Markus Andrews

Prevalence of E. coli The prevalence of E. coli and total coliform colony-forming unit per milliliter (cfu mL−1) is presented (Table 1) along with in-situ parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), oxidation–reduction potential (ORP), salinity, and temperature. E. coli in the river ranged between 19,467 and 76,600 cfu mL−1, which is an […] More

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1. Weingartner, R. & Viviroli, D. Water resources in mountain regions: a methodological approach to assess the water balance in a highland-lowland-system. Hydrol. Process. 21, 578–585 (2007). Article Google Scholar 2. Regional Climate Change and Adaptation: The Alps Facing the Challenge of Changing Water Resources (EEA, 2009). 3. Viviroli, D., Dürr, H. H., Messerli, B., […] More

The assessment of emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter (BOD) in domestic waste involved several steps, namely assessment (i) of the spatial distribution of annual domestic waste (LOCATION); (ii) of the pollution loads (QUANTITY); and (iii) of the level of treatment (REDUCTION). Location The Waterbase – Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) database v610, […] More

Affiliations Packing and Industrial Materials Laboratory, Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., 3 Chigusa-Kaigan, Ichihara, Chiba, 299-0108, Japan Yasuhiko Otsuki  & Hiroko Sasaki School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan Yoko Fujii , Panitha Phulkerd  & Masayuki Yamaguchi Corresponding authors Correspondence to Yasuhiko Otsuki or Masayuki Yamaguchi. More

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Since 1920, when Staudinger first reported his seminal paper describing evidence that macromolecules exist, many researchers have studied synthetic methodologies of polymers and developed their practical applications over the last 100 years. In particular, triggered by great discoveries in the 1950s, that is stereospecific polymerization of propylene by Natta and living anionic polymerization of styrene […] More

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