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2,318,100 | Nutrient removal through pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification: Implications for eutrophication control. | This study investigated nutrient removal kinetics and main influencing factors of natural pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification (PAD), and nutrient removal performance and the microbial community in the PAD biofilter (PADB). Results demonstrated that both NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> and PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup> in w... |
2,318,101 | [Follow-up of patients treated for an epithelial ovarian cancer, place of hormone replacement therapy and of contraception: Article drafted from the French Guidelines in oncology entitled "Initial management of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer" developed by FRANCOGYN, CNGOF, SFOG, GINECO-ARCAGY under the aegis o... | To define follow-up modalities after an epithelial ovarian, tubal or primitive peritoneal cancer. To define possibilities of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and contraceptive use after treatment.</AbstractText>Systematic review of the literature in French and English langage conducted on Pubmed/Medline and the Cochra... |
2,318,102 | Removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater in novel algal-bacterial photobioreactors. | This work evaluates the removal of five pharmaceuticals and personal care products, i.e., ibuprofen, naproxen, salicylic acid, triclosan and propylparaben, from urban wastewater under two novel algal-bacterial photobioreactor settings. The first configuration (phase A) consisted of an anoxic-aerobic photobioreactor ope... |
2,318,103 | Awareness of breast cancer incidence and risk factors among healthy women in Germany: an update after 10 years. | Early breast cancer detection programs depend for effectiveness on the participation rate, which is affected by risk factor awareness. This study investigated changes in women's risk factor awareness between 2004 and 2016. Results from a 2004 survey of 2107 healthy women were compared with new data obtained using the s... |
2,318,104 | Hormone replacement therapy after risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations; a systematic review of risks and benefits. | Women with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA) mutations, are recommended risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) prior to menopause. Surgical menopause has significant impact on patients' health and well-being. Subsequently, concerns about surgical menopause influence uptake of RRSO in high risk women. The role of hormo... |
2,318,105 | Comparison of the performance of horizontal and vertical flow constructed wetland planted with Rhynchospora corymbosa. | Treatment performance of horizontal flow (HF) and vertical flow (VF) constructed wetland planted with Rhynchospora corymbosa were compared. The average porosity of the CW beds were 0.55, hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 3 days, hydraulic loading rate (HLR) and Organic Loading rate were 0.058 m/day and 3.... |
2,318,106 | Autologous platelet-rich plasma infusion improves clinical pregnancy rate in frozen embryo transfer cycles for women with thin endometrium. | Adequate thickness of the endometrium has been well recognized as a critical factor for embryo implantation. This was a prospective cohort study to investigate the benefits of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for women with thin endometrium who received frozen embryo transfer (FET) program in a larger number of patients and ... |
2,318,107 | Further Evidence for Embedded Performance Validity Tests in Children within the Conners' Continuous Performance Test - Second Edition. | To replicate previous research on Conners' Continuous Performance Test - Second Edition subscales as performance validity tests (PVTs) in children.</AbstractText>Classification accuracy for the Omissions (OMI), Hit Reaction Time (HRT), and Perseverations (PER) subscales was computed for 414 children and adolescents.</A... |
2,318,108 | Serum progesterone concentration and live birth rate in frozen-thawed embryo transfers with hormonally prepared endometrium. | Is serum progesterone measurement on the day of embryo transfer associated with outcome of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) in cycles using hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) for endometrium preparation?</AbstractText>This single-centre retrospective study assessed the relationship between serum progesterone on embr... |
2,318,109 | Systematic evaluation of biomarker stability in pilot scale sewer pipes. | Transformation of biomarkers (or their stability) during sewer transport is an important issue for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Most studies so far have been conducted in the laboratory, which usually employed unrealistic conditions. In the present study, we utilized a pilot sewer system including a gravity pip... |
2,318,110 | The incidence of anxiety symptoms in boys with 47,XXY (Klinefelter syndrome) and the possible impact of timing of diagnosis and hormonal replacement therapy. | 47,XXY (Klinefelter syndrome) is the most common X and Y chromosomal variation (1:660 males). The incidence of anxiety disorders and the impact of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is not well understood. Child Behavior Checklist and Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders were completed by parents of... |
2,318,111 | Trends in mammography, hormone replacement therapy, and breast cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian women. | The purpose of the study is to examine relationships between long-term trends of region- and age-specific rates of mammography, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and breast cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian women aged 35 years and older.</AbstractText>Population-based complex surveys were used to estimat... |
