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2,315,900 | [Phytoestrogens--whether can they be an alternative to hormone replacement therapy for women during menopause period?]. | Menopause is a turning point in a woman's life. Decreasing of secretion of estrogens can cause appearing of many health problems, which make that life is becoming harder in each partof life. Hormonal ReplacementTherapy (HRT) is using for relieving the symptoms of menopause, however, because of the possibility of advers... |
2,315,901 | Corneal Segmentation Analysis Increases Glaucoma Diagnostic Ability of Optic Nerve Head Examination, Heidelberg Retina Tomograph's Moorfield's Regression Analysis, and Glaucoma Probability Score. | Purpose. To study whether a corneal thickness segmentation model, consisting in a central circular zone of 1 mm radius centered at the corneal apex (zone I) and five concentric rings of 1 mm width (moving outwards: zones II to VI), could boost the diagnostic accuracy of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph's (HRT'... |
2,315,902 | New suggestive genetic loci and biological pathways for attention function in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. | Attention deficit is one of the core symptoms of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the specific genetic variants that may be associated with attention function in adult ADHD remain largely unknown. The present study aimed to identifying SNPs associated with attention function in adult ADHD a... |
2,315,903 | Anaerobic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent in Pilot-Scale Anaerobic EGSB Reactor. | Large volumes of untreated palm oil mill effluent (POME) pose threat to aquatic environment due to the presence of very high organic content. The present investigation involved two pilot-scale anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactors, continuously operated for 1 year to treat POME. Setting HRT at 9.8 d, t... |
2,315,904 | [Running Condition and Bacterial Community Associated with the Partial Nitritation System]. | In partial nitritation process, the sludge concentration was higher than 4000 mg x L(-1), DO was less than 0.2 mg x L(-1), the temperature of 15-29 degrees C, the reactor HRT of 4.6 h, and the circulation ratio was 75%, not only the microbial biomass reached the highest value but also the ratio of nitrite to ammonium o... |
2,315,905 | A Novel, Stable, Estradiol-Stimulating, Osteogenic Yam Protein with Potential for the Treatment of Menopausal Syndrome. | A novel protein, designated as DOI, isolated from the Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) could be the first protein drug for the treatment of menopausal syndrome and an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which is known to have undesirable side effects. DOI is an acid- and thermo-stable protein with ... |
2,315,906 | Anaerobic digestion of the microalga Spirulina at extreme alkaline conditions: biogas production, metagenome, and metatranscriptome. | A haloalkaline anaerobic microbial community obtained from soda lake sediments was used to inoculate anaerobic reactors for the production of methane rich biogas. The microalga Spirulina was successfully digested by the haloalkaline microbial consortium at alkaline conditions (pH 10, 2.0 M Na(+)). Continuous biogas pro... |
2,315,907 | Biodegradation of Phenol in Synthetic Wastewater Using a Fixed Bed Reactor With up Flow Sludge Blanket Filtration (FUSBF). | In the present study, the removal of phenol from synthetic wastewater was evaluated in a fixed bed reactor with up flow sludge blanket filtration (FUSBF) in comparison with a typical USBF system. At hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 hours and solid retention time (SRT) of 20 day, the effect of initial concentration ... |
2,315,908 | Performance of system consisting of vertical flow trickling filter and horizontal flow multi-soil-layering reactor for treatment of rural wastewater. | In order to improve nitrogen removal for rural wastewater, a novel two-stage hybrid system, consisting of a vertical flow trickling filter (VFTF) and a horizontal flow multi-soil-layering (HFMSL) bioreactor was developed. The performance of the apparatus was observed under various carbon-nitrogen ratios and water spray... |
2,315,909 | Harnessing dark fermentative hydrogen from pretreated mixture of food waste and sewage sludge under sequencing batch mode. | Food waste and sewage sludge are the most abundant and problematic organic wastes in any society. Mixture of these two wastes may provide appropriate substrate condition for dark fermentative biohydrogen production based on synergistic mutual benefits. This work evaluates continuous hydrogen production from the cosubst... |
2,315,910 | A new mathematical model for nitrogen gas production with special emphasis on the role of attached growth media in anammox hybrid reactor. | The present study emphasised on the development of new mathematical models based on mass balance and stoichiometry of nitrogen removal in anammox hybrid reactor (AHR). The performance of AHR at varying hydraulic retention times (HRTs) and nitrogen loading rates (NLRs) revealed that nitrogen removal efficiency (NRE) inc... |
2,315,911 | 2015 Guidelines for Osteoporosis in Saudi Arabia: Recommendations from the Saudi Osteoporosis Society. | To provide guidelines for medical professionals in Saudi Arabia regarding osteoporosis.</AbstractText>A panel of 14 local experts in osteoporosis assembled to provide consensus based on the strength of evidence and expert opinions on osteoporosis treatment.</AbstractText>The Saudi Osteoporosis Society (SOS) formed a pa... |
