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2,318,400 | Increasing the loading rate of continuous stirred tank reactor for coffee husk and pulp: Effect of trace elements supplement. | In this study, the anaerobic performance and stability of coffee husk and pulp with and without trace element (TE) supplement was investigated, using 20 L mesophilic continuous stirred tank reactors for 140 days of experiment (DOE). The TE was cocktail of trace metals composed of Fe, Ni, Zn, Co, Mn, Mo, Se W and B... |
2,318,401 | Biodegradation of bilge water: Batch test under anaerobic and aerobic conditions and performance of three pilot aerobic Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors (MBBRs) at different filling fractions. | The bilge water that is stored at the bottom of the ships is saline and greasy wastewater with a high Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) fluctuations (2-12 g COD L<sup>-1</sup>). The aim of this study was to examine at a laboratory scale the biodegradation of bilge water using first anaerobic granular sludge followed ... |
2,318,402 | Evaluating the process performance and potential of a high-rate single airlift bioreactor for simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removal through coupling different pathways from a nitrogen-rich wastewater. | The feasibility of a continuous feed and intermittent discharge airlift bioreactor for simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removal from a low COD/N wastewater was evaluated. The effect of two independent variables, HRT (10-20 h) and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>/(NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>+NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) ... |
2,318,403 | Awareness Enhancing and Monitoring Device plus Habit Reversal in the Treatment of Trichotillomania: An Open Feasibility Trial. | Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) is helpful for many persons suffering from trichotillomania. However successful habit reversal therapy requires awareness of hair pulling behaviors. Available methods to monitor hair pulling behaviors are less than ideal, particularly when sufferers are unaware of their pulling-related beha... |
2,318,404 | Assessment of membrane photobioreactor (MPBR) performance parameters and operating conditions. | Membrane photobioreactor (MPBR) technology is an emerging algae-based wastewater treatment system. Given the limitations due to the general use of conventional analytical approaches in previous research, this study aims to provide a more comprehensive assessment of MPBR performance through advanced characterisation tec... |
2,318,405 | Lower tendon stiffness in very old compared with old individuals is unaffected by short-term resistance training of skeletal muscle. | Aging negatively affects collagen-rich tissue, like tendons, but in vivo tendon mechanical properties and the influence of physical activity after the 8th decade of life remain to be determined. This study aimed to compare in vivo patellar tendon mechanical properties in moderately old (old) and very old adults and the... |
2,318,406 | Process optimization of CNP removal from industrial soft drink wastewater in a single up flow A2O with continuous feed and intermittent discharge regime. | Simultaneous removal of carbon and nutrients (CNP) in a single laboratory-scale bioreactor is advantageous in terms of reactor volume and energy consumption. In this study, an innovative up-flow anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (A2O) single bioreactor with continuous feed and intermittent discharge (CFID) regime equipped with ... |
2,318,407 | Predictive modelling of chromium removal using multiple linear and nonlinear regression with special emphasis on operating parameters of bioelectrochemical reactor. | Bioelectrochemical system (BES) is a novel, self-sustaining metal removal technology functioning on the utilization of chemical energy of organic matter with the help of microorganisms. Experimental trials of two chambered BES reactor were conducted with varying substrate concentration using sodium acetate (500 mg... |
2,318,408 | Elucidating Environmental Fingerprinting Mechanisms of Unconventional Gas Development through Hydrocarbon Analysis. | Hydraulic fracturing is an increasingly common technique for the extraction of natural gas entrapped in shale formations. This technique has been highly criticized due to the possibility of environmental contamination, underscoring the need for method development to identify chemical factors that could be utilized in p... |
2,318,409 | A critical review on anaerobic digestion of microalgae and macroalgae and co-digestion of biomass for enhanced methane generation. | Biogas production using algal resources has been widely studied as a green and alternative renewable technology. This review provides an extended overview of recent advances in biomethane production via direct anaerobic digestion (AD) of microalgae, macroalgae and co-digestion mechanism on biomethane production and fut... |
2,318,410 | Enhanced pharmaceutical removal from water in a three step bio-ozone-bio process. | Individual treatment processes like biological treatment or ozonation have their limitations for the removal of pharmaceuticals from secondary clarified effluents with high organic matter concentrations (i.e. 17 mg TOC/L). These limitations can be overcome by combining these two processes for a cost-effective ph... |
2,318,411 | Effect of hydraulic retention time on microbial community structure in wastewater treatment electro-bioreactors. | The impact of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the performance and microbial community structure of control and electro-bioreactors was investigated. Control bioreactors and electro-bioreactors were operated at HRT ranging between 6 and 75 hr. The total bacterial counts in addition to the removal efficiency of NH... |