2,318,112 | Should we be moving to a national standardized non-gadolinium MR imaging protocol for the surveillance of vestibular schwannomas? | <AbstractText Label="OBJECTIVES:" NlmCategory="UNASSIGNED">To examine whether the model of Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) could be relevant to the surveillance of non-operated vestibular schwannomas (vs) by testing the following hypotheses: (1) in the UK there is a great variation in the imaging protocol for the f... |
2,318,113 | Hormone replacement therapy in brain-dead organ donors: a comprehensive review with an emphasis on traumatic brain injury. | Organ shortage is an ongoing problem in the United States. Most donor organs are procured following brain death and a significant portion of brain-dead donors result from devastating brain injury. Without a standard practice for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the setting of brain death, a comprehensive review of ... |
2,318,114 | [Adjusting Temperature and Settling Time to Achieve ANAMMOX Particles Rapid Start-up and Stable Operation]. | At room temperature (21-25℃), the long start-up time of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX) granular sludge is the main problem preventing the practical application of this technology. This experiment aimed to cultivate the anaerobic ammonia oxidizing granular sludge in the SBR reactor by adjusting the temper... |
2,318,115 | [Carbon and Nitrogen Removal Characteristics of ABR Decarbonization-CANON Coupling Process]. | If municipal wastewater can be treated by the completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) process, it will greatly reduce the energy consumption of municipal wastewater treatment. The CANON reactor with a fiber carrier was started up by seeding nitrosation sludge and anaerobic ammonia oxidation (ANAMMO... |
2,318,116 | [Startup and Stabilization of Nitrosation in an Anoxic-aerobic Continuous-flow Reactor with Granules]. | Matured nitrosation granules were inoculated to an anoxic-aerobic continuous-flow reactor at room temperature (17-19℃). The startup and stabilization of nitrosation with granules were studied. The results show that the nitrosation of the continuous-flow was successfully achieved with an average nitrite accumulat... |
2,318,117 | Microbiome involved in anaerobic hydrogen producing granules: A mini review. | This mini review overviewed the latest updates on the anaerobic hydrogen fermentation using the granulation technology and the microbiome involved in the process. Additionally, the implication of various reactor design and their microbial changes were compared and provided the new insights on the role of microbiomes fo... |
2,318,118 | Hormone replacement therapy and prevention of chronic conditions. | Nowadays, postmenopausal women are largely undertreated. Analysis of conflicting results among different studies suggests that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can prevent osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in symptomatic, early postmenopausal women. In fact, climacteric symptoms are related to an increased risk ... |
2,318,119 | Medroxyprogesterone effects on colony growth, autophagy and mitochondria of C6 glioma cells are augmented with tibolone and temozolomide: Cell kinetic and electron microscopical studies with a broad review of the literature. | Risk of high grade gliomas is lower in young females and its incidence enhances after menopause suggesting likely protective roles of female hormones. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was widely employed to treat osteoporosis and some epidemiological studies showed that HRT regimes including progesterone analogs such ... |
2,318,120 | Dysregulation in Genital Tract Soluble Immune Mediators in Postmenopausal Women Is Distinct by HIV Status. | A rise in new HIV diagnoses among older adults is characterized by poor prognosis and reduced survival times. Although heterosexual transmission remains the main route of infection in women, little is known regarding immune functions in the genital tract of postmenopausal women, especially those who are HIV positive. F... |
2,318,121 | Hormone Replacement Therapy in Cancer Survivors - Review of the Literature. | Rapid advance in oncology leads to increasing survival of oncologic patients. More and more of them live long enough to reach either the natural age of menopause or, as a side effect of their oncotherapy, experience the cessation of gonadal function, leading to premature ovarian insufficiency, with disturbing vasomotor... |
2,318,122 | Superimposed Preeclampsia Exacerbates Postpartum Renal Injury Despite Lack of Long-Term Blood Pressure Difference in the Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat. | Preeclampsia results in increased susceptibility to hypertension and chronic kidney disease postpartum; however, the mechanisms responsible for disease progression in these women remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that 2 mechanisms contribute to the link between the maternal syndrome o... |
2,318,123 | Purification of leachate from sludge treatment beds by subsurface flow constructed wetlands: effects of plants and hydraulic retention time. | Sludge treatment beds (STBs) have been used widely in many countries due to low energy consumption, low operating and maintenance costs, and better environmental compatibility. Penetration, evaporation, and transpiration are the main processes for sludge dewatering in STBs. However, the leachate quality from STBs usual... |
2,318,124 | Assessing nitrogen and phosphorus removal potential of five plant species in floating treatment wetlands receiving simulated nursery runoff. | The feasibility of using floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) to treat runoff typical of commercial nurseries was investigated using two 8-week trials with replicated mesocosms. Plants were supported by Beemat rafts. Five monoculture treatments of Agrostis alba (red top), Canna × generalis 'Firebird' (canna lily), C... |
