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2,319,600 | Live birth after in-vitro maturation of oocytes in a patient with specific ovarian insufficiency caused by long-term mitotane treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma. | How should the fertility of a woman with persistent specific ovarian dysfunction after long-term mitotane exposure be managed?</AbstractText>Case report. A 33-year-old woman who underwent surgery for adrenocortical carcinoma and treated with mitotane was referred for infertility. She rapidly became amenorrhoeic while t... |
2,319,601 | Long-term evaluation of an air-cathode microbial fuel cell with an anion exchange membrane in a 226L wastewater treatment reactor. | Although the treatment of municipal wastewater using microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has been extensively studied, scaling the systems up for practical use remains challenging. In this study, a 226 L sewage treatment reactor was equipped with 27 MFC units, and its chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and electricity p... |
2,319,602 | Cultivation of sulfide-driven partial denitrification granules for efficient nitrite generation from nitrate-sulfide-laden wastewater. | Sulfide partial denitrification (SPD) is an alternative pathway for nitrite production accompanied with elemental sulfur (S<sup>0</sup>) production for nitrate removal from wastewater with anammox. In this study, the SPD granular sludge was cultivated for the first time in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor ... |
2,319,603 | A radial basis function neural network based multi-objective optimization for simultaneously enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal in a full-scale integrated surface flow treatment wetland-pond system. | In this study, a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) model was developed and implemented in a multi-objective optimization procedure to determine the optimal hydraulic loading rate (HLR), hydraulic retention time (HRT), and mass loading rates (MLR) for enhanced removal of nitrogen and phosphorus by an integrat... |
2,319,604 | Hybrid constructed wetlands integrated with microbial fuel cells and reactive bed filter for wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation. | The present study aimed to develop a pilot-scale integrated system composed of anaerobic biofilter (AF), a floating treatment wetland (FTW) unit, and a vertical flow constructed wetland coupled with a microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) and a reactive bed filter (RBF) for simultaneously decentralized urban wastewater treatmen... |
2,319,605 | Female reproductive factors and risk of joint replacement arthroplasty of the knee and hip due to osteoarthritis in postmenopausal women: a nationwide cohort study of 1.13 million women. | Previous studies of the relationships between female reproductive factors and osteoarthritis (OA) have shown conflicting results. In this study, we aimed to explore the relationships between reproductive factors and joint replacement arthroplasty of the knee (TKRA) and hip (THRA) in a large nationwide population-based ... |
2,319,606 | The effect of hormone replacement therapy on the survival of UK women: a retrospective cohort study 1984-2017. | To estimate the effect of estrogen-only and combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the hazards of overall and age-specific all-cause mortality in healthy women aged 46-65 at first prescription.</AbstractText>Matched cohort study.</AbstractText>Electronic primary care records from The Health Improvement Network (... |
2,319,607 | pH and hydraulic retention time regulation for anaerobic fermentation: Focus on volatile fatty acids production/distribution, microbial community succession and interactive correlation. | Enriching suitable fermentative products by optimizing operation conditions could effectively improve the efficiency of anaerobic digestion. In the present study, pH (5.0-6.0) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) (2 h-12 h) were regulated for volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production during glucose fermentation in... |
2,319,608 | Surgical menopause: A toolkit for healthcare professionals. | Surgical menopause (bilateral oophorectomy) is commonly undertaken during a hysterectomy to treat various medical conditions. Menopausal symptoms can be particularly severe due to the sudden loss of ovarian function. This clinical toolkit is intended to guide healthcare professionals caring for women undergoing surgica... |
2,319,609 | Endocrine Management and Hormone Replacement Therapy in Cardiac Donor Management: A Retrospective Observational Study.<Pagination><StartPage>2807</StartPage><EndPage>2815</EndPage><MedlinePgn>2807-2815</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.08.048</ELocationID><ELoca... | This review explores the challenges in the diagnosis of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, the transition of care from paediatric to adult care and the considerable health implications of this condition. The role gynaecologists and general practitioners have in managing hormone replacement therapy and reproductive potentia... |
2,319,610 | Broad antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity of Qingwenjiere mixture against SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronavirus infections. | Qingwenjiere Mixture (QJM) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that has been shown to have remarkable clinical efficacy against COVID-19. However, little is known about the antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities of QJM against a wider range of human coronavirus (HCoV) strains.</AbstractText>The study aims to in... |
2,319,611 | Carboxylic acids production via anaerobic fermentation: Microbial communities' responses to stepwise and direct hydraulic retention time decrease. | Carboxylic acids, traditionally produced from fossil fuels, might be generated from renewable biomass resources via anaerobic fermentation. Considering that the microbial activity of this bioprocess is ruled by the imposed hydraulic retention time (HRT), this investigation explored the relationship between process stab... |
