The science behind our solutions

Effects of environmental conditions on healthcare worker wellbeing and quality of care: A qualitative study in Niger

Darcy M. Anderson, Ezechiel Mahamane, Valerie Bauza, Kairou Oudou Bilo Mahamadou, Lucy Tantum, Aaron Salzberg

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PLOS Global Public Health

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December 20, 2023

Assessment of Sanitation Infrastructure Resilience to Extreme Rainfall and Flooding: Evidence from an Informal Settlement in Kenya

Sarah Lebu, Rita Gyimah, Erick Nandoya, Joe Brown, Aaron Salzberg, Musa Manga

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SSRN

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October 21, 2023

Environmental monitoring of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in North Carolina water and wastewater using the WHO Tricycle protocol in combination with membrane filtration and compartment bag test methods for detecting and quantifying ESBL E. coli

K. Clark Appling, Mark D. Sobsey, Lisa M. Durso, Michael B. Fisher

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PLOS Water

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September 9, 2023

Considering Some Negative Implications of an Ever-Decreasing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Blood Lead Threshold and “No Safe Level” Health Messaging

Siddhartha Roy, Kim N. Dietrich, Hernan F. Gomez, Marc A. Edwards

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Environmental Science & Technology

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August 23, 2023

Soil-transmitted helminths: A critical review of the impact of co-infections and implications for control and elimination

Sarah Lebu, Winnie Kibone, Chimdi C. Muoghalu, Stephen Ochaya, Aaron Salzberg, Felix Bongomin, Musa Manga

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PLOS

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August 10, 2023

Zika virus RNA persistence and recovery in water and wastewater: An approach for Zika virus surveillance in resource-constrained settings

Kevin Zhu, Cailee Hill, Aaron Muirhead, Mausumi Basu, Joe Brown, Margo A. Brinton, Matthew J. Hayat, Cristina Venegas-Vargas, Mitermayer G. Reis, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, J. Scott Meschke, Albert I. Ko, Federico Costa, Christine E. Stauber

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Water Research

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August 1, 2023

On-site sanitation system emptying practices and influential factors in Asian low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Katharine Conaway, Sarah Lebu, Kylie Heilferty, Aaron Salzberg, Musa Manga

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Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances

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June 1, 2023

Biochar and Its Potential Application for the Improvement of the Anaerobic Digestion Process: A Critical Review

Manga, Musa, Christian Aragón-Briceño, Panagiotis Boutikos, Swaib Semiyaga, Omotunde Olabinjo, and Chimdi C. Muoghalu

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Energies

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May 12, 2023

Effectiveness of the Swachh Bharat Mission and barriers to ending open defecation in India: a systematic review

Anna VerKuilen, Lauren Sprouse, Rachel Beardsley, Sarah Lebu, Aaron Salzberg, Musa Manga

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Frontiers in Environmental Science

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May 9, 2023

Eliminating lead exposure from drinking water—A global call to action

Valerie Bauza , Sean Furey , Jorge Alvarez-Sala, James Bartram, Kerstin Danert, Jennifer De France, Samuel Diarra, Michael B. Fisher, Dain Hansen, Paul Hutchings, Christopher Lindsay, Riley Mulhern, Ray Norman, Claude Ramseier, Johan Strandberg, Pierre Studer, Aaron Salzberg

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PLOS Water

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April 26, 2023

Inactivation of faecal pathogens during faecal sludge composting: a systematic review

Musa Manga, Chimdi C. Muoghalu, Pamela O

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Environmental Technology Reviews

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March 12, 2023

On-site sanitation system emptying practices and influential factors in Asian low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

Katharine Conaway, Sarah Lebu, Kylie Heilferty, Aaron Salzberg, Musa Manga

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Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances

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March 4, 2023

Biochar as a novel technology for treatment of onsite domestic wastewater: A critical review

Chimdi C. Muoghalu, Prosper Achaw Owusu, Sarah Lebu, Anne Nakagiri, Swaib Semiyaga, Oliver Terna Iorhemen, Musa Manga

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Frontiers in Environmental Science

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February 23, 2023

Faecal sludge emptying in sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia: A systematic review of emptying technology choices, challenges, and improvement initiatives

