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According to HCA analysis, both the evaluated parameters and concentrations of nanoparticles were divided into two general categories. Overall results showed that the effect of Fe2WO6 nanoparticles on microalgae could be a dose-dependent phenomenon, so that the addition of 20 ppm nanoparticles in the culture media helped the growth and the physiological status of algae. On the other hand, the application of a higher concentration of nanoparticles negatively affects algal biology. The results showed that the algae could be successfully used to precise screen of various nanoparticles in terms of safety especially in aquatic environments and also biotechnological applications.This study investigates the effectivenesses of electrocoagulation, ultrasound, and ultrasound-assisted electrocoagulation processes for the removal of color and chemical oxygen demand (COD) from aqueous dye solutions. The coupling of electrocoagulation processes with ultrasound has been found useful for water and wastewater treatment in recent years. These experimental results demonstrate that ultrasound-assisted electrocoagulation processes provide greater color and COD removal than ultrasound or electrocoagulation processes alone. The optimum conditions for the combined process were found to be Fe-Fe-SS-SS/Al-Al-SS-SS (electrode connection type) in the monopolar electrode connection mode; 75 and 50 A m-2 (current density) for RR241 and DB 60, respectively, at a fixed frequency of 40 kHz; and an ultrasound power of 180 W in a 1 L aqueous solution. Under these optimum conditions, the color and COD removal efficiencies for an aqueous solution of 100 mg L-1 reached 99-99.9% and 100 - 100% for RR241 and DB 60, respectively. Complete removal was achieved for both COD and color by employing a combination of ultrasound-assisted electrocoagulation (US + EC) with only 4 min of electrolysis, while the traditional EC treatment achieved removal of approximately 87% of COD and 92% color for both dyes using the MP-P connection mode for 5 min. Conversely, ultrasound power alone removed approximately 34-60% of color and 30-36% of COD for RR241 and DB 60, respectively. Compared with the traditional EC treatment, the combination of ultrasound irradiation and electrocoagulation treatment significantly reduced electrode passivation and increased the removal of pollutants in shorter operation times.This study aimed to evaluate the effects of copper on N-methylformamide (NMF)- and methyl diglycol (MDG)-containing wastewater treatment using batch experiments and a lab-scale anoxic-oxic (A/O) sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Batch experimental results indicated that aerobic degradation of NMF followed Monod-type kinetics. Copper inhibition on nitrification also followed Monod-type inhibition kinetics with copper-to-biomass ratio instead of copper concentration. Specific degradation rates of NMF and MDG under both aerobic and anoxic conditions decreased in the matrix of full-scale wastewater, and high copper dosage would further reduce the degradation rates. In the long-term presence of 0.5 mg/L copper, the A/O SBR could maintain stable and complete degradations of NMF and MDG, 95% of COD removal, and more than 50% of total nitrogen (TN) removal. High concentrations of copper spikes, including 40 mg/L and 110 mg/L, slowed down degradation rates for both NMF and MDG, but did not affect COD and TN removal efficiencies in the full 24 h-cycle operation. The long-term A/O SBR operation revealed that daily dosage of 0.5 mg/L copper was not detrimental to NMF/MDG degradations due to regularly wasting sludge, but 110 mg/L of copper spike obviously reduced NMF/MDG degradation rate although it could be recovered later by regularly wasting sludge and maintaining SRT at 20 days.Humans are exposed to methylmercury (MeHg), a bioaccumulative neurotoxin, mainly through the consumption of marine fish. Several studies showed that high MeHg exposure can lead to neurological damage. This is particularly relevant for pregnant women, because MeHg exposure negatively impacts foetal development. Populations living near the sea are generally at increased exposure risk due to higher consumption of fish and seafood. Here, we present the first study of MeHg exposure levels of the population living at the French Riviera, using mercury (Hg) concentrations in hair as a proxy for MeHg exposure. We found that older people that consume more fish presented the highest hair Hg concentrations. Compared to other Mediterranean bordering countries and other European countries, the southern France population is among those with high MeHg exposure (median for women of childbearing age is 0.56 μg g-1). A global implementation of the Minamata Convention is necessary to lower MeHg exposure of the population.A novel method to assess the uncertainty of measurement of mercury in precipitation for the UK's Heavy Metals Monitoring Network is presented. The method makes use of the fact that, because of the high risk of sample contamination, samples are taken in duplicate in order to ensure valid data is available for as many sampling periods as possible. Where both samples are valid a good opportunity is afforded to use the statistical differences in the rain volumes sampled and the mercury concentrations measured to assess the overall uncertainty of the measurement. Epigenetics inhibitor This process has produced estimated uncertainties in good agreement with previous studies and well within the limits specified by European legislation. The work also highlighted an effective method to spot outliers in the paired samples at the data ratification stage.Many instrumental methods of analysis require the daily collection of calibrator signals to calibrate their response. The quality of quantifications based on these calibrations depends on calibrators quality, instrumental signal performance and regression model fitness. Linear Ordinary Least Squares (LOLS), Linear Weighted Least Squares (LWLS) or Linear Bivariate Least Squares (LBLS) regression models can be used to calibrate and evaluate the uncertainty from instrumental quantifications, but require the fulfilment of some assumptions, namely, constant signal variance (LOLS), high calibrators quality (LOLS and LWLS) and linear variation of instrumental signal with calibrator values. The LBLS is flexible regarding calibrator values uncertainty and correlation but requires the determination of calibrator values and signals covariances. This work developed a computational tool for the bottom-up evaluation of global instrumental quantifications uncertainty which simulates calibrator values correlations from entered calibrators preparation procedure and simulates calibrators and samples signals precision from prior precision data, allowing accurate uncertainty evaluation from a few replicate signals of the daily calibration.