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{"title":"Waste control by waste: A new approach for antibiotic removal and metal reuse from livestock wastewater using ascorbic acid-enhanced CaO₂/Cu(II) system.","authors":"Rongfa Zhang, Song Xia, Wenyue Yu, Guanglan Di, Jifei Hou, Xuede Li, Mingbao Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135496","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aiming at the coexistence of antibiotics and Cu(II) in livestock wastewater, a novelty strategy for the simultaneous removal of antibiotics and Cu ions by in-situ utilization of Cu(II) (i.e., CP/Cu(II) and CP/Cu(II)/ascorbic acid (AA) systems) was proposed. The removal rate of florfenicol (FF) in the CP/Cu(II)/AA system was 6.9 times higher than that of the CP/Cu(II) system. CP/Cu(II)/AA system was also effective in removing antibiotics from real livestock tailwater. Simultaneously, the removal of Cu ions in CP/Cu(II) and CP/Cu(II)/AA systems could reach 54.5 % and 15.7 %, respectively. The added AA could significantly enhance the antibiotics degradation but inhibit the Cu ions removal. HO^•, O₂^•-, Cu(III), and ^•C-R were detected in the CP/Cu(II)/AA system, in which HO^• was confirmed as the predominant contributor for FF degradation, and Cu(III) and ^•C-R also participated in FF elimination. The role of AA could accelerate HO^• production and Cu(I)/Cu(II)/Cu(III) cycle, and form ^•C-R. The degradation products and pathways of FF in the CP/Cu(II)/AA system were proposed and the toxicity of the degradation products was evaluated by the toxicity analysis software (T.E.S.T). The results of this work suggest that without introducing complex catalysts, the feasibility of in-situ utilization of Cu(II) inherently or artificially introduced in livestock wastewater activating CP for antibiotic degradation and Cu ions removal was verified.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135496"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142057699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improved microbial-plant soil bioremediation of PAHs and heavy metal through in silico methods.","authors":"Lei Zhao, Peixuan Sun, Jiaxuan Gao, Yunxiang Li, Qikun Pu, Cong Lyu, Wenjin Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135524","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The combined pollution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organic cadmium (Cd) in farmland soils, and the field controlling strategy need to be studied urgently. In this study, 5 PAHs, 5 Cd and 11 soil conditioners were selected to explore the co-exposure risk and remediation efficiency. Firstly, a significant combination Fl-alkylalkoxy cadmium was obtained using forward and reverse methods coupling variation coefficient methods (the combined pollution value was 0.173). Secondly, the interaction energy of microbial degradation / plant absorption of Fl under Cd stress, and microbial mineralization / plant absorption of alkylalkoxy cadmium under PAHs stress were characterized using factorial experimental design, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. The combined pollution of alkylalkoxy cadmium and dialkyl cadmium, phenanthrene and Benzo [a] pyrene was significant (synergistic contribution rates were 17.58 % and 19.22 %, respectively). In addition, 6 soil conditioners with significant efficiency were selected to design Taguchi orthogonal experimental schemes, indicating the microbial degradation / mineralization and plant absorption were significantly effective (the maximum increase of remediation efficiency was 93.81 %) under the combinations (i.e., trratone, coumarol, fulvamic acid, potassium fertilizer and others, etc.). Finally, it was found that the soil conditioners affected the hydrophobic groups and forces, and the efficiency was proportional to the highest peak value and minimum distance in the RDF curve. This study identifies the risk characteristics of co-exposure of PAHs and Cd and screens effective soil conditioners, providing theoretical guidance for risk controlling.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135524"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142057624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Highly selective localized surface plasmon resonance sensor for selenium diagnosis in selenium-rich soybeans.","authors":"Suyan Qiu, Yifan Dong, Xiren Yu, Qiushuang Ai, Lijuan Yuan, Li Zhang, Dawen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is a challenge to determine selenium in acid aqueous for environmental monitoring and selenium-rich agricultural diagnosis. Herein, we developed a novel localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensor to detect Se(IV) ions based on the extraordinary laterals etching of gold nanorods (AuNRs). The etching started from the laterals in the low amount of Se(IV) ions, and accompanied by an apparent red shift of the longitudinal plasmon band (LPB), and then