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The latest newsletter of IWA-HRWM Specialist Group (Dec. 2020) has been published

The latest newsletter (Dec. 2020) of Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group at International Water Association  has been published The following articles of Assoc. Prof. Sano are included: p3: Daisuke Sano. COVID-19 Taskforce of Japan Society on Water Environment P4: Mohan Amarasiri, Takashi Furukawa, Daisuke Sano, Kazunari Sei. Update on quantifying the antibiotic concentrations which can lead to evolution of antibiotic…

2020 International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering”

The following study will be presented at 2020 International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering” (CESE2020, Nov. 7-8, 2020, ONLINE) -> FINISHED Partial least square-structural equation modeling for evaluating the impact of an environmental education program on sustainable waste management behaviors of high school students in Indonesia Sagitaningtyas Susanti Utami, Mohammad Nuh, Oscar R. Danar, Daisuke Sano

Water Environment and Technology Conference 2020

The following studies will be presented at Water Environment and Technology Conference 2020 (WET2020, Nov. 7-8, 2020, ONLINE). -> FINISHED Natural Inactivation Kinetics Modeling of a Waterborne Enteric Virus in Surface Water by Sparse Regression and Hierarchical Bayesian Estimation Wakana OISHI, Ikuo KATO, Osamu NISHIMURA, Daisuke SANO Gastroenteritis patient prediction based on wastewater-based epidemiology and dynamic modeling Yifan ZHU, Wakana OISHI,…
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Yifan Zhu won the Best Poster Award.

Yifan Zhu won the Best Poster Award at the 2nd Academic Forum on Environmental Studies at Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University. Congratulations!!!
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New article of Yifan Zhu (PhD student) has been published in Water Research

New article of Yifan Zhu (PhD student) has been published in Water Research. OPEN ACCESS!!! Virus removal by membrane bioreactors: A review of mechanism investigation and modeling efforts Yifan Zhu, Rong Chen, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano Water Research Backgrounds: Waterborne enteric viruses in wastewater pose a serious threat to public health, to keep up with the increasing demand for water…

ISERME2020

The following study will be presented at the International Symposium on Earth Resources Management and Environment 2020 (ISERME2020, Oct. 23, 2020, Online). #This symposium has been postponed. Estimation of the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a sewershed based on wastewater-based epidemiology Yifan Zhu, Wakana Oishi, Chikako Maruo, Masaaki Kitajima, Daisuke Sano You can see the details of this symposium from HERE

2nd Sustainable Waste Management Conference

The following study will be presented at 2nd Sustainable Waste Management Conference (Virtual, Sep. 15-17). Hierarchical Bayesian modeling for predictive environmental microbiology towards safe resource recovery from human excreta Wakana Oishi, Shun-suke Kadoya, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano

Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Assoc. Prof. Sano contributed to the publication of WHO technical brief with regards to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management. Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Authors: World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Organization for Animal Health https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/wash-wastewater-management-to-prevent-infections-and-reduce-amr/en/
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New article of Wakana Oishi (PhD student) has been published in JEMA.

New article of Wakana Oishi (PhD student) has been published in JEMA. Inactivation kinetics modeling of Escherichia coli in concentrated urine for implementing predictive environmental microbiology in sanitation safety planning Wakana Oishi, Ikuo Kato, Nowaki Hijikata, Ken Ushijima, Ryusei Ito, Naoyuki Funamizu, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano Journal of Environmental Management, August 2020, 268, 110672. ABSTRACT Urine concentration (condensation) leads to…