Motivation: The price of medical treatment continues to rise due to (i) an increasing population; (ii) an aging human growth; (iii) disease prevalence; (iv) a rise in the frequency of patients that utilize health care services; and (v) increase in th...
Renewable natural gas derived from biogas presents a viable pathway for decarbonizing natural gas systems. Wastewater treatment plants equipped with anaerobic digesters often flare or utilize biogas for heat and electricity generation, missing the po...
Improved Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) analysis requires a broader analytical framework, in order to perceive each project individually from the perspective of potentially measurable and significant effects on the environment and society as a whole. Th...
In this paper, we consider the problem of economic model predictive control of wastewater treatment plants based on model reduction. We apply two model approximation methods to a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) described by a modified Benchmark Sim...
Industrial deployment of photocatalysis for recalcitrant wastewater treatment remains constrained by economic uncertainty and scale-up limitations. This study first reviews the current technological routes and application status of photocatalytic pro...
23 October 2019
“The Gray Great Wall” formed by haze pollution is an increasingly serious issue in China, and the resulting air pollution has brought severe challenges to human health, the socio-economy and the world ecosystem. Based on the facts above,...
1 October 2026
Background: Cancer treatment impacts the economic stability and financial burden of adults in interior British Columbia. Objective: The aim is to examine the association of perceived economic burden, impact, and treatment barriers of adult cancer sur...
In this study, the responses of Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF), sedimentation, and sand filtration treatment processes on feed water with varied algal concentrations were investigated, based on a technical–economic analysis using data collected...
The global burden of latent TB infection (LTBI) and the progression of LTBI to active TB disease are important drivers of ongoing TB incidence. Addressing LTBI through screening and TB preventive treatment (TPT) is critical in order to end the TB epi...
The main scope of this paper is the proposal of a new single layer Nonlinear Economic Closed-Loop Generalized Predictive Control (NECLGPC) as an efficient advanced control technique for improving economics in the operation of nonlinear plants. Instea...
Biomass treatment for energy production is a promising way for achieving fossil fuel replacement and environmental relief. Thermochemical processes are a common way of processing biomass, but their potential economic benefits are not always clear to...
An integrated approach to waste management is based on efficient and safe methods for waste prevention, recycling, and safe waste treatment. In accordance with these principles, in this study, non-hazardous aluminosilicate waste (dust and sand) was u...
This paper addresses the implementation of economic-oriented model predictive controllers for the dynamic real-time optimization of the operation of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Both the economic-optimizing controller (pure-EMPC) and the econo...
Background/Objectives: In Lebanon, the economic crisis since 2019 has severely strained healthcare infrastructure, yet its impact on cancer treatment adherence remains incompletely characterized. This study assessed factors associated with treatment...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) outcomes remain suboptimal in high-burden, resource-constrained settings. Clinical and socio-economic factors contribute to loss to follow-up, failure, and mortality, yet their relative importance remains underexplored....
Wastewater treatment plants and power generation constitute inseparable parts of present society. So the growth of wastewater treatment plants is accompanied by an increase in the energy consumption, and a sustainable development implies the use of r...
Sustainable alternatives to conventional seed treatments require validation under field conditions. This study compared two conventional chemical seed treatments (a fungicide and an insecticide) and three alternative treatments (a microbiological for...
Pandemic response requires not only epidemiological control but also the allocation of limited social resources across competing uses. This paper develops an integrated economic–epidemiological framework to examine how resources should be alloc...
This work proposes an economic model predictive control (EMPC) strategy in the linear parameter varying (LPV) framework for the control of dissolved oxygen concentrations in the aerated reactors of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). A reduced model...
This study contributes to the modeling and optimization model for reverse osmosis water treatment (ROWT) due to a lack of economic and operational aspects. This study proposes a hybrid modeling and optimization framework using a hybrid artificial neu...
The conversion of renewable energy into hydrogen (H2) by power-to-gas technologies involving electrolysis is seen today as a key element in the transition to a sustainable energy sector. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) could be integrated into fut...
There are large amounts of carbohydrates and proteins in rban perishable organic waste (UPOW), which can be converted to short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) through microbial methods. In this study, the mass balance and properties of organic slurry gener...
The recent trend of turning wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) into energy self-sufficient resource recovery facilities has led to a constant search for solutions that fit into that concept. One of them is chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT...
To address the challenge of low computational efficiency in nonlinear Economic Model Predictive Control (EMPC) for large-scale systems such as wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), this paper proposes a Trajectory Piecewise Linearization (TPWL)-based...
The polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production process that uses mixed microbial cultures combined with main stream wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is a competitive integrated resource recovery process in which non-oxygen electron acceptors can be use...
