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2,318,200 | Screening breast magnetic resonance imaging in women with hormone replacement therapy. | The objective of this study was to compare the performance of screening mammography versus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) users.</AbstractText>We performed a retrospective review of 4628 women who had mammography or breast MRI screening from the beginning of HRT use at three insti... |
2,318,201 | The correlation of methanogenic communities' dynamics and process performance of anaerobic digestion of thermal hydrolyzed sludge at short hydraulic retention times. | Requirement of a long hydraulic retention time (HRT) for efficient degradation restrains the anaerobic digestion of hydrothermal pretreated sludge. Shortening the HRT can increase the treatment capacity of a plant but may also induce digester instability. This study investigated the impact of HRT on process performance... |
2,318,202 | A review on removal of organophosphorus pesticides in constructed wetland: Performance, mechanism and influencing factors. | The residues of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) have been widely detected in rivers, the gulf, and even groundwater and drinking water, which may pose a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health. Compared to other treatments, constructed wetlands (CWs) have been demonstrated to be a cost-effective altern... |
2,318,203 | Hormone Replacement Therapy: Would it be Possible to Replicate a Functional Ovary? | Throughout history, menopause has been regarded as a transition in a woman's life. With the increase in life expectancy, women now spend more than a third of their lives in menopause. During these years, women may experience intolerable symptoms both physically and mentally, leading them to seek clinical advice. It is ... |
2,318,204 | A loop of catholyte effluent feeding to bioanodes for complete recovery of Sn, Fe, and Cu with simultaneous treatment of the co-present organics in microbial fuel cells. | A loop of catholyte effluent feeding to the bioanodes of air-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) achieved complete recovery of mixed Sn(II), Fe(II) and Cu(II), with simultaneous treatment of the co-present organics in synthetic wastewater of printed circuit boards (PrCBs). This in-situ utilization of caustic in the cat... |
2,318,205 | Effect of Organic Loading Rate on Anaerobic Digestion Performance of Mesophilic (UASB) Reactor Using Cattle Slaughterhouse Wastewater as Substrate. | In this study, the performance of a laboratory scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor operating at mesophilic temperature (35 °C) was examined. Cattle slaughterhouse wastewater (CSWW) was used as the main substrate. The total and effective volumes of the reactor were 8 L and 6 L, respectively. Twelve... |
2,318,206 | Sulfur disproportionation tendencies in a sulfur packed bed reactor for perchlorate bio-autotrophic reduction at different temperatures and spatial distribution of microbial communities. | This study investigates the sulfur (S) disproportionation tendencies in a sulfur packed bed reactor for perchlorate bio-autotrophic reduction at different temperatures. The reactor was operated with over 99% efficiency for 21.00 ± 1.40 mg L<sup>-1</sup> perchlorate removal when the hydr... |
2,318,207 | Stratification of microbial communities throughout a biological sulphate reducing up-flow anaerobic packed bed reactor, revealed through 16S metagenomics. | Biological sulphate reduction (BSR) is a promising low-cost treatment of acid rock drainage effluents. In this paper, the system performance and microbial ecology of a lactate supplemented BSR up-flow anaerobic packed bed reactor (UAPBR) are evaluated across reactor height and compared to a continuous stirred tank reac... |
2,318,208 | The effect of antiresorptive drugs on implant therapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis. | A considerable portion of the adult population has received and/or is receiving treatment with antiresorptive drugs (ARDs). It is thus relevant to assess possible side effects of ARD intake in connection to various aspects of implant therapy. The aim of this study was to answer the focused question "In patients with sy... |
2,318,209 | The effect of hydraulic retention time on ammonia and nitrate bio-removal over nitrite process. | Ammonia and Nitrate Bio-removal Over Nitrite (ANBON) is a new biological process, which couples denitratation with Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (ANAMMOX) to carry out simultaneous removal of nitrate nitrogen and ammonia nitrogen. The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the performance of ANBON process was inves... |
2,318,210 | Prospective Study of Endogenous Hormones and Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. | Exogenous hormone treatments in women (oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy [HRT]) are established risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but less is known about associations between plasma levels of endogenous hormones and VTE risk. We examined the association of baseline dehydroepiandrosterone ... |
2,318,211 | A dicyclic-type electrode-based biofilm reactor for simultaneous nitrate and Cr(VI) reduction. | A dicyclic-type electrode-based biofilm-electrode reactor (BER) was investigated for simultaneous removal of nitrate and Cr(VI). In the absence of Cr(VI), almost complete denitrification of 50 mg/L NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N was achieved at a very low C/N ratio of 0.8 with the optimal current of 50 mA. Cr(V... |
