Analysis Of Environmental Effects Research Articles

Thermal-energy and Environmental Impact of Cool Clay Tiles for Residential Buildings in Italy

Sustainable solutions for energy saving in buildings are assuming increasing interest both in the research and the industrial community. In this view, cool roof systems demonstrated to be interesting and effective solutions which role in energy saving for cooling and mitigating local and global warming is already acknowledged. In these recent years, several studies were carried out in order to quantify their thermal-energy effect with varying boundary conditions, while global climate analytical models were proposed with the purpose to evaluate the effect of high albedo solutions in terms of radiative forcing and CO2eq offset. This work concerns the combined analysis of thermal-energy and environmental effect of cool roof (high albedo) clay tiles with low visual impact, specifically optimized in order to preserve traditional residential buildings. In particular, dynamic simulation models and field monitoring of a real residential village were developed and the effect of such tiles is analyzed in terms of energy saving for cooling and of CO2eq avoided emissions due to the energy efficient intervention, coupled with the effect in climate change mitigation. This aspect is specifically considered by applying an analytical method elaborated in previous works, where the effect of high albedo surfaces in terms of CO2eq offset is quantified with varying orientation, inclination, solar reflectance and geographical details. The combined analysis showed how an overall annual CO2 emissions’ offset is achievable by coupling single-building and global assessment methodologies. In particular, the energy saving contribution saved around 141 tonnes of CO2eq per year, and the global warming analytical model showed that the albedo increase allowed to offset about 772 tonnes of CO2eq per year. This prototypical study showed how local energy analysis should be coupled to global analysis in order to have an exhaustive view of building retrofit strategies’ sustainability.

Development of mpi_EPIC model for global agroecosystem modeling

Agroecosystem models that can incorporate management practices and quantify environmental effects are necessary to assess sustainability-associated food and bioenergy production across spatial scales. However, most agroecosystem models are designed for a plot scale. Tremendous computational capacity on simulations and datasets is needed when large scales of high-resolution spatial simulations are conducted. We used the message passing interface (MPI) parallel technique and developed a master–slave scheme for an agroecosystem model, EPIC on global food and bioenergy studies. Simulation performance was further enhanced by applying the Vampir framework. On a Linux-based supercomputer, Cray XT7 Titan, we used 2048 cores and successfully shortened the running time from days to 30min for a global 30years of modeling of a bioenergy crop at the resolution of half-degree (62,482 grids) with the message passing interface based EPIC (mpi_EPIC). The results illustrate that mpi_EPIC using parallel design can balance simulation workloads and facilitate large-scale, high-resolution analyses of agricultural production systems, management alternatives and environmental effects.

The Analysis of Resources Environmental Effects of Rural Industrialized Areas Based on Ecological Footprint

The rapid growth of rural industry has resulted in increased financial well-being, with improvement of farmers’ salaries and development of urbanization. However, it has also contributed to decreased environmental quality and heavy consumption of resources, which were seriously threatening the sustainable economic and social development of China. Little, if any, related research has been published and few of these articles approach the topic from a rural perspective. Systematic evaluation system is lack of study. This paper tries to establish environmental effects assessment model for the ecological footprint of rural industry based on traditional footprint theory, then takes Jimo of Shandong Province and Zhuji of Zhejiang Province for instance to analyze environmental effects of rural industry. The results shows that the resources environmental effects of both regions are different and the ecological footprint per capita of both regions had increased from 2000 to 2009. The upward trend of Zhuji is more obvious and the industrial footprint per capita of Jimo is lower than Zhuji with the gap increasing in the decades. The treatment efficiency of industrial waste of Jimo is higher than that of Zhuji. The population of both regions are close, but the gap of industrial ecological footprint between them are expanding. The GDP ecological footprint of Zhuji was higher than that of Jimo, which means the rural industry of Zhuji put more pressure on the environment.

Environmental Effect Analysis of Coalfield Fire in Xinjiang and its Preventive

Coal self-combustion loses a large amount of coal resources in China's Xinjiang region, not only caused huge economic losses each year, but also caused serious environmental pollution problems. Through the coals on the ecological environment, including air, water, land resources, biological survival of both the environment and the geological environment,the article analyzed the impact of coal on the environment,and Proposed technical measures to combat coal fires.

