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2,318,800 | The effect of organic shock loads on the stability of anaerobic granular sludge. | This study investigated the effect of organic shock loads on the stability of anaerobic granular sludge (AnGS). At double and triple shock intensity (8 and 12 kg COD/m3</sup>d organic loading rate (OLR), respectively), the accumulation of volatile fatty acids resulted in the decreasing pH of the reactors. The un... |
2,318,801 | A case of endometrial carcinoma in a long-term Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System (LNG 52 mg-IUS) user. | This report describes a 50-year-old woman who presented to a community gynaecology clinic complaining of persistent heavy vaginal bleeding with an LNG 52 mg-IUS in situ. She was subsequently found to have stage 1 grade 1a endometrioid carcinoma. From the literature, we have identified five similar cases. This ca... |
2,318,802 | Evaluation of Estrogenic Activity of Extract from the Herbal Mixture <i>Cynanchum wilfordii</i> Hemsley<i>, Phlomis umbrosa</i> Turczaninow, and <i>Angelica gigas</i> Nakai. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) consists of highly effective prescription medications for treating menopausal symptoms; however, these agents have exhibited side effects including the risk of estrogen-induced carcinogenesis. Therefore, interest in phytotherapy-based materials as a natural source of alternatives to es... |
2,318,803 | Enhancement of acetate productivity in a thermophilic (55 °C) hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor with mixed culture syngas (H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub>) fermentation. | Conversion of organic wastes to syngas is an attractive way to utilize wastes. The produced syngas can be further used to produce a variety of chemicals. In this study, a hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor with mix cultures was operated at 55 °C to convert syngas (H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub>) into acetate... |
2,318,804 | Parity, infertility, oral contraceptives, and hormone replacement therapy and the risk of ovarian serous borderline tumors: A nationwide case-control study. | Few studies have examined the risk of an ovarian serous borderline tumor (SBT) associated with parity, infertility, oral contraceptives (OCs), or hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which was the study aim.</AbstractText>This nationwide case-control study included all women with an SBT diagnosis in Denmark, 1978-2002. S... |
2,318,805 | Review and Recommendations on Management of Adult Female Thalassemia Patients with Hypogonadism based on Literature Review and Experience of ICET-A Network Specialists. | Multi-transfused thalassemia major (TM) patients frequently develop severe endocrine complications, mainly due to iron overload, anemia, and chronic liver disease, which require prompt diagnosis, treatment and follow-up by specialists. The most common endocrine complication documented is hypogonadotropic hypogonadism w... |
2,318,806 | Diagnostic accuracy of imaging devices in glaucoma: A meta-analysis. | Imaging devices such as the Heidelberg retinal tomograph-3 (HRT3), scanning laser polarimetry (GDx), and optical coherence tomography (OCT) play an important role in glaucoma diagnosis. A systematic search for evidence-based data was performed for prospective studies evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of HRT3, GDx, and... |
2,318,807 | Bacterial community dynamics in a biodenitrification reactor packed with polylactic acid/poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) blend as the carbon source and biofilm carrier. | While heterotrophic denitrification has been widely used for treating such nitrogen-rich wastewater, it requires the use of additional carbon sources. With fluctuations in the nitrate concentration in the influent, controlling the C/N ratio to avoid carbon breakthrough becomes difficult. To overcome this obstacle, soli... |
2,318,808 | Development of downflow hanging sponge (DHS) reactor as post treatment of existing combined anaerobic tank treating natural rubber processing wastewater. | Conventional aerated tank technology is widely applied for post treatment of natural rubber processing wastewater in Southeast Asia; however, a long hydraulic retention time (HRT) is required and the effluent standards are exceeded. In this study, a downflow hanging sponge (DHS) reactor was installed as post treatment ... |
2,318,809 | [Characteristics of Perchlorate Reduction and Analysis of Consortium Structure in a Sulfur-Based Reactor at a High Perchlorate Concentration]. | The effects of perchlorate concentration and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on perchlorate reduction characteristics were investigated in a sulfur-based perchlorate reduction reactor.The results showed that the perchlorate was completely removed at HRT of 12 h and the influent perchlorate concentration ranged from 50 m... |
2,318,810 | Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol in Packed-Bed Biofilm Reactor: Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time, Biogenic Substrate, and Loading Rate. |   The removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) by a pure culture of Bacillus endophyticus strain immobilized on ceramic balls was studied in a packed bed biofilm reactor (PBBR). The biodegradation of 2,4-DCP was studied in fed-batch and continuous mode and the effect of different parameters such as hydraulic rete... |
2,318,811 | Characterization of the planktonic microbiome in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors during adaptation of mesophilic methanogenic granules to thermophilic operational conditions. | Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) technology refers to reactor technology where granules, i.e. self-immobilised microbial associations, are the biological catalysts involved in the anaerobic digestion process. During the start-up period, UASB reactors operate at relatively long HRT and therefore the liquid phase o... |
