Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 202: Evaluation of the Safety and Protection Efficacy of spiC and nmpC or rfaL Deletion Mutants of Salmonella Enteritidis as Live Vaccine Candidates for Poultry Non-Typhoidal Salmonellosis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040202 Authors: Qiuchun Li Yue Zhu Jingwei Ren Zhuang Qiao Chao Yin Honghong Xian Yu Yuan Shizhong Geng Xinan Jiao Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a host-ranged pathogen that can infect both animals...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 201: Assessing Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study at an Italian Paediatric Hospital and the Development of a Healthcare Worker’s Vaccination Compliance Index Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040201 Authors: Paoli Lorini Puggelli Sala Grazzini Paolini Bonanni Bonaccorsi Healthcare workers (HCWs) in paediatric hospitals are an important source of advice on vaccinations, but vaccine hesitancy can affect...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 200: Selective Persistence of HPV Cross-Neutralising Antibodies following Reduced-Dose HPV Vaccine Schedules Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040200 Authors: Toh Kosasih Russell Reyburn Fong Tuivaga Ratu Nguyen Matanitobua Do Menheniott Frazer Garland Mulholland Licciardi The duration of cross-neutralising antibody responses (cross-NAb) following HPV immunisation is unknown. We compared cross-NAb responses...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 199: Measles Virus Infection and Immunity in a Suboptimal Vaccination Coverage Setting Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040199 Authors: Monia Pacenti Nataskya Maione Enrico Lavezzo Elisa Franchin Federico Dal Bello Lorena Gottardello Luisa Barzon Despite efforts to improve surveillance and vaccination coverage, measles virus (MeV) continues to cause outbreaks also in high-income countries. As the reference laboratory of the Veneto Region, Italy,...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 97: Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with an Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6040097 Authors: Elizabeth May Alison Prosser Sara H. Downs Lucy A. Brunton The single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test is the primary test for ante-mortem diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England and Wales. When an animal is first classified as...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 96: Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis DNA and Antibodies in Dairy Goat Colostrum and Milk Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6040096 Authors: Lievaart-Peterson Luttikholt Gonggrijp Ruuls Ravesloot Koets Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is endemic in the Dutch dairy goat population causing economic loss, and negatively influencing welfare. Moreover, there are concerns about a potential zoonotic...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 95: Transcriptional Profiles of Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells in Response to Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6040095 Authors: Lingxia Li Jinyan Wu Dan Liu Guoyu Du Yongsheng Liu Youjun Shang Xiangtao Liu Background: Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is the causative agent of PPR, which can cause an acute, highly contagious and fatal disease of sheep and goats, resulting in...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1111: Virucidal Activity of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized by Green Chemistry Using Garlic Extract Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121111 Authors: Mayra A. Meléndez-Villanueva Karla Morán-Santibañez Juan J. Martínez-Sanmiguel Raúl Rangel-López Marco A. Garza-Navarro Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla Diana G. Zarate-Triviño Laura M. Trejo-Ávila Measles virus (MeV) is a paramyxovirus that infects humans, principally children. Despite the existence of an effective...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1109: Development and Validation of a S1 Protein-Based ELISA for the Specific Detection of Antibodies against Equine Coronavirus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121109 Authors: Shan Zhao Constance Smits Nancy Schuurman Samantha Barnum Nicola Pusterla Frank van Kuppeveld Berend-Jan Bosch Kees van Maanen Herman Egberink Equine coronavirus (ECoV) is considered to be involved in enteric diseases in foals. Recently, several outbreaks of ECoV infection...