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2,317,100 | Sex hormone replacement in Turner syndrome. | The cardinal features of Turner syndrome (TS) are short stature, congenital abnormalities, infertility due to gonadal dysgenesis, with sex hormone insufficiency ensuing from premature ovarian failure, which is involved in lack of proper development of secondary sex characteristics and the frequent osteoporosis seen in ... |
2,317,101 | Managing the menopause: practical choices faced in primary care. | Over the last 10 years, the management of the menopause has changed dramatically following the controversy surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Non-drug options have become increasingly popular with women and this has presented new challenges to us as their physicians. This report includes insights into how w... |
2,317,102 | Taking an integrated approach: managing women with phytoestrogens. | An integrated approach can be employed when counselling women about menopausal management options, where lifestyle, complementary therapies and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are discussed. Women might opt to use an alternative approach to HRT for a variety of reasons, e.g. fear of side-effects and risks or contrain... |
2,317,103 | Perspectives in clinical research of acupuncture on menopausal symptoms. | Seventy percentage of perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women will experience menopause symptoms. Primary menopause symptoms in Western countries included hot flashes, insomnia, somatic pain, depression, and fatigue. Hot flashes were most commonly treated. Menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) continues to... |
2,317,104 | Risk factors for HR- and HER2-defined breast cancer in Slovenian postmenopausal women. | The study aimed to investigate the influence of some generally recognized risk factors for hormone receptor (HR)- and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-defined breast cancer among Slovenian postmenopausal women.</AbstractText>Eligible women diagnosed with breast cancer were compared with 709 controls of t... |
2,317,105 | Predictors of intentions to use hormone replacement therapy in clinical postmenopausal women. | To investigate the contribution of components of the Health Beliefs Model (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, health motivation, perceived risk and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use), sociodemographic variables (age, duration of postmenopause, hysterectomy and social class) and psychological ... |
2,317,106 | HRT misuse and the osteoporosis epidemic. | A new study by Karim and colleagues has highlighted the intriguing issue of the consequences of cessation of long-term postmenopausal hormone use. While potential reductions in breast cancer risk and in the incidence of newly diagnosed breast cancer in the era after the Women's Health Initiative study have been heavily... |
2,317,107 | Biotreatment of o-nitrobenzaldehyde manufacturing wastewater and changes in activated sludge flocs in a sequencing batch reactor. | o-Nitrobenzaldehyde manufacturing wastewater is characterized for being highly saline, with its TN content and dissolved organic concentrations giving rise to high COD loads. A sequencing batch reactor was established to investigate the effects of major processing variables, such as SRT and HRT, on system performance. ... |
2,317,108 | Newly developed baffled subsurface-flow constructed wetland for the enhancement of nitrogen removal. | The objectives of this study are to compare the performance of newly developed baffled and conventional horizontal subsurface-flow (HSF) constructed wetlands in the removal of nitrogen at the hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 2, 3 and 5 days and to evaluate the potential of rice husk as wetland media for wastewater tr... |
2,317,109 | SANI® process realizes sustainable saline sewage treatment: steady state model-based evaluation of the pilot-scale trial of the process. | A steady state model was developed for evaluating the sulfur cycle based SANI(®) process. The model comprises: 1) a COD-based anaerobic hydrolysis kinetics model to determine removal of biodegradable COD and sulfate under different hydraulic retention time (HRT) and sludge retention time (SRT), 2) an element (C, H... |
2,317,110 | Removal of ammonium-N from ammonium-rich sewage using an immobilized Bacillus subtilis AYC bioreactor system. | A self-design bioreactor system employing a fixed bed operation process with immobilized Bacillus subtilis AYC beads for NH4+-N removal from slightly polluted water was proposed. Polyvinyl alcohol and Na-alginate were used as a gel matrix to entrap Bacillus subtilis AYC to form the immobilized beads. The NH4+-N removal... |
2,317,111 | Breast Cancer Risk - Genes, Environment and Clinics. | The information available about breast cancer risk factors has increased dramatically during the last 10 years. In particular, studies of low-penetrance genes and mammographic density have improved our understanding of breast cancer risk. In addition, initial steps have been taken in investigating interactions between ... |
2,317,112 | Modification of nitrifying biofilm into nitritating one by combination of increased free ammonia concentrations, lowered HRT and dissolved oxygen concentration. | Nitrifying biomass on ring-shaped carriers was modified to nitritating one in a relatively short period of time (37 days) by limiting the air supply, changing the aeration regime, shortening the hydraulic retention time and increasing free ammonia (FA) concentration in the moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR). The most ef... |
