The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), etiological agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has led to more than 425 million cases and more than 5.9 million deaths globally (WHO, 2021). ...

The unique characteristics of a city amplify the impacts of climate change; therefore, urban planning in the 21st century is challenged to apply mitigation and adaptation strategies that ensure the collective well-being. ...

Despite a global phase out of some point sources, mercury (Hg) remains elevated in aquatic food webs, posing health risks for fish-eating consumers. Many tropical regions have fast growing organisms, potentially short food ...

Monitoring wildlife roadkills is a valuable method to identify critical areas where animals are more susceptible to collision with vehicles, likewise, this type of work can let us know which species are more ...

As the number of legal and illegal gold mining sites increases in the Andes–Amazonia region, integrative methods to evaluate the effects of mining pollution on freshwater ecosystems are of paramount importance. Here, we ...

The objective of this research is to experimentally evaluate the anaerobic co-digestion of 16 slaughterhouse residues in the city of Guaranda with straw residues from agriculture, such as: 17 amaranth, quinoa and wheat. ...

The Special-purpose Committee on Virtual Participation in the Nomenclature Section was established by the XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Shenzhen, China in 2017, with the mandate "to investigate the possibility ...

We assessed the combined effects of polyethylene microplastic (MP) and malathion (MLT) on the survival of the fiddler crab Minuca ecuadoriensis, and MP tissue bioaccumulation in four treatments following 120 h exposure: ...

Solid state surface phases formed on pyrolytic graphite platforms during the atomization of vanadium in ETAAS have been characterized by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Vanadium carbide V 8 C 7 , usually described...

The combination of sedimentation, electrocoagulation (EC) and ozonation processes was investigated to treat wastewater from a medium-density fiberboard panel industry. The set-up of the EC process was composed of aluminum ...