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- Litter, Marta Irene, et al.
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Preface
- 2023
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Ingår i: Industrial Applications of Nanoparticles. - : Taylor and Francis.
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Litter, Marta I., et al.
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The world of nanotechnology
- 2023
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Ingår i: Industrial Applications of Nanoparticles. - : Taylor and Francis. ; , s. 1-15
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- Maity, J. P., et al.
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Advanced application of nano-technological and biological processes as well as mitigation options for arsenic removal
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Hazardous Materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 0304-3894 .- 1873-3336. ; 405
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Arsenic (As) removal is a huge challenge, since several million people are potentially exposed (>10 μg/L World Health Organization guideline limit) through As contaminated drinking water worldwide. Review attempts to address the present situation of As removal, considering key topics on nano-technological and biological process and current progress and future perspectives of possible mitigation options have been evaluated. Different physical, chemical and biological methods are available to remove As from contaminated water/soil/wastes, where removal efficiency mainly depends on absorbent type, initial adsorbate concentration, speciation and interfering species. Oxidation is an important pretreatment step in As removal, which is generally achieved by several media such as O2/O3, HClO, KMnO4 and H2O2. The Fe-based-nanomaterials (α/β/γ-FeOOH, Fe2O3/Fe3O4–γ-Fe2O3), Fe-based-composite-compounds, activated-Al2O3, HFO, Fe-Al2O3, Fe2O3-impregnated-graphene-aerogel, iron-doped-TiO2, aerogel-based- CeTiO2, and iron-oxide-coated-manganese are effective to remove As from contaminated water. Biological processes (phytoremediation/microbiological) are effective and ecofriendly for As removal from water and/or soil environment. Microorganisms remove As from water, sediments and soil by metabolism, detoxification, oxidation-reduction, bio-adsorption, bio-precipitation, and volatilization processes. Ecofriendly As mitigation options can be achieved by utilizing an alternative As-safe-aquifer, surface-water or rainwater-harvesting. Application of hybrid (biological with chemical and physical process) and Best-Available-Technologies (BAT) can be the most effective As removal strategy to remediate As contaminated environments.
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- Maity, Jyoti Prakash, et al.
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Seven 21st century challenges of arsenic-fluoride contamination and remediation
- 2021
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Ingår i: Groundwater for Sustainable Development. - : Elsevier BV. - 2352-801X. ; 12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Arsenic (As) and Fluoride (F) are two commonly occurring geogenic contaminants in groundwater environment, causing a range of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic adverse health effects worldwide. Several studies have been conducted in past and many are ongoing to address As and F contamination issue of natural water. This special issue is conferring in recent times one of the emerging fields of science regarding co-occurrences of multi-contaminants within a given system and associated health risks. This special issue is divided into three sections. Section I deals with the occurrence and co-existence of As, F, and trace elements (TE) in the environment. As and F occurrence [including trace elements (TEs)] in groundwater at a global scale (example: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, and Iran, etc.) has been highlighted (Section I). The geological, and anthropogenic factors affecting As and F contamination have been observed. The state-of-art, removal techniques for As and F have been discussed. Section II and Section III incorporate all the advanced removal methods for As and F, respectively. Arsenic and F removal comprises assessing natural remediation potential (phytoremediation) including different advanced absorbents. The new findings published here, bring together a wide range of new insights on As and F behavior in the groundwater environment.
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- Qadri, Yazdan Ahmad, et al.
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Preparing Wi-Fi 7 for Healthcare Internet-of-Things
- 2022
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Ingår i: Sensors. - : MDPI. - 1424-8220. ; 22:16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The healthcare Internet of Things (H-IoT) is an interconnection of devices capable of sensing and transmitting information that conveys the status of an individual's health. The continuous monitoring of an individual's health for disease diagnosis and early detection is an important application of H-IoT. Ambient assisted living (AAL) entails monitoring a patient's health to ensure their well-being. However, ensuring a limit on transmission delays is an essential requirement of such monitoring systems. The uplink (UL) transmission during the orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) in the wireless local area networks (WLANs) can incur a delay which may not be acceptable for delay-sensitive applications such as H-IoT due to their random nature. Therefore, we propose a UL OFDMA scheduler for the next Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) standard, the IEEE 802.11be, that is compliant with the latency requirements for healthcare applications. The scheduler allocates the channel resources for UL transmission taking into consideration the traffic class or access category. The results demonstrate that the proposed scheduler can achieve the required latency for H-IoT applications. Additionally, the performance in terms of fairness and throughput is also superior to state-of-the-art schedulers.
