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In December 2023, the World Health Organization reported an Australian nosocomial Ralstonia pickettii outbreak caused by contaminated saline solutions, causing bloodstream infections. The Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance, a Germany-wide laboratory...

Abstract: Water-soluble polymers are widely used in oilfields. The rheological behaviors of these polymers in high-salinity solution are very important for stimulation of high-salinity reservoirs. In this work, a novel thermal-resistant and shear-sta...

Background: Although saline is commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or post-cardiac arrest care, it has detrimental effects. This trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a balanced crystalloid solution (Plasma Solution-A [PS]) in...

Oxidation denitration is one of the most efficient ways to remove NOx from flue gas in a coal-fired power plant. However, this oxidation denitration produces saline solution containing a high concentration of nitrate, which needs to be well treated....

Fluctuations of pH in coastal systems are generally surveyed through potentiometric pH measurements. A new concept of a unified pH scale was introduced with the great advantage of enabling comparability of absolute values, pHabs, pertaining to any me...

As a promising alternative water source to alleviate irrigation water scarcity in red soil regions in southern China, low-quality water could enhance regional water resource utilization and promote sustainable agriculture. However, its soluble salt a...

Unpaved roads could be a significant source of dust emission. A common and effective practice to suppress this emission is the application of brine solution on these roads. However, this application could increase the risk of water source salinizatio...

Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are frequently used as membrane models in studies of membrane properties. They are most often produced using the electroformation method. However, there are a number of parameters that can influence the success of th...

Ozone (O3) therapy has demonstrated antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, but the systemic administration of ozonated saline solution (O3SS) remains underexplored. This study evaluates the cytotoxicity, antioxidant response, and immunomodulat...

Solute carrier family 12 (SLC12) encodes electroneutral cation-coupled chloride cotransporters responsible for transmembrane ion transport (Na+, K+, and Cl−), which play a critical role in aquatic osmoregulation. However, the SLC12 gene of Exop...

Regarding the ultrasound determination of density-dependent salinity in seawater, a miniature broadband (up to ~12.8 MHz at 6 dB bandwidth) fiber-tip photoacoustic transducer coated with an ~68.32 μm thick MoS2-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composit...

An electrostatic potential well may be applied to trap and manipulate charged micro- and nanoparticles. An electrostatic potential well obtained from a certain charge distribution may be used to mimic the electrostatic interactions among biomolecules...

The catalytic performance of copper in Fenton-like processes was investigated under conditions of elevated chloride concentrations. Model solutions were prepared containing four target pollutants (50 mg/L each), Cu (II) at 50 mg/L, and a stoichiometr...

Given the high human demand for freshwater and its consequent scarcity, desalination processing seems to be a key solution, given the vast amount of seawater on the planet. Currently, desalination plants provide about 95 million m3/day freshwater in...

The mulched drip-irrigation technique has been widely employed in Xinjiang, China, however, it was found to result in the buildup of salt in the surface soil. To ascertain the effect of mulched drip irrigation on salinization, experiments were carrie...

The search for polymers that meet the demands of the water recovery process in mining is a contingent challenge. Both the presence of clays and saline waters can impair water recovery from tailings when conventional flocculants are used. In this work...

Fly ash from solid waste incineration plants is a source of a significant mass flow of Zn- and Pb-containing waste. Acidic leaching removes most heavy metals from fly ash, but leads to high concentrations of soluble salts in the solution, resulting i...

The removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from wastewater containing nonvolatile salts has become an important and interesting case of the application of the pervaporation (PV) process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sa...

Polymers have interesting physicochemical characteristics such as charge density, functionalities, and molecular weight. Such attributes are of great importance for use in industrial purposes. Understanding how these characteristics are affected is s...

Archival materials are increasingly vulnerable to damage from chemical, physical, biological, and environmental factors, including climate change-related extreme weather events such as torrential rains and flash floods. These conditions pose signific...

The soil freezing characteristic curve (SFCC) describes the relationship between the freezing point and unfrozen water content, which are two critical parameters in depicting the heat, solute, and water transport in frozen soil. In this paper, we pro...

Optimization of water use with consideration of salinity control is a crucial task for crop production. A new scheme, “optimized irrigation”, was recently presented to determine irrigation depth using WASH_1D/2D which are numerical simula...

One of the operational challenges regarding the use of bentonite pellets as sealing materials in the abandonment of offshore fields consists of their placement inside the well. This study aimed to analyze the interaction of fluid media, consisting of...

A novel method, ECWS, is proposed for measuring soil initial salinity content (b), based on the soil electrical conductivity EC and soil moisture content WS. This pioneering model rigorously establishes and incorporates the inherent potential correla...

In deep brine oil and gas injection–production operations, the combined long-term effects of brine and carbon dioxide on rock mechanical properties are not clear. In order to solve this problem, the influence of long-term salt–CO2 environ...

