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2,316,300 | A unified framework for glaucoma progression detection using Heidelberg Retina Tomograph images. | Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, is an optic neuropathy characterized by distinctive changes in the optic nerve head (ONH) and visual field. The detection of glaucomatous progression is one of the most important and most challenging aspects of primary open angle glaucoma (OAG) management. In t... |
2,316,301 | The impact of using the combined oral contraceptive pill for cycle scheduling on gene expression related to endometrial receptivity. | Does the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP) change endometrial gene expression when used for cycle programming?</AbstractText>COCP used for scheduling purposes does not have a significant impact on endometrial gene expression related to endometrial receptivity.</AbstractText>Controversy exists around COCP pretreat... |
2,316,302 | Characteristics and performance of aerobic granular sludge treating rubber wastewater at different hydraulic retention time. | The influence of hydraulic retention time (HRT, 24, 12, and 6h) on the physical characteristics of granules and performance of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating rubber wastewater was investigated. Results showed larger granular sludge formation at HRT of 6h with a mean size of 2.0±0.1mm, sludge volume inde... |
2,316,303 | Glaucoma Detection in High Myopia with the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3. | To compare the ability of the glaucoma probability score (GPS) and Moorfields regression analysis (MRA) using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) 3 to detect glaucoma in high myopia.</AbstractText>Fifty-five eyes of highly myopic subjects (study group) and 139 eyes of non-highly myopic subjects (control group) were i... |
2,316,304 | A comparative study on thermomechanical pulping pressate treatment using thermophilic and mesophilic sequencing batch reactors. | A comparative study on the treatment of thermomechanical pulping (TMP) pressate was conducted under thermophilic (55 degrees C) and mesophilic (30 degrees C) temperatures to explore in-mill biological treatment, with the intention to operate under heat-efficient conditions. The experimental study involved sequencing ba... |
2,316,305 | Comparative performance of air-lift partial nitritation processes with attached growth and suspended growth without biomass retention. | Partial nitritation is an essential first step in anaerobic ammonium oxidation. This study compared the performance of air-lift partial nitritation reactors with attached growth (AG) and suspended growth (SG) without biomass retention using ammonium-rich recirculated liquor produced from the dewatering of anaerobically... |
2,316,306 | Operational strategy for nitrogen removal from centrate in a two-stage partial nitrification--anammox process. | This paper presents the operational strategy for nitrogen removal in a two-stage, partial nitrification (PN) process coupled with anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process. The process was used to remove ammonium from centrate obtained from a full-scale, wastewater treatment plant in British Columbia, Canada. The ... |
2,316,307 | Evaluation of Salivary Flow Rate, pH and Buffer in Pre, Post & Post Menopausal Women on HRT. | Climateric is considered to be a natural phase of life which by definition is the period of life starting from decline in ovarian activity until after the end of ovarian function. It is accompanied by various health consequences that include the changes in saliva too. This study was carried out to evaluate the salivary... |
2,316,308 | [The investigation of understanding and comfort of patients taking Divigel(®) 1 mg]. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) given by injection or administered orally or topically can improve the QOL of patients with menopausal symptoms. Because patient comfort is influenced largely by the dosage form, pharmacists should understand the properties of each dosage form and provide appropriate information to ind... |
2,316,309 | Effects of hormone replacement therapy on the rate of recurrence in endometrial cancer survivors: a meta-analysis. | To quantify the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the recurrence in endometrial cancer (EC) survivors through a meta-analysis.</AbstractText>A systematic literature review was conducted through October 2013 and included studies reporting estimates of effect size for the relationship between HRT use and the... |
2,316,310 | Hydrogen production from cheese whey with ethanol-type fermentation: effect of hydraulic retention time on the microbial community composition. | The effects of different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 4, 2, and 1h and varying sources of inoculum (sludge from swine and sludge from poultry) on the hydrogen production in two anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFBRs) were evaluated. Cheese whey was used as a substrate, and 5000mgCODL(-1) was applied. The highes... |
2,316,311 | Peripheral quantitative computed tomography measures are associated with adult fracture risk: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. | Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) captures novel aspects of bone geometry that may contribute to fracture risk and offers the ability to measure both volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and a separation of trabecular and cortical compartments of bone, but longitudinal data relating measures obtained... |