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1112: Avian Flavivirus Enters BHK-21 Cells by a Low pH-Dependent Endosomal Pathway Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121112 Authors: Baloch Liu Liang Liu Chen Cao Zhou Duck Tembusu virus (DTMUV), a pathogenic member of the Flavivirus family, was first discovered in the coastal provinces of South-Eastern China in 2010. Many previous reports have clearly shown that some Flaviviruses utilize several endocytic pathways to enter the host cells, however,...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1110: Detection of a New Genetic Cluster of Influenza D Virus in Italian Cattle Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121110 Authors: Chiapponi Faccini Fusaro Moreno Prosperi Merenda Baioni Gabbi Rosignoli Alborali Cavicchio Monne Torreggiani Luppi Foni Influenza D virus (IDV) has been increasingly reported all over the world. Cattle are considered the major viral reservoir. Based on the hemagglutinin-esterase (HEF) gene,...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1113: Viruses Infecting the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Rhizoctonia solani Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121113 Authors: Assane Hamidou Abdoulaye Mohamed Frahat Foda Ioly Kotta-Loizou The cosmopolitan fungus Rhizoctonia solani has a wide host range and is the causal agent of numerous crop diseases, leading to significant economic losses. To date, no cultivars showing complete resistance to R. solani have been identified and it is imperative to develop a strategy to...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1108: Comparative Analysis of Roseoloviruses in Humans, Pigs, Mice, and Other Species Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121108 Authors: Denner Bigley Phan Zimmermann Zhou Kaufer Viruses of the genus Roseolovirus belong to the subfamily Betaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae. Roseoloviruses have been studied in humans, mice and pigs, but they are likely also present in other species. This is the first comparative analysis of roseoloviruses in humans...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1107: Bluetongue Virus Nonstructural Protein 3 Orchestrates Virus Maturation and Drives Non-Lytic Egress via Two Polybasic Motifs Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121107 Authors: Labadie Jegouic Roy Bluetongue virus (BTV) is an arthropod-borne virus that infects domestic and wild ruminants. The virion is a non-enveloped double-layered particle with an outer capsid that encloses a core containing the segmented double-stranded RNA genome. Although BTV is canonically...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1106: Host Cell Calpains Can Cleave Structural Proteins from the Enterovirus Polyprotein Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121106 Authors: Laajala Hankaniemi Määttä Hytönen Laitinen Marjomäki Enteroviruses are small RNA viruses that cause diseases with various symptoms ranging from mild to severe. Enterovirus proteins are translated as a single polyprotein, which is cleaved by viral proteases to release capsid and nonstructural proteins. Here, we show...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1103: IFNα and IFNγ Impede Marek’s Disease Progression Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121103 Authors: Luca D. Bertzbach Olof Harlin Sonja Härtle Frank Fehler Tereza Vychodil Benedikt B. Kaufer Bernd Kaspers Marek’s disease virus (MDV) is an alphaherpesvirus that causes Marek’s disease, a malignant lymphoproliferative disease of domestic chickens. While MDV vaccines protect animals from clinical disease, they do not provide sterilizing...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1104: HIV-1 Latency and Latency Reversal: Does Subtype Matter? Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121104 Authors: Sarabia Bosque Cells that are latently infected with HIV-1 preclude an HIV-1 cure, as antiretroviral therapy does not target this latent population. HIV-1 is highly genetically diverse, with over 10 subtypes and numerous recombinant forms circulating worldwide. In spite of this vast diversity, much of our understanding of latency and latency reversal is...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1105: Yersinia Phages and Food Safety Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121105 Authors: Leon-Velarde Jun Skurnik One of the human- and animal-pathogenic species in genus Yersinia is Yersinia enterocolitica, a food-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes enteric infections, mesenteric lymphadenitis, and sometimes sequelae such as reactive arthritis and erythema nodosum. Y. enterocolitica is able to proliferate at 4 C, making it dangerous if contaminated food products...