2,319,612 | Management of sleep disorders in the menopausal transition. | The menopausal transition is associated with increasing sleep disorders including sleep apnoea and restless leg syndrome. Insomnia is the most common and is recognised as a core symptom of the menopause. Guidelines to support decision making for women with sleep problems during the menopausal transition are lacking. Sl... |
2,319,613 | Signalling mechanisms in the cardiovascular protective effects of estrogen: With a focus on rapid/membrane signalling. | In modern society, cardiovascular disease remains the biggest single threat to life, being responsible for approximately one third of worldwide deaths. Male prevalence is significantly higher than that of women until after menopause, when the prevalence of CVD increases in females until it eventually exceeds that of me... |
2,319,614 | Contribution of nitrification and denitrification to nitrous oxide turnovers in membrane-aerated biofilm reactors (MABR): A model-based evaluation. | As a novel and sustainable technology, membrane-aerated biofilm reactors (MABR) performing simultaneous nitrification and denitrification face the challenge of undesirable nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) emission. Thereby, a comprehensive analysis of N<sub>2</sub>O turnover pathways and the affecting parameters in MABR ... |
2,319,615 | Live birth rates after natural cycle versus hormone replacement therapy for single euploid blastocyst transfers: a retrospective cohort study. | Is there any difference in live birth rate between the natural cycle and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) endometrial preparation protocols for women with regular menstrual cycles undergoing their first single vitrified-warmed euploid blastocyst transfer?</AbstractText>This was a retrospective cohort study that enroll... |
2,319,616 | Evolution of biochemical processes in coking wastewater treatment: A combined evaluation of material and energy efficiencies and secondary pollution. | The application of advanced biological treatment technology results in improved coking wastewater (CW) effluent quality at lower material and energy input practiced by wastewater treatment plants. In wastewater treatment, the diversity of biological processes combinations affects the variety of microorganisms and bioch... |
2,319,617 | Hypofractionated radiotherapy for newly diagnosed elderly glioblastoma patients: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. | To evaluate different hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT) regimens for newly diagnosed elderly glioblastoma (GBM) patients.</AbstractText>We performed a systematic review with network meta-analysis (NMA), including searches on CENTRAL, Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, clinical trial databases and manual search. Only randomized... |
2,319,618 | Endometrial Preparation for Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer With or Without Pretreatment With GnRH Agonist: A Randomized Controlled Trial at Two Centers. | This prospective randomized controlled trial compared the reproductive outcomes of frozen embryo transfer (FET) with hormone replacement treatment (HRT) with or without gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) pretreatment.</AbstractText>A total of 133 patients scheduled for HRT-FET mainly because of tubal and/or... |
2,319,619 | Efficient removal of nitrate, manganese, and tetracycline in a novel loofah immobilized bioreactor: Performance, microbial diversity, and functional genes. | The remediation of multiple pollutants in water, for instance, nitrate, heavy metals, and antibiotics is urgent and necessary for the global water resources protection. Herein, a modified loofah bioreactor was designed for simultaneous denitrification, manganese (Mn) oxidation, and tetracycline (TC) removal. The maximu... |
2,319,620 | Model construction and application for effluent prediction in wastewater treatment plant: Data processing method optimization and process parameters integration. | Wastewater treatment based on the activated sludge process is complex process, which is easily affected by influent quality, aeration time and other factors, leading to unstable effluent. Facing increasingly stringent sewage discharge standards in China, it is necessary to build a prediction model for early warning of ... |
2,319,621 | Safety of systemic hormone replacement therapy in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | Symptoms of treatment-induced menopause negatively affect quality of life and adherence to endocrine therapy of breast cancer (BC) survivors. Nevertheless, the use of systemic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to mitigate these symptoms may be associated with an increased risk of disease recurrence in these patients. T... |
2,319,622 | Systematic review and meta-analyses on associations of endogenous testosterone concentration with health outcomes in community-dwelling men. | The overall study aim is to clarify the relation of endogenous sex hormones with major health outcomes in men. This paper reports a systematic review focusing on published estimates for testosterone associations.</AbstractText>Community-dwelling men.</AbstractText>20 180 adult men participated in the final set o... |
2,319,623 | Evaluation of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy Use and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Men With Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer in Australia and New Zealand. | Randomized clinical trials in prostate cancer have reported noninferior outcomes for hypofractionated radiation therapy (HRT) compared with conventional RT (CRT); however, uptake of HRT across jurisdictions is variable.</AbstractText>To evaluate the use of HRT vs CRT in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer and compar... |
