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Bence Prikler, Réka Svigruha, Judit Háhn, Péter Harkai, István Fodor, Edit Kaszab, Balázs Kriszt, Gergo Tóth, István Szabó, Zsolt Csenki, Gábor Bordós, Adrienn Micsinai, Brigitta Nyíro-Fekete, Zoltán Palotai, Zsófia Lovász, Zsolt Pirger and Sándor Szoboszlay
The concentration of microplastics (MPs) in two important Hungarian freshwater habitats was determined in the size range of 50 µm?1 mm. Lake Balaton (LB) is the largest shallow lake in Central Europe, with a significant role in recreation and tourism. It...
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Zaibin Wang, Xufeng Wang, Can Hu, Tida Ge, Long Wang, Jianfei Xing, Xiaowei He and Yachuan Zhao
The presence of microplastics in soil has become a significant global concern, posing a threat to environmental, agricultural, and human health. However, the use of various detection methods has led to significant discrepancies in the statistics reported...
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Sojeong Roh, Trong Danh Nguyen and Jun Seop Lee
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, capable of wirelessly processing large amounts of information, is gaining attention with the advancement of IoT technology. RFID systems can be utilized as Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology by intr...
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Jung-Keun Oh, Jangho Lee, Soo Yong Lee, Tae Kyung Kim, David Chung and Jinwon Seo
This study assessed the distribution of microplastics (MPs) in the gills, intestines, and muscles of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), one of main fish species consumed by humans living in the lower regions of the Han River in South Korea. In total, 891...
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Igor Zhdanov, Svetlana Pakhomova, Anfisa Berezina, Ksenia Silvestrova, Natalia Stepanova and Evgeniy Yakushev
Plastic is recognized as a threat to marine ecosystems, and estimating the level of plastic and microplastics (MPs) pollution of the World Ocean is, nowadays, the goal of many studies. However, the use of different methods for the sampling and analysis o...
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Minze Zhu, Andrew K. Whittaker, Felicity Y. Han and Maree T. Smith
Biodegradable polymers have been used as carriers in drug delivery systems for more than four decades. Early work used crude natural materials for particle fabrication, whereas more recent work has utilized synthetic polymers. Applications include the ma...
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Lisa A. Peterson, Patricia M. Gallagher and Sabrina Spatari
Life cycle assessment is used to systematically evaluate the environmental impact of underground plastic recharge chambers (RCs) used for stormwater management. Using cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment and a functional unit of 1 m3 stormwater capacity,...
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Mourad Khelifa, Amar Khennane and Marc Oudjene
The rehabilitation of steel structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP?s) may appear less effective because they can be bolted or welded with steel plates that display the same mechanical properties. However, this technique has some unwanted conseque...
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Pathmanthan Rajeev, Sahan Bandara, Emad Gad and Johnny Shan
Crossarms are widely used in power distribution and telecommunication sectors to support overhead cables. These structures are horizontally attached to the top of vertically erected utility poles and are essential elements in connecting overhead cables t...
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Svetlana Pakhomova, Igor Zhdanov and Bert van Bavel
Plastic pollution in the marine environment has turned into an important research topic in recent decades. Until recently, studies were often based on visual assessment only, which is not enough to draw any conclusion about the chemical nature of found p...
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