Browsing by Author "Shomar, Basem"
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Enhancing the Remediation Capacity of Mercury Ions from Fluorescent Lamp Using Roasted Date Pits and Its Modified Forms
Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.; Al-Dana, Dana; Alduroobi, Haya; Ayesh, Maymoona; Khan, Sana; Fahraei, Fatemeh; Safi, Mariem; Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed; Shomar, Basem... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)One of the most toxic heavy metals in the environment is mercury (Hg). However, it still has major uses in various industrial and agricultural applications; leading to localized mercury pollution. There has been an increase ... -
Extraction and Analysis of Carbamate and Pyrethroid Pesticides in Tomatoes and Rice by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
Al-Saad, Khalid A.; Shaikh, Shifa M.; Hersi, Siham S.; Abbas, Esraa; Bader, Noor M.; Ramadan, Ahmed A.; Shomar, Basem... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)This work aimed to explore common methods for the extraction of pesticide and to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis by gas chromatography coupled with electron impact mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS). Extraction was ... -
Functionalized cellulose nanocrystals extracted from date pits as agricultural waste for the efficient remediation of molybdenum from groundwater: Performance and mechanistic studies
Hadeel A., Al-Karablieh; Zouari, Nabil; Shomar, Basem; Al- Ghouti, Mohammad A.; Shomar, Basem ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)The adsorption technique has proven to be an excellent option for treating contaminated water. This work was designed to investigate the efficient remediation of molybdenum (Mo(VI)) from groundwater by using a novel adsorbent ... -
Genomic Characterization and Annotation of Two Novel Bacteriophages Isolated from a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Qatar
Ramadoss, Ramya; Al-Marzooqi, Fajer; Shomar, Basem; Ilyin, Valentin Alekseevich; Vincent, Annette Shoba ( American Society for Microbiology , 2022 , Article)We report the genome sequences of Escherichia phage C600M2 (length, 88,162 bp; G1C content, 38.98%) and Escherichia phage CL1 (length, 87,820 bp; G1C content, 41.32%), which were isolated from a wastewater treatment plant ... -
Groundwater Contamination in Arid Coastal Areas: Qatar as a Case Study.
Shomar, Basem; Sankaran, Rajendran ( Wiley , 2024 , Article)The Arab region is located in an arid environment and suffers from water scarcity and poor water quality which are expected to become more severe in coming years due to global warming. In this study, the groundwater quality ... -
A market basket survey of As, Zn and Se in rice imports in Qatar: Health implications
Candace, Rowell; Kuiper, Nora; Al-Saad, Khalid; Nriagu, Jerome; Shomar, Basem ( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)Qatar is dependent on importation of rice, its staple dish, and is therefore susceptible to compromises of food quality in the global market. This market basket study assesses potential health risks of As exposure from ... -
Mishandling and exposure of farm workers in Qatar to organophosphate pesticides
Shomar, Basem; Al-Saad, Khalid; Nriagu, Jerome ( Elsevier Inc. , 2014 , Article)We used a combination of subjective (questionnaire) and objective (urinary metabolites) measurements to evaluate factors that can predict the exposure of farm workers in Qatar to organophosphate pesticides and to assess ... -
Potato Peels as an Adsorbent for Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions: Eco-Structuring of a Green Adsorbent Operating Plackett-Burman Design
El-Azazy, Marwa; El-Shafie, Ahmed S.; Issa, Ahmed A.; Al-Sulaiti, Maetha; Al-Yafie, Jawaher; Shomar, Basem; Al-Saad, Khalid... more authors ... less authors ( Hindawi Limited , 2019 , Article)Treatment of wastewater is becoming a concern of an increasing prominence. Trace amounts of toxic metalloids and heavy metals (HMs) would contaminate large volumes of water. Being present as traces, removal of these ... -
Preparation and properties of novel activated carbon doped with aluminum oxide and silver for water treatment
Rashad, Al-Gaashani; Almasri, Dema; Shomar, Basem; Kochkodan, Viktor ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Novel activated carbon (AC) composite materials, namely AC doped with aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and AC doped with Al2O3 and silver (Ag) nanoparticles, have been prepared via a one-step thermal decomposition method. The developed ... -
Removal of heavy metals from wastewater by aerogel derived from date palm waste
Soumya, Gupta; Saud, Asif; Munira, Nazmin; Allal, Ahmed; Preud'homme, Hugues; Shomar, Basem; Zaidi, Syed Javaid; Shomar, Basem... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Cellulose that has been sourced from date palm leaves as a primary component was utilised. This cellulose served as the foundational material for the development of an aerogel composite. During this process, MXene (Ti3C2Tx) ... -
Substantiation of propitious “Enzybiotic” from two novel bacteriophages isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Qatar
Ramadoss, Ramya; Al-Shukri, Moza; Shomar, Basem; Ilyin, Valentin Alekseevich; Vincent, Annette Shoba ( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)Lysin of bacteriophages isolated from a particular ecosystem could be inducted as a bio-controlling tool against the inhabiting pathogenic bacterial strains. Our study aims at both experimental and computational characterization ... -
Synthesis of nanostructured novel ion-imprinted polymer for selective removal of Cu2+ and Sr2+ ions from reverse osmosis concentrated brine
Khan, Mariam; Al- Ghouti, Mohammad A.; Khraisheh, Majeda; Shomar, Basem; Hijji, Yousef; Tong, Yongfeng; Mansour, Said; Nasser, Mustafa Saleh... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This study aims to prepare an ion-imprinted polymer (IIP) using copper sulfate as a template and potassium persulfate as an initiator to selectively adsorb copper ions (Cu2+) from aqueous solutions and in an attempt to ...