Chimdi Muoghalu, Swaib Semiyaga, Musa Manga

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Frontiers in Environmental Science

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February 16, 2023

Application of black soldier fly larvae in decentralized treatment of faecal sludge from pit latrines in informal settlements in Kampala City

Richard Tokwaro, Swaib Semiyaga, Charles B. Niwagaba, Anne Nakagiri, Jotham Ivan Sempewo, Chimdi C. Muoghalu, Musa Manga

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Frontiers in Environmental Science

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February 7, 2023

Effect of Turning Frequency on the Survival of Fecal Indicator Microorganisms during Aerobic Composting of Fecal Sludge with Sawdust

Musa Manga, Chimdi Muoghalu, Miller Camargo-Valero, Barbara Evans

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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January 30, 2023

Invasive Fungal Diseases in Africa: A Critical Literature Review

Felix Bongomin, Bassey E. Ekeng, Winnie Kibone, Lauryn Nsenga, Ronald Olum, Asa Itam-Eyo, Marius Paulin Ngouanom Kuate, Francis Pebalo Pebolo, Adeyinka A. Davies, Musa Manga, Bright Ocansey, Richard Kwizera, Joseph Baruch Baluku

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Journal of Fungi

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November 22, 2022

Persistent Ascaris Transmission Is Possible in Urban Areas Even Where Sanitation Coverage Is High

Drew Capone, Troy Barker, Oliver Cumming, Abeoseh Flemister, Riley Geason, Elizabeth Kim, Jackie Knee, Yarrow Linden, Musa Manga, Mackenzie Meldrum, Rassul Nala, Simrill Smith, Joe Brown

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Environmental Science and Technology

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October 26, 2022

Interventions to address unsafe child feces disposal practices in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review

Lauren Sprouse, Anna Liles, Ryan Cronk, Valerie Bauza, James B. Tidwell, Musa Manga

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H2Open Journal

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October 6, 2022

Contextual and psychosocial factors influencing caregiver safe disposal of child feces and child latrine training in rural Odisha, India

Gloria D. Sclar, Valerie Bauza, Alokananda Bisoyi, Thomas F. Clasen, Hans-Joachim Mosler

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PLoS One

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September 9, 2022

Recycling of Faecal Sludge: Nitrogen, Carbon and Organic Matter Transformation during Co-Composting of Faecal Sludge with Different Bulking Agents

Musa Manga, Barbara E. Evans, Miller A. Camargo-Valero

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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August 25, 2022

Application of Anaerobic Digestion in Decentralized Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants

Swaib Semiyaga, Anne Nakagiri, Charles B. Niwagaba, Musa Manga

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Anaerobic Biodigesters for Human Waste Treatment,

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August 22, 2022

Public health performance of sanitation technologies in Tamil Nadu, India: Initial perspectives based on E. coli release

Musa Manga, Pete Kolsky, Jan Willem Rosenboom, Sudha Ramalingam, Lavanya Sriramajayam, Jamie Bartram, Jill Stewart

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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June 1, 2022

Early life lead exposure from private well water increases juvenile delinquency risk among US teens

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, John M. MacDonald, Michael Fisher, Xiwei Chen, Aralia Pawlick, Philip J. Cook

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PNAS

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January 31, 2022

Impacts of storage tanks under the indirect cold water supply system on household water quality: a case of Wakiso District, Uganda

Musa Manga, Lawrence O. Okeny, Nathan Kibwami

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Water Supply

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December 3, 2021

Collaborative management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam increases economic benefits and resilience

Mohammed Basheer, Victor Nechifor, Alvaro Calzadilla, Khalid Siddig, Mikiyas Etichia, Dale Whittington, David Hulme, Julien J. Harou.

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Nature Communications

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September 23, 2021

Chitosan Coagulation Pretreatment to Enhance Ceramic Water Filtration for Household Water Treatment

Collin Knox Coleman, Eric Mai, Megan Miller, Shalini Sharma, Clark Williamson,Hemali Oza, Eleanor Holmes, Marie Lamer, Christopher Ly, Jill Stewart, Mark D. Sobsey, Lydia S. Abebe

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Int. J. Mol. Sci.