2,316,312 | Influence of the organic loading rate on the performance and the granular sludge characteristics of an EGSB reactor used for treating traditional Chinese medicine wastewater. | The effects of the organic loading rate (OLR) on the performance and the granular sludge characteristics of an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor used for treating real traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) wastewater were investigated. Over 90% of the COD removal by the EGSB reactor was observed at the OLRs of 4... |
2,316,313 | Hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives and risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | There is an unexplained strong male predominance in the aetiology of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). The hypothesis that oestrogens are protective, deserves attention. A potential protective influence of exogenous oestrogen exposure, that is, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and oral contraceptives (OC) has been add... |
2,316,314 | Hormone dependency in metastatic low-grade leiomyosarcoma following uterine smooth muscle tumour of uncertain malignant potential. | Uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) usually follows an aggressive clinical course, although a small proportion of ULMS exhibit a more indolent course, which in turn reflects heterogeneity within this disease and the need to identify and characterise this distinct subgroup. The role of hormone therapy in ULMS is yet to be elu... |
2,316,315 | Characteristics, process parameters, and inner components of anaerobic bioreactors. | The anaerobic bioreactor applies the principles of biotechnology and microbiology, and nowadays it has been used widely in the wastewater treatment plants due to their high efficiency, low energy use, and green energy generation. Advantages and disadvantages of anaerobic process were shown, and three main characteristi... |
2,316,316 | Clinical significance of optic disc progression by topographic change analysis maps in glaucoma: an 8-year follow-up study. | Aim. To investigate the ability of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) Topographic Change Analysis (TCA) map to predict the subsequent development of clinical change, in patients with glaucoma. Materials. 61 eyes of 61 patients, which, from a retrospective review were defined as stable on optic nerve head (ONH) stereoph... |
2,316,317 | Biogenic hydrogen conversion of de-oiled jatropha waste via anaerobic sequencing batch reactor operation: process performance, microbial insights, and CO2 reduction efficiency. | We report the semicontinuous, direct (anaerobic sequencing batch reactor operation) hydrogen fermentation of de-oiled jatropha waste (DJW). The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) was studied and results show that the stable and peak hydrogen production rate of 1.48 L/L ∗ d and hydrogen yield of 8.7 mL H2/g... |
2,316,318 | Effects of transdermal and oral hormone replacement therapies on monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels: a randomized clinical trial. | To assess the effects of oral and transdermal hormone replacement therapies (HRT) on levels of important cardiovascular disease (CVD) markers, MCP-1 and homocyteine, in the early postmenopausal period.</AbstractText>Seventy-six healthy, early postmenopausal women were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly assig... |
2,316,319 | Long-term follow-up of bone density, general and reproductive health in female survivors after treatment for haematological malignancies. | The purpose of this study was to assess the ovarian function, fertility and bone mineral density in women who previously had treatment for different haematological malignancies (HMs). The overall survival and cure rates of patients with HMs have improved dramatically. The treatment affects fertility and bone density. F... |
2,316,320 | Effect of operating parameters on sulfide biotransformation to sulfur. | A laboratory-scale bioreactor with polyethylene semi-soft packing was constructed and utilized to determine the efficiency of sulfide biotransformation to sulfur under various operating parameters. Sodium sulfide dissolved in tap water was pumped into the bioreactor as sulfide for biological desulfurization. The sulfid... |
2,316,321 | Sugarcane molasses-based bio-ethanol wastewater treatment by two-phase multi-staged up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) combination with up-flow UASB and down-flow hanging sponge. | This study was designed to evaluate a treatment system for high strength wastewater (vinasse) from a sugarcane molasses-based bio-ethanol plant in Thailand. A laboratory-scale two-phase treatment system composed of a sulfate reducing (SR) tank and multi-staged up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (MS-UASB) reactor was used... |
2,316,322 | Enhanced removal of contaminant using the biological film, anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic and electro-coagulation process applied to high-load sewage treatment. | In order to explore a new treatment process applying to decentralized domestic sewage treatment, and enhance removal of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and chemical oxygen demand (COD), a novel system integrating anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic (reversed A2O) and electro-coagulation (EC) process was studied, and co... |
2,316,323 | Ammonia loading rate: an effective variable to control partial nitrification and generate the anaerobic ammonium oxidation influent. | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) is an innovative process for the treatment of ammonia-contaminated waters. ANNAMOX is usually preceded by a nitrifying step in which ammonia is partially oxidized to nitrite. The effectiveness of the overall process depends on control of the nitrification and creation of a suitabl... |
