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2,318,600 | Expression of PGRMC1 in paraffin-embedded tissues of breast cancer. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can increase the risk of breast cancer, shown especially in the only double-blind placebo-controlled study, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Recent published researches are suggesting that progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) expression may explain this result. This ... |
2,318,601 | Association of intraocular pressure-related factors and retinal vessel diameter with optic disc rim area in subjects with and without primary open angle glaucoma. | The data may support the notion that the intra-ocular pressure (IOP)-related factors and vascular factors were implicated concurrently in glaucomatous optic nerve damage.</AbstractText>To study the association of intraocular pressure (IOP)-related factors, IOP, trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD), cerebro... |
2,318,602 | Performance and extracellular polymers substance analysis of a pilot scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor for treating tetrahydrofuran pharmaceutical wastewater at different HRTs. | Tetrahydrofuran (THF) is one of the most representative characteristics of pollutant in pharmaceutical industry usually has high biological toxicity, making it difficult to treat. In this study, a pilot scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was employed to treat THF pharmaceutical wastewater under different hydra... |
2,318,603 | Vitamin D Proliferates Vaginal Epithelium through RhoA Expression in Postmenopausal Atrophic Vagina tissue. | Postmenopausal atrophic vagina (PAV) is the thinning of the walls of the vagina and decreased lugae of the vagina. PAV is caused by decreased estrogen levels in postmenopausal women. However, the harmful effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have resulted in considerable caution in its use. Various estrogen agon... |
2,318,604 | Glioblastoma in the elderly: initial management. | Glioblastoma is the most common primary CNS malignancy and it is becoming more frequently diagnosed in the elderly population. Glioblastoma is associated with a dismal prognosis and remains a huge challenge for the neuro-oncology community. Surgical resection/biopsy is well defined as an important first approach in the... |
2,318,605 | Performance of a sequencing-batch membrane bioreactor (SMBR) with an automatic control strategy treating high-strength swine wastewater. | Due to high-strength of organic matters, nutrients and pathogen, swine wastewater is a major source of pollution to rural environment and surface water. A sequencing-batch membrane bioreactor (SMBR) system with an automatic control strategy was developed for high-strength swine wastewater treatment. Short-cut nitrifica... |
2,318,606 | A case-control study of hormonal exposures as etiologic factors for ALS in women: Euro-MOTOR. | To investigate the role of hormonal risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) among women from 3 European countries.</AbstractText>ALS cases and matched controls were recruited over 4 years in Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands. Hormonal exposures, including reproductive history, breastfeeding, contraceptiv... |
2,318,607 | Bacterial and archaeal community distribution and stabilization of anaerobic sludge in a strengthen circulation anaerobic (SCA) reactor for municipal wastewater treatment. | In this study, a SCA reactor was employed for municipal wastewater treatment at a mesophilic temperature (30°C) under different hydraulic retention times (HRT) and upflow velocities (V<sub>up</sub>) to investigate granule sludge stability and spatial microbial distribution. The stable COD removal efficiency readie... |
2,318,608 | Metabolomics and genomics combine to unravel the pathway for the presence of fragrance in rice. | Since it was first characterised in 1983, 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2AP) has been considered to be the most important aroma compound in rice. In this study, we show four other amine heterocycles: 6-methyl, 5-oxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine (6M5OTP), 2-acetylpyrrole, pyrrole and 1-pyrroline, that correlate strongly with the ... |
2,318,609 | Hormone replacement therapy after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy minimises endocrine and sexual problems: A prospective study. | There has been some doubts raised in earlier studies about the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in reducing endocrine and sexual problems in women who have undergone a risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO).</AbstractText>In this prospective, observational study, we recruited 178 premenopausal women wi... |
2,318,610 | Investigating the performance of an anaerobic baffled bioreactor for the biodegradation of alkaline-surfactant-polymer in oilfield water. | The anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) was used to treat alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flooding wastewater in the Daqing oilfield. With the ABR, hydraulic retention time (HRT)was reduced from 72  to 24 h, the bioreactor purification capability gradually improved. After the ABR running for 100 days, the r... |
2,318,611 | N<sub>2</sub>O emissions from an intermittently aerated semi-aerobic aged refuse bioreactor: Combined effect of COD and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N in influent leachate. | The carbon-nitrogen ratio (COD/NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N) is an important factor affecting nitrification and denitrification in wastewater treatment; this factor also influences nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) emissions. This study investigated two simulated intermittently aerated semi-aerobic aged refuse bioreactors... |