6 July 2022
Demographic change is having a major impact on the economic and structural development of the healthcare system. People stay active longer and the number of mild traumatic brain injury [mTBI] in patients ≥ 65 years of age consequently increases. T...
Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are potential sites for decentralized water electrolysis because they combine water availability, operational infrastructure, and local integration options for electrolysis coproducts. This review evaluat...
31 March 2019
Environmental–economic efficiency assessment is an effective way to evaluate the degree of coordination between an economy and the environment. Previous studies on environmental–economic efficiency have primarily investigated the efficien...
New drugs are expensive, in part due to excessive drug development costs. Governments are trying to reduce drug prices. This can delay access to effective agents. A country’s access to new drugs correlates with prices they agree to pay. After H...
In this work, different alternatives to conventional tertiary treatment of pulp and paper (P&P) wastewater (WW), i.e., physicochemical coagulation-flocculation, were investigated to enhance the environmental and economic sustainability of industr...
To address the problem of fossil-based pollution, bio-plastics have risen in use in a wide range of applications. The current waste management system still has some weakness for bio-plastics waste (BPW) treatment, and quantitative data is lacking. Th...
Caffeine has been recognized as an emerging pollutant in aquatic ecosystems due to its persistence. This study evaluated the techno-economic viability of caffeine removal using thermally modified bentonite (Na–Bent–400) as an adsorbent. C...
Background and objectives: Since 2009, the decline of the Greek economy has been in the spotlight of the world’s financial agenda. This study assesses the economic crisis’ impact on assisted reproduction demand dynamics. Materials and Methods: Patien...
The current water crisis is a governmental and a third sector reason for concern. The government tends to intensify its regulatory power mainly on companies that use water as raw material and generate wastewater from the production process. The searc...
Population growth, climate change, pollution, and prolonged droughts are contributing to increasing water scarcity, which poses a significant challenge to global sustainable water management. Among the available adaptation strategies, potable water r...
This paper presents and discusses the results of a study carried out in Ecuador, where the zootechnical sector represents one of the country’s most important economic activities. It is, however, the source of many environmental problems, includ...
The meat processing industry is rapidly growing, aiming to enhance the accessibility and affordability of meat products. However, this vital sector also presents significant environmental and social challenges alongside substantial waste management i...
Rapid population growth has led to increasing quantities of wastewater treatment sludge, creating environmental, economic, and public health challenges that require sustainable management strategies. This review critically examines recent advances in...
In order to determine the optimal final destination of municipal solid waste, it is necessary to consider both monetary costs and environmental externalities, as well as the local availability of waste-processing industrial infrastructure. The paper...
In the past decade, evidence has accumulated about socio-economic inequalities in very diverse lung cancer outcomes. To better understand the global effects of socio-economic factors in lung cancer, we conducted an overview of systematic reviews. Fou...
14 March 2022
The impetus to predicting future biomass consumption focuses on sustainable energy, which concerns the non-renewable nature of fossil fuels and the environmental challenges associated with fossil fuel burning. However, the production of rice residue...
Landfill leachate (LFL) treatment is a severe challenge due to its highly viscous nature and various complex pollutants. Leachate comprises various toxic pollutants, including inorganic macro/nano components, xenobiotics, dissolved organic matter, he...
Objective: To measure the economic impacts of the longer pre-XDR-TB treatment regimen and the shorter BEAT-TB India regimen. Methods: In the current study, the economic impacts of the current 18-month pre-XDR-TB treatment regimen and the 6–9 mo...
Wastewater can be segregated as greywater and blackwater separately. The greywater generated in malls, restaurants, and university buildings is generally dilute, while it will later become concentrated when it is merged into the main sewage collectio...
In this study, we use the efficiency analysis trees (EAT) model to evaluate the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), focusing on identifying the key variables that enhance their performance. While traditional methods consider factors su...
Agricultural seeds are sold as commodities yet seed quality can be non-uniform. Despite the extensive literature showing that plasma treatments of seeds provides advantages for many crops, lettuce studies, particularly in indoor farming systems, are...
The waste management sector is transitioning from a dirty and undesirable industry towards a green and sustainable future where energy and materials are recycled. Recycling has potential in sewage sludge treatment, where energy and highly valuable nu...
To efficiently utilize low-concentrate digestate nutrients, further treatment is needed to decrease their volume, recover process water, and increase nutrient concentrations. Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven process that is advantageo...
Large-scale drinking water treatment plants contribute to environmental burdens through energy consumption, chemical use, and sludge generation. However, Life Cycle Assessment applications to full-scale drinking water treatment plants remain limited...
29 September 2016
Background: The numbers of incarcerated people suffering from drug dependence has steadily risen since the 1980s and only a small proportion of these receive appropriate treatment. A systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness and economic eviden...
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