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Bioreactor monitoring with spectroscopy and chemometrics: a review by Lourenço, N. D., Lopes, J. A., Almeida, C. F., Sarraguça, M. C., Pinheiro, H. M.

“…Biotechnological processes are crucial to the development of any economy striving to ensure a relevant position in future markets. The cultivation of…”
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Volumetric behavior of saturated sands under poor drainage conditions by Lourenço, Sérgio D. N., Wang, Gonghui, Sassa, Kyoji, Fukuoka, Hiroshi

“…Permeability variations have been identified as a key factor in controlling slope failure locations in rainfall‐induced landslides. In this research, failure…”
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Advances in suction measurements using high suction tensiometers by Toll, David G., Lourenço, Sérgio D.N., Mendes, João

“…Significant advances in unsaturated soils testing have been gained through the development of high suction tensiometers allowing direct measurement of suction…”
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Effect of SBR feeding strategy and feed composition on the stability of aerobic granular sludge in the treatment of a simulated textile wastewater by Franca, R D G, Ortigueira, J, Pinheiro, H M, Lourenço, N D

“…Treatment of the highly polluting and variable textile industry wastewater using aerobic granular sludge (AGS) sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) has been…”
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Quantification of the surface roughness of quartz sand using optical interferometry by Yao, Ting, Baudet, Beatrice A., Lourenço, Sérgio D. N.

“…In comparison to the description of particle size and shape, the surface roughness, which mainly affects the inter-particle friction, is more difficult to…”
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Landslide Amplification by Liquefaction of Runout-Path Material after the 2008 Wenchuan (M 8·0) Earthquake, China by Wang, Gonghui, Huang, Runqiu, Chigira, Masahiro, Wu, Xiyong, Lourenço, Sérgio D. N.

“…ABSTRACT Here, we propose that an earthquake can trigger the failure of a landslide mass while simultaneously triggering liquefaction of runout‐path materials…”
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Morphometric signature of sediment particles reveals the source and emplacement mechanisms of submarine landslides by Li, K. M., Zuo, L., Nardelli, V., Alves, T. M., Lourenço, S. D. N.

“…The long travel distances recorded by most submarine landslides indicate that changes in particle attributes (shape and size) may occur during their movement…”
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A new procedure for the determination of soil-water retention curves by continuous drying using high-suction tensiometers by Lourenço, S. D.N, Gallipoli, D, Toll, D. G, Augarde, C. E, Evans, F. D

“…Soil-water retention curves (SWRCs) can be determined using high-suction tensiometers (HSTs) following two different procedures that involve either continuous…”
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Factors affecting the soil–water retention curve of Chinese loess by Zhang, Fanyu, Zhao, Chongxi, Lourenço, Sérgio D. N., Dong, Simeng, Jiang, Yao

“…Loess is unsaturated soil that occurs in various locations on the surface of the Earth, and it is most widespread in the Chinese Loess Plateau where it has…”
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In situ UV-Vis spectroscopy to estimate COD and TSS in wastewater drainage systems by Brito, R. Salgado, Pinheiro, H.M., Ferreira, F., Matos, J. Saldanha, Lourenço, N.D.

“…Ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy is a promising tool for fast and simple evaluation of wastewater quality, as it delivers spectra that may be…”
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Cover systems with synthetic water‐repellent soils by Zheng, Shuang, Xing, Xin, Lourenço, Sérgio D. N., Cleall, Peter J.

“…A cover system is a crucial component of engineered landfills, to minimize water percolation into the underlying waste. Capillary barriers are an alternative…”
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Wettability decay in an oil-contaminated waste-mineral mixture with dry-wet cycles by Lourenço, Sérgio D. N, Wakefield, Clare F, Morley, Christopher P, Doerr, Stefan H, Bryant, Robert

“…The dependency of soil particle wettability on soil water content implies that soils subjected to drying-wetting cycles become wettable with wetting and water…”
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Effect of some operational parameters on textile dye biodegradation in a sequential batch reactor by Lourenço, N.D, Novais, J.M, Pinheiro, H.M

“…The combination of anaerobic and aerobic periods in the operation cycle of a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) was chosen to study biological color removal from…”
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Experimental insight into the particle morphology changes associated with landslide movement by Zuo, Lu, Lourenco, Sergio D. N., Baudet, Beatrice A.

“…Rainfall-induced landslides are major natural hazards that are inherently inter-disciplinary crossing various fields (from geology to hydrology) and scales…”
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UV spectra analysis for water quality monitoring in a fuel park wastewater treatment plant by Lourenço, N.D., Chaves, C.L., Novais, J.M., Menezes, J.C., Pinheiro, H.M., Diniz, D.

“…In the context of the high application potentials for on-line measurements in wastewater quality monitoring, UV spectroscopy has received recent attention. In…”
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Accelerated weathering of hydrophobized sands by Lin, Hongjie, Lourenço, Sérgio D. N.

“…Hydrophobized sands have been suggested as materials for hydraulic barriers in infrastructure. When placed at the interface ground–atmosphere, environmental…”
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Stress-dilatancy behaviour of a polymer-coated sand by Liu, Deyun, Lourenço, Sérgio D. N.

“…Natural sands can be coated by substances of various origins, from natural to anthropogenic substances (from contamination or synthesized). Therefore,…”
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Colour in textile effluents - sources, measurement, discharge consents and simulation: a review by O'Neill, Cliona, Hawkes, Freda R, Hawkes, Dennis L, Lourenço, Nidia D, Pinheiro, Helena M, Delée, Wouter

“…This paper aims to review the problem of colour in textile effluents, the different classes of dyes available and their contribution to the problem. Through…”
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Controllable hydrophobization of sands with self-healing polymeric microcapsules by Qi, Rui, Chen, Ke, Lin, Hongjie, Lourenço, Sérgio D. N., Kanellopoulos, Antonios

“…Hydrophobized soils have functional hydrophobic coatings to delay or restrict water infiltration and thus prevent infrastructure failure and long-term…”
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Aspects of sand behaviour by modified constant shear drained tests by Lourenço, Sérgio D. N., Wang, Gong-Hui, Chu, Jian

“…Constant shear drained tests (CSD) are probably the most suitable to simulate the strength and deformation behaviour of soils in slopes under water…”
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