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SARS-CoV-2 RNA was present only in the patients' examination and monitoring rooms. Before decontamination SARS-CoV-2 RNA was present on the saturation clip, the scuff for blood pressure measurement, the stretcher, the plastic screens between patients and the floor. After decontamination, SARS-CoV-2 RNA remained on the scuff, the stretcher and the trolleys. All samples from non-patient care areas or staff working rooms were negative. Only one sample from the PPE of the HCWs was positive.

Our findings suggest that surfaces and equipment contamination by SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an ED during the COVID-19 outbreak is low and concerns exclusively patients' examination and monitoring rooms, preserving non-patient care areas.
Our findings suggest that surfaces and equipment contamination by SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an ED during the COVID-19 outbreak is low and concerns exclusively patients' examination and monitoring rooms, preserving non-patient care areas.Co-combustion was proposed as an effective and complementary means for the co-treatment of low rank coal semicoke (LRCS) and oil sludge. The combustion, kinetics and gaseous pollutants emission characteristics during co-combustion of LRCS and oil sludge were investigated by thermogravimetric analyzer coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (TG-FTIR). Results showed oil sludge had more complex weight loss characteristics than LRCS. Proper addition of oil sludge could effectively improve the ignition, burnout and comprehensive combustion performance of blends and 60% was a recommended oil sludge blend ratio. High heating rates could also enhance the combustion performance of blends. The activation energy determined by Coats-Redfern method gradually decreased with the increase of oil sludge blend ratio. DAEM kinetic analysis results showed the maximum activation energy of 113.4 kJ/mol was obtained when conversion rate was 0.4 due to the poor ignition performance of LRCS. All of the CO, CO2, NOx and SO2 emission gradually decreased with the increasing oil sludge blend ratio. LRCS had suppression effect on NOx emission during co-combustion while oil sludge was just the opposite. The low sulfur release rate of oil sludge resulted in the decreasing SO2 emission of blends although oil sludge had promotion effect on SO2 emission.High-alumina coal fly ash (HAFA) is an important aluminum and silicon resource. In terms of its comprehensive utilization, how to efficiently separate aluminum and silicon must be resolved. In this work, a mechanochemical activation method in the desilication process is adopted and investigated. Desilication ratio, efficient desilicated ratio, microscopic appearance, and coordination structure change in aluminum-silicon atoms are investigated during mechanochemical activation process. Results indicate that the Al-O-Si coordination structure in HAFA can be transformed from Q4 (3Al) and Q4 (2Al) to reactive Q2 (1Al) structure, and the radio of Q2 (1Al) with high activity increased from 6.93% to 14.47%, which can improve HAFA reaction activity obviously. During the desilication process, the aluminum-silicon mass ratio (A/S) can be elevated from 1.23 to 2.56 after the process optimization, which provides a high-quality raw material for further high-valued utilization of HAFA.Platinum group metals have gained significant interest due to their unique characteristics, which make them the main constituents in advanced applications. Levofloxacin clinical trial In this work, we introduce new pH-dependent optical mesocaptors for the colorimetric monitoring and separation of Au(III) from E-waste leach liquors without a preconcentration process. The mesoporous silica nanospheres are fabricated via simple, reproducible, and low-cost procedures. The optical mesocaptor is designed via indirect immobilization of thiazole yellow G (TYG) and amacid yellow M (AYM) chromogenic probes onto mesoporous nanostructured scaffolds. The silanol groups in the mesopores of silica surface robustly anchored dilauryl dimethyl ammonium bromide (DDAB) linker to induce the interactions with the TYG and AYM chelates, thereby leading to the fashioning of a stable optical mesocaptors without releasing of the chelates throughout adsorption and sensing assays. The finding provides evidence of the capability of the synthesized decorated new nanostructured sensor shows excellent sensitivity toward Au(III) with a limit of detection (LOD) as low as 1.16 µg L-1. Furthermore, the new sensors were able to selectively detect Au(III) in solution with multi ions components.Hydrothermal treatment for dairy manure into value-added hydrochar and bio-oil is a potential technology for its resource utilization. During the process of treatment, extractant is applied to the separation of hydrochar and bio-oil. In this study, three polar extractants (ethyl acetate, dichloromethane, diethyl ether) and two nonpolar extractants (n-hexane and petroleum ether) were used, and the physico-chemical properties of hydrochar and the composition of bio-oil were investigated. Compared with nonpolar extractants, polar extractants could extract the bio-oil absorbed on the hydrochar exterior and interior surface, resulting in more mass loss of hydrochar and better extraction performance on the production of bio-oil. The decrease of H/C atomic ratio and the increase of O/C atomic ratio indicated the demethanation tendency to occur during the extraction process, and enhanced the hydrochar stability. The scanning electron microscope and specific surface area analysis revealed that polar extractant had a more positive effect than nonpolar extractant on the occurrence of disperse spherical microparticles and the augment of hydrochar specific surface area. The bio-oil from polar extractant mainly consisted of N-containing compounds, ketones, phenols and acids, while the bio-oil from nonpolar extractant mainly consisted of esters, alkanes and aromatics. These results reveal that the hydrochar extracted by polar solvent exerts a greater potential for the production of carbon-based material.This paper reports a complete characterization of the lowest fractions of bottom ash derived from co-combustion of municipal solid waste with sewage sludge (COBA), with the aim to suggest suitable reuse strategies of this by-product. X-Ray Microanalysis is coupled with mineralogical characterization, based on X-Ray Diffraction and Rietveld refinement, to extract information about COBA crystalline and amorphous phases. The composition of different particle size fractions shows that amount of amorphous increases with the increase of fractions sizes. In particular, the finest COBA size fraction ( less then 300 μm) shows more leachable heavy metals (i.e. Pb, and Zn) compared to the investigated fraction with the highest sizes (1400 µm). On the basis of their composition, lowest particle size fractions show a better hydraulic behavior compared to bottom ash obtained from incineration of only municipal solid waste, suggesting possible attractive COBA applications, as for example, Portland cement substitution. In addition, COBA with size fractions in the range of 1000-1400 μm are proposed to be used to produce glass and ceramic.
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