Chemistry for Marine Engineering 2 min read
Volatile Fatty Acids
The Australian Water Quality Centre has recently developed a new test method that provides a detailed profile of eight individual volatile acids…
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Basics 2 min read
Article 2: Ban on discrimination
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such…
Basics 5 min read
Article 1: Innate freedom and equality
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and…
Chemistry for Marine Engineering 3 min read
Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen is an essential element required by all organisms. In animals, nitrogen is a component of crucial organic molecules, such…
Basics 8 min read
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Preamble Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human…
Chemistry for Marine Engineering 3 min read
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
Chemical Oxygen Demand or COD is a measurement of the oxygen required to oxidize soluble and particulate organic matter in…
Basics 3 min read
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTORS
Traditional international law did not confer rights on individuals. People did not have international legal rights as such; they were…
Basics 5 min read
PROGRESSIVE REALISATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
The notion of ‘progressive’ realisation using ‘available resources’, contained in some economic, social and cultural rights treaties such as Article…
Chemistry for Marine Engineering 2 min read
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Water
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) represents the amount of oxygen consumed by bacteria and other microorganisms while they decompose organic matter…
Basics 14 min read
THE RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION
In the southern Serbian town of Leskovac, skin diseases have plagued a Romani settlement for many years. The immediate cause…