theory—A Case Study of Lizuizi Coal Mine in China." Land 11, no. 12 (November 25, 2022): 2128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11122128.

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Ecological damage in mining areas largely affects the regional ecological environment and ecological security. In China, ecological restoration in mining areas is urgent, as its environmental protection lags behind economic and social development. Recent studies on environmental governance in China focus on each participant’s logic of action. It suggests that cooperation among each participant is important. Thus, a fundamental question arises: how can we effectively organize various actors in environmental governance? Unlike theories that focus only on human factors, the actor-network theory considers both human and non-human actors. Within the framework of ANT, ecological restoration governance can take good care of both people and nature. To the best of our knowledge, the actor-network theory has not been used to analyze ecological restoration and land rehabilitation in mining areas. In this paper, the Lizuizi Coal Mine in Huainan of China is taken as a research object. By using the actor-network theory, we analyze the stability of the actor network and governance problems in different stages of ecological restoration of Lizuizi Coal Mine. It is concluded that the participation of the residents in ecological restoration is insufficient, and should be improved. Suggestions are provided accordingly. Our paper provides a theory basis for ecological construction in other ecologically damaged areas and resource-based cities. Further in-depth studies are necessary to strengthen the participation of social forces and the bundling collection of interests in governance.

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Gorman, Courtney E., Andrew Torsney, Aoibheann Gaughran, Caroline M. McKeon, Catherine A. Farrell, Cian White, Ian Donohue, Jane C. Stout, and Yvonne M. Buckley. "Reconciling climate action with the need for biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation." Science of The Total Environment 857 (January 2023): 159316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159316.

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Sobczak, Barbara, and Piotr Majewski. "An Integrated Fully Digital Prosthetic Workflow for the Immediate Full-Arch Restoration of Edentulous Patients—A Case Report." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 7 (March 31, 2022): 4126. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074126.

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Digital prosthetic workflows may significantly increase the efficiency and predictability of the immediate rehabilitation of implant-supported fixed complete dentures. Advanced digital prosthetic workflows require exact and detailed virtual planning models. The direct generation of these models via direct digital impressions remains technique sensitive and demanding. This report illustrates an advanced digital workflow for accurate and efficient immediate full-arch restoration, with an aesthetically and anatomically adapted natural tooth-like prosthesis. The workflow application to fully edentulous arches, and arches with residual failing dentition, is presented. A key characteristic was efficiently integrating and interlinking the prosthetic and surgical workflows via denture replica surgical guides as landmarks for scan registration. This approach allowed for accurate implant placement and efficient and detailed anatomy-based chairside prosthetic planning, and for the manufacturing of the provisional and final restorations under detailed consideration of implant restoration, and the patient’s macro-aesthetic and soft tissue anatomy.

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Nyssen, Jan, Mitiku Haile, Jan Moeyersons, Jean Poesen, and Jozef Deckers. "Environmental policy in Ethiopia: a rejoinder to Keeley and Scoones." Journal of Modern African Studies 42, no. 1 (March 2004): 137–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x03004518.

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Ongoing land degradation in Ethiopia requires urgent action, and has been addressed at different levels of society, including widespread soil and water conservation activities, and the introduction of technologies which integrate local knowledge and farmer's initiatives. This comment, drawing on extensive research on soil erosion processes in Ethiopia since 1994, in intense cooperation with farmers and local authorities, challenges the conclusions of a paper published in this journal on environmental rehabilitation and rapid agricultural intensification for food self-sufficiency in Ethiopia (Keeley & Scoones 2000). In our view, this paper firstly underestimates the importance of environmental degradation and apparently rejects current conservation techniques and policy, and secondly makes an artificial contradiction between environmental rehabilitation policy and a participatory approach. In our experience, and in line with studies reviewed elsewhere, natural resources conservation in Ethiopia is directed towards an integration of food self-sufficiency with conservation/restoration of the environment, and frequently follows a participatory approach.

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Jung, J. H., J. Y. Park, H. M. Lim, Y. H. Yoon, and W. J. Kim. "Decision support for ecological river rehabilitation using fish habitat database." Water Science and Technology 69, no. 11 (March 22, 2014): 2243–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.118.

