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2,319,200 | [The economic importance of individual health services (IGeL) in ophthalmology over time: survey results from 2010 and 2020]. | Individual health services (IGeL) enable patients to receive medical services not covered by social health care; however, there is no central data collection on IGeL in Germany.</AbstractText>This study illustrates the spectrum of IGeL provided in the field of ophthalmology as an example of the importance of IGeL in Ge... |
2,319,201 | Serum oestradiol levels and risk of adverse cardiovascular events associated with gender-affirming oestrogen therapy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. | The use of gender-affirming oestrogen therapy (GAOT) is an integral part of the gender-affirming transition process for transgender women (assigned male at birth who identify as women) and gender-diverse individuals. However, its use may present significant cardiovascular implications, which may be influenced by system... |
2,319,202 | Long-term performance, microbial evolution and spatial microstructural characteristics of anammox granules in an upflow blanket filter (UBF) treating high-strength nitrogen wastewater.<Pagination><StartPage>128206</StartPage><MedlinePgn>128206</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j.bi... | Granule formation, microstructure and microbial spatial distribution are crucial to granule stability and nitrogen removal. Here, an upflow blanket filter (UBF) reactor with porous fixed cylinder carriers was fabricated and operated for 234 days to investigate overall performance and the formation mechanism of ana... |
2,319,203 | Photo fermentative biohydrogen production potential using microalgae-activated sludge co-digestion in a sequential flow batch reactor (SFBR). | Biohydrogen (bioH<sub>2</sub>) is a sustainable energy source that can produce carbon-free energy upon combustion. BioH<sub>2</sub> can be generated from microalgae by photolytic and anaerobic digestion (AD) pathways. The AD pathway faces many challenges when scaling up using different bioreactors, particularly the con... |
2,319,204 | A novel constructed wetland based on iron carbon substrates: performance optimization and mechanisms of simultaneous removal of nitrogen and phosphorus. | In recent years, the combination of iron carbon micro-electrolysis (ICME) with constructed wetlands (CWs) for removal of nitrogen and phosphorus has attracted more and more attention. However, the removal mechanisms by CWs with iron carbon (Fe-C) substrates are still unclear. In this study, the Fe-C based CW (CW-A) was... |
2,319,205 | Enhancing anaerobic co-digestion of primary settled-nightsoil sludge and food waste for phosphorus extraction and biogas production: effect of operating parameters and determining phosphorus transformation. | The study aimed to comprehensively determine P extraction efficiency and co-digestion of food waste (FW) and primary settled-nightsoil sludge (PSNS) process performance influenced by different hydraulic retention times (4, 7, 10, and 15 days) and mixture ratios of FW:PSNS in substrates (100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75,... |
2,319,206 | Nutrient released characteristics of struvite-biochar fertilizer produced from concentrated sludge supernatant by fluidized bed reactor. | With the exacerbating water eutrophication globally, it is important to recover nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from sewage for recycle. In this study, coconut shell biochar and ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) were added into the designed fluidized bed reactor (FBR) to create struvite-biochar. N and P released... |
2,319,207 | Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in a PCL-supported constructed wetland with limited aeration. | Considerable advances have been made in the substrate design and operation strategies of constructed wetlands to facilitate nitrogen elimination. However, few studies examined the complicated interaction between solid organic substrates and limited aeration on nitrogen removal. A vertical flow constructed wetlands in g... |
2,319,208 | Intravaginal dehydroepiandrosterone for genitourinary symptoms of the menopause: Is the evidence sufficient? | Intravaginal dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a locally metabolised estrogen and androgen precursor, licensed in 2018 in the EU for moderate to severe vulvovaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women. A literature search revealed four original trials suitable for appraisal, three evaluating change in dyspareunia or dryness... |
2,319,209 | Hypogonadism in adolescent girls: treatment and long-term effects. | Hypogonadism in adolescent females presents as delayed puberty or primary amenorrhea. Constitutional delay of growth and puberty, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism represent the principal differential diagnosis of delayed puberty. Girls with hypogonadism require hormone replacement therap... |
2,319,210 | Sirtuin 3 Plays a Critical Role in the Antidepressant- and Anxiolytic-like Effects of Kaempferol. | An estimated 20% of women experience depression at some point during menopause. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), as the main therapy for depression and other menopausal syndromes, comes with a few undesirable side effects and a potential increase in cancer and cardiovascular risk. Consequently, there is a dire need f... |
2,319,211 | Can Hypnotherapy Increase Well-Being? | Emotional well-being is a broad term that refers to happiness, positive social relationships, life balance, and the pursuit of positive goals. Further, emotional well-being has been shown to reduce risk of death by nearly 20% (Cohen, et al., 2016). The lead article (Na et al., 2022) explores this issue and reports on a... |
2,319,212 | CrossMoDA 2021 challenge: Benchmark of cross-modality domain adaptation techniques for vestibular schwannoma and cochlea segmentation. | Domain Adaptation (DA) has recently been of strong interest in the medical imaging community. While a large variety of DA techniques have been proposed for image segmentation, most of these techniques have been validated either on private datasets or on small publicly available datasets. Moreover, these datasets mostly... |