transformed to the tips etching with the upward of Se(IV) ions, the LPB band immediately shifted to the shorter wavelength. The red shift change (Δλ) of LPB band was utilized to quantitative analysis instead of blue shift or absorbance intensity, which gave a high selectivity for the proposed sensor. More importantly, this sensor could be performed in 0.1 mol/L of HCl solution, which achieved the seamlessly jointing with the pretreatment of complex samples, without time-consuming pH adjustment.Successful selenium detection was demonstrated in complex soybean samples that collected from the maturity after spraying organic chelated selenium at full flower period. The sensor provided a promising way to monitor and diagnose selenium in complex environmental samples and selenium-rich crops.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135632"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142057622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reply to 'The causal relationship between long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and cognitive performance: Insights from Mendelian randomization'.","authors":"Kejia Hu, Jin Qi, Yao Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135622","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Li et al. [1] have commented on our recent paper investigating the association between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) constituents and the risk of cognitive impairment [2]. They provided a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) datasets from the European population, confirming a causal relationship between PM_2.5 exposure and cognitive performance. In our reply, we employed three causal inference models, including a generalized propensity score (GPS) adjusted Cox model, an inverse-probability weights (IPW) weighted Cox model, and a trimmed IPW-weighted Cox model, to confirm the relationship of PM_2.5 and cognitive impairment in our study cohort.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135622"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142057694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Polystyrene nanoplastics alter intestinal toxicity of 2,4-DTBP in a sex-dependent manner in zebrafish (Danio rerio).","authors":"Ruimin Liu, Huina Gao, Xuefang Liang, Jiye Zhang, Qingjian Meng, Yuchen Wang, Wei Guo, Christopher J Martyniuk, Jinmiao Zha","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135585","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nanoplastics (NPs) and 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol (2,4-DTBP) are ubiquitous emerging environmental contaminants detected in aquatic environment. While the intestinal toxicity of 2,4-DTBP alone has been studied, its combined effects with NPs remain unclear. Herein, adult zebrafish were exposed to 80 nm polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs) or/ and 2,4-DTBP for 28 days. With co-exposure of PS-NPs, impact of 2,4-DTBP on feeding capacity and intestinal histopathology was enhanced in males while attenuated in females. Addition of PS-NPs significantly decreased the uptake of 2,4-DTBP in females, while the intestinal concentrations of 2,4-DTBP were not different between the sexes in co-exposure groups. Furthermore, lower intestinal pH and higher contents of digestive enzymes were detected in male fish, while bile acid was significantly increased in co-exposed females. In addition, co-exposure of PS-NPs stimulated female fish to remodel microbial composition to potentially enhance xenobiotics degradation, while negative Aeromonas aggravated inflammation in males. These results indicated that in the presence of PS-NPs, the gut microenvironment in females can facilitate the detoxification of 2,4-DTBP, while exaggerating toxiciy in males. Overall, this study demonstrates that toxicological outcomes of NPs-chemical mixtures may be modified by sex-specific physiology and microbiota composition, furthering understanding for environmental risk assessment and management of aquatic environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135585"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142047722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficient degradation and mineralization of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics by the synergy of sulfate and hydroxyl radicals in a heterogeneous electro-Fenton-activated persulfate oxidation system.","authors":"Yinghui Lin, Yuehua Zhang, Yonghao Wang, Yuancai Lv, Linyan Yang, Zhijie Chen, Bing-Jie Ni, Xueming Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135635","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135635","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The presence of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastics (MPs) in waters has posed considerable threats to the environment and humans. In this work, a heterogeneous electro-Fenton-activated persulfate oxidation