2,318,412 | Service evaluation project - Are local recommendations for onward referral to a specialist menopause clinic required to translate guidelines into practice? | Objective Referral audit - are local recommendations required to translate guideline to practice? Study design In total, 50 consecutive, anonymised referral letters reviewed during the initial consultation in a specialist menopause clinic; the reasons for referral along with the patient's age and the source of referral... |
2,318,413 | Usefulness of Volume Perfusion Computed Tomography in Differentiating Histologic Subtypes of Thymic Epithelial Tumors. | This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of volume perfusion computed tomography (VPCT) parameters in differentiating the World Health Organization subtypes of thymic epithelial tumors.</AbstractText>This study was approved by the local ethics committee, and informed written consent was obtained. Fifty-one thymic ep... |
2,318,414 | Treating organic cyanide-containing groundwater by immobilization of a nitrile-degrading bacterium with a biofilm-forming bacterium using fluidized bed reactors. | Organic cyanide are widely used as an ingredient in the production of plastics, synthetic rubbers, polymers, pharmaceuticals and pesticides or used in laboratories and industries as solvents. Although nitrile-containing wastewater is subjected to primary and secondary treatments, residual nitriles may slowly seep and f... |
2,318,415 | [Management of endometriosis: CNGOF-HAS practice guidelines (short version)]. | First-line investigations to diagnose endometriosis are clinical examination and pelvic ultrasound. Second-line investigations include pelvic examination performed by a referent clinician, transvaginal ultrasound performed by a referent echographist, and pelvic MRI. It is recommended to treat endometriosis when it is s... |
2,318,416 | Hormone replacement therapy in cancer survivors: Utopia? | As growing of old women population, menopausal women will also increase: an accurate estimation of postmenopausal population is an essential information for health care providers considering that with aging, the incidence of all cancers is expected to increase. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has proven to be highly ... |
2,318,417 | Mindfulness, cognitive behavioural and behaviour-based therapy for natural and treatment-induced menopausal symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | During menopause women experience vasomotor and psychosexual symptoms that cannot entirely be alleviated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Besides, HRT is contraindicated after breast cancer.</AbstractText>To review the evidence on the effectiveness of psychological interventions in reducing symptoms associated w... |
2,318,418 | Nitrogen removal performance and microbial community structure in the start-up and substrate inhibition stages of an anammox reactor. | In this study, the nitrogen removal performance and microbial community structure were investigated during the start-up, instability, and recovery stages of an anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) reactor loaded with compound carriers (shale ceramsite and suspended ball carrier). The results indicated that the anammo... |
2,318,419 | Abscopal Effects With Hypofractionated Schedules Extending Into the Effector Phase of the Tumor-Specific T-Cell Response. | Hypofractionated radiation therapy (hRT) combined with immune checkpoint blockade can induce T-cell-mediated local and abscopal antitumor effects. We had previously observed peak levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) between days 5 and 8 after hRT. Because TILs are regarded as radiosensitive, hRT schedules ex... |
2,318,420 | Histopathological Pattern and Age Distribution, of Malignant Ovarian Tumor among Sudanese Ladies. | Ovarian cancer is the cause of a high case-fatality ratio, and most of the cases are diagnosed in late stages.</AbstractText>To determine the histopathological types, age distribution, and ovarian tumour stages among diagnosed with ovarian cancer at Al - Amal Tower a multi-referral polyclinic of Radiology & Isotope... |
2,318,421 | Menopause in CKD. | Most women with dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 (CKD stage 5D) are in the postmenopausal age group. Early menopause is reported for all CKD stages (stages 3-5D). The traditional definition of menopause is not applicable in CKD stage 5(D) because menses can resume with hormone replacement therapy... |
2,318,422 | Biological denitrification from mature landfill leachate using a food-waste-derived carbon source. | The mature landfill leachate containing high ammonia concentration (>1000 mg/L) is a serious threat to environment; however, the low COD to TN ratio (C/N, <3) strongly inhibits the denitrification process and poses a severe obstacle for efficient treatment. Herein, two kinds of acidogenic liquids, fermente... |
2,318,423 | The Proliferative Response to p27 Down-Regulation in Estrogen Plus Progestin Hormonal Therapy is Lost in Breast Tumors. | Increased proliferation and breast cancer risk has been observed in postmenopausal women receiving estrogen (E) + progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Progestin action is mediated through two progesterone receptor (PR) isoforms, PRA and PRB, with unique transcriptional activity and function. The current study e... |
2,318,424 | Residential traffic noise and mammographic breast density in the Diet, Cancer, and Health cohort. | Traffic is the most important source of community noise, and it has been proposed to be associated with a range of disease outcomes, including breast cancer. As mammographic breast density (MD) is one of the strongest risk factors for developing breast cancer, the present study investigated whether there is an associat... |
