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2,315,700 | Effects of alendronate and hormone replacement therapy, alone and in combination, on saliva, periodontal conditions and gingival crevicular fluid matrix metalloproteinase-8 levels in women with osteoporosis. | To compare the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), alendronate and their combination on oral health of elderly postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.</AbstractText>Sixty patients, aged 65-80 years (mean 71 years), with a T-score of bone mineral density of -2.5 s.d. or less at either the lumbar spine or the f... |
2,315,701 | [Risk discourse in Hormone Replacement Therapy]. | The medical world has used Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on menopausal women for over 70 years, but controversy surrounding the treatment remains. Findings reported by the NIH, U.S.A. in July 2002 indicated that HRT might cause cardiovascular and cancer risks, and resulted in serious concern among menopausal women ... |
2,315,702 | Effect of condensate of food waste (CFW) on nutrient removal and behaviours of intercellular materials in a vertical submerged membrane bioreactor (VSMBR). | The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of condensate of food waste (CFW) on nutrient removal in a pilot-scale vertical submerged membrane bioreactor (VSMBR) treating municipal wastewater having total-chemical oxygen demand to total-nitrogen ratio (T-COD/T-N) of 5.5. In this reactor, the average ... |
2,315,703 | Influence of hormone replacement therapy on blood antioxidant enzymes in menopausal women. | Natural loss of estrogen occurring in menopausal process may contribute to various health problems many of them possibly related to oxidative stress. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the most common treatment to attenuate menopausal disturbances. This study was aimed at evaluating the influence of HRT on the activi... |
2,315,704 | The impact of menopause and lifestyle factors on blood and bone lead levels among female former smelter workers: the Bunker Hill Study. | The Bunker Hill mine in Idaho operated from 1886 to 1981. In the 60's and 70's it provided approximately 25% of the primary lead in the United States. Women first began working on the production and maintenance lines in 1972. This study examines the impact of menopause and several occupational and lifestyle factors as ... |
2,315,705 | [Glaucoma - structural imagery: HRT, GDX, OCT]. | Confocal scanning laser tomography (HRT), scanning laser polarimetry (GDx VCC), and optical coherence tomography provide quantitative data of the retinal fiber layer and optic nerve head. They have become good complementary evaluation tools for glaucomatous optic neuropathy and their results should be analyzed with cli... |
2,315,706 | [Application of dietary supplement to periodontal disease and osteoporosis]. | It is known that there is a relationship between various systemic diseases, life style and periodontal disease. In such a situation, it is becoming clear a relationship between the systemic bone density and the mandibular bone, alveolar bone density and clinical periodontal parameters. And it is also cleared that to lo... |
2,315,707 | Hormone replacement therapy is more prevalent among Jewish BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. | The aim of this study was to compare reproductive factors, use of oral contraceptives (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in consecutive Jewish Ashkenazi breast cancer patients, with and without BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations. Jewish Israeli women with breast cancer (n=385) were genotyped for the three predominant Jewish... |
2,315,708 | An evaluation of variables affecting the stability and performance of down-flow anaerobic fixed bed reactors treating piggery wastewater. | The influence of the most important variables on the stability and performance of down-flow anaerobic fixed bed reactors treating piggery wastewater after primary sedimentation was evaluated at HRT in the range of 1-6 d and influent substrate concentration in the range of 2 to 12 g TCOD l(-1). The effect of HRT was mor... |
2,315,709 | Biomass characterization of laboratory-scale thermophilic-mesophilic wastewater treatment processes. | Two thermophilic-mesophilic wastewater treatment processes, one as the combination of the thermophilic activated sludge process (ASP), followed by the mesophilic ASP and the other as thermophilic suspended carrier biofilm process (SCBP), followed by the mesophilic ASP, were used to study sludge characteristics and floc... |
2,315,710 | Treatment of groundwater contaminated with PAHs, gasoline hydrocarbons, and methyl tert-butyl ether in a laboratory biomass-retaining bioreactor. | In this study, we investigated the treatability of co-mingled groundwater contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), gasoline hydrocarbons, and methyl tert-butyl ether (MtBE) using an ex-situ aerobic biotreatment system. The PAHs of interest were naphthalene, methyl-naphthalene, acenaphthene, acenaphthy... |
2,315,711 | Bilateral risk-reducing oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. | Bilateral risk-reducing oophorectomy (BRRO) is widely used for cancer risk reduction in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) mutations. BRRO significantly reduces breast cancer risk by approximately 50% and ovarian cancer risk by 85% to 95%, but it may be accompanied by menopausal symptoms, impaired quality of life, an... |
