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2,314,200 | Effect of COD level and HRT on microbial community in a yeast-predominant activated sludge system. | This study was conducted to compare the effect of influent chemical oxygen demand (COD(in)) level and hydraulic retention time (HRT), two primary components of influent COD loading rate (COD(LR)), on the structure and function of sludge microbial community in a yeast-predominant activated sludge system (1m Hx0.2m D) fo... |
2,314,201 | Sensitivity of confocal laser tomography versus optical coherence tomography in detecting advanced glaucoma. | To determine the sensitivity of manufacturer supported normative algorithms in Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT) and Stratus optical coherence tomography (OCT) in detecting advanced primary open angle glaucoma.</AbstractText>A total of 157 subjects with advanced primary open angle glaucoma were recruited. The eye wit... |
2,314,202 | Hormone replacement therapy and incidence of central nervous system tumours in the Million Women Study. | We examined the relation between the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the incidence of central nervous system (CNS) tumours in a large prospective study of 1,147,894 postmenopausal women. Women were aged 56.6 years on average at entry, and HRT use was recorded at recruitment and updated, where possible, abo... |
2,314,203 | Influence of sex hormones and phytoestrogens on heart disease in men and women. | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in men and women worldwide. According to the WHO, by 2015, almost 20 million people will die from CVD each year. It is well established that men and women differ not only in baseline cardiac parameters, but also in the clinical presentation... |
2,314,204 | Inorganic precipitation during autotrophic denitrification under various operating conditions. | The effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT, 7 h, 13.5 h and 18 h) and pH (7.5 and 8.0) on the denitrification performance and the extent of inorganic precipitation, in a H2-driven non-porous membrane biofilm reactor for autotrophic denitrification were investigated. The membrane was cleaned periodically to evaluate t... |
2,314,205 | Effect of operating parameters on denitrification in an anoxic rotating biological contactor. | The presence of nitrate in water and wastewater is a serious environmental problem. Anoxic rotating biological contactors (RBC) are a promising novel technology for nitrate removal. In this study the effect of two carbon/nitrogen (C/N) molar ratios (1.5 and 3.0) on denitrification, using acetate as a carbon source, wer... |
2,314,206 | Hormonal development therapy (HDT) in hypogonadism in long-term view. | Since the 1960s, oestrogen deficiency in hypogonadism in girls has been successfully treated by a sort of analogous application of the menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme, here however, to induce and support sexual development in puberty and adolescence. The essential distinction between goals, ways and... |
2,314,207 | Effect of organic shock loads on a two-stage activated sludge-biofilm reactor. | The effects of short-term organic shock loads on the performance of a laboratory scale two-stage activated sludge (AS)-biofilm reactor working at 6 h HRT and treating medium strength domestic wastewater was studied by increasing the influent chemical oxygen demand (COD) to 2-4 times the normal values. Each shock load w... |
2,314,208 | [Treatment of micro-polluted river water by immobilized microorganism technique]. | The effect of immobilized microorganism technique on the micro-polluted river water was studied by four kinds of gaia-biological aerated filter (G-BAF), which were formed by special microorganism (BP35) and four different carriers, including haydite, FPUFS, aquamats flexible carrier and artificial aquatic mat. The remo... |
2,314,209 | The effect of phacoemulsification cataract surgery on polarimetry and tomography measurements for glaucoma diagnosis. | To assess whether optical coherence tomography (OCT)Stratus 3000, confocal laser scanning ophthalmoscopy (HRT3), and scanning laser polarimetry (GDx-VCC) results show parameter differences between presurgery and postsurgery in patients with cataracts and suspected glaucoma.</AbstractText>Glaucoma Service in the Departm... |
2,314,210 | Optic disc damage staging system. | To evaluate the optic disc damage staging system (ODDSS); a new clinical method of optic disc (OD) classification based on OD size, neural rim (NR) loss severity and localization. Accuracy, reproducibility, and reliability were studied. Agreement of ODDSS with the Heidelberg-Retina-Tomograph (HRT) results was evaluated... |
2,314,211 | Rigid confocal endoscopy for in vivo imaging of experimental oral squamous intra-epithelial lesions. | A rigid confocal endoscope has been developed to assess the oral squamous epithelium of mice and to determine sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of this new technology.</AbstractText>This endoscope is connected to the commercially available Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT). HRT is a device with a 670-nm diode lase... |
2,314,212 | [Relationship between standard automated perimetry and optic nerve head topography performed with the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph]. | To determine the correlations between optic nerve head (ONH) parameters measured with the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT), and the main outcomes of standard automated perimetry (SAP) in normal, ocular hypertensive, glaucoma suspects and glaucomatous subjects.</AbstractText>Four hundred and twenty-three patients were ... |