2,318,612 | Improving biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge with a thermal dried mixture of food waste, cheese whey and olive mill wastewater. | Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and other organic wastes at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is a promising method for both energy and material recovery. However, transportation and storage of wastes to WWTP may be the bottleneck for the successful implementation of this technology. In case of wet wastes and... |
2,318,613 | Simultaneous wastewater treatment and biogas production using integrated anaerobic baffled reactor granular activated carbon from baker's yeast wastewater. | In this study, simultaneous degradation of organic matter and color removal from food processing industries wastewater using an integrated anaerobic baffled reactor granular activated carbon (IABRGAC) was investigated. Theretofore, effective parameters such as hydraulic retention time (HRT) and granular activated carbo... |
2,318,614 | Extracellular enzymatic activity of two hydrolases in wastewater treatment for biological nutrient removal. | Due to the complex nature of the wastewater (both domestic and non-domestic) composition, biological processes are widely used to remove nutrients, such as carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorous (P), which cause instability and hence contribute to the damage of water bodies. Systems with different configurations hav... |
2,318,615 | A novel horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland: Reducing area requirements and clogging risk. | The use of Constructed Wetlands (CWs) has been nowadays expanded from municipal to industrial and agro-industrial wastewaters. The main limitations of CWs remain the relatively high area requirements compared to mechanical treatment technologies and the potential occurrence of the clogging phenomenon. This study presen... |
2,318,616 | Effect of hydraulic retention time on deterioration/restarting of sludge anaerobic digestion: Extracellular polymeric substances and microbial response. | In this study, the transformation of the sludge-related extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during mesophilic anaerobic digestion was characterized to assess the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on reactor deterioration/restarting. Experimental HRT variations from 20 to 15 and 10d was implemented for deter... |
2,318,617 | Age at menopause and hormone replacement therapy as risk factors for head and neck and oesophageal cancer (Review). | There were ~986,000 cases of head and neck cancer (HNC) and oesophageal cancer diagnosed worldwide in 2012. The incidence of these types of cancer is much higher in males than females, although this disparity decreases in the elderly population, suggesting a role for hormones as a risk factor. This systematic revi... |
2,318,618 | Performance of air-cathode stacked microbial fuel cells systems for wastewater treatment and electricity production. | Two different air-cathode stacked microbial fuel cell (MFC) configurations were evaluated under continuous flow during the treatment of municipal wastewater and electricity production at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 3, 1, and 0.5 d. Stacked MFC 1 was formed by 20 individual air-cathode MFC units. The second stac... |
2,318,619 | Corneal ring infiltration in contact lens wearers. | To report a case of atypical sterile ring infiltrates during wearing soft silicone hydrogel contact lens due to poor lens care. A 29-year-old woman presented with complaints of pain, redness, and morning discharge. She was wearing soft silicone hydrogel contact lens previously; her current symptoms began 1 week before ... |
2,318,620 | Breast Density and Breast Cancer Incidence in the Lebanese Population: Results from a Retrospective Multicenter Study. | To study the distribution of breast mammogram density in Lebanese women and correlate it with breast cancer (BC) incidence.</AbstractText>Data from 1,049 women who had screening or diagnostic mammography were retrospectively reviewed. Age, menopausal status, contraceptives or hormonal replacement therapy (HRT), parity,... |
2,318,621 | Seeking to enhance the bioenergy of municipal sludge: Effect of alkali pre-treatment and soluble organic matter supplementation. | The aim of this research is to enhance the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge from Cadiz-San Fernando (Spain) wastewater treatment plant at 20days hydraulic retention time (HRT). Two different strategies were tested to improve the process: co-digestion with the addition of soluble organic matter (1% v/v... |
2,318,622 | Nutrients removal and bacterial community structure for low C/N municipal wastewater using a modified anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (mA2/O) process in North China. | A modified anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (mA2/O) process based on utilizing the internal carbon source and adding polypropylene carriers was operated for 90d to investigate the nutrients removal performance and bacterial community. This system exhibited a stable and efficient performance, particularly, in removing the NH<sub>4... |
2,318,623 | Developing an ecosystem model of a floating wetland for water quality improvement on a stormwater pond. | An ecosystem model was developed to assist with designing and implementing a floating wetland (FW) for water quality management of urban stormwater ponds, focusing on nitrogen (N) removal. The model is comprised of three linked submodels: hydrology, plant growth, and nitrogen. The model was calibrated with the data tha... |
2,318,624 | Continuous nitrogen removal by a single-stage reactor packed with ring-laced string medium. | The efficiency of nitrogen removal by a partial-nitritation/anammox (PNA) reaction was investigated using a packed-bed reactor in which ring-laced strings were used as the supporting medium. A stable population of PNA microorganisms was established from typical activated sludge, after less than two months of acclimatio... |
