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2,316,400 | Structure of nitrogen-converting communities induced by hydraulic retention time and COD/N ratio in constantly aerated granular sludge reactors treating digester supernatant. | This study investigated how hydraulic retention time (HRT) and COD/N ratio affect nitrogen-converting consortia in constantly aerated granules treating high-ammonium digester supernatant. Three HRTs (10, 13, 19 h) were tested at COD/N ratios of 4.5 and 2.3. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and relative real-time... |
2,316,401 | Effect of ultrasound pre-treatment in the anaerobic co-digestion of cattle manure with food waste and sludge. | This paper presents a study of the effect of applying ultrasound pre-treatment in the production of methane when co-digesting mixtures of cattle manure with food waste and sludge. A series of experiments were carried out under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions in continuously stirred-tank reactors containing 70% c... |
2,316,402 | Performance of Free Water Surface Constructed Wetland Using Typhalatifolia and Canna Lilies for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater. | Discharge of untreated wastewater or partially treated wastewater into surface water bodies or on to land is a major cause of surface and ground water pollution thereby posing health hazards. Conventional wastewater treatment is generally not preferred for small communities due to higher capital and maintenance costs a... |
2,316,403 | Evaluation of uterine perfusion in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy. | The authors evaluated uterine perfusion in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by using transvaginal Doppler ultrasonography.</AbstractText>A total of 60 postmenopausal women receiving HRT were included in this prospective case control study. The patients were divided into two groups. The s... |
2,316,404 | Kaempferol Exhibits Progestogenic Effects in Ovariectomized Rats. | Progesterone (P4</sub>) plays a central role in women's health. Synthetic progestins are used clinically in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), oral contraceptives, and for the treatment of endometriosis and infertility. Unfortunately, synthetic progestins are associated with side effects, including cardiovascular disea... |
2,316,405 | Trends in detection of invasive cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ at biennial screening mammography in Spain: a retrospective cohort study. | Breast cancer incidence has decreased in the last decade, while the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has increased substantially in the western world. The phenomenon has been attributed to the widespread adaption of screening mammography. The aim of the study was to evaluate the temporal trends in the rates... |
2,316,406 | Model-based operational guidelines of a bioprocess for biological nitrogen removal and complete stabilisation of anaerobically digested sewage sludge. | The concept of one-stage reactor system for biological nitrogen removal over nitrite of ammonium high loaded sidestreams is going to be applied to remove nitrogen from anaerobically digested sewage sludge and to achieve its complete stabilisation. Dealing with sludge, the organic matter needed to denitrify is present i... |
2,316,407 | Fine-tuning key parameters of an integrated reactor system for the simultaneous removal of COD, sulfate and ammonium and elemental sulfur reclamation. | In this paper, we proposed an integrated reactor system for simultaneous removal of COD, sulfate and ammonium (integrated C-S-N removal system) and investigated the key parameters of the system for a high level of elemental sulfur (S(0)) production. The system consisted of 4 main units: sulfate reduction and organic ca... |
2,316,408 | Application of an early warning indicator and CaO to maximize the time-space-yield of an completely mixed waste digester using rape seed oil as co-substrate. | In order to increase the organic loading rate (OLR) and hereby the performance of biogas plants an early warning indicator (EWI-VFA/Ca) was applied in a laboratory-scale biogas digester to control process stability and to steer additive dosing. As soon as the EWI-VFA/Ca indicated the change from stable to instable proc... |
2,316,409 | Syntrophic interactions between H2-scavenging and anode-respiring bacteria can improve current density in microbial electrochemical cells. | High current density of 10.0-14.6A/m(2) and COD removal up to 96% were obtained in a microbial electrochemical cell (MEC) fed with digestate at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 4d and 8d. Volatile fatty acids became undetectable in MEC effluent (HRT 8d), except for trivial acetate (4.16±1.86mgCOD/L). Accumulated ... |
2,316,410 | Addressing case specific biogas plant tasks: industry oriented methane yields derived from 5L Automatic Methane Potential Test Systems in batch or semi-continuous tests using realistic inocula, substrate particle sizes and organic loading. | The primary aim of the study was to develop and validate an in-house upscale of Automatic Methane Potential Test System II for studying real-time inocula and real-scale substrates in batch, codigestion and enzyme enhanced hydrolysis experiments, in addition to semi-continuous operation of the developed equipment and ex... |
2,316,411 | APOE modulates the effect of estrogen therapy on Aβ accumulation EFAD-Tg mice. | The post-menopausal loss of estrogen is key in the increased incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in women. However, estrogen therapy (ET) clinical trials have produced conflicting results. The APOE gene of apolipoprotein E (apoE) likely modulates the effects of ET in AD. APOE4 is the greatest genetic risk factor for ... |
