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2,316,900 | Effect of low temperature thermal pre-treatment on the solubilization of organic matter, pathogen inactivation and mesophilic anaerobic digestion of poultry sludge. | Treatment of poultry industry effluents produces wastewater sludge with high levels of organic compounds and pathogenic microorganisms. In this research, the thermal pre-treatment of poultry slaughterhouse sludge (PSS) was evaluated for low temperatures in combination with different exposure times as a pre-hydrolysis s... |
2,316,901 | Late menopause and HRT therapy may protect against cerebral aneurysms. | Early menopause significantly increases the risk of cerebral aneurysm, according to a study in the United States which suggests that hormone replacement therapy may have a protective role. |
2,316,902 | Effect of temperature on continuous fermentative lactic acid (LA) production and bacterial community, and development of LA-producing UASB reactor. | A frequently used fermentation manner in lactic acid (LA) production, batch fermentation by pure cultures, has a limited practicability: low volumetric productivity and high energy consumption. In this study, continuous LA fermentation was performed in a completely stirred tank reactor at 12h HRT, inoculated with anaer... |
2,316,903 | Denitrification of nitrate-contaminated groundwater using a simple immobilized activated sludge bioreactor. | A simple anaerobic-activated sludge system, in which microorganisms are immobilized by a novel functional carrier, was used for removing nitrate in groundwater. The operating conditions, including hydraulic retention time (HRT), C/N ratio, temperature and NO(3)(-)-N loading concentration were investigated. The NO(3)(-)... |
2,316,904 | Enhanced degradation of azo dye alizarin yellow R in a combined process of iron-carbon microelectrolysis and aerobic bio-contact oxidation. | With the aim of enhanced degradation of azo dye alizarin yellow R (AY) and further removal of the low-strength recalcitrant matter (LsRM) of the secondary effluent as much as possible, our research focused on the combination of aerobic bio-contact oxidation (ABO) with iron/carbon microelectrolysis (ICME) process.</Abst... |
2,316,905 | Co-digestion of cattle manure with food waste and sludge to increase biogas production. | Anaerobic co-digestion strategies are needed to enhance biogas production, especially when treating certain residues such as cattle/pig manure. This paper presents a study of co-digestion of cattle manure with food waste and sewage sludge. With the aim of maximising biogas yields, a series of experiments were carried o... |
2,316,906 | Impact of post-operative hormone replacement therapy on life quality and prognosis in patients with ovarian malignancy. | The present study aimed to assess the impact of post-surgical hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on life quality and prognosis in women with ovarian malignancy. HRT (Premarin, Nilestriol and medroxyprogesterone) was administered following surgery in 31 patients with ovarian cancer. A total of 44 ovarian cancer patients ... |
2,316,907 | [Measurement of retinal thickness with the Heidelberg retina tomograph for patients with macular edema and healthy individuals]. | This study was carried out to test the reliability of a defined cut-off value for retinal thickness with estimation of the sensitivity, specificity and formation of an edema index in comparison to retinal thickness.</AbstractText>This was a single center prospective clinical non-blinded study of 100 eyes, including 22 ... |
2,316,908 | Evaluation of the significance of some diagnostic parameters in making an early diagnose of primary open-angle glaucoma. | The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnostic parameters and analysis of their advantages and limitations in early diagnostics of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Cup/disc ratio (C/D), nerve fiber index (NFI) and mean deviation of retinal sensitivity (MD) were considered.</AbstractText><AbstractText Label="MATERI... |
2,316,909 | Resource dependent biodegradation of estrogens and the role of ammonia oxidising and heterotrophic bacteria.<Pagination><StartPage>56</StartPage><EndPage>63</EndPage><MedlinePgn>56-63</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.06.012</ELocationID><ELocationID EIdType="pii" Va... | The influence of ammonia oxidising bacteria and bulk organic competition was assessed during laboratory scale activated sludge treatment. Under short and long hydraulic retention time (HRT) and solid retention time (SRT) conditions, bioreactors were supplied with synthetic sewage spiked with 0.04-2.1 mg m(3) d(-1) of s... |
2,316,910 | Modeling arsenite oxidation by chemoautotrophic Thiomonas arsenivorans strain b6 in a packed-bed bioreactor. | Arsenic is a major toxic pollutant of concern for the human health. Biological treatment of arsenic contaminated water is an alternative strategy to the prevalent conventional treatments. The biological treatment involves a pre-oxidation step transforming the most toxic form of arsenic, As (III), to the least toxic for... |
2,316,911 | Efficient decolorization of real dye wastewater and bioelectricity generation using a novel single chamber biocathode-microbial fuel cell. | Large scale applications of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been severely hindered by several problems such as high internal resistance, low power output, expensive materials, and complicated configuration. To address these issues, a granular activated carbon based single chamber microbial fuel cell (GACB-SCMFC) has b... |
