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Do inflammasome impact COVID-19 severity?
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Springer
, 2021 , Article Review)
COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a dramatic challenge, introducing huge clinical differences that demand extensive investigations. Severe and critical patients may present coagulopathies and microthrombi, which results ...
Electrospun Al2O3 hydrophobic functionalized membranes for heavy metal recovery using direct contact membrane distillation
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
In this study, styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) was used to develop a novel functionalized electrospun membrane for the effective treatment of heavy metals in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) applications. ...
P. putida as biosorbent for the remediation of cobalt and phenol from industrial waste wastewaters
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
The current work focused on the feasibility of treating industrial wastewater containing phenol and cobalt (Co) by adsorption, biosorption, and bioadsorption to determine the effectiveness of each technology. To study the ...
Ionic liquids application for wastewater treatment and biofuel production: A mini review
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article Review)
Commonly described as ionic compounds that are fluid below 100 C, Ionic Liquids (ILs) have found its application in several fields of science and engineering. Formerly limited in its use for electrochemical purposes, ILs ...
Functionalization of reverse osmosis membrane with graphene oxide and polyacrylic acid to control biofouling and mineral scaling
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
The polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membrane was modified with graphene oxide (GO), followed by polymerization of acrylic acid (used as an antiscalant) for the reduction of both biofouling and mineral scaling. After ...
Mechanistic understanding of the adsorption and thermodynamic aspects of cationic methylene blue dye onto cellulosic olive stones biomass from wastewater
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Nature Research
, 2020 , Article)
In the current study, the mechanistic understanding of the adsorption isotherm and thermodynamic aspects of cationic methylene blue (MB) dye adsorption onto cellulosic olive stones biomass from wastewater were investigated. ...
Brine management strategies, technologies, and recovery using adsorption processes
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
The world is experiencing serious shortages, unequal distributions, and contamination of the available freshwater resources. Many factors like geography, climate change, increasing populations, economic and technological ...
Recent advances and applications of municipal solid wastes bottom and fly ashes: Insights into sustainable management and conservation of resources
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
Waste destruction through incineration has widely become an acceptable and popular choice globally. Despite being regarded as a sustainable option, if not operated and managed properly, it can be one of the least environmentally ...
Effect of concentration of calcium and sulfate ions on gypsum scaling of reverse osmosis membrane, mechanistic study
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Elsevier Editora Ltda
, 2020 , Article)
In seawater reverse osmosis, membrane scaling is one of the major issues affecting its widespread application in the desalination industry. In this paper, the effect of concentration of calcium and sulfate ions from 20 to ...
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of adsorption isotherm models: A review
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
Adsorption process is considered as one of the most used separation and purification processes, in which adsorption occurs by the formation of the physical or chemical bonds between a porous solid medium and a mixture of ...