Seawater desalination and water recovery from wastewater are potential solutions to meet the ever-growing demand. Membrane distillation (MD) is a next-generation membrane technology that can be harnessed for sustainable production. The advantages of MD process various operating configurations discussed. challenges in development highlighted, state-of-the-art approaches improving performance, fo...

The membrane-based gas separation is well-suited for the recovery of hydrocarbons from nitrogen-rich exhaust gases. However, performance existing polymeric membranes was insufficient. In this study, zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) synthesized and then incorporated into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to prepare ZIF-67/PDMS mixed matrix via spin-coating method. resultant ZIF-67 were chara...

The use of Pfizer selective enterococcus (PSE) agar with the membrane filter technique for the enumeration of fecal streptococci is limited due to the inability of the characteristic black precipitate, indicative of esculin hydrolysis, to diffuse from the medium through the membrane. A modification of the membrane filter technique that consisted of placing the membrane on PSE agar and overlayin...

Confocal fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is today the prevalent tool when studying the diffusional and kinetic properties of proteins in living cells. Obtaining quantitative data for diffusion coefficients via FRAP, however, is challenged by the fact that both bleaching and scanning take a finite time. Starting from an experimental case, it is shown by means of computer simula...

conclusions the results clarified a deep perception of participants’ experiences after disaster. the path of life recovery after disasters involves participants’ striving to achieve a comprehensive health recovery, which starts with the need for all-inclusive health recovery as a main concern; this is the motivator for a responding strategy. this strategy is participatory, and the process is pr...

A polypropylene microporous membrane (PPMM) was fabricated by thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) method. The effects of protein size and structure as well as filtration pressure on the membrane performance and fouling mechanisms were investigated using two different proteins, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and collagen, in dead-end filtration setup. Obtained results showed that, for each pro...