2,318,212 | Denitrification- and anammox-dominant simultaneous nitrification, anammox and denitrification (SNAD) process in subsurface flow constructed wetlands. | Simultaneous nitrification, anammox and denitrification (SNAD) process was developed in subsurface flow constructed wetlands (SFCWs) to treat polluted surface water. The effects of vegetation, hydraulic retention time (HRT), C/N, and influent nitrogen forms on nitrogen removal and microbial communities were investigate... |
2,318,213 | Nitritation, nitrous oxide emission pathways and in situ microbial community in a modified University of Cape Town process. | Achieving nitritation is a prerequisite to promote nutrients removal and save energy, but emission of nitrous oxide as a greenhouse gas cannot be ignored. This study established the nitritation in a continuous-flow MUCT process and investigated the mechanism of N<sub>2</sub>O generation. The nitrite accumulation ratio ... |
2,318,214 | Microalgae and bacteria dynamics in high rate algal ponds based on modelling results: Long-term application of BIO_ALGAE model. | The mechanistic model (BIO_ALGAE) for microalgae-bacteria based wastewater treatment systems simulation was validated in the long-term (months) using experimental results from a pilot high rate algal pond (HRAP) treating municipal wastewater. Simulated results were compared with data gathered during two different seaso... |
2,318,215 | Submicron particle number doses in the human respiratory tract: implications for urban traffic and background environments. | The deposition of ambient submicron particles in the different parts of the human respiratory tract (HRT) was, for the first time, estimated for males and females from different age classes (children-adults-seniors) of urban population in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, during the cold and the warm period of... |
2,318,216 | Hydrodynamics and mathematical modelling in a low HRT inverse fluidized-bed reactor for biological sulphate reduction. | Biological reduction of sulphate at low hydraulic retention time (HRT) is presented in this paper. A sulphidogenic inverse fluidized-bed bioreactor (IFBB) was operated successfully at a progressively decreasing HRT from 1 to 0.125 days for a total of 155 days. Synthetic wastewater containing sulphate at a con... |
2,318,217 | Optimization of hydraulic retention time and organic loading rate for volatile fatty acid production from low strength wastewater in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor. | This study aims to investigate the production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from low strength wastewater at various hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) in a continuous anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) using glucose as carbon source. This experiment was performed without any selective inh... |
2,318,218 | Risk factors associated with frontal fibrosing alopecia: a multicentre case-control study. | Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a chronic cicatricial alopecia with an increasing incidence and unknown aetiology.</AbstractText>To identify possible environmental and hormonal factors related to FFA.</AbstractText>We conducted a multicentre case-control study paired by sex and age, and recruited 664 women (335 cas... |
2,318,219 | Hydrodynamic performance of a hybrid anaerobic baffled reactor (HABR): effects of number of chambers, hydraulic retention time, and influent temperature. | Hydrodynamic performance of a biological reactor is an important design concern since it directly affects the treatment efficiency. In this research, a hybrid anaerobic baffled reactor (HABR) was proposed with improved design concepts and principles. The HABR consisted of a front sedimentation chamber, four regular baf... |
2,318,220 | Effect of GnRHa on Th17/Treg cells in peripheral blood of patients with unexplained repeated implantation failure. | To investigate the effect and possible mechanism of downregulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) on Th17/Treg (regulatory T cell) cells in peripheral blood of patients with unexplained repeated implantation failure (RIF).</AbstractText>Fifty-two patients who had RIF (≥ 3 consecutive transfers... |
2,318,221 | Comparative study on treatment performance, membrane fouling, and microbial community profile between conventional and hybrid sequencing batch membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment. | A sequencing batch conventional membrane bioreactor (SB-CMBR) and sequencing batch hybrid membrane bioreactor (SB-HMBR) were operated in parallel under two different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) (namely 12 h and 6 h), and their chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nutrient removal performance, membrane foulin... |
2,318,222 | Effects of the Hormone Replacement Therapy and of Soy Isoflavones on Bone Resorption in Postmenopause. | Postmenopausal osteoporosis is the most common form of osteoporosis and one of the major public health problems in developed countries. The prevalence of this condition, associated with the physiological stage of menopause, is continuously increasing. This study evaluated the effectiveness of soy isoflavones as compare... |
2,318,223 | Visual Attention Performances and Related Cerebral Microstructural Integrity Among Subjects With Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment. | <b>Objective:</b> To compare visual attention performances and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) between subjects with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and to discover neuronal substrates related to visual attention performances. <b>Methods:</b> Thirty-nine subjects with SCD and 15 w... |
2,318,224 | A qualitative assessment of health behaviors and experiences during menopause: A cross-sectional, observational study. | A qualitative research study was performed to assess the health and lifestyle behaviors of middle-aged women during the menopause transition, as well as to inform the development of interventions designed to combat menopause symptoms and improve quality of life during and after menopause.</AbstractText>Data were collec... |
