Publications by authors named "S Lavrnic"
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- Two MRI techniques, CSI and DWI, were used to help tell apart cancerous and non-cancerous bone marrow lesions in patients with cancer.
- The study looked at 102 patients and found that cancerous lesions had higher SIR values and lower ADC values compared to benign ones, which helps doctors make better decisions.
- Using both CSI and DWI together made it even easier to tell the difference, reaching a very high level of accuracy in identifying the types of lesions.
Drainage canal water (DCW), a mixture of Nile water, drainage water and municipal wastewater, is largely used for irrigation in the Nile Delta. Facultative lagoons (FL) and constructed wetlands (CWs) represent interesting options for DCW treatment before its agricultural re-use, but very few studies investigated their implementation in Egypt. This work aimed at developing at demonstration scale (250 m d) a FL + CW treatment train capable to turn DCW into an effluent reusable in agriculture.
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- Climate change is negatively impacting water availability and quality, which in turn affects agricultural irrigation practices, pushing for the exploration of treated wastewater as an alternative water source.
- The study emphasizes the necessity of ensuring appropriate wastewater treatment to meet regulatory standards, especially in decentralized agricultural settings where treatment facilities may not be adequate.
- A novel treatment system combining UASB, AnMBR, constructed wetlands, and UV disinfection was developed, showing promising results for producing reusable water while also evaluating the sustainability of the overall treatment process through carbon-sequestration and energy analyses.
The study investigated the dissipation ability of a vegetated free water surface (FWS) constructed wetland (CW) in treating pesticides-contaminated agricultural runoff/drainage water in a rural area belonging to Bologna province (Italy). The experiment simulated a 0.1% pesticide agricultural water runoff/drainage event from a 12.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClimate change poses challenges to agricultural water resources, both in terms of quantity and quality. As an adaptation measure, the new European Regulation (EU) 2020/741 establishes different water quality classes for the use of reclaimed water in agricultural irrigation. Italy is also working on the definition of a new regulation on reclaimed water reuse for agricultural irrigation (in substitution of the current one) that will also include the specific requirements imposed by the European one.
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