2,315,912 | A horizontal plug-flow baffled bioelectrocatalyzed reactor for the reductive decolorization of Alizarin Yellow R. | An application-oriented membrane-free, continuous plug-flow baffled bioelectrocatalyzed reactor (PFB-BER), was designed and testified for the decolorization of Alizarin Yellow R. Decolorization efficiency (DE) with an external power source of 0.5 V was higher than without electrolysis, i.e. 93.4% versus 73.6% (HRT of 2... |
2,315,913 | 17β-Estradiol-Loaded PEGlyated Upconversion Nanoparticles as a Bone-Targeted Drug Nanocarrier. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) plays an important role in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. Here, 17β-estradiol (E2)-loaded PEGlyated upconversion nanoparticles (E2-UCNP@pPEG) were synthesized that retained E2 bioactivity and improved delivery efficiency over a relatively long time-period. E2-UCNP@... |
2,315,914 | Stellate Ganglion Block for the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Literature Review. | Currently, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the only US Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for hot flashes, resulting in clinical improvement in 80%-90% of symptomatic women. However, HRT is not recommended for patients with breast cancer. Current data regarding the use of stellate ganglion block (SGB)... |
2,315,915 | EFFICACY OF ESTRADIOL IN PERIMENOPAUSAL DEPRESSION: SO MUCH PROMISE AND SO FEW ANSWERS. | Controversy regarding the antidepressant efficacy of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) stems almost from its inception and reflects the same methodological inconsistencies that have compromised efforts to determine whether the perimenopause is accompanied by an increase in mood symptoms or depression. Methodologic diff... |
2,315,916 | Analysis of conservative tracer measurement results using the Frechet distribution at planted horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands filled with coarse gravel and showing the effect of clogging processes. | A mathematical process, developed in Maple environment, has been successful in decreasing the error of measurement results and in the precise calculation of the moments of corrected tracer functions. It was proved that with this process, the measured tracer results of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands fil... |
2,315,917 | Sulfamethoxazole in poultry wastewater: Identification, treatability and degradation pathway determination in a membrane-photocatalytic slurry reactor. | The presence of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) in a real-time poultry wastewater was identified via HPLC analysis. Subsequently, SMX removal from the poultry wastewater was investigated using a continuous-mode membrane-photocatalytic slurry reactor (MPSR). The real-time poultry wastewater was found to have an SMX concentration... |
2,315,918 | Evaluation of recombinant MGL_1304 produced by Pichia pastoris for clinical application to sweat allergy. | We previously identified MGL_1304 secreted by Malassezia globosa as a sweat antigen for patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and cholinergic urticaria (ChU). However, purifying native MGL_1304 from human sweat or culture supernatant of M. globosa (sup-MGL_1304) is costly and time-consuming. Moreover, recombinant MGL_13... |
2,315,919 | Anaerobic treatment of rice winery wastewater in an upflow filter packed with steel slag under different hydraulic loading conditions. | Rice-washing drainage (RWD), a strong organic wastewater, was anaerobically treated using an upflow filter filled with blast-furnace slag. The continuous performance of the reactor was examined at varying hydraulic retention times (HRTs). The reactor achieved 91.7% chemical oxygen demand removal (CODr) for a 10-day HRT... |
2,315,920 | Impact of the substrate loading regime and phosphoric acid supplementation on performance of biogas reactors and microbial community dynamics during anaerobic digestion of chicken wastes. | This study evaluates the effects of increasing organic loading rate (OLR) and decreasing hydraulic retention time (HRT) as well as phosphoric acid addition on mesophilic reactors' performance and biogas production from chicken wastes. Furthermore, microbial community composition in reactors was characterized by a 16S r... |
2,315,921 | Genes involved in the pathogenesis of premature ovarian insufficiency. | Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined by the presence of primary or secondary amenorrhea, for at least 4 months, before the age of 40 years associated with follicle stimulating homone levels in menopausal range, exciding 40 UI/L. The diagnosis is confirmed by two blood sample at least 1 month to measure the ... |
2,315,922 | Improvement of biohydrogen production using a reduced pressure fermentation. | This study investigated the effect of reduced pressure on biohydrogen production in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor from whey permeate. The results showed that the reduced pressure fermentation was more effective in enhancing biohydrogen production than dark fermentative hydrogen production at atmosph... |
2,315,923 | Optimization of process parameters for pilot-scale liquid-state bioconversion of sewage sludge by mixed fungal inoculation. | Liquid-state bioconversion (LSB) technique has great potential for application in bioremediation of sewage sludge. The purpose of this study is to determine the optimum level of LSB process of sewage sludge treatment by mixed fungal (Aspergillus niger and Penicillium corylophilum) inoculation in a pilot-scale bioreacto... |