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After the recent success of several river rehabilitation projects including the Cheong-gye river case, a large number of local governments have been promoting their own projects in Korea. Most of the projects are aimed at securing the soundness of aquatic ecosystems according to the guidelines presented by the Korea Ministry of Environment. However, there is no clear guidance for the management goals of water quality and quantity. In this study, we have made an attempt to construct a habitat database (DB) for each domestic freshwater fish species. The fish population, and physical and physicochemical properties of the habitat of 70 domestic freshwater fish species were investigated using field monitoring data. After the statistical processing, the inhabitable range and optimal range of each species were suggested. Furthermore, based on the DB, a decision support system for ecological river restoration and rehabilitation has been developed, and applied for field tests. It became clear that the decision support procedure based on the fish habitat DB is useful in the planning stage of river rehabilitation projects to select the flagship fish, to decide the restoration goals considering their appropriate habitat and to suggest the optimum quantitative combination of each available water resource.

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Nuriyanto, Ainy Fitri, Sherman Salim, and Michael Josef K. K. "Rehabilitation of partially edentulous arch using semi precision attachment: an aesthetic approach." Indonesian Journal of Prosthodontics 2, no. 2 (December 4, 2021): 37–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.46934/ijp.v2i2.38.

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The restoration of normal function and esthetic appearance with a dental prosthesis is a major challenge in the rehabilitation of patients who have lost their teeth. In such situation, a fixed removable prosthesis allows favorable biomechanical stress distribution along with restoration of esthetics, phonetics, comfort, hygiene and better postoperative care and maintenance. Prime function of attachment retained partial denture is to distribute the masticatory forces to the wide area thereby reducing the damage to the abutments, soft tissues and bony ridges in addition to improved esthetics and proprioceptive responses. In this case series patient’s esthetic and functional requirements were fulfilled with attachment retained cast partial denture using semi-precision attachments

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Samokhvalova, V. L., Y. A. Pogromskaya, A. I. Fateev, S. G. Zuza, and V. A. Zuza. "Environmental remediation of soils polluted mainly cadmium, zinc, and copper." Fundamental and Applied Soil Science 15, no. 1-2 (February 25, 2014): 42–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/041404.

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The method of remediation of soil technogenic polyelemental contaminated mainly Cd, Zn and Cu, where due to the use as a sorbent - ameliorants compounds of iron (II) and phosphate fertilizers in a certain ratio in accordance with the level of contamination of soils, increase in the efficiency of their environmental rehabilitation and recovery 's natural buffer properties, through influence on the processes of different hazard classes heavy metals migration and trophic regime in the soil, and of the plants productivity with higher rates of ecological safety. The technical result of the elaboration method is to accelerate the processes of heavy metals physical and chemical fixation by making joint structuring improver of inorganic type together with mineral substrates that are effectively reduce toxicity of pollutants, optimization and restoration of the environmental state of the soil-plant system, its resistance to pollution by heavy metals. The elaboration of the method involved the improvement of the known method, accelerated of the of physical-chemical fixation processes of heavy metals different hazard classes by application of soil improver of inorganic type compatible with the type of inorganic mineral substrates, which enables for effective impact on expanding the range of heavy metals different hazard classes unable to migration into adjacent soil environment and on their mobility, to provide optimization and restoration of the soil-plant system ecological state, its resistance to heavy metals pollution. Distinctive features and benefits of the proposed technical solution, compared with known techniques and approaches are the following: ensuring the effective reduction of the heavy metals toxicity of danger various classes with optimal conditions of physical and chemical adsorption mainly Cd, Zn and Cu by simultaneous restoration of natural soil properties (elemental composition, physical and chemical properties for the improvement of organic matter and soil trophic mode) and an allowance of the soil nutrients; resource costs reduce complexity and implementation procedures for environmental rehabilitation of contaminated soils at different levels of heavy metals pollution in areas of impact sustainable sources influence of technogenic emissions due to the accuracy of the determining the ratio of soil improvers inorganic type doses and fertilizers, effective impact of the proposed composition of the first year of application and prolongation of validity up to 5 years.

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Spray, Chris, Andrew Black, David Bradley, Chris Bromley, Fiona Caithness, Jennifer Dodd, James Hunt, et al. "Strategic Design and Delivery of Integrated Catchment Restoration Monitoring: Emerging Lessons from a 12-Year Study in the UK." Water 14, no. 15 (July 25, 2022): 2305. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14152305.

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Despite growing interest in river and catchment restoration, including a focus on nature-based solutions, assessing effectiveness of restoration programmes continues to prove a challenge. The development of the Eddleston Water project, the Scottish Government’s empirical study of the impact of implementing natural flood management measures on flood risk and habitat restoration, provides the opportunity to review restoration monitoring at a strategic and operational level for this long-running catchment restoration programme. The project has implemented an extensive range of restoration measures along the river and across the 69 km2 catchment. This paper reviews the monitoring strategy and assesses both how the monitoring network developed meets its strategic aims and what subsequent changes were made in monitoring design and implementation. Covering hydrology, hydromorphology and ecology, we explore how all three are integrated to provide a comprehensive assessment of restoration success. Lessons to help inform other river rehabilitation monitoring programmes include the importance of a scoping study and capturing the full range of environmental variables pre-restoration; the limitations of BACI designs; and the need to focus integrated monitoring on a process-based framework and impact cascade, whilst also covering the full trajectory of recovery.

