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2,316,200 | Aerobic degradation of petroleum refinery wastewater in sequential batch reactor. | The aim of the present work was to study the effect of various parameters affecting the treatment of raw petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) having chemical oxygen demand (COD) of 350 mg L(-1) and total organic carbon (TOC) of 70 mg L(-1) in sequential batch reactor (SBR). Effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) was s... |
2,316,201 | Detecting abnormality in optic nerve head images using a feature extraction analysis. | Imaging and evaluation of the optic nerve head (ONH) plays an essential part in the detection and clinical management of glaucoma. The morphological characteristics of ONHs vary greatly from person to person and this variability means it is difficult to quantify them in a standardized way. We developed and evaluated a ... |
2,316,202 | Prevalence of risk factors for breast cancer in German airline cabin crew: a cross-sectional study. | Many epidemiological studies point to an increased risk of breast cancer among female airline cabin crew. Possible causes include occupational factors (e.g. cosmic radiation exposure, chronodisruption), as well as lifestyle and reproductive factors.</AbstractText>To investigate the frequency of various risk factors in ... |
2,316,203 | Hormone replacement therapy enhances IGF-1 signaling in skeletal muscle by diminishing miR-182 and miR-223 expressions: a study on postmenopausal monozygotic twin pairs.<Pagination><StartPage>850</StartPage><EndPage>861</EndPage><MedlinePgn>850-61</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1111/... | MiRNAs are fine-tuning modifiers of skeletal muscle regulation, but knowledge of their hormonal control is lacking. We used a co-twin case-control study design, that is, monozygotic postmenopausal twin pairs discordant for estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to explore estrogen-dependent skeletal muscle re... |
2,316,204 | Aging and age-related diseases--from endocrine therapy to target therapy. | Aging represents an important health issue not only for the individual, but also for society in general. Burdens associated with aging are expanding as longevity increases. This has led to an enhanced focus on issues related to aging and age-related diseases. Until recently, anti-aging endocrine-therapy has been largel... |
2,316,205 | Development of hypoallergenic galacto-oligosaccharides on the basis of allergen analysis. | Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOSs) are recognized as prebiotics beneficial to human health through their abilities to modulate gut microbiota. On the other hand, it has been reported that immediate allergic reactions are caused by a GOS product (Bc-GOS) produced by treating lactose with β-galactosidase derived from ... |
2,316,206 | Anaerobic treatability of liquid residue from wet oxidation of sewage sludge. | Wet Oxidation (WO) of sewage sludge is a chemical oxidation of sludge at high temperatures and pressures by means of an oxygen-containing gas. The liquid stream originated by WO is easily biodegradable, and therefore, the recirculation to the biological Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) may be a feasible solution. How... |
2,316,207 | Regulation of coronaviral poly(A) tail length during infection is not coronavirus species- or host cell-specific. | It has been demonstrated that the length of the poly(A) tail in the bovine coronavirus (BCoV), which belongs to genus betacoronaviruses, is regulated throughout infection in human rectal tumor-18 (HRT-18) cells, and the length of the poly(A) tail is associated with the efficiency of virus translation. Here, we examined... |
2,316,208 | Capecitabine and lapatinib uptake in surgically resected brain metastases from metastatic breast cancer patients: a prospective study. | Breast cancer brain metastases (BCBM) are challenging complications that respond poorly to systemic therapy. The role of the blood-tumor barrier in limiting BCBM drug delivery and efficacy has been debated. Herein, we determined tissue and serum levels of capecitabine, its prodrug metabolites, and lapatinib in women wi... |
2,316,209 | CYP19 and ESR1 gene polymorphisms: response of the bone mineral density in post-menopausal women to hormonal replacement therapy. | Sex steroids are important regulators of bone physiology and play an essential role in the maintenance of bone health throughout the life. Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is a treatment commonly used to relieve symptoms and some undesirable consequences of menopause such as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis, characterized ... |
2,316,210 | Long-term thermophilic mono-digestion of rendering wastes and co-digestion with potato pulp. | In this study, mono-digestion of rendering wastes and co-digestion of rendering wastes with potato pulp were studied for the first time in continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) experiments at 55°C. Rendering wastes have high protein and lipid contents and are considered good substrates for methane production. How... |
2,316,211 | Effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the anaerobic co-digestion of agro-industrial wastes in a two-stage CSTR system. | A two-stage anaerobic digestion system consisting of two continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) operating at mesophilic conditions (37°C) were used to investigate the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on hydrogen and methane production. The acidogenic reactor was fed with a mixture consisting of olive m... |