2,319,213 | Obesity and Brain Health: The Impact of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Cognitive Performances in Middle-Aged Obese Women. | Mid-life obesity has been reported to be a significant risk factor for later-life dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been suggested to have an adverse effect while cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has been suggested to have a protective effect on cognitive function of older adults. However, ... |
2,319,214 | Evaluation of the efficacy and feasibility of concurrent weekly docetaxel-nedaplatin and hypo-fractionated radiotherapy in atypical histologic subtypes of primary and metastatic mediastinal malignancies. | We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of concurrent weekly docetaxel-nedaplatin and hypo-fractionated radiotherapy (hypo-RT) in atypical histologic subtypes of primary and metastatic mediastinal malignancies.</AbstractText>Fifty-four patients diagnosed with atypical primary or metastatic mediastinal maligna... |
2,319,215 | A comparison of dissolving microneedles and transdermal film with solid microneedles for iloperidone in vivo: a proof of concept. | Iloperidone (ILO) is a poorly soluble and bioavailable WHO-approved schizophrenia drug. Microneedles are a revolutionary delivery technology that overcomes many of the issues associated with traditional drug administration. The current research aimed to compare the antipsychotic activity and pharmacokinetics of ILO-loa... |
2,319,216 | Elemental sulphur recovery from a sulphate-rich aqueous stream in a single hybrid linear flow channel reactor is mediated through microbial community dynamics and adaptation to reactor zones. | The coupled application of biological sulphate reduction (BSR) and partial sulphide oxidation to treat sulphate-rich wastewater is an effective strategy to mitigate pollution and recover elemental sulphur for repurposing. The recent development of the hybrid linear flow channel reactor (LFCR) achieves simultaneous BSR ... |
2,319,217 | Improving the performance of bioelectrochemical sulfate removal by applying flow mode. | Treatment of wastewater contaminated with high sulfate concentrations is an environmental imperative lacking a sustainable and environmental friendly technological solution. Microbial electrochemical technology (MET) represents a promising approach for sulfate reduction. In MET, a cathode is introduced as inexhaustible... |
2,319,218 | Exogenous hormone use and the risk of surgically treated cataract: Evidence from 91 760 female participants in the 45 and Up Study. | To investigate the association between exogenous hormone use and the risk of cataract surgery among working-aged Australian women.</AbstractText>A total of 91 760 female participants aged 45-65 years and without prior history of cataract surgery were prospectively enrolled between January 2006 and ... |
2,319,219 | The Role of PARP Inhibitors in Patients with Primary Malignant Central Nervous System Tumors. | Primary malignant central nervous (CNS) tumors are a devastating group of diseases with urgent need for improved treatment options. Surgery, radiation, and cytotoxic chemotherapy remain the primary standard treatment modalities, with molecularly targeted therapies having proven efficacy in only small subsets of cases. ... |
2,319,220 | The removal of veterinary antibiotics in the high-rate anaerobic bioreactor: continuous and batch studies.<Pagination><StartPage>1668</StartPage><EndPage>1680</EndPage><MedlinePgn>1668-1680</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.2166/wst.2022.293</ELocationID><Abstract><AbstractText>Veterina... | Veterinary antibiotics in swine wastewater has drawn great public attention. The removal processes of sulfamethizole (SMZ), enrofloxacin (ENR) and chlortetracycline (CTC) were investigated in the high-rate anaerobic process. The continuous experiments demonstrated that in 3 L working volume and with the organic loading... |
2,319,221 | The Interplay of GPER1 with 17β-Aminoestrogens in the Regulation of the Proliferation of Cervical and Breast Cancer Cells: A Pharmacological Approach. | The G-protein-coupled receptor for estrogen (GPER1) is a transmembrane receptor involved in the progression and development of various neoplasms whose ligand is estradiol (E2). 17β-aminoestrogens (17β-AEs) compounds, analogs to E2, are possible candidates for use in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), but ou... |
2,319,222 | Impact of Mobile Phone Screen Exposure on Adolescents' Cognitive Health. | There is existing evidence on how excessive screen exposure can be detrimental to cognitive health, and in recent years there has been an increase in the usage of mobile phones by adolescents. We aimed to examine the association between mobile phone screen exposure and cognitive function among a young healthy populatio... |
2,319,223 | Production of phycobiliproteins, bioplastics and lipids by the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. treating secondary effluent in a biorefinery approach. | Cyanobacteria have been identified as promising organisms to reuse nutrients from waste effluents and produce valuable compounds such as lipids, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), and pigments. However, almost all studies on cyanobacterial biorefineries have been performed under lab scale and short cultivation periods. The ... |
2,319,224 | Oestrogen inhibits psoriasis-like dermatitis induced by imiquimod in mice in relation to increased IL-10 producing cells despite elevated expression of IL-22, IL-23, IL-17 mRNA. | Sex hormones influence the development and natural course of psoriasis. Here, we examined the effects of female sex hormones, particularly oestrogen, on psoriasis-like dermatitis induced using topical imiquimod in mice that underwent either sham operation (Sham) or ovariectomy (OVX), with (hormone replacement treatment... |