2,318,225 | BMS - Consensus statement. | Urogenital atrophy is more common than it would first appear and women do not always seek advice and guidance. Confusion still exists between systemic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and local estrogen preparations but new treatment modalities have emerged that extend the range of options beyond lubricants, moisturis... |
2,318,226 | UBC-Nepal expedition: peripheral fatigue recovers faster in Sherpa than lowlanders at high altitude. | The reduced oxygen tension of high altitude compromises performance in lowlanders. In this environment, Sherpa display superior performance, but little is known on this issue. Sherpa present unique genotypic and phenotypic characteristics at the muscular level, which may enhance resistance to peripheral fatigue at high... |
2,318,227 | Effective Removal of Sulfanilic Acid From Water Using a Low-Pressure Electrochemical RuO<sub>2</sub>-TiO<sub>2</sub>@Ti/PVDF Composite Membrane. | Removal of sulfanilic acid (SA) from water is an urgent but still challenging task. Herein, we developed a low pressure electrochemical membrane filtration (EMF) system for SA decontamination using RuO<sub>2</sub>-TiO<sub>2</sub>@Ti/PVDF composite membrane to serve as not only a filter but also an anode. Results showed... |
2,318,228 | Characteristics of heart rate variability in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A retrospective cross-sectional study. | We aimed to compare the modulation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with that in healthy ovulatory women on the basis of heart rate variability (HRV), and to analyze the characteristics of the ANS in PCOS.In a retrospective chart review, HRV, body mass index, and phys... |
2,318,229 | In Vitro Radiobiological Advantages of Hypofractionation Compared with Conventional Fractionation: Early-Passage NSCLC Cells are Less Aggressive after Hypofractionation. | Hypofractionated radiotherapy is a new and highly effective mode of radiation therapy. For this study we used biologically equivalent dose (BED), the dose required to give the same log cell kill as the schedule being studied. BED has been widely accepted to transform its dose to conventionally fractionated ones. Howeve... |
2,318,230 | [Microbial Community Characteristics of Shortcut Nitrification Start-up in Different MBR-Inoculated Sludges]. | In order to clarify the microbial community characteristics of the shortcut nitrification start-up with different inoculated sludges in the membrane bioreactor (MBR), the MBR was inoculated with nitrification sludge (R1), anaerobic nitrification sludge (R2) and 1:1 mixed inoculated anaerobic nitrification and denitrifi... |
2,318,231 | Estrogen in vascular smooth muscle cells: A friend or a foe? | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. The effect of estrogen on these diseases has been assessed in in vitro and in vivo models, as well as in observational studies. Collectively, these studies alluded to a cardiovasculo-protective effect of estrogen. However, comprehensive ... |
2,318,232 | The role of the operating parameters of SBR systems on the SMP production and on membrane fouling reduction. | In this work, six identical laboratory SBRs treating simulated wastewater were operated in parallel studying the effect of three food-to-microorganisms ratio (F/M ratio; 0.20, 0.35 and 0.50 kg COD·kg MLSS<sup>-1</sup>·d<sup>-1</sup>), two hydraulic retention times (HRT; 24 and 16 h) and two valu... |
2,318,233 | Biological CNP removal from meat-processing wastewater in an innovative high rate up-flow A<sub>2</sub>O bioreactor. | A high rate up-flow anaerobic, anoxic and oxic (A<sub>2</sub>O) bioreactor was designed and operated for meat-processing wastewater (MPW) treatment as a single cost-effective system with the aim of simultaneous CNP removal. The influence of three essential factors, HRT, COD/TN ratio and aerated volume fraction on the r... |
2,318,234 | Semi-continuous anaerobic co-digestion of chicken litter with agricultural and food wastes: A case study on the effect of carbon/nitrogen ratio, substrates mixing ratio and organic loading. | In this study, four agro-industrial substrates, chicken litter (CL), food waste (FW), wheat straw (WS) and hay grass (HG) were assessed as feedstock for anaerobic digestion (AD) under semi-continuous conditions at organic loading rates (OLRs) of 2.0-3.0 g TS/L.d and hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 20 da... |
2,318,235 | The rim area of the optic nerve head, assessed with Heidelberg retina tomography, is smaller in prematurely born children than in children born at term. | To examine the optic nerve head with Heidelberg tomography (HRT) in prematurely born school-age children and compare them to children born at term.</AbstractText>Sixty-three 5-16-year-old children born with a gestational age (GA) of ≤32 weeks were included in the study and compared to 54 children of the sam... |
2,318,236 | Coal chemical reverse osmosis concentrate treatment by membrane-aerated biofilm reactor system. | Coal chemical reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC), which is characterized by high salinity and high organics, remains as a serious environmental problem. In this study, a lab-scale three-stage membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) system was designed to treat such a ROC. The effects of influent salinity and operating p... |
2,318,237 | Characteristics of indoor air pollution and estimation of respiratory dosage under varied fuel-type and kitchen-type in the rural areas of Telangana state in India. | Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) is one of the top environmental risks in developing countries including India, with more than a million deaths annually, predominantly through Particulate Matter (PM) exposure. The current study deals with the measurement of PM concentrations in rural households under varied fuel and kitchen-... |