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1102: Next-Generation Sequencing on Insectivorous Bat Guano: An Accurate Tool to Identify Arthropod Viruses of Potential Agricultural Concern Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121102 Authors: Bourgarel Mathieu Noël Valérie Pfukenyi Davies Michaux Johan André Adrien Becquart Pierre Cerqueira Frédérique Barrachina Célia Boué Vanina Talignani Loïc Matope Gift Missé Dorothée Morand Serge Liégeois Florian Viruses belonging to the Dicistroviridae...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1101: A Novel Mechanism for Zika Virus Host-Cell Binding Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11121101 Authors: Rieder Rieder Sannajust Goode Geguchadze Relich Molliver King Vaughn May Zika virus (ZIKV) recently emerged in the Western Hemisphere with previously unrecognized or unreported clinical presentations. Here, we identify two putative binding mechanisms of ancestral and emergent ZIKV strains featuring the envelope (E) protein residue...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2543: Co-Design of Engineered Hyporheic Zones to Improve In-Stream Stormwater Treatment and Facilitate Regulatory Approval Water doi: 10.3390/w11122543 Authors: Herzog Eisenstein Halpin Portmann Fitzgerald Ward Higgins McCray Green infrastructure is an increasingly popular approach to mitigate widespread degradation of urban waters from stormwater pollution. However, many stormwater best management practices (BMPs) have inconsistent...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2539: Evaluation of GloFAS-Seasonal Forecasts for Cascade Reservoir Impoundment Operation in the Upper Yangtze River Water doi: 10.3390/w11122539 Authors: Chen Guo Wang Qin He Sun Naeini Standard impoundment operation rules (SIOR) are pre-defined guidelines for refilling reservoirs before the end of the wet season. The advancement and availability of the seasonal flow forecasts provide the opportunity for reservoir operators to use flexible...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2544: Spatial Distribution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Potentially Harmful Trace Elements in Surface Sediments from Lake Dali, North China Water doi: 10.3390/w11122544 Authors: Xu Sun Wang Potentially harmful trace element (PHTE) pollution in lakes has important implications for regional management in North China, yet is seldom investigated. Surface sediments from 13 sites in Lake Dali were collected for PHTE analysis. Combined with the enrichment...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2538: Analysis of Wastewater Generated in Greenhouse Soilless Tomato Cultivation in Central Europe Water doi: 10.3390/w11122538 Authors: Artur Mielcarek Joanna Rodziewicz Wojciech Janczukowicz Artur Dobrowolski Soilless plantations under cover constitute a significant part of horticulture. This study aimed at determining the qualitative composition of wastewater generated from the soilless cultivation of tomato under cover. This is important for managing...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2537: Hydraulic Properties in Different Soil Architectures of a Small Agricultural Watershed: Implications for Runoff Generation Water doi: 10.3390/w11122537 Authors: Cuiting Dai Tianwei Wang Yiwen Zhou Jun Deng Zhaoxia Li Soil architecture exerts an important control on soil hydraulic properties and hydrological responses. However, the knowledge of hydraulic properties related to soil architecture is limited. The objective of this study was to investigate...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2541: Rural Piped-Water Enterprises in Cambodia: A Pathway to Women’s Empowerment? Water doi: 10.3390/w11122541 Authors: Grant Soeters Bunthoeun Willetts This research examined the extent to which women’s ownership and management of water supply schemes led to their empowerment, including their economic empowerment, in rural Cambodia. Privately managed water supply schemes in rural Cambodia serve over one million people. This study is the...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2540: Treatment of Effluents from the Textile Industry through Polyethersulfone Membranes Water doi: 10.3390/w11122540 Authors: da Silva Barbosa Ferreira Florindo Salviano Sonaly Lima Oliveira Maria Araújo da Nóbrega Medeiros de Lucena Lira Membranes have been widely used in the treatment of industrial effluents. However, there are still some limitations in the separation and permeability with respect to these effluents. Therefore, this study...
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2542: Multi-Objective Joint Optimal Operation of Reservoir System and Analysis of Objectives Competition Mechanism: A Case Study in the Upper Reach of the Yangtze River Water doi: 10.3390/w11122542 Authors: Chen Dong Jia Ni Yao The multi-objective optimal operation and the joint scheduling of giant-scale reservoir systems are of great significance for water resource management; the interactions and mechanisms between the objectives are the key points....
