Here, we report a reprocessible, reusable, self-healing, and form-switching polymeric adsorbent for remediating fluorinated pollutants in water. The copolymer hydrogel is designed to contain fluorophilic segments and cationic segments to induce stron...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite continually provides global observations used to retrieve over 20 VIIRS Environmental Data Record (EDR) products. Among them...
24 September 2022
Background: Correct reprocessing and microbiological surveillance on endoscopes are fundamental for preventing the transmission of multi-drug resistant strains and device-related infections. Methods: A questionnaire with three domains was created: (1...
The reprocessing of wood–plastic composites (WPCs) significantly affects their structural integrity and thermal behavior. Despite this, the effect of reprocessing on PVC-based WPCs has not been extensively investigated, and the mechanism is not...
The launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and its follow-on NOAA Joint Polar Satellite Systems (JPSS) satellites ma...
After more than 10 years in orbit, the SMOS team has started a new reprocessing campaign for the SMOS measurements, which includes the changes in calibration and image reconstruction that have been made to the Level 1 Operational Processor (L1OP) dur...
Styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) is one of the most widely used synthetic elastomers. However, the unsaturated C=C bonds in its backbone limit its long-term stability under harsh service conditions. Furthermore, conventional sulfur vulcanization...
Radiometric calibration coefficients for the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) reflective solar bands have been reprocessed from the beginning of the Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) mission until present. An automated...
Long-term time series analysis requires consistent data records from satellites. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar orbiting Partner (S-NPP) satellite launched in 2011 requires a major effort to pro...
4 November 2020
Microbiological surveillance carried out in order to verify the effectiveness of endoscope reprocessing does not include the research of viruses, although endoscopes may be associated with the transmission of viral infections. This paper reports the...
Satellite-based leaf area index (LAI) products, such as the MODIS LAI, play an essential role in land surface and climate modeling research, from regional to global scales. However, data gaps and high-level noise can exist, thus limiting their applic...
This study explores reusing discarded industrial polylactic acid (PLA), such as defective parts, scraps and burrs, for food contact applications. Reprocessing of PLA (PLA-RP) was simulated via melt extrusion, and the obtained pellets were characteriz...
Photodeformable azobenzene (azo) polymers are a class of smart polymers that can efficiently convert light energy into mechanical power, holding great promise in various photoactuating applications. They are typically of crosslinked polymer networks...
With the rapid expansion in the use of nanomaterials, ensuring their reprocessability has become a critical consideration for the sustainable development of polymer-based nanocomposites. In this study, the effects of repetitive thermo-mechanical proc...
Background/Objectives: Although significant advances in duodenoscope reprocessing have been introduced since mid-2010s—including enhanced cleaning protocols, disposable distal endcaps, and the introduction of fully single-use duodenoscopes&mdas...
To study the effect of reprocessing on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of Zr-Sn-Nb alloy, the original plates of Zr-Sn-Nb alloy were hot-rolled, cold-rolled and recrystallized to obtain the reprocessed plates. The microstructure of both p...
Reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel is or has been implemented in several countries with significant numbers of nuclear power plants and installed capacity. In this work, a set of scenarios has been analyzed to find the key variables for the impl...
In this work, an additive model for the prediction of the rheological and mechanical properties of monopolymer blends made by virgin and reprocessed components is proposed. A polypropylene sample has been reprocessed more times in an extruder and mon...
Plastic recycling has been a challenge worldwide due to various reasons, including limited profit margins, the demand for high-quality plastic reprocessing techniques to make products comparable to those from virgin materials, and challenges in sorti...
To increase resource efficiency, mining residues–especially tailings–have come into the focus of research, companies, and politics. Tailings still contain varying amounts of unextracted elements of value and minerals that were not of econ...
27 October 2022
Background: In the past few decades, the inadequate reprocessing of bronchoscopes has been associated with several serious outbreaks caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms. In this study we evaluated the improvement in the quality of reprocessi...
The reprocessing of tailings can have economic and environmental benefits compared to the processing of primary ore deposits. In this paper we present the characterization of a tailings dam in southern Chile by means of mineralogical and geochemical...
Rhodium is one of the scarcest, most valuable, and useful platinum group metals, a strategically important material relied on heavily by automotive and electronics industries. The limited finite natural sources of Rh and exponentially increasing dema...
In order to obtain reprocessable polybenzoxazine thermosets with high heat resistance and mechanical strength retentions, network structures without irreversible parts were constructed via crosslinking benzoxazine oligomers using boronic ester cross-...
Thermosetting polymers offer excellent thermal stability, chemical resistance, and mechanical integrity, but their permanent covalent crosslinks limit recyclability and reprocessability. In this work, ESO-based vitrimer-like polyester networks were s...