2,319,225 | Effects of electrical stimulation on purification of secondary effluent containing chlorophenols by denitrification biofilter. | The coexistence of chlorophenols (CPs) and total nitrogen (TN) is common in advanced purification of industrial secondary effluent, which brings challenges to conventional denitrification biofilters (DNBFs). Electrical stimulation is an effective method for the degradation of CPs, However, the application of electrical... |
2,319,226 | Endometriosis patients benefit from high serum progesterone in hormone replacement therapy-frozen embryo transfer cycles: a cohort study. | What is the optimal serum progesterone cut-off level in patients with endometriosis undergoing hormone replacement therapy frozen embryo transfer (HRT-FET) with intensive progesterone luteal phase support?</AbstractText>A cohort study, including 262 HRT-FET cycles in 179 patients all diagnosed with endometriosis either... |
2,319,227 | Hormone replacement in premenopausal women treated with bilateral oophorectomy for ovarian cancer - a nationwide population-based study. | To study the extent of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) dispensing in premenopausal women after being treated with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSOE) for ovarian cancer (OC).</AbstractText>Nationwide population- and register-based cohort study including women 18-50 years old, registered in The Swedish Quality Regi... |
2,319,228 | Hormone replacement therapy prescribing in menopausal women in the UK: a descriptive study. | Recent studies on the prescribing of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medicines to treat symptoms of menopause are lacking.</AbstractText>To describe the prescribing of HRT in a cohort of UK menopausal women.</AbstractText><AbstractText Label="DESIGN & SETTING" NlmCategory="METHODS">Population-based drug utilisati... |
2,319,229 | GnRH-agonist pretreatment in hormone replacement therapy improves pregnancy outcomes in women with male-factor infertility. | This study aimed to examine the efficacy of HRT with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) pre-treatment in women with male-factor infertility who underwent a frozen embryo transfer (FET) programme.</AbstractText>Between January 2016 and October 2020, 2733 women with male-factor infertility who underwent the ... |
2,319,230 | Effects of 2-methoxyestradiol on hydrogen peroxide induced neuronal cell death and tau hyperphosphorylation. | Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, and memory loss. It has been shown that depletion of estrogens renders women vulnerable to AD with menopause women presenting higher risk for AD development than men. However, women under hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with 17β-estr... |
2,319,231 | Ovarian cancer risk management in BRCA-mutation carriers: A comparison of six international and national guidelines. | Germline mutations in the BRCA gene account for most hereditary ovarian and breast cancer. Management of healthy carriers aims to prevent and allow early detection of breast and ovarian cancer. This study compares six different hereditary ovarian cancer management guidelines, highlighting areas of controversy between d... |
2,319,232 | Performance of hydrogel immobilized bioreactors combined with different iron ore wastes for denitrification and removal of copper and lead: Optimization and possible mechanism.<Pagination><StartPage>119196</StartPage><MedlinePgn>119196</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j.watres.202... | Reasonable and efficient removal of mixed pollutants (nitrate and heavy metals) in industrial wastewater under heavy metal pollution has attracted more attention in recent years. The target strain Aquabacterium sp. XL4 was immobilized with different iron ore wastes (IOW) using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to construct four ... |
2,319,233 | <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Vivo Antiproliferative Actions of Solanum gilo</i> Raddi (Solanaceae) Fruit Extract on Breast Tissues. | Menopause is a normal event characterized by a drop in estrogen's production, leading to numerous symptoms. To face these later, women rely on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which alleviates numerous menopausal symptoms. Unfortunately, long-term exposure to estrogens is associated with an increase in endometrial an... |
2,319,234 | Combined slaughterhouse wastewater treatment via pilot plant chemical coagulation followed by 4th generation downflow hanging sponge (DHS-4G). | The article aimed to investigate performance and evaluation of combining chemical coagulation pretreatment unit with a pilot-scale fourth generation downflow hanging sponge (DHS-4G) for slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) treatment. This combination of compact treatment technique was tested as a novel system for the treatm... |
2,319,235 | ART outcome after euploid frozen embryo transfer is not affected by previous Cesarean section delivery in the absence of intracavitary fluid. | To evaluate the impact of a cesarean section (CS) on the chance of clinical pregnancy and live birth (LB) in frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles in the setting of euploid embryos and the absence of intracavitary fluid (ICF) as causes of implantation failure were excluded.</AbstractText>Retrospective study, including pa... |
2,319,236 | Parametric studies during the removal of ammonia by membrane contactor with various stripping solutions. | Although membrane contactors (MCs) have been recognized to be an efficient approach for the removal of ammonia from water streams, factors affecting the MCs performance were not clearly investigated. In this study, the effects of stripping solution chemistry (acid types and concentration), feed solution chemistry (pH, ... |