2,316,912 | Interactive effect of genetic susceptibility with height, body mass index, and hormone replacement therapy on the risk of breast cancer. | Breast cancer today has many established risk factors, both genetic and environmental, but these risk factors by themselves explain only part of the total cancer incidence. We have investigated potential interactions between certain known genetic and phenotypic risk factors, specifically nine single nucleotide polymorp... |
2,316,913 | Performance evaluation of a granular activated carbon-sequencing batch biofilm reactor pilot plant system used in treating real wastewater from recycled paper industry. | A pilot scale granular activated carbon-sequencing batch biofilm reactor with a capacity of 2.2 m3 was operated for over three months to evaluate its performance treating real recycled paper industry wastewater under different operational conditions. In this study, dissolved air floatation (DAF) and clarifier effluents... |
2,316,914 | High rate biological nutrient removal from high strength wastewater using anaerobic-circulating fluidized bed bioreactor (A-CFBBR). | Biological nutrient removal (BNR) from high strength wastewater was investigated using a newly developed integrated anaerobic fluidized bed (AF) with circulating fluidized bed bioreactor henceforth called A-CFBBR. The A-CFBBR showed 99.7%COD removal, 84% nitrogen removal, with a very low sludge yield of 0.017 g VSS/g C... |
2,316,915 | Stable operation during pilot-scale anaerobic digestion of nutrient-supplemented maize/sugar beet silage. | Biogas production from maize/sugar beet silage was studied under mesophilic conditions in a continuous stirred tank reactor pilot-scale process. While energy crop mono-digestion is often performed with very long hydraulic retention times (HRTs), the present study demonstrated an efficient process operating with a 50-da... |
2,316,916 | Donor hormone and vasopressor therapy: closing the gap in a transplant organ shortage. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use for donors with hemodynamic instability is common. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of HRT in donors without significant cardiovascular dysfunction and examine outcomes according to vasopressor exposure.</AbstractText>All successfully procured donors admitted b... |
2,316,917 | Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1), IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and mammographic features. | The IGF system has recently been shown to play an important role in the regulation of breast tumor cell proliferation. However, also breast density is currently considered as the strongest breast cancer risk factor. It is not yet clear whether these factors are interrelated and if and how they are influenced by menopau... |
2,316,918 | Anaerobic digestion of pineapple pulp and peel in a plug-flow reactor. | The objective of this research was to study the production of biogas by using pineapple pulp and peel, the by-products from fruit processing plants, in a plug-flow reactor (17.5 L total volume). The effects of feed concentration, total solids (TS) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on degradation of the waste were inve... |
2,316,919 | Performance and microbial community in hybrid Anaerobic Baffled Reactor-constructed wetland for nitrobenzene wastewater. | A process combining an Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) and a constructed wetland was employed to treat nitrobenzene wastewater. The overall performance was examined throughout long-term operation with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 h at 30±1 °C. The effluent nitrobenzene concentration of the ABR and c... |
2,316,920 | Detection of Cr6+ by the sulfur oxidizing bacteria biosensor: effect of different physical factors. | A biosensor based on sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) for detection of toxic chemicals in water was developed. SOB are acidophilic microorganisms that get their energy through the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds in the presence of oxygen to produce sulfuric acid. The reaction results in an increase in electrical c... |
2,316,921 | Occurrence and removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wastewater treatment plants in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, Chongqing, China. | Concentrations of six endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), bisphenol A (BPA), estrone (E(1)), 17β-estradiol (E(2)), estriol (E(3)), 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE(2)) and diethylstilbestrol (DES), were assessed in influents, effluents and excess sludge in ten municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the... |
2,316,922 | Hormone replacement therapy and prognosis in ovarian cancer patients. | Estrogen exposure has at least a moderate effect on the risk for ovarian cancer, and antiestrogen therapy may be helpful in treating the disease. It is known from breast cancer that previous hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may influence the molecular profile and prognostic behavior of these tumors. The aim of this st... |
2,316,923 | Hepatorenal tyrosinemia. | In 1957 Sakai and Kitagawa in Japan reported the clinical and biochemical findings in a patient with tyrosinemia, tyrosyluria, liver cirrhosis, and renal rickets. Subsequently, reports were published from various countries of other patients with hepatorenal tyrosinemia (HRT). 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase deficie... |