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September 1, 2021

Inactivation of Coronaviruses and Phage Phi6 from Irradiation across UVC Wavelengths

Ben Ma, Yarrow S. Linden, Patricia M. Gundy, Charles P. Gerba, Mark D. Sobsey, and Karl G. Linden

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Environmental Science and Technology Letters

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August 12, 2021

Impacts of an urban sanitation intervention on fecal indicators and the prevalence of human fecal contamination in Mozambique

Holcomb, D., Knee, J., Capone, D., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., Brown, J., Stewart, J.

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Environmental Science and Technology

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August 12, 2021

Microbial water quality improvement associated with transitioning from intermittent to continuous water supply in Nagpur, India

Bivins, A., Lowry, S., Wankhede, A., Hajare, R., Murphy, H.M., Borchardt, M., Labhasetwar, P., Brown, J.

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Water Research

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August 1, 2021

Adapting a safe water storage container to improve household stored water quality in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster randomized trial

Darcy M. Anderson; Michael B. Fisher; Osborn Kwena; Hermann Kambou; Romain Broseus; Ashley R. Williams; Kaida Liang; Rohit Ramaswamy; Jamie Bartram

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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

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August 1, 2021

Occurrence of male-specific and somatic coliphages and relationship with rainfall in privately-owned wells from peri urban and rural households

Megan A. Stallard, Riley Mulhern, Emily Greenwood, Taylor Franklin, Lawrence S.Engel, Michael B.Fisher, Mark D.Sobsey, Hania Zanib, Rachel T. Noble, Jill R.Stewart, and Emanuele Sozzi.

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Water Research X

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August 1, 2021

Measuring household hygiene access and handwashing behaviors: Findings from 14 low- and middle-income countries

Michelle Moffa, Ryan Cronk, Lisa Fleming, James B. Tidwell

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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August 1, 2021

Factors associated with safe child feces disposal in Ethiopia, India, and Zambia. Int J Hyg Environ Health.

Beardsley R, Cronk R, Tracy W, Fleming L, Ng'ambi M, Tidwell JB, Manga M.

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Int J Hyg Environ Health

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August 1, 2021

Microbial Contamination in Environmental Waters of Rural and Agriculturally-Dominated Landscapes Following Hurricane Florence

Angela R. Harris, Emine N. Fidan, Natalie G. Nelson, Ryan E. Emanuel, Theo Jass, Sophia Kathariou, Jeffrey Niedermeyer, Mahmoud Sharara, Francis Lajara de los Reyes III, Diego A. Riveros-Iregui, and Jill R. Stewart

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ACS EST Water

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August 1, 2021

Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries

Kaitlin J. Mattos; Riley Mulhern; Colleen C. Naughton; Carmen Anthonj; Joe Brown; Clarissa Brocklehurst; Cecelia Brooks; April Desclos; Nataly E. Escobedo Garcia; Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson Karl G. Linden; Christopher A. Lindsay; Jennifer Newby; Ryan Sinclair; Alan Smith

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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

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July 1, 2021

Attributes of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene associated with microbiological water quality of stored drinking water in rural schools in Mozambique and Uganda

Camille E.Morgan, J. Michael Bowling, Jamie Bartram, Georgia L.Kayser

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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July 1, 2021

Successes, challenges, and support for men versus women implementers in water, sanitation, and hygiene programs: A qualitative study in rural Nepal

Darcy M.Anderson, Ankush Kumar, Gupta Sarah, Birken, Zoe Sakas, Matthew C. Freeman

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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July 1, 2021

Healthcare provider satisfaction with environmental conditions in rural healthcare facilities of 14 low- and middle-income countries

Donald Fejfar, Amy Guo, Emma Kelly, James Benjamin Tidwell, Oscar Ochieng, Ryan Cronk

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Int J Hyg Environ Health

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July 1, 2021

Using path analysis to test Theory of Change: a quantitative process evaluation of the MapSan trial

Bick, S., Buxton, H., Chase, R.P., Ross, I., Adriano, Z., Capone, C., Knee, J., Brown, J., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., and Dreibelbis, R.