system with the FeS₂-modified carbon felt as the cathode (abbreviated as EF-SR) was proposed for the efficient degradation of PET MPs. The results showed that i) the EF-SR system removed 91.3 ± 0.9 % of 100 mg/L PET after 12 h at the expense of trace loss (< 0.07 %) of [Fe] and that ii) dissolved organics and nanoplastics were first formed and accumulated and then quickly consumed in the EF-SR system. In addition to the destruction of the surface morphology, considerable changes in the surface structure of PET were noted after EF-SR treatment. On top of the emergence of the O-H bond, the ratio of C-O/C=O to C-C increased from 0.25 to 0.35, proving the rupture of the backbone of PET and the formation of oxygen-containing groups on the PET surface. With the verified involvement and contributions of SO₄^•- and ^•OH^, three possible paths were proposed to describe the degradation of PET towards complete mineralization through chain cleavage and oxidation in the EF-SR system.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135635"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142057688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disentangling external loadings, hydrodynamics and biogeochemical controls on the fate of nitrate in a coastal embayment.","authors":"Wenzhao Liang, Xin Luo, Yi Liu, Jiu Jimmy Jiao, Meiqing Lu, Zhenwei Yan, Xingxing Kuang","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135465","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nitrogen, as an essential nutrient, largely contributes to the coastal eutrophication. However, the accurate depiction and evaluation of how external loadings, hydrodynamics, and biogeochemical reactions mediate the occurrence, transport, and transformation of nitrate (NO₃^-) within coastal embayment still pose ongoing challenges to date. In this study, we took advantage of dual isotopes of NO₃^- to track external NO₃^- loadings, radium and dual isotopes of H₂O to characterize the influences of hydrodynamic on NO₃^- transport, δ¹⁸O-NO₃^- and δ¹⁸O-H₂O along with microbial analysis to explore major NO₃^- biogeochemical reactions in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. The multiple isotopic evidence showed that NO₃^- in surface harbour water was predominantly contributed by precipitation in wet season and its impact was strengthened by stratification. In dry season, NO₃^- in the surface harbour water became largely influenced by benthic input and biogeochemical reactions due to intensified vertical mixing. Based on NO₃^- mass balance model, biogeochemical reaction, especially nitrification, was found to be the major process to secure the closure of NO₃^- budget and increase NO₃^- inventory from wet to dry season. Hydrodynamics redistributed the external NO₃^- loadings and mediated nitrogen biogeochemical reactions, both of which further synergistically regulated the fate of NO₃^- in the embayment.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135465"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142010136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Overlooked role of CO₃·^- reactivity with different dissociation forms of organic micropollutants in degradation kinetics modeling: A case study of fluoxetine degradation in a UV/peroxymonosulfate system.","authors":"Die Zhou, Huaying Liu, Yixi Huang, Yingjie Li, Nian Wang, Jin Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135538","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Selective oxidizing agent carbonate radical (CO₃^•-) is an important secondary radical in radical-based advanced oxidation technology for wastewater treatment. However, the role of CO₃^•- in removing ionizable organic micropollutants (OMs) under environmentally relevant conditions remains unclear. Herein we investigated CO₃^•- effect on degradation kinetics of fluoxetine in UV/peroxymonosulfate (PMS) system based on a built radical model considering CO₃^•- reactivity differences with its different dissociation forms. Results revealed that the model, which incorporated CO₃^•- selective reactivity (with determined second-order rate constants, k_src,CO3·-, of 7.33 ×10⁶ and 2.56 ×10⁸ M^-1s^-1 for cationic and neutral fluoxetine, respectively) provided significantly more accurate predictions of fluoxetine degradation rates (k). A good linear correlation was observed between k_src,CO3·- from experiments and literatures for 24 ionizable OMs and their molecular orbital energy gaps and oxidation potentials, suggesting the possible electron transfer reaction mechanism. Cl^- slightly reduced the degradation rates of fluoxetine owing to rapid transformation of Cl^• with HCO₃^- into CO₃^•-, which partially compensated for the quenching effects of Cl^- on HO^• and SO₄^•-. Dissolved organic matter significantly quenched reactive radicals. The constructed kinetic model successfully predicted fluoxetine degradation rates in real waters, with CO₃^•- being the dominant contributor (∼90 %) to this degradation process.