Simulating Performance of a Dual Angle Particle Monitor for Atmospheric Particulate Matter by Charles D. Litton, Aranya Venkatesh, Jill Andersen, Dömötör Gulyás, Sara Longo, Chris Bartley, Illah Nourbakhsh

“…In particular, low-income communities that are often impacted by poor air quality will be able to more affordably determine real-time ambient conditions and drive positive change by helping to identify pollution sources and appropriate mitigation measures.…”
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Religious Practices and Its Impacts on a Sustainable Urban Environment in Nigeria: The Way Forward by Timothy Oyebamiji Ogunbode, Funke Elizabeth Oyekan

“…Of the 11 variables, the first six alone offered 45.248%, namely, (i) contribution to climate change, (ii) night worships, (iii) noise pollution caused, (iv) use of the public address system, (v) quest for expansion, and (vi) religious uses of natural resources, especially water. …”
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Simultaneous Photocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI) and Oxidation of Benzoic Acid in Aqueous N-F-Codoped TiO2 Suspensions: Optimization and Modeling Using the Response Surface Methodol... by Maria Antonopoulou, Aris Giannakas, Ioannis Konstantinou

“…The results revealed the feasibility and the effectiveness of using N-F-codoped TiO2 as photocatalyst for simultaneous decontamination of Cr(VI) and organic pollutants such as BA due to the appropriate oxidation and reduction ability of the photogenerated h+VB-e−CB pairs.…”
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Anaerobically digested dairy fiber in soilless potting media for poinsettias by John R. Lamont, George C. Elliott

“…Additional nutrients supplied by ADDF should be carefully managed as they can contribute to plant growth or leaching pollution. Using ADDF in media could provide growers with a local, renewable substitute for peat and provide supplemental income to dairy farmer.…”
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Association between heavy metal exposure and bacterial vaginosis: A cross-sectional study. by Yu-Xue Feng, Ming-Zhi Tan, Hui-Han Qiu, Jie-Rong Chen, Si-Zhe Wang, Ze-Min Huang, Xu-Guang Guo

“…With the widespread of heavy metal pollutants and their harmful function on women's immune and hormonal systems, it is necessary to explore the association between heavy metal exposure and BV. …”
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Interpretive structural modeling of factors affecting the internal development of cities in arid regions (Case study: Ardakan city by mohamad reza hatafi ardakani, mphammad hosein saraei, mohamad mahdi karimnejad, seyed ali almodaresi, saideh moayed far

“…Because physical development, in addition to land use change, has met the basic needs of urban society, including the provision of safe and sufficient water, green space per capita, urban waste management and environmental pollution. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and analytical in terms of method. …”
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Impact of In Situ Soil in Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Wall Backfill on Compressibility and Hydraulic Conductivity by Ridong Fan, Yuling Yang, Songyu Liu

“…Soil-bentonite cutoff walls, consisting of excavated in situ soil and bentonite as backfills, are used extensively as vertical barriers for groundwater pollution control. Sand mixed with high-quality natural sodium bentonite (NaB) is commonly used as a research object to investigate the hydraulic and compression properties of soil-bentonite backfills. …”
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A game-theoretic approach to set prices concerning a product manufactured from plastic waste by Hamed Jafari

“…Moreover, more the price elasticity of the demand for final product leads to lower profits for the members.Originality/Value: Using plastic waste is an effective approach to sustain environment and reduce pollution. In this research, plastic waste is used to produce products such as disposable tableware in a supply chain including manufacturer, recycler and waste depot. …”
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Smart Frequency Control of a Multicarrier Microgrid in the Presence of V2G Electric Vehicles by Seyed Ali Seyed Beheshti Fini, Seyed Mohammad Shariatmadar, Vahid Amir

“…In recent years, renewable resources have widely been used to provide necessary energy due to the increasing fossil fuel prices, environmental pollution concerns, and the necessity to meet the growth in energy demands. …”
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Frequency of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria isolated from the Kınalıada Coastal Areas of the Sea of Marmara, Türkiye by Pelin Saliha Çiftçi Türetken, Gülşen Altuğ, Selma Dilara Karaman Baş

