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2,319,800 | Performances and mechanisms of simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal in sponge iron biofilter. | Sponge iron is a potential material for nitrogen and phosphate removal. To explore the performances and mechanisms of nitrogen and phosphate removal by sponge iron, a sponge iron biofilter was established. The results showed that nitrate was completely removed at HRT of 48 h without external carbon source and at H... |
2,319,801 | Acupuncture as an Independent or Adjuvant Management to Standard Care for Perimenopausal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | <b>Background:</b> Many women with perimenopausal depression (PMD) have sought alternative therapies such as acupuncture because of concerns about risks associated with antidepressant and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This systematic review aimed to clarify if acupuncture is effective for PMD compared with waitlis... |
2,319,802 | Biosorption of LMW PAHs on activated sludge aerobic granules under varying BOD loading rate conditions. | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons belong to the main priority substances for the aquatic environment. One of the emission sources of these compounds to environment is wastewater discharged from conventional wastewater treatment systems, which are not designed to cope with this type of pollution. Thus, due to the widely ... |
2,319,803 | Age-related differences in corneal nerve regeneration after SMILE and the mechanism revealed by metabolomics. | To investigate the effect of age on wound healing after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and the underlying metabolomic mechanisms.</AbstractText>This prospective study was conducted on 216 patients in four groups: the 18-20 (n = 38, Group I), 21-30 (n = 84, Group Ⅱ), 31-40 (n ... |
2,319,804 | Immunomodulatory and cytotoxic activities of euphol. | This study evaluated the effect of euphol isolated from Euphorbia umbellata (Pax) Bruyns latex on the activation of complement pathways (classical (CP), alternative (AP) and lectin (LP)), neutrophil chemotaxis, cytotoxic activity, cell morphology and death in HRT-18 and 3T3 cells lines.</AbstractText>CP and AP were ass... |
2,319,805 | Environmental assessment of refectory waste based on approaches zero-waste project in Turkey: the production of biogas from the refectory waste. | The zero-waste project in Turkey, which was started in 2017, is planned to be implemented until 2023, starting from public institutions and organizations. However, in refectories where high amounts of organic waste are generated, these organic wastes are generally transported to the landfill site by the municipalities ... |
2,319,806 | Corneal hysteresis as a risk factor for optic nerve head surface depression and retinal nerve fiber layer thinning in glaucoma patients. | To evaluate the role of corneal hysteresis (CH) as a risk factor for progressive ONH surface depression and RNFL thinning measured by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (CSLO) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), respectively in glaucoma patients. Prospective study. A total of 146 eyes of 90 p... |
2,319,807 | Unraveling the Relationship between Milk Yield and Quality at the Test Day with Rumination Time Recorded by a PLF Technology. | The study aimed to estimate the components of rumination time (RT) variability recorded by a neck collar sensor and the relationship between RT and milk composition. Milk test day (TD) and RT data were collected from 691 cows in three farms. Daily RT data of each animal were averaged for 3, 7, and 10 days preceding the... |
2,319,808 | Combined Effect of Activated Carbon Particles and Non-Adsorptive Spherical Beads as Fluidized Media on Fouling, Organic Removal and Microbial Communities in Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor. | The combined effect of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) spherical beads and granular activated carbon (GAC) particles as fluidized media on the performance of anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactor (AFMBR) was investigated. GAC particles and ABS beads were fluidized together in a single AFMBR to investigate m... |
2,319,809 | Estrogens and Progestogens in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Do They Harm? | Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) occur more frequently in younger women and do not express estrogen receptor (ER) nor progesterone receptor (PR), and are therefore often considered hormone-insensitive. Treatment of premenopausal TNBC patients almost always includes chemotherapy, which may lead to premature ovarian... |
2,319,810 | Holter-Derived Autonomic Function, Arrhythmias and Carbohydrate Metabolism in Patients with Class III Obesity Treated with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.<ELocationID EIdType="pii" ValidYN="Y">2140</ELocationID><ELocationID EIdType="doi" ValidYN="Y">10.3390/jcm10102140</ELocationID><Abstract><AbstractText>The effects ... | The effects of weight loss following bariatric surgery on autonomic balance, arrhythmias and insulin resistance are still of interest. We prospectively investigated 50 patients with BMI > 40 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, aged 36.5 (18-56) years who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Among other examinations, all subject... |
2,319,811 | Denitrification potential of sodium alginate gel beads immobilized iron-carbon, Zoogloea sp. L2, and riboflavin: Performance optimization and mechanism. | A kind of gel beads loaded with iron-carbon powder (Fe-C), Zoogloea sp. L2, and riboflavin (VB2) were prepared through cross-linking of sodium alginate (SA) to establish an immobilized bioreactor. The optimal ratio of SA beads was adjusted by orthogonal experiment. The change of oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) and ... |