Sun Dec 01, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2536: Reliability Assessment Model of Water Distribution Networks against Fire Following Earthquake (FFE) Water doi: 10.3390/w11122536 Authors: Yuanzhe Li Jinliang Gao Huaiyu Zhang Liqun Deng Ping Xin Fire following earthquake (FFE) is a common secondary disaster that can inflict great damage to humans. A large number of seismic resilience evaluation methods have been proposed, but few of them consider the influence of FFE. In this study, a multi-scenario...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2534: A Data-Driven Probabilistic Rainfall-Inundation Model for Flash-Flood Warnings Water doi: 10.3390/w11122534 Authors: Tsung-Yi Pan Hsuan-Tien Lin Hao-Yu Liao Owing to their short duration and high intensity, flash floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in metropolises. The existing warning tools—flood potential maps and two-dimensional numerical models—are disadvantaged by time-consuming computation and complex model...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2535: Changes in the Risk of Extreme Climate Events over East Asia at Different Global Warming Levels Water doi: 10.3390/w11122535 Authors: Jintao Zhang Fang Wang Limiting the global temperature increase to a level that would prevent “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” is the focus of intergovernmental climate negotiations, and the cost-benefit analysis to determine this level requires an understanding of how the...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2533: Changes in Physical Properties of Inland Streamwaters Induced by Earth and Atmospheric Tides Water doi: 10.3390/w11122533 Authors: Andrei-Emil Briciu Earth and atmospheric tides create oscillations in water parameters of inland rivers, mainly due to the similar behavior of groundwaters. Tidal oscillations of inland rivers were termed orthotides and were detected in fluctuations of water level and specific conductivity of some rivers. However, few things are...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2532: Efficient Degradation of Mordant Blue 9 Using the Fenton-Activated Persulfate System Water doi: 10.3390/w11122532 Authors: Md. Nahid Pervez Felix Y. Telegin Yingjie Cai Dongsheng Xia Tiziano Zarra Vincenzo Naddeo In this study, a Fenton-activated persulfate (Fe2+/PS) system was introduced for the efficient degradation of Mordant Blue 9 (MB 9) as a textile dye in an aqueous solution. Results showed that the degradation of MB 9 was markedly influenced...
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2531: Assessing Future Impacts of Climate Change on Water Supply System Performance: Application to the Pozzillo Reservoir in Sicily, Italy Water doi: 10.3390/w11122531 Authors: Peres Modica Cancelliere Climate change induced by greenhouse gas emissions is expected to alter the natural availability of water, affecting domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. This work aims at assessing the possible future impacts of climate change on precipitation, temperature...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2529: Measuring and Modelling Soil Evaporation in an Irrigated Olive Orchard to Improve Water Management Water doi: 10.3390/w11122529 Authors: Tezza Häusler Conceição Ferreira The aim of this study was to estimate soil evaporation (Es) in an intensive olive orchard. Measurements of Es were performed for 19 days using microlysimeters, during summers 2010, 2011 and 2012 in southeast Portugal. In order to relate each area type to radiation transmissivity,...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2528: A New Technical Concept for Water Management and Possible Uses in Future Water Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w11122528 Authors: Storli Lundström A new degree of freedom in water management is presented here. This is obtained by displacing water, and in this paper is conceptually explained by two methods: using an excavated cavern as a container for compressed air to displace water, and using inflatable balloons. The concepts might have a large impact on...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2530: Systemic Flood Risk Management: The Challenge of Accounting for Hydraulic Interactions Water doi: 10.3390/w11122530 Authors: Ciullo De Bruijn Kwakkel Klijn Rivers typically flow through multiple flood-protected areas which are clearly interconnected, as risk reduction measures taken at one area, e.g. heightening dikes or building flood storage areas, affect risk elsewhere. We call these interconnections ‘hydraulic interactions’....