2,318,125 | Pregnancy, malignancy or mother nature? Persistence of high hCG levels in a perimenopausal woman. | Despite the fact that a small percentage of peri en postmenopausal women have mild elevations in human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) concentrations (<14 IU/L) besides high levels of gonadotrophins, a considerable number of clinicians are not aware of this phenomenon. We report a case of a 53-year-old woman with an u... |
2,318,126 | Beneficial Role of Hydro-alcoholic Seed Extract of <i>Trigonella foenum graecum</i> on Bone Structure and Strength in Menopause Induced Osteopenia. | The current strategies to prevent and treat menopausal osteoporosis are hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, the long-term use of hormone replacement therapy is limited due to its side-effects. Alternately, use of phytoestrogens has been implicated. Trigonella foenum graecum (TFG) seeds are rich in phytoestrogen... |
2,318,127 | A systematic comparison of the potential of microalgae-bacteria and purple phototrophic bacteria consortia for the treatment of piggery wastewater. | This study evaluated the performance of two open-photobioreactors operated with microalgae-bacteria (PBR-AB) and purple photosynthetic bacteria (PBR-PPB) consortia during the treatment of diluted (5%) piggery wastewater (PWW) at multiple hydraulic retention times (HRT). At a HRT of 10.6 days, PBR-AB provided the... |
2,318,128 | Association between breast cancer risk factors and molecular type in postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer. | Evidence shows that genetic and non-genetic risk factors for breast cancer (BC) differ relative to the molecular subtype. This analysis aimed to investigate associations between epidemiological risk factors and immunohistochemical subtypes in a cohort of postmenopausal, hormone receptor-positive BC patients.</AbstractT... |
2,318,129 | Ten-Year Comparison Study of Type 1 and 2 Endometrial Cancers: Risk Factors and Outcomes. | To compare baseline risk factors for type 1 vs. 2 endometrial cancers and analyze these risk factors for association with overall survival and time to recurrence.</AbstractText>Retrospective review of 816 consecutive endometrial cancer cases was conducted with diagnosis from January 2005 to December 2010 and clinical c... |
2,318,130 | Isolation, synthesis, and cytotoxicity evaluation of two impurities in nomegestrol acetate. | Nomegestrol acetate (NOMAc) is a synthetic progesterone analog and classified as a fourth-generation progestin. It has been approved in many countries for oral contraception, hormonal replacement therapy (HRT), and treatment of various gynecological disorders. There are several synthetic routes reported for the synthes... |
2,318,131 | Effect of hydraulic retention time on electricity generation using a solid plain-graphite plate microbial fuel cell anoxic/oxic process for treating pharmaceutical sewage. | Treatment efficiency and electricity generation were evaluated using a solid plain-graphite plate microbial fuel cell (MFC) anoxic/oxic (A/O) process that treated pharmaceutical sewage using different hydraulic retention times (HRT). Short HRTs increased the volumetric organic loading rate, thereby reducing the MFC per... |
2,318,132 | A novel aerobic electrochemical membrane bioreactor with CNTs hollow fiber membrane by electrochemical oxidation to improve water quality and mitigate membrane fouling. | A novel electro-assisted membrane bioreactor (EMBR) was constructed by integrating conductive carbon nanotubes hollow fiber membranes (CNTs-HFMs) into an aerobic activated sludge system. Herein, the CNTs-HFMs served as anode and filtration core simultaneously. Contrasted with the other two MBRs (PVDF-HFMs and CNTs-HFMs... |
2,318,133 | Effect of Fe<sup>2+</sup> addition on chemical oxygen demand and nitrogen removal in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands. | Horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands (CWs) planted with Phragmites australis were set up to analyze the effect of external ferrous iron (Fe<sup>2+</sup>) addition on chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nitrogen removal. The results showed that external Fe<sup>2+</sup> addition has no significant effect on COD r... |
2,318,134 | Comprehensive behavioral treatment for an adult with sensory-based trichotillomania: An illustrative case study. | Trichotillomania (TTM) is a poorly understood condition that causes significant impairment, but effective behavioral management strategies exist. The phenomenology of TTM is complex and requires an individualized treatment approach, and there are some important facets of TTM that have only recently been recognized. Spe... |
2,318,135 | Investigation of intraocular pressure fluctuation as a risk factor of glaucoma progression. | Since the role of short- and long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuation as a predictor of glaucoma progression is still controversial, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of IOP fluctuation in a non-selected patient cohort.</AbstractText>Two-hundred and forty eyes of 120 glaucoma patients (51% f... |
2,318,136 | Exogenous female sex steroids may reduce lung ageing after menopause: A 20-year follow-up study of a general population sample (ECRHS). | Menopause involves hypoestrogenism, which is associated with numerous detrimental effects, including on respiratory health. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is often used to improve symptoms of menopause. The effects of HRT on lung function decline, hence lung ageing, have not yet been investigated despite the recogni... |
2,318,137 | Tumor grade and molecular subtypes on local control in breast cancer radiotherapy: Does fractionation really matter? A retrospective control study group. | The aim of this current study was to assess whether the tumour grade and molecular subtypes have influenced local control in the whole breast hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) over standard radiotherapy (SRT) in early breast node negative cancer patients by a retrospective control group study. Data of 215 patients tr... |