Bioremediation of contaminated solutions has attracted extensive attention in recent years due to its wide range of applicability to various types of contaminants and environmental friendliness. Previous studies adequately confirmed the potential of...

The study aim was to validate that dielectric permittivity measurement using the open-ended coaxial probe can be reliably modeled using electromagnetic modeling and simulations, followed by the postprocessing calculations based on the simple capaciti...

Soil salinization is one of the significant concerns regarding irrigation with saline waters as an alternative resource for limited freshwater resources in arid and semi-arid regions. Thus, the investigation of proper management methods to control so...

This study investigated the role of synthetic mucus coatings in enhancing the physiological relevance of in vitro nasal spray deposition assessments using 3D-printed nasal cavity models. Synthetic mucus solutions, representing normal (0.25% w/v xanth...

Salinity eustress is one of the pre-harvest factors that can be used to improve the phytochemical profile and the quality attributes of horticultural species, and most of the studies are carried out using NaCl. In this work, we compared the effect of...

The aim of this work was to assess the possible coordination mechanisms between leaf functional anatomical traits and physiological acclimation of potted Callistemon citrinus plants when subjected to two saline iso-osmotic solutions using NaCl or CaC...

This paper discusses the origin and evolution of saline springs in north and central Laos, based on chemical and stable isotopes (δD, δ18O, δ11B, and δ37Cl). All the saline springs in this study are of the Na–Cl geochemi...

Saline lakes are mostly located in endorheic basins in arid and semi-arid regions, where the excess of evaporation over precipitation promotes the accumulation of salts on the surface. As the salinity of these lakes increases, their mass balance chan...

Mediterranean areas with intensive agriculture are characterized by high salinity of groundwater. The use of this water in hydroponic cultivations can lead to nutrient solutions with an electrical conductivity that overcomes the tolerance threshold o...

Soil salinization poses an important threat to terrestrial ecosystems and is expected to increase as a consequence of climate change and anthropogenic pressures. Conventional methods such as salt-leaching or application of soil amendments, or nature-...

Background: Irrigation is a key strategy in reducing bioburden, disrupting biofilms, and supporting wound healing. While saline is the standard for its safety and availability, antiseptic and antibiotic solutions are often used in clinical scenarios...

Halo-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have the inherent potential to cope up with salinity. Thus, they can be used as an effective strategy in enhancing the productivity of saline agro-systems. In this study, a total of 50 isolate...

This paper aims to provide an effective measurement method for the distribution of deformations and strains focusing on the response to external loading of bone-implant interfaces. To achieve this target, a novel speckle interference imaging method i...

Sandstones of the Lourinhã Formation were studied. Alveolization is the major form of weathering on the façades of monuments near Peniche in the western region of Portugal. Salt weathering is an important cause of this degradation form....

A performance analysis of a salinity gradient heat engine (SGP-HE) is presented for the conversion of low temperature heat into power via a closed-loop Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) coupled with Multi-Effect Distillation (MED). Mathematical models fo...

This study analyses the degradation rate of selected mechanical properties of bone cement contaminated with human blood and saline solution. During the polymerisation stage, the PMMA cement specimens were supplemented with the selected physiological...

Elimination of massive aggregation of nanoparticles in the sample of high ionic strength is a prerequisite for the sensitive analysis through a surface-enhanced Raman spectrometry (SERS). We present a system of silver colloid modification composed of...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the parasitology laboratories dealing with fecal samples for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal parasitic infections are confronting the unsaved virus-containing samples. To allow for safe downstream processing of the fec...

The history of saline nasal irrigation (SNI) is indeed a long one, beginning from the ancient Ayurvedic practices and gaining a foothold in the west at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, there is a growing number of papers covering the effects...

The deterioration of reinforced concrete structures in marine environments presents multiple problems due to the premature degradation of reinforced steel. This work aimed to study the corrosion of reinforced A630-420H steel when exposed to a 0.5 M N...

Accurate parameter estimation is essential for effective monitoring and treatment of high-salinity industrial wastewater. Traditional methods such as spectroscopy, ion chromatography, and electrochemical analysis offer high sensitivity but are often...

High-pressure intrusion of water and LiCl aqueous solutions at different concentrations in hydrophobic STT-type zeosil was studied for possible applications in absorption and storage of mechanical energy. The water is intruded at a pressure of 35 MPa...

The management and use of saline–alkaline land is a global concern and research focus. Although there is extensive long-term global research on soil salinization and improvement, systematic summaries of research progress in this field are insuf...

It was demonstrated that the inactivation of high pressure (HP) treatment on Escherichia coli survival in sterile physiological saline (SPS) was influenced by the treatment conditions: unfrozen, frozen-thawed and fully frozen (phase transition). In o...

Background: Initial fluid therapy in acute pancreatitis is critical for modulating the systemic inflammatory response. The choice between Lactated Ringer and normal saline remains debated, given their potentially divergent impacts on disease progress...