Article
Environmental Sciences
Akebe Luther King Abia, Memory Tekere
Summary: This study investigated the impact of lockdown on surface water microbial quality in an urban water catchment in South Africa. The findings revealed that there was no significant change in microbial quality during the COVID-19 restrictions. However, contaminated water could still pose a health risk to immunocompromised individuals.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Marcio Alexandre Alberti, Ileana Blanco, Giuliano Vox, Giacomo Scarascia-Mugnozza, Evelia Schettini, Luciene Pimentel da Silva
Summary: This paper evaluates how water source issues in urban agriculture have been addressed in Brazil and Italy. The findings show that tap water is an important irrigation source for urban agriculture, and more sustainable practices are needed for water security.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chauque, Mussa Issufo, Guilherme Brittes Benitez, Virgilio Carmenia Cossa, Leosvilda Gomes Henriques Chauque, Christine Elizabeth Stauber, Antonio Domingues Benetti, Marilise Brittes Rott
Summary: Household Drinking Water Treatment Technologies (HDWT) is a feasible and promising alternative solution to prevent waterborne diseases. However, there are various barriers and challenges to the implementation of HDWT-based interventions. This study identifies and explores factors in domains such as psychosocial, promotion, technology, economic, and environmental, and emphasizes the importance of considering these factors in planning and implementing interventions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Constanza Gonzalez-Mathiesen, Cristian Palma, Cesar Jara, Richard Zapata
Summary: Land-use planning instruments guide development and have a significant impact on future water demands. However, there may be a lack of integration between land-use and water-service planning, particularly in urban areas with water availability issues. We propose indicators and an appraisal framework to evaluate the level of integration and identify potential causes of the lack of integration. Applying these tools to eight settlements in Chile, we found inconsistencies between water service and land-use planning instruments, suggesting the need for improved integration.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhongwei Chen, Can Tang, Bo Liu, Pei Liu, Xueyan Zhang
Summary: This study analyzes the effects of different types of socialized services on agricultural carbon emissions in China, using provincial panel data from 2010 to 2020. The results show that socialized services can significantly reduce agricultural carbon emissions intensity, with variations in impact observed across different regions.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Tiziano Innocenti, Stefano Salvioli, Silvia Giagio, Daniel Feller, Nino Cartabellotta, Alessandro Chiarotto
Summary: The study analyzed articles from high-impact rehabilitation journals and found that only a small percentage of authors declared the use of reporting guidelines (RGs), with around half of them considered to be using them inappropriately. There is a pressing need for researchers in this field to improve the use of RGs.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Janet K. Freburger, Aileen Chou, Tracey Euloth, Beth Matcho, Andrew Bilderback
Summary: This study found an inverse relationship between the number of physical and occupational therapist visits received in acute care hospital and the risk of hospital readmission or death for stroke patients. The effects differed by time to the event, discharge location, and mobility limitations on admission.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Maya Lubeck-Schricker, Anita Patil-Deshmukh, Sharmila L. Murthy, Munni Devi Chaubey, Baliram Boomkar, Nizamuddin Shaikh, Tejal Shitole, Misha Eliasziw, Ramnath Subbaraman
Summary: Inadequate water access is a key issue in urban inequality across low- and middle-income countries, leading to negative health and social outcomes. This study examines the influence of legal status on water access in slums in Mumbai, India's second-largest city. The findings suggest that households in non-notified slum neighborhoods face disadvantages in water infrastructure, accessibility, reliability, and spending. Even after considering religion and socioeconomic status, these households use significantly less water per capita per day. Legal exclusion may play a central role in driving water inequality, and extending legal recognition to excluded slum settlements, neighborhoods, and households could help reduce this inequality.
ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Xiaoxing Yan, Wenbo Li, Yan Han, Taiyu Yin
Summary: The study prepared shellac microcapsules coated with melamine/rice husk powder by in-situ polymerization. The effect of microcapsules with different wall material ratios on the performance of wood waterborne primer coating was investigated. The results showed that the content of rice husk powder was the most important factor affecting the performance of microcapsules. The water-based primer coating with 5.5% rice husk powder and 6% microcapsule powder had the best comprehensive performance.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ifedotun Victor Aina, Djiby Racine Thiam, Ariel Dinar
Summary: Given the deteriorating effects of climate change on rainfall patterns, global temperature, and evaporation, drought severity is expected to increase in South Africa. This study examines household preference heterogeneity for water-saving technologies in urban Cape Town, South Africa, and identifies four preference classes based on taste heterogeneity. The findings have important policy implications for water-stressed cities in South Africa and elsewhere.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Sheree A. Pagsuyoin, Joost R. Santos
Summary: Water is a critical natural resource that sustains economic sectors, but climate change and rapid growth threaten water sustainability. The study developed an economic input-output model to assess the impact of water supply disruptions, finding that various economic sectors suffer significant losses during water scarcity. The importance of developing water demand and supply management strategies to enhance regional resilience against droughts was highlighted.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-URBAN ANALYTICS AND CITY SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jennifer M. Ryan, Grace Lavelle, Nicola Theis, Cherry Kilbride, Marika Noorkoiv
Summary: This study found variations in patterns of visits to rehabilitation and medical professionals among ambulatory young people with CP living in England. Physiotherapists were the most commonly used professionals, followed by dentists, general practitioners, occupational therapists, and orthopaedic surgeons. The overall proportion of young people using services was low, which may support the reorganization of services to maximize benefits to young people with CP.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Matodzi Michael Mokoena, Lutendo Sylvia Mudau, Matlou Ingrid Mokgobu, Murembiwa Stanley Mukhola
Summary: This study demonstrated that treating water containers with sodium hypochlorite can effectively reduce the concentration of microcystins to an acceptable level, thereby decreasing related health issues.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
T. B. Lund, C. Gamborg, J. Secher, P. Sandoe
Summary: A survey of Danish dairy farmers' acceptance and likelihood of using semen produced with a novel technology combining in vitro production and genomic embryo selection found that most farmers were likely to use it, with young farmers and larger producers more inclined towards acceptance. Despite some ethical reservations, economic incentives and structural developments favor the widespread adoption of the technology by both organic and conventional farmers.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Rehabilitation
Gdiom Gebreheat, Adele Goman, Alison Porter-Armstrong
Summary: The objective of this study was to identify, map, and synthesize existing studies on the use of home-based digital technology to support post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation. A comprehensive literature search was conducted and 76 articles were included in the analysis. The thematic analysis revealed six major categories of digital technologies used in post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation: tele-rehabilitation, games, virtual reality, sensors, mobile technology, and robotics.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Syed Imran Ali, Syed Saad Ali, Jean-Francois Fesselet
BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
(2015)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Morgan C. MacDonald, Luke Juran, Jincy Jose, Sekar Srinivasan, Syed I. Ali, Kristan J. Aronson, Kevin Hall
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
S. I. Ali, K. R. Hall, K. Aronson, L. Philip
Article
Water Resources
Syed Lmran Ali, Morgan MacDonald, J. Jincy, K. Arun Sampath, G. Vinothini, Ligy Philip, Kevin Hall, Kristan Aronson
JOURNAL OF WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE FOR DEVELOPMENT
(2011)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Syed Imran Ali, Matt Arnold, Frederick Liesner, Jean-Francois Fesselet
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Syed Imran Ali, Syed Saad Ali, Jean-Francois Fesselet
Summary: The study found that generating site-specific and evidence-based chlorination targets through modeling can improve household water safety, especially in hotter climates or poorer WASH conditions. However, in environments with smaller chlorine decay, the upper range of the current chlorination guideline still provides sufficient chlorine residual for ensuring household water safety.
Article
Public Administration
Morgan Callender MacDonald, Luke Juran, Sekar Srinivasan, Jincy Jose, Syed Imran Ali, Prema Rajagopalan, Kevin Hall
PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT & POLICY
(2018)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Syed Imran Ali
HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGY: SCIENCE, SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL IMPACT 2015, HUMTECH2015
(2015)