2,318,138 | Data on dopant characteristics and band alignment of CdTe cells with and without a ZnO highly-resistive-transparent buffer layer. | Photovoltaic enhancement of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar cells using a 50 nm thick, atomic-layer-deposited zinc oxide (ZnO) buffer film was reported in "Enhancement of the photocurrent and efficiency of CdTe solar cells suppressing the front contact reflection using a highly-resistive ZnO buffer laye... |
2,318,139 | Performance and microbial community of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor in the treatment of cephalosporin wastewater. | In this study, the anaerobic treatment and microbial characteristics of high-concentration cephalosporin wastewater were studied. A pilot-scale expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor was designed to treat cephalosporin wastewater, whose diameter, height and effective volume were 0.5 m, 4.9 m, 0.92&#x... |
2,318,140 | Sulfur and iron cycles promoted nitrogen and phosphorus removal in electrochemically assisted vertical flow constructed wetland treating wastewater treatment plant effluent with high S/N ratio. | Phosphate (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>-P) and nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N) in the effluent of wastewater treatment plants are the predominant sources of eutrophication. In this study, a bench-scale electrochemically assisted vertical flow constructed wetland (E-VFCW) was developed, which exhibited favorable P... |
2,318,141 | Enhancing denitrification efficiency for nitrogen removal using waste sludge alkaline fermentation liquid as external carbon source. | External carbon source was usually added to enhance denitrification efficiency for nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment. In this study, waster sludge alkaline fermentation liquid was successfully employed as an alternative carbon source for biological denitrification. The denitrification performance was studied at ... |
2,318,142 | Application of a novel Mass Bio System to remove low-concentration ammonia nitrogen from water bodies. | Water pollution due to ammonia is one of the most serious problems faced by the human beings and other life forms worldwide. With the rapid development of economy, pollution of water resources by ammonium (NH<sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup>) pollutants has increased severely. The water supply system has exceeded its capacity ... |
2,318,143 | Endometrium cytokine profiles are altered following ovarian stimulation but almost not in subsequent hormone replacement cycles. | To investigate the impact of ovarian stimulation and hormone replacement treatment on key regulatory cytokines in endometrial secretion during endometrium implantation window.</AbstractText>Fifty-six patients undergoing ovarian stimulation (OS) with gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist and frozen embryo transfer w... |
2,318,144 | Nutrient removal from high ammonium swine wastewater in upflow microaerobic biofilm reactor suffered high hydraulic load. | To understand the ability of an upflow microaerobic biofilm reactor (UMBR) to remove nutrient from manure-free swine wastewater rich in NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> with a COD/TN ratio less than 1.00, effect of hydraulic loading rate (HLR) on the microaerobic process was evaluated with a constant reflux ratio of 25Ȃ... |
2,318,145 | Sesquiterpenes from Cyperus rotundus and 4α,5α-oxidoeudesm-11-en-3-one as a potential selective estrogen receptor modulator. | Estrogenic activity-oriented fractionation and purification of methanol extract from the rhizome of Cyperus rotundus, a well-known traditional herbal medicine, led to the isolation of six sesquiterpenes. 4α,5α-Oxidoeudesm-11-en-3-one (2) and cyper-11-ene-3,4-dione (3) together with four known sesquiterpenes... |
2,318,146 | Can autologous platelet rich plasma expand endometrial thickness and improve pregnancy rate during frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle? A randomized clinical trial. | One of the important aspects involved in achieving optimal outcomes after assisted reproductive treatment (ART) is the endometrium. Some cycles are cancelled due to inadequate endometrial growth in ART. In this clinical trial, we evaluated the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of thin endomet... |
2,318,147 | Complete remission after hypofractionated radiotherapy for a patient with inoperable adenoid cystic carcinoma of bronchus: A case report. | Tracheobronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma (TACC) is a rare malignancy. Surgical resection remains the standard treatment of choice. But it is frequently unresectable due to its local extension. The practicability and safety of hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) for TACC remains unknown since most of the TACCs are cent... |
2,318,148 | Use of ex-press® implant in glaucoma surgery - retrospective study. | The objective of the study is to evaluate of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) with the use of EX-PRESS drainage implant. Evaluated was the decrease of intraocular pressure (IOP), visus stabilization, perimeter Humphrey - related finding (T 30-2), Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) and possibility of reducing the local... |
2,318,149 | [Influence of nourishing yin and tonifying yang sequential therapy combined with Western medicine on TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway in anovulatory infertility rats with diminished ovarian reserve]. | To explore the influence for combination of nourishing yin and tonifying yang sequential therapy (NYTYST) with Western medicine in treating anovulatory infertility rats with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) based on TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathway. 