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2527: Salt Tolerance and Desalination Abilities of Nine Common Green Microalgae Isolates Water doi: 10.3390/w11122527 Authors: Aida Figler Viktória B-Béres Dalma Dobronoki Kamilla Márton Sándor Alex Nagy István Bácsi In recent years, decline of freshwater resources has been recognized as one of the main environmental problems on global level. In addition to the increasing extent of primary salinization due to climate change, secondary salinization...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2526: Assessing the Impact of Man–Made Ponds on Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Limnological Basins Water doi: 10.3390/w11122526 Authors: Al Sayah Nedjai Kaffas Abdallah Khouri The impact of ponds on basins has recently started to receive its well-deserved scientific attention. In this study, pond-induced impacts on soil erosion and sediment transport were investigated at the scale of the French Claise basin. In order to determine erosion...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2525: A Prediction–Correction Solver for Real-Time Simulation of Free-Surface Flows in River Networks Water doi: 10.3390/w11122525 Authors: Hu Lu Yao Yuan Zhu Duan Liu A prediction–correction solver is presented here for rapid simulation of free-surface flows in dendritic and looped river networks. Rather than solving a large global algebraic system over the entire domain of river networks, the model solves subsystems for subdomains...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2524: A Methodology for the Fast Comparison of Streamwater Diurnal Cycles at Two Monitoring Points Water doi: 10.3390/w11122524 Authors: Andrei-Emil Briciu Adrian Graur Dinu Iulian Oprea Constantin Filote There are numerous streamwater parameters that exhibit a diurnal cycle. However, the shape of this cycle has a huge variation from one parameter to another and from one monitoring point to another on the same river. Important variations also occur at the...
Fri Nov 29, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2522: Scaling up Photoelectrocatalytic Reactors: A TiO2 Nanotube-Coated Disc Compound Reactor Effectively Degrades Acetaminophen Water doi: 10.3390/w11122522 Authors: Renato Montenegro-Ayo Juan Carlos Morales-Gomero Hugo Alarcon Salvador Cotillas Paul Westerhoff Sergi Garcia-Segura Multiple discs coated with hierarchically-organized TiO2 anatase nanotubes served as photoelectrodes in a novel annular photoelectrocatalytic reactor. Electrochemical characterization...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2523: Correction: Rasheduzzaman, M., et al. Reverse QMRA as a Decision Support Tool: Setting Acceptable Concentration Limits for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Naegleria fowleri. Water 2019, 11, 1850 Water doi: 10.3390/w11122523 Authors: Md Rasheduzzaman Rajveer Singh Charles N. Haas Dienye Tolofari Hamed Yassaghi Kerry A. Hamilton Zhao Yang Patrick L. Gurian The authors regret to report that the paper “Reverse QMRA as a Decision Support...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2520: Arsenic Removal from Water by Green Synthesized Magnetic Nanoparticles Water doi: 10.3390/w11122520 Authors: Nikić Tubić Watson Maletić Šolić Majkić Agbaba Magnetite nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple and ecofriendly method using onion peel (MNp-OP) and corn silk extract (MNp-CS), in order to develop new low-cost adsorbents for arsenic removal from groundwater. As a point of comparison, magnetite nanoparticles were also synthesized...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2519: Recovering Metals from Aqueous Solutions by Biosorption onto Hydrolyzed Olive Cake Water doi: 10.3390/w11122519 Authors: Fernández-González Martín-Lara Blázquez Pérez Calero Olive cake obtained as a by-product from the olive oil industry has been evaluated as biosorbent of heavy metals from aqueous solutions in batch and continuous systems (fixed-bed columns). First, a complete study of effect of hydrothermal treatment with water on biosorption...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2521: An Experimental Study of Focusing Wave Generation with Improved Wave Amplitude Spectra Water doi: 10.3390/w11122521 Authors: Xu Hao Ma Gui We experimentally investigate the generating results of space-time focusing waves based on two new wave spectra, i.e., the quasi constant wave amplitude spectrum (QCWA) and the quasi constant wave steepness spectrum (QCWS), in which amplitude and steepness for each wave component can be adjusted with fixed...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2517: Research Progress and Prospects of Marine Oily Wastewater Treatment: A Review Water doi: 10.3390/w11122517 Authors: Han Zhang Chu Chen Zhou Oily wastewater from shipping waste and marine accidents have seriously polluted the marine environment and brought great harm to human production and health. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection, the treatment of marine oily wastewater has attracted extensive attention from the international...