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The complex nature of natural organic matter (NOM), and the impact of this matter on drinking water quality have necessitated the characterization studies of NOM. A fluorescence technique for the characterization of NOM in Malaysian river water is reported. Water samples from several river sampling sites were collected and concentrated using a low-pressure reverse osmosis (LPROM). Solid phase e...

Over the past twenty years there has been a shift towards non-operative management (NOM) for haemodynamically stable patients with abdominal trauma. Embolisation can achieve haemostasis and salvage organs without the morbidity of surgery, and the development and refinement of embolisation techniques has widened the indications for NOM in the management of solid organ injury. Advances in compute...

The risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) prompted the evolution toward preservation of the injured spleen. Nonoperative management (NOM) of blunt injury to the spleen in adults has become the standard of care in hemodynamically stable patients. This modality of treatment began in the 1970's in paediatric patients. It is highly successful with overall failures rates from 2% to 3...

The genus Trypheridium Brancucci, 1985 is endemic to the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, and currently known from a single species, T. nuristanicum (Wittmer, 1956). Here, reviewed, nom. emend. re-described kashmiricum sp. nov. described Kashmir Region of India. Descriptions, diagnoses, high quality images, distribution maps identification keys are presented. morphology discussed compared with thos...

Fe barrier is a promising technology for the treatment of copper and zinc contaminated roof runoff. However, recent findings showed that Fe processes fell at some operational conditions, in which natural organic matter (NOM) is among the crucial factors contributing to a significant decrease in the treatment efficiency. The present work assesses the mechanisms involved in the interaction of NOM...