There is an urgent need to accelerate progress if the world is to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Global research has identified six transformation entry points as imperative for SDG achie...
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There is an urgent need to accelerate progress if the world is to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Global research has identified six transformation entry points as imperative for SDG achievement: well-being, the economy, and food, energy, urban, and environmental systems. Policymakers require evidence on transformative policies to accelerate progress across these entry points. Here, we present evidence on SDG policies from a scoping review of the global modeling literature. We find that policies have been modeled for all six entry points. Most studies model single entry points and have less coverage of urban systems and five of the SDGs. Initial quantitative estimates of policy ambition and costs and policy interactions are available but remain limited and challenging to compare. Future SDG modeling research to inform policy could emphasize modeling multiple entry points and policy interactions as well as policy standardization.
Bisphenol(BP)analogues in wastewater effluent and groundwater pose a potential threat to human health due to their ability to disrupt steroidogenesis.A new solar-assisted electrochemical process(SECP)was developed and...
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Bisphenol(BP)analogues in wastewater effluent and groundwater pose a potential threat to human health due to their ability to disrupt steroidogenesis.A new solar-assisted electrochemical process(SECP)was developed and evaluated for the degradation of BP *** effects of quenchers,current density,initial pH,supporting electrolyte,and aqueous matrix on the removal kinetics of bisphenol AF(BPAF)and bisphenol A(BPA)were *** kinetic constants of BPAF,BPA,and bisphenol S(BPS)in the SECP with irradiation intensity of 500 mW cm^(-2) were 0.017±0.002 min^(-1),0.022±0.002 min^(-1),and 0.012±0.001 min^(-1),*** changes in the degradation rates of BPAF,BPA,and BPS in the presence of quenchers indicated the relative contribution of hydroxyl radical(·OH)oxidation,anodic electrolysis,and singlet(^(1)O_(2))oxygenation in the degradation of BPs in the *** enhanced rate of generation of ·OH and ^(1)O_(2) was observed in the SECP compared with those in the conventional electrochemical *** identification of the transformation products(TPs)of BPAF demonstrated that hydroxylation,ring cleavage,b-scission,and defluorination were the major processes during the oxidation in the *** conversion to fluoride ions(76%)and mineralization of total organic carbon(72%)in the SECP indicated further degradation of *** results from this study improved our understanding of the degradation of BP analogues in the electrooxidation irradiated by solar light and help to establish the application potential of the SECP for the effective degradation of emerging contaminants in wastewater.
Probiotics have creditableness in adjunctive therapy for ulcerative colitis, but their physiological activity and alleviation efficiency are frequently compromised by gastrointestinal conditions and oxidative stress m...
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The development of a facile and efficient method for the fabrication of ceramic membranes fills a vital gap in the ceramic membrane manufacture research field. Ceramic membranes are relatively high in cost due to the ...
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The development of a facile and efficient method for the fabrication of ceramic membranes fills a vital gap in the ceramic membrane manufacture research field. Ceramic membranes are relatively high in cost due to the cost of raw materials (metal oxides) as well as the energy required during the sintering stage of the fabrication process. In this study, a ceramic membrane made of low-cost halloysite nanotubular (HNT) clay is fabricated through a die press process and sintered at temperatures notably lower than those required of raw materials in commercial membranes. The features of the membrane were evaluated in terms of chemical properties, surface characteristics, hydrophilicity, durability, oil rejection performance, and antifouling properties. The pore size, porosity, and water permeability corresponding to the optimum membrane composition: halloysite: Al2O3: starch as 60:25:15 wt% were found to be 230 nm, 62.4%, and 1040 LMH/bar, respectively. The membrane demonstrated to be superhydrophilic in air and superoleophobic underwater. The performance tests were conducted with oil emulsions. Oil-water rejection tests were conducted at different concentrations of oil-in-water emulsions (724 and 1014 mg/L) and oil rejection was observed to reach more than 99%. The flux recovery ratio (FRR) of the membrane in the first filtration cycle when treating the lower oil concentration emulsion was 54% greater than the FRR corresponding to the higher oil concentration emulsion. However, in the next filtration cycle, the FRR of the ceramic membrane was 30% greater for the higher oil concentration emulsion which could be attributed to the formation of an oil film, preventing further oil particle penetration in the membrane matrix. The testing with real produced water from gas extraction indicated that the novel HNTs-based ceramic membrane performed well in feed solutions with high total dissolved solids content and can be used for produced water pretreatment b
Hemodynamics, the study of blood flow and circulatory forces, is fundamental for assessing cardiovascular health, disease states, and therapeutic outcomes. Here, we introduce a skin-conformable organic optoelectronic ...
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Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are among the promising alternatives for clean energy generation, especially when hydrogen is the fuel used. Their operation is still faced with several challenges, and one...
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Smartphones have attracted attention in the structural health monitoring community due to their embedded multisensory platforms suitable for crowdsourcing innovation. Despite their advantages, smartphone sensors are o...
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