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https://read.qxmd.com/read/25369915/wastewater-treatment-in-a-compact-intensified-wetland-system-at-the-badboot-a-floating-swimming-pool-in-belgium
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D Van Oirschot, S Wallace, R Van Deun
The Badboot (Dutch for swimming pool boat) is a floating swimming pool located in the city center of Antwerp in Belgium. The overall design consists of a recycled ferry boat that serves as a restaurant and next to that a newly built ship that harbours an Olympic size swimming pool, sun decks, locker rooms with showers, and a party space. A major design goal of the project was to make the ship as environmentally friendly as possible. To avoid discharge of contaminated waste water in the Antwerp docks, the ship includes onsite treatment of wastewater in a compact constructed wetland...
September 2015: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25128346/microbial-odor-profile-of-polyester-and-cotton-clothes-after-a-fitness-session
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Chris Callewaert, Evelyn De Maeseneire, Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof, Arne Verliefde, Tom Van de Wiele, Nico Boon
Clothing textiles protect our human body against external factors. These textiles are not sterile and can harbor high bacterial counts as sweat and bacteria are transmitted from the skin. We investigated the microbial growth and odor development in cotton and synthetic clothing fabrics. T-shirts were collected from 26 healthy individuals after an intensive bicycle spinning session and incubated for 28 h before analysis. A trained odor panel determined significant differences between polyester versus cotton fabrics for the hedonic value, the intensity, and five qualitative odor characteristics...
November 2014: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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