2,314,213 | [Meta-analysis of the effects on hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives associated with female lung cancer risk]. | To evaluate the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and oral contraceptives (OCs) on lung cancer risk in women.</AbstractText>We retrieved studies by systematically searching Medline and other computerized databases. Pooled odds ratios (OR) were appropriately derived from fixed-effects or, in the presence of h... |
2,314,214 | Clinical assessment of stereoscopic optic disc photographs for glaucoma: the European Optic Disc Assessment Trial. | To determine the diagnostic accuracy of judging optic disc photographs for glaucoma by ophthalmologists.</AbstractText>Evaluation of diagnostic test and technology.</AbstractText>A total of 243 of 875 invited ophthalmologists in 11 European countries.</AbstractText>We determined how well each participant classified 40 ... |
2,314,215 | Hormone replacement therapy in relation to risk of cataract extraction: a prospective study of women. | To investigate the association between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the incidence of cataract extraction among postmenopausal women.</AbstractText>Population-based, prospective cohort study.</AbstractText>A total of 30 861 postmenopausal women participating in the Swedish Mammography Cohort, age 49 to 83 years... |
2,314,216 | The Heidelberg retina tomograph Glaucoma Probability Score: reproducibility and measurement of progression. | To evaluate the reproducibility of the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) Glaucoma Probability Score (GPS) and assess its potential for monitoring progression.</AbstractText>Evaluation of diagnostic tests in a randomized, controlled clinical trial.</AbstractText>For reproducibility, we included 43 ocular hypertensive (O... |
2,314,217 | TOMOGRAFIC AND TENSIOMETRIC ASSESSMENT ON FEMURS FROM OOPHORECTOMIZED RATS SUBJECTED TO HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. | To analyze the biomechanical and tomographic effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on femurs from rats subjected to induced menopause.</AbstractText>Forty-five adult Wistar rats were divided equally into three groups. The first and second groups consisted of rats subjected to oophorectomy, and the third was the ... |
2,314,218 | "I Am Hot, Irritable and Feeling Low; What Alternatives do I have Besides Hormone Replacement Therapy?". | Women at the end of their reproductive age often complain of climacteric symptoms which can be quite debilitating at times. Physiological changes due to deficient oestrogen have received global attention in the search for an acceptable and safe measure to improve quality of life for women with these complaints. Hormone... |
2,314,219 | [Developmental changes in the kiddie continuous performance test and its appropriate age for application]. | The Kiddie Continuous Performance Test (K-CPT) was produced by Conners for children in age from 4 to 5 years. This study attempted to examine the developmental changes and gender differences of this test in children from preschool to adolescence, to verify its appropriate age range for application, and also to obtain a... |
2,314,220 | Upflow Sludge Blanket Filtration (USBF): an Innovative Technology in Activated Sludge Process. | A new biological domestic wastewater treatment process, which has been presented these days in activated sludge modification, is Upflow Sludge Blanket Filtration (USBF). This process is aerobic and acts by using a sludge blanket in the separator of sedimentation tank. All biological flocs and suspended solids, which ar... |
2,314,221 | [Appropriateness of treating glaucoma suspects. Concordancy study with the RAND study group]. | The Appropriateness of Treating Glaucoma Suspects Study Group proposes to identify which patients suspected of glaucoma are suitable for treatment. Our objective is to analyse the concordance between our clinical decisions and this Study Group.</AbstractText>Retrospective study of 77 patients (39 suspects, 38 ocular hy... |
2,314,222 | Assessment of DNA nucleo base oxidation and antioxidant defense in postmenopausal women under hormone replacement therapy. | The aim of the present study was to evaluate oxidative stress by investing oxidatively damaged DNA AS Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg) -sensitive sites, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities reduced glutathione (GSH) level and nitrite level as satble end product of in women receiv... |
2,314,223 | The influence of the genetic variant within miRNA-binding site in estrogen receptor alpha gene on the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy. | The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of the rs2747648 genetic variant in the estrogen receptor alpha (ER1) gene affecting a putative miR-453-binding site on the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Furthermore, we examined if the risk changes in a subset of women on hormone replacement therapy (HRT)... |
2,314,224 | A principal stratification approach to assess the differences in prognosis between cancers caused by hormone replacement therapy and by other factors. | Several recent studies have reported that women who have used hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and developed breast cancer, tend to have a better prognosis than women with breast cancer who have not used HRT. One possible explanation is that tumors caused by HRT are more benign than tumors caused by other factors. Al... |
2,314,225 | Burning mouth syndrome. | Burning mouth syndrome mainly affects women, particularly after the menopause, when its prevalence may be 18% to 33%.</AbstractText>We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of treatments for burning mouth syndrome? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochr... |
