Nowadays, every chemical treatment must be developed taking into account its global impact on the environment. With this objective a life cycle assessment (LCA) has been used as a tool for the assessment of the environmental impact of three environmentally friendly processes for the removal of Diuron and Linuron herbicides from water: artificial light assisted photo-Fenton, photo-Fenton coupled to biological treatment and solar assisted photo-Fenton. The inventoried data has been classified considering the potential environmental impacts categories included in the CML 2 baseline 2000 method. Among the three scenarios considered, photo-Fenton coupled to biological treatment proved to have the lowest environmental impact in all the studied categories due to the lower hydrogen peroxide and electricity consumptions. The environmental impacts associated with hydrogen peroxide and electricity production imply more than 72% in all the impact categories of the three scenarios, except for aquatic eutrophication potential category, where the main impacts are related to nitrogen emissions.
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J Sports Med Phys Fitness
January 2025
ASD Luiss SportLab, Rome, Italy.
Background: Assessing player readiness is crucial in elite basketball. This study aims to provide a practical method for monitoring player readiness through the handgrip test and identify associations with wellness scales.
Methods: Fifteen players (age: 25.
Elife
January 2025
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Research, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. (Y. Zhao, T. Sakurai, A.K., M.T., Y.I.-S., H.K., Y.M., Y. Zhang, Q.G., P.L., K.H., M.H., J.L., T. Shindo).
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Front Parasitol
March 2024
Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Flatworms depend on stem cells for continued tissue growth and renewal during their life cycles, making these cells valuable drug targets. While neoblasts are extensively characterized in the free-living planarian , and similar stem cells have been characterized in the trematode , their identification and characterization in cestodes is just emerging. Since stem cells are generally affected by irradiation, in this work we used this experimental approach to study the stem cells of the model cestode .
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August 2024
Veterinary Health Innovation Engine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
species are parasitic organisms of vertebrates with a worldwide distribution. They have an important impact globally upon human and animal health, and livestock productivity. The life cycle of these species is complex and difficult to disrupt to improve human health, animal health, food security and economic growth.
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