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This complex interaction is constant and efficient in resolving PHEs in proportions above monitoring quantities. The indefinite basis of PHEs in Colombian (La Guajira area) coalmine rejects sources results in years-long leaching of PHEs into rivers and drainages. The iron-clays and their great geomobility interfere the mitigating character that Fe hydr/oxides alone show through adsorption of PHEs and their control in spontaneous coal combustion (SCC) zones. This can have significant consequences to the probable availability of several pollutants (e.g. drinking water). The new results presented in this study add novel viewpoints into the description of Fe-NPs and its incidence in SCC areas. The methodology utilized in this work can be applied as a supplementary technique to evaluate the influence of coalmining actions on ecological and human health. TiO2/cement composites were prepared by a spraying method to degrade organic pollutants. After coated with waterproof liquid, pure cement pastes/mortars were sprayed with TiO2 suspensions with different TiO2 contents and spraying times. Photocatalytic properties, mechanical strength and durability were studied. Maximum photocatalytic activity and uniform TiO2 distribution were achieved at the optimal conditions of 10 wt% TiO2 content in suspension and 3 spraying times. The TiO2/cement pastes had better degradation performance over Rhodamine B (RhB) and methylene blue (MB) than that over methyl orange (MO). After 20 times of cycling degradation, the photocatalytic efficiencies had no significant reduction. The TiO2/cement mortars had good mechanical strengths, meeting the mechanical demands of wastewater treatment tanks. In durability, the TiO2/cement mortars had better water penetration resistance, chloride penetration resistance and anti-carbonation than pure cement mortars. Dosing of iron (Fe)-salts in sewers to control odour and corrosion problems have proven to be effective on phosphate and sulfide removal in downstream treatment units. However, the interaction of Fe with sludge may impact the sludge properties during wastewater treatment and sludge digestion. Herein, we investigated the downstream impacts of sewer-dosed Fe-salt on key digestate properties including digestate dewaterability. For this, Fe-salt was dosed to a sewer reactor and resultant iron-rich waste activated sludge (Fe-WAS) was digested in an anaerobic digester (AD) in the experimental line of integrated laboratory system running in parallel to a control system. Iron containing and non-iron containing digestates were sourced from the respective AD reactors of experimental and control lines. Results showed improved dewaterability in iron containing digestate than non-iron containing digestate, which was attributed to the variations in key digestate properties. Compared to non-iron containing digestate, iron containing digestate exhibited the decreased contents of bound water, soluble extracellular polymeric substances (S-EPS), protein, polysaccharide, and monovalent-to-divalent (M+/D++) cations ratio. Likewise, we observed the increased mean particle size (Dv50) for iron containing digestate than the non-iron containing digestate, but fractal dimension (Df) values were comparable. Besides, iron containing digestate exhibited a reduced degree of thixotropy, relative sludge network strength, viscosity, yield stress, flow stress, and storage/loss/complex (G'/G/G∗) moduli but increased creep compliance and shear strain (%) than non-iron containing digestate. The combined synergistic effects of such favorable changes amongst the key properties of iron containing digestate, might have been responsible for improving it's dewaterability. Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is used for the treatment of organic solid waste. Clogging of filtration membrane pores, called membrane fouling, is one of the most serious issues for the sustainable operation of AnMBR. Although the physical and chemical mechanisms of the membrane fouling have been widely studied, the biological mechanisms are still unclear. The biofilm formation and development on the membrane might cause the membrane fouling. In this study, the prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiomes of the membrane-attached biofilms in an AnMBR treating a model slurry of organic solid waste were investigated by non-destructive microscopy and high-throughput sequencing of 16S and 18S rRNA genes. The non-destructive visualization indicated that the biofilm was layered with different structures. NVP-AUY922 purchase The lowermost residual fouling layer was mesh-like and composed of filamentous microorganisms, while the upper cake layer was mainly the non-dense and non-cell region. The principal coordinate and phylogenetic analyses of the sequence data showed that the biofilm microbiomes were different from the sludge. The lowermost layer consisted of operational taxonomic units that were related to Leptolinea tardivitalis and Methanosaeta concilii (9.53-10.07% and 1.14-1.64% of the total prokaryotes, respectively) and Geotrichum candidum (30.22-82.31% of the total eukaryotes), all of which exhibited the filamentous morphology. Moreover, the upper layer was inhabited by the presumably cake-degrading bacteria and predatory eukaryotes. The biofilm microbiome features were consistent with the microscope-visualized structure. These results demonstrated that the biofilm structure and microbiome were the layer specific, which provides better understanding of biological mechanisms of membrane fouling in the AnMBR. Associations between plasma elements and chronic kidney disease (CKD) among the elderly are poorly understood. In this cross-sectional study, we explored the associations between exposure to four plasma elements and CKD in elderly people aged ≥90 years in longevity areas in China. We measured plasma selenium, manganese, iron, and zinc levels and used logistic regression models to investigate associations between CKD and these four plasma elements after adjusting for confounding factors among 461 participants aged ≥90 years in the fifth wave of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study (CLHLS) conducted in 2009. The median plasma selenium, manganese, iron, and zinc levels were 120.51 μg/L, 26.64 μg/L, 2880.52 μg/L, and 1882.42 μg/L in the CKD group and 108.76 μg/L, 31.55 μg/L, 4512.00 μg/L, and 2294.24 μg/L in the non-CKD group, respectively. Single- and multiple-element multivariable models showed that plasma manganese, iron, and zinc were negatively associated with CKD. In the multiple-element multivariable models, the adjusted odds ratios for CKD were 0.