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2,318,700 | An unexpected diagnosis of primary omental endometrial stromal sarcoma in a patient with acute right abdominal pain: A case report and review of literature. | Extrauterine Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma (EESS) is an extremely rare mesenchymal tumour that simulates other pathologies, and therefore poses a diagnostic challenge. This report outlines a case of EESS arising from the greater omentum mimicking a colonic tumour, with review of literature.</AbstractText>A 47-year-old wo... |
2,318,701 | Behaviour of the main nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in a membrane bioreactor treating urban wastewater at high hydraulic- and sludge-retention time. | The behaviour and removal efficiency of ibuprofen (IBU), diclofenac (DCF), ketoprofen (KPF), and naproxen (NPX) during the real urban wastewater treatment by an experimental full-scale MBR working at high sludge and hydraulic retention time (SRT, HRT) were determined. The MBR worked in denitrification/nitrification con... |
2,318,702 | Oxidative degradation of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) by UV/persulfate and associated acute toxicity assessment. | Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) is widely used in high-tech industries as a developing agent. Ultraviolet (UV) light-activated persulfate (PS, S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub><sup>2-</sup>) can be used to generate strongly oxidative sulfate radicals, and it also exhibits the potential to treat TMAH-containing wastewater... |
2,318,703 | Effect of chronic estradiol plus progesterone treatment on experimental arterial and venous thrombosis in mouse. | Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen plus progestogens is the first line therapy to treat menopausal symptoms. The progestogen is added to estrogen to reduce or eliminate the excess risk of endometrial cancer due to the unopposed effect of estrogen. Whereas progestin clearly opposes the prolif... |
2,318,704 | [Analysis on Performance and Microbial Community Dynamics of a Strengthen Circulation Anaerobic Reactor Treating Municipal Wastewater]. | A strengthen circulation anaerobic reactor (SCAR) treating artificial municipal wastewater was investigated under different volumetric loading rate(VLR) and the reactor performance, characteristics of granular sludge and microbial community structure were also tested in this experiment. The results of the experiment de... |
2,318,705 | Association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism Val158Met and mammographic density: A meta-analysis. | The Val158Met polymorphism in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme reduces the methylation of catechol estrogens, which may affect mammographic density. High mammographic density is a known risk factor of breast cancer. Our aim was to perform meta-analysis of the effect of COMT Val158Met polymorphism on mammograp... |
2,318,706 | Effects of electric potential, NaCl, pH and distance between electrodes on efficiency of electrolysis in landfill leachate treatment. | This study investigated the effects of different parameters on the removal efficiencies of organic and inorganic pollutants in landfill leachate treatment by electrolysis. Different parameters were considered such as the electric potential (e.g., 24, 40 and 60 V), hydraulic retention time (HRT) (e.g., 40, 60, 80, ... |
2,318,707 | Maximizing the production of butyric acid from food waste as a precursor for ABE-fermentation. | The current study reports on the maximization of butyric acid production from food waste using a mixed microbial fermentation. In semi-continuous fermentations the effect of three different pH values (5.5, 7.0 and 9.0), three different temperatures (37°C, 55°C and 70°C) and two levels of hydraulic retent... |
2,318,708 | Impact of Endometrial Preparation Protocols for Frozen Embryo Transfer on Live Birth Rates. | It has been reported that a natural cycle (NC) is similar to or even better than hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in patients with regular cycles who undergo frozen embryo transfer (FET). Hundreds of FETs are managed yearly in our clinic. Scheduling these cycles is critical in a busy unit like ours. This is why we hav... |
2,318,709 | Evaluation of performance with small and scale-up rotating and flat reactors; photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A, 17β-estradiol, and 17α-ethynyl estradiol under solar irradiation. | In this study, the performances of photocatalytic reactors of the small and scale-up rotating and flat types were evaluated to investigate the treatment of new emerging contaminants such as bisphenol A (BPA), 17α-ethynyl estradiol (EE2), and 17β-estradiol (E2) that are known as endocrine disrupting compound... |
2,318,710 | Technique to estimate human reaction time based on visual perception. | The design and implementation of a wearable system to estimate the human reaction time (HRT) to visual stimulus based on two identical wireless motion sensors are described. Each sensor incorporates a motion sensor (gyroscope), a processor and a transceiver operating at the industrial, scientific and medical frequency ... |
2,318,711 | Hormone replacement therapy reduces lipid oxidation directly at the arterial wall: A possible link to estrogens' cardioprotective effect through atherosclerosis prevention. | The first step in atherosclerosis formation is the ingurgitation of an oxidized low-density lipid (LDL) molecule by a macrophage which then turns into a foam cell within the vascular wall and initiates a cascade of inflammatory responses. Could it be that the potential cardioprotective effect observed in women receivin... |