2,317,113 | Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer: a role for ursodeoxycholic acid, folate and hormone replacement treatment? | Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer has been an intense focus of research for many years. Among the possible candidate agents, ursodeoxycholic acid, folate, and hormone replacement therapy have been recently investigated with conflicting data. Experimental evidence shows that UDCA, folate and HRT target critical molec... |
2,317,114 | Prevention of osteoporosis: one step forward, two steps back. | For many years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the mainstay for osteoporosis prevention in postmenopausal women until a large randomized clinical trial raised serious safety concerns. This resulted in a big drop in HRT use and its demotion by regulatory authorities to second-line treatment. Many clinicians now f... |
2,317,115 | Isolation, identification and removal of filamentous organism from SND based SBR degrading nitrophenols. | Four identical lab scale sequencing batch reactors R, R1, R2, and R3, were used to assess nitrophenol biodegradation using a single sludge biomass containing Thiosphaera pantotropha. Nitrophenols [4-Nitrophenol (4-NP), 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (2,4,6-TNP)] were biotransformed by heterotrophi... |
2,317,116 | Co-digestion of dairy cattle slurry and industrial meat-processing by-products--effect of ultrasound and hygienization pre-treatments. | Anaerobic co-digestion of a mixture of industrial animal by-products (ABP) from meat-processing in conjunction with dairy cattle slurry (mixed in a ratio of 1:3; w.w.) was evaluated at 35 °C focusing on methane production and stabilization. Three pre-treatments were applied (1) digestion with no pre-treatment (con... |
2,317,117 | A continuous-flow approach for the development of an anaerobic consortium capable of an effective biomethanization of a mechanically sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste as the sole substrate. | An effective mesophilic continuous anaerobic digestion process fed only with a mechanically sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MS-OFMSW) was developed. During a preliminary 3-month experimental phase, the microbial consortium was acclimated toward MS-OFMSW by initially filling the reactor with cattle man... |
2,317,118 | Evaluation of sludge properties in a pilot-scale UASB reactor for sewage treatment in a temperate region. | In this study, continuous operation of a pilot-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor for sewage treatment was conducted for 630 days to investigate the physical and microbial characteristics of the retained sludge. The UASB reactor with a working volume of 20.2 m(3) was operated at ambient temperature (1... |
2,317,119 | Evaluation of various cardiac autonomic indices in patients with familial Mediterranean fever on colchicine treatment. | Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is characterized by sporadic, acute attacks of fever and serositis. Cardiovascular involvement is one of the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among FMF patients. Herein, we aimed to evaluate cardiac autonomic functions in FMF patients without overt cardiac symptoms.</AbstractT... |
2,317,120 | Iliac vessel wall thickness in menstrual and hormone treated and untreated postmenopausal women. | To assess iliac vessel wall thickness in different groups of women.</AbstractText>Three groups of women were menopausal and were classified by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (n = 32), atherosclerotic risk factors (n = 14) and an untreated group of postmenopausal women (n = 2... |
2,317,121 | Improvement of skin surface texture by topical estradiol treatment in climacteric women. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been widely applied to climacteric women to improve various climacteric symptoms. Purpose of the present study is to reveal the effect of topical HRT with estradiol on skin surface texture (SST), a major determinant of skin appearance.</AbstractText>Estradiol 1.08 mg in gel was top... |
2,317,122 | Structural and histomorphometric evaluations of ferutinin effects on the uterus of ovariectomized rats during osteoporosis treatment. | The effects of chronic administration of Ferutinin (phytoestrogen found in the plants of genus Ferula), compared with those elicited by estradiol benzoate, were evaluated, following ovariectomy, on the uterus of ovariectomized rats as regard weight, size, structure and histomorphometry.</AbstractText>The experimental s... |
2,317,123 | Quantification of the adverse effect of ethinylestradiol containing oral contraceptive pills when used in conjunction with growth hormone replacement in routine practice. | Oestrogen antagonizes the action of growth hormone (GH). For women with combined GH and oestrogen deficiency, transdermal oestradiol is more favourable in this regard compared to oral oestradiol. Oral contraceptive pills containing ethinylestradiol (EE) are commonly used in young women with GHD and there is little info... |
2,317,124 | Effect of hydraulic retention time on pretreatment of blended municipal sludge. | The objective of the present work was to evaluate the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on hydrolysis and acidogenesis for the pretreatment processes: acid phase digestion (APD) and autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion (ATAD) using blended municipal sludge. The effect of the different pretreatment steps on... |
2,317,125 | Enhancement of a UASB-septic tank performance for decentralised treatment of strong domestic sewage. | The possibility of enhancing the process performance of the UASB-septic tank for treating strong sewage in Palestine by means of inoculating the reactor with well adapted anaerobic sludge and/or adding a packing media to the upper part of the reactor, creating an anaerobic hybrid (AH)-septic tank, was investigated. To ... |