2,318,812 | Effects of hydraulic retention time and [Formula: see text] ratio on thiosulfate-driven autotrophic denitrification for nitrate removal from micro-polluted surface water. | This study was carried out to investigate the possibility of a thiosulfate-driven autotrophic denitrification for nitrate-N removal from micro-polluted surface water. The aim was to study the effects of [Formula: see text] ratio (S/N molar ratio) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the autotrophic denitrification per... |
2,318,813 | Oral Contraceptives and HRT Risk of Thrombosis. | Estrogen-containing medication, prescribed either for contraception in women of reproductive age or for prevention of cardiovascular events and osteoporosis as well as for alleviation of symptoms related to menopause, is associated with changes in the hemostatic balance and contributes to increased risk of development ... |
2,318,814 | Eutrophication in Poyang Lake (Eastern China) over the Last 300 Years in Response to Changes in Climate and Lake Biomass. | Poyang Lake is suffering from persistent eutrophication, which is degrading the local ecosystem. A better understanding of the mechanisms that drive eutrophication in lake systems is essential to fight the ongoing deterioration. In this study, hydraulic residence time (HRT) was used to evaluate Poyang Lake's trophic st... |
2,318,815 | The role of sex hormones and steroid receptors on female reproductive cancers. | Sex steroids have been widely described to be associated with a number of human diseases, including hormone-dependent tumors. Several studies have been concerned about the factors regulating the availability of sex steroids and its importance in the pathophysiological aspects of the reproductive cancers in women. In pr... |
2,318,816 | Simultaneous determination of anionic and nonionic surfactants in commercial laundry wastewater and anaerobic fluidized bed reactor effluent by online column-switching liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. | This study presents a new method developed for the simultaneous determination of anionic surfactant (linear alkylbenzene sulfonate - LAS, 4 homologs) and nonionic surfactant (linear alcohol ethoxylate - LAE) in commercial laundry wastewater. The surfactants were identified and quantified using online column-switching s... |
2,318,817 | Risk of depression following uterine cancer: A nationwide population-based study. | Depression happens commonly in cancer patients. However, there is limited literature on uterine cancer. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the association between uterine cancer and depression as well as the moderating effect of age and hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>This was a population-based study... |
2,318,818 | A Hybrid Computer-aided-diagnosis System for Prediction of Breast Cancer Recurrence (HPBCR) Using Optimized Ensemble Learning. | Cancer is a collection of diseases that involves growing abnormal cells with the potential to invade or spread to the body. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. A method for 5-year breast cancer recurrence prediction is presented in this manuscript. Clinicopathologic characteristics of... |
2,318,819 | Effect of volumetric organic loading rate (OLR) on H<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> production by two-stage anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and brown water. | Two-stage anaerobic digestion system consisting of two continuously stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) operating at mesophillic conditions (37°C) were studied. The aim of this study is to determine optimum Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) of the two-stage anaerobic digester system for hydrogen and methane production. Thi... |
2,318,820 | Exploitation of rapid acidification phenomena of food waste in reducing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) of high rate anaerobic digester without conceding on biogas yield. | The aim of the present work was to study and infer a full scale experience on co-digestion of 1000kg of FW (400kg cooked food waste and 600kg uncooked food waste) and 2000L of rice gruel (RG) on daily basis based on a high rate biomethanation technology called "Anaerobic gas lift reactor" (AGR). The pH of raw substrate... |
2,318,821 | Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial of Habit Reversal Training for Treatment of Hair Pulling in Youth. | This study evaluated the treatment efficacy of habit reversal training (HRT) relative to treatment as usual (TAU) for children and adolescents aged 7-17 years with a primary diagnosis of trichotillomania (TTM).</AbstractText>An initial assessment consisting of semistructured interviews and rating scales was conducted. ... |
2,318,822 | Microbial community structures in high rate algae ponds for bioconversion of agricultural wastes from livestock industry for feed production. | Dynamics of seasonal microbial community compositions in algae cultivation ponds are complex. However, there is very limited knowledge on bacterial communities that may play significant roles with algae in the bioconversion of manure nutrients to animal feed. In this study, water samples were collected during winter, s... |
2,318,823 | The Detoxification and Degradation of Benzothiazole from the Wastewater in Microbial Electrolysis Cells. | In this study, the high-production-volume chemical benzothiazole (BTH) from synthetic water was fully degraded into less toxic intermediates of simple organic acids using an up-flow internal circulation microbial electrolysis reactor (UICMER) under the hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 h. The bioelectrochemical syst... |