2,319,812 | Joint Genome-Wide Association Analyses Identified 49 Novel Loci For Age at Natural Menopause. | Age at natural menopause (ANM) is an important index for women's health. Either early or late ANM is associated with a series of adverse outcomes later in life. Despite being an inheritable trait, its genetic determinant has not yet been fully understood.</AbstractText>Aiming to better characterize the genetic architec... |
2,319,813 | Haldane-Andrews substrate inhibition kinetics for pilot scale thermophilic anaerobic degradation of sugarcane vinasse. | A pilot scale anaerobic degradation of sugarcane vinasse was carried out at various hydraulic retention time (HRT) in the Anaerobic Suspended Growth Closed Bioreactor (ASGCB) under thermophilic temperature. The performance and kinetics were evaluated through the Haldane-Andrews model to investigate the substrate inhibi... |
2,319,814 | Valorization of swine wastewater in a circular economy approach: Effects of hydraulic retention time on microalgae cultivation. | To optimize the swine wastewater (SWW) treatment, this study investigated different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) for microalgae cultivation. For this purpose, five pilot-scale reactors operated in semi-continuous flow, with HRTs equal to 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 days were evaluated in terms of SWW polishing and biomass pr... |
2,319,815 | Effects of Psychosomatic Mutual Aid Treatment on Anxiety and Depression in Turner Syndrome. | <b>Background:</b> Turner syndrome (TS) affects approximately one out of 2,500 females. Previous research indicates that girls with TS experience psychosocial impairment in addition to their physical health issues. However, there is no current data demonstrating whether reducing the clinical symptoms of girls or women ... |
2,319,816 | Implant- and anesthesia-related factors affecting cardiopulmonary threshold intensities for vagus nerve stimulation. | <i>Objective.</i>Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is typically delivered at increasing stimulus intensity until a neurological or physiological response is observed ('threshold') for dose calibration, preclinically and therapeutically. Factors affecting VNS thresholds have not been studied systematically. In a rodent mode... |
2,319,817 | Hormone Replacement Therapy After Gynaecological Malignancies: a Review Article. | Rapid advances in oncology have led to an increased survival rate in cancer patients, who live long enough to reach the natural age of menopause or experience the end of gonadal function as a side effect of oncological treatment. Survivors after gynaecological malignancies are a major challenge as these diseases are ho... |
2,319,818 | Important effects of temperature on treating real municipal wastewater by a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor: Removal efficiency, biogas, and microbial community. | A submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SAnMBR) was used in the treatment of real municipal wastewater at operation temperatures ranging from 15 °C to 25 °C and hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 6 h. The treatment process was evaluated in terms of organic removal efficiency, biogas productio... |
2,319,819 | miR-96-5p: A potential diagnostic marker for gestational diabetes mellitus. | MicroRNAs play important roles in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and this study aimed to elucidate the clinical significance of miR-96-5p in diagnosing GDM.There are 123 pregnant women diagnosed with GDM and 123 healthy pregnant women were enrolled as control participants. Placenta and plasma samples from the pat... |
2,319,820 | Simultaneous removal of nitrate and diethyl phthalate using a novel sponge-based biocarrier combined modified walnut shell biochar with Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> in the immobilized bioreactor. | A novel biological carrier combining sponge and modified walnut shell biochar with Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (MWSB@Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) was fabricated to achieve simultaneous removal of nitrate and diethyl phthalate (DEP). The optimal reaction conditions of the immobilized bioreactor were: carbon to nitrogen ... |
2,319,821 | Effects of hormone replacement therapy on lens opacity, serum inflammatory cytokines, and antioxidant levels. | To evaluate the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on lens opacity as measured by Scheimpflug densitometry, serum inflammatory cytokines, and antioxidant levels.</AbstractText>A total of 264 women who were at least five years beyond menopause were included. The control group of 128 patients (Group 1) did not u... |
2,319,822 | Achieving superior nitrogen removal performance in low-strength ammonium wastewater treatment by cultivating concentrated, highly dispersive, and easily settleable granule sludge in a one-stage partial nitritation/anammox-HAP reactor. | In low-strength ammonium wastewater (LSAWW) treatment, the application of anammox-based process is still limited due to extreme instability and the poor nitrogen removal rate (NRR). In this work, granule sludge, comprised of functional microbes and hydroxyapatite (HAP), was inoculated and cultivated in a one-stage part... |
2,319,823 | Potential of anammox process towards high-efficient nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment: Theoretical analysis and practical case with a SBR. | Anammox process has been widely applied in the wastewater nitrogen removal for its high rate and low cost. However, few researches reported the process potential in treating low-strength nitrogen wastewater. In this study, a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was taken to explore the feasibility of low-strength nitrogen wa... |
2,319,824 | Fungal dynamics during anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge combined with food waste at high organic loading rates in immersed membrane bioreactors. | In this study, the influence of distinct hydraulic retention times (HRT) and organic loading rates (OLRs) on fungal dynamics during food waste anaerobic digestion in immersed membrane-based bio-reactors (iMBR) were investigated. The organic loading rate 4-8 g VS/L/d (R1) and 6-10 g VS/L/d (R2) were set in two... |