2,319,237 | Effects of high-strength landfill leachate effluent on stress-induced microalgae lipid production and post-treatment micropollutant degradation. | This research investigates the effects of landfill leachate effluent concentrations from moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) on stress-induced Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus armatus lipid production and post-treatment micropollutant degradation. The effluent concentrations were varied between 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% ... |
2,319,238 | A novel multistage anoxic/aerobic process with sludge regeneration zone (R-MAO) for advanced nitrogen removal from domestic sewage. | To achieve advanced nitrogen removal from actual municipal sewage, a novel multistage anoxic/aerobic process with sludge regeneration zone (R-MAO) was developed. The reactor was used to treat actual domestic sewage and the nitrogen removal capacity of the sludge regeneration zone (R zone) was investigated during the lo... |
2,319,239 | Mixotrophic denitrification processes in basalt fiber bio-carriers drive effective treatment of low carbon/nitrogen lithium slurry wastewater. | Lithium battery slurry wastewater was successfully treatedby using basalt fiber (BF) bio-carriers in a biological contact oxidation reactor. This resulted in a significant reduction of COD (93.3 ± 0.5 %) and total nitrogen (77.4 ± 1.0 %) at 12 h of HRT and dissolved oxygen (... |
2,319,240 | Simultaneous removal of heterocyclic drugs and total nitrogen from biochemical tailwater by peracetic acid/cobalt-loaded ceramsite-based denitrification biofilter. | It is difficult to achieve simultaneous and efficient removal of heterocyclic drugs (HCDs) and total nitrogen (TN) in conventional denitrification biofilter (DNBF). Inspired by the effective degradation of refractory organic matter by cobalt-based advanced oxidation process and the need for in-situ upgrading of DNBF, p... |
2,319,241 | Modelling the impacts of operational conditions on the performance of a full-scale membrane aerated biofilm reactor. | Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABR) are gaining more and more acceptance in the plethora of wastewater process intensification technologies. Mathematical modelling has contributed to show their feasibility in terms of reduced energy consumption and footprint. Nevertheless, most simulation studies published until n... |
2,319,242 | The influence of estro-progestin therapy on neurohormonal activity in functional hypothalamic amenorrhea. | <b>Background:</b> Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) is a chronic endocrine disorder caused by the abnormal pulsatile secretion of neurohormones in the hypothalamus. Secretion of GnRH is regulated by kisspeptin/neurokinin B/dynorphin (KNDy) neurons. These neurons produce, among other neurohormones, neurokinin B ... |
2,319,243 | Pilot Study of Hypnotic Relaxation Therapy for Well-Being (HRT-WB): A New Intervention to Enhance Well-Being and Positive Affect.<Pagination><StartPage>328</StartPage><EndPage>349</EndPage><MedlinePgn>328-349</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1080/00207144.2022.2124375</ELocationID><Abs... | The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effect of a novel hypnotherapeutic intervention, informed by positive psychology, to enhance well-being in college students. The present study investigated adapting hypnotic relaxation therapy for enhancing well-being (denoted as... |
2,319,244 | The microbial synergy and response mechanisms of hydrolysis-acidification combined microbial electrolysis cell system with stainless-steel cathode for textile-dyeing wastewater treatment.<Pagination><StartPage>158912</StartPage><MedlinePgn>158912</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j... | Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) has been existing problems such as poor applicability to real wastewater and lack of cost-effective electrode materials in the practical application of refractory wastewater. A hydrolysis-acidification combined MEC system (HAR-MECs) with four inexpensive stainless-steel and conventiona... |
2,319,245 | The Mysteries of Primary Amenorrhea: Swyer Syndrome. | Swyer syndrome is a hereditary condition seen in a few patients who present with primary amenorrhea, characterized by 46 XY and the presence of female internal genital tract and bilateral streak gonads in a female phenotype. A 25-year-old lady presented with primary amenorrhea. After the evaluation, she was diagnosed w... |
2,319,246 | Simultaneous removal of COD and NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N from domestic sewage by a single-stage up-flow anaerobic biological filter based on Feammox. | In recent years, Feammox has made it possible to remove NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N under anaerobic conditions; however, its application in practical wastewater treatment processes has not been extensively reported. In this study, an up-flow anaerobic biological filter based on limonite (Lim-UAF) was developed to faci... |
2,319,247 | Two-stage anaerobic membrane bioreactor for co-treatment of food waste and kitchen wastewater for biogas production and nutrients recovery. | Co-digestion of organic waste and wastewater is receiving increased attention as a plausible waste management approach toward energy recovery. However, traditional anaerobic processes for co-digestion are particularly susceptible to severe organic loading rates (OLRs) under long-term treatment. To enhance technological... |
2,319,248 | Individual dynamics of uterine natural killer cells in natural and stimulated cycles monitored using a new endometrial dating method. | It is important to evaluate the dynamics of uterine natural killer (uNK) cells in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cycles, given their potential role in implantation and the common usage of HRT cycles with in vitro fertilization (IVF).</AbstractText>A total of 132 subfertile patients were evaluated during the secretor... |