2,318,238 | Comprehensive assessment of system performance in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant with an anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic membrane bioreactor combined with the ozonation process. | The system performance, economic cost and environmental impact of a full-scale anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic/membrane bioreactor (3AMBR) combined with the ozonation process were evaluated. The 3AMBR/ozonation process removed biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids, NH<sub>4</sub>-N an... |
2,318,239 | Klotho and Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy in Women with Chronic Kidney Disease. | Kidney function is highly susceptible to age-related changes, with chronic kidney disease (CKD) serving as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in older patients. The prevalence of CKD in Korea is higher among the elderly, relative to the general population, with the most significant increases seen following t... |
2,318,240 | Treatment of concentrated leachate with low greenhouse gas emission in two-stage membrane bioreactor bio-augmented with Alcaligenes faecalis no. 4. | Methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) and nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) emissions from two-stage membrane bioreactor (MBR) bio-augmented by Alcaligenes faecalis no. 4 during municipal solid waste leachate treatment were investigated. The system was operated at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2.5 and 1 days in each reactor u... |
2,318,241 | Prevalence of glaucoma in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort Eye Study. | To report the prevalence of glaucoma in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC) Eye Study.</AbstractText>Subjects of the population-based Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort (NFBC), aged 45-49 years at the time of the field examination, were randomized to eye screening (50%) and control (50%) groups. The eye exami... |
2,318,242 | Sex differences in the vascular function and related mechanisms: role of 17β-estradiol. | The incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is lower in premenopausal women but increases with age and menopause compared with similarly aged men. Based on the prevalence of CVD in postmenopausal women, sex hormone-dependent mechanisms have been postulated to be the primary factors responsible for the protection from... |
2,318,243 | Effects of hydraulic retention time on the performance of algal-bacterial-based aquaponics (AA): focusing on nitrogen and oxygen distribution. | The effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the performance of algal-bacterial-based aquaponics (AA) were investigated in this study. Both the highest fish growth and algal biomass increase were observed in the AA system at 2-day HRT, resulting in the highest nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) (39.28%) in this ... |
2,318,244 | Structural and functional brain changes in perimenopausal women who are susceptible to migraine: a study protocol of multi-modal MRI trial. | As a common clinical symptom that often bothers midlife females, migraine is closely associated with perimenopause. Previous studies suggest that one of the most prominent triggers is the sudden decline of estrogen during perimenopausal period. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is widely used to prevent this suffering ... |
2,318,245 | [Effect of HRT on Nitrogen Removal Using ANAMMOX and Heterotrophic Denitrification]. | Real domestic sewage was first treated in SBR and partial nitrification was achieved. When average concentrations of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N, NO<sub>2</sub><sup>-</sup>-N, and COD were 37.27, 39.97, and 120 mg·L<sup>-1</sup>, respectively, the effluent was delivered as influent of an anaerobic ammonia oxidati... |
2,318,246 | Physiological adaptations to resistance training in rats selectively bred for low and high response to aerobic exercise training. | What is the central question of this study? Can phenotypic traits associated with low response to one mode of training be extrapolated to other exercise-inducible phenotypes? The present study investigated whether rats that are low responders to endurance training are also low responders to resistance training. What is... |
2,318,247 | Changes in humeral retrotorsion and the development of little league shoulder: A case study. | To present the case of a 15 year-old baseball player with Little League Shoulder (LLS) and describe how developmental changes in the angle of humeral retrotorsion (HRT) may contribute to the underlying pathology of this condition.</AbstractText>Case report.</AbstractText>Two years earlier, the patient had participated ... |
2,318,248 | Granulation process in an expanded granular sludge blanket (EGSB) reactor for domestic sewage treatment: Impact of extracellular polymeric substances compositions and evolution of microbial population. | In this study, an expanded granular sludge blanket (EGSB) reactor was used for the treatment of low-strength domestic sewage and the sludge granulation process was systematically investigated. At an optimized hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 5 h, up-flow velocity (V<sub>up</sub>) of 1.9 m/h, and organic ... |
2,318,249 | Application for oxytetracycline wastewater pretreatment by Fe-C-Ni catalytic cathodic-anodic-electrolysis granular fillers from rare-earth tailings. | Fe-C-Ni catalytic cathodic-anodic-electrolysis granular fillers (REGF) coupled with a reactor was studied for oxytetracycline (OTC) wastewater pretreatment. In this study, the REGF were manufactured from the rare-earth tailing (RET), powdered activated carbon (PAC), scrap iron and nickel by balling and calcining. The R... |