2,319,825 | Subcutaneous luteal phase progesterone rescue rectifies ongoing pregnancy rates in hormone replacement therapy vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles. | Will luteal phase rescue with additional progesterone increase serum progesterone concentrations and improve reproductive outcomes in patients with low serum progesterone concentrations undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cycles?</AbstractText>Case-control study including 40 consecutive patients with serum pro... |
2,319,826 | Applications of the isolated-check visual evoked potential in primary open angle glaucoma with or without high myopia. | To explore the diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in both highly myopic and non-highly myopic populations and compare it with those of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT) parameters.</AbstractText>A total... |
2,319,827 | Endometrial delay is found to be part of a normal individual dynamic transformation process. | Limited information is clinically available concerning endometrial receptivity; assessing endometrial transformation status is therefore an urgent topic in assisted reproductive technology. This study aimed to investigate individual endometrial transformation rates during the secretory phase in subfertile patients usin... |
2,319,828 | Electrochemical recovery of phosphorus from wastewater using tubular stainless-steel cathode for a scalable long-term operation. | Phosphorus (P) is an irreplaceable element, playing a vital role in living organisms, yet has limited earth reserves. The possibility of P recovery from wastewaters by electrochemically-induced calcium phosphate precipitation (ECaPP) was demonstrated previously. The current study presents a novel scalable prototype con... |
2,319,829 | Short-term effect of air pollution on attention function in adolescents (ATENC!Ó): A randomized controlled trial in high schools in Barcelona, Spain. | The recent evidence of the short-term impact of air pollution on youth cognitive functions is based primarily on observational studies.</AbstractText>We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess whether purifying the air of the classrooms produced short-term changes in attention processes of adolescents.</Abstr... |
2,319,830 | Differences in Passive Shoulder Range of Motion Between Baseball Players With Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Matched Healthy Controls. | Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (nTOS) is becoming more recognized as a diagnosis in the throwing athlete. Currently, there is limited information on the clinical presentation and development of nTOS in baseball players.</AbstractText>To compare passive shoulder range of motion (ROM) and anatomic humeral retrotorsi... |
2,319,831 | Batch fluidized bed reactor based modified biosynthetic crystals: Optimization of adsorptive properties and application in fluoride removal from groundwater. | A batch fluidized bed reactor (BFBR) with modified biosynthetic crystals (MBC), derived from Pseudomonas sp. HXF1, was investigated for the treatment of the groundwater containing fluoride (F<sup>-</sup>). Impacts of different hydraulic retention time (HRT), pH, and initial F<sup>-</sup> concentration on F<sup>-</sup> ... |
2,319,832 | Microaeration improves the removal/biotransformation of organic micropollutants in anaerobic wastewater treatment systems. | This work assessed the effect of increasing microaeration flow rates (1-6 mL min<sup>-1</sup> at 28 °C and 1 atm, equivalent to 0.025-0.152 L O<sub>2</sub> L<sup>-1</sup> feed) on the removal/biotransformation of seven organic micropollutants (OMPs) (three hormones, one xenoestrogen, and t... |
2,319,833 | Modeling sulfide production in full flow concrete sewers based on the HRT variation of sewerage. | The corrosion and odor in concrete sewers are mainly related to the sulfide production, which is, under certain circumstances, directly proportional to the hydraulic retention time (HRT) of the sewer. To reduce the corrosion and control the odor in concrete sewers, it is necessary to model the production of sulfide in ... |
2,319,834 | Comparative Utility of Acupuncture and Western Medication in the Management of Perimenopausal Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | Many women with perimenopausal insomnia (PMI) have sought alternative therapies such as acupuncture because of concerns about risks associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or psychotropic drugs. This systematic review aimed to clarify if acupuncture alone or combined with standard Western pharmacotherapy ... |
2,319,835 | Development of endometrial cancer after long-term usage of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system. | A 52-year-old long-term user of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) presented with vaginal bleeding. Endometrial biopsy was performed and revealed endometrioid adenocarcinoma. The patient had a laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Endometrial cancer is rare in women with... |
2,319,836 | Treatment of fish market wastewater and energy production using halophiles in air cathode microbial fuel cell. | The present study is aimed to treat the fish market wastewater coupled with electricity production using halophiles in microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology under saline condition (4.6%). Halophilic consortium obtained from desalination plant brine water was used in the lab scale air cathode microbial fuel cell (ACMFC) ... |
2,319,837 | Effects of organic loading rate and hydraulic retention time on bioaugmentation performance to tackle ammonia inhibition in anaerobic digestion. | Three continuously stirred-tank reactors fed with manure operating under high ammonia levels (5.0 g NH<sub>3</sub>-N L<sup>-1</sup>) and with increased organic loading rate (OLR), (2.09 R1, 3.02 R2 and 4.0 R3 g VS L<sup>-1</sup> d<sup>-1</sup>), achieved through glucose amendment in R2 and R3, were inoculated with... |