2,319,249 | Impact of Acetate in Reduction of Perchlorate by Mixed Microbial Culture under the Influence of Nitrate and Sulfate.<ELocationID EIdType="pii" ValidYN="Y">10608</ELocationID><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.3390/ijms231810608</ELocationID><Abstract><AbstractText>The biological reduction of slow degradation con... | The biological reduction of slow degradation contaminants such as perchlorate (ClO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>) is considered to be a promising water treatment technology. The process is based on the ability of a specific mixed microbial culture to use perchlorate as an electron acceptor in the absence of oxygen. In this s... |
2,319,250 | SVM and ANN Modelling Approach for the Optimization of Membrane Permeability of a Membrane Rotating Biological Contactor for Wastewater Treatment. | Membrane fouling significantly hinders the widespread application of membrane technology. In the current study, a support vector machine (SVM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) modelling approach was adopted to optimize the membrane permeability in a novel membrane rotating biological contactor (MRBC). The MRBC util... |
2,319,251 | Azo dyes degradation by microorganisms - An efficient and sustainable approach. | Synthetic aromatic compounds consisting of various functional groups are known as dyes. These colored compounds are often discharged in effluents, and they are very dangerous to aquatic life. Basically, the dye industry started by using natural plant and insect sources, and then suddenly turned into artificial manufact... |
2,319,252 | Combination GnRH antagonists for endometriosis: Balancing efficacy with side effects. | Endometriosis is a chronic pain condition affecting 1 in 10 women. There is an unmet need for better medical treatments for endometriosis. We spotlight trials of a single preparation combined HRT-GnRH antagonist (Relugolix) by Giudice et al.,<sup>1</sup> for endometriosis-associated pain. |
2,319,253 | A Metascore of Multiple Imaging Methods to Measure Long-Term Glaucoma Structural Progression. | To develop a structural metascore (SMS) that combines measurements from different devices and expresses them on a single scale to facilitate their long-term analysis.</AbstractText>Three structural measurements (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II [HRT] rim area, HD-Cirrus optical coherence tomography [OCT] average retinal ... |
2,319,254 | Comparison of all renal replacement therapy modalities in terms of COVID-19 infection rate & mortality in the COVID-19 pandemic and importance of home therapies. | This study aimed to compare the infection rate and infection-related mortality among all renal replacement therapies during the COVID-19 pandemics.</AbstractText>One thousand three hundred thirty-six end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who had applied for renal replacement therapy between March 2020 and January 202... |
2,319,255 | Clinical factors associated with low serum progesterone levels on the day of frozen blastocyst transfer in hormonal replacement therapy cycles. | Which factors are associated with low serum progesterone (P) levels on the day of frozen embryo transfer (FET), in HRT cycles?</AbstractText>BMI, parity and non-European geographic origin are factors associated with low serum P levels on the day of FET in HRT cycles.</AbstractText>The detrimental impact of low serum P ... |
2,319,256 | Prospective observational comparison of arteria uterina blood flow between two frozen embryo transfer cycle regimens: natural cycle versus hormonal replacement cycle. | Is there a difference in the blood flow of the Arteria uterina in frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles between a Natural Cycle (NC) and a Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT) cycle?</AbstractText>Prospective observational study with measurement of the pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) throughout the ovarian... |
2,319,257 | Wetland plant-derived biochar enhances the diclofenac treatment performance in vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands. | Diclofenac (DFC) is a pharmacologically active compound frequently detected in various receiving waters. To improve the efficiency of constructed wetlands in removing DFC, biochar (BC) is added as a substrate. The study mainly involved the effect of adding wetland plant-derived BC to vertical subsurface flow constructe... |
2,319,258 | Time-dependent in situ structural and cellular aberrations in rabbit cornea in vivo after mustard gas exposure. | An array of corneal pathologies collectively called mustard gas keratopathy (MGK) resulting from ocular exposure to sulfur mustard (SM) gas are the most prevalent chemical warfare injury. MGK involves chronic ocular discomfort that results in vision impairment. The etiology of MGK remains unclear and poorly understood ... |
2,319,259 | Depression, Anxiety, and Their Association to Health-Related Quality of Life in Men Commencing Prostate Cancer Treatment at Tertiary Hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa. | Comorbid depression and anxiety in men with localised prostate cancer (CaP) largely go undiagnosed and untreated and their effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in men with CaP should not be underestimated. We examined the prevalence of depression and anxiety and its association with HRQOL in men about to c... |
2,319,260 | Enhanced nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater via a novel combined process driven by partial nitrification/anammox (PN/A) and partial denitrification/anammox (PD/A) with an ultra-low hydraulic retention time (HRT). | Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) is a highly productive research area in municipal wastewater treatment. A novel combined process driven by partial nitrification/anammox (PN/A) and partial denitrification/anammox (PD/A) was established in this paper using a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and two up-flow sludge bed... |
2,319,261 | Field evaluation of four denitrifying woodchip bioreactors for nitrogen removal in eastern South Dakota, United States. | Edge-of-field practices such as denitrifying woodchip bioreactors can be used to improve the water quality of agricultural effluents. This study evaluated the effectiveness of four field-scale woodchip bioreactors in removing nitrate‑nitrogen (nitrate-N) from subsurface drainage in eastern South Dakota. Four woo... |