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Xu, Daolong, Xiufen Li, Jian Chen, and Jianghua Li. "Research Progress of Soil and Vegetation Restoration Technology in Open-Pit Coal Mine: A Review." Agriculture 13, no. 2 (January 17, 2023): 226. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020226.

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Open-pit mining has caused extensive land destruction, including land abandonment and reduction in agricultural land, resulting in serious environmental problems. Ecological restoration and mine reclamation have become important components of the sustainable development strategies in Inner Mongolia, China. Therefore, the rehabilitation of mines and agricultural land is vital and has attracted widespread attention from the Chinese government. In this light, we reviewed the progress of mine restoration technologies in China in recent years and summarized the integrated technology of open-pit mine reclamation with microbial restoration technology as the core, ecological vegetation restoration as the essential, and soil restoration and improvement as the promotion. As a cost-effective and environmentally beneficial technique, combining the microbial recovery technology with vegetation and the recovery of vegetation and the improvement of the soil is widely recommended in the mining reclamation area. At the same time, we comprehensively analyzed the current status and progress of ecological restoration technology and put forward the development direction of green mining in the future. In conclusion, this review can provides guiding the sustainable development of green, ecological mines, as well as provide reference for mining reclamation and agricultural land restoration and other related fields.

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Möhn, Mirja, Julia Camilla Bulski, Norbert Krämer, Alexander Rahman, and Nelly Schulz-Weidner. "Management of Amelogenesis Imperfecta in Childhood: Two Case Reports." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13 (July 5, 2021): 7204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137204.

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Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is defined as an interruption of enamel formation due to genetic inheritance. To prevent malfunction of the masticatory system and an unaesthetic appearance, various treatment options are described. While restoration with a compomer in the anterior region and stainless steel crowns in the posterior region is recommended for deciduous dentition, the challenges when treating such structural defects in mixed or permanent dentition are changing teeth and growing jaw, allowing only temporary restoration. The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate oral rehabilitation from mixed to permanent dentition. The dentition of a 7-year-old patient with AI type I and a 12-year-old patient with AI type II was restored under general anesthesia to improve their poor aesthetics and increase vertical dimension, which are related to problems with self-confidence and reduced oral health quality of life. These two cases show the complexity of dental care for structural anomalies of genetic origin and the challenges in rehabilitating the different phases of dentition.

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Shields, F. D., S. S. Knight, and C. M. Cooper. "Stream Ecosystem Restoration: Is Watershed-Scale Treatment Effective Without Instream Habitat Rehabilitation?" Ecological Restoration 23, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 103–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/er.23.2.103.

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Chen, Fuyao, Yongjun Yang, Jiaxin Mi, Run Liu, Huping Hou, and Shaoliang Zhang. "Effects of Vegetation Pattern and Spontaneous Succession on Remediation of Potential Toxic Metal-Polluted Soil in Mine Dumps." Sustainability 11, no. 2 (January 14, 2019): 397. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11020397.

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The ecological rehabilitation of potential toxic metal-contaminated soils in sites disturbed by mining has been a great challenge in recent decades. Phytoremediation is one of the most widely promoted renovation methods due to its environmental friendliness and low cost. However, there is a lack of in situ investigation on the influence of vegetation pattern and spontaneous succession on the rehabilitation of potential toxic metal-polluted soil. To clarify how the vegetation pattern in the early stage of restoration and the spontaneous succession influence the remediation of the soil, we investigated a metal mining dump in Sichuan, China, by field investigation and laboratory analysis. We determined the plant growth, soil fertility, and the capacity of potential toxic metals (PTMs) in metal mining soil under different initial vegetation patterns for different years to understand the role of vegetation pattern and spontaneous succession in PTM pollution phytoremediation projects. The results show that: (1) Phytoremediation with a simple initial vegetation pattern (RP rehabilitative plant pattern) which involves two rehabilitation plants, Agave sisalana and Neyraudia reynaudiana, achieves a PTM pollution index that is 9.28% lower than that obtained with the complex vegetation pattern (RP&LP rehabilitation plants mixed with local plants pattern), 21.86% lower in the soil fertility index, and 73.69% lower in the biodiversity index; (2) The phytoremediation with the 10-year RP&LP pattern was associated with a PTM pollution index that was 4.04% higher than that for the 17-year RP&LP pattern, a soil fertility index that was 4.48% lower, and a biodiversity index that was 12.49% lower. During the process of vegetation succession, if accumulator plants face inhibition of growth or retreat, the reclamation rate will decrease. The vegetation patterns influence the effect of phytoremediation. Spontaneous vegetation succession will cause the phytoremediation process to deviate from the intended target. Therefore, according to the goal of vegetation restoration, choosing a suitable vegetation pattern is the main premise to ensure the effect of phytoremediation. The indispensable manipulation of succession is significant during the succession series, and more attention should be paid to the rehabilitative plants to ensure the stable effect of reclamation. The results obtained in this study could provide a guideline for the in situ remediation of PTM-polluted soil in China.

