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Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater: Progress and challenges by Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Ngo, Huu Hao, Guo, Wenshan

“…Antibiotics as emerging contaminants are of global concern due to the development of antibiotic resistant genes potentially causing superbugs. Current…”
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Progress in the biological and chemical treatment technologies for emerging contaminant removal from wastewater: A critical review by Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Ngo, Huu Hao, Guo, Wenshan, Thomaidis, Nikolaos S., Xu, Jiang

“…•Emerging contaminant removal technologies have been summarized.•MBR, microalgae and activated sludge are effective biological removal…”
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A review of strategies for mitigating roadside air pollution in urban street canyons by Huang, Yuhan, Lei, Chengwang, Liu, Chun-Ho, Perez, Pascal, Forehead, Hugh, Kong, Shaofei, Zhou, John L.

“…Urban street canyons formed by high-rise buildings restrict the dispersion of vehicle emissions, which pose severe health risks to the public by aggravating…”
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Graphitic carbon nitride based nanocomposites for the photocatalysis of organic contaminants under visible irradiation: Progress, limitations and future directions by Xu, Bentuo, Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Altaee, Ali, Xu, Gang, Wu, Minghong

“…Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has drawn great attention recently because of its visible light response, suitable energy band gap, good redox ability, and…”
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Industrial metal pollution in water and probabilistic assessment of human health risk by Saha, Narottam, Rahman, M. Safiur, Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Ngo, Huu Hao, Guo, Wenshan

“…Concentration of eight heavy metals in surface and groundwater around Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) industrial area were investigated, and the health…”
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Competitive sorption affinity of sulfonamides and chloramphenicol antibiotics toward functionalized biochar for water and wastewater treatment by Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhou, John L., Ngo, Huu Hao, Guo, Wenshan, Johir, Md. Abu Hasan, Belhaj, Dalel

“…[Display omitted] •Competitive sorption affinities followed the order: STZ>SMX>CP>SMT.•Maximum sorption affinity was found at pH ∼4.0–4.25 for all…”
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Distributing sulfidized nanoscale zerovalent iron onto phosphorus-functionalized biochar for enhanced removal of antibiotic florfenicol by Xu, Jiang, Cao, Zhen, Wang, Yan, Zhang, Yilin, Gao, Xiaoyu, Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Zhang, Jing, Yang, Yi, Zhou, John L., Lowry, Gregory V.

“…[Display omitted] •A novel and simple approach is presented to uniformly distribute S-nZVI on biochar.•Phosphorus etching of biochar complexes Fe2+ before its…”
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Microplastic particles in the aquatic environment: A systematic review by Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Rahman, Md. Saifur, Alom, Jahangir, Hasan, MD. Saif, Johir, M.A.H., Mondal, M. Ibrahim H., Lee, Da-Young, Park, Jaeil, Zhou, John L., Yoon, Myung-Han

“…Microplastics (MPs) pollution has become one of the most severe environmental concerns today. MPs persist in the environment and cause adverse effects in…”
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Investigation of Advanced Oxidation Process in the Presence of TiO2 Semiconductor as Photocatalyst: Property, Principle, Kinetic Analysis, and Photocatalytic Activity by Amir Hossein Navidpour, Sedigheh Abbasi, Donghao Li, Amin Mojiri, John L. Zhou

“…Water pollution is considered a serious threat to human life. An advanced oxidation process in the presence of semiconductor photocatalysts is a popular method…”
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Biomimetic aquaporin membranes for osmotic membrane bioreactors: Membrane performance and contaminant removal by Luo, Wenhai, Xie, Ming, Song, Xiaoye, Guo, Wenshan, Ngo, Hao H., Zhou, John L., Nghiem, Long D.

“…•Aquaporin FO membrane showed better transport properties than conventional membranes.•Aquaporin FO membrane resulted in less salinity build-up in OMBR…”
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Treatment of landfill leachate with different techniques: an overview by Amin Mojiri, John L. Zhou, Harsha Ratnaweera, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Tomonori Kindaichi, Hiroshi Asakura

“…Landfill leachate is characterised by high chemical and biological oxygen demand and generally consists of undesirable substances such as organic and inorganic…”
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Wastewater Hydroponics for Pollutant Removal and Food Production: Principles, Progress and Future Outlook by Mai, Chao, Mojiri, Amin, Palanisami, Swaminathan, Altaee, Ali, Huang, Yuhan, Zhou, John L.

“…As the global population reaches eight billion, large quantities of wastewater (domestic, industrial, livestock) need to be treated in an efficient, green, and…”
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Biochar enhanced the performance of microalgae/bacteria consortium for insecticides removal from synthetic wastewater by Mojiri, Amin, Zhou, John L., Nazari V, Mansoureh, Rezania, Shahabaldin, Farraji, Hossein, Vakili, Mohammadtaghi

“…[Display omitted] The presence of pesticides in aquatic environments has threatened marine food resources, aquaculture, fisheries and human health; therefore,…”
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Micro(nano)plastics in Aquatic Environments: State of the Art and Beyond by Mojiri, Amin, Zhou, John L., Lou, Ziyang

“…The significance of water resources cannot be overstated, as they are vital for human survival and the economic and social development of societies [...]…”
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Colloids as a sink for certain pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment by Maskaoui, Khalid, Zhou, John L

“…Background, aim, and scope The occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment is recognized as one of the emerging issues in environmental…”
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Occurrence and removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater by Zhang, Yanping, Zhou, John L.

“…This paper discusses the occurrence and removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in Horsham sewage treatment plant (STP), West Sussex, UK…”
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Translocation, bioaccumulation, and distribution of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in plants by Xu, Bentuo, Qiu, Wenhui, Du, Juan, Wan, Zhenning, Zhou, John L., Chen, Honghong, Liu, Renlan, Magnuson, Jason T., Zheng, Chunmiao

“…Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent in the environment and have been detected in a variety of plants such as vegetables,…”
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PAH determination based on a rapid and novel gas purge-microsyringe extraction (GP-MSE) technique in road dust of Shanghai, China: Characterization, source apportionment, and health risk assessment by Zheng, Xin, Yang, Yi, Liu, Min, Yu, Yingpeng, Zhou, John L., Li, Donghao

“…A novel cleanup technique termed as gas purge-microsyringe extraction (GP-MSE) was evaluated and applied for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)…”
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Chemical and microbiological risk assessment of urban river water quality in Vietnam by Nguyen, Kien Thanh, Nguyen, Hung Manh, Truong, Cuong Kim, Ahmed, Mohammad Boshir, Huang, Yuhan, Zhou, John L.

“…The contamination and risk by nutrients (NH 4 + , NO 2 − , NO 3 − and PO 4 3− ), COD, BOD 5 , coliform and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) of As, Cd, Ni, Hg,…”
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Comprehensive review of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water sources, their effects and treatments by Mojiri, Amin, Zhou, John L., Ohashi, Akiyoshi, Ozaki, Noriatsu, Kindaichi, Tomonori

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are principally derived from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. This study investigated the occurrence of PAHs…”
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