Beyond risk: bacterial biofilms and their regulating approaches

MH Muhammad, AL Idris, X Fan, Y Guo, Y Yu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial biofilms are complex surface attached communities of bacteria held together by
self-produced polymer matrixs mainly composed of polysaccharides, secreted proteins, and …

Water contamination and human health risks in Pakistan: a review

M Fida, P Li, Y Wang, SMK Alam, A Nsabimana - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is one of the most significant hazards to human health on the world
scale. Drinking water quality in Pakistan is decreasing gradually due to alarming population …

Synthesis of chitosan composite of metal-organic framework for the adsorption of dyes; kinetic and thermodynamic approach

T Saeed, A Naeem, IU Din, M Farooq, IW Khan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The iron metal-organic framework composite with chitosan (CS/MOF-235) was synthesized
using a solvothermal method and its synthesis was confirmed by surface area, PZC, XRD …

Antibiotic use in agriculture and its consequential resistance in environmental sources: potential public health implications

C Manyi-Loh, S Mamphweli, E Meyer, A Okoh - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to the increased demand of animal protein in developing countries, intensive farming is
instigated, which results in antibiotic residues in animal-derived products, and eventually …

Cultivating microalgae in wastewater for biomass production, pollutant removal, and atmospheric carbon mitigation; a review

A Shahid, S Malik, H Zhu, J Xu, MZ Nawaz… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water shortage is one of the leading global problems along with the depletion of energy
resources and environmental deterioration. Recent industrialization, global mobility, and …

Synthesis of Al/starch co-doped in CaO nanoparticles for enhanced catalytic and antimicrobial activities: experimental and DFT approaches

M Ikram, A Haider, ST Bibi, A Ul-Hamid, J Haider… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, aluminum/starch (St)-doped CaO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a co-
precipitation method to degrade harmful dyes in various pH media. Systematic …

Efficient water quality prediction using supervised machine learning

U Ahmed, R Mumtaz, H Anwar, AA Shah, R Irfan… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Water makes up about 70% of the earth's surface and is one of the most important sources
vital to sustaining life. Rapid urbanization and industrialization have led to a deterioration of …

Occurrence, influencing factors, toxicity, regulations, and abatement approaches for disinfection by-products in chlorinated drinking water: A comprehensive review

S Kali, M Khan, MS Ghaffar, S Rasheed… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disinfection is considered as a vital step to ensure the supply of clean and safe drinking
water. Various approaches are adopted for this purpose; however, chlorination is highly …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial pollution of water with special reference to coliform bacteria and their nexus with environment

S Some, R Mondal, D Mitra, D Jain, D Verma, S Das - Energy Nexus, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is essential for the life, but many people lack the accessibility to clean and healthy
drinking water and die as a consequence of water-borne infections. Microorganism …

An assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation and drinking purposes around brick kilns in three districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan, through water quality …

S Khalid - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2019 - Elsevier
Groundwater quality monitoring is important in an arid region like Balochistan province,
Pakistan. This province is characterized by lack of recharge, high evaporation rate coupled …