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Rohr, Jason R., Philip Johnson, Christopher W. Hickey, Roger C. Helm, Alyce Fritz, and Sandra Brasfield. "Implications of global climate change for natural resource damage assessment, restoration, and rehabilitation." Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32, no. 1 (December 18, 2012): 93–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2036.

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Providência, Paulo. "Seven notes on the program and design of healthcare buildings’ rehabilitation." Cure and Care, no. 62 (2020): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.52200/62.a.k3yn27kp.

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One of the characteristics of the 20th century heritage hospital is the permanent remodeling of its spaces, a sign of the frequent changes in clinical practices which, in turn, bring about functional, construction and spatial changes. This characteristic, due to the functional prevalence of health facilities, generates forms of environmental and territorial consumerism. Contrary to any conservation or crystallizing idea of the heritage hospital, this present reflection seeks to find the aspects of this heritage that may be preserved in the remodeling processes, informed by the recent trends in the design of healthcare facilities, which ultimately constitute opportunities for their rehabilitation, reuse or restoration.

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Predko, V. V. "PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POST-COVID REHABILITATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS PARTICIPANTS: RESTORATION OF HARDINESS." Habitus, no. 35 (2022): 149–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.32843/2663-5208.2022.35.22.

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Shapar, A. H., O. V. Mikheev, and M. V. Velychko. "Environmental technologies in restoration of destabilized ecological systems of the conflict zone." One Health and Nutrition Problems of Ukraine 51, no. 2 (August 2, 2019): 78–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.33273/2663-9726-2019-51-2-78-81.

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ABSTRACT. The state of normal human life, which is characterized by the general notion of «Health», includes a combination of indicators of physical, mental and social well-being, and, in turn, is determined by a whole set of factors. Among them, along with medical and biological, undoubtedly important role is played by environmental factors. The region of Eastern Ukraine, firstly — Donetsk and Lugansk regions, in this regard can't be recognized as prosperous. A significant degree of anthropogenic transformation of the natural environment of this industrially developed region, which was formed over decades, has increased considerably during the military actions of recent years [1, 2]. Accordingly, the need to restore constitutional order and ensure worth living conditions for Ukrainian citizens includes, along with political, economic and social vectors, the task of optimizing natural ecological systems. It should be noted that the consequences of the impact of military actions on the natural environment in conflict zones, with all its specificity, have a number of similar features, for example, with man-made transformations that are noted in mining regions [3, 4]. These are, first of all, local and large-scale transformations of the landscape, disturbance of soil cover, partial or complete destruction of plant communities, impoverishment of fauna, and, as a result, the destabilization of ecosystems due to the violation of ecological relations that ensure their structural and functional organization and natural mechanisms of their self-regulation [5, 6]. In this context, the very urgent and demanded for the conflict zone is the implementation of various environmental technologies tested for solving similar problems in anthropogenically transformed territories. In particular, the scientific and practical developments of the Institute for Nature Management Problems and Ecology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (INMPE of NAS of Ukraine, Dnipro) [7–10] have a considerable interest in the following main areas. Key Words: Ecological destabilization, Ecological rehabilitation, Post-war territories, Environmental technologies, Ecological management, Landscape, Ecosystems.

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Tuffa, Samuel. "Maintaining Sustainability and Resilience in Rangeland Ecosystems." Research in Ecology 4, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.30564/re.v4i2.4747.

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Rangelands contribute to human well-being worldwide. However, its fragile ecosystems are threatened due to inappropriate management that has been leading to its degradation in African rangelands in general and in Ethiopian rangelands in particular. Rangeland degradation is attributable to both natural and anthropogenic causes. Restoring degraded areas by replanting using native species is one of the most promising sustainable rangeland management tools to fight the degradation in the rangelands and enhance resilience in the face of environmental shocks. Restoration improves vegetation cover and biomass yield and enhances other ecosystem services. Native drought-tolerant species have produced promising rehabilitation outcomes and have been recommended for the restoration of degraded rangeland areas. Replanting using native species remains a viable sustainable management option to enhance resilience in the face of environmental shocks. Therefore, to maintain the sustainability and resilient rangeland ecosystems, comprehensive approaches and strategies suitable for rangelands need to be revitalized, developed, strengthened and promoted.

