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2,314,100 | Relative precision of inhaler aerodynamic particle size distribution (APSD) metrics by full resolution and abbreviated andersen cascade impactors (ACIs): part 1. | The purpose of this study was to compare relative precision of two different abbreviated impactor measurement (AIM) systems and a traditional multi-stage cascade impactor (CI). The experimental design was chosen to provide separate estimates of variability for each impactor type. Full-resolution CIs are useful for char... |
2,314,101 | Effect of transient sodium chloride shock loads on the performance of submerged membrane bioreactor. | Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is a promising technological option to meet water reuse demands. Though MBR provides effluent quality of reusable standard, its versatility to shock loads remains unexplored. The present study investigates the robustness of MBR under sodium chloride shock load (5-60 g/L) conditions. A bench sc... |
2,314,102 | Effects of electric voltage and sodium chloride level on electrolysis of swine wastewater. | The effects of electric voltage and NaCl concentration on the removal of pollutants in swine wastewater were investigated to determine the optimum operation conditions for a designed electrolysis process. An up-flow electrolytic reactor was fabricated from Plexiglas, and one titanium anode coated with iridium oxide (Ir... |
2,314,103 | [Management of menopause in primary health care]. | Menopause is a biological process that occurs as part of aging in women. The increase in average life expectancy and the decline in mortality have caused the aging of global population and, currently, women live about a third of their life in postmenopausal. The General Physician (GP) is usually the first health profes... |
2,314,104 | Retinal tomographic measurements in optic disc pit. | The aim was to assess the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II measurements in optic disc pit.</AbstractText>The study included 10 patients with a unilateral optic disc pit. The patients had no other ocular conditions except refractive errors. Normal fellow eyes of the patients were used as a control group. Optic nerve head ... |
2,314,105 | Glaucomatous progression in series of stereoscopic photographs and Heidelberg retina tomograph images. | To compare optic disc changes using automated analysis of Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) images with assessments, by glaucoma specialists, of change in stereoscopic photographs.</AbstractText>Baseline and follow-up stereophotographs and corresponding HRT I series of 91 eyes from 56 patients were selected. The select... |
2,314,106 | African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): II. Ancestry differences in optic disc, retinal nerve fiber layer, and macular structure in healthy subjects. | To define differences in optic disc, retinal nerve fiber layer, and macular structure between healthy participants of African (AD) and European descent (ED) using quantitative imaging techniques in the African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES).</AbstractText>Reliable images were obtained using stereoscopic... |
2,314,107 | Anaerobic biodegradation of triphenylmethane dyes in a hybrid UASFB reactor for wastewater remediation. | Anaerobic digestions have been proved more successful than aerobic systems for the degradation and destruction of dye-containing wastewaters. The performance of a hybrid up flow anaerobic sludge-filter bed (UASFB) reactor was tested with a synthetic wastewater containing Crystal violet (CV) as a carbon source and sodiu... |
2,314,108 | SERMs and SERMs with estrogen for postmenopausal osteoporosis. | Bone loss with aging places postmenopausal women at a higher risk for osteoporosis and its consequences such as fractures, pain, disability, and increased morbidity and mortality. Approximately 200 million patients worldwide are affected. The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) estimated... |
2,314,109 | Disentangling the roles of mammographic screening and HRT in recent breast cancer incidence trends in italy by analyses based on calendar time and time since screening activation. | The aim of the study was to evaluate the roles of screening activation and hormone replacement therapy discontinuation on the recent declining breast cancer incidence trends in Italy. We analyzed 41,358 invasive female breast cancers incident during 1991-2004 in six Italian population-based cancer registries. Overall a... |
2,314,110 | Decline in breast cancer incidence in the Flemish region of Belgium after a decline in hormonal replacement therapy. | Breast cancer incidence rate in Belgian women was as high as 152.7 for 100 000 in 2003 (adjusted on European population). We made an estimation of the contribution of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on breast cancer incidence from 1999 to 2005 in women aged 50-69 years in Flanders.</AbstractText>Breast cancer data we... |
2,314,111 | Mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoates production from sugar molasses: the use of a 2-stage CSTR system for culture selection. | Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising biodegradable polymers. The use of mixed microbial cultures (MMC) and low cost feedstocks have a positive impact on the cost-effectiveness of the process. It has typically been carried out in Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR). In this study, a 2-stage CSTR system (under Feast an... |