2,316,324 | Pilot-scale temperate-climate treatment of domestic wastewater with a staged anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (SAF-MBR). | A pilot-scale staged anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (SAF-MBR) was operated continuously for 485 days, without chemical cleaning of membranes, treating primary-settled domestic wastewater with wastewater temperature between 8 and 30°C and total hydraulic retention time (HRT) between 4.6 and 6.8h. Average c... |
2,316,325 | Organic loading rate impact on biohydrogen production and microbial communities at anaerobic fluidized thermophilic bed reactors treating sugarcane stillage. | This study aimed to evaluate the effect of high organic loading rates (OLR) (60.0-480.00 kg COD m(-3)d(-1)) on biohydrogen production at 55°C, from sugarcane stillage for 15,000 and 20,000 mg CODL(-1), in two anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFBR1 and AFBR2). It was obtained, for H2 yield and content, a decreasin... |
2,316,326 | Anaerobic treatment of low-strength wastewater: a comparison between single and staged anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactors. | Performance of a single anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) was compared with that of a staged anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor system (SAF-MBR) that consisted of an anaerobic fluidized bed bioreactor (AFBR) followed by an AFMBR. Both systems were fed with an equal COD mixture (200mg/L) of acetate an... |
2,316,327 | [Relationship between menopause and tooth loss]. | This work proposes to evaluate the relationship between menopause and oral health by a cross-sectional study conducted on 202 menopausal women with or without hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and not menopausal women, with backgrounds socio-economic and socio-cultural variety and aged 42 to 80 years. Two hundred and t... |
2,316,328 | Investigation of settleability of biologically produced solids and biofilm morphology in moving bed bioreactors (MBBRs). | The objective of this work is to investigate the effects of surface area loading rates (SALRs) and hydraulic retention times (HRTs) in moving bed bioreactor (MBBR) systems on the morphology and thickness of the attached biofilm along with subsequent effects on particle size distribution and the settling characteristics... |
2,316,329 | Nutrient removal efficiency and physiological responses of Desmodesmus communis at different HRTs and nutrient stress condition using different sources of urban wastewater effluents. | The objective of the present study was to evaluate the nutrient removal efficiency and the physiological responses in terms of growth, biochemical composition and photosynthetic activity of the autochthonous freshwater algal strain Desmodesmus communis. Microalgae were grown in a primary municipal effluent under differ... |
2,316,330 | Does topical voriconazole trigger dysplastic changes on the ocular surface? | Systemic voriconazole treatment was reported to cause photosensitivity and related cutaneous malignancies. The aim of this report is to demonstrate a graft-related Candida endophthalmitis case that developed ocular surface dysplastic changes after receiving topical 1% voriconazole treatment.</AbstractText>Full ocular e... |
2,316,331 | Evaluation of biological removal efficiency in a UCT process treating municipal wastewater during start-up stage. | This study reports the performance of University of Cape Town (UCT) municipal wastewater treatment plant, during the startup stage with the focus on the relationship between hydraulic retention time (HRT) and biological nutrient removal (BNR) efficiency. The entire experimental period was 144 days, divided into four pe... |
2,316,332 | Autotrophic ammonia removal from landfill leachate in anaerobic membrane bioreactor. | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) process, an advanced biological nitrogen removal, removes ammonia using nitrite as the electron acceptor without oxygen. In this paper, ANAMMOX process was adopted for removing NH4+-N from landfill leachate having low COD using anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). The AnMBR was ... |
2,316,333 | Biological removal of phenol from saline wastewater using a moving bed biofilm reactor containing acclimated mixed consortia. | In this study, the performance of an aerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) was assessed for the removal of phenol as the sole substrate from saline wastewater. The effect of several parameters namely inlet phenol concentration (200-1200 mg/L), hydraulic retention time (8-24 h), inlet salt content (10-70&#... |
2,316,334 | Ethanol production from wheat straw by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Scheffersomyces stipitis co-culture in batch and continuous system. | In this research, Scheffersomyces stipitis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in immobilized and suspended state were used to convert pentose and hexose sugars to ethanol. In batch and continuous systems, S. stipitis and S. cerevisiae co-culture performance was better than S. cerevisiae. Continuous ethanol production was per... |
2,316,335 | RNA silencing components mediate resistance signaling against turnip crinkle virus. | Species-specific immunity is induced when an effector protein from a specific pathogen strain is perceived by a cognate resistance (R) protein in the plant. In Arabidopsis, the R protein HRT, which confers resistance to turnip crinkle virus (TCV), is activated upon recognition of the TCV coat-protein (CP), a potent sup... |