2,318,824 | How do you decide on hormone replacement therapy in women with risk of venous thromboembolism? | Women are increasingly encouraged to participate in making decisions about hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In postmenopausal women with severe vasomotor symptoms, HRT can significantly improve the quality of life. However, the use of HRT may also increase the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the risk which depe... |
2,318,825 | The natural history of endometrial polyps. | What is the natural history of endometrial polyps in women who are managed expectantly?</AbstractText>The growth rates of expectantly managed polyps vary considerably and cannot be accurately predicted.</AbstractText>The majority of polyps detected on ultrasound are treated surgically, and therefore little is known abo... |
2,318,826 | Alkali pretreatment at ambient temperature: A promising method to enhance biomethanation of rice straw. | Anaerobic digestion is the most cost effective technology for sustainable biogas production from rice straw. Rice straw was subjected to ambient pretreatment with alkali and subsequently digested anaerobically. A dimensional equation was developed to predict the efficacy of alkali treatment in terms of soluble COD. Bio... |
2,318,827 | Continuous Hydrogen Production from Agricultural Wastewaters at Thermophilic and Hyperthermophilic Temperatures. | The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) (8 to 0.5 h) and temperature (55 to 75 °C) in two anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFBR) using cheese whey (AFBR-CW = 10,000 mg sugars L<sup>-1</sup>) and vinasse (AFBR-V = 10,000 m... |
2,318,828 | Complete Nitrogen Removal from Synthetic Anaerobic Sludge Digestion Liquor through Integrating Anammox and Denitrifying Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor. | Partial nitritation and Anammox processes are increasingly used for nitrogen removal from anaerobic sludge digestion liquor. However, their nitrogen removal efficiency is often limited due to the production of nitrate by the Anammox reaction and the sensitivity to the nitrite to ammonium ratio. This work develops and d... |
2,318,829 | Responses of skeletal muscle hypertrophy in Wistar rats to different resistance exercise models. | This study aimed to compare the effects of three different resistance exercise models on the quadriceps muscle cross-sectional area, as well as on mTOR phosphorylation and other pivotal molecules involved in the upstream regulation of mTOR. Twenty-four male Wistar rats were divided into untrained (control), endurance r... |
2,318,830 | Xenogeneic Decellularized Scaffold: A Novel Platform for Ovary Regeneration. | Women younger than 40 years may face early menopause because of premature ovarian failure (POF). The cause of POF can be idiopathic or iatrogenic, especially the cancer-induced oophorectomy and chemo- or radiation therapy. The current treatments, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cryopreservation techniqu... |
2,318,831 | Producing desulfurized biogas through removal of sulfate in the first-stage of a two-stage anaerobic digestion. | In the present work, a two-stage anaerobic digestion system (TSADS) was newly designed to produce biogas with a greatly reduced H<sub>2</sub> S content. The role of first (sulfidogenic)-stage digester was not only acidogenesis but also sulfidogenesis (sulfate reduction to H<sub>2</sub> S), which would minimize the inpu... |
2,318,832 | [Current views on the interaction between the treatment of osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases]. | The most common medical conditions after menopause are osteoporosis and atherosclerotic disease. Traditionally these two conditions were considered unrelated and their coexistence has been attributed to independent processess exclusively reated to age. The possible link between cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis s... |
2,318,833 | Ocular characteristics associated with the location of focal lamina cribrosa defects in open-angle glaucoma patients. | PurposeTo investigate the clinical characteristics according to the location of focal lamina cribrosa (LC) defects and its associated ocular features.Patients and methodsA total of 139 open-angle glaucoma patients underwent Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT) with enhanced depth imaging. Alterations in the co... |
2,318,834 | The newer Opioid Agonist Treatment with lower substitutive opiate doses is associated with better toxicology outcome than the older Harm Reduction Treatment. | Charge-free heroin use disorder treatment in Italy follows two main approaches, i.e., harm reduction treatment (HRT) strategy in community low-threshold facilities for drug addiction and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in high-threshold facilities for opioid addiction, focusing on pharmacological maintenance according t... |
2,318,835 | [Succession of Phytoplankton Assemblages and Its Influencing Factors in Tangpu Reservoir, Zhejiang Province]. | In order to explore the spatial-temporal dynamics of phytoplankton assemblages and its influencing factors in Tangpu Reservoir, phytoplankton and environmental variables were monthly monitored in 2011. The results showed that a total of 115 species of phytoplankton were identified, which belonged to 7 phyla and 62 gene... |
2,318,836 | Moderate hypofractionated radiotherapy is more effective and safe for localized prostate cancer patients: a meta-analysis. | To compare the efficacy and safety of moderate hypofractionated radiotherapy (H-RT) with those of conventional radiotherapy (C-RT) in patients with localized prostate cancer, we conducted extensive literature searches of The Web of Science, Embase, Pubmed and Cochrane Library databases. We identified nine studies with ... |
