... personnel in work and treatment, patient care and the patient's waste inthe wards Following the recommendations of the WHO (1992) inthe developing countries may classify medical waste into the following ... diseases as well as inthe departments of the hospital infection Thewastewater is one of the basic factors that have the potential to spread infectious diseases through the digestive tract Especially ... generated by the chemical storage side effects may affect the health of the people involved inthe waste treatment process On the other hand microwave technology is only suitable for the medical...
... biofuel are the key points of the novel process, which determine thewastewatertreatment efficiency and the net energy production of the whole process Therefore, the key techniques of the novel ... used inthe novel process for the flocculation of the organic pollutants in wastewater, because the flocculated and filtrated organics need to be further fermented anaerobically and the inorganic ... places, so this is also an approach of CO2 fixation Inthe microalgal cultivation system the microalgae grow with inorganic nutrients inwastewater as growth medium, and at the same time the nitrogen...
... nevertheless inthe meanwhile the results of this study disclose that, despite their tight budget constraints the local public value improvements inthe quality of the water inthe Ganga and if the ... improvements inthe STP, as studied here, which they feel are under the responsibility of the state or of the local authorities This was resolved partly by explaining to the households that their opinions ... to at least three interviews In each interview, the enumerators explained the attributes, levels they take and the status quo in detail and clearly both verbally and with the help of the simply...
... of the STP by inhibiting the metabolic processes of the microorganisms inthe biological treatment step [5] Toxicity inthe influent can therefore affect the quality of treated wastewater On the ... (Figure 4) In summary, the polar fraction exhibited, in comparison with the other remaining wastewater fractions, the highest inhibition values inthe influent of the STP, whereas the more lipophilic ... documented the alterations inthe bioluminescence intensity of the tested bacteria inthe absence of any toxicant during incubation The inhibition of the positive controls should be inthe range...
... Decree 152/06 The virgin pomace is produced intheplant near the site of energy plant, so that the impact of the transport is zero With the extraction process of virgin pomace, the products are: ... pp.541-552 The problems of the pomace used inthe energy plant are that it is only available for a few months of the year, that this period coincides with the period of olive-oil production, and there ... of oil contained in dry pomace Before the extraction process, the process of distillation of the pomace oil separates the hexane from the oil and allows the sale of the pomace oil inthe economic...
... C for h with periodical shaking Then, the suspension was placed on ice for h, which stabilizes the thermo-labile bond between the cobalt atom of Cbl and the amino group At that point the matrix ... recombinant IF from yeast isolated from the recombinant plants contains two kinds of the protein molecules: IF50 (two-thirds) and IF30+20 (onethird) Both of them can bind Cbl as follows from the ... signicantly lower for theplant source In addition, the purication technique for IF from plants was simpler due to expression of the protein inthe unsaturated apo-form in contrast with the B12 saturated...
... (improvements) inthe subgroups reporting improvements on global health Accordingly, only a minor change on the EQ VAS and no change on the EQ-5D Index were reported inthe no change subgroup of the EORTC ... Index this was in accordance with the small SRMs in these subgroups For the EQ VAS however, the non-significant differences were unexpected, as the SRMs indicated moderate effects This inability ... surgery and/or radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy Followup appointments took place at three, six, nine and twelve months after treatment For the purpose of studying the responsiveness of the EQ-5D, patients...
... rating categories Internal consistency refers to the extent to which the items within a scale are interrelated High values would imply that the items within a scale belong together also after the ... that the RDQ is sensitive to clinically important change inthe context of a treatment trial The effect sizes noted inthe placebo group, as a whole, were clearly lower than those inthe active treatment ... Lind are AstraZeneca employees, and Ingela Wiklund was an employee at the time of the study 15 16 Authors' contributions FJ was the principal investigator inthe study, and was involved in the...
... screws were inserted under C-arm guidance The rod was then fixed two levels above the fracture into the four screws and after that, torque was applied through the rod pusher to bring the vertebra ... neurologic examination was also performed in all patients year later and the findings compared with the preoperative examination Following a routine examination and Xray of the spine, computed ... over the fracture level, kyphosis or lordosis was measured from the superior end-plate of the intact vertebra cephalad to the fracture to the inferior endplate of the vertebra caudad to the fracture...
... established therapy in North America since 1975 [13] and is included inthe German Guidelines on hemophilia therapy In Frankfurt, home therapy with pd C1-INH concentrate for use in on demand treatment ... publication The authors certify that they have no affiliation with or financial involvement in any organization or entity with direct financial interest inthe subject matter or materials discussed in this ... treatment with a single dose of Icatibant is more expensive compared to pd C1-INH concentrate This is important in view of the fact that in contrast to the results of the IMPACT-1 study [6] the...