Predicting e-readiness at firm-level: An analysis of technological, organizational and environmental (TOE) effects on e-maintenance readiness in manufacturing firms

This study predicts the impact of technological, organizational and environmental (TOE) determinants on e-maintenance technology readiness in manufacturing firms. Survey responses of 308 managers from a wide spectrum of manufacturing firms have been validated and analyzed by means of structural equation modelling. The findings indicate that dimensions of e-maintenance technology readiness in manufacturing firms are mainly influenced by technological and organizational determinants involving technological infrastructure and competence, expected benefits and challenges of e-maintenance, and firm size and ownership. Surprisingly, there is no significant effect of competitive pressures on e-maintenance readiness. This study offers managers and vendors a frame of reference to analyze firm's situation before initiating new innovations. In case of e-maintenance technology, adoption strategies should be built around fostering level of employees’ technological knowledge and skills, technology infrastructure as well as sustaining potential benefits and encountering potential challenges associated with e-maintenance technology. This paper is one of the early studies that predict dimensions of technology readiness index (TRI) through the determinants of technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework. Also, it is among the first attempts to link prominent technology adoption models to e-maintenance technology as a novel form of enterprise innovations.

Mining time-series association rules from Western Pacific spatial-temporal data

With increasing concerns about the environmental problem as well as tremendous environmental issues impacting on our daily life, a new requirement for analysis of environmental changes and effect has been proposed. In this paper we use Western Pacific events and basic background database as its data source to find the association between different marine parameters. The improved Apriori algorithm is utilized to discover knowledge in magnanimous spatio-temporal data. There are two main steps. First is according to the different variation degree of each point, the study area can be divided into lots of spatial-temporal transaction zones. Second is use the improved Apriori algorithm for spatial-temporal data mining. For the need of mining algorithm, the quantitative attributes need to be transformed into qualitative attributes. The concept generalization method is utilized to divide the original attribute data into several levels. Then the Apriori algorithm can be used to discover the potential association between marine parameters within the given time frame.

Effect of Protein Environment within Cytochrome P450cam Evaluated Using a Polarizable-Embedding QM/MM Method

Metalloenzymes accommodate cofactors and substrates in their active sites, thereby exerting powerful catalytic effects. Understanding the key elements of the mechanism via which such binding is accomplished using a number of atoms in a protein is a fundamental challenge. To address this issue computationally, here we used mechanical-embedding (ME), electronic-embedding (EE), and polarizable-embedding (PE) hybrid quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods and performed an energy decomposition analysis (EDA) of the nonbonding protein environmental effect in the "compound I" intermediate state of cytochrome P450cam. The B3LYP and AMBER99/QP302 methods were used to deal with the QM and MM subsystems, respectively, and the nonbonding interaction energy between these subsystems was decomposed into electrostatic, van der Waals, and polarization contributions. The PE-QM/MM calculation was performed using polarizable force fields that were capable of describing induced dipoles within the MM subsystem, which arose in response to the electric field generated by QM electron density, QM nuclei, and MM point charges. The present QM/MM EDA revealed that the electrostatic term constituted the largest stabilizing interaction between the QM and MM subsystems. When proper adjustment was made for the point charges of the MM atoms located at the QM-MM boundary, EE-QM/MM and PE-QM/MM calculations yielded similar QM electron density distributions, indicating that the MM polarization effect does not have a significant influence on the extent of QM polarization in this particular enzyme system.

Underground mine risk assessment by using FMEA in the presence of uncertainty

Article history: Received October 15, 2013 Received in revised format March 2 2014 Accepted April 7, 2014 Available online April 8 2014 Managers always look for systems with minimum hazards, which cause problems for performance of projects. The largest and the most important hazards of working underground mines can be associated with health, safety and environmental Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a widely used technique to identify the potential failure modes for measuring reliability of a product or a process. FMEA is performed by developing a risk priority number (RPN), which is the product of severity, occurrence, and detection ratings. On the other hand, with regard to uncertainty in the decision-making, fuzzy theory can help model the inherent uncertainty involved in the underground mining projects. Fuzzy FMEA provides a tool that can work in a better way with vague concepts using insufficient information compared with conventional FMEA. The comparison between the results of the conventional FMEA with those of the proposed model shows that the fuzzy model has a high potential to formulate the level of risk. © 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

