Publications by authors named "Anthony Soto"
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- Ion exchange (IX) is a key technology for removing PFAS from water, but the resulting waste (spent brine and still bottoms) requires further treatment due to concentrated PFAS.
- This research shows that PFAS can be effectively degraded using sonochemistry at 1000 kHz, although factors like high total organic carbon (TOC) and residual methanol can hinder this process.
- Adding caustic solutions helps improve degradation efficiency, and this study is the first to report the successful sonochemical degradation of PFAS from IX regeneration wastes, suggesting potential for broader application in PFAS treatment.
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- PFAS are stable synthetic compounds found in the environment, raising health and ecological concerns.
- Traditional high-temperature incineration is effective for treating PFAS but requires significant resources, leading to interest in lower-temperature alternatives that may produce incomplete breakdown products.
- This study reveals that heating the PFAS compound PFHxS with salts at lower temperatures generates novel volatile organofluorine products like perfluorohexyl chloride and bromide, highlighting potential complexities in PFAS treatment strategies.
Intraoperative neurologic injury during periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) for the treatment of symptomatic acetabular dysplasia is a major complication that can lead to permanent disability and limit the benefit of correcting the acetabular dysplasia. Current literature reflects the evolution of hip-preservation surgery for symptomatic acetabular dysplasia to include hip arthroscopy to address the intra-articular abnormalities, including labral tears, chondral lesions, and femoral cam morphology. A growing number of young hip surgeons and surgeon teams are subscribing to this approach and now performing concomitant hip arthroscopy and PAO.
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