2,314,226 | Factors influencing the association between CYP17 T34C polymorphism and the risk of breast cancer: meta-regression and subgroup analysis. | A number of studies have been investigated the association between CYP17 T34C polymorphism and the risk of breast cancer; the results of these studies are inconsistent, however. This fact implies that the effect of CYP17 T34C polymorphism on susceptibility to breast cancer may be modified by other risk factors. In orde... |
2,314,227 | The optic nerve head assessed with HRT in 5-16-year-old normal children: normal values, repeatability and interocular difference. | To investigate the normal values, repeatability and interocular difference of the optic nerve head, using Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT), in 5-16-year-old full-term children with normal birth weights.</AbstractText>Fifty-six children with normal visual acuity and refraction were examined with HRT-II/III. Three exam... |
2,314,228 | Comparative analysis of the uterine and mammary gland effects of progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate. | In combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) progestins are used to inhibit estradiol-activated uterine epithelial cell proliferation. In comparison to estradiol-only therapy, combined HRT leads to enhanced proliferation of mammary epithelial cells. In a quantitative mouse model, we assessed the balance between uterin... |
2,314,229 | In vivo and in vitro investigations of fungal keratitis caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. | To report a case of fungal keratitis caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, which is a rare pathogen in humans.</AbstractText>An 80-year-old woman developed fungal keratitis after having sustained a traumatic injury during field work. The patient was initially examined by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and the Heidelberg R... |
2,314,230 | In vivo confocal microscopy of keratic precipitates in infectious versus noninfectious uveitis. | To test the hypothesis that morphologic patterns of keratic precipitates (KPs) evaluated by in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) can differentiate infectious from noninfectious uveitis.</AbstractText>Cross-sectional, observational case series.</AbstractText>Sixty-eight eyes of 53 subjects with uveitis.</AbstractText>A cr... |
2,314,231 | Gonadal dysfunction and pelvic sonographic findings in females with thalassaemia major. | To investigate pubertal and menstrual problems and evaluate pelvic sonographic findings in patients with beta-thalassaemia major.</AbstractText>Twenty-five female patients followed for thalassaemia major constituted the study population. Sexual maturation and hormonal status were assessed. Pubertal and menstrual proble... |
2,314,232 | The Asian Menopause Survey: knowledge, perceptions, hormone treatment and sexual function. | To provide current insights into the opinions, attitudes, and knowledge of menopausal women in Asia regarding menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>Cross-sectional.</AbstractText>Between January 2006 and February 2006, 1000 postmenopausal women from China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Ko... |
2,314,233 | Hormone replacement after gynaecological cancer. | Treatment of gynaecological cancer frequently results in the loss of ovarian function and menopausal symptoms. Symptoms of iatrogenic menopause are usually significantly more intense than those of natural menopause due to sudden onset of symptoms, younger age and its effects on common physical and psychological problem... |
2,314,234 | Evaluation of biological landfill leachate treatment incorporating struvite precipitation and powdered activated carbon addition. | Direct application of aerobic biodegradation for leachate treatment is not feasible due to high concentrations of nitrogen and chemical oxygen demand. Several potential leachate treatment schemes incorporating struvite precipitation as pretreatment and two types of activated sludge processes (conventional activated slu... |
2,314,235 | Effect of sponge volume on the performance of down-flow hanging sponge system treating UASB reactor effluent. | The performance of down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) system treating UASB reactor effluent at different sponge volume of 38.2, 28.7, 19.1 and 9.6% was investigated. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) and flow rate were kept constant at 2.6 h and 0.46 m(3)/day, respectively. The results obtained indicated that reducing the... |
2,314,236 | Anaerobic digestion of solid slaughterhouse waste: study of biological stabilization by Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetry combined with mass spectrometry. | In this paper, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) along with thermogravimetric analysis together with mass spectrometry (TG-MS analysis) were employed to study the organic matter transformation attained under anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse waste and to establish the stability of the digestates obtain... |
2,314,237 | Bioleaching of chalcopyrite concentrate using Leptospirillum ferriphilum, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans in a continuous bubble column reactor. | To estimate the bioleaching performance of chalcopyrite for various hydraulic residence times (HRTs), laboratory-scale bioleaching of chalcopyrite concentrate was carried out in a continuous bubble column reactor with three different HRTs of 120, 80 and 40 h, respectively. An extraction rate and ratio of 0.578 g Cu l(-... |
