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2,319,500 | GnRH agonist treatment regulates IL-6 and IL-11 expression in endometrial stromal cells for patients with HRT regiment in frozen embryo transfer cycles. | To evaluate the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) pretreatment time on clinical outcomes of patients who underwent endometrial preparation in HRT cycles and the molecular mechanism in frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles, we retrospectively chose 1143 cycles and separated four groups. Endom... |
2,319,501 | Effect of Hormonal Replacement Therapy on Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and its Complications in Postmenopausal Women. | Female hormones and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are thought to play a role in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Pregnancy, menopause, and HRT have all been reported as risk factors for GERD.<sup>1-6</sup> It has been suggested that estrogen and progesterone confer their effect on the gastrointestinal tract ... |
2,319,502 | Prevalence and diagnostic ability of β-zone parapapillary atrophy in open-angle glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | β-Zone parapapillary atrophy (β-PPA) is a common sign in patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG). Some studies have suggested that β-PPA can aid in the diagnosis of OAG. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and diagnostic ability of β-PPA in OAG.</AbstractText>We ... |
2,319,503 | Children's exposure to size-fractioned particulate matter: Chemical composition and internal dose. | The health effects of the particulate matter (PM) depend not only on its aerodynamic diameter (AD) and chemical composition, but also on the time activity pattern of the individuals and on their age. The main objective of this work was to assess the exposure of children to aerosol particles by using personal instrument... |
2,319,504 | The role of heart rate variability and heart rate turbulence in diabetic retinopathy. | The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiac autonomic functions of individuals with asymptomatic diabetic retinopathy (DR) and no obvious heart disease by heart rate turbulence (HRT) and heart rate variability (HRV) analysis.</AbstractText>A total of 72 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: 20 non-retinopathic ... |
2,319,505 | Anaerobic treatment of ultrasound pretreated palm oil mill effluent (POME): microbial diversity and enhancement of biogas production. | In this study, palm oil mill effluent (POME) treated by ultrasonication at optimum conditions (sonication power: 0.88 W/mL, sonication duration: 16.2 min and total solids: 6% w/v) obtained from a previous study was anaerobically digested at different hydraulic retention times (HRTs). The reactor biomass was s... |
2,319,506 | Aggregation of purple bacteria in an upflow photobioreactor to facilitate solid/liquid separation: Impact of organic loading rate, hydraulic retention time and water composition. | Purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) form an interesting group of microbes for resource recovery from wastewater. Solid/liquid separation is key for biomass and value-added products recovery, yet insights into PNSB aggregation are thus far limited. This study explored the effects of organic loading rate (OLR), hydraulic r... |
2,319,507 | Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: is hypothyroidism a risk factor for recurrence? | To investigate the relationship between risk of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) recurrence and hypothyroidism treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</AbstractText>797 patients with idiopathic BPPV were divided into two groups: 250 patients with recurrence of BPPV (R-BPPV) and 547 patients without r... |
2,319,508 | Microbial fuel cell scale-up options: Performance evaluation of membrane (<i>c</i>-MFC) and membrane-less (<i>s</i>-MFC) systems under different feeding regimes. | In recent years, bioelectrochemical systems have advanced towards upscaling applications and tested during field trials, primarily for wastewater treatment. Amongst reported trials, two designs of urine-fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were tested successfully on a pilot scale as autonomous sanitation systems for decent... |
2,319,509 | Dam cascade unveils sediment methylmercury dynamics in reservoirs. | Methylmercury (MeHg) can be bioaccumulated through food chains and adversely affect human health. Reservoirs are reported to stimulate MeHg production, however, the characteristics of MeHg dynamics in cascade reservoirs and the associated relations to sedimentation as well as reservoir properties remained unclear. Here... |
2,319,510 | Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma in Elderly Patients. | Elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (eGBM) carry a worse prognosis compared with their younger counterparts. eGBM garners special attention due to the unique challenges, including increased treatment-associated toxicity, less relative benefit from aggressive therapy, medical comorbidities, and immunosupp... |
2,319,511 | A pilot system integrating a settling technique and a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland for the treatment of polluted lake water. | An integrated system was tested at pilot-scale for treating polluted water from the Marriot Lake in Egypt, comprising a settling technique followed by three parallel horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland (HFCWs) units operating under a continuous flow mode; one HFCW unit was planted with Typha angustifolia and... |
