Coagulation technology has been used since 1970 in northern Chile for removing arsenic from drinking-water. This experience suggests that coagulation is an effective technology for the removal of arsenic. It is currently ...

Background: Alternative approaches to analyzing and evaluating health care investments in state-of-the-art technologies are being increasingly discussed in the literature, especially with the advent of Healthcare 4.0 (H4.0) ...

© 2021 Roberto Santiago Vassolo, Alejandro Francisco Mac Cawley, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Flavio Sanson Fogliatto, Diego Tlapa, Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy.Background: Alternative approaches to analyzing and evaluating ...

Fluoride is an essential element, indispensable for maintenance of dental health. Nevertheless, fluoride concentrations in drinking water above 1.5 mg L−1 may be detrimental to human health. Many methods have been developed ...

Adsorption technologies are a focus of interest for the removal of pollutants in water treatment systems. These removal methods offer several design, operation and efficiency advantages over other wastewater remediation ...

Methylmercury (MeHg+) is a mercury species that is very toxic for humans, and its monitoring and sorption from environmental samples of water are a public health concern. In this work, a combination of theory and experiment ...

Structural health monitoring systems are employed to evaluate the state of structures to detect damage, bringing economical and safety benefits. The electromechanical impedance technique is a promising damage detection ...

The contamination of aqueous systems is of global concern. It is extensively known that contaminants of organic, inorganic, and microbiological origin adversely affect water basins, causing environmental damages and numerous ...

Nearly 80% of wastewater resulting from human activities get directly discharged to natural water streams, polluting the already scarce hydric resource. Water pollution is an acute problem worldwide and a major challenge ...