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Mohammadi F, Farahmandkia Z, Mehrasbi MR, Mahmoudian MH, Tabatabaei FS, Mostafaloo R, Ghafouri N, Asadi-Ghalhari M. Ciprofloxacin antibiotic removal from aqueous solutions by ZnO nanoparticles coated on ACA: modeling and optimization. Environ Monit Assess 2023; 195:1443. [PMID: 37945976 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Antibiotics are one of the most widely used drug groups. The presence of antibiotics in urban water sources and sewage creates many environmental and medical risks for humans and other living organisms. In this study, the potential of zinc oxide (ZnO) coated on almond shell activated carbon (ACA-ZnO) in removing ciprofloxacin (CIP) from aqueous solutions was investigated. Almond shell was used to make activated carbon. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were prepared by the sol-gel method, and finally, ZnO nanoparticles were bonded to activated carbon. The effect of independent parameters pH, contact time, adsorbent dose, and initial CIP concentration on CIP removal efficiency using ACA-ZnO was investigated by response surface methodology. Optimal removal was obtained at pH = 5.4, CIP initial concentration = 7.4 mg/L, adsorbent dose = 0.82 g/L, and reaction time = 67.3 min. This study followed a quadratic model (R2 = 0.958). The best model of adsorption isotherm fits with the Freundlich model (R2 = 0.9972) and the maximum capacity was 251.42 mg/g adsorption kinetics, and pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2 = 0.959). The results of this study showed that ACA-ZnO as an adsorbent is very efficient, without environmental side effect and cost-benefit.
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- Fatemeh Mohammadi
- Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health and Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health and Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Alborz, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health and Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
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Asadi-Ghalhari M, Usefi S, Ghafouri N, Kishipour A, Mostafaloo R, Tabatabaei FS. Modeling and optimization of the coagulation/flocculation process in turbidity removal from water using poly aluminum chloride and rice starch as a natural coagulant aid. Environ Monit Assess 2023; 195:527. [PMID: 37000307 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The application of the coagulation/flocculation process is very important due to its simplicity in removing turbidity. Due to the disadvantages of using chemical coagulants in water and the lack of sufficient effect of natural materials alone in removing turbidity for proper performance, the simultaneous use of chemical and natural coagulants is the best way to reduce the harmful effects of chemical coagulants in water. In this study, the application of poly aluminum chloride (PAC) as a chemical coagulant and rice starch as a natural coagulant aid to remove turbidity from aqueous solutions was investigated. Effects of the above coagulants on the four main factors, coagulant dose (0-10 mg/L), coagulant adjuvant dose (0-0.1 mg/L), pH (5-9), turbidity (NTU 0-50), and each five levels were assessed using a central composite design (CCD). Under the optimized conditions, the maximum turbidity elimination efficiency was found to be 96.6%. The validity and adequacy of the proposed model (quadratic model) were confirmed by the corresponding statistics (i.e., F-value of 23.3, p-values of 0.0001, and lack of fit of 0.877 for the model, respectively, R2 = 0.88, R2adj. = 0.84, R2 pred = 0.79, AP = 22.04).
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- Mahdi Asadi-Ghalhari
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
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- Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Alborz, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Student Research Committee, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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Asadi-Ghalhari M, Mostafaloo R, Ghafouri N, Kishipour A, Usefi S, Baaloudj O. Removal of Cefixime from aqueous solutions via proxy electrocoagulation: modeling and optimization by response surface methodology. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11144-021-02055-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Rahimi NR, Fouladi-Fard R, Aali R, Shahryari A, Rezaali M, Ghafouri Y, Ghalhari MR, Asadi-Ghalhari M, Farzinnia B, Conti Gea O, Fiore M. Bidirectional association between COVID-19 and the environment: A systematic review. Environ Res 2021; 194:110692. [PMID: 33385384 PMCID: PMC7833965 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The global crisis caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) affected economics, social affairs, and the environment, not to mention public health. It is estimated that near 82% of the SARS-CoV-2 genome is similar to the severe acute respiratory syndrome. The purpose of the review is to highlight how the virus is impacted by the environment and how the virus has impacted the environment. This review was based on an electronic search of the literature in the Scopus, Science Direct, and PubMed database published from December 2019 to July 2020 using combinations of the following keywords: SARS-CoV-2 transmission, COVID-19 transmission, coronavirus transmission, waterborne, wastewater, airborne, solid waste, fomites, and fecal-oral transmission. Studies suggest the thermal properties of ambient air, as well as relative humidity, may affect the transmissibility and viability of the virus. Samples taken from the wastewater collection network were detected contaminated with the novel coronavirus; consequently, there is a concern of its transmission via an urban sewer system. There are concerns about the efficacy of the wastewater treatment plant disinfection process as the last chance to inactivate the virus. Handling solid waste also requires an utmost caution as it may contain infectious masks, etc. Following the PRISMA approach, among all reviewed studies, more than 36% of them were directly or indirectly related to the indoor and outdoor environment, 16% to meteorological factors, 11% to wastewater, 14% to fomites, 8% to water, 9% to solid waste, and 6% to the secondary environment. The still growing body of literature on COVID-19 and air, suggests the importance of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via air and indoor air quality, especially during lockdown interventions. Environmental conditions are found to be a factor in transmitting the virus beyond geographical borders. Accordingly, countries need to pay extra attention to sustainable development themes and goals.