2,315,712 | The effect of oestrogen on cytokine and antioxidant levels in male to female transsexual patients. | Whilst hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be beneficial, it can be associated with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and stroke. As male to female transsexuals take much higher doses of oestrogen than women on HRT, they provide a unique opportunity to study the long-term effects of oestrogen in a group of relatively youn... |
2,315,713 | Hormonal function after ovarian transposition to the abdominal subcutaneous fat tissue. | We previously reported a new technique for ovarian transposition to the abdominal subcutaneous fat tissue (OTAFT) following hysterectomy. The purpose of this study is to assess the hormonal function after OTAFT. From 1993 to 2000, OTAFT was performed in 27 patients (group A). Forty-two women underwent hysterectomy and ... |
2,315,714 | Menopause: a review on the role of oxygen stress and favorable effects of dietary antioxidants. | Menopause is often accompanied by hot flashes and degenerative processes such as arteriosclerosis and atrophic changes of the skin that suggest an acceleration of aging triggered by estrogen lack. Therefore, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been considered the most suitable treatment for the above symptoms and pro... |
2,315,715 | [Use of estrogen replacement therapy and alternative therapies among Norwegian women aged 50-69]. | Several large studies have showed higher risk and less benefit from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) than assumed, and sales figures have been reduced by almost a half. Several non-hormonal treatment alternatives for climacteric complaints are available. The object of this study was to determine the occurrence of clim... |
2,315,716 | Effect of physical activity on women at increased risk of breast cancer: results from the E3N cohort study. | There is a need to investigate the type, duration, frequency, and intensity of physical activity that are critical to reduce the risk of breast cancer, and if this relation differs among subgroups of women.</AbstractText>We analyzed the relation between physical activity and breast cancer incidence between 1990 and 200... |
2,315,717 | Biology of estrogens in skin: implications for skin aging. | Estrogens have a profound influence on skin. The relative hypoestrogenism that accompanies menopause exacerbates the deleterious effects of both intrinsic and environmental aging. Estrogens clearly have a key role in skin aging homeostasis as evidenced by the accelerated decline in skin appearance seen in the perimenop... |
2,315,718 | Effect of clinical trial publicity on HRT prescribing in Ireland. | To evaluate the effect of publicity surrounding the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and Million Women (MW) studies on prescribing of all hormone replacement therapy (HRT) preparations and bisphosphonates in Ireland.</AbstractText>The General Medical Services (GMS) prescription database was used to identify the study po... |
2,315,719 | Changes in the optic disc excavation of children affected by cerebral visual impairment: a tomographic analysis. | To obtain quantitative data on the optic disc excavation in children affected by cerebral visual impairment (CVI) by using the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT)-II (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany).</AbstractText>A total of 24 subjects affected by CVI (mean age, 7.28 years) were examined: 16 in alert condi... |
2,315,720 | Low-dose ACTH (1 microg) salivary test: a potential alternative to the classical blood test. | Salivary cortisol is unaffected by cortisol binding globulin (CBG) and hence allows CBG-related variations in serum total cortisol to be bypassed. We assessed whether or not salivary cortisol can be used for the low-dose (1 microg) ACTH test in subjects with presumed normal and elevated levels of CBG.</AbstractText><Ab... |
2,315,721 | Three dimensional optic disc visualisation from stereo images via dual registration and ocular media optical correction. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/AIMS" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">The three dimensional (3-D) visualisation of the optic disc in true colour will give essential meaning in clinical application. It is not only useful for clinicians in the evaluation of the condition of the optic disc, but it also simplifies the pathological... |
2,315,722 | European active surveillance study of women taking HRT (EURAS-HRT): study protocol [NCT00214903]. | The post marketing safety surveillance program for a drug containing a new chemical entity should assess both, the safety outcomes that relate specifically to the targeted population, as well as those that could potentially be related to special pharmacological characteristics of the drug. Active safety surveillance us... |
2,315,723 | Fracture reducing potential of hormone replacement therapy on a population level. | To study the fracture reducing potential of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) at a population level, the effect of age on the fracture reducing potential of HRT, and to examine whether socio-economic factors confound the effects of HRT on fracture risk.</AbstractText>Case-control study. All women who sustained any frac... |
2,315,724 | Application of a constructed wetland for industrial wastewater treatment: a pilot-scale study. | The main objective of this study was to examine the efficacy and capacity of using constructed wetlands on industrial pollutant removal. Four parallel pilot-scale modified free water surface (FWS) constructed wetland systems [dimension for each system: 4-m (L)x1-m (W)x1-m (D)] were installed inside an industrial park f... |
