Today, the concept of a circular economy (CE) has become omnipresent. Central to this concept is the term value, however, it is not properly defined, which leads to different interpretations, and hinders implementation of the CE concept. Hence, this article operationalizes the theoretical concept of value into a more practical understanding. First,...
This study proposes an integrated process chain to upconcentrate short-chain carboxylic acids (SCCA) like acetic, propionic, and butyric acid, produced from anaerobic fermentation of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. The starting point is the residual biogas, which is produced from the anaerobic digestion of the solid fraction obtained...
Introduction: Involving mental healthcare patients in nursing handover practices seems a promising method for increasing patient participation, empowerment, and shared decision-making but is hardly found in practice. Method: An explorative review on bedside handovers in mental health care was conducted. Searched databases included CINHAHL, Web of S...
Air scrubbing is an effective technology to treat industrial polluted air loaded with VOCs. Water is the most widely used absorbent liquid, but when hydrophobic pollutants are treated, mass transfer between the gas phase and the liquid phase is limited. Therefore, organic solvents are an attractive option to improve the removal efficiency of hydrop...
A co -culture of an alkaliphilic methanotrophic consortium and the microalga Scenedesmus obtusiusculus was designed to consume CH4 and CO2 from diluted CH4 streams under alkaline conditions to favor CO2 retention. The highest CH4 consumption rate in batch assays was 318 mgCH4 gbiomass - 1 d- 1 with 8 % initial CH4 and nitrate as the nitrogen source...
Laypeople believe that sharing their emotional experiences with others will improve their understanding of those experiences, but no clear empirical evidence supports this belief. To address this gap, we used data from four daily life studies (N = 659; student and community samples) to explore the association between social sharing and subsequent e...
Introduction Persons with substance use disorders (SUD) make up a considerable proportion of mental health care service users worldwide. Since 2010, Belgian mental health care has undergone a nationwide reform ('Title 107') aiming to realize a mental health care system that fosters more intensive collaboration, strengthens the cohesion and integrat...
Addressing the need for sustainable sanitation in public transport and tourism, this study evaluates electrocoagulation-flotation (ECF) combined with anaerobic digestion (AD) for treating synthetic human faecal sludge (FS). Especially the effects of influent aeration and the use of either rainwater or tap water for flushing on the efficiency of pol...
In this work, a co -creative in -situ methodology is presented augmenting the sonic environment of a highway noise dominated urban park through the incorporation of fountains. Pre-recorded water feature sounds were played with a flexible loudspeaker setup positioned at the pond's bank. This simplified approach to fountain auralization enabled the i...