3 March 2021
Background: Failure in the reprocessing of thermolabile flexible endoscopes has been reported as one of the most important threats to patient health. Method: A case report and observational study was conducted, from August 2014 to December 2019, in t...
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite has been continuously providing global environmental data records (EDRs) for more than one decade since its launch in 2011. R...
Additive manufacturing technologies are gaining more and more attention, resulting in the development or modification of 3D printing techniques and dedicated materials. On the other hand, economic and ecological aspects force the industry to develop...
In the rotational moulding industry, non-used, scrap, and waste purge materials have tremendous potential to be reprocessed and applied in skin-foam-skin sandwich structures to replace and reduce the use of virgin polymers. This approach not only enc...
The aim of this research paper is to study the behaviour of a common used biopolymer (Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA)) after several reprocesses and how two different types of additives (a melt strength enhancer and a nanoadditive) affect its mechanical and...
Traditional covalently cross-linked solid-state electrolytes exhibit desirable mechanical durability but suffer from limited processability and recyclability due to their permanent network structures. Incorporating dynamic covalent bonds offers a pro...
This contribution reports the synthesis of polyhydroxyurethane (PHU)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) multiblock copolymer networks crosslinked with polysilsesquioxane (PSSQ). First, the linear PHU-PEO multiblock copolymers were synthesized via the step-gr...
Bionanocomposites of polylactide (PLA), plasticized with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (7.5 wt%, 400 and 1500 g/mol) and reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) (1, 3, and 5 wt%) were sequentially compounded, and injection and compression molde...
Natural fiber reinforcements have the potential to enhance mechanical properties, thereby improving performance and durability in various applications. In this study, we comprehensively evaluated the impact of environmental degradation over 120 days...
A melt-blended and melt-filtered real post-consumer and recyclable waste electrical and electronic equipment plastics blend (WEEEBR) was studied, where the WEEEBR contained mainly acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (~40 wt %), high impact poly...
24 December 2019
Background: The use of a contaminated endoscope may lead to infections due to the transmission of potential pathogens from patient to patient. Methods: Post-reprocessing microbiological surveillance of four duodenoscopes was carried out over a three-...
Epoxy resins are extensively utilized in various fields for their excellent comprehensive performance. However, the inherent brittleness and lack of reprocessing ability greatly limit their sustainability. In order to obtain reprocess ability in epox...
Bio-based polydithioacetal nanocomposites were synthesized to address the critical need for materials that simultaneously achieve enhanced thermomechanical properties and excellent reprocessing capabilities. Using vanillin and cellulose nanocrystals...
A thermoreversible dynamic covalent network was constructed in recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET) via Diels–Alder (DA) chemistry to enhance mechanical performance, reprocessability, and self-healing. Furan-functionalized RPET (RPET-3F)...
15 December 2022
This meta-analysis review compared eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and cognitive behavior therapy efficacy in reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression symptoms. A systematic search for articles published b...
Nuclear energy can help stop climate change by generating large amounts of emission-free electricity. Nuclear reactor designs are continually being developed to be more fuel efficient, safer, easier to construct, and to produce less nuclear waste. Th...
Establishing a circular supply chain for single-use medical devices would make a significant contribution to reduce health care-generated emissions. One way in which this can be accomplished is to apply the possibility of device recovery through high...
Biobased plastics have the potential to be sustainable, but to explore their circularity further, current end-of-life options need to be broadened. Mechanical recycling is one of the most accepted methods to bring back plastics into the loop. Polyhyd...
Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing literature contains critical experimental parameters, safety information, theoretical relations, and process data that are highly heterogeneous and subject to strict logical constraints. Manually interpreting complex charts...
Seven years (2013–2019) of the French/Indian mission SARAL altimetry data have been successfully reprocessed within the SALP contract supported by CNES to produce a new data set of GDR (Geophysical Data Record) using an updated, modern set of a...
Objectives: Duodenoscopes have been widely used for both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures, but recently, numerous outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) infections have been report...
The design of polymers from renewable resources with recycling potential comes from economic and environmental problems. This work focused on the impact of disulphide bonds in the dicarboxylic acids reactions with three epoxidized vegetable oils (EVO...
In this study, the valorization of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) waste as well as rice husk into sustainable materials was explored. To simulate the industrial valorization of defective PLA parts, scraps and burrs, PLA was reprocessed (rPLA) by melt extrus...
To develop self-healing polyurethane materials with high transparency and superior mechanical performance, in this work, the poly(thiourethane) elastomers were prepared by incorporating the dynamic thiourethane bonds via thiol–isocyanate click...
The development of renewable polymer networks combining mechanical performance with repairability and reprocessability is important for advancing sustainable materials. In this study, chitosan-dialdehyde lignin (Ch-DAL) bioplastic films were fabricat...
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