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Stapanian, Martin A. "QuickBird satellite imagery as a tool for restoration and rehabilitation of Lake Sevan, Armenia." Hydrobiologia 661, no. 1 (October 16, 2010): 81–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0513-3.

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Stoyanov, O., A. Son, R. Vastyanov, N. Turchin, O. Gruzevsky, P. Yermuraki, O. Dzygal, and M. Vastyanov. "Cognitive impairment restoration in patients suffered with stroke during the post-COVID period." Journal of Education, Health and Sport 12, no. 2 (February 28, 2022): 336–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/jehs.2022.12.02.034.

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Frequency of vascular complications, including strokes, in patients suffered from COVID-19 infection is known to be increased up to 8 times, especially compared with influenza. The purpose: to investigate the fundamental mechanisms of brain ischemia in the patients with mnestic dysfunctions who previously underwent COVID-19 through pharmacocorrection via Phenibut (g-amino-b-phenylbutyric acid hydrochloride) and magnetic therapy in the early recovery period of ischemic stroke. The authors describe the possibilities of cognitive rehabilitation for people who have had ischemic stroke in the post-COVID period. Considering that the presence of mnestic dysfunctions has a negative impact on the process of rehabilitation of cerebral accidents, the fundamental mechanisms of brain ischemia in patients with mnestic dysfunctions in the early recovery period in patients who have undergone COVID-19 have been studied through pharmacocorrection via Phenibut (g-amino-b-phenylbutyric acid hydrochloride) and magnetic therapy. 46 patients aged 40 to 60 years were examined. A comparative study of three randomized clinical groups of patients with separate and complex use of Phenibut and magnetic stimulation. The effectiveness of the proposed therapy in restoring executive functions was established on the basis of indicators of the MMSE scale, the test for the study of frontal dysfunction – FAB, regression of depressive symptoms and is characterized by a decrease in the score on the GDS scale. The authors conclude that mnestic disorders are a functional "target" in cerebral ischemia in the post-COVID period, which requires close attention in relation to pharmacocorrection methods and comprehensive rehabilitation and further research, including the elucidate the pathogenetic mechanisms of cerebral ischemia.

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Solovyeva, O. A., V. F. Loboiko, A. Y. Ovcharova, and A. V. Loboiko. "Development of new ways to preserve the water content of lake basins in the natural park of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 965, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 012007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/965/1/012007.

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Abstract The article presents new modern ways to increase the receiving capacity and preserve the water content of lake basins on the territory of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain natural Park. The main factor that caused the need for rehabilitation of the rivers and lakes of the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain is the change in the hydrological and ecological situation that arose as a result of the change in the hydrological regime by regulating the flow of the Volga River after the construction of the Volga hydroelectric power station. The rehabilitation of water objects is aimed at preserving and restoring the water objects to a state that provides environmentally favorable living conditions for the population; ensuring the protection of the population from low water (water scarcity), for the restoration and environmental rehabilitation of the water objects and the adjacent territory.

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Ramos-Carranza, Amadeo, Rosa María Añón-Abajas, and Gloria Rivero-Lamela. "A Research Methodology for Mitigating Climate Change in the Restoration of Buildings: Rehabilitation Strategies and Low-Impact Prefabrication in the “El Rodezno” Water Mill." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 8, 2021): 8869. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13168869.