2,319,512 | Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist downregulation combined with hormone replacement therapy improves the reproductive outcome in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles for patients of advanced reproductive age with idiopathic recurrent implantation failure. | To determine whether gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist downregulation combined with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can improve the reproductive outcomes in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles for older patients (aged 36-43 years) with idiopathic recurrent implantation failure (RIF).</AbstractText... |
2,319,513 | Association Between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Development of Endometrial Cancer: Results From a Prospective US Cohort Study. | Although hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use is associated with elevated endometrial cancer(EC) risk, little evidence assesses potential effect-modifiers on HRT-related EC in a long-term follow-up. In this large-scale longitudinal cohort study, we tried to evaluate the association between different HRT types/methods ... |
2,319,514 | Are serum progesterone measurements truly representative for the identification of an adequate luteal phase in hormonal replacement therapy frozen embryo transfers? | Progesterone (P4) is crucial for the achievement and maintenance of a pregnancy and with rising numbers of frozen embryo transfers (FETs) performed worldwide, the search for the 'optimal' P4 levels in HRT FET cycles became a focus of research. Certainly, measurement of systemic P4 levels is an easy applicable tool and ... |
2,319,515 | A Case Report of Hyperestrogenism in Prader-Willi Syndrome. | Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is associated with multiple endocrinopathies, including hypogonadism. The mechanism underlying hypogonadism in PWS is thought to be secondary to hypothalamic dysfunction, primary gonadal defect, or a combination of both. Here, we present a case of hyperestrogenism in PWS due to concomitant p... |
2,319,516 | Performance and mechanism of the in situ restoration effect on VHCs in the polluted river water based on the orthogonal experiment: photosynthetic fluorescence characteristics and microbial community analysis. | Volatile halogenated hydrocarbons (VHCs) attracted many attentions due to its toxicity and persistence in the environment. In this research, a novel in situ ecological restoration reactor was applied to the degradation of VHCs in polluted river water. The optimized working condition adaptation of the in situ restoratio... |
2,319,517 | Performance and mechanism of simultaneous nitrification-denitrification and denitrifying phosphorus removal in long-term moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR). | The long-term moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) with carrier-attached biofilm was successfully operated for simultaneous removal of nitrogen, phosphorus, and COD at various C/N ratios. Results indicated that 99.60%, 63.58%, 78.94%, and 59.64% of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N, TN, and TP wer... |
2,319,518 | A review on the integration of mainstream P-recovery strategies with enhanced biological phosphorus removal. | Phosphorus (P), an essential nutrient for all organisms, urgently needs to be recovered due to the increasing demand and scarcity of this natural resource. Recovering P from wastewater is a feasible and promising way widely studied nowadays due to the need to remove P in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). When enhanc... |
2,319,519 | Bioaugmented removal of 17β-estradiol, nitrate and Mn(II) by polypyrrole@corn cob immobilized bioreactor: Performance optimization, mechanism, and microbial community response. | The coexistence of nitrate and endocrine substances (EDCs) in groundwater is of global concern. Herein, an efficient and stable polypyrrole@corn cob (PPy@Corn cob) bioreactor immobilized with Zoogloea sp. was designed for the simultaneous removal of 17β-estradiol (E2), nitrate and Mn(II). After 225 days of contin... |
2,319,520 | Reproductive and hormonal risk factors for sarcoidosis: a nested case-control study. | Sarcoidosis incidence peaks in females around the fifth decade of life, which coincides with menopause, suggesting hormonal factors play a role in disease development. We investigated whether longer exposure to reproductive and hormonal factors is associated with reduced sarcoidosis risk.</AbstractText>We conducted a m... |
2,319,521 | Reproductive Life Span and Severe Hypoglycemia Risk in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. | Estrogen promotes glucose homeostasis, enhances insulin sensitivity, and maintains counterregulatory responses in recurrent hypoglycemia in women of reproductive age. Postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) might be more vulnerable to severe hypoglycemia (SH) events. However, the relationship between ... |
2,319,522 | Enhanced biomethanation of lipids by high-solid co-digestion with food waste: Biogas production and lipids degradation demonstrated by long-term continuous operation. | Biomethanation of lipids by high-solid co-digestion with food waste (FW) was investigated with a long-term operation under the mesophilic condition. The experiment was conducted with a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 30 days and an influent TS concentration of 10% by v... |
2,319,523 | Successful startup of the single-stage PN-A (partial nitrification-anammox) process by controlling the oxygen supply. | The single PN-A (partial nitrification-anammox) reactor offers a cost-effective solution for nitrogen removal. However, optimal control of the PN-A reactor is challenging due to the interactive mechanisms among the oxygen supply, bulk liquid DO (dissolved oxygen) concentration, and the balance of various functional bac... |
2,319,524 | Day 5 vs day 6 single euploid blastocyst frozen embryo transfers: which variables do have an impact on the clinical pregnancy rates? | To determine which variables affect most the clinical pregnancy rate with positive fetal heartbeat (CPR FHB+) when frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles are performed with day 5 (D5) or day 6 (D6) euploid blastocysts. Design and method A single center retrospective study was performed from March 2017 till February 2021 i... |