2,318,712 | Optimization of moving bed biofilm reactors for oil sands process-affected water treatment: The effect of HRT and ammonia concentrations. | Two moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) were optimized to improve the biodegradation of organic compounds in raw and ozonated OSPW by changing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) and the influent ammonia concentrations. During the five stages, the average COD removal reached 50.8±3.4%, 52.8±6.5%, 54.7±4.3... |
2,318,713 | Microbial population dynamics in urban organic waste anaerobic co-digestion with mixed sludge during a change in feedstock composition and different hydraulic retention times. | Microbial communities play an essential role in the biochemical pathways of anaerobic digestion processes. The correlations between microorganisms' relative abundance and anaerobic digestion process parameters were investigated, by considering the effect of different feedstock compositions and hydraulic retention times... |
2,318,714 | Full-scale photobioreactor for biotreatment of olive washing water: Structure and diversity of the microalgae-bacteria consortium. | The performance of a full-scale photobioreactor (PBR) for the treatment of olive washing water (OWW) was evaluated under different HRTs (5-2days). The system was able to treat up to 3926L OWWday<sup>-1</sup>, and consisted of an activated-carbon pretreatment column and a tubular PBR unit (80 tubes, 98.17L volume, 2-m h... |
2,318,715 | Enhanced treatment of Fischer-Tropsch wastewater using up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket system coupled with micro-electrolysis cell: A pilot scale study. | The coupling of micro-electrolysis cell (MEC) with an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) system in pilot scale was established for enhanced treatment of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) wastewater. The lowest influent pH (4.99±0.10) and reduced alkali addition were accomplished under the assistance of anaerobic effluent... |
2,318,716 | Frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in natural cycle: feasibility in everyday clinical practice. | Transfer of frozen-thawed embryos in natural cycle is gaining consensus but evidence on this approach is scanty. The aim of this study is reporting on the feasibility of this type of policy in everyday clinical practice.</AbstractText>We retrospectively selected all women undergoing the procedure between July 2013 and ... |
2,318,717 | Relative evaluation of micronutrients (MN) and its respective nanoparticles (NPs) as additives for the enhanced methane generation. | In the present work, effect of micro nutrients (MN) (NiCl<sub>2</sub>, Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, CoCl<sub>2</sub>, (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>6</sub>Mo<sub>7</sub>O<sub>24</sub>) was compared with nanoparticles (NPs) of respective MN with cattle manure (CM) slurry in single and bi-phasic anaerobic digestion (AD) at a hydr... |
2,318,718 | Structural and functional changes to the retina and optic nerve following panretinal photocoagulation over a 2-year time period. | PurposeTo evaluate long-term structural and functional changes to the retina and optic nerve following panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) in diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients.MethodsParticipants were patients with DR requiring PRP and control patients with DR not requiring PRP. The Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT) a... |
2,318,719 | Decolorization and mineralization of Amaranth dye using multiple zoned aerobic and anaerobic baffled constructed wetland. | The objective of this study is to determine the reduction efficiency of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) as well as the removal of color and Amaranth dye metabolites by the Aerobic-anaerobic Baffled Constructed Wetland Reactor (ABCW). The ABCW reactor was planted with common reed (Phragmite australis) where the hydraulic r... |
2,318,720 | Factors affecting the performance of horizontal flow constructed treatment wetland vegetated with Cyperus papyrus for municipal wastewater treatment. | The effect of hydraulic loading rate (HLR) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the bioremediation of municipal wastewater using a pilot scale subsurface horizontal flow constructed treatment wetland (HFCTW) vegetated with Cyprus papyrus was investigated. Different HLRs were applied to the treatment system namely 0.18... |
2,318,721 | Rapid generation of volatile fatty acids (VFA) through anaerobic acidification of livestock organic waste at low hydraulic residence time (HRT). | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pre-treatment and F/M (Food to Microorganism) ratios for the rapid generation of volatile fatty acids (VFA) from livestock organic wastes (cattle manure (CM) and poultry litter (PL)) through an anaerobic acidification process at a pH range of 4.5-5.5. Experimen... |
2,318,722 | Evaluation of different types of anaerobic seed sludge for the high rate anaerobic digestion of pig slurry in UASB reactors. | Three different types of anaerobic sludge (granular, thickened digestate and anaerobic sewage) were evaluated as seed inoculum sources for the high rate anaerobic digestion of pig slurry in UASB reactors. Granular sludge performance was optimal, allowing a high efficiency process yielding a volumetric methane productio... |
2,318,723 | [Affected side location and clinical value of horizontal semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo]. | <b>Objective:</b>To explore the clinical value of rolling test（HRT）, bow and lean test（BLT） and subjective vertigo sensation(SVS) for affected side localization of patients with horizontal semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo（HSC-BPPV）.<b>Method:</b>One hundr... |