2,317,126 | Biofilm development during the start-up of a sulfate-reducing down-flow fluidized bed reactor at different COD/SO4(2-) ratios and HRT. | In sulfate-reducing reactors, it has been reported that the sulfate removal efficiency increases when the COD/SO4(2-) ratio is increased. The start-up of a down-flow fluidized bed reactor constitutes an important step to establish a microbial community in the biofilm able to survive under the operational bioreactor con... |
2,317,127 | Two-phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion process for biohythane production treating biowaste: preliminary results. | This paper deals with the optimization of a two-phase anaerobic process treating biowaste for hydrogen and methane production. Neither physical nor chemical pre-treatments were used to optimize the process. The work was carried out at pilot scale, using two CSTRs (200 and 380 L working volume respectively) both maintai... |
2,317,128 | Grey water treatment in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor at different temperatures. | The treatment of grey water in two upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors, operated at different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) and temperatures, was investigated. The first reactor (UASB-A) was operated at ambient temperature (14-25 degrees C) and HRT of 20, 12 and 8 h, while the second reactor (UASB-30) wa... |
2,317,129 | Three stages MBR (methanogenic, aerobic biofilm and membrane filtration) for the treatment of low-strength wastewaters. | The use of a new three stages MBR process with a first methanogenic UASB stage, a second stage with aerobic biofilm growing on small carrier elements maintained in suspension and third stage with membrane filtration module is presented. The objective of the first methanogenic chamber is to diminish COD of the raw waste... |
2,317,130 | Continuous hydrogen and methane production in a two-stage cheese whey fermentation system. | The feasibility of integrating biological hydrogen and methane production in a two-stage process using mixed cultures and cheese whey powder (CWP) as substrate was studied. The effect of operational parameters such as hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) on the volumetric hydrogen (VHPR) and me... |
2,317,131 | Conditional confined oscillatory dynamics of Escherichia coli strain K12-MG1655 in chemostat systems. | A series of continuous- and sequencing-batch reactor experiments were performed to assess the growth dynamics of Escherichia coli strain K12-MG1655 in chemostat systems. Previous mathematical predictions and early experimental results had shown that confined oscillatory dynamics ensue in bioreactor populations, which r... |
2,317,132 | Discovery of intracellular heme-binding protein HrtR, which controls heme efflux by the conserved HrtB-HrtA transporter in Lactococcus lactis. | Most commensal and food bacteria lack heme biosynthesis genes. For several of these, the capture of environmental heme is a means of activating aerobic respiration metabolism. Our previous studies in the Gram-positive bacterium Lactococcus lactis showed that heme exposure strongly induced expression of a single operon,... |
2,317,133 | Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of rendering plant and slaughterhouse wastes. | Co-digestion of rendering and slaughterhouse wastes was studied in laboratory scale semi-continuously fed continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) at 35 and 55 °C. All in all, 10 different rendering plant and slaughterhouse waste fractions were characterised showing high contents of lipids and proteins, and meth... |
2,317,134 | Use of hormone replacement therapy for correction of high turnover bone disease in hypogonadal β-Thalassemia major patients presenting with osteoporosis: comparison with idiopathic premature ovarian failure. | Osteopenia-osteoporosis syndrome (OOS) causes considerable morbidity in 60-80% β-thalassemia major (β-TM) patients. We evaluated the effect of sex hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in β-TM patients with hypogonadism presenting with OOS using premature ovarian failure (POF) for comparative purposes. We... |
2,317,135 | SAG101 forms a ternary complex with EDS1 and PAD4 and is required for resistance signaling against turnip crinkle virus. | EDS1, PAD4, and SAG101 are common regulators of plant immunity against many pathogens. EDS1 interacts with both PAD4 and SAG101 but direct interaction between PAD4 and SAG101 has not been detected, leading to the suggestion that the EDS1-PAD4 and EDS1-SAG101 complexes are distinct. We show that EDS1, PAD4, and SAG101 a... |
2,317,136 | Effects of initial lactic acid concentration, HRTs, and OLRs on bio-hydrogen production from lactate-type fermentation. | A batch test and continuous operation were performed to identify the effect of lactate on hydrogen production at pH 4.5. When the initial lactic acid concentration was increased from 0 to 8 g/L in the batch test, the hydrogen yield also increased from 1.41 to 1.72 mol-H2/mol-glucose. The system exhibited a long lag tim... |
2,317,137 | Chronic administration of tibolone modulates anxiety-like behavior and enhances cognitive performance in ovariectomized rats. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be prescribed to prevent the symptoms of menopause. This therapy may include estrogenic and/or progestin components and may increase the incidence of endometrial and breast cancers. Tibolone (TIB), which is also made up of estrogen and progestin components, is often used to reduce ... |