2,315,725 | Light-dependent hypersensitive response and resistance signaling against Turnip Crinkle Virus in Arabidopsis. | Resistance to Turnip Crinkle Virus (TCV) in Arabidopsis ecotype Dijon (Di)-17 is conferred by the resistance gene HRT and a recessive locus rrt. In Di-17, TCV elicits a hypersensitive response (HR), which is accompanied by increased expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes and high levels of salicylic acid (SA). W... |
2,315,726 | Removal of chlorophenols in sequential anaerobic-aerobic reactors. | Combination of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) and aerobic rotating biological contactor (RBC) reactors having higher biomass concentration and higher sludge retention time (SRT) was applied for the sequential treatment of priority pollutant chlorophenol containing wastewater. Target compounds 2-chlorophenol (2-... |
2,315,727 | Anaerobic treatment of phenol in wastewater under thermophilic condition. | Over 99% of phenol was effectively degraded in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor at 55 degrees C with 40 h of hydraulic retention time (HRT) for a wastewater containing 630 mg/L of phenol, corresponding to 1500 mg/L of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and a loading rate of 0.9 g-COD/L/d. The maximum specifi... |
2,315,728 | Interactive effects of fitness and hormone treatment on brain health in postmenopausal women. | Recent research in rodents suggests that extended and chronic hormone therapy can exacerbate memory impairments and irreversibly damage cells. However, aerobic fitness regimens have been shown to spare brain tissue and cognitive function. In addition, interactions between estrogen treatment and exercise have been repor... |
2,315,729 | Dispersion and treatment performance analysis of an UASB reactor under different hydraulic loading rates. | Mixing and transport phenomena affect the efficiency of all bioreactor configurations. An even mixing pattern at the macro-level is desirable to provide good conditions for substrate transport to, and from, the microbial aggregates. The state of segregation of particulate material in the reactor is also important. The ... |
2,315,730 | Hormone replacement therapy and risks of oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas. | Oesophageal and gastric adenocarcinoma share an unexplained male predominance, which would be explained by the hypothesis that oestrogens are protective in this respect. We carried out a nested case-control study of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among 299 women with oesophageal cancer, 313 with gastric cancer, and ... |
2,315,731 | Scientific evidence changes prescribing practice--a comparison of the management of the climacteric and use of hormone replacement therapy among Swedish gynaecologists in 1996 and 2003. | To study changes in attitudes, knowledge and management strategies concerning hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among gynaecologists in Sweden.</AbstractText>Comparative questionnaire study.</AbstractText>National survey.</AbstractText>Practising gynaecologists.</AbstractText>In 1996, gynaecologists in Sweden (n= 1323)... |
2,315,732 | [Present development of new drugs for osteoporosis]. | Bisphosphonates are widely used, though gastrointestinal tolerance is a problem on daily administration. Alendronate 35 mg administered once weekly is as effective at increasing bone mineral density (BMD) as 5 mg/day in the treatment of osteoporosis. Once weekly regimen will be soon available in Japan and can reduce ad... |
2,315,733 | Hormone replacement therapy and acute myocardial infarction: a large observational study exploring the influence of age. | We examined whether the discrepancy between observational studies and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on myocardial infarction (MI) could be explained by differences in age of participants at the time of either HRT initiation or the MI event.</AbstractText>A matched ... |
2,315,734 | Effects of GH and/or sex steroids on circulating IGF-I and IGFBPs in healthy, aged women and men. | Circulating GH, IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and sex steroid concentrations decrease with age. GH or sex steroid treatment increases IGFBP-3, but little is known regarding the effects of these hormones on other IGFBPs. We assessed the effects of 26 wk of administration of GH, sex steroids, or GH + sex steroids on AM levels of IGF-I... |
2,315,735 | Morphometric evaluation of changes with time in optic disc structure and thickness of retinal nerve fibre layer in chronic ocular hypertensive monkeys. | We examined the time course of changes in optic disc structure by means of a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph, HRT) in ocular hypertensive (experimental glaucoma) monkeys, and clarified the relationships between the histological RNFL thickness and HRT parameters. Further, the time course of ch... |
2,315,736 | Performance of an up-flow anaerobic stage reactor (UASR) in the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater containing macrolide antibiotics. | The performance of an up-flow anaerobic stage reactor (UASR) treating pharmaceutical wastewater containing macrolide antibiotics was investigated. Specifically, it was determined whether a UASR could be used as pre-treatment system at an existing pharmaceutical production plant to reduce the antibiotics in the trade ef... |
2,315,737 | Anaerobic co-digestion of algal sludge and waste paper to produce methane. | The unbalanced nutrients of algal sludge (low C/N ratio) were regarded as an important limitation factor to anaerobic digestion process. Adding high carbon content of waste paper in algal sludge feedstock to have a balanced C/N ratio was undertaken in this study. The results showed adding 50% (based on volatile solid) ... |