2,318,837 | Comprehensive Analysis of miRNome Alterations in Response to Sorafenib Treatment in Colorectal Cancer Cells. | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are master regulators of drug resistance and have been previously proposed as potential biomarkers for the prediction of therapeutic response in colorectal cancer (CRC). Sorafenib, a multi-kinase inhibitor which has been approved for the treatment of liver, renal and thyroid cancer, is currently bein... |
2,318,838 | Bone mineral content and areal density, but not bone area, predict an incident fracture risk: a comparative study in a UK prospective cohort. | We studied a prospective UK cohort of women aged 20 to 80 years, assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at baseline. Bone mineral content (BMC) and areal bone mineral density (aBMD), but not bone area (BA), at femoral neck, lumbar spine and the whole body sites were similarly predictive of incident fra... |
2,318,839 | Effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on denitrification using waste activated sludge thermal hydrolysis liquid and acidogenic liquid as carbon sources. | Waste activated sludge (WAS) internal carbon source can efficiently and economically enhance denitrification, and hydraulic retention time (HRT) is one of the most important operational parameters for denitrification. The effects of HRT on denitrification were investigated with WAS thermal hydrolysis liquid and acidoge... |
2,318,840 | Chinese herbal medicine Kuntai capsule for treatment of menopausal syndrome: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials. | Kuntai capsule has been widely used for the treatment of menopausal syndrome in China for long time. We conducted this review to assess efficacy and safety of Kuntai capsule for the treatment of menopausal syndrome.</AbstractText>We searched studies in PubMed, ClinicalTrials, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowle... |
2,318,841 | Hormone replacement therapy in young women with primary ovarian insufficiency and early menopause. | Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a rare but important cause of ovarian hormone deficiency and infertility in women. In addition to causing infertility, POI is associated with multiple health risks, including bothersome menopausal symptoms, decreased bone density and increased risk of fractures, early progression ... |
2,318,842 | Biohydrogen production from enzymatic hydrolysis of food waste in batch and continuous systems. | In this study, the feasibility of biohydrogen production from enzymatic hydrolysis of food waste was investigated. Food waste (solid-to-liquid ratio of 10%, w/v) was first hydrolyzed by commercial glucoamylase to release glucose (24.35 g/L) in the food waste hydrolysate. Then, the obtained food waste hydrolysate... |
2,318,843 | Obesity and Breast Cancer. | The relationship between adiposity and breast cancer risk and prognosis is complex, with associations that differ depending on when body size is assessed (e.g., pre- vs. postmenopausal obesity) and when breast cancer is diagnosed (i.e., pre- vs. postmenopausal disease). Further, the impact of obesity on risk differs by... |
2,318,844 | Poor Compliance to Hormone Therapy and Decreased Bone Mineral Density in Women with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. | Premature ovarian insufficiency leads to through infertility and estrogen deficiency. Optimal management encompasses estrogen replacement therapy. Long-term outcome of women with POI is not known. We design a study to evaluate the medical care, hormone replacement therapy compliance and bone mineral density (BMD) in PO... |
2,318,845 | Potential and optimization of two-phase anaerobic digestion of oil refinery waste activated sludge and microbial community study. | Oil refinery waste activated sludge produced from oil wastewater biological treatment is a major industrial sludge. Two-phase anaerobic digestion of oil refinery waste activated sludge was studied for the first time. Thermal pretreatment under 170 °C is effective on sludge solubilization. At the optimum hyd... |
2,318,846 | Effect of humic acid on anaerobic digestion of cellulose and xylan in completely stirred tank reactors: inhibitory effect, mitigation of the inhibition and the dynamics of the microbial communities. | Inhibition effect of humic acid (HA) on anaerobic digestion of cellulose and xylan and the mitigation potential of the inhibition were evaluated in controlled fed batch reactors at 30 °C and a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 20 days. Reactor performances were evaluated by biogas production and metaboli... |
2,318,847 | Effects of iron and calcium carbonate on the variation and cycling of carbon source in integrated wastewater treatments. | Iron and calcium carbonate were added in wastewater treatments as the adjusting agents to improve the contaminant removal performance and regulate the variation of carbon source in integrated treatments. At different temperatures, the addition of the adjusting agents obviously improved the nitrogen and phosphorous remo... |
2,318,848 | Optimization of the pretreatment of wastewater from a slaughterhouse and packing plant through electrocoagulation in a batch reactor. | The purpose of this study is to evaluate the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity and color of wastewater from a pig slaughterhouse and packing plant through the electrochemical technique and to optimize the ΔV (electric potential difference) and HRT (hydraulic retention time) variables in an electr... |
2,318,849 | Statin use and risk of endometrial cancer: a nationwide registry-based case-control study. | Laboratory and epidemiological evidence have suggested that statin use may protect against the development of certain cancers, including endometrial cancer. In a nationwide registry-based case-control study, we examined the association between statin use and risk of endometrial cancer.</AbstractText>Cases were female r... |