2,318,250 | Optimized 1,3-propanediol production from crude glycerol using mixed cultures in batch and continuous reactors. | The production of 1,3-propanediol from crude glycerol and mixed anaerobic sludge was investigated in batch experiments and continuous reactors. Using a 2<sup>3</sup> complete factorial design, the effects of the concentration of glycerol (22-30 g L<sup>-1</sup>), KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> (1.50-2.00 g... |
2,318,251 | Pharmacokinetics and cytotoxic study of euphol from Euphorbia umbellata (Bruyns) Pax latex. | Medicinal plants are an important source to identify new active pharmaceutical compounds. Traditionally, the sap of Euphorbia umbellata is widely used to treat cancer and inflammatory conditions. These effects have been attributed to the presence of terpenes and phenolic compounds in the extracts of this plant. Euphol,... |
2,318,252 | Hydraulic retention time affects bacterial community structure in an As-rich acid mine drainage (AMD) biotreatment process. | Arsenic removal consecutive to biological iron oxidation and precipitation is an effective process for treating As-rich acid mine drainage (AMD). We studied the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT)-from 74 to 456 min-in a bench-scale bioreactor exploiting such process. The treatment efficiency was monitored du... |
2,318,253 | Efficacy of Habit Reversal Training in Children With Chronic Tic Disorders: A Within-Subject Analysis. | The aim of this study is to evaluate a cognitive-behavioral treatment for children and adolescents with tic disorder including habit reversal training (HRT) in a sample of children and adolescents (<i>n</i> = 27). Multiple outcome measures were used to assess the effects of the treatment on tic symptoms. In addition, i... |
2,318,254 | Specific approach for membrane fouling control and better treatment performance of an anaerobic submerged membrane bioreactor. | This paper investigated a strategy to minimize membrane fouling and increase treatment efficiency through an investigation of a specific approach by adding sponges into a conventional submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (CAnSMBR). During the operation, the protein-based soluble microbial products as the main factor... |
2,318,255 | Nitrogen removal in domestic wastewater. Effect of nitrate recycling and COD/N ratio. | A denitrification/nitrification pilot plant was designed, built and put into operation, treating the effluent of an anaerobic reactor. The operation of the plant examined the effect of the nitrate recycling and the COD/N ratio on the nitrogen and the remaining organic matter removal at 18 °C. The system con... |
2,318,256 | Strategies to Optimize Microalgae Conversion to Biogas: Co-Digestion, Pretreatment and Hydraulic Retention Time. | This study aims at optimizing the anaerobic digestion (AD) of biomass in microalgal-based wastewater treatment systems. It comprises the co-digestion of microalgae with primary sludge, the thermal pretreatment (75 °C for 10 h) of microalgae and the role of the hydraulic retention time (HRT) in anaerobic digesters.... |
2,318,257 | Multicolor imaging for retinal nerve fiber layer defect in glaucoma. | Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy associated with irreversible loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC). This emblematic localized retinal nerve fiber layer defect (RNFLD) can be the earliest sign to detect the ongoing glaucomatous damage. Slitlamp biomicroscopy [90D & 78D], colour and redfree fundus photograp... |
2,318,258 | Volatile fatty acids production from food wastes for biorefinery platforms: A review. | Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are a class of largely used compounds in the chemical industry, serving as starting molecules for bioenergy production and for the synthesis of a variety of products, such as biopolymers, reduced chemicals and derivatives. Because of the huge amounts of food waste generated from household an... |
2,318,259 | The choice of progestogen for HRT in menopausal women: breast cancer risk is a major issue. | Doctors and patients fear the risk of breast cancer when using hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This review focuses on the choice of progestogen for HRT in menopausal. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) has been the only large double-blind placebo-controlled study testing the risk of breast cancer (BC) using HRT. No... |
2,318,260 | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trichotillomania: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Adults and Adolescents. | The purpose of this study was to examine acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a standalone treatment for trichotillomania in a randomized controlled trial of adults and adolescents. Participants consisted of a community sample of treatment seeking adults and adolescents with trichotillomania. Of the eligible 39 p... |
2,318,261 | Bioaugmentation of membrane bioreactor with Achromobacter denitrificans strain PR1 for enhanced sulfamethoxazole removal in wastewater. | Achromobacter denitrificans strain PR1, previously found to harbour specific degradation pathways with high sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation rates, was bioaugmented into laboratory-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) operated under aerobic conditions to treat SMX-containing real domestic wastewater. Different hydraulic... |
2,318,262 | Optimized radiotherapy to improve clinical outcomes for locally advanced lung cancer. | We aimed to evaluate the toxicity, loco-regional control (LRC) and overall survival (OS) associated with accelerated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for locally advanced lung cancer.</AbstractText>Seventy-three patients were consecutively treated with IMRT from November 2011 to August 2016. A total dose of 66&#... |