2,319,624 | Characterization and adaptation of Caldicellulosiruptor strains to higher sugar concentrations, targeting enhanced hydrogen production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates. | The members of the genus Caldicellulosiruptor have the potential for future integration into a biorefinery system due to their capacity to generate hydrogen close to the theoretical limit of 4 mol H2</sub>/mol hexose, use a wide range of sugars and can grow on numerous lignocellulose hydrolysates. However, members... |
2,319,625 | High-rate biohydrogen production from xylose using a dynamic membrane bioreactor. | This study aimed a high-rate dark fermentative H<sub>2</sub> production from xylose using a dynamic membrane module bioreactor (DMBR) with a 444-μm pore polyester mesh. 20 g xylose/L was fed continuously to the DMBR at different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) from 12 to 3 h at 37 °C. The max... |
2,319,626 | Membrane cleaning and performance insight of osmotic microbial fuel cell. | Osmotic microbial fuel cell (OsMFC) integrating forward osmosis into microbial fuel cell (MFC) favors the merits of organic removal, bioenergy generation, and high-quality water extraction from wastewater. This study demonstrated an 18.7% power density enhancement over a conventional MFC due to the water-flux-facilitat... |
2,319,627 | Clinical Outcomes of Hydrogel Spacer Injection Space OAR in Men Submitted to Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/AIM" NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE">To evaluate the clinical outcomes of men with prostate cancer (PCa) submitted to hydrogel spacer injection before hypofractionated radiotherapy (HRT).</AbstractText>From April 2018 to April 2020, 32 patients with clinically localized PCa underwent hydrogel in... |
2,319,628 | Passive treatment test of acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine in Kaili Guizhou, China. | Discharge of acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned coal mines of the YuDong catchment in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, China, has severely damaged local ecological environments. In this study, a laboratory-scale dispersed alkaline substrate (DAS) was studied for the treatment of simulated AMD. The experimental condit... |
2,319,629 | Impact of river dams on phosphorus migration: a case of the Pubugou Reservoir on the Dadu River in China. | Reservoirs in agricultural catchments retain large proportions of inflowing phosphorus (P). However, the effects of reservoirs on the P cycle and related biogeochemical processes remain unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the degree to which a typical river-transition-reservoir in Southwest China retains both i... |
2,319,630 | Calcium hypochlorite pretreatment improves thermophilic digestion of waste activated sludge in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. | Anaerobic wasted activated sludge (WAS) digestion has been widely applied to reduce sludge volume and generate bioenergy in the form of methane. However, anaerobic WAS digestion performance is often challenged with poor hydrolysis of biomass cellular structures. In the present study, the feasibility of using calcium hy... |
2,319,631 | Pathway Preferential Estrogens Prevent Hepatosteatosis Due to Ovariectomy and High-Fat Diets. | About 20-30% of premenopausal women have metabolic syndrome, and the number is almost double in postmenopausal women, and these women have an increased risk of hepatosteatosis. Postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome are often treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), but estrogens in currently available HRT... |
2,319,632 | Safety Assessment of Endocrine Disruption by Menopausal Health Functional Ingredients. | During menopause, women experience various symptoms including hot flashes, mood changes, insomnia, and sweating. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been used as the main treatment for menopausal symptoms; however, other options are required for women with medical contraindications or without preference for HRT. Func... |
2,319,633 | Strengthening anoxic glycogen consumption in SNEDPR-CW as a strategy to control PAO-GAO competition under carbon limited condition. | Cooperation between Phosphate and Glycogen Accumulating Organisms (PAOs and GAOs) plays a pivotal role in nutrients removal in simultaneous nitrification endogenous denitrification and phosphorous removal (SNEDPR) systems. Recent findings have expanded the application of SNEDPR from activated sludge system to construct... |
2,319,634 | The Influence of Different Operation Conditions on the Treatment of Mariculture Wastewater by the Combined System of Anoxic Filter and Membrane Bioreactor. | The mariculture wastewater treatment performance for the combined system of anoxic filter and membrane bioreactor (AF-MBR) was investigated under different hydraulic retention times (HRTs), influent alkalinity, and influent ammonia nitrogen load. The results showed that the removal efficiencies of TOC and total nitroge... |
2,319,635 | Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy and the Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy Below the Age of Natural Menopause: Scientific Impact Paper No. 66 October 2021: Scientific Impact Paper No. 66. | This paper deals with the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after the removal of fallopian tubes and ovaries to prevent ovarian cancer in premenopausal high risk women. Some women have an alteration in their genetic code, which makes them more likely to develop ovarian cancer. Two well-known genes which can carr... |
2,319,636 | Biobased volatile fatty acids (VFA) production via anaerobic acidogenesis of sugar processing industry effluent. | Rapid industrialization and unscientific disposal of industrial wastewaters have resulted in the pollution of water bodies and deterioration of water quality all over the globe. Valorization of industrial wastewaters will help in reducing the negative impact on the environment and will add value to the waste. The prese... |