2,315,924 | Treatment of textile wastewater by submerged membrane bioreactor: In vitro bioassays for the assessment of stress response elicited by raw and reclaimed wastewater. | The performance of a pilot-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for the treatment of textile wastewater was investigated. The MBR was continuously operated for 7 months. Very high treatment efficiencies were achieved (color, 100%; chemical oxygen demand (COD), 98%; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), 96%; suspended sol... |
2,315,925 | Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm in a transgender patient. | Cystic pancreatic lesions are increasingly more frequent detected clinical entities. Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) is a hormone-related pancreatic tumor (HRTP) with a strong predominance in young and middle-aged females.</AbstractText>Here, we present the case of a 31-year-old surgically transgendered female-to-male p... |
2,315,926 | Characterization of endocrine features and genotype-phenotypes correlations in blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome type 1. | Blepharophimosis syndrome (BPES) is an autosomal dominant genetic condition resulting from heterozygous mutations in the FOXL2 gene and clinically characterized by an eyelid malformation associated (type I) or not (type II) with premature ovarian failure. The distinction between the two forms is critical for female pat... |
2,315,927 | Novel use of the ovarian follicular pool to postpone menopause and delay osteoporosis. | Life expectancy has increased by more than 30 years during the last century and continues to increase. Many women already live decades in menopause deprived of naturally produced oestradiol and progesterone, leading to an increasing incidence of menopause-related disorders such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases ... |
2,315,928 | [Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of visual pathway neurodegeneration in glaucoma]. | Цель - изучение с помощью диффузионно-тензорной магн... |
2,315,929 | [Progressive hyperopic shift after radial keratotomy: possible causes]. | Цель - изучение возможных причин гиперметропическог... |
2,315,930 | Effect of process variables on the sulfate reduction process in bioreactors treating metal-containing wastewaters: factorial design and response surface analyses. | The individual and combined effect of the pH, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and SO4 (2-) concentration, metal to sulfide (M/S(2-)) ratio and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the biological sulfate reduction (SR) process was evaluated in an inverse fluidized bed reactor by factorial design analysis (FDA) and response su... |
2,315,931 | Oestrogen replacement in postmenopausal women. | Menopausal symptoms can disrupt a woman's personal and social life. Vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats) are the most common symptoms and can be treated very effectively with oestrogen-based hormone therapy. The decision to use oestrogen (often simply termed hormone therapy or hormone replacement therapy o... |
2,315,932 | HRT for the Diagnosis and Detection of Glaucoma Progression. | Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy through the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) provides a rapid, safe, noncontact, and noninvasive imaging of the optic disc in three-dimensions, and provides precise detailed information about the optic disc beyond that which the clinical exam can measure. The HRT I was developed ... |
2,315,933 | [Estrogen Receptors and their Impact for Prognosis and Therapy of Lung Cancer - New Insights to an Underestimated Mechanism]. | Though tobacco smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, during the last decades the prevalence increased in never smoking patients, especially in women. Sex steroid hormones and particularly the estrogen receptors (ERs) seem to play an important but still underestimated role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). B... |
2,315,934 | Confocal scan laser ophthalmoscope for diagnosing glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | This systematic review was performed to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in diagnosing glaucoma. We did a sensitive electronic search to find relevant studies. Two reviewers independently screened relevant articles and extracted required data about study methods and reporte... |
2,315,935 | The energy-saving anaerobic baffled reactor membrane bioreactor (EABR-MBR) system for recycling wastewater from a high-rise building. | A novel energy-saving anaerobic baffled reactor-membrane bioreactor (EABR-MBR) system has been developed as a compact biological treatment system for reuse of water from a high-rise building. The anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) compartment had five baffles and served as the anaerobic degradation zone, followed by the a... |
2,315,936 | Improving the simultaneous removal of chemical oxygen demand and terephthalic acid in a cross-flow aerobic sludge reactor by using response surface methodology. | Central composite design and response surface methodology (RSM) were implemented to optimize the operational parameters for a cross-flow aerobic sludge reactor (CFASR) in remedying mixed printing and dyeing wastewater (MPDW). The individual and interactive effects of three variables, hydraulic retention time (HRT), pH ... |
2,315,937 | Ammonia-based intermittent aeration control optimized for efficient nitrogen removal. | This work describes the development of an intermittently aerated pilot-scale process (V = 0.45 m(3) ) operated for optimized efficient nitrogen removal in terms of volume, supplemental carbon and alkalinity requirements. The intermittent aeration pattern was controlled using a strategy based on eff... |