2,314,112 | Application of membrane-coupled sequencing batch reactor for oilfield produced water recycle and beneficial re-use. | Oil and gas field wastewater or produced water is a significant waste stream in the oil and gas industries. In this study, the performance of a membrane sequencing batch reactor (MSBR) and membrane sequencing batch reactor/reverse osmosis (MSBR/RO) process treating produced wastewater were investigated and compared. Th... |
2,314,113 | Iron salts dosage for sulfide control in sewers induces chemical phosphorus removal during wastewater treatment. | Chemical phosphorus (P) removal during aerobic wastewater treatment induced by iron salt addition in sewer systems for sulfide control is investigated. Aerobic batch tests with activated sludge fed with wastewater containing iron sulfide precipitates showed that iron sulfide was rapidly reoxidised in aerobic conditions... |
2,314,114 | Periodontal disease-associated micro-organisms in peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women using or not using hormone replacement therapy. A two-year follow-up study. | Despite conflicting results on the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) there is no doubt that many women benefit from it. Women using HRT are known to be more health conscious in general with putative positive implications in the mouth. However, we observed recently in our cohort hardly any difference in oral heal... |
2,314,115 | Evaluation of a combined anaerobic and aerobic system for the treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater. | A laboratory scale anaerobic/aerobic (An/Ar) system, comprising an anaerobic filter (AF) coupled to an aerobic sequential batch reactor (SBR), was developed to treat wastewater from a slaughterhouse. The AF operated with organic loadings (OL) from 3.7 to 16.5 kg m(-3) d(-1) and a hydraulic retention time (HRT) ranging ... |
2,314,116 | Partisan perspectives in the medical literature: a study of high frequency editorialists favoring hormone replacement therapy. | Unfavorable results of major studies have led to a large shrinkage of the market for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the last 6 years. Some scientists continue to strongly support the use of HRT.</AbstractText>We analyzed a sample of partisan editorializing articles on HRT to examine their arguments, the reporting... |
2,314,117 | Ten reasons to be happy about hormone replacement therapy: a guide for patients. | In spite of the negative press reports following the 2002 Women's Health Initiative (WHI) publication, women can be reassured that in the correct circumstances, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is beneficial and safe, particularly if treatment is started below the age of 60. Transdermal estradiol is probably safer tha... |
2,314,118 | Anaerobic treatment of strong sewage by a two stage system of AF and UASB reactors. | An anaerobic treatment system that consists of an Anaerobic Filter (AF) and an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) in series was built and operated to investigate its performance in treating strong domestic wastewater with high suspended solids fraction under Jordan's ambient temperatures of 25 degrees C for summer ... |
2,314,119 | Vermifilters: a tool for aerobic biological treatment of herbal pharmaceutical wastewater. | Herbal pharmaceutical wastewater possesses high chemical oxygen demand (COD) (21,960-26,000 mg/l) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) (11,200-15,660 mg/l) and suspended solids (SS) (5,460-7,370 mg/l). It cannot be directly discharged into surface water bodies, due to its highly biodegradable nature. Herbal pharmaceutic... |
2,314,120 | Intermittent feeding of wastewater in combination with alternating aeration for complete denitrification and control of filaments. | In the present study, a laboratory scale system, consisting of a primary settling tank, a continuous stirred tank reactor and a clarifier were constructed and operated, using wastewater from the municipal wastewater treatment plant in Xanthi, Greece. The system operated under intermittent aeration in aerobic/anoxic con... |
2,314,121 | Comparing mfERGs with estimates of cone density from in vivo imaging of the photoreceptor mosaic using a modified Heidelberg retina tomograph. | The spatial variation in central retinal function determined from mfERG was compared to co-localised measurements of cone density in two normal subjects. Individual cone cells in the parafoveal region of the retina were identified from 1 degrees x1 degrees images of the photoreceptor mosaic using a modified Heidelberg ... |
2,314,122 | Recent trends in breast cancer incidence rates in the Loire-Atlantique, France: a decline since 2003. | A recent decline in breast cancer incidence rates has been reported in the United States and in Europe. This decrease has been partly attributed to the reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). No study in Europe has detailed recent breast cancer incidence trends both by hormonal receptor status and mode of det... |
2,314,123 | Common polymorphisms rather than rare genetic variants of the Runx2 gene are associated with femoral neck BMD in Spanish women. | RUNX2 is a transcription factor essential for osteoblast differentiation and skeletal morphogenesis. Its mutation creates cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a disorder characterized by skeletal abnormalities and bone mineral density (BMD) alterations. The purpose of the present study has been to clarify whether polymorphis... |
2,314,124 | Significant fall in hormone replacement therapy prescription in general practice. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the past has been used in one of five women but not without significant short-term and long-term consequences. Objective. The aim of the study is to assess the prescription of HRT in general practice to women consulting with menopausal symptoms, before and after publication of the W... |