基于GIS山西省矿产资源规划环境影响评价

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 基于GIS的山西省矿产资源规划环境影响评价 DOI: 10.5846/stxb201305161092 作者: 作者单位: 南京大学地理信息科学系,南京大学地理信息科学系,中国矿业大学环境与测绘学院 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 中国地质调查局地质调查工作项目（12120113007500）；江苏师范大学博士学位教师科研支撑项目（11XLR01）. A method of environment assessment of mineral resources planning for shanxi provinces base on GIS Author: Affiliation: Department of Geographical Information Science,Nanjing University,Nanjing,Department of Geographical Information Science,Nanjing University,Nanjing,School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics,China University of Mining and Technology,Xuzhou Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:基于目前我国矿产资源规划编制过程中的环境评价，提出了一种基于GIS（Geographic Information System）技术，实现矿产资源规划环境影响定量评价方法。在对规划区环境现状进行大尺度综合评价的基础上，利用GIS的空间分析功能，有针对性的实现规划区敏感环境保护目标的筛选、环境影响范围的确定和矿产资源开发对环境保护目标影响程度的定量表达。结合山西省矿产资源规划方案，根据山西省各区域资源开发对敏感保护目标的影响特征，在定量计算各区域环境现状综合评价分级的基础上，分别对其生态环境、水环境、地质环境等方面的影响进行评价和预测，结果显示：山西省矿产资源规划空间布局总体合理，不会对敏感环境保护目标造成严重破坏，但部分矿产资源开采区距离保护目标较近，需要在矿产资源规划实施中加以保护。提出的评价方法较好地兼顾矿产资源开发与区域环境保护，可以有效地提高矿产资源规划环境评价结果的准确性和科学性；该方法可以综合地、定量地评价矿产资源规划对不同环境保护目标的影响程度和范围，为矿产资源规划方案的修订提供有价值的参考。 Abstract:With the rapid development of economy in demand for mineral resources, it is becoming more and more important to coordinate the relationship between mineral exploration and environmental protection. To abate the environmental impact on the mineral exploitation, one of the most important means is to assess the environmental impact of mineral resources planning. The ultimate objective of plan environmental impact assessment is to ensure that assessing conclusions and environmental consequences are combined into strategic decision-making process. Planning environmental impact assessment is the only type of strategic environmental assessment that is required to be conducted in plans by Chinese Environmental Impact Assessment Act. Mineral resources planning have just issued in China, and are still on the exploratory stage. Those studies are mainly focused on improving the evaluation system, exploring the evaluation methods and so on. Quantitative analysis of environmental effects and processing of spatial information are the most difficult procedures which have no generalized evaluation approaches at present. The commonly applicable methods falls into several catalogues in previous studies of environmental impact assessment on mineral resources planning. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), multi-objective analysis and expert judgment method are often used to select assessment indicators. Those methods can be applied to identify, forecast, and analyze potential environment impact when mineral resource planning is brought into effect. However, it is difficult to evaluate the impact of the changes of mineral development structure for their deficiencies in processing of the regional spatial information and synthetic analysis of multiple attribute information. The deficient methodologies have become a restriction to the actual impacts evaluation of mineral resources planning.According to the current situation of environment impact assessment for mineral resources planning, this paper proposes the quantitative assessment method for environmental impact of mineral resources planning based on GIS. The present situation of environmental evaluation process in the study area is established firstly, mainly includes: the division of evaluation unit, the establishment of evaluation index and evaluation classification, and the selection of evaluation model. Using the above indicators and models, large scale of quantitative evaluation for the present situation of environment in the study area is presented. Based on the results of the study area mineral resources planning large-scale comprehensive quantitative assessment, the identification and selection of environmental impact factors are introduced, the model and system for environmental assessment is set up in this research. In this paper, taking the environmental assessment of mineral resources planning in Shanxi Province as example, the approach is introduced in detail. Through spatial analysis methods provided by the GIS technology, the environmental impact of mineral resources planning to ecological environment, water environment, geological environment and atmospheric environment are given quantitatively. Based on the results of the environmental assessment of mineral resources planning in Shanxi Province, some valuable suggestions are proposed in this research. The example shows that the GIS are a very efficient and practical method for environmental assessment of mineral resources planning. It cans provide reasonable analysis processes, quantitative and visual results, which makes the environmental assessment more accurate and scientific. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

A METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF KERATIN-CONTAINING RAW MATERIAL USING A KERATINASE-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM STREPTOMYCES ORNATUS S 1220

Abstract: The effect of substrate on mycelium growth, the optimal composition of the culture medium, and the optimal cultivation conditions for Streptomyces ornatus S 1220 have been investigated in the present work. The specific activity of keratinase has been monitored during cultivation and activity variation caused by addition of various salts to the cul-tivation medium has been analyzed. The results of the optimization study are reported and successful use of the culture studied in the present work in processes performed on an industrial scale is anticipated. Key words: keratin, secondary raw materials, processing, keratinase-producing microorganism, enzyme, protein, culti-vation, keratinase activity, bioconversion UDC 577.151.35:547.962.9 DOI 10.12737/2051 INTRODUCTION The amount of secondary raw material obtained dur-ing slaughter and processing of poultry can be as high as 45% of the live weight of the birds. Most of this materi-al is constituted by down and feathers, which have a high biological value, since they contain about 85% keratin. Keratins are abundant proteins found in epithelial cells. They are major structural components of skin, nails, hair, feathers, and wool. Analysis of the amino acid composition of keratins shows that these proteins are a rich source of essential amino acids. However, the transformation of natural keratin into a digestible form is problematic, since keratins are fibrillar proteins and their mechanical stability is higher than that of all other materials of biological origin except chitin. The conven-tional techniques used for the processing of keratin-containing raw materials are neither efficient nor ration-al. The use of physical and chemical processing meth-ods can result in formation of various toxic substances, as well as in loss of up to 75% of protein. Consequently, novel procedures for the processing and efficient use of the secondary raw material are needed. Enzymatic methods for the processing of protein-containing raw materials, which became available due to the development of biotechnology, allow for the preser-vation of all essential amino acids. The use of ready-made enzyme preparations on an industrial scale can lead to a significant increase in costs and expenses, and there-fore it is necessary to find solutions which enable the minimization of processing costs for the keratin-containing raw material. The use of live microorganism cultures in the processing of keratin-containing raw material allows for a reduction of the processing costs. The bioconversion method involves cultivation of the enzyme-producing strains on a substrate formed by the raw material to be processed. High efficiency of the sub-sequent decomposition of the substrate can be attained if this method is used. Selection of the optimal enzyme-producing microorganism and the optimal cultivation conditions is necessary in order to increase the rate and efficiency of bioconversion employing this method. With the requirements concerning the strain and its functional efficiency taken into account, we chose the keratinase-producing strain Streptomyces ornatus S 1220. Simple composition and low cost of cultivation media, high levels of keratinase production, short culti-vation time, and high enzyme yield [4] were the primary reasons for the choice of this strain. The aim of the present work, formulated with the current problems taken into account, was to define the optimal composition of the cultivation medium provid-ing for a high biomass yield of Streptomyces ornatus S 1220, to determine the most appropriate cultivation temperature and the period during which the rate of bi-omass accumulation is the highest, and to assess the effect of chemical additives on the specific enzyme ac-tivity. The tasks to be fulfilled in order to achieve the aim included analysis of the chemical composition of feathers, characterization of the effect of complex culti-vation media on the yield of keratinase produced by the microorganism, analysis of environmental effects on the growth and productivity of the microorganism under investigation, and optimization of the cultivation pa-rameters established.

Integrated assessments of payments for ecosystem services programs

Ecosystems provide crucial services such as clean water to humans. Numerous payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs have been implemented around the world. However, their socioeconomic and environmental consequences are rarely quantified simultaneously. In PNAS, Zheng et al. (1) present an insightful empirical analysis of socioeconomic and environmental effects of a PES program that supplies drinking water to ∼20 million residents in Beijing, China. The work also brings ecosystem service research closer to fully account for the pros and cons of PES programs, laying important groundwork to quantify telecouplings—socioeconomic and environmental interactions over distances (2).