2,318,263 | Effect of Bioaugmentation on Biogas Yields and Kinetics in Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge. | Bioaugmentation with a mixture of microorganisms (Bacteria and Archaea) was applied to improve the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. The study was performed in reactors operating at a temperature of 35 °C in semi-flow mode. Three runs with different doses of bioaugmenting mixture were conducted. Bioaugmentatio... |
2,318,264 | Exploiting symbiotic interactions between Chlorella protothecoides and Brevundimonas diminuta for an efficient single-step urban wastewater treatment. | The application of microalgal bacteria consortia to the treatment of wastewater is receiving increasing attention, meeting the demand for new green and efficient technologies for water remediation. The specificity of the consortium, however, may strongly affect the performance of the treatment. In fact, even though a g... |
2,318,265 | Outdoor flat-panel membrane photobioreactor to treat the effluent of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor. Influence of operating, design, and environmental conditions. | As microalgae have the ability to simultaneously remove nutrients from wastewater streams while producing valuable biomass, microalgae-based wastewater treatment is a win-win strategy. Although recent advances have been made in this field in lab conditions, the transition to outdoor conditions on an industrial scale mu... |
2,318,266 | White and infrared light continuous photobioreactors for resource recovery from poultry processing wastewater - A comparison. | Concentrated wastewaters from agricultural industries represent a key opportunity for the upcycling of organics, nitrogen and phosphorus to higher value products such as microbial protein. Phototrophic or photosynthetic microbes very effectively capture input organics and nutrients as microbial protein. This study comp... |
2,318,267 | Effects of endometrial preparations and transferred embryo types on pregnancy outcome from patients with advanced maternal age. | We explored the strategy of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) in the women with advanced maternal age (AMA). We first determined the age cut-off point of AMA by retrospective analysis of pregnancy outcomes in the patients undergoing FET. The patients with AMA were divided into 3 groups including natural cycle (NC) gr... |
2,318,268 | Efficient treatment of dairy processing wastewater in a laboratory scale Intermittently Aerated Sequencing Batch Reactor (IASBR). | This Research Communication describes an investigation into the viability of an Intermittently Aerated Sequencing Batch Reactor (IASBR) for the treatment of dairy processing wastewater at laboratory-scale. A number of operational parameters have been varied and the effect has been monitored in order to determine optima... |
2,318,269 | High-resolution topography for Digital Terrain Model (DTM) in Keller Peninsula, Maritime Antarctica. | High resolution topography (HRT) surveys is an important tool to model landscapes, especially in zones subjected to strong environmental changes, such as Antarctica, where landform is highly influenced by cryoclasty and permafrost melting. The aim of this work was to obtain a high accurate DTM for Keller Peninsula, Mar... |
2,318,270 | Producing desulfurized biogas using two-stage domesticated shear-loop anaerobic contact stabilization system. | In this study, a two-stage domesticated shear-loop anaerobic contact stabilization (SLACS) system is introduced as a new reactor design to enhance methane productivity with significant reduction in hydrogen sulphide (H<sub>2</sub>S) synthesis. Due to the rich sulfate content in industrial wastewaters, the initial ferme... |
2,318,271 | A combination of ammonia stripping and low temperature thermal pre-treatment improves anaerobic post-digestion of the supernatant from organic fraction of municipal solid waste treatment. | Municipal Solid Waste is mostly composed of organic material which is often treated in anaerobic reactors in waste treatment plants. In most cases, the obtained digestate undergoes a solid/liquid separation step, producing a liquid fraction (known as anaerobic supernatant) rich in ammonium nitrogen that has to be furth... |
2,318,272 | Montmorillonite supported nanoscale zero-valent iron immobilized in sodium alginate (SA/Mt-NZVI) enhanced the nitrogen removal in vertical flow constructed wetlands (VFCWs). | Lacking of electron donor generally causes the low denitrification performance of constructed wetlands (CWs). Montmorillonite supported nanoscale zero-valent iron immobilized in sodium alginate (SA/Mt-NZVI) as novel electron donor-acceptor compounds were added in the denitrification zone of vertical flow constructed we... |
2,318,273 | Investigation of the treatability of molasses and industrial oily wastewater mixture by an anaerobic membrane hybrid system. | In this study, the anaerobic treatability of automotive industry wastewater and its treatment in the subsequent membrane system were examined by using molasses, which is a waste of the sugar industry, as a co-substrate. Organic loadings of 3-3, 5-4, and 5gCOD/L/day were applied to a UASB reactor made of steel with a wo... |
2,318,274 | COD removal index - A mechanistic tool for predicting organics removal performance of vermifilters. | The present study was aimed at developing a mathematical COD removal index (CRI) based on the key variables of vermifiltration such as hydraulic retention time (HRT), organic concentration and earthworm density (EWD). In the maiden attempt of framing such an index, many experimental runs were conducted by varying the C... |