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BMC Public Health

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July 1, 2021

Impact of an Urban Sanitation Intervention on Enteric Pathogen Detection in Soils

Drew Capone, David Berendes, Oliver Cumming, David Holcomb, Jackie Knee, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Karen Levy, Rassul Nalá, Benjamin B. Risk, Jill Stewart, and Joe Brown

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Environ. Sci. Technol

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July 1, 2021

A toolkit for costing environmental health services in healthcare facilities

Darcy M. Anderson; J. Wren Tracy; Ryan Cronk; Hayley Schram; Nikki Behnke; Jamie Bartram.

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Journal of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for Development

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June 1, 2021

Comparative study on total nitrogen prediction in wastewater treatment plant and effect of various feature selection methods on machine learning algorithms performance

Faramarz Bagherzadeh, Mohamad-Javad Mehrani, MiladBasirifard, Javad Roostaei

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Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume

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June 1, 2021

Joint strategic energy and river basin planning to reduce dam impacts on rivers in Myanmar

Schmitt, R.J.P., Kittner, N., Kondolf, G.M., Kammen, D.M

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Environmental Research Letters

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May 7, 2021

A systematic review of water, sanitation and hygiene among Roma communities in Europe: Situation analysis, cultural context, and obstacles to improvement

C. Anthonj, K.E. Setty, F. Ezbakhe, M. Manga & C. Hoeser

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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May 1, 2021

Predicting the risk of GenX contamination in private well water using a machine-learned Bayesian network model

Javad Roostaei, Sarah Colley, Riley Mulhern, Andrew A. May, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

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Journal of Hazardous Materials

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May 1, 2021

Effects of an urban sanitation intervention on childhood enteric infection and diarrhea in Maputo, Mozambique: a controlled before-and-after trial

Knee, J., Sumner, T., Adriano, Z., Anderson, C., Bush, F., Capone, D., Casmo, V., Holcomb, D., Kolsky, P., Macdougall, A., Molotkova, E., Braga, J.M., Russo, C., Schmidt, W.P., Stewart, J., Zambrana, W., Zuin, W., Nalá, R., Cumming, O., Brown, J.

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ELife

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April 9, 2021

Methods, Protocols, Guidance and Standards for Performance Evaluation for Point-of-Use Water Treatment Technologies: History, Current Status, Future Needs and Directions

Emily S. Bailey, Nikki Beetsch, Douglas A. Wait, Hemali H. Oza, Nirmala Ronnie and Mark D. Sobsey

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Water

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April 1, 2021

Translating Wastewater Surveillance Data. COVID-19 Feature

Rasha Maal-Bared, Mark Sobsey, Naoko Munakata, Kari Brisolara, Lee Gary Jr., Jay Swift, Samendra Sherchan, Scott Schaefer, Albert Rubin, Charles Gerba, Kyle Bibby, Robert Bastian, Lola Olabode, Akin Babatola, Robert S. Reimers, and Leonard Casson

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WE&T

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April 1, 2021

Development and application of tools to cost the delivery of environmental health services in healthcare facilities: a financial analysis in urban Malawi

Darcy M. Anderson, Ryan Cronk, Emily Pak, Precious Malima, David Fuente, J. Wren Tracy, Innocent Mofolo, Holystone Kafanikhale, Irving Hoffman & Jamie Bartram

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BMC Health Services Research

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April 1, 2021

Climate adaptation for rural water and sanitation systems in the Solomon Islands: A community scale systems model for decision support

T. Chan, M.C. MacDonald, A. Kearton, M. Elliott, K.F. Shields, B. Powell, J.K. Bartram, W.L. Hadwen

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Science of the Total Environment

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April 1, 2021

Occurrence of Lead and Other Toxic Metals Derived from Drinking-Water Systems in Three West African Countries

Michael B. Fisher, Amy Z. Guo, J. Wren Tracy, Sridevi K. Prasad, Ryan D. Cronk, Emily G. Browning, Kaida R. Liang, Emma R. Kelly, and Jamie K. Bartram

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Environmental Health Perspectives

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April 1, 2021

Open waste canals as potential sources of antimicrobial resistance genes in aerosols in urban Kanpur, India

Ginn, O., Berendes, D., Wood, A., Bivins, A., Rocha-Melogno, L., Deshusses, M., Tripathi, S., Bergin, M., and Brown, J.