2,318,425 | Female Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Incidence of Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Due to Osteoarthritis. | To examine the associations of female reproductive and hormonal factors with incidence of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for osteoarthritis (OA), and to determine whether the associations differ according to overweight/obesity status.</AbstractText>This study included 22,289 women in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort S... |
2,318,426 | COP1, a negative regulator of photomorphogenesis, positively regulates plant disease resistance via double-stranded RNA binding proteins. | The E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 (Constitutive Photomorphogenesis 1) is a well known component of the light-mediated plant development that acts as a repressor of photomorphogenesis. Here we show that COP1 positively regulates defense against turnip crinkle virus (TCV) and avrRPM1 bacteria by contributing to stability of r... |
2,318,427 | Regulatory Effects of Estradiol on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Activation in Patients with Asthma. | Asthma prevalence and severity are greater in women than in men, and mounting evidence suggests this is in part related to female steroid sex hormones. Conflicting data are reported regarding pro- and anti-inflammatory properties of estradiol. This study was designed to clarify whether estradiol may contribute to enhan... |
2,318,428 | Vascular risk factors for male and female urgency urinary incontinence at age 68 years from a British birth cohort study. | To investigate the prevalence of urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) at age 68 years and the contribution of vascular risk factors to male and female UUI pathogenesis in addition to the associations with raised body mass index (BMI).</AbstractText>In all, 1 762 participants from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Nation... |
2,318,429 | Long-term evaluation of ocular hypertension with primary angle closure and primary open angles. | To evaluate the long-term course of primary angle-closure ocular hypertension and primary open-angle ocular hypertension and possible risk factors for progression to glaucoma.</AbstractText>A total of 109 eyes of 109 ocular hypertension (OHT) patients with a minimum follow-up period of 5 years having complete ocul... |
2,318,430 | Seasonal performance of a full-scale wastewater treatment enhanced pond system. | Enhanced pond systems (EPS) consist of a series of ponds that have been designed to work in synergy to provide both cost-effective enhanced wastewater treatment and resource recovery, in the form of algal biomass, for beneficial reuse. Due to the limited number of full-scale EPS systems worldwide, our understanding of ... |
2,318,431 | An Interoperable System toward Cardiac Risk Stratification from ECG Monitoring. | Many indices have been proposed for cardiovascular risk stratification from electrocardiogram signal processing, still with limited use in clinical practice. We created a system integrating the clinical definition of cardiac risk subdomains from ECGs and the use of diverse signal processing techniques. Three subdomains... |
2,318,432 | Anaerobic treatment of blended sugar industry and ethanol distillery wastewater through biphasic high rate reactor. | This study aimed to investigate the physicochemical properties of sugar industry and ethanol distillery wastewater and the treatment of the blended wastewater through a two-stage anaerobic reactor. For this treatment, different initial chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentrations (5-20 g/L) and hydraulic retention ... |
2,318,433 | Application of a moving-bed biofilm reactor for sulfur-oxidizing autotrophic denitrification. | Sulfur-oxidizing autotrophic denitrification (SO-AD) was investigated in a laboratory-scale moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) at a sewage temperature of 22 °C. A synthetic wastewater with nitrate, sulfide and thiosulfate was fed into the MBBR. After 20 days' acclimation, the reduced sulfur compounds were completel... |
2,318,434 | Depth treatment of coal-chemical engineering wastewater by a cost-effective sequential heterogeneous Fenton and biodegradation process. | In this study, a sequential Fe<sup>0</sup>/H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> reaction and biological process was employed as a low-cost depth treatment method to remove recalcitrant compounds from coal-chemical engineering wastewater after regular biological treatment. First of all, a chemical oxygen demand (COD) and color re... |
2,318,435 | Comparison of Optic Nerve Head Morphology in Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma and Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. | The aim of this study was to assess damage to retinal ganglion cells (RGC) and morphology of the optic nerve head (ONH) in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). The study included three groups of patients, as follows: 40 eyes with POAG, 40 eyes wi... |
2,318,436 | Nano-Sized Fume Biogas Production from Food Waster Using Semi-Continuous Anaerobic Digester. | In this study, the nano-sized fume biogas production from food waste was investigated using lab scale semi-continuous stirred tank reactor (SCSTR) at 35 °C with 30d HRT and 30L working volume. The mesophilic digestion test was performed with three different feed materials (food waste) and food to microorganism (F/... |
2,318,437 | Dusp6 attenuates Ras/MAPK signaling to limit zebrafish heart regeneration. | Zebrafish regenerate cardiac tissue through proliferation of pre-existing cardiomyocytes and neovascularization. Secreted growth factors such as FGFs, IGF, PDGFs and Neuregulin play essential roles in stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation. These factors activate the Ras/MAPK pathway, which is tightly controlled by th... |
