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Water shortages resulting from macro-environmental climate changes as well as local inefficient agricultural practices and dam constructions activities have resulted in the gradual reduction of water level in Urmia Lake, located in the northwest of Iran. As such, restoration efforts were initiated to prevent further adverse impacts exacerbating the conditions and creating secondary problems such as regional salt dust generation and dispersion, resulting in health issues for the greater area population in the neighboring vicinities. The utilization of advanced forecast modeling based on deep learning algorithms can assist the authorities to manage better multi-dimensional issues affecting the... 

With the growth of the population and the significant expansion of industries in the last century, many environmental problems have plagued developed and developing countries. One of these environmental problems is water pollution. Observing the effects of water pollution over time, sanitary and industrial wastewater treatment was proposed as a reliable solution. With technology development, wastewater treatment requirements have become stricter. The increase in energy consumption and wastewater treatment costs due to population growth and industrialization on the one hand and strict regulations, on the other hand, have forced those involved in this field to employ a variety of technical and... 

This study aims to investigate the influence of important operational parameters on membrane fouling with the approach of fouling layers and to model these influences in the membrane bioreactor (MBR) for municipal wastewater treatment. At the first phase, 11 operational scenarios were executed using a pilot setup for identifying the system behavior and the optimal scenario. Protein and carbohydrate as the fouling components (SMP) and the transmembrane pressure (TMP) as the fouling criteria were measured in the tests. By studying the influence of operational parameters (sludge retention time (SRT), aeration rate and filtration mode), some useful results obtained for the next phase, including... 

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Identification of pivot genes in colorectal cancer can play an important role as biomarkers in predicting and early diagnosis and reducing the number of deaths caused by this disease. In this study, the aim of which is to discover pivot genes in colorectal cancer, six microarray datasets selected from the GEO database including 277 tumor tissue samples and 325 normal colon tissue samples. After data processing, differentially expressed genes and CRC-related genes were screened and 285 shared genes between them were identified for subsequent analysis. Based on 285 shared genes, the protein-protein interaction... 

Membrane bioreactors can replace the activated sludge process and the final clarification step in municipal wastewater treatment. The combination of bioreactor and crossflow microfiltration allows for a high chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction of synthetic wastewater. In this study, experimental data from a laboratory scale membrane bioreactor are presented. In order to investigate the influence of various operating parameters such as hydraulic retention time (HRT), biomass concentration and organic loading rate on organic pollutant removal, the pilot scale submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) with a Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) hollow fiber membrane module was conducted using synthetic... 

Membrane bioreactors are increasingly being used for treatment of domestic and industrial effluents. A major operational drawback of this system is membrane fouling attributed to soluble microbial products (SMPs). In this study sampling were taken from microbial products on the surface and within the membrane pores and mixed liquir for mass characterization of protein content. Water-washing was used for surface and reversible portion of pore samples. Chemical wash with urea was used for further cleansing of SMPs within the pores. All samples were concentrate by precipitation with ammonium sulfate salt prior to analysis. Total protein content of samples was measured by lowry method. SDS-PAGE... 

The process of human populations growth, limited resources of fossil fuels and its environmental consequences have driven the international community to Renewable Energy. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) has ability of simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation (Energy). This technology can be considered as one of the proposed solutions to reduce costs of wastewater treatment and power generation. Separators are one of the major components of the MFC that have direct impact on cell performance. On the other hand, high costs of the conventional types have caused to limiting development of the MFC in the last decade.
In this study, inexpensive and available glass wool membrane... 

There is an increasing need for food by the growth of population. To meet this need, the use of pesticides is increasing. Among pesticides organophosphorous compounds are the ones with the most usage. Liquid and gas chromatography are commonly used to measure orghanpphosphrous pesticides. These methods are relatively time consuming and require a tedious sample preparation.
Herein we report a sensitive colorimetric method for detection and measurement of Azinphos methyl, based on unmodified gold nanoparticles aggregation and changes in plasmonic band. Azinphos methyl, containing different soft acidic groups acts as a bridge, causes aggregation, and changes in plasmonic band. Changes in...