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The Discharge Permit Program Under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 - Improvement of Water Quality Through the Regulation of Discharges from Industrial Facilities [PDF]

, 1974
There has been a significant growth of legislation designed to improve the quality of life in American by regulating the way industrial facilities interact with their environments.
Amouric, Henri, Serra, Laurence, Vallauri, Lucy, Volpe, Tony   +3 more
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A new and integrated hydro-economic accounting and analytical framework for water resources: A case study for North China [PDF]

, 2008
Water is a critical issue in China for a variety of reasons. China is poor of water resources with 2300 m3 of per capita availability, which is less than of the world average. This is exacerbated by regional differences; e.g.
Brown, Chen, Cumberland, Dabo Guan, Daly, Dong, Duarte, Duchin, Duchin, Forsund, Harris, Hubacek, Hubacek, Isard, Isard, Jin, Juliá, Klaus Hubacek, Lange, Leistritz, Lenzen, Leontief, Leontief, Li, Marcotullio, Miller, Ni, Okadera, Peters, Richardson, Rose, Victor, Wang, Weng, Xie, Yoo, Zhang, Zhou   +37 more
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Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
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MSThunder: A deep learning-based nontargeted analytical framework for the accurate and rapid identification of unknown organic pollutants in water

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
Nontargeted analysis (NTA) has emerged as a crucial technology for identifying unknown organic pollutants in water. However, current NTA methods commonly omit or misjudge the pollutants due to the low-accuracy and efficiency in the structural prediction ...
Quanzhen Liu, Pan Chen, Qingwei Bu, Yize Sun, Zhengchao Chen, Xiong Xu, Donghong Wang   +6 more
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Analysis of Hydrochemical Characteristics of Rivers Polluted by Heavy Metal Cadmium

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018
Heavy metal cadmium pollution in water is a serious environmental pollution, its pollution degree depends on the content and chemical form of cadmium, and is affected by the original water chemical form.
Yongxiang Zhang
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Environmental contaminants exposure and preterm birth: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2019
Preterm birth is an obstetric condition associated with a high risk of infant mortality and morbidities in both the neonatal period and later in life, which has also a significant public health impact because it carries an important societal economic ...
Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi, MASCIULLO, LUISA, Piacenti, Ilaria, Porpora, Maria Grazia, Rech, Francesco, Scaramuzzino, Sara   +5 more
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A Physiological Microfluidic Blood–Brain‐Barrier Model for In Vitro Study of Nanoparticle Trafficking and Accumulation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A human microfluidic blood‐brain barrier (mBBB) model enables spatially resolved comparison of nanoparticle trafficking. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), liposomes, and nanoplastics exhibit distinct transport and disruption behaviors, revealing that membrane composition and uptake pathways govern BBB interaction.
Bryan B. Nguyen, Neona M. Lowe, Sophia Kellogg, Kuan‐Wei Huang, Hannah O'Toole, Elizabeth J. Hale, Venktesh S. Shirure, Bhupinder S. Shergill, Steven C. George, Randy P. Carney   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuning Amorphous‐Crystalline Catalytic Interfaces by Mechanochemistry: Cu‐Based Metallic Glasses Coupled with Ceria for CO Oxidation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ball‐milling Cu‐based metallic glasses with ceria creates a unique nanostructure where metallic glass particles are wrapped by CeO2 nanoparticles. The intimate integration triggers copper state reorganization during reaction and aging, boosting CO oxidation and COPrOx activity.
Maahin Mirzay‐Shahim, Mehran Nabahat, Laia Pascua‐Solé, Isabel Serrano, Ilaria Lucentini, Xènia Garcia, Marina Armengol‐Profitós, Asier Agrelo‐Lestón, Ignasi Burgués‐Ceballos, Núria J. Divins, Ignacio J. Villar‐Garcia, Virginia Pérez‐Dieste, Carlos Escudero, Carlo Marini, Jordi Llorca, Eloi Pineda, Pere Bruna, Lluís Soler   +17 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis of Cyclodextrin-functionalized Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogel as a Highly Effective Adsorbent for Phenol Pollutant Removal

BioResources, 2015
Cellulose nanofibril (CNF) aerogels with grafted beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) were prepared for the adsorption of phenol pollutants from water. Compared with regular wood fibers, CNF aerogel not only can immobilize more β-CDs, but also it provides higher ...
Fang Zhang, Weibing Wu, Sudhir Sharma, Guolin Tong, Yulin Deng   +4 more
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