Understanding the geographic and temporal spread of food-borne diseases associated with fresh produce is crucial for informing adequate surveillance and control. As a first step towards this goal, we develop and analyze a novel three stage model at the processing/sanitization juncture in the fresh produce supply chain. The key feature of our model is its ability to describe the dynamics of cros...

The present study aimed to determine the concentrations of several disinfection byproducts (DBPs), including trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetic acids (HAAs), and haloacetonitriles (HANs), in the public and private swimming pools in Sanandaj, Iran (n=16). Correlations between DBP levels with water quality parameters (free chlorine, pH, total organic carbon, temperature, number of swimme...

Grid-scale energy storage is essential for reliable electricity transmission and renewable integration. Redox flow batteries (RFB) provide affordable scalable strategies stationary storage. But most of the current RFB chemistries are based on expensive transition metal ions or synthetic organics. Here, we report a reversible Cl 2 /Cl - redox battery through electrolysis aqueous NaCl electrolyte...

The oxidation of Cr(III) at naturally-occurring concentration levels, i.e., µg dm(-3) or lower levels, by free chlorine during the chlorination process of tap water was studied using an improved solid-phase spectrophotometric method, which can be directly applicable to the specific determination of Cr(VI) at µg dm(-3) or lower levels. The effect of the pH on the oxidation kinetics was investiga...

We have studied the structural modifications of lignins from sisal and flax during their soda-anthraquinone (AQ) pulping and subsequent totally chlorine-free (TCF) and elementary chlorine-free (ECF) bleaching. For this purpose, residual lignins were isolated from pulps, analyzed by Py-GC/MS, 2D-NMR, and GPC, and their characteristics were compared to the “milled-wood” lignin of the raw material...