Background and Objectives: New studies indicate that nitrate concentration in groundwater is increasing in most cities. High concentrations of nitrate in water increase the potential health risk in the community and the environment. In infants, No3 _ is reduced to No2 _, which combines with hemoglobin in the blood to form met hemoglobin leading to blue-tinged blood for babies under six months o...

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

Background and purpose: Using catalysts to enhance the efficiency of the ozonation process (known as catalytic ozonation process) has received much attention in recent years. This study aimed at examining the overall feasibility of using catalysts ozone as catalyst in ozonation process for decolorization and mineralization of a real textile wastewater in presence of persulfate. Materials and...

Background and purpose: Antibiotics are non-biodegradable and wastewater treatment processes are not fully effective in their removal. Therefore, presence of some antibiotics such as erythromycin and metronidazole in environment has become a major concern in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate TiO2 nano-particles for removal of these two antibiotics from aqueous solution based o...

just as motivation is important in sla research, demotivation constitutes an important factor, too. there are many studies done on demotivation and burnout of teachers. many of these studies have been conducted on one or two aspects of english instruction. consequently, there are few studies which have been done on more than two aspects of english teaching. the aim of this study is to find out ...