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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
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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
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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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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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Emerging investigator series: carbon electrodes are effective for the detection and reduction of hexavalent chromium in water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1256-1261
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00146E, Paper
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Callie M. Stern, Darius W. Hayes, Lebogang O. Kgoadi, Noémie Elgrishi
Electrochemical methods using carbon electrodes are an attractive option for the detection and reduction of toxic Cr(VI) to benign Cr(III) in drinking water.
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A thermal imaging methodology to study evaporation kinetics in mine tailings

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1456-1464
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00104J, Paper
Josée Maurais, Étienne Beaumont, Joanick Bourret, Emrik Dauphinais, Nicolas-Alexandre Bouchard, Patrick Ayotte
Predicting why, how, and when mine tailings disposal sites become prone to dust scattering events is often hampered by our limited understanding of the factors that affect the drying rates from their surface layers.
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Stable immobilized amine sorbents for heavy metal and REE removal from industrial wastewaters

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1286-1299
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00915A, Paper
Walter Christopher Wilfong, Brian W. Kail, Qiuming Wang, Fan Shi, Greg Shipley, Thomas J. Tarka, McMahan L. Gray
Stable and immobilized amine sorbents can simultaneously remove/recover cationic and oxyanionic toxic metals plus valuable rare earth elements from industrial and mining effluents prior to discharging into environmental water systems.
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Insight into ferrihydrite effects on methanogenesis in UASB reactors treating high sulfate wastewater: reactor performance and microbial community

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00154F, Paper
Zhen Jin, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yaobin Zhang
Ferrihydrite supplemented to establish DIET between iron-reducing bacteria and methanogens with Fe oxides in anaerobic digestion.
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Molecular level characterisation of ion-exchange water treatment coupled to ceramic membrane filtration

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1495-1504
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01042D, Paper
Open Access
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Alan J. R. Smith, Graeme Moore, Andrea J. C. Semiao, Dušan Uhrín
Preferential removal of highly oxygenated larger aromatic and condensed aromatic molecules through ceramic membrane based water treatment.
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Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, Paper
Seungdae Oh, Donggeon Choi
Elucidating the functional stability upon environmental stressors is of great practical importance for managing the system performance of various environmental biological processes (e.g., activated sludge).
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Correction: Understanding fecal sludge drying in membrane-lined container-based toilets for developing countries with CFD modeling

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1505-1506
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90023K, Correction
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Babak Ebrazi Bakhshayesh, Shray Saxena, Paul T. Imhoff
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2019 Best Papers published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1210-1212
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90017F, Editorial
Kristopher McNeill, Paige J. Novak, Peter J. Vikesland
The Editors-in-Chief of the Environmental Science journals introduce the Best Papers of 2019.
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Emerging investigator series: phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater by adsorption on steelmaking slag preceding forward osmosis: an integrated process

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00187B, Paper
Biplob Kumar Pramanik, Md. Aminul Islam, Muhammad Bilal Asif, Rajeev Roychand, Sagor Kumar Pramanik, Kalpit Shah, Muhammed Bhuiyan, Faisal Hai
Phosphorus is a critical non-renewable mineral essential for sustainable crop production.
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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Happening This Week: 100 Years of Women Voting

Get your free tickets here.

This Thursday, November 21, at 4pm in the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Coolidge Auditorium, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion of the 100 years of women voting since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.

Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will lead a panel featuring two leading scholars on women and voting: Christina Wolbrecht of the University of Notre Dame, and Jane Junn of the University of Southern California. Wolbrecht is the co-author of the forthcoming book A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage.

This event will highlight the recently opened LOC exhibit, “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote,” which will be open for viewing after the event.

The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

Register for a ticket here.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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'IPL is good for domestic cricketers'

UP batsman Suresh Raina on his successful outing in New Zealand and how the inaugural IPL put his career back on track.




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Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra put under section 80G; donations to trust exempted from income tax

The Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has been created for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The 15-member trust was constituted by the Modi government, after the Supreme Court's verdict on November 9 settled the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.




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Excise duty on liquor increased by 25%: Assam Industries and Commerce Minister

The Assam government has taken several crucial decisions in its Cabinet meeting including increasing the excise duty on liquor by 25 percent."In the Cabinet, we took several decisions which included increasing the excise duty on liquor by 25 percent.




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AIIMS medical experts sent to Gujarat after sharp rise in coronavirus COVID-19 cases, fatalities

With Gujarat reporting a large number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases and fatalities, medical experts from AIIMS, including its director Dr Randeep Guleria, have rushed to Ahmedabad to provide expert guidance to doctors there on COVID-19 management.




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No hike in school fees in academic year 2020-21: Maharashtra Education Department

Giving a big relief to parents during the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, the Maharashtra Education Department has announced that there will be no hike in school fees in the academic year 2020-21.




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Protests in Visakhapatnam over gas leak incident, locals demand closure of LG Polymers chemical plant

The incident took place even as state Director General of Police DG Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy.