2,319,525 | Effects of organic loading rates on high-solids anaerobic digestion of food waste in horizontal flow reactor: Methane production, stability and mechanism. | To maximize the methane production efficiency of high-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) of food waste (FW), a horizontal flow reactor was operated under mesophilic, semi-continuous condition at organic loading rates (OLRs) ranging from 1.00 to 13.80 kg-VS/(m<sup>3</sup> d). The gas production, substrate transforma... |
2,319,526 | Phosphorus Recovery by Adsorption from the Membrane Permeate of an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Digesting Waste-Activated Sludge. | The recovery of phosphorus (P) from waste activated sludge (WAS) is a promising approach for sustainable resource management. During the anaerobic digestion of WAS, orthophosphate is released, and this P species is favorable for adsorption recovery. In the present study, an anerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) with a P... |
2,319,527 | Investigation on the performance evaluation of vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland for the treatment of rural wastewater. | In a rural country like India, low cost and decentralized treatment units like the vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland (VSSF CW) can be reflected as a novel wastewater system. In this concern, a pilot-scale VSSF CW unit of size 0.92 m × 0.92 m × 0.85 m bed planted with Typha latifolia and Phragmites ... |
2,319,528 | Association between coffee drinking and endometrial cancer risk: A meta-analysis. | Coffee drinking is considered as a risk factor of endometrial cancer (EC). Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of observational study to evaluate the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk of EC.</AbstractText>The MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched until July 2018. Pooled relative risks (RRs) with 95%... |
2,319,529 | Bio-purification of domestic wastewater through constructed wetland planted with Paspalidium flavidum. | The current study was aimed to designed laboratory scale constructed wetland (CW) for the treatment of domestic wastewater under temperature range (18-38°C) and hydraulic retention times (24 and 48 h). Besides, the soil of vegetative unit of CW was assessed using conventional culturing techniques, and 13 di... |
2,319,530 | Weak magnetic field intervention on outdoor production of oil-rich filamentous microalgae: Influence of seasonal changes. | The weak magnetic field (MF) intervention on the semi-continuous system of filamentous algae Tribonema sp. during outdoor cultivation was investigated using starch wastewater. Results show that except for winter, MF in other seasons can effectively improve the algal biomass yield and oil productivity. In summer, the bi... |
2,319,531 | Synergistic removal of fluoride, calcium, and nitrate in a biofilm reactor based on anaerobic microbially induced calcium precipitation. | Fluoride (F<sup>-</sup>) and calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) are primary causes of skeleton fluorosis and scaling, posing a grievous threat to aquatic lives and public health. Therefore, a novel strategy for polluted groundwater in immobilized biofilm reactor based on the anaerobic microbial induced calcium precipitation (MI... |
2,319,532 | Effect of short-term hindlimb immobilization on skeletal muscle atrophy and the transcriptome in a low compared with high responder to endurance training model. | Skeletal muscle atrophy is a physiological response to disuse, aging, and disease. We compared changes in muscle mass and the transcriptome profile after short-term immobilization in a divergent model of high and low responders to endurance training to identify biological processes associated with the early atrophy res... |
2,319,533 | Hormone replacement therapy in relation to the risk of colorectal cancer in women by BMI: a multicentre study with propensity score matching. | Epidemiological evidence about hormone replacement therapy and colorectal carcinogenesis by demographic and clinical traits remains unclear. We aimed to assess this postulated association in a large multicentre study and further explore the modification effect by BMI and others.</AbstractText>We retrospectively collect... |
2,319,534 | Design methodology for sewage water treatment system comprised of Imhoff 's tank and a subsurface horizontal flow constructed wetland: a case study Dakhla Oasis, Egypt. | In this study, in order to reuse the treated wastewater in irrigation in rural areas, a new sewage water treatment system comprised of primary treatment Imhoff's tank, Hama drying basins, inlet well, a subsurface horizontal flow constructed wetland (HSFW), water control device, and a groundwater tank is proposed and de... |
2,319,535 | ONLINE-TICS: Internet-Delivered Behavioral Treatment for Patients with Chronic Tic Disorders. | Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is considered a first-line therapy for tics. However, availability of CBIT is extremely limited due to a lack of qualified therapists. This study is a multicenter (<i>n</i> = 5), randomized, controlled, observer-blind trial including 161 adult patients with chronic ... |
2,319,536 | Hormone Replacement Therapy Reverses Gut Microbiome and Serum Metabolome Alterations in Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. | We explored the gut microbiome and serum metabolome alterations in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with the aim to unravel the pathological mechanism underlying POI.</AbstractText>Fecal and serum samples obtained from healthy females (HC, n = 10) ... |