2,316,412 | Biofiltration vs conventional activated sludge plants: what about priority and emerging pollutants removal? | This paper compares the removal performances of two complete wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) for all priority substances listed in the Water Framework Directive and additional compounds of interest including flame retardants, surfactants, pesticides, and personal care products (PCPs) (n = 104). First,... |
2,316,413 | OGT and OGA expression in postmenopausal skeletal muscle associates with hormone replacement therapy and muscle cross-sectional area. | Protein glycosylation via O-linked N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAcylation) is an important post-translational regulatory mechanism mediated by O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and responsive to nutrients and stress. OGT attaches an O-GlcNAc moiety to proteins, while O-GlcNAcase (OGA) catalyzes O-GlcNAc removal. In skelet... |
2,316,414 | Continuous Performance Test II outcomes in 11-year-old children with early ADHD symptoms: a longitudinal study. | This study aimed to assess the association between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms at preschool age and attention functioning at 11 years old.</AbstractText>Four-year-old children (n = 422) were assessed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiat... |
2,316,415 | Sulfide response analysis for sulfide control using a pS electrode in sulfate reducing bioreactors. | Step changes in the organic loading rate (OLR) through variations in the influent chemical oxygen demand (CODin) concentration or in the hydraulic retention time (HRT) at constant COD/SO4(2-) ratio (0.67) were applied to create sulfide responses for the design of a sulfide control in sulfate reducing bioreactors. The s... |
2,316,416 | Arsenic removal in a sulfidogenic fixed-bed column bioreactor. | In the present study, the bioremoval of arsenic from synthetic acidic wastewater containing arsenate (As(5+)) (0.5-20mg/L), ferrous iron (Fe(2+)) (100-200mg/L) and sulfate (2,000 mg/L) was investigated in an ethanol fed (780-1,560 mg/L chemical oxygen demand (COD)) anaerobic up-flow fixed bed column bioreactor at const... |
2,316,417 | Habit Reversal Therapy for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors in Williams Syndrome: A Case Study. | Williams syndrome (WS) is genetic neurodevelopmental disorder with a well-characterized cognitive and behavioral phenotype. Research has consistently demonstrated high rates of psychopathology in this population; however, little research has examined the use of empirically-supported psychosocial interventions in those ... |
2,316,418 | Relieving my discomforts safely: the experiences of discontinuing HRT among menopausal women. | To generate a descriptive theoretical framework about the experiences of women who discontinued hormone replacement therapy.</AbstractText>Some menopausal women would depend on hormone replacement therapy for relieving their menopausal symptoms. However, most of them feared of hormone replacement therapy's side effects... |
2,316,419 | Treatment of domestic wastewater using conventional and baffled septic tanks. | The main theme of the study was a comparative study of domestic wastewater treatment using conventional and baffled septic tanks. The septic tanks were fed continuously with domestic wastewater at three different hydraulic retention times (HRTs). The HRTs chosen were 24, 48 and 72 h with corresponding organic loads of ... |
2,316,420 | Performance of 14 full-scale sewage treatment plants: comparison between four aerobic technologies regarding effluent quality, sludge production and energy consumption. | The performance of 14 Full-Scale Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) was evaluated. STPs were divided into four aerobic technologies: a) Aerated Lagoon (AL), and three configurations of activated sludge technologies, b) conventional (CAS), c) Extended Aeration (EA), d) Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). Comparison between thes... |
2,316,421 | Biogas production performance of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion with fat, oil, and grease in semi-continuous flow digesters: effects of temperature, hydraulic retention time, and organic loading rate. | Anaerobic co-digestions with fat, oil, and grease (FOG) were investigated in semi-continuous flow digesters under various operating conditions. The effects of hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 12 and 24 days, organic loading rates (OLRs) between 1.19 and 8.97 gTVS/Ld, and digestion temperatures of 37 degrees C and 55... |
2,316,422 | Management of various organic fractions of municipal solid waste via recourse to VFA and biogas generation. | A hybrid anaerobic solid-liquid system was used for anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) consisting of mixed food + fruit waste and vegetable waste. Hydrolysis and acidogenesis potential of the above wastes were evaluated with the aim of producing value-added products in the form of ... |
2,316,423 | Powerful GC-TOF-MS Techniques for Screening, Identification and Quantification of Halogenated Natural Products. | Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC TOFMS) and gas chromatography/high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-HRT) were used to detect and identify halogenated natural products (HNPs) in tissue homogenate, in this case brominated analytes present in a m... |
2,316,424 | Hormonal replacement treatment improves clinical pregnancy in frozen-thawed embryos transfer cycles: a retrospective cohort study. | This study aimed to assess frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) outcomes in natural, hormone replacement treatment (HRT) and semi-HRT cycles. This was a retrospective cohort study of 5414 cycles of patients in an academic hospital. Patients were grouped as 2216 natural cycles, 1180 semi-HRT cycles, and 2018 HRT cycles. ... |
