Advances in Health and Environment Safety: Select Proceedings of HSFEA 2016

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This book comprises selected papers on advances in the field of health and environment safety that were presented at the leading international conference on advances in the field of health, safety, fire, environment, allied sciences and engineering (HSFEA 2016). The book focuses on the latest developments in the field of health and environment safety, and highlights related opportunities and challenges. The book also presents methods that can be used to effectively monitor and measure climate change and global warming. Further, the contents of this work stress the importance of maintaining safety and healthy work environments that are free of occupational health hazards. This book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and policy makers alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Health Assessment of Loktak Lake Using Diatoms as Biological Indicators (Rachna Nautiyal, Prakash Nautiyal)....Pages 1-10 Biogenic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Citrus Limon Leaves and Its Structural Investigation (Ravindra D. Kale, Priyanka Jagtap)....Pages 11-20 Effectuation of Renewable Energy as an Effective Mitigation Approach Towards Climate Change (Jaideep Saraswat, Varima Agarwal, Mainak Mukherjee)....Pages 21-28 Energy Efficiency Measures Across Key Sectors in India—An Approach Towards Climate Change (Ajay Nahar, Anam Hasib, Gerry George, Mainak Mukherjee)....Pages 29-34 Identification of Soil Digging Using Acoustic Pattern Recognition (Preetam Suman, Ashwaray Raj, Pramila Choudhary, M. Radhakrishna)....Pages 35-45 Environmental Implications of Rice and Wheat Stubble Burning in North-Western States of India (Jabrinder Singh, Naveen Singhal, Shailey Singhal, Madhu Sharma, Shilpi Agarwal, Shefali Arora)....Pages 47-55 Treatment of Dairy Farm Effluent Using Recirculating Constructed Wetland Units (Deepa Minakshi, Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Anju Rani, Piyush Malaviya, Narveer)....Pages 57-66 Diatom Flora in Natural and Regulated Stretch of River Tons and Yamuna: Determining the Impacts of Hydropower Projects on the River Ecosystem (Swati Sharma, Rachna Nautiyal, Prakash Nautiyal)....Pages 67-74 Safety and Occupational Health Hazards of Agricultural Workers Handling Pesticides: A Case Study (Dev Kumari, Siby John)....Pages 75-82 Step Towards E-Waste Management (STEM) (Meenal Arora, Madhu Sharma, Debajyoti Bose)....Pages 83-88 Computational Approach Towards the Identification of Allergenic Protein in Orphan Crops ( Devvret, Arpit Chauhan, Kumud Pant, Neema Tufchi)....Pages 89-100 Experimental Investigation of Thermal Energy Storage System for Hot Air Applications (Prateek Negi, Satyendra Singh, Kapil Sharma, Jivesh Dixit, Shiv Kumar)....Pages 101-114 Sustainable Food Supply Chain Management Implementation Using DEMATEL Approach (Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Pravin P. Patil, Surbhi Uniyal)....Pages 115-125 Biodiversity and Conservation of Medicinally Important Plants by Cultivation Method of Shivalik Hills of Sahaspur Block, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (Kanchan D. Bahukhandi, Tanuja Uniyal, Neelu J. Ahuja)....Pages 127-132 Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production Using DEMATEL (Surbhi Uniyal, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Pravin P. Patil, Yogesh Kumar Sharma)....Pages 133-144 A Review of CSR Activities Under Companies Act 2013 and Enterprise Social Commitment Under Environment Clearance for Major Cement Industries in India (Shraddha Mishra, N. A. Siddiqui)....Pages 145-150 Multivariate Analysis of Heavy Metals in Topsoil: An Impact of Thermal Power Plants of