2,318,438 | Lifestyle factors and risk of sporadic colorectal cancer by microsatellite instability status: a systematic review and meta-analyses. | The association of lifestyle factors with molecular pathological subtypes of colorectal cancer (CRC), such as microsatellite instability (MSI), could provide further knowledge about the colorectal carcinogenic process. The aim of this review was to evaluate possible associations between lifestyle factors and risk of sp... |
2,318,439 | Simultaneous removal of nitrate and phosphate from wastewater by siderite based autotrophic denitrification. | The potential of simultaneous removal of nitrate and phosphate from wastewater by a single anaerobic Fe(II) oxidizing denitrifiers (the strain PXL1) was assessed using siderite biofilters under different influent TOC concentrations and hydraulic retention times (HRTs) over a 160-day trial. Higher TOC concentrations pro... |
2,318,440 | Effect of quorum quenching on biofouling and ammonia removal in membrane bioreactor under stressful conditions. | Quorum quenching (QQ) has been used to control biofouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs), but the effect of QQ on the performance of MBR has not been systematically studied. This study investigated the effect of QQ on ammonia removal in MBR especially in some stressful conditions. The results showed that membrane fouli... |
2,318,441 | Development of in-house lattice-Boltzmann simulator of bioreactors for wastewater treatment: basic concepts and initial results. | While computational modelling has increasingly supported wastewater bioreactor engineering, novel numerical techniques have been developed such as the lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM). With vinasse treatment as case study, this work is a first step towards a comprehensive LBM simulator of a continuous-flow anaerobic pack... |
2,318,442 | Effect of salinity variation on the autotrophic kinetics of the start-up of a membrane bioreactor and hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor at low hydraulic retention time. | A membrane bioreactor (MBR) and a hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor-membrane bioreactor (hybrid MBBR-MBR) for municipal wastewater treatment were studied to determine the effect of salinity on nitrogen removal and autotrophic kinetics. The biological systems were analyzed during the start-up phase with a hydraulic rete... |
2,318,443 | Anaerobic co-digestion of sludge and microalgae grown in municipal wastewater - a feasibility study. | In this study a natural mix of microalgae grown in wastewater of municipal character was co-digested with sewage sludge in mesophilic conditions, in both batch and semi-continuous modes. The semi-continuous experiment was divided into two periods with OLR<sub>1</sub> (organic loading rate) of 2.4 kg volatile solids (VS... |
2,318,444 | Kinetic assessment of simultaneous removal of arsenite, chlorate and nitrate under autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions. | In this work, a kinetic model was proposed to evaluate the simultaneous removal of arsenite (As (III)), chlorate (ClO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) and nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>) in a granule-based mixotrophic As (III) oxidizing bioreactor for the first time. The autotrophic kinetics related to growth-linked As (I... |
2,318,445 | Performance and microbial shift during acidification of a real pharmaceutical wastewater by using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR). | In this study, a lab-scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR) was used for the acidification of a pharmaceutical wastewater sourced from etodolac chemical synthesis tanks. The effects of the organic loading rate (OLR), and etodolac and sulfate concentrations on the acidification rate and microbial community in ... |
2,318,446 | Impact of temperature and substrate concentration on degradation rates of acetate, propionate and hydrogen and their links to microbial community structure. | The present study investigates the conversion of acetate, propionate and hydrogen consumption linked to the microbial community structure and related to temperature and substrate concentration. Biogas reactors were continuously fed with coffee powder (20 g-COD/L) or acetate (20, 40, and 60 g-COD/L) and op... |
2,318,447 | Performance and genome-centric metagenomics of thermophilic single and two-stage anaerobic digesters treating cheese wastes. | The present research is the first comprehensive study regarding the thermophilic anaerobic degradation of cheese wastewater, which combines the evaluation of different reactor configurations (i.e. single and two-stage continuous stirred tank reactors) on the process efficiency and the in-depth characterization of the m... |
2,318,448 | Decolorization of Reactive Red 159 by a consortium of photosynthetic bacteria using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR). | This experiment aimed to decolorize Reactive Red 159 using a high potential of a consortium of purple nonsulfur bacteria (PNSB) with an application of response surface methodology through a central composite design in open system. The three factors of hydraulic retention time (HRT), sludge retention time (SRT) and dye ... |
2,318,449 | Hormonal factors and pancreatic cancer risk in women: The Malmö Diet and Cancer Study. | The incidence of pancreatic cancer is leveling between sexes. Smoking, high age and heredity are established risk factors, but evidence regarding the influence of hormonal factors is unclear. In this study, we investigated the associations of reproductive factors, use of oral contraceptives (OC) and hormone replacement... |