2,316,924 | Frequency-doubling technology and retinal measurements with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in preperimetric glaucoma. | To determine the relationship between visual fields and retinal structures measured with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in preperimetric glaucoma (PPG).</AbstractText>Twenty-six eyes of 26 patients with PPG and 20 healthy eyes of 20 volunteers were included. All patients underwent Heidelberg retina tomogr... |
2,316,925 | Development of a fixed-bed anammox reactor with high treatment potential. | A plug-flow type anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) reactor was developed using malt ceramics (MC) produced from carbonized spent grains as the biomass carriers for anammox sludge. Partial nitrified effluent of the filtrate from the sludge dehydrator of a brewery company was used as influent to a 20 L anammox react... |
2,316,926 | Design-of-experiment strategy for the formulation of laccase biocatalysts and their application to degrade bisphenol A. | Immobilizing enzymes can expand their applicability to continuous process operations and facilitates process intensification. An optimized formulation of immobilized biocatalysts is therefore of strategic interest in the field of industrial biotechnology. Nevertheless, biocatalyst formulation still largely relies on em... |
2,316,927 | Cardiac autonomic function measured by heart rate variability and turbulence in pre-hypertensive subjects. | Non-dipping blood pressure pattern was shown to be associated with increased cardiovascular events. In addition, cardiac autonomic dysfunction was found to be associated with non-dipper phenomenon. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the cardiac autonomic functions in dipper and non-dipper pre-hypertensive subjects. A ... |
2,316,928 | Postmenopausal bleeding should be referred urgently. | Postmenopausal bleeding is an episode of bleeding 12 months or more after the last menstrual period. It occurs in up to 10% of women aged over 55 years. All women with postmenopausal bleeding should be referred urgently. Endometrial cancer is present in around 10% of patients; most bleeding has a benign cause. The peak... |
2,316,929 | Biological sulfate removal from acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater using a two-stage UASB reactor. | A two-stage UASB reactor was employed to remove sulfate from acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater. Mesophilic operation (35 +/- 0.5 degree C) was performed with hydraulic retention time (HRT) varied between 28 and 40 hr. Mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) in the reactor was maintained about 8000 mg/L. The results i... |
2,316,930 | Impact of Phytoestrogens on Serum Lipids in Postmenopausal Women. | <b>Objectives:</b> The aim of the study was to assess the impact of soy- and red clover-derived isoflavones on serum lipid levels in postmenopausal women and to compare the effects to the lipid levels of healthy postmenopausal women without phytoestrogen supplementation. <b>Materials and Methods:</b> Blood levels of tr... |
2,316,931 | Biofilm establishment and heavy metal removal capacity of an indigenous mining algal-microbial consortium in a photo-rotating biological contactor. | An indigenous mining algal-microbial consortium was immobilised within a laboratory-scale photo-rotating biological contactor (PRBC) that was used to investigate the potential for heavy metal removal from acid mine drainage (AMD). The microbial consortium, dominated by Ulothrix sp., was collected from the AMD at the Sa... |
2,316,932 | Estimating the alcohol-breast cancer association: a comparison of diet diaries, FFQs and combined measurements. | The alcohol-breast cancer association has been established using alcohol intake measurements from Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ). For some nutrients diet diary measurements are more highly correlated with true intake compared with FFQ measurements, but it is unknown whether this is true for alcohol. A case-control... |
2,316,933 | Micropollutants removal in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor and in an aerobic conventional treatment plant. | The paper expresses an attempt to tackle the problem due to the presence of micropollutants in wastewater which may be able to disrupt the endocrine system of some organisms. These kinds of compounds are ubiquitously present in municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents. The aim of this paper is to compare t... |
2,316,934 | Application of an anaerobic hybrid reactor for petrochemical effluent treatment. | An anaerobic hybrid reactor (UASB/Filter) was used for petrochemical wastewater treatment in mesophilic conditions. The seeded flocculent sludge from a UASB plant treating dairy wastewater, acclimatized to the petrochemical wastes in a two-stage operation. After start up, under steady-state conditions, experiments were... |
2,316,935 | Hormone replacement therapy is associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a retrospective cohort study. | Oestrogen and progestogen have the potential to influence gastro-intestinal motility; both are key components of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Results of observational studies in women taking HRT rely on self-reporting of gastro-oesophageal symptoms and the aetiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) rem... |
2,316,936 | Nanoparticle delivery for transdermal HRT. | Nanomedicine is an emerging technology and the first nano-engineered medical products have come to light in the last decade. Transdermal drug delivery has significant advantages compared to other routes of drug administration. Nanoparticles unique physical and chemical properties enable transport of substances directly... |