2,316,212 | Effects of plant biomass on nitrogen transformation in subsurface-batch constructed wetlands: a stable isotope and mass balance assessment. | Nitrate is commonly found in the influent of subsurface-batch constructed wetlands (SSB CWs) used for tertiary wastewater treatments. To understand the effects of plants and the litter on nitrate removal, as well as on nitrogen transformation in SSB CWs, six laboratory-scale SSB CW microcosms were set up in duplicate a... |
2,316,213 | Performance and model of a novel multi-sparger multi-stage airlift loop membrane bioreactor to treat high-strength 7-ACA pharmaceutical wastewater: effect of hydraulic retention time, temperature and pH. | In this study, three novel multi-sparger multi-stage airlift loop membrane bioreactors (Ms(2)ALMBRs) were set up in parallel for treating synthetic high-strength 7-ACA pharmaceutical wastewater under different HRTs, temperatures and pHs, respectively. During the 200-day operating time, average COD removal efficiencies ... |
2,316,214 | Pregnancy in a patient with premature ovarian failure. | Premature ovarian failure (POF) occurs in about one in 100 women under 40 years of age. The authors report a case of a POF patient who conceived during hormonal replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>A 24-year-old woman with confirmed POF conceived spontaneously during HRT.</AbstractText>Pregnancy is possible in wome... |
2,316,215 | Optic disc tilt direction determines the location of initial glaucomatous damage. | To explore differences in optic disc tilt and torsion between normal control and glaucoma subjects, and to determine whether the direction of optic disc tilt is consistent with the initial location of glaucomatous visual field (VF) defect.</AbstractText>Glaucoma patients with isolated superior or inferior hemifield los... |
2,316,216 | The Comparative Evaluation of the Performance of Two Phytoremediation Systems for Domestic Wastewater Treatment. | The constructed wetlands as well engineered techniques have been used effectively for phytoremediation of wastewater and pollution control during the last decades. In these technologies, the naturally occurring processes of plants alongside micro-organisms present in the bio-film attached to the roots, soil substrate a... |
2,316,217 | Modulation of age- and cancer-associated DNA methylation change in the healthy colon by aspirin and lifestyle. | Aberrant DNA methylation in gene promoters is associated with aging and cancer, but the circumstances determining methylation change are unknown. We investigated the impact of lifestyle modulators of colorectal cancer (CRC) risk on the stability of gene promoter methylation in the colonic mucosa.</AbstractText>We measu... |
2,316,218 | Fertility desires, choice of hormone replacement and the effect of length of time since menopause on bone density in women with premature ovarian insufficiency: a review of 223 consecutive new referrals to a tertiary centre. | Premature ovarian insufficiency can have significant implications for the affected women. This review assesses the fertility desires, choice of hormone replacement, and the effect of time since menopause on the bone density of these women. This is a retrospective analysis of 223 consecutive new referrals. The average a... |
2,316,219 | Reducing variability in visual field assessment for glaucoma through filtering that combines structural and functional information. | To reduce variability and improve measurements of true change signal in visual field (VF) assessments through the use of filters that combine functional and structural test results.</AbstractText>Humphrey VF data (Swedish Interactive Thresholding Algorithm [SITA] Standard, 24-2) and confocal scanning laser ophthalmosco... |
2,316,220 | Effects of hydraulic retention time and nitrobenzene concentration on the performance of sequential upflow anaerobic filter and air lift reactors in treating nitrobenzene-containing wastewater. | Sequential upflow anaerobic filter (UAF)/air lift (ALR) reactors were employed to investigate the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and nitrobenzene (NB) concentration on treatment of NB-containing wastewater. The results showed that NB was effectively reduced to aniline (AN) with glucose as co-substrate in the... |
2,316,221 | Partial nitrification for nitrogen removal from sanitary landfill leachate. | Biological nitrogen removal using nitrite as a shortcut has recently been proposed for the treatment of high strength landfill leachate. The aim of this study was to assess the application of the SHARON (Single reactor High activity Ammonium Removal Over Nitrite) process for the partial nitrification of leachate genera... |
2,316,222 | A model for methane production in sewers. | Most sewers in developing countries are combined sewers which receive stormwater and effluent from septic tanks or cesspools of households and buildings. Although the wastewater strength in these sewers is usually lower than those in developed countries, due to improper construction and maintenance, the hydraulic reten... |
2,316,223 | Removal of organic matters and nitrogenous pollutants simultaneously from two different wastewaters using biocathode microbial fuel cell. | In this study, a dual chamber MFC was constructed for simultaneous removal of organic matter and nitrogenous pollutants and bioelectricity generation from synthetic and complex industrial wastewaters and it was operated in batch and continuous mode. When the cell potential was stable after 16 days of batch mode op... |
2,316,224 | Agreement in identification of glaucomatous progression between the optic disc photography and Heidelberg retina tomography in young glaucomatous patients. | To evaluate concordance between the clinical assessment of glaucomatous progression of the optic disc photography and progression identified by Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) in patients with suspected primary juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG).</AbstractText>Optic disc photographs and corresponding HRT II series w... |