2,315,738 | A "Spontaneously Shrinking" Breast Mass: Unusual Presentation of Invasive Tubular Carcinoma. | A solid breast mass that decreases in size over time without treatment is generally felt to be inconsistent with a diagnosis of malignancy. We describe a case where this dogma proves to be incorrect. Mammographic features of a mass, along with the patient's clinical hormonal status, need to be considered along with siz... |
2,315,739 | An Example of Breast Cancer Regression on Imaging. | Controversy exists as to whether some breast cancers spontaneously regress without treatment. Regression of malignant breast neoplasms contradicts the long-accepted natural history of the disease and may have implications on the efficacy of breast cancer screening programs. We present a case in which a breast cancer re... |
2,315,740 | Effect of hormone replacement therapy on cognitive function in women with chronic schizophrenia. | Objective. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the cognitive effects of adjuvant hormone replacement therapy (HRT) when used to treat premenopausal women with chronic schizophrenia using an 8-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. Method. Women of childbearing age with chronic schizophren... |
2,315,741 | Control strategy of shortcut nitrification. | Shortcut nitrification for ammonium-rich wastewater is energy-saving and cost-effective procedure that has become one of the hotspots in the field of biological denitrogenation. An orthogonal experiment was performed to study the combined effects of operational parameters on the performance of internal-loop airlift bio... |
2,315,742 | The agreement between the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph and a digital nonmydriatic retinal camera in assessing area cup-to-disc ratio. | To determine the repeatability and agreement between a digital camera (monoscopic and stereoscopic images) and the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) in determining cup-to-disc ratio. A secondary purpose was to determine the monoscopic and stereoscopic thresholds that maximiz... |
2,315,743 | Hormone replacement therapy and mortality in 52- to 70-year-old women: the Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention Study. | To analyze prospectively the association between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and mortality in women before old age.</AbstractText>A group of 11,667 women (91% of the age cohort of the area) aged 52-62 years from the population-based Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention Study were followed for 7 years in... |
2,315,744 | Lack of association between thyroid autoantibodies and parity in a population study argues against microchimerism as a trigger of thyroid autoimmunity. | Thyroid autoimmunity is more common in females than in males. One possible explanation for this female preponderance may be the effect of oestrogens on the immune system. It has also been suggested that foetal microchimerism involving transfer of foetal cells into maternal tissue during pregnancy may play an important ... |
2,315,745 | Alcohol consumption and mammographic density in a multiethnic population. | This report examined the association between alcohol intake and breast cancer risk as assessed by mammographic densities in a multiethnic population. Information for this analysis was available from 2 previous investigations: a nutritional intervention study (The Breast, Estrogens, and Nutrition Study; BEAN) with 217 p... |
2,315,746 | Bilateral infectious ulcers associated with atopic keratoconjunctivitis. | A case of atopic keratoconjunctivitis complicated by bilateral infectious ulcers is described.</AbstractText>Both eyes underwent complete ophthalmologic examination and in vivo confocal microscopy imaging by using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II Rostock-cornea-module (HRT II-RCM) and were photographed.</AbstractText... |
2,315,747 | In vivo investigations of the corneal epithelium with the confocal Rostock Laser Scanning Microscope (RLSM). | The confocal tandem scanning microscope was first used in 1985 by Lemp et al for in vitro and in 1990 by Cavanagh et al for in vivo investigation of human eyes. The aim of this study was to investigate the cells of the central and the peripheral portions of the corneal epithelium and to measure corneal epithelium thick... |
2,315,748 | Is there a link between oestrogen therapy and gallbladder disease? | Cholelithiasis is the most common form of benign gallbladder disease that results in major heath expenditure. Female sex hormones are causally related to cholesterol gallstone disease, which are more common in women than in men. The risk of development of cholelithiasis is further enhanced by the use of exogenous femal... |
2,315,749 | Randomized trial comparing low-dose hormone replacement therapy and HRT plus 1alpha-OH-vitamin D3 (alfacalcidol) for treatment of postmenopausal bone loss. | We conducted a prospective, randomized, multicenter, open-label 2-year trial with 76 postmenopausal women aged > or =60 years with low (T-score less than -1) lumbar bone mineral density (BMD). The hormone replacement therapy (HRT) group received a low dose of conjugated estrogen (CEE) at a dose of 0.31 mg/day +/- me... |
2,315,750 | Prevention of postmenopausal bone loss with long-cycle hormone replacement therapy. | Postmenopausal bone loss and osteoporotic fractures can be prevented by hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, opposed HRT may increase the risk of breast cancer above that associated with estrogen alone and in non-hysterectomized women estrogen substitution alone increases the risk of uterine cancer, which trigge... |