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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March 8, 2021

Impact of sampling depth on enteric pathogen detection in pit latrines

Capone, D., Chigwechokha, P., de los Reyes III, F., Holm, R. H., Risk, B. B., Tilley, E., and Brown, J

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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March 2, 2021

Impact of sampling depth on pathogen detection in pit latrines

Drew Capone,Petros Chigwechokha, Francis L. de los Reyes III, Rochelle H. Holm, Benjamin B. Risk, Elizabeth Tilley, Joe Brown

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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March 1, 2021

Antimicrobial resistance genes are enriched in aerosols near impacted urban surface waters in La Paz, Bolivia

Ginn, O., Nichols, D., Rocha-Melogno, L., Bivins, A., Berendes, D., Soria, F., Andrade, M., Deshusses, M., Bergin, M., and Brown, J.

194:110730

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Environmental Research

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March 1, 2021

Factors associated with water quality, sanitation, and hygiene in rural schools in 14 low- and middle-income countries

Ryan Cronk, Amy Guo, Lisa Fleming, Jamie Bartram

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Science of The Total Environment

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March 1, 2021

Fate of faecal pathogen indicators during faecal sludge composting with different bulking agents in tropical climate

Manga, M., Camargo-Valero, M.A., Anthonj, C. and Evans, B.E

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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March 1, 2021

Environmental conditions in maternity wards: Evidence from rural healthcare facilities in 14 low- and middle-income countries

Ryan Cronk, Amy Guo, Caroline Folz, Peter Hynes, Ashley Labat, Kaida Liang, Jamie Bartram

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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March 1, 2021

Lead Distribution in Urban Soil in a Medium-Sized City: Household-Scale Analysis

Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, Javad Roostaei, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

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Environ. Sci. Technol.

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February 24, 2021

Effect of feed water pH on the partitioning of alkali metal salts from aqueous phase into the polyamide active layers of reverse osmosis membranes

Wang, J.A; Armstrong, M.D.A; Grzebyk, K.A; Vickers, R.A; Coronell, O.

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Environmental Science & Technology

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February 18, 2021

The effect of household storage tanks/vessels and user practices on the quality of water: a systematic review of literature

Manga, M., Ngobi, T.G., Okeny, L., Acheng, P., Namakula, H., Kyaterekera, E., Nansubuga, I. and Kibwami, N.

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Environmental Systems Research

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February 1, 2021

A quantitative microbial risk assessment of pediatric infections attributable to ingestion of fecally contaminated domestic soils in low-income urban Maputo, Mozambique

Capone, D., Bivins, A., Knee, J., Cumming, O., Nalá, R., and Brown, J

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Environmental Science and Technology

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January 20, 2021

Safe healthcare facilities: a systematic review on the costs of establishing and maintaining environmental health in facilities in low- and middle-income countries

Darcy M. Anderson, Ryan Cronk, Donald Fejfar, Emily Pak, Michelle Cawley, and Jamie Bartram

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

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January 19, 2021

Joint strategic energy and river basin planning to reduce dam impacts on rivers in Myanmar

Schmitt, R.J.P., Kittner, N., Kondolf, G.M., Kammen, D.M.

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Environmental Research Letters

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January 1, 2021

Sanitary inspection, microbial water quality analysis, and water safety in handpumps in rural sub-Saharan Africa

Emma Kelly, Ryan Cronk, Michael Fisher & Jamie Bartram.

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npj clean water

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January 1, 2021

Tracking Major Sources of Water Contamination Using Machine Learning

Jianyong Wu, Conghe Song, Eric A. Dubinsky and Jill R. Stewart

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Front. Microbiol

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January 1, 2021

Can Modern Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms Discover High-Dimensional Financial Risk Portfolio Tradeoffs for Snow-Dominated Water-Energy Systems?

Gupta, R. S., Hamilton, A. L.D, Reed, P. M. and G. W. Characklis

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Advances in Water Resources

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November 1, 2020

Systems science approaches for global environmental health research: enhancing intervention design and implementation for Household Air Pollution (HAP) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programs

Rosenthal, J., Arku, R.E., Baumgartner, J., Brown, J., Clasen, T., Eisenberg, J.N.S

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Environmental Health Perspectives

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October 9, 2020

Temporal variation of power production via reverse electrodialysis using coastal North Carolina waters and its correlation to temperature and conductivity

Hossen, E.H.; Gobetz, Z.E.; Kingsbury, R.S.A; Liu, F.A; Palko, H.C.; Dubbs, L.L.; Coronell, O.; Call, D.F.

