Marta Czok URBE by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig, Ionescu, Georgiana, Czok, Marta

“…Here, the broad imagery of Marta Czok, as an international artist, born in Beirut (1947) to Polish political refugees, raised in London and, since the seventies, Italian by adoption, focuses on the urban context, exploring the scenes of social life that have made the work of this artist recognizable all over the world. …”
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Salt to Scale: The Seasoning of Buildings by Battikha, Christina

“…The next twenty years align with a future of salt in the form of a dynamic, preservative, and corrosive mineral that shall never expire from Earth’s crust. …”
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Lithium Concentration from Salt-Lake Brine by Donnan-Enhanced Nanofiltration by Foo, Zi Hao, Rehman, Danyal, Bouma, Andrew T, Monsalvo, Sebastian, Lienhard, John H

“…Our data set comprises over 750 original ion rejection measurements, spanning five salinities and two pH levels, collected using brine solutions that model three salt-lake compositions. …”
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Model study of the salt accumulation effect on the membrane performance in osmotic membrane bioreactor by Xiao, De Zhong

“…Recently, a novel osmotic membrane bioreactor (OsMBR) was developed which utilized a forward osmosis (FO) membrane module to replace the microfiltration/ultrafiltration in the conventional MBR system. …”
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Extreme Water Uptake of Hygroscopic Hydrogels through Maximized Swelling‐Induced Salt Loading by Graeber, Gustav, Díaz‐Marín, Carlos D, Gaugler, Leon C, Zhong, Yang, El Fil, Bachir, Liu, Xinyue, Wang, Evelyn N

“…At 30% RH, this exceeds previously reported water uptakes of metal–organic frameworks by over 100% and of hydrogels by 15%, bringing the uptake within 93% of the fundamental limit of hygroscopic salts while avoiding leakage problems common in salt solutions. …”
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Endothelial damage arising from high salt hypertension is elucidated by vascular bed systematic profiling by Vinaiphat, Arada, Pazhanchamy, Kalailingam, JebaMercy, Gnanasekaran, Ngan, SoFong Cam, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Ho, Hee Hwa, Gao, Yong-Gui, Lim, Kah-Leong, Richards, A. Mark, de Kleijn, Dominique P. V., Chen, Christopher P., Kalaria, Raj N., Liu, Jian, O'Leary, Deborah D., McCarthy, Neil E., Sze, Siu Kwan

“…Background: Considerable evidence links dietary salt intake with the development of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and increased risk of stroke and coronary heart disease. …”
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Inorganic salt modified paper substrates utilized in paper based microfluidic sampling for potentiometric determination of heavy metals by Ding, Ruiyu, Krikstolaityte, Vida, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…Inorganic salt modified paper substrates were developed and utilized in microfluidic paper based sampling coupled with potentiometric ion sensors for the determination of heavy metals, such as Cd2+ and Pb2+. …”
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Positively-Coated Nanofiltration Membranes for Lithium Recovery from Battery Leachates and Salt-Lakes: Ion Transport Fundamentals and Module Performance by Foo, Zi Hao, Liu, Suwei, Kanias, Lucy, Lee, Trent R., Heath, Samuel M., Tomi, Yasuhiro, Miyabe, Tomotsugu, Keten, Sinan, Lueptow, Richard M., Lienhard, John H.

“…This study examines polyamide NF membranes coated with polyelectrolytes enriched with ammonium groups to maintain high monovalent cation selectivity in hypersaline conditions. Over 8000 ion rejection measurements are recorded using salt lake brines and battery leachates. …”
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Novel bisisoquinolines : synthesis, resolution and application in asymmetric Henry reaction by Yao, Qiong Ji

“…Resolution of the racemic symmetric 1,3-disposed bisisoquinolines to afford individual enantiomers was solved via diastereomeric salt formation with (L)-(+)-citramalic acid. The absolute configuration of this novel 1,3-diamine 1,1’-methylene-bis(1,1’,2,2’,3,3’,4,4’-octahydroisoquinoline) was established by X-Ray crystallography. …”
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Enhancement of novel water battery by surface additive treatment on porous media by Razali Mohamed Shariff

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Calling for validation: demonstrating the use of mobile phone data to validate integrated land use transportation models by Jiang, Shan, Viña-Arias, Laura, Zegras, Christopher, Ferreira, Joseph, Gonzalez, Marta

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Striking a gut-liver balance for the antidiabetic effects of metformin by Barroso, Emma, Montori-Grau, Marta, Wahli, Walter, Palomer, Xavier, Vázquez-Carrera, Manuel

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Effect of pore size distribution on the desalination performance of the selective layer of nanoporous atomically-thin membranes by Chow, Chun-Man, Karnik, Rohit

“…Sealing of large, salt-permeable pores (e.g. by interfacial polymerization) limits salt leakage but substantially reduces water permeance. …”
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Effect of pre-load on diffusion characteristics of composite material by Chew, Xin Yun

“…The experiment will be conducted over a span of 2000 hours and all the composite specimens will be immersed in 3.5% salt water throughout the experiment. …”
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Process economics and operating strategy for the energy-efficient reverse osmosis (EERO) process by Chong, Tzyy Haur, Krantz, William B.

“…The novel 2-2 EERO process is advanced that involves two SSRO stages in series with a 2-stage CMCR. …”
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Engineering nano-nodular pattern on the substrate surface by tuning phase inversion to construct ultrapermselective ion-separation nanofiltration membrane by Zhao, Yali, Li, Can, Liao, Yuan, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong, Chen, Dongliang

“…Ion-selective permeable membranes show enormous potential in salt separation and resource recovery, but the permselectivity of current membranes restricts their broad application. …”
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Complex coacervates loaded with nano enzymes as microreactor by Ng, Si Yi

“…Complex coacervates are predominantly driven by electrostatic forces and entropic changes and are affected by numerous parameters such as pH, mixing ratio and salt concentration. In this study, we aim to derive the optimum conditions for the complex coacervates of the Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CPC; IUPAC name, is a 1-hexadecylpyridinium chloride) and Carboxymethyl-dextran sodium salt (Dextran sodium salt, DSS), focusing on the optimum pH, mixing ratio and salt concentration. …”
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Experimental investigation on the performance of binary carbon-based nano-enhanced inorganic phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications by Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Johnny Koh, Siaw Paw, Pasupuleti, Jagadeesh, Pandey, A. K., Chong, Tak Yaw, Sieh, Kiong Tiong, Yusaf, Talal, Mahendran, Samykano, Sofiah, A. G. N., Laghari, Imtiaz Ali, Ahmed, Oday A., K., Kadirgama

“…The foremost objective of the present research is to formulate a novel salt hydrate PCM filled with binary carbon-based nanoparticles (graphene and multi-walled carbon nanotubes) at various weight concentrations and examine the thermophysical properties. …”
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Alternative solution for pre-treatment of seawater for the desalination process by Goh, Qing Kai

“…The applicability of novel low pressure nanofiltration (NF) membrane as a pre-treatment stage prior to reverse osmosis (RO) process for desalination of seawater was investigated in a laboratory-scale study. …”
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The utilization of chitin and chitosan as green modifiers in nanocomposite membrane for water treatment by Mamah, Stanley Chinedu, Goh, Pei Sean, Ng, Be Cheer, Abdullah, Mohamad Sohaimi, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Samavati, Zahra, Ahmad, Nor Akalili, Raji, Yusuf Olabode

“…When weighed against the environmental consequences associated with petroleum-derived polymers, biopolymers exhibit notable advantages over petroleum-based polymers in terms of cost-effectiveness and eco-friendliness. …”