2,315,751 | Influence of substrate concentration on the stability and yield of continuous biohydrogen production. | The effect of substrate concentration (sucrose) on the stability and yield of a continuous fermentative process producing hydrogen was studied. High substrate concentrations are attractive from an energy standpoint as they would minimise the energy required for heating. The reactor was a CSTR; temperature was maintaine... |
2,315,752 | Fermentative hydrogen production and bacterial community structure in high-rate anaerobic bioreactors containing silicone-immobilized and self-flocculated sludge. | A novel continuously stirred anaerobic bioreactor (CSABR) seeded with silicone-immobilized sludge was developed for high-rate fermentative H2 production using sucrose as the limiting substrate. The CSABR system was operated at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 0.5-6 h and an influent sucrose concentration of 10-40 g ... |
2,315,753 | Nicotine induced proliferation and cytokine release in osteoblastic cells. | Smoking has deleterious effects on osteoporosis and periodontitis both characterized by bone loss. Smoking also interferes with the protective effect that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has on bone loss. Our study investigated two mechanisms by which smoking may affect bone metabolism: nicotine-induced proliferation... |
2,315,754 | Risk factors for high blood pressure in women attending menopause clinics in Italy. | We analysed risk factors for high blood pressure (BP) among women around menopause.</AbstractText>Eligible women were consecutively attending first-level outpatient menopause clinics in Italy for general counseling or treatment of menopausal symptoms. During the visit BP was measured three times. The mean of second and... |
2,315,755 | Hormone replacement therapy and cognitive function in postmenopausal women. | The study investigated the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on cognitive processes in healthy, naturally postmenopausal women.</AbstractText>Participants were 64 volunteer postmenopausal women (27 in HRT, 37 in non-HRT group). Groups were matched for age, level of education and postmenopausal period. Duratio... |
2,315,756 | A comparison of effects of sequential transdermal administration versus oral administration of estradiol plus norethisterone acetate on serum NO levels in postmenopausal women. | To compare the effects of sequential transdermal administration versus oral administration of estradiol plus NETA on serum nitric oxide (NO) levels in postmenopausal women (PMW).</AbstractText>Eighty postmenopausal subjects without any prior hormone replacement therapy (HRT) usage were enrolled in this study. All parti... |
2,315,757 | Comparison of a transdermal continuous combined and an interrupted progestogen HRT. | Pilot study to compare the effects of a continuous combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) regimen with an interrupted progestogen regimen administered transdermally, upon the endometrium of postmenopausal women, the incidence of amenorrhoea and relief of menopausal symptoms.</AbstractText>Fifty-nine postmenopausal ... |
2,315,758 | Body mass index and colon cancer risk in Chinese people: menopause as an effect modifier. | High body mass index (BMI) has consistently been associated with increased colon cancer risk in men, but not in women. It is hypothesised that menopause-related changes in oestrogen levels play a role in gender-specific risk patterns. Most studies have been conducted in Western countries, where high incidence rates are... |
2,315,759 | Risk of stroke and hormone replacement therapy. A prospective cohort study. | The purpose of this study was to examine the risk of first-ever stroke in relation to use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) among middle-aged and older Swedish women.</AbstractText>A total of 16,906 women, 45-73 years old, from the 'Diet and Cancer' study in Malmö, Sweden were examined. Women were considered as... |
2,315,760 | HRT use in 2001 and 2004 in The Netherlands--a world of difference. | Did the publication of the Women Health Initiative (WHI) trial in 2002 and the Million Women Study (MWS) in 2003 lead to changes in prescription rates of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Therefore, we compare the prescribing of HRT in 2004 (after) with that of 2001 (before the publications) in The Netherlands.</Abstr... |
2,315,761 | Effects of various antireabsorptive treatments on bone mineral density in hypogonadal young women after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. | Ovarian failure after allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT) is an important risk factor for development of osteoporosis. We investigated the effects of various antiresorptive treatments in long-term surviving females with ovarian failure after allo-SCT. A total of 60 women with osteoporosis or osteopenia were divi... |
2,315,762 | Nonspecific dizziness: frequency of supine hypertension associated with hypotensive reactions on head-up tilt. | The clinical syndrome of supine hypertension associated with orthostatic hypotension (OH) in given individuals is recognized by specialists, but is underdiagnosed in the community. The objective of this study was to assess supine hypertension associated with hypotensive reactions on head-up tilt (SH-HRT) among patients... |
2,315,763 | Several anthropometric measurements and breast cancer risk: results of the E3N cohort study. | To investigate the association between various anthropometric characteristics and breast cancer.</AbstractText>Longitudinal prospective cohort study. Follow-up between 1995 and 2000.</AbstractText>In total, 69 116 women (age: 45-70 years; mean follow-up: 3.6 years), 275 premenopausal and 860 postmenopausal incident inv... |