 Methods: A total of 40 female rats were randomly divided ... |
2,318,150 | Relationship between retinal vessel diameter with both retinal nerve fibre layer thickness and optic nerve head parameters in middle-aged Caucasians: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort Eye study. | To study the normal relationship between retinal vessel diameter (RVD) with retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve head (ONH) parameters in a cohort of middle-aged Caucasians.</AbstractText>We investigated 3070 individuals (6140 eyes). Central retinal arteriolar equivalent (CRAE) and central retinal... |
2,318,151 | A field-pilot for passive bioremediation of As-rich acid mine drainage. | A field-pilot bioreactor exploiting microbial iron (Fe) oxidation and subsequent arsenic (As) and Fe co-precipitation was monitored during 6 months for the passive treatment of As-rich acid mine drainage (AMD). It was implemented at the Carnoulès mining site (southern France) where AMD contained 790-1315 mg... |
2,318,152 | Impact of solids residence time on community structure and nutrient dynamics of mixed phototrophic wastewater treatment systems. | Suspended growth, mixed community phototrophic wastewater treatment systems (including high-rate algal ponds and photobioreactors) have the potential to achieve biological nitrogen and phosphorus recovery with effluent nutrient concentrations below the current limit-of-technology. In order to achieve reliable and predi... |
2,318,153 | Risk Model in Women with Ovarian Cancer Without Mutations. | Ovarian cancer is characterised by the greatest mortality among all tumors of the reproductive tract. This study included 246 patients which consisted of 136 women with ovarian cancer without genetic mutation and 110 women with benign ovarian cysts. We created two mathematical logic models containing positive and negat... |
2,318,154 | Investigation of platelet-rich plasma in increasing proliferation and migration of endometrial mesenchymal stem cells and improving pregnancy outcome of patients with thin endometrium. | Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) contains abundant growth factors and is gradually used in the field of reproduction. A thin endometrium is recognized as a critical factor in embryo implantation failure. Endometrial mesenchymal stem cells (EnMSCs), which were isolated from human menstrual blood, are highly proliferative and ... |
2,318,155 | A comprehensive insight into the functional bacteria and genes and their roles in simultaneous denitrification and anammox system at varying substrate loadings. | Simultaneous denitrification and anammox process are newly developed wastewater treatment processes with high-nitrogen removal efficiency, but little information is available regarding its optimal operational conditions and molecular mechanisms. In this study, a lab-scale up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket bioreactor fed... |
2,318,156 | Evaluation of the corneal epithelium in non-Sjögren's and Sjögren's dry eyes: an in vivo confocal microscopy study using HRT III RCM. | The corneal epithelium is directly affected in dry eye syndrome. Thus, we attempted to describe the morphological features and evaluate the cellular density within the corneal epithelial layers in patients with non-Sjögren's (NSDE) and Sjögren's syndrome dry eyes (SSDE) by in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM).<... |
2,318,157 | Evaluating emerging organic contaminant removal in an engineered hyporheic zone using high resolution mass spectrometry. | The hyporheic zone (HZ), located at the interface of surface and groundwater, is a natural bioreactor for attenuation of chemical contaminants. Engineered HZs can be incorporated into stream restoration projects to enhance hyporheic exchange, with flowpaths optimized to promote biological habitat, water quantity, and w... |
2,318,158 | Biochar fails to enhance nutrient removal in woodchip bioreactor columns following saturation. | Denitrifying bioreactors are edge-of-field structures that remove excess nitrogen (N) from intercepted agricultural drainage by supporting the activity of denitrifying microorganisms with a saturated organic carbon substrate. Although these bioreactors successfully mitigate N export, the typical woodchip systems have l... |
2,318,159 | Energy recovery potential of thermophilic high-solids co-digestion of coffee processing wastewater and waste activated sludge by anaerobic membrane bioreactor. | A large amount of wastewater is generated in the processing of coffee from fruit to cup. Thermophilic high-solids co-digestion of coffee processing wastewater (CPW) and waste activated sludge (WAS) has been succeeded by anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). Chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies of 92Ȃ... |
2,318,160 | A Double-Blind Randomized Pilot Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Topical MEP in the Facial Appearance Improvement of Estrogen Deficient Females.<Pagination><StartPage>1186</StartPage><EndPage>1189</EndPage><MedlinePgn>1186 - 1189</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="pii" ValidYN="Y">S1545961618P118... | Facial skin aging is accelerated in postmenopausal females due to decreased collagen, reduced hydration, and loss of skin elasticity constituting the characteristics of estrogen deficient skin (EDS). The presence of estrogen receptors on dermal fibroblasts and epidermal keratinocytes confirms the role of estrogen in sk... |
2,318,161 | Shortcut Biological Nitrogen Removal from Coal Gasification Wastewater in Three-Stage MBBRs. | <b> </b> A lab-scale aerobic-anoxic-aerobic (A<sub>E1</sub>-A<sub>N</sub>-A<sub>E2</sub>) MBBR system was tested for the removal of COD, <inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="01977-ilm01.gif"/>, SCN<sup>-</sup>, phenols, and nitrogen from coal gasification wastewater, using... |