2,316,336 | Combining multiple HRT parameters using the 'Random Forests' method improves the diagnostic accuracy of glaucoma in emmetropic and highly myopic eyes. | To combine multiple Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) parameters using the Random Forests classifier to diagnose glaucoma, both in highly and physiologically myopic (highly myopic) eyes and emmetropic eyes.</AbstractText>Subjects consisted of healthy subjects and age-matched patients with open-angle glaucoma in emmetro... |
2,316,337 | Treatment of the terephthalic acid-containing wastewater using a biological-aerated filter. | In this paper, the biological-aerated filter (BAF) was employed to treat the wastewater containing terephthalic acid (TA). Factors that affected the efficiency of TA and CODCr removal were evaluated experimetally, including pH, hydraulic loading, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and TA volume loading. At pH 7-8, hydrauli... |
2,316,338 | Can hormone replacement therapy prior to oocyte donation cycle in women with premature ovarian failure improve pregnancy rate? | Infertility is an important issue in women with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF). With no conclusive treatment available to enhance fertility in these women, it is the use of donor eggs with In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) which can fulfil their desire to become a mother in a novel way. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in... |
2,316,339 | Morphologic and functional analysis of the optic nerve in premature and term children with OCT, HRT, and pVEP: a 10-year resurvey. | Most studies on premature newborns have focused on infants of less than 28 weeks of gestational age (GA) due to their increased risk of developing diseases, such as premature retinopathy. Studies on premature infants born between 28 and 35 weeks GA with normal development are less frequent. The aim of our study was to ... |
2,316,340 | Valorisation of used cooking oil sludge by codigestion with swine manure. | The addition of lipid wastes to the digestion of swine manure was studied as a means of increasing biogas production. Lipid waste was obtained from a biodiesel plant where used cooking oil is the feedstock. Digestion of this co-substrate was proposed as a way of valorising residual streams from the process of biodiesel... |
2,316,341 | Impact of hydraulic retention time on organic and nutrient removal in a membrane coupled sequencing batch reactor. | Although solids retention time (SRT) is the key parameter in wastewater treatment design and operation, this study determined the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on biological nutrient removal in a membrane coupled sequencing batch reactor (MSBR) at the fixed SRT of 10 days. During more than 200 days of operat... |
2,316,342 | Phytoestrogens as alternative hormone replacement therapy in menopause: What is real, what is unknown. | Menopause is characterized by an altered hormonal status and by a decrease in life quality due to the appearance of uncomfortable symptoms. Nowadays, with increasing life span, women spend one-third of their lifetime under menopause. Understanding menopause-associated pathophysiology and developing new strategies to im... |
2,316,343 | Effects of cigarette smoke on Holter ECG recordings in patients with arterial hypertension. Part 2: Parameters of heart rate turbulence. | The studies aimed at evaluation of cigarette smoke effect on heart rate turbulence (HRT) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH). 223 consecutive individuals were qualified to the studies. The following groups of patients not suffering from other disease which may affect HRT were distinguished: 1--patients with AH ... |
2,316,344 | Growth of microalgal biomass on supernatant from biosolid dewatering. | The paper reports the results of an experiment to assess the feasibility of including a photobioreactor within the design of a wastewater treatment plant, growing microalgae on the centrate from anaerobic sludge dewatering. The growth of algal biomass would take advantage of the available nitrogen and provide a substra... |
2,316,345 | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in polyvinyl alcohol and sodium alginate immobilized biomass system: a potential tool to maintain anammox biomass in application. | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has been proved to be a promising nitrogen removal method for treating ammonium-rich wastewater. However, because of the low-growth rate of anammox bacteria, maintenance of a sufficient amount of anammox biomass in reactor became a key factor in application. Gel immobilization is ... |
2,316,346 | A two-stage microbial fuel cell and anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactor (MFC-AFMBR) system for effective domestic wastewater treatment. | Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a promising technology for energy-efficient domestic wastewater treatment, but the effluent quality has typically not been sufficient for discharge without further treatment. A two-stage laboratory-scale combined treatment process, consisting of microbial fuel cells and an anaerobic flui... |
2,316,347 | The use of complementary and alternative medicine by women transitioning through menopause in Germany: results of a survey of women aged 45-60 years. | To describe prevalence rates of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) for the relief of menopausal complaints among German women. Furthermore, to investigate the perceived effectiveness of these therapies.</AbstractText>A self-administered questionnaire was sent to 9785 randomly selected women in Germa... |
2,316,348 | Changes in the morphological and functional patterns of the ocular surface in patients treated with prostaglandin analogues after the use of TSP 0.5%® preservative-free eyedrops: a prospective, multicenter study. | To investigate and compare the effects of topical benzalkonium chloride-preserved prostaglandins (PGAs) on the ocular surface in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma before and after 3 months of treatment with additional 0.5% preservative-free tamarind seed polysaccharide single-dose eyedrops (TSP®, Oftagen, ... |