2,319,537 | Performance of the UASB reactor during wastewater treatment and the effect of the biogas bubbles on its hydrodynamics. | A lab-scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor was used as a model for evaluating synthetic and complex industrial wastewater treatment, using a solar heater to control temperature. Also, hydrodynamics was assessed using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. Initially, the UASB reactor was operated... |
2,319,538 | Hormone replacement therapy - Current recommendations. | Menopause is a major life event that can affect women in several ways. Its onset marks the end of the reproductive life cycle, and its impact can be both short and long term. Menopause is often a gradual process, preceded by a transitional period known as perimenopause. The average age of menopause in the UK is 51. The... |
2,319,539 | Long-term weight change and risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. | The role of obesity and weight change in breast-cancer development is complex and incompletely understood. We investigated long-term weight change and breast-cancer risk by body mass index (BMI) at age 20 years, menopausal status, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and hormone-receptor status.</AbstractText>Using... |
2,319,540 | Modeling of continuous dark fermentative hydrogen production in an anaerobic up-flow column bioreactor. | Dark fermentation (DF) of several types of wastes is a promising process to alleviate environmental pollution as it leads to the production of valuable hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) gas and high added value products, such as volatile fatty acids (VFAs). In this study a kinetic model for fermentative H<sub>2</sub> production... |
2,319,541 | Mass size distributions, composition and dose estimates of particulate matter in Saharan dust outbreaks. | The present study highlights the importance of examining the contribution of Saharan dust (SD) sources not only in terms of overall mass contribution but also in terms of composition, size distribution and inhaled dose. The effect of SD intrusions on PM and the respective major and trace metals mass concentrations and ... |
2,319,542 | Successful and stable operation of anaerobic thermophilic co-digestion of sun-dried sugar beet pulp and cow manure under short hydraulic retention time. | This work consists of a long-term (621 days) experimental study about biogas production from sun dried sugar beet pulp and cow manure. Thermophilic (55 °C) anaerobic co-digestion was performed in semi-continuous reactors, testing ten hydraulic retention times (30-3 days) (HRTs) and organic loading rates (2-24... |
2,319,543 | Hormonal Replacement Therapy and Risk of Thyroid Cancer in Women: A Meta-Epidemiological Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. | Many experimental studies have reported that female sex hormones involve thyroid cancer development because the incidence rate of thyroid cancer in women (TCW) is 3 times higher than in men. Three previous systematic reviews reporting no association between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and TCW risk had the same se... |
2,319,544 | Continuous-mode acclimation and operation of lignocellulosic sulfate-reducing bioreactors for enhanced metal immobilization from acidic mining-influenced water. | Lignocellulosic sulfate-reducing bioreactors are an inexpensive passive approach for treatment of mining-influenced water (MIW). Typically, microbial community acclimation to MIW involves bioreactor batch-mode operation to initiate lignocellulose hydrolysis and fermentation and provide electron donors for sulfate-reduc... |
2,319,545 | Association between hormone replacement therapy and carpal tunnel syndrome: a nationwide population-based study. | Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compressive focal mononeuropathy, and the increased incidence in postmenopausal and pregnant women suggests its association with oestrogen. The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the occurrence of CTS.</Ab... |
2,319,546 | Propofol rescues LPS-induced toxicity in HRT-8/SVneo cells via miR-216a-5p/TLR4 axis. | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of propofol on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced toxicity in HTR-8/SVneo cells.</AbstractText>In this study, HTR-8/SVneo cells were induced by LPS. The cells were treated with different concentrations of propofol. Cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, and wound hea... |
2,319,547 | Low serum progesterone affects live birth rate in cryopreserved blastocyst transfer cycles using hormone replacement therapy. | Does serum progesterone concentration on the day of vitrified-warmed embryo transfer affect live birth rate (LBR) with hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) cycles?</AbstractText>Observational cohort study of patients (n = 915) undergoing single autologous vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer under HRT using... |
2,319,548 | Determination of hedonic thresholds by varying three stimuli. | The Hedonic Threshold Methodology (HTM), through the determination of compromised acceptance threshold (CAT) and hedonic rejection threshold (HRT), has several applications by the food industry. In order to further increase the field of application of HTM, the objective was to use a mixture design in the Hedonic Thresh... |
2,319,549 | Does serum progesterone level impact the ongoing pregnancy rate in frozen embryo transfer under artificial preparation with vaginal progesterone? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. | In previous retrospective studies, low serum progesterone level on the embryo transfer day is associated with lower clinical pregnancy and ongoing pregnancy rates. Whether adding progesterone in low serum progesterone patients can rescue the outcome, there is no sufficient evidence from randomized controlled studies.</... |