2,318,162 | Moving from peripheral blood to local uterine immunophenotype analysis in patients with poor reproductive history: pilot study of a novel technique. | A complete reproductive immunophenotype is poorly described, with most focus on peripheral blood natural killer cells rather than uterine populations. There is debate regarding normal endometrial levels, with no consensus, and much controversy on correlation with implantation/miscarriage.</AbstractText>Development and ... |
2,318,163 | Computerized hybrid decision-making system for hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. | The diversity of the results of different hormone replacement therapy (HRT) protocols and the fuzziness of the conclusions have caused problems in routine clinical practice.</AbstractText>To develop an intelligent decision-making system for HRT specifically is appropriate as we use the abbrevation HRT in the background... |
2,318,164 | Increasing capacity of an anaerobic sludge digester through FNA pre-treatment of thickened waste activated sludge. | Free nitrous acid (FNA) pre-treatment has been previously demonstrated to be effective in enhancing methane production and volatile solids (VS) destruction in the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge for an equivalent hydraulic retention time (HRT). We hypothesise that, due to enhancement of hydrolysis kinetic... |
2,318,165 | Prevention of hepatic stellate cell activation using JQ1- and atorvastatin-loaded chitosan nanoparticles as a promising approach in therapy of liver fibrosis. | Preventing hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation represents a promising approach to resolve liver fibrosis. Several drugs have been reported to delay/prevent HSCs activation, however with limited clinical benefits. The latter may be in part attributed to the limited ability of such drugs in targeting more than one pat... |
2,318,166 | Controlled sequential biocathodic denitrification for contaminated groundwater bioremediation. | Nitrate groundwater contamination is a worldwide concern. In this study, a novel 2-stage, sequential biocathodic denitrification system was tested to perform autotrophic denitrification of synthetic groundwater. The system was operated at different nitrate loading rates (66-301 gNO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N ... |
2,318,167 | Alcohol ethoxylate degradation of activated sludge is enhanced by bioaugmentation with Pseudomonas sp. LZ-B. | An effective bioaugmentation strategy was developed for the removal of alcohol ethoxylates (AEs) from municipal wastewater. An AE-degrading strain, Pseudomonas sp. LZ-B, was isolated from an activated sludge. Strain LZ-B was able to degrade 96.8% of 200 mg/L C<sub>12</sub>E<sub>4</sub> (Brij 30) within 24 ... |
2,318,168 | High-rate activated sludge processes for municipal wastewater treatment: the effect of food waste addition and hydraulic limits of the system. | Conventional activated sludge (CAS) process is one of the most commonly applied processes for municipal wastewater treatment. However, it requires a high energy input and does not promote energy recovery. Currently, high-rate activated sludge (HRAS) process is gaining importance as a good option to reduce the energy de... |
2,318,169 | Assisted reproductive techniques with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | After hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) including androgen replacement or sequential therapy of estrogen and progesterone, The combination of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) and pulsatile GnRH, is not sufficient to produce sufficient gametes in some patients with Congenital h... |
2,318,170 | Hormone replacement therapy after prophylactic risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy and breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: A meta-analysis. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been tested in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations who underwent risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), but its effect on breast cancer (BC) risk has never been appraised using meta-analysis comparison. We performed the first meta-analysis aimed to clarify whether HRT after R... |
2,318,171 | Assessment and treatment of trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and excoriation (skin picking) disorder. | Recommendations are provided for the assessment and treatment of trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder, or HPD) and excoriation disorder (skin picking disorder, or SPD), two body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) disorders, based on their severity, comorbidities, and behavioral style. Habit reversal training (HRT) a... |
2,318,172 | Enhanced degradation of bisphenol A and ibuprofen by an up-flow microbial fuel cell-coupled constructed wetland and analysis of bacterial community structure. | This study aims to demonstrate that an up-flow microbial fuel cell-coupled constructed wetland (UCW-MFC) can effectively treat synthetic wastewater that contains a high concentration of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs, 10 mg L<sup>-1</sup> level), such as ibuprofen (IBP) and bisphenol A (... |
2,318,173 | Recycling rainwater by submerged gravity-driven membrane (GDM) reactors: Effect of hydraulic retention time and periodic backwash. | Rainwater recycling has been considered as an alternative cost-effective decentralized water supply. The low cost and effective gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration technology has been introduced to treat the rainwater prior use. In this study, we investigated the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT; 27 ... |
2,318,174 | Endocrine Conditions in Older Adults: Menopause. | Menopause is the cessation of menstruation due to loss of ovarian function and is diagnosed retrospectively after 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea. The average age of onset in the United States is 51 years but symptoms can be present for many years before and after. Vasomotor and genitourinary symptoms are the most ... |