2,316,349 | Assessment of the optic nerve head parameters using Heidelberg retinal tomography III in preterm children. | Variations in optic nerve head morphology and abnormal retinal vascular pattern have been described in preterm children using digital image analysis of fundus photograph, optical coherence tomograph and serial funduscopy. We aimed to compare the optic nerve head parameters in preterm and term Malay children using Heide... |
2,316,350 | [Application of Femoston in hormone replacement treatment-frozen embryo transfer and its clinical outcomes]. | To explore the application of Femoston in hormone replacement treatment-frozen embryo transfer (HRT-FET) versus endometrial preparation with Progynova and examine the effects of different endometrial thickness and estradiol levels on clinical outcomes.</AbstractText>Retrospective analysis was conducted for a total of 1... |
2,316,351 | Semi-continuous anaerobic co-digestion of cow manure and steam-exploded Salix with recirculation of liquid digestate. | The effects of recirculating the liquid fraction of the digestate during mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of steam-exploded Salix and cow manure were investigated in laboratory-scale continuously stirred tank reactors. An average organic loading rate of 2.6 g VS L(-1) d(-1) and a hydraulic retention time (HR... |
2,316,352 | Increased bone remodelling around titanium implants coated with chondroitin sulfate in ovariectomized rats. | Coating titanium implants with artificial extracellular matrices based on collagen and chondroitin sulfate (CS) has been shown to enhance bone remodelling and de novo bone formation in vivo. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of estrogen deficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the osseointegra... |
2,316,353 | Visual function and morphological changes in the macular area of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after intensive insulin therapy. | Intensive insulin therapy has been found to lessen the progress of diabetic retinopathy (DR) to some extent, while it has also been implicated to be responsible for decrease of DR. We investigated visual function and morphological changes in the macular area in short-term follow-up of patients with type 2 diabetes mell... |
2,316,354 | Diffusion-tensor MR imaging of the breast: hormonal regulation. | To investigate the parameters obtained with magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) of the breast throughout the menstrual cycle phases, during lactation, and after menopause, with and without hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>All protocols were approved by the internal review board, and s... |
2,316,355 | Detoxifying of high strength textile effluent through chemical and bio-oxidation processes. | Small-scale textile industries (SSTIs) in India struggled for the economic and environmental race. A full-scale common treatment plant (CETP) working on the principle of destabilising negative charge colloidal particles and bio-oxidation of dissolved organic failed to comply with Inland Surface Waters (ISW) standards. ... |
2,316,356 | Conventional mesophilic vs. thermophilic anaerobic digestion: a trade-off between performance and stability? | A long-term comparative study using continuously-stirred anaerobic digesters (CSADs) operated at mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures was conducted to evaluate the influence of the organic loading rate (OLR) and chemical composition on process performance and stability. Cow manure was co-digested with dog food, a m... |
2,316,357 | Female reproductive factors and major eye diseases in Asian women -the Singapore Malay Eye Study. | To examine the association of reproductive factors and major eye diseases, including glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy and cataract, in Asian women.</AbstractText>The Singapore Malay Eye Study is a population-based cross-sectional epidemiological study which examined 3280 persons (7... |
2,316,358 | Contaminant removal performances on domestic sewage using modified anoxic/anaerobic/oxic process and micro-electrolysis. | The objective of this study was to enhance removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) from domestic sewage in a sequencing batch reactor with added new materials. A modified anoxic/anaerobic/oxic (MAAO) process, integrating a micro-electrolysis (ME) bed in an anoxic tank, and... |
2,316,359 | Electroflotation clarifier to enhance nitrogen removal in a two-stage alternating aeration bioreactor. | Stringent water treatment criteria and rapidly growing pollutant loads provoke the demand for retrofitting wastewater treatment plants towards a higher capacity. In this study, we assess a two stage alternating aeration (AA) bioreactor equipped with electroflotation (EF) clarifier, for nitrogen removal within a short h... |
2,316,360 | Low-temperature anaerobic digestion of swine manure in a plug-flow reactor. | A low-temperature (25 degrees C) anaerobic eight-compartment (PF01 to PF08) cascade reactor simulating a plug-flow reactor (PFR) treating pig manure was monitored for a year. The bioreactor was fed at an average loading rate of 2.4 +/- 0.2 g of total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD) per litre of reactor per day for a theo... |
2,316,361 | Enhanced biogas production using cow manure to stabilize co-digestion of whey and primary sludge. | Increasing biogas production from municipal anaerobic digesters via additional loading with industrial/agricultural wastes offers a low-cost, sustainable energy generation option of significant untapped potential. In this work, bench-top reactors were used to mimic a full-scale primary sludge digester operating at an o... |