2,314,125 | Quantitative detection of 4-hydroxyequilenin-DNA adducts in mammalian cells using an immunoassay with a novel monoclonal antibody. | Estrogen-DNA adducts are potential biomarkers for assessing the risk and development of estrogen-associated cancers. 4-Hydroxyequilenin (4-OHEN) and 4-hydroxyequilin (4-OHEQ), the metabolites of equine estrogens present in common hormone replacement therapy (HRT) formulations, are capable of producing bulky 4-OHEN-DNA ... |
2,314,126 | Autoheated thermophilic aerobic sludge digestion and metal bioleaching in a two-stage reactor system. | A two-stage process has been developed for stabilization of sludge and removal of heavy metals from the secondary activated sludge with high rate of energy and time conservation. The first stage of the process involves autoheated thermophilic aerobic digestion at 55-60 degrees C inoculated with less-acidophilic thermop... |
2,314,127 | [Municipal biowaste thermal-hydrolysis and ASBR anaerobic digestion]. | Thermal-hydrolysis can remarkably improve the solid organics dissolving efficiency of urban biomass waste, and anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) was used to improve the efficiency of urban biomass waste anaerobic digestion. The optimum thermal-hydrolysis temperature and holding time was 175 degrees C and 60 min... |
2,314,128 | [Treatment of oilfield produced water by biological methods-constructed wetland process and degradation characteristics of organic substances]. | Hydrolysis acidification-aerobic-constructed wetland process and hydrolysis acidification-constructed wetland were used to treat oilfield produced water after the pretreatment of oil separation-coagulation. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to study the degradation characteristics of organic substances duri... |
2,314,129 | Diagnostic validity of optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer evaluations in detecting structural changes after optic neuritis. | To assess the diagnostic validity of morphometric examination of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness to detect permanent structural changes after retrobulbar optic neuritis (ON).</AbstractText>Evaluation of a diagnostic test.</AbstractText>Twenty-five patients with a history of retrobulbar ON ... |
2,314,130 | Effect of loading rate and HRT on the removal of cephalosporin and their intermediates during the operation of a membrane bioreactor treating pharmaceutical wastewater. | The viability of treating high-concentration antibiotic wastewater by a membrane bioreactor (MBR) was studied using submerged flat sheet membrane. The major problems for these modules are concentration polarization and subsequent fouling. By using gas-liquid two-phase flow, these problems can be ameliorated. A case stu... |
2,314,131 | Treatment of farm dairy effluent with hybrid upflow multilayer bioreactor and activated sludge module. | Biological removal of nitrogen and carbon from farm dairy effluent (FDE) was studied with two laboratory-scale systems following nitrification and denitrification processes. Each system consisted of an upflow multilayer bioreactor (UMBR) as a pre-denitrification unit, an aeration tank (AT) as nitrification unit and a s... |
2,314,132 | Biomass characteristics of two types of submerged membrane bioreactors for nitrogen removal from wastewater. | Biomass characteristics and microbial community diversity between a submerged membrane bioreactor with mixed liquor recirculation (MLE/MBR) and a membrane bioreactor with the addition of integrated fixed biofilm medium (IFMBR) were compared for organic carbon and nitrogen removal from wastewater. The two bench-scale MB... |
2,314,133 | Microbial degradation of phenol in a modified three-stage airlift packing-bed reactor. | Phenol degradation was carried out by using a modified three-stage airlift packing-bed bioreactor. A laboratory-scale airlift packing-bed reactor, with hydrodynamic flexible packing material in the three-stage bioreactor, was constructed and operated for phenol removal from synthetic wastewater. The airlift packing-bed... |
2,314,134 | Submerged membrane bioreactor at substrate-limited conditions: activity and biomass characteristics. | A pilot-scale membrane bioreactor was operated for advanced treatment of secondary effluent from a wastewater treatment plant. The performance and biomass characteristics were evaluated under two different hydraulic retention time (HRT) values (7.5 and 15 hours). The system was operated successfully without biomass pur... |
2,314,135 | Anaerobic digestion of brewery primary sludge to enhance bioenergy generation: a comparison between low- and high-rate solids treatment and different temperatures. | Anaerobic digestion of brewery wastewater solids in the form of primary sludge was investigated for its potential as a source of energy (methane). We operated a low-rate (hydraulic retention time (HRT)=solids retention time (SRT)) continuously stirred anaerobic digester (CSAD) and a high-rate (SRT>HRT) anaerobic seq... |
2,314,136 | [Musculoskeletal rehabilitation and bone. Influence of medicines and hormones on musculoskeletal rehabilitation]. | Declined anabolic and gonadal steroid hormones with age affect the development of age-related musculoskeletal disorders, including osteoporosis and sarcopenia. Exercises could have an influence on hormones affecting bone and muscle metabolism. Studies have shown that a combination of physical exercise and hormone repla... |