2,319,838 | The potential of Mangifera indica Linn. and Musa acuminata extracts to attenuate 4-hydroxyestradiol (4-OHE<sub>2</sub> )-induced DNA oxidative damage in MCF-10A cells by upregulating detoxifying and antioxidant enzymes. | Nowadays, there have been attempts to use phytochemicals in fruits to reduce the risk of suffering a given sickness. In this work, we studied the potential effects of mango (cultivar "Nam Dok Mai") and banana (cultivar "Khai") to attenuate DNA oxidative damage in MCF-10A cells induced by 4-hydroxyestradiol (4-OHE<sub>2... |
2,319,839 | Performance of full scale constructed wetlands in removing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes. | Additional treatment of wastewater, such as constructed wetlands (CWs), is a possible solution to reduce the discharge of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from households and industry to the environment. This study aims to investigate the occurrence and removal of antibiotics and ARGs by two full scal... |
2,319,840 | Prognostic value of testosterone castration levels following androgen deprivation and high-dose radiotherapy in localized prostate cancer: Results from a phase III trial. | <AbstractText Label="BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE">The optimal prognostic value of testosterone following androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is controversial. We studied the effect of serum testosterone levels on clinical outcome in localized prostate cancer (PCa) treated with ADT and high-dose radiotherapy (HRT).</AbstractTex... |
2,319,841 | Biomarkers and heterogeneous fibroblast phenotype associated with incisional hernia. | Development of incisional hernia (IH) is multifactorial but inflammation and abdominal wall ECM (extracellular matrix) disorganization are key pathological events. We investigated if the differential expression of fibroblast biomarkers reflects the cellular milieu and the dysregulated ECM in IH tissues. Expression of f... |
2,319,842 | Comparison of Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes of Single Frozen Blastocyst Transfer Between Letrozole-Induction and HRT Cycles in Patients With Abnormal Ovulation. | The use of frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles has dramatically risen. The optimal endometrial preparation method for women undergoing FET is of utmost importance to provide the optimal chances of pregnancy. For patients with abnormal ovulation in particular, there have been few studies on FET protocols; notably, most ... |
2,319,843 | Hormonal replacement therapy in women with a history of internal genital organ malignancy. | Sudden cessation of ovary activity as a result of bilateral oophorectomy or chemo- or radiotherapy in premenopausal women is linked with more serious consequences that bear no comparison to natural menopause - to name just a few: higher rate of mortality, higher rate of colorectal and lung cancer, circulatory system di... |
2,319,844 | Efficiency of sweet whey fermentation with psychrophilic methanogens. | Sweet whey is a waste product from the dairy industry that is difficult to manage. High hopes are fostered regarding its neutralization in the methane fermentation. An economically viable alternative to a typical mesophilic fermentation seems to be the process involving psychrophilic bacteria isolated from the natural ... |
2,319,845 | Selecting fermentation products for food waste valorisation with HRT and OLR as the key operational parameters. | Acidogenic fermentation is attractive for food waste valorisation. A better understanding is required on how operation affects product selectivity. This study demonstrated that the hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) selected fermentation pathways in a single-stage, semi-continuous stirred tan... |
2,319,846 | An integrated permeable reactive barrier and photobioreactor approach for simultaneous removal of nitrate, phosphate and hexavalent chromium: A combined batch and continuous flow study. | In this study, simultaneous removal of nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>), phosphate (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>) and hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from wastewater was investigated using a novel integrated filtration unit consisting of adsorbent based permeable reactive barrier (AB-PRB) and biosorption based photobio... |
2,319,847 | Perinatal outcomes of neonates born from different endometrial preparation protocols after frozen embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort study. | Previous studies have focused on pregnancy outcomes after frozen embryo transfer (FET) performed using different endometrial preparation protocols. Few studies have evaluated the effect of endometrial preparation on pregnancy-related complications. This study was designed to explore the association between different en... |
2,319,848 | Anaerobic Digestion and Removal of Sulfamethoxazole, Enrofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin and Their Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Full-Scale Biogas Plant. | Anaerobic digestion is one of the best ways to re-use animal manure and agricultural residues, through the production of combustible biogas and digestate. However, the use of antibiotics for preventing and treating animal diseases and, consequently, their residual concentrations in manure, could introduce them into ana... |
2,319,849 | GLAUDIA: A predicative system for glaucoma diagnosis in mass scanning. | Glaucoma is a serious eye disease characterized by dysfunction and loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) which can eventually lead to loss of vision. Robust mass screening may help to extend the symptom-free life for the affected patients. The retinal optic nerve fiber layer can be assessed using optical coherence tomo... |