2,316,937 | Dydrogesterone does not reverse the cardiovascular benefits of percutaneous estradiol. | To evaluate the influence of dydrogesterone on estimated cardiovascular risk of users of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (with percutaneous 17β-estradiol in monotherapy and in combination with dydrogesterone) and HRT non-users through the Framingham score tool for a period of 2 years.</AbstractText>Framingham s... |
2,316,938 | Effects on bone by the light/dark cycle and chronic treatment with melatonin and/or hormone replacement therapy in intact female mice. | In this study, the effects of the light/dark cycle, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and nocturnal melatonin supplementation on osteogenic markers and serum melatonin levels were examined in a blind mouse model (MMTV-Neu transgenic mice). Melatonin levels in this mouse strain (FVB/N) with retinal degeneration (rd-/-)... |
2,316,939 | Hormone replacement therapy or SERMS in the long term treatment of osteoporosis. | Replacement therapy with estrogen and progestogen (HT) or estrogen alone (ET) and selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMS) still constitute valuable additions to the range of osteoporosis treatments available. Due to the diverse action on a wide variety of organs, HT/ET has the capacity to improve quality of life... |
2,316,940 | CYP2W1, CYP4F11 and CYP8A1 polymorphisms and interaction of CYP2W1 genotypes with risk factors in Mexican women with breast cancer. | Breast cancer (BCa) is the leading type of cancer in Mexican women. Genetic factors, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of P450 system, have been reported in BCa. In this report, and for the first time in the literature, we analyzed the rs3735684 (7021 G>A), rs11553651 (15016 G>T) and rs56195291 (60020... |
2,316,941 | Modelling of integrated anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic treatment for salmon fishery wastewater in an upflow fixed-bed biofilm reactor. | Literature has paid scarce attention to the modelling of the integrated anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic process in upflow fixed-bed biofilm reactors used to treat wastewater. The present study developed a model for industrial salmon fishery wastewater treatment in an integrated anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic upflow fixed-bed biofil... |
2,316,942 | Treatment of fruit-juice industry wastewater in a two-stage anaerobic hybrid (AH) reactor system followed by a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). | This study has been carried out to assess the performance of a combined system consisting of an anaerobic hybrid (AH) reactor followed by a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for treatment of fruit-juice industry wastewater at a temperature of 26 degrees C. Three experimental runs were conducted in this investigation. In t... |
2,316,943 | Habit reversal training for trichotillomania. | Trichotillomania is characterized by the repeated urge to pull out hair, leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment. Most of the cases present initially to dermatologists with complaints of loss of hair and is often confused with other dermatological conditions like alopecia areata, ... |
2,316,944 | 3-T Diffusion tensor imaging of the optic nerve in subjects with glaucoma: correlation with GDx-VCC, HRT-III and Stratus optical coherence tomography findings. | To correlate diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) of the optic nerve with morphological indices obtained by scanning laser polarimetry (GDx-VCC); confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (Heidelberg III retinal tomograph; HRT-III) and optical coherence tomography (Stratus OCT).</AbstractText>Thirty-six subjects (12 with no eye... |
2,316,945 | Update of the evolution of breast cancer incidence in relation to hormone replacement therapy use in Belgium. | Several studies reported a decrease in breast cancer (BC) incidence, subsequent to the decrease in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use.</AbstractText>Although Belgium has one of the highest incidences of BC in Europe and one of the highest rates of HRT use, we were unable, in a previous study, to observe a significan... |
2,316,946 | Landfill leachate toxicity removal in combined treatment with municipal wastewater. | Combined treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater was performed in order to investigate the changes of leachate toxicity during biological treatment. Three laboratory A2O lab-scale reactors were operating under the same parameters (Q-8.5-10 L/d; HRT-1.4-1.6 d; MLSS 1.6-2.5 g/L) excep... |
2,316,947 | Cognitive skills and academic achievement of deaf children with cochlear implants. | To compare cognitive performance between children with cochlear implants (CI) and normal-hearing peers; provide information about correlations between cognitive performance, basic academic achievement, and medical/audiological and social background variables; and assess the predictor quality of these variables for cogn... |
2,316,948 | Future long-term trials of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy - what is possible and what is the optimal protocol and regimen? | The ideal long-term, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from near menopause for up to 30 years to assess major morbidity and mortality is impractical because of high cost, participant retention, therapy compliance, and continuity of research staff and funding. Also the trial regim... |
2,316,949 | Evidence-based assessment of the impact of the WHI on women's health. | Following the announcement of the first results of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) to the media in 2002, prior to their scientific publication, the resulting panic headlines had an immediate and lasting negative effect on use of menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) around the world. Rates of use dropped by ... |