2,316,225 | Matching methods to create paired survival data based on an exposure occurring over time: a simulation study with application to breast cancer. | Paired survival data are often used in clinical research to assess the prognostic effect of an exposure. Matching generates correlated censored data expecting that the paired subjects just differ from the exposure. Creating pairs when the exposure is an event occurring over time could be tricky. We applied a commonly u... |
2,316,226 | Optic nerve head morphology in glaucoma patients of African descent is strongly correlated to retinal blood flow. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/AIMS" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">To examine the relationship between change in optic nerve head (ONH) morphology and retinal blood flow in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) of African (AD) and European descent (ED) over 3 years.</AbstractText>112 patients with OAG (29 AD; 83 ED... |
2,316,227 | High speed municipal sewage treatment in microbial fuel cell integrated with anaerobic membrane filtration system. | A cylindrical two chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC) integrated with an anaerobic membrane filter was designed and constructed to evaluate bioelectricity generation and removal efficiency of organic substrate (glucose or domestic wastewater) depending on organic loading rates (OLRs). The MFC was continuously operated ... |
2,316,228 | Coliform bacteria removal from sewage in constructed wetlands planted with Mentha aquatica. | The present study evaluated the performance of the species Mentha aquatica in constructed wetlands of horizontal subsurface flow (CW-HSSF) with regard to the removal of coliforms bacteria in an effluent from the primary treatment of sewage as well as to obtain adjustment parameters of the bacterial decay kinetic model ... |
2,316,229 | Impact of operating conditions on the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals by membrane photocatalytic reactor. | This study focuses on the performance of a submerged membrane photocatalytic reactor for the removal of 17beta-oestradiol (E2) in the presence of humic acid (HA). In addition to the impact of operating parameters, such as membrane pore size, ultraviolet (UV) intensity and hydraulic retention time (HRT), the influence o... |
2,316,230 | Influence of hydraulic retention time on partial nitrification of continuous-flow aerobic granular-sludge reactor. | This study investigated the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) at 12 h, 7.2 h and 2.4 h on partial nitrification efficiency of continuous-flow aerobic granular reactors (CFAGRs) with mature aerobic granules (500 +/- 20mg l-1). At HRT 12 h and 7.2h, the removal efficiency of both ammonia-nitrogen (NH4+ - N) and n... |
2,316,231 | Assessing potential modifications to the activated sludge process to improve simultaneous removal of a diverse range of micropollutants. | It is proposed that wastewater treatment facilities meet legislated discharge limits for a range of micropollutants. However, the heterogeneity of these micropollutants in wastewaters make removal difficult to predict since their chemistry is so diverse. In this study, a range of organic and inorganic micropollutants k... |
2,316,232 | Migraine and perimenopause. | Perimenopause and migraine are closely linked. The hormonal instability during the perimenopausal period not only causes vasomotor symptoms and mood disturbances, but also increases migraine incidence. Women do report new onset migraine during this period, but the increased incidence is reported by women with menstrual... |
2,316,233 | [Anaerobic membrane bioreactors for treating agricultural and food processing wastewater at high strength]. | As the second largest amounts of COD discharged in 41 kinds of industrial wastewater, it is of great urgency for the agricultural and food processing industry to control water pollution and reduce pollutants. Generally the agricultural and food processing industrial wastewater with high strength COD of 8 000-30 000 mg ... |
2,316,234 | [Effects of operating parameters on organic toxicity of sludge treating synthetic bisphenol A wastewater]. | In order to investigate the influence of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and sludge retention time (SRT) on sludge organic toxicity in sequencing batch reactors (SBR(S)), the sludge toxicity was compared when HRT and SRT were controlled at various levels. The influents COD were controlled at around 300 mg x L(-1), HRT a... |
2,316,235 | Management of postmenopausal osteoporosis and the prevention of fractures. | Postmenopausal osteoporosis affects millions of women, being estrogen deficiency the key factor in the pathogenesis of involutional osteoporosis. Fracture prevention is one of the public health priorities worldwide. Different treatments for osteoporosis are available. The various options are aimed to maintain bone heal... |
2,316,236 | High volumetric breast density predicts risk for breast cancer in postmenopausal, but not premenopausal, Korean Women. | We investigated the association between mammographic breast density and breast cancer risk in Korean women according to menopausal status and breast cancer subtypes.</AbstractText>We enrolled 677 patients diagnosed with breast cancer and 1,307 healthy controls who participated in screening mammography at the National C... |