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- Quino Lima, Israel, 1980-, et al.
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Geochemical mechanisms and spatio-temporal variation of the mobility of natural arsenic in shallowgroundwater and surface water in the hydrogeologic system of Lower Katari Basin, Bolivian Altiplano.
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Arsenic (As) contamination of drinking water is a world-wide problem. The natural origin of As, its mobility and transport are of great interest in Bolivian Altiplano due to its presence in mineral deposits, brines, hot springs and volcanic rocks. In this study a geochemical spatial-temporal approach was used to understand the sources and factors that control the mobilization and fate of As in water bodies as well as sediments of Lower Katari Basin (LKB). The results reveal that high levels of As, boron (B), manganese (Mn) and high salinity are present in shallow drinking water wells, which exceed the guideline values of the Bolivian regulation (NB-512) and WHO. The seasonal variation and its impact on water quantity, in addition to the load of solids and liquids of residual origin (Pallina River) represent risk of significant negative health impact for the communities at the banks of the Katari River. The first evaluation of the hydrogeological study indicates that the groundwater flow was observed in the direction southeast - northwest (SE - NW), which are showed in the sectors with interaction between groundwater and surface water. The spatial distribution of As varies considerably due to geological characteristics of the area as well as due to the heterogeneously distributed evaporites in the sediments; however, the highest concentrations of As are found in the alluvial sediments of the northern region. Sequential extraction of sediment along with geochemical modeling (mineral saturation indices) indicates that the iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) oxides as well as their hydroxides are most important adsorbent minerals of As in central and southern region of LKB. The hydrochemistry of water bodies in LKB is strongly influenced by the interaction with the sediment constituents and by the spatial-temporal variations. Therefore, the determination of the distribution of As among the different geochemical fractions was useful to find the relative proportions of As transported by different chemical mechanisms and their spatial-temporal variation.
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- Quino Lima, Israel, Doctoral student, 1980-, et al.
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Geochemical mechanisms of natural arsenic mobility in the hydrogeologic system of Lower Katari Basin, Bolivian Altiplano
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Hydrology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0022-1694 .- 1879-2707. ; 594
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Arsenic (As) contamination of drinking water is a worldwide problem. The natural origin of As, its mobility, and transport are of paramount interest in Bolivian Altiplano due to its presence in mineral deposits, brines, hot springs, and volcanic rocks. In this study, a geochemical spatial-temporal approach was used to understand the sources and factors that regulate the mobilization and fate of As in water bodies as well as sediments of Lower Katari Basin (LKB). The study reveals that high levels of As (288 mu g/L), boron (B) (2473 mu g/L), manganese (Mn) (7259 mu g/L), and high salinity (23850 mu S/cm) are present in shallow drinking water wells, which exceed the guideline values of the Bolivian regulation (NB-512) and WHO. Seasonal changes (mean monthly rainfall in the dry and rainy period: 6-89 mm) and their impact on water quantity (0.9-5.1 m(3)/s), in addition to the load of solids and liquids of residual origin (Pallina River), pose health risks for the communities at the banks of the Katari River. The hydrogeological study indicates that the groundwater flows from southeast to northwest (SE-NW), which indicate interaction between groundwater and surface water in this region. The spatial distribution of As varies considerably due to geological characteristics of the area as well as due to the heterogeneously distributed evaporites in the sediments (alluvial, fluvial-lacustrine); however, the highest concentrations of As are observed in the alluvial sediments of the northern region. Sequential extraction (BCR) of sediments along with geochemical modeling (mineral saturation indices) indicates that iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) (hydr)oxides are the most important adsorbent minerals of As in the central and southern region of LKB. The hydrochemistry of water bodies in LKB is strongly influenced by the interaction with the sediment constituents and by the spatial-temporal variations. Therefore, the determination of the distribution of As among the different geochemical fractions was useful to find the relative proportions of As transported by different chemical mechanisms (adsorption/dissolution) and their spatial-temporal variation.
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- Quino Lima, Israel, 1980-, et al.
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Hydrogeochemical contrasts in the shallow aquifer systems of the Lower Katari Basin and SouthernPoopó Basin, Bolivian Altiplano.