2,318,724 | Breast Cancer Suspicion in a Transgender Male-to-Female Patient on Hormone Replacement Therapy Presenting with Right Breast Mass: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Presentation of a Rare Lesion. | There has been an increasing use of hormonal therapy among male-to-female (MtF) transgender individuals. This long-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) renders MtF individuals a unique patient subgroup in terms of breast cancer risk. This case describes a MtF transgender who presented with a breast lesion concerning ... |
2,318,725 | Bazedoxifene for HRT? | Duavive (Pfizer) is a modified-release formulation of conjugated oestrogens plus bazedoxifene acetate (a selective oestrogen receptor modulator). It is licensed for treatment of oestrogen deficiency symptoms in postmenopausal women with a uterus for whom treatment with progestogen-containing therapy is not appropriate.... |
2,318,726 | Nasalised distribution of peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layers in large discs. | To describe the distribution pattern of the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and major retinal vessel positions in patients with a large disc.</AbstractText>The medical records of patients with a large disc and those of normal controls were reviewed retrospectively. Comprehensive ophthalmic examinations i... |
2,318,727 | Comparison of Ethnic-specific Databases in Heidelberg Retina Tomography-3 to Discriminate Between Early Glaucoma and Normal Chinese Eyes. | To compare the diagnostic accuracy of the 3 race-specific normative databases in Heidelberg Retina Tomography (HRT)-3, in differentiating between early glaucomatous and healthy normal Chinese eyes.</AbstractText>52 healthy volunteers and 25 glaucoma patients were recruited for this prospective cross-sectional study. Al... |
2,318,728 | Characterization of Corneal Involvement in Eyes With Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid by In Vivo Confocal Microscopy. | To describe the morphological features of the corneal epithelial layers, subbasal nerve plexus, stroma, and endothelium in patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) as shown by in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM).</AbstractText>Central corneal images were captured from 10 healthy age-matched control eyes and 30 eye... |
2,318,729 | Additional values of high-resolution gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR cholangiography for evaluating the biliary anatomy of living liver donors: Comparison with T<sub>2</sub> -weighted MR cholangiography and conventional gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR cholangiography. | To determine the incremental value of small field of view (sFOV) high-resolution (HR) gadoxetic acid-enhanced 3D T1</sub> -weighted (W) magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) for evaluating the biliary anatomy of potential living donors by comparing it to T2</sub> W-MRC.</AbstractText>In all, 73 living donor candidat... |
2,318,730 | Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes following letrozole use in frozen-thawed single embryo transfer cycles. | Are pregnancy and neonatal outcomes following letrozole use comparable with natural and HRT cycles in patients undergoing single frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET)?</AbstractText>Letrozole use was significantly associated with higher rates of clinical pregnancy, clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat and live birth,... |
2,318,731 | Improving biogas production from continuous co-digestion of oily wastewater and waste-activated sludge by hydrodynamic cavitation pre-treatment. | Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) was evaluated as a pretreatment for synthetic oily wastewater (OWW) to be co-digested with waste-activated sludge (WAS). The main objective of the present research was the enhancement of biogas production by the application of HC pretreatment. HC was applied to the OWW, and the OWW and WAS ... |
2,318,732 | Serial completely stirred tank reactors for improving biogas production and substance degradation during anaerobic digestion of corn stover. | Several completely stirred tank reactors (CSTR) connected in series for anaerobic digestion of corn stover were investigated in laboratory scale. Serial anaerobic digestion systems operated at a total HRT of 40days, and distribution of HRT are 10+30days (HRT10+30d), 20+20days (HRT20+20d), and 30+10days (HRT30+10d) were... |
2,318,733 | Age-Specific Indicators of a Healthy Lifestyle and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer. | Modifiable lifestyle factors have been consistently associated with breast cancer, and risk may vary by menopausal status. However, whether these associations vary according to age among postmenopausal women remains unresolved.</AbstractText>Using postmenopausal women from a population-based case-control study (990 cas... |
2,318,734 | Is the oral contraceptive or hormone replacement therapy a risk factor for cholelithiasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | Association between exogenous estrogen intake and cholelithiasis risk has been reported in several epidemiological studies, including oral contraceptive (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), while the results were controversial. This study aimed to perform a comprehensive meta-analysis of this issue.</AbstractTex... |
2,318,735 | Effect of Combined Hormonal Replacement Therapy on the Aldosterone/Renin Ratio in Postmenopausal Women. | Plasma aldosterone/renin ratio (ARR) is the most popular screening test for primary aldosteronism (PA). Because both estrogen and progesterone (including in oral contraceptive agents) affect aldosterone and renin levels, we studied the effects of combined hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) on ARR; renin was measured as... |