2,317,138 | Metabolic and cardiac autonomic effects of high-intensity resistance training protocol in Wistar rats. | The aim of this study was to assess the effects of metabolic and autonomic nervous control on high-intensity resistance training (HRT) as determined by pancreatic glucose sensitivity (GS), insulin sensitivity (IS), blood lactate ([La]), and heart rate variability (HRV) in rats. Thirty male, albino Wistar rats (292 ... |
2,317,139 | Efficacy of porcine placental extracts with hormone therapy for postmenopausal women with knee pain. | Knee pain related to osteoarthritis increases with age and is more common in middle-aged women. Although hormone replacement therapy (HRT) improves knee pain, women unresponsive to HRT need an effective adjunctive therapy. The aim of this study was to assess whether oral porcine placental extracts (PPE) have an impact ... |
2,317,140 | Features and perceptions of menopausal women in Benin City, Nigeria. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">The features of menopause have always been assumed to occur only to a minor degree of significance in Nigerian women. Perceptions of menopausal symptoms are greatly influenced by social, cultural and economic settings and may influence the mode of treat... |
2,317,141 | Hormonal replacement therapy in ovarian cancer survivors: a survey among Greek gynecologists. | In this survey we evaluated the prescription attitude of Greek gynecologists towards hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for ovarian cancer survivors.</AbstractText>An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 900 members of the Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology presenting a hypothetical case of an ovarian cancer s... |
2,317,142 | Association between Arg399Gln polymorphism of X-ray repair cross-complementing 1 (XRCC1) gene and sporadic endometrial cancer in the Polish population. | Endometrial cancer is one of the most common malignant neoplasms which appear in the uterine body. X-ray repair cross-complementing 1 (XRCC1) protein can be involved in the repair of DNA lesions, which are known to contribute to endometrial cancer.</AbstractText>The genotype analysis of XRCC1 Arg399Gln gene polymorphis... |
2,317,143 | Treatment of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) wastewater by internal electrolysis--biological contact oxidation process. | Surfactant wastewater is usually difficult to treat due to its toxicity and poor biodegradability. A separate physico-chemical or biochemical treatment method achieves a satisfactory effect with difficulty. In this study, treatment of the wastewater collected from a daily chemical plant by the combination processes of ... |
2,317,144 | Evaluation of the seasonal performance of a water reclamation pond-constructed wetland system for removing emerging contaminants. | The capacity of a full-scale reclamation pond-constructed wetland (CW) system to eliminate 27 emerging contaminants (i.e. pharmaceuticals, sunscreen compounds, fragrances, antiseptics, fire retardants, pesticides, and plasticizers) and the seasonal occurrence of these contaminants is studied. The compounds with the hig... |
2,317,145 | Does hormone replacement therapy prevent lateral rotatory spondylolisthesis in postmenopausal women? | Degenerative scoliosis usually begins at menopause and lateral rotatory olisthesis (LRO) might be a triggering factor in the onset of degenerative scoliosis in postmenopausal women. We set out to evaluate the influence of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on degenerative scoliosis and on LRO.</AbstractText>A cross-sect... |
2,317,146 | Recovery strategies for tackling the impact of phenolic compounds in a UASB reactor treating coal gasification wastewater. | The impact of phenolic compounds (around 3.2 g/L) resulted in a completely failed performance in a mesophilic UASB reactor treating coal gasification wastewater. The recovery strategies, including extension of HRT, dilution, oxygen-limited aeration, and addition of powdered activated carbon were evaluated in batch test... |
2,317,147 | Sex hormones, hormonal interventions, and gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis. | Estrogens may influence gastric cancer risk, but published studies are inconclusive. We therefore carried out a meta-analysis addressing the associations of gastric cancer in women with menstrual and reproductive factors and with use of estrogen- and antiestrogen-related therapies. Searches of PubMed up to June, 2011 a... |
2,317,148 | High-solid mesophilic methane fermentation of food waste with an emphasis on Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel requirements. | The effect of trace metals on the mesophilic methane fermentation of high-solid food waste was investigated using both batch and continuous experiments. The continuous experiment was conducted by using a CSTR-type reactor with three run. During the first run, the HRT of the reactor was stepwise decreased from 100 days ... |
2,317,149 | Predictors of quality of life in peri- and postmenopausal Polish women living in Lublin Voivodeship. | The aim of this observational cross-sectional study was to establish the factors that determine the quality of life in a sample of peri- and postmenopausal women and to answer the question of whether the quality of life of these women is dependent on currently or previously received hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</... |
2,317,150 | Effect of temperature on low-strength wastewater treatment by UASB reactor using poly(vinyl alcohol)-gel carrier. | The feasibility of treating low-strength wastewater with an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, using a poly(vinyl alcohol)-gel carrier, at various temperatures and hydraulic retention times (HRTs) was examined. The temperature was decreased from 35°C to 25°C and then to 15°C. The HRT was re... |