2,318,450 | Effect of organic loading rate on the removal of DMF, MC and IPA by a pilot-scale AnMBR for treating chemical synthesis-based antibiotic solvent wastewater. | This study focuses on the effects of organic loading rate (OLR) on the removal of N,N-Dimethylformamide(DMF), m-Cresol (MC) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) by a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) for treating chemical synthesis-based antibiotic solvent wastewater at period of improved influent COD concentrat... |
2,318,451 | Influence of support materials on continuous hydrogen production in anaerobic packed-bed reactor with immobilized hydrogen producing bacteria at acidic conditions. | This study assesses the impact of different support materials (Mutag BioChip™, expanded clay and activated carbon) on microbial hydrogen production in an anaerobic packed-bed reactor (APBR) treating synthetic waste water containing glucose as the main carbon source at low pH value. The APBRs were inoculated with... |
2,318,452 | Menopause and adipose tissue: miR-19a-3p is sensitive to hormonal replacement. | Tissue-specific effects of 17β-estradiol are delivered via both estrogen receptors and microRNAs (miRs). Menopause is known to affect the whole-body fat distribution in women. This investigation aimed at identifying menopause- and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)-associated miR profiles and miR targets in subcut... |
2,318,453 | Enhancing forward osmosis water recovery from landfill leachate by desalinating brine and recovering ammonia in a microbial desalination cell. | In this work, a microbial desalination cell (MDC) was employed to desalinate the FO treated leachate for reduction of both salinity and chemical oxygen demand (COD). The FO recovered 51.5% water from a raw leachate and the recovery increased to 83.5% from the concentrated leachate after desalination in the MDC fed with... |
2,318,454 | Musculoskeletal pain and menopause. | Musculoskeletal pain, arthralgia and arthritis are all more common in women, and their frequency increases with age and in some appears to be associated with the onset of menopause. The clinical assessment, investigation and management of women presenting with musculoskeletal pain, arthralgia or arthritis at the time o... |
2,318,455 | The recent development of advanced wastewater treatment by ozone and biological aerated filter. | The combination of ozone and biological aerated filter (O<sub>3</sub>/BAF) has been widely studied and applied in polishing different biological secondary effluents. O<sub>3</sub>/BAF has the advantages of high pollutants removal rate, low operating cost, and flexible combination types. The principle and combination, e... |
2,318,456 | Enhanced biodegradation of phenol in a novel cyclic activated sludge integrated with a rotating bed bioreactor in anoxic and peroxidase-mediated conditions. | Cyclic activated sludge integrated with a rotating bed bioreactor (CASIR) was used for phenol biodegradation. The effects of phenol loading rate, mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) concentration, media filling ratio, hydraulic retention time (HRT) and salinity were investigated for phenol degradation and COD removal.... |
2,318,457 | Establishment and convergence of photosynthetic microbial biomats in shallow unit process open-water wetlands. | The widespread adoption of engineered wetlands designed for water treatment is hindered by uncertainties in system reliability, resilience and management associated with coupled biological and physical processes. To better understand how shallow unit process open-water wetlands self-colonize and evolve, we analyzed the... |
2,318,458 | Pre-treatment of pyridine wastewater by new cathodic-anodic-electrolysis packing. | A novel cathodic-anodic-electrolysis packing (CAEP) used in the treatment of pyridine wastewater was researched, which mainly consisted of 4,4'-diamino-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DSD acid) industrial iron sludge. The physical properties and morphology of the packing were studied. The CAEP was used in a column reactor during... |
2,318,459 | Clinical estimation of α/β values for prostate cancer from isoeffective phase III randomized trials with moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy. | The α/β values for prostate cancer (PCa) are usually assumed to be low (1.0-1.8 Gy). This study estimated the α/β values of PCa from phase III randomized trials of conventional (CRT) versus hypofractionated (HRT) external beam radiotherapy (RT), reported as isoeffective in terms of their ... |
2,318,460 | Plasma Cell Depletion Attenuates Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Autoimmune Disease. | Numerous studies show a direct relation between circulating autoantibodies, characteristic of systemic autoimmune disorders, and primary hypertension in humans. Whether these autoantibodies mechanistically contribute to the development of hypertension remains unclear. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic aut... |
2,318,461 | Influence of temperature on the start-up of membrane bioreactor: kinetic study. | The start-up phase of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for municipal wastewater treatment was studied to determine the effect of temperature on the organic matter removal and heterotrophic kinetics. The MBR system was analyzed during four start-up phases with values of hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 6 h and 10 h, mixed l... |
2,318,462 | Advanced treatment of petrochemical wastewater by combined ozonation and biological aerated filter. | The secondary effluent from a petrochemical wastewater treatment plant was treated by biological aerated filter (BAF) before and after ozonation, namely BAF1 and BAF2, respectively. The results showed that BAF2 fed with the ozonized secondary effluent exhibited a high efficiency in degrading organic pollutants. The rem... |