2,314,137 | Characteristics of nutrient retention in a stormwater wetland during dry and wet days. | A 0.23-ha pilot wetland was constructed to examine its effectiveness for the control of nonpoint source pollution (NPS) from a 7.42-ha agricultural watershed in Korea. The wetland was operated during base flow and storm flow conditions and monitored for four years (2006-2009). The wetland was operated under high hydrau... |
2,314,138 | A pilot study of anaerobic membrane digesters for concurrent thickening and digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS). | The increased interest in biomass energy provides incentive for the development of efficient and high throughput digesters such as anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) to stabilize waste activated sludge (WAS). This paper presents the results of a pilot and short term filtration study that was conducted to assess th... |
2,314,139 | Evaluation of a hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge-filter bed reactor: effect of the proportion of packing medium on performance. | The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the volume occupied by the filter bed zone on the behavior of an anaerobic hybrid UASFB reactor. This configuration contains a sludge bed in the lower part of the reactor and a filter bed in the upper part. Three such reactors, each with a working volume of 9.8-L, w... |
2,314,140 | Feasibility of bioflocculation in a high-loaded membrane bioreactor for improved energy recovery from sewage. | The feasibility of a high-loaded membrane bioreactor to improve methane recovery from sewage was investigated. Although the process needs further optimization, it already is feasible to recover at least 35% of the sewage COD. Important aspects for further research are the occurrence of membrane fouling, and the optimum... |
2,314,141 | Fluoride removal from industrial wastewater using electrocoagulation and its adsorption kinetics. | Electrocoagulation (EC) process using aluminum electrodes is proposed for removing fluoride from treated industrial wastewater originated from steel industry. Effects of different operating conditions such as temperature, pH, voltage, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and number of aluminum plates between anode and cathod... |
2,314,142 | Factors affecting the sensitivity and specificity of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph parameters to glaucomatous progression in disc photographs. | To evaluate the factors affecting the sensitivity and specificity of the stereometric optic nerve head (ONH) parameters of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) to glaucomatous progression in stereoscopic ONH photographs.</AbstractText>The factors affecting the sensitivity and specificity of the vertical cup : disc rat... |
2,314,143 | Algal-based immobilization process to treat the effluent from a secondary wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). | Algal-based immobilization process was applied to treat the effluent from a secondary wastewater treatment plant. Batch test proved that algae could attach onto fiber-bundle carrier in 7 days, and then the algal-based immobilization reactor could reduce TN (total nitrogen) and TP (total phosphorus) significantly within... |
2,314,144 | Nomegestrol acetate: pharmacology, safety profile and therapeutic efficacy. | This review summarizes the pharmacology, safety and clinical efficacy of nomegestrol acetate, based on the available published literature, and assesses the pharmacological characteristics that underlie a role in different gynaecological disorders and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and a potential role in combinatio... |
2,314,145 | [Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification by catching bed biofilm reactor]. | Catching bed biofilm reactor combined with traditional biofilm process as a novel treatment was developed. The performance of the reactor for nitrogen removal was investigated. Steady removal effect with 81.7% of average COD removal rate was achieved in various hydraulic retention time (HRT). Even when hydraulic retent... |
2,314,146 | Optimization of volatile fatty acid production with co-substrate of food wastes and dewatered excess sludge using response surface methodology. | Central-composite design (CCD) and response surface methodology (RSM) were used to optimize the parameters of volatile fatty acid (VFA) production from food wastes and dewatered excess sludge in a semi-continuous process. The effects of four variables (food wastes composition in the co-substrate of food wastes and exce... |
2,314,147 | Exploitation of olive mill wastewater and liquid cow manure for biogas production. | Co-digestion of organic waste streams is an innovative technology for the reduction of methane/greenhouse gas emissions. Different organic substrates are combined to generate a homogeneous mixture as input to the anaerobic reactor in order to increase process performance, realize a more efficient use of equipment and c... |
2,314,148 | Sexuality and intimacy after gynecological cancer. | Matters of sexuality and intimacy greatly impact quality of life of patients with gynecologic cancers. Vast amount of evidence exists showing that cancer dramatically impacts woman's sexuality, sexual functioning, intimate relationships and sense of self. Sexual functioning can be affected by illness, pain, anxiety, an... |
2,314,149 | Menopause, depression, and loss of sexual desire: a psychodynamic contribution. | Menopause is a phase of life during which physiological and psychological symptoms may occur. Most women traverse the menopausal transition without significant morbidity. The descriptive literature on menopause indicates that the nature of psychological and physical morbidity is a function of a variety of bio-psychosoc... |