2,318,625 | The disc damage likelihood scale: Diagnostic accuracy and correlations with cup-to-disc ratio, structural tests and standard automated perimetry. | Our objective was to compare the diagnostic accuracies of and to determine the correlations between the disc damage likelihood scale (DDLS) and anatomical and functional tests used for glaucoma detection. A total of 54 healthy subjects (54 eyes) and 47 primary open-angle glaucoma patients (47 eyes) were included in thi... |
2,318,626 | Effect of operating conditions on speciation and bioavailability of trace metals in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors. | This study investigated the effect of changes in pH (7, 6.5 and 6), hydraulic retention time (HRT) (6h, 4h, and 2h), solids retention time (SRT) (100d and 25d) on the speciation of trace metals (TMs) in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SAMBRs). The results showed that the metal retention capacity of SAMBRs red... |
2,318,627 | Cu removal and response mechanisms of periphytic biofilms in a tubular bioreactor. | This work studied Cu removal and response mechanisms of periphytic biofilms in a tubular bioreactor. Periphytic biofilms immobilized in a tubular bioreactor were used to remove Cu from wastewater with different Cu concentrations. Results showed that periphytic biofilms had a high removal efficiency (max. 99%) at a hydr... |
2,318,628 | Investigation on the response of anaerobic membrane bioreactor to temperature decrease from 25°C to 10°C in sewage treatment. | Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) for sewage treatment was operated for 650days with the decrease of temperature from 25°C to 10°C. At higher temperature >15°C, COD removal was above 94% while sewage treatment efficiency and relevant CH<sub>4</sub> production decreased below 15°C. The effluen... |
2,318,629 | Effects of size and thermophilic pre-hydrolysis of banana peel during anaerobic digestion, and biomethanation potential of key tropical fruit wastes. | Methane production potential of tropical fruit wastes, namely lady-finger banana peel, rambutan waste and longan waste were compared using BMP assay and stoichiometric modified Buswell and Mueller equation. Methane yields based on volatile solid (VS) were in the order of ground banana peel, chopped banana peel, chopped... |
2,318,630 | Hormone factors play a favorable role in female head and neck cancer risk. | Due to lower female incidence, estimates of exogenous and endogenous hormonal factors in head and neck cancers (HNCs, comprising cancers of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx) among women have been inconsistent and unable to account for key HNC risk factors. We pooled data from 11 studies from Europe,... |
2,318,631 | Age of menarche is associated with knee joint replacement due to primary osteoarthritis (The HUNT Study and the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register). | To investigate whether parity, age at menarche, menopausal status, age at menopause, use of oral contraceptives (OC) or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) were associated with total knee replacement (TKR) or total hip replacement (THR) due to primary osteoarthritis.</AbstractText>In a prospective cohort study of ... |
2,318,632 | Association of perceived tinnitus with duration of hormone replacement therapy in Korean postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study. | The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and tinnitus in South Korea using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) (2010-2012).</AbstractText>Cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide health survey.</AbstractText>KNHANES... |
2,318,633 | HRT for women with premature ovarian insufficiency: a comprehensive review. | Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), often and misleadingly referred to as 'premature menopause', is defined as a loss of ovarian activity before the age of 40 years and is characterized by irregular or absent periods and reduced fertility. Symptoms include those associated with the natural menopause (night sweats an... |
2,318,634 | Bio-immobilization of dark fermentative bacteria for enhancing continuous hydrogen production from cornstalk hydrolysate. | Mycelia pellets were employed as biological carrier in a continuous stirred tank reactor to reduce biomass washout and enhance hydrogen production from cornstalk hydrolysate. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) and influent substrate concentration played critical roles on hydrogen production of the bioreactor. The maximum h... |
2,318,635 | Factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine use among women at midlife. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been established as the first-line treatment for women experiencing menopausal symptoms. The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), however, is becoming increasingly popular among women at midlife for management of such symptoms. Despite the equivocal evidence of CAM'... |
2,318,636 | Prenatal and postnatal exposure to NO<sub>2</sub> and child attentional function at 4-5years of age. | Prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution has been linked to cognitive impairment in children, but very few studies have assessed its association with attentional function.</AbstractText>To evaluate the association between prenatal and postnatal exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2</sub>) and attentional function i... |
2,318,637 | Feasibility of thermophilic anaerobic processes for treating waste activated sludge under low HRT and intermittent mixing. | Thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) arises as an optimized solution for the waste activated sludge (WAS) management. However, there are few feasibility studies using low solids content typically found in the WAS, and that consider uncommon operational conditions such as intermittent mixing and low hydraulic retention... |