2,318,850 | The Effects of Hormonal Therapy and Exercise on Bone Turnover in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomised Double-Blind Pilot Study. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and walking were investigated independently and in combination, to determine which treatment provided most effect on bone turnover in postmenopausal women.</AbstractText>Using a randomised double-blind pilot study, 10 subjects received HRT (transdermal estradiol, 50 μg/day and or... |
2,318,851 | Role of three different plants on simultaneous salt and nutrient reduction from saline synthetic wastewater in lab-scale constructed wetlands. | Constructed Wetlands (CWs) can be a valuable technology to treat high salinity wastewaters but it is not known their potential for removal of both nutrients and salt, and the type of plants to use. This study evaluated the effect of three plants on salt reduction and simultaneous nutrient removal in CWs microcosms with... |
2,318,852 | Effect of low-intensity resistance training with heat stress on the HSP72, anabolic hormones, muscle size, and strength in elderly women. | Several recent studies have reported that heat stress stimulates the activation of heat shock protein 72 (HSP72), leading to an increase in muscle synthesis. Some studies suggested that low-intensity resistance training combined with heat stress could improve muscle size and strength.</AbstractText>This study aimed to ... |
2,318,853 | Intensified nitrate and phosphorus removal in an electrolysis -integrated horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetland. | A novel electrolysis-integrated horizontal subsurface-flow constructed wetland system (E-HFCWs) was developed for intensified removal of nitrogen and phosphorus contaminated water. The dynamics of nitrogen and phosphorus removal and that of main water qualities of inflow and outflow were also evaluated. The hydraulic r... |
2,318,854 | Long-Term Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Associated with Low Coronary Artery Calcium Levels in a Cohort of Older Women: The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study. | To assess the relationship between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and coronary artery calcium (CAC).</AbstractText>Cross-sectional.</AbstractText>Established population-based cohort in Reykjavik, Iceland.</AbstractText>Women (mean age 76 ± 5) who had completed questionnaires on HRT use (N = 2,867).</AbstractTex... |
2,318,855 | Influence of hydraulic retention time on the psychrophilic hydrolysis/acidogenesis of proteins. | The influence of the hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the anaerobic hydrolysis of complex substrates has been studied under psychrophilic conditions. For this purpose, a continuous stirred tank reactor was operated at 15 °C and neutral pH and gelatin was considered as a model protein. Three HRTs have been tested:... |
2,318,856 | Evaluation of anaerobic sludge volume for improving azo dye decolorization in a hybrid anaerobic reactor with built-in bioelectrochemical system. | A hybrid anaerobic reactor with built-in bioelectrochemical system (BES) has been verified for efficiently treating mixed azo dye wastewater, yet still facing many challenges, such as uncertain reactor construction and insufficient electron donors. In this study, an up-flow hybrid anaerobic reactor with built-in BES wa... |
2,318,857 | Humeral Retrotorsion and Glenohumeral Motion in Youth Baseball Players Compared With Age-Matched Nonthrowing Athletes. | Baseball players exhibit a more posteriorly oriented humeral head in their throwing arm. This is termed humeral retrotorsion (HRT) and likely represents a response to the stress of throwing. This adaptation is thought to occur while the athlete is skeletally immature, however currently there is limited research detaili... |
2,318,858 | Effects of hydraulic retention time, co-substrate and nitrogen source on laundry wastewater anionic surfactant degradation in fluidized bed reactors. | The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) removal in fluidized bed reactors (FBRs). FBR1 (HRT of 8h) and FBR2 (HRT of 12h) were fed laundry wastewater with 18.6±4.1 to 27.1±5.6mg/L of LAS in the following conditions: ethanol an... |
2,318,859 | Performance of airlift MBR for on-site treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater in urban areas of Vietnam. | In many cities in Vietnam, wastewater generated in slaughterhouses is normally discharged directly into surface waters without treatment. Management of slaughterhouse wastewater (SHWW) is difficult due to the lack of infrastructure for conveyance to centralized facilities. On-site treatment presents one cost-effective ... |
2,318,860 | On the design and operation of primary settling tanks in state of the art wastewater treatment and water resources recovery. | In state of the art wastewater treatment, primary settling tanks (PSTs) are considered as an integral part of the biological wastewater and sludge treatment process, as well as of the biogas and electric energy production. Consequently they strongly influence the efficiency of the entire wastewater treatment plant. How... |
2,318,861 | The effects of co-substrate and thermal pretreatment on anaerobic digestion performance. | The influence of anaerobic co-digestion of leachate and sludge with organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) under mesophilic condition in three batch digesters of 5 L capacity has been studied. OFMSW was mixed with leachate and sludge at three different ratios. Experimental results illustrated that the... |