2,316,950 | Shock, terror and controversy: how the media reacted to the Women's Health Initiative. | Results from the first publication of the Women's Health Initiative trial were announced by press release and press conference in July 2002. The announcement explained that the combined hormone trial had been terminated early because of 'increased breast cancer risk'. The dramatic nature of the announcement set the ton... |
2,316,951 | The WHI: the effect of hormone replacement therapy on fracture prevention. | The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) randomized, controlled trial was the first study to prove that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reduces the incidence of all osteoporosis-related fractures in postmenopausal women, even those at low risk of fracture. The study authors concluded that the bone-friendly aspect of HRT w... |
2,316,952 | Colorectal cancer in women: hormone replacement therapy and chemoprevention. | Colorectal cancer (CRC) accounts for 9.4% of new cancer diagnoses among women world-wide. CRC is the third leading cause of incident cancer among women in the United States and has immense impact on morbidity and mortality. We summarize data on CRC pathogenesis and risk in women. We also review the findings from the Wo... |
2,316,953 | Hormone therapy and breast cancer risk 10 years after the WHI. | Ten years after the publication of the first Women's Health Initiative (WHI) report, a substantial decrease in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been observed world-wide. Fear of developing breast cancer represents one of the reasons for an important shift toward alternatives for treatment of menopause symptoms or ... |
2,316,954 | The timing hypothesis for coronary heart disease prevention with hormone therapy: past, present and future in perspective. | Over the past decade, two informative events in primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) have occurred for women's health. The first concerns hormone replacement therapy (HRT) where data have come full circle from presumed harm to consistency with observational data that HRT initiation in close proximity to m... |
2,316,955 | Quality of life and the role of menopausal hormone therapy. | The quality of life of countless menopausal women world-wide has been significantly diminished following the sensationalist reporting of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the resulting 50% or more decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) over the subsequent 10 years. Quality of life is difficult to... |
2,316,956 | Have we come full circle - or moved forward? The Women's Health Initiative 10 years on. | In mid-summer 2002, the announcement that the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial of combination hormone therapy (HRT) had stopped jolted the field of women's health. It set off a cascade that first stunned, then meaningfully changed the future for millions of women, their partners, and tens of thousands of clinician... |
2,316,957 | Integrated thermophilic submerged aerobic membrane bioreactor and electrochemical oxidation for pulp and paper effluent treatment--towards system closure. | A novel integrated thermophilic submerged aerobic membrane bioreactor (TSAMBR) and electrochemical oxidation (EO) technology was developed for thermomechanical pulping pressate treatment with the aim of system closure. The TSAMBR was able to achieve a chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency of 88.6 ± 1.9-9... |
2,316,958 | Nitrification performance and microbial ecology of nitrifying bacteria in a full-scale membrane bioreactor treating TFT-LCD wastewater. | This study investigated nitrification performance and nitrifying community in one full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating TFT-LCD wastewater. For the A/O MBR system treating monoethanolamine (MEA) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), no nitrification was observed, due presumably to high organic loading, high colloidal ... |
2,316,959 | Anaerobic degradation of purified terephthalic acid wastewater using a novel, rapid mass-transfer circulating fluidized bed. | The anaerobic treatability of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater in a novel, rapid mass-transfer fluidized bed reactor using brick particles as porous carrier materials was investigated. The reactor operation was stable after a short 34 day start-up period, with chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency ... |
2,316,960 | Effects of rutin on the expression of PPARγ in skeletal muscles of db/db mice. | The effect of rutin (RT) on the expression of PPARγ in the skeletal muscle of db/db mice has been investigated. Thirty db/db mice were randomized into 5 equal groups: model control group (MCG), positive control group 30 mg/kg pioglitazone hydrochloride (PCG), low-dose rutin group 50 mg/kg (LRT), middle-dose rutin... |
2,316,961 | Adiposity, hormone replacement therapy use and breast cancer risk by age and hormone receptor status: a large prospective cohort study. | Associations of hormone-receptor positive breast cancer with excess adiposity are reasonably well characterized; however, uncertainty remains regarding the association of body mass index (BMI) with hormone-receptor negative malignancies, and possible interactions by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use.</AbstractText>... |