2,318,638 | Dietary Protein Intake above the Current RDA and Bone Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | Dietary intake of protein is fundamental for optimal acquisition and maintenance of bone across all life stages; however, it has been hypothesized that intakes above the current recommended dietary allowance (RDA) might be beneficial for bone health. We utilized the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and ... |
2,318,639 | [Diagnostic Precision of the Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy in the Large Optic Disc with Physiological Excavation - a Long-Term Study]. | We repeatedly examined 17 subjects with presumed bilateral physiological excavation labeled as pathological and/or borderline via HRT to verify the diagnosis of physiological cupping or to monitor the long-term progression into normal tension glaucoma.</AbstractText>17 Subjects with presumed bilateral physiological cup... |
2,318,640 | Impact of postoperative pituitary tumor adrenal insufficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on tumor recurrence. | The present study was aimed to investigate the impact of postoperative pituitary tumor adrenal insufficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on tumor recurrence.</AbstractText>The prospective study included 143 pituitary tumor patients as study subjects. Within 6 months after the operation, the study was planned ... |
2,318,641 | Precision oncology using a limited number of cells: optimization of whole genome amplification products for sequencing applications. | Sequencing analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) enables "liquid biopsy" to guide precision oncology strategies. However, this requires low-template whole genome amplification (WGA) that is prone to errors and biases from uneven amplifications. Currently, quality control (QC) methods for WGA products, as well as t... |
2,318,642 | Phosphorus removal performance and biological dephosphorization process in treating reclaimed water by Integrated Vertical-flow Constructed Wetlands (IVCWs). | Phosphorous removal in adsorption had been extensively researched; however, the biological dephosphorization process and optimum operating parameters have not been discussed or quantified in Integrated Vertical-flow Constructed Wetlands (IVCWs). In this study, IVCWs planted with different plants were employed to evalua... |
2,318,643 | Theory and computer simulation of hard-core Yukawa mixtures: thermodynamical, structural and phase coexistence properties. | We report extensive calculations, based on the modified hypernetted chain (MHNC) theory, on the hierarchical reference theory (HRT), and on Monte Carlo simulations, of thermodynamical, structural and phase coexistence properties of symmetric binary hard-core Yukawa mixtures (HCYM) with attractive interactions at equal ... |
2,318,644 | Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Codigestion of Algae and Acetate to Produce Methane. |   Algae grown in wastewater treatment lagoons are a potentially important substrate for biofuel production. The feasibility of using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors in anaerobic digestion of algae to produce methane was investigated. A favorable carbon to nitrogen (C/N) weight ratio of 21/1 was d... |
2,318,645 | Effects of HRT on the efficiency of denitrification and carbon source release in constructed wetland filled with bark. | Constructed wetland is widely used to treat municipal sewage. However, lack of carbon source always constraints the application of constructed wetland in advanced tailwater treatment process. Bark was used as the filler and external carbon source of constructed wetland in the study, and the effects of hydraulic retenti... |
2,318,646 | Hydraulic retention time and pH affect the performance and microbial communities of passive bioreactors for treatment of acid mine drainage. | For acceleration of removing toxic metals from acid mine drainage (AMD), the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and pH on the reactor performance and microbial community structure in the depth direction of a laboratory-scale packed-bed bioreactor containing rice bran as waste organic material were investigated. ... |
2,318,647 | Short-term microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulation to improve muscle function in the elderly: A randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial. | Microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulation (MENS) has been suggested to improve muscle function and restore damaged muscle. However, current evidence is insufficient to determine the effectiveness of this therapy in age-dependent muscle weakness. Therefore, a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, sham-control... |
2,318,648 | Optimization of sampling strategy to determine pathogen removal efficacy of activated sludge treatment plant. | Large-scale wastewater schemes rely on multi-barrier approach for the production of safe and sustainable recycled water. In multi-barrier wastewater reclamation systems, conventional activated sludge process (ASP) often constitutes a major initial treatment step. The main aim of this research was to determine most appr... |
2,318,649 | Modeling in-sewer transformations at catchment scale - implications on drug consumption estimates in wastewater-based epidemiology. | To which extent illicit drugs are transformed during in-sewer transport, depends on a number of factors: i) substance-specific transformation rates, ii) environmental conditions, iii) point of discharge (location of drug user) and iv) sewer network properties, primarily hydraulic residence time (HRT) and the ratio of b... |
