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A Synthetic Quality Index to Evaluate the Functional Stability of Soil Microbial Communities After Perturbations
(Elsevier, 2021-05-28)
[Abstract] Soil stability includes both resistance, the ability to withstand a perturbation or stress, and resilience, the ability to recover to pre perturbation levels. The functional stability of soil microbial communities ...
Modeling the Natural Gas Knocking Behaviour Using Gas-Phase Infrared Spectra and Multivariate Calibration
(Elsevier, 2021-04-01)
[Abstract] To assess the knocking properties of natural gas (NG) when it is used as fuel for vehicles is vital to optimize the design and functioning of their motors. Analytical efforts in this field are needed as the ...
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Analysis in Tea Infusions and Tea Beverages Using Membrane Assisted Solvent Extraction
(Elsevier, 2021-04-16)
[Abstract] Membrane Assisted Solvent Extraction (MASE) was applied as an extraction and enrichment technique of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from tea infusions and fruit/herbal-tea beverages. PAHs have been ...
Monitorization of Polyamide Microplastics Weathering Using Attenuated Total Reflectance and Microreflectance Infrared Spectrometry
(Elsevier, 2021-07-10)
[Abstract] The EU goal to reduce marine plastic litter by ca. 30% by 2020 stressed the need to deploy analytical methods to ascertain the polymeric nature of a residue. Furthermore, as plastics age under natural conditions ...
Study of Temporal Variations of Equivalent Black Carbon in a Coastal City in Northwest Spain Using an Atmospheric Aerosol Data Management Software
(MDPI AG, 2021-01-07)
[Abstract]
Light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (including black carbon (BC)) pose serious health issues and play significant roles in atmospheric radiative properties. Two-year measurements (2015–2016) of aerosol light ...
Evolution of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants in the Air: What Changed after Five Lockdown Weeks at a Southwest Atlantic European Region (Northwest of Spain) Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic?
(MDPI, 2021-04-27)
[Abstract] Due to the exponential growth of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Spain (2020), the Spanish Government adopted lockdown measures as mitigating strategies to reduce the spread of the pandemic from 14 March. In this ...
Fast Quality Control of Natural Gas for Commercial Supply and Transport Utilities
(Elsevier, 2021-07-28)
[Abstract] Quality control of natural gas frequently relies on off-line slow standardized chromatographic techniques. Previous implementations of new measurement approaches focused of synthetic mixtures without extensive ...
Development of a Fast and Efficient Method to Analyze Microplastics in Planktonic Samples
(Elsevier, 2021-04-22)
[Abstract] Microplastics (MPs) affect plankton (a basis of the trophic chain) and planktivorous fish can ingest them through food confusion or by trophic transmission. Consensus to determine MPs in plankton is lacking and, ...
Phthalates, Organotin Compounds and Per-Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Semiconfined Areas of the Spanish Coast: Occurrence, Sources and Risk Assessment
(Elsevier, 2021-03-14)
[Abstract] In this work two sensitive areas of the Spanish coast located in the Atlantic (Ria de Vigo) and Mediterranean (Mar Menor lagoon) have been studied regarding their contamination by phthalates, organotin compounds ...
Oral Bioavailability Reveals an Overestimation of the Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric Particulate Matter
(Springer Nature, 2021-11-19)
[Abstract] Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in atmospheric particulate matter have adverse effects on human health, yet total PAH concentrations should overestimate the toxicity compared to the bioavailable amount ...