2,318,463 | The role of ozone pretreatment on optimization of membrane bioreactor for treatment of oil sands process-affected water. | Previously, anoxic-aerobic membrane bioreactor (MBR) coupled with mild ozonation pretreatment has been applied to remove toxic naphthenic acids (NAs) in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). To further improve MBR performance, the optimal operation conditions including hydraulic retention time (HRT) and initial ammo... |
2,318,464 | Quantifying humeral retrotorsion in young swimmers and association with swim volume. | To compare the humeral retrotorsion (HRT) among non-athletes, amateur swimmers and competitive swimmers and to analyze the relationship between HRT and swim volume in competitive swimmers.</AbstractText>Cross-sectional.</AbstractText>Laboratory.</AbstractText>Ninety children and adolescents, both genders (30 non-athlet... |
2,318,465 | Symptom management in women undergoing the menopause. | The menopause is a physiological event involving ovarian failure as a result of a loss of ovarian follicular activity, which leads to oestrogen deficiency, resulting in permanent cessation of menstruation and loss of reproductive function. Women undergoing the menopause are seen in a range of healthcare settings. It is... |
2,318,466 | Exogenous reproductive hormone use in breast cancer survivors and previvors. | Considerable controversy exists regarding the safety of elective exogenous hormonal exposure among breast cancer survivors and women at high risk of developing the disease (referred to herein as 'previvors'). We performed a qualitative analysis focused on four areas of potential exogenous exposure to hormones among pre... |
2,318,467 | Dry anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and cattle manure: Impact of total solids, substrate ratio and thermal pre treatment on methane yield and quality of biomanure. | The objective of the present study is to assess the impact of TS concentration, substrate mixing ratio (co digestion) and thermal pretreatment on biogas production, methane yield, VS reduction (%) and quality of biomanure through dry anaerobic digestion (DAD) of food waste (FW) and cattle manure (CM). Results divulged ... |
2,318,468 | UASB-septic tank as an alternative for decentralized wastewater treatment in Mexico. | The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of a UASB-septic tank as a decentralized treatment of high-strength municipal wastewater under two different HRTs (48 and 72 h). Thus, a lab-scale (44.85 L) UASB-septic tank constituted by three compartments was operated under HRT 72 and 48 h. Re... |
2,318,469 | Visible-Near Infrared Spectroscopic Assessment of Urogenital Tissue in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women. | A clinical study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using visible and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as a potential noninvasive measure of genital skin health in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.</AbstractText>A total of 45 female subjects (aged 21-70 years), all of whom gave fully informed con... |
2,318,470 | The combined effects of carbon/nitrogen ratio, suspended biomass, hydraulic retention time and dissolved oxygen on nutrient removal in a laboratory-scale anaerobic-anoxic-oxic activated sludge biofilm reactor. | The current trend in sustainable development deals mainly with environmental management. There is a need for economically affordable, advanced treatment methods for the proper treatment and management of domestic wastewater containing excess nutrients (such as nitrogen and phosphorus) which can cause eutrophication. Th... |
2,318,471 | Sulfamethoxazole removal in membrane-photocatalytic reactor system - experimentation and modelling. | In this study, the efficacy of membrane-photocatalytic reactor (MPR) in sulfamethoxazole (SMX) removal was explored at a fixed initial SMX concentration, i.e. 100 mg/L. A supported catalyst, i.e. TiO<sub>2</sub> on granular activated carbon (GAC-TiO<sub>2</sub>), was used for MPR experiments. The SMX removal eff... |
2,318,472 | Relationship between corneal biomechanical properties and structural biomarkers in patients with normal-tension glaucoma: a retrospective study. | We evaluated the relationships between corneal biomechanical properties and structural parameters in patients with newly diagnosed, untreated normal-tension glaucoma (NTG).</AbstractText>All subjects were evaluated using an Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) measuring corneal hysteresis (CH) and the corneal resistance fact... |
2,318,473 | PHBV polymer supported denitrification system efficiently treated high nitrate concentration wastewater: Denitrification performance, microbial community structure evolution and key denitrifying bacteria. | Biodegradable polymer supported denitrification (BPD) system shows good denitrification performance for the wastewater with low nitrate concentrations. In this study, a BPD system using Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) polymer as carbon source was developed to treat the wastewater with high nitrate ... |
2,318,474 | Correlation of flow density, as measured using optical coherence tomography angiography, with structural and functional parameters in glaucoma patients. | To evaluate the correlation between flow density, as measured by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA), and structural and functional parameters in patients with open-angle glaucoma.</AbstractText>Thirty-four eyes of 34 patients with open-angle glaucoma and 35 eyes of 35 healthy subjects were prospectively in... |
2,318,475 | Hypotension Risk Based on Vasoactive Agent Discontinuation Order in Patients in the Recovery Phase of Septic Shock. | Patients with septic shock often require vasoactive agents for hemodynamic support; however, the optimal approach to discontinuing these agents once patients reach the recovery phase is currently unknown. The objective of this evaluation was to compare the incidence of hypotension within 24 hours based on the discontin... |