2,318,736 | Common Causes of Postmenopausal Bleeding in Korean Women: 10-Year Outcomes from a Single Medical Center. | The common causes of postmenopausal bleeding (PMB), according to the data from the western world, are atrophy, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), endometrial cancer, etc. We conducted a retrospective study to assess whether the causes of PMB in Korean postmenopausal women are similar to those already known. This retros... |
2,318,737 | Use of Hormone Replacement in Females with Endocrine Disorders. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is necessary in adolescents with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) in order to avoid estrogen deficiency. The goal of this minirewiew is to present the different types of estrogens (17β-estradiol, estradiol valerate, ethinyl estradiol, and combined equine estrogens) as well as ... |
2,318,738 | Co-metabolic enhancement of organic removal from waste water in the presence of high levels of alkyl paraben constituents of cosmetic and personal care products. | The enhanced removal of organic material from municipal waste water containing 50 mg/L of chemical oxygen demand and a given amount of alkyl paraben using a biofilm system was investigated. The parabens used were methyl, ethyl, and propyl paraben. The experiments were conducted at influent paraben concentrations o... |
2,318,739 | Prognostic Value of "Prepectoral Edema" in MR-mammography. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/AIM">Previous studies have indicated a highly significant correlation between invasive tumors and accompanying prepectoral edema (PE) in MR-mammography (MRM). The aim of the present study was to identify prognostic factors associated with PE as a diagnostic sign.</AbstractText>A total of... |
2,318,740 | The effect of hormone replacement therapy and tibolone on lipoprotein (a) concentrations in postmenopausal women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | Data on the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and tibolone on lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)], an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, are heterogeneous and conflicting. Studies of the effect of HRT and tibolone on Lp(a) concentrations in post-menopausal women are reviewed in this meta-analysis.</Abstr... |
2,318,741 | Laser therapy for the restoration of vaginal function. | Laser therapy has a therapeutic role in various medical conditions and most recently has gained interest as a non-hormonal treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and as a non-invasive option for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Several therapies are available to alleviate GSM symptoms, including horm... |
2,318,742 | Physical and social characteristics and support needs of adult female childhood cancer survivors who underwent hormone replacement therapy. | Female childhood cancer survivors who develop gonadal dysfunction require female hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from puberty until menopause. However, the support provided in such cases has not been studied. We investigated the physical and social characteristics and support needs of adult female childhood cancer su... |
2,318,743 | Improved skeletal muscle mass and strength after heavy strength training in very old individuals. | Age-related loss of muscle mass and function represents personal and socioeconomic challenges. The purpose of this study was to determine the adaptation of skeletal musculature in very old individuals (83+ years) performing 12weeks of heavy resistance training (3×/week) (HRT) compared to a non-training control gro... |
2,318,744 | Comparison of two modified coal ash ferric-carbon micro-electrolysis ceramic media for pretreatment of tetracycline wastewater. | Application of modified sintering ferric-carbon ceramics (SFC) and sintering-free ferric-carbon ceramics (SFFC) based on coal ash and scrap iron for pretreatment of tetracycline (TET) wastewater was investigated in this article. Physical property, morphological character, toxic metal leaching content, and crystal compo... |
2,318,745 | Performance evaluation of a novel anaerobic digestion operation process for treating high-solids content chicken manure: Effect of reduction of the hydraulic retention time at a constant organic loading rate. | A novel feeding strategy was adopted in this study and the effect of reduction in hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the anaerobic digestion of chicken manure (CM) with a constant organic loading rate of 6.0gVS/L/d was investigated. The lab-scale CSTR was operated at 38°C and HRT<sub>CM</sub> was reduced from 52day... |
2,318,746 | Effect of Hormonal Replacement Therapy on Voice. | This study aimed to investigate the effect of hormonal therapy (HRT) on voice in a group of menopausal women, taking into consideration body mass index (BMI) as a confounding factor and its potential role as a substitute for HRT.</AbstractText>A total of 53 menopausal women, 34 not on HRT and 19 on HRT, were recruited.... |
2,318,747 | β-alanine supplementation improves in-vivo fresh and fatigued skeletal muscle relaxation speed. | In fresh muscle, supplementation with the rate-limiting precursor of carnosine, β-alanine (BA), results in a decline in muscle half-relaxation time (HRT) potentially via alterations to calcium (Ca2+</sup>) handling. Accumulation of hydrogen cation (H+</sup>) has been shown to impact Ca2+</sup> signalling during m... |
2,318,748 | Periodizing heat acclimation in elite Laser sailors preparing for a world championship event in hot conditions. | <i><b>Purpose</b></i> : To examine the retention and re-acclimation responses during a periodized heat acclimation (HA) protocol in elite sailors preparing for the 2013 World Championships in Muscat, Oman (∼27-30°C, 40-60% RH). <i><b>Methods</b></i> : Two elite male Laser class sailors completed 5 consecuti... |