2,318,862 | Simultaneous bio-autotrophic reduction of perchlorate and nitrate in a sulfur packed bed reactor: Kinetics and bacterial community structure. | This study investigated the simultaneous removal of perchlorate and nitrate from aqueous solution in an up-flow sulfur autotrophic reduction reactor. A nitrate and perchlorate containing pollution solution was treated with a remarkable removal efficiency greater than 97%. The concentration of nitrate was 22.03 &#x... |
2,318,863 | Comparison of anaerobic digestion strategies of nitrogen-rich substrates: Performance of anaerobic reactors and microbial community diversity. | In the present study, the application of different operating strategies on performance of three continuous stirred tank reactors digesting chicken manure at mesophilic temperature and constant organic loading rate (OLR) of 3.5g<sub>VS</sub>L<sup>-1</sup>d<sup>-1</sup> was investigated. Control reactor (RC) and reactor ... |
2,318,864 | Postmenopausal vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA) is positively improved by topical hyaluronic acid application. A prospective, observational study. | To evaluate the effectiveness of a topical vaginal preparation containing hyaluronic acid in controlling signs and symptoms correlated with postmenopausal vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA).</AbstractText>A prospective, observational study has been performed at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Vita Salute San Ra... |
2,318,865 | The highly variable microbiota associated to intestinal mucosa correlates with growth and hypoxia resistance of sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, submitted to different nutritional histories. | The better understanding of how intestinal microbiota interacts with fish health is one of the key to sustainable aquaculture development. The present experiment aimed at correlating active microbiota associated to intestinal mucosa with Specific Growth Rate (SGR) and Hypoxia Resistance Time (HRT) in European sea bass ... |
2,318,866 | [Optimization of Denitrifying Phosphorus Removal Performance Based on ABR-MBR Combined Process]. | An integrated process based on combination of the anaerobic baffled reactor(ABR)-membrane bioreactor(MBR) was adopted to treat domestic sewage with low C/N ratio. In order to realize the function of highly efficient denitrifying phosphorus removal, nitrate recycling ratio and sludge recycle ratio were optimized in this... |
2,318,867 | [Operational Characteristics of the Simultaneous Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal and Removal of Phthalate Esters by Three-dimensional Biofilm-electrode Coupled with Iron/Sulfur Reactor]. | In order to explore the technological characteristics of the simultaneous removal of phthalate esters (PAEs) as well as nitrogen and phosphorus by the novel technology of three-dimensional biofilm-electrode coupled with iron/sulfur reactor (3DBER-S-Fe), the changes of the total nitrogen (TN),total phosphorus (TP),DBP,D... |
2,318,868 | Mesophilic Acidogenesis of Food Waste-Recycling Wastewater: Effects of Hydraulic Retention Time, pH, and Temperature. | The effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT), pH, and operating temperature (T <sub>OP</sub>) on the degradation of food waste-recycling wastewater (FRW) were investigated in laboratory-scale hydrolysis/acidogenesis reactors. Response surface analysis was used to approximate the production of volatile organic acids an... |
2,318,869 | Ovarian insufficiency following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. | Ovarian insufficiency is a serious complication for young women who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) has been utilized more widely due to its reduced toxicity; however, there is a lack of data concerning ovarian function after HSCT with RIC. We investigated th... |
2,318,870 | Hormone-replacement therapy: current thinking. | For several decades, the role of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) has been debated. Early observational data on HRT showed many benefits, including a reduction in coronary heart disease (CHD) and mortality. More recently, randomized trials, including the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), studying mostly women many year... |
2,318,871 | Distribution of sulfonamides in liquid and solid anaerobic digestates: effects of hydraulic retention time and swine manure to rice straw ratio. | The effects of hydraulic retention time (20 and 15 days) and swine manure to rice straw ratios on distribution of sulfonamides (SAs) in liquid and solid anaerobic digestates were studied using bench-scale completely stirred tank reactors at (37 ± 1) °C. Results showed that anaerobic digest... |
2,318,872 | Hormone replacement therapy in young women with surgical primary ovarian insufficiency. | Bilateral oophorectomy performed in women before they are menopausal induces surgical primary ovarian insufficiency, an acute and chronic deficiency of the hormones normally produced by the ovaries. Without hormone replacement therapy (HRT) most of these women develop severe symptoms of estrogen (E) deficiency and are ... |
2,318,873 | Tertiary wastewater treatment in membrane photobioreactor using microalgae: Comparison of forward osmosis & microfiltration. | Discharge of wastewater with high nitrogen and phosphorus content is a major cause of eutrophication. In this study, a microfiltration-based membrane photobioreactor (MPBR) and forward osmosis-based osmotic membrane photobioreactor (OMPBR) have been operated with Chlorella vulgaris for continuous tertiary wastewater tr... |
2,318,874 | Performance investigation of a jet loop membrane bioreactor for the treatment of an actual olive mill wastewater. | In this study, following the pre-treatment of olive mill wastewater (OMW), its treatment in a jet loop membrane bioreactor (JLMBR) was investigated. Among the pre-treatment options, the configuration composed of physical settling, cartridge filter and ceramic membrane showed the best performance in terms of investigate... |
