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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"PPCP"”.
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Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCP) & Artificial Sweeteners (AS) in Surface Waters of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Western Shore
… United States, nutrient, personal care products (PPCP) and artificial sweeteners (AS) pollution in lakes, rivers, and estuaries is a problem that has been recognized for decades and is of special concern for many in coastal Maryland. PPCP are used on a daily basis, and include prescription …
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Time to stop blaming parents: A case study of parents’ and children’s experiences of family life and in marginalised communities with implications for parenting interventions, educational welfare policy and practice
… roll-out of Parents Plus Children's Programme (PPCP), as well as children's perspectives on how they navigate the different settings of home, school and community in a Dublin urban area of low socio-economic status (SES). Applying a community psychology perspective and the lens of …
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Capillary electrophoresis of pteridines in urine and plants and quantification of pharmaceutical and personal care products in Missouri waste water
… pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCP's) in Missouri waste water.</p> <p>As cancer continues to be one of the top three causes of human fatalities, early cancer screening research continues to gain momentum. One specific category of compounds known as pteridines is a class of …
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High-throughput analysis of emerging and historical pollutants in biological matrices.
… of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in fish tissue and was utilized in a nationwide PPCP study conducted in Germany. The developed high-throughput method incorporated silica gel cleanup with PLE and improved the method sensitivity by optimizing resonant collision induced …
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Enzymes : the new water/wastewater treatment chemical
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are detected routinely in raw and treated municipal wastewater. Conventional wastewater treatment processes are not effective in removing PPCP; therefore, treated wastewater discharges are one of the main entry points for PPCPs into the aquatic …
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Enzymatic treatment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in municipal wastewater
… pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). As a result, PPCPs enter the environment via treated wastewater discharge. Enzymatic treatment, using the laccasemediator system, is a novel biochemical process that has been shown to effectively treat some PPCPs. This study investigates the …
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Patient-Centeredness In Pharmacist Practice: Filling A Foundation For What Counts To Patients
… “Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process” (PPCP) places PCC at the center of its model but provides little detail about the meaning of PC. A well-articulated conceptualization of PC is a necessary precursor for ensuring fidelity in the measurement, practice, and evaluation of team-based PCC …
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CYTO-GENOTOXIC EFFECTS OF SOME PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPS) ON THE FRESHWATER BIVALVE ZEBRA MUSSEL (DREISSENA POLYMORPHA)
Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are an emerging class of environmental pollutants that are extensively and increasingly being used in human and veterinary medicine. Due to their continuous production, consumption and often abuse, many studies have shown worldwide measurable …
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Extraction and analysis of pharmaceutical residues in environmental samples using SPE with LC-MS/MS
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have recently emerged as a significant new class of organic micro-contaminants. Of recent years a number of reports detailing the presence of PPCPs in a variety of environmental matrices and compartments have been published in the peer-reviewed …
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An investigation of the structural capacity of the Alabama Department of Transportation’s standard prestressed precast concrete piles
Prestressed precast concrete piles (PPCPs) are commonly used in bridge foundations throughout the southeastern United States. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) particularly uses them in the coastal regions in non-cohesive soils and where corrosion would be expected from salt or …
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Determination of Biodegradation Kinetics of Select Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in an Activated Sludge System through Respirometry
… of activated sludge systems for removal of PPCPs. Removing PPCPs from a wastewater prevents harming the health of the environment and living organisms. A respirometry test method was used to measure the kinetic parameters of an activated sludge biomass degrading the pharmaceuticals and …
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Biodegradation and Chemical Oxidation of Recalcitrant Organic Contaminants during Water Reuse
… Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are one example of trace contaminants that are usually found in treated municipal wastewater. Batch biodegradations studies were performed to measure the degradation of selected PPCPs in water-soil systems. The selected PPCPs analyzed in this …
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Use of Biochar to Produce Reclaimed Water for Irrigation Reuse Purposes
… pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are not removed well during conventional wastewater treatment and hence pose water quality risk to the environment and potentially to public health. The goal of this work was to remove CECs, with emphasis on PPCPs, from treated municipal …
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Analysis and Treatment of Emerging Polar Contaminants
… Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) enter water through wastewater streams, and many of these compounds survive current wastewater treatment processes. High production volume chemicals (HPVCs), defined as chemicals produced in excess of one million pounds per year have numerous …
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Deactivation and regeneration of immobilized titanium dioxide photocatalysts during treatment of pharmaceutical micropollutants in groundwater
… many pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). Many of these chemicals are recalcitrant to conventional treatment processes, so new treatment methods are being investigated. Titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based photocatalytic treatment has proven to be an effective method for degrading trace …
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The Chlorination of Pharmaceuticals and Other Phenolic Compounds in the Presence of Iodide
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) include a wide range of chemicals such as prescription and over-the-counter drugs, fragrances, diagnostic agents, and a litany of other compounds commonly added to household products such as sunscreens, soaps, toothpastes, and deodorants. If …
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Bioreactor-biochar (B2) treatment system: A novel design for efficient water pollution control from agri-drainage
… to simultaneously remove excess nutrients and PPCP contaminants was examined to extend the applicability. The results found that longer hydraulic retention times and smaller biochar particles could enhance the removal efficiencies of targeted contaminants. Average contaminant removals were …
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The effects of Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin on the American Flagfish (Jordanella floridae) over one complete life-cycle
… of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) on aquatic ecosystems is an important issue in aquatic toxicology. Many PPCPs have been shown to cause effects on aquatic biota within detected environmental ranges. One compound of particular interest is hydroxylpropyl-β-cyclodextrin …