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Irenaeus of Lyon

Passionate Apologist to the Gnostics




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The Christian History of Korean-American Adoption

How World Vision and Compassion International sparked an Oregon family to raise eight mixed-race children.




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The Synod of Dort Was Protestantism’s Biggest Debate

Why Arminians and Reformers squared off 400 years ago.




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Yamuna Authority appoints PwC to study expansion of Jewar airport

The Jewar airport in Greater Noida will act as a second airport for the capital city, where, a study carried out by government said, that the existing airport is set to exhaust its capacity of over 100 million by 2023-24 – the airport in Jewar is expected to start operations around the same time.




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PwC deferring promotions, increments and bonuses of India employees, partners to take 25% pay cut

PwC India is deferring promotions, increments and bonuses for all its employees in India due to Covid impact.




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No need to further curb 'non-audit' services of auditors: Industry bodies tell govt

Several industry bodies have told the government that the existing framework in this regard is adequate and benchmarked with the best global practices.




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Institute of Cost Accountants volunteer services to ICMR

Private labs, which had termed the Rs 4,500 cap as being on the ‘moderate side’, objected to the order as there was no clarity regarding reimbursement for the free tests.




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Eight in 10 Indian companies not currently considering permanent staff layoffs or redundancies: Korn Ferry survey

Given the government’s extensive requests on avoiding laying off employees, the majority of companies have not implemented or are not currently considering permanent staff layoff/redundancies (84%) or temporary layoff/furlough (83% without government subsidy support and 91% leveraging government subsidy).




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One in three Indian professionals now have decreased income: LinkedIn survey

IT, media, and manufacturing employees think their firms will do worse in the next 6 months. However, they’re confident about long-term growth - 77% of manufacturing professionals, 67% of media professionals, and 65% of IT professionals thought their companies would pick up in the next 2 years.




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Hiring activity sees decline of 62% in April 2020 compared to April 2019: Naukri JobSpeak

The decline in hiring is led by industries like hotel/restaurant/travel/airlines (-91%), auto/ancillary (-82%), retail (-77%) and accounting/finance (-70%). The job market across cities registered a double-digit dip in hiring. The decline was led by metros wherein Delhi declined by 70% followed by Chennai (-62%), Kolkata (-60%) and Mumbai (-60%).




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Nine in 10 employees stressed about returning to office post lockdown: Survey

As India Inc prepares for offices to open post the lockdown, the survey assesses the anxiety level of employees and shows a strong desire to do what’s right by their co-workers by complying to new health monitoring compliances, along with a high degree of awareness of changes in routine that await them.




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Amid vast unemployment, India's biggest job creator short of labour

The challenge of retaining staff despite 12.2 crore people losing their jobs in India last month shows how difficult it will be for Modi to restart Asia’s No. 3 economy, where the bulk of the workforce comprises so-called informal labour that are denied security and benefits. Economists predict a rare contraction in national output.




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In times of Covid, diamond jobs are not forever

After the lockdown was imposed, imports of rough stones dried up, and nearly 70% of workers left for their hometowns in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and interiors of Gujarat.




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Manu Bhaker gets electronic target installed at home in place of manual machine

Manu Bhaker was sure in her mind that the Olympics will take place next year despite the uncertainty in the world of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Tokyo Games could be 'greatest ever', says Olympics official

John Coates cites the examples of positive Summer Games that followed the two world wars of the 20th century.




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Biochar-augmented biofilters to improve pollutant removal from stormwater – can they improve receiving water quality?

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00027B, Critical Review
Open Access
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Alexandria B. Boehm, Colin D. Bell, Nicole J. M. Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gallo, Christopher P. Higgins, Terri S. Hogue, Richard G. Luthy, Andrea C. Portmann, Bridget A. Ulrich, Jordyn M. Wolfand
Stormwater biofilters are being implemented widely in urban environments to provide green space, alleviate flooding, and improve stormwater quality.
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Asymmetrical electrode system for stable operation of a large-scale reverse electrodialysis (RED) system

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00001A, Paper
Ji-Hyung Han, Haejun Jeong, Kyo Sik Hwang, Chan-Soo Kim, Namjo Jeong, SeungCheol Yang
To suppress inorganic scaling around the cathode in reverse electrodialysis, we suggest a bipolar membrane-containing asymmetric electrode system without significant power loss.
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Effects of anaerobic digester solids retention time on odor emission and dewaterability of biosolids subjected to various shear intensities, polymer doses, and storage duration times

