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Cosmosis: a metaphorical bridge connecting the metaphysical cosmos and physiological osmosis

Advances in Physiology Education
In this article, “Cosmosis” introduces a newly coined metaphorical term that illustrates conceptual parallels between the physiological process of osmosis and the expansive dynamics of the cosmos.
Seshadri Reddy Varikasuvu
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Energy-water-environment nexus underpinning future desalination sustainability [PDF]

, 2017
Energy-water-environment nexus is very important to attain COP21 goal, maintaining environment temperature increase below 2 °C, but unfortunately two third share of CO2 emission has already been used and the remaining will be exhausted by 2050.
Ang, Li, Burhan, Muhammad, Ng, Kim Choon, Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil   +3 more
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Stabilization of Miscible Aqueous Phases via Diffusion‐Controlled Multifunctional Nanoparticle‐Ligand Complexation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a versatile approach to harnessing miscible aqueous domains, enabling liquid‐in‐liquid compartmentalization using a barrier formed in situ rather than bulk immiscibility. The barrier forms upon the complexation of multifunctional nanoparticles and ligands at the contact boundary of aqueous phases.
Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Mahyar Panahi‐Sarmad, Ahmadreza Ghaffarkhah, Vahid Rad, Masoud Soroush, Thomas P. Russell, Orlando J. Rojas, Mohammad Arjmand   +7 more
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Pilot scale study of chlorination-induced transport property changes of a seawater reverse osmosis membrane [PDF]

, 2013
A pilot-scale study was performed to assess variations of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane water permeance (A) and salt retention (Robs) induced by chlorination and to compare them with those observed at the lab-scale. A chlorination protocol was adapted to
Akdag, Arthur, Avlonitis, Axel Ettori, Benavente, Cadotte, Christel Causserand, Chung, Dam, Do, Emmanuelle Gaudichet-Maurin, Ettori, Ettori, Gabelich, Geise, Glater, Glater, Glater, Kang, Knoell, Koo, Koo, Kwon, Kwon, Kwon, Maruf, Mitrouli, Nilsson, Pierre Aimar, Pope, Scofield, Shemer, Soice, Subramani, Tang, Tang, von Gunten   +36 more
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Scalable Polyelectrolyte Complex‐Based Sorbent With Hourly Sorption−Desorption Cycles for Multicyclic Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Environments

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A polyelectrolyte complex‐based sorbent is produced by scalable, environmentally benign aqueous phase inversion. Its porous, LiCl‐ and GO‐integrated architecture enables hourly adsorption−desorption cycles at low relative humidity (RH < 30%). A large‐scale prototype achieves multicyclic, solar‐driven atmospheric water harvesting of 1.37 L kg−1 day−1 ...
Seung‐Hwan Oh, Incheol Heo, Won Cheol Yoo, Soo‐Hyung Choi   +3 more
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Multiscale molecular simulations of the formation and structure of polyamide membranes created by interfacial polymerization [PDF]

, 2016
Large scale molecular simu lations to model the formation of polyamide membranes have been carried out using a procedure that mimics experimental interfacial polymerization of trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and metaphenylene diamine (MPD) monomers.
Mostofi, AA, Muller, EA, Muscatello, J, Sutton, A   +3 more
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Bioinspired Stabilization of Fluorescent Au@SiO2 Tracers for Multimodal Biological Imaging

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a bioinspired stabilization strategy for fluorescent gold‐silica nanoparticles. Inspired by natural biosilica maturation, high‐temperature calcination transforms the silica shells, preventing dissolution in cell culture media and intracellular environments.
Wang Sik Lee, Henry Lee, Patricia Taladriz‐Blanco, Dimitri Vanhecke, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser, Alke Petri‐Fink   +5 more
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Physiological properties of fluid circulation in the crystalline lens in animals with regard to a phase of accommodation

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Background. Traditional ideas about the fluid circulation in the lens assume its movement through the lens capsule inside-out and its surface distribution in the lens bulk.
Stepanova L.V. , Sychev G.M., Kratasiuk V.A., Svetlova O.V.   +3 more
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Comparison of the performance of two reverse osmosis membranes for the final purification of olive mill wastewater [PDF]

, 2015
Two quite different reverse osmosis (RO) polymeric membranes were examined for the final purification of olive mill wastewater from two-phase olive mills (OMW2): the first one is a thin-film composite (TFC) membrane consisting of polyamide active layer ...
Martínez Férez, Antonio, Ochando Pulido, Javier Miguel, STOLLER, Marco, Víctor Ortega, María Dolores   +3 more
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Nanothermometry in Living Cells: Physical Limits, Conceptual and Material Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Heat and temperature are fundamental to life. When nanothermometers began probing regions as small as a living cell, they triggered controversial claims of large intracellular temperature gradients. We review physical constraints energy‐conservation, entropy production, thermodynamic fluctuations, and molecular dynamics.
Taras Plakhotnik
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