2,319,850 | Comparison of carrier particles in the gas-liquid-solid inverse fluidised bed bioreactor. | The performance and energy consumption of a gas-liquid-solid inverse fluidised bed bioreactor (GLS-IFBBR) using polyethylene (PE) particles with different surface coatings (zeolite, lava rock, activated carbon and multi-plastic) as media for synthetic wastewater treatment were investigated at loading rates of 1.64-3.38... |
2,319,851 | Risk of ovarian recurrence after ovarian conservation in early-stage cervical cancer treated with radical surgery: A propensity match analysis. | The primary aim of the present study was to assess the incidence of ovarian metastasis/recurrence and the survival of patients undergoing radical hysterectomy with ovarian conservation (CONSERV) versus oophorectomy (OOPHOR). Secondary aim was to assess the incidence and the characteristics of menopausal symptoms in bot... |
2,319,852 | Hormone replacement therapy in BRCA mutation carriers and risk of ovarian, endometrial, and breast cancer: a systematic review. | BRCA mutation carriers have an increased risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO) is associated with a decrease in risk for tubal and ovarian cancer. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer risk in the general popul... |
2,319,853 | A Head-to-Head Comparison of Three Self-Help Techniques to Reduce Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors. | Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) include skin picking, trichotillomania, nail biting and cavitadaxia/lip-cheek biting, among other behaviors. For the first time, we compared three different self-help techniques aimed at reducing BFRBs. We explored the acceptance and preliminary efficacy of the approaches and w... |
2,319,854 | Endometrial Receptivity Analysis (ERA): data versus opinions. | This article summarises and contextualises the accumulated basic and clinical data on the ERA test and addresses specific comments and opinions presented by the opponent as part of an invited debate. Progress in medicine depends on new technologies and concepts that translate to practice to solve long-standing problems... |
2,319,855 | Breast Cancer Incidence Reduction in Women Treated with Subcutaneous Testosterone: Testosterone Therapy and Breast Cancer Incidence Study. | Testosterone (T) therapy has been shown to be breast protective in both pre- and post-menopausal patients. Additionally, estradiol (E) does not cause breast cancer (BC) in the majority of the world's literatures. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of invasive BC (IBC) in pre- and postmenopausal women treated... |
2,319,856 | Analysis of Immune Cells on Donor Corneal Endothelium After Corneal Transplantation Using the HRT-Rostock Cornea Module. | The aim of this study was to investigate the immune cells on corneal endothelium of the graft in patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PK), Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK), and Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).</AbstractText>A total of 43 eyes of 43 patients who underwent ... |
2,319,857 | Bacterial and Microfauna Mechanisms for Sludge Reduction in Carrier-Enhanced Anaerobic Side-Stream Reactors Revealed by Metagenomic Sequencing Analysis. | Packing carriers into the anaerobic side-stream reactor (ASSR) can enhance sludge reduction and save footprint by investigating ASSR-coupled membrane bioreactors (AP-MBRs) under different hydraulic residence times of the ASSR (HRT<sub>SR</sub>). Three AP-MBRs and an anoxic-aerobic MBR (AO-MBR) showed efficient chemical... |
2,319,858 | Effect of hormone replacement therapy on bone formation quality and mineralization regulation mechanisms in early postmenopausal women. | Post-menopausal osteoporosis is characterized by a negative imbalance between bone formation and bone resorption resulting in a net bone loss, increasing the risk of fracture. One of the earliest interventions to protect against this was hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). Bone strength depends on both the amount and q... |
2,319,859 | Follicular development during hormone replacement therapy in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency. | To provide information about the relationship between follow-up period and follicular development in patients with infertility due to premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) who are undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It is necessary to detect follicle development for artificial insemination or in vitro fertili... |
2,319,860 | [Differential diagnosis of vasomotor symptoms. Postmenopausal women management: CNGOF and GEMVi clinical practice guidelines]. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) significantly decreases the frequency and intensity of vasomotor symptoms (VMS). It is recommended to evaluate clinical efficacy of HRT on VMS. The absence of reduction in VMS after adaptation of the modalities of the HRT suggests the possibility of atypical VMS. They should be evoked ... |
2,319,861 | Research progress in solid carbon source-based denitrification technologies for different target water bodies. | Nitrogen pollution in water bodies is a serious environmental issue which is commonly treated by various methods such as heterotrophic denitrification. In particular, solid carbon source (SCS)-based denitrification has attracted widespread research interest due to its gradual carbon release, ease of management, and lon... |
2,319,862 | Woodchip bioreactors provide sustained denitrification of brine from groundwater desalination plants. | Woodchip bioreactors are widely known as a best management practice to reduce excess nitrate loads that are discharged with agricultural leachates. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of citrus woodchip bioreactors for denitrification of brine (electrical conductivity ≈ 17 mS