2,316,425 | Influence of lifestyle factors on mammographic density in postmenopausal women. | Mammographic density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. Apart from hormone replacement therapy (HRT), little is known about lifestyle factors that influence breast density.</AbstractText>We examined the effect of smoking, alcohol and physical activity on mammographic density in a population-based sample of post... |
2,316,426 | Some ozone advanced oxidation processes to improve the biological removal of selected pharmaceutical contaminants from urban wastewater. | Removal of nine pharmaceutical compounds--acetaminophen (AAF), antipyrine (ANT), caffeine (CAF), carbamazepine (CRB), diclofenac (DCF), hydrochlorothiazide (HCT), ketorolac (KET), metoprolol (MET) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX)-spiked in a primary sedimentation effluent of a municipal wastewater has been studied with seque... |
2,316,427 | Bio-augmentation as a tool for improving the modified sequencing batch biofilm reactor. | Biological treatment of domestic sewage was accomplished in a pilot-scale modified sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) bio-augmented with consortium of 5 strains of indigenous bacteria (genus Pseudomonas and Bacillus). The reactor consisted of fibrous filler in the upper and ceramsite filter media in the bottom. It... |
2,316,428 | Adiposity, inflammation, genetic variants and risk of post-menopausal breast cancer findings from a prospective-specimen-collection, retrospective-blinded-evaluation (PRoBE) design approach. | Chronic internal inflammation secondary to adiposity is a risk factor for sporadic breast cancer and Post-Menopausal Breast Cancer (PMBC) is largely defined as such. Adiposity is one of the clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and is a risk factor for PMBC. We examined SNPs of eight genes im... |
2,316,429 | Detecting an event of progression using glaucoma probability score and the stereometric parameters of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3. | To evaluate the correlation of the change in glaucoma probability score (GPS) and the stereometric optic nerve head (ONH) parameters of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT)3 to an event of glaucomatous progression observed with stereoscopic ONH photography.</AbstractText>The subjects for this retrospective follow-up s... |
2,316,430 | Should HRT be duration limited? | Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has received consistently bad press, despite re-analysis of previous data new studies and supporting Consensus Statements from leading national and international societies. Many women have been convinced by women's journals and the media not to even consider HRT as an option and, Gener... |
2,316,431 | Age at surgical menopause influences cognitive decline and Alzheimer pathology in older women. | To determine the association between age at surgical menopause and both cognitive decline and Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology in 2 longitudinal cohorts.</AbstractText>Female subjects from 2 longitudinal studies of cognitive decline (Religious Orders Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project) were included (total n = 1,8... |
2,316,432 | Comparison of normal- and high-tension glaucoma: nerve fiber layer and optic nerve head damage. | The aim of this study was to investigate differences in the nerve fiber layer and glaucoma-induced structural optic nerve head (ONH) damage in patients with normal- (NTG) and high-tension (HTG) glaucoma.</AbstractText>In this retrospective pair-matched comparative study, 22 NTG and 22 HTG eyes were matched according to... |
2,316,433 | Corneal biomechanical properties and glaucoma-related quantitative traits in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study. | We examined the association of corneal hysteresis (CH) with Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT)- and Glaucoma Detection with Variable Corneal Compensation scanning laser polarimeter (GDxVCC)-derived measures in a British population.</AbstractText>The EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study is nested within a multicenter cohort study--the... |
2,316,434 | The "newer" progestogens and postmenopausal hormone therapy (HRT). | After a worldwide breakdown of hormone therapy [HT] following the publications of the Women's Health Initiative trial and Million Women's Study in 2002-2003, there is now a trend to turn attention again to HT and to explore particular progestogens, which have been discredited with respect to their side effects. The pro... |
2,316,435 | Notch-1 mediates endothelial cell activation and invasion in psoriasis. | Notch receptor-ligand interactions are critical for cell proliferation, differentiation and survival; however, the role of Notch signalling in psoriasis remains to be elucidated. Serum amyloid A (A-SAA) is an acute-phase protein with cytokine-like properties, regulates cell survival pathways and is implicated in many i... |
2,316,436 | Evaluation of different wastewater treatment processes and development of a modified attached growth bioreactor as a decentralized approach for small communities. | This study was undertaken to evaluate the potential future use of three biological processes in order to designate the most desired solution for on-site treatment of wastewater from residential complexes, that is, conventional activated sludge process (CASP), moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), and packed-bed biofilm re... |