2,314,150 | Hormone replacement therapy advertising: sense and nonsense on the web pages of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in Spain. | The balance of the benefits and risks of long term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have been a matter of debate for decades. In Europe, HRT requires medical prescription and its advertising is only permitted when aimed at health professionals (direct to consumer advertising is allowed in some non European coun... |
2,314,151 | Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of venous thromboembolism: a population-based study. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) using oral estrogen alone or combined with a progestogen is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in postmenopausal women. This risk may differ for tibolone and transdermal HRT.</AbstractText>Among the United Kingdom's General Practice Research Database, we ... |
2,314,152 | [Simultaneous removal of sulfide and nitrite by anaerobic bioprocess]. | We studied simultaneous removal of sulfide and nitrite by an anaerobic process in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. The process could remove sulfide and nitrite 13.4 kg/(m3 x d) and 2.3 kg/(m3 x d), respectively, of the reactor tolerated high influent substrate concentration (880.0 mg S/L and 252.7 mg ... |
2,314,153 | Characteristics of developed granules containing selected decolourising bacteria for the degradation of textile wastewater. | Textile wastewater, one of the most polluted industrial effluents, generally contains substantial amount of dyes and chemicals that will cause increase in the COD, colour and toxicity of receiving water bodies if not properly treated. Current treatment methods include chemical and biological processes; the efficiency o... |
2,314,154 | Genetic and antigenic characterization of newly isolated bovine toroviruses from Japanese cattle. | Torovirus, a member of the Coronaviridae family, is a gastrointestinal infectious agent that has been identified in humans, cattle, pigs, and equines. Toroviruses, except equine torovirus, are difficult to propagate in cell culture; indeed, to date, only the Aichi/2004 strain of bovine torovirus (BToV) has been isolate... |
2,314,155 | A comparison of rates of change in neuroretinal rim area and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in progressive glaucoma. | PURPOSE. To evaluate and compare rates of change in neuroretinal rim area (RA) and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) measurements in glaucoma patients, those with suspected glaucoma, and normal subjects observed over time. METHODS. In this observational cohort study, patients recruited from two longitudinal s... |
2,314,156 | Long-term operation of submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) for the treatment of synthetic wastewater containing styrene as volatile organic compound (VOC): Effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT). | In this study, the membrane bioreactor (MBR) was utilized to remove styrene from a synthetic wastewater having a chemical oxygen demand (COD) and styrene concentration of 1500 mg/L and 50 mg/L, respectively. At two hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 24 h and 18 h, the MBR was operated for a period in excess of 100 day... |
2,314,157 | Effect of phenol addition on COD and nitrate removal in an anoxic suspension reactor. | In this study, a denitrifying culture was enriched in a continuously re-circulated anoxic suspension reactor fed with glucose and nitrate for about 8 months (stage I) under different organic loading rates (OLR). At the end of stage I, the removal efficiency for NO(3)(-)-N was 80% with 93% COD (5 g/l) removal at an OLR ... |
2,314,158 | Catalytic ozonation-biological coupled processes for the treatment of industrial wastewater containing refractory chlorinated nitroaromatic compounds. | A treatability study of industrial wastewater containing chlorinated nitroaromatic compounds (CNACs) by a catalytic ozonation process (COP) with a modified Mn/Co ceramic catalyst and an aerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was investigated. A preliminary attempt to treat the diluted wastewater with a single SBR resul... |
2,314,159 | Normal cognitive decline or dementia? | Cognitive speed, inhibitory function, and memory decline with age while crystallised, particularly verbal, abilities remain largely intact. Poor health, fewer years of education, lower activity, the presence of the APOE E4 allele, and high BP appear to predict faster cognitive decline. Dementia is diagnosed in the pres... |
2,314,160 | [Effects of SERMs on bone health. Mechanisms of bone mass control by selective estrogen receptor modulator]. | The bone mass, which is controlled by the balances between bone formation and bone resorption can be reduced by estrogen deficiency in post-menopausal osteoporosis. Reduced bone mass can be recovered by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) , however, HRT has various side effects. Although SERMs can rescue the bone mass wi... |
2,314,161 | Anaerobic degradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) in fluidized bed reactor by microbial consortia in different support materials. | Four anaerobic fluidized bed reactors filled with activated carbon (R1), expanded clay (R2), glass beads (R3) and sand (R4) were tested for anaerobic degradation of LAS. All reactors were inoculated with sludge from a UASB reactor treating swine wastewater and were fed with a synthetic substrate supplemented with appro... |