2,318,175 | Prevention Strategies in Endometrial Carcinoma. | To assess the most recent high-quality evidence for endometrial cancer prevention strategies.</AbstractText>Obesity is an established risk factor for endometrial cancer. Weight cycling and weight gain in middle age are risk factors for endometrial cancer. Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of endometrial cancer by up t... |
2,318,176 | Effects of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on menopausal symptoms and sexual functioning among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. | Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is recommended at an early age to BRCA mutation carriers to prevent ovarian cancer. It is critical to evaluate the impact of BSO on non-cancer outcomes, including quality of life (QOL), menopausal symptoms and sexual functioning.</AbstractText>BRCA mutation carriers wh... |
2,318,177 | Selection of cyanobacteria over green algae in a photo-sequencing batch bioreactor fed with wastewater. | In this work, a strategy based on photo-sequencing batch operation was used to select cyanobacteria over unsettled green algae in a wastewater treatment system, evaluating for the first time the effect of hydraulic regimes on nutritional dynamics and microorganisms' competition. During 30 days of operation, an i... |
2,318,178 | Performance of a constructed wetland as an upstream intervention for stormwater runoff quality management. | In most developing countries, stormwater runoff has had significant impacts on aquatic environment by directly causing pollution of receiving water and reduction in treatment performance of wastewater treatment plants. With increasing encroachment on natural wetlands in Uganda, constructed wetlands offer a feasible opt... |
2,318,179 | Long-term performance of a UASB reactor treating acid mine drainage: effects of sulfate loading rate, hydraulic retention time, and COD/SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup> ratio. | Acid mine drainage (AMD) is among the most serious threats to water and the typical alkali-based treatment costs are high. This study's main objective was the establishment of a highly efficient biological process using an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor to treat AMD based on a shorter hydraulic retentio... |
2,318,180 | Value of Assessing Autonomic Nervous Function by Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Turbulence in Hypertensive Patients. | To explore the relationship between blood pressure control and autonomic nervous function assessing by heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) in hypertensive patients.</AbstractText>A total of 120 consecutive hypertensive patients and 80 nonhypertensive patients (N-HP group) were enrolled in this ... |
2,318,181 | Menopause. | The menopausal transition is a time when many physical and psychological changes are occurring for women. Women may experience irregular menses, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disruption, mood disorders as well as genitourinary symptoms. Despite irregular menstrual cycles, some women can still conceive. It is important to u... |
2,318,182 | Natural cycle versus hormone replacement therapy cycle in frozen-thawed embryo transfer. | To compare implantation rates, clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates associated with natural and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) methods of endometrial preparation in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles.  Methods: The results of 108 natural cycles and 224 HRT cycles of FET transfers performed... |
2,318,183 | Performance and bacterial diversity of bioreactors used for simultaneous removal of sulfide, solids and organic matter from UASB reactor effluents. | Two bioreactors were investigated as an alternative to post-treatment of effluent from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating domestic sewage, with an aim of oxidizing sulfide into elemental sulfur, and removal of solid and organic material. The bioreactors were operated at different hydraulic reten... |
2,318,184 | Identification of gammaherpesvirus infection in free-ranging black bears (Ursus americanus). | Herpesvirus infection was investigated in black bears (Ursus americanus) with neurological signs and brain lesions of nonsuppurative encephalitis of unknown cause. Visible cytopathic effects (CPE) could only be observed on days 3-5 post-infection in HrT-18G cell line inoculated with bear tissue extracts. The observed C... |
2,318,185 | Progesterone levels on pregnancy test day after hormone replacement therapy-cryopreserved embryo transfer cycles and related reproductive outcomes. | Do serum progesterone levels determine ongoing pregnancy rates (OPR) in hormone replacement therapy frozen-thawed embryo transfer (HRT-FET) cycles?</AbstractText>A cohort study of 244 HRT-FET cycles from a Danish public fertility centre. Data from patients undergoing HRT-FET from January 2016 to December 2017 were extr... |
2,318,186 | Preparation of particle electrodes from manganese slag and its degradation performance for salicylic acid in the three-dimensional electrode reactor (TDE). | Salicylic acid (SA) is a class of trace pollutants widely presented in the environment belonged to pharmaceuticals and personal care products. It is difficult to remove SA by the traditional treatment processes because of its toxicity. In this paper, the degradation of SA by Mn-loaded Cu/Fe particle electrodes was stud... |
2,318,187 | Dissolving organic matter from low-organic sewage sludge for shortening the anaerobic digestion time. | Pretreatments have been successfully used to shorten the HRT of anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge, but they become ineffective for low-organic sewage sludge, with HRT > 10 days. Herein, a new process using alkaline hydrolysis-anaerobic digestion has been developed to solve this problem. Firstly, maximum orga... |