2,319,637 | [State of corneal nerve fibers in systemic amyloidosis]. | The term systemic amyloidosis unites a group of diseases with a single pathogenetic mechanism involving diffuse deposition of a pathological fibrillar protein (amyloid) in the intercellular space of various organs. Among the systemic forms of amyloidosis, light chain amyloidosis (AL-amyloidosis) occurs most often in cl... |
2,319,638 | [Confocal microscopy in the diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis]. | Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a dangerous disease of the cornea, its prevalence has increased significantly due to widespread usage of contact lenses. The similarity of the clinical manifestations of AK to other infectious keratitis (especially herpetic keratitis) requires introduction of a rapid diagnosis method into... |
2,319,639 | Reproductive factors and breast arterial calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | Breast arterial calcification (BAC) is a common incidental finding on screening mammography. Recent evidence suggests that BAC is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). We systematically reviewed the associations between BAC and reproductive factors (menopausal status, hormone replacement therapy [HRT] use, oral... |
2,319,640 | Comparison of imaging parameters between OCT, GDx and HRT in the Northern Finland birth cohort eye study. | The purpose of the study was to assess and compare the optic nerve head (ONH) and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) parameters and image quality parameters obtained by Cirrus HD-OCT, GDxECC and HRT3 in a population-based screening study.</AbstractText>This analysis examined 2566 subjects taking part in the Northern Finl... |
2,319,641 | Characteristics of Long-Term Femoral Neck Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women: A 25-Year Follow-Up. | The aim of this study was to monitor long-term changes in bone mineral density (BMD) after menopause and factors affecting BMD. The study population consisted of a random sample of 3222 women from the Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention (OSTPRE) study, of which 62.1% were postmenopausal at the beginning of t... |
2,319,642 | Impact of intraocular pressure fluctuations on progression of normal tension glaucoma. | To investigate short- and long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuations and further ocular and demographic parameters as predictors for normal tension glaucoma (NTG) progression.</AbstractText>This retrospective, longitudinal cohort study included 137 eyes of 75 patients with NTG, defined by glaucomatous optic disc... |
2,319,643 | Dynamic changes in serum steroid hormone during the first trimester of pregnancy between infertile women conceiving with and without hormone replacement therapy. | Recent advances in cancer treatment and reproductive medicine have made the post-treatment quality of life an important concern for cancer survivors. We aimed to evaluate the safety of sex hormone (estradiol and progesterone) replacement therapy (HRT) in women who conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART) wit... |
2,319,644 | Long-term performance, membrane fouling behaviors and microbial community in a hollow fiber anaerobic membrane bioreactor (HF-AnMBR) treating synthetic terephthalic acid-containing wastewater. | Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater with properties of poor biodegradation and high toxicity is produced from refining and synthesis of petrochemical products. In this study, a lab-scale hollow fiber membrane bioreactor (HF-AnMBR) fed with synthetic PTA wastewater was operated over 200 days with stepwise decrea... |
2,319,645 | Advanced nitrogen elimination from domestic sewage through two stage partial nitrification and denitrification (PND) coupled with simultaneous anaerobic ammonia oxidation and denitrification (SAD). | The start-up, efficient, and secure operation of Anammox treating low ammonia sewage, is an important research focus. In this study, a partial nitrification-denitrification coupled with simultaneous Anammox and denitrification (PND-SAD) process was achieved in sequencing batch reactor/up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (SBR-... |
2,319,646 | Enhancing hydrogen production through anode fed-batch mode and controlled cell voltage in a microbial electrolysis cell fully catalysed by microorganisms. | A microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) fully catalysed by microorganisms is an attractive technology because it incorporates the state-of-the-art concept of converting organic waste to hydrogen with less external energy input than conventional electrolysers. In this work, the impact of the anode feed mode on the productio... |
2,319,647 | Menopausal symptoms in epithelial ovarian cancer survivors: a GINECO VIVROVAIRE2 study. | We have previously shown that epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and its treatments have negative effects on long-term quality of life (QoL) and fatigue. The present multicenter study investigated the main menopausal symptoms and gynecological management of EOC survivors (EOCS).</AbstractText>166 patients with relapse-fre... |
2,319,648 | Improving human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) research comparability in studies using HCoV-OC43 as a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2. | The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has renewed interest in human coronaviruses that cause the common cold, particularly as research with them at biosafety level (BSL)-2 avoids the added costs and biosafety concerns that accompany work with SARS-CoV-2, BSL-3 research. One of these,... |
2,319,649 | Control of Sulfate and Nitrate Reduction by Setting Hydraulic Retention Time and Applied Potential on a Membraneless Microbial Electrolysis Cell for Perchloroethylene Removal. | A membraneless microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) has been developed for perchloroethylene (PCE) removal through the reductive dechlorination reaction. The MEC consists of a tubular reactor of 8.24 L equipped with a graphite-granule working electrode which stimulates dechlorinating microorganisms while a graphite-granul... |