2,318,749 | The Effect of Tamoxifen on Thin Endometrium in Patients Undergoing Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer. | Tamoxifen has played a vital role in endocrine therapy for the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. We examined the effect of tamoxifen in patients with a thin endometrium in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles and compared the improvement in endometrial thickness (EMT) and pregnancy outcomes s... |
2,318,750 | Mesophilic continuous fermentative hydrogen production from acid pretreated de-oiled jatropha waste hydrolysate using immobilized microorganisms. | Mesophilic hydrogen production from acid pretreated hydrolysate (biomass concentration of 100g/L and 2% hydrochloric acid) of de-oiled jatropha waste was carried out in continuous system using immobilized microorganisms at various hydraulic retention times (HRTs) ranging from 48 to 12h. The experimental results of the ... |
2,318,751 | Low energy single-staged anaerobic fluidized bed ceramic membrane bioreactor (AFCMBR) for wastewater treatment. | An aluminum dioxide (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) ceramic membrane was used in a single-stage anaerobic fluidized bed ceramic membrane bioreactor (AFCMBR) for low-strength wastewater treatment. The AFCMBR was operated continuously for 395days at 25°C using a synthetic wastewater having a chemical oxygen demand (CO... |
2,318,752 | Corneal Nerve Morphology, Sensitivity, and Tear Neuropeptides in Contact Lens Wear. | To determine tear neuropeptide levels in contact lens wearers and non-wearers, and to examine relationships with indices of corneal innervation, tear function, and ocular discomfort.</AbstractText>A cross-sectional, single-visit, investigator-masked pilot study. Assessments included Ocular Comfort Index (OCI), central ... |
2,318,753 | Effect of the dilution rate on microbial competition: r-strategist can win over k-strategist at low substrate concentration. | The conditions present in both in vitro and in vivo ecosystems determine the microbial population harbouring it. One commonly accepted theory is that a species with a high substrate affinity and low growth rate (k-strategist) will win the competition against a second species with a lower substrate affinity and higher g... |
2,318,754 | Impact of Coagulant and Flocculant Addition to an Anaerobic Dynamic Membrane Bioreactor (AnDMBR) Treating Waste-Activated Sludge. | In this work, we investigated the effects of flocculation aid (FA) addition to an anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor (AnDMBR) (7 L, 35 °C) treating waste-activated sludge (WAS). The experiment consisted of three distinct periods. In period 1 (day 1-86), the reactor was operated as a conventional anaerobic diges... |
2,318,755 | CHARACTERIZATION OF SPONTANEOUS AND INDUCED PUBERTY IN GIRLS WITH TURNER SYNDROME. | To characterize puberty in girls with Turner syndrome (TS) and determine whether specific patient characteristics are associated with the timing of menarche. We also sought to compare spontaneous versus induced puberty in these patients.</AbstractText>Medical records of girls followed in our Pediatric Endocrine clinic ... |
2,318,756 | Estrone Sulfate Transport and Steroid Sulfatase Activity in Colorectal Cancer: Implications for Hormone Replacement Therapy. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) affects the incidence and potential progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). As HRT primarily consists of estrone sulfate (E<sub>1</sub>S), understanding whether this conjugated estrogen is transported and metabolized in CRC will define its potential effect in this malignancy. Here, we ... |
2,318,757 | Nitrogen removal by the enhanced floating treatment wetlands from the secondary effluent. | Three novel floating treatment wetlands, including autotrophic enhanced floating treatment wetland (AEFTW), heterotrophic enhanced floating treatment wetland (HEFTW) and enhanced floating treatment wetland (EFTW) were developed to remove nitrogen from the secondary effluent. Results showed that the analogously excellen... |
2,318,758 | Conventional or Natural Pharmacotherapy and the Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression During Menopause. | Context • Psychoneurological symptoms are present in nearly all women in the perimenopausal period. Key elements of care in the period may include hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Alternatively, phytoestrogens, antidepressant pharmacotherapy, or a combination of hormonal and antidepressant therapies may be rec... |
2,318,759 | Co-Fermentation of Cheese Whey and Crude Glycerol in EGSB Reactor as a Strategy to Enhance Continuous Hydrogen and Propionic Acid Production. | This study evaluated the production of hydrogen and propionic acid in an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor by co-fermentation of cheese whey (CW) and crude glycerol (CG). The reactor was operated at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 8 h by changing the CW/CG ratio from 5:1 to 5:2, 5:3, 5:4, and 5:5. At t... |
2,318,760 | Removal of hydrogen sulfide generated during anaerobic treatment of sulfate-laden wastewater using biochar: Evaluation of efficiency and mechanisms. | Removal of hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S) from biogas was investigated in a biochar column integrated with a bench-scale continuous-stirred tank reactor (CSTR) treating sulfate-laden wastewater. Synthetic wastewater containing sulfate concentrations of 200-2000mg SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>/L was used as substrate, ... |
2,318,761 | Inclusion of Saccharina latissima in conventional anaerobic digestion systems. | Loading macroalgae into existing anaerobic digestion (AD) plants allows us to overcome challenges such as low digestion efficiencies, trace elements limitation, excessive salinity levels and accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs), observed while digesting algae as a single substrate. In this work, the co-digestion... |
