Palaiologan renaissance painting in the Latin-occupied Aegean. Three icons from Hospitaller Leros by Kefala Konstantia

“…In this context the island of Leros, as part of the Hospitaller Island State (1309-1522), presents an interesting example of the osmosis between Palaiologan and Western art and of artistic developments in areas under Latin rule.…”
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Immigrants Descent and its Expression in American Culture and Language in the 20th Century by Rafał Zygmunt

“…For much of the twentieth century, the immigrant osmosis of the New World was associated with assimilation to the highly desirable, largely monolithic, English culture of the East Coast.…”
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Soft Robotics: Biological Inspiration, State of the Art, and Future Research by Deepak Trivedi, Christopher D. Rahn, William M. Kier, Ian D. Walker

“…Muscular hydrostats (e.g. octopus arms and elephant trunks) are almost entirely composed of muscle and connective tissue and plant cells can change shape when pressurised by osmosis. Researchers have been inspired by biology to design and build soft robots. …”
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Effective Extraction of Heavy Metals from their Effluents Using Some Potential Ionic Liquids as Green Chemicals by A. Rajendran, D. Ragupathy, M. Priyadarshini, A. Magesh, P. Jaishankar, N. S. Madhavan, K. Sajitha, S. Balaji

“…The removal of these heavy metals from the industrial effluents / contaminated water bodies using these ionic liquids has been proved to be more successful than conventional methods such as precipitation, cementation, reverse osmosis, ion exchange and adsorption.…”
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Toward sustainable desalination: a patent analysis of technology-development trajectories by Kyungsun Lee, Wendy Jepson

“…Our analysis reveals geographical patterns in patenting activities, including developments in core technologies such as Multiple Effect Distillation (MED), Multi-Stage Flash Distillation (MSF), and Reverse Osmosis (RO). We identify a significant misalignment between R&D pathways and broader sustainability concerns, with implications for the long-term sustainability of desalination and regional water-security policies.…”
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Adsorption of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water Using Zeolite Derived from Agro-Wastes and Clays: A Review by Ismael Kithinji Kinoti, Joanne Ogunah, Cyprian Muturia M’Thiruaine, Joseph Mwiti Marangu

“…Modern solutions such as activated carbon, reverse osmosis, and ultrafiltration, among others, have been employed in the decontamination of water. …”
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Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Gaseous Nitrogen Losses from the Concentrated Liquid Fraction of Pig Slurries by G. L. Velthof, R. P. J. J. Rietra

“…Mineral concentrates (MCs) are derived from reversed osmosis of the liquid fraction of separated pig slurries. …”
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Wind desalination and power: an affordable and renewable solution to address water shortages by Julian David Hunt, Andreas Nascimento, Amaro Olímipio Pereira Junior, Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa, Walter Leal Filho, Yoshihide Wada

“…This paper proposes desalinating seawater with a pump and a motor-generator installed inside wind turbine nacelles, to desalinate seawater with reverse osmosis membranes without electricity. The technology was named Wind Desalination and Power (WDP), as the wind turbine can pump seawater and generate electricity. …”
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Equilibrium and Dynamic Osmotic Behaviour of Aqueous Solutions with Varied Concentration at Constant and Variable Volume by Ivan L. Minkov, Emil D. Manev, Svetla V. Sazdanova, Kiril H. Kolikov

“…Osmosis is essential for the living organisms. In biological systems the process usually occurs in confined volumes and may express specific features. …”
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A Novel Antifouling RO Polyamide/Myrrh Membrane for Waste Water Purification by N. F. Alotaibi, M. A. Alsolami, Shaima M. N. Moustafa, Nawaf Bin Darwish, A. M. Nassar

“…In the present work, desalination of real samples from Dumat Al-Jandal Lake water (located in Jouf region) was carried out via reverse osmosis (RO) technique. The growth of bacteria on the surface of RO membrane is an essential issue of this method. …”
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Capacitive Deionization for the Removal of Paraquat Herbicide from Aqueous Solution by Tusekile Alfredy, Joyce Elisadiki, Yusufu Abeid Chande Jande

“…In comparison to other conventional methods like adsorption and reverse osmosis (RO), capacitive deionization (CDI) has only been investigated extensively for the removal of inorganic pollutants from water, demonstrating limited practicality. …”
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Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Cees Hesp