2,318,275 | The divergence between fungal and bacterial communities in seasonal and spatial variations of wastewater treatment plants. | In this study, quantitative PCR (qPCR) and high-throughput sequencing were used to simultaneously examine both bacteria and fungi across temporal and spatial scales in activated sludge from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The ratio of fungi to bacteria was 0.43% on average after accounting for the multicopies in 1... |
2,318,276 | Black water collected from the septic tank treated with a living machine system: HRT effect and microbial community structure. | In this study, the performance of a living machine (LM) system was evaluated for use in the treatment of black water collected from septic tanks with hydraulic retention times (HRTs) of 6, 5, and 4 days. We found that the HRT had little effect on the removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD). However, the remo... |
2,318,277 | Determinants of non-adherence to adjuvant endocrine treatment in women with breast cancer: the role of comorbidity. | To examine factors associated with non-adherence during 5 years of endocrine treatment, including the possible influence of comorbidity burden and specific medical conditions.</AbstractText>From all women diagnosed with stage I-III, ER-positive breast cancer in Stockholm-Gotland, Uppsala-Örebro and Northern S... |
2,318,278 | Combinative treatment of phenol-rich retting-pond wastewater by a hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor and solar photofenton process. | In this study, recalcitrant rich retting-pond wastewater was treated primarily by anaerobic treatment and subsequently treated with a solar photofenton process to remove phenol and organics. The anaerobic treatment was carried out in a granulated laboratory scale hybrid upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor (HUASBR) ... |
2,318,279 | Screening of biological sulfate reduction conditions for sulfidogenesis promotion using a methanogenic granular sludge. | Effluents containing great amounts of oxidized sulfur compounds, such as sulfate or sulfite, can be valorized as elemental sulfur from a sequential reduction-oxidation biological process. However, the most important, challenging step to be optimized is the reduction of sulfate. The present study aimed at seeking out th... |
2,318,280 | The Association between Female Reproductive Factors and Open-Angle Glaucoma in Korean Women: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V. | We investigated associations between female reproductive factors and open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in Korean females using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).</AbstractText>A nationwide, population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted. We enrolled 23,376 participants from the KNHANES... |
2,318,281 | Effects of hydraulic retention time on process performance of anaerobic side-stream reactor coupled membrane bioreactors: Kinetic model, sludge reduction mechanism and microbial community structures. | An anoxic/oxic membrane bioreactor (AO-MBR) and three anaerobic side-stream reactor (ASSR) coupled MBRs (ASSR-MBR) were operated to investigate the effects of hydraulic retention time of ASSR (HRT<sub>A</sub>) and to elucidate sludge reduction mechanisms in ASSR-MBRs. Increasing HRT<sub>A</sub> from 3.3 to 6.6 h... |
2,318,282 | Carbon-nitrogen removal in a structured-bed reactor (SBRRIA) treating sewage: Operating conditions and metabolic perspectives. | The present study evaluated the efficiency of a structured-bed reactor subjected to recirculation and intermittent aeration (SBRRIA) to promote nitrogen and carbon removal from domestic sewage. The intermittent aeration and the recycling rate of 3 keeps the desired mixing degree inside the SBRRIA. Four different operat... |
2,318,283 | PEE POWER<sup>®</sup> urinal II - Urinal scale-up with microbial fuel cell scale-down for improved lighting. | A novel design of microbial fuel cells (MFC) fuelled with undiluted urine was demonstrated to be an efficient power source for decentralised areas, but had only been tested under controlled laboratory conditions. Hence, a field-trial was carried out to assess its feasibility for practical implementation: a bespoke stac... |
2,318,284 | Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in an elderly Indian population. | To study optic nerve head (ONH) characteristics using scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT), in an elderly population.</AbstractText>A population-based, cross-sectional study included 1460 eyes of 1460 consecutive, subjects >60 years, in North India. All subjects underwent a detailed ... |
2,318,285 | A four-year simulation of soil aquifer treatment using columns filled with San Gabriel Valley sand. | Two column pairs filled with 3.05-m of a sandy soil from the Upper San Gabriel Valley were operated for a period of four and ½ years on municipal effluent from the San Jose Creek Water Reclamation Plant operated by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (LACSD). One column pair was fed filtered, chlorinate... |
2,318,286 | Identifying a possible factor for the increased newborn size in singleton pregnancies after assisted reproductive technology using cryopreserved embryos, in comparison with fresh embryos. | To determine whether the cycle regimens that are used for endometrial preparation are associated with the birthweight (BW) after assisted reproductive technology (ART) using frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET).</AbstractText>The BW of singletons who were born by ART using FET was compared retrospectively, according to ... |
2,318,287 | Reduction of adsorbed dyes content in the discharged sludge coming from an industrial textile wastewater treatment plant using aerobic activated sludge process. | Dye mass balance study at full-scale industrial textile wastewater (ITW) treatment plant showed that 1.5 ton of excess waste sludge, containing 304.5 Kg of dyes, are daily produced and discharged in landfills. Therefore, this by-product of activated sludge process (ASP) presents a serious environmental problem. ... |