2,318,762 | Improving EGSB reactor performance for simultaneous bioenergy and organic acid production from cheese whey via continuous biological H<sub>2</sub> production. | To evaluate the influence of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and cheese whey (CW) substrate concentration (15 and 25 g lactose l-1</sup>) on the performance of EGSB reactors (R15 and R25, respectively) for H2</sub> production.</AbstractText>A decrease in the HRT from 8 to 4 h favored the H2</sub> yield and H2<... |
2,318,763 | Sum signal dosimetry: A new approach for high dose quality assurance with Gafchromic EBT3. | Gafchromic EBT3 film dosimetry in radiosurgery (RS) and hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) is complicated by the limited film accuracy at high fractional doses. The aim of this study is to develop and evaluate sum signal (SS) film dosimetry to increase dose resolution at high fractional doses, thus allowing for use of... |
2,318,764 | Development of the Physical activity and Your Nutrition for Cancer (PYNC) smartphone app for preventing breast cancer in women. | In the U.S., breast cancer accounts for more cancer deaths in women than any site other than lung cancer. Based upon attributable risks, about 30-35% of breast cancers could potentially be prevented by addressing obesity, physical inactivity, increased alcohol consumption, and carcinogenic exposures such as hormone rep... |
2,318,765 | Role of BMI and hormone therapy in melanoma risk: a case-control study. | Currently, the association between body mass index (BMI) and hormone therapies and Cutaneous Melanoma (CM) development is strongly debated. This study was carried out to assess the association between BMI, hormone therapies, and CM risk.</AbstractText>The present study is a hospital-based case-control study with 605 co... |
2,318,766 | A clinical model for identifying the short-term risk of breast cancer. | Most mammography screening programs are not individualized. To efficiently screen for breast cancer, the individual risk of the disease should be determined. We describe a model that could be used at most mammography screening units without adding substantial cost.</AbstractText>The study was based on the Karma cohort,... |
2,318,767 | Evaluation of thermally-modified calcium-rich attapulgite as a low-cost substrate for rapid phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands. | The cost-effective and geographically available substrates are vital for the design of constructed wetlands (CWs), especially the saturated subsurface flow CWs, which are deemed as an efficient way to remove the inlet-lake phosphorus concentrations. In this study, phosphorus removal of thermally-treated calcium-rich at... |
2,318,768 | Energy savings and higher volumetric loading rate achieved in the conventional anoxic-oxic process for sewage treatment by enhancing biomass retention in the secondary clarifier. | This is the first study to achieve a short HRT (∼2h for the A/O reactor), high MLSS (∼10gL<sup>-1</sup>), and high volumetric loading (∼3.7kg CODm<sup>-3</sup>d<sup>-1</sup> and ∼0.6kg NH<sub>4</sub>-Nm<sup>-3</sup>d<sup>-1</sup>) in the A/O process for sewage treatment by enhancing biomass ... |
2,318,769 | Progesterone increased β-endorphin innervation of the locus coeruleus, but ovarian steroids had no effect on noradrenergic neurodegeneration. | With the decline of ovarian steroids levels at menopause, many women experience an increase in anxiety and stress sensitivity. The locus coeruleus (LC), a central source of noradrenaline (NE), is activated by stress and is inhibited by β-endorphin. Moreover, increased NE has been implicated in pathological anxiet... |
2,318,770 | The evidence base for HRT: what can we believe? | Prior to the unexpected early termination of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) trial of continuous conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), the prevailing view was that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was a low-risk intervention with immediate value for symptom relief in recently men... |
2,318,771 | Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Correlations with Microbial Community and Metal Resistance Genes in Full-Scale Biogas Reactors As Revealed by Metagenomic Analysis. | Digested residues from biogas plants are often used as biofertilizers for agricultural crops cultivation. The antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in digested residues pose a high risk to public health due to their potential spread to the disease-causing microorganisms and thus reduce the susceptibility of disease-causin... |
2,318,772 | Moderate hypofractionated radiotherapy with volumetric modulated arc therapy and simultaneous integrated boost for pelvic irradiation in prostate cancer. | The optimal treatment for unfavourable intermediate/high-risk prostate cancer is still debated. In the present study, the pattern of toxicity and early clinical outcome of patients with localized prostate cancer was analyzed.</AbstractText>A cohort of 90 patients treated on pelvic lymph nodes from 2010 to 2015 was sele... |
2,318,773 | [A New Model for the Treatment of Low Ammonia Nitrogen Wastewater by CANON Process]. | Automatic aeration and recirculation of effluent were used to start CANON process with up flow sludge bed reactor, and the start-up and operation characteristics of the process were studied. The results showed that the CANON process could be started quickly and stably by the method of reoxygenation reflux under the con... |
2,318,774 | Study designs may influence results: the problems with questionnaire-based case-control studies on the epidemiology of glioma. | Glioma is a rare brain tumour with a very poor prognosis and the search for modifiable factors is intense. We reviewed the literature concerning risk factors for glioma obtained in case-control designed epidemiological studies in order to discuss the influence of this methodology on the observed results. When reviewing... |