2,316,962 | Perceptions, attitudes, and self-management of natural menopausal symptoms in ghanaian women. | The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to alleviate menopausal symptoms is associated with risks of cardiovascular and thromboembolic diseases and breast cancer. In this qualitative study, we investigated how women in low-resource settings manage menopausal symptoms without HRT. We interviewed 34 menopausal Ghana... |
2,316,963 | Measurement of optic disc size and rim area with spectral-domain OCT and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. | To compare optic disc and neuroretinal rim area measurements from spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to those from confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.</AbstractText>Seventy-one eyes from 43 normal subjects or suspected/definite glaucoma patients were prospectively enrolled. All subjects had biome... |
2,316,964 | Comparison of neuroretinal rim area measurements made by the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph I and the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II. | To investigate the agreement between neuroretinal rim area (RA) measurements using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph I (HRT Classic) and Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II). To compare apparent RA changes in follow-up series of HRT II topographies when using either an HRT Classic or HRT II mean topography as baseline... |
2,316,965 | Optic disc imaging with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography: variability and agreement study with Heidelberg retinal tomograph. | To evaluate the agreement of optic disc measurements obtained with the Cirrus high-density optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) and the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) and compare the intervisit, test-retest variability between the instruments.</AbstractText>Prospective, cross-sectional study.</AbstractText>Two hund... |
2,316,966 | Test-retest variation in macular thickness measurements with the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph. | The aim was to evaluate the test-retest variation of macular thickness measurements using the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) Retina Module and compare it with the Stratus optical coherence tomography (OCT). As no normative data has been published for the HRT Retina Module, a secondary purpose was to obtain referenc... |
2,316,967 | Apigenin induces apoptosis and blocks growth of medroxyprogesterone acetate-dependent BT-474 xenograft tumors. | Recent clinical and epidemiological evidence shows that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) containing both estrogen and progestin increases the risk of primary and metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women while HRT containing only estrogen does not. We and others previously showed that progestins promote the gr... |
2,316,968 | Severe oligozoospermia in a patient with myxedema coma. | A case of severe oligozoospermia with myxedema coma is herein presented. The patient was referred to a male infertility clinic with a 5-year history of primary infertility. Decreased serum testosterone and elevated serum prolactin without abnormal MRI findings in the hypothalamus, and decreased semen volume and sperm m... |
2,316,969 | Progesterone and levonorgestrel regulate expression of 17βHSD-enzymes in progesterone receptor positive breast cancer cell line T47D. | The use of combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with oestrogens and progestins in postmenopausal women has been associated with an increased risk for developing breast cancer. The reasons are not fully understood, but influence of HRT on endogenous conversion of female sex hormones may be involved. The expression... |
2,316,970 | Characteristics of flux and gel layer on microfilter and non-woven fabric filter surface based on anoxic-aerobic MBRs. | Non-woven fabric filter- (NWFF) and microfilter-MBR modules were made using 100 μm polypropylene and 0.25 μm polyethylene materials, respectively. The performances and mechanisms of the two processes were investigated, including additional batch filtration tests to find the function of the dynamic... |
2,316,971 | Metabolic pathways of hydrogen production in fermentative acidogenic microflora. | Biohydrogen production from organic wastewater by anaerobically activated sludge fermentation has already been extensively investigated, and it is known that hydrogen can be produced by glucose fermentation through three metabolic pathways, including the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetyl-CoA, oxidatio... |
2,316,972 | Comparison of optic nerve head topography and retinal nerve fiber layer in eyes with narrow angles versus eyes from a normal open angle cohort - a pilot study. | To compare the optic nerve head (ONH) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in eyes with narrow angles and normal intraocular pressure (IOP) to normal control eyes.</AbstractText>A total of 70 eyes of 52 subjects with narrow angles and 40 eyes of 34 normal subjects were enrolled. Narrow angle eyes were defined as the fo... |
2,316,973 | Recommendations on the management of fragility fracture risk in women younger than 70 years. | The risk for fragility fracture represents a problem of enormous magnitude. It is estimated that only a small fraction of women with this risk take the benefit of preventive measures. The relationship between estrogen and bone mass is well known as they are the other factors related to the risk for fracture. There are ... |
2,316,974 | The safety of postmenopausal testosterone therapy. | Testosterone is increasingly used as part of postmenopausal HRT regimens. Unfortunately, few androgenic preparations designed specifically for use in women have been approved by regulatory authorities. Ongoing concerns exist surrounding the potential long-term effects of testosterone therapy. Here, we review the most r... |