2,317,151 | Muscle function in monozygotic female twin pairs discordant for hormone replacement therapy. | Postmenopausal monozygotic twin pairs discordant for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) provide an advantageous study design controlling for genetic background for elucidating the relationships between aging, sex hormone levels, muscle strength, contractile capacity, and fatigability.</AbstractText>Thirteen postmenopaus... |
2,317,152 | Hops (Humulus lupulus) inhibits oxidative estrogen metabolism and estrogen-induced malignant transformation in human mammary epithelial cells (MCF-10A). | Long-term exposure to estrogens including those in traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of developing hormone-dependent cancers. As a result, women are turning to over-the-counter (OTC) botanical dietary supplements, such as black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) and hops (Humulus lupulus), as n... |
2,317,153 | African descent and glaucoma evaluation study: asymmetry of structural measures in normal participants. | The purpose of the study is to determine the degree of intereye asymmetry of optic disc topography and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in healthy individuals of African descent (AD) and European descent (ED).</AbstractText>Observational, clinical study.</AbstractText>Five hundred nineteen healthy individuals... |
2,317,154 | Treatment of fish processing wastewater with microalgae-containing microbiota. | Two photobioreactors inoculated with microalgae from a lagoon containing aerobically treated swine slurry and with sludge from a membrane submerged bioreactor treating winery wastewater were established to treat fish processing wastewater (FPW) at 23 and 31 °C, respectively. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) was ... |
2,317,155 | Optimization of petroleum refinery effluent treatment in a UASB reactor using response surface methodology. | An upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) bioreactor was successfully used for the treatment of petroleum refinery effluent. Before optimization, chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal was 81% at a constant organic loading rate (OLR) of 0.4 kg/m(3) d and a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 48 h. The rate of biogas produc... |
2,317,156 | Comparison of PPCPs removal on a parallel-operated MBR and AS system and evaluation of effluent post-treatment on vertical flow reed beds. | The presence in the aquatic environment of xenobiotics such as Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) has emerged as an issue of concern. Upgrading sewage treatment quality with modern technologies such as Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs) and/or implementing a further posttreatment might mitigate the release of x... |
2,317,157 | Algal production in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for potential biofuel use. | Wastewater treatment High Rate Algal Ponds with CO2 addition could provide cost-effective and efficient tertiary-level wastewater treatment with the co-benefit of algal biomass production for biofuel use. Wastewater grown algal biomass can have a lipid content of 10-30% of dry weight, which could be used to make biodie... |
2,317,158 | Experimental Hepatotoxicity Produced by Ethinyl estradiol. | Ethinyl oestradiol (EO) is the most commonly used as a component of oral contraceptive and hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) in women. However, its excessive and prolonged use may cause cytotoxicity, including cancer of many organs. Hence, the present study was performed to produce the experimental hepatotoxicity in f... |
2,317,159 | Study of a combined sulfur autotrophic with proton-exchange membrane electrodialytic denitrification technology: sulfate control and pH balance. | A novel combined system established for nitrate removal from aqueous solution consisted of two parts: sulfur autotrophic denitrification and bio-electrochemical denitrification based on proton-exchange membrane electrodialysis (PEMED). The system was operated at various hydraulic retention times (HRT) and current inten... |
2,317,160 | Clinical responses to the combination of estradiol and drospirenone in symptomatic postmenopausal Thai women. | To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of the oral hormone replacement therapy (HRT) containing 1 mg estradiol (E2) plus 2 mg drospirenone (DRSP) in Thai women with postmenopausal symptoms.</AbstractText>Fifty-five Thai women with postmenopausal symptoms participated in this multicenter, open-label, non-comparati... |
2,317,161 | Textile wastewater treatment using a UF hollow-fibre submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR). | The objective of this study was to investigate the performance of a laboratory-scale submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) system for the treatment of synthetic textile wastewater containing disperse red dye. The SMBR system was run aerobically in a continuous flow mode at five different hydraulic retention times (HRTs)... |
2,317,162 | Hydrogen production from food wastes and gas post-treatment by CO2 adsorption. | The production of H(2) by biological means, although still far from being a commercially viable proposition, offers great promise for the future. Purification of the biogas obtained may lead to the production of highly concentrated H(2) streams appropriate for industrial application. This research work evaluates the da... |