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00028K, Paper
Dian Zhang, Mary Strawn, Tom Broderick, John T. Novak, Zhi-Wu Wang
Shear intensity and polymer dose contributed more than SRT to odor emission from dewatered cake.
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Enhanced removal of organic pollutants from super heavy oil wastewater using specially modified lignite activated coke

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00033G, Paper
Kun Tong, Guodong Ji, Fan Nie, Mingdong Zhang, Wen Ren, Shuixiang Xie
Lignite activated coke (LAC) has been modified in situ by adsorbing the biodegradation effluent of super heavy oil wastewater (SHOW) to extract organic pollutants from raw SHOW before biodegradation is investigated.
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Sediment and biofilm affect disinfectant decay rates during long-term operation of simulated reclaimed water distribution systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00978G, Paper
Ni Zhu, Kris Mapili, Haniyyah Majeed, Amy Pruden, Marc A. Edwards
Unique water chemistry and operational conditions of reclaimed water distribution systems facilitated accumulation of sediment which resulted in depletion of disinfectants and microbial regrowth.
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Investigation of titanium mesh as a cathode for the electro-Fenton process: consideration of its practical application in wastewater treatment

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01144G, Paper
Jiho Lee, Aseom Son, Young-Jin Ko, Min-Jung Shin, Woong Sub Kim, Jae Woo Choi, Jaesang Lee, Seok Won Hong
We show that a Ti electrode with a large opening size is a promising cathode material in the application of the electro-Fenton process for degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater treatment.
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Harnessing salinity gradient energy in coastal stormwater runoff to reduce pathogen loading

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01137D, Communication
Kristian L. Dubrawski, Wan Wang, Jianqiao Xu, Craig S. Criddle
First demonstration of the capture of salinity gradient energy from stormwater runoff to the ocean, used to power UV-LED disinfection.
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Photocatalytic reductive defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid in water under visible light irradiation: the role of electron donor

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00205D, Paper
Wanjun Wang, Yu Chen, Guiying Li, Wenquan Gu, Taicheng An
Visible light-driven defluorination of PFOA was achieved via a photo-reductive pathway by using Pt–Bi2O4 as a photocatalyst and KI as an electron donor.
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Effect of antimicrobial washout from anaerobic digesters on microbial community composition

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00094A, Paper
Anthony D. Kappell, Daniel E. Carey, Daniel H. Zitomer, Patrick J. McNamara
Differences in abundance of genera key to methanogenesis and anaerobic digestion persist after antimicrobial washout.
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Graphene stimulating nucleation-and-growth rate of NaCl crystals from hypersaline solution via membrane crystallization

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01124B, Paper
Annarosa Gugliuzza, Maria Luisa Perrotta, Francesca Macedonio, Elena Tocci, Lidietta Giorno, Enrico Drioli
Membrane crystallization (MCr) is regarded as a powerful tool for promoting the formation of crystals of salt from hypersaline solutions such as seawater brine. In this kind of process, a...
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Simultaneous ozonation of 90 organic micropollutants including illicit drugs and their metabolites in different water matrices

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00260G, Paper
Open Access
Garyfalia A. Zoumpouli, Fernanda Siqueira Souza, Bruce Petrie, Liliana Féris, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Jannis Wenk
The ozonation of 90 chemically diverse organic micropollutants (OMPs) including four classes of illicit drugs and their metabolites was studied in pure buffered water, tap water and wastewater effluent at...
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Degradation of organics with simultaneous recovery of silver in a simple visible-light responsive dual photoelectrode photocatalytic fuel cell

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00130A, Paper
Xu Zhao, Xia Li, Yan Wang, Jia Lin, Jie Liu, Huixin Shao
An efficient photocatalytic fuel cell system driven by visible-light using BiVO4 photoanode and Cu2O/CuO photocathode has been designed for phenol degradation and the simultaneous silver recovery. Using this system, 86.4%...
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Adsorption performance and mechanism of antibiotics from aqueous solution on porous boron-nitride-carbon nanosheets

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00117A, Paper
Gang Wang, Yunqi Zhang, Shiyong Wang, Yuwei Wang, Haoran Song, Sihao Lv, Changping Li
Antibiotics are a class of emerging contaminants with a potential threat to human and animal health. Chloramphenicol (CAP) and Roxithromycin (ROX) which are extensively used have been attracted attention recently....
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Enhanced degradation of atrazine by microbubble ozonation