2,316,437 | The relationship between the cervical and anal HPV infection in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. | More than 90% of cases of anal cancers are caused by high-risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) infection and a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is established as possible risk factor.</AbstractText>To demonstrate relationship between anal and cervical HPV infection in women with different grades of CIN... |
2,316,438 | Increased expression of mdig predicts poorer survival of the breast cancer patients. | Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among women of all races and Hispanic origin populations in the United States. In the present study, we reported that the survival time of the breast cancer patients is influenced by the expression level of mdig, a previously identifie... |
2,316,439 | [Should we perform intra-operative endometrial biopsy during pelvic reconstructive surgery with uterine preservation?]. | To evaluate the interest of systematic endometrial biopsy at the time of vaginal reconstructive surgery with uterine preservation.</AbstractText>We performed a retrospective monocentric study on all women who had vaginal reconstructive surgery with uterine preservation from 2005 to 2012. All following parameters have b... |
2,316,440 | Differential regulation of endothelium behavior by progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate. | Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is a synthetic progestin commonly used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The aim of this research was to study and compare the effect of progesterone (Pg) and MPA on the regulation of cellular events associated with vascular homeostasis and disease. Platelet adhesion to endothelial... |
2,316,441 | Correct manipulation method of MBR operating parameters in membrane fouling studies. | In this study, various parameter manipulation methods, variable sludge retention time (SRT)-variable mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) concentration, constant SRT-variable MLSS concentration and variable SRT-constant MLSS concentration, were compared based on the interrelationships among the following membrane biore... |
2,316,442 | Performance and microbial community of completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) process in two membrane bioreactors (MBR) fed with different substrate levels. | To study the influence of substrate on completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) process, two membrane bioreactors (MBR) with identical setup but fed with different substrate levels (R1 with low ammonia, R2 with high ammonia), were adopted in this study. The nitrogen removal performance, bioactivity,... |
2,316,443 | Effects of pH and fermentation strategies on 2,3-butanediol production with an isolated Klebsiella sp. Zmd30 strain. | This study examined the effects of pH-controlled and fermentation strategies on 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO) production by an isolated Klebsiella sp. Zmd30 strain. The pH value of 6.0 was found to be optimal among the investigated range of 4.5-9.0. In batch fermentation, the concentration, productivity and yield of 2,3-BDO... |
2,316,444 | Development of a sixth-generation down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) reactor using rigid sponge media for post-treatment of UASB treating municipal sewage. | A sixth-generation down-flow hanging sponge reactor (DHS-G6), using rigid sponge media, was developed as a novel aerobic post-treatment unit for upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) treating municipal sewage. The rigid sponge media were manufactured by copolymerizing polyurethane with epoxy resin. The UASB and DHS sy... |
2,316,445 | Performance evaluation of anaerobic hybrid reactors with different packing media for treating wastewater of mild alkali treated rice straw in ethanol fermentation process. | Four anaerobic hybrid reactors with different packing media viz. gravel (R1), pumice stone (R2), polypropylene saddles (R3) and ceramic saddles (R4) were operated in semi-continuous mode. Biomethanation potential of the wastewater generated during alkali-treatment of rice straw in ethanol production process was investi... |
2,316,446 | Shear-induced hydrodynamic cavitation as a tool for pharmaceutical micropollutants removal from urban wastewater. | In this study, the removal of clofibric acid, ibuprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, carbamazepine and diclofenac residues from wastewater, using a novel shear-induced cavitation generator has been systematically studied. The effects of temperature, cavitation time and H2O2 dose on removal efficiency were investigated. Optim... |
2,316,447 | A survey of women's knowledge and perception of hormone replacement therapy (hrt) in Enugu, South East Nigeria. | As a result of alteration in the physiological, biochemical and psychological environment of a woman due to menopause, there may be need for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This concept is new in our poor resource setting, thus the knowledge and perception of HRT will be invaluable to appropriate adjustment to menop... |
2,316,448 | Heart and combined heart-kidney transplantation in patients with concomitant renal insufficiency and end-stage heart failure. | In patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) who are candidates for isolated heart transplant (HRT), dialysis dependence (DD) is considered an indication for combined heart-kidney transplantation (HKT). HKT remains controversial in ESHF transplant candidates with nondialysis-dependent renal insufficiency (NDDRI). Us... |
2,316,449 | Endothelial relaxation mechanisms and oxidative stress are restored by atorvastatin therapy in ovariectomized rats. | The studies on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in females with estrogen deficiency are not conclusive. Thus, non-estrogen therapies, such as atorvastatin (ATO), could be new strategies to substitute or complement HRT. This study evaluated the effects of ATO on mesenteric vascular bed (MVB) function from ovariectomize... |