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2,319,863 | Circulation of anodic effluent to the cathode chamber for subsequent treatment of wastewater in photosynthetic microbial fuel cell with generation of bioelectricity and algal biomass. | Synthetic wastewater containing 1500 mg L<sup>-1</sup> of COD was treated in the anode chamber for 5, 10, and 20 d. An anode chamber was conducted under anaerobic conditions with mixed culture bacteria inoculum attached to the anode. Anodic effluent was transferred to the cathode chamber for further trea... |
2,319,864 | Bioenergy generation and nitrogen removal in a novel ecological-microbial fuel cell. | A novel ecological-microbial fuel cell (E-MFC) was constructed based on the mutualistic symbiosis relationship among wetland plants Ipomoea aquatic, benthic fauna Tubifex tubifex (T. tubifex) and microorganisms. The maximum power densities of sediment MFC (S-MFC), wetland plant MFC (WP-MFC) and E-MFC were 6.80
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2,319,865 | Oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy: How strong a risk factor for venous thromboembolism? | Exogenous hormone therapies, such as combined oral contraceptives (COC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), cause blood hypercoagulability and are a risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). There is controversy on how strong this "provoking" risk factor is, and how other risk factors may synergise VTE risk. We ... |
2,319,866 | Simultaneous removal of calcium, fluoride, nickel, and nitrate using microbial induced calcium precipitation in a biological immobilization reactor. | In this research, an immobilized biofilm reactor was established for the simultaneous removal of calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>), fluoride (F<sup>-</sup>), nickel (Ni<sup>2+</sup>), and nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N) by microbial induced calcium precipitation (MICP). The operating parameters of the reactor, hydraulic... |
2,319,867 | Linkage among the combined temperature-retention time condition, microbial interaction, community structure, and process performance in the hydrolysis of waste activated sludge. | Numerous studies have revealed the effect of temperature and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on microbiota in sludge biological hydrolysis (BH). However, few scholars have explored the combined effect of these two critical BH parameters. This study explored the BH performance and community structures over 12 combined te... |
2,319,868 | Response mechanism of different electron donors for treating secondary effluent in ecological floating bed. | Electron donors have been widely used to improve denitrification performance. However, it is controversial which electron donor could be chosen. In this study, three electron donors were used to improve nitrogen removal from ecological floating beds (EFBs). The results showed that TN removal efficiency was 49-80%, 46-8... |
2,319,869 | Arrested methanogenesis digestion of high-strength cheese whey and brewery wastewater with carboxylic acid production. | A new anaerobic digestion process based on arrested methanogenesis (AM) was developed to treat high-strength cheese whey and brewery wastewater with simultaneous carboxylic acid production. This study specifically determined the links between wastewater characteristics, microbial community structure, and the operation ... |
2,319,870 | The management of menopausal symptoms in women following treatment for cancer at a specialist menopause service. | The aim of this study was to identify prescribing patterns at a specialist menopause service in a central London teaching hospital for women following treatment for a malignancy.</AbstractText>This was a prospective cohort study with data collected over a seven-month period from December 2019 to June 2020. All women re... |
2,319,871 | Efficient removal of nitrate, manganese, and tetracycline by a polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate with sponge cube immobilized bioreactor. | The co-existence of nitrate, manganese (Mn), and antibiotics are of a wide concern. In this study, a denitrifying and manganese-oxidizing Zoogloea Q7 bacterium was immobilized using polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate with sponge cube (PVA/SA@sponge cube) in the reactor. The optimal operation parameters of the bioreactor... |
2,319,872 | Enhancing the in-situ enrichment of anammox bacteria in aerobic granules to achieve high-rate CANON at low temperatures. | In this study, a high-rate CANON (Complete Autotrophic Nitrogen-removal Over Nitrite) process was started up successfully by enhancing the in-situ enrichment of anammox bacteria in aerobic granules at conditions relevant for mainstream wastewater treatment. Firstly, to provide nitrite for anammox bacteria growth effici... |
2,319,873 | Inpatient Opioid Use Disorder Treatment by Generalists is Associated With Linkage to Opioid Treatment Programs After Discharge. | Describe clinical and demographic associations with inpatient medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) initiation on general medicine services and to examine associations between inpatient MOUD initiation by generalists and subsequent patient healthcare utilization.</AbstractText>This is a retrospective study using me... |
2,319,874 | Establishment of a Reverse Genetic System from a Bovine Derived Influenza D Virus Isolate. | The ruminant-associated influenza D virus (IDV) has a broad host tropism and was shown to have zoonotic potential. To identify and characterize molecular viral determinants influencing the host spectrum of IDV, a reverse genetic system is required. For this, we first performed 5' and 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends... |
2,319,875 | Mental rotation performance in young adults with and without developmental coordination disorder. | While there have been consistent behavioural reports of atypical hand rotation task (HRT) performance in adults with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), this study aimed to clarify whether this deficit could be attributed to specific difficulties in motor imagery (MI), as opposed to broad deficits in general men... |