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Desalination

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October 1, 2020

Strategies to Connect Low-Income Communities with the Proposed Sewerage Network of the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Assessment of the Perspectives of Stakeholders

Alam M-U, Sharior F, Ferdous S, Ahsan A, Ahmed T, Afrin A, Sarker S, Akand F, Archie, RJ, Hasan K, Renouf R, Drabble S, Norman G, Rahman M, Tidwell J

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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October 1, 2020

Quantitative microbial risk assessment of North Carolina reclaimed water for potable reuse

Emily S. Bailey, Lisa M. Casanova and Mark D. Sobsey

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AWWA Water Science

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October 1, 2020

Water Pathways: An open source stochastic simulation framework for water supply portfolio management and infrastructure investments

Trindade, B., Reed, P. M., Gold, D. F., Zeff, H. B.P and G. W. Characklis

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Environmental Modelling and Software

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October 1, 2020

Bioaerosol sampling optimization for community exposure assessment in cities with poor sanitation: a one health cross-sectional study

Rocha-Melogno, L., Ginn, O., Bailey, E., Soria, F., Andrade, M., Bergin, M., Brown, J., Gray, G.C., Deshusses, M.A.

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Science of the Total Environment

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October 1, 2020

Sources of and Solutions to Toxic Metal and Metalloid Contamination in Small Rural Drinking Water Systems: A Rapid Review

Tracy, J. W., Guo, A., Liang, K., Bartram, J., & Fisher, M. B

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Child Nutrition

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September 27, 2020

Users are willing to pay for sanitation, but not as much as they say: empirical results and methodological comparisons of willingness to pay for peri-urban sanitation in Lusaka, Zambia

Tidwell J

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Journal of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Development

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September 20, 2020

Managing financial risk tradeoffs for hydropower generation using snowpack-based index contracts

Hamilton, A. L., Characklis, G. W. and P. M. Reed

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Water Resources Research

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September 19, 2020

A novel droplet digital PCR human mtDNA assay for fecal source tracking

Zhu, K., Suttner, B., Pickering, A., Konstantinidis, K., and Brown, J.

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Water Research

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September 15, 2020

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-positive Escherichia coli presence in urban aquatic environments in Kanpur, India

Johnson, A.*, Ginn, O.*, Bivins, A.*, Rocha-Melogno, L., Tripathi, S.N., and Brown, J.

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Journal of Water and Health

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September 8, 2020

Faecal contamination of the environment and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis using individual participant data

Goddard, F.G.B., Pickering, A.J., Ercumen, A., Brown, J., Chang, H.H., Clasen, T

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Lancet Planetary Health

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September 1, 2020

Laboratory Studies of Fresh and Aged Biomass Burning Aerosol Emitted from East African Biomass Fuels – Part 2 – Chemical Properties and Characterization.

Smith, D. M.; Cui, T.S; Fiddler, M. N.; Pokhrel, R.; Surratt, J. D.; Bililign, S.

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Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics

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September 1, 2020

Microbial indicators of fecal pollution: recent progress and challenges in assessing water quality

Holcomb, DA and JR Stewart

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Current Environmental Health Reports

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September 1, 2020

Measuring environmental exposure to enteric pathogens in low-income settings: review and recommendations of an interdisciplinary working group

Goddard, FGB, R Ban, D Boyd Barr, J Brown, J Cannon, JM Colford, Jr, J Eisenberg, A Ercumen, H Petach, M Freeman, K Levy, SP Luby, C Moe, AJ Pickering, J Sarnat, J Stewart, E Thomas, M Taniuchi and T Clasen

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Environmental Science & Technology

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August 19, 2020

Waterborne pathogen monitoring in Jaipur, India reveals potential microbial risks of urban groundwater supply

Bivins, A., Lowry, S.*, Murphy, H. M., Borchardt, M., Coyte, R., Labhasetwar, P., and Brown, J.

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npj-Clean Water

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July 16, 2020

COVID-19: urgent actions, critical reflections and future relevance of ‘WaSH’: lessons for the current and future pandemics

. Howard, J. Bartram, C. Brocklehurst, J. M. Colford, F. Costa, D. Cunliffe, R. Dreibelbis, J. N. S. Eisenberg, B. Evans, R. Girones, S. Hrudey, J. Willetts, & C. Y. Wright.