2,317,163 | Defining glaucomatous optic neuropathy from a continuous measure of optic nerve damage - the optimal cut-off point for risk-factor analysis in population-based epidemiology. | Diseases characterized by a continuous trait can be defined by setting a cut-off point for the disease measure in question, accepting some misclassification. The 97.5th percentile is commonly used as a cut-off point. However, it is unclear whether this percentile is the optimal cut-off point from the point of view of r... |
2,317,164 | Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) in population-based epidemiology: normative values and criteria for glaucomatous optic neuropathy. | To establish normative values for Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT3) variables and to develop HRT3-based criteria for glaucomatous optic neuropathy for epidemiological research in a white population.</AbstractText>Consecutive participants in the Rotterdam Study were examined with HRT and simultaneous stereoscopic fundu... |
2,317,165 | Comparison of piascledine (avocado and soybean oil) and hormone replacement therapy in menopausal-induced hot flashing. | Different symptoms in Climacteric period, includes hot flash. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is common therapy for relief of menopausal symptoms but has possible contraindications and side effects. Recently Piascledine (combination of Avocado oil with Soybean oil) showed effects in reducing hot flash severity. Prese... |
2,317,166 | Comparison of cardiac autonomic functions among postmenopausal women with and without hormone replacement therapy, and premenopausal women. | The aim of present study was comparison of cardiac autonomic status during different phases of reproductive life in women - in premenopausal women between proliferative and secretory phase, in postmenopausal women and in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The study included 30 premenopaus... |
2,317,167 | Vulvovaginal candidiasis in postmenopausal women: the role of hormone replacement therapy. | : This study aimed to explore the role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in susceptibility to vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) in a private vulval disease referral practice.</AbstractText>: Between January 2009 and December 2010, 149 healthy, nondiabetic patients with vulvar conditions were compared for significant di... |
2,317,168 | Hormone replacement therapy dependent changes in breast cancer-related gene expression in breast tissue of healthy postmenopausal women. | Risk assessment of future breast cancer risk through exposure to sex steroids currently relies on clinical scorings such as mammographic density. Knowledge about the gene expression patterns in existing breast cancer tumors may be used to identify risk factors in the breast tissue of women still free of cancer. The dif... |
2,317,169 | Upflow bio-filter circuit (UBFC): biocatalyst microbial fuel cell (MFC) configuration and application to biodiesel wastewater treatment. | A biodiesel wastewater treatment technology was investigated for neutral alkalinity and COD removal by microbial fuel cell. An upflow bio-filter circuit (UBFC), a kind of biocatalyst MFC was renovated and reinvented. The developed system was combined with a pre-fermented (PF) and an influent adjusted (IA) procedure. Th... |
2,317,170 | Conjunctival findings in hyperbaric and low-tension glaucoma: an in vivo confocal microscopy study. | To analyse the epithelial features of the bulbar conjunctiva in hyperbaric and low-tension glaucoma (LTG) using in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM).</AbstractText>Thirty-six eyes of 36 patients [18 affected by primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and 18 with LTG] were studied; control group was constituted by 28 eyes of 2... |
2,317,171 | Microbial fuel cell based biosensor for in situ monitoring of anaerobic digestion process. | A wall-jet microbial fuel cell (MFC) was developed for the monitoring of anaerobic digestion (AD). This biofilm based MFC biosensor had a character of being portable, short hydraulic retention time (HRT) for sample flow through and convenient for continuous operation. The MFC was installed in the recirculation loop of ... |
2,317,172 | Excess sludge reduction by biological way: from experimental experience to a real full scale application. | The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of a biological process applied in the sludge line and based on the alternation of oxic and anoxic phases, to minimize the waste sludge production. After some tests in pilot scale, the process was applied in a real municipal wastewater treatment plant of 35,000 PE tr... |
2,317,173 | Effect of 1-year, low-dose DHEA therapy on climacteric symptoms and female sexuality. | Sexual desire is affected by endocrine and psychosocial factors. Menopausal hormonal changes are relevant to the causes of sexual dysfunction during reproductive aging.</AbstractText>To evaluate the effects of different types of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) on sexual function, frequency of sexual intercourse, and... |
2,317,174 | [Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and pervasive developmental disorder:attention and response inhibition in the kiddie continuous performance test]. | Continuous Performance Test (CPT) is widely used to assess the attention function and response inhibition in both children and adults. This study attempts to examine the performances of boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) with and without comorbid AD/HD ... |
2,317,175 | Preparation of ceramic-corrosion-cell fillers and application for cyclohexanone industry wastewater treatment in electrobath reactor. | As new media, ceramic-corrosion-cell fillers (Cathode Ceramic-corrosion-cell Fillers - CCF, and Anode Ceramic-corrosion-cell Fillers - ACF) employed in electrobath were investigated for cyclohexanone industry wastewater treatment. 60.0 wt% of dried sewage sludge and 40.0 wt% of clay, 40.0 wt% of scrap iron and 60.0 wt%... |