2,314,162 | Influence of habitual physical activity on body composition, fat distribution and metabolic variables in early postmenopausal women receiving hormonal therapy. | To determine whether there is an association between the level of habitual physical activity, body composition and anthropometric and metabolic variables in postmenopausal patients before and after hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>Thirty-four healthy, recent postmenopausal women (50+/-2.7 years; 23.8+/-... |
2,314,163 | The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by women experiencing menopausal symptoms in Bologna. | The present study describes Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use amongst Italian women transitioning through menopause. Popularity and perceived effectiveness of CAM treatments, use of pharmaceutical medications, characteristics of CAM users, the extent of communication between medical practitioners and wom... |
2,314,164 | [Changes of sludge characteristic in start-up process of UASB treatment for highly sulfate-containing wastewater]. | Changes of sludge characters in a sulfate-reducing UASB reactor during the 243 day of domestication process were tracking comparison. Results showed the average diameter of granular sludge in initial domestication stages decreased to 0.99 mm compared with 1.82 mm of incubating sludge, but which was found to be increasi... |
2,314,165 | Potential of constructed wetland systems for treating tannery industrial wastewater. | This paper reports on findings of a study on the performance of two units of a Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow Constructed Wetland (HSSFCW) units in treating wastewater effluent from a tannery industry. One of the HSSFCW units was planted with macrophytes, while the other was used as a control (without plants). Wastewater ... |
2,314,166 | Assessment of classical surface organic loading design equations based on the actual performance of primary and secondary facultative ponds. | This article presents results from a performance evaluation of 73 full-scale primary facultative ponds and 37 secondary facultative ponds in Brazil. The data were used to test the applicability of some classical design equations for recommended surface BOD loading rates. The empirical equations proposed by Mara in 1976... |
2,314,167 | Agreement among 3 methods of optic disc diameter measurement. | To assess the agreement among clinical, Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT), and optic disc photography in the optic disc diameter measurement.</AbstractText>Prospective, observational study of 55 eyes of 55 subjects who underwent horizontal and vertical optic disc diameter measurements with +90 diopter lens on slit-lamp... |
2,314,168 | Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms. | Many women are now using herbal medicines to try to relieve menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats, in light of recent evidence suggesting that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the likelihood of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, venous thromboembolism, heart attacks and stroke.1-6 For examp... |
2,314,169 | Integrated photocatalytic-biological reactor for accelerated phenol mineralization. | An integrated photocatalytic-biological reactor (IPBR) was developed for accelerated phenol degradation and mineralization. In the IPBR, photodegradation and biodegradation occurred simultaneously, but in two separated zones: a piece of mat-glass plate coated with TiO(2) film and illuminated by UV light was connected b... |
2,314,170 | Anaerobic digestion and co-digestion of slaughterhouse waste (SHW): influence of heat and pressure pre-treatment in biogas yield. | Mesophilic anaerobic digestion (34+/-1 degrees C) of pre-treated (for 20 min at 133 degrees C, >3 bar) slaughterhouse waste and its co-digestion with the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) have been assessed. Semi-continuously-fed digesters worked with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 36 d and orga... |
2,314,171 | The effect of pH on continuous biohydrogen production from swine wastewater supplemented with glucose. | The effect of pH on hydrogen production from liquid swine manure supplemented with glucose by a mixed culture of fermentative bacteria in an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor was evaluated in this study. At 37 +/- 1 degrees C, five pH values ranging from 4.7 to 5.9 at an increment of 0.3 were tested at a hydraulic ret... |
2,314,172 | Hormone replacement therapy and messenger RNA expression of estrogen receptor coregulators after exercise in postmenopausal women. | The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a potential treatment to relieve symptoms of menopause in postmenopausal women; however, the effects on skeletal muscle are unclear. Specifically, it is unknown if HRT enhances estrogen receptor (ER) transcriptional activation in skeletal muscle at rest and after resistan... |
2,314,173 | Lung cancer and hormone replacement therapy: association in the vitamins and lifestyle study. | Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women. The role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in lung cancer development is unclear.</AbstractText>We evaluated a prospective cohort of 36,588 peri- and postmenopausal women aged 50 to 76 years from Washington State recruited in 2000 to 2002 (Vit... |