2,319,550 | Study of nitrogen removal efficiency of the filled bed reactors using alkali-treated corncobs-sulfur (mixotrophic) for treating the effluent from simulated urban wastewater plants. | China's urban wastewater treatment plants' nitrogen discharge standards have become more stringent in recent years. In this experiment, the filled bed denitrification system with corncob-sulfur as fillers were constructed for the secondary effluent of the wastewater. The optimum operating conditions of the denitrificat... |
2,319,551 | Degradation of refractory organic matter in the effluent from a semi-aerobic aged refuse biofilter-treated landfill leachate by a nano-Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> enhanced ozonation process. | In this study, the transformation and degradation mechanisms of refractory organic matter in biologically treated leachate from a semi-aerobic aged refuse biofilter (SAARB) in a nano-Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> enhanced ozonation process (nFe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>-O<sub>3</sub>) were investigated in batch experiment... |
2,319,552 | Comparison of microbial communities in replicated woodchip bioreactors. | Denitrification in woodchip bioreactors is a microbial process, but the effects of variations in bioreactors operation on microbial community structure are not well understood. Here, our goals were to understand hydraulic retention time (HRT) as a factor that influences woodchip bioreactor microbial community variation... |
2,319,553 | Optimizing anaerobic technology by using electrochemistry and membrane module for treating pesticide wastewater: Chemical oxygen demand components and fractions distribution, membrane fouling, effluent toxicity and economic analysis. | Optimization in performance and membrane fouling of an electrochemical anaerobic membrane bioreactor (R1) for treating pesticide wastewater was investigated and compared with a conventional anaerobic membrane bioreactor (R2). The maximum COD removal efficiency of R2 was 80.1%, 80.0%, 67.4%, 61.1% with HRT of 96, 72, 48... |
2,319,554 | Easily biodegradable substrates are crucial for enhancing antibiotic risk reduction: Low-carbon discharging policies need to be more specified. | Governments have formulated stricter wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharge standards to address water pollution; however, with the cost of aggravating the refractory of the discharges. These policies are not in line with the classic co-metabolism theory; thus, we evaluated the effects of an easily biodegradable s... |
2,319,555 | Uniformity and Efficacy of Dry Powders Delivered to the Lungs of a Mycobacterial-Surrogate Rat Model of Tuberculosis. | Pulmonary administration of dry drug powder is a considered promising strategy in the treatment of various lung diseases such as tuberculosis and is more effective than systemic medication. However, in the pre-clinical study phase, there is a lack of devices for effective delivery of dry powders to the lungs of small r... |
2,319,556 | Microbial characteristics in anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating domestic sewage: Effects of HRT and process performance. | Two anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) equipped with different membrane pore size (0.4 or 0.05 µm) were operated at 25˚C and fed with domestic wastewater. The hydraulic retention time (HRT) of the reactors was shortened. The microbial communities of the two AnMBRs were investigated by 16S rRNA gene ampl... |
2,319,557 | Implantation Failures and Miscarriages in Frozen Embryo Transfers Timed in Hormone Replacement Cycles (HRT): A Narrative Review. | The recent advent of embryo vitrification and its remarkable efficacy has focused interest on the quality of hormone administration for priming frozen embryo transfers (FETs). Products available for progesterone administration have only been tested in fresh assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs) and not in FET. Rece... |
2,319,558 | Association between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study. | Uric acid is one of natural antioxidants in human body. There have been several studies on the correlation between uric acid with oxidative stress and osteoporosis. However, the data are insufficient and results are controversial. In this regard, we determined the association between uric acid levels and bone mineral d... |
2,319,559 | Insights into the Anaerobic Hydrolysis Process for Extracting Embedded EPS and Metals from Activated Sludge. | The amount of sewage sludge generated from wastewater treatment plants globally is unavoidably increasing. In recent years, significant attention has been paid to the biorefinery concept based on the conversion of waste streams to high-value products, material, and energy by microorganisms. However, one of the most sig... |
2,319,560 | Simultaneous Partial Nitrification and Denitrification Maintained in Membrane Bioreactor for Nitrogen Removal and Hydrogen Autotrophic Denitrification for Further Treatment. | Low C/N wastewater results from a wide range of factors that significantly harm the environment. They include insufficient carbon sources, low denitrification efficiency, and NH4+-N concentrations in low C/N wastewater that are too high to be treated. In this research, the membrane biofilm reactor and hydrogen-based me... |
2,319,561 | Estrogen and Progesterone Therapy and Meningiomas. | Meningiomas are common intracranial tumors with a female predominance. Their etiology is still poorly documented. The role of sexual hormones has long been evoked, and data have been conflicting across studies. However, a dose-dependent relationship between the incidence and growth of meningiomas and hormonal treatment... |