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2518: Nature-Based Solution along High-Energy Eroding Sandy Coasts: Preliminary Tests on the Reinstatement of Natural Dynamics in Reprofiled Coastal Dunes Water doi: 10.3390/w11122518 Authors: Bruno Castelle Quentin Laporte-Fauret Vincent Marieu Richard Michalet David Rosebery Stéphane Bujan Bertrand Lubac Jean-Baptiste Bernard Alexandre Valance Pascal Dupont Ahmed Ould El Ould El Moctar Clément Narteau This paper describes a large-scale...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2515: Removal of Organic Micropollutants in Wastewater Treated by Activated Sludge and Constructed Wetlands: A Comparative Study Water doi: 10.3390/w11122515 Authors: Reyes Contreras López Leiva Domínguez Bayona Vidal The aim of this study is to compare the removal of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in wastewater by activated sludge (AS) and constructed wetlands (CWs). This analysis was carried out in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) of a...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2514: Experimental Study on the Permeability Characteristic of Fused Quartz Sand and Mixed Oil as a Transparent Soil Water doi: 10.3390/w11122514 Authors: Huang Guo Tang Guo Cao An accurate estimation of soil permeability is essential in geotechnical engineering. Transparent soil provides a promising experimental material to visualize pore-scale fluid flow, although the permeability characteristic of transparent soil remains unclear. As a result...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2516: Development of Combined Heavy Rain Damage Prediction Models with Machine Learning Water doi: 10.3390/w11122516 Authors: Choi Kim Kim Kim Adequate forecasting and preparation for heavy rain can minimize life and property damage. Some studies have been conducted on the heavy rain damage prediction model (HDPM), however, most of their models are limited to the linear regression model that simply explains the linear relation between rainfall data...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2509: Electrocoagulation as a Pretreatment for Electroxidation of E. coli Water doi: 10.3390/w11122509 Authors: Lynn Heffron Mayer Insufficient funding and operator training, logistics of chemical transport, and variable source water quality can pose challenges for small drinking water treatment systems. Portable, robust electrochemical processes may offer a strategy to address these challenges. In this study, electrocoagulation (EC) and electrooxidation...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2511: Experimental and Numerical Study on Water Filling and Air Expelling Process in a Pipe with Multiple Air Valves under Water Slow Filling Condition Water doi: 10.3390/w11122511 Authors: Liu Xu Zhang Bai This paper investigates the physical processes involved in the water filling and air expelling process of a pipe with multiple air valves under water slow filling condition, and develops a fully coupledwater–air two-phase stratified numerical...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2513: Building a System Dynamics Model to Support Water Management: A Case Study of the Semiarid Region in the Brazilian Northeast Water doi: 10.3390/w11122513 Authors: Wanderbeg Correia de Araujo Karla Patricia Oliveira Esquerre Oz Sahin In recent centuries, water consumption rates have more than doubled and the population growth rate is rising constantly. As a result, water scarcity is now one of the main problems to be faced, mainly in semiarid regions....
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2512: Drinking-Water Supply for CKDu Affected Areas of Sri Lanka, Using Nanofiltration Membrane Technology: From Laboratory to Practice Water doi: 10.3390/w11122512 Authors: Cooray Wei Zhang Zheng Zhong Weragoda Weerasooriya Installation of decentralized water-treatment plants is an ideal option to supply safe drinking water for rural communities. Presently in Sri Lanka, over 3.6 million villagers face acute water-quality problems, and chronic...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2510: Anthropic and Meteorological Controls on the Origin and Quality of Water at a Bank Filtration Site in Canada Water doi: 10.3390/w11122510 Authors: Janie Masse-Dufresne Paul Baudron Florent Barbecot Marc Patenaude Coralie Pontoreau Francis Proteau-Bédard Matthieu Menou Philippe Pasquier Sabine Veuille Benoit Barbeau At many bank filtration (BF) sites, mixing ratios between the contributing sources of water are typically regarded as...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2508: The Toxicity and Uptake of As, Cr and Zn in a Stygobitic Syncarid (Syncarida: Bathynellidae) Water doi: 10.3390/w11122508 Authors: Grant C. Hose Katelyn Symington Maria J. Lategan Rainer Siegele Ecotoxicological data for obligate groundwater species are increasingly required to inform environmental protection for groundwater ecosystems. Bathynellid syncarids are one of several crustacean taxa found only in subsurface habitats. The aim of this paper...
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
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