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00227E, Paper
Yunsi Liu, Shuo Wang, Lifang Shi, Wanmeng Lu, Pan Li
Enhanced degradation of atrazine by microbubble ozonation probably derives from two sources: decomposition of ozone and collapse of microbubbles.
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Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Applications for the Intrinsic Chemiluminescence Production from the Degradation of Haloaromatic Pollutants during Environmentally-Friendly Advanced Oxidation Processes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00325E, Perspective
Li Mao, Hui-Ying Gao, Bo Shao, Chun-Hua Huang, Ben-Zhan Zhu
The ubiquitous distribution of halogenated aromatic compounds (XAr) coupled with their carcinogenicity has raised public concerns on their potential risks to both human health and our ecosystem. Recently, advanced oxidation...
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Recovery of ammonium and phosphate using battery deionization in a background electrolyte

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00183J, Paper
Moon Son, Benjamin L. Aronson, Wulin Yang, Christopher A. Gorski, Bruce E. Logan
The electrochemical cell containing ammonium selective battery electrodes can be effective for recovering ammonium, but not phosphate, from solutions due to its high mass capacity for ammonium ions, with a low energy demand.
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Factors associated with elevated levels of antibiotic resistance genes in sewer sediments and wastewater

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00230E, Paper
Alessia Eramo, William R. Morales Medina, N. L. Fahrenfeld
The sewer environment is a potential hotspot for the proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and other hazardous microbial agents.
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Integration of aerobic granulation and UV/H2O2 processes in a continuous flow system for the degradation of sulfolane in contaminated water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01048C, Paper
Open Access
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Muhammad Faizan Khan, Linlong Yu, Jordan Hollman, Joo Hwa Tay, Gopal Achari
Aerobic granulation and UV/H2O2 in a continuous flow-through reactor can effectively degrade emerging contaminates, such as sulfolane.
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Mechanisms and performance of calcium peroxide-enhanced Fe(II) coagulation for treatment of Microcystis aeruginosa-laden water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1272-1285
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00005A, Paper
Huaijia Xin, Shu Yang, Yulin Tang, Mengyi Wu, Yang Deng, Bin Xu, Naiyun Gao
Pre-oxidation has been extensively studied as a pre-treatment for enhancement of algae-laden water coagulation.
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Removal of organic micropollutants in anaerobic membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment: critical review

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1230-1243
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01058K, Critical Review
Michael Lim, Dominique Patureau, Marc Heran, Geoffroy Lesage, Jeonghwan Kim
The anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is a promising technology for achieving an energy-saving or even energy-positive wastewater treatment process as it produces high effluent quality and renewable energy in the form of methane.
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Emerging investigator series: formation of brominated haloacetamides from trihalomethanes during zero-valent iron reduction and subsequent booster chlorination in drinking water distribution

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1244-1255
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00977A, Paper
Pengzhou Luo, FeiFei Wang, Stuart W. Krasner, Chao Fang, Shenghua Chen, Wenhai Chu
This study investigated the transformation of a THM mixture and the change of toxicity risk in drinking water distribution systems for the first time.
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Fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during hydrothermal liquefaction of municipal wastewater treatment sludge

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1388-1399
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01139K, Paper
Jie Yu, Anastasia Nickerson, Yalin Li, Yida Fang, Timothy J. Strathmann
PFAS sorbed to sludge degrade to varying degrees when sludge is subjected to hydrothermal liquefaction for production of liquid fuel.
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Technoproductive evaluation of the energyless microbial-integrated diffusion dialysis technique for acid mine drainage valorization

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1217-1229
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01020C, Critical Review
Hanaa M. Hegab, Ahmed ElMekawy, Christopher Saint, Fawzi Banat, Shadi W. Hasan, Deepak Pant
Acid mine drainage (AMD) presents severe ecological pollution challenges because of its extreme acidity and sulphate and toxic metal contents.
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Bacterial community structure correlates with Legionella pneumophila colonization of New York City high rise building premises plumbing systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1324-1335
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01084J, Paper
Xiao Ma, David Pierre, Kyle Bibby, Janet E. Stout
Several bacterial taxa were found enriched in L. pneumophila culture positive water samples, demonstrating a potential association between Legionella colonization and the premises plumbing bacterial community.
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Removal and growth of microorganisms across treatment and simulated distribution at a pilot-scale direct potable reuse facility