2,315,764 | Hormone replacement therapy and cataract: a population-based case-control study. | Laboratory studies have suggested that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may protect against the development of cataract, but epidemiological studies in humans have thus far been inconclusive. The aim of this study was to assess the association between hormone replacement therapy and cataract.</AbstractText>Population-... |
2,315,765 | Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for treatment of persistent macular oedema in branch retinal vein occlusion. | To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection on persistent macular oedema in branch retinal vein occlusion that fails to respond to previous laser photocoagulation.</AbstractText>A total of 19 eyes of 19 patients with persistent macular oedema due to branch retinal vein occlusion were trea... |
2,315,766 | Hypofractionated radiation therapy versus standard fractionated radiation therapy with concurrent temozolomide in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. | Adjuvant hypofractionated radiation therapy (HRT) for elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) is a reasonable option compared with standard fractionation radiation therapy (SFRT). Outcomes in patients receiving HRT in the presence of temozolomide (TMZ) compared with SFRT with TMZ are unclear. We examin... |
2,315,767 | [Nitrogen Removal Using ANAMMOX and Denitrification for Treatment of Municipal Sewage]. | In this study, an Anaerobic Baffled Reactor ( ABR) was constructed. The ANAMMOX process was successfully started up using this reactor within 45 days under the following condition: 27 degrees C, pH of 8, HRT of 10 h, and the influent NO2(-) -N/NH4(+) -N was 1.32. At the stable phase, the average TN removal percentages ... |
2,315,768 | [Inhibiting Form of Ammonium to AOB and Inhibiting Rule]. | The inhibiting form and rule of ammonium to ammonia oxidation bacteria ( AOB) were investigated through a series of batch experiments using biofilm reactor,in which the reaction conditions were controlled to 30 degrees C, HRT 4.76 h, ORP 100 mV. The results showed that when the AOB activity was half-inhibited at an amm... |
2,315,769 | [Effects of Hydraulic Retention Time and Dissolved Oxygen on a CANON Reactor with Haydite as Carrier]. | One Completely Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal Over Nitrite ( CANON) reactor with haydite as carrier was investigated to study the effects of different hydraulic retention time ( HRT) and dissolved oxygen (DO) on CANON reactors by seeding sludge from another mature CANON reactor and using synthetic inorganic ammonia-rich ... |
2,315,770 | [Performance of an Intermittent Aeration Membrane Bioreactor for Removal of Veterinary Antibiotics from Piggery Wastewater]. | The removal performance of 11 veterinary antibiotics in piggery wastewater and their accumulation in the activated sludge were studied in an intermittent aeration membrane bioreactor (IAMBR) at different COD/TN ratios and organic loads. The results showed that both antibiotics and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were effi... |
2,315,771 | Efficient treatment of azo dye containing wastewater in a hybrid acidogenic bioreactor stimulated by biocatalyzed electrolysis. | In this study, a novel scaled-up hybrid acidogenic bioreactor (HAB) was designed and adopted to evaluate the performance of azo dye (acid red G, ARG) containing wastewater treatment. Principally, HAB is an acidogenic bioreactor coupled with a biocatalyzed electrolysis module. The effects of hydraulic retention time (HR... |
2,315,772 | The effects of pre-operative menopausal status and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on sexuality and quality of life after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. | Investigate the effects of pre-operative menopausal status and HRT use on sexual outcomes following risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO).</AbstractText>Cross-sectional study of 119 women who underwent RRSO between 2009 and 2014.</AbstractText>Data was collected via a questionnaire and serum test for testosterone ... |
2,315,773 | [Process Optimization of Aerobic Granular Sludge Continuous-Flow System for the Treatment of Low COD/N Ratio Sewage]. | The mature aerobic granular sludge (AGS) was inoculated in a continuous-flow joint constructor reactor to treat low chemical oxygen demand/nitrogen (COD/N) ratio sewage. The effects of aeration intensity and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the denitrification and phosphorus removal efficiencies and the granular sludg... |
2,315,774 | [Application of Micro-aerobic Hydrolysis Acidification in the Pretreatment of Petrochemical Wastewater]. | Micro-aerobic hydrolysis acidification technology was applied in the reconstruction of ananaerobic hydrolysis acidification tank in a north petrochemical wastewater treatment plant. After put into operation, the monitoring results showed that the average removal rate of COD was 11.7% when influent COD was 490.3-673.2 m... |
2,315,775 | In Vivo Confocal Microscopy and Anterior Segment Optic Coherence Tomography Findings in Ocular Ochronosis. | Purpose. To report clinical and in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) findings of two patients with ocular ochronosis secondary due to alkaptonuria. Materials and Methods. Complete ophthalmologic examinations, including IVCM (HRT II/Rostock Cornea Module, Heidelberg, Germany), anterior segment optical coherence tomography... |