2,316,450 | [Treating menopause syndrome by kuntal capsule and hormone replacement therapy: a meta-analysis of efficacy and safety comparison]. | To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Kuntai Capsule (KC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in treating menopause syndrome by Meta-analysis.</AbstractText>Randomized controlled trials were electronically retrieved from PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, Chinese Doctoral Dissertation Full Text Databas... |
2,316,451 | New vitamin D less-calcemic analog affect human bone cell line and cultured vascular smooth muscle cells similar to other less-calcemic analogs. | Primary cultures of human bone and vascular cells respond to vitamin D treatment by modulation of cell proliferation measured by DNA synthesis (DNA) and energy metabolism measured by creatine kinase specific activity (CK) via binding to vitamin D receptors (VDR) which are expressed in these cells. Vitamin D compounds a... |
2,316,452 | Hormonal therapy and risk of breast cancer in mexican women. | The use of hormonal therapies, including hormonal contraceptives (HC) and postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have been shown to influence breast cancer (BC) risk. However, the variations of these effects among populations and ethnic groups are not completely documented, especially among Hispanic women. We... |
2,316,453 | Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of cholecystectomy: a prospective cohort study. | Our aim of this study was to examine the association between the use of postmenopausal HRT and risk of cholecystectomy in Sweden, where the most common regimen of HRT (oral oestradiol in combination with testosterone-like progestin) has been different from those investigated in previous studies.</AbstractText>We perfor... |
2,316,454 | Managing menopausal symptoms: hot flushes and night sweats. | Menopausal hot flushes and night sweats are the most common symptoms of the menopause, and a minority of women find them distressing and seek treatment. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the most effective treatment for managing these symptoms. HRT is also beneficial in the treatment of other symptoms associated wit... |
2,316,455 | The loss of estrogen efficacy against cerebral ischemia in aged postmenopausal female mice. | Estrogen has been shown to have neuroprotective effects in numerous experimental studies involving young and adult animals. However, several clinical trials have found that in aged postmenopausal women who received estrogen replacement therapy, there did not appear to be a reduction in the incidence of stroke. The aim ... |
2,316,456 | [The global consensus statement 2013 on menopausal hormone therapy]. | More than ten years after the publication of the "Women's Health Initiatives" (WHI) study, a global consensus statement on menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been edited by an expert committee, composed by all the international menopausal societies. This global consensus has been published in April 2013 i... |
2,316,457 | Molecular and structural basis of androgen receptor responses to dihydrotestosterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate and Δ(4)-tibolone. | Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) has widely been used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, possibly due to disruption of androgen receptor (AR) signaling. In contrast, the synthetic HRT Tibolone does not increase breast density, and is rapidly metabolized to ... |
2,316,458 | NPWT or HRT-dressing? Results of an expert panel and a Delphi panel analysis. | To investigate the similarities and differences between Hydration Response Technology (HRT) and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with regard to wound bed preparation, and to devise a set of recommendations for their use on the basis of the opinion of two panels.</AbstractText>An expert panel that analysed in vitr... |
2,316,459 | The weather-beaten dorsal hand clinical rating, shadow casting optical profilometry, and skin capacitance mapping. | Laypeople commonly perceive some skin xerosis and withering (roughness) changes during winter on some parts of the body, particularly on the dorsal hands. The aim of the study was to assess the withered skin surface changes occurring during the four seasons. A total of 47 menopausal women completed the study. A group o... |
2,316,460 | Drivers of microbial community composition in mesophilic and thermophilic temperature-phased anaerobic digestion pre-treatment reactors. | Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) is an emerging technology that facilitates improved performance and pathogen destruction in anaerobic sewage sludge digestion by optimising conditions for 1) hydrolytic and acidogenic organisms in a first-stage/pre-treatment reactor and then 2) methogenic populations in a s... |
2,316,461 | Biological removal of phyto-sterols in pulp mill effluents. | Phyto-sterols and extractives found in pulp mill effluents are suspected to cause endocrine abnormalities in receiving water fish. The control of sterols in pulp mill effluents through biological secondary wastewater treatment was studied using two lab-scale bioreactor systems. After achieving a stable performance, bot... |
2,316,462 | Biological sulfate removal from construction and demolition debris leachate: effect of bioreactor configuration. | Due to the contamination of construction and demolition debris (CDD) by gypsum drywall, especially, its sand fraction (CDD sand, CDDS), the sulfate content in CDDS exceeds the posed limit of the maximum amount of sulfate present in building sand (1.73 g sulfate per kg of sand for the Netherlands). Therefore, the CDDS c... |