2,318,650 | Treatment of food waste recycling wastewater using anaerobic ceramic membrane bioreactor for biogas production in mainstream treatment process of domestic wastewater. | A bench-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) equipped with submerged flat-sheet ceramic membranes was operated at mesophilic conditions (30-35 °C) treating domestic wastewater (DWW) supplemented with food wasterecycling wastewater (FRW) to increase the organic loading rate (OLR) for better biogas produ... |
2,318,651 | Anaerobic digestion of solid agroindustrial waste in semi-continuous mode: Evaluation of mono-digestion and co-digestion systems. | The present study aimed at investigating the anaerobic digestion of four agroindustrial waste, namely cotton gin waste, winery waste, olive pomace and juice industry waste, in semi-continuous mode, conducting mono-digestion and co-digestion assays, using an artificial organic fraction sample as co-substrate. These assa... |
2,318,652 | Association between lifestyle, menstrual/reproductive history, and histological factors and risk of breast cancer in women biopsied for benign breast disease. | Women with benign breast disease (BBD) have an increased risk of subsequent breast cancer. However, whether conventional breast cancer risk factors influence risk of breast cancer among women with BBD is unclear. In this study, we investigated the associations of lifestyle, menstrual/reproductive, and histological fact... |
2,318,653 | Field-scale electrolysis/ceramic membrane system for the treatment of sewage from decentralized small communities. | The electrolysis process adopting copper electrodes and ceramic membrane with pore sizes of 0.1-0.2 μm were consisted to a system for the treatment of sewage from decentralized small communities. The system was operated under an HRT of 0.1 hour, voltage of 24 V, and TMP of 0.05 MPa. The system showe... |
2,318,654 | Applicability of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket and dynamic membrane-coupled process for the treatment of municipal wastewater. | This study investigated the applicability of dynamic membrane filter (DMF) technology in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) and DMF-coupled process for the treatment of municipal wastewater. The overall treatment performance and effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT), operating flux, and mesh pore size on the... |
2,318,655 | New criteria to determine the destabilization of the acidogenic anaerobic co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) with mixed sludge (MS). | Effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on bio-hydrogen production from co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and mixed sludge (MS) in dry thermophilic conditions (55°C and 20% total solids) was investigated. A decreasing sequence of six HRTs, from 2.9 to 0.8-days, was performed to eva... |
2,318,656 | Volatile fatty acid production dynamics during the acidification of pretreated olive mill wastewater. | This study focuses on the dynamics of VFA production from pretreated olive mill wastewater (OMW). Acidogenic anaerobic sequencing batch reactors (AcASBR) were operated with the pretreated OMW at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 2days and pH of 5,5 for different organic loading rates (OLRs) ranging from 5gCOD/L.d to 40... |
2,318,657 | Efficient 2,4-dichloronitrobenzene removal in the coupled BES-UASB reactor: Effect of external voltage mode. | In this study, bioelectrochemical-upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (BES-UASB) system was developed for treatment of 2,4-dichloronitrobenzen (DClNB) containing wastewater to investigate the effect of external voltage with different supplying modes. Results showed that 2,4-dichloroaniline (DClAN) was under detection limit... |
2,318,658 | Bioelectrochemical approach for control of methane emission from wetlands. | To harvest electricity and mitigate methane emissions from wetlands, a novel microbial fuel cell coupled constructed wetland (MFC-CW) was assembled with an anode placing in the rhizosphere and a cathode on the water surface. Plant-mediated methane accounted for 71-82% of the total methane fluxes. The bioanode served as... |
2,318,659 | Stability of continuous and fed batch sequential anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic moving bed bioreactor systems at phenol shock load application. | The stability of two sequential moving bed bioreactor systems operated in anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic continuous moving bed bioreactor (CMBR: R1-R2-R3) and semi-continuous fed batch moving bed bioreactor (FMBR: B1-B2-B3) modes was assessed for phenol shock load (PSL) applications in the presence of thiocyanate and ammonia... |
2,318,660 | Hormone replacement treatment choices in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome: an audit of an adult clinic. | To review the treatment choices of women with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) at a single tertiary centre.</AbstractText>Retrospective review.</AbstractText>Women with CAIS identified from our database.</AbstractText>The study group comprised 141 women with CAIS. Eleven percent (16/141) of women had gon... |
2,318,661 | Prognostic value of tumor volume and radiation dose in moderate-sized hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter analysis in Korea (KROG 14-17). | The purpose of this study is to investigate the prognostic value of tumor volume and radiation dose for predicting treatment outcomes in moderate-sized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).A total of 72 patients with unresectable HCC ranging in size from 5 to 10 cm were treated with high-dose radiotherapy including hy... |
2,318,662 | Barking up the Wrong Tree: Why and How We May Need to Revise Alcohol Addiction Therapy. | One of the main characteristics of alcohol abuse and addiction is the loss of control over alcohol intake and the continuation of drinking in the face of negative consequences. Mounting evidence strongly suggests that an alcohol-induced imbalance between goal-directed and habitual behavior may be one of the main drivin... |