2,314,174 | Influence of velocity gradient in a hydraulic flocculator on NOM removal by aerated spiral-wound ultrafiltration membranes (ASWUF). | A hydraulic coagulation-flocculation processes combined with aerated spiral-wound ultrafiltration membranes (ASWUF) was designed with the objective of improving natural organic matter (NOM) removal by ASWUF in the treatment of water for human consumption. The pilot-scale experimental system had capacity for treating 0.... |
2,314,175 | A membrane bioreactor for an innovative biological nitrogen removal process. | A hybrid system has been developed for biological nitrogen removal through nitrification-denitrification. The system includes an aerobic tank and an anoxic tank with an intermediate sludge settler connected to a membrane bioreactor (MBR) with a submerged 0.4 microm hollow-fiber membrane module. The laboratory system ha... |
2,314,176 | Simultaneous online measurement of sulfide and nitrate in sewers for nitrate dosage optimisation. | A new method for the simultaneous online measurement of sulfide and nitrate in wastewater is developed. A UV-VIS spectrometer was used. The sensor was calibrated by means of simultaneous online and offline measurements of sulfide and nitrate in batch tests carried out on a laboratory-scale sewer system. The developed c... |
2,314,177 | Wastewater treatment and algal production in high rate algal ponds with carbon dioxide addition. | High rate algal ponds (HRAPs) provide improved wastewater treatment over conventional wastewater stabilisation ponds; however, algal production and recovery of wastewater nutrients as algal biomass is limited by the low carbon:nitrogen ratio of wastewater. This paper investigates the influence of CO(2) addition (to aug... |
2,314,178 | Hydrogenotrophic denitrification in a packed bed reactor: effects of hydrogen-to-water flow rate ratio. | Hydrogen dissolution and hydrogenotrophic denitrification performance were investigated in a lab-scale packed bed reactor (PBR) by varying the hydrogen flow rate and hydraulic retention time (HRT). The denitrification performance was enhanced by increasing the hydrogen flow rate and HRT as a result of high dissolved hy... |
2,314,179 | Neuroimaging predictors of transition to psychosis--a systematic review and meta-analysis. | In early stage psychosis research the identification of neurobiological correlates of vulnerability to schizophrenia is an important hurdle.</AbstractText>We systematically reviewed the neuroimaging publications on high-risk subjects with subsequent transition to psychosis (HR-T) and conducted a meta-analysis calculati... |
2,314,180 | Effect of mixture ratio, solids concentration and hydraulic retention time on the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. | This paper describes how the degradation of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) is affected through codigestion with varying amounts of return activated sludge (RAS). Solid waste that had its inorganic fraction selectively removed was mixed with RAS in ratios of 100% OFMSW, 50% OFMSW/50% RAS, and 25% ... |
2,314,181 | Postmenopausal hormone therapy and asthma onset in the E3N cohort. | Epidemiological studies have suggested that female hormones might play a role in asthma and that menopausal hormone therapy (MHT or hormone replacement therapy (HRT)) might increase the risk of asthma in postmenopausal women. The only prospective study addressing this issue reports an increase in the risk of developing... |
2,314,182 | Polyurethane rotating disc system for post-treatment of anaerobically pre-treated sewage. | The performance of polyurethane rotating discs (RBC-1) versus polystyrene rotating discs (RBC-2) for the treatment of an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor effluent fed with domestic wastewater was investigated. Both RBC units were operated at the same organic loading rate (OLR) of 10.5 gCOD/m(2) d. and a ... |
2,314,183 | Long-term results of riboflavin ultraviolet a corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus in Italy: the Siena eye cross study. | To report the long-term results of 44 keratoconic eyes treated by combined riboflavin ultraviolet A collagen cross-linking in the first Italian open, nonrandomized phase II clinical trial, the Siena Eye Cross Study.</AbstractText>Perspective, nonrandomized, open trial.</AbstractText>After Siena University Institutional... |
2,314,184 | Biogas production from co-digestion of dairy manure and food waste. | The effect of manure-screening on the biogas yield of dairy manure was evaluated in batch digesters under mesophilic conditions (35 degrees C). Moreover, the study determined the biogas production potential of different mixtures of unscreened dairy manure and food waste and compared them with the yield from manure or f... |
2,314,185 | [Effect of fundus image devices for early diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma]. | Evaluation of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer measurements (RNFL) with stereophotography is the current "gold standard" for the diagnosis of early primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), but it is still subjective and is dependent too much upon an experienced observer. Substantial variability exists in the int... |
2,314,186 | [New technologies for glaucoma diagnosis require evaluation of their clinical application]. | Optical coherence tomography (OCT), Heidelberg Retinal Tomography (HRT-II) and GDx have been used widely in glaucoma diagnosis for many years, but it is still uncertain in their practical value and clinical significance. Therefore, it requires an evaluation for the usefulness of each instrument in the diagnosis of glau... |