2,318,476 | Simultaneous removal of atrazine and organic matter from wastewater using anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor: A performance analysis. | In this study, an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (AMBBR) was designed to biodegrade atrazine under mesophilic (32 °C) condition and then it was evaluated for approximately 1 year. After biofilm formation, acclimation, and enrichment of microbial population within the bioreactor, the effect of various op... |
2,318,477 | Sensation Seeking, Non-contextual Decision Making, and Driving Abilities As Measured through a Moped Simulator. | The general aim of the present study was to explore the relations between driving style (assessed through a moped riding simulator) and psychological variables such as sensation seeking and decision making. Because the influences of sensation seeking and decision making on driving styles have been studied separately in... |
2,318,478 | Development of a new comprehensive and reliable endometrial receptivity map (ER Map/ER Grade) based on RT-qPCR gene expression analysis. | Is it possible to determine the receptivity status of an endometrium by combined quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) expression analysis of genes involved in endometrial proliferation and immunity?</AbstractText>The new ER Map®/ER Grade® test can predict endometrial receptivity status by RT-qPCR ... |
2,318,479 | First delivery and ovariectomy affect biomechanical and structural properties of the vagina in the ovine model.<Pagination><StartPage>455</StartPage><EndPage>464</EndPage><MedlinePgn>455-464</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1007/s00192-017-3535-9</ELocationID><Abstract><AbstractText La... | Animal models are useful for investigating the genesis of pelvic floor dysfunction and for developing novel therapies for its treatment. There is a need for an alternative large-animal model to the nonhuman primate. Therefore we studied the effects of the first vaginal delivery, ovariectomy and systemic hormonal replac... |
2,318,480 | Evaluation and optimization of a new microbial enhancement plug-flow ditch system for the pretreatment of acid mine drainage: semi-pilot test. | Acid mine drainage (AMD) is typically characterized by low pH, a high concentration of sulfate and dissolved heavy metals. Therefore, it is of practical significance to promote the transformation of soluble Fe and SO<sub>4</sub> <sup>2-</sup> into iron hydroxysulfate minerals by biomineralization of <i>Acidithiobacillu... |
2,318,481 | Achieving high-level nitrogen removal in mainstream by coupling anammox with denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. | To achieve energy neutral wastewater treatment, mainstream anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has attracted extensive attention in the past decade. However, the relatively high effluent nitrogen concentration (>10 mg N L<sup>-1</sup>) remains a significant barrier hindering its practical imp... |
2,318,482 | Cross-sectional analyses of participation in cancer screening and use of hormone replacement therapy and medications in meat eaters and vegetarians: the EPIC-Oxford study. | To examine differences in health-related behaviours such as screening or testing for cancer, use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and use of other medications in different diet groups.</AbstractText>We studied 31 260 participants across four diet groups (18 155 meat eaters, 5012 fish eaters, 7179 vege... |
2,318,483 | Improved salt removal and power generation in a cascade of two hydraulically connected up-flow microbial desalination cells. | A novel two chamber up-flow microbial desalination cell (UMDC) was designed for evaluating desalination of real seawater with simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy generation. Two UMDCs were hydraulically connected in continuous flow mode (cascade mode) and operated at ten different hydraulic retention times (HR... |
2,318,484 | Conventional Versus Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized or Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis along with Therapeutic Implications. | A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the therapeutic outcomes of conventional radiation therapy (CRT) and hypofractionated radiation therapy (HRT) for localized or locally advanced prostate cancer (LLPCa).</AbstractText>A total of 599 abstracts were extracted from 5 databases and screened in... |
2,318,485 | Update on the effect of exogenous hormone use on glioma risk in women: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies. | Various studies have confirmed the important roles of endogenous hormones in the development of gliomas, while the roles of exogenous hormones remain controversial. Based on case-control studies and cohort studies, a meta-analysis was exerted to explore the effect of two exogenous hormones use (HRT: hormone replacement... |
2,318,486 | A 3DBER-S-EC process for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater with low organic carbon content. | A new process was proposed by integrating a three-dimensional biofilm electrode reactor with sulfur autotrophic denitrification and electrocoagulation within the same reactor. The results indicated that under the wastewater influent condition of NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N = 30 mg/L, COD = 45&... |
2,318,487 | Influence of elevated Zn (II) on Anammox system: Microbial variation and zinc tolerance. | Nitrogen removal by anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) has attracted increasing attention in nowadays. An Anammox biofilter was subjected to a continuous loading of elevated Zn (II). The influence of Zn (II) on the nitrogen removal, microbial community and biofilm property was investigated in the condition of 23-26... |