“…The largest version of a desalination machine, for example, is a 20-foot container with filters (membranes) for reverse osmosis, and solar panels to power it. The machine costs $200,000 to purchase and install. …”
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Treatment of Wastewater from Thermal Desorption for Remediation of Oil-Contaminated Soil by the Combination of Multiple Processes by Feng Xiao, Jun Yin, Dongsheng Shen, Ting Chen, Li Lv

“…In this study, effective removal of contaminants was achieved using a combined process of demulsification and flocculation (DF), ammonia stripping (AS), Fenton oxidation (FO), and reverse osmosis (RO). The combined process was optimized, and the maximum chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH3-N, turbidity, and extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (EPH) removal efficiencies reached 93.3%, 79.8%, 97.6%, and 99.9%, respectively. …”
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STUDIES ON THE APPLICATION OF HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES IN THE FIELD OF ULTRAFILTRATION by LAURENȚIU TATARU, VALENTIN NEDEFF, NARCIS BARSAN, MIRELA PANAINTE-LEHADUS, EMILIAN MOSNEGUTU, DANA-ALEXANDRA CHITIMUS

“…This study focuses on testing hollow fiber organic membranes for the ultrafiltration process as a precursor to osmosis processes. The major advantages of ultrafiltration are the elimination of many small organic and inorganic compounds from the water, which cannot be eliminated in microfiltration processes, offering superior quality water. …”
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Experimental investigation into the functionality of alkaline water electrolysis with ion-solvating membrane in anode feed mode using diluted potassium hydroxide by Dieter Jarosch, John James Warren, Jörg Kapischke

“…Charge transport: In an ion-solvating membrane, charge transport occurs through both the cations and anions of the electrolyte. Due to electro-osmosis, cation transport to the cathode results in a combined hydrogen-electrolyte discharge from the cathode compartment of the electrolysis cell. …”
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Transforming end-of-life SWRO desalination membranes into nanofiltration membranes for the treatment of brackish water and wastewater by Anissa Somrani, Zaineb Mohamed, Kholoud Abohelal, Sara Larhrib, Noreddine Ghaffour, Maxime Pontié

“…Abstract In this study, we explore the possibility of reusing end-of-life seawater reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to treat brackish water and industrial effluent. …”
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Performance and Characterization for Blend Membrane of PES with Manganese(III) Acetylacetonate as Metalorganic Nanoparticles by H. Abdallah, M. S. Shalaby, A. M. H. Shaban

“…This study describes the preparation, characterization, and evaluation of performance of blend Polyethersulfone (PES) with manganese(III) acetylacetonate Mn(acac)3 to produce reverse osmosis blend membrane. The manganese(III) acetylacetonate nanoparticles were prepared by a simple and environmentally benign route based on hydrolysis of KMnO4 followed by reaction with acetylacetone in rapid stirring rate. …”
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Fine-root and leaf acquisitive traits decoupled from chloride accumulation in reflecting the differential salinity tolerance among Prunus hybrids by Shuangxi Zhou, Rob R. Walker, Everard J. Edwards

“…We tested the hypothesis with a glasshouse experiment on saplings of six contrasting Prunus hybrids, subjected to either control or salt treatment (reverse osmosis water versus 3.3 dS m-1 chloride solution containing mixed cations). …”
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A Review of Sulfate Removal from Water Using Polymeric Membranes by Jamal Al Mehrate, Sadek Shaban, Amr Henni

“…Sulfated waters represent a major challenge on the Canadian prairies, leading to many cattle deaths. While reverse osmosis (RO) membranes effectively remove sulfates, they are costly due to high-pressure requirements. …”
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The Effect of Water Magnetization of Different Locations in Basrah Province on the Productive and Physiological Performance of Local Ducks by Sabah K. M. Al-hummod, Khalid C. K. Al-Salhie, Salah M. Alsudany

“…The control treatment used reverse osmosis (RO) water. The treatments were: T1: tap water from Zubair city; T2: magnetized tap water from Zubair city; T3: tap water from Ashar City; T4: magnetized tap water from Ashar City; T5: tap water from Qurna city; T6: magnetized tap water from Qurna city. …”
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