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New environmental challenges, coupled with the fact that 80% of the residential buildings that will exist in Europe in the year 2050 have already been built, mean that rehabilitation and restoration must be prioritised over new buildings. Construction is one of the largest generators of CO2. Using prefabricated and industrialised products and systems can help to mitigate its harmful effects thanks to the greater control and environmental evaluation that can be carried out on these products from their manufacture until the end of their useful life (LCA). In the county of the Sierra de Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain), there are 85 water mills, many of which are derelict and in disuse, which, due to their location, size, and characteristics, are ideal for rehabilitation and restoration for residential use. Taking the “El Rodezno” mill as a case study, this paper proposes rehabilitation strategies using prefabricated industrialised elements that have a low environmental impact. The methodological discussion takes as its starting point the process of design and testing that Alvar Aalto applied in 1940 and from subsequent studies that have confirmed a research structure based on the project design and the built project with the appropriate field of study and confirmation of the applicable strategies and solutions. To this end, this article is written on the basis of the two main phases of Alvar Aalto’s method, using the same terms that the Danish architect defined: Scientific Observation, for the study of preceding works and projects in light prefabrication and for the analysis of certain construction products and systems that, based on other research, have evaluated their LCA, and Construction Period, for the rehabilitation strategies of the “El Rodezno” mill, considering the studies and analyses of Scientific Observation. For the roof solution, we took as an example the rehabilitation of the roof carried out with the same methodology, construction criteria, and prefabricated products analysed in this article and used in the intervention strategies in “El Rodezno”. The paper concludes with the validity of the methodology applied to test the starting hypotheses that lead to intervention strategies that confirm the environmental and economic advantages of industrialised prefabrication, the importance of the design and synergy that results from combining different construction systems, and technologies that improve the acceptance of prefabrication by the inhabitant and boost the circular economy.

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Wu, Minghao, Hong Wu, Andrew T. Warner, Hao Li, and Zhicheng Liu. "Informing Environmental Flow Planning through Landscape Evolution Modeling in Heavily Modified Urban Rivers in China." Water 13, no. 22 (November 16, 2021): 3244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13223244.

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Worldwide, urban rivers suffer various degrees of ecological degradation. Rehabilitating heavily modified urban rivers requires holistic approaches, including environmental flow management. We examine the case of Lower Yongding River, Beijing’s mother river, which had dried up since the 1980s and is undergoing a flow replenishment experiment, receiving 342 million m3 of water during 2019–2020 for ecosystem enhancement. Considering the massive cost of replenishment, we address the urgent need to evaluate its outcomes and inform future management through an interdisciplinary modeling approach under the circumstance of severe data shortage. We simulated the study reach’s landscape evolution under five flow scenarios and assessed their ecological effects using the CAESAR-Lisflood model and habitat suitability index method. Despite overall minor morphological differences across scenarios, individual reaches presented pronounced physical changes. Higher-flow scenarios shaped a distinct channel in certain reaches, but historic channel modifications by mining and farming caused minimal responses in others. Additionally, higher-flow scenarios generally created larger and more evenly distributed habitat areas but showed a low payback given the higher flow volumes needed. Targeted channel-floodplain geomorphological restoration is essential for flows to generate desired ecological outcomes. The demonstrated modeling framework offers great promise, informing future rehabilitation actions for heavily modified urban streams.

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Landy, John. "Temperate Eucalypt Woodlands in Australia: Biology, Conservation, Management and Restoration." Pacific Conservation Biology 7, no. 1 (2001): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc010074.

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TEMPERATE Eucalypt Woodlands in Australia provides a comprehensive account of the biology, conservation and management and rehabilitation of one of the most important broad-vegetation types in Australia. The book is divided into four sections, the distribution and status of woodlands, threats, processes and management, regeneration and repair and finally socio-economic issues. Chapters cover a wide range of issues including tree decline, the role of soil fungi, the impacts and opportunities of fuel wood extraction and the attitude of landholders to environmental issues. The characteristics and current status of the temperate woodlands in each state are separately covered in individual chapters. Contributions are included from many different authors and from sources across Australia and for the first time students, researchers or the general public can access information on this fascinating subject. Extensive bibliographies attached to each chapter will enable the reader to pursue topics in greater detail.

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Satarug, Soisungwan, and Steve Nazar. "Cadmium in food and human health: Technologies for environmental restoration and rehabilitation January 15–17, 2010, Phitsanulok, Thailand." Toxicology Letters 198, no. 1 (September 2010): 2–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.02.019.

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Carlin, G. P., M. S. Mirza, and M. Gaudreault. "Rehabilitation measures for Champlain Bridge, Montreal, Canada." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 23, no. 6 (December 1, 1996): 1326–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l96-941.

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Major rehabilitation of the Champlain Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, has been undertaken with the goal of restoring its overall integrity. The bridge is a major transportation link carrying over 42 million vehicle transits annually. Repairs to all elements of the structure have recently been under way, such as deck replacement, pier repairs including submerged regions, restoration to prestressed girders, implementation of cathodic protection to control corrosion, new drainage provisions, and crash barriers. Rehabilitation of the main steel truss spans over the St. Lawrence Seaway is presented elsewhere. Testing of two cathodic protection systems on prestressed concrete beams has been undertaken with the goal of full-scale installation on all 50 affected spans. A possible pilot project is being examined, which incorporates the use of zinc anode spray applied to the concrete surface to act as passive, or induced current type, or as a combination of active and passive systems on the different sections of the bridge. Key words: bridge rehabilitation, cathodic protection systems, condition survey, corrosion protection strategy, external prestressing, honeycombing and spalling, impervious membrane, injection of cracks, prestressed concrete beams, underwater pier repairs.