2,319,562 | Enhanced degradation and biogas production of waste activated sludge by a high-solid anaerobic membrane bioreactor together with in pipe thermal pretreatment process. | An integrated system combining in pipe thermal pretreatment with a high-solid anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) was developed to promote the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS). Two different pretreatment methods investigated were the venturi nozzle treatment (VNT) and steam injector treatment (SIT)... |
2,319,563 | Computed tomography radiomics for the prediction of thymic epithelial tumor histology, TNM stage and myasthenia gravis. | To evaluate CT-derived radiomics for machine learning-based classification of thymic epithelial tumor (TET) stage (TNM classification), histology (WHO classification) and the presence of myasthenia gravis (MG).</AbstractText>Patients with histologically confirmed TET in the years 2000-2018 were retrospectively included... |
2,319,564 | Long-term performance of three mesophilic anaerobic digesters to convert animal and agro-industrial wastes into organic fertilizer. | Few studies have investigated the performance of anaerobic digestion (AD) to convert animal and agro-industrial wastes to organic fertilizers over a long-term field conditions. This paper studied three large-scale mesophilic digesters (D1eD3) over two years for their effects on feedstocks, which were dairy manure for D... |
2,319,565 | GnRH agonist supplementation in hormone replacement therapy-frozen embryo transfer cycles: a randomized controlled trial. | Will two boluses of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) during hormone replacement therapy-frozen embryo transfer (HRT-FET) cycles reduce the total pregnancy loss rate?</AbstractText>Randomized controlled trial including a total of 287 HRT-FET cycles performed between 2013 and 2019. After randomization part... |
2,319,566 | Premature ovarian insufficiency. | The natural lifespan of the ovary is occasionally interrupted by pathological processes; some are known, but many are unknown. Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) can be a devastating diagnosis for an adolescent or for someone who has yet to start a family. Common causes of POI include genetic and chromosomal defects... |
2,319,567 | Pretreatment with a GnRH agonist and hormone replacement treatment protocol could not improve live birth rate for PCOS women undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles. | The ideal protocols of endometrial preparation for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients are lacking and need further declaration. Our objective was to compare the clinical outcomes of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) with and without pretreatment gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) in PCOS patients.<... |
2,319,568 | The use of menopausal hormone therapy after cancer. | The changing landscape of gynaecological and breast cancers has involved the development of more targeted and effective therapies, and improved survival. Ultimately, these changes result in an increasing number of women surviving their cancer diagnosis, with increasing emphasis on quality-of-life issues by following tr... |
2,319,569 | Association between female reproductive factors and gout: a nationwide population-based cohort study of 1 million postmenopausal women. | Previous studies have shown that the incidence and risk factors of gout differs according to sex. However, little research has been done on the association between reproductive factors and gout. We conducted an analysis of a large nationwide population-based cohort of postmenopausal women to determine whether there is ... |
2,319,570 | Population-based study of the association between asthma and exogenous female sex hormone use. | Several studies have suggested the influence of exogenous hormones on asthma, but the results are still conflicting. Moreover, there has been little associated research on Asian population. This study aimed to assess the association between use of exogenous female sex hormones and asthma in Korean women.</AbstractText>... |
2,319,571 | Polyploid cardiomyocytes: implications for heart regeneration. | Terminally differentiated cells are generally thought to have arrived at their final form and function. Many terminally differentiated cell types are polyploid, i.e. they have multiple copies of the normally diploid genome. Mammalian heart muscle cells, termed cardiomyocytes, are one such example of polyploid cells. Te... |
2,319,572 | Removal of azimsulfuron and zoxamide using a tapered variable diameter biological fluidized bed combined with electrochemistry: Mass fraction division, energy metabolism activity and carbon emissions. | The performance of the combination system of tapered variable diameter biological fluidized bed (TVDBFB) with electrochemistry (EC) was evaluated for removing azimsulfuron and zoxamide under different temperatures and influent concentrations. Maximum removal efficiency of azimsulfuron and zoxamide could reach 94% and 9... |
2,319,573 | Implementation and Evaluation of Therapeutic Online Coaching Using Habit Reversal Training in Children With Tourette's Disorder - A Pilot Study. | Cognitive-behavioral interventions can be difficult to implement in daily routine, which is often essential for generalizing treatment effects to natural settings. Furthermore, there is a lack of adequate care options concerning habit reversal training for children with Tourette's disorder. The objective of this study ... |
2,319,574 | Hormone-Replacement Therapy and Its Association with Breast Cancer Subtypes: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study. | The study examined trends in breast cancer incidence, mammography testing rates, hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) use and breast cancer subtypes in a large Israeli health maintenance organization during 2000-2014.</AbstractText>Annual rates of mammography tests and HRTs use were analyzed in women age ≥45. Annua... |