2,318,188 | Leptin gene variants and colorectal cancer risk: Sex-specific associations. | High levels of serum leptin and low levels of serum adiponectin are strongly correlated with obesity, a well-established risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC). Growing evidence suggests that dysregulation of leptin and adiponectin levels may play an etiological role in colorectal carcinogenesis. We evaluated 20 candi... |
2,318,189 | Optimization of organics to nutrients (COD:N:P) ratio for aerobic granular sludge treating high-strength organic wastewater. | The present study attempted to optimize the nutrients required for biological growth and biomass synthesis in the treatment of high-strength organics wastewater using aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Three identical sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) were used to cultivate aerobic granules at COD concentration of ~5000... |
2,318,190 | Adult weight change and the risk of pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer in the Chinese Wuxi Exposure and Breast Cancer Study. | The accumulating evidence indicates that weight gain in adulthood is more predictive of breast cancer risk than absolute body weight. However, the relative impact of timing of weight gain in adulthood on breast cancer as well as other characteristics of the association between weight and breast cancer has not been well... |
2,318,191 | Highly efficient phenol degradation in a batch moving bed biofilm reactor: benefiting from biofilm-enhancing bacteria. | In this study, the efficiency improvement of three moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) was investigated by inoculation of activated sludge cells (R1), mixed culture of eight strong phenol-degrading bacteria consisted of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. (R2) and the combination of both (R3). Biofilm formation abi... |
2,318,192 | Effect of temperature on nitrogen removal and biological mechanism in an up-flow microaerobic sludge reactor treating wastewater rich in ammonium and lack in carbon source. | Previous study has demonstrated that microaerobic process is effective in nitrogen removal from the wastewater with high ammonium and low carbon to nitrogen ratio. In the microaerobic system, synergistic action of anammox, ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB), nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) and denitrifiers was the key i... |
2,318,193 | Optimization of organics removal and understanding the impact of HRT on vermifiltration of brewery wastewater. | The study was conducted with an aim to optimize the parameters involved in removing organics from brewery effluents using a newly developed horizontal subsurface flow vermifilter. It was also aimed at understanding the impact of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the vermifiltration of brewery wastewater. With the help ... |
2,318,194 | Continuation of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy: comparison of cyclic versus continuous combined schedules. | Discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is much more common than what is reported in randomized, double-blind clinical trials. Our purpose in this retrospective study, using a prescription database, was to compare the continuation rate among women who took cyclic combination therapy adding progesterone to ... |
2,318,195 | NAMS-gallup survey on women's knowledge, information sources, and attitudes to menopause and hormone replacement therapy. | The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) sponsored a Gallup Organization survey of 833 women aged 45-60 to determine attitudes and experience with menopause and various forms of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The results of this survey are presented herein. |
2,318,196 | Bone health and evaluation of bone mineral density in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency. | Oestrogens exert an influence on skeletal homeostasis during growth and adulthood. Regulation of osteoclasts and osteoblasts generation and apoptosis and prolongation of the lifespan of osteocytes are some of their actions on bone metabolism. Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and associated loss of oestrogen action... |
2,318,197 | Effects of Weir Construction on Phytoplankton Assemblages and Water Quality in a Large River System. | Flow regulation is one of the most common anthropogenic factors affecting rivers worldwide. In Korea, 16 weirs were constructed along four major rivers from 2009 to 2012. This study aimed to elucidate initial changes in physical, chemical, and biological variables after the construction of consecutive weirs on the Nakd... |
2,318,198 | Emerging Research on the Implications of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Coronary Heart Disease. | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is known to be an increasing cause of mortality among women, particularly postmenopausal women. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a topic that has been investigated over the past decade for its known impact on the cardiovascular system. This review summarizes the evidence and current opi... |
2,318,199 | Hepatectomy plus adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization improves the survival rate of patients with multicentric occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. | The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of hepatectomy plus adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with multicentric occurrence (MO) or intrahepatic metastases (IM) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients with multifocal HCC who underwent hepatic resection only (HR) or HR... |
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