2,316,975 | Isolation and identification of steroidogenic peptides from calf spleen. | Since women with climacteric syndrome have significantly lower serum levels of estradiol and other related hormones, hormone replacement therapies (HRT) such as estrogen are needed to lessen symptoms. However, HRT can often cause severe adverse effects that include many cancers and stroke. Therefore, new and novel appr... |
2,316,976 | Hormone replacement therapy and risk for neurodegenerative diseases. | Over the past two decades, there has been a significant amount of research investigating the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with regards to neurodegenerative disease. Here, we review basic science studies, randomized clinical trials, and epidemiological studies, and discuss the putative neuropr... |
2,316,977 | Toxicity and treatability of leachate: application of UASB reactor for leachate treatment from Okhla landfill, New Delhi. | This study reports applicability of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) process to treat the leachate from a municipal landfill located in Delhi. A laboratory scale reactor was operated at an organic loading rate of 3.00 kg chemical oxygen demand (COD)/m(3) d corresponding to a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 12 h... |
2,316,978 | Relation of cumulative low-level lead exposure to depressive and phobic anxiety symptom scores in middle-age and elderly women. | Different lines of evidence suggest that low-level lead exposure could be a modifiable risk factor for adverse psychological symptoms, but little work has explored this relation.</AbstractText>We assessed whether bone lead--a biomarker of cumulative lead exposure--is associated with depression and anxiety symptoms amon... |
2,316,979 | Long-term anaerobic digestion of food waste stabilized by trace elements. | The purpose of this study was to examine if long-term anaerobic digestion of food waste in a semi-continuous single-stage reactor could be stabilized by supplementing trace elements. Contrary to the failure of anaerobic digestion of food waste alone, stable anaerobic digestion of food waste was achieved for 368 days by... |
2,316,980 | The relationship between urinary bisphenol A levels and meningioma in Chinese adults. | Estrogen has been implicated as a risk factor for meningioma. Bisphenol A (BPA), a widely used synthetic xenoestrogen, has already been reported to be associated with several estrogen-sensitive tumors.</AbstractText>An exploratory association study of 243 meningioma cases and 258 frequency-matched healthy controls was ... |
2,316,981 | Effects of biofilm geometry on deammonification biofilm performance: a simulation study. | Three geometrically different biofilms were investigated for the start-up of deammonification reactor. The planar biofilm with 4 g/L biomass could achieve 0.47 kg N/(m(3)day) nitrogen removal, compared to only 3 and 2g/L biomass needed for cylindrical and granular biofilms, respectively. Planar biofilm was significantl... |
2,316,982 | Continuous removal of ore floatation reagents by an anaerobic-aerobic biological filter. | A laboratory scale up-flow anaerobic-aerobic biological filter was constructed to treat synthetic ore floatation wastewater. Volcanic stone was applied as packing media for aerobic section. Biodegradation of some common ore floatation reagents as potassium ethyl xanthate dithiophosphate and turpentine were evaluated. A... |
2,316,983 | Scanning laser edema index: a reliable tool to correlate with diabetic retinopathy and systemic risk factors? | To correlate Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) derived macular edema (DME) index with severity of diabetic retinopathy and systemic factors. A total of 300 diabetic patients were recruited for the study for each of them a value for the macular edema index was obtained using the HRT II. Patients' age, gender, duration a... |
2,316,984 | Safety of hormone replacement therapy in gynaecological cancer survivors. | Therapy for endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer in young women can cause sudden onset of intense menopausal symptoms, such as hot flushes, emotional disorders and sexual dysfunction. In order to overcome these unpleasant and sometimes severe symptoms, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has proven to be very effecti... |
2,316,985 | The pharmacogenomics of sex hormone metabolism: breast cancer risk in menopausal hormone therapy. | With women in western countries spending nearly one-third of their lifetime beyond menopause and a substantial number of these women facing severe menopausal symptoms, the goal of sex hormone pharmacogenomics is to promote the safe use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This could be achieved by providing molecular ... |
2,316,986 | Use of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAMBR) containing powdered activated carbon (PAC) for the treatment of textile effluents. | This work investigated the use of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SAMBRs) in the presence and absence of powdered activated carbon (PAC) for the treatment of genuine textile wastewater. The reactors were operated at 35 °C with an HRT of 24 h and the textile effluent was diluted (1:10) with nutrient solut... |
2,316,987 | Localized glaucomatous change detection within the proper orthogonal decomposition framework. | To detect localized glaucomatous structural changes using proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) framework with false-positive control that minimizes confirmatory follow-ups, and to compare the results to topographic change analysis (TCA).</AbstractText>We included 167 participants (246 eyes) with ≥4 Heidelberg R... |