2,319,575 | Economic and environmental sustainability for anaerobic biological treatment of wastewater from paper and cardboard manufacturing industry. | The sustainable application of an up-flow anaerobic baffled reactor (UABR) to treat real paper and cardboard industrial effluent (PCIE) containing bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropan-1, 3-diol) was investigated. At a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 11.7 h and a bronopol concentration of 7.0 mg L<sup>-1</su... |
2,319,576 | Potential and characteristics of bio-H<sub>2</sub> production from brewery wastewater by a maltose-preferring butyrate-type producer: Investigation in batch and semi-continuous cultures. | In the context of "Peak CO<sub>2</sub> emissions & Carbon neutrality", H<sub>2</sub> energy, as the green and clean energy, will make an important contribution to the carbon emission reduction and carbon neutralization. Bio-H<sub>2</sub> production from organic wastewater achieved not only pollutants removal, but a... |
2,319,577 | Upper respiratory tract symptom risk in elite field hockey players during a dry run for the Tokyo Olympics. | <b>ABSTRACT</b>The primary aim of this study was to examine if biomarker and/or self-reported data could predict upper respiratory tract symptom (URTS) risk in elite field hockey players. The secondary aim was to investigate the effect of the additional stressor 'repeated heat exposure' on measures of thermoregulation ... |
2,319,578 | Associations of osteoporosis and sarcopenia with frailty and multimorbidity among participants of the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. | Ageing is commonly associated with sarcopenia (SP) and osteoporosis (OP), both of which are associated with disability, impaired quality of life, and mortality. The aims of this study were to explore the relationships between SP, OP, frailty, and multimorbidity in community-dwelling older adults participating in the He... |
2,319,579 | Low temperature Moving Bed Bioreactor denitrification as mitigation measure to reduce agricultural nitrate losses. | The negative impact of agriculture on the quality of local water streams is widely recognized. Fertilizer residues not taken up by the crops leach into the drainage water and enter the surface water, resulting in eutrophication. Despite various initiatives to prevent this leaching by optimizing fertilizer schemes, the ... |
2,319,580 | How much can sodium chloride be substituted for potassium chloride without affecting the sensory acceptance of cracker-type biscuits? | Excessive sodium consumption is a worldwide public health concern. The substitution of sodium chloride (NaCl) for potassium chloride (KCl) has been adopted to reduce the sodium concentration in processed foods. The challenge is to make this substitution without affecting the sensory acceptance of foods. In this context... |
2,319,581 | Bacterial biofilm and extracellular polymeric substances in the moving bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment: A review. | Among the several biofilm-based bioreactors, moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR) have been extensively used for wastewater treatment due to low operational costs, technical feasibility, and stability. Biofilm forming strains, e.g., Stenotrophomonas maltophila DQ01, achieved 94.21% simultaneous nitrification and denitrif... |
2,319,582 | Enhanced methane production coupled with livestock wastewater treatment using anaerobic membrane bioreactor: Performance and membrane filtration properties. | The present study introduced a new method for enhanced biomethane production and pollution control of swine wastewater (SW) using anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). Results confirmed 35 °C as the optimum temperature for enhanced anaerobic digestion which resulted in relatively higher methane production ra... |
2,319,583 | Role of hormone replacement therapy in relieving oral dryness symptoms in postmenopausal women: a case control study. | To evaluate the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy in relieving oral symptoms in postmenopausal women presenting with genitourinary symptoms along with oral dryness.</AbstractText>A case-control study was conducted after selecting 60 postmenopausal women. Oral dryness status of all the patients was evaluated with ... |
2,319,584 | Nitrogen removal from poultry slaughterhouse wastewater in anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic combined reactor: Integrated effect of recirculation rate and hydraulic retention time. | The aim of this work was to assess the nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic combined reactor, evaluating the integrated effect of recirculation rate and hydraulic retention time. The recirculation of the liquid phase from the aerobic zone to the anoxic zone was applied to promo... |
2,319,585 | Performance and enhancement mechanism of redox mediator for nitrate removal in immobilized bioreactor with preponderant microbes. | The acceleration of nitrate removal in wastewater treatment by redox mediator (RM) is greatly weakened due to wash-out loss and mass transfer resistance (low hydrophilia) of RM during operation. In this study, an RM reactor with the fixed 1-Amino-4-hydroxyanthraquinone (AHAQ) and three core strains was established and ... |
2,319,586 | Particle Size Measurements from Orally Inhaled and Nasal Drug Products. | Particle size measurement of aerosolized particles from orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDPs) can be used to assess the likely deposition distribution in the human respiratory tract (HRT). Size is normally expressed in terms of aerodynamic diameter, since this scale directly relates to the mechanics of partic... |
2,319,587 | Improving Shared Situation Awareness for High-risk Therapies in Hospitalized Children. | High-risk therapies (HRTs), including medications and medical devices, are an important driver of preventable harm in children's hospitals. To facilitate shared situation awareness (SA) and thus targeted harm prevention, we aimed to increase the percentage of electronic health record (EHR) alerts with the correct descr... |