2,315,776 | Complete bromate and nitrate reduction using hydrogen as the sole electron donor in a rotating biofilm-electrode reactor. | Simultaneous reduction of bromate and nitrate was investigated using a rotating biofilm-electrode reactor (RBER) with graphite carbon (GC) rods as anode and activated carbon fiber (ACF) bonded with steel ring as cathode. In RBER, the community of denitrifying bacteria immobilized on the cathode surface could completely... |
2,315,777 | High-effective denitrification of low C/N wastewater by combined constructed wetland and biofilm-electrode reactor (CW-BER). | The low denitrification effect on constructed wetlands (CWs) treating low carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) wastewater was a problem. In this study, a novel coupled system by installing CW and biofilm-electrode reactor (CW-BER) was developed. In this system, the heterotrophic and autotrophic denitrifying bacteria all play... |
2,315,778 | Association Between Alzheimer's Disease and Glaucoma: A Study Based on Heidelberg Retinal Tomography and Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry. | To assess the frequency of glaucoma-like alterations in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients using Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph III (HRT-3) and Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimetry.</AbstractText>The study included 51 eyes of 51 AD subjects and 67 eyes of 67 age- and sex-matched controls. Subjects underwent an op... |
2,315,779 | Scleral Buckling versus Vitrectomy for Retinal Detachment Repair: Comparison of Visual Fields and Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness. | To compare visual field loss and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects in cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) treated with scleral buckle (SB) versus pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and C3F8 injection.</AbstractText>This was a prospective, comparative interventional study of 50 eyes with primary RRD, treate... |
2,315,780 | Synergistic effect of up-flow constructed wetland and microbial fuel cell for simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy recovery. | This study demonstrated a successful operation of up-flow constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (UFCW-MFC) in wastewater treatment and energy recovery. The goals of this study were to investigate the effect of circuit connection, organic loading rates, and electrode spacing on the performance of wastewater treatment ... |
2,315,781 | [Start-up Characteristics of Four-zone Integrated Reactor for Nitrogen Removal in Winter and Analysis of Nitrobacteria Community]. | The treatment of decentralized sewage has gained more and more attention in China in recent years. A four-zone integrated reactor was designed by combining biofilm system and activated sludge system and start-up by gradient shorten the HRT. The removal of COD, NH4+ -N and TN were studied at 8-15°C. Fluorescence in... |
2,315,782 | Monitoring the microbial community shift throughout the shock changes of hydraulic retention time in an anaerobic moving bed membrane bioreactor. | An anaerobic moving bed membrane bioreactor (AnMBMBR) fed with synthetic domestic wastewater was investigated under hydraulic retention time (HRT) shocks to assess the effects on the microbial (bacteria and archaea) community and reactor performance. 16S rDNA targeted polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel e... |
2,315,783 | Hormone Replacement Therapy: An Increased Risk of Recurrence and Mortality for Breast Cancer Patients? | Historically, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown an increased risk of recurrence and mortality among women who have used primarily oral HRT after breast cancer. However, many of these studies have had design flaws that may impact the findings. Numerous investigators have concluded that additional RCTs shoul... |
2,315,784 | A computer model for the simulation of nanoparticle deposition in the alveolar structures of the human lungs. | According to epidemiological and experimental studies, inhalation of nanoparticles is commonly believed as a main trigger for several pulmonary dysfunctions and lung diseases. Concerning the transport and deposition of such nano-scale particles in the different structures of the human lungs, some essential questions ar... |
2,315,785 | Effect of sparging rate on permeate quality in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR) treating leachate from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). | This paper focuses on the treatment of leachate from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR). Operation of the SAMBR for this type of high strength wastewater was shown to be feasible at 5 days hydraulic retention time (HRT), 10 L min(-1) (LPM... |
2,315,786 | Response of a continuous anaerobic digester to temperature transitions: A critical range for restructuring the microbial community structure and function. | Temperature is a crucial factor that significantly influences the microbial activity and so the methanation performance of an anaerobic digestion (AD) process. Therefore, how to control the operating temperature for optimal activity of the microbes involved is a key to stable AD. This study examined the response of a c... |
2,315,787 | Performance evaluation of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor process for dairy wastewater treatment. | Investigation on dairy wastewater treatment was undertaken at ambient temperature in 11 l effective volume of laboratory--scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor receiving an average influent chemical oxygen demand of 2100 mg 1(-1) for 3 months of 24 hours, hydraulic retention time. The feeds of the synthetic dai... |
