Environmental impact of increased soap consumption during COVID-19 pandemic: Biodegradable soap production and sustainable packaging

MR Chirani, E Kowsari, T Teymourian… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
A year into the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the role of washing hands with soap
and hand disinfectants is unavoidable as a primary way to control the infection spread in …

Greywater biodegradability and biological treatment technologies: A critical review

M Khalil, Y Liu - International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of greywater (wastewater without fecal contamination) for reuse can play
an important role in reducing global water scarcity, especially in arid and semi-arid regions …

Dual-emission single sensing element-assembled fluorescent sensor arrays for the rapid discrimination of multiple surfactants in environments

D Wei, H Zhang, Y Tao, K Wang, Y Wang… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Surfactants are considered as typical emerging pollutants, their extensive use of in
disinfectants has hugely threatened the ecosystem and human health, particularly during the …

Surface sterilization for isolation of endophytes: Ensuring what (not) to grow

PK Sahu, J Tilgam, S Mishra, S Hamid… - Journal of Basic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endophytic microbiota opens a magnificent arena of metabolites that served as a potential
source of medicines for treating a variety of ailments and having prospective uses in …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of precipitation and filtration-based SARS-CoV-2 recovery methods and the influence of temperature, turbidity, and surfactant load in urban …

JL Kevill, C Pellett, MR Brown, I Bassano… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has become a complimentary surveillance tool
during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Viral concentration methods from wastewater are still …

[HTML][HTML] Disinfectants against SARS-CoV-2: a review

S **ao, Z Yuan, Y Huang - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pandemic due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has emerged as a serious global public health issue. Besides the high transmission rate …

Biomass gasification in a downdraft fixed-bed gasifier: Optimization of operating conditions

R Jahromi, M Rezaei, SH Samadi, H Jahromi - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, a CFD model was developed for the biomass gasification process in a
downdraft fixed-bed gasifier. Sugarcane bagasse was used as feedstock in gasification …

Comprehensive review on applications of surfactants in vaccine formulation, therapeutic and cosmetic pharmacy and prevention of pulmonary failure due to COVID-19

B Das, B Kumar, W Begum, A Bhattarai, MH Mondal… - Chemistry Africa, 2022 - Springer
Our world is under serious threat of environmental degradation, climate change and in
association with this the out breaks of diseases as pandemics. The devastating impact of the …

An automatic system to monitor the physical distance and face mask wearing of construction workers in COVID-19 pandemic

M Razavi, H Alikhani, V Janfaza, B Sadeghi… - SN computer …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many shutdowns in different industries around the
world. Sectors such as infrastructure construction and maintenance projects have not been …

Surfactants–compounds for inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses

M Simon, M Veit, K Osterrieder, M Gradzielski - Current opinion in colloid & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We provide here a general view on the interactions of surfactants with viruses, with a
particular emphasis on how such interactions can be controlled and employed for inhibiting …