2,319,262 | Quantifying biochar-induced greenhouse gases emission reduction effects in constructed wetlands and its heterogeneity: A multi-level meta-analysis. | Zero-waste biochar is an emerging tool for carbon neutralization, but the role of biochar in reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions from CWs were controversy and uncertainty. Yet, no previous study has integrated multiple research systems to quantitatively examine biochar-mediated GHGs emission reduction potential ... |
2,319,263 | Anti-osteoporosis treatments changed body composition in postmenopausal women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | Whether the widespread anti-osteoporosis treatments in postmenopausal women also benefit the change of body composition (lean body mass [LBM] and body fat mass [FM]) remains controversial. In order to solve this issue and find out the most effective treatment, we conducted this meta-analysis.</AbstractText>We searched ... |
2,319,264 | Comparison of different endometrial preparation protocols on frozen embryo transfer pregnancy outcome in patients with normal ovulation. | What is the effect of letrozole use in patients undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET) with normal ovulation? Although the number of FETs is increasing, an optimal protocol for FET (particularly vitrified-warmed embryo transfer) is yet to be determined. The aim of this study was to evaluate letrozole use on patients w... |
2,319,265 | Polygonatum sibiricum improves menopause symptoms by regulating hormone receptor balance in an ovariectomized mouse model. | Female menopause is a hormone deficiency phenomenon that causes hot flashes, vaginal dryness, depression, nervous tension, insomnia, obesity, and bone loss. There are various hormone replacement therapy (HRT)-based menopausal treatments, but they are accompanied by side effects such as endometrial cancer and hyperplasi... |
2,319,266 | Material mass balance and elemental flow analysis in a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment towards low-carbon operation and resource recovery. | The anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) has gained huge attention as a municipal wastewater (MWW) treatment process that combined high organics removal, a low sludge yield and bioenergy recovery. In this study, a 20 L AnMBR was set up and operated steadily for 70 days in temperate conditions with an HRT of 6 h and a ... |
2,319,267 | Hormone Therapy and Risk of Breast Cancer: Where Are We Now? | Several studies have examined the clinical benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, because long-term use of HRT has been implicated as a risk factor for the development of breast cancer, some women remain skeptical when considering this therapy to address their vasomotor symptoms. Hence, physicians and ... |
2,319,268 | Biological acidification of pig manure using banana peel waste to improve the dissolution of particulate phosphorus: A critical step for maximum phosphorus recovery as struvite. | Traditional disposal of agricultural bio-waste such as pig manure and banana peel waste poses an environmental nuisance. The uncontrolled disintegration of these waste materials decomposes to toxic effluent and methane a greenhouse gas twenty-one times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere,... |
2,319,269 | Ovulation induction regimens are associated with a higher rate of livebirth after frozen single-blastocyst transfer among women with polycystic ovary syndrome. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) regimen was suggested to be associated with a decreased rate of livebirth and a higher risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) after frozen cleavage stage embryo transfer in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). With the dramatically increased use of elective single em... |
2,319,270 | Microbial paracetamol degradation involves a high diversity of novel amidase enzyme candidates. | Pharmaceuticals are relatively new to nature and often not completely removed in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Consequently, these micropollutants end up in water bodies all around the world posing a great environmental risk. One exception to this recalcitrant conversion is paracetamol, whose full degradation ha... |
2,319,271 | Performance evaluation and microbial community structure of a modified trickling filter and conventional activated sludge process in treating urban sewage. | This study compares the performance and microbial composition of a conventional activated sludge process (ASP) with a modified trickling filter (MTF) for urban sewage treatment. MTF (2 h HRT with effluent recycling) and ASP (8 h HRT) showed >60 % removal efficiency for COD, NH<sub>3</sub>-N and PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-... |
2,319,272 | Removal of nutrients from pulp and paper biorefinery effluent: Operation, kinetic modelling and optimization by response surface methodology.<Pagination><StartPage>114091</StartPage><MedlinePgn>114091</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j.envres.2022.114091</ELocationID><ELocationID ... | This study investigated the effectiveness of extended aeration system (EAS) and rice straw activated carbon-extended aeration system (RAC-EAS) in the treatment of pulp and paper biorefinery effluent (PPBE). RAC-EAS focused on the efficient utilization of lignocellulosic biomass waste (rice straw) as a biosorbent in the... |
2,319,273 | Treatment of Membrane Cleaning Wastewater from Thermal Power Plant Using Membrane Bioreactor. | An integrated membrane bioreactor (MBR) with synthetic RO membrane cleaning wastewater from a thermal power plant was used to study the long-term operating characteristics, membrane fouling, and cleaning of membrane fouling. The results show that the MBR had a great removal effect on mainly an organic pollutant (citric... |