2,316,237 | Relationship between impaired adipogenesis of retroperitoneal adipose tissue and hypertrophic obesity: role of endogenous glucocorticoid excess. | Although the pro-adipogenic effect of glucocorticoid (GC) on adipose tissue (AT) precursor cell differentiation is openly accepted, the effect of chronically high peripheral levels of GC on AT mass expansion is not fully understood. In the present study, we aim to assess the in vitro adipogenic capacity of AT precursor... |
2,316,238 | Effects of systemic hypoxia on human muscular adaptations to resistance exercise training. | Hypoxia is an important modulator of endurance exercise-induced oxidative adaptations in skeletal muscle. However, whether hypoxia affects resistance exercise-induced muscle adaptations remains unknown. Here, we determined the effect of resistance exercise training under systemic hypoxia on muscular adaptations known t... |
2,316,239 | Predictors of prescribed medication use for depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep problems in mid-aged Australian women. | The study examined prevalence of self-reported use of medication recommended or prescribed by a doctor for depression, anxiety, stress, and sleep problems; and modelled baseline factors that predicted use over 3 years for each condition.</AbstractText>Analyses were undertaken on the 2001 and 2004 surveys of mid-aged wo... |
2,316,240 | Structure-property relationships and biocompatibility of carbohydrate crosslinked polyurethanes. | Biocompatible and biodegradable polyurethanes (PUs) based on castor oil and polypropylene glycols (PPGs) were prepared using various carbohydrate crosslinkers: monosaccharide (glucose), disaccharide (sucrose) and polysaccharides (starch and cellulose). The mechanical and thermal properties were investigated and interpr... |
2,316,241 | Midodrine-induced acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis. | Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is an acute sterile pustular eruption most commonly induced by medications. We present a case of AGEP with erythroderma following use of midodrine in a 58-year-old man. Although antibiotics are most commonly implicated in AGEP, we emphasize that nonantibiotic agents als... |
2,316,242 | Enhancement of biogas production by co-digestion of potato pulp with cow manure in a CSTR system. | Anaerobic digestion (AD) process is a well-established method to generate energy from the organic wastes both from the environmental and economical perspectives. The purpose of present study is to evaluate energy production from potato wastes by incorporating cow manure into the process. Firstly, a laboratory pilot of ... |
2,316,243 | A pooled multisite analysis of the effects of female reproductive hormones on glioma risk. | The association between female reproductive factors and glioma risk is unclear, but most published studies have been limited by small sample size. We conducted a pooled multisite study of pre- and postmenopausal women, investigating the effect of female reproductive factors, including hormonal medications.</AbstractTex... |
2,316,244 | The effects of high-intensity versus low-intensity resistance training on leg extensor power and recovery of knee function after ACL-reconstruction. | Persistent weakness is a common problem after anterior cruciate ligament- (ACL-) reconstruction. This study investigated the effects of high-intensity (HRT) versus low-intensity (LRT) resistance training on leg extensor power and recovery of knee function after ACL-reconstruction.</AbstractText>31 males and 19 females ... |
2,316,245 | Corneal nerve alterations in different stages of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy: an in vivo confocal microscopy study. | To analyze potential alterations in corneal nerve morphology and function in different stages of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD).</AbstractText>Thirty eyes with FECD underwent in vivo confocal microscopy using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) and the R... |
2,316,246 | The biodegradation and COD removal of 2-chlorophenol in a granular anoxic baffled reactor. | The present work was designed to developed a granular anoxic baffled reactor (AnBR) and to investigate its performance in the treatment of 2-chlorophenol (2-CP). The acclimation and enrichment of microorganisms in activated sludge to degrade 2-CP was effectively accomplished. Then the influence of inlet 2-CP, hydraulic... |
2,316,247 | Enhanced Disease Susceptibility1 Mediates Pathogen Resistance and Virulence Function of a Bacterial Effector in Soybean. | Enhanced disease susceptibility1 (EDS1) and phytoalexin deficient4 (PAD4) are well-known regulators of both basal and resistance (R) protein-mediated plant defense. We identified two EDS1-like (GmEDS1a/GmEDS1b) proteins and one PAD4-like (GmPAD4) protein that are required for resistance signaling in soybean (Glycine ma... |
2,316,248 | Two-stage biogas production by co-digesting molasses wastewater and sewage sludge. | We evaluated the feasibility of co-digesting molasses wastewater and sewage sludge in a two-stage hydrogen- and methane-producing system. The highest energy was recovered at the 21-h hydraulic retention time (HRT) of the first hydrogenic reactor and at 56-h HRT of the secondary methanogenic reactor. Hence, the two-stag... |
2,316,249 | A novel alternate feeding mode for semi-continuous anaerobic co-digestion of food waste with chicken manure. | A novel alternate feeding mode was introduced to study the possibilities of improving methane yield from anaerobic co-digestion of food waste (FW) with chicken manure (CM). Two kinds of feeding sequence (a day FW and next day CM (FM/CM), two days FM and the third day CM (FW/FM/CM)) were investigated in semi-continuous ... |
2,316,250 | Can an inexperienced observer accurately plot disc contours using Heidelberg retinal Tomograph? | To examine the reliability of inexperienced observers in plotting optic disc contours on Heidelberg retinal tomography images before and after training.</AbstractText>Observational study.</AbstractText>One hundred eyes that were randomly selected from the Singapore Indian Eye Study.</AbstractText>Both eyes of subjects ... |