2,319,588 | Succinic acid fermentation with immobilized Actinobacillus succinogenes using hydrolysate of carbohydrate-rich microalgal biomass. | This work aimed to study the efficiency of polyvinyl-alcohol-immobilized Actinobacillus succinogenes ATCC55618 for succinic acid (SA) production. Batch fermentation (pH 7, 45% CO<sub>2</sub> gas at 0.04 vvm) using glucose (40 g L<sup>-1</sup>) resulted in SA titer, 26.7 g L<sup>-1</sup>; productivity, 3.33&#x... |
2,319,589 | The metabolic patterns of the complete nitrates removal in the biofilm denitrification systems supported by polymer and water-soluble carbon sources as the electron donors. | In this study, two denitrification bio-filters adopted polycaprolactone (PCL) and sodium acetate (NaAc) as polymer and water-soluble carbon sources respectively. With the increasing influent nitrate concentrations, NaAc bio-filter always had shorter HRT to achieve complete nitrate removal. Furthermore, the optimal volu... |
2,319,590 | Acute estradiol and progesterone therapy in hospitalised adults to reduce COVID-19 severity: a randomised control trial. | As of November 2021, COVID-19 has killed more than 5 million people globally, including over 750 000 in the USA. Apart from corticosteroids, most available therapeutic options are at best marginally efficient in reducing disease severity and are extremely expensive. The systematic investigation of clinica... |
2,319,591 | Comparison of two mainstream endometrial preparation regimens in vitrified-warmed embryo transfers after PGT. | Which of the two mainstream endometrial preparation regimens, assisted natural cycle (NC) or hormone replacement treatment cycle (HRT), help frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles after preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) achieve better clinical outcomes?</AbstractText>This retrospective analysis included 3400 vi... |
2,319,592 | Treatment of dairy wastewater by immobilized microbial technology using polyurethane foam as carrier. | The development of dairy industry is accompanied by large volumes of wastewater production, which is threaten to human's health and the biosphere. In this study, synthetic dairy wastewater was treated by immobilized microbial technology using polyurethane foam as carrier. Batch experiments were conducted to determine t... |
2,319,593 | British Menopause Society tools for clinicians: Progestogens and endometrial protection. | Progestogen administration is required to oppose naturally produced or administered estrogens to provide endometrial protection. Within HRT regimens, this should be delivered for at least the same duration as that produced during the luteal phase of the monthly cycle and in the recommended doses to protect against the ... |
2,319,594 | Denitrifying bacteria immobilized magnetic mycelium pellets bioreactor: A new technology for efficient removal of nitrate at a low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. | This study integrated spores and magnetite (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) to form magnetic mycelium pellets (MMP) as bio-carriers immobilized with denitrifying bacteria in a bioreactor. Different carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratios and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were established for investigating the performance of the ... |
2,319,595 | Storage tank as a pretreatment unit for rainwater cleaner production: Role of biofilm bacterial communities and functional genera in water quality improvement. | This study investigated the water purification function and mechanism of biofilm in storage tank, with a view to using it as a pretreatment unit for rainwater cleaner production. Shortening the hydraulic retention time (HRT) of storage tank from 12 to 4 h improved the pollutants removal performance and reduced the... |
2,319,596 | A review on upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor: Factors affecting performance, modification of configuration and its derivatives. | The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor can be considered as one of the promising anaerobic wastewater treatment technologies suitable for the treatment of high-strength wastewater. In the recent period, researchers have focused on the treatment of low-strength wastewater using this technology. This review f... |
2,319,597 | The Portuguese Model of Home Respiratory Care: Healthcare Professionals' Perspective. | Patients' and carers' views regarding the Portuguese model of home respiratory care were recently described, yet the complementary perspective of healthcare professionals (HCPs) is still to be investigated. Thus, this study explored HCPs experience in the management of patients needing home respiratory therapies (HRT),... |
2,319,598 | The benefits of purified cytoplasm of pollen in reducing menopausal symptoms in peri- and post-menopause: an Italian multicenter prospective observational study. | Purified cytoplasm of pollen (PCP) is a non-hormonal herbal remedy used to manage vasomotor symptoms (VMS), sleep and mood disorders in menopausal women not relying on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Many studies demonstrated its efficacy and safety in post-menopause but few data are available about peri-menopause.<... |
2,319,599 | Optimization of biogas yield from anaerobic co-digestion of corn-chaff and cow dung digestate: RSM and python approach. | The utilization of various feedstocks of unique characteristics in producing biogas could potentially enhance the application of clean fuel from biomass wastes. Two modelling tools were used to explore biogas production from plant and animal wastes. In this study, corn chaff was inoculated with cow dung digestate using... |
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