2,315,788 | Correlations between corneal and optic nerve head variables in healthy subjects and patients with primary open angle glaucoma. | To correlate corneal variables (determined using the Pentacam) with optic nerve head (ONH) variables determined using the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) in healthy subjects and patients diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).</AbstractText>Measurements were made in 75 healthy eyes and 73 eyes with POAG an... |
2,315,789 | Sex Steroid Replacement Therapy in Female Hypogonadism from Childhood to Young Adulthood. | The overall goal of pubertal sex hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in girls is not only about development of secondary sexual characteristics, but also to establish an adult endocrine and metabolic milieu, as well as adult cognitive function. Estradiol (E2) is the first choice for HRT compared to ethinyl estradiol (EE2... |
2,315,790 | Homogenous VUV advanced oxidation process for enhanced degradation and mineralization of antibiotics in contaminated water. | This study was aimed to evaluate the degradation and mineralization of amoxicillin(AMX), using VUV advanced process. The effect of pH, AMX initial concentration, presence of water ingredients, the effect of HRT, and mineralization level by VUV process were taken into consideration. In order to make a direct comparison,... |
2,315,791 | A combined system of microbial fuel cell and intermittently aerated biological filter for energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment. | Energy self-sufficiency is a highly desirable goal of sustainable wastewater treatment. Herein, a combined system of a microbial fuel cell and an intermittently aerated biological filter (MFC-IABF) was designed and operated in an energy self-sufficient manner. The system was fed with synthetic wastewater (COD =&... |
2,315,792 | The Effect of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Dry Eye Syndrome Evaluated with Schirmer Test and Break-Up Time. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for dry eye syndrome (DES) is controversial in clinical practice. The goal of this study was to review relevant studies and analyze the pooled data to determine whether HRT is effective for DES. In this study, a literature search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases up to May 2015... |
2,315,793 | Recovery of partial nitrification in a down-flow hanging sponge reactor by salt shock loading. | Partial nitrification of ammonium-containing artificial wastewater was achieved using a down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) reactor with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2 h by adjusting the influent salinity to 25 g Cl L(-1) with NaCl. The effect of HRT on partial nitrification was examined by varying HRT from 1 to 4 h.... |
2,315,794 | Optimizing the Detection of Preperimetric Glaucoma by Combining Structural and Functional Tests. | We evaluated the performance of low contrast achromatic (LLA) multifocal visual evoked potentials (mfVEP) in preperimetric glaucoma and compared its diagnostic performance to other early diagnostic tests. We identified the clinically most useful tests and combinations in preperimetric glaucoma.</AbstractText>We studied... |
2,315,795 | Prenatal particulate air pollution and neurodevelopment in urban children: Examining sensitive windows and sex-specific associations. | Brain growth and structural organization occurs in stages beginning prenatally. Toxicants may impact neurodevelopment differently dependent upon exposure timing and fetal sex.</AbstractText>We implemented innovative methodology to identify sensitive windows for the associations between prenatal particulate matter with ... |
2,315,796 | ANAMMOX-like performances for nitrogen removal from ammonium-sulfate-rich wastewater in an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor. | Ammonium removal by the ANaerobic AMonium OXidation (ANAMMOX) process was observed through the Sulfate-Reducing Ammonium Oxidation (SRAO) process. The same concentration of ammonium (100 mg N L(-1)) was applied to two anaerobic sequencing batch reactors (AnSBRs) that were inoculated with the same activated sludge from ... |
2,315,797 | A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results-Medicare data analysis of elderly patients with glioblastoma multiforme: Treatment patterns, outcomes and cost. | The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database was used to determine the treatment patterns, outcomes and cost of therapy in elderly patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The SEER-Medicare linked database was used to identify patients aged >66 years with GBM diagnosed between 1997 and 2009. Th... |
2,315,798 | Evaluating simultaneous chromate and nitrate reduction during microbial denitrification processes. | Sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification and heterotrophic denitrification have been demonstrated to be promising technological processes for simultaneous removal of nitrate NO3(-) and chromate (Cr (VI)), two common contaminants in surface and ground waters. In this work, a mathematical model was developed to describe ... |
2,315,799 | Application of novel catalytic-ceramic-filler in a coupled system for long-chain dicarboxylic acids manufacturing wastewater treatment. | To gain systematic technology for long-chain dicarboxylic acids (LDCA) manufacturing wastewater treatment, catalytic micro-electrolysis (CME) coupling with adsorption-biodegradation sludge (AB) process was studied. Firstly, novel catalytic-ceramic-filler was prepared from scrap iron, clay and copper sulfate solution an... |
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