2,314,238 | Diagnostic ability of Heidelberg Retina Tomography in detecting glaucoma in a population setting: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. | To evaluate the performance of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II, Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) in diagnosing glaucoma in a population setting.</AbstractText>Population-based cross-sectional study.</AbstractText>Of 3280 Malay persons aged 40 to 80 years who participated in the survey, 112 subjec... |
2,314,239 | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), breast cancer and tumor pathology. | Within an average observation period of 5-6 years, several clinical trials reported an increased risk of breast cancer due to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, it remains disputable, whether the increased rate of breast cancers detected within the given time frame is indeed due to newly induced tumors and thu... |
2,314,240 | Bio-diatomite dynamic membrane reactor for micro-polluted surface water treatment. | This work investigated the feasibility of treating micro-polluted surface water for drinking water production with a bio-diatomite dynamic membrane reactor (BDDMR) at lab-scale in continuous-flow mode. Results indicate that the BDDMR was effective in removing COD(Mn), DOC, UV(254), NH(3)-N and trihalomethanes' formatio... |
2,314,241 | Biological oxidation of dissolved methane in effluents from anaerobic reactors using a down-flow hanging sponge reactor. | Anaerobic wastewater treatment plants discharge dissolved methane, which is usually not recovered. To prevent emission of methane, which is a greenhouse gas, we utilized an encapsulated down-flow hanging sponge reactor as a post-treatment to biologically oxidize dissolved methane. Within 3 weeks after reactor start-up,... |
2,314,242 | Transformation of organic matters in fresh leachate during anaerobic degradation under long hydraulic retention time. | This study investigated the biodegradability of fresh leachate from a young municipal solid waste landfill at the inoculum to substrate ratios (V/V) of 10/100, 25/100, 50/100 and 100/100, as well as the transformation of organic matters in leachate under prolonged hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 50 d. Fresh leachate ... |
2,314,243 | Biohydrogen production from wheat straw hydrolysate by dark fermentation using extreme thermophilic mixed culture. | Hydrolysate was tested as substrate for hydrogen production by extreme thermophilic mixed culture (70 degrees C) in both batch and continuously fed reactors. Hydrogen was produced at hydrolysate concentrations up to 25% (v/v), while no hydrogen was produced at hydrolysate concentration of 30% (v/v), indicating that hyd... |
2,314,244 | Timing protein intake increases energy expenditure 24 h after resistance training. | To determine whether protein supplementation (PRO) before an acute bout of heavy resistance training (HRT) would influence postexercise resting energy expenditure (REE) and the nonprotein respiratory exchange ratio (RER).</AbstractText>REE would be increased and RER would be decreased up to 48 h after timed PRO and HRT... |
2,314,245 | Comparison of the diagnostic capability of the Heidelberg Retina Tomographs 2 and 3 for glaucoma in the Indian population. | To compare the diagnostic capability of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) 2 and 3 (Heidelberg Engineering, GmBH, Dossenheim, Germany) for glaucoma in an Indian population.</AbstractText>Evaluation of a diagnostic technology.</AbstractText>Ninety-eight glaucoma subjects and 79 normal controls.</AbstractText>All part... |
2,314,246 | Retinal nerve fiber layer imaging with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography a study on diagnostic agreement with Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph. | To evaluate and compare the diagnostic agreement and performance for glaucoma detection between a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope and a spectral-domain optical coherence tomograph (OCT).</AbstractText>Prospective, cross-sectional study.</AbstractText>One hundred fifty-five subjects (79 glaucoma and 76 normal sub... |
2,314,247 | Correlation of disc morphology quantified on stereophotographs to results by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II, GDx variable corneal compensation, and visual field tests. | Quantification of disc morphology by computer-assisted planimetry on stereophotographs and to compare the results with those by other fundus structure imaging devices and visual field tests.</AbstractText>Cross-sectional study.</AbstractText>Fifteen normal eyes of 15 normal subjects and 69 glaucomatous eyes of 69 open-... |
2,314,248 | [Start-up characteristics of the anaerobic reactor seeded with immobilized microorganisms]. | In order to overcome the disadvantages of the anaerobic reactor such as slow growth and long start-up, the flocculent anaerobic sludge was embedded and used as the seed sludge in the anaerobic treatment of PTA wastewater with the objective of keeping biomass in the reactor. The start-up characteristics of the UASB reac... |
2,314,249 | [Correlation between neuroretinal rim area/retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and differential light sensitivity in visual field in primary open angle glaucoma]. | To explore the relationship between neuroretinal rim area (RA) /retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and differential light sensitivity (DLS) in visual field in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).</AbstractText>Fifty-one eyes of 51 patients with POAG were examined with HRT II, GDx VCC, and Octopus 101 for RA, RNF... |