“…The findings of this study provide regional evidence of the influence of anthropogenic pollution on the spread of antibiotic resistance. The detection of high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria indicated that the coastal areas of Kınalıada are at potential risk for the global spread of resistant bacteria, human health, and ecosystem function.…”
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Azo dye adsorption on ZrO2 and natural organic material doped ZrO2 by Sedef Sismanoglu, Erdem Buran

“…Abstract Natural wastes and inorganic adsorbents are used for the removal of diazo dye Congo red (CR), which causes water pollution and is a carcinogen, from wastewater. Organic waste olive pulp (ZK), inorganic ZrO2 (Zr) and three different weight percent ZK/Zr (organic/inorganic) binary adsorbent systems prepared by ball-milling method were investigated for the effective removal of CR from wastewater. …”
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CFD Simulation of an Industrial Dust Cyclone Separator: A Comparison with Empirical Models: The Influence of the Inlet Velocity and the Particle Size on Performance Factors in Situ... by Tchinda Vermande Paganel, Epee Fabrice Alban, Mezoue Adiang Cyrille, Claude Valery Ngayihi Abbe

“…The present work is dedicated to the study of multiphase turbulent and three-dimensional rotational flow in dust cyclones, a contribution to air pollution control. Cyclones are widely used devices for the separation of constituents from solid-gas mixtures in industry. …”
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Pharmaceutical Humanities and Narrative Pharmacy: An Emerging New Concept in Pharmacy by Mita Banerjee, Thomas Efferth

“…In this context, we discuss aspects related to traditional herbal medicine, fair access and benefit sharing of indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants, post-traumatic stress syndrome, the opioid crisis, stress myocardiopathy (broken heart syndrome), and global environmental pollution with microplastics. We also explore possibilities for a narrative turn in pharmacy. …”
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Performance evaluation of a taro (Colocasia esculenta) assisted vermifilter for swine wastewater treatment by Justine Carl Abad, Ma. Grace Sumaria

“…Untreated swine wastewater is one of the main contributors to the problem of water pollution in areas where swine farming is prevalent. …”
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Application of International Telecommunication Union Recommendation L.1480 on measuring the greenhouse gas emission effects to a use case for photovoltaic power generation equipmen... by François Bélorgey, Jérôme Fournier, Nathalie Labidurie Omnes

“…Moreover, adding other categories of environmental impact (biodiversity, scarcity of natural resources (metals, water), waste and pollution, radiative effect, etc) would improve the exhaustiveness of environmental effects measurement.…”
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Nanoparticles in Soil Reclamation: A Review of Their Role in Reducing Soil Compaction by Hasan Alkhaza’leh, Michel Rahbeh, Imad Hamadneh, Habes AL-Mashakbeh, Zohuir Albalawna

“…NPs can reduce environmental pollutants while improving soil quality. However, questions about their long-term biodegradability, ecological toxicity, and health effects require further investigation. …”
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Deteksi Pencemaran Mikroplastik pada Air Lindi di TPA Piyungan Yogyakarta Indonesia by Inggita Utami, Agustina Agustina

“…Therefore, the Yogyakarta government needs to increase the leachate processing process to decompose this microplastic and not pollute the Opak river as a leachate disposal channel for the Piyungan landfill.…”
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Assessment of soil and water resources in the Gando Protected Area by jalil Badamfirooz, leyla sharifi

“…The average potential pollution of surface water is 4.5% and this region prevents 2 tons per hectare of soil erosion annually. …”
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THE NEW APPROACH ON FOOD QUALITY: AN IMPORTANT FACTOR ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND TRENDS IN FOOD QUALITY by Johana Paluchová

“…Food businesses will need to give much greater attention towards minimising water use and pollution, more sustainable production systems, worker welfare and waste management. …”
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Heat Transfer Dynamic Analyses for Recycled-Concrete Wall Combined with Expanded Polystyrene Template by Jianhua Li, Wenjing Chen

“…Due to the benefits of pollution reduction, energy saving, and recycling of resources associated with the recycled concrete, together with the apparent thermal storage thermal insulation yield of expandable polystyrene (EPS) template, the heat transfer dynamics of their combination has become a contemporary study topic. …”
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