2,319,876 | Recent Advancements in Engineered Biomaterials for the Regeneration of Female Reproductive Organs. | Various gynecologic diseases and chemoradiation or surgery for the management of gynecologic malignancies may damage the uterus and ovaries, leading to clinical problems such as infertility or early menopause. Embryo or oocyte cryopreservation-the standard method for fertility preservation-is not a feasible option for ... |
2,319,877 | Treatment of petroleum wastewater contaminated with hydrocarbons and inorganics by anoxic-aerobic sequential moving bed reactors. | The present study deals with the biotransformation of virulent petroleum refinery concoction with phenol (750 mg/L), emulsified crude oil (300 mg/L), S<sup>2-</sup> (750 mg/L), NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N (350 mg/L) and NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>-N (1000 mg/L) in anoxic (A1) - aerobic (A2) mov... |
2,319,878 | Model-based analysis of sulfur-based denitrification in a moving bed biofilm reactor. | In this study, a biofilm model was developed for sulfur-based denitrification in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), including mass transport as well as the conversion kinetics of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB). The experimental reactor simulated received a synthetic wastewater containing nitrate, sulfide and thiosul... |
2,319,879 | Simvastatin mitigates depressive-like behavior in ovariectomized rats: Possible role of NLRP3 inflammasome and estrogen receptors' modulation. | It is well known that females are more vulnerable than males to stress-related psychiatric disorders, particularly during perimenopausal and postmenopausal periods. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been widely used for the management of postmenopausal depression. However, HRT could be associated with severe advers... |
2,319,880 | Pubertal Development and its Determinants in Adolescents With Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia. | To assess pubertal development and its determinants in adolescents with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT).</AbstractText>In this cross-sectional study from a tertiary teaching hospital in Delhi, records of adolescents aged 17-19 years with TDT on regular transfusion at thalassemia day-care centre were reviewed. P... |
2,319,881 | [Benefit-risk balance of hormone replacement therapy: Cancers and mortality. Postmenopausal women management - CNGOF and GEMVi clinical practice guidelines]. | The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal women has been the subject of much controversy in recent years, particularly concerning the carcinologic risks. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the impact of the use of HRT on the risk of gynecological but also extra-gynecological cancers. The effect... |
2,319,882 | Application of hybrid electrocoagulation-filtration methods in the pretreatment of marine aquaculture wastewater. | The aim of this study was to provide technical means and data support for enhancing the filtration pretreatment capacity of a recirculating aquaculture system. A continuous flow electrocoagulation (EC)-filtration system was designed and its application in the pretreatment of marine aquaculture wastewater was studied. T... |
2,319,883 | Diagnostic capability of different morphological parameters for primary open-angle glaucoma in the Chinese population. | To assess the diagnostic capability of novel Bruch's membrane opening (BMO)-based disc parameters, the BMO-minimum rim width (BMO-MRW) and the BMO-minimum rim area (BMO-MRA) in the Chinese population and compare them to the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) from optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the rim area (RA) f... |
2,319,884 | Hormone replacement therapy in women with cancer and risk of cancer-specific mortality and cardiovascular disease: a protocol for a cohort study from Scotland and Wales. | Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is widely used and has proven benefits for women with menopausal symptoms. An increasing number of women with cancer experience menopausal symptoms but the safety of HRT use in women with cancer is unclear. There are particular concerns that HRT could accelerate cancer progression in w... |
2,319,885 | [Management of side effects under hormonal replacement therapy in menopausal women: Abnormal uterine bleeding. Postmenopausal women management: CNGOF and GEMVi clinical practice guidelines]. | To publish, under the aegis of the French National College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (CNGOF) and the Study Group on Menopause and Hormonal Aging (GEMVi), recommendations based on the evidence available in the literature for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in women taking hormonal replacement ... |
2,319,886 | [The HRT follow-up consultation. What to do in case of breast pain. Postmenopausal women management: CNGOF and GEMVi clinical practice guidelines]. | Breast pain is a concern in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, quantifiable using validated tools, and may pre-exist or appear after initiation of a HRT.</AbstractText>A review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the frequency of breast pain, its evolution with age, its changes under HRT, its link with a ... |
2,319,887 | [The HRT follow-up consultation. What to do in case of breast tumour (clinical or radiological) and microcalcifications. Postmenopausal women management: CNGOF and GEMVi clinical practice guidelines]. | The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic value of clinical examination and complementary imaging in the exploration of a breast lump or microcalcifications occurring in a postmenopausal woman taking hormonal replacement therapy (HRT), based on a systematic review of the literature in order to make recommendations f... |