An analysis of distribution characteristics and environmental effect of small tailing ponds in Chengui town, Daye

Small tailing ponds take up 80 percent of China's tailing ponds and have caused severe influence on the environment.Using WorldView-2 high resolution image as data source,the authors extracted the tailing ponds in Chengui town with visual interpretation method.There were 74 small tailing ponds,occupying 58.95 hm2.With the nearest distance method,the authors drew a conclusion that the degree of the four ground features affected by pond hazard was in order of road water farmland residential area.Then the DEM of Daye City was selected to simulate the river system and contour profile information,and extracted the data of the hierarchical river stream and catchment watershed.With the watershed as a unit,the area of the environment impacted by the small tailing ponds was marked off,and the acreage area reached 59.96 km2.Combining the watershed analysis data with the distribution characteristics and law of the small tailing ponds,the authors further analyzed the effect of the small tailing ponds on the environment,thus providing valuable references for the relevant departments to reinforce environmental supervision and ecology management of the small tailing ponds.It is shown that the remote sensing technology will play an important role in the analysis of distribution characteristics and environmental effect of the small tailing ponds.

Development policies, transfer of pollution abatement technology and trans-boundary pollution

In this paper, we integrate intra-region labor migration and inter-region labor migration into Harris–Todaro model in the presence of unidirectional trans-boundary pollution. We conduct a simple comparative static analysis of regional economic and environmental effects of the central government's development policies on two regions, reducing the transfer cost of inter-region labor migration and increasing the capital subsidy to the less developed region. In addition, we compare the environmental and regional economic effects of the transfer of pollution abatement technology in two regions.

Process Simulation of Industrial Metabolism and its Environmental Effect Analysis

Industrialization process cause a huge material input, waste discharge and environmental impact. To realize the sustainable development of society and reduce environmental pressures are caused by economic and social activities, process simulation of industrial metabolism and its environmental effect analysis have become a hot issues in the international research field. Around the key scientific issues of regional material metabolism, this project fully learn and absorb domestic and international research results. The empirical study focus on energy (coal) and chemical industry base in china, starting from material metabolism analysis of regional industrial system, analyze the relationship between industrial system material metabolic processes and environmental effects, establishing the environmental effects index model of industrial metabolic with the environmental effects analysis; eventually propose the approaches and countermeasures to reduce environmental effect of industrial system material metabolic.

Development of a finite differential model for the analysis of environmental effects on transmission lines for down-hole applications

Coaxial cables are often used for data-transmission between top-side and down-hole tools over long distances. In term of cost, it is advantageous to use the same cables for power transmission when feasible. However, environmental effects can degrade the performance of cables, which are exposed to hostile conditions. This paper examines the environmental effects on transmission efficiency of coaxial cables when used for the transmission of power to down-hole tools and data acquisition systems. The performance of the cables was analysed using a finite differential model. A special feature of the model is that it implicitly introduces the effects of temperature differentials to which the cable may be exposed, through the primary cable constants. The model can be used to predict the optimum condition for maximum power transfer in the low-to-medium frequency range.

Cultivation of gilthead bream in monoculture and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture. Analysis of production and environmental effects by means of the FARM model

The aquaculture growth required to meet increasing protein demand by a growing world population, predicted to reach 9billion people by 2050, is driving innovation in both siting and culture practice. Limited possibilities for expansion on land and in inshore coastal areas, and technological improvements in farming structures, have led to widespread interest in offshore aquaculture.A gilthead bream (Sparus aurata) model has been developed and integrated with existing shellfish models in the Farm Aquaculture Management System (FARM) model, in order to analyse various aspects of onshore and offshore aquaculture. The FARM model was used to compare the quantitative effects of finfish monoculture with Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) in ponds, in terms of production, environmental externalities, and economic performance. Very clear benefits of IMTA could be seen in the comparison. The same approach was then applied to offshore culture, considering a combination of gilthead in cages and Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) suspended from longlines. For offshore culture, the primary production and diagenesis modules of FARM were switched off, since there are no feedbacks from those processes to the farm area. Except in upwelling areas, the concentration of food drivers for filter-feeding shellfish falls markedly with distance from the shore―simulations with FARM suggest that in food-poor areas, co-cultivation of bivalves with fish can significantly improve shellfish production, and that the distribution of finfish can be optimised to reduce shellfish food depletion in the inner parts of the farm. We calculate the environmental benefits of IMTA both in terms of population-equivalents and the potential for nutrient credit trading. The finfish model integrated in FARM deals explicitly with the metabolic energy cost of opposing offshore currents in cage culture, and a model analysis suggests that gilthead cultivation at current speeds in the range of 0.1 to 0.5ms−1 is optimal. The lower end of that spectrum probably translates into a greater deviation from the fillet quality obtained from wild fish, and above that limit there is a rapid increase of the feed conversion ratio (FCR) and cultivation becomes financially unattractive.