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Schultze, Ann-Kristin, Georg Gellert, Uwe Koenzen, Timo Riecker, and Roman Rittner. "Systematic rehabilitation planning: a new decision support system for targeted morphological river restoration." Water and Environment Journal 33, no. 1 (October 1, 2018): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/wej.12384.

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Gomes Oliveira, Anderson, Ricardo Augusto Souza Machado, and Rubén Camilo Lois González. "Environmental Zoning in a Context of Strong Pressure from Productivist Agriculture in Brazil’s Northeast: The Case of the Ipojuca River, Pernambuco, Brazil." Land 11, no. 5 (April 21, 2022): 611. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11050611.

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The purpose of this work was the conceptual elaboration of a proposed zoning based on the concepts of recovery, rehabilitation, and restoration, for the Ipojuca watershed, located in the state of Pernambuco, in the north-eastern region of Brazil. It also sought to bring together a set of technical and normative instruments capable of being articulated in environmental policies that have river restoration as the main exponent of ecological and sustainability criteria. Data from the MapBiomas project, which aims to map the annual land cover and use in Brazil, and rainfall data from the stations located in the study area, were used as a basis for the zoning. From the combination of these databases, three sectors with similar characteristics were established, which served as the basis for the zoning. The overlap shown in these data confirmed the influence of the rainfall pattern on the characteristics of the land cover and pattern of use in each sector, where agricultural activities and urbanisation have played a decisive role in the degradation of water bodies and their bordering environments along the watershed.

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Kadir Jaelani, Abdul, Reza Octavia Kusumaningtyas, and Asron Orsantinutsakul. "The model of mining environment restoration regulation based on Sustainable Development Goals." Legality : Jurnal Ilmiah Hukum 30, no. 1 (April 23, 2022): 131–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/ljih.v30i1.20764.

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This article aimed to discuss mining environment restoration regulations. The government has established a number of policies concerning reclamation and post-mining. However, the critical question is whether these policies can ensure the rehabilitation of the mining environment in accordance with sustainable development goals, given the numerous unreclaimed and abandoned mining pits that have resulted in several fatalities. The purpose of this study is to examine reclamation and post-mining management standards in order to reduce the environmental damage caused by mining activities. This normative legal study gathered data from documents examined qualitatively. The data analysis is descriptive-analytic in nature. The study's findings indicate that environmental law enforcement in the mining sector continues to face significant challenges. There is a need to enhance legislation and systems governing mining management. Standardization of reclamation and post-mining management is necessary to offer rules for implementation that suit the needs of the community. It has no adverse effect on the community surrounding the mining location. Licensing is one policy that can apply to implement standardization. Supervising land management following mining, management of waste, and developing policies promote environmentally friendly mining and conservation activities.

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Draidia, Ayaterahman, Momina Tareen, Nuran Bayraktar, Emily R. A. Cramer, and Kuei-Chiu Chen. "Bird Communities and the Rehabilitation of Al Karaana Lagoons in Qatar." Birds 3, no. 4 (September 27, 2022): 320–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/birds3040022.

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Qatar, a peninsular country in the Persian Gulf, is significant to avian species due to its location along the African–Eurasian Flyway, a key migratory path. Receiving untreated domestic and industrial liquid waste from Qatar in the past, Al Karaana Lagoons have since been reconstructed as an artificial wetland to address the growing environmental concern posed by contamination build-up. This study documents the changes in biodiversity at Al Karaana Lagoons following their environmental remediation. Data collected (2015 and 2017) by Ashghal (Public Works Authority) prior to project implementation was analyzed alongside data collected independently following project completion (2019–2021). There was a marked increase in bird biodiversity following remediation, including substantial use by migratory species and resident breeders. Further analysis of water quality data of the TSE (treated sewage effluent) ponds shows that they are eutrophic but still support substantial bird life. The project’s success demonstrates how reclaimed lands can provide important habitats to local and migratory birds and encourages similar restoration efforts in the future in both Qatar and elsewhere. We call for the continued monitoring of the site and the implementation of guidelines for the use of the site that balance human activities and habitat quality.

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Cissé, Abdul-Charif, Stéphanie Batchakoué Maïga-Yaleu, Sibiry Albert Kaboré, Maguette Kairé, Damien Hauswirth, Oumarou Malam Issa, Ibrahim Bouzou Moussa, and Hassan Bismarck Nacro. "Long-term effect of forest and landscape restoration practices on soil organic carbon stock in semi-arid Burkina Faso." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 16, no. 1 (June 8, 2022): 329–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v16i1.28.