2,318,875 | Start-up of an anaerobic fluidized bed reactor treating synthetic carbohydrate rich wastewater. | The present work studied the start-up process of a mesophilic (37 ± 2 °C) anaerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) operated at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 20 days using synthetic carbohydrate rich wastewater. Anox Kaldness-K1 carriers were used as biofilm carrier material. The reactor per... |
2,318,876 | Consolidated bioprocessing of microalgal biomass to carboxylates by a mixed culture of cow rumen bacteria using anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). | This study employed mixed-culture consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) to digest microalgal biomass in an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). The primary objectives are to evaluate the impact of hydraulic residence time (HRT) on the productivity of carboxylic acids and to characterize the bacterial community. HRT af... |
2,318,877 | Degradation behavior of dimethyl phthalate in an anaerobic/anoxic/oxic system. | Dimethyl phthalate (DMP) as one of the most important and extensively used Phthalic acid esters (PAEs) is known to likely cause dysfunctions of the endocrine systems, liver, and nervous systems of animals. In this paper, the degradation and behavior of DMP were investigated in a laboratory scale anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (... |
2,318,878 | Effects of soluble microbial products (SMP) on the performance of an anammox attached film expanded bed (AAFEB) reactor: Synergistic interaction and toxic shock. | The accumulation of soluble microbial production (SMP) in an anammox attached film expanded bed (AAFEB) and its effect on the reactor performance were investigated in this study. During the long-term experiment, an extended HRT resulted in the accumulation of SMP and the change of treatment performance. When the SMP in... |
2,318,879 | Modeling the dynamic volatile fatty acids profiles with pH and hydraulic retention time in an anaerobic baffled reactor during the startup period. | To predict the dynamic profiles in volatile fatty acids (VFAs) with pH and hydraulic retention time (HRT) during the startup of a 4-compartment ABR, a mathematical model was constructed by introducing pH and thermodynamic inhibition functions into the biochemical processes derived from the ADM1. The calibration of inhi... |
2,318,880 | Specificity of in vivo confocal cornea microscopy in Acanthamoeba keratitis. | To report on the presence of 4 different structures visualized by confocal microscopy in patients whose clinical presentation suggested infection by Acanthamoeba.</AbstractText>Data and charts of 28 consecutive patients were analyzed in a retrospective study. Four types of structures were recognized by confocal microsc... |
2,318,881 | Predictive Value of HRT Stereometric Parameters and Blue-on-Yellow Perimetry Global Indices in Glaucoma-suspected Subjects. | To determine subtle changes of Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT) stereometric parameters and blue-on-yellow (B/Y) perimetry global indices for the early diagnosis of glaucoma in suspected subjects.</AbstractText>Cross-sectional data on 174 eyes of 87 subjects from a larger cohort, attending the Glaucoma Department of ... |
2,318,882 | Simultaneous production of bioelectricity and treatment of membrane concentrate in multitube microbial fuel cell. | The performance of upflow multitube microbial fuel cell (UM<sup>2</sup>FC) from membrane concentrate of domestic wastewater (50% concentrate or a volume to concentration ratio of 2) has been investigated in a laboratory test. The test found that the UM<sup>2</sup>FC with the tin-coated copper mesh and coil spring under... |
2,318,883 | Compact secondary treatment train combining a lab-scale moving bed biofilm reactor and enhanced flotation processes. | High-rate wastewater processes are receiving a renewed interest to obtain energy positive/efficient water resource recovery facilities. An innovative treatment train combining a high-rate moving bed biofilm reactor (HR-MBBR) with an enhanced flotation process was studied. The two objectives of this work were 1) to maxi... |
2,318,884 | Long-term performance of anaerobic digestion for crop residues containing heavy metals and response of microbial communities. | In order to investigate the long-term stability on the performance of the anaerobic digestion process, a laboratory-scale continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) was operated for 1100 days with sunflower harvested in a heavy metal contaminated site. Changes of microbial communities during digestion were identified using... |
2,318,885 | COD removal efficiency and mechanism of HMBR in high volumetric loading for ship domestic sewage treatment. | The hybrid membrane bioreactor (HMBR) has been applied in ship domestic sewage treatment under high volumetric loading for ship space saving. The mechanism and influence factors on the efficiency, including hydraulic retention time (HRT), dissolved oxygen (DO) of chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal were investigated. ... |
2,318,886 | Glaucoma diagnostic capacity of optic nerve head haemoglobin measures compared with spectral domain OCT and HRT III confocal tomography. | The computer program laguna onhe determines optic nerve head haemoglobin (ONH Hb) on retinal photographs based on detecting colour differences. This study compares the diagnostic capacity of Laguna ONhE with that of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and confocal tomography (HRT III).</AbstractText>In a... |
2,318,887 | Rare successful pregnancy in a patient with Swyer Syndrome. | To report a rare successful pregnancy after fertility treatment in a patient with Swyer syndrome.</AbstractText>Case report.</AbstractText>Herts & Essex Fertility Centre, Cheshunt, UK.</AbstractText>A 36-year-old patient with 46, XY gonadal dysgenesis. 31 year old husband with normal sperm analysis.</AbstractT... |