2,316,251 | Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a coking wastewater treatment plant residual by an O3/ultraviolet fluidized bed reactor. | Coking wastewater treatment plant (CWWTP) represents a typical point source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the water environment and threatens the safety of drinking water in downstream regions. To enhance the removal of residual PAHs from bio-treated coking wastewater, a pilot-scale O3/ultraviolet (UV) ... |
2,316,252 | A comparative study of the androgenic properties of progesterone and the progestins, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and norethisterone acetate (NET-A). | The importance of investigating the molecular mechanism of action of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and norethisterone acetate (NET-A), two clinically important progestins used in hormone therapy (HT), has been highlighted by clinical evidence showing that MPA and norethisterone (NET) increase the risk of the develo... |
2,316,253 | Reading instead of reasoning? Predictors of arithmetic skills in children with cochlear implants. | The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the arithmetic achievement of children with cochlear implants (CI) was lower or comparable to that of their normal hearing peers and to identify predictors of arithmetic achievement in children with CI. In particular we related the arithmetic achievement of children ... |
2,316,254 | Imaging of the optic disk in caring for patients with glaucoma: ophthalmoscopy and photography remain the gold standard. | Optic disk imaging is integral to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with glaucoma. We discuss the various forms of imaging the optic nerve, including ophthalmoscopy, photography, and newer imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (HRT), and scanning ... |
2,316,255 | In vivo Confocal Microscopy Report after Lasik with Sequential Accelerated Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking Treatment. | We report the first pilot qualitative confocal microscopic analysis of a laser in situ keratomileusis (Lasik) treatment combined with sequential high-fluence accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking, denominated Lasik XTra, by means of HRT II laser scanning in vivo confocal microscopy after a 6-month follow-up. After... |
2,316,256 | Mixed culture of Kluyveromyces marxianus and Candida krusei for single-cell protein production and organic load removal from whey. | The study was conducted to evaluate the potential of mixed culture of Kluyveromyces marxianus and Candida krusei to enhance COD removal efficiency, minimize contamination at extreme conditions (high temperature 40°C and low pH 3.5) during batch and continuous aerobic fermentation and to obtain improved quality sin... |
2,316,257 | Edaravone inhibits hypoxia-induced trophoblast-soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 expression: a possible therapeutic approach to preeclampsia. | To investigate the effects of edaravone, a potent free radical scavenger used clinically, on hypoxia-induced trophoblast-soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) expression.</AbstractText>A trophoblast cell line (HRT-8/SVneo) impaired by cobalt chloride (CoCl2) was used as the cell model under hypoxic conditions. 3-... |
2,316,258 | Microalgae conversion to biogas: thermal pretreatment contribution on net energy production. | Microalgal biomass harvested from wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds may be valorised through anaerobic digestion producing biogas. However, microalgae anaerobic biodegradability is limited by their complex cell wall structure. Thus, pretreatment techniques are being investigated to improve microalgae methane y... |
2,316,259 | Enhanced decolorization of azo dye in a small pilot-scale anaerobic baffled reactor coupled with biocatalyzed electrolysis system (ABR-BES): a design suitable for scaling-up. | A four-compartment anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) incorporated with membrane-less biocatalyzed electrolysis system (BES) was tested for the treatment of azo dye (alizarin yellow R, AYR) wastewater (AYR, 200 mg L(-1); glucose, 1000 mg L(-1)). The ABR-BES was operated without and with external power supply to examine AY... |
2,316,260 | The n-back test and the attentional network task as measures of child neuropsychological development in epidemiological studies. | Computerized neuropsychological tests offered several advantages for large epidemiological studies to assess child neuropsychological development. We aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and criterion validity of 2 computerized tests (n-back and attentional network task [ANT]) used to assess the working memory... |
2,316,261 | Pilot-scale experiment of down-flow hanging sponge for direct treatment of low-strength municipal wastewater in Bangkok, Thailand. | A pilot-scale experiment of a down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) reactor for treatment of low-strength municipal wastewater was conducted over 1 year in Bangkok, Thailand, to establish an appropriate method for treatment under tropical climate conditions. Municipal wastewater with an average BOD of 19 mg/L was fed directly... |
2,316,262 | Influence of mammographic screening on breast cancer incidence trends in South Australia. | To examine breast cancer (BC) incidence trends in relation to mammographic screening and risk factor prevalence in South Australia (SA).</AbstractText>Trends in annual BC incidence rates were calculated using direct standardisation and compared with projected incidence derived from Poisson regression analysis of pre-sc... |
