Adsorption is a well known effective technology for water treatment. Although limited capacities of adsorbents and regeneration issues are two common challenges. This study proposed tested innovative approaches improving adsorption/desorption biochar made from macadamia nutshell (MBC). These capacitive deionization (CDI) degaussing (full process detailed in methods), the respective enhancement ...

To understand the long-term stability of nitrifying granules in a membrane bioreactor (GMBR), module was submerged an airlift reactor to eliminate hydraulic selection pressure that believed be driving force aerobic granulation. The monitoring results showed structure could remain stable for 305 days GMBR without pressure; however, majority granule actually inactive due mass diffusion limitation...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and elevated immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 have been shown to have more severe disease with a shorter time to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of PSC and UC in patients with elevated serum IgG4. METHODS We analyzed data from 50 patients with PSC and known serum l...

Few studies empirically estimate the effects of metropolitan growth on nonmetropolitan communities at a national scale. This paper estimates the growth effects of 276 MSAs on population in 1,988 nonmetropolitan communities in the United States from 2000 to 2007. We estimate the distance for growth spillovers from MSAs to nonmetropolitan communities and test the assumption that a single MSA infl...