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142038061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Segmentation of beach plastic fragments' contours based on self-organizing map and multi-shape descriptors: A rapid indication of fragmentation and wearing types.","authors":"Lei Su, Xinyue Dong, Junjie Peng, Hong Cheng, Nicholas J Craig, Bo Hu, Juan-Ying Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Environmental plastic fragments have been verified as byproducts of large plastic and its secondary pollutants including micro and nanoplastics. There are few quantitative studies available, but their contours have values for the weathering mechanisms. We used geometric descriptors, fractal dimensions, and Fourier descriptors to characterize field and artificial polyethylene and polypropylene samples as a means of investigating the contour characteristics. It provides a methodological framework for contour classification. Unsupervised classification was performed using self-organizing neural networks with size-invariance parameters. We revealed the isometric phenomenon of plastic fragments during fragmentation, i.e., that the degree of contour rounding and complexity increase and decrease, respectively, with decreasing fragment size. With an average error rate of 8.9 %, we can distinguish artificial samples from field samples. It was also validated by the difference in Carbonyl Index between groups. We propose a two-stage process for plastic fragmentation and give three types of contour features which were key in the description of fragmented contours, i.e., size, complexity, and rounding. Our work will improve the accuracy of characterizations regarding the weathering and fragmentation processes of certain kinds of plastic fragments. The contour parameters also have the potential to be applied in more realistic scenarios and varied polymers.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135564"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142038063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chromoionophoric molecular probe infused bimodal porous polymer rostrum as solid-state ocular sensor for the selective and expeditious optical sensing of ultra-trace toxic mercury ions.","authors":"Prabhakaran Srinivasan, Sushmitha P Sivaraman, Akhila Maheswari Mohan, Deepan Kumar Madhu, Pitchaiah K Chinaraga, C V S Brahmananda Rao, Sivaraman Nagarajan, Prabhakaran Deivasigamani","doi":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study presents a distinctive solid-state naked-eye colorimetric sensing approach by encapsulating a chromoionophoric probe onto a hybrid macro-/meso-pore polymer scaffold for fast and selective sensing of ultra-trace Hg(II). The customized structural/surface properties of the poly(VPy-co-TM) monolith are attained by specific proportions of 2-vinylpyridine (VPy), trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TM), and pore-tuning solvents. The interconnected porous network of poly(VPy-co-TM), inherent superior surface area and porosity, is captivating for the homogeneous/voluminous incorporation of probe molecules, i.e., 7-((4-methoxyphenyl)diazenyl)quinoline-8-ol (MPDQ), for the target-specific colorimetric detection. The structural morphology, surface topography, and phase characteristics of the bare poly(VPy-co-TM) monolith and MPDQ@poly(VPy-co-TM) sensor are examined using HR-TEM-SAED (High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy - Selected Area Electron Diffraction), FE-SEM-EDAX (Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy - Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy), XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy), p-XRD (Powder X-Ray Diffraction), FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), UV-Vis-DRS (Ultraviolet-Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy), and BET/BJH (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller / Barrett-Joyner-Halenda) analysis. The distinctive properties of the sensor reveal a constrained geometrical orientation of the MPDQ probe onto the long-range continuous monolithic network of meso-/-macropore template, enabling selective interaction with Hg(II) with peculiar color transfiguration from pale yellow to deep brown. The sensor demonstrates a linear spectral-color alliance in the 0-200 ppb concentration range for Hg(II), with quantification and detection limits of 0.63 and 0.19 ppb. The sensor efficacy is verified using certified contaminated water and tobacco samples, with excellent reusability, reliability, and reproducibility of ≥ 99.23 % (RSD ≤1.89 %) and ≥ 99.19 % (RSD ≤1.94 %) of Hg(II), respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":94082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hazardous materials","volume":"478 ","pages":"135483"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142038100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}