2,318,663 | Biomethanation macrodynamics of vegetable residues pretreated by low-frequency microwave irradiation. | The effects of microwave irradiation on the digestibility and biogas production of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) and cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) leaves were investigated using biochemical methane potential (BMP) assays. Cow dung was utilised as inoculum. Different microwave powers (87.5, 1... |
2,318,664 | Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. | Previous studies on the association between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer survival have yielded mixed results. We aimed to perform a meta-analysis to assess the association with all available studies. Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed and EMBASE to April 2017. We calculated the ... |
2,318,665 | Performance of autotrophic nitrogen removal from digested piggery wastewater. | The performance of an autotrophic nitrogen removal process to treat digested piggery wastewater (DPW) was investigated by gradually shortening the HRT and enhancing the DPW concentration during 390days of operation. The results showed that the total nitrogen removal rate and efficiency reached 3.9kg-Nm<sup>-3</sup>day<... |
2,318,666 | Performance and design considerations for an anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactor treating brewery wastewater: Impact of surface area loading rate and temperature. | Three 4 L anaerobic moving bed biofilm reactors (AMBBR) treated brewery wastewater with AC920 media providing 680 m<sup>2</sup> protected surface area per m<sup>3</sup> of media. Different hydraulic retention times (HRT; 24, 18, 12, 10, 8 and 6 h) at 40% media fill and 35 °C, as well as differe... |
2,318,667 | Removal of sulfate and heavy metals by sulfate-reducing bacteria in an expanded granular sludge bed reactor. | The objective of this study is to utilize an expanded granular sludge bed reactor for removing heavy metals and sulfate from synthetic acid-mine drainage (AMD) using sewage sludge fermentation centrate as the substrate. The reactor was bioaugmented with an enriched consortium of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). The bio... |
2,318,668 | Pyridine influence on a sequential anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic FMBR system for phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia removal. | A synthetic wastewater containing various pyridine concentrations (25-250 mg/L) was treated in a sequential anaerobic(B1)-anoxic(B2)-aerobic(B3) fed batch moving bed reactor (FMBR) system. Pyridine was associated with phenol (1500 mg/L), SCN- (800 mg/L), chemical oxygen demand (COD) (5400-5430 mg/L) and NH4+-N (500 mg/... |
2,318,669 | Nitrogen and phosphorus treatment of marine wastewater by a laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor with eco-friendly marine high-efficiency sediment. | We screened and identified a NH3</sub>-N-removing bacterial strain, Bacillus sp. KGN1, and a [Formula: see text] removing strain, Vibrio sp. KGP1, from 960 indigenous marine isolates from seawater and marine sediment from Tongyeong, South Korea. We developed eco-friendly high-efficiency marine sludge (eco-HEMS), and in... |
2,318,670 | Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time on Anaerobic Digestion of Wheat Straw in the Semicontinuous Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactors. | Three semicontinuous continuous stirred-tank reactors (CSTR) operating at mesophilic conditions (35°C) were used to investigate the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on anaerobic digestion of wheat straw. The results showed that the average biogas production with HRT of 20, 40, and 60 days was 46.8, 79.9, a... |
2,318,671 | Effects of hydraulic retention time on adsorption behaviours of EPS in an A/O-MBR: biofouling study with QCM-D. | Extra-cellular polymeric substances (EPS) are a major cause of membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBRs). In this study, an anoxic-oxic membrane bioreactor (A/O-MBR) was run continuously for 98 days. The runs were divided into three stages according to hydraulic retention time (HRT) (11.8, 12.5 and 14.3 h,... |
2,318,672 | Carotenoid dietary intakes and plasma concentrations are associated with heel bone ultrasound attenuation and osteoporotic fracture risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Norfolk cohort. | Carotenoids are found in abundance in fruit and vegetables, and may be involved in the positive association of these foods with bone health. This study aimed to explore the associations of dietary carotenoid intakes and plasma concentrations with bone density status and osteoporotic fracture risk in a European populati... |
2,318,673 | Postmenopausal pregnancy? Evaluation of elevated hCG in a 59-year-old woman. | Slightly elevated serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) can be a normal finding in postmenopausal women. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman with a history of abnormal uterine bleeding who presented with a concern for pregnancy after developing nausea and vomiting a few weeks after unprotected intercourse. Altho... |
2,318,674 | The impact of DO and salinity on microbial community in poly(butylene succinate) denitrification reactors for recirculating aquaculture system wastewater treatment. | The interactions between environmental factors and bacterial community shift in solid-phase denitrification are crucial for optimum operation of a reactor and to achieve maximum treatment efficiency. In this study, Illumina high-throughput sequencing was applied to reveal the effects of different operational conditions... |