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Water sources for human consumption in regions such as the southeast of Lake Titicaca (Lower Katari Basin: LKB) and the south of Lake Poopó (Southern Poopó Basin: SPB) have high concentrations of arsenic (As) (>10 μg/L; WHO and NB-512 guideline value). These regions belong to the Bolivian Altiplano and characterized by a semiarid climate, slow hydrological flow, with geological formations of volcanic origin, in addition to brines and other mineral deposits. This study focuses in the comparision of the geochemical processes for the occurance of As, sources and its mobilization in groundwater (GW) in LKB and SPB. Samples of GW, surface water and sediments were collected from both the basins. The study found As (LKB: 0.8 - 288 μg/L and SPB: 2.6 - 207 μg/L), boron (B) (LKB: 96 - 2473 μg/L and SPB: 507 - 4359 μg/L), manganese (Mn) (LKB: 0.6 - 7259 μg/L) and salinity (LKB: 125 - 11740 μS/cm) are higher than the WHO guideline. The results indicate serious deterioration of GW quality that is apparently not safe for human consumption. The spatial distribution of As was observed in diverse geology of both the basins and it was heterogeneously distributed within the sediments. The highest As concentrations are found in the northern region of LKB and the PACK belt in SPB (both alluvial sediments). The dissolution and exchange of bases are the processes that govern the mineralization of GW. Whereas, sequential extraction of sediment and mineral saturation indices indicate the iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) oxides as well as hydroxides are the most predominant mineral as potential sorbent of As. Nevertheless, solids and liquid from anthropogenic origin in surface water (LKB) are causing environmental problem for communities on the banks of river.
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- van Genuchten, C. M., et al.
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Heavy metal removal potential of olivine
- 2023
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Ingår i: Water Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0043-1354 .- 1879-2448. ; 245
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Industrial wastewater containing heavy metals, such as Cd and Pb, must be treated prior to discharge to meet increasingly stringent discharge guidelines and to limit the impact of toxic metals on ecosystems and human health. The application of olivine particles is a natural mineral-based solution to treat heavy metal-laden wastewaters, but little is known about the efficiency and mechanism of metal removal by this solid phase. In this work, we investigate the potential of olivine for heavy metal treatment by combining batch metal removal experiments with solid-phase characterization by synchrotron-based X-ray techniques and electron microscopy. We probed the removal behaviour of a variety of metal contaminants (Co, Ni, Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb; initial concentration = 1500 µg/L) and used Zn specifically to identify the metal removal pathway of olivine. We found that olivine in powdered (0.3 g/L) and granulated (0.5 g/L) forms was able to remove up to >90% of the initial metal, depending on the metal identity, with the efficiency increasing in order of Co ≤ Cd ≤ Ni
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- Yıldızel, Sadık Alper, et al.
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Experimental Investigation and Analytical Prediction of Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Steel Fibres Extracted from Waste Tyres
- 2023
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Ingår i: Case Studies in Construction Materials. - : Elsevier. - 2214-5095. ; 19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, studies on the use of car tyre wastes in concrete have gained momentum. Especially, the effect of recycled waste steel wires (RWSWs) from tyres to be mixed into concrete for using in newly designed reinforced concrete buildings on the performance of construction elements is a fairly new research area. In this study, the bending behaviour of 12 reinforced concrete beams was investigated having 1/3 geometric scale, 100 × 150 × 1000 mm in size, and produced with RWSWs additive in different volumetric ratios (1%, 2%, and 3%) under vertical loads. Another main parameter selected in the study was the amount of varying tension reinforcements (2ϕ12, 2ϕ10, and 2ϕ8). The load-carrying, stiffness, ductility, and energy dissipation capacities of the RWSW reinforced bending beams were compared with the primary aim of this study which was to examine and present the contribution of RWSWs on the improvement of the bending performance of the reinforced concrete beams. The results revealed that the mechanical properties of the hybrid beams with RWSWs vary depending on dosages but are comparable with those of the beams-only with the same fibre dosage. A positive effect was obtained for the hybrid beams containing 2–3% RWSWs. Besides, RWSWs were found to be highly well mobilised at larger crack widths, and the post-cracking strength of RWSW mixes was significantly higher. Considering both mechanical properties of the beams and fresh properties such as the workability, 2% of RWSWs is recommended to be utilised in the reinforced concrete beams. On the other hand, the results were compared with the predictions of the methods given in the literature and standards. Moreover, an equation was derived to better predict the capacity of the hybrid beams using RWSWs.
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