2,317,176 | Organics, sulfates and ammonia removal from acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater using a combined Fenton-UASB (2 phase)-SBR system. | A combined Fenton-UASB (2 phase)-SBR system was employed to treat acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater. The Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal and effluent Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) to COD were 65.5% and 0.529%, respectively, with the optimal Fenton conditions: ferrous was 300 mg/L; hydrogen peroxide was 500 ... |
2,317,177 | Mechanical shear contributes to granule formation resulting in quick start-up and stability of a hybrid anammox reactor. | It appears that if suspended biomass washout can be reduced effectively, granule formation will be fastened in fluidized bed. Quicker reactor start-up can be anticipated especially for those system keeping slow growth bacteria such as anammox. A hybrid reactor combined fixed-bed with nonwoven fabrics as biomass carrier... |
2,317,178 | Treatment of oilfield wastewater in moving bed biofilm reactors using a novel suspended ceramic biocarrier. | In this study, a novel suspended ceramic carrier was prepared, which has high strength, optimum density (close to water), and high porosity. Two different carriers, unmodified and sepiolite-modified suspended ceramic carriers were used to feed two moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) with a filling fraction of 50% to tr... |
2,317,179 | [Performance of nitrogen and phosphorus removal of sulfur/limestone autotrophic denitrification system]. | In order to investigate the performance of nitrogen and phosphorus removal of the sulfur/limestone system from low C/N municipal sewage, a sulfur/limestone packed column reactor fed with synthetic wastewater, and operated in the way of anaerobic biological filter was constructed. The effects of HRT, initial concentrati... |
2,317,180 | Comparison of different methods of inter-eye asymmetry of rim area and disc area analysis. | To describe different methods of inter-eye asymmetry of rim area (RA) to disc area (DA) asymmetry ratio (RADAAR) analysis.</AbstractText>This was an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. Both the eyes of all participants underwent confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT... |
2,317,181 | Physician differences in managing postmenopausal osteoporosis: results from the POSSIBLE US™ treatment registry study. | Osteoporosis is a disease that often goes undetected until a fracture occurs. Previous reports indicate that disease diagnosis and care of patients with osteoporosis may vary within the medical community.</AbstractText>Using data from the POSSIBLE US™ registry (October 2004-December 2009), we evaluated patterns ... |
2,317,182 | Ultrasonic sludge disintegration for enhanced methane production in anaerobic digestion: effects of sludge hydrolysis efficiency and hydraulic retention time. | Hydrolysis of waste activated sludge (WAS) has been regarded as the rate limiting step of anaerobic sludge digestion. Therefore, in this study, the effect of ultrasound and hydraulic residence time during sludge hydrolysis was investigated with the goal of enhancing methane production from anaerobic digestion (AD). WAS... |
2,317,183 | Optimization of operating parameters for sludge process reduction under alternating aerobic/oxygen-limited conditions by response surface methodology. | Batch tests were employed to estimate the optimal conditions for excess sludge reduction under an alternating aerobic/oxygen-limited environment using response surface methodology. Three key operating parameters, initial mixed liquor suspended solids (initial MLSS), HRT (hydraulic retention time) and reaction temperatu... |
2,317,184 | [Stereometric parameters of the optic disc. Comparison between a simultaneous non-mydriatic stereoscopic fundus camera (KOWA WX 3D) and the Heidelberg scanning laser ophthalmoscope (HRT IIII)]. | The Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRTIII, Heidelberg Engineering, Germany) in conjunction with the Moorfields regression analysis (MRA) allows monitoring for the progression of early damage to the optic nerve suspicious of early stage glaucoma. The confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope provides clinicians with an objec... |
2,317,185 | Stopping hormone replacement therapy: were women ill advised? | To survey women who stopped hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after 2002, including those who later restarted.</AbstractText>A questionnaire on the UK-based menopause website www.menopausematters.co.uk evaluating how women are influenced by HRT advice. Main outcome measures Answers to questions regarding stopping/resta... |
2,317,186 | Fermentative hydrogen production from soybean protein processing wastewater in an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) using anaerobic mixed consortia. | Fermentative H(2) production from soybean protein processing wastewater (SPPW) was investigated in a four-compartment anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) using anaerobic mixed cultures under continuous flow condition in the present study. After being inoculated with aerobic activated sludge and operated at the inoculants o... |
2,317,187 | Quality of life and health status after prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in women who carry a BRCA mutation: A review. | Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy is recommended to women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation at age 35 or after childbearing is complete. This procedure is the mainstay of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer prevention in these women. Therefore an understanding of the short and long-term impact of the surgery is essent... |