2,318,888 | Disc-damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS) as a Clinical Indicator of the Presence of a Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect (RAPD). | To evaluate clinical parameters and their relationship to the presence of a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD).</AbstractText>Retrospective chart review of 672 consecutive patients who presented to the Glaucoma Service at Wills Eye Hospital from January 1 through May 29, 2012. Swinging flashlight method (SFM) wa... |
2,318,889 | Menstrual and Reproductive Factors, Hormone Use, and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: Analysis From the International Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PanC4). | We aimed to evaluate the relation between menstrual and reproductive factors, exogenous hormones, and risk of pancreatic cancer (PC).</AbstractText>Eleven case-control studies within the International Pancreatic Cancer Case-control Consortium took part in the present study, including in total 2838 case and 4748 control... |
2,318,890 | Comparison of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph-3 glaucoma probability score and Moorfields regression analysis of optic nerve head in glaucoma patients and healthy individuals. | To compare the sensitivity and specificity of Moorfields regression analysis (MRA) and glaucoma probability score (GPS) between healthy and glaucomatous eyes with Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph 3 (HRT-3).</AbstractText>The study included 120 eyes of 75 glaucoma patients and 138 eyes of 73 normal subjects, for a total of ... |
2,318,891 | [Concentration of Nitrate in Main Anoxic Stage and PHA, TP Metabolism for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal in Single Sludge System with Continuous Flow]. | Based on test results and mass balance, PHA, TP metabolic regularity was revealed under different nitrate nitrogen concentrations in main anoxic stage [<i>c</i>(NO<sub>3</sub>)] for nitrogen and phosphorus removal in single sludge system with continuous flow, then the effectiveness of using <i>c</i>(NO<sub>3</sub>) as ... |
2,318,892 | In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Rhodanine Derivatives against Pathogenic Clinical Isolates. | Bacterial infections present a serious challenge to healthcare practitioners due to the emergence of resistance to numerous conventional antibacterial drugs. Therefore, new bacterial targets and new antimicrobials are unmet medical needs. Rhodanine derivatives have been shown to possess potent antimicrobial activity vi... |
2,318,893 | Biological treatment of actual petrochemical wastewater using anaerobic/anoxic/oxic process and the microbial diversity analysis. | A novel process integrating anaerobic hydrolysis-acidification (HA) and anoxic/oxic (A/O) reactors was developed to treat the actual petrochemical wastewater, which was operated for more than 8 months, the removal efficiency of COD and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N was monitored, and the microbial community was ana... |
2,318,894 | Effect of low pH start-up on continuous mixed-culture lactic acid fermentation of dairy effluent. | Mixed-culture fermentation that does not require an energy-intensive sterilization process is a viable approach for the economically feasible production of lactic acid (LA) due to the potential use of organic waste as feedstock. This study investigated mixed-culture LA fermentation of whey, a high-strength organic wast... |
2,318,895 | Biotransformation of ferulic acid to vanillin in the packed bed-stirred fermentors. | We performed the biotransformation of ferulic acid to vanillin using Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) in the stirring packed-bed reactors filled with carbon fiber textiles (CFT). Scanning electron microscope (SEM), HPLC, qRT-PCR and ATP assay indicated that vanillin biotransformation is tightly related to cell growth, c... |
2,318,896 | Treating Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) in a Child. | Although cognitive behavioral treatments (CBTs) have been recommended as first-line interventions for trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder [HPD]), research on CBT for young children with HPD is limited. We illustrate the use of family-based CBT for HPD in an 8-year-old boy. The client had a 5-year history of chronic... |
2,318,897 | Successful IVF pregnancy despite inadequate ovarian steroidogenesis due to congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (CLAH): a case report. | Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) mutations are the most frequent aetiologies of congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (CLAH). Phenotypes may vary, and puberty may be absent in affected individuals. To date, only two pregnancies have been described in 46,XX CLAH patients with StAR mutations; these patients ... |
2,318,898 | Optimization of operation conditions for domestic sewage treatment using a sequencing batch biofilm filter. | A sequencing batch biofilm filter (SBBF) was applied to treat domestic sewage. The bioreactor consisted of fibrous filler in the upper part and ceramsite filter media in the lower part. The impacts of the most important factors including dissolved oxygen (DO), water temperature and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were e... |
2,318,899 | Iatrogenic Menopause After Treatment for Cervical Cancer. | The ever-improving prognosis of women diagnosed with cervical cancer has meant that survivorship and treatment-related sequelae are being brought more into the spotlight in an attempt to try to reduce morbidity and improve women's long-term health. However, there are many issues surrounding an iatrogenic menopause in c... |
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