2,316,463 | [Still a place for hormone replacement therapy?]. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) remains the most efficient treatment to alleviate climacteric symptoms. The drastic decline in their prescription following the WHI is not fully justified. Benefits might be more important than harm in women 50-60 years. French way of treatment does not increase the risk in thrombosis ... |
2,316,464 | The effects of postmenopausal hormone use on cataract: a meta-analysis. | Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Many observational studies assessed the relationship between postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and risk of cataract development, but the reported results were controversial. The aim of present meta-analysis was to evaluate the association of postmenop... |
2,316,465 | Characterization of sulfate-reducing granular sludge in the SANI(®) process. | Hong Kong practices seawater toilet flushing covering 80% of the population. A sulfur cycle-based biological nitrogen removal process, the Sulfate reduction, Autotrophic denitrification and Nitrification Integrated (SANI(®)) process, had been developed to close the loop between the hybrid water supply and saline s... |
2,316,466 | An assessment of an anaerobic filter packed with a low-cost material for treating domestic wastewater. | The lack of available technologies that assembled both the technical and economical characteristics for domestic wastewater treatment is a major problem for rural communities. In response to this issue, a technical assessment of an up-flow anaerobic filter (UAF) was carried out in the laboratory to treat domestic waste... |
2,316,467 | Feed frequency in a sequencing batch reactor strongly affects the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from volatile fatty acids. | The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by activated sludge selected in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) has been investigated. Several SBR runs were performed at the same applied organic load rate (OLR), hydraulic retention time (HRT) and feed concentration (8.5 g COD L(-1) of volatile fatty acids, VFAs) under ... |
2,316,468 | Long-term anaerobic digestion of microalgae grown in HRAP for wastewater treatment. Effect of microwave pretreatment. | This paper describes the anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass from high rate ponds in continuous anaerobic reactors for biogas production. With hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 15 and 20 days, the volatile solids (VS) removal did not exceed 30%, and the methane production rate ranged between 0.12 and 0.14 L... |
2,316,469 | Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of coffee grounds with and without waste activated sludge as co-substrate using a submerged AnMBR: system amendments and membrane performance. | Coffee grounds are deemed to be difficult for degradation by thermophilic anaerobic process. In this research, a 7 L AnMBR accepting coffee grounds was operated for 82 days and failed with pH dropping to 6.6. The deficiency of micronutrients in the reactor was identified. The system was recovered by supplying micronutr... |
2,316,470 | The effect of arginine vasopressin on organ donor procurement and lung function. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is becoming more common when managing brain-dead donors. Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is associated with benefits but is not consistently used. We hypothesize that AVP is associated with the maintenance of lung function and successful recovery in donors and enhanced lung graft performanc... |
2,316,471 | Revisiting the roles of progesterone and allopregnanolone in the nervous system: resurgence of the progesterone receptors. | Progesterone is commonly considered as a female reproductive hormone and is well-known for its role in pregnancy. It is less well appreciated that progesterone and its metabolite allopregnanolone are also male hormones, as they are produced in both sexes by the adrenal glands. In addition, they are synthesized within t... |
2,316,472 | Correlation between optic nerve head parameters, RNFL, and CCT in patients with bilateral pseudoexfoliation using HRT-III. | It is well-established that eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) have higher intraocular pressure (IOP). Early diagnosis of preperimetric glaucoma will assist with better management of these patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate the optic nerve head (ONH) parameters and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) t... |
2,316,473 | Phytoestrogens in postmenopause: the state of the art from a chemical, pharmacological and regulatory perspective. | Phytoestrogens represent a diverse group of non-steroidal natural products, which seem to have some oestrogenic effects and are often marketed as food supplements. Population exposed to phytoestrogens is potentially increasing, in part because an unfavourable risk-benefit profile of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) fo... |
2,316,474 | Feasibility and interest of the anammox process as treatment alternative for anaerobic digester supernatants in manure processing--an overview. | Completely autotrophic nitrogen removal (ANR) is based on the combination of partial nitritation (PN) and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox). It is a promising alternative for the subsequent treatment of biogas digester supernatants in livestock manure processing and nitrogen surplus scenarios. However, as no full-... |