2,315,938 | The role of base excision repair in the development of primary open angle glaucoma in the Polish population. | Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in developing countries. Previous data have shown that progressive loss of human TM cells may be connected with chronic exposure to oxidative stress. This hypothesis may suggest a role of the base excision repair (BER) pathway of oxidative DNA damage in primary open... |
2,315,939 | The Effect of Cataract on Early Stage Glaucoma Detection Using Spatial and Temporal Contrast Sensitivity Tests. | To investigate the effect of cataract on the ability of spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity tests used to detect early glaucoma.</AbstractText>Twenty-seven glaucoma subjects with early cataract (mean age 60 ± 10.2 years) which constituted the test group were recruited together with twenty-seven controls (cat... |
2,315,940 | The molecular, cellular and clinical consequences of targeting the estrogen receptor following estrogen deprivation therapy. | During the past 20 years our understanding of the control of breast tumor development, growth and survival has changed dramatically. The once long forgotten application of high dose synthetic estrogen therapy as the first chemical therapy to treat any cancer has been resurrected, refined and reinvented as the new biolo... |
2,315,941 | Hydrogen production from continuous flow, microbial reverse-electrodialysis electrolysis cells treating fermentation wastewater. | A microbial reverse-electrodialysis electrolysis cell (MREC) was used to produce hydrogen gas from fermentation wastewater without the need for additional electrical energy. Increasing the number of cell pairs in the reverse electrodialysis stack from 5 to 10 doubled the maximum current produced from 60 A/m(3) to 120 A... |
2,315,942 | Hormone replacement in disorders of sex development: Current thinking. | Congenital disruptions of sex hormone production lead to wide-ranging developmental and physiological effects in individuals who have atypical chromosomal, gonadal or anatomic sex. Aberrant developmental sex hormone exposure causes disorders of genital anatomy, attainment of secondary sexual characteristics and has lon... |
2,315,943 | A pharmacological investigation of Hippophae salicifolia (HS) and Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanica (HRT) against multiple stress (C-H-R): an experimental study using rat model. | Hippophae salicifolia (HS) and Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanica (HRT) are abundantly found species of Hippophae in Himalayan region of India. As these plants thrive under extreme climatic conditions, it is suspected that these plants must have a unique adaptogenic property against high-altitude stress. To keeping thes... |
2,315,944 | Effect of age and disc size on rim order rules by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph. | The ISNT rule for nonglaucomatous eyes suggests that the neuroretinal rim is thickest at the inferior quadrant (I), followed by the superior (S), nasal (N), and temporal (T) quadrants. This study aimed to use Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT III) measurements to assess (a) fulfillment of the ISNT rule and its derivativ... |
2,315,945 | Influence of operating parameters on the fate and removal of three estrogens in a laboratory-scale AAO system. | A laboratory-scale anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (AAO) process was constructed to investigate the influence of hydraulic residence time (HRT) and sludge retention time (SRT) on the removal and fate of estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2) and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2), and their removal mechanisms in a biological treat... |
2,315,946 | Anaerobic digestion of paunch in a CSTR for renewable energy production and nutrient mineralization. | A laboratory study investigated the anaerobic digestion of paunch in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) for the recovery of biogas and mineralization of nutrients. At an organic loading rate (OLR) of 2.8gVSL(-1)day(-1) with a 30-day hydraulic retention time (HRT), a CH4 yield of 0.213Lg(-1)VS and CH4 production r... |
2,315,947 | [Effects of dissolved oxygen in the oxic parts of A/O reactor on degradation of organic pollutants and analysis of microbial community for treating petrochemical wastewater]. | Effects of dissolved oxygen (DO) on the biodegradation of organic pollutants were investigated using A/O reactors for the treatment of actual petrochemical wastewater. Two A/O reactors, DO were controlled at 2-3 mg x L(-1) in the oxic parts of reactor A and 5-6 mg x L(-1) of reactor B, were operated in parallel for com... |
2,315,948 | Treatment situation of male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in pediatrics and proposal of testosterone and gonadotropins replacement therapy protocols. | Male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (MHH), a disorder associated with infertility, is treated with testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and/or gonadotropins replacement therapy (GRT) (TRT and GRT, together with HRT hormone replacement therapy). In Japan, guidelines have been set for treatment during adolescence. Due t... |
2,315,949 | Migraine in perimenopausal women. | Hormonal changes during the reproductive cycle are thought to account for the variation in migraine occurrence and intensity. Although the majority of women and the specialists treating them do not consider migraine as a component of the climacteric syndrome, many women, in fact, do experience migraine during perimenop... |