2,318,675 | Mineralization of a sulfonated textile dye Reactive Red 31 from simulated wastewater using pellets of <i>Aspergillus bombycis</i>. | Reactive Red 31, applied extensively in the commercial textile industry, is a hazardous and persistent azo dye compound often present in dye manufacturing and textile industrial effluents. Aspergillus bombycis</i> strain was isolated from dye contaminated zones of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, Vatva, Ahme... |
2,318,676 | A comparative study of anaerobic fixed film baffled reactor and up-flow anaerobic fixed film fixed bed reactor for biological removal of diethyl phthalate from wastewater: a performance, kinetic, biogas, and metabolic pathway study. | Phthalic acid esters, including diethyl phthalate (DEP), which are considered as top-priority and hazardous pollutants, have received significant attention over the last decades. It is vital for industries to select the best treatment technology, especially when the DEP concentration in wastewater is high. Meanwhile, a... |
2,318,677 | Optimization of the operation of packed bed bioreactor to improve the sulfate and metal removal from acid mine drainage. | The present study discusses the potentiality of using anaerobic Packed Bed Bioreactor (PBR) for the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD). The multiple process parameters such as pH, hydraulic retention time (HRT), concentration of marine waste extract (MWE), total organic carbon (TOC) and sulfate were optimized togeth... |
2,318,678 | Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MR imaging parameters predict pathological classification in thymic epithelial tumors. | We evaluated the performance of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters for preoperatively predicting the subtype and Masaoka stage of thymic epithelial tumors (TETs). Seventy-seven patients with pathologically confirmed TETs underwent a diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) sequence with 9 b values. Differences in t... |
2,318,679 | In Vivo Laser Confocal Microscopy Using the HRT-Rostock Cornea Module: Diversity and Diagnostic Implications in Patients with Uveitis. | Keratic precipitates (KP) are a common feature of uveitis. We prospectively examined KP with the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph II confocal laser scanning microscope and Rostock Corneal Module (HRT-RCM) to explore their diagnostic implications.</AbstractText>Prospective, observational, multicenter study. HRT-RCM images w... |
2,318,680 | A Longitudinal Study on Attention Development in Primary School Children with and without Teacher-Reported Symptoms of ADHD. | <b>Background:</b> Prospective longitudinal studies are essential in characterizing cognitive trajectories, yet few of them have been reported on the development of attention processes in children. We aimed to explore attention development in normal children and children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorde... |
2,318,681 | A First Step toward the Understanding of Implicit Learning of Hazard Anticipation in Inexperienced Road Users Through a Moped-Riding Simulator. | Hazard perception is considered one of the most important abilities in road safety. Several efforts have been devoted to investigating how it improves with experience and can be trained. Recently, research has focused on the implicit aspects of hazard detection, reaction, and anticipation. In the present study, we atte... |
2,318,682 | [HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AFTER GYNECOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES]. | Treatment of gynecological malignancies can cause an abrupt onset of menopausal symptoms along with associated long term morbidity. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the most effective treatment to alleviate these symptoms but the safety of HRT among gynecologic oncology patients remains controversial. We conducted ... |
2,318,683 | Quality of life following prophylactic gynecological surgery: experiences of female Lynch mutation carriers. | Lynch syndrome (LS) is a genetic condition conferring an elevated risk of gastrointestinal, gynecologic and other malignancies, often before the age of 50. Current guidelines recommend prophylactic gynecologic surgery to manage inherited cancers for female mutation carriers. Data is lacking on women's quality of life f... |
2,318,684 | Microbial community shifts in a farm-scale anaerobic digester treating swine waste: Correlations between bacteria communities associated with hydrogenotrophic methanogens and environmental conditions. | Microbial community structure in a farm-scale anaerobic digester treating swine manure was investigated during three process events: 1) prolonged starvation, and changes of 2) operating temperature (between meso- and thermophilic) and 3) hydraulic retention time (HRT). Except during the initial period, the digester was... |
2,318,685 | Photo-fermentative hydrogen production in a 4m<sup>3</sup> baffled reactor: Effects of hydraulic retention time. | A 4m<sup>3</sup> pilot-scale baffled continuous-flow photoreactor with four sequential chambers (#1-#4) was established and tested to evaluate its photo-fermentative hydrogen production from wastewater that contains (10g/L glucose using a functional consortium at 30°C, under light with an intensity of 3000±20... |
2,318,686 | Revision of encapsulated blebs after trabeculectomy: Long-term comparison of standard bleb needling and modified needling procedure combined with transconjunctival scleral flap sutures. | To compare two surgical approaches for treating encapsulated blebs after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C, in terms of the development of intraocular pressure and progression of glaucoma in a long-term follow up: 1. bleb needling alone vs. 2. a combined approach of needling with additional transconjunctival scleral flap... |
2,318,687 | Evaluation of Ageratum conyzoides in field scale constructed wetlands (CWs) for domestic wastewater treatment. | Ageratum conyzoides were evaluated in field scale subsurface flow constructed wetlands (CWs) to quantify its nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) uptake and compare with wetland plants (Pistia stratiotes, Typha latifolia and Canna indica). The two-field scale subsurface flow CWs, located in the International Crops Research ... |