2,316,475 | Autotrophic nitrogen removal from domestic sewage in MBR-CANON system and the biodiversity of functional microbes. | The feasibility of completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) process for treating domestic sewage was investigated in membrane bioreactor (MBR), for which conventional activated sludge was seeded at ambient temperature. By gradually decreasing hydraulic retention time under the oxygen-limited conditi... |
2,316,476 | Applicability of dynamic membrane technology in anaerobic membrane bioreactors. | This study investigated the applicability of dynamic membrane technology in anaerobic membrane bioreactors for the treatment of high strength wastewaters. A monofilament woven fabric was used as support material for dynamic membrane formation. An anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) was operated under a varie... |
2,316,477 | The effect of creatine loading on neuromuscular fatigue in women. | This study aimed to examine the effects of intermittent isometric fatigue on maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) strength, percent voluntary activation (%VA), peak twitch force (PTF), peak rate of force development (PRFD), half relaxation time (HRT), and maximal compound action potential (M-wave) amplitude of the soleu... |
2,316,478 | Skin viscoelasticity during hormone replacement therapy for climacteric ageing. | Climacteric ageing refers to the period of women's life centred by the perimenopause. This step of life is responsible for initiating skin atrophic withering and slackness responsible for changes in the viscoelasticity of the dermal connective tissue. Some women benefit from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for contro... |
2,316,479 | Role of color Doppler imaging in early diagnosis and prediction of progression in glaucoma. | This longitudinal and prospective study analyzes the ability of orbital blood flow measured by color Doppler imaging (CDI) to predict glaucoma progression in patients with glaucoma risk factors. Patients with normal perimetry but having glaucoma risk factors and patients in the initial phase of glaucoma were prospectiv... |
2,316,480 | The macrophage low-grade inflammation marker sCD163 is modulated by exogenous sex steroids. | Soluble CD163 (sCD163) is a novel marker linked to states of low-grade inflammation such as diabetes, obesity, liver disease, and atherosclerosis, all prevalent in subjects with Turner syndrome (TS) and Klinefelter syndrome (KS). We aimed to assess the levels of sCD163 and the regulation of sCD163 in regards to treatme... |
2,316,481 | Advanced glycation end products as an upstream molecule triggers ROS-induced sFlt-1 production in extravillous trophoblasts: a novel bridge between oxidative stress and preeclampsia. | Although abnormal soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) production is thought to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, the mechanisms that regulate the production of sFlt-1 during pre-eclampsia are unclear. Accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is prevalent in obesity, adva... |
2,316,482 | Male survivors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation have a long term persisting risk of cardiovascular events. | Long-term survivors of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) have increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We retrospectively studied cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in 109 SCT survivors (62 males, 47 females; median age 34 years) five years or more after bone marrow (15) or T cell-depleted peripheral blood (... |
2,316,483 | Bioelectricity generation in continuously-fed microbial fuel cell: effects of anode electrode material and hydraulic retention time. | The main aim of this study is to investigate the bioelectricity production in continuously-fed dual chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC). Initially, MFC was operated with different anode electrode material at constant hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2d to evaluate the effect of electrode material on electricity produc... |
2,316,484 | Performance of the Moorfields motion displacement test for identifying eyes with glaucoma. | The Moorfields Motion Displacement Test (MMDT; Enhanced Standard Threshold Algorithm [ESTA] version 1, London, UK) is a new 31-point suprathreshold test for visual field assessment using moving line stimuli displayed on a standard laptop computer. This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of the MMDT for discrimi... |
2,316,485 | Hormone replacement therapy and risk of glioma: a nationwide nested case-control study. | Several studies indicate that use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with an increased risk of intracranial meningioma, while associations between HRT use and risk of other brain tumors have been less explored. We investigated the influence of HRT use on the risk of glioma in a nationwide setting.</Abst... |
2,316,486 | The relationship between vasomotor symptoms and menopause-associated dizziness. | Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and especially hot flushes are negatively associated with recovery from menopause-related dizziness. A further study is justified to determine whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can shorten this recovery time.</AbstractText>This study aimed to compare the rate of recovery from dizziness ... |
2,316,487 | Habit Reversal versus Object Manipulation Training for Treating Nail Biting: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. | This is a parallel, three group, randomized, controlled clinical trial, with outcomes evaluated up to three months after randomization for children and adolescents with chronic nail biting. The current study investigates the efficacy of habit reversal training (HRT) and compares its effect with object manipulation trai... |