2,319,650 | [Hormone replacement therapy in perimenopausal women with chronic tinnitus]. | <b>Objective:</b>To explore and analyze the effect and indication of hormone replacement therapy（HRT） in perimenopausal women with chronic tinnitus. <b>Methods:</b>The perimenopausal women with chronic tinnitus were divided into mild group and moderate to severe group according to Kupperman score of menop... |
2,319,651 | Model-based analyses of chromate, selenate and sulfate reduction in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor. | Selenate (SeO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>) and sulfate (SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>) are frequently present together with chromate (CrO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup>) in certain industrial wastewaters. SeO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup> and CrO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup> are required to be reduced while SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2-</sup> red... |
2,319,652 | Legionella and other opportunistic pathogens in full-scale chloraminated municipal drinking water distribution systems. | Water-based opportunistic pathogens (OPs) are a leading cause of drinking-water-related disease outbreaks, especially in developed countries such as the United States (US). Physicochemical water quality parameters, especially disinfectant residuals, control the (re)growth, presence, colonization, and concentrations of ... |
2,319,653 | Microbial community assembly and dynamics in Granular, Fixed-Biofilm and planktonic microbiomes valorizing Long-Chain fatty acids at 20 °C. | Distinct microbial assemblages evolve in anaerobic digestion (AD) reactors to drive sequential conversions of organics to methane. The spatio-temporal development of three such assemblages (granules, biofilms, planktonic) derived from the same inoculum was studied in replicated bioreactors treating long-chain fatty aci... |
2,319,654 | A combined anaerobic digestion system for energetic brewery spent grain application in co-digestion with a sewage sludge. | In the present study, a combined technology for energetic brewery spent grain (BSG) use in co-digestion with sewage sludge (SS) was presented. A holistic approach that includes the impact of co-substrates and their carriers on the anaerobic digestion (AD) process, and the energetic aspects, was involved. Prior to AD, B... |
2,319,655 | The effect of hormone replacement therapy on cognitive function in healthy postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis of 23 randomized controlled trials. | To investigate how hormone replacement therapy (HRT) intervention affects cognitive function in randomized controlled trials of healthy postmenopausal women, the PubMed and Web of Science databases were searched for relevant publications up to 1 May 2020. Random-effects, subgroup analysis, sensitivity analysis and meta... |
2,319,656 | Dynamic changes in anaerobic digester metabolic pathways and microbial populations during acclimatisation to increasing ammonium concentrations. | Transitions in microbial community structure in response to increasing ammonia concentrations were determined by monitoring mesophilic anaerobic digesters seeded with a predominantly acetoclastic methanogenic community from a sewage sludge digester. Ammonia concentration was raised by switching the feed to source segre... |
2,319,657 | Influence of cosubstrate and hydraulic retention time on the removal of drugs and hygiene products in sanitary sewage in an anaerobic Expanded Granular Sludge Bed reactor. | Diclofenac (DCF), ibuprofen (IBU), propranolol (PRO), triclosan (TCS) and linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) can be recalcitrant in Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP). The removal of these compounds was investigated in scale-up (69 L) Expanded Granular Sludge Bed (EGSB) reactor, fed with sanitary sewage from the ... |
2,319,658 | Simultaneous nutrient recovery and algal biomass production from anaerobically digested sludge centrate using a membrane photobioreactor. | This study aims to evaluate the performance of C. vulgaris microalgae to simultaneously recover nutrients from sludge centrate and produce biomass in a membrane photobioreactor (MPR). Microalgae growth and nutrient removal were evaluated at two different nutrient loading rates (sludge centrate). The results show that C... |
2,319,659 | Intra-population differences of apolipoproteins in the aqueous humor. | Evidence suggests that proteins related to lipid metabolism, such as apolipoproteins, play an important role in the maintenance of normal vision. While several members of the apolipoprotein family are abundant in human aqueous humor (AH), their study remains difficult due to the AH's small volume, low protein concentra... |
2,319,660 | Rapidly achieving and optimizing simultaneous partial nitrification denitrification and anammox integrated process by hydroxylamine addition for advanced nitrogen removal from domestic wastewater. | The achievement and stable maintenance of partial nitrification and partial anammox process for municipal sewage is a challenging research topic at present. In this study, a novel strategy of hydroxylamine (NH<sub>2</sub>OH) addition under low DO condition was adopted for rapidly achieving simultaneous partial nitrific... |
2,319,661 | Population heterogeneity in associations between hormonal contraception and antidepressant use in Sweden: a prospective cohort study applying intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA). | From a reproductive justice framework, we aimed to investigate how a possible association between hormonal contraceptive (HC) and antidepressants use (as a proxy for depression) is distributed across intersectional strata in the population. We aimed to visualise how intersecting power dynamics may operate in combinatio... |
