clean water distribution and supply, including machine learning, Internet of things and big data analyses. - broader issues related to the supply of clean water beyond natural sciences, including topics such as education, funding, policy, intellectual property and impact on society. The set of jour...
One of the water consumption sectors that demands emphasis is residential water consumption. Residential water consumption, often referred to as domestic water consumption, is the total amount of clean water used for indoor and outdoor activities such as drinking, cooking, bathing, washing dishes, fl...
With an ever-increasing human population, access to clean water for human use is a growing concern across the world. Seawater desalination to produce usable water is essential to meet future clean water demand. Desalination processes, such as reverse osmosis and multi-stage flash have been implemen...
Biofilms, characterized as aggregates of microorganisms, are among the most ubiquitous forms of microbial life on Earth1. The proliferation of biofilms raises significant concerns, particularly due to their role in the biological contamination of water systems and the corrosion they cause in pipelines2...
Periodontitis is the most important cause of tooth loss in adults and is closely related to various systemic diseases. Its etiologic factor is plaque biofilm, and the primary treatment modality is plaque control. Studies have confirmed that Fusobacterium
This study aimed to quantify the age-specific risk and burden of fall-related mortality attributable to ambient temperature among older adults in China. Using data in 2759 counties/districts during 2005–2022, we found that both high and low temperatures significantly increased the risk of fall-rel...
Zhang Y, Ye WM. Water retention characteristics of earthen heritage soil during desiccation considering volumetric change. Chin J Geotech Eng. 2022;44(3):456–63 (in Chinese). Google Scholar Zhang Y. Experimental investigation on water-salt coupled mechanism of surface crust and cracking on earthe...
In ancient societies, where agriculture was the mainstay, the factors considered in selecting village sites were mainly high-quality arable land, sufficient and clean water sources, excellent natural environment, and few natural disasters, thus mountainous and hilly areas with a relatively high elevatio...
The US average water intensity for electricity generation for 2015 was 2.18 litres per kilowatt hour (L/kWh)17, but fuel and generator technology type have a major impact on cooling water requirements. For example, a dry air cooling system for a natural gas combined cycle generator consumes and...
npj Clean Water volume 5, Article number: 19 (2022) Cite this article 2808 Accesses Metrics details Abstract The development of energy recovery device (ERD) is a decisive factor for the recent prevalence of reverse osmosis (RO) technology in the seawater desalination field. Unlike broadly studied...