... caring for the patient discussed in this the case report They designed and delivered the radiation treatment plan described above All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests ... ensure that the cumulative dose to the device itself was less than 0.50 Gy (0.461 Gy +/- 0.41 Gy) Because of the theoretical possibility that treatment response of the tumor encasing the pacemaker ... margin in all dimensions Inthe free-breathing CT scan, which was used for the final treatment planning, the lateral left ventricle and medial left ventricle (including the interventricular septum)...
... et al recombining DNA sequences Assuming that the rate of this process is correlated with the rate of crossing over, BGC could therefore generate the observed increase in GC content in regions ... than 20% [6] Taken together, these observations suggest that selection on codon usage does not vary with the rate of crossing over in A thaliana, in agreement with the theory refereed research ... in effective recombination rates in an outcrosser than in a selfer Therefore, the theory predicts very weak or no associations between selection on codon usage and the rate of crossing over in...
... even inthe context of true virological failure to alternative more expensive options if the patient is not clinically symptomatic, thereby running the risk that they jeopardize the chances of finding ... pattern of the HIV epidemic, and treatment programs In this paper, we explore the hypotheses that these differences might have some effect on the outcomes, which differ from that in Western cohorts ... network of clinicians throughout Asia and the Pacific that aims to expand the capacity for broader introduction of HIV/AIDS inthe region TAHOD is thefirst collaborative study by the TREAT Asia...
... turnover in staff, the study could not be completed at the other two institutions This reduced the number of participants who were included inthe study, but had the advantage that a single investigator ... criteria [25] Patients inthe intervention group remained inthe service and those inthe control group were, at study end, given the option to be included inthe service as well There was no official ... No data was therefore included for thefirst three but for the last two data from study visit as well as the period they remained on the study was included Of the 26 participants who initially...
... by the individual and reducing their use of that substance reducing the harm from substance use incurred by the individual without necessarily reducing their use of that substance reducing the ... reducing or eliminating the use of that substance b) Reducing the harm from substance use incurred by the individual and reducing their use of that substance g) Other 46 Did you encounter any internal ... 11-point scale (0 = very unfavorable, 10 = very favorable) how they felt about each of the four strategies, how they thought other therapists at their facility felt, and how they thought their...
... however, they experienced various delays inthe renovation process This together with the previous commitment of the Toronto site to run another study inthe renovated clinic before they could ... than methadone in retaining patients intreatment [29] Why the need for a HAT trial? Thefirst question that can be asked is 'Is there really a need for a trial of heroin assisted therapy?' The ... for the NAOMI study, the Principal Investigator became the sponsor and thus the study team prepared and submitted the CTA During this somewhat lengthy process, thefirst hurdle (aside from funding)...
... scan of the abdomen was performed at the end of thetreatment and then again in June 2007; a second PET/CT study with FDG was performed in June 2007 The CT scan showed the persistence of the mesenteric ... mesenteric pathologic lymph nodes Competing interests Authors' contributions The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests EP is the senior author and was involved in collecting patient ... details, reviewing the literature and drafting the manuscript AC was involved in reviewing the literature and proofreading the manuscript VA approved the final manuscript Consent Written informed consent...
... an ongoing discussion intrinsic to the doctor–patient relationship Establishing why rather than whether the patient accepts or rejects treatments gives insight into the individual’s world view ... autonomous choice Competing interests The author declares that they have no competing interests References Tillyard ARJ: Ethics review: ‘Living wills’ and intensive care – an overview of the American experience ... Whetstine make the best decision This is perhaps the most dangerous presumption because data indicate that family members rarely make decisions that the patient would make if competent, and the...
... without pain radiating into the leg, who were new to the clinic or had not received chiropractic treatment within the past three months, were invited to participate inthe study inthe spring of ... base-line, total duration of pain inthe past year, pain in other parts of the spine past year, general health, and outcome at the 4th visit There were also no differences in relation to the psychological ... important both at the 4th visit and after months, whereas general health played a role at the 4th visit and pain in other parts of the spine after months In other words, factors associated with outcome...
... genes Thewiththe Spearman correlation toto Description ofdataset,belongingtheline, genes in withwerefittedcoefAdditionaltype(thatslide fromwith thethetogetherthattheclassesplant interval in a ... technology rather than from biological differences between the plants, for every gene the intensity value of the wild type was subtracted from that of the treated plantThe final dataset contained 49 ... would therefore need to know the expression pattern of the ancestral gene In this respect, it is interesting to note that it is currently not known whether the ancient genome doublings in (the...