2,316,263 | Removal of total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, and helminth eggs in Swine production wastewater treated in anaerobic and aerobic reactors. | The present work evaluated the performance of two treatment systems in reducing indicators of biological contamination in swine production wastewater. System I consisted of two upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors, with 510 and 209 L in volume, being serially arranged. System II consisted of a UASB re... |
2,316,264 | Topographical Analysis of Non-Glaucomatous Myopic Optic Discs Using a Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (TopSS). | To show normative data of optic discs and the mechanism of glaucoma in people with myopia.</AbstractText>Cross-sectional study.</AbstractText>This study investigated 89 Korean adults with myopia but without glaucoma.</AbstractText>Patients were divided into three groups according to the refractive error: low, moderate,... |
2,316,265 | Biodiesel production by microalgae cultivated using permeate from membrane bioreactors in continuous system. | Microalgae in three submerged ceramic membrane photobioreactors (SCMPBRs) with different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) were fed with permeate of a submerged ceramic membrane bioreactor for a period of 3 months to investigate the lipid content and also the biodiesel quality produced at different HRTs. The lipid conte... |
2,316,266 | Decreased retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in patients with congenital isolated growth hormone deficiency. | To evaluate the optic disc topography parameters of children with congenital isolated growth hormone deficiency (GHD) using the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) in a controlled study.</AbstractText>This prospective study included 32 eyes of 32 patients with congenital isolated GHD and 36 eyes of 36 healthy subjects. T... |
2,316,267 | Sequential ozone advanced oxidation and biological oxidation processes to remove selected pharmaceutical contaminants from an urban wastewater. | Sequential treatments consisting in a chemical process followed by a conventional biological treatment, have been applied to remove mixtures of nine contaminants of pharmaceutical type spiked in a primary sedimentation effluent of a municipal wastewater. Combinations of ozone, UVA black light (BL) and Fe(III) or Fe... |
2,316,268 | Evaluation of estrogen receptor-β expression in the epithelium of the oral mucosa in menopausal women under hormone replacement therapy. | We aimed to evaluate the ERβ expression in the epithelium of the oral mucosa in menopausal women treated with oral, transdermal or local (vaginal) menopausal hormone therapy.</AbstractText><AbstractText Label="MATERIAL/METHODS" NlmCategory="METHODS">In this study, we included 60 women treated with oral, transderm... |
2,316,269 | Effects of temperature and hydraulic retention time on acetotrophic pathways and performance in high-rate sludge digestion. | High-rate anaerobic digestion of organic solids requires rapid hydrolysis and enhanced methanogenic growth rates, which can be achieved through elevated temperature (>55 °C) at short hydraulic retention times (HRT). This study assesses the effect of temperatures between 55 °C and 65 °C and HRTs betwee... |
2,316,270 | [Sex hormones and cognitive function]. | Endogenous estrogen is considered to be protective against cognitive dysfunction. However, clinical trials examining the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women showed rather deteriorating effects of HRT on cognitive function and dementia, resulting in the recommendation of no use of HRT f... |
2,316,271 | Zinc and copper distribution in swine wastewater treated by anaerobic digestion. | Swine wastewater contain high levels of metals, such as copper and zinc, which can cause a negative impact on the environment. Anaerobic digestion is a process commonly used to remove carbon, and can act on metal availability (e.g., solubility or oxidation state). The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of an... |
2,316,272 | Coupling digestion in a pilot-scale UASB reactor and electrochemical oxidation over BDD anode to treat diluted cheese whey. | The efficiency of the anaerobic treatment of cheese whey (CW) at mesophilic conditions was investigated. In addition, the applicability of electrochemical oxidation as an advanced post-treatment for the complete removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) from the anaerobically treated cheese whey was evaluated. The dilute... |
2,316,273 | Characteristics of optic disc parameters and its association in normal Chinese population: the Handan Eye Study. | Assessment of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) is essential for the diagnosis and monitoring of glaucoma. Knowledge of normal optic disc topography provides a benchmark for evaluating glaucomatous pathologic changes, especially in its early stages. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the charac... |
2,316,274 | Fate of diclofenac in municipal wastewater treatment plant - a review. | Diclofenac (DCF) is a common anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical that is often detected in waste wasters, effluents and surface waters. Recently, DCF was included in the watch list of substances in EU that requires its environmental monitoring in the member states. DCF is also known to harmfully affect several environment... |