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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

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July 1, 2020

WaSH CQI : Applying continuous quality improvement methods to water service delivery in four districts of rural northern Ghana

M. B. Fisher, L. Danquah, Z. Seidu, A. N. Fechter, B. Saga, J. K. Bartram, K. M. Liang, & R. Ramaswamy

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PLoS ONE

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July 1, 2020

Environmental health conditions in protracted displacement: a systematic scoping review

N. Behnke, R. Cronk, B.B. Shackelford, C. Cooper, R. Tu, L. Heller & J Bartram.

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Science of the Total Environment

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July 1, 2020

Assessment of antibiotic resistant coliforms from bioaerosol samples collected above a sewage-polluted river in La Paz, Bolivia

Salazar, D., Ginn, O.*, Brown, J., Soria, F., Garvizu

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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July 1, 2020

Zika Virus RNA Persistence in Sewage

Muirhead, A., Zhu, K.*, Brown, J., Basu, M., Brinton, M., Costa, F., Hayat, M., Stauber, C.

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Environmental Science and Technology Letters

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July 1, 2020

How do price surcharges impact water utility incentives to pursue alternative supplies during drought

Zeff, H. B.P, Characklis, G. W. and W. N. Thurman

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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

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June 1, 2020

Assessment of the presence and antibiotic resistance of Enterobacteriaceae recovered from bioaerosols in the Choqueyapu River area, La Paz, Bolivia

Medina, C., Ginn, O.*, Brown, J., Soria, F., Garvizu, C., Salazar, D., Tancara, A., and Herrera, J.

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Science of the Total Environment

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June 1, 2020

Mitigating drought-related financial risks for water utilities via integration of risk pooling and reinsurance

Baum, R.D and G. W. Characklis

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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

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June 1, 2020

Estimation of human feces associated extended spectrum β-lactamase-1 producing E. coli discharge into sanitation systems: a first global- and regional-scale calculation

Berendes, D., Kirby, A., Brown, J., and Wester, A.L

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Lancet Planetary Health

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June 1, 2020

Editorial Perspectives: will SARS-CoV-2 reset public health requirements in the water industry? Integrating lessons of the past and emerging research

Brian Pecson, Daniel Gerrity, Kyle Bibby, Jörg E. Drewes, Charles Gerba, Richard Gersberg, Raul Gonzalez, Charles N. Haas, Kerry A. Hamilton, Kara L. Nelson, Adam Olivieri, Channah Rock, Joan Rose and Mark Sobsey

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Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol

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June 1, 2020

Comparison of water and salt transport properties of ion exchange, reverse osmosis, and nanofiltration membranes for desalination and energy applications

Kingsbury, R.S.A; Wang, J.A; Coronell, O.

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Journal of Membrane Science

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June 1, 2020

Demonstration of tryptophan-like fluorescence sensor concepts for fecal exposure detection in drinking water in remote and resource constrained settings

Bedell, E., Sharpe, T., Purvis, T.*, Brown, J., and Thomas, E.

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Sustainability

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May 6, 2020

Insurance portfolio diversification through bundling for competing agents exposed to uncorrelated drought and flood risks

Denaro, S.P, Castelletti, A., Giuliani, M. and G. W. Characklis

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Health

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May 1, 2020

Impact of an intervention to improve pit latrine emptying practices in low income urban neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique

Capone, D., Buxton, H., Cumming, O., Dreibelbis, R., Knee, J., Nala, R., Ross, I., Brown, J.

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental

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May 1, 2020

Child salivary SIgA and its relationship to enteric infections and EED biomarkers in Maputo, Mozambique

Goddard, F.G.B.*, Knee, J.*, Sumner, T.*, Nala, R., Clasen, T., and Brown, J.

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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May 1, 2020

Human fecal contamination of water, soil, and surfaces in households sharing poor-quality sanitation facilities in Maputo, Mozambique

Holcomb, DA, J Knee, T Sumner, Z Adriano, E de Bruijn, R Nala, O Cumming, J Brown and JR Stewart

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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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May 1, 2020