2,319,662 | Life After the Women's Health Initiative: Where Do We Stand? | When the results of the Women's Health Initiative were first published, use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in the management of menopausal symptoms dropped drastically. As a result, many women were left with untreated symptoms that cause significant impact on their quality of life. This article will summarize the... |
2,319,663 | Ni-Fe oxide-PEDOT modified anode coupled with BAF treating ammonia and nitrite in recirculating seawater of aquaculture system. | Efficient ammonia and nitrite removal in low nutrient recirculating seawater of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) is critical for healthy cultivation. However, it is hard for conventional biological aerated filters (BAFs) to meet this demand under short hydraulic retention time (HRT). The electrooxidation-BAFs (E-... |
2,319,664 | The treatment of high-concentration garlic processing wastewater by UASB-SBR. | The treatment of garlic processing wastewater was investigated in a UASB-SBR system. The experimental results showed that UASB was successfully started up after 64 days of continuous operation with COD removal rate of 45%. SBR start-up phase went through 60 days and the COD removal rate achieved 96%. UASB ran under opt... |
2,319,665 | A Human Intestinal Cell Line Suitable for the Propagation of Human Parechovirus Type 1 to 6 with a Clear Cytopathic Effect. | Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) are being increasingly recognized as pathogens that cause mild-to-life-threatening diseases in children and adults. Recently, nucleic acid detection has become the mainstream method for pathogen detection. However, virus isolation is important for virus detection and further virologic chara... |
2,319,666 | The influence of endogenous and exogenous hormonal factors on migraine in spontaneous postmenopausal women: A nationwide population-based study in South Korea. | Hormonal and menstrual factors are known to influence migraines in women. However, studies in the postmenopausal period are relatively insufficient for clinical translation. This study investigated the influence of endogenous and exogenous hormonal factors on migraines in spontaneous menopausal women.</AbstractText>We ... |
2,319,667 | Peri- and Post-Menopausal Women with Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Are a Population with Specific Needs: A Narrative Review of Current Theories. | While gender differences in antipsychotic response have been recognized, the potential role of menopause in changing drug efficacy and clinical outcome in schizophrenia related disorders has been understudied. We aimed to review the relevant literature to test whether optimizing menopausal and post-menopausal treatment... |
2,319,668 | Novel micro-granular sludge process for highly efficient treatment of low-strength and low C/N ratio municipal wastewater. | A novel high-concentration powder bio-carrier (HPB) process was developed for the high-load treatment of low-strength municipal wastewater with low carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio (∼3). The powder carrier facilitated the rapid micro-granulation of sludge within 20 days and the average particle size increased rapidly... |
2,319,669 | Optimal start-up conditions for the efficient treatment of acid mine drainage using sulfate-reducing bioreactors based on physicochemical and microbiome analyses. | Typically, sulfate-reducing bioreactors used to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) undergo an initial incubation period of a few weeks to acclimatize sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), although necessity of this preincubation has rarely been evaluated. To reduce time and economic cost, we developed an SRB acclimatization met... |
2,319,670 | [Endometriosis and Menopause]. | Endometriosis and Menopause <b>Abstract.</b> Endometriosis is supposed to affect only women in their reproductive years, but endometriotic lesions can reactivate in menopause and cause significant complaints in these patients. Altered needs and co-morbidities of the women request a different approach in therapy than in... |
2,319,671 | Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Relation to Hormone Replacement Therapy Use Among Postmenopausal Women: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with increased risk of breast cancer (BC), but little evidence assesses the effects of potential effect-modifiers on HRT-related BC. We sought to examine the relationship of different HRT types/method use and risk of BC in US postmenopausal women. In total, 689 BC cases a... |
2,319,672 | Bioprocess performance, transformation pathway, and bacterial community dynamics in an immobilized cell bioreactor treating fludioxonil-contaminated wastewater under microaerophilic conditions. | Fludioxonil is a post-harvest fungicide contained in effluents produced by fruit packaging plants, which should be treated prior to environmental dispersal. We developed and evaluated an immobilized cell bioreactor, operating under microaerophilic conditions and gradually reduced hydraulic retention times (HRTs) from 1... |
2,319,673 | Progestins and the Risk of Breast Cancer. | The present paper aims to investigate the effects of both progesterone and progestin treatment mainly related to the occurrence of breast cancer in women.</AbstractText>Extensive systematic bibliographic review of Greek and International articles was conducted through the electronic databases Pubmed, Cinahl, Uptodate, ... |
2,319,674 | Endometrial thickness changes after progesterone administration do not affect the pregnancy outcomes of frozen-thawed euploid blastocyst transfer: a retrospective cohort study. | To evaluate whether the change in endometrial thickness from progesterone administration day to transfer day is related to pregnancy outcomes in single frozen-thawed euploid blastocyst transfer cycles.</AbstractText>Observational cohort study.</AbstractText>Single reproductive medical center.</AbstractText><AbstractTex... |