2,318,288 | A Common Glaucoma-risk Variant of SIX6 Alters Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Optic Disc Measures in a European Population: The EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study. | A common missense variant in the SIX6 gene (rs33912345) is strongly associated with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). We aimed to examine the association of rs33912345 with optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) measures in a European population.</AbstractText>We examined participants of the population-based... |
2,318,289 | Low-intensity resistance training with partial blood flow restriction and high-intensity resistance training induce similar changes in skeletal muscle transcriptome in elderly humans. | We aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying muscle growth after 12 weeks of resistance training performed with blood flow restriction (RT-BFR) and high-intensity resistance training (HRT) in older individuals. Participants were allocated into the following groups: HRT, RT-BFR, or a control group. High-throughput ... |
2,318,290 | Feasibility of using a novel algal-bacterial biofilm reactor for efficient domestic wastewater treatment. | Current algal-bacterial consortia require high hydraulic retention times (HRTs, 2-10 days) to efficiently remove pollutants from domestic wastewaters. A novel algal-bacterial biofilm reactor was developed for a much lower HRT. The results showed that an HRT of 12 h ensured 90% removal of organic matter and ammon... |
2,318,291 | Menopause and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Review Focusing on Therapeutic Perspectives. | There is increasing evidence that menopause is associated with the progression and severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Estrogen deficiency worsens non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in mice models with fatty liver. The prevalence of NAFLD seems to be higher in postmenopausal compared with premenopa... |
2,318,292 | Liver biochemical abnormalities in Turner syndrome: A comprehensive characterization of an adult population. | Abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) are frequent in Turner syndrome (TS). The causes and clinical significance are unclear.</AbstractText>To investigate the prevalence of elevated LFTs in adult TS; secondly, to analyse the associations between elevated LFTs, TS-karyotypes and TS-related conditions; and thirdly, to eva... |
2,318,293 | Field based pilot-scale drinking water distribution system: Simulation of long hydraulic retention times and microbiological mediated monochloramine decay. | Drinking water distribution systems with long hydraulic retention times (HRTs) commonly encounter rapid microbiological-mediated monochloramine decay that results in microbial regrowth and nitrification with reduction in alkalinity. In this paper, we report the design and operation of a field-based pilot-scale distribu... |
2,318,294 | A novel cause of postmenopausal bleeding in an immunosuppressed patient. | Malakoplakia is a rare histiocytic disease first described in 1902 by Michaelis and Gutmann. It is associated with host immunocompromise including chronic inflammatory conditions, infectious conditions or malnutrition. Here, we report the case of uterine malakoplakia as a rare cause of postmenopausal bleeding in an imm... |
2,318,295 | Influence of hydraulic retention time and carbon loading rate on the production of algae. | This paper is focused on the assessment of the production of algae in batch bioreactors. Hydraulic retention time, carbon loading rate and light color were the inputs of the study and algae production the main output. Bioreactors were operated in semi-continuous mode and tests lasted two months, more than two times the... |
2,318,296 | Impact of post-ASCT maintenance therapy on outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in Connect MM. | Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) followed by lenalidomide maintenance therapy is the standard of care for transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). Clinical trials show progression-free survival (PFS) benefits, with some studies (Cancer and Leukemia Group [CALGB] trial and me... |
2,318,297 | Evaluation of revolving algae biofilm reactors for nutrients and metals removal from sludge thickening supernatant in a municipal wastewater treatment facility. | This work is to evaluate pilot-scale Revolving Algal Biofilm (RAB) reactors of two heights (0.9-m and 1.8-m tall) to treat supernatant from sludge sedimentation at Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) for removing nutrients (N and P) as well as various metals. The RAB reactors demonstrated ... |
2,318,298 | A metabolomic view of how low nitrogen strength favors anammox biomass yield and nitrogen removal capability. | The low yield of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) biomass has attracted great attention because of its difficulty to be abundantly enriched. Patterns of substrate supply greatly influence microbial metabolism and behavior. The present study proposed that low nitrogen strength was beneficial to anammox biomass yie... |
2,318,299 | Enhanced removal of Microcystis bloom and microcystin-LR using microcosm constructed wetlands with bioaugmentation of degrading bacteria. | The prevalence of cyanobacterial bloom (Cyano-bloom) and hepatotoxic microcystin (MC) pollution caused by eutrophication poses serious problems to aquatic ecosystems and public health. However, conventional water treatment technologies are inefficient for removing cyanotoxins. In this study, the performance of microcos... |
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