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In the presence of hole (h+) as the dominant oxidation species, DMA was demethylated and transformed into MMA. Thereafter, MMA was subsequently reduced to As(III) by photo-generated electrons. Superoxide radicals (O2•-) played a significant role in oxidizing As(III) into As(V), which was finally adsorptively removed by the mesoporous TiO2. V.Small RNAs (sRNAs) are key players in the regulation of bacterial gene expression. However, the distribution and regulatory functions of sRNA in pig farm wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) remains unknown. In this study, the wastewaters in anoxic and oxic tanks of the WWTPs were collected. The profiles of the community structure, mRNA expression, and sRNA expression of bacteria in pig farm wastewater were investigated using transcriptome sequencing and qPCR. This study demonstrated that there was a higher abundance of sRNA in the pig farm WWTPs and 52 sRNAs were detected. The sRNAs were mainly present in Proteobacteria and Firmicutes, including the potential human pathogenic bacteria (HPB) (Escherichia, Shigella, Bordetella and Morganella), crop pathogen (Pectobacterium) and denitrifying bacteria (Zobellella). And the sRNAs were involved in the bacterial functional activities such as translation, transcription, drug resistance, membrane transport and amino acid metabolism. In addition, most sRNAs had a higher abundance in anoxic tanks which contained a higher abundance of the genes associated with infectious diseases and drug resistance than that in oxic tanks. BI-3802 order The results presented here show that in pig farm WWTPs, sRNA played an important role in bacterial function activities, especially the infectious diseases, drug resistance and denitrification, which can provide a new point of penetration for improving the pig farm WWTPs. V.The deposition of NH4HSO4 and the poisoning effect of SO2 on SCR catalyst are the main obstacles that restrict the industrial application of CeO2-doped SCR catalysts. In this work, deposited NH4HSO4 decomposition behavior and SO2 poisoning over V2O5-MoO3/TiO2 catalysts modified with CeO2 and SiO2 were investigated. By the means of characterization analysis, it was found that the addition of SiO2 into VMo/Ti-Ce had an impact on the interaction existed between catalyst surface atoms and NH4HSO4. Temperature-programmed methods and in situ diffused reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) experiments indicated that the doping of SiO2 promoted the decomposition of deposited NH4HSO4 on VMo/Ti-Ce catalyst surface by reducing the thermal stability of NH4HSO4 and enhancing the NH4HSO4 reactivity with NO in low temperature. And this improvement may be the reason for the better catalytic activity than VMo/Ti-Ce in the case of NH4HSO4 deposition. Accompanied with cerium sulfate species generated over catalyst surface, the conversion of SO2 to SO3 was inhibited in SiCe mixed catalyst. The addition of SiO2 could promote the decomposition of cerium sulfate, which may be a potential strategy to enhance the resistance of SO2 poisoning over CeO2-modifed catalysts. V.Various computational methods were employed to investigate the zwitterion formation, a critical step for the reaction of monoethanolamine with CO2, in five solvents (water, monoethanolamine, propylamine, methanol and chloroform) to probe the effect of hydrogen bond capacity of solvents on the reaction of amine with CO2 occurring in the amine-based CO2 capture process. The results indicate that the zwitterion can be formed in all considered solvents except chloroform. For two pairs of solvents (methanol and monoethanolamine, propylamine and chloroform) with similar dielectric constant but different hydrogen bond capacity, the solvents with higher hydrogen bond capacity (monoethanolamine and propylamine) facilitate the zwitterion formation. More importantly, kinetics parameters such as activation free energy for the zwitterion formation are more relevant to the hydrogen bond capacity than to dielectric constant of the considered solvents, clarifying the hydrogen bond capacity could be more important than dielectric constant in determining the kinetics of monoethanolamine with CO2. V.Ship auxiliary engines contribute large amounts of air pollutants when at berth. Biodiesel, including that from waste cooking oil (WCO), can favor a reduction in the emission of primary pollutant when used with internal combustion engines. This study investigated the emissions of gaseous intermediate-volatile organic compounds (IVOCs) between WCO biodiesel and marine gas oil (MGO) to further understand the differences in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production of exhausts. Results revealed that WCO exhaust exhibited similar IVOC composition and volatility distribution to MGO exhaust, despite the differences between fuel contents. While WCO biodiesel could reduce IVOC emissions by 50% as compared to MGO, and thus reduced the SOA production from IVOCs. The compositions and volatility distributions of exhaust IVOCs varied to those of their fuels, implying that fuel-component-based SOA predicting model should be used with more cautions when assessing SOA production of WCO and MGO exhausts. WCO biodiesel is a cleaner fuel comparing to conventional MGO on ship auxiliary engines with regard to the reductions in gaseous IVOC emissions and corresponding SOA productions. Although the tests were conducted on test bench, the results could be considered as representative due to the widely applications of the test engine and MGO fuel on real-world ships. V.This study focuses on the synthesis of nanocomposites named CCA and CZA that were prepared by the incorporation of cellulose (CL) in the Ca/Al and Zn/Al layered double hydroxide (LDH), respectively. These materials were then used for the uptake of As(III) and As(V) from aqueous medium. Characterization of both nanocomposites (CCA and CZA) was done using FTIR and Raman analysis to identify the functional groups, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms to determine the specific surface area and pore geometry and XPS analysis to obtain the surface atomic composition. Some other characters were investigated using simultaneous TGA and DTA and elemental chemical analysis (CHNS/O). The crystallinity of the prepared nanocomposites was displayed by XRD patterns. Furthermore, the sheet-like structure of the LDHs and the irregularity of surface morphology with porous structure were observed by TEM and SEM microphotographs. Optimization of maximum adsorption capacity was adjusted using different parameters including pH, contact time and adsorbent dosage.