Search Results - "Comas, J."

Nature-based solutions in the urban context: terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services by Castellar, J.A.C., Popartan, L.A., Pueyo-Ros, J., Atanasova, N., Langergraber, G., Säumel, I., Corominas, L., Comas, J., Acuña, V.

“…The concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) has emerged to foster sustainable development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban…”
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Resilience theory incorporated into urban wastewater systems management. State of the art by Juan-García, P., Butler, D., Comas, J., Darch, G., Sweetapple, C., Thornton, A., Corominas, Ll

“…Government bodies, utilities, practitioners, and researchers have growing interest in the incorporation of resilience into wastewater management. Since…”
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The impact of wastewater matrix on the degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds by oxidation processes including ultraviolet radiation and sulfate radicals by Sbardella, L., Velo-Gala, I., Comas, J., Rodríguez-Roda Layret, I., Fenu, A., Gernjak, W.

“…[Display omitted] •In secondary effluent without EfOM, UV/PDS and UV/PMS removed 98% and 86% pf PhACs.•In the presence of EfOM, these figures decreased to…”
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Effects on activated sludge bacterial community exposed to sulfamethoxazole by Collado, N., Buttiglieri, G., Marti, E., Ferrando-Climent, L., Rodriguez-Mozaz, S., Barceló, D., Comas, J., Rodriguez-Roda, I.

“…•Bacterial community shifts were analysed during the SBR operation.•Organic matter, nitrogen and SFX removal efficiencies were also investigated.•50μgSFXL−1…”
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Water footprint assessment in wastewater treatment plants by Morera, S., Corominas, Ll, Poch, M., Aldaya, M.M., Comas, J.

“…Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play an important role within the urban water cycle in protecting receiving waters from untreated discharges. However,…”
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Pharmaceuticals occurrence in a WWTP with significant industrial contribution and its input into the river system by COLLADO, N, RODRIGUEZ-MOZAZ, S, GROS, M, RUBIROLA, A, BARCELO, D, COMAS, J, RODRIGUEZ-RODA, I, BUTTIGLIERI, G

“…Occurrence and removal of 81 representative Pharmaceutical Active Compounds (PhACs) were assessed in a municipal WWTP located in a highly industrialized area,…”
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Palaeoclimatic oscillations in the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of the Asturian Basin (Northern Spain) by Gómez, Juan J, Comas-Rengifo, María J, Goy, Antonio

“…One of the main controversial themes in palaeoclimatology involves elucidating whether climate during the Jurassic was warmer than the present day and if it…”
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Incorporating model uncertainty into the evaluation of interventions to reduce microcontaminant loads in rivers by Gimeno, P., Marcé, R., Bosch, Ll, Comas, J., Corominas, Ll

“…Models of microcontaminant fate and transport in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and rivers have been developed and used to assist decision-making in the…”
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Selection of industrial (food, drink and milk sector) wastewater treatment technologies: A multi-criteria assessment by Castillo, A., Vall, P., Garrido-Baserba, M., Comas, J., Poch, M.

“…Nowadays, most industries are required by law to treat their wastewater, but the selection of the most appropriate wastewater treatment technologies involves a…”
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Identification of de novo mutations and rare variants in hypoplastic left heart syndrome by Iascone, M, Ciccone, R, Galletti, L, Marchetti, D, Seddio, F, Lincesso, AR, Pezzoli, L, Vetro, A, Barachetti, D, Boni, L, Federici, D, Soto, AM, Comas, JV, Ferrazzi, P, Zuffardi, O

“…Iascone M, Ciccone R, Galletti L, Marchetti D, Seddio F, Lincesso AR, Pezzoli L, Vetro A, Barachetti D, Boni L, Federici D, Soto AM, Comas JV, Ferrazzi P,…”
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Experimental early pathogenesis of Streptococcus agalactiae infection in red tilapia Oreochromis spp by Iregui, C A, Comas, J, Vásquez, G M, Verján, N

“…Streptococcus agalactiae causes a severe systemic disease in fish, and the routes of entry are still ill‐defined. To address this issue, two groups of 33 red…”
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Fate of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products in integrated membrane systems for wastewater reclamation by Mamo, J., García-Galán, M.J., Stefani, M., Rodríguez-Mozaz, S., Barceló, D., Monclús, H., Rodriguez-Roda, I., Comas, J.

“…•MBR-NF and MBR-RO wastewater treatments result in very high PhACs elimination rates.•Elimination of PhACs, metabolites and TPs by MBR-NF and MBR-RO were…”
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Cracking and deflections in GFRP RC beams: An experimental study by Barris, C., Torres, L., Comas, J., Miàs, C.

“…Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) have emerged as an alternative to steel for Reinforced Concrete (RC) elements in aggressive environments. The low modulus of…”
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Survival Benefit From Kidney Transplantation Using Kidneys From Deceased Donors Aged ≥75 Years: A Time‐Dependent Analysis by Pérez‐Sáez, M. J., Arcos, E., Comas, J., Crespo, M., Lloveras, J., Pascual, J.

“…Patients with end‐stage renal disease have longer survival after kidney transplantation than they would by remaining on dialysis; however, outcome with kidneys…”
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Including the environmental criteria when selecting a wastewater treatment plant by Garrido-Baserba, M., Hospido, A., Reif, R., Molinos-Senante, M., Comas, J., Poch, M.

“…Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology to generate environmental impact estimates associated with the life cycle stages of a product or process. The…”
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Placing ecosystem services at the heart of urban water systems management by Garcia, X., Barceló, D., Comas, J., Corominas, Ll, Hadjimichael, A., Page, T.J., Acuña, V.

“…Current approaches have failed to deliver a truly integrated management of the different elements of the urban water system, such as freshwater ecosystems,…”
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Instrumentation, control and automation in wastewater -from London 1973 to Narbonne 2013 by OLSSON, G, CARLSSON, B, STEYER, J.-P, TAKACS, I, VANROLLEGHEM, P. A, VARGAS, A, YUAN, Z, AMAND, L, COMAS, J, COPP, J, GERNAEY, K. V, INGILDSEN, P, JEPPSSON, U, KIM, C, RIEGER, L, RODRIGUEZ-RODA, I

“…Key developments of instrumentation, control and automation (ICA) applications in wastewater systems during the past 40 years are highlighted in this paper…”
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Optimization of full-scale membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment through a model-based approach by Gabarrón, S., Dalmau, M., Porro, J., Rodriguez-Roda, I., Comas, J.

“…•Full-scale MBR optimization strategies were identified through scenario analysis.•Model-based assessment was applied.•Effluent quality, operational risks and…”
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Assessment of energy-saving strategies and operational costs in full-scale membrane bioreactors by Gabarrón, S., Ferrero, G., Dalmau, M., Comas, J., Rodriguez-Roda, I.

“…The energy-saving strategies and operational costs of stand-alone, hybrid, and dual stream full-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) with capacities ranging from…”
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A new modular buckling restrained brace for seismic resistant buildings by Piedrafita, D., Cahis, X., Simon, E., Comas, J.

“…•Steel modular buckling restrained brace.•Design methodology of the yielding core.•Sizing procedure of the restraining unit.•Stable response under AISC 341-05…”
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