2,317,188 | Uncertainty in medicine: meanings of menopause and hormone replacement therapy in medical textbooks. | Menopause is understood, portrayed, and experienced in diverse ways. The dominant biomedical perspective medicalizes menopause as a biological 'hormone deficiency' requiring 'treatment' with hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Alternative perspectives view menopause as discursively located within particular socio-histor... |
2,317,189 | Nitrate reduction in a simulated free-water surface wetland system. | The feasibility of using a constructed wetland for treatment of nitrate-contaminated groundwater resulting from the land application of biosolids was investigated for a site in the southeastern United States. Biosolids degradation led to the release of ammonia, which upon oxidation resulted in nitrate concentrations in... |
2,317,190 | Use of ceramic-based cell immobilization to produce 1,3-propanediol from biodiesel-derived waste glycerol with Klebsiella pneumoniae. | The feasibility of the continuous production of a valuable bioplastic raw material, namely 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) from biodiesel by-product glycerol, using immobilized cells was investigated. In addition, the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) was also analysed.</AbstractText>Ceramic balls and ceramic rings we... |
2,317,191 | Comparison of measurement error of Cirrus HD-OCT and Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 in patients with early glaucomatous visual field defect. | To compare the measurement error of Cirrus HD-OCT and Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 (HRT3) in patients with early glaucomatous visual field defect.</AbstractText>Thirty-nine consecutive patients (39 eyes) with early glaucomatous visual field defect were included. One eye of a patient was examined with Cirrus HD-OCT and... |
2,317,192 | Post-menopausal hormone therapy reduces autoantibodies to oxidized apolipoprotein B100. | The aim of the study was to verify whether post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) modifies autoantibody titers against oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (anti-LDLoxi), against epitopes of oxidized apolipoprotein B100 and common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in these women. Sixty-eight women in pr... |
2,317,193 | Full-scale sludge liquor treatment for ammonium reduction with low carbon dosage. | The separate treatment of sludge liquor, produced by dewatering anaerobic digested sludge at wastewater treatment plants, gives rise to extreme environments for nitrogen removal. A full-scale sequencing batch reactor was operated with the aim of introducing and studying denitritation as a supplement to nitritation in o... |
2,317,194 | Innovative anaerobic/upflow sludge blanket filtration bioreactor for phosphorus removal from wastewater. | Phosphorus is the key element to remove from aquatic environments to limit the growth of aquatic plants and algae and, thus, to control eutrophication. Because the upflow sludge blanket filtratio' (USBF) process, without addition of metal salts, entails low efficiency for phosphorus removal, we added an anaerobic react... |
2,317,195 | Hormone replacement therapy: relation to homocysteine and prooxidant-antioxidant status in healthy postmenopausal women. | Studies have consistently shown a lower cardiovascular risk in women who received postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>In this study, the effects of HRT were investigated on plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) and the oxidant-antioxidant status in postmenopausal women. 35 of postmenopausal recei... |
2,317,196 | Declining incidence of breast cancer after decreased use of hormone-replacement therapy: magnitude and time lags in different countries. | Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) use steadily increased in the Western world. In 2002, the early termination of the Women's Health Initiative trial due to an excess of adverse events attributable to HRT, led to a precipitous decline in its use. Breast cancer incidence be... |
2,317,197 | Computer software tool for heart rate variability (HRV), T-wave alternans (TWA) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) analysis from ECGs. | This paper presents a software package for quantitative evaluation of heart rate variability (HRV), heart rate turbulence (HRT), and T-wave alternans (TWA) from ECG recordings. The software has been developed for the purpose of scientific research rather than clinical diagnosis.</AbstractText><AbstractText Label="MATER... |
2,317,198 | The associations between parity, other reproductive factors and cartilage in women aged 50-80 years. | Sex hormones and reproductive factors may be important for osteoarthritis (OA). The aim of this study was to describe the associations of parity, use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and oral contraceptives (OCs) with cartilage volume, cartilage defects and radiographic OA in a population-based sample of older wome... |
2,317,199 | Nutrient removal in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds with carbon dioxide addition. | The influence of CO2 addition to high rate algal ponds (HRAPS) on nitrogen removal was investigated using two pilot-scale HRAPs operated with different hydraulic retention times (HRT: 4 and 8 days), and was compared to the nitrogen removal by the 8-day HRT pond before CO2 addition was installed. Nitrogen balances were ... |
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