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Water pollution and the brain. [PDF]

Clinics (Sao Paulo)
Water is an essential nutrient.1-3 Water is the main component of cells, tissues, and organs and accounts for 50 %‒70 % of a young adult’s body weight.1,4-6 For example, a 70 kg human contains 42 liters of total body water, of which 28 liters are intracellular water and 14 liters are extracellular fluids.1,4-7 In general, water consumption is regulated
Scorza FA, Chaddad-Neto F, Beltramim L, Finsterer J, de la Rosa T.   +4 more
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Mass flow and consumption calculations of pharmaceuticals in sewage treatment plant with emphasis on the fate and risk quotient assessment

Scientific Reports, 2023
In Egypt, pharmaceuticals consumption increased dramatically owing to the population growth and the unrestricted sale manner. Accordingly, the occurrence and fate of nine common pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) were scrutinized at a sewage ...
Mohamed I. Badawy, Fatma A. El-Gohary, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Wahed, Tarek A. Gad-Allah, Mohamed E. M. Ali   +4 more
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Novel electro-oxidation unit for electro-disinfection of E. coli and some waterborne pathogens during wastewater treatment: batch and continuous experiments

Scientific Reports, 2022
The prime objective of the current investigation is to evaluate a promising alternative method for disinfection wastewater using a novel electro-oxidation unit.
Mohamed S. Hellal, Bahaa A. Hemdan, Marwa Youssef, Gamila E. El-Taweel, Enas M. Abou Taleb   +4 more
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Removal of chemical and microbial water pollutants by cold plasma combined with Ag/TiO2-rGO nanoparticles

Scientific Reports, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the synergistic effect of the cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) and heterogeneous photocatalytic processes in an aqueous solution to enhance water purification efficacy and reduce the energy cost required by CAP.
Mahmoud S. Abdel-Wahed, Mohamed Mokhtar Hefny, Sherif Abd-Elmaksoud, Mohamed A. El-Liethy, Marwa A. Kamel, Amer S. El-Kalliny, Ibrahim Ahmed Hamza   +6 more
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Techno-economic evaluation of electrocoagulation for cattle slaughterhouse wastewater treatment using aluminum electrodes in batch and continuous experiment

Sustainable Environment Research, 2023
This study aimed to investigate, from a techno-economic point of view, cattle slaughterhouse wastewater (CSWW) treatment via the electrocoagulation (EC) technique. A novel lab-scale EC unit with a 3 L volume was manufactured and tested.
Mohamed Saad Hellal, Hala Salah Doma, Enas Mohamed Abou-Taleb   +2 more
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Rapid adsorption of benzotriazole onto oxidized carbon cloth as an easily separable adsorbent

Scientific Reports, 2023
A commercial carbon cloth (CC) was oxidized by HNO3 acid and the features of the plain and oxidized CC were evaluated. The results of characterization illustrated that HNO3 oxidization duplicated the oxygen-containing functional groups and the surface ...
Emad K. Radwan, Rehab A. Omar, Ahmed S. Moursy   +2 more
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Chlorine as an integrated approach for environmental health and hygiene: A case study on evaluation of the performance of waste stabilization ponds located at 11 governorates in Egypt

Emerging Contaminants, 2022
The current study summarizes the current status of wastewater stabilization ponds (WSPs) treatment plants that have already been built in 11 governorates throughout Egypt.
Sayeda M. Abdo, Mohamed Azab El-Liethy, Hala S. Doma, Gamila E. El Taweel, Gamila H. Ali   +4 more
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Etiology of diarrheal disease among children under 5 years in Egypt: a high incidence of human bocavirus

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2021
Background Human bocavirus (HBoV) is globally distributed and associated with respiratory and enteric infections. Limited data are available about the incidence of HBoV in Egyptian children.
Neveen M. Rizk, Sherif Abd-Elmaksoud, Tarek M. Farid, Maha M. A. Abohashish, Ahmad Z. Al-Herrawy, Ibrahim A. Hamza   +5 more
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Innovative green/non-toxic Bi2S3@g-C3N4 nanosheets for dark antimicrobial activity and photocatalytic depollution: Turnover assessment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Herein, green and non-toxic bismuth sulphide@graphitic carbon nitride (Bi2S3@g-C3N4) nanosheets (NCs) were firstly synthesized by ultrasonicated-assisted method and characterized with different tool. Bi2S3@g-C3N4 NCs antimicrobial activity tested against
Shimaa M. Abdel-Moniem, Mohamed A. El-Liethy, Hanan S. Ibrahim, Mohamed E.M. Ali   +3 more
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Effect of organic loading rates on the performance of membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment behaviours, fouling, and economic cost

Scientific Reports, 2023
Although submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) are widely used in treating municipal wastewater and recovery of potential resources, membrane operational parameters and membrane fouling control remain debated issues.
Aly Al-Sayed, Gamal K. Hassan, Mona T. Al-Shemy, Fatma A. El-gohary   +3 more
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