2,315,950 | Effects of statin use on volumetric mammographic density: results from the KARMA study. | Epidemiological data on statins and breast cancer risk have been inconclusive. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of statins in breast cancer risk by studying their effect on mammographic density.</AbstractText>The KARolinska MAmmography project for risk prediction of breast cancer (KARMA) includes 70,877 wo... |
2,315,951 | Effects of Oestrogen Treatment on Skeletal Response to Exercise in the Hips and Spine in Postmenopausal Women: A Meta-Analysis. | It is recognized that low oestrogen status impairs the skeletal response to mechanical loading in elderly women; therefore, oestrogen administration is expected to increase the osteogenic response to mechanical strain.</AbstractText>This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the combined effects of hormone replacement therap... |
2,315,952 | In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of the Cornea: New Developments in Image Acquisition, Reconstruction, and Analysis Using the HRT-Rostock Corneal Module. | The optical sectioning ability of confocal microscopy allows high magnification images to be obtained from different depths within a thick tissue specimen and is thus ideally suited to the study of intact tissue in living subjects. In vivo confocal microscopy has been used in a variety of corneal research and clinical ... |
2,315,953 | Membrane photoreactor treatment of 1,4-dioxane-containing textile wastewater effluent: Performance, modeling, and fouling control. | A membrane photoreactor (MPR) system was investigated for the purification of textile wastewater effluent containing 1,4-dioxane for potential reuse. The effects of TiO2 dosage, alkalinity, particulate matter, and sunlight radiation on the removal of 1,4-dioxane from the effluent were evaluated. The photocatalytic 1,4-... |
2,315,954 | Impact of electrode configurations on retention time and domestic wastewater treatment efficiency using microbial fuel cells. | Efficient treatment of domestic wastewater under continuous flow conditions using microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires hydraulic retention times (HRTs) that are similar to or less than those of conventional methods such as activated sludge. Two MFCs in series were compared at theoretical HRTs of 8.8, 4.4 and 2.2 h usin... |
2,315,955 | Biofilm architecture in a novel pressurized biofilm reactor. | A novel pure-oxygen pressurized biofilm reactor was operated at different organic loading, mechanical shear and hydrodynamic conditions to understand the relationships between biofilm architecture and its operation. The ultimate goal was to improve the performance of the biofilm reactor. The biofilm was labeled with se... |
2,315,956 | Functional variants in CYP1B1, KRAS and MTHFR genes are associated with shorter telomere length in postmenopausal women. | Estrogens and antioxidants indirectly alleviate telomere attrition. However, available clinical data on the association between hormone exposure and telomere length are inconclusive. In the present study, we examined the effects of exogenous estrogen use and of some genetic factors implicated in estrogen metabolism and... |
2,315,957 | Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Peripheral Blood Cells and Risk of Developing Breast Cancer. | Increased mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number in peripheral blood cells (PBC) has been associated with the risk of developing several tumor types. Here we evaluate sources of variation of this biomarker and its association with breast cancer risk in a prospective cohort study. mtDNA copy number was measured using qua... |
2,315,958 | The utility of an artificial substitute to improve corneal sensitivity in glaucomatous patients on chronic therapy with prostaglandin analogs. | To evaluate whether a tear substitute can improve corneal subepithelial nerve plexus and corneal sensitivity in glaucomatous patients.</AbstractText>This study was prospective, longitudinal, and single arm. Twenty glaucomatous patients were recruited. All the patients were treated with a prostaglandin analog with prese... |
2,315,959 | Enhanced U(VI) bioreduction by alginate-immobilized uranium-reducing bacteria in the presence of carbon nanotubes and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate. | Uranium-reducing bacteria were immobilized with sodium alginate, anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The effects of different AQDS-CNTs contents, U(IV) concentrations, and metal ions on U(IV) reduction by immobilized beads were examined. Over 97.5% U(VI) (20 mg/L) was removed in 8 hr when... |
2,315,960 | The need to do better - Are we still letting our patients down and at what cost? | To survey women's views on HRT and alternative therapies and make comparisons with 2007 data.</AbstractText>A questionnaire on a UK patient-tailored independent clinician-led website with anonymous responses analysed using descriptive statistics.</AbstractText>Answers to survey questions in 2007 and 2014.</AbstractText... |
2,315,961 | Enhanced biogas production by anaerobic co-digestion from a trinary mix substrate over a binary mix substrate. | The synergetic enhancement of mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of trinary and binary mix of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) + primary sludge (PS) + thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) as substrates was investigated through batch biological methane potential (BMP) and semi-continuous flow reactor ... |
2,315,962 | Estrogen withdrawal, increased breast cancer risk and the KRAS-variant. | The KRAS-variant is a biologically functional, microRNA binding site variant, which predicts increased cancer risk especially for women. Because external exposures, such as chemotherapy, differentially impact the effect of this mutation, we evaluated the association of estrogen exposures, breast cancer (BC) risk and tu... |