2,316,275 | Volumetric quantification of the effect of aging and hormone replacement therapy on breast composition from digital mammograms. | To assess the physiological changes in breast composition with aging using volumetric breast composition measurement from digital mammograms and to assess the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>A total of 764 consecutive mammograms of 208 non-HRT using women and 508 mammograms of 134 HRT-using w... |
2,316,276 | Heidelberg Retina Tomography II parameters in evaluating high- and normal-pressure glaucoma progression. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/AIM" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">Heidelberg retina tomography II (HRT II) haves been employed to quantitatively assess the topography of optic discs in eyes with high-pressure glaucoma (HPG) and normal-pressure glaucoma (NPG), in order to determine which of global and segmental optic disc pa... |
2,316,277 | Do optic nerve head and visual field parameters in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome differ from those in control individuals? | It has been suggested that sleep apnea syndrome may play a role in normal-tension glaucoma contributing to optic nerve damage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if optic nerve and visual field parameters in individuals with sleep apnea syndrome differ from those in controls.</AbstractText>From the records of th... |
2,316,278 | Simultaneous organic carbon and nitrogen removal in an anoxic-oxic activated sludge system under various operating conditions. | This study investigated a bench-scale anoxic-oxic activated sludge system for integrated removal of COD and nitrogen. The experimental unit includes four chambers and continuous feeding in first chamber without recycle of nitrified liquid from aerobic to anoxic chamber unlike the conventional anoxic-oxic process. Recyc... |
2,316,279 | Effects of cattail biomass on sulfate removal and carbon sources competition in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands treating secondary effluent. | Sulfate is frequently found in the influent of subsurface-flow constructed wetlands (SSF CWs) used as tertiary treatments. To reveal the effects of plants and litters on sulfate removal, as well as the competition for organic carbon among microorganisms in SSF CWs, five laboratory-scale SSF CW microcosms were set up an... |
2,316,280 | Use of mixed culture bacteria for photofermentive hydrogen of dark fermentation effluent. | Hydrogen production (HP) from dark fermentation effluent of starch wastewater via vertical tubular photo-bioreactor was investigated. The reactor was inoculated with mixed culture of bacteria and operated at light intensity of 190 W/m(2). Hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) was varied between ... |
2,316,281 | Effect of hydraulic retention time on lactic acid production and granulation in an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. | In the present work, lactic acid (LA) production performance with granulation was investigated at various hydraulic retention times (HRTs), 8-0.5h. Glucose was used as a feedstock, and anaerobic mixed cultures were inoculated in an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. As HRT decreased, the average diameter and hyd... |
2,316,282 | Performance of a haloalkaliphilic bioreactor and bacterial community shifts under different COD/SO₄²⁻ ratios and hydraulic retention times. | Sulfur dioxide from flue gas was converted into sulfate after the absorption of alkaline solutions. Haloalkaliphilic microorganisms have been used in reducing sulfate to decrease expenses and avoid sulfide inhibition. The effects of different COD/SO4(2-) ratios and hydraulic retention times (HRTs) on the sulfate remova... |
2,316,283 | Combined mesophilic anaerobic and thermophilic aerobic digestion process for high-strength food wastewater to increase removal efficiency and reduce sludge discharge. | In this study, a process that combines the mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD) process with thermophilic aerobic digestion (TAD) for high-strength food wastewater (FWW) treatment was developed to examine the removal of organic matter and methane production. All effluent discharged from the MAD process was separated in... |
2,316,284 | Nutrient removal and biofuel production in high rate algal pond using real municipal wastewater. | This study evaluated the growth and nutrient removal ability of an indigenous algal consortium on real untreated municipal wastewater in a high rate algal pond (HRAP). The HRAP was operated semicontinuously under different hydraulic retention times (HRT: 2, 4, 6, and 8 days). The average removal efficiencies of chemica... |
2,316,285 | Estrogen degradation and sorption onto colloids in a constructed wetland with different hydraulic retention times. | Endocrine disrupting compounds are a global concern, owing to their interference with the endocrine system of wildlife. In particular, natural estrogens at concentrations as low as ng/L level can interrupt the endocrine system of many organisms. A constructed wetland is an effective means of removing the residual level... |
2,316,286 | Removal of polar UV stabilizers in biological wastewater treatments and ecotoxicological implications. | The present study describes the development, validation and application of a fully automated analytical method based on on-line solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (on line SPE-HPLC-MS/MS) to assess the removal efficiency in water works and the ecotoxicological implications derived of ... |
2,316,287 | Back propagation neural network modelling of biodegradation and fermentative biohydrogen production using distillery wastewater in a hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. | In a hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (HUASB) reactor, biodegradation in association with biohydrogen production was studied using distillery wastewater as substrate. The experiments were carried out at ambient temperature (34±1°C) and acidophilic pH of 6.5 with constant hydraulic retention time (HRT) o... |