Maharashtra (India) (Divya Patel, P. V. Thakare, Shivakshi Jasrotia)....Pages 151-168 Generation of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) from Dried and Powdered Ipomoea (Ipomoea carnea) (M. Rafiq Kumar, S. M. Tauseef, Tasneem Abbasi, S. A. Abbasi)....Pages 169-192 Risk and Environmental Assessment of an Indian Industry Through Active Monitoring—Case Study (Sabari Bhaumik, Santosh Vani, Sarath Chandra, Abhishek Nandan)....Pages 193-201 Air Pollutant Dispersion Models: A Review (Shweta Sachdeva, Soumyadeep Baksi)....Pages 203-207 Application of Sustainable Solar Energy Solutions for Rural Development—A Concept for Remote Villages of India (Shivakshi Jasrotia, Arun Kansal, Madhuben Sharma, Swati Gupta)....Pages 209-217 Biological Monitoring of Water Quality Before and After Completion of the Hydroelectric Project on the River Alaknanda at Srinagar (Prakash Nautiyal, Mansi, Neetika Sharma, Pankaj Kumar, Deepak Singh)....Pages 219-227 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Administrative Controls in a Food Processing Industry (K. R. Manoj Prabakar, Nihal Anwar Siddiqui, S. M. Tauseef)....Pages 229-236 A Review of Vehicular Pollution and Control Measures in India (Aayush Rastogi, Albert V. Rajan, Mainak Mukherjee)....Pages 237-245 Phosphorous Recovery as Struvite from Anaerobically Digested Sewage Sludge Liquors in Delhi, India (Swati Gupta, Arun Kansal, Shivakshi Jasrotia)....Pages 247-253 Extraction of Energy Precursors in the Form of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) from the Xerophyte Prosopis (Prosopis juliflora) (Pratiksha Patnaik, Tasneem Abbasi, S. A. Abbasi)....Pages 255-261 Study of Mosaic Virus Effects on Physical Properties of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria Standl.) in Western Himalayas (Nirmala Koranga)....Pages 263-268 Conversion of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) Obtained from Ipomoea (Ipomoea carnea) to Energy (M. Rafiq Kumar, S. M. Tauseef, Tasneem Abbasi, S. A. Abbasi)....Pages 269-278 Human Health Effects Emanating from Airborne Heavy Metals Due to Natural and Anthropogenic Activities: A Review (Abhinav Srivastava, N. A. Siddiqui, Rupesh Kumar Koshe, Vishal Kumar Singh)....Pages 279-296 Soil-Less Use of Aquatic Macrophytes in Wastewater Treatment and the Novel SHEFROL® Bioreactor (M. Ashraf Bhat, Tasneem Abbasi, S. A. Abbasi)....Pages 297-316 Managing and Identifying the Risks Related to Biochemical Conversion of Waste-to-Energy (Praveen Ghodke, B. R. Manohar Reddy, S. Vamsi Krishna)....Pages 317-325 Treatment of Effluent from Pharmaceutical Industry Using Calcium Oxide Obtained from Eggshells (Vishal Kumar Singh, Mikesh H. Chevli, S. M. Tauseef, Nihal A. Siddiqui)....Pages 327-343 Chemometric Techniques: A Comparative Study of Drinking Water Sources of Dehradun and Haridwar, Uttarakhand (India) (R. S. Aswal, P. Singh, N. Kamboj, R. Singh)....Pages 345-351 Treatment of Sewage by the Weed Ipomoea Aquatica: A Feasibility Study on Bench-Scale SHEFROL® Bioreactor (S. A. Abbasi, G. Ponni, S. M. Tauseef)....Pages 353-359 Development of Multimedia Hazardous Material Information System (S. Aravind, Kanchan Deoli Bahukhandi, Prasenjit Mondal)....Pages 361-367 Quality Assessment of Groundwater Using Water Quality Index at Yamunanagar, Haryana (Abhishek Tyagi, Prasenjit Mondal, N. A. Siddiqui)....Pages 369-376 Impact of Information Technology and Sedentary Lifestyle on Occupational Health (Shuchi Upadhyay Tiwari, Rajeev Tiwari)....Pages 377-383 Effect of Finite Dimension of the Substrate on the Performance of Microstrip Antenna (R. K. Chaurasia, V. Mathur)....Pages 385-389 Performance Enhancement of Rectangular Microstrip Antenna by Inserting Notches and Slits (Raj Gaurav Mishra, Ranjan Mishra, Piyush Kuchhal, N. Kumari)....Pages 391-396