2,316,488 | Letrozole ovulation induction: an effective option in endometrial preparation for frozen-thawed embryo transfer. | To evaluate the clinical efficacy of letrozole on ovulation induction and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during endometrial preparation for frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET).</AbstractText>We analyzed totally 1,230 cycles of patients that underwent FET from October 2010 to September 2012. Seven hundred and thirtee... |
2,316,489 | Performance of the ANAMMOX process using multi- and single-fed upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors. | The performance of the ANAMMOX process was investigated in two identical laboratory-scale multi- and single-fed upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors (denoted R1 and R0) at different hydraulic residence times (HRTs) varying from 2.06 to 1.52 h and NH4(+)-N inf concentrations ranging from 70 to 266 mg L(-1). T... |
2,316,490 | Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) for bamboo industry wastewater treatment. | Bamboo industry wastewater (BIWW) poses severe environmental problems because of its high organic matter content. In this study, anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was applied for BIWW treatment. During the start-up stage, the system presented an effective degradation with a final COD removal of 91%. Compared to the... |
2,316,491 | Simultaneous removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from sewage using a novel combo system of fluidized bed reactor-membrane bioreactor (FBR-MBR). | A FBR-MBR combo system was designed as a novel approach for simultaneous phosphorus and nitrogen removal from sewage. The combo system was evaluated more than 7 months under variable pH (7.5-9.5), hydraulic retention times (HRT=2-10h), intermittent aeration cycles (IAC) (on/off=60/60-15/45 min) and sludge retention tim... |
2,316,492 | Continuously delivered ovarian steroids do not alter dendritic spine density or morphology in macaque dorsolateral prefrontal cortical neurons. | Aged ovariectomized (OVX) female monkeys, a model for menopause in humans, show a decline in spine density in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and diminished performance in cognitive tasks requiring this brain region. Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that long-term cyclic treatment with 17β... |
2,316,493 | Comparison of bioleaching of heavy metals from municipal sludge using indigenous sulfur and iron-oxidizing microorganisms: continuous stirred tank reactor studies. | A comparative study was undertaken using indigenous sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms and iron-oxidizing microorganisms in separate 12 litre continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) for solubilization of heavy metals from anaerobically digested sewage sludge. The CSTRs were operated at hydraulic retention times (HRTs) ra... |
2,316,494 | Fate and behavior of ZnO- and Ag-engineered nanoparticles and a bacterial viability assessment in a simulated wastewater treatment plant. | The fate and behaviour assessment of ZnO- and Ag-engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and bacterial viability in a simulated wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) fed with municipal wastewater was investigated through determination of ENPs stability at varying pH and continuous exposure of ENPs to wastewater, respectively. The ... |
2,316,495 | Acute effects of mecamylamine and varenicline on cognitive performance in non-smokers with and without schizophrenia. | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of cognitive deficits in the domains of attention and memory in schizophrenia. While nicotinic agonists and antagonists have been proposed as smoking cessation aids, few comparisons have been made of these agents on cognitive perform... |
2,316,496 | The effects of awareness training on tics in a young boy with Tourette syndrome, Asperger syndrome, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. | Previous research has shown habit reversal training (HRT) to be effective in reducing tics. In some studies, tics have been reduced by implementing only a few components of HRT. The current study investigated the first step, awareness training, for treating tics in a young boy with Asperger syndrome, Tourette syndrome,... |
2,316,497 | Population attributable risk of modifiable risk factors associated with invasive breast cancer in women aged 45-69 years in Queensland, Australia. | To quantify the population attributable risk of key modifiable risk factors associated with breast cancer incidence in Queensland, Australia.</AbstractText>Population attributable fractions (PAFs) for high body mass index (BMI), use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), alcohol consumption and inadequate physical activ... |
2,316,498 | The Northern Finland Birth Cohort Eye Study: Design and baseline characteristics. | To describe the rationale and design of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC) Eye Study.</AbstractText>The NFBC Eye Study is a randomised prospective cohort study. The original NFBC study population consists of 12058 subjects born in the region of Lapland and the Province of Oulu. A postal questionnaire covering ext... |
2,316,499 | Experimental and theoretical characterization of microbial bioanodes formed in pulp and paper mill effluent in electrochemically controlled conditions. | Microbial bioanodes were formed in pulp and paper effluent on graphite plate electrodes under constant polarization at -0.3 V/SCE, without any addition of nutriment or substrate. The bioanodes were characterized in 3-electrode set-ups, in continuous mode, with hydraulic retention times from 6 to 48 h and inlet COD from... |
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