2,319,675 | Evaluation of organochlorine pesticide residues in <i>Beta</i> <i>vulgaris</i>, <i>Brassica</i> <i>oleracea</i>, and <i>Solanum</i> <i>tuberosum</i> in Bloemfontein markets, South Africa. | This study evaluated the level of selected pesticide residues in the staple vegetables; <i>Brassica</i> <i>oleracea</i> <i>var</i>. <i>capitata</i> (cabbage), <i>Beta</i> <i>vulgaris</i> <i>var</i>. <i>cicla</i> (Swiss chard), and <i>Solanum</i> <i>tuberosum</i> (potato) from fresh produce markets i... |
2,319,676 | Removal of SARS-CoV-2 viral markers through a water reclamation facility. | There have been multiple reports of COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2 RNA presence in influent wastewater of water reclamation facilities (WRFs) across the world. In this study, the removal of SARS-CoV-2 RNA was investigated in a WRF by collecting samples from various stages relayed to hydraulic retention time (HRT) and analy... |
2,319,677 | Case Report: Low Bone and Normal Lean Mass in Adolescents With Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. | Osteopenia and osteoporosis have been reported in adults with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS). Little is known about changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescents with CAIS and whether it is affected by early gonadectomy. Body composition data have not been reported.</AbstractText>Single-center, ... |
2,319,678 | Effects of carbon cloth on anaerobic digestion of high concentration organic wastewater under various mixing conditions. | Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been considered an energy efficient strategy in treating high concentration organic wastewater rich in volatile fatty acids (VFAs). Continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) have been widely applied in the AD process; however, they may suffer from low efficiency with a relatively short hydra... |
2,319,679 | Contra: Contrarian statistics for controlled variable selection. | The holdout randomization test (HRT) discovers a set of covariates most predictive of a response. Given the covariate distribution, HRTs can explicitly control the false discovery rate (FDR). However, if this distribution is unknown and must be estimated from data, HRTs can inflate the FDR. To alleviate the inflation o... |
2,319,680 | Gender differences in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis severity and bacterial load: the potential role of hormones. | Non cystic-fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) is a complex chronic respiratory disease, characterised by excessive sputum production and abnormal permanent dilation of bronchi. Mucus accumulation leads to recurrent bacterial infections and increased bacterial load, causing vicious cycles of structural damage and decreased ... |
2,319,681 | Effective fluoride removal from brackish groundwaters by flow-electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI) under a continuous-flow mode.<Pagination><StartPage>150166</StartPage><MedlinePgn>150166</MedlinePgn></Pagination><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150166</ELocationID><ELocationID EIdTyp... | Herein, we demonstrated the suitability and effectiveness of utilizing flow-electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI) for treatment of fluoride-contaminated brackish groundwater. By comparing operational modes of short-circuited closed-cycle (SCC), isolated closed-cycle (ICC) and single cycle (SC), it was found that SCC... |
2,319,682 | The Impact of Exogenous Estrogen Exposure on the Characteristics and Outcome of Estrogen Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Early-Stage Breast Cancer. | The impact of exogenous estrogen exposure on breast cancer characteristics and outcomes is not well described. We aimed to investigate the effect of prior treatment with oral contraceptives (OCT), hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and fertility treatments on early-stage, estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epiderma... |
2,319,683 | Neurokinin 3 Receptor Antagonists Compared With Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors for Non-Hormonal Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flushes: A Systematic Qualitative Review. | Hot flushes/flashes (HFs) or other vasomotor symptoms affect between 45 and 97% of women during menopause. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is effective at alleviating menopausal symptoms, but some women cannot or prefer not to take HRT. Since current non-hormonal options have suboptimal efficacy/tolerability, there i... |
2,319,684 | Estrogen and COVID-19 symptoms: Associations in women from the COVID Symptom Study. | It has been widely observed that adult men of all ages are at higher risk of developing serious complications from COVID-19 when compared with women. This study aimed to investigate the association of COVID-19 positivity and severity with estrogen exposure in women, in a population based matched cohort study of female ... |
2,319,685 | Effect of the form of granular sludge and temperature on anammox immobilized fillers: From performance to microbial community analysis. | The immobilized carrier was prepared with complete anaerobic ammonia oxidation granular sludge (AnGS) and crushed AnGS, respectively. We evaluated the effects of granular form and continuous temperature changes on nitrogen removal by immobilized anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) filler. The results showed that the... |
2,319,686 | Effects of cascade dam on the distribution of heavy metals and biogenic elements in sediments at the watershed scale, Southwest China. | Cascade dam has important effects on the magnitude and dynamics of sediment particles, heavy metals, and biogenic elements in reservoirs. However, systematic studies on the interception effect of cascade dam on the various elements that occur in rivers at the watershed scale are lacking. The aims of this study were to ... |