2,316,362 | Hypoxia and STAT3 signalling interactions regulate pro-inflammatory pathways in rheumatoid arthritis. | To examine the effect of hypoxia on Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3)-induced pro-inflammatory pathways in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</AbstractText>Detection of phospho-STAT3 was assessed in RA synovial tissue and fibroblasts (RASFC) by immunohistology/immunofluorescence. Primary RASFCs and a n... |
2,316,363 | Comparison of operating strategies for increased biogas production from thin stillage. | The effect of increasing organic loading rate (OLR) and simultaneously decreasing hydraulic retention time (HRT) during anaerobic digestion of sulphur- and nitrogen-rich thin stillage was investigated during operation of continuously stirred tank laboratory reactors at two different temperatures. The operating strategi... |
2,316,364 | Effect of hormone replacement therapy on cardiac autonomic modulation. | To investigate the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy postmenopausal women.</AbstractText>Two groups were evaluated: group 1 (G1): 20 women not undergoing HRT (60 ± 5.89 years), group 2 (G2): 20 women undergoing HRT (59 ± 5.70 years). The HRTs involved were... |
2,316,365 | Combined heart-liver transplantation in the MELD era: do waitlisted patients require exception status? | Combined heart-liver transplant (HLT) is a viable therapy for patients with concomitant end-stage heart and liver failure. Using data from the United Network for Organ Sharing database, we examined the cumulative incidences of transplant and mortality in waitlisted candidates for HLT, isolated heart transplant (HRT) an... |
2,316,366 | Antibody recognition of Shiga toxins (Stxs): computational identification of the epitopes of Stx2 subunit A to the antibodies 11E10 and S2C4. | We have recently developed a new method to predict the epitopes of the antigens that are recognized by a specific antibody. In this work, we applied the method to identify the epitopes of the Shiga toxin (Stx2 subunit A) that were bound by two specific antibodies 11E10 and S2C4. The predicted epitopes of Stx2 binding t... |
2,316,367 | [Logistic regression analysis in the combination of diagnostic methods in glaucoma]. | In this research was studied the diagnostic ability of the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT II), GDx nerve fiber analyzer (GDx), Short-wavelenght Automated Perimetry (SWAP) and Frequency-doubling technology (FDT), all of them together and also separately in the diagnosis of glaucoma.</AbstractText>Sixty glaucomatous p... |
2,316,368 | OROS-methylphenidate efficacy on specific executive functioning deficits in adults with ADHD: a randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over study. | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is linked to impaired executive functioning (EF). This is the first study to objectively investigate the effects of a long-acting methylphenidate on neurocognitive test performance of adults with ADHD. Twenty-two adults with ADHD participated in a 6-weeks study examining ... |
2,316,369 | Who gets a second heart? A current picture of cardiac retransplantation. | Heart retransplantation (HRT) accounts for 2.6% of heart transplantation (HT) indications. We performed a retrospective analysis of our recent HRT experience.</AbstractText>From January 2000 to June 2012, 820 HTs were performed; 798 (97.3%) were primary HTs and 21 (2.5%) 2nd HTs. Indications for HRT included: 57% cardi... |
2,316,370 | MiR-200a regulates epithelial to mesenchymal transition-related gene expression and determines prognosis in colorectal cancer patients. | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the biological properties of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells and might serve as potential prognostic factors and therapeutic targets. In this study, we therefore globally profiled miRNAs associated with E-cadherin expression in CRC cells in an attempt to identify miRNAs that are associated wit... |
2,316,371 | Anaerobic slurry co-digestion of poultry manure and straw: effect of organic loading and temperature. | In order to obtain basic design criteria for anaerobic digestion of a mixture of poultry manure and wheat straw, the effects of different temperatures and organic loading rates on the biogas yield and methane contents were evaluated. Since poultry manure is a poor substrate, in term of the availability of the nutrients... |
2,316,372 | Arsenite removal using a pilot system of ultrasound and ultraviolet followed by microfiltration. | Batch and continuous-flow pilot tests using ultrasound (US), ultraviolet (UV) and a combination of US and UV were conducted to determine the oxidation rates of arsenite [As(III)]. Compared to the single processes of US or UV, the combined US/UV system was more effective for As(III) oxidation with a synergy index of mor... |
2,316,373 | Biological degradation of catechol in wastewater using the sequencing continuous-inflow reactor (SCR). | Catechol is used in many industries. It can be removed from wastewater by various methods but biological processes are the most superior and commonly used technology. The SCR is a modified form of SBR used to degrade catechol. The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of SCR for biodegradation and ... |
2,316,374 | Adherence to recommended health checks by women in mid-life: data from a prospective study of women across Australia. | To examine the factors related to Papanicolaou (Pap) tests, mammography and cholesterol testing in mid-aged Australian women as they age.</AbstractText>Data were obtained from the 1946-51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, a prospective study of the health and lifestyle of Australian women. ... |