2,316,288 | Removal of pharmaceuticals and organic matter from municipal wastewater using two-stage anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor. | The aim of present study was to treat municipal wastewater in two-stage anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) (anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) followed by AFMBR) using granular activated carbon (GAC) as carrier medium in both stages. Approximately 95% COD removal efficiency could be obtained when the t... |
2,316,289 | Common ophthalmic problems of urban and rural postmenopausal women in a population sample of Raciborz district, a RAC-OST-POL Study. | We wished to establish the prevalence of eye diseases and eye disease risk factors at postmenopausal age and to compare ophthalmic problems in urban and rural areas of Raciborz.</AbstractText>The study was performed in 2010. Out of the whole population of Raciborz, Poland, 10 percent (1750) of women were randomly selec... |
2,316,290 | Rates of non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures in rheumatoid arthritis and postfracture osteoporosis care in a period of evolving clinical practice guidelines. | In 2002, guidelines for the management of osteoporosis were published by Osteoporosis Canada and widely disseminated. We aimed to assess if those guidelines had any impact on clinical practice and ultimately on fracture rates in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This was an observational study using the Quebec healthcare data... |
2,316,291 | The influence of SBR parameters on the sludge toxicity of synthetic wastewater containing bisphenol A. | Synthetic wastewater with bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations of 7.5, 20, and 40 mg/L was treated with activated sludge sequential batch reactors (SBRs). The sludge acute toxicity indicated by the inhibitory ratio to luminous bacteria T3 was evaluated. The influent COD was controlled at approximately 300 mg/L, a... |
2,316,292 | Phenotypic heterogeneity of corneal endothelium in iridocorneal endothelial syndrome by in vivo confocal microscopy. | To present a case of iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome showing phenotypic heterogeneity of endothelial morphology between the 2 eyes of a patient as visualized by in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM).</AbstractText>Confocal microscopy using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT)-3 with Rostock Cornea Module was perf... |
2,316,293 | Impact of approach used to determine removal levels of drugs of abuse during wastewater treatment. | In this study the levels of 19 drugs of abuse were estimated throughout a wastewater treatment plant using polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS), 24h composite samples and grab samples. Overall removal efficiencies and removals in between each treatment unit were calculated using load data for each sampli... |
2,316,294 | Abundance, transcription levels and phylogeny of bacteria capable of nitrous oxide reduction in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. | Nitrous oxide (N2O) production and expression of genes capable of its reduction were investigated in two full-scale parallel plug-flow activated sludge systems. These two systems continuously received wastewater with the same constituents, but operated under distinct nitrification efficiencies due to mixed liquor suspe... |
2,316,295 | Differentiation of compressive from glaucomatous optic neuropathy with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. | To compare optic disc topography in eyes with compressive optic neuropathy (CON) and open-angle glaucoma (OAG) using spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Heidelberg retinal tomograph (HRT) (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany).</AbstractText>Cross-sectional, observational study.</Abs... |
2,316,296 | Control of aeration, aerobic SRT and COD input for mainstream nitritation/denitritation. | This work describes the development of an intermittently aerated pilot-scale process (V = 0.34 m(3)) operated without oxidized nitrogen recycle and supplemental carbon addition optimized for nitrogen removal via nitritation/denitritation. The aeration pattern was controlled using a novel aeration strateg... |
2,316,297 | Circulating prolactin and breast cancer risk among pre- and postmenopausal women in the EPIC cohort. | Experimental and epidemiological evidence suggests that prolactin might play a role in the etiology of breast cancer. We analyzed the relationship of prediagnostic circulating prolactin levels with the risk of breast cancer by menopausal status, use of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) at blood donation,... |
2,316,298 | Novel application of bamboo-based fibers in a biological contact oxidation process. | Generally, biofilm-supporting carriers in biological contact oxidation processes are made from thermoplastic polymers, which cause potential ecological damage because of the low biodegradation and high accumulation in organisms. Thus, four bamboo-based fibers, bamboo primitive fiber, bamboo fiber, bamboo charcoal fiber... |
2,316,299 | Effect of hydraulic retention time and seed material on phosphorus recovery and crystal size from urine in an air-agitated reactor. | Phosphorus (P) recovery from urine is affected by various parameters. This study evaluates the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and seed material on P recovery and crystal size in an air-agitated reactor. Results show that ortho-phosphate removal and struvite recovery efficiencies were 96.3% and 89.5%, and 97.... |
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