2,319,687 | Limiting factors of heavy metals removal during anaerobic biological pretreatment of municipal solid waste landfill leachate. | An anaerobic biofilm reactor was used to pretreat a typical municipal solid waste landfill leachate. It was challenging to remove Fe, Pb, and Ni to meet the discharge-to-sewer standards at a hydraulic retention time (HRT) typically used in previous studies. This work further systematically studied the factors that limi... |
2,319,688 | Birth of a healthy infant after bone marrow-derived cell therapy. | Bone marrow-derived cell (BMDC) therapy has numerous applications as potential biological cells for use in regenerative medicine. Here, we present an original case of endometrial atrophy associated with genital tuberculosis in a woman who achieved a live birth with BMDC. This 27-year-old woman came to our center with e... |
2,319,689 | The effect of bacterial functional characteristics on the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in Expanded Granular Sludge Bed reactor treating the antibiotic wastewater. | To explore the fate and spreading mechanism of antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs) in antibiotics wastewater system, a laboratory-scale (1.47 L) Expanded Granular Sludge Bed (EGSB) bioreactor was implemented. The operating parameters temperature (T) and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were mainly considered. This r... |
2,319,690 | Role of psychotherapy strategy for the management of patients with Tourette syndrome - A Bayesian network meta-analysis. | Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by high comorbidity. Treatment with psychotherapy is highly recommended, however, there exists limited available evidence on the use and the optimal psychotherapeutic outcome is debatable. We performed a systematic search on several bibliog... |
2,319,691 | Surgically treated genital chronic graft-versus-host disease in women: A report of three cases. | Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a crucial treatment for hematological malignancy. Gonadal dysfunction occurs at an early stage after this treatment, and such patients may require hormone replacement therapy. Genital chronic graft-versus-host disease is a lesser-known complication of HSCT that begins w... |
2,319,692 | Long-term pituitary downregulation before frozen embryo transfer improves clinical outcomes in women positive for serum autoantibodies. | Autoantibodies are associated with worse outcomes in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), including increasing miscarriage rate, lowering pregnancy rate, and lowering delivery rate. However, little is known about improving IVF/ICSI outcomes for autoantibody-positive women, especially in fr... |
2,319,693 | Reproductive factors and breast cancer risk in Palestine: A case control study. | Early age at menarche, late age at menopause, and late age at first full-term pregnancy are linked to a modest increase in the risk of developing breast cancer (breast ca). This study aims to investigate the reproductive determinants of breast cancer among women in the West Bank of Palestine. A structured questionnaire... |
2,319,694 | Localized mixing of anaerobic plug flow reactors. | An innovative localized-mixing concept was tested in an Anaerobic Plug Flow Reactor (AnPFR) treating Food Waste (FW) mixed with municipal Wastewater (WW). The proposed concept consists of placing propellers along the shaft of the AnPFR at key points that represent the mid-region of each of the anaerobic digestion stage... |
2,319,695 | Impact of Vaginal Symptoms and Hormonal Replacement Therapy on Sexual Outcomes After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results from the EMBRACE-I Study. | To evaluate patient-reported sexual outcomes after chemoradiation therapy and image-guided adaptive brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer in the observational, prospective, multicenter EMBRACE-I study.</AbstractText>Sexual outcomes were assessed prospectively with the European Organization for Research and... |
2,319,696 | Effect of hydraulic retention time on the denitrification performance and metabolic mechanism of a multi-chambered bio-electrochemical system. | The effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the denitrification performance of the multi-chambered bio-electrochemistry system and the metabolic mechanism of the microbial community were investigated. Results indicated that the NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N and NO<sub>2</sub><sup>-</sup>-N removal efficiency was up... |
2,319,697 | Biological treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)-containing wastewaters from wet scrubbers in semiconductor industry. | This study investigated biological treatment for two kinds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)-containing wastewaters collected from wet scrubbers in a semiconductor industry. Batch test results indicated that one wastewater containing highly volatile organic compounds was not suitable for aerated treatment conditions... |
2,319,698 | A novel detection method for cross-linking of IgE-receptors by autoantibodies in chronic spontaneous urticaria. | Autoantibodies (AAbs) against immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies (Abs) and their high-affinity receptor alpha subunits (FcεRIα) are key factors in the elicitation of type IIb autoimmune chronic spontaneous urticaria (type IIb aiCSU). In this study, we aimed to develop a new method to detect functional anti-F... |
2,319,699 | Methods of pretreatment and their impacts on anaerobic codigestion of multifeedstocks: A review. | Anaerobic codigestion (AnCoD) has attracted attention owing to its advantages over conventional anaerobic digestion, and attempts are still going on to develop methods for improving the efficiency of this technology. Mostly, addition of cosubstrates without applying a proper pretreatment cannot adequately enhance the p... |
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