2,316,375 | Waste activated sludge treatment based on temperature staged and biologically phased anaerobic digestion system. | The concept of temperature staged and biological phased (TSBP) was proposed to enhance the performance of waste-activated sludge anaerobic digestion. Semi-continuous experiments were used to investigate the effect of temperature (35 to 70 degrees C) as well as the hydraulic retention time (HRT) (2, 4 and 6 days) on the... |
2,316,376 | Stepped care in the treatment of trichotillomania. | There are effective treatments of trichotillomania (TTM), but access to expert providers is limited. This study tested a stepped care model aimed at improving access.</AbstractText>Participants were 60 (95% women, 75% Caucasian, 2% Hispanic) adults (M = 33.18 years) with TTM. They were randomly assigned to immediate ve... |
2,316,377 | Cost-effectiveness analysis of TOC removal from slaughterhouse wastewater using combined anaerobic-aerobic and UV/H2O2 processes. | The objective of this study is to evaluate the operating costs of treating slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) using combined biological and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). This study compares the performance and the treatment capability of an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR), an aerated completely mixed activated slud... |
2,316,378 | [Reasons for abandonment of hormone replacement therapy with tibolone in menopausal women]. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with tibolone used in the management of menopause has low rates of acceptance and compliance in the first year. Few studies analyze the reasons for abandoning the use of tibolone.</AbstractText>To analyze the reasons for abandoned tibolone hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal ... |
2,316,379 | Biogas production from N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) pretreated forest residues. | Lignocellulosic biomass represents a great potential for biogas production. However, a suitable pretreatment is needed to improve their digestibility. This study investigates the effects of an organic solvent, N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) at temperatures of 120 and 90 °C, NMMO concentrations of 75 and 85% and... |
2,316,380 | Sleep fragmentation and sleep-disordered breathing in individuals living close to main roads: results from a population-based study. | Nighttime traffic noise is associated with sleep disturbances, but sleep fragmentation and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) have not been demonstrated in individuals living near busy roads.</AbstractText>We asked 1383 participants to answer a health questionnaire and to undergo 24-h electrocardiogram (ECG). Nocturnal E... |
2,316,381 | Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic laboratory-scale digestion of Nannochloropsis microalga residues. | This paper studies methane production using a marine microalga, Nannochloropsis sp. residue from biodiesel production. Residue cake from Nannochloropsis, oils wet-extracted, had a methane potential of 482LCH4kg(-1) volatile solids (VS) in batch assays. However, when dry-extracted, the methane potential of residue cake ... |
2,316,382 | Estrogen and the female heart. | Estrogen has a plethora of effects in the cardiovascular system. Studies of estrogen and the heart span human clinical trials and basic cell and molecular investigations. Greater understanding of cell and molecular responses to estrogens can provide further insights into the findings of clinical studies. Differences in... |
2,316,383 | Oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk: a cohort study of 16 928 women 48 years and older. | Findings on potential interactive effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on breast cancer risk have been inconsistent. We aimed to use population-based cohort data to determine whether former use of OCs affects breast cancer risk among HRT users, taking into account regimens of HRT, ... |
2,316,384 | Cost effectiveness of modified fractionation radiotherapy versus conventional radiotherapy for unresected non-small-cell lung cancer patients. | Modified fractionation radiotherapy (RT), delivering multiple fractions per day or shortening the overall treatment time, improves overall survival for non -small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients compared with conventional fractionation RT (CRT). However, its cost effectiveness is unknown. Therefore, we aimed to exami... |
2,316,385 | [Analysis of hydrogen-production performance in a UASB system at low pH]. | This experiment used upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) with brown sugar water as fermentation substrate and sewage sludge as the initiation sludge of the reaction, which was made into granular sludge by adding activated carbon. Emphasis was placed on assessing the hydrogen production performance of the UASB hydrog... |
2,316,386 | Hormone replacement therapy and mid-term implant survival following knee or hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a population-based cohort study. | Osteolysis and subsequent prosthesis loosening is the most common cause for revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could reduce osteolysis through its antiresorptive effects. We studied whether HRT use is associated with reduced revision rates... |
2,316,387 | Organic removal activity in biofilm and suspended biomass fractions of MBBR systems. | The moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) wastewater treatment process is usually designed based on the assumption that all activity in the process occurs in the biofilm on the MBBR carriers, although there is always some active biomass in the bulk liquid due to biofilm sloughing and, sometimes, free-growing bacteria. In t... |