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1370-1387
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01087D, Paper
Scott E. Miller, Roberto A. Rodriguez, Kara L. Nelson
Multi-barrier advanced treatment trains are able to purify wastewater to drinking water standards, but improved methods are needed to better understand microbial concentrations, viability, and growth potential throughout treatment and distribution.
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The effects of water chemistry on the detachment and dissolution of differently stabilized silver nanoparticles from ceramic membranes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1347-1356
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01141B, Paper
Anne M. Mikelonis, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Desmond F. Lawler
A multilevel statistical model was developed to demonstrate stabilizing agent impact on detachment of silver nanoparticles from ceramic water treatment membranes.
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A new concept in constructed wetlands: assessment of aerobic electroconductive biofilters

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1312-1323
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00696F, Paper
Arantxa Aguirre-Sierra, Tristano Bacchetti-De Gregoris, Juan José Salas, Andrés de Deus, Abraham Esteve-Núñez
The METland® concept constitutes a hybrid concept for treating wastewater where microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) are integrated with constructed wetlands (CW) to enhance pollutant removal.
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The impact of monochloramines and dichloramines on reverse osmosis membranes in wastewater potable reuse process trains: a pilot-scale study

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1336-1346
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00048E, Paper
Hye-Jin Lee, Mohamad Amin Halali, Siva Sarathy, Charles-François de Lannoy
Dichloramine has a strong oxidative effect on polyamide RO membranes, causing oxidative hydrogen bond breakage of the polyamide rejection layer.
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Influence of activated carbon on performance and microbial communities in the treatment of solvent pollutant mixtures in a continuous stirred tank reactor

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1445-1455
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00096E, Paper
Pablo Ferrero, Marta Izquierdo, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Hornos, Josep Manuel Penya-Roja, Vicente Martínez-Soria
Granular activated carbon addition could promote specific microorganisms which favour the anaerobic removal of non-readily biodegradable solvent compounds through their influence on the degradation (methanogenesis) of intermediates.
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Field testing of an onsite sanitation system on apartment building blackwater using biological treatment and electrochemical disinfection

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1400-1411
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01106D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Siva Kumar Varigala, Meghan Hegarty-Craver, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Prakash Madhavan, Milan Basil, Praveen Rosario, Antony Raj, Viswa Barani, Clement A. Cid, Sonia Grego, Michael Luettgen
Demonstration of an electrochemical toilet wastewater treatment and disinfection technology at the scale of an apartment building and translation of the system into a commercial product.
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Chlorine/UV treatment of anatoxin-a by activation of the secondary amine functional group

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1412-1420
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01112A, Paper
Moshan Chen, Ernest R. Blatchley
A UV treatment process with prechlorination promotes the direct UV photodegradation of anatoxin-a by forming an N–Cl bond on the amine group.
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Pilot-scale ozone/biological activated carbon treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate: potential for synergism between nitrate and contaminant removal and potable reuse

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1421-1431
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00013B, Paper
Zhong Zhang, Jacob F. King, Aleksandra Szczuka, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, William A. Mitch
Reverse osmosis treatment for potable reuse can reduce the cost for removing nitrate and contaminants from wastewater prior to discharge.
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Investigation of metaldehyde removal by powdered activated carbon from different water samples

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1432-1444
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00962K, Paper
Open Access
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Zhuojun Li, Juntao Li, Zhengxiao Guo, Luiza C. Campos
Applying PAC to the water sample collected after static flocculation (position 2) gave the best result regarding the removal of metaldehyde.
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Synthesis of a flower-like MoS2/carbon nanocomposite with enhanced adsorption performance toward Eu(III): the cooperative effects between S atoms and carboxyl groups

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1482-1494
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00155D, Paper
Chaofeng Zhao, Pengcheng Gu, Xuewei Liu, Tao Wen, Yuejie Ai
Combining experimental studies and theoretical calculations to investigate the performance and mechanism of a MoS2/carbon composite for the effective elimination of Eu(III) from wastewater.
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Mechanisms for degradation and transformation of β-blocker atenolol via electrocoagulation, electro-Fenton, and electro-Fenton-like processes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1465-1481
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00114G, Paper
Kadarkarai Govindan, Vimukthi D. W. Sumanasekara, Am Jang
This study investigated the mechanism of atenolol degradation and transformation through ˙OH-based electro-Fenton (EF), SO4˙-based EF-like, and electrocoagulation (EC) processes.
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