2,319,274 | Mathematical modelling of an intermittent anoxic/aerobic MBBR: Estimation of nitrification rates and energy savings. | This study aimed at modelling the performance of a novel MBBR configuration, named A/O-MBBR, comprised of a pre-anoxic reactor, with an HRT of 4.5 h, coupled with an intermittent anoxic/aerobic MBBR (HRT = 6.8 h). The lab-scale system was fed with municipal wastewater with an average influent Total ... |
2,319,275 | Perchlorate removal by a combined heterotrophic and bio-electrochemical hydrogen autotrophic system. | Here, a novel combined heterotrophic and bio-electrochemical hydrogen autotrophic (CHBHA) system was developed to remove perchlorate under low chemical dosages and energy consumption. The perchlorate removal performance at various hydraulic retention times (HRTs) and acetate dosages was investigated. For influent conta... |
2,319,276 | Investigating the Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Licorice Root to Prevent Ovariectomy-Mediated Complications. | The importance of women's health and the quality of life after menopause is a critical issue. To prevent disability and menopause complications as well as avoid the side effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), in this study, licorice hydroalcoholic extract (Glycyrrhiza uralensis</i> roots) was evaluated as a natu... |
2,319,277 | Enhancing biohydrogen gas production in anaerobic system via comparative chemical pre-treatment on palm oil mill effluent (POME). | Biological hydrogen production using palm oil mill effluent (POME) as a carbon source through dark fermentation process has been suggested to be a promising bioenergy potential and enacts as alternative renewable energy source. Results have indicated that among various 1.5% (w/v) chemical pre-treatments (sodium hydroxi... |
2,319,278 | Chlorine decay and disinfection by-products transformation under booster chlorination conditions: A pilot-scale study. | Booster chlorination was usually employed in water distribution systems with a long hydraulic retention time. The free chlorine decay and disinfection by-products (DBPs) transformation under booster chlorination conditions were investigated within a pilot-scale water distribution system (WDS). Compared with the initial... |
2,319,279 | Menstrual Factors, Reproductive History and Liver Cancer Risk: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study in Chinese Women. | Many studies suggested that menstrual and reproductive factors affected the gender disparity in liver carcinogenesis, but the results were inconsistent. Moreover, there are few studies in Asian populations. Therefore, our study was to explore the association of menstrual and reproductive factors on liver cancer risk in... |
2,319,280 | Differences in orexin-A level in the functional brain network of HUD patients undergoing harm reduction therapy. | Orexins regulate the reward-seeking pathway and also play a role in drug addiction. The aim of this study was an investigation of the changes in serum level of orexin-A as well as changes in the functional brain network in heroin use disorder (HUD) patients undergoing harm reduction therapy (HRT). Twenty-five HUD patie... |
2,319,281 | An efficient anoxic/aerobic/aerobic/anoxic process for domestic sewage treatment: From feasibility to application. | In this paper, the anoxic/aerobic/aerobic/anoxic (AOOA) process was proposed using fixed biofilms in a continuous plug-flow multi-chamber reactor, and no sludge reflux operation was performed during the 190 days of operation. The reactor volume ratio of 1.5:2:1.5:1 (A/O/O/A) with the dissolved oxygen (DO) concen... |
2,319,282 | Paired denitrifying bioreactors with wide orientation for increased drainage flow capacity. | Denitrifying bioreactors are a conservation drainage practice for reducing nitrate loads in subsurface agricultural drainage. Bioreactor hydraulic capacity is limited by cross-sectional area perpendicular to flow through the woodchip bed, with excess bypass flow untreated. Paired bioreactors with wide orientations were... |
2,319,283 | Interaction mechanism between nitrogen conversion and the microbial community in the hydrodynamic heterogeneous interaction zone.<Pagination><StartPage>5799</StartPage><EndPage>5814</EndPage><MedlinePgn>5799-5814</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1007/s11356-022-22549-0</ELocationID><Ab... | To study the inorganic nitrogen in the process of interaction of river and groundwater and the changes in the microbial community, a vertical simulation device was used to simulate groundwater recharge to river water (upwelling) and river water recharge to groundwater (downwelling). The inorganic nitrogen concentration... |
2,319,284 | Endometrial cancer rate in Hormone replacement therapy users with postmenopausal bleeding: Retrospective cohort study. | To establish the endometrial cancer detection rate in women using hormone replacement therapy presenting with postmenopausal bleeding.</AbstractText>Retrospective cohort study. Setting and populationRapid access gynaecology clinic at a tertiary hospital. Women aged under 60 years referred with postmenopausal bleed... |
2,319,285 | Treatment of mature landfill leachate in tropical climate using membrane bioreactors with different configurations. | This study describes the collection of landfill leachate from seven sites in different climatic zones of Sri Lanka and characterizes the landfills through the analyses of leachate quality. Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) with different configurations were employed to treat some of those leachates. An aerobic MBR (AMBR) sys... |
2,319,286 | Dietary Supplementation With <i>Tinospora cordifolia</i> Improves Anxiety-Type Behavior and Cognitive Impairments in Middle-Aged Acyclic Female Rats. | The midlife transition period in women marks the progressive flattening of neurological health along with increased adiposity, dyslipidemia, frailty, and inflammatory responses mainly attributed to the gradual decline in estrogen levels. Conflicting reports of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) necessitate the explorati... |