2,316,388 | [Treatment of premature ovarian failure patients by bushen tiaojing recipe combined hormone replacement therapy: a clinical observation]. | To observe the clinical effect on treatment of premature ovarian failure (POF) patients by Bushen Tiaojing Recipe (BTR) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>Totally 72 POF patients were randomly assigned to three groups by random digit table, i.e., the Chinese medicine group, the Western medicine group,... |
2,316,389 | A Comparative Study of CEE, Tibolone, and DHEA as Hormone Replacement Therapy for Surgical Menopause. | The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of CEE, tibolone, and DHEA for prevention of menopausal symptoms.</AbstractText>One hundred patients with surgical menopause were included in this study: 25 of whom were not treated with any HRT, 25 were treated with 0.625 mg of CEE, 25 were treate... |
2,316,390 | Interactions of hormone replacement therapy, body weight, and bilateral oophorectomy in breast cancer risk. | To examine potential modifying effects of body weight and bilateral oophorectomy on the association of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with risk of breast cancer, overall and by subtypes according to status of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) amon... |
2,316,391 | Anaerobic granular sludge as a biocatalyst for 1,3-propanediol production from glycerol in continuous bioreactors. | 1,3-Propanediol (1,3-PDO) was produced from glycerol in three parallel Expanded Granular Sludge Blanket (EGSB) reactors inoculated with granular sludge (control reactor-R1), heat-treated granular sludge (R2) and disrupted granular sludge (R3) at hydraulic retention times (HRT) between 3 and 24h. Maximum 1,3-PDO yield (... |
2,316,392 | Performance of up-flow anaerobic fixed bed reactor of the treatment of sugar beet pulp lixiviation in a thermophilic range. | The acclimatization and performance study of lixiviation of sugar beet pulp are carried out in upflow anaerobic fixed bed reactor in thermophilic range of temperature (55°C). Several hydraulic retention time is conducted (11, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1.5 days). The performance study showed that Chemical Oxygen Demand remov... |
2,316,393 | Simultaneous C and N removal from saline salmon effluents in filter reactors comprising anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic processes: effect of recycle ratio. | Salmon processing generates saline effluents with high protein load. To treat these effluents, three compact tubular filter reactors were installed and an integrated anoxic/anaerobic/aerobic process was developed with recycling flow from the reactor's exit to the inlet stream in order to save organic matter (OM) for de... |
2,316,394 | Metabonomic analysis reveals efficient ameliorating effects of acupoint stimulations on the menopause-caused alterations in mammalian metabolism. | Acupoint stimulations are effective in ameliorating symptoms of menopause which is an unavoidable ageing consequence for women. To understand the mechanistic aspects of such treatments, we systematically analyzed the effects of acupoint laser-irradiation and catgut-embedding on the ovariectomy-induced rat metabolic cha... |
2,316,395 | Animal models for the effective development of atrophic vaginitis therapies: possibilities and limitations. | Vaginal atrophy (VA) is an inflammation of the vagina that develops when there is a significant decrease in levels of the estrogen. Prolonged periods of hypoestrogenism may induce severe VA and treatment is essential. This is a significant problem which requires more focused attention for the development of existing an... |
2,316,396 | 17β-estradiol inhibits mesenchymal stem cells-induced human AGS gastric cancer cell mobility via suppression of CCL5- Src/Cas/Paxillin signaling pathway. | Gender differences in terms of mortality among many solid organ malignancies have been proved by epidemiological data. Estrogen has been suspected to cast a protective effect against cancer because of the lower mortality of gastric cancer in females and the benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in gastric cance... |
2,316,397 | A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment. | Micropollutants are emerging as a new challenge to the scientific community. This review provides a summary of the recent occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment including sewage, surface water, groundwater and drinking water. The discharge of treated effluent from WWTPs is a major pathway for the intr... |
2,316,398 | Reprocessing high-flux polysulfone dialyzers does not negatively impact solute removal in short-daily online hemodiafiltration. | There are no studies evaluating the impact of dialyzer reprocessing on solute removal in short-daily online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF). Our aim was to evaluate the impact of dialyzer reuse on solute removal in daily OL-HDF and compare with that in high-flux short-daily hemodialysis (SDH). Fourteen patients undergoing a... |
2,316,399 | Reproductive and exogenous hormone factors in relation to risk of meningioma in women: a meta-analysis. | A number of studies have focused on the association between oral contraceptive (OC), hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) and reproductive factors and meningioma risk, but the results were inconsistent. Thus, a meta-analysis was performed to obtain more precise estimates of risk.</AbstractText>We conducted a literature s... |
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