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Optimizing the Structure and Scale of Urban Water Infrastructure: Integrating Distributed Systems [PDF]

, 2014
Large-scale, centralized water infrastructure has provided clean drinking water, wastewater treatment, stormwater management and flood protection for U.S. cities and towns for many decades, protecting public health, safety and environmental quality.

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Mapping the Global South Circular Economy: A Bibliometric‐Narrative Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the circular economy (CE) is gaining popularity because of its propensity to optimise the sustainability of resources, few scholars have examined how this field has evolved in the Global South. Using bibliometric‐narrative analysis, our paper maps general and thematic trends of CE in the Global South using micro, meso, and macro level
Dede Iskandar Siregar, Rory Padfield, Sally Russell, James van Alstine   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

WATERBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES: A PERSISTENT CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC HEALTH

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medicine
Introduction: Waterborne diseases remain a significant public health issue, particularly in regions with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. In Tajikistan, these diseases, especially among children, are a major concern. Water scarcity and
Bahriniso Isodukht
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Participatory empirical research on water and sanitation demand in central northern Namibia: a method for technology development with a user perspective [PDF]

, 2010
Improvements in water infrastructure in developing countries are of major importance for achieving access to clean water. CuveWaters, a research based IWRM project, currently underway in Namibia, is testing different technical options to de-centralise ...
Deffner, Jutta, Mazambani, Clarence
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Natural South African iron‐rich sand as a functional catalyst in hybrid photocatalytic wet peroxide oxidation technology for the degradation of methyl orange dye pollutant

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
This research explored South African iron‐rich sand (SAIRS) as a natural catalyst for light‐mediated wet peroxide oxidation of methyl orange dye in wastewater and at an optimized of conditions of 3500 mg/L catalyst dose, 6 mM H2O2, and pH 2.5, SAIRS achieved 94% methyl orange degradation within 90 min under visible light.
Aaliyah Ebrahim, Stephen Sunday Emmanuel, Alicia Levana Dorling, Shepherd M. Tichapondwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Household-level factors associated with relapse following discharge from treatment for moderate acute malnutrition [PDF]

, 2018
Factors associated with relapse among children who are discharged after reaching a threshold denoted ‘recovered’ from moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) are not well understood.
Maleta, Kenneth M, Manary, Mark J, Rogers, Beatrice L, Rosenberg, Irwin H, Stobaugh, Heather C, Thakwalakwa, Chrissie, Trehan, Indi, Webb, Patrick   +7 more
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Using Financial and Sustainability Ratios to Map Sectors. An Approach With Compositional Data

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article aims to visualize in a single graph Spanish fish and meat processing companies with respect to solvency, energy, waste and water intensity and gender employment gap. These financial, environmental, and social indicators are ratios, which require specific statistical analysis methods.
Elena Rondós‐Casas, Núria Arimany‐Serrat, Miquel Carreras‐Simó, Germà Coenders   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Join Up, Scale Up: How Integration Can Defeat Disease and Poverty [PDF]

, 2011
This report addresses three of the core areas: primary healthcare, clean water and sanitation, and nutrition -- that are essential to achieving the MDGs. It highlights examples across 17 countries of how bringing different development approaches together

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Accounting for recent trends in the prevalence of diarrhoea in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) : results from consecutive cross-sectional surveys [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To analyse trends in diarrhoea prevalence by maternal education, access to clean water and improved sanitation, household wealth index; to identify the sources of variation and assess contribution of changes in socioeconomic characteristics ...
Emina Be-Ofuriyua, Jacques, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin   +1 more
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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source