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- Nayereh Rezaie Rahimi
- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran; Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Gorgan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Tabatabaei FS, Asadi-Ghalhari M, Aali R, Mohammadi F, Mostafaloo R, Esmaeili R, Davarparast Z, Safari Z. Removal of Cefixime from Water Using Rice Starch by Response Surface Methodology. Avicenna J Med Biotechnol 2020; 12:230-235. [PMID: 33014314 PMCID: PMC7502163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Remaining pharmaceutical compounds cause environmental pollution. Therefore, refining these compounds has become a major challenge. In this study, the function of eliminating Cefixime (CFX) using rice starch was evaluated under controlled conditions. METHODS Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was used to design, analyze, and optimize experiments, and the interaction between four variables including pH (3-9), rice starch dose (0-300 mg/L), CFX initial concentration (0-16 mg/L) and time (20-120 min) was investigated on CFX removal. RESULTS The optimum pH, starch dose, initial concentration and time were 4.5, 225 mg/L, 7.9 mg/L and 95 min, respectively. The maximum efficiency of CFX removal was 70.22%. According to RSM, this study follows a quadratic model (R2=0.954). CONCLUSION Rice starch has been successful in removing CFX from the aqueous solution. Therefore, it is recommended to utilize this process to remove CFX from aqueous solutions.
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- Fatemeh Sadat Tabatabaei
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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Heidari H, Mohammadbeigi A, Soltanzadeh A, Darabi M, Asadi-Ghalhari M. Respiratory effects of occupational exposure to low concentration of hydrochloric acid among exposed workers: a case study in steel industry. Med Gas Res 2020; 9:208-212. [PMID: 31898605 PMCID: PMC7802423 DOI: 10.4103/2045-9912.273958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Occupational exposure to hydrochloric acid in pickling of steel for remove rust or iron oxide scale from iron processing occurs at low concentration. This study aimed to investigate the respiratory symptoms and pulmonary dysfunction caused by exposure to low concentration of hydrochloric acid in acid washing unit in one of the steel industries. A case control study was carried out in the acid washing unit of the cold rolling of the steel industry in 2017. The exposed group included 45 male workers, and another 41 unexposed employees from official employees were enrolled as control group. A questionnaire was used to collect personal and occupational data and pulmonary function tests, including forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second and peak expiratory flow rate followed guidelines given by the American Thoracic Society and measured with a portable calibrated vitalograph spirometer. For determination of acid concentration, 21 breathing zone air samples were collected in accordance with Method 7903 NIOSH. The findings showed that nose sensitivity, throat irritation and shortness of breath were the highest prevalence symptoms among exposed persons (30.4% to 32.6%). Also, the results showed that FVC and forced expiratory volume in the first second had highest and direct or positive correlation with height (0.965 and 0.927, respectively). Age and weight put in the next priorities (P < 0.01). On the other hand, based on the results of multivariate linear regression, exposing to the acid and job history are two main predictor factors for FVC. So that, the exposing to acid, by itself can reduce FVC as 4.386 units. This value is equal to 1.117 for the job history. Exposure to low concentrations of hydrochloric acid alone could increase the risk of respiratory tract damage and pulmonary function disorders. But the extent to which it can cause respiratory complications for occupational exposure is still unknown and requires further study. This study was approved by Ethical Committee of Qom University of Medical Sciences (approval No. IR.MUQ.REC.1397.118) on November 6, 2018.
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- Hamidreza Heidari
- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran
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- Research Student Committee, School of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran
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Mostafaloo R, Mahmoudian MH, Asadi-Ghalhari M. BiFeO3/Magnetic nanocomposites for the photocatalytic degradation of cefixime from aqueous solutions under visible light. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.111926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Usefi S, Asadi-Ghalhari M, Izanloo H, Yari AR, Mostafaloo R. The Performance of Starch as a Natural Coagulant for Turbidity Removal from Wastewater in Stone Cutting Industry. Arch Hyg Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.29252/archhygsci.8.1.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Asadi-Ghalhari M, Mohammadbeigi A, Salehi A, Heidari H. Evaluation of the accessible level of iodine in marketed iodised salt in Iran: A comparison with standard recommended values. Adv Hum Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.4103/aihb.aihb_30_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Asadi-Ghalhari E, Asadi-Ghalhari M, Zargar M. Tetracycline Antibiotic Removal from Wastewater via Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells. Arch Hyg Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.29252/archhygsci.7.4.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Asadi-Ghalhari M, Mohammadbeigi A, Salehi A, Izanloo H, Ghorbani Z, Vanaki V, Ramazani R. Prevalence of using baking soda in different types of most commonly consumed breads by Iranian people. Adv Hum Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.4103/aihb.aihb_53_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Asadi-Ghalhari M, Mehrdadi N, Nabi-Bidhendi G. Simultaneous Desalination of Sea water and Electricity Production with New Membrane Technology, Air-Cathode Microbial Desalination Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.12944/cwe.10.1.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Water and energy shortages, has increased the need for methods that can provide low energy for desalination of sea water. Microbial desalination cell is one of the most important of these methods. In this study we use air cathode MDC for desalination of seawater. The maximum voltage, power and current density was 607mV, 521mW/m2 and 858mA/m2 (25mM PBS) and 701mV, 695mW/m2 and 992mA/m2 (50mM PBS) respectively. During the period of the voltage generation in 50mM PBS was about 1.5 times of 25mM PBS. Under this situation, EC of seawater with initial electrical conductivity declined by 48.31±3% (25mM PBS) and 46.71±2.73% (50mM PBS). As well as decrease of salt from sea water in the middle chamber, EC in synthetic wastewater and catholyte slightly increased. So that Change percent of EC in synthetic wastewater was 44.20 ± 11.94(25mM PBS) and 27.94 ± 3 (50 mM PBS) and in catholyte was 211.66 ± 22.41(25mM PBS) and 119.24 ± 11.25 (50 mM PBS) respectively. These results show that the MDC can also be used as a pretreatment to reverse osmosis; simultaneously the energy required in this process is also partly meet.
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- Mahdi Asadi-Ghalhari
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Iran
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