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Figueroa, C.A. (author), Manalo-Pedro, Erin (author), Pola, Swetha (author), Darwish, Sajia (author), Sachdeva, Pratik (author), Guerrero, Christian (author), von Vacano, Claudia (author), Jha, Maithili (author), De Maio, Fernando (author), Kennedy, Chris J. (author)After publication of this article [1], the authors reported that the disclaimer statement in the backmatter was missing and should have read ‘Disclaimer: The ideas in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent policy of the American Medical Association.’ The original article [1] has been corrected. </p><p>...journal article 2024
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Abdeldayem, O.M.H.M. (author), Dupont, Capucine (author), Ferras, David (author), Ndiaye, Lat Grand (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)Although industrial hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) uses wet feedstock, lab-scale studies tend to dry the feedstock under the assumption that the rehydration of the feedstock would restore its original properties. To the best of our knowledge, this assumption has not been thoroughly examined at the lab scale; therefore, its investigation is...journal article 2024
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Figueroa, C.A. (author), Manalo-Pedro, Erin (author), Pola, Swetha (author), Darwish, Sajia (author), Sachdeva, Pratik (author), Guerrero, Christian (author), von Vacano, Claudia (author), Jha, Maithili (author), De Maio, Fernando (author), Kennedy, Chris J. (author)Introduction: The scientific study of racism as a root cause of health inequities has been hampered by the policies and practices of medical journals. Monitoring the discourse around racism and health inequities (i.e., racism narratives) in scientific publications is a critical aspect of understanding, confronting, and ultimately dismantling...journal article 2023
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Miller-Moran, Daniel (author), Trifunović, Nemanja (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)Water distribution networks (WDNs) require large capital investment and ongoing operational costs, resulting in their optimisation being a highly researched field. Despite the benefits tanks bring to networks, most optimisation models omit them as decision variables due to the complexity they can introduce to heuristic approaches. This paper...journal article 2023
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Corbae, Paul (author), Ciocys, Samuel (author), Varjas, D. (author), Kennedy, Ellis (author), Zeltmann, Steven (author), Molina-Ruiz, Manel (author), Griffin, Sinéad M. (author), Jozwiak, Chris (author), Wang, Lin Wang (author)Crystalline symmetries have played a central role in the identification and understanding of quantum materials. Here we investigate whether an amorphous analogue of a well known three-dimensional strong topological insulator has topological properties in the solid state. We show that amorphous Bi<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>3</sub> thin films host a...journal article 2023
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Abunada, M.B.M. (author), Dhakal, Nirajan (author), Gulrez, Raffay (author), Li, L. (author), Abushaban, Almotasembellah (author), Smit, Herman (author), Moed, David (author), Ghaffour, Noreddine (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)This study aims at applying and verifying the MFI-UF method to predict particulate fouling in RO plants. Two full-scale RO plants treating surface water, with average capacity of 800–2000 m<sup>3</sup>/h, were studied. Firstly, the MFI-UF of RO feed and concentrate was measured using 5–100 kDa membranes at same flux applied in the RO plants ...journal article 2023
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Abunada, M.B.M. (author), Dhakal, Nirajan (author), Andyar, William Z. (author), Li, Yuke (author), Ajok, Pamela (author), Ghaffour, Noreddine (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)This study aimed to calibrate and validate the MFI-UF method in order to ensure the accuracy of particulate fouling measurements in RO. Firstly, the MFI-UF calibration was examined using two solutions of standard particles (dextran and polystyrene). Two main criteria were investigated: (i) MFI-UF linearity with particle concentrations at both...journal article 2023
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Abdeldayem, O.M.H.M. (author), Al Noman, Md Abdullah (author), Dupont, Capucine (author), Ferras, David (author), Grand Ndiaye, Lat (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)According to existing literature, there are no conclusive results on the impact of stirring on hydrothermal carbonization (HTC); some studies report a significant impact on the product's properties, while others indicate no influence. This study investigates the influence of stirring rate on several responses and properties of HTC products,...journal article 2023
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Mangal, Muhammad Nasir (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Dusseldorp, Jos (author), Blankert, Bastiaan (author), Yangali-Quintanilla, Victor A. (author), Kemperman, Antoine J.B. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), van der Meer, Walter G.J. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)The objectives of this study are to assess the performance of antiscalants in increasing the recovery (≥85%) of a reverse osmosis (RO) plant treating anaerobic groundwater (GW) in Kamerik (the Netherlands), and to identify scalants/foulant that may limit RO recovery. Five different commercially available antiscalants were compared on the...journal article 2022
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Dhakal, N. (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Hamdani, Jamal (author), Abushaban, Almotasembellah (author), Sawalha, Hassan (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)Rapid population growth and urbanization are two main drivers for the over-abstraction of conventional freshwater resources in various parts of the world, which leads to the situation of water scarcity (per capita availability <1000 m<sup>3</sup> /year). Predictions based on the World Bank projected population data and the FAO AQUASTAT...review 2022