2,315,963 | Relationships between bone geometry, volumetric bone mineral density and bone microarchitecture of the distal radius and tibia with alcohol consumption. | Chronic heavy alcohol consumption is associated with bone density loss and increased fracture risk, while low levels of alcohol consumption have been reported as beneficial in some studies. However, studies relating alcohol consumption to bone geometry, volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and bone microarchitecture,... |
2,315,964 | The factors associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in surgical menopause women. | As a sizeable proportion of persons with mild cognitive impairment will progress to frank dementia, early detection is an important strategy to prevent and decelerate the progression of cognitive decline. In Thailand, the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in surgical menopause women has not been well established.... |
2,315,965 | Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of different silage crops: VFAs formation, methane yield from fiber and non-fiber components and digestate composition. | This study presents the results of long-term semi-continuous experiments on anaerobic digestion at an HRT of 45d with ten silages: 2 annual and 4 perennial crops, and 4 mixtures of annual with perennial crops. The composition of substrates and digestates was determined with Van Soest's fractionation method. Removal of ... |
2,315,966 | Comparison of the MBBR denitrification carriers for advanced nitrogen removal of wastewater treatment plant effluent. | The moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) were used to remove the residual NO3(-)-N of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, and the MBBR carriers for denitrification were compared. The results showed that high denitrification efficiency can be achieved with polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane foam, and haydi... |
2,315,967 | Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Converges More Convexly on Normal Smaller Optic Nerve Head. | To investigate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) configuration in the optic nerve head (ONH) and peripapillary area according to disc size and to determine whether it explains cup discrepancy among eyes with different disc sizes.</AbstractText>Horizontal and vertical RNFL curvature and mean thickness were measured using... |
2,315,968 | [Hormone therapy in menopause can increase the risk of ovarian cancer]. | Risk of ovarian cancer should be added to the list of adverse effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However there is no need for change in clinical recommendations. The recommendation today is to prescribe the lowest dose and shortest time of HRT for menopausal symptom relief. Our clinical approach should be to... |
2,315,969 | Activity Suppression Behavior Phenotype in SULT4A1 Frameshift Mutant Zebrafish. | Since its identification in 2000, sulfotransferase (SULT) 4A1 has presented an enigma to the field of cytosolic SULT biology. SULT4A1 is exclusively expressed in neural tissue, is highly conserved, and has been identified in every vertebrate studied to date. Despite this singular level of conservation, no substrate or ... |
2,315,970 | Comparative transcriptome analysis of latex from rubber tree clone CATAS8-79 and PR107 reveals new cues for the regulation of latex regeneration and duration of latex flow. | Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) is the primarily commercial source of natural rubber in the world. Latex regeneration and duration of latex flow after tapping are the two factors that determine rubber yield of rubber tree, and exhibit a huge variation between rubber tree clones CATAS8-79 and PR107.</Abstra... |
2,315,971 | [Sensitivity and Specificity of the Nerve Fibre Imaging Using Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy and of Optic Nerve Analysis Using Heidelberg Retina Tomography in Glaucoma]. | Imaging of the optic nerve head and the nerve fibre layer are used in the diagnosis of glaucoma. We have investigated the diagnostic precision of nerve fibre layer imaging using a manually operated scanning laser ophthalmoscope and analysis of the optic nerve head using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT).</Abstra... |
2,315,972 | Optical coherence tomography, scanning laser polarimetry and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in retinal nerve fiber layer measurements of glaucoma patients. | To determine the correlations and strength of association between different imaging systems in analyzing the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) of glaucoma patients: optical coherence tomography (OCT), scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (CSLO).</AbstractText>114 eyes of patients w... |
2,315,973 | Engineering application of activated alumina adsorption dams for emergency treatment of arsenic-contaminated rivers. | A batch of lab-based adsorption experiments were performed to investigate the arsenic (As) removal efficacy by activated alumina. Four factors including contact time, pH, initial As concentration and different coexisting ions were examined. The adsorbent made of activated alumina (AA) with particles of 2-4 mm di... |
2,315,974 | Microbial granulation for lactic acid production. | This work investigated the formation of microbial granules to boost the productivity of lactic acid (LA). The flocculated form of LA-producing microbial consortium, dominated by Lactobacillus sp. (91.5% of total sequence), was initially obtained in a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR), which was fed with 2% glucose... |
