Water footprint: a study on crepe adhesive tape

Textiles industrial water footprint: methodology and study

The concept of water footprint (WF) is an important breakthrough in the evolving of methodologies, approaches and indicators for measuring freshwater appropriation and assessing the wastewater discharge. Industrial water footprint (IWF) methodology, which concentrates on the industrial production stages, can present a clear graphic of freshwater consumption and impacts caused by wastewater disc...

Selecting the right medical adhesive tape

Adhesive tape: potential source of nosocomial bacteria.

During a 7-day period, a variety of bacteria, including opportunistic ones, were recovered from 23 rolls of adhesive tape being used in a 16-bed intensive care unit. All rolls of tape were sterile when received from the manufacturer. Mixed flora was recovered from a total of 15 rolls, whereas eight rolls yielded pure cultures. Organisms recovered included Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeru...

study on ecological water footprint in agricultural section of iran

demand and supply of water in iran is unbalanced. this situation has caused a great challenge in water resources management. in order to overcome this problem, the role of international trade of virtual water has been ignored. virtual water trade is one of the key solutions for water scarcity. each country should adapt virtual water trade based upon its socio-cultural, economical, and climatic ...

Comment on “‘Tape dermatoscopy’: constructing a low-cost dermatoscope using a mobile phone, immersion fluid and transparent adhesive tape”

We read with interest the article published by Blum and Gia-comel, describing the low-cost dermatoscope designed using a mobile phone, immersion fluid and transparent adhesive tape. The method described by the authors has the advantage that it does not require any magnifying device [1]. We earlier described a technique where a low-cost jeweler's loupe can be used as a dermoscopy device [2], and...