Search for dissertations about: "pesticide"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 70 swedish dissertations containing the word pesticide.
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1. Pressurized Fluid Extraction : A Sustainable Technique with Added Values
Abstract : The challenge for the future was defined by the Brundtland Commission (1987) and by the Rio Declaration (1992), in which the fundamental principles for achieving a sustainable development were provided. Sustainable chemistry can be defined as the contribution of chemistry to the implementation of the Rio Declaration. READ MORE
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2. Bioelectronic Nanosensor Devices for Environmental and Biomedical Analysis
Abstract : A new type of Bioelectronic Nanosensor Device with potential applications in medicine,biotechnology and environmental analysis was designed. The nanosensor is based on RISFET (Regional Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor) technology. READ MORE
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3. Acute pesticide poisonings in Nicaragua : underreporting, incidence and determinants
Abstract : Background: Acute pesticide poisonings (APP) are a public health problem in Nicaragua. The quality and coverage of APP´s register, the real incidence of APP, the main determinants, the economic cost of treating cases and the effectiveness of educational intervention are not well known. READ MORE
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4. Development of Enhanced Analytical Methodology in Pesticide Chemistry
Abstract : The analysis of pesticide residues in fruit, vegetables, rape seed and water has been improved using developments in sample handling and analytical techniques. The method development is associated with analytical difficulties, since pesticides currently used in agriculture represent a variety of chemical classes having very different physico chemical properties. READ MORE
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5. Ecological effects of pesticides in freshwater model ecosystems
Abstract : In this thesis I have investigated the effects of pesticide exposure on the ecosystem level using various types of experimental ecosystems, i.e. microcosms. The direct effect of exposure to cyperemthrin, a pyretroid insecticide, was a rapid decrease of crustancean zooplankton in enclosures in a lake. READ MORE