2,314,187 | Adherence with hormone replacement therapy in menopause. | Lack of adherence to therapy is a common problem in the treatment of various diseases and conditions and there are many well-documented reasons for it. This study was conducted to assess the effect of time spent on medical consultation in relation to the duration of adherence, as well as the reasons to adhere to or dro... |
2,314,188 | Treatment of rayon grade pulp drain effluent by upflow anaerobic fixed packed bed reactor (UAFPBR). | The Rayon grade pulp (RGP) drain effluent of pulp and paper mill was studied to find out pollutant loading and its control measures by low cost and efficient treatment method. Upflow anaerobic fixed packed bed reactor (UAFPBR) with brick ballasts as packing material was used for this purpose. This was compared with con... |
2,314,189 | Comparison of different physico-chemical methods for the removal of toxicants from landfill leachate. | Our work was focused on investigation of different treatment procedures for the removal of toxic fractions from a landfill leachate, because sometimes the existing treatment in biological sequencing batch reactor (SBR) is not efficient enough, leading to a hazardous environmental impact of the present persistent and to... |
2,314,190 | Combined treatment of domestic wastewater with landfill leachate by using A2/O process. | A set of anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic (A(2)/O) bioreactor system was designed and used to treat domestic wastewater mixed with landfill leachate in Datansha Sewage Treatment Plant in Guangzhou, south China. The optimal mixing proportion of combined treatment of domestic wastewater with landfill leachate and the optimal ope... |
2,314,191 | Beta-Zone parapapillary atrophy and the velocity of glaucoma progression. | Beta-Zone parapapillary atrophy (PPA) occurs more commonly in eyes with glaucoma. Rates of glaucomatous visual field (VF) progression in eyes with and without beta-zone PPA at the time of baseline assessment were compared.</AbstractText>Retrospective, comparative study.</AbstractText>Two hundred forty-five patients fro... |
2,314,192 | Reduced risk of oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer among peri- and post-menopausal women in Scotland following a striking decrease in use of hormone replacement therapy. | Many countries report a decline in breast cancer incidence among peri- and post-menopausal women following a decline in HRT prescribing. To investigate recent Scottish incidence trends, European age-standardised incidence rates from 1997 to 2005 were stratified by method of first detection, ER status and age group. We ... |
2,314,193 | Developing drugs to treat osteoporosis: lessons learned? | Selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs) are drugs that act as estrogen receptor agonists or antagonists depending on the target tissue. Theoretically this class of agents would be an ideal substitute for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), if their effects on the skeleton matched those of estrogen while their act... |
2,314,194 | The response of creatine kinase specific activity in rat pituitary to estrogenic compounds and vitamin d less-calcemic analogs. | We examined the response of rat female pituitary at different metabolic stages to treatments with estrogenic compounds and vitamin D analogs. Immature or ovariectomized (Ovx) female rats responded by increased creatine kinase specific activity (CK) to estradiol-17beta (E(2)), genistein (G), daidzein (D), biochainin A (... |
2,314,195 | An innovative membrane bioreactor and packed-bed biofilm reactor combined system for shortcut nitrification-denitrification. | An innovative shortcut biological nitrogen removal system, consisting of an aerobic submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) and an anaerobic packed-bed biofilm reactor (PBBR), was evaluated for treating high strength ammonium-bearing wastewater. The system was seeded with enriched ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and opera... |
2,314,196 | Wastewater treatment using a novel bioreactor with submerged packing bed of polyethylene tape. | The performance of a novel aerobic bioreactor with a specially designed submerged packing bed of high specific surface area density, made of polyethylene tape, was studied for the treatment of domestic wastewater. The reactor has a volume of 0.71 m(3) and the specific area of the packing bed was 1,098 m(2)/m(3). The op... |
2,314,197 | Treatment of high-strength pharmaceutical wastewater by electrocoagulation combined with anaerobic process. | This article discusses a combined treatment system comprising electrocoagulation (EC) as a pre-treatment followed by anaerobic fixed film fixed bed reactor (AFFBR) for treatment of high strength pharmaceutical wastewater. The effect of various operating parameters such as pH, current density and electrolysis duration o... |
2,314,198 | Electricity generation and brewery wastewater treatment from sequential anode-cathode microbial fuel cell. | A sequential anode-cathode double-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC), in which the effluent of anode chamber was used as a continuous feed for an aerated cathode chamber, was constructed in this experiment to investigate the performance of brewery wastewater treatment in conjugation with electricity generation. Carbon f... |
2,314,199 | Hybrid UASFB-aerobic bioreactor for biodegradation of acid yellow-36 in wastewater. | In this study, a combined anaerobic-aerobic treatment process based on mixed culture of bacteria was used to degrade azo dyes (AY-36). The experiment was integrated by exposing anaerobic granular sludge and aerobic aromatic amine degrading bacterial enrichment cultures. Under anaerobic conditions UASFB bioreactor using... |
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