2,319,287 | Particulate matter exposure analysis in 12 critical urban zones of Chennai, India. | This research paper examines the exposure to particulate matter (PM) and its deposition on the human respiratory tract (HRT) in 12 critical urban zones - institutional zone, commercial zone, construction zone, hospital zone, landfill zone, industrial zone, residential zone, high-traffic zone, main roads, medium-traffic... |
2,319,288 | Construction of heterotrophic-sulfur autotrophic integrated fluidized bed reactor for simultaneous and efficient removal of compound pollution of perchlorate and nitrate in water. | A heterotrophic sulfur autotrophic integrated fluidized bed reactor was established for simultaneous and efficient removal of ClO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup> and NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> from water. The optimum operating conditions forecasted through the response surface method (RSM) were the hydraulic retention time (HR... |
2,319,289 | Sequential biological and solar photocatalytic treatment system for greywater treatment. | In this study, sequencing batch reactor (SBR) using anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic process was coupled to a solar photocatalytic reactor (SPCR) for greywater treatment. The greywater effluent from SBR (operated at the optimal condition: 6.8 h hydraulic retention time (HRT), 0.7 Volumetric exchange ratio (VER) and 7.94 d soli... |
2,319,290 | Composite hydrolytic acidification - aerobic MBBR process for treating traditional Chinese medicine wastewater. | Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) wastewater is characterized by high organic content, unstable water quality and quantity and low biodegradability. In this paper, the hydrolytic acidification reactor-aerobic moving bed biofilm (MBBR) process was used to degrade TCM wastewater. Besides, a small pilot study was conduct... |
2,319,291 | STROBE-GnRHa pretreatment in frozen-embryo transfer cycles improves clinical outcomes for patients with persistent thin endometrium: A case-control study. | The well-prepared endometrium with appropriate thickness plays a critical role in successful embryo implantation. The thin endometrium is the main factor of frozen-embryo transfer (FET), resulting in the failure of implantation undergoing FET. Hormone treatment is suggested to improve endometrium thickness; however, am... |
2,319,292 | Role of Flexible Cystoscopy in the Management of Postmenopausal Women With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections. | To evaluate office flexible cystoscopy findings in the evaluation and management of postmenopausal women with recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTIs).</AbstractText>An IRB-approved, prospectively maintained database of women evaluated for RUTIs at a tertiary care center was retrospectively reviewed by an independent... |
2,319,293 | Capabilities and mechanisms of microalgae on nutrients and florfenicol removing from marine aquaculture wastewater. | The regulations governing the discharge of marine aquaculture wastewater are becoming increasingly stringent, and the problems of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution and antibiotic residues in wastewater are serious. Microalgae-based treatment with the dual benefits of wastewater purification and microalgae resource recy... |
2,319,294 | Enhanced biogas production and substrate degradation through the intermittent operation of modified upflow anaerobic sludge blanket-static granular bed reactor series. | In the present study, the performance of a modified upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (MUASB) reactor-static granular bed reactor (SGBR) series in intermittent operation was analyzed for the treatment of synthetic wastewater. The reactor series was operated with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 h. The maximu... |
2,319,295 | The global significance of abiotic factors affecting nitrate removal in woodchip bioreactors. | Woodchip bioreactor (WBR) is one of the green infrastructures in the agriculture system to reduce nitrate from agricultural drainage and stormwater. A lot of abiotic factors have been reported that affect nitrate removal lacking a comprehensive understanding. In this study, we studied eight important abiotic factors, i... |
2,319,296 | Further development of crew resource management training : Needs assessment by means of teamwork-context analysis in anesthesia and intensive care teams. | Teams in anesthesia and intensive care work as high responsibility teams (HRT). Success in this environment partly depends on the use of nontechnical skills which can be learned through simulation-based training. A teamwork context analysis could help to identify training requirements for crew resource management ... |
2,319,297 | A novel sulfide-driven denitrification methane oxidation (SDMO) system: Operational performance and metabolic mechanisms. | Microbial denitrification is a crucial biological process for the treatment of nitrogen-polluted water. Traditional denitrification process consumes external organic carbon leading to an increase in treatment costs. We developed a novel sulfide-driven denitrification methane oxidation (SDMO) system that integrates auto... |
2,319,298 | Comparison of high-concentration azo dye removal by long HRT in MSBRs' bioaugmented with GAC and sponge media. | The present study assessed the performance and fouling of adding granular activated carbon (GAC) and sponge (BioCube), as two different media, to a membrane sequencing batch reactor (MSBR) system in wastewater treatment containing Acid Red 18 (AR 18). Anaerobic phase, aerobic phase, and hydraulic retention times (HRTs)... |
2,319,299 | Unraveling dissolved organic matter in drinking water through integrated ozonation/ceramic membrane and biological activated carbon process using FT-ICR MS. | The performance of an integrated process comprising coagulation, ozonation, and catalytic ceramic membrane filtration (CMF) followed by treatment with biological active carbon (BAC) was evaluated in a pilot-scale (96 m<sup>3</sup>/d) experiment to understand the biostability and quality of the finished water. The ... |
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