2,315,975 | The role of biological processes in reducing both odor impact and pathogen content during mesophilic anaerobic digestion. | Mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD) produces renewable energy, but it also plays a role in reducing the impact of digestates, both by reducing odor and pathogen content. Ten full-scale biogas plants characterized by different plant designs (e.g. single digesters, parallel or serial digesters), plant powers (ranging fr... |
2,315,976 | [Utility of the allerport® HRT in the diagnosis of hen's egg allergy: a pediatric multicenter challenge study]. | Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the utility of the Allerport® HRT in the diagnosis of hen's egg allergy. Method We enrolled 51 subjects who underwent the Allerport® HRT before an oral food challenge (OFC) consisting of heated egg. Blood samples were collected within three months prior to OFC to measure h... |
2,315,977 | Assessing the effect of self instructional module on knowledge of menopause & hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women in Moradabad (UP). | Objectives of the study were to identify the problems faced by menopausal women and to find out the remedial measures adopted by them, to assess the knowledge of menopausal women regarding menopause & hormone replacement therapy (HRT) before and after administration of self-instructional module (SIM) and to find ou... |
2,315,978 | A meta-analysis comparing hyperfractionated vs. conventional fractionated radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. | Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for most lung cancer and carries a 5-year survival rate of 15%. The squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma are the most common types of NSCLC. The data on long term use of hyperfractionat... |
2,315,979 | A comprehensive impedance journey to continuous microbial fuel cells. | The aim of the present work was to characterize the impedance response of an air-cathode MFC operating in a continuous mode and to determine intrinsic properties that define its performance which are crucial to be controlled for scalability purposes. The limiting step on electricity generation is the anodic electrochem... |
2,315,980 | Degradation and COD removal of catechol in wastewater using the catalytic ozonation process combined with the cyclic rotating-bed biological reactor. | The effect of ozonation catalyzed with MgO/granular activated carbon (MgO/GAC) composite as a pretreatment process on the performance of cyclic rotating-bed biological reactor (CRBR) for the catechol removal from wastewater has been investigated. CRBR with acclimated biomasses could efficiently remove catechol and its ... |
2,315,981 | Anaerobic co-digestion of cheese whey and the screened liquid fraction of dairy manure in a single continuously stirred tank reactor process: Limits in co-substrate ratios and organic loading rate. | Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cheese whey and the screened liquid fraction of dairy manure was investigated with the aim of determining the treatment limits in terms of the cheese whey fraction in feed and the organic loading rate. The results of a continuous stirred tank reactor that was operated with a hydraul... |
2,315,982 | Clofibric acid and gemfibrozil removal in membrane bioreactors. | The removal of two blood lipid regulators, clofibric acid (CLA) and gemfibrozil (GFZ), was evaluated using two identical aerobic membrane bioreactors with 6.5 L effective volume each. Polysulfone ultrafiltration hollow fiber membranes were submerged in the reactors. Different operating conditions were tested varying th... |
2,315,983 | Precision of the retinal tomograph as a screening device. | To assess the diagnostic accuracy of the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph 3 (HRT3) as a screening device in comparison with the reference standard of Octopus standard automated perimetry results (SAP) combined with clinical findings.</AbstractText>All patients underwent screening examinations and investigations within a si... |
2,315,984 | Optimization of an A(2)/O process for tetracycline removal via response surface methodology coupled with a Box-Behnken design. | Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the operating conditions of an anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (A(2)/O) process by maximizing the removal efficiency of tetracycline (TC). Solid retention time (SRT), hydraulic retention time (HRT) and initial TC concentration (CTC, in) were selected as independent variable... |
2,315,985 | Enhanced biological denitrification in the cyclic rotating bed reactor with catechol as carbon source. | The performance of CRBR in denitrification with catechol carbon source is presented. The influence of inlet nitrate concentration, hydraulic retention time (HRT), media filling ratio and rotational speed of media on the performance of CRBR was investigated. The bioreactor could denitrify over 95% of the nitrate at an i... |
2,315,986 | Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of endometrial cancer: a nationwide case-control study. | We examined the association between use of low-dose aspirin and non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and endometrial cancer risk in a nationwide case-control study.</AbstractText>Cases were all women in Denmark diagnosed with endometrial cancer during 2000-2009. Age-matched female controls were ran... |
2,315,987 | Fate of parasites and pathogenic bacteria in an anaerobic hybrid reactor followed by downflow hanging sponge system treating domestic wastewater. | Treatment of domestic wastewater in a pilot-scale upflow anaerobic hybrid (AH) reactor (0.9 m(3)) in combination with downflow hanging sponge (DHS) system (1.3 m(3)) was investigated. The combined system was operated at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 6.0 h for AH and 3.2 h for DHS system. The total process achieve... |