2,314,250 | Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia. | To determine the usage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and knowledge about HRT among women of Sarawak in Malaysia.</AbstractText>A prospective study using a face-to-face interview was conducted on 356 randomly selected Sarawakian women aged between 40 and 65 years.</AbstractText>The mean age of respondents was 50.... |
2,314,251 | [Clinical evaluation on the cornea flap with different thickness after LASIK]. | To investigate morphologically the different changes of cornea tissue between thick and thin cornea flap with confocal microscope, and to compare visual function between thick and thin cornea flap after LASIK.</AbstractText>70 cases (70 eyes) who had received LASIK were divided into the thin cornea flap group (36 eyes,... |
2,314,252 | Biological treatment of high-pH and high-concentration black liquor of cotton pulp by an immediate aerobic-anaerobic-aerobic process. | In this study, an immediate aerobic-anaerobic-aerobic (O/A/O) biological process was established for the treatment of black liquor of cotton pulp and was tested by both laboratory-scale batch experiment and pilot-scale continuous experiment. The effects of the hydraulic retention time (HRT) were studied, as were the al... |
2,314,253 | Hydrogen sulphide removal in the anaerobic digestion of sludge by micro-aerobic processes: pilot plant experience. | H(2)S removal from biogas produced in anaerobic digestion of sludge through the introduction of oxygen under micro-aerobic conditions is studied. Research was carried out in two pilot plant reactors (working volume, 200 L each) treating sludge from WWTP with HRT of 20 days. Mixing was provided via sludge or biogas reci... |
2,314,254 | In vivo confocal microscopy of conjunctival goblet cells in patients with Sjogren's syndrome dry eye. | To study the morphology and the density of conjunctival goblet cells (GC) in patients with Sjögren's syndrome dry eye with in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), and to explore its correlation with the GC density detected by impression cytology.</AbstractText>A total of 43 Sjögren's syndrome dry e... |
2,314,255 | Performance of a pilot-scale, three-stage constructed wetland system for domestic wastewater treatment. | This study investigates the effects of season, organic matter loadings, hydraulic conditions, recycling, and rapid drainage on water quality in a pilot-scale, three-stage subsurface flow constructed wetland (SSF CW) system. The pilot CW system consisted of a vertical flow-gravel filtration (v-GF) wetland in the first s... |
2,314,256 | Confocal scanning laser tomography of the optic nerve head of glaucoma patients: inter-correlation of disc parameters. | To evaluate the scanning laser tomography characteristics of the optic nerve head in patients with primary open angle (POAG) glaucoma using the Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT II).</AbstractText>A clinic-based retrospective study.</AbstractText>A total of 84 eyes of 42 POAG patients with good quality HRT II Images we... |
2,314,257 | How to measure "short-term hormonal effects"? | Background. Interest to assess short-term benefits or risks of sex-steroid hormone use (OC or HRT) exists for years. However, no validated scale is available to evaluate the broad array of described effects of short-term hormone use. Methods. A raw scale consisting of 43 specific items and 47 general data was developed... |
2,314,258 | Steroids, reproductive endocrine function, and cognition. A review. | Findings regarding post-menopausal effects of estrogen (E2) on women's cognition are divergent. Observational studies of post-menopausal women and a large body of basic research indicates E2 is able to reduce cognitive decline. For instance, the Women's Health Initiative Study, which examined women 64 years or older wh... |
2,314,259 | Steroids, reproductive endocrine function, and affect. A review. | Although the effects of estrogen (E2) on mood have been studied for some time, there is controversy over the utility of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Administration of E2 and/or other steroid hormones (e.g., progestogens, androgens, etc.) may be able to reduce increased anxiety and depression that is present with ... |
2,314,260 | Dissolved methane in rising main sewer systems: field measurements and simple model development for estimating greenhouse gas emissions. | At present, the potential generation of methane in wastewater collection systems is ignored under international greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting protocols, despite recent reports of substantial dissolved methane formation in sewers. This suggests that the current national GHG inventories for wastewater handling systems ... |
2,314,261 | Comparison of partial nitrification to nitrite for ammonium-rich organic wastewater in sequencing batch reactors and continuous stirred-tank reactor at laboratory-scale. | The combined partial nitrification/Anammox process is especially suitable for the treatment of influents with low C/N ratio. However, many nitrogenous wastewater are also rich in organics. Two systems (continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) and sequencing batch reactor (SBR)) are commonly used to achieve nitrite accumu... |
2,314,262 | Inverse association of female hormone replacement therapy with age-related macular degeneration and interactions with ARMS2 polymorphisms. | Purpose. To investigate whether female reproductive history and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or birth control pills (BCPs) influence risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and whether genetic factors interact with HRT to modulate AMD risk. Methods. Related and unrelated female participants (n = 799) were ... |