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Aylett-Bullock, Joseph (author), Gilman, Robert Tucker (author), Hall, Ian (author), Kennedy, David (author), Evers, Egmond Samir (author), Katta, Anjali (author), Ahmed, Hussien (author), Fong, Kevin (author), Comes, M. (author), Gaanderse, M.Q. (author)The spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 presents many challenges to healthcare systems and infrastructures across the world, exacerbating inequalities and leaving the world's most vulnerable populations at risk. Epidemiological modelling is vital to guiding evidence-informed or data-driven decision making. In forced displacement...journal article 2022
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Mangal, M. Nasir (author), Yangali-Quintanilla, Victor (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Dusseldorp, Jos (author), Blankert, Bastiaan (author), Kemperman, Antoine J.B. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author), van der Meer, Walter G.J. (author)The potential of membrane scaling control by a real-time optimization algorithm was investigated. The effect of antiscalant dosing was evaluated from the induction time measured in glass batch-reactors, and from the operational performance of a lab-scale reverse osmosis (RO) unit and two pilot-scale RO units. Step changes in the antiscalant...journal article 2022
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Bdour, Ahmed N. (author), Al-Sadeq, Noor (author), Gharaibeh, Muna (author), Mendoza-Sammet, Angeles (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author)Jordan was late in adopting seawater and brackish water desalination as a source until the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, ongoing studies are still discussing the technical, economic, and socio-political aspects of brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) desalination plants. In this study, the water–energy nexus was considered, in order...journal article 2022
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Abunada, M.B.M. (author), Dhakal, N. (author), Andyar, William Z. (author), Ajok, Pamela (author), Smit, Herman (author), Ghaffour, Noreddine (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)This study aimed to quantify the effect of membrane surface porosity on particulate fouling predicted by the MFI-UF method at constant flux. Firstly, the surface porosity of polyethersulfone UF membranes (5–100 kDa) was determined using ultra-high resolution SEM. Thereafter, the MFI-UF was measured using suspensions of polystyrene particles ...journal article 2022
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Abushaban, Almotasembellah (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Pastorelli, Delia (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Mondal, Subhanjan (author), Goueli, Said (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)In this study, the removal of particulate, organic and biological fouling potential was investigated in the two-stage dual media filtration (DMF) pretreatment of a full-scale seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant. Moreover, the removal of fouling potential in two-stage DMF (DMF pretreatment) was compared with the removal in two...journal article 2021
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Dhakal, N. (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Ampah, Joshua (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)Measuring the bacterial growth potential of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) feed water is an issue that is receiving growing attention. This study developed and demonstrated the applicability of the flow-cytometry (FCM)-based bacterial growth potential (BGP) method to assess the biofouling potential in SWRO systems using natural microbial...journal article 2021
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Sousi, Mohaned (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Liu, G. (author), Dusseldorp, Jos (author), Kemperman, Antoine J.B. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), van der Meer, Walter G.J. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)The bacterial growth potential (BGP) of drinking water is widely assessed either by flow cytometric intact cell count (BGP<sub>ICC</sub>) or adenosine triphosphate (BGP<sub>ATP</sub>) based methods. Combining BGP<sub>ICC</sub> and BGP<sub>ATP</sub> measurements has been previously applied for various types of drinking water having high to low...journal article 2021
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Heryanto, Tri (author), Sharma, Saroj Kumar (author), Daniel, D. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)All of the possible strategies to reduce water losses in piped distribution systems follow the law of diminishing returns: the higher the expenditure on water loss reduction, the lower the progressive return in terms of water saved. Therefore, water utilities need to estimate the economic level of water losses (ELWL) so that they can reduce...journal article 2021
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Mangal, M. Nasir (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Blankert, Bastiaan (author), Yangali-Quintanilla, Victor A. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Van Der Meer, Walter G.J. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author)The role of phosphate and humic substances (HS) in preventing calcium carbonate scaling and their impact on antiscalant dose was investigated for a reverse osmosis (RO) system treating anaerobic groundwater (GW) (containing 2.1 mg/L orthophosphate and 6-8 mg/L HS). Experiments were conducted with the RO unit (treating anaerobic GW), and with...journal article 2021
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Mangal, M. Nasir (author), Salinas-Rodriguez, Sergio G. (author), Dusseldorp, Jos (author), Kemperman, Antoine J.B. (author), Schippers, Jan C. (author), Kennedy, M.D. (author), van der Meer, Walter G.J. (author)Antiscalants are well known to prevent the precipitation of carbonate and sulphate scales of calcium in reverse osmosis (RO) applications, but according to literature their inhibitory ability against calcium phosphate is not clear. The objective of this study was to investigate if antiscalants, without acid addition, can prevent calcium...journal article 2021