2,316,988 | Biological characterization of non-steroidal progestins from botanicals used for women's health. | Progesterone plays a central role in women's reproductive health. Synthetic progestins, such as medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) are often used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), oral contraceptives, and for the treatment of endometriosis and infertility. Although MPA is clinically effective, it also promiscuously ... |
2,316,989 | Modeling of simultaneous denitrification--anaerobic digestion--organic matter aerobic oxidation and nitrification in an anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic compact filter reactor. | A mathematical model was developed for a compact anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic filter reactor with liquid recirculation for the treatment of fishing effluents. The model includes denitrification, anaerobic digestion, aerobic carbon oxidation and nitrification steps, as well as an evaluation of the liquid gas mass transfer a... |
2,316,990 | [Glaucoma model for stem cell transplantation research in New Zealand white rabbits]. | Glaucoma is a typical irreversible blind neurodegenerative disease for which there is no effective treatment for halting visual deterioration. The recent development of neural stem cells studies sheds light on a potential resolution for this disease. As a result, an appropriate glaucoma modeling method for stem cell tr... |
2,316,991 | Determination of dairy wastewater treatability by bio-trickling filter packed with lava rocks - case study PEGAH dairy factory. | This paper investigates the effectiveness of a biological trickling filter for the treatment of wastewaters produced by a company manufacturing dairy products. First a bio-trickling column with a height of 150 cm was packed with lava rocks from north mountain of Tehran. It operates with the recirculation of liquid thro... |
2,316,992 | Advanced phosphorus removal for secondary effluent using a natural treatment system. | Mechanisms for low concentrations phosphorus removal in secondary effluent were studied, and a process was developed using limestone filters (LF), submerged macrophyte oxidation ponds (SMOPs) and a subsurface vertical flow wetland (SVFW). Pilot scale experimental models were applied in series to investigate the advance... |
2,316,993 | Robustness of the microaerobic removal of hydrogen sulfide from biogas. | Several disturbances presented in full-scale digesters can potentially affect the efficiency of the microaerobic removal process. This study evaluates the variation of the sulfur load and the performance of the system in situations of oxygen lack or excess and after normal rates are recovered. The process was shown to ... |
2,316,994 | Improved biogas production from whole stillage by co-digestion with cattle manure. | Whole stillage, as sole substrate or co-digested with cattle manure, was evaluated as substrate for biogas production in five mesophilic laboratory-scale biogas reactors, operating semi-continuously for 640 days. The process performance was monitored by chemical parameters and by quantitative analysis of the methanogen... |
2,316,995 | Bazedoxifene: literature data and clinical evidence. | A Multidisciplinary National Panel of Experts in the management of Menopause and Postmenopausal Osteoporosis was created to determine the specific positioning of Bazedoxifene acetate (BZA), a third-generation selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), in the field of available therapeutic options in prevention and t... |
2,316,996 | Comparison of optic disc parameters using spectral domain cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography and confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in normal eyes. | To compare Cirrus HD - optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) with confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (HRT 3) for analysis of optic disc parameters in healthy eyes.</AbstractText>In 126 subjects, cup volume (CV), vertical cup/disc ratio (CDR), neuroretinal rim area (NRA), cup area (CA) and optic disc area (ODA) were... |
2,316,997 | [Biological phosphorus removal in intermittent aerated biological filter]. | Under intermittent aerated and continuous fed operation where the biofilm system was subjected to alternated anaerobic/aerobic condition, the effect of influent volatile fatty acids (VFAs) concentrations, operation cycle and backwash on the biological phosphorus removal performance of the biofilter was studied. In the ... |
2,316,998 | Micronized progesterone and its impact on the endometrium and breast vs. progestogens. | It is well established that progestogens protect the endometrium against the proliferative effects of estrogens in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Therefore, micronized progesterone and progestogens are recommended as part of combined HRT in women with an intact uterus. The protective ... |
2,316,999 | Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease: the value of transdermal estradiol and micronized progesterone. | Most available postmenopausal hormone replacement therapies (HRT) offer similar efficacy, but differ with respect to the cardiovascular risks associated with their use. There is a wealth of evidence to suggest that, unlike oral estrogens, transdermal estradiol does not increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, proba... |
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