2,315,988 | Surgical resections of ulcerative colitis associated with dysplasia or carcinoma. | Ulcerative colitis (UC) patients have an increased risk of colorectal dysplasia and carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical features and surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis associated with dysplasia or carcinoma.</AbstractText>We operated on 41 UC patients since April 2000. Twelve of the c... |
2,315,989 | Investigation on up-flow anaerobic sludge fixed film (UASFF) reactor for treating low-strength bilge water of Caspian Sea ships. | In order to meet the International Maritime Organization (IMO) objectives, the main purpose of this study was using the cheap and practical wastewater treatment system for low-strength bilge water of Caspian Sea ships; therefore, the low-strength bilge water of the Caspian Sea ships has been treated by up-flow anaerobi... |
2,315,990 | Treating low carbon/nitrogen (C/N) wastewater in simultaneous nitrification-endogenous denitrification and phosphorous removal (SNDPR) systems by strengthening anaerobic intracellular carbon storage. | A novel simultaneous nitrification denitrification and phosphorous removal-sequencing batch reactor (SNDPR-SBR) enriched with PAOs (phosphorus accumulating organisms), DPAOs (denitrifying PAOs), and GAOs (glycogen accumulating organisms) at the ratio of 2:1:1 was developed to achieve the simultaneous nutrient and carbo... |
2,315,991 | Autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite in a sponge-bed trickling filter. | Partial nitritation in sponge-bed trickling filters (STF) under natural air circulation was studied in two reactors: STF-1 and STF-2 operated at 30°C with sponge thickness of 0.75 and 1.50cm, respectively. The coexistence of nitrifiers and Anammox bacteria was obtained and attributed to the favorable environment c... |
2,315,992 | Effects of operation mode on self-alkalization of high-load denitrifying reactor. | To study the alkalization issue and its potential effects on high-load denitrifying system, the effects of operation mode on self-alkalization of high-load denitrifying reactor were investigated. The results showed that both the increase of substrate concentration and decrease of hydraulic retention time (HRT) can indu... |
2,315,993 | Comparative research on phosphorus removal by pilot-scale vertical flow constructed wetlands using steel slag and modified steel slag as substrates. | This research mainly focused on the phosphorus removal performance of pilot-scale vertical flow constructed wetlands with steel slag (SS) and modified steel slag (MSS). First, bench-scale experiments were conducted to evaluate the phosphorus adsorption capacity. Results showed that the Langmuir model could better descr... |
2,315,994 | Influences of hormone replacement therapy on olfactory and cognitive function in postmenopausal women. | Olfactory dysfunction can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. Since hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may protect against Alzheimer's disease in postmenopausal women, the question arises as to whether it also protects against olfactory dysfunction in such women. A total of three olfactory and 12 neurocognitive tes... |
2,315,995 | Combination of ozonation, activated carbon, and biological aerated filter for advanced treatment of dyeing wastewater for reuse. | Laboratorial scale experiments were performed to investigate and evaluate the performance and removal characteristics of organics, color, and genotoxicity by an integrated process including ozonation, activated carbon (AC), and biological aerated filter (BAF) for recycling biotreated dyeing wastewater (BTDW) collected ... |
2,315,996 | Hypofractionated versus standard radiation therapy with or without temozolomide for older glioblastoma patients. | Older patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma have poor outcomes, and optimal treatment is controversial. Hypofractionated radiation therapy (HRT) is frequently used but has not been compared to patients receiving standard fractionated radiation therapy (SRT) and temozolomide (TMZ).</AbstractText>We conducted a retr... |
2,315,997 | Integrated experimental investigation and mathematical modeling of brackish water desalination and wastewater treatment in microbial desalination cells. | Desalination of brackish water can provide freshwater for potable use or non potable applications such as agricultural irrigation. Brackish water desalination is especially attractive to microbial desalination cells (MDCs) because of its low salinity, but this has not been well studied before. Herein, three brackish wa... |
2,315,998 | Influences of operating conditions on continuous lactulose synthesis in an enzymatic membrane reactor system: A basis prior to long-term operation. | Lactulose synthesis was performed in a continuous stirred enzymatic membrane reactor. Each investigated operating condition (agitation, pH, feed molar ratio of lactose to fructose (mL/mF ratio), hydraulic residence time (HRT)) had an influence on reaction performances, in terms of lactulose concentration, productivity ... |
2,315,999 | Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique. | One of the key factors in designing free water-surface constructed wetlands (FWS CW) is the hydraulic efficiency (λ), which depends primarily on the retention time of the polluted storm water. Increasing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) at various flow levels will increase λ of the overall constructed wet... |
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