2,318,775 | High-load domestic wastewater treatment using a combined anaerobic-aerobic bio-filter with coal cinder as medium. | A combined anaerobic-aerobic bio-filter technology was used for field treatment of high-organic-load domestic wastewater with coal cinder as the bio-filter medium. The effects of parameters, including hydraulic retention time (HRT) and backflow ratio, on the decrease in the chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH<sub>3</sub>-... |
2,318,776 | A general description for Chinese medicine in treating premature ovarian failure. | Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a kind of gynecological disease that causes amenorrhea, infertility, menopause and urogenital symptoms. Currently hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the most popular choice for women with POF to get rid of menopausal syndrome. However, as the popularization of Chinese herbs made Chi... |
2,318,777 | Remediation of a mixture of analgesics in a stirred-tank photobioreactor using microalgal-bacterial consortium coupled with attempt to valorise the harvested biomass. | An artificial microalgal-bacterial consortium was used to remediate a mixture of analgesics (ketoprofen, paracetamol and aspirin) in a stirred-tank photobioreactor. A hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 3days supported poor treatment because of the formation of p-aminophenol (paracetamol toxic metabolite). Increasing the... |
2,318,778 | Hereditary Ovarian Cancer and Risk Reduction. | Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 account for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome in a majority of families and 14% of epithelial ovarian cancer cases. Despite next-generation sequencing, other identified genes (Lynch Syndrome, RAD51C, RAD51D, and BRIP1) account for only a small proportion of cases. The risk of ov... |
2,318,779 | Adiposity and cancer at major anatomical sites: umbrella review of the literature. | <b>Objective</b> To evaluate the strength and validity of the evidence for the association between adiposity and risk of developing or dying from cancer.<b>Design</b> Umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.<b>Data sources</b> PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and m... |
2,318,780 | Impact of standard care on elderly glioblastoma patients. | Uncertainty persists about the survival advantage of concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ) plus radiotherapy (RT) in elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM). We compared the clinical outcome of unselected elderly GBM patients treated with 4 adjuvant treatment modalities, including the Stupp</i> p... |
2,318,781 | Comparing three different modes of electroretinography in experimental glaucoma: diagnostic performance and correlation to structure. | To compare diagnostic performance and structure-function correlations of multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG), full-field flash ERG (ff-ERG) photopic negative response (PhNR) and transient pattern-reversal ERG (PERG) in a non-human primate (NHP) model of experimental glaucoma (EG).</AbstractText>At baseline and after i... |
2,318,782 | Cost and detection rate of glaucoma screening with imaging devices in a primary care center. | To analyze the cost and detection rate of a screening program for detecting glaucoma with imaging devices.</AbstractText>In this cross-sectional study, a glaucoma screening program was applied in a population-based sample randomly selected from a population of 23,527. Screening targeted the population at risk of glauco... |
2,318,783 | Synergistic dark and photo-fermentation continuous system for hydrogen production from molasses by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and Rhodobacter capsulatus DSM 1710. | This study investigated synergistic dark and photo-fermentation using continuous fermentation system (CFS). The system relies on connecting several fermenters from bottom of one to top culture level of the next in a manner that allows for delaying movement of the substrate and thus for its full consumption. While H<sub... |
2,318,784 | Comparison of Different Methods for the Swimming Aerobic Capacity Evaluation. | Pelarigo, JG, Fernandes, RJ, Ribeiro, J, Denadai, BS, Greco, CC, and Vilas-Boas, JP. Comparison of different methods for the swimming aerobic capacity evaluation. J Strength Cond Res 32(12): 3551-3560, 2018-This study compared velocity (v) and bioenergetical factors using different methods applied for the swimming aero... |
2,318,785 | Effects of loading rate and temperature on anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge in a high frequency feeding system, looking in particular at stability and efficiency. | A continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) with a high feeding frequency (HFF) of once every 15min was employed in order to ease the loading shock frequently occurred in digester with a low feeding frequency. The effects of the organic loading rate (OLR) and temperature on the co-digestion of food waste and waste activ... |
2,318,786 | Simultaneous removal of nitrate and chromate in groundwater by a spiral fiber based biofilm reactor. | A spiral fiber based biofilm reactor was developed to remove nitrate and chromate simultaneously. The denitrification and Cr(VI) removal efficiency was evaluated with synthetic groundwater (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N=50mg/L) under different Cr(VI) concentrations (0-1.0mg/L), carbon nitrogen ratios (C/N) (0.8-1.2), hy... |
