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Sanitation options in rural and urban areas: best practices [PDF]

, 2008
Suitable low-cost sanitation systems for use in poor rural and urban areas are described. For dispersed rural areas Arborloos generally represent the ‘best’ choice.
Mara, D.D.
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Inadequacies in Hospital Waste and Sewerage Management in Chattogram, Bangladesh: Exploring Environmental and Occupational Health Hazards

Sustainability, 2020
Bangladesh has been grappling with the issues of improper hospital waste management. To reflect the inadequacies in existing management practices and the potential implications on the environment and health, this study evaluated the Knowledge, Attitude ...
Batool Behnam, S. Oishi, S. Uddin, Nazifa Rafa, Sayed Mohammad Nasiruddin, A. M. Mollah, Ma Hongzhi   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Texoskeletons: Developing the Fundamental Technologies for Creating Intelligent Soft Robotic Clothing With Integrated 1D Sensors and Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional wearable exoskeletons rely on rigid structures, which limit comfort, flexibility, and everyday usability. This work introduces the fundamental technologies to create the first soft, lightweight, intelligent textile‐based exoskeletons (Texoskeletons) built using 1D sensors and actuators.
Amy Lukomiak, Rameesh Bulathsinghala, Jack Varga, Shuxin Meng, Kalana Marasinghe, Imaad Refai, Biyon Fernando, Amitkumar Patel, Chamika M. Halloluwa‐Arachchige, Carlos Oliveira, Arash M. Shahidi, Zahra Rahemtulla, Alexander Turner, Ziyun Ding, Bernard X. W. Liew, Andy Kerr, Ezio Preatoni, Theo Hughes‐Riley, Ishara Dharmasena, Pasindu Lugoda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

EVALUATING EFFICIENCY OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION COMPANIES FROM THE URBAN AREAS OF THE CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA [PDF]

Economica, 2018
The scope of this study is the economic evaluation of the use of water resources in the urban areas of the Central Development Region from Republic of Moldova.
Petru BACAL, Veronica RAILEAN, Daniela BURDUJA   +2 more
doaj  

Pulsed Electrolysis Prevents Sulfur Poisoning for Sustained Sulfide Valorization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Integrating pulsed electrolysis with Sc‐doped NiFe‐LDH enables sustainable sulfide valorization, achieving >500 h stability, 99.8% efficiency. Moreover, this technology produces high‐purity sulfur and sodium formate, boosting profit by 121% to $1,294.7 per tonne of hydrogen.
Zhiyan Hou, Yangbo Ma, Yufeng Wu, Weijin Cao, Zhengxiao Guo, Changlong Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Closed‐Loop Systems in Personalized Healthcare: Advances and Outlook

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A smart closed‐loop e‐textile integrates multimodal sensing, onboard processing, wireless communication, and wearable power to enable real‐time physiological/biochemical monitoring and feedback‐controlled therapy. ABSTRACT Smart textiles represent a revolutionary frontier in healthcare, seamlessly blending fabric and advanced technologies to create ...
Safoora Khosravi, Sang Won Lee, Mohammad Abrar Uddin, Sina Hassanpoor, Neha Suvindran, Katherine Le, Harun Arkaz, Harishkumar Narayana, Saeid Soltanian, Danial Khorsandi, Negar Hosseinzadeh Kouchehbaghi, Taeil Kim, Yangzhi Zhu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sanitation Now: What is Good Practice and What is Poor Practice? [PDF]

, 2008
To meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals sanitation target or the 2025 universal sanitation coverage target it is essential that it is properly understood where the available sanitation options are applicable.
Mara, D.D.
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Strategies to Connect Low-Income Communities with the Proposed Sewerage Network of the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Assessment of the Perspectives of Stakeholders

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
In Bangladesh, approximately 31% of urban residents are living without safely managed sanitation, the majority of whom are slum residents. To improve the situation, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is implementing the Dhaka Sanitation ...
Mahbub Alam, Fazle Sharior, Sharika Ferdous, A. Ahsan, T. Ahmed, A. Afrin, Supta Sarker, Farhana Akand, Rownak Jahan Archie, K. Hasan, Rosie Renouf, S. Drabble, G. Norman, Mahbubur Rahman, J. Tidwell   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The challenges of providing public water and sanitation services in a rural town in Zambia : The case of the southern water and sewerage company in Choma town [PDF]

, 2007
The paper reports on whether the performance of privatized water and sanitation companies in Zambia have lived up to expectations of improving the quality of the services to the consumers using a case study of the performance of Southern Water and ...
Makasa, Francis M.
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