2,314,263 | Anaerobic co-digestion of meat-processing by-products and sewage sludge - effect of hygienization and organic loading rate. | Anaerobic co-digestion of a mixture of animal by-products (ABP) from meat-processing industry and of sewage sludge was studied at 35 degrees Celsius for co-digesting such by-products in digesters at wastewater treatment plants. The three reactors were fed with ABP mixture and sewage sludge (1) in a ratio of 1:7 (v/v), ... |
2,314,264 | Comparison of optic disc topography in non-glaucomatous eyes of children with juvenile diabetes mellitus and normal children. | To compare the optic disc topography parameters of children with juvenile diabetes mellitus and normal children using the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT III) (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany).</AbstractText>The topographic optic disc parameters (cup volume, cup area, rim volume, rim area, disc area, mean... |
2,314,265 | Resistance training at eight-repetition maximum reduces the inflammatory milieu in elderly women. | <AbstractText Label="INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">Inflammatory cytokines are associated with age- and inactivity-related diseases. We examined the influence of moderate- to high-intensity resistance trainings (RT) on inflammatory cytokines (interleukin 6 (IL-6) and 1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis f... |
2,314,266 | Predicting risk of osteoporotic fracture in men and women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and validation of QFractureScores. | To develop and validate two new fracture risk algorithms (QFractureScores) for estimating the individual risk of osteoporotic fracture or hip fracture over 10 years.</AbstractText>Prospective open cohort study with routinely collected data from 357 general practices to develop the scores and from 178 practices to valid... |
2,314,267 | Oncologic control obtained after radical prostatectomy in men with a pathological Gleason score ≥ 8: a single-center experience. | To assess the oncologic control afforded by radical prostatectomy (RP) in high-risk prostate cancers with a Gleason score ≥ 8.</AbstractText>We performed a retrospective review of prostate cancer patients who underwent RP between 1995 and 2005 for prostate cancer and who had a pathologic Gleason score ≥ 8... |
2,314,268 | Effects of hormone replacement therapy with vitamin C and E supplementation on plasma thyroid hormone levels in postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes. | Recent studies have shown that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can exert regulatory affects on lipid and glucose homeostasis. It has been demonstrated that hyperglycemia also involving the formation of lipid peroxides, exert several biological effects that may contribute to the onset and progression of thyroid and ki... |
2,314,269 | Independent and additive interactive effects among tumor necrosis factor-alpha polymorphisms, substance use habits, and chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection on risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. | We conducted a case-control study to assess the roles of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha polymorphisms, substance use habits, and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We enrolled 200 pairs of sex- and age-matched patients with HCC and unrela... |
2,314,270 | Performance and stability improvements in anaerobic digestion of thermally hydrolyzed municipal biowaste by a biofilm system. | In this present study, thermal hydrolysis pre-treatment improved the hydrolysis of organic solids and the solid-liquid separation ability of MB, making it possible to obtain a long solid retention time (SRT) and high degradation ratio in anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). Biofilm carriers were introduced into A... |
2,314,271 | Progestagen component in combined hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women and breast cancer risk: a debated clinical issue. | The relevance of the progestagen component in combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for breast cancer risk has been long debated. In vitro studies have shown that progestins exert both genomic transcriptional and non-genomic effects that can enhance the proliferation, invasiveness and spread of breast cancer cells... |
2,314,272 | Risk of gynecological cancers in users of estradiol/dydrogesterone or other HRT preparations. | Use of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been associated with an elevated risk of gynecological cancers. There is evidence that the effect differs with the type of hormone used. Dydrogesterone is pharmacologically very similar to progesterone.</AbstractText>We used the UK-based General Practice Resea... |
2,314,273 | The bone mass density in postmenopausal women using hormonal replacement therapy in relation to polymorphism in vitamin D receptor and estrogen receptor genes. | The aims of the study were as follows: (1) To identify the differences in spinal body mass density (BMD) in relation to polymorphism in vitamin D receptor (VDR) and estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) genes in untreated women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. (2) To assess the efficacy of treatment in women with postmeno... |
2,314,274 | Remote-controlled scanning and automated confocal microscopy through focusing using a modified HRT rostock corneal module. | To modify the HRT-II Confocal Microscope with Rostock Corneal Module (HRT-RCM) to allow computerized control of the focal plane position (depth) within the cornea.</AbstractText>A threaded housing on the HRT-RCM microscope is normally rotated by hand to change the focal plane position within the cornea. This piece was ... |