2,318,787 | A new strategy to maximize organic matter valorization in municipalities: Combination of urban wastewater with kitchen food waste and its treatment with AnMBR technology. | The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of treating the kitchen food waste (FW) jointly with urban wastewater (WW) in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) by anaerobic membrane technology (AnMBR). The experience was carried out in six different periods in an AnMBR pilot-plant for a total of 536days, varyin... |
2,318,788 | Effects of HRT and Loading Rate on Performance of Carriers-Amended Anammox UASB Reactors. |   Effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and nitrogen loading rate (NLR) on performance of anammox UASBs amended with spherical plastic and bamboo charcoal carriers were investigated. During the experimental period, the performance of reactors was continuously evaluated by monitoring ammonium-N, nitrite-N, an... |
2,318,789 | Use of hormone replacement therapy after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. | After premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) to prevent ovarian cancer, the non-cancer-related morbidity and mortality may be increased if sex hormones are not replaced. Several guidelines recommend systemic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to these women until the expected age of menopause. We aimed... |
2,318,790 | Usefulness of Sweat Management for Patients with Adult Atopic Dermatitis, regardless of Sweat Allergy: A Pilot Study. | <i>Background</i>. Sweat is an aggravating factor in atopic dermatitis (AD), regardless of age. Sweat allergy may be involved in AD aggravated by sweating. <i>Objective.</i> We investigated whether sweat exacerbates adult AD symptoms and examined the extent of sweat allergy's involvement. <i>Method.</i> We asked 34 AD ... |
2,318,791 | Epidemiologic factors that predict long-term survival following a diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer. | Various epidemiologic factors have been shown to influence the risk of ovarian cancer development. Given the high fatality associated with this disease, it is of interest to evaluate the association of prediagnostic hormonal, reproductive, and lifestyle exposures with ovarian cancer-specific survival.</AbstractText>We ... |
2,318,792 | Aging and serum exomiR content in women-effects of estrogenic hormone replacement therapy. | Exosomes participate in intercellular messaging by transporting bioactive lipid-, protein- and RNA-molecules and -complexes. The contents of the exosomes reflect the physiological status of an individual making exosomes promising targets for biomarker analyses. In the present study we extracted exosome microRNAs (exomi... |
2,318,793 | Leukocyte and Skeletal Muscle Telomere Length and Body Composition in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Long-term Hormone Replacement Therapy. | Estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be associated with deceleration of cellular aging. We investigated whether long-term HRT has effects on leukocyte (LTL) or mean and minimum skeletal muscle telomere length (SMTL) in a design that controls for genotype and childhood environment. Associations between t... |
2,318,794 | Effects of Tibolone on the Central Nervous System: Clinical and Experimental Approaches. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of endometrial and breast cancer. A strategy to reduce this incidence is the use of tibolone (TIB). The aim of this paper was to address the effects of TIB on the central nervous system (CNS). For the present review, MEDLINE (via PubMed), LILACS (via BIREME), Ovid Gl... |
2,318,795 | Biological H<sub>2</sub> potential harvested from complex gelatinaceous wastewater via attached versus suspended growth culture anaerobes. | The effect of cultural growth treating gelatinaceous wastewater on hydrogen fermentative was assessed using up-flow multi-stage anaerobic sponge reactor (UMASR) and anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR). Both reactors were operated at five hydraulic retention times (HRTs). UMASR achieved the maximum COD removal ef... |
2,318,796 | [Nitrogen Removal Effect and Conversion Characteristics of Nitrous Oxide in Single-stage and Multi-stage A/O Processes]. | The single-stage A/O and multi-stage A/O processes were simulated by sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) with alternate stirring and aeration. The removal efficiency of nitrogen and the release mechanism of N<sub>2</sub>O were studied under the identical conditions of influent quality, hydraulic retention time (HRT), slud... |
2,318,797 | Anaerobic digestion of hemicellulose hydrolysate produced after hydrothermal pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse in UASB reactor. | In the context of a sugarcane biorefinery, sugarcane bagasse produced may be pretreated generating a solid and liquid fraction. The solid fraction may be used for 2G bioethanol production, while the liquid fraction may be used to produce biogas through anaerobic digestion. The aim of this study consisted in evaluating ... |
2,318,798 | A review: Driving factors and regulation strategies of microbial community structure and dynamics in wastewater treatment systems. | The performance and stabilization of biological wastewater treatment systems <sup>1</sup>are closely related to the microbial community structure and dynamics. In this paper, the effects and mechanisms of influent composition, process configuration, operating parameters (dissolved oxygen [DO], pH, hydraulic retention t... |
2,318,799 | Baffled duckweed pond system for treatment of agricultural drainage water containing pharmaceuticals. | The aim of the study is to assess the efficiency of a novel bioremediation system namely baffled duckweed pond (BDWP) system for the treatment of agricultural drainage water containing pharmaceuticals at different hydraulic retention times (HRTs). The removal efficiencies of acetaminophen (ACT), amoxicillin (AMX), and ... |
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