Collagen gel analysis of epithelial–mesenchymal transition in the embryo heart: An in vitro model system for the analysis of tissue interaction, signal transduction, and environmental effects

The cellular process of epithelial-mesenchymal cell transition (EMT) is a critical event in development that is reiterated in adult pathologies of metastasis and organ fibrosis. An initial understanding of the cellular and molecular events of this process emerged from an in vitro examination of heart valve development. Explants of the chick atrioventricular valve-forming region were placed on collagen gels and removed to show that EMT was regulated by a tissue interaction. Subsequent studies showed that specific TGFβ isoforms and receptors were required and steps of activation and invasion could be distinguished. The assay was modified for mouse hearts and has been used to explore signal transduction and gene expression in both species. The principle advantages of the system are a defined temporal window, when EMT takes place and the ability to isolate cells at various stages of the EMT process. These advantages are largely unavailable in other developmental or adult models. As the mesenchymal cells produced by EMT in the heart are involved in defects found in congenital heart disease, there is also a direct relevance of cardiac EMT to human birth defects. This relationship has been explored in relation to environmental exposures and in a number of genetic models. This review provides both an overview of the findings developed from the assay and protocols to enable the use of the assay by other laboratories. The assay provides a versatile platform to explore roles of specific gene products, drugs, and environmental agents on a critical cellular process.

A novel framework for analysis of cross-media environmental effects from agricultural conservation practices

Agricultural ecosystems are a source of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and losses of nutrients to waterways. Several studies have recognized this and have documented the potential to reduce GHG fluxes and nutrient loss to waterways by using carbon offsets to fund the implementation of land retirement and afforestation. However, the ability to use land for both agricultural production and environmental conservation is also important. This study develops a novel analytical framework that is used to examine the cross-media (water and air) environmental effects of implementing offset-funded conservation practices in a working-lands setting. The framework is applied to a case study which examines the extent to which carbon pricing can affect practice implementation costs and the optimal distribution of these practices throughout an agricultural watershed. Results indicate that carbon offsets can reduce conservation practice implementation costs and have the potential to reduce greater amounts of nonpoint source pollution for a given cost of implementation. This conclusion has significant implications for policymaking, particularly with regard to using markets for GHG emissions to achieve water quality improvements where water quality trading or government conservation programs have historically been unsuccessful.

Demand Forecasting for Road Transportation in Japan

In Japan, population reached at maximum at 128 million in 2005, then, started to decrease with more elderly generations. Under such circumstance, estimating effects of new road has become significantly important in forecasting road transportation demand, using cost-benefit analysis, environmental effect analysis for political decision of planning national trunk road network. This study attempted to comprehend recent development in transport demand by vehicle, and to forecast future demand based on model analysis. The study found that vehicle transport demand (VKT) for both passenger and freight vehicles have decreased; in passenger transport, driver's license holders have increased among women and the elderly. Number of trips by vehicle increased, and average travel distance has decreased due to increase of light passenger vehicles. Regarding freight transport, transport unit has decreased due to increase in value-added to carried goods. Freight transport has been shifted to in-house, and regular truck. Operation range for freight vehicle has expanded as well.

Environmental and genetic effects on conformation, precocity and musculature traits at weaning in Suffolk lambs

The aim of this study was to investigate and estimate the influence of type of lambing, age at weaning and age of the dam at lambing on conformation (C), precocity (P), musculature (M), and to estimate the heritability coefficients and genetic correlations among these traits, in Suffolk lambs. For the analysis of environmental effects and genetic parameters, the contemporary group was considered as a fixed effect, whereas covariates included the linear effects of type of lambing and age at weaning and the linear and quadratic effects of the age of dam at lambing. Lambs born as singletons received the highest scores in all three studied traits when compared to those from multiple lambings. Similar effects were observed for late-weaning lambs. 4–5 years old dams promoted the highest scores for their lambs. Heritability coefficients were 0.15, 0.18, and 0.16 for C, P, and M, respectively, indicating possibility of genetic gain through individual selection. Estimates of genetic correlation between these traits were positive and of high magnitude, varying from 0.83 to 0.95, showing that the studied traits are controlled, in part, by the same sets of genes and, therefore, there is the possibility of correlated response.