2,314,275 | Comparison of the removal of phthalates and other organic pollutants from industrial wastewaters in membrane bioreactor and conventional activated sludge treatment plants. | In recent years greater attention has been paid to the presence of pollutants in wastewater treatment plants, mainly because of strict environmental regulations and the possibility of reusing treated water in industrial processes. Since some organic pollutant compounds are not sufficiently removed in conventional activ... |
2,314,276 | Effect of HRT in a continuous flow reactor on orthophosphate removal from swine wastewater and the economic evaluation for the land application. | One of the objectives of this study was to evaluate a laboratory-scale continuous reactor for orthophosphate (OP) removal from swine wastewater and to minimise HRT so as to minimise the volume of reactor such that a continuous-flow device could be developed for land application of swine manure. The laboratory-scale rea... |
2,314,277 | Suppression of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers under high organic content in high-rate Anammox UASB reactor. | The effect of organic matter on the nitrogen removal performance of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process was investigated in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor fed with nitrogen loading rate of 13.92 kg Nm(-3)day(-1) at an HRT of 0.83 h. Mass balance showed that the heterotrophic denitrificatio... |
2,314,278 | [Blood examination]. | Allergic blood examination such as radioallergosorbent test (RAST) is an important and sensitive method for detecting the allergen against allergic diseases including bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and food allergy. In this review, blood examination such as RAST and histamine release test (HRT)... |
2,314,279 | Two-phase anaerobic co-digestion of olive mill wastes in semi-continuous digesters at mesophilic temperature. | This study investigates for the first time, on laboratory scale, the possible exploitation of the advantages of two-phase anaerobic digestion for treating a mixture of olive mill wastewater (OMW) and olive mill solid waste (OMSW) using two sequencing semi-continuous digesters operated at mesophilic temperature (37+/-2 ... |
2,314,280 | Estimates of overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer associated with screening mammography. | To estimate the extent of overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer associated with screening in New South Wales, Australia, a population with a well-established mammography screening program which has achieved full geographic coverage.</AbstractText>We calculated overdiagnosis as the observed annual incidence of invasiv... |
2,314,281 | Reductions in use of hormone replacement therapy: effects on Swedish breast cancer incidence trends only seen after several years. | Studies from Western countries have found evidence of a recent decline in breast cancer incidence rates in postmenopausal women, findings which have been hypothesized to reflect a reduced use of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). We examined breast cancer incidence trends in Sweden between 1997 and 2007, a period char... |
2,314,282 | Hydraulic behaviour of vertical-flow constructed wetland under different operating conditions. | Five vertical-flow constructed wetland (VFCW) units planted with cattail (Typha augustifolia) were used to study the effects of feeding (continuous and batch), hydraulic loading rates (HLR) and drainage patterns (free drainage and percolate impounding) on hydraulic behaviour. The tracer studies were divided into two pa... |
2,314,283 | The effect of contour line position on optic nerve head analysis by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph. | To determine the influence of the contour line position on the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) parameters and on the diagnostic capacity of the system.</AbstractText>Thirty subjects with clinical diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma and 30 healthy subjects were recruited. For each patient only one eye was randoml... |
2,314,284 | The relationship between central corneal thickness and optic disc size in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma in a hospital-based population. | To investigate the relationship between central corneal thickness (CCT) and optic disc size in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a hospital-based population.</AbstractText>Data for the right eyes of 1435 White patients with POAG were included in a retrospective hospital-based study. All eyes underwent... |
2,314,285 | Long-term prevention with hormone-replacement therapy after the menopause: which women should be targeted? | For decades, hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) was considered safe and was the first choice in prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis induced by estrogen deficiency. Numerous experimental and epidemiological studies further supported a protective effect of exogenous female sex hormones on atherogenesis and coronary ... |
2,314,286 | Anaerobic membrane bioreactor treatment of synthetic municipal wastewater at ambient temperature. | The performance of a crossflow anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) to treat synthetic municipal wastewater was investigated at different hydraulic retention times (HRTs). The AnMBR was operated at chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading rates of 1 to 2 kg COD/m3 x d for 280 days. The permeate COD concentration was alway... |