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Handbook of Sport Psychology, 2 Volume Set, 4th Edition


 

The fourth edition of a classic, leading resource for the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology

Now expanded to two volumes, and featuring a wealth of new chapters from highly respected scholars in the field, this all-new edition of the Handbook of Sports Psychology draws on an international roster of experts and scholars in the field who have assembled state-of-the-art knowledge into this thorough, well-rounded, and accessible volume



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The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagement: Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice


 

Against a global backdrop of problematic adherence to medical treatment, this volume addresses and provides practical solutions to the simple question: “Why don’t patients take treatments that could save their lives?”

The Wiley handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagementoffers a guide to the theory, research and clinical practice of promoting patient engagement in healthcare treatment at individual, organizational and systems levels. The concept of



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Informality Revisited: Latin American Perspectives on Housing, the State and the Market


 

Informality Revisited offers an overview of recent debates about Latin American government programmes for the formalisation of informal settlements and housing provision in a neo-liberal context. Contributions from Latin American researchers analyse the contradictions in government actions and evaluate the consequences for urban poverty.



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A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name: 34 Untimely Interventions


 

With irrepressible humor, Slavoj Žižek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint.

Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms multiply: climate



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A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name: 34 Untimely Interventions


 

With irrepressible humor, Slavoj Žižek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint.

Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms multiply: climate



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The World's Construction Mechanism: Trajectories, Imbalances, and the Future of Societies


 

The interdisciplinarity between the biological and human sciences is here to serve a daring objective: to decipher, by means of a logical chain, the explanatory factors of human trajectories and imbalances between societies and nations. To do this, The World’s Construction Mechanism is based on an unprecedented analysis of the dynamics of the human species, combining the contributions of anthropology, archeology, biology, climatology, economics, geography



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Companion to Women's and Gender Studies


 

A comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies, featuring original contributions from leading experts from around the world

The Companion to Women's and Gender Studies is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike, exploring the central concepts, theories, themes, debates, and events in this dynamic field. Contributions from leading scholars and researchers cover a wide range of topics while providing



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The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Content Marketing, Podcasting, Social Media, AI, Live Video, and Newsjacking to Reach Buyers Directly, 7th Edition


 

The seventh edition of the pioneering guide to generating attention for your idea or business, packed with new and updated information

In the Digital Age, marketing tactics seem to change on a day-to-day basis. As the ways we communicate continue to evolve, keeping pace with the latest trends in social media, the newest online videos, the latest mobile apps, and all the other high-tech influences can seem an almost impossible task. How can you keep



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Elements of photoionization quantum dynamics methods / Lampros A.A. Nikolopoulos

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Particles, fields, quanta: from quantum mechanics to the standard model of particle physics / Gerhard Ecker

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The reality of time flow: local becoming in modern physics / Richard T.W. Arthur

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Thermodynamics in the quantum regime: fundamental aspects and new directions / Felix Binder, Luis A. Correa, Christian Gogolin, Janet Anders, Gerardo Adesso, editors

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Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / by Michael Epperson

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Many-body methods for atoms and molecules / Rajat Kumar Chaudhuri, Sudip Kumar Chattopadhyay

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Neutron stars, black holes and gravitational waves / James J. Kolata

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Proceedings of the Europe/Africa Conference Dresden 2017- Polymer Processing Society PPS: conference date, 27-29 June 2017: location, Dresden, Germany / editors, Udo Wagenknecht, Petra Pötschke, Sven Wiessner and Michael Gehde

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What is real?: the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics / Adam Becker

Hayden Library - QC173.98.B43 2018




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Practicing the correspondence principle in the old quantum theory: a transformation through implementation / Martin Jähnert

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Quantum versus classical mechanics and integrability problems: towards a unification of approaches and tools / Maciej Błaszak

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The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics / by Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard

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Beyond the dynamical universe: unifying block universe physics and time as experienced / Michael Silberstein, W.M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt (Elizabethtown College)

Hayden Library - QC174.13.S55 2018




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Use of optical correlation techniques for characterizing scattering objects and media / Oleg V. Angelsky, Steen G. Hanson, Peter P. Maksimyak

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CERN and the Higgs boson: the global quest for the building blocks of reality / James Gillies

Hayden Library - QC793.16.G55 2018




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Ether and modernity: the recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century / edited by Jaume Navarro (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Hayden Library - QC177.E74 2018




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Michelson-Morley experiments: an enigma for physics and the history of science / Maurizio Consoli, Alessandro Pluchino

Hayden Library - QC173.52.C66 2019




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The molecule as meme / Jeffrey Huw Williams

Hayden Library - QC173.W556 2018




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Quantum space: loop quantum gravity and the search for the structure of space, time, and the universe / Jim Baggott

Hayden Library - QC178.B34 2018




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Symmetry breaking in the standard model: a non-perturbative outlook / Franco Strocchi

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Understanding surface scatter phenomena: a linear systems formulation / James E. Harvey

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