The groundwater is an important source of drinking water in the Kathmandu Valley, and is presently fulfilling about forty five percent of the total demand of water supply. However, the deteriorating groundwater quality is an emerging issue of concern. In this study attempt has been done to characterize the groundwater for the fate of arsenic and nitrate contaminations. Physico-chemical paramete...

BACKGROUND Quality of life (QoL) often is impacted after radical prostatectomy (RP) procedures. Although patients' QoL scores gradually improve after RP, changes in the QoL score over time after different RP procedures must be examined. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the changes in QoL over time of prostate cancer patients who were treated with open RP (ORP) or laparoscopic RP...

As a result of the worldwide energy transition, reactive power generation has started to become more scarce resource in grid. Until recently, been an auxiliary grid service that classical facilities have provided without necessarily allocating any cost for this valuable service. In paper, new approach predicting additional costs services delivered by large hydrogenerators is proposed. We derive...

OBJECTIVE A dysfunctional neural reward system has been shown to be associated with alcoholism. The current study aims to examine reward processing in male alcoholics by using event-related potentials (ERPs) as well as behavioral measures of impulsivity and risk-taking. METHODS Outcome-related negativity (ORN/N2) and positivity (ORP/P3) derived from a single outcome gambling task were analyze...

Beef loins with 3 different aging times after slaughter were ground, added with none, 0.1% ascorbic acid, 0.01% sesamol+0.01% a-tocopherol, or 0.1% ascorbic acid+0.01% sesamol+0.01% tocopherol. The meats were packaged in oxygen-permeable bags, irradiated at 2.5 kGy, and color, oxidation–reduction potential (ORP), lipid oxidation and volatile profiles were determined. Irradiation decreased the r...

BACKGROUND The use of radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer has been increasing during the last decade partially due to the widespread adoption of the robotic-assisted laparoscopic technique. Although no prospective, randomized controlled trials have compared open radical prostatectomy (ORP) with robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP), numerous comparat...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the occurrence of severe urinary complications within 2 years of surgery in men undergoing either robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) or retropubic open radical prostatectomy (ORP). PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a population-based cohort study in men who underwent RARP (n = 4 947), LRP (n = 5 479) or ORP (n = 6 873) ...

This paper investigated the effect of mineral surface oxidation on floatability Kevitsa low-grade Ni-Cu ore. Physicochemical measurements, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) extraction, and oxygen uptake experiments were carried out with slurry recycled process water samples obtained from Cu-Ni sequential concentrator plant. The pH water, copper flotation feed, nickel feed dropped by 0.7...

Abstract Introduction Objective markers of insomnia have remained largely elusive. Odds ratio product (ORP; a marker objective sleep quality), is currently being investigated for potential role in assisting diagnosis. Recent research has shown how patients with may present hyperarousal and be identified by looking at ORP architecture. In the current study, we aimed to investigate architecture, ...