2,314,287 | Performance of a three-stage membrane bioprocess treating the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and evolution of its archaeal and bacterial ecology. | A novel three-stage bioprocess achieved 75% volatile solids (VS) removal at an organic loading rate (OLR) of 4g VSL(-1)day, a solids retention time (SRT) of 66days, a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 20days, at a temperature of 35 degrees C. The bioprocess consisted of an anaerobic hydrolytic reactor (HR) where the so... |
2,314,288 | Suboptimal management of severe menopausal symptoms by Nigerian Gynaecologists: a call for mandatory continuing medical education for physicians. | Effective management of menopause is an important way to improve the quality of life of the increasing number of older women. The study sought to find out if Nigerian Gynaecologists offer effective treatment for severe menopausal symptoms.</AbstractText>126 Nigerian Gynaecologists representing the six health zones of N... |
2,314,289 | Hormone replacement therapy and the increase in the incidence of invasive lobular cancer. | Individual epidemiologic studies and a meta-analysis of those studies suggest that the relative risk of invasive lobular and compared to invasive ductal cancer is particularly affected by combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women, with an approximate doubling of risk of invasive lobular breast ... |
2,314,290 | Ability of different optical imaging devices to discriminate between healthy and glaucomatous eyes. | We compared the ability to discriminate between healthy and glaucomatous eyes of three optical imaging devices in 140 eyes from 140 subjects. No statistically significant differences were found among the AUCs of these parameters. However, AUCs were significantly higher in OCT and HRT parameters than most of GDx VCC one... |
2,314,291 | Effect of feed characteristics on the organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus removal in an activated sludge system treating piggery slurry. | Piggery wastewater is characterized by its high content in nitrogen and phosphorus, as well as by a low C/N ratio. This type of wastewater is traditionally spread to croplands (with its subsequent leaching to groundwater) or rarely discharged into natural water bodies, which ultimately cause severe episodes of eutrophi... |
2,314,292 | Sustainable membrane operation design for the treatment of the synthetic coke wastewater in SMBR. | Membrane fouling in the membrane bioreactor (MBR) is typically caused by the interaction of microbial characteristics, hydrodynamic behavior, operation environment, wastewater characteristics and membrane properties, which result in the deterioration of performance and increasing energy consumption and cost of membrane... |
2,314,293 | Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein as a novel prognostic factor in obese breast cancer patients. | Several adipocytokines, such as leptin or adiponectin, are associated with obesity and the risk for breast cancer. Adiopcyte fatty acid binding-protein(A-FABP) is another protein found in adipose tissue;therefore, we investigated the association of A-FABP with the occurrence and prognosis of breast cancer. In our study... |
2,314,294 | Evaluating optic nerve damage: pearls and pitfalls. | Primary open-angle glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy involving loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons at the level of the optic nerve head. This change manifests as thinning and excavation of the neural tissues and nerve fiber layer. Therefore, it has long been known that the structural appearance of t... |
2,314,295 | Changes in postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy use among women with high cardiovascular risk. | After randomized trials failed to support the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), HRT use for postmenopausal women declined. Our analysis of 1999-2000 and 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Surveys (NHANES) shows that HRT use decreased 19% (from 27.6 to 8.4%; P<... |
2,314,296 | [Comparing specific disc findings of a European and a Bantu population]. | Glaucoma is the main cause of irreversible blindness in the world. Because of the increasing mean age, glaucoma is expected to become more common in the developing countries. Besides tonometry and perimetry the appearance of the optic nerve head is a main part of glaucoma diagnosis. Ethnic differences have to be consid... |
2,314,297 | Automated diagnosis of glaucoma using digital fundus images. | Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve caused by the increase in the intraocular pressure of the eye. Glaucoma mainly affects the optic disc by increasing the cup size. It can lead to the blindness if it is not detected and treated in proper time. The detection of glaucoma through Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) a... |
2,314,298 | Different cardiovascular effects of progestins according to structure and activity. | Following the publication of the Women's Health Initiative study, the controversy was raised regarding the role of progestins in hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). Some of the most prescribed molecules, with partial androgenic or glucocorticoid activity, have been shown to oppose partially the beneficial effect of est... |
2,314,299 | Coronary heart disease and hormone replacement therapy after the menopause. | The discordance in coronary heart disease (CHD) outcome between randomized, controlled trials and observational studies of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is likely the result of the dissimilar cohorts studied. This observation led to the formation of the timing hypothesis that benefits and risks of HRT depend upon a... |
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