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Reducing Phytotoxic Effects in Engineered Pine Wood Substrates Through Aging and Preconditioning Treatments.
Enhancing Parallel Processing in Heterogeneous Systems via Hardware-Specific Optimizations.
Isotopic Applications in North Carolina: Taphonomic Effects on Stable Isotopes, Dual-Isotopic Modeling for Human Identification, and a Multidisciplinary Approach to Forensic Casework.
Expectation-Maximization (EM) Based Functional Data Methods for Longitudinal Data and Survival Data.
Practical Applications of Chemical Oxygen Demand Fractionation for Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems
Phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment is critical for preventing eutrophication and
further degradation of aquatic environments. For phosphorus, a limiting nutrient, just a slight
increase in concentration can lead to significant ecological impacts. Wastewater effluent is a
substantial contributor to phosphorus loadings in receiving waters. Removal of phosphorus is an
operational and economic challenge. With strict permit limits and ever-changing technologies,
regulations, and funding, wastewater facilities must optimize treatment processes to achieve the
highest removal efficiency in the most cost-effective manner. This study focuses on the practical
applications of COD fractionation using physicochemical methods to drive process adjustments
and inform design and treatment modeling. Practicality is determined through the data’s
reproducibility, usefulness through trend formation, and ability to collect and analyze statistically
significant data