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In semi-arid areas, forest and landscape restoration (FLR) practices are being implemented to reverse the land degradation process. The objective of this study was to investigate the long-term effect of FLR practices on soil organic carbon stock (SOCs) under different land uses in the semi-arid region of Burkina Faso. The study was conducted on degraded land under rehabilitation practices for 45, 27, 18 and 11 years, which were compared to similar land without specific rehabilitation measures. The soil was collected in 2018 in 35 sampling plots of 30 m x 30 m. Soil analysis concerned bulk density, soil particle size, soil pH, soil organic carbon content, and respiratory activity of microorganisms. SOCs increased by 150%, 98% and 29% over 0-10 cm depth in 45-, 27- and 11-year of FLR practices, and decreased by 6% in 18-year of FLR practices compared to their respective control. SOCs were not linearly increased with the duration of the implementation of FLR practices because the variation of SOCs depends on several other parameters such as soil texture, and types of combination of FLR practices. The highest SOCs were recorded for 27 years (9.5 t.ha-1) and 45 years (8.5 t.ha-1) of FLR practices. This study revealed the importance of including Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) as one of the combined FLR practices, for improvement of SOCs.

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Robichaud, Peter R., Sarah A. Lewis, Robert E. Brown, and Louise E. Ashmun. "Emergency Post-Fire Rehabilitation Treatment Effects on Burned Area Ecology and Long-Term Restoration." Fire Ecology 5, no. 1 (April 2009): 115–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4996/fireecology.0501115.

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Lytvynenko, Dmytro, and Olga Malyeyeva. "RISK MANAGEMENT IN PROJECTS OF RESTORATION THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT STRUCTURE ON THE BASIS OF PARTICIPANTS' COMMUNICATION." Innovative Technologies and Scientific Solutions for Industries, no. 2 (20) (June 30, 2022): 44–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.30837/itssi.2022.20.044.

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The subject of the article is the processes of risk management and project communications. The components of the content of transport infrastructure rehabilitation projects, including communications between stakeholders, are considered. The aim of the work is to develop a method for assessing and managing the risks in transport infrastructure rehabilitation projects, taking into account the communication processes of the participants. The following tasks are solved in the article: systematization of risks in transport infrastructure rehabilitation projects in the form of relations between the project participants, creation of a graphic scheme of stakeholder communications, formalization of stakeholder communications with regard to the causes and possible parry of risks, development of a quantitative assessment model of the project risks with regard to stakeholder interests. Methods used: project management methodology, stakeholder theory, value theory, systems approach, matrix models. The following results were obtained: Opportunities, impact and risk status in relation to stakeholders of the transport infrastructure rehabilitation project were analyzed. The possibility of grouping risks in relation to the stakeholders of the project and the possibility of influence of stakeholder interaction on the available risk groups were considered. The risks that can directly affect the project or be affected by the interaction between the project stakeholders were identified. The formalized representation of risks and communications of project participants is presented. Opportunities to optimize the process of project risk management through the management of stakeholders and project communications have been identified. Quantitative project risk value model was developed to assess the effectiveness of actions to parry risks from stakeholders. Conclusions: project risk management can be more effective if tools and methods specific to stakeholder management and project communications are applied. The proposed formalization establishes a clear model of stakeholder interaction to parry risks. The model of quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of actions to parry risks will allow to evaluate the effectiveness of the management strategy and to make adjustments in time. In the future, this work will continue scientific research in the direction of developing models and methods of research of communications and risks of the project

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Konrad, Leilani, Jessica A. Fujii, Sandrine Hazan, Andrew B. Johnson, Karl A. Mayer, Michael J. Murray, Teri E. Nicholson, Michelle M. Staedler, and Colleen Young. "Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium." Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 3, no. 4 (November 24, 2022): 641–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jzbg3040047.

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As biodiversity continues to decline across the globe, conservation of wildlife species and the ecosystems they inhabit is more important than ever. When species dwindle, ecosystems that depend on them are also impacted, often leading to a decrease in the life-giving services healthy ecosystems provide to humans, wildlife, and the global environment. Methods of wildlife conservation are complex and multi-faceted, ranging from education and advocacy to, research, restoration, and rehabilitation. Here, we review a conservation program focused on helping recover the federally listed threatened southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) population. We describe the development of unique rehabilitation methods and steps taken to advance the program’s conservation impact. Understanding this evolution can inform conservation efforts for other vulnerable species and their ecosystems.

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