2,319,888 | Shortcut nitrification-denitrification and biological phosphorus removal in acetate- and ethanol-fed moving bed biofilm reactors under microaerobic/aerobic conditions. | This study investigated the feasibility of coupling simultaneous partial nitrification and denitrification (SPND) to biological phosphorus removal in continuous-flow intermittently-aerated moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) fed with different carbon sources, i.e. ethanol and acetate. Bacterial cultivation at pH 8.2 (&... |
2,319,889 | An evolved native microalgal consortium-snow system for the bioremediation of biogas and centrate wastewater: Start-up, optimization and stabilization. | It is necessary to develop sustainable technologies for centrate wastewater (CW) and biogas treatment from sludge anaerobic digestion (AD) systems in an environmentally friendly and economical manner. The microalgae-based bioremediation approach presents a competitive alternative due to its capacity for nutrient recove... |
2,319,890 | Comparison of heavy metal and nutrients removal in <i>Canna indica</i> and <i>Oryza sativa L.</i> based constructed wetlands for piggery effluent treatment in north-central Nigeria. | Batch-fed horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetlands (HssFCW) were developed to compare the potential of C<i>anna indica</i> and <i>Oryza sativa L.</i> in removing heavy metals and nutrients from piggery effluent. Piggery effluent samples were characterized for nutrients (N and P) and metals (Mg, Al, Ca and Fe) b... |
2,319,891 | Moving bed biofilm reactor developed with special microbial seed for denitrification of high nitrate containing wastewater. | Biological denitrification is the most promising alternative approach for the removal of nitrate from wastewater. MBBR inoculated with activated sludge is a widely studied approach, but very few studies have focused on the bioaugmentation of biofilm forming bacteria in MBBR. Our study revealed that the use of special m... |
2,319,892 | Treatment efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of non-floating and floating bed activated sludge system with acclimatized sludge treating landfill leachate. | This research investigates the treatment efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of non-floating and floating bed AS systems with acclimatized sludge treating landfill leachate. The GHGs under study included carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), methane (CH<sub>4</sub>), and nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O). The non-flo... |
2,319,893 | Sulfur autotrophic denitrification filter and heterotrophic denitrification filter: Comparison on denitrification performance, hydrodynamic characteristics and operating cost. | Sulfur autotrophic denitrification (SAD) process, as an alternative to heterotrophic denitrification (HD) filter, receives growing interest in polishing the effluent from secondary sewage treatment. Although individual studies have indicated several advantages of SAD over HD, rare study has compared these two systems u... |
2,319,894 | What women think about menopause: An Italian survey. | Menopause is a critical period for most women who experience associated symptoms while they are still socially and individually active.</AbstractText>The objective of this study is to report how Italian women perceive and approach menopause.</AbstractText>A survey of 1028 Italian women aged 45-65 years was conducted by... |
2,319,895 | Breast cancer risk and hormone replacement therapy among BRCA carriers after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. | BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers often undergo risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) before natural menopause, raising the issue of hormonal replacement treatment (HRT) use. There is conflicting evidence on the effect of HRT on breast cancer (BC) risk, and there are limited data on risk based on age at exposure. In t... |
2,319,896 | Microbial Ecological Mechanism for Long-Term Production of High Concentrations of <i>n</i>-Caproate via Lactate-Driven Chain Elongation. | Lactate-driven chain elongation (LCE) has emerged as a new biotechnology to upgrade organic waste streams into a valuable biochemical and fuel precursor, medium<b>-</b>chain carboxylate, <i>n</i>-caproate. Considering that a low cost of downstream extraction is critical for biorefinery technology, a high concentration ... |
2,319,897 | Spectroscopic fingerprinting of dissolved organic matter in a constructed wetland-reservoir ecosystem for source water improvement-a case study in Yanlong project, eastern China. | The coupling between constructed wetlands and reservoir (CWs-R) afforded a novel ecosystem to improve the water quality and increase the emergency storage capacity of micro-polluted river drinking water source. In this study, spectroscopic characteristics of DOM in YL CWs-R ecosystem were first systematic studied based... |
2,319,898 | High-solid digestion from cellulosic ethanol stillage with activated sludge of simultaneous propionate degradation and methanogenesis. | High solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) was an emerging bioconversion technology which had the advantages of small digester, less digestate and low heating energy. A one-stage anaerobic system in CSTR by inoculating activated sludge of simultaneous propionate degradation and methanogenesis was proposed to improve the hig... |
2,319,899 | Ovarian Leydig cell tumor and postmenopausal hirsutism with signs of virilisation. | A 71-year-old woman was referred to the endocrinology clinic to investigate postmenopausal hirsutism with 10 years of evolution. She had history of regular menses and menopause with 50 years old. Physical examination showed a male pattern facies, deepening of the voice, androgenic alopecia and hirsutism with a score of... |
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