2,318,488 | Influence of various operating conditions on wastewater treatment in an AS-biofilm reactor and post-treatment using TiO<sub>2</sub>-based solar/UV photocatalysis. | In the present study, the effect of carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio, suspended biomass concentration (X), hydraulic retention time (HRT) and dissolved oxygen (DO) on chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nutrient removal from wastewater was investigated in a lab-scale activated sludge (AS)-biofilm reactor. Furthermore, in or... |
2,318,489 | Polycystic ovarian syndrome: Assessment of approaches to diagnosis and cardiometabolic monitoring in UK primary care. | Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the commonest endocrine disorders affecting women of reproductive age. We examined the specific tests that are done in primary care to lead to the diagnosis of PCOS, and to support the diagnosis once made.</AbstractText>One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven women were ... |
2,318,490 | Comparison of Optic Disc Parameters in Hyperopic and Emmetropic Eyes of Healthy Children with HRT and OCT. | To investigate, through Heidelberg retina tomography II (HRT II) and RTVue-100 optical coherence tomography (OCT), normal parameters of the optic nerve head (ONH) in highly hyperopic children, and compare these with a group of children with low hyperopia and emmetropia, as fundus examination of highly hyperopic childre... |
2,318,491 | Effect of temperature and organic loading rate on siphon-driven self-agitated anaerobic digestion performance for food waste treatment. | The effects of organic loading rate (OLR) and operating temperature on the performance of siphon-driven self-agitated anaerobic reactor (SDSAR) in an on-site food waste (FW) treatment system were investigated. Two reactors were operated in parallel for comparison between mesophilic condition (35 ± 1&... |
2,318,492 | Characterization of Hydrolysis Kinetics in Staged Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater Treatment Sludge. |   The hydrolysis of mixed primary and secondary sludges in two-stage anaerobic digestion was evaluated and compared with conventional single-stage digestion, using various temperature-phased configurations of M1-M2, M1-T3, T1-T2, and T1-M3. A dual hydrolysis model best described the hydrolysis in all tests. This... |
2,318,493 | Removal of pharmaceutical compounds from urban wastewater by an advanced bio-oxidation process based on fungi Trametes versicolor immobilized in a continuous RBC system. | Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not able to remove completely some emerging contaminants, such as residual pharmaceutical compounds (PCs) with potential ecotoxicity to water bodies. An advanced bio-oxidation process (ABOP) using white-rot fungi (WRF) has been proposed as alternative biological trea... |
2,318,494 | Retrospective comparative study of the factors affecting birthweights in frozen-thawed embryo transfer, compared to fresh embryo transfer. | Several studies have indicated that the cause of the increased birthweight of frozen-thawed embryos was associated with assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures, such as cryopreservation. In the present study, the mean birthweight of singletons was compared between the ovulatory and hormone replacement therapy... |
2,318,495 | Safety and Prognostic Utility of Provocative Exercise Testing in Acutely Concussed Adolescents: A Randomized Trial. | To evaluate (1) systematic assessment of exercise tolerance in adolescents shortly after sport-related concussion (SRC) and (2) the prognostic utility of such assessment.</AbstractText>Prospective randomized controlled trial.</AbstractText>University and community sports medicine centers.</AbstractText>Adolescents with... |
2,318,496 | The effect of temperature and retention time on methane production and microbial community composition in staged anaerobic digesters fed with food waste. | Food waste is a large bio-resource that may be converted to biogas that can be used for heat and power production, or as transport fuel. We studied the anaerobic digestion of food waste in a staged digestion system consisting of separate acidogenic and methanogenic reactor vessels. Two anaerobic digestion parameters we... |
2,318,497 | A review on carbohydrate embedded polyurethanes: An emerging area in the scope of biomedical applications. | Polyurethanes (PUs) are expanding to newer horizons in the field of biomedical sciences, particularly due to their exceptional set of properties that deem fit for applications in the said field. On the other hand, carbohydrates find increasing attention as components of biomedical devices due to their easy availability... |
2,318,498 | Stimulating ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) activity drives the ammonium oxidation rate in a constructed wetland (CW). | An integrated approach to document high ammonium oxidation rate in Guanjinggang constructed wetland (GJG-CW) was performed and the results showed that the substantial ammonium oxidation rate could be obtained by enhancing Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) activity rather than Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea (AOA) activity. In... |
2,318,499 | A novel approach of modeling continuous dark hydrogen fermentation. | In this study a novel modeling approach for describing fermentative hydrogen production in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) was developed, using the Aquasim modeling platform. This model accounts for the key metabolic reactions taking place in a fermentative hydrogen producing reactor, using fixed stoichiometry... |
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