2,318,688 | Transdermal estrogens in the changing landscape of hormone replacement therapy. | Views and clinical practice on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for postmenopausal women have varied widely over the last several decades. The 1990s showed a dramatic decline in prescribing and only recently are prescription rates increasing again. Use of HRT is first line for women suffering from the symptoms of meno... |
2,318,689 | Impacts of Anti-dsDNA Antibody on In Vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer and Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer. | Our purpose is to explore whether anti-dsDNA antibody, which was demonstrated to enter living cells and induced apoptosis, could adversely affect reproductive outcomes. A total of 259 women receiving the in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF) cycle were enrolled in this study, including 52 women with positive ANA... |
2,318,690 | Optimization of continuous-flow solid-phase denitrification via coupling carriers in enhancing simultaneous removal of nitrogen and organics for agricultural runoff purification. | Coupling of biodegradable corncob and plastic carrier was optimized in continuous-flow solid-phase denitrification systems for enhancing simultaneously removal of nitrogen and organics in agricultural runoff. In compared with preposition of plastic carriers and mixed distribution method, it was demonstrated that the pr... |
2,318,691 | Mixed-culture H<sub>2</sub> fermentation performance and the relation between microbial community composition and hydraulic retention times for a fixed bed reactor fed with galactose/glucose mixtures. | This study examined the mesophilic continuous biohydrogen fermentation from galactose and glucose mixture with an initial substrate concentration of 15 g/L (galactose 12 g/L and glucose 3 g/L) as a resembling carbon source of pretreated red algal hydrolyzate. A fixed bed reactor was fed with the sugar mi... |
2,318,692 | Correlation between corneal innervation and inflammation evaluated with confocal microscopy and symptomatology in patients with dry eye syndromes: a preliminary study. | To evaluate corneal innervation and inflammatory cell infiltration using in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) and to correlate these findings with subjective symptoms of dry eye, as measured by the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) in patients with non-Sjögren's (NSDE) and Sjögren's syndrome dry eyes (SSDE).<... |
2,318,693 | The Effects of Herbicides Targeting Aromatic and Branched Chain Amino Acid Biosynthesis Support the Presence of Functional Pathways in Broomrape. | It is not clear why herbicides targeting aromatic and branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis successfully control broomrapes-obligate parasitic plants that obtain all of their nutritional requirements, including amino acids, from the host. Our objective was to reveal the mode of action of imazapic and glyphosate in con... |
2,318,694 | Application for oxytetracycline wastewater pretreatment by Fenton iron mud based cathodic-anodic-electrolysis ceramic granular fillers. | In this study, Fenton iron mud applied as main raw material of cathodic-anodic-electrolysis ceramic granular fillers (ICMF) in a continuous reactor, which were used to pretreat oxytetracycline (OTC) wastewater. The ICMF was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive Spectrometer analysis. The e... |
2,318,695 | Clipping of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in a hybrid room environment-a case-control study. | Hybrid room treatment (HRT) provides the surgeon immediate intraoperative angiography control of aneurysm occlusion and vessel patency. Since it is relatively resource demanding, in clinical routine HRT is reserved for elective cases. However, since its introduction in our department in 2008, several random cases of ru... |
2,318,696 | Performance of modified anaerobic inclining-baffled reactor treating recycled paper mill effluent: effects of influent chemical oxygen demand concentration and hydraulic retention time. | The performance of modified anaerobic inclining-baffled reactor (MAI-BR) treating recycled paper mill effluent (RPME) was investigated by varying the influent chemical oxygen demand (COD<sub>in</sub>) concentration from 1000 to 4000 mg/L, and the hydraulic retention time (HRT) from 3 to 1 day, corresponding to a... |
2,318,697 | Comparison of isolated-check visual evoked potential and standard automated perimetry in early glaucoma and high-risk ocular hypertension. | To compare the diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) and standard automated perimetry (SAP), for evaluating the application values of icVEP in the detection of early glaucoma.</AbstractText>Totally 144 subjects (288 eyes) were enrolled in this study. icVEP testing was performed with t... |
2,318,698 | The management of menopause in women with a history of endometriosis: a systematic review. | Endometriosis is typically regarded as a premenopausal disease, resolving after natural or iatrogenic menopause due to declining oestrogen levels. Nonetheless, case reports over the years have highlighted the incidence of recurrent postmenopausal endometriosis. It is now clear that both recurrence and malignant transfo... |
2,318,699 | Testosterone therapy for menopausal women. | It has been suggested that there is a link between low circulating concentrations of testosterone and reduced sexual functioning in postmenopausal women,<sup>1</sup> and it has been